I've not shot into the evening sun so directly before, but I did want to see if I could capture the hay and dust stirred up by our neighbor's tractor.

My husband walked down the lane after I began, and weighed in today: he would have shot a more perpendicular angle with fewer or no sun flares, yet still capturing the light. I mention this so that you'll know I'm open to suggestions. (Previous photo link in first comment.)

Nikon D810, Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 (130mm)

1/320 sec; f/16; ISO 250

manual exposure, monopod

Thanks for looking and for your fun comments. I think Flickr tagged this one well: "surreal" ;)

The small DSC-RX100M3 performs miracles in the dark, certainly a piece of art of the Sony's technology 😮

Experiments with trying to backlight the cabbage leaves. I don't like how tightly cropped the image is but my board was my limiting size. I might try again with a more neutral palette. Happy I tried something new, playing helps my mood. Do you post your fails as well as your successes? I like sharing so others know not everything is successful but you try again another day.

Here is another experiment with light and liquids.

Sony α7

Samyang 100 mm f/2.8

Experimenting with effects ;[)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhWHi_a_TT8

Perhaps you will understand that this was initially a dandelion photo.

Another one. Wireless flash, olympus remote.

I'm liking this, however I want to see if can acheive it on paper with oils or tea stain or something... we'll see, nothing like experimenting! :)

With heartfelt and genuine thanks for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day, be well, keep your eyes open, appreciate the beauty surrounding you, enjoy creating, stay safe and laugh often! ❤️❤️❤️

the balls are covered with glue,painted with watercolr on Fabriano paper and then textured

Experimenting with HDR

Experiment

When it was raining the other day I decided to experiment with a CD disc, water droplets and a torch.

Many thanks to all who take the time to view, comment or fave my images.

Experiment ....

Konstruktive Kritik erwünscht

Actually I want to do some experiment with candle. Suddenly, an idea has been popped up in my mind! Then I did this and took the shoot. It took a lot of time to capture this photo. I didn't get the perfect shot. Finally I captured it.

“The best thing for being sad," replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, "is to learn something. That's the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then — to learn."

― T.H. White, The Once and Future King

My all-time, best-loved quote. With that in mind while still sheltering at home (nine months!), I rented a Lawoa 2.5X-5FX Ultra Macro lens. We already had a macro focus rail. Light is vital on a rainy day; brought in two studio lights in addition to three windows in my office studio. Magnified by three.

Hope for improvement. Comments not necessary until I improve, thank you.

Experimenting...

Experiment : backlit at night with a torch

robin not in focus but hopefully will improve

panasonic lumix tz70

this afternoon i continued to experiment with my new camera. i used the scene and macro settings together with the focus lever. it's a lovely camera to hold and the weight all ok ... but practise, practise, practise

i had been waiting for a panasonic lumix tz90 but there is a global shortage of point and shoot cameras petapixel.com/2021/10/15/the-camera-industry-is-trapped-d... i was on various waiting lists but no stockist had any idea when it would be available. a panasonic lumix tz70 was in stock last week www.lcegroup.co.uk/New-Equipment-Home/ i bought it rather than have a possible prolonged frustrating wait for the tz90

for many years my garden was a shrubbery flic.kr/p/Lhv9ag which i loved. a picket fence covered in an ivy hedge coming down in a storm meant that over time changes had to happen flic.kr/p/2mn2x8a i'll be glad when the trellis is covered in honeysuckle and jasmine. that's the plan ...

www.flickr.com/groups/gardening_is_my_hobby/ helpful for ideas. thank you for sharing

Happy Bokeh Wednesday

Thank you for taken your time to visit me, comments or faves are always much appreciated!

Experiment

flowers planted in a tin pot hanging from the trellis

panasonic lumix tz70

this morning i experimented with my new camera on the macro setting but also used the focus lever. it's a lovely camera to hold and the weight all ok ... but practise, practise, practise

i had been waiting for a panasonic lumix tz90 but there is a global shortage of point and shoot cameras petapixel.com/2021/10/15/the-camera-industry-is-trapped-d... i was on various waiting lists but no stockist had any idea when it would be available. a panasonic lumix tz70 was in stock last week www.lcegroup.co.uk/New-Equipment-Home/ i bought it rather than have a possible prolonged frustrating wait for the tz90

for many years my garden was a shrubbery flic.kr/p/Lhv9ag which i loved. a picket fence covered in an ivy hedge coming down in a storm meant that over time changes had to happen flic.kr/p/2mn2x8a i'll be glad when the trellis is covered in honeysuckle and jasmine. that's the plan ...

www.flickr.com/groups/gardening_is_my_hobby/ helpful for ideas. thank you for sharing

with texture. here is the original shot: flickr.com/photos/hbpeggy/2508744284

comments and critique welcome, I am not sure if I like this or not.

Some addictions feels better..

Bowl, Olive Oil and iPad. :-)

Experimenting with a new app Darkr

so, for the MM theme for this coming Monday, I thought it would be cool to use food coloring to “tie dye” cotton candy— nope, it dissolved it!!

On this experiment, I used ink and PVA glue to explore a different concept upon drawing and shades. The ink breaks down creating interesting and unpredictable shapes.

In 1993, Amtrak was looking at options for electric high speed trainsets and tested the German-built Inter-City Express, or ICE. On 4 September of that year, Amtrak P609, led by AC-power F69PHs 450 and 451, glides through CSX (former L&N) Goulding Yard at Pensacola, FL. Obviously, the ICE never came to America permanently and at least one of the F69PHs now rusts away at NRE in Mt Vernon, IL.

Note that Goulding Yard was the cleanest yard on the Mobile Division and Southern Region in 1992.

"Experiment:#:001A":Exposure Adjusted Digital Capture Of A Painting Shone On TV. Caught Between Frames... + Sp-Efx... :Copyright:2017:Joel.A.Fairchild...Have Camera,Will Travel... Abstract/Surreal Images For Hire...

This is a photo taken during a video I saw in 2018 at MOMA showing the work of Bogdan Bogdanovic (1922–2010), a Yugoslav architect who made very sculptural monuments to the war dead. This is a detail from the visit of one called the "Stone Flower" and is found in Croatia.

When I took the photo during the film which was in b&w, the composite colors (panchromatic BW film?) came through and I found this transformation interesting.

Color-experiment, used: Filter Forge, Photoshop

One of my latest adventures on the tradigital universe. I decided to experiment a bit more, and little by little I can feel that I'm on the way to find something interesting to develop further. Graphite, acrylics and gouache on Fabriano 300gms, digital.