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WARNING: If you are headed to shoot the Horsetail Falls this year during the next couple of weeks, please read the following:
1) Due to the recent beetle infestation, at least a third of the pine trees on the valley floor are now dead or dying. When you combine these compromised trees with a flooded, soggy valley floor and high winds, you are asking for trouble. I was already concerned about the trees as I began scouting for some alternate locations this year when suddenly the wind picked up. Sure enough, just 20 minutes into my scouting on the North side a huge pine tree came crashing down right where I had been exploring a few minutes before. That's a sound that stays with you. If you were up there and saw someone leaping through the snow drifts like an overweight gazelle with two nikons flying in all directions...yes, that was me. This year, you do NOT want to be shooting right after a heavy rainstorm with a high wind blowing. Keep an eye on those trees!
2) The recent snow and rain storms have really taken their toll on the Yosemite roads, especially the stretch from Cooks Meadow into the Yosemite Lodge. If you are in a hurry and hit those potholes at 35 mph or faster, count on doing some serious damage to your wheels and/or front end. Not sure when the road crews will get a chance to fix those holes with all of the weather we have been getting lately.
3) Rockslides have been common on both the 140 and 41 this year. I have almost run into rocks in the roadway several times already this year. It would be best to take your time up there and watch for rocks on those corners, especially on the 140.
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Completely forgetting that it was a three day weekend for some folks, I headed up to Yosemite last Saturday in a light rain with hopes of photographing a record amount of water in Horsetail Fall. Yosemite had just endured another deluge earlier in the week making it three times this year that a flood warning had been issued for the valley. With a snow level of 8000 feet and heavy rain just a day before my trip, I was pretty sure I would see some serious water coming down Horsetail.
As I pulled into the valley, waterfalls that I had only seen flowing once or twice before....or not all...were thundering down on both sides of the valley. Along highway 41, impromptu falls were bubbling everywhere, often throwing water across the roadway. As I came through the tunnel I almost slammed on the brakes as Bridal Veil was about 3 times larger than any time I had seen it before. It was HUGE! After shooting Bridal Veil for a bit, I headed quickly over to the North Side which was already beginning to get crowded as hundreds of photographers were already parked and camped out waiting for a show that was still two hours away.
As for the Horsetail Fall, it was definitely flowing well but not at the flood stage that I had seen on the webcam the day before. Apparently the creek that feeds horsetail isn't really all that long and once the heavy rains let up, the creek drained fairly rapidly. Ribbon Falls, Sentinel Falls, Cascade Falls and several others that aren't flowing well during the winter were still roaring, but Horsetail had already returned to its normal size. Even though it was rather early in the season for Horsetail to light up, we were still treated to a nice orange glow before all of the light disappeared. We never quite got to the brilliant reds that can show up on clear day later in February, but it was still very impressive, especially the mist that kept billowing up while we shot. I'll probably try to make at least one more trip up this Winter, perhaps after Presidents Day Weekend, but when/if I do, you can bet I will be keeping an eye on those trees.
If you are headed to Yosemite in the next couple of weeks to photograph the Horsetail Fall and you would like to know what, where, when and how, please feel free to read my blog article at:
theresonantlandscape.com/looking-fire-horsetail-fall/
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A smart male Adonis Blue from a trip to Ballard Down in the summer. I found this (and more Adonis Blues, Common Blues and Brown Argus') in a dense patch of long grass so was always struggling to get a really clear background - as you can see. He was also such a furry little blighter that going too low on the f-stop would have meant parts of the butterfly were out of focus.
However on looking back, trying to clear up the hard drive (unsuccessfully), I realise that he's such a beauty and they're such incredible little creatures that I might be able to live without the perfect background!
Press L at least.
The Art Nouveau is the style of natural harmony. Its committed goal is the establishment of the concord of the beauty and function without compromise. This is the last comprehensive European style enriching the European culture in the applied art, the fine art and construction design. The art of the Hungarian masters enriched the unique idiom of the Art Nouveau. Being a rich resource of the trasures of this style, the Hungarian Art Nouveau is a worthy competiror of the heritages of the French, German, Belgian and Aystrian Art Nouveau. The permanent exhibition consists of paintings, furniture, ornaments and interiors. It provides and authentic sight of the atmosphere of the civic life of the “peacetime” of Budapest for the visitors. A cafe of friendly atmosphere and shop of original silver jewelries and ceramic copies waith the visitors.
Opening hours 10-17, closed on Sunday.
1054 Budaoest, Honved u 3. Hungary
www.magyarszecessziohaza.hu or
guideme.hu/place/house-of-hungarian-art-nouveau/
The building, designed by Emil Vidor, reflects the influence of Belgian and French architecture. At the same time, the facade of the building also incorporates Hungarian patterns, like the Zsolnay ceramics patterns. Not long ago, the building was entirely renovated. Besides the private museum operating in the establishment and displaying furniture, porcelain, ironwork and paintings, visitors can sit into a lovely café, too.
In 1907 the periodical Hungarian Competition (Magyar Pályázat) presents a description of the building in the Architectonic Chronicle section (Építőművészeti Krónika) with the title: Mr. Bedő Béla's Honvéd Street Palace. The designer, Emil Vidor, took good care of the building’s interior space as well, in the spirit of Gesamtkunstwerk (all objects in the same style).
This powerful unity of the arts and crafts in 1903 was a groundbreaking event in Hungary. The Bedő House was built only six years after the Belgian Victor Horta made his first fully Art Nouveau house, and in the same time with the Scottish architect, Mackintosh's famous arts house.
Even a contemporary description mentions the planned use of specially designed murals, the richly applied stained and ground glass, and generally the special design furnishing of the whole building.
On PBS Masterpiece Theatre “Vienna Blood” prodution the location was used and the Dr’s apartment was within this fine building.
Using my photo as base image created in DDG Text 2 AI filters.
Fourth image in the series.
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I had to work for this one. Light rain was hitting my filters, patience was required for the waves as they were infrequent and the only way to get the entire composition in was to stitch 3 very wide focal length images together. This doesn't usually work due to the distortion of the image at such wide angles. I think it worked out though but I did have to opt for the square crop to hide some of the distortion. This little sea arch is on the coastline of the Moray Firth to the west of Portknockie in scotland.
28:366 - Tough Love
In order to love someone, you must sometimes tell them no.
Ever been asked to do something that went against what your gut told you to do? Maybe it was a loved one, a coworker, your boss? Was this something hurtful to you
or them? Did it compromise your beliefs, your morals or your goals?
Today at the zoo, I had such a problem. I was snacking on some popcorn in front of this poor creature. He did everything he could to communicate to me what his wants were. He tried to convince me that not only did he WANT the popcorn, he actually desperately NEEDED it also. He gave me the saddest eyes I had ever seen.
It broke my heart!
But I knew that what he wanted me to do was wrong. Not only could it hurt him or make him sick, but it would be compromising my own sense of self. I love animals. I could not hurt one intentionally!
There are times when we are in situations like this. Not necessarily with a cute debrazza's monkey trying to get our salty snack. But most often with people we love asking us for something that we know is wrong to give them. It could be a child asking to stay up late on a school night or a spouse asking you to fudge the numbers on your taxes. There are somethings that are okay to say yes to, but you really need to ask yourself where you draw the line BEFORE such questions are asked. And make sure you know the consequences of your decision.
Sometimes when confronted with a difficult situation, it might be better to take your time in giving an answer. Don't allow yourself to be pressured by the strong emotions that you think might complicate things if you say no. Once you give in once, it can be harder to say no the next time. Give yourself a chance to take a risk and do what you know is right. If you are unsure, ask someone that is neutral to the situation.
Love is hard sometimes. It comes with so many emotions that can be very intense. You become tied to that person and you don't want to hurt them. But you have to remember that if you say yes to something that can cause harm, you are hurting them and yourself in the long run.
I could have said yes to the monkey. I could have given him a little piece of popcorn without anyone knowing I did it. But I would have known. How horrible it would have felt to wonder if he would have gotten sick. And even if I tried to convince myself that he would not have been hurt, inside I would have known I had made a decision that was wrong and went against my beliefs. And I would not have been able to take it back.
I had to say no to the monkey, regardless of how much pain the look in his eyes might have caused me. I couldn't allow his display of emotions manipulate my decision. Once I threw away my popcorn container, the monkey went back to his own meal of fruit. No big deal. Although a few minutes earlier, he was trying to tell me that his world was shattering, in the end, he was unchanged.
Next time, when you see the pleading eyes of someone that is asking you for something impossible, remember that you have the power to make the right choice. Because you love them.
Love your children with all your hearts, love them enough to discipline them before it is too late ... Praise them for important things, even if you have to stretch them a bit. Praise them a lot. They live on it like bread and butter and they need it more than bread and butter.--Lavina Christensen Fugal
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There was heaps out last night.
I seen a Tawny Frogmouth on the ground which seemed strange but it was ok ended up flying away.
What is different about this image is it was not made with the 90mm pro lens but instead the 60mm and also not the Godox V1 but with a compact little flash with around half the output Godox V350. I still used a full sized CJ Diffuser.
I like the weight reduction the 60mm and V350 brings to the table and with the mount I can have a larger light source.
This Diffuser configuration is aimed at people wanting to keep weight down with no compromise on the size of light source (Which I feel some overlook)
Charge time I ended setting to 0.2 , whilst 0.1 or even 0 with IS disabled is doable I could clearly see a very slight exposure change in the evf when testing with those settings so I decided not to push the capacitor or possibly cook my flash and be happy with a 0.2 charge setting.
My settings for this shot
1/50th ||| F5.6 |||| ISO 200 ||| Flash @ 1/64 + 0.3
WB 4600K (The V350 is warmer than my V1)
Not a single dropped frame all evening.
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Helicon Focus
Adobe PS
Topaz Labs Denoise AI
📷 Olympus EM1 Mkii
🔎 Olympus 60mm f/2.8 Macro M.Zuiko Digital ED Lens
🍕 Focus bracket of 132 images
⚡ Godox V350
️ CJ Diffuser and CJ Lens Hood mini
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Just downloaded Topaz AI-3 and ran this shot through the software. I chose to upgrade the resolution 2.5x and brought the osprey from 200mm to equivalent 500mm lens. The tamron 28-200mm is sharp but lacks reach. do a full double zoom. This certainly moves it a lot closer. While not perfect detail as a true telephoto, it's pretty decent compromise if that's the lens you are working with for the moment.
This is a small mountain lake in central Utah. I was privileged to shoot this June with Royce Bair @roycebairphoto and Robert McKendrick @naturalwildimage. About this time the wildfiresmoke was moving into Utah and the area we planned to shoot down in the lowlands was very compromised. We decided to try a high mountain lake in hopes we’d be above the smoke. To our delight the area was clear enough to get some very nice exposures. Thanks to Royce and Robert! 🙏 This is a stacked panorama at 16mm vertically, f/2.8, 30 sec, ISO 12,800. If you want to know why I used ISO 12,800, well I cannot tell you because I don’t know, lol. Mistake actually. When I got home I was surprised at the ISO, 😂. With enough stacked images the noise is not a significant issue though. Have a great weekend!
Daughter wanted to look for Pokenmon. I wanted to take pics, so we compromised. I let her hunt while I took pics of the sunset.
Compromising my principles. When giving talks about wildlife photography, I plead "guilty" to overemphasizing the phrase "No Butt Shots!" However, after seeing this little Carolina Wren jumping off its perch away from the camera, I decided it was worth a post.
To be fair to myself, I also emphasize... "Look for unique images that are rarely seen."
With my compromised immune system, I'm one of those who sure appreciates it when masks are worn. Please think of others and protect them by wearing a mask.
He has never known a world without paved roads and double yellow lines. The road to providing a safe, sustainable future for wildlife in a world dominated by humans is long and tortuous but is the road best taken. #WorldWildlifeDay #Bison
We don't run, we don't compromise / We don't quit, we never do / We look for love to find it in the eyes / The eyes of you, the eyes of you / You are the road, that I've been riding on / You are the rock I melt with anger / You are the only one that keeps me going on / The eyes of you that sees right through (SongDogs)
© Albertinaplatz, Wien, 2023, Florian Fritsch
Brasstown Bald is the highest point in the state of Georgia at approx 4800 ft elevation. It is located in the northeastern part of the state in the Blue Ridge Mountains on the border between Towns and Union counties south of the city of Hiawassee.
What I thought was a crystal clear day was compromised by the relatively still air and the amount of wood smoke that was in the air.
Canon R6 MK II
RF 50mm 1.8
CP 5766 plays one unit wonder on the Oshawa turn, pulling 4400 feet worth of autoracks towards Agincourt Yard, knocking down the searchlights at the east end of Cherrywood on the Belleville Sub.
What was anticipated as a sun lit shot of the trestle slowly faded to disappointment as the shadows crept up onto the supports and then the deck, little by little. When 1700 rolled around, only half of the bridge was shootable, and by 1730 two thirds of the bridge were dark and by 1800, forget about it.
But compromise does not equal defeat...
I liked the light, Fyero did not like the camera. We compromised, I managed to get a photo and she managed to get some treats afterwards. Win-win.
Hope everyone is doing well and staying safe.
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A Republic Commando got sent to the Sith homeplanet of Korriban to spy on the Sith Warlords to find out their true intentions for the Galaxy. But before he could find out the truth, his position got compromised and he had to fight his way to safety!
Hey everyone! Better late than never, but here is a small build I made to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Star Wars The Old Republic! As a day 1 player of the game I felt like I just had to build something for this event :D It felt good building a simple 20 x 20 MOC again! I hope you all enjoy the MOC and happy holidays!
Southwark Cathedral is a location I've had the pleasure of visiting and photographing several times over the years, but their recent late-night photography event provided an opportunity to capture the building in a way I hadn't seen before. As the two-hour session drew to a close and the remaining staff began to lock up, I had the cathedral almost entirely to myself, with only the light from the nave overhead to illuminate the central aisle and the occasional emergency light to prevent people from stumbling. As eerie as the scene was, it was riveting to photograph.
The final image is a stitch of two tiles, both of them a blend of nine bracketed exposures combined using luminosity masks in Photoshop. It was important to me to capture the magnificent 19th-century reconstruction of the nave's original Gothic ceiling, and even with a wide-angle lens I found that keeping the vertical lines straight meant compromising on how much of the ceiling I could include, so two shots -- taking in the aisle and then the ceiling -- were merged and the perspective then corrected. Using luminosity masks, I was able to apply my brighter exposures to the shadows and emphasise the light along the aisle, as well as darker exposures that allowed me to control the highlights along the ceiling. A high ISO compensated for the narrow aperture I used to ensure the foreground seats would be in focus as well as the altar, choir and stone screen in the distance; even then, the low light meant each exposure's shutter speed was between 10 and 30 seconds, and in the time it took to bracket 18 of these the cathedral's staff had switched off the lights above the choir, plunging the eastern side of the building into darkness.
Colour-grading the image mostly involved finding the right shades of yellow and orange to convey the glow inside the cathedral while avoiding an overload of warm tones. I applied Selective Colour and Hue/Saturation adjustments with a hint of cyan and green to offset the red and magenta across the ceiling, and a mixture of Colour Balance and Gradient Map adjustments to play up the soft blue tones in the shadows, which I felt helped to emphasise the cold evening atmosphere. Inside Nik Colour Efex Pro, I targeted the Pro Contrast and Tonal Contrast filters to the aisle to bring out the texture of the panelling along the wooden floor, while lowering the midtone and shadow contrast across the colder stone walls that had initially seemed quite harsh. Finally, using the Low Key filter, I gently darkened the edges of the frame to focus viewers' attention on the dramatic light along its centre.
The final adjustment was to remove a couple of leaves which had blown into the cathedral during what had been a very windy day. Although removing these takes away part of the memory of that blustery evening, I like how the outline of several branches from a tree outside the cathedral are still visible through the window to the right of the frame, and the memory of those silhouettes dancing in the wind while I captured this scene seems like a perfect reminder of an experience that was both spooky and captivating.
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I compromised slightly on my aspect of the Fyrish Monument here as I was keen to include the receding line of oil rigs/platforms at Invergordon. As sunset approached the easterly sky took on some pleasing pastel shades.
Here is a 3 shot vertorama of the incredible main hall of the Chowmahalla Palace. Once again i felt the need to showcase the entire hall in one go but even with the wide angle it was not possible to get everything in one frame.
I took 3 hand held shots and stitched them together. PS does a great job of aligning layers based on content and makes all of this look so easy. I feel that the alignment is not spot on but thats a compromise I'm willing to make here in exchange for a better crop of the hall.
Hope you all have a relaxing Sunday.
Þingvellir bedeutet ‚Versammlungsfelder‘. Im Jahre 930 nach Christus wurde hier Islands historisches demokratisches Parlament gegründet, eines der ersten der Welt. Für die meisten Isländer ist Þingvellir ein heiliger Ort. Um das Jahr 1000 nach Christus erklärte der große Gesetzessprecher Þorgeir Ljósvetningagoði Þorkelsson Islands friedliche Konversion zum Christentum, direkt hier in Þingvellir. Man einigte sich auf einen einzigartigen Kompromiss, wodurch das Christentum zur offiziellen Religion Islands wurde. Den Heiden war es weiterhin erlaubt, die nordischen Götter im Privaten zu verehren, was einen potentiellen gewaltsamen Bürgerkonflikt vermied.
Þingvellir means 'assembly fields'. In 930 AD, Iceland's historic democratic parliament, one of the first in the world, was established here. For most Icelanders, Þingvellir is a sacred place. Around 1000 AD, the great law speaker Þorgeir Ljósvetningagoði Þorkelsson declared Iceland's peaceful conversion to Christianity right here in Þingvellir. A unique compromise was reached, making Christianity the official religion of Iceland. Pagans were still allowed to worship the Norse gods in private, avoiding potential violent civil conflict.
Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got. There is no yesterday, no tomorrow, it's all the same day."
—Janis Joplin
We were at the Peñas Llanas Viewpoint, family and friends, near the town of Riaza, Segovia, Spain, enjoying an always beautiful sunset, when the pilots of a helicopter dedicated to rescue tasks decided to give us a low pass and they targeted our position.
And it was really close...
This is an Aérospatiale AS 350B3 Ecureuil, serial number 4088, registration EC-KNG. (Source: www.jetphotos.com)
It is always a compromise with propeller-driven airplanes to choose an intermediate exposure time, which is long enough so that it appears that the propellers are moving and at the same time that the helicopter is not moved or out of focus.
I think I almost got it.
Although I admit that I barely had time to configure the camera as I would have liked.
¡ESTUVO REALMENTE CERCA! 2024
Estábamos en el Mirador de Peñas Llanas, familia y amigos, cerca de la localidad de Riaza, Segovia, España, disfrutando de una siempre bella puesta de Sol, cuando los pilotos de un helicóptero dedicado a las tareas de salvamento decidieron darnos una pasada baja y apuntaron a nuestra posición.
Y pasó realmente cerca...
Se trata de un Aérospatiale AS 350B3 Ecureuil, número de serie 4088, matrícula EC-KNG. (Fuente: www.jetphotos.com)
Siempre es un compromiso con aviones propulsados por hélices, el elegir un tiempo de exposición intermedio, que sea lo suficiente para que parezca que las hélices se mueven y que a la vez el helicóptero no salga movido o desenfocado.
Creo que casi lo conseguí.
Aunque reconozco que apenas tuve tiempo para configurar la cámara como me habría gustado.
My son hates me taking his photo so this was the compromise Lol !! [My contribution for Smile on Saturday]
Beefy doesn't like to admit it, but sometimes he falls asleep in embarassing, but oh so cute, positions ilke this one.
He will kill me if he finds out I took this!
A shot from my recent visit to Caister on Sea, Norfolk. This beach is well photographed due to its Zig Zag sea defences especially at sunrise. There a great compositions to be had of the Sun rising in the background amongst the Windfarm out to sea. Completely the other time of day for this long exposure shot with a minimalist feel.