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Guess I should say thank you
For the hate yous and the tattoos
Oh baby, I'm cool by the way
Ain't sure I loved you anyway
Go 'head, babe, I'mma live my life, my life, yeah
If you look closely you can see the ears for the five babies. She has built a nest in the trunk of a car. The trunk has rusted out on one side which gives her access in and out She has been sheltering in there for 2 days now. It has been very windy and I think she is protecting the babies from the wind. I have put a dish of water out for her and given her some dry cat food.
When on the road, we often stop for lunch at a golf course restaurant that is open to the public, one of us being a golfer (that wouldn't be me).......it has worked pretty well in that we find a nice place in a setting that we like. This day we ended up at Sea Oaks Country Club in Little Egg Harbor Township and had tasty sandwiches and salads....and maybe a frosty Corona with extra lime......
Went with the super wide frame this time. Kinda hard not to when you're tangling with the famous Astoria-Megler Bridge. 2nd longest of it's kind in the world and one of the wackiest construction projects I've seen. A genuine truss bridge for the first part before dipping down halfway across the Columbia, makes it hard for larger ships I'll tell you that. Now this wasn't taken from somewhere you would think. It's the back deck of a chowder restaurant. I didn't think I would actually find a photo back here but that's when I realized I had an amazing contrast opportunity. A pilot house was sitting on the next boardwalk, painted red, and looking like an average boathouse. Everything about this photo screamed coastal Pacific Northwest, and this ended up being the best (and first now that I remember) photo of the day.
So naturally I would highlight on these changes come editing time (both times cause this was another one lost to the damaged drive and recreated). I think in the original edit I tried to make it look like an early morning mist shot (which is Astoria at it's peak arguably). But either I couldn't replicate that or it just didn't fit the bill cause I ended up not doing that and instead only made the image looked colder (which again, fits a coastal shot). I only had to edit two people out beyond that and size down a huge part of the sky and the sea. The red building proving just as much as eyecatcher as I initially hoped.
While crossing Tasmania by public bus I spotted several lonesome places where people used to live. It seemed to me quite interesting to do this shots into the outside including the mirroring of the busses windows. To be inside looking out - like I felt during the transit through this wonderful and amazing piece of land with this very first look on it.
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The light and the atmosphere of the early morning in the forest reminded me of Frodo and Samwise stepping out The Shire. Something scary, magical and fairy wait them on the way....
Same location, the same March, 2015.
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I'm going to be away in Melbourne until next Wednesday. It is my ill father's 87th birthday and I do not want to miss it. I won't be posting during this time, but will occasionally check in to the page for any messages.
Stay strong and healthy.
Clinging on to the last of their summer foliage these two characters look a little out of place against their coniferous backdrop.
The Canon EF70-200mm F/2.8L IS II USM is a fast lens, most used for wedding photography. Although it can't shoot like a macro lens; but I like to use it for close-up nature photos. You can capture a bit of 'wildlife' along with the beautiful blooms. Its 8-blade circular aperture delivers foreground/background blur quality that is renowned.
Here are some of my tips:
- Due to the weight of this lens and its focal length, the camera shake could reduce sharpness. Steady hand and holding your breath while shooting as I don't use tripod.
- Control depth of field as narrow as possible by setting the lens aperture to maximum, i.e. f/2.8.
- Position the subject closer or increase the distance between the subject and the background.
- Shooting in soft and warm light. Backlighting can really bring subjects with fine details to life and intensify the foreground/background bokeh.
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