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Happy Canada Day, everyone!
This image is called Liberty "II" because I shot this grain elevator back in 2016. Funnily enough, when I got home I realized this is almost the exact same composition (I guess I'm nothing if not consistent) although under different conditions and very different processing. If you've read my blog post about my Saskatchewan trip then you'll remember this is the elevator where the owner gave me a tour inside. What a wonderful treat that was!
Liberty, Saskatchewan, Canada.
I love photographing on the Canadian Prairies and I've been travelling there to do so since 2013. If you'd like to see my other Prairie images, feel free to take a look at the album.
At one time, grain elevators could be found every 8 to 10 miles along every railway line in western Canada. That allowed most farmers to make a round trip to an elevator to deliver and sell their grain with a horse and wagon in one day. From that elevator the grain would be shipped to ports on the Great Lakes or the west coast, across Canada and around the world. Grain elevators started appearing across the Prairies in the late 19th century, and the number of grain elevators peaked in 1938, when there were nearly 6,000 primary (country) elevators in the Prairie provinces. Many factors led to the decline of the primary elevator: the Depression, increased mechanization, improved roads for transportation, rural depopulation, the closing of branch lines of the railway and the buying out or merging of the grain companies and the building of large, concrete grain terminals. In 2023 there were only around 400 country elevators left in Saskatchewan and only about 100 are still in use. Many of the old, wooden elevators have been destroyed – burned down, struck by lightning, demolished - but some of them still remain - weathered but beautiful and stalwart.
Sources: Dommasch, H. (1986) Prairie Giants. Saskatoon: Western Producer Prairie Books and Farrell, I. (2023) Reflections on Wooden Grain Elevators. heritagesask.ca/news/reflections-on-wooden-grain-elevators
Emerald Eyes II - I have been following this particular Bobcat for almost 2 years now and have had the fortune of photographing her beautiful kitten last year. I was afraid that she had moved on due to some trail maintenance - but was thrilled to find her again after several months recently.
I have noticed that some Bobcats have yellow-orange eyes and some have green eyes. This particular cat has beautiful light green eyes and I was really glad to capture them well here. A problem I had with DSLRs was losing the focus on the eye and catching a different part of the face or body when close to subjects. The animal eye AF of the R5 has really been a game-changer for low light Bobcat images for me. It helps me focus on composition, and seems to lock onto their eyes so effectively that I don't even have to think twice about focus. It also seems to help that Bobcats have large, light colored eyes which the system seems to like.
The silent electronic shutter also seemed to help as this particular cat is on the shyer side so I was very thrilled to be able to capture her filling the frame at 371mm! On the flip side, that tends to mean a lot of frames to sort through so it took me a while to find this perfect pose. Very excited to see and capture more of this beautiful cat.
Species: Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
Location: Northern California, CA, USA
Equipment: Canon EOS R5 + Canon EF 100-400mm IS II, Handheld, Electronic Shutter
Settings: 1/60s, ISO: 1600, f/5.6 @ 371mm
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From the 2017 archive - a lonely berg in the Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon, South East Iceland.
This was my third visit to the lagoon and on a day with terrible weather and very poor visibility and frequent rain. We came away with only a few frames but it didn't matter, the place just resonates with those who visit.
Fuji X-T2, XF23/1.4, 10secs at f/8, ISO 320 - Nisi 10 Stop ND Filter
I've never seen anything like this! These were taken on 1.18 close to the Tennessee River in W. Tennessee. As soon as this cloud cleared the power lines, the rainbow was gone.
The last long exposure for now. Similar use of multiple exposure as my previous postings this week.
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Prosper II Schacht 2 Bottrop-Batenbrock 13.05.1990Industriedenkmal
Bergwerk Prosper-Haniel
Germany, ruhrarea
For the group Macromondays
Theme 08-07-2013: Guess what it is
I know that it is an easy one to guess :)
Vrahati, Greece
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Paris, France.
Taken, July 2012.
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Currie St, Adelaide.
Architecture around Adelaide. I never tire of finding new wonders or reaquainting with old ones.
Una toma diferente del mismo lugar que la anterior, pero esta vez tomada con la réflex y una iluminación diferente.
Para conseguir los mejores resultados en esta cavidad, creo que lo mejor sería utilizar un grupo de 3 ó 4 flases comandados por radio y colocados estratégicamente para iluminar estas formaciones como se merecen, aunque para ello es preciso un planteamiento logístico algo fuera de mis posibilidades en estos momentos. Hay que tener en cuenta que preparar un solo disparo requiere un tiempo de al menos 20 minutos y un equipo de apoyo de una o dos personas, y se trata de una cavidad de unos 4 km. de desarrollo total, con una altura media de solamente un metro, lo que obliga a recorrerla reptando gran parte del recorrido, con las dificultades que ello conlleva.
Supongo que se aceptará la presencia de personas en la imagen, que personalmente creo que son necesarias para dimensionar el lugar, aunque si los administradores consideran lo contrario, no hay problema en retirarla.
Gracias a todos por vuestra generosidad y vuestros amables comentarios.
Dolycoris baccarum
Stacked image from 28 natural light exposures!
1/4 sec. ƒ/5.6 - ISO 100, 1,8x macromagnification, slightly cropped
Canon EOS 6D,
Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro Lens
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