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I managed to get out and about for a few hours on Wednesday afternoon during the frequent snow storms we where having. I have been meaning to visit this location alongside the A1 road for a while as it looked very favourable for a sunset location.
This was one of only a few shots I managed before the snow closed in again.
This image is a combination of two exposures, one exposed for the foreground and one exposed for the sky. The two images where combined manually in Photoshop Elements 9 using layers and masks before boosting contrast slightly then resizing and a slight sharpening.
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I'm amazed I managed to rally in time to get this shot done today before Lost tonight. Let me back up. I went to Urgent Care this morning to get my leg checked out since I still can't walk. Turns out I tore my calf muscle and fascia in my right leg. The good news is that I didn't rupture my achilles tendon, so I won't need surgery. The bad news is that it's going to be 4-6 weeks before I can even think about running, jumping, playing soccer, or anything else that I actually want to do with my leg. But I'm thankful because it could be worse. I have to keep reminding myself of that. Anyway, the doctor gave me a prescription for Percocet to help with the pain. I had some issues with nausea when I took Vicodin a few years back, so he thought Percocet would be a good alternative.
WRONG!
About forty-five minutes after taking it, I hit a brick wall of nausea and was completely laid up for the rest of the afternoon, petrified that I was going to throw up. Did I mention that I do NOT throw up? I do everything in my power to avoid it at all costs, no matter what. Even when I know I will feel better afterwards. No thank you. Anyway, today sucked. That's pretty much the point of the story. But I managed to get this shot off for this week's Emulation Challenge in My Face is My Canvas. Can you believe this is our 25th week of emulation challenges??? If you haven't already checked out the group and you have even the slightest interest in face art photography, you owe it to yourself to stop by. And for those of you who haven't played in a while...hey, we miss you! ;)
Ok, time to watch the rest of last week's Lost in preparation for tonight's episode. Michelle and Daynna, prepare for the onslaught of texts and BBMs.
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365 Days (self portraits): Day 343
My Face is My Canvas: Emulation #25
I managed a wee trip up to the Highlands for the afternoon yesterday.
The Bauchaillie was one of my stops and I arrived just before 4pm as the sun was side lighting the foreground.
With conditions due to change for the worst over the coming days I wanted to get up and take in some of this breathtaking scenery.
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Managed to get a shot of this little mouse who is regular visitor to the bird feeders in the garden.
Happy that I managed to get a head-on shot of this slug, which I hadn't had the opportunity to do before.
The US Army Corps of Engineers built this earthen dam, visible at center. The building at right is a USACE visitor center that features the river's history before European contact, the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the dam's purpose and functions, and an overview of remaining ecosystems -- very much transformed by human-drive water flows and that big body of cold water in the reservoir. You can see a cluster of wayside signs about Lewis and Clark at far left.
The Corps is a partner of the National Park Service here. The NPS managed the Lewis and Clark National Historical Trail that passes here, as well as the Missouri National Recreational River that includes one stretch upstream of the reservoir and a second stretch along a semi-natural stretch downstream.
I'm in Nebraska, looking across the river to South Dakota.
Explored # 180 on June 13, 2021. Thank you, everyone, for the favorites and kind comments! I appreciate them all.
I managed to travel around the South of Tehran by taking Metro but unfortunately during Friday and holidays, the city seems to be like a ghost town. Traffic is like non-existence. And shops are mostly closed.
Luckily I found this beautiful wall mural at Saadi Road, a walking distance to Tehran Bazar.
Location : Saadi Road - Tehran, Iran
Managed to get a photo of the new pilot boat "Pacific Guardian." The 19.9 meter (65 ft) craft was built in Campbell River. Designed by Camarc in Scotland, the vessel has a refined double chine hull and a resiliently mounted wheelhouse to optimise noise and vibration for crew comfort. A pair of 1,000 hp diesels ensures a speed of 25 to 28 knots.
I managed to catch this jet stream as it passed the sculpture of The Ship at Half Moon Bay, Heysham. It has the effect of passing through the cavity in the sculptured mans body.
This sculpture is by Anna Gillespie to celebrate the maritime heritage of the Morecambe Bay area.
Finally managed to get into this part of the red zone to get a few shots of the Catholic cathedral. This damage was done mainly in the 6.3 quake on Feb 22nd... more damage has apparently occured in the latest 6.3 as well but this was shot a few days before that happened.
The two front towers have collapsed and gone and that front wall on the left is held up by a bit of kiwi inginuity - shipping containers and hay bales.
To the right of the shot out of frame there is a carpark full of blocks and stone from the collapsed cathedral each layed out seperately and numbered - there being saved to possibly rebuild in the exact way once the quakes finally stop.... if they ever do... (they are doing the same to the Anglican cathedral in Christchurch's Center
The latest Quake has damaged it a lot more and it might now be never rebuilt, on this ground anyway....
Just as an interesting fact. The still standing tower at the back had a statue of the virgin mary facing inwards in the front window, during the feb 22nd quake the statue turned an exact 180degrees to face outwards - looking through the window - without falling over or being damaged.
The road im standing on - Barbadoes St - has been identified as having a Fault Line directly underneath - previously unknown. There are now 3 Major active faults under Christchurch.....
This is a 3 exposure handheld hdr processed in photomatix
Cheers for looking, ive got a few more of this from different angles ill post up
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Managing to gaze into the open eyes of a snowy in daylight can be difficult, at best. Their sensitive retinas leave them squinting throughout most of the day… that is when they are not actually sleeping. But in the minutes before sunrise, when its rays lazily find their way above the horizon, the beaches and bays are eerily blue and the golden iris of the snowy glows with pupils as large as saucers. It takes luck! Luck finding a bird in a suitable place, luck having a cloudless sunrise, and luck finding an owl motionless enough to allow for a photograph in such low light. As luck would have it, we were -- quite lucky. It was a brief but memorable moment at twilight dawn, indeed. #SnowyOwls
Taken beside one of the many rocky areas on the River Massan in Argyll.
Highest position: 134 on Thursday, March 19, 2020
Finally managed to get out as baby was merrily sleeping - a rare occiasion at this time of the evening... the investment in a bouncy chair has paid off! Only made it as far as the local reservoir, the pontoon here has been the subject of mine a few times now. The light while I was here wasn't the best, but there was some movement in the clouds so a moody mono was the order of the day! Canon 5Diii, Canon 17-40 f/4 L @ 21mm 274secs, f/11, ISO 100
Managed to get another shot of this feathered bullet. Unfortunately I somehow had my camera set on jpeg.
In a secluded part of Pucks Glen is this wee quiet pool where the rock has been carved by an old waterfall spanned by an old fallen tree trunk.
Highest position: 44 on Wednesday, April 24, 2019
I managed to finally find one to photograph through the tangle of shrubbery.
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Hidden away in a copse of trees near the Bernice farm house on the western shore of Loch Eck is this old graveyard containing 2 gravestones.
Highest position: 434 on Sunday, September 6, 2020
Managed to get Petrov up into the forest for a test flight with new firmware, just as the Sun was about to disappear below the ridgeline.
Day 16 of Pentax Forum's Daily in August 2017 Challenge.
This is my whisky-fueled, wee hours test shot using my home-made version of a Gary Fong flash diffuser. The real thing costs £50-£60 ... my version costs 60p :D
Taken at Horn Mill Ospreys Trout Farm Rutland
Canon1DX-2 with 300mm 2.8 prime lens
This camera and lens are a phenomenal combination as you can see......there is very little grain in the picture and at f/5.6 the set up has managed to apply focus throughout the picture. This, in my opinion, is down to selecting, in camera AF point expansion in this case 9 points.
If you're wondering about the settings, why f/5.6, why ISO 6400 well this is because the light at that time was dull and to stop the subject in flight requires fast speed. In hindsight, the f-stop could have been 6.3 or even 7.1 or the ISO 5000 producing a shutter speed of around 1/3000 sec but you go with what feels right to you the button presser and hope for the best. One other thing to consider is exposure the bird has a large amount of white about it, so I have underexposed by 2/3rds of a stop.
I managed to snatch a quick thirty minutes in Highgate Wood on the way to work the other day. Still a lot of green foliage, but this little spot seems to be ahead of the game.
I managed to get a reasonable photo of one of these guys. They have a habit of being almost constantly on the move and don't settle for long so you don't get much chance to focus. This one is on a nettle leaf just resting, its not the food plant. Lady's Smock is the main food-plant.
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The wait is over! The Magical World has been preparing for the shopping event of the season and did they deliver! From clothing, to accessories, and even new wands, there is more then enough items, from more than 75 vendors, to excite any witch or wizard.
Wizarding Faire runs from August 7th until August 21st
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Landmark : Wizarding Faire Landing Point
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I managed to do one this week! This seagull has taken up residence on the chimney pot of a new building at the bottom of my garden, the challenge was "High Key Photography" with a grey sky the setting on the camera got the exposure about right, an alteration to the contrast gave me the chimney.
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Managed to snap this one on a trip to Tal-y-bont earlier this week, very lucky to witness a beautiful sunset and be on the beach with my camera. Also lucky to have the guy fishing in the sea at the right of the frame to give a sense of scale.
I don't often do macro shots but just loved this moss hanging off a tree branch with water dripping off it. It's a bit noisy as I had to use a high ISO to use a fast shutter speed due to the moss fronds moving in the wind.
Haven't managed a Friday sunset in well forever now that I'm thinking about it.
Hectic mad day today felt the need for some fresh after dinner ... ducked down to Boonerah Point .. It's an easy walk when your knackered :-)
Two images this one with the Irix 21/1.4 and the other with the Irix 15/2.4
This one Pentax K1 w Irix 21/1.4 - two exposures ISO100 -3 and -0.3ev f/1.4
Raw developed in DxO PhotoLab 6 and HDR blended in Aurora HDR - bit of a touch up in Topaz AI, colour graded in Color Efex Pro 5 and finished off back in DxO PhotoLab 6
i managed to get 3 photos of christine in the last light of day on friday. we had so much fun even tho it's getting cold out there! i can't wait to do some more editing but today i will be at roslindale open studios all day showing my work. i love it when days are full of creativity. :)
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Managed to get out for a couple of hours today, and boy was it a little different to what it has been. Lovely clouds in the sky and no sun blazing down.
Anyway visited Wheal Coates, a fantastic spot and excellent for walking and of course photography. So i done a bit of both.
This must be one of the most photographed engine house ever, it is always busy here in the day time.
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Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Zeiss ZE 21mm f2.8 Distagon T*ZE
Exposure 320 seconds @ f/13
Filter used Lee 4 stop hard grad at the top, 1 stop soft grad underneath and Hitech 10 stop IRND
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Last year when I was kayaking on Loch Long I came across an old pier and a derelict building at the top of some worn concrete steps. It turned out I has come across the remains of an old World War 2 building used to winch anti-submarine nets across the loch. I often wondered if there was a way to get to it across land, and a couple of weekends ago I managed to find an old trail leading to it.
Managed to find the nest site of a pair of Dartford warblers kept our distance as Mum & Dad kept a steady flow of food coming
Jamey managed to wriggle up through a small gap between the drawers and wall to reach the top drawer. He found a bag of catnip!!
thanks to jet-lag and a 5-hour nap, i was up at 04.30 and took a solitary walk around the ferry while my friends were still sleeping. i managed to find a lack of people on the non-smoking side of the deck, as the smoking side seemed to be grey-haired-men-over-the-age-of-60-early-morning-pipe-and-cigar-hour, and there are at least three criteria i didn't meet for participation.
the trip was decent; the ferry only got hammered by waves in the open sea, which is expected, but sounds pretty terrifying when you're half asleep and coming out of a benadryl-induced quasi-coma.
but, oh, the things we do for cheaper travel options :)
157/365
Managed a few shots from the car in Burnham Overy Staithe this morning.
Herring Gull striding towards a car that just arrived with a breakfast
managed to change my settings as he flew from one rock to another. no perfect but good enough. quite cropped as I said was not ready.
I managed to get a quick shot before it disappeared in some brush.
High shutter speed wasn't intended; I have a bad habit of accidentally hitting the control when grabbing my camera, and I didn't notice until it was too late.
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Nikon D7500, 100-400 mm, f/4.5-6.3
f/6.3, 360 mm
1/8000, ISO 3200
I managed to grab a quick image of the crescent moon and the planet Venus before the clouds rolled in last night. Hope you like it!
Tech Specs: Canon 6D, Canon EF70-200mm f/2.8L USM lens, ISO 3200, 1.3 seconds, f/5.6, 135mm, tripod mounted. Image Date: March 27, 2020. Location: The Dark Side Observatory, Weatherly, PA.
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I managed to catch this beautiful osprey in flight today against a very busy background. Not perfect I know, but by my standards, I'm chuffed! It just caught the light at exactly the right moment.
It had a nest down in a valley, and I had started to hike down to see if I could get a decent shot, but it immediately did a few warning flybys to discourage me, and I didn't have the heart to agitate it so, so I hiked back out.
It has a little bit of fish offal hanging from its beak.
Location, near Muddy Hollow out in Point Reyes, California.
Today is day 16 of Project 365.
Taken with a Canon EOS REBEL T5 using a 135-400mm lens. F/8.0, 400mm, 1/500, ISO 1250, No flash.
JDM allstars triple crown comes to wembley stadium, the ultimate drifting contest in Europe attracted the best of the best and in spite of the weather managed to display an awesome array of driving skills.
Taken over a year ago this photo feels like a lifetime ago; before Lockdowns and pandemics, before Brexit and talks of food shortages. Still ... it evokes nice memories of a warm afternoon sitting on a rock in Glen Massan, alternating between daydreaming and trying to work out the best angle for this shot.