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Newport Beach, California
Visitors can't help but enjoy a summer southern California sunset.
Captured from the area of Lookout Point overlooking the Pacific Ocean and Corona Del Mar State Beach. The inlet jetty forms what is known as "The Wedge" on the far side of it. That unseen beach area is accessed from the Balboa Peninsula and the jetty often caused a wave intensification enjoyed by surfers.
Nikon D800
Nikon 24-70 mm f/2.8 at f/4
1/50 sec at f/4 ISO 100
August 27, 2017
Sasha the Vizsla was the subject of my high-ISO experiment. This is really my first attempt at making any keeper photos at higher ISO settings. Until I read this, I thought that higher ISO settings were only for D3/D300 owners.
Taken at ISO 1600, check it out Large or View On Black
Explore #193 January 15, 2008
I was bored and i got inspired to do a photo shoot. The noise in the photo kind of bothers me, but not to the point of me hating the photo. Self-timed photo using only window light.
( best viewed largest format)
There are many days when the news of the world simply mystifies me, saddens me, leaves me feeling as though I want to be farther from not more involved in the bigger world. But the bigger world is so full of gifts, sweetness that my eyes pass over, gestures of kindness, whole stories told in gestures.Driving by a residential sidewalk, I noticed an old man, halo hair glowing in sunlight stopping the wheelchair he pushed to gently straighten the tiny frail woman seated within. Carefully he placed her hands back in her lap, one atop the other, smiled into her face and resumed his place behind her. No one beyond the hearts they touch will know when they leave this world, it will not be headline news, their contributions will be quietly known to those nearest their life. The big news last night and this morning was focused on celebrity deaths. What makes one life more noteworthy than another? Our collective interest and response. So much room to squeeze in and be heard, so many opportunities to measure and to judge, the temptation exists. I am not of a church affiliation, though I believe I share in a community of faith (many faiths), but even on the perifery of such I save these words and revisited them this morning.
Corinthians-13-12:13
For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known.
And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
let the wind carry your sorrow and your dreams
and the water cleanse and renew.
peace.
This is another shot from Elephant Rock in Valley of Fire SP.
While my previously posted image flic.kr/p/Qkj6g3 was captured with my astro-modified Canaon EOS 6D, this image was taken with my unmodified Canon EOS 7D mk ll.
It shows that you can take good nightscapes with a APS-C sensor, even in crazy temperatures above 100°F...
Canon EOS 7D mk ll
Samyang 10mm f/2.8
5 x 30sec @ ISO3200
Individually stacked for the foreground (PS) and sky (fitswork4).
Thanks for all your faves and comments.
I love this woman! Whatever the weather is, she would be there out walking slowly, going around the mall, sitting on some bench for a while and returning to her place, I don't know where her home is because she passes my place and goes on. She is an outdoor person, she must have done so much in her younger days, carried so much burden mentally and physically. I admire her activeness even in the senior years. She has a beautiful smile(I would love to picture it) too.
Not everybody we meet touches our heart. This woman with her fragile state makes an impact in my mind.
Some nice light just before work the other morning, so snapped this bench in the local park.
Warmed the whole image and added some extra lens flare using GIMP.
HSS.
Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
Thomas Aquinas
Another great work of art from my lover!
I've seen them fly away with peanuts and it makes me laugh. However, this nuthatch seems to be opting for a sunflower seed.
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(Sound of Clancy sighing)
Dad?
"Hmmm."
Dad.
(Sound of Dad's newspaper)
"What is it, Clancy?"
Dad, why is the sky blue?
"Haha. Well, the sky is blue as a result of the
scattering of light rays which reflect the
blue end of the spectrum. It's fascinating, really."
Uh huh. And why do baby deer have spots?
"They're an environmental, hereditary, camouflagic
protection. Mother Nature protecting her young,
so to speak. She's quite amazing, don't you think?"
You bet. And how do birds fly?
"Their wing shapes give them lift and their
flapping gives them momentum. The natural world,
my boy, is truly awesome!"
Wow, sure is. Hey, wanna go outside again?
"Outside? You know, that sounds like a great idea.
Let's go!"
(Clancy, thinking)
Heh heh, like taking treats from a puppy.
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Throwback Clancy, 2yrs
THROWBACK Clancy album:
www.flickr.com/photos/130722340@N04/albums/72157655594489275
of course i really do not have any idea what this creatures mind is doing, yet it does make a good title don't you think?
Kidelle, Lunalia and Chinook have a mission: they have to save Kiseki from slowly disappearing and stop Renn from completely turning into a demon. It will not be easy, but these three sure are determined!
(...they were actually arguing about tea flavours or something but umm let´s pretent they are making reaaaaally complex plans, okay?)