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When on a workshop, each night I review the next day's proposed photography location and consider all the details and the latest weather forecast. On this particular evening we were in Te Anau and the forecast for Fiordland was for strong North West winds and heavy rain. Our objective for sunrise was Key Summit, which from Te Anau meant a 3am departure. With a forecast like that you would be forgiven for choosing not to go. I reviewed the forecast closely and especially the speed of the incoming weather and the weather maps. Having many years experience in New Zealand's mountains meant I had some idea of how the weather developed, but of course no one has a crystal ball. I said to the group that rather than stay in bed we should roll the dice and try our luck. We awoke to calm conditions, as we approached the start of the Routeburn track it was still dark but I could see we were in cloud. As we walk along the track our head lamps picked up the tiny droplets of water in the air, it was strangely calm. Shortly before we reached the turnoff to Key Summit the air cleared and we could see stars above. I knew we had climbed above the low cloud and I had a sense this was going to be one of those magic mornings in the mountains...
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Key West’s feral chickens trace their roots to 1800s settlers from Cuba and the Caribbean. Once kept for food and cockfighting, they were set free after Florida banned cockfighting in 1986. As backyard poultry faded with the rise of supermarkets, the chickens stayed—and now roam the island, with hundreds of cock-a-doodle-doos greeting each day.
Irony is not Dead
While roosters strut, crow, and steal the spotlight, hens are just as numerous—quietly nesting in the background, likely in someone’s hibiscus bush. Chickens don’t really “couple up.” A rooster may romance several hens, but it’s the ladies who do all the work—laying the eggs, incubating them, and raising the chicks. Roosters mostly just shout about it. They don’t help with parenting, though they might chase off a cat or two. And while Key West is overflowing with free-range chickens, there wasn’t a single egg in my grocery store today. Go figure.
Key Summit, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand. This is the reward for a 3,000 ft climb, looking across the valley to Mt Crosscut and Lake Marion. Contax 139 Quartz, Zeiss Distagon 2.8/25, Lee Filters Grad ND filter, Kodak Portra 400. © All Rights Reserved
High key black and white portrait of a horse. Camino Real, Ajijic, Mexico. Self critique: On this trip, when I packed my camera I didn't realize that I had forgotten to take the wide angle lens (12 mm to 24 mm) off the camera and put back on my 'normal' 28 mm to 300 mm lens. After berating myself for my stupidity, my challenge was to explore photographic subjects that lent themselves to only the wide angle lens.
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A macro view of two keys and their reflections. The frame spans 3-inches across.
This is the second of two images on this subject of "keys." Here is the other image.
Strobist/technical info:
The scene is a 3-image focus stack composite and was illuminated by two Nikon SB900 and one SB700 speedlights.
The SB900's were placed 60° CL and 40° CR, two-feet away from and one-foot above the subjects. The CL speedlight was fired in Manual mode @ 1⁄8 power; the CR speedlight was fired in Manual mode @ 1⁄4 power. Both speedlights were fired through Neewer 24" x 24" soft boxes.
The SB700 was placed behind and to the left of the subject, 10-inches above and two feet away. It was fired through a snoot and blue gel in Manual mode @ 1⁄8 power.
The SB900's were triggered by three PocketWizard Plus X's; the SB700 was placed in SU-4 mode and triggered by the other flashes.
Lens: Tokina AT - X M100 AF PRO D (AF 100mm f / 2.8 Macro).
Today is the 17th day of a 30 day challenge. The objective is to shoot one shot per day on subject matter provided by the local camera club.
Today's subject matter is, "A key".
Macro mondays: junk. Keys that have no lock. No idea where they came from or why they are even in the. drawer.
My little Yonnie Dog has been on heart medication for a number of years now. I find the easiest way to administer it is to crush his tablets with the back of a spoon, then add a little water and feed it to him with a syringe.
This is Yonnie's special spoon which we bought at Leon's African Heritage shop in Beechworth (Victoria).
I'm uploading this mage for Macro Monday's theme of "Take something ordinary".
HMM to all.
Saturday Self Challenge
The topic will be Keys. You may choose one or many, get creative! If you want to post-process your image, feel free to do so.
It was my intention to photograph my 2000 year old bronze Roman key, until I realised I’d used it for a previous challenge. In view of this I had to opt for something rather more modern. These keys are probably about 100 to 140 years old, so quite new up to the Roman one. I’ve no idea what they were used for, according to my husband they came out of his Grandfathers garden shed many years ago, along with the pewter whistle in one on my previous uploads.
Take Aim: Made of Metal.
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Key Monastery (Altitude of 4,166 metres (13,668 ft) above sea level).
It is the biggest monastery of Spiti Valley and a religious training centre for Lamas.
Exposure Settings:- 405sec @ f/11 @ 500.
Filter: NiSi 1000k (20Stops) ( Nisi Filters India )
Nikon D800 + Nikon 24-120mm f4.
Travel Partner: Spiti Expedition Tour and Travel's
#KeyMonastery #NiSiFilters #Spiti #Himalaya #NimitNigam #SpitiExpedition
Key on a Mini-Bassoon.
We feel very privileged to have been loaned this beautiful instrument for my son, to learn at primary school.
11 image focus stack in Photoshop. Samyang 85mm f/1.4 @ 1/4s f/11 ISO 200.
The #MacroMondays #evolution theme
An old key from my wife's collection, above a modern one.
This is a 3 image HDR photo taken through a 12mm extension tube. The background is simply a book with a silvered cover which has reflected the brightly covered tablecloth beneath the assemblage
HMM all.
This week I've gone for a simple take on 'Made of Metal'. I had an idea in my head all week, but at the last moment it fell through, so this was as a result of a last minute scramble last night to get a submission ready.
I did consider making up three key's to success, but that just seemed a little pretentious to me. So I'll leave it as it is.
Happy Macro Monday!