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Creosote and Dunes, Evening Light. © Copyright 2022 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
Creosote plant in eveing light as wind-blown sand softens the contours of receding dunes.
This is (yet another!) photograph that demonstrates the conjunction of a range of things: planning, good luck, responding quickly to conditions, and more. Regarding the planning part, I had made a long drive to a place a mile or so from this spot, where I set up a primitive camp and waited for the late-day light. A lot of good luck was involved — this was my first time at this location, and I made some guesses about where to be when the evening light arrived, and the guesses turned out pretty well.
As to conditions, several things were happening here. First, it was extremely windy, so I made some decisions about camera setup to deal with that. I made the exposure during a short interval of less wind. Second, there was only a brief interval during which the light acquired the warm, evening color before shadows from a low mountain range to the west “turned out the lights.” If you look closely you can already see some shadows starting to creep into the edges of the frame.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.
The clouds provided by a recently passed storm soften the light at the Horseshoe Bend which was created by the power of the Colorado River. The site is located near Page, AZ and is upstream of the Grand Canyon and shortly downstream of the the Glen Canyon Dam that forms Lake Powell. As with other sites, people endanger themselves by doing such things as sitting on the edge of the cliffs which rise about 1,000 ft above the river.
This is a different approach from my earlier 14 mm photo. Taken at 24 mm, I think that it brings the formation and the Colorado River closer and helps them dominate the photo. Also, the distant mountains and the storm appear closer. I used the close rocks to frame the photo, but kept them out of focus to draw more attention to the bend itself.
Nikon D800
Nikon 14-24 mm f/2.8 at 24 mm
1/320 sec at f/5 ISO 100
Single photo
October 21, 2015
Chouara Tannery, softening liquid on top and dye on bottom (Fez) Morocco
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I've softened my prior posting down a tad and adjusted the colors so the bright sun wasn't shifting their appearance. I'm liking this version more as it's a bit of the Orton look.
I did take one at f/5 but not being on a tripod, the background flowers aren't as pleasing IMO.
freshly made crumpets lightly brushed with softened butter and extra virgin olive oil, alongside sliced beef, shredded lettuce, grated cheese and sliced egg topped with whole black pepper, servings of plum butter and chilli sauce, all seasoned with salt and sprinkled with fresh mint from the garden
crumpets recipe profoodhomemade.com/crumpets/
beef cooked in rapeseed oil with finely cut onions in the slow cooker a couple of days ago
crumpets cooked on the rotimaker flic.kr/p/2n5XeSh
plum butter www.daringgourmet.com/plum-butter-pflaumenmus/
chilli sauce www.smh.com.au/goodfood/recipes/tomato-and-chilli-jam-201...
the blue mirrored tablecloth is a recent charity shop find
ps i'm not recommending any of these cookery adventures. they suit my taste. photographing to encourage myself to eat more healthily
www.flickr.com/groups/cooking_is_my_hobby/ helps to gather ideas and encourages me to continue with healthy eating by learning from others if you're interested in cooking, sometimes or a lot, or enjoy the cooking of others, you're always welcome ...
I'm not certain wrapping a hammer in bubble pack will make it any less hazardous if misused. At least the hammer can come in handy for popping the bubbles.
(As I mentioned four months earlier, bubble pack was at first a failed attempt at 3-D wallpaper, then found success as packaging material.)
She stands easy in the fog, shoulder turned, one ear tipped our way. Calm eye, loose muzzle—the quiet boss while the rest graze in the haze.
Ancestry: likely Connemara × Irish Draught/cob (compact build, neat head, grey), with pure Connemara also plausible.
Photo style: fine-art black-and-white, shallow depth, fog-softened contrast, subtle vignette, three-quarter portrait.
I softened the image of the moon with Topaz Labs Impression. I added a tree to (via a Photoshop Brush). I think the image has a magical quality.
Fog softens the landscape at Big Sur.
Thanks, as always, for stopping by and for all of your kind comments. Hope everyone has a terrific Tuesday.
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Explore 3 Dec 2013
For this montage, I've drawn a figure wearing woven textiles and recognisable elements including a brimmed hat. The site is in the north of Spain. Simple and functional clothing elements may have deeper chronologies than we imagine, with this depiction targeting the chalcolithic bridge period around the start of the bronze age and perhaps the hat featured is in a fine woven 'straw'. The viewer may prefer to visualise other details: skin tint, partial nudity and ornaments and I have made no attempt to be 'realistic', simply to set a scene.
The water heats up in a shallow pool before being transferred into a deeper pool for actions such as softening lengths for weaving. Evaporation will be reduced once in the deeper pool.
The figure has a pole with a rectangle of leather for directing and agitating the water. The red pigment is based on garance and fabrics are fine but heavy when compared with todays threads.
Visitors who have walked up the Ebro valley may greet their feet, acorns may soak to loose their bitter taste prior to grinding into flour, perfumes may be reduced and weaves dyed naturally. Heated river stones may be engaged if the sun is low.
AJM 12.01.20
**Note**
I've reprocessed the Ha luminance to tone down the stars and soften the image while keeping the detail around the cave.
Well I managed to image this over one night between 22:45 and 3:45. I was going to add more Ha/Oiii to reduce the noise but by the time I got a another clear night the moon was back. The Oiii was very faint and I had to stretch it to destruction which made it very noise. As there was no detail in the Oiii (all detail comes from the Ha) I used a Gaussian Blur of 20 which solved the problem.
Object Description:-
SH2-155 (Sharpless 155) the Cave Nebula is made up of a combination of areas of emission/reflection/dark Nebula. It lies in the constellation of Cepheus at a distance of approximate 2,400 ly with a visual mag of 7.7. The Cave refers to the area of ionized Ha where star formation is actively ongoing.
Notes:-
1. This is not very strong in Oiii so I used a gain of 200 to obtain the Oiii subs.
2. To get the colour neutral stars without halos I used a "Starless" Oiii and Ha images but used an Ha Luminance which include the Stars.
EQUIPMENT:-
Telescope Meade 6000 115mm and AZ-EQ6 GT
ZWO ASI1600mm-Cool cmos camera
Orion Mini Auto Guide
Astronomik 12nm Ha Filter
Astronomik 6nm Oiii Filter
Chip Temp Cooled to -20 degC
IMAGING DETAILS:-
SH2-155 Cave Nebula (Cepheus)
Ha Gain 139 (Unit Gain)
Oiii Gain 200
32 Ha subs@300sec (2h 40min)
22 Oiii subs@300sec (1h 50min)
Total imaging Time 4h 30min
Dithering
20 Darks
20 Flats
PROCESSING/GUIDING SOFTWARE:-
APT "Astro Photograph Tools"
DSS
PS CS2
Sometimes mistakes work out. This digital photo I accidentally overexposed. But with some softening in post processing, it became worth posting. Of course, the cat could care less...she's still sleeping.
Quand tout se relâche, le corps s’abandonne sans bruit.
Un apaisement né dans l’ombre,
et dans ce souffle retrouvé, un moment ardu…
mais vital.
When everything softens, the body yields in silence.
A quiet easing shaped in shadow,
and in this returning breath, a moment difficult…
yet vital.
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A quiet, fog‑softened street stretches between tall, old European buildings, framed by the curve of a stone archway in the foreground. Festive string lights and star‑shaped ornaments hang overhead, suspended above an empty pedestrian crossing. The storefronts, including a visible NAF NAF sign, recede into the mist, giving the scene a muted, timeless atmosphere. The black‑and‑white treatment deepens the sense of stillness, turning the narrow street into a suspended moment of winter calm.
IMG_2500c 2025 09 20 file
Sunflower/Snow on the Mountain(Euphoria Marginata) mixture
viewed north of Geronimo, Oklahoma
Weekend Camping getaway.
Smoky Mountain Christian Camp
Tellico Plains, Tennessee
Saturday, June 6th, 2020
Poor bedraggled garden. The remaining flowers need a diffusion filter like they use in Hollywood when they shoot aging movie stars. The wrinkles soften, so that the beauty that once was can still be seen.
Softening ice, melting snow, warming temperatures and a 'gathering of the girls' are all welcome signs of spring here in the far north.
A small group of female caribou are feeding and wandering in the thawing wetlands at the foothills of the Cathedral Mountains.
Soon they will band together with other groups of caribou and the great migration to calving grounds begins. Bull caribou and previous year's calves will follow in a few weeks.
Cake:
2 cups sifted cake flour
1 1/4 cups sugar, divided
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
7 tbsp canola or light olive oil
1/3 cup fresh lime juice (about 3)
3 tbsps water
finely grated rind of 2 limes
3 egg yolks
8 egg whites
1 tsp cream of tarttar
Lime curd:
8 large egg yolks
1/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice (3-4 limes)
1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (1 -2 lemons)
1 cup sugar
1/8 tsp salt
1 stick (113 g) unsalted butter, cold, cut into pieces
Frosting:
2 cups heavy cream
2 tbsp sugar
2 tsp gelatin
1/4 cup water
~ 900 ml blueberries
To prepare cake, line bottoms of the 3 (8-inch) cake pans with parchment paper, coat with cooking spray.
Combine 2 cups cake flour, 1 cup sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl, stirring with a whisk, until well combined.Combine oil, 1/3 cup juice, 3 tbsp water, rind and egg yolks in a medium bowl, stirring with a whisk. Add oil mixture to flour mixture, beat with a mixer at medium speed just until smooth.
Place egg whites in a large bowl, beat with with a mixer at high speed until foamy. Add cream of tartar, beat until soft peaks form. Gradually add remaining 1/4 cup sugar, beating until stiff peaks form. Gently stir one-fourthof egg mixture into flour mixture, gently fold in remaining egg white mixture.
Divide cake batter equally among prepared pans. Bake at 325F for 20 minutes. Cool in pans for 10 minutes, remove from pans. remove wax paper from cake layers. Cool completely on wire rack.
Lime curd:
Beat egg yolks and sugar until light in colour and sugar almost dissolves. Add lime juice and lemon juice, half of the zest, and salt to the egg yolk mixture. Cook in a heavy-bottom saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon ( be sure to scrape the sides of the pan) until mixture is thick enough to coat back of the spoon ~8-10 minutes. Remove saucepan from the heat. Add butter, stirring until smooth and the remaining zest.Refrigerate until chilled and set, at least 1 hour.
For stabilized whipped cream, combine gelatin and water, allw to soften for 5 minutes, then, dissolve gelatin overlow heat. Gelatin must be liquid , but not warm.
In the chilled bowl beat the cream and sugar just until traces of beater marks begin to show distinctly. Add the gelatin mixture in a teady stream, beating constantly and beat just until stiff peaks form when beater is raised.
To assemble cake, place 1 cake layer on a plate, spread ~ 1/3 of lime curd over cake layer, scatter blueberries. Top with secon layer, 1/3 of lime curd, and blueberries and third layer. Combine the ramining lime curd with whipped cream and spread frosting over top and sides of cake. Garnish with blueberries.
...far away in the Swiss Alps
PENTAX K-1
HD-Pentax-DA 55-300mm WR Zoom
Hoya Softener (A)
Processed in the Pentax K-1 using the RAW-converter and "digital filters", most obviously the "water-colour" filter. Cropping and compression also with the in-camera facilities. Some further work on contrast, clarity and shading in my digital darkroom, SilkyPix Developer Studio 9 Pro. No texture overlay, no Photoshop.
After initial skepsis, I've come to regard the "digital filters"of the Pentax K-1 as something I don't want to miss! Used in combination, and with the camera's built-in RAW-converter, as well as the downsizing and cropping tools, they offer seemingly endless possibilities.
Do view large and zoom in to see how the micro-lenses of the soft-focus filter have acted here with the camera's digital "water-colour filter" and the clarity slider of SilkyPix Pro 9 to create an interesting texture.
HSS!
(Backlight, unsharp, softening effect, some blur)
By Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Known as the Palais Royal Monument
Date : 1890
Medium : bronze
After Victor Hugo’s death in 1885, it was decided to erect a monument in his honour in the Panthéon as a pendant to Injalbert’s statue of Mirabeau. Rodin was awarded the commission in 1889.
The sculptor chose to depict Victor Hugo in exile, seated amongst the rocks of Guernsey, his arm outstretched as if to calm the waves. It was an image both of the poet lost in contemplation and of the champion of the Republican cause.
The sun had softened the snow and our feet were now sinking in where once we had left only point marks. The going was slow but steady and we weaved our way back over the plateau toward the cave.
One last hill before we hit the upper plateau and then it was a flat traverse to the point right below our cave. But that last hill was really soft. Step by step we inched our weary bodies up crossing left and then right to avoid a straight up ascent.
My head just popped up to a point where I saw the peak of Mt Cook and the full moon. Suddenly I had found a new burst of energy. I needed to get this on camera. I picked up the pace trying to get Rod to do the same. "You've got to see this!" Obviously he wasn't as keen as I was and at this point I thought I may have had an ice axe hurtling my way.
I finally rounded the top of the hill to see this amazing scene. 11 hours after leaving camp we were returning and the sunset seemed to herald our triumphant home coming. What an amazing day!
Now...onward to melt some drinking water because I am absolutely parched!
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free hat hair by Heart Softens
new dress by Paper.Doll; new dot earrings by Je Suis; new necklace by Line; new skin by MonS; new eye makeup by a.e.meth; new bracelet by Mood (all for CHIC Limited Pure Juice event)
pose by On the Cover
Blue morning haze softens the contours of desert mountains beyond Lake Manly, Death Valley.
Haze is a factor to be reckoned with when photographing in a vast landscape like Death Valley National Park. It is there even on “clear” days, and over long distances its effects can be substantial. Details are muted (especially in shadows), the colors shift toward blue, and atmospheric instability can make subjects literally shimmer. (That makes it virtually impossible to get sharp focus in some situations.) It used to leave me nonplused, but eventually I thought about how to use these characteristics — after all, they are part of the scene.
When I made this photograph it wasn’t just a matter of distance — the atmosphere actually was hazier than usual. In this interpretation of the subject I decided to embrace that haze and its softening effect on the distant mountains. This contrasts with the rather more stark contrasts between the foreground waters of Lake Manley and bits of darker land. But overall, the image retains that blue coloration that I mentioned above.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.