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Few more Carl Zeiss Planar T* 50mm f1.4 C/Y bokeh photos. At right conditions and when focus is nailed, it is sharp even wide open. However, with thin DoF an my shakey hands it is not an easy feat. On cloudy autumn days bokeh is smooth and gentle, even in difficult light situations.
A few shots to come of a sunset on a spur of the moment decision to pop out,I could see some nice clouds out over the sea so with no time to drive anywhere this was a walk to my local beach at Worthing .
This is cropped from a wider shot,I just wanted to include this very old and sea worn wooden groyne just as a wave receded back down the beach to the sea
Few old images that never find its way to Flickr. Auto-Topcor 50mm f1.8 is fine lens. It has quite controlled and soft bokeh. More like modern lenses. But it still keeps that dreamy quality.
So a few days ago I was walking toward a Red-shouldered Hawk that I had seen land on a snag when I looked up the other way and saw these two Turkey Vultures. Turkey Vultures are so common that I don't ordinarily take pictures of them, but these two were carrying on so I paused and snapped off several images. Mating Turkey Vultures was not on the top of my list of things I expected to see that day. Ed R. Levin County Park, Santa Clara County, California.
Trying a few different approaches to ducks with some success. I vowed to upgrade my waterfowl this year and so far so good. For this series yesterday, I set up in the water (yes its cold) and tried some admittedly embarrassing concealment. However, it was fun having wild, skittish ducks swim past me. One of my goals this year was a image of a Ring-necked drake that I felt was worthy of it's beauty and I think I got one yesterday. There were probably 100 mixed mergansers with just a couple Ring-necked, so I felt very lucky when this one come up the creek right toward me.
Montgomery Co. PA, WInter 2017
A few days I spotted a touch of blue and looking closely saw it was speedwell which some would call a wild flower. In a garden situation they often grow so widely that they are often seen as weeds. I did enjoy this offering though of a little delicate blue at this time of year when the garden is looking rather drab.. So even the weeds are coming into flower early this year
Thank you all so much for sharing your quality photos which is a great way to see and keep in touch with the world from home. Also for your kind comments and favours which are much valued.
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A few photos captured through the delicate veil of cracked glass and the artistry of raindrops, I hope these photos take you into a world where abstraction reigns. Each image reflects a fleeting moment, transformed by the interplay of light and texture. The fractured surfaces create intriguing patterns, distorting reality while enhancing the beauty of the mundane. I hope you find wonder in these photos.
The few remnants of glass / catch the environment / and tell it's story. // Who would have know there was snow / if not the reflection?
Mushroom the great time of many is almost over. In a few places they survive , most on wood. Perhaps slightly warmer....
There are few stone circles in Britain in such a dramatic setting as that of Castlerigg, which overlooks the Thirlmere Valley in the Lake District National Park with the mountains of High Seat and Helvellyn as a backdrop
It is not just its location that makes this one of the most important British stone circles; considered to have been constructed about 3000 bc, it is potentially one of the earliest in the country.
Off for a few weeks starting 31-July. Wishing you all a happy few August weeks and more.
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Historic river community in Chanthaburi old town; on a peaceful still morning not long after sunrise. It was still early enough for deep shadows, with the low sun not quite yet passing all the tall trees on this side of the river.
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The shot is from late March, hence before the rainy season, but there were some lovely clouds already, but very early before 7am. By the time i found the right spot and angle for this shot here the clouds had almost completely dispersed, and all that was left was this curious little formation here, before drifting out to the right real fast :)
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Here is also a nice golden sunrise shot from some 5 years prior; but that was in later morning light, perhaps an hour later or so, and from a different angle without many of the shadows.
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Took the camera along today walking the dogs in a local park as I missed the opportunity yesterday with them and the colors are starting to change on some of the trees, the pretty clouds made for some fun captures while waiting for the sun to pop out between the clouds.
Captured with the CPL filter.
the last few month I worked on a series of landscapes with glamourise, intense colors. To achieve that special look, I used an old darkroom technique - no Photoshop - filter - monkey business.
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There were a few things I have found scanned slides that I am super happy with. One is I am glad I got a lot of photos of the depots that were still standing in early 2000 along the CN. It seems that by 2010 or later, the CN went on a demolition spree and leveled a lot of depots. Central City, here at Wall Lake, Storm Lake, Denison, and Plainfield are a few depots that were taken down. The one here at Wall Lake was taken down so the east leg of the wye could be put in for the Western Iowa Energy (WIE) biodiesel plant that was built in 2005. The Council Bluffs local heads for the Bluffs as it works past the old depot and down the Omaha Sub.
Scanned slide from June 2004.
A few of you dear people have suggested I do a collage of my album 12 Months Of The Same Image - Trentham Gardens, so I have! I don't usually do collages but thought I'd give it a go.
As you can see, it starts off with a frosty day in January and ends with an even colder frosty day in December. I would have loved to have photographed the gardens on a snowy day but it was just not to be...maybe this year :)
Thank you all for your smashing comments etc on the 2016 project and also on the 2015 Mow Cop Castle album too. I think I might attempt a collage of that one too :)
A few days after my first encounter with the Nighthawk, it was once again in the same pine tree and this time the sun was better positioned so no shadows were cast on it!
Few things to see in this image - from the sheep in the foreground, the lone tree in the middle hill, and the people on the far (illuminated hill) - all easy on the eye
I actually took this (and a few other ornaments) to the beach but it was so overcast that I decided not to take photos. So they got a trip out, and a walk along the beach.
When I got back to town it was nicer, so I went to a park and had a little photo shoot there instead :-)
So I looked through my photostream today and saw how many beach related photos I've got. And at least a quarter of the 'non-beach related' ones actually were taken on the way too, from, or next to, a beach!
All these lovely little purple shells were found and carefully collected by me at Himatangi beach, NZ.
Another couple of shots of these purple shells
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>More of my beach finds on flickr :-D
A few more shots from my 50mm lens challenge today. This is a study in complementary colours. The late afternoon sun on a Sunday afternoon produces a fine reflection in the North Esk River. If a serious flood threatens this is one of the bridges in Launceston that has flood gates attached. It essentially turns the rivers into canals and divides the city in half.
A few hours' mountain climbing make of a rogue and a saint two fairly equal creatures.
--Friedrich Nietzsche--
A few more bird photos taken at the Yakima Area Arboretum. Now that my internet connection has been restored it is much easier to upload photos. I had internet access via phone hotspot for about 5 days but that was very slow. IMG_3561
A few mornings ago, there was a bit of frost and I could not resist this seasonal opportunity. The red of the berry contrast nicely with the white covering of the frost and the leaves add a bit of seasonal atmosphere.
A few months ago, I posted what I thought was a female Mallard with a condition known as Angel Wings. It turns out the duck was really a juvenile and grew up to be a male! In any case, Angel wings is a deformity in the wing bones, possibly caused by diet, and it renders the duck unable to fly. Fortunately, I saw him two days ago and he appears to be well, although if the bird needs to migrate, he's out of luck and is also more susceptible to predators. Fortunately, there are plenty of other non-migrating ducks in his lake home.
I think I'll call this Cruz Beach, after the rock. See previous photo for the confusing official names of the place. Our first time actually on the beach, though we've looked out at it a few times. One day there were two other people there!
North of the rounded hill is the (slightly) better known "Little Hawaii" beach, which on a busy day might attract as many as 6 or 8 people! It is the nicer beach of the two -- but watch out for very heavy beach-tar blobs at the north end of that one. "Drill here"?
I have to say that this week has been really hard for me. But life goes on...
First off, happy birthday to my dear sopranosflight!!!
Tomorrow is my mommy's birthday!
I was looking through old photos and wanted to create something I was proud of, and I noticed I'm in love with all of my levitation photos, so I decided to create one. It was supposed to be of me and richard, but richard got too cold and was a whinny baby. hahahha.
anywho, i had a few people in mind when editing this photo in particular:
cierra, grace jones, and karrah!!!
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A few local shots from Barby Nortoft this evening, the first lineside shots I have managed for 3 months. Here we see 90020 paired with 90037, as they work 4S47 Crick-Mossend.
14th July 2021
In a few hours Enchantment returns with a new round dedicated to The Last Unicorn.
This time I decided to make legs and unicorn horn, but in a warrior version. You can find the set in two colors, black and white with shades of gold and silver.
The pose used in the picture is from Roquai and also you can find it in Enchantment.
A few more from a lovely day at Brixham last Sunday.
Turnstones are like the feral pigeons of our coastal towns. This is one of a gang which hangs out near the Rockfish chippie hoping for scraps.
evenings when the sky is the scene of a cloud show and the sunset is the spotlight with its golden color.
Don't always look at the sun, look for the colors.
All losses are caused by different reasons, but a select few of them happen because something was straight out taken from us, or we were taken ourselves. Imagine being not only stripped of your clothes, your dignity, and your pride, but also being forced to go along for the ride. A ride that involves no acceptance, no going with the flow, no ability to fight, just being absolutely forced to comply with everything and everyone being taken from you.
This can all be metaphorical to describe a situation in your life, but it can also be exactly what it describes. Sex trafficking is still a very real thing and is one of the worst kind of losses you can go through as a human being. Did you know that over 27 million people a year are forced into jobs, not just sexual ones, but hard labor jobs as well? You hear about the numbers sometimes of women and girls forced to be sex slaves, but you don't hear about the number of slaves working on farms, ranches, in mines, and this doesn't even include the number of inmates locked up on bogus crimes and forced to do the jobs society has deemed undesirable. Silenced, subdued, shackled, and sometimes raped repeatedly, there are depths a person can fall into that are unimaginable while the rest of the world declares "We should do something." While sipping their starbucks, and going to get a massage on the weekend at the spa from one of the trafficked women in town.
Next time you feel like you've lost everything, just remember there's a lot further you could fall, and your situation can most likely be fixed a lot easier than some other people's darkest days.
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The Place de Clichy is one of the few places in Paris where four arrondissements (the 8th, 9th, 17th, and 18th) meet at a single point.
It lies at the former site of the barrière de Clichy, an ancient portal in the Wall of the Farmers-General, leading to the village of Clichy, outside the wall.
In March 1814, at the close of the First French Empire, 800,000 soldiers of various foreign armies marched on Paris. After breaking through the barriers at Belleville and Pantin, they took the hill of Montmartre. Paris was protected in the north from Clichy to Neuilly, by 70,000 men of the garde nationale. In the face of the advancing enemy, the Maréchal de Moncey defended the barrière de Clichy. Moncey amassed 15,000 volunteers, tirailleurs – students from the École polytechnique and the École vétérinaire – and, despite their inexperience, valiantly resisted the Russian contingent until an armistice was declared on 30 March 1814.
A six-metre-tall bronze statue, executed by Amédée Donatien Doublemard and dedicated to de Moncey, stands on an ornate pedestal eight metres tall.
(source: Wikipedia)
We're getting closer and closer to Christmas and I'm enjoying some time off again. Decided to take some of the excess hours at work that I still have. I will be back at work next year
It looks almost like winter the last few days with temperatures below zero and some sun.
Went out reasonable early so I still could see some frost covered areas.
Decided to visit the Doldersummerveld area and followed a trail maintained by the "Drentslandschap"