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9th roll of film
Kodak gold 200
Canon AE-1
Canon FD 50mm f/1.8
Scanned with Plustek Opticfilm 8200i
Re-scanned and re-uploaded in better quality
... to self: the sun always returns.
(8th March and 15th May 2016, © Lise Utne)
For a few weeks in the dead of winter, the sun is too feeble to climb the hill behind the house; but it always comes back with renewed strength.
On the left is a reproduction of Amaldus Nielsen's painting "Ny Hellesund" from 1899. Nielsen enjoyed great success here in Norway during his own lifetime (1838-1932).
... on the shape of things as another winter draws closer:
The leaves were swept off the ash tree across the road overnight.
27th and 28th October 2016, 12:27 and 09:33
Relevant reading materials:
... about the ash tree.
... about the perils threatening the ash tree in Europe.
... about Yggdrasil.
رجعت أسال غصب عني .. جبرني الشوق و أعذرني
أنا ما أقــدر على قلبي .. عجزت ألقى لوفاه حلول
أمانه إن جيت في بالك .. تطمن قلبي عن حالك
على الذكرى أنا عايش .. و كيف أنساك مو معقول
All by : me
blue notes at the extraordinary park of Camin Hotel Colmegna near Lago Moaggiore, Luino/Lombardia (Italy)
Blauer Nachmittag am Lago Maggiuore
A little background on this. I didn't wake up one morning and decide to do a video with the song Tequila. It just evolved from taking some short videos (just a minute or so in each outfit) with no music or theme in mind. It's easy to do when I'm taking pictures, I just hit the record button and then do something. I'm glad I had a scarf with me that I was able to use as a prop. I was just swaying to whatever tune was playing on the radio. I later try to find a song that that I can match the videos to. I had a couple songs in mind, but never got past the first one. The editing is like a Rubik's Cube, trying to find the right combination of clips to match the music.
I hope I've given you something better to associate with this song besides the Pee-wee Herman dance. Now I think I'll have a shot of Don Julio.
This was my entry to our group's 'Music' challenge.
This was created by making a black cardboard lens cover with the shape of a note cut out in the centre and then went outside to take take a photo of my new led christmas lights I have across the back of the house......they are super bright and I really loved the colours !!
Don't leave your camera bag in shot when using a fisheye lens! Another from our adventures in the flooded Derbyshire Lime Kiln.
Blackbird sings from the highest spot around to defend his territory.
Just had the sensor cleaned on the Nikon D40. Lovely to see sky shots with no blemishes!
In doing this weeks (Feb. 12, 2018) Macro Monday theme "In a Bottle", I decided to incorporate the technique learned from last weeks theme of "Monochrome". I was very happy with this result.
Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada.
The initial plunge strikes a ledge which directs the flow outward from the cliff resulting in a spectacularly messy waterfall (Note 1). Because of its separation from the cliff, cross winds have a big impact. I also did video, which shows that the heavy wind-driven mist (Note 2) is actually moving upward. Total height of falls is 384 meters (1260 feet).
Note: this photo was published in a 2009 Squidoo blog titled "Sunscreen." It was also published on Wikimedia Commons, with the same caption that I used, on Jan 30, 2010. And it was published in a May 12, 2010 blog titled "Free camping in Central Park this summer: NYC deals." It was also published in an Aug 18, 2010 blog titled "Why Introverts Like to Be Alone." And it was published in an Aug 20, 2010 blog titled "Très Trivia! Are You in the Know?"
Moving into 2011, the photo was published in a Jul 19, 2011 Matador blog titled "Camp for free in a New York City park this summer." And it was published in an Aug 19, 2011 blog titled "Going solo in NYC." It was also published in an undated (late Dec 2011) blog titled "セントラルパークは、南北に4キロメートル、東西は800mの広大な公園。"
Moving into 2012, the photo was published in an Oct 24, 2012 blog titled "Przekazał 100 mln dol. na Central Park."
Note: A large percentage of my "landscape" photos (including the ones in this set) are now copyright-protected, and are not available for downloads and free use. You can view them here in Flickr, but if you would like prints, enlargements, framed copies, and other variations, please visit my SmugMug "NYC HDR" gallery by clicking here.
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I tried an HDR (high dynamic range) photo once a year ago, but for some reason never pursued it. But it seems that more of and more of the "interesting" photos that I see on Flickr are HDR shots, so I decided to give it another try. The first of these HDR shots were taken from the rooftop of my apartment building at sunset, on the Sunday evening of 4th of July weekend. Subsequent shots (including this one) have been taken out on the street, from the terrace of my apartment at night, and walking through Central Park at mid-day...
This photo is one of a group of ten that I took in the "Sheep Meadow" area at the south end of Central Park. I knew that the trees, the grass, the buildings, and the sky/clouds would be stationary, and I figured that I could pick a time/scene where most, if not all, of the picnickers and sunbathers were reasonably stationary. But there were always a few people in motion, especially the young kids; and though the "ghosting" effect of their movement is sometimes interesting, I think I've concluded that it gets annoying after a while. But aside from that, it is possible to take these HDR sequences (which, in the case of these Sheep Meadow shots, involve the merging of 5 separate images into one composite) in a handheld fashion, without a tripod.
I still have a *lot* to learn about this stuff, but even as a first attempt I'm staggered by what the tonal-mapping software programs (Photomatix, in my case) are capable of doing...
11 october 2006
a quiet day on the homestead. nothing but rain and the wind sweeping the roof of the house, and the low snoring of the dogs. ...or maybe that was me.
chipping away at notes for the next book...reading (and surprisingly enjoying) richard montanari's the rosary girls...taking naps...nursing a low-grade pain in my head that simply won't go away.
me 'n the dogs'll get out tomorrow....weather permitting.
From the high point of the escarpment , looking backwards to where I just came from,
The great circuit walk at the Quiraing on the Isle of Skye.
The walk is magical, because each part of it is unique.
(4 shots stitch using ICE)
Weather was ever changing. Sometimes sun would come out giving opportunity for a better photos.
The Quiraing is the largest landslide in Britain, but it is not a torrential rain-induced landslides. It’s part of something much larger in size.
The weight of all volcanic rock, formed 50million years ago, slowly took its toll on the weaker Jurassic sedimentary rock below, which fractured and broke under the strain, and volcanic rock have been slipped down the hillside; this process is still going.
Trotternish ridge, Scotland
The image has notes on it