Grain is Good
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Switzerland, May 2021
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ABOUT THE PHOTO:
So this photo is a bit of a novelty for me - at least here on Flickr, but it's also a journey back in time in a sense. I've always loved b/w and sepia photography; already as a very young teenager I would go out into the woods with an old Pentax Spotmatic (which I had nicked from my father) whenever it was a foggy day to shoot b/w compositions of sunbeams cutting through the ghostlike trees.
I used films with a sensitivity of at least 1600 (for those of you who remember what that means 😉 ), and the resulting photos had an incredibly fine grain which I loved; I blew them up to the size of posters and hung them on the walls of my teenage man-cave next to Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Slash.
But then I abandoned photography altogether for 20 years, and when I finally picked up a camera again, it was one of the digital kind. Now neither film nor grain played any role in my photographic endeavours - let alone b/w compositions: because the reason I fell in love with shooting pictures once more was the rare and incredibly colorful lizard species that had chosen my garden as its habitat.
It's this species - the Lacerta bilineata aka the western green lizard - that my photo website www.lacerta-bilineata.com/ and also my Flickr gallery are dedicated to, but I've since expanded that theme a bit so that it now comprises the whole Lacerta bilineata habitat, which is to say my garden and its immediate surroundings and all the flora and fauna I find in it.
I like that my gallery and the website have this clear theme, because in order to rise to the challenge of portraying all aspects of a very specific little eco system (which also happens to be my home of sorts), it forces me to constantly explore it from fresh angles, and I keep discovering fascinating new motives as my photographic journey continues.
Which brings me to the horse pasture you see in this photo. This playground for happy horsies lies just outside my garden, and it normally only interests me insofar as my green reptile friends claim parts of it as their territory, and I very much prefer it to be horseless (which it thankfully often is).
Not that the horses bother the reptiles - the lizards don't mind them one bit, and I've even seen them jump from the safety of the fly honeysuckle shrub which the pasture borders on right between the deadly looking hooves of the horses to forage for snails, without any sign of fear or even respect.
No, the reason I have a very conflicted relationship with those horses is that they are mighty cute and that there's usually also foals. The sight of those beautiful, happy animals jumping around and frolicking (it's a huge pasture and you can tell the horses really love it) is irresistible: and that inevitably attracts what in the entire universe is known as the most destructive anti-matter and ultimate undoing of any nature photographer: other humans.
Unlike with the horses, the lizards ARE indeed very much bothered by specimens of loud, unpredictable Homo sapiens sapiens - which makes those (and by extension also the horses) the cryptonite of this here reptile photographer. It's not the horses' fault, I know that, but that doesn't change a thing. I'm just telling you how it is (and some of you might have read about the traumatic events I had to endure to get a particular photo - if not, read at your own risk here: www.flickr.com/photos/191055893@N07/51405389883/in/datepo... - which clearly demonstrated that even when it's entirely horseless, that pasture is still a threat for artistic endeavours).
But back to the photo. So one morning during my vacation back in May I got up quite early. It had rained all night, and now the fog was creeping up from the valley below to our village just as the sky cleared up and the morning sun started to shine through the trees.
And just as I did when I was a teenager I grabbed my camera and ran out to photograph this beautiful mood of ghostlike trees and sunbeams cutting through the mist. There had already been such a day a week earlier (which is when I took this photo: www.flickr.com/photos/191055893@N07/51543603732/in/datepo... ), but this time, the horses were also there.
Because of our slightly strained relationship I only took this one photo of them (I now wish I had taken more: talk about missed opportunities), and otherwise concentrated on the landscape. It was only later when I went through all the photos on my computer that I realized that I actually really liked those horses, even despite the whole composition being such a cliché. And I realized another thing: when I drained the photo of all the color, I liked it even better - because there was almost a bit of grain in it, like in the photos from my youth.
Since then I have experimented quite a bit with b/w and sepia compositions (some of which I will upload here eventually I guess), but this photo here is the first one that helped me rediscover my old passion. I hope you like it even though it builds quite a stark contrast with the rest of my tiny - and very colorful - gallery. But in the spirit of showing you the whole Lacerta bilineata habitat (and also in the spirit of expanding my gallery a bit beyond lizards and insects), I think it's not such a bad fit.
As always, many greetings to all of you, have a wonderful day and don't hesitate to let me know what you think 😊
Aux échelles moyennes de l' observation et de la prévision , nombreux sont les cas d'évolution subite du temps au cours desquels le vitesse du vent s'accroît de façon brusque et marquée tandis que sa direction éprouve un net changement (jusqu'à 45 à 90°) : lorsqu'une telle évolution s'étale sur une durée de quelques minutes seulement avant de s'amortir assez rapidement, elle est qualifiée de grain ; ce phénomène, particulièrement redouté en mer, est fréquemment accompagné d' averses ou d' orages . On peut parler plus précisément de grain lorsque se manifestent de fortes rafales , excédant d'au moins 15 noeuds (soit 28 km/h ou 8 m.s ) la vitesse moyenne du vent pendant une période d'au moins 1 min.
Une ligne de grains ne s'accompagne pas obligatoirement de grains. De même, un grain orageux n'appartient pas forcément à une ligne de grains ; si tel est le cas, c'est un grain en ligne . Un grain noir est accompagné de nuages sombres et, souvent, de fortes pluies ; un grain blanc , au contraire, n'apporte pas de précipitations ni même parfois de nuages (sa dénomination vient de ce qu'il peut être signalé à l'horizon par un nuage blanc en ascension rapide).
On désigne quelquefois par ce terme de "grain" des phénomènes plus généraux, mais caractérisés également par leur soudaineté, leur intensité et leur brièveté : en mer, une tempête locale ; à terre, une averse venteuse.
(Source: Météo France)
Auswahlfoto:
Thema:“ Wood grain“. Holzmaserung.
Für“Crazy Tuesday“ am 20.04.2021.
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Alliance Grain Company (a farmer owned coop), Cabery, Illinois (population 266). Harvest season makes for long days in the US heartland.
Shadows and wood grain.
Clock tower wall (detail) .
Michelmersh Church,
Michelmersh, Hampshire, UK
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This was a grain storage facility for Budweiser back in the day. I caught it just as a storm was moving in, and loved the silhouette. I also really liked the reflection of sunlight in the windows.
A trio of former Erie-Lackawanna C425s work on home rails, heading up an impressive quintet of ALCO/MLWs assigned to Delaware-Lackawanna freight PO-74. They're seen passing the reservoir in Elmhurst, Pennsylvania on the way to Mount Pocono and Cresco.
Grains of Life
Camera; Nikon D90 / 55-300 Lens / handheld
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CSX extra grain train B965 is seen approaching Stockport Creek on the Amtrak Hudson Line with the one bit of sun I saw all day and double rainbow providing an excellent backdrop.
This Crazy Wood Grain Creature keeps an Eye on You
It's watching you - and that is true
No need to fear
It holds You dear
And won't stay long
Although it's look is strong
Soon CrAzY Tuesday will be over
And the Crazy Wood Grain Creature...
Disappears in it's Rover
[Dedicated to CRA (ILYWAMHASAM)]
Photo taken April 14, 2021 for the group
CrAzY Tuesday #WoodGrain
ƒ/2.8
8.1 mm
1/60 Sec
ISO 400
I met a local photographer here at the grain elevators, who told me that there is a pair of Peregrine Falcons that nest and hang out at the top of this building. I did not see them on this very windy day, but I did see a Bald Eagle on the other side of this building.
Collingwood, Ontario
Canada
The female House Sparrows in my garden seem to get on very well and as a rule do not often fight These two males seem to think it is their duty every time they see each other to have a very loud and public battle . Showing off in front of the girls I suspect !
House Sparrow are still a common bird in Uk in gardens parks and around farms . They feed on grain buds and scraps . They are listed as a red list species which means they at serious risk. In the last 15 years the House Sparrow population in London has dropped by almost 70% and they are now completely absent from many city centers