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A lovely white tipped yellow dahlia in the Sunday sunshine!! Dahlia "Lemon Meringue".

 

Have a great day!

Don't know why I hadn't tried this before, but the other day I put the mp-e65 on two sets of extension tubes and cackled maniacally as lightning clashed outside. This is the tip of a ballpoint pen, uncropped. You can see the thickness of ink.

 

Also, if anybody thinks this doesn't belong in poor man's macro let me know. I feel like the group is based more around trying new techniques than about actual investment in photography equipment but if that's not the case I'll remove it.

Orange-tip...female...Anthocharis cardamines

Businesswoman in office adjusting tie

Another male Orange Tip from last weekend, photographed in Bedfordshire.

National Butterfly Center, Mission, Hidalgo County, Texas

Anthocharis cardamines (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pentax 67 | SMC 67 75/4.5 | Lomography Color 100

 

I'm about ready to slide into warmer days, aren't you?

px70 color shade

test film

Contax T2 / Kodak 5207 V3 250D

Polaroid Revue 660 AF

The Impossible Project BW 600

A nice male Orange-tip showed well yesterday morning in spite of cold wind

Lomas Distribution Ltd Waterswallows Derbys Mercedes Arocs 3243

 

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Male orange tip on cuckoo flower

A new Isuzu bulk tipping lorry operated by Daltons of Matamata, suppliers of potting mixes and other landscaping products. More often than not such a truck would operate with a 4-axle drawbar trailer.

I am not a fan of the recent updating/restyling of the Isuzu cab front, particularly the upper grille area with its six black areas as well as the gap below it which gives the appearance of there being something missing.

Living out its days as a local tipper.

She has a strong personality

Taken at Powerstock Common DWT reserve. Many thanks to my wife Helen for spotting this pair.

At last found one settled for a moment.

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust Lower Moor Reserve. SU7939

TIP:

yesterday I heard a very good motto:

"It's not how big the man is in a fight, it's how big the fight is inside the man"

 

This is without a doubt a motto for almost everything but especially photography, often I hear people say "I can never do that", or "I don't have the gear for that", but most of all "You shoot everything correct, I don't"

 

Well let me first make a confession.... I shoot just as much junk as all of you, only I probably don't show it, for me photography is a matter of going on till I get the shot.

 

Yesterday we did a session in Emmeloord I call "Fashion in Emmeloord" well ok not very creative, the model was surprised we were done in 10 minutes per locations, I told her very simply that if I get the shot I'm after I will continue for a few frames and then try a different angle or composition and continue to the next, there is no need to push through. I will use a maximum of 1-2 shots per location for my own portfolio so why shoot 10 killer shots while I can switch location.

 

So what has this to do with the motto I started with.

Sometimes it goes easy, like yesterday, sometimes it isn't.

Imaging wanting to get the perfect lens flare and the perfect motion, and the perfect pose.... you really think that will happen at once...? if you do you will probably stop after 5 minutes. But if you push through you will find that at one point you will get that shot, or at least something that's close enough, because I strongly believe that perfection is not in photography, there is always something that can be better.

 

So the next time you think "I can't" always think that if someone else can do it you also can come close or do it, always push through and push your boundaries, you will be amazed at what you can do, and remember that EVERYONE I know is always nagging at their own pictures, I know very little (real) pros that claim they shot the perfect shot, they are all going like "Yeah ok it's a nice shot,.... but......" and I think that defines the people with a bigger fight in them, always going for something better and pushing yourself to achieve the next level.

 

So first learn your lighting and master your gear and then start pushing your creative boundaries.

  

Had a walk round the Midhurst yesterday bu the river. Found this orange tip - who stuck around for a few photos.

The band's tips box and the elaborate stage at the Roman South Theatre.

Matchbox

No. 26/1968-1969

Rommelmarkt, Feyenoord Stadion, Rotterdam

(date = date of purchase)

This species (and specifically the male) was the highlight of this reserve for me and one of my favourite memories of the whole trip.

This photo made my trip 'montage'. I am very pleased with it.

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