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Sometimes your photo props refuse to cooperate- this candle just fell over in the midst of a gazillion shots photo shoot for the macro mondays theme of tradition !!
…..BUT it will work for Crazy Tuesday, right??
At the top of my list from my last trip was this shot of the DMVW job out of Max nearing Garrison. Fortunately the information I had was good and the weather cooperated well allowing me to score this shot (and many more) on a great morning in North Dakota. EMD SD50F pair DMVW 5454 and 5418 lead a lengthy train south. Crossing Charlie's Lake north of Garrison, ND 6/29/2023
Here is Sethi lying decoratively in the garden a few days ago. He has been quite a willing photo model lately which is good for Tofu as it means that he doesn't have to do the job alone. You can't really bribe Sethi, he either cooperates or he doesn't.
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I love to cooperate in making pictures. The togetherness and the synergy.
With you Eli, it was a true pleasure. So easy to get ideas, to find the place, the mood ...all.
The fact the picture doesnt tell who is who, fits what we did This is us :)
Eli's beautiful version here ♥
The theme for the Crazy Tuesday group today is Knolling. I have seen images taken in that fashion but didn't know what it was called.
I find this group very interesting. It seems they are always coming up with something new and different and often challenging for the themes.
I did a backyard setup for this theme first, but nature does not always cooperate and my butterfly kept flying away, the caterpillars kept crawling off and the seeds from the milkweed were blowing everywhere and making a mess on the cloth I was using to place everything. Needless to say but I gave up on that idea after a short while.
I played around with coasters, Pez Dispensers, and other items as well. In the end, the shells won. Although I liked the coasters, I just wasn't entirely sure it was a proper knolling photo.
Knolling is not as easy as it looks. Then again I don't play with setting things up very often. I found it to be more time-consuming than I thought it would be. Kudos to all of you that photograph sill life and food and things that require setting up. That's a lot of work.
I hope everyone is having a terrific Crazy Tuesday. Happy snapping.
There are somewhere north of 10,000 tundra swans staging near Brownsville now and I could count over 3000 from where I was standing here. Tundra swans should continue to arrive here from northern Canada for another couple weeks if the weather cooperates and the Mississippi River backwaters don't ice over.
In Explore 🌟
… but the car park was much closer 😄
Yesterday we visited the farmers’ market, with family, at Hoghton Tower, we then enjoyed a pre-booked afternoon tea. A very nice day it was, except the weather didn’t cooperate.
Our afternoon tea was booked for 2.00pm, by 1.00pm it was raining and cold. My sister in law asked if we’d be able to have our afternoon tea earlier than booked. They were very cooperative, and our large circular table for 8 people was already reserved.
The afternoon tea was lovely. Thoroughly enjoyed by all.
We made a couple of purchases at the market too… two beautiful Norwegian blankets. Mine has a design with stags on it, and Tracey’s has horses. Tracey also bought some honey.
When we came out of the afternoon tea all the stalls at the market had packed up and left.
Hoghton tower
Lancashire
I tried many times to photograph this bee in another pose, but she was so busy and refused to cooperate :)))
She was completely immersed in the Bottlebrush...
A rare event, a person in one of my photos!! My family don't cooperate with me very well photography wise so I have to take sneak shots. This is my husband, who doesn't know this is here:-))
Another addition to the wonderful Dictionary of Image Group
An image from my morning at Avalon Pier in Kill Devil Hills back in July. The sky just didn't really cooperate that morning, so I tried to make the best of it...and definitely want to try to make it back next year.
So I apologize for posting older photos so much lately with the old camera but I have been taking the time to go through them just to see if there were some goodies I missed. I like the perspective on this one and the tree. It is a little overdone probably but fun none-the-less. This was from a fantastic trip to San Francisco. The weather was cooperating at the time and I just happened to look up and see the following image and liked it.
Mallard Duck-male
Finally the weather cooperated and so did these Mallards....usually they see me and fly away...but they stayed for a little while, then flew away...long enough to take a few photos of them...yaayy!!
Hollow Rock is another well known tombolo located just south of Grand Portage. I have been here a few times but never in the morning. The nice thing about February is that the sun will line up with the opening in the rock and shine through. It was fortunate that the sun was out and cooperated with us.
We weren't sure exactly the sun would be coming through so we had to make a last minute location change to get the sun just correct. Fortunately I was able to get double the fun with the sun with a sunburst. Another added plus we had our choice of spots since there were no workshops going on this day. :)
Meet my beautiful new friend, the range cow. He lives on the property at the Harley Davidson of Brandon Florida store, along with a brown range cow. The brown one was eating the entire time I was there and would not cooperate for a proper photo. This guy however was very friendly and I really wanted to pet him when he walked over to me. It's probably a good thing the fence is so high. Harley was in the process of closing when I was there so I didn't bother the staff with my silly questions, but next time I go I will see if the range cows have names or if I get to name them. (Surprise this image was not taken in my backyard)
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Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA
My name-sake hawk. The most social of North American raptors, these birds cooperate at nests and hunt together as a team. When hunting, a group of hawks surround their prey, flush it for another to catch, or take turns chasing it.
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and if you are interested - please take a look at the "Inner Core Project". I am looking for cooperators/"models".
My first trip to the DMVW was in 2019 and I have yet to get my fill of it. The did not want to cooperate like it did iin 2019, but this will do.
I posted a panorama from this location at the Capitol previously but I wanted to share this one as well. It may seem like a simple image, but its tough to get the timing right (or lucky). The cherry blossoms have to be in bloom and the daffodils (I think that's what those are) must be as well. Then you have the sky. Sometimes she cooperates, most of the time she does not. In this case it was all working together. Fortunately I can swing by this place on my way to work, so its easy to watch. Let me know what you think.
We were able to escape for a few days to Southern Alberta but the weather didn’t cooperate. This is from our trip down with the storm clouds already gathering. Prepare for many images of drenched wildlife taken in low light.
Mount Hood and Portland, Oregon
Sometimes, LUCK just happens. I didn't see the eagle when I took this picture. How nice it was for it to cooperate and be in the right place. And no folks, it wasn't photoshoped into the image.
Another attempt to get some Rembrandt style lighting. Made with homemade David X. Tejada style beautydish. Done with my trusty Canon 10D, ST-E2 transmitter and Canon 550EX flash. Flash at camera left, but you already figured that part out!
The great thing about using food for still life photography is if the models don't cooperate, just eat 'em. Then run in a batch of new ones from
( insert favorite supermarket here).
This or something similar to it was the shot I was hoping for in last week's 2016 52 Week Challenge unfortunately the weather never cooperated.
My Japanese red maple, flourishing so far this year...
I had pictured raindrops hanging from the tips of the leaves,
but sometimes nature just won't cooperate!
This guy has finally become comfortable enough with me to come on down from the trees to the feeding stations while I am out. He really likes the millet.
Funny though, I started taking images of him and he acted like he was offended. First he turned his back to me but since I continued clicking, he decided to move to the main feeding station to finish his meal in peace :)
Just for kicks and to show him clicking is not so bad, I took a couple of shots of him while he was there too. I know, I'm a meanie. I had to say... Trade ya beautiful, a meal for a click.
Now if the Eastern Phoebe would cooperate, that would be great! He does seem to be getting more comfortable with me. It was not long ago he would not come down at all if I was out and he would leave immediately if he was out and I came out. Now he will sit on the fence behind me and make cute little sounds. I can look at him all I want but if I raise the camera slightly, he's out of there. I do have a couple of ID shots that I took from the window, but they are horrible. Would it be crazy to have a hide or two installed in the yard. Some of the beauties that visit are so camera shy I don't know if I will ever get a shot of them unless I can disappear from their view.
Have a wonderful day and happy snapping :)
Same rhododendron, different cat. The Dragon wasn't really sure what I wanted but he tried hard to be a good photo model. I told him where to sit down and asked him to stay put while I took some photos and that's what he did. And yes, I have noticed that the Dragon isn't a dog but if he is willing to cooperate it works anyway even though his patience is limited.
I originally wanted to take a photo of Cleo bur she didn't want to cooperate. So I looked around for another photo model and found the other tabby, Sethi, who is usually even less cooperative than Cleo. Today he was obviously too exhausted to complain. :)
Moon Phase: Full Moon
It was nice not having to be out in frigid weather... and mother nature cooperated with a clear sky!!
This is how great Remic Rapids Park looks like when nature cooperates! These fabulous, creative Balanced Rock Sculptures are often knocked down by strong wind or birds! So my friend John starts over rebuilding every time, each piece is unique!
I have ever met anyone that can be so manly and sweet at the same time, we got each other Rezz Room Piggies for VDay. I don't think I have ever seen a nicer iimpromptu piggy picture either (Emi took this, he made this look like we planned it! Our AOs even cooperated!)
Apparently, its a pretty common bird there, but this is my lifer and I liked the lovely streaks on the birds breast area.
There were several types of thrushes in the area, maybe 6-7 and we sighted most of them, out of which a few which didn't cooperate for photography. The birds are found mostly in the underbush looking for insects and often playing around with the other birds of their species.
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A Delaware Lackawanna PO74 climbs the grade just east of Dunmore, PA with five cooperate panted Alcos/MLW's and a heavy train. With the weather report stating mostly sunny all AM on this day, actually was mostly cloudy However, I was dealt a winning hand when the train showed with some 45 seconds of light so I cashed in and headed home. I was not going to be aggravated for the rest of the day with a cat and mouse chase.
I could hear this sedge wren chattering from a clump of prairie willows - they sound remarkably like a rattlesnake when they do that, by the way - and it hopped up on that dead willow stick just long enough for one quick peek before diving back into thick cover where it refused to cooperate again.
Zion's iconic Watchman. Zion National Park, Utah. The Watchman at sunset is one of Zion's classic shots, but when the sky cooperates it is pure magic.
The arrival of the Tomten doesn't impress Cleo one bit. In fact I was suprised that she allowed me to take a photo of her with one of them. It's possible that the treats in my hand played a certain part in her decision to cooperate ...
today a surprise!
WEATHER PERMITTING is the topic for Friday, February 10, 2017
something you can only do or see when the weather cooperates. Group Our Daily Challenge
By early March neighboring farmers are anxious to work their fields, and we hope in the next week to plant our early spring garden -- if the weather cooperates.
I very much enjoy getting out at any time of the day when it comes to photography. Even when the time is not just right. That can be part of the challenge to make the best of what is given. When huge puffy clouds appeared in the sky, it was time to get to a predetermined spot scoped out the prior day.
Hours later, the clouds cooperated and gave me what I had visualized before arriving. And, armed with a polarizing filter, the sky would go very dark against the clouds. A 3 stop GND held the white in check resulting in a proper exposure with little post processing.
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Another image of Amsterdam during a cloudy and rainy day. No filters used here!
Bikes are the best (and the cheapest) means of transport to explore this beautiful old city. Bikes can be found anywhere throughout this big city!
Amsterdam is the capital city of The Netherlands and has so much to offer. Unfortunately the weather did not really cooperate while making this image.
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sighted May 1st
I had been hoping for another opportunity to capture a better image all week, but the oriole did not cooperate, so I am posting this one because it had been a treat to see it
A super sky on the evening that I took this (it took me a month to actually look at these again). The sun broke through the clouds long enough to give some nice light. These cattle came over to the hedge but were not entirely cooperating with a suitable pose. They just wouldn't all put their heads up above the hedge line.F20,0 to burst the sun. This only gave me 1/30 at iso 800. On the verge of being too slow for hand holding and with fast moving animals. Always difficult to handle shooting into the sun without flare and other issues. Handheld to follow the cattle and the tripod was in the car about a 5 minute walk away.
Once the rain stopped this morning the bees came around to feed on freshest flowers here. It’s like they posed for my photos as they cooperated so well. “After The Rain” things got busy with the bees. The rabbits found their way out of the bushes looking fir a garden to visit. Thanks for viewing my work. Stay safe and be kind to everyone today..