Modern Portraits (and Self-Portraits)
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...they avoid the flock and stand on their own two feet!
Advice from a Blue Heron ::
- wade into life
- keep a keen lookout
- be patient
- look below the surface
- enjoy a good reed
- go fish!
haha such a beautiful regal bird I always love to see and photograph, even in RL ♥
Taken at:: Soul2Soul - ThamesRIver
Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
-- Isaiah 5:8, The Bible, King James Version
[So endeth the Lesson for the day (and beyond)...]
Saved time, money, and avoided the crowds and the 'upper and middle canyons'. A Di'ne [Navaho] family owns 15 sq. miles of land with 3 canyons. With a family member as guide, who played here as a kid, we had the tour of our time in Arizona.
The picture represents the feelings and point of view of the intelligence behind the camera. This disease of our age is boredom and a good photographer must combat it. The way to do this is by invention – by surprise. When I say a good picture has surprise value I mean that it stimulates my thinking and intrigues me. The best way to achieve surprise quality is by avoiding clichés. Imitation is the greatest danger of the young photographer.
Alexey Brodovitch
Photography, February 1964
HMM! Ukraine Matters!
prunus, Blireana plum, j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
During the day at Bamburgh I got the longer lens on and decided to shoot the waiders which where feeding at the shore. There was a mix of turnstone, sanderling, oyster catcher and this bird a redshank. I got a good few shots of them feeding so I decided to try and do something a little out the box and catch one flying. I wanted a little movement in the wings which beat very fast so I went for a slower shutter than usual for a wee bird flying! I then waited till the waves splashed in disturbing the birds and tried to get one in flight which was not easy at all... but then its not a challenge if its easy! I liked the atmosphere the wave splashing created also as it was quite soft!
Most people avoid wandering around in the deep woods during late summer since they don't want to be eaten alive by hungry mosquitoes and stung by all the abundant nettles, but if you don't mind those minor bothers you can sometimes stumble across a few really neat flowers and fungi. This beautiful three birds orchid looks like a tiny snowflake floating above the sun-dappled forest floor. They grow in intimate association with mcyorrhizal fungi that supply them with food, and also seem to have ties with sugar maple trees here in Iowa (beech trees further east). Notice how the three white sepals resemble the white wings of a flying bird.
Normally I try to avoid to take a picture twice. But Friday evening last week, I had no better idea to catch the current blizzard in a railway environment.
Anyone else was trying to get home, but I did the opposite. The weather drew me outside. Arrived at the station, I had to recognize how difficult it is to make a picture under such conditions (wearing mask and glasses added some more difficulties). But finally I got one, I'm happy with.
Usually we only visit seaside places in the winter and spring avoiding the summer altogether . After a brief evening visit to Whitby a couple of weeks ago i am even more convinced to avoid them during the holiday period . Whitby town was packed with folks and not really that enjoyable . Fortunately the beach was fairly quiet and apart from these Gulls we had a pleasant walk . Whitby is a superb town but I shall not be there again till November
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This Song Sparrow typically posed perched on blackberry vines. Amazing how they choose this perch regularly yet don't come to harm!
#sliderssunday
Would you? In these contact- and closeness-avoiding times we could all do with more hugs. But would you accept a hug by a green huntsman spider? And is this a spider? Maybe it's a dew-covered spider that lurks in the darkness to surprise its unsuspecting "victims" with... a hug – a friendly, if rather wet hug. So maybe this is a new subspecies of huntsman spiders (Sparassidae), the green, glistening Hugsman Spider :)
Actually it is non of the above, but a simple sliders "accident", and what you see are the exact same leaves from my previous photo (please see the first comment) –, well, it is the same photo. As mentioned in my description for my previous image, I had processed it in HDR Efex. And the "accident" happened when I was done in HDR Efex and had returned to PS. I was wondering if I should use one of the layer blending modes to slightly soften the fairly bold look I had created in HDR Efex; I opted for the "Soft Light" blending mode, but accidentally activated the "Color Burn" blending mode instead: And all of a sudden this strange, spider-ish, alien creature looked at me, ready to hug :) And as for my previous image: I decided against the use of a blending mode, and only used the HDR Efex result for the final image.
Happy Sliders Sunday, Everyone, have a nice new week ahead, and always stay safe and take care!
In diesen kontaktbeschränkten, abstandswahrenden Zeiten könnten wir sicher alle mal eine zusätzliche Umarmung gebrauchen, oder? Aber muss es gleich die Umarmung einer Riesenkrabbenspinne sein? Und ist dies überhaupt eine Spinne? Vielleicht ist es eine, die im Schatten der Blätter eines Busches, von Tautropfen benetzt, auf ihre ahnungslose Beute lauert? Tatsächlich? Nun, Riesenkrabbenspinnen hören im Deutschen auch auf den charmanten Namen "Grüne Huschspinne" und hier handelt es sich wohl um ein besonders verhuschtes, ganz und gar freundliches Exemplar, hat sie doch nichts anderes im Sinn, als das nächstbeste Lebewesen, das an ihrem Versteck vorbeikommt, einmal herzhaft zu umarmen :-)
Tatsächlich sind dies genau dieselben, mit Regentropfen verzierten Blätter von meinem vorherigen Foto bzw. ist es das vorherige Foto (siehe den ersten Kommentar) in einer geringfügig anderen Bearbeitung. Nachdem ich mit den Anpassungen für das Blätterfoto in HDR Efex fertig war, hatte ich noch kurz überlegt, die Nik-Ebene mit der Ebene des Originalfotos zu überblenden, weil mir das HDR-Efex-Resultat zunächst etwas zu kräftig erschien. Mir schwebte "Abdunkeln" oder "Weiches Licht" vor, ich landete aber mit einem versehentlichen Klick bei "Farbig nachbelichten" – und auf einmal schaute mich dieses von tiefen Schatten umgebene, kuschelwütige Wesen an ;-) Da mir dieser "Bearbeitungsunfall" gefiel, habe ich beschlossen, einfach zwei Bilder aus dem Originalfoto zu machen :)
Ich wünsche Euch einen guten (und gut geschützten) Start in die neue Woche, liebe Flickr-Freunde!
Dark macropod, found along the East coast of Australia. Photographed, trying to avoid mosquitos in the lush grasses and ferns in Rhyll, Phillip Island.
A cairn on the ascending trail to the Mont Jacques Cartier summit (Parc National de la Gaspésie, Québec, Canada)
On our trip last September to observe the last of the woodland caribous in Gaspésie, we stopped next to a stone cairn to take a peak at the surrounding landscape through the dissipating fog.
The sight is a reminder of what the caribous have to endure to avoid predators, reaching the cold summit to find food. It was disappointing not to see any caribou on that part of the trail, but we were expecting this; the ones living here are the only herd of this species still living south of the St. Lawrence River, and in spite of the protection measures in place across the park, their survival is threatened.
A caribou we did manage to see on the path down, on a car path surrounded by thick woods; it stared at us but quickly vanished among the trees before we could even lift the cameras. We could not snap any pictures, but were happy witnesses nevertheless!
Amsterdam is highly walkable just avoid walking on anything looking like a bike path and instantly freeze when you hear the ominous sound of the bike bell, an even easier and faster way to get around is to bike if you have the courage to join the fray but be warned the Dutch suffer no fools on their bikeways.
For those faint of heart the city also has one of the best public transportation systems in Europe though no underground exists trams, buses and trains make their way overland in a very efficient and orderly manner at a very reasonable cost.
After many many visits I discovered on my last trip the OV-Chipkart, an anonymous reloadable plastic card that can be found at the train station, at a newsagent or at a supermarket just look for the pink OV-chipkaart logo and best place to purchase one is at the start of your journey at Schiphol Airport.
The initial purchase price is 7,50 euro and can be loaded or reloaded at terminals with the logo but beware that not all terminals use credit cards, once you have loaded what you feel is enough for your use the card is ready to go not just in Amsterdam but all of the Netherlands on public transport, here ends the PSA.
This shot was taken on the evening tour with the Dam Boat Guys and is a good illustration of urban life on the move and also that some of your better shots come from lesser subject matter.
I took this on Sept 9th, 2017 with my D750 and Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens at 32mm 1/60 sec f/11 ISO2000 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, Topaz , Luminar and DXO
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress
#MacroMondays
#Tile
This theme will probably see me post both final "candidates", but I still had to decide which one goes into the MM pool. This one won because it has the catchier colours and is closer to my original idea, which was photographing a miniature tile's reflection in another tile that has a kind of warped, uneven mirror surface. The miniature tile is decorated with a beautiful, stylised sketch of the Moon. The problem was just that the mirror tile is super shiny (= unwanted reflections and dust), and that it has many scratches (in fact, the surface already scratches when you look at it). Plus, the Moon's reflection didn't look that nice.
So, on to the next tile, made of differently brushed, small hexagons. One candidate is a photo of only the brushed tile (my second choice). The other, this one, includes the abovementioned mirror tile, only this time, instead of placing the tile I wanted to reflect onto the mirror tile, I did it the other way round: I put the mirror tile vertically onto the tile with the brushed hexagons, thus avoiding both the dust and the scratches. And as a bonus, I was able to get the desired reflection.
No focus stacking this time, just a single shot. For the golden/yellow colour accent, I equipped one of the LED lamps with the semi-transparent yellow plastic bottle cap. The blue accent was achieved by putting a small blue glass jar on the other LED lamp. The reflection was highlighted by the flat daylight photo lamp (light from above).
Size info: The mirror tile is also made of hexagons, but much larger ones than the brushed tile. Each side of the mirror tile is 5 cm / 1.9 inches long, which defines the width of the scene.
HMM, Everyone!
San Pedro River, seen from the Malihue bridge near Los Lagos, Chile. In May 1960, the river was dammed in this area by landslides triggered by the 9.5 magnitude Great Valdivia Earthquake. The dam was then artificially lowered to avoid catastrophic failure, but the resulting, controlled flood still had considerable destructive power.
Camera: Canon PowerShot G3.
Edited with GIMP.
Last Saturday after a day of shooting in the morning, we ended up at Soco Falls. It looked great with nice water flow. However, it was around 2pm on a Saturday so it was very crowded and the sun was high overhead. Not the best conditions but my friend took a great photo. I got zilch.
So today I returned with another buddy and conditions were perfect. We were the only ones there, no breeze, no sun and very little spray. Or so I thought.
We shot for quite a while. I was stacking most shots with a shutter speed of about 2 seconds. I was carefully wiping my lens between shots just in case. So I thought I'd come away with some good photos.
But when I got home and looked at them I had water droplets showing up over the majority of photos. I am so disappointed to have missed opportunity. However, this composition was taken further downstream and that was far enough to avoid the spray. Live and learn.
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Avoiding the sun by being early, WCR 37676 is seen powering past Crawford on 5Z37 Bo'ness Jn Exchange Sdg - Carnforth Steamtown on Febuary 14th, 2022.
One from the recent archive. Freightliner's 59201, still in DB red, passes stablemate 66561 on the Westbury Avoider whilst in charge of 7C64, the 15.25 empties from Acton Yard to Merehead Quarry.
Pied-billed Grebes are not very plentiful during winter in southern Ontario, since most suitable foraging locations are frozen.