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This was our first attempt at star photography - so there is definitely scope for improvement :) Feedback welcome!
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Created for: Treat This 308 ~ 15 January to 21 January 2023
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Wombo blend using the source
Hands/birds=PNGWING
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White-Headed Buffalo Weaver, Dinemellia dinemelli, native to the dry brush and savanna of eastern Africa. San Diego Zoo's Africa Rocks aviary. Conservation status: least concern
Everything I said about the previous photograph applies here too. Shooting street scenes requires us being aware of more than just the subject in front of us. Here the light and shade, textures on the wall, and especially the colour, are the key elements. Here there's a nod to the late Canadian photographer Fred Herzog (1930-2019).
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Cill Chriosd Manse House, Nr Broardford, Isle of Skye
I'll give you a break from Valencia for a while!
Back to March and my trip up to Skye. I met up with Skyeweasel and although the weather/tides meant Elgol was pretty pointless she was kind enough to show me a few locations I'd not shot before on the Broadford to Elgol road.
I'd seen this old manse house on a map and aerial photo and had it in mind to try to find but Louise took me straight there and we must have spent 90mins at least trying different povs and portrait v Landscape orientations. The snow on the mountains added a different feel. Several areas of rock existed to create leading lines and this was one of them.
Have to say I really enjoyed this location so once again my sincere thanks to Louise for her help and guidance on the day. Check out her channel if you haven't already www.flickr.com/photos/95388056@N02
© All rights reserved Steve Pellatt. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.
Some time before I shot the previous photo, the Black-shouldered Kite male was carrying this twig and landed in the tree where the nest should be. I suppose this was just some small addition to the already completed construction because I had observed the nest building process at lest a month ago. I wonder about the strength of his beak holding the twig so precisely at its very tip during the fast flight.
View on Maligne Lake and Maligne Mountain in Jasper National Park, Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada. The lake was well known to First Nations of the area, including Samson Beaver, who knew it as Chaba Imne (Beaver Lake).
Maligne Lake is the largest lake in Jasper National Park. The valley in which the lake lies was carved and excavated by valley glaciers, and the lake has been dammed at its northern end by an end moraine deposited by the last glacier, which flowed down the valley towards the Athabasca River. The lake is located 44 km (27 mi) south of Jasper town. Jasper National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Althought the weather was disappointing ( I took this photo in rainproof gear and under an umbrella, the view was glorious )
A Black-crowned Night Heron and its mate adding to their nest.These birds tend to be reclusive, resulting in nests that are very well hidden. Their bright red eyes are so striking!
Cypress Wetlands, Port Royal, SC, USA
This house looked so sad for a very long time. The area at the front was overgrown and full to bursting with three cornered leeks.
It took the new owners a bit of time, but it's now looking lovely. You can just see the Welcome sign I took a photo of on the left hand wall - www.flickr.com/photos/44506883@N04/50176710771/in/album-7...
Better viewed large and thank you for your favourites.
Struggled with the lighting on this one! Wanted to to show the edge of the bit the measuring tape was on whilst trying to keep the background as black as possible. But to achieve some highlights on the tape I had to do the opposite. Anyway, kind of turned out how I wanted it!
'twas great fun watching a pair shore up their nest in anticipation of little ones this morning.
Northern VA
The Little Old Woman finally found a cobbler to add on to her shoe. Of course, now there is room for more children.
Created by blending elements from several Wombo images.
Thanks to Cindy Mc for the idea
Continuing with blue EMDs, we go now to upstate New York, where we find CSX's office car train, still in Dark Future paint. While Saratoga Springs is a CP town, CSX for a few years brought their train to town for the muckety-mucks to go to the Whitney Stakes.
Since then, the train has been repainted into B&O-esque colors, a major aesthetic improvement, though Saratoga is no longer an annual destination.
In spite of reduced traffic in the Southern Tier, Conrail implemented a comprehensive track improvement program in 1992. Double stack train 253 is seen on October 8 negotiating bridge work at East Corning, as the morning fog begins to lift over the railroad and parallel Route 17.
The work never ends for a pair of nesting Blue-gray Gnatcatchers as this male returns to the nest bearing a clump of spider silk that will be woven into the nest.
Huntley Meadows Park
Alexandria, VA
In the afternoon they came unto a land
In which it seemed always afternoon.
All round the coast the languid air did swoon,
Breathing like one that hath a weary dream.
Verse from "The Lotus-Eaters" by Alfred Lord Tennyson. I do like this image, but I feel that there is room for improvement in the technique. I like the concept though... the atmosphere and mood it creates. I shall have to try this technique a bit more in the future.
Taken at Manhattan Beach, Oregon.
66747 Made in Sheffield crawls up to the unloading point at Tinsley yard. To the left is the main part of the old yard and where the old yard signal box was. This area now appears to be being extended.
An update on the text and this area was actually being strengthened for use as a mud / waste unloading pad allowing HS2 excavation materials to be unloaded from trains from Acton to transfer to lorries and deposition in the Thurcroft area.
a wetlands muskrat selected some new greenery from the opposite side of the pond to add to his shoreside home
Grey heron, partially back lit, working on home improvements.
Thank you for stopping by to look at my images. Any comments and faves are always appreciated. Have a great day!
Capture taken during our summer vacation time in the Provence region. After mixed success trying to capture the stars in the Dolomites another attempt here in southern France. Beside the mosquitos around, the surrounding light pollution does not make the capture a true improvement..still learning...Good remaining, move back to the Dolomites from Thursday onwards. Thanks, Udo.
CN and BNSF GE C44-9Ws roll past through the construction zone at Prairie View in 2005.
Soon this will be double track with an interlocking installed. The cell phone towers will remain.
. . . this shot bigger (on black) . . . Via Fluidr . . . bigger stream . . . via Fluidr . . .
. . . thanx to boccacino for this great texture . . . www.flickr.com/photos/boccacino/6775333365/