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When the weather gets cold outside, the birds seem a bit more tolerant of each other and are more willing to share the different feeders.
The Downy Woodpeckers are very timid so seeing this little female staying put when the Pine Warbler flew up, I knew they were really feeling the bitter cold weather we were having.
** Please note there are two more shots in the Comments section of "mixed doubles."
I had seen this Moss growing on a wall and after a very wet night it looked very fresh is some early morning sunlight.
A bit late for the holiday season, but presented in the spirit of Santa. A weather-worn Limber Pine anchored in granite clings to the slopes of Grassy Top, with the afternoon sun warming its trunk. I'm not sure of the age of the older trees on this slope, but based on nearby trees that I've cored I'd guess this individual might be a bit over 300 years old.
My piece for Houses For Our Troops Charity
Bit of an ordeal in its creation - vertigo does not help one focus at all.
A huge Thank You to: The Machines, my dear old friend Oodlemi, and my beloved partner Nanox for your help and input.
I am not sue how well the transparencies of the Valkyr and the Reaper comes across, but I am over all happy with the image.
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I submitted to be in this event not just in honor of family and friends past and present who have served but 4 guys whom I hope had it better than it appeared to a stranger.
- The old watcher of 34th who had half a jaw and silently watched unseen horrors day in and day out for years.
- The Native American Chief (as written on his leather jacket by him) who had impressive presence and dignity.
- The Tank Commander of the 22 city bus route, who continued driving that tank for years and shouting commands at the dang uncooperative passengers - I salute you one last time.
- To Guy no thats his name Guy with his metal plate funny jokes and helping me out one time.
I hope others remember them well or better, but this is my tribute to them.
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Zenith, Crimarizon, Maitreya, Skinnery, MeC, Slink, Tableau Vivant, Azoury, IKON, ...
Xerxes Valora, Kami Diesel, and myself
** Didn't raise much for the auction but was still a fun project and was happy and honored to be included.
The scenery everywhere was just stunning - especially when there was a bit of sunshine to light it up.
Bit of a shock compared to Hampshire but I am lucky enough to be working in Iceland for a week. Heavy snow, then glorious sunshine and then around that corner a snow storm ( or light flurry if you are Icelandic). Prepared to be bored everybody.
28th February 2022 :
A bit busy today, so it's my Macro Mondays theme photo for my one a day.
The card was given to us for Christmas by a friend. She saves all her old cards and is given others by friends and each year she makes her own for friends from parts of her card collection. Every one unique.
Today is : International Repetitive Strain Injury Awareness Day - nationaldaycalendar.com/international-repetitive-strain-i...
And for the Silly News it's : National Public Sleeping Day - nationaldaycalendar.com/national-public-sleeping-day-febr...
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Anyone for a good cuppa tea and a little bit of folklore about Baba Yaga? Come have a seat and let the fun begin... *cackles*
Widow's Brew Tea set can be found at The Aardvark Store This would be the perfect addition to your Halloween table.
And which Baba Yaga wouldn't have her faithful Bewitched Cat by Aardvark nearby. Can be found at The Uber from Sept 25 to Oct 22.
This scene was created on a fantastic sim
Remember to go to this amazing sim you must be a member of Frogmore group. Contact Tolla Crisp in world to become a Member.
Folklore is heard throughout the world. Seems every one has a different version of some of the stories we hear.
Presently there is a lovely little competition at Witherwood regarding the story of Baba Yaga. For more information about this, please check out the Frogmore Group notices.
[Stargazer Creations], Ade, Dictatorshop, Have Unequal, XXX Event
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I was a bit confused if i should load the color shot or the B&W. Maybe will load the color one another time :)
In life we always have this path ahead of us surrounded by danger. Nature's force somehow has this protective railing in each of our paths to protect us from falling depending on the choices we make. If we take the right path, we may just end up alright with beautiful memories. Have a good day all!
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Been a bit distracted lately but one thing I was working on was a B&W shot of the garlic family, This is one shot from that study.
It seems like I took this a long time ago but I see it wasn't that long. I hope this shot provides a moment of distraction.
All the best in these turbulent times and hope this day finds you safe and in good health! The cause of my distraction and reason I've been a bit absent from flickr lately is I'm approaching retirement and I'm a bit stressed. I was looking to finish out my 40 year career in style, big luncheon planned, lot's of hugging, reminiscing with old friends. Now with the added concern over COVID-19, we postponed the luncheon and I've been working from home for the last week. I cleared out my desk from work but still have another week, 10 days to be precise until my last day on 31 March. Very strange indeed and now I just want to get to the 31st and quell some of this anxiety along with the uncertainty of COVID-19. Well, I'll hang in there so we'll see!
Hunker down, wash those hands and keep your distance from other folk but most of all remember that we're all in this together.
A bit of an obvious one for "Soap", and there are some similar entries for this week's theme.
What makes this one a little different is that I've waited for the sun to come out and shine through the bar of soap to make the logo glow with yellow light, and this type of lighting also has the effect of softening the detail - "soft soap" perhaps?
Shot with a Helios 44M lens at f/8 on about 2cm of extension tubes.
In post processing, I've "turned everything up to 11" to enhance the effect, cropped down to the logo and I've cloned out a few tiny blemishes.
Macro Mondays - Three - Monday, July 24 2017
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Bit stumped for something to say in this description.
So how about............50/50 is the new rule of thirds?
Or......I might rename this shot "Marmite" in light of my latest addiction, which quite possibly influenced the colour of this shot.
139 sec exposure | Explore #80
"I embrace the abstract in photography and exist on a few bits of order extracted from the chaos of reality."
Ralph Gibson
Milky Way @ Stonehenge, Wiltshire UK
Well I've been a bit frustrated wrt the Milky Way core this year as when it's visible around 3am or so unless it's at a weekend I just can't shoot it as I wreck myself for work and weekends have been pretty crap so far.
I got myself a second hand fast prime lens through mpb earlier in the year and have been wanting to try it out for astro.
More recently the MWC has been 'visible' just after midnight but again far too many clouds most nights. However, the other night there was a forecast for skies to be clearing around midnight so I took a chance but wanted somewhere not to far away so despite the known light pollution I set off on the 35min drive to Stonehenge.
Experimented with f/1.4-f/2 shots and 2-2.5min exposures using the Move-Shoot-Move star tracker I have.
I can't say I think this is a great image and I'll try to convince myself it's more to do with the light pollution (I wish Salisbury's street lights went off at 10pm!) than my lack of shooting/editing skills. However I thought I'd post it just as a bit of a record of my first attempt with the Sigma 20mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens. 14mm would have been better but I'll cross my fingers canon will eventually see sense and let Sigma produce RF compatible glass.
For the record - the image is a composite of a 150s exposure at f/2 ISO100 for the sky and 30s f/4 ISO1600 for Stonehenge.
I'm planning on taking this lens to Iceland in October so wish me luck seeing and shooting the Northern Lights during the few nights I'm there on a Workshop.
Thanks for viewing and have a good weekend everyone..
© All rights reserved Steve Pellatt. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.
A bit different with the processing on this one...mostly due to the extreme shadows and highlights. I decided to do something different and embrace the chaos. I quite like the result, but prefer a nice overcast day for woodland and water...Turkish clear blue sky and blazing summer sun are not exactly the ideal conditions. Take what you get
Had a little bit of time to capture some floral photos today.
I used a slightly different approach today. Used Program (P) mode.
I am still struggling a little to get just the right adjustment in Lightroom. I knew just what to do in GIMP to get the color levels right, but I am sure over time I will figure it out.
Critique is welcomed.
Thank you all very much for your visits, favs and comments.
Another bit of a reflection of a blossom on the bank of the bayou accompanying one of my good buddies! I like the way the light lit up from the sun! Taken on Horsepen Bayou!
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Went on a bit of a Deer stalk today, as I wanted to try my hand to see if I could get close enough to get a shot, the ironic thing about todays stalk was that the stalked ended up stalking the stalker! something had previously spooked this Buck and we were watching some others near by, whilst our backs were turned this rather inquisitive buck came up behind us and just stood there watching for a good few minutes, once we realised we turned and rattled off a few shots :)
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I've probably been in Thailand too long to think that the water of Emerald Lake would be anything other than freezing cold. Call me soft but even though it was a really hot day I only lasted a few seconds paddling in the lake
Fun time with some coins, lightbox, and color prism. Hope you enjoy this series as much as I liked playing around with the light and angles of the light.
Little fragments of ice riding the waves, waiting for the chance to become a part of something bigger.
For this to make any sense it would be helpful to have a quick look at my previous picture of the Fire Station coffee shop (and art centre).....
I have photographed the exterior of this building on three occasions now. It is a street photographers dream. Yesterday Kerry enquired in the comments, if I had had a coffee? Well I felt a little guilty that I hadn’t and thought I would rectify that today.
There is currently an exhibition of sculpture by Johannes Von Stumm on in the Fire Station. I took my mother (who is an artist in her own right) to have a look around. I bought our coffees and then surveyed the artwork.....I’m always attracted to the price tags first.....One tag read £42,000 and another read £51,000. Beautiful artwork but not really my cup of tea (or price bracket)......
The pictured bronze was sat by the bar and caught my eye. I went over and looked at it. It was a completely different style of work to the other sculptures. Much more up my street. I enquired of the barman if this was made by Mr Von Stumm as well? .....
He said No. One of the bar staff had made it!!!!!
Heck there are some very talented people around.....
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Sometimes described as a wooden Thrup'nny bit this coin was worth 1/80 of a pound and bears some resemblance to the present pound coin having 12 sides and golden colour. I chose this for the "Redux" theme on currency.
A bit of photoshop fun for Sliders Sunday.
Don't ask about the concept here because I'm not sure there is one LOL.
The base image was taken with an ND filter to get a long exposure which removed all of the traffic. The A380 is one of my stock one which I've used before. I tried to work with the proportions here where the wingspan is 80 meters.. Alas, the width of the M6 here is more like 45 metres (verge to verge) making the shadow's wing span approx 60 metres.. So, still a little short...
Anyway, thought it was (just about) worth sharing.. HSS.
Focus stack (50 images) Shot with single off-camera strobe (Godox AD200Pro/XPro II trigger), bare bulb, mounted on overhead boom, bounced off 32 inch white umbrella.
Shot for Macro Mondays - spiral
62 mm (l) x 10 mm (dia)
masonry drill bits differ from normal drill bits in that they have a hardened cutting tip (usually tungsten carbide) that is used to chip/grind hard materials such as masonry, brick or stone rather than cut through the material. The deeply fluted spiral shape that of the bit helps to remove dust and debris from the hole that is formed. Masonry bits are tippically used in hammer drills that use a combination of percussion and rotation to create a hole of the desired dimension