I went to a forest called "Rude Skov" - yes, the name is weird in English but I assure you that it is not rude!

I had all my gear with me but decided only to shoot handheld and to do so in manual mode, so no help from anything but the meter inside the view finder; it was so much fun and actually not that hard. Going manual gave me a sort of peace of mind, knowing how the camera was set and that the shutterspeed or aperture wouldn't change unless I wanted them to. I really encourage you to try manual mode for landscape if you haven't already.

The shots are basically of the same subject around a small lake in the forest but with variations in perspective and composition. Hopefully it's not too boring to look at.

Here's to experimentation! I plan to do a lot more of that in the near future.

Thanks again to Adam and his Landscape Masterclass at First Man Photography - without that I really wouldn't have considered going manual and not even gotten the shot because going through that masterclass has made me rethink how I shoot landscapes. I am still learning; I still struggle when looking for interesting subjects and also the composition. Also, ISO, aperture and shutterspeed is something I still need to incorporate into my workflow for each shot because I tend to forget checking and setting them. Heh.

1. August 2025

Ich habe schlecht geschlafen und werde um drei wach, stehe auf, trinke Kaffe bei Kerzenlicht und lese. Kurz nach vier mache ich mich auf den Weg zur Burg Eltz. Ich hoffe, dass der Regen der letzten Nacht für ein bisschen Nebel sorgt. Ich laufe die 15 Minuten vom Parkplatz zur Burg. Die Sicht ist schlecht. Ich bleibe bis kurz vor sieben bevor ich mich wieder auf den Weg zurück mache.

Fuji X-T3 (ETERNA), f/5.6, ISO 160, 1/2s, 16mm (Tripod Manfrotto), planned with PhotoPills, edited with CaptureOne 22 Pro (MT-03)

Playa de La Ballota. Asturias. Spain.

Slow growing fruits of hope

Pipestone National Monument

Single shot. Hand held. Nikon Z6 f/11 35mm focal length 1/8 shutter ISO 100

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Curious effect in which the clouds seem to be being sucked into a (black) hole. 😊

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Lake Wakatipu, New Zealand

© All rights reserved Rui Baptista. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.

Mining success means a good safe is needed.

Nice to see a clump of poppies this morning.

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Canon 5Ds, Cannon 24-70 f/2.8

Capture One

... hiding my nose is cheating

Blooming flowers on the prickly pear cactus.

Paleis het Loo, Apeldoorn … Nederland

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PALEIS HET LOO is een paleis gelegen aan de rand van Apeldoorn. Het paleis werd tot 1975 door leden van de Koninklijke familie van Nederland bewoond. Sinds 1984 is het als Nationaal Museum Paleis het Loo opengesteld voor publiek en vinden er tentoonstellingen en evenementen plaats. Het paleis is eigendom van de Staat der Nederlanden. Het beheer en onderhoud van de gebouwen wordt uitgevoerd door de Stichting Paleis Het Loo.

Met dank aan Wikipedia …

Sol horizonte. Noja. Cantabria. Spain.

Urban Decay,

Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

Fujifilm XPRO-2

Voigtlander Nokton Classic I, 35mm f1.4 S.C.

K&F Concept M-Mount Adapter

Following a recent visit to Filey, was great conditions for photography but possibly not camping!

Abandoned Borax mill at Death Valley Junction, California USA.

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mantis religiosa

Fujifilm X-H1 Provia simulation

Higgins Switch. December2025. Mistakenly shot this roll of Retro80 at 400. It seems the DDX worked though. I lost a lot of shadow. Then the fixer failed. I don’t think it fully fixed the whole image. I dunked it back into the fix for an extra five minutes. Still the edges of every frame seem to have suffered. So there’s a little crop on everything. Along Higgins Switch Road in Higgins, Arkansas USA. RolleiRetro80@400. PentaxMX. SMCPentax100mmFA. DDXdeveloper1:4-20minutes. AGOFilmProcessor. CameraScan:FujifilmXH1

The past lays down for the future

Every day is grazing day

Coucher de soleil sur le lac de Bienne depuis Gerolfingen.

Pour prendre cette photo, j'ai dû m'éloigner légérement du bord du lac, j'avais donc les 5 pieds dans l'eau (le trépied et moi !). J'avais lu une fois un photographe qui disait que son meilleur investissement n'était pas dans du matériel photo mais tout simplement dans une paire de bottes qui lui avait permis d'aller dans des endroits submergés. Je le comprends tout à fait !

Pour faire ressortir la pierre du premier plan, je l'ai aspergée d'eau, sinon elle aurait était trop terne et trop sombre.

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Sunset over Lake Biel from Gerolfingen.

To take this picture, I had to move slightly away from the edge of the lake, so I had all five feet in the water (the tripod's and mine !). I once read a photographer who said that his best investment was not in camera equipment but simply in a pair of boots that allowed him to go into submerged places. I can totally understand that!

To make the stone in the foreground stand out, I sprayed it with water, otherwise it would have been too dull and dark.

World Snow Sculpture Championship

"Daydreamer"

United States, Wisconsin, Team Sculptora Borealis

Annual competition along the banks of the [frozen] St Croix River

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Nikon Z 6 + NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S

I had to stop the car just in case it was going to be a ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’ moment!

18. August 2025

Vier Stunden hat die Wanderung zum Schrecksee gedauert. Nach einem kurzen Bad im See, wandere ich die letzten Meter hoch unterhalb des Kirchdachsattels. Eine Stunde bleibe ich dort, so dass wir hoffentlich vor Einbruch der Dunkelheit den Abstieg hinter uns bringen. Geschafft!

Fuji X-T3 (ClassicChrome), f/5.6, ISO 80, 1/180s, 16mm (handheld), planned with PhotoPills, edited with CaptureOne 22 Pro (CM-12)

G.Zuiko 40/1.4 Olympus PEN-F on Sony E

iPhone Panorama

Meyer Optik Görlitz Diaplan 80 2.8 / Sony A6000

The White Part. December2025. The White River Bridge at Des Arc, Arkansas USA. RolleiRetro400pulled200. NikonF3.Nikkor85mm. YellowFilter. DiafineDeveloper4+4. Washed:AGOFilmProcessor. CameraScan:FujifilmXH1

Last night's storm (actual colors of the clouds)

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Lost Dog Wash Trail, McDowell Mountains Sonoran Preserve, Scottsdale, AZ, USA. Thompson Peak in the distance, with all the MW towers. I should consider myself very lucky to live 2 miles from this incredibly beautiful preserve. Anyway, we’ve had unusually warm January this year, hottest since 1895!!!, I heard. It was 80F today … which is 27C for the metric folks.

La même cascade que précédemment mais sous un autre angle.

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The same waterfall as before but from a different angle.

Kenny Garrett and Sounds from the Ancestors - 19.11.2025 - Jazzit Musik Club Salzburg

Kenny Garrett: sax;

Melvis Santa: vocals, keys;

Keith Brown: piano;

Jason Clotter: bass;

Rudy Bird: percusssion;

Michael Ode: drums;