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Yes, this unusual flower is called Hot Lips! I love the spider web too. And the fuzzy stem and leaf.
There are over 2,000 species of Psychotria, the genus under which Hot Lips falls. Where does Hot Lips grow? Psychotria elata is part of the tropical rainforest understory flora of the Americas. It is a unique plant with uninteresting flowers but fabulous lip-like bracts. The plant can be difficult to grow and has very special cultivation conditions.
Hot lips grows as a shrub or small tree. The plant has deeply veined simple leaves of matte green. The flower is actually a pair of modified leaves that pout around the tiny star-like white to cream flowers. These become small bluish-black berries. The plant is very attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds.
Hot Lips, labios de puta, psychotria peoppigiana
Wings of the Tropics, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
These structures may seem uninteresting if not understood, but are living, colonial organisms, called coral. The very essence of the living ocean, supporting all manner of diversified marine life.
To see more of our planet from down under:
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I have known for many years that sisters are of for sharing laughter and wiping tears. We can't make it through life without our sisters. When I think about song to celebrate, I think about Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin song "Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves." I am not thinking about interesting or uninteresting sisters. Just as they sing in the brilliant song:
"Woman to woman
We're singin' with you.
The "inferior sex" got a new exterior
We got doctors, lawyers, politicians too."
I dedicate my sisters these colourful leaves.
All my sisters in the world: "We're Singin' with You."
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“He succeeded in being considered totally uninteresting. People left him alone. And that was all he wanted.” –Patrick Suskind, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
A phenomenal book, and a prime example of how not every book can, or should, be made into a film. My two cents.
(Crotophaga sulcirostris)
La Fortuna
Costa Rica
Yes! It's a black bird, but here I choosen a tight crop to show the beautiful details of this apparently uninteresting bird. I hope you like it too.
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All my photos are now organized into sets by the country where they were taken, by taxonomic order, by family, by species (often with just one photo for the rarer ones), and by the date they were taken.
So, you may find:
- All the photos for this trip Costa Rica (2018) (177)
- All the photos for this order CUCULIFORMES (113)
- All the photos for this family Cuculidae (Cuculídeos) (113)
- All the photos for this species Crotophaga sulcirostris (2)
- All the photos taken this day 2018/12/17 (14)
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The first shot was hard to top as I was chasing a gigantic rainbow, had a chance to get back to the streams leading into mayon volcano for this sunrise image. Waited for the clouds coming in from the northeast as it was almost an uninteresting sunrise.
Undoubtedly, one of the most uninteresting choices for U out there! But under the circumstances, with understandably very few options, this umbrella stand holding some of our umbrellas was the best I could come up with.
Unless, of course, someone else has posted an umbrella and/or umbrella stand, then I take it all back. Unquestionably a most unexpected, and unique choice! Well done you (U)!
It was my third sunrise session at Milano Marittima: a perfectly clean sky, the sea very very calm, even lazy after days of wind and waves - just the weather conditions I deem extremely uninteresting. However, I was not in the mood of giving up, since usually my chances to capture sunrises at the seaside are really scant. I learnt that there are always chances, whatever conditions one gets - especially when there is water - so never give up.
The sun was still below the horizon but the clean sky let the glowing crown of dawn transpire; a soffused glow poured on the small, slow waves, and the surface of the sea felt like a silky drape shivering at a hint of the most gentle breeze. I took some exposure bracketings striving for the longest possible exposure, and... well, the results were well beyond my expectations, even on the small display of the camera.
It sometimes happens: contemplation, meditation. The processing of this bracketing has been a journey - and a longer one than expected - a journey through my soul, where pixels, tones, hues, shades, shades of shades, mingled with memories, emotions, half-forgotten dreams, untold fears, and hopes. The end of the journey is - for me, at least - a landscape of the soul. I hope that you can wander through this seascape following your own thread, finding your own way - your own uncharted regions of the soul.
Explored on 2021/08/23 no. 49
I have processed this picture by blending an exposure bracketing [-1.3/-0.67/0/+0.67/+1.3 EV] by luminosity masks with the Gimp (EXIF data, as usual, refer to the "normal" exposure shot), then I added some final touches with Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
Along the journey I tried the inverted RGB blue channel technique described by Boris Hajdukovic, which improved a bit the glowing patch of sea near the horizon. Raw files processed with Darktable.
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I was finally back to Mono Lake for my second visit. The first visit here with the bootcamp crew wasn't so pleasant. Hwy 120 was closed due to snow. We attempted try to hike to the lake through 3 feet of snow, and that was a complete disaster as well, so coming back to this location for another try was very exciting to me. The excitement was sucked completely out of me when I saw that there where crystal clear blue skies when I arrived. At one point this guy comes up to me about an hour before sunset and said "wow look at this light, it gets no better than this." I'm not sure what light this guy was seeing, but believe me the light was not great, especially at the time that he was talking about. I was somewhat discouraged, but when I arrived I saw reflections of the tufas everywhere. I figured I'd concentrate on the reflections than photograph this wide view with an uninteresting sky. I walked around over an hour to see if I could see a comp that I would like to possibly shoot once the sun fell behind the mountains. Although there were clear blue skies, I knew that there would be some type of afterglow towards the east and if I stuck around I may be able to make something happen. The water was completely still, the reflections were like glass. It was somewhat eerie to see the water so still. Sure enough the afterglow came. I wasn't expecting the glow to be this intense. The glow on the horizon was incredible. When I took my first shot, I couldn't believe how clean the raw file was. I didn't use any filters at all. No CPL no grad....nothing. One exposure.
Hope you guys enjoy the image, have a great week, and happy shooting.
And I have to thank my buddy Jean Day for encouraging me to post this image, because if it weren't for her, this may have been sitting for a while in the hard drive. Thanks buddy!
Taken on the walk back to the car after a day's photography in Wales. The final location had proved lack lustre, wrong state of tide, uninteresting light, so we decided to finish early. I'd noticed this farm building earlier with Snowdonia in the distance and thought it would make a good shot given the right sky.
As we walked the first glimmer of the moon appeared, I pointed it out to ian, it was a kind of deja vu moment as our previous shoot in Wales (9 years ago) finished in a similar manner and had us both running on a beach to get the right foreground. This time Ian asked if I was going to photograph it - but my long lens had been left in the car. He kindly lent me his so I could get this shot.
Thanks Ian :-)
Formerly open fields, this is 'Neptune Wood' near Long Wittenham, South Oxfordshire, planted in 2005 by the local community as part of a national scheme to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar and the death of Admiral Horatio Nelson. It was HMS Neptune that towed Nelson’s flagship, HMS Victory, into Gibraltar with Nelson’s body on board. Now, the thousands of trees have matured, providing endless enjoyment for walkers, and those seeking a peaceful time amongst nature and wildlife.
Unfortunately, the regularity of planting of similar species of the same age, together with the remarkably close spacing, have resulted in a dense canopy with little growth below. Yes, there are now vast numbers of mature trees, yet within the wood it is rather dark, uniform and visually uninteresting - is this really the result everyone intended?
I'd love to say this had been a planned location shoot for sunrise this morning, but the truth be told I'd had an extra half hour in bed pressing snooze on the alarm so I well was behind schedule for my planned location so I just decided to go out anyway and literally just see what happened as the forecast wasn't looking great for a decent sunrise with the cloud needed.
Driving along the A55 into North Wales it didn't look very hopeful and I still didn't have a definite location either as I'd decided to give Talacre lighthouse a miss this time, as the light started to break through the dark still it didn't look great until I got towards Colwyn Bay where the weather had taken a real turn with dark skies with a hint of deep red, it was obvious something was about to happen, probably along the lines of a storm so I decided to just find the nearest beach, find some sort of composition and wait it out.
I ended up at Llanddulas shooting the large wooden groynes going into the sea, out at sea there was the beginnings of a rainbow that just dissapeared into the cloud, hardly visible, the stormy light was pretty good though and I got a few good images despite the heavy cloud, soon after though it started to rain, and pretty much at the same time the sun came up over the horizon from behind me turning the dull grey uninteresting rocks on the beach into a gorgeous bright gold, and if that wasn't enough the rainbow that had been nothing more than a mere dash of colour out at sea now turned into a full blown double super bright rainbow stretching right onto the beach amidst this golden light. In a bit of a panic I had to recompose to get this scene in using the shadows of the groynes as a lead into the scene and praying that 16mm would be enough to capture it as there was no way I could change to the 14mm in the rain.
This was the end result, I managed 2 images, the first when I got home was totally ruined by water spots so I was really praying the next one after I'd cleaned the lens was a keeper, thankfully it was. This combination lasted about 2 minutes at most, the rainbow vanished, and so did the light, the beach and sky returning to a flat dull grey, like nothing had ever happened.
Probably the best extra half hours sleep in I've had !
Another example of my trying to make an uninteresting photo into a more interesting image. I don't take these seriously, but I do like being creative and playing around in Photoshop.
Shot #1 An extremely dull and overcast day in Oare Marshes for a college photoshoot for the bird lovers. The rest of us were left to our own devices to try and get some shots in what must be one of the most uninteresting places on the face of the earth!
Impressionistic effect achieved through in-camera zoom-burst.
Amethyst Deceiver (Laccaria amethystine) is a common woodland mushroom, but it doesn't reveal its true amethyst beauty until you crawl on the ground and look up at them. When they are fresh and wet they look purple from above but when they are dry they fade to a very uninteresting buff colour. Apparently the caps are edible but it doesn't seem right picking something as beautiful as this.
I photographed this one in woodland near Shepley in West Yorkshire.
This wider view was taken about 30 minutes after the previous view, and the sun had been up for about 20 of those minutes. This is looking almost due south, the angular clump of trees on the horizon in the middle of the shot are on Bunster Hill above Ilam
The uninteresting lower slopes of Narrowdale Hill fall away into the mist. The lane accessing the hill is just right of centre. I followed it before sunrise with some trepidation that I'd get clear of the clouds.
In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. Aristotle
Far away, where people rarely go…
Where only a few passersby pause to notice inconspicuous and seemingly uninteresting objects and phenomena…
Where people seek solitude…
Where inspiration can be found…
Where everyone can enjoy the pure air, immerse in the intoxicating, cherished, and precious silence—especially in our time…
There stretches the Field of Life.
In this field, everything is just like in our human lives. And yet—completely different.
Much like us, every blade of grass, every ear of grain lives its brief life in its own world…
In struggle? In joy? In suffering?
In the silent world of Nature, such concepts do not exist. A blade of grass lives in absolute acceptance of what it is destined to be, where it is meant to sprout, to go through all the stages of its fleeting existence, and perhaps, to leave a part of itself for future generations.
Regardless of time, alongside others, each blade of grass lives in harmony with its nature, maintaining inner wholeness in every moment—in every breath, in every touch of the life-giving power of the Sun, in every drop of absorbed moisture.
Within the boundless diversity of the plant world, one must make an effort to see the uniqueness of each blade of grass, each tree, each shrub. But just like you and me, each plant has its own unique story, its own path that it walks beside others. How they influence each other—Nature itself offers no clear answer.
Perhaps in harmony. Maybe in unity. But that is only by our human standards.
And it would be naive to claim that Nature gives everyone equal conditions. She bestows upon all only one thing—an incredibly powerful drive for Life.
In this striving, each follows its own inner laws, weaving a delicate thread into the intricate tapestry of Life—a tapestry that, without close attention to its details, may seem simple and unremarkable, with faded colors and rough lines.
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Там, далеко, где так редко бывают люди…
Там, где лишь немногие случайные прохожие останавливают взгляд на неприметных и, казалось бы, неинтересных объектах и явлениях…
Там, где люди ищут уединения…
Где можно почерпнуть вдохновение…
Где каждый может насладиться чистым воздухом, насытиться тишиной — упоительной, желанной, драгоценной, особенно в наше время…
Там простирается Поле Жизни.
На этом поле всё так же, как и в наших человеческих жизнях. И в то же время — совершенно по-другому.
Подобно нам, там каждая травинка, каждый колосок проживает свою короткую жизнь в собственном мире…
В борьбе ли? В радости? Или в страданиях?
В безмолвном мире Природы у травинки нет этих понятий. Она живёт в абсолютном принятии того, какой ей суждено быть, в каком месте прорасти, как будут проходить все этапы её мимолётного существования и где ей, возможно, удастся оставить частичку себя для будущих поколений…
Независимо от времени, вместе с другими, каждая травинка живёт в гармонии со своей природой, сохраняя внутреннюю целостность в каждом мгновении — в каждом вдохе и выдохе, в каждом прикосновении животворящей силы Солнца, в каждой капле поглощённой влаги.
В бескрайнем разнообразии растительного мира нужно приложить усилия, чтобы разглядеть уникальность каждой травинки, каждого дерева, каждого кустарника. Но, подобно нам с тобой, у каждого растения есть своя неповторимая история, свой путь, который оно проходит рядом с другими. И как они будут влиять на жизнь и процветание друг друга бессильна ответить сама Природа.
Возможно, в гармонии. Быть может, в единстве. Но это — лишь по нашим человеческим меркам.
И было бы наивно утверждать, что Природа даёт всем равные условия. Она наделяет всех лишь одним — невероятно могущественным стремлением к Жизни.
В этом стремлении каждый следует своим внутренним законам, вплетаясь тонкой нитью в сложное полотно Жизни. Полотно, которое без должного внимания к деталям может показаться простым и незамысловатым, с выцветшими красками и грубыми линиями.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix S5
Lens: Nikon Nikkor-N Auto 35mm F/1.4
i like this despite it's flaws and the fact that it's uninteresting
"I've come to realize that life is not always about a past filled with mysteries or a future filled with endless dark possibilities; it is also about a present filled with timeless distractions."
Himachal-pradesh (Inde 1995) - Nous avons quitté Leh, la capitale du Ladakh et nous roulons depuis 15 heures en direction de Manali. Dans moins d'une heure, le soleil aura disparu et il va falloir trouver une yourte pour passer la nuit. Question de sécurité. Seuls les chauffeurs suicidaires roulent sur cette route à la nuit tombée.
Le paysage est grandiose et je demande que l'on s'arrête pour faire une ou deux photos. Nous venons de dépasser ce camion à qui nous avons laissé deux litres d'eau pour son radiateur en surchauffe. Si vous avez la curiosité de regarder cette photo en grand format vous verrez que le capot du camion est ouvert.
Descendu de notre véhicule, je me saisis de mon 300 mm. Pour rendre sa "grandeur" et la dimension du paysage, contrairement à une idée trop répandue, c'est une longue focale qui donne le meilleur résultat en rapprochant les perspectives. Si j'avais utilisé un grand-angle, le camion disparaissait dans le paysage, devenant illisible et la montagne qui attire le regard, perdait de sa majesté au profit d'un premier plan sans intérêt.
Nikon F 90 - 300 mm Nikkor IFED - Film Ilford HP5 +, développé dans du Microphen à bain perdu, dilué 1+3.
Nuémrisation réalisée avec un Nikon D 750
Radiator overheating
Himachal-pradesh (India 1995) - We left Leh, the capital of Ladakh and we have been driving for 3pm towards Manali. In less than an hour, the sun will be gone and we will have to find a yurt to spend the night. Security Question. Only suicidal drivers drive on this road after dark.
The landscape is magnificent and I ask that we stop to take one or two photos. We have just passed this truck to which we left two liters of water for its overheated radiator. If you have the curiosity to look at this photo in large format you will see that the hood of the truck is open.
Got out of our vehicle, I grabbed my 300mm. To restore its "greatness" and the dimension of the landscape, contrary to a too widespread idea, it is a long focal length which gives the best result by bringing the perspectives closer.
If I had used a wide-angle lens, the truck would disappear into the landscape, becoming unreadable and the mountain losing its majesty in favor of an uninteresting foreground.
The main peak of Buachaille Etive Mòr from Stob Beinn a' Chrùlaiste. The latter, popular with photographers, is a small summit halfway up the fairly uninteresting Beinn a' Chrùlaiste. Stob Dearg, a far more impressive looking mountain, is also a much inferior viewpoint. The River Coupall snakes across the bottom of the image.
The Blashfield Fountain. Originally used by merchants who set up shop under the 59th St. Bridge. Currently used by thirsty dogs, cats, rodents, etc.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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Swooping S-curves are something I always look to photograph, so I was intrigued why I didn’t select this image from our Colorado fall road trip to upload anywhere. It had a nice curve in the road leading the eye to the mountains in the background and beautiful fall colors, but I believe I was just too focused on the overcast sky at the time. Except for our first day during the trip, we had fantastic cloud formations and beautiful details in the sky every day, and naturally images taken from the first day didn’t get any consideration while I was post-processing the photos.
When I found this image recently, I was confident that I could bring back some details in the sky, but foggy cloud-covered mountain peaks seemed to work rather well. So, I decided to leave them be and focused more on finding a crop that removed the uninteresting bits. I ended up cropping a bit off the top and the bottom of the frame, and I think it turned out well.
Each day of the year, Flickr utilizes an algorithm to curate five hundred images for its Explore page, showcasing selections that embody various forms of 'interestingness.'
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▶ During 2025, Flickr selected 21 of my images for Explore (versus 17 in 2024):
☞ Great horned owl was my most viewed, at 12,050. (In 2024, my most popular photo received 10,310 views.) It also achieved my best Explore position, at no. 47 out of 500. (My best in 2024 was 78th out of 500.)
☞ Strobilus illuminatus was my most 'faved,' at 266. (My most 'faved' image in 2024 received 282.)
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THE FULL LIST
● ROW 1
☞ The Roots (5 January 2025)
5,967 views; 195 'faves'; 475th/500.
☞ Wetlands, illuminated (21 January 2025)
7,989 views; 225 'faves'; 169th/500.
☞ Dudley grooms (21 February 2025)
9,721 views; 238 'faves'; 76th/500.
☞ Creekside purple (13 March 2025)
9,817 views; 263 'faves'; 85th/500.
☞ Spring comes to Beaver Pond (5 April 2025)
9,146 views; 241 'faves; 84th/500.
☞ Great horned owl (25 April 2025)
12,050 views; 262 'faves'; 47th/500.
☞ Mallard, just chilling (25 April 2024)
6,180 views; 99 'faves'; 158th/500.
☞ Redbud in the field (15 May 2024)
5,464 views; 139 'faves'; 428th/500.
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☞ High alley (28 May 2025)
6,424 views; 123 'faves'; 333rd/500.
☞ Black-Eyed Susans on the PATH (19 July 2025)
5,291 views; 203 'faves'; 477th/500.
☞ River oats on the creek (6 August 2025)
7,224 views; 246 'faves'; 132nd/500.
☞ Jewelweed corolla (23 August 2025)
5,105 views; 173 'faves'; 420th/500.
☞ Wood stork, perched (27 August 2025)
10,540 views; 225 'faves'; 118th/500.
☞ Cross & statue (13 September 2025)
6,238 views; 117 'faves'; 236th/500.
☞ Gulls & waxing moon over surf at dusk (29 September 2025)
5,409 views; 155 'faves'; 341st/500.
☞ Sunrise tree (29 October 2025)
7,990 views; 172 'faves'; 136th/500.
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☞ Sunrise over Atlanta (from Stone Mountain) (29 October 2025)
4,682 views; 108 'faves'; 440th/500.
☞ No clowning around! (14 November 2025)
5,827 views; 91 'faves'; 157th/500.
☞ Strobilus illuminatus (30 November 2025)
8,998 views; 266 'faves'; 83rd/500.
☞ Sylvan ramble (16 December 2025)
4,258 views; 177 'faves'; 292nd/500.
☞ Admirer of the drum (24 December 2025)
6,402 views; 117 'faves'; 231st/500.
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▶ WHAT IS EXPLORE?
"Explore is a Flickr feature with the intent of showing you 'some of the most awesome photos on Flickr.' Photos are automatically selected by computer according to a secret algorithm called Interestingness. The top 500 photos ranked by Interestingness are shown in Explore.
Flickr has stated that many factors go into calculating Interestingness: a photo's tags, how many groups the photo is in, views, favorites, where click-throughs are coming from, who comments on a photo and when, and more. The velocity of any of those components is a key factor. For example, getting 20 comments in an hour counts much higher than getting 20 comments in a week.
Is Explore a showcase for the top Flickr photographers? No. It's for photo viewers, not the photographers. It exists so that, at any moment, anyone who wants to view interesting photos can go to Explore and have a reasonable chance of seeing something interesting.
Does that imply that photographs not in Explore are uninteresting? Of course not. Many wonderful photos are uploaded to Flickr each day not selected for Explore. But, to serve its purpose, Explore only includes a small sampling of all of the photos on Flickr, showing photos from many different people to create a diverse selection."
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▶ This is one of four of my end-of-year recapitulations for 2025. See also:
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Northern Territory, Australia
Not many people get the chance to visit this iconic natural wonder in their lifetime, let alone twice. Many consider it an uninteresting place or just too remote to make the effort. It was always on my bucket list when we decided to honeymoon in Australia way back in Oct 1997.
There are not many places in the world I’ve been to that makes you realise how insignificant you are as a species let alone an individual. This was made even more apparent when I was afforded the opportunity to sit in the cockpit 3rd seat of the BAe 146 aircraft for the last 20 minutes of our flight as we approached Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park.
The red centre from above looks completely barren in every direction you look, way beyond the horizon that altitude grants you. I asked the co-pilot sitting in the right-hand seat where Ayres Rock was? (that was the name back in those days) He replied, “look dead ahead it’s that singular rock formation”. Once my eye had zoned in on the tiny ‘pimple’ way in the distance, I felt a sense of disappointment… was this truly the icon I had read about in magazines and seen on the nature programmes or a mass marketing campaign orchestrated by the Australia Tourist Board!
However, as we started to descend on our final approach path, this pimple began to rise from its barren landscape growing in stature with every mile gained. We circled it on final approach and all my disappointments faded into wonderment… its simply bloody massive and spectacular glowing in the midday sun. I couldn’t wait to land and get out and explore this landscape.
To cut to the chase, we only had a limited time here, but had planned a packed itinerary - sunset tour, climb the rock (more about that another time), day trip to the Olgas and a last-minute helicopter flight. My only regret, my photos turned out rubbish, so this part of the holiday was really about making amends. However, the best laid plans of mice and men!
For anyone going or thinking of visiting Uluru, you may want to read future postings on Uluru. The things the marketing and tour operators don’t tell you.
Astley Green Mining Museum walkabouts
Liked this place a lot. Run by volunteers whose aim is to keep the history of coal mining alive. Great for general walkabouts with all sorts of heavy industrial equipment wanting you to take a photo.
Was smitten with this place & the bunch of lovely ex mining folk who made me very welcome, thank you
Chunks of old iron sat forlorn rusting away are probably the uninteresting photos you could think of !! so with this set I've gone for a 'cross colour' edit & as usual kept the white border , experimented with B&W which was my idea from the off but thought the watered down colours added a little more to the image, any feed back or tips would be appreciated ;-)))))))))
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Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.
Bill Watterson.
and that was my evening
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The rule with photograph is never assume the sky is uninteresting. With hardly any clouds at sunset, I wasn't expecting this fine atmospheric optical effect to occur. Good thing I looked up!
Clouds that created these shadows were more than 200 miles to the west-northwest of my location!
Picture of the Day
This leopard (Panthera pardus) was photographed in poor light with an uninteresting background. The use of a monochrome and high key conversion allows the viewer to concentrate on the subject and not the shortcomings (I hope).
A quick flash sunlight was required to transform this scene. Without it, the photo was uninteresting. I had to wait about 20 minutes to grab the 10 seconds or so of good light.
Last night I was tempted to head out for the sunset by the chance of a decent sky and conditions so headed up the hill to a local lochan.
The water was flat calm but the sky towards the setting sun was uninteresting and I resorted to trying this angle to the north where there was more cloud.
As told here: flic.kr/p/2pn2AuY the Bay Colony Railroad has lowered its flag after 41 1/2 years.
This was the shot of the day as BCLR GP9s 1705 and 1706 work their way east for the final time with four loaded cars from Mid City Scrap destined for the Mass Coastal interchange in New Bedford where they will gather up three empties and return west for good.
They paused here for a moment at the scenic highlight of this decidedly uninteresting little branch and performed a photo runby on the 100 ft long wood pile trestle over the Paskamanset River at about MP 2.1 for a small gathering of fans.
Dartmouth, Massachusetts
Friday December 15, 2023
Brush Creek Falls
Brush Creek State Park
West Virginia
I don't think we could have asked for better shooting conditions on our first day of our West Virginia trip. Our second stop of the day was Brush Creek Falls, an impressive and beautiful waterfall located about 20 miles from Sandstone Falls in the New River Gorge. Although gorgeous, the falls is a difficult subject to shoot from below as a massive splash pool makes for an uninteresting foreground. From the right side though it is a completely different story as not only can you get up close and personal with this lovely waterfall but you can get lost in it's personality and beauty.
St. Louis, MO to Chattanooga, TN manifest train 167 crosses the Cumberland River in Burnside, KY with a trio of uninteresting GE widecabs.
An example of what happens when the SX-70 film jams and won't eject and you flip the camera up to dislodge the film and the shutter opens, ejecting this photo taken as the camera faced the sky. A little bit of the chemical developing solution squished out along the top, causing the jam and leaving the discoloration and partially developed blotchy and blurry line across the top of the photo.
An unintended but not uninteresting photo worth posting.
And to my surprise, this made Explore for November 10. Thanks Flickr! Always an honor! #Explore #FlickrExplore #explored
Something gave out on this old car as it temporarily keeps company along an endless country road. One unique aspect to growing old is the slow self awakening that the era you grew up in with all of its accoutrements is now rather uninteresting history for a new generation. The challenge is to use the best of the new without forsaking your basic principles.
- W. Somerset Maugham.
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Driving through the never-ending and barren flat desert landscape to reach the Trona Pinnacles is quite an experience. It is amazing how the seemingly uninteresting terrain can hide something so dramatic. Initially, I only heard about the pinnacles as a night sky photography spot. However, during my first visit, I realized its potential for classic landscape photography.
Ever since then, I made it a point to leave early enough to get some sunset shots before settling in at my chosen astro photo spot. During my last visit, I managed to take a shot of a few pinnacles in the golden evening light.
I went out last night with every intention of waiting for the Milky Way to rise and planned for a proper facing lake to hopefully get a reflection.
I got there and took some test shots, looking for a nice composition with the trees. Once I had what I wanted I sat and waited while I watched for any Lyrid meteors.
I actually saw about 8 or 9 but never caught one on camera. They happen so fast its just luck really.
Come 1am I was cold, and was quickly loosing the desire to be there. It’s odd shooting alone all the time, especially in the pitch dark on the edge of the woods.
Every now and again you hear some branches snapping as something is passing by, or you hear what sound like a bowling ball being dropped into the water. I assume it’s a beaver or otter, maybe a fish breaking the surface.
Anyhow. These shots were rather uninteresting so I decided to try them as black and whites. I kind of like the look actually, so maybe I’ll head out again tonight and try again.
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So, I'm in a store that has several Christmas trees lined up for sale. And I knew we were going here so I thought, hey maybe I can get some cool bokeh so I took my beloved and trusted friend, "Camera". I also brought my beloved 16 yr old son, Wesley. Actually I made him drive me around all day because he's young and has extra energy to burn, but that is not what this story is about.
I go into the store and start taking photos (all of which ended up being less than stellar or completely uninteresting, so I will torture you with this image.). As I'm taking the photos I'm sure my son is embarrassed to be with me. I mean really, who takes photos at the store of tree bulbs, right? And while he's slightly embarrassed he was curious enough to see if I got anything and when he saw this he was "wow, that is cool" then started pointing at other things for me to try. So, it wasn't a total disaster and I spent a wonderful day with my son.
I wish this story ended with some kind of amazingly interesting photo, but what do you expect from a department store? Ha!
There must have been a new hatch of tasty insects, because the swallows were out in force, swooping and skimming just above the lake surface. There were three species: Tree Swallow, Barn Swallow, and the Northern Rough-winged Swallow seen here. The latter were by far the most approachable. I had always considered this species drab and uninteresting, but a close look reveals exquisite feather details and patterning. Lesson for self: Never judge a bird by its colour.
Photographed along the marshy channels of Newton Lake, near Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2020 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Often along the parkway you will find a scene that is inescapably beautiful, it will call to you like a siren, bid you to stop in and just watch the scene develop and behold. The day this photo was taken I had passed this site earlier, the visual interest wasn’t there, the light flat an uninteresting. As i returned, running from the encroaching clouds as the sky fell, this scene had changed, become moody, deep. Of course I had to stop over and begin setting up, multiple alterations of light, as if the weather were in flux, in the midst of indecision, a photographers delight, spoiled for choice deep in The Smokies.
Aperture: f8
ISO: 250
SS: 1/40th
Focal: 20mm
Fujinon 16-55mm
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The "Pueblo Meat Supermarket" is a colorful addition to the Forrest Hill neighborhood of Newark. The supermarket was built as a Food Fair in 1969 and almost 50 years later, much of it remains as it was when the store opened.
Instead of constructing architecturally interesting buildings--such as Penn Fruit's arched-roof stores or Acme's a-frames--Food Fair built boxy, conventional stores and then added soaring architectural features to the outside, where they would mount their sign. This store's zig-zagging steel beam makes an otherwise uninteresting supermarket box much more interesting. (at least from the outside) In neighboring Bloomfield sits one of the company's other classic designs, with a wooden arch.
The Food Fair company replicated this same store design 3 miles away, across the Passaic River in Lyndhurst, NJ. The store was later Foodtown and Edwards, and has since been demolished and turned into housing.
This photograph fails the thumbnail test as the lack of contrast between stone and subject makes it look deeply uninteresting. So I am definitely not expecting much attention. But if you view large you can see it shows a fight between two male Common Sandpipers who were disputing a breeding territory early this spring. A watching female nearby seemed to catalyse the situation. One male stood on the ground with his wings spread showing his white wing bars, while the other male jumped on top of him and pecked him. I took a series but this was the most dramatic frame. Alas the whole battle was fought in front of the sandpiper-coloured boulder.
Common Sandpipers are quite unusual among British waders as they are almost entirely summer breeding visitors from sub-Saharan Africa. Most of Britain's wading birds are winter visitors although quite a few also breed in Britain. The "kitty-needy-kitty-needy" flight call of the Common Sandpiper heralds the arrival of spring on the Pennine reservoirs where they breed. About 15 thousand pairs nest in Britain but they are largely restricted to the uplands, but they are commonly seen on migration through the lowlands.
Its scientific name Actitis hypoleucos translates as coast-dweller that is white below. It is very similar to the closely related Spotted Sandpiper from the Americas, which as the name suggests, is heavily spotted below in breeding plumage ( www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/34618053390/in/photolist ). But in juvenile and non-breeding plumage they are near-identical, apart from Spotted Sand having a shorter tail and wingbar.
"Embrace the light and let it guide you." Rumi.
After photographing the Fanad Head Lighthouse at dusk, I decided to return several hours later to this incredible location before the sun rose again, to get more night photos from the small rocky beach accessible by going down a hill between the cliffs. Not satisfied with those images, I decided to go up quickly when the sun approached the horizon to also capture this composition.
From this top view, an uninteresting sky did not presage the spectacle that the sun was about to give me. Quickly the wind brought huge clouds full of texture and covered everything. However, when the sun rose a bit above the horizon, it filtered through a small space that had formed between the clouds and illuminated the entire scene with an impressive golden light. It lasted a few seconds, before covering up again, and when I checked my photographs I discovered the disaster. Small droplets of seawater had reached my lens with the wind and the photographs were unusable. I quickly cleaned the lens and waited for that unique moment to happen again. A couple of minutes later, that wonderful light appeared once again to linger long enough to capture enough photos to create one of my all-time favorite images. Excited to have the fortune to witness such a moment, I remembered that years ago a very similar light, while photographing in Le Cinque Terre, convinced me to never cease in my attempt to capture incredible scenes all over the world.
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"Abraza la luz y deja que te guíe." Rumi.
Tras fotografiar el faro del cabo de Fanad al anochecer, decidí regresar varias horas después a esta increíble localización antes de que volviera a salir el sol, para conseguir más fotografías nocturnas desde la pequeña playa de rocas a la que se tiene acceso bajando por una cuesta entre los acantilados. No satisfecho con esas imágenes decidí subir rápidamente cuando el sol se aproximaba al horizonte para capturar también esta composición.
Desde esta vista superior, un cielo sin interés no hacía presagiar el espectáculo que estaba a punto de brindarme el sol. Rápidamente el viento trajo nubes enormes llenas de textura y lo cubrió todo. Sin embargo, cuando el sol subió un poco sobre el horizonte, se filtró por un pequeño espacio que se había formado entre las nubes e iluminó toda la escena con una luz dorada impresionante. Duró unos segundos, antes de cubrirse de nuevo, y cuando comprobé mis fotografías descubrí el desastre. Pequeñas gotitas de agua de mar habían llegado con el viento hasta mi lente y las fotografías eran inutilizables. Rápidamente limpié la lente y me preparé por si ese momento único volvía a suceder. Un par de minutos después, de nuevo esa luz maravillosa apareció para quedarse el tiempo necesario para capturar fotografías suficientes para crear una de mis imágenes favoritas de siempre. Emocionado por tener la fortuna de presenciar un momento así, recordé que hacía ya años una luz muy parecida, fotografiando en Le Cinque Terre, me convenció para no cesar jamás en mi intento de capturar escenas increíbles por todo el mundo.
- Thomas Jefferson.
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Back to the redwoods and my favorite image of a rhododendron bloom from our most recent trip to the forests of Northern California. The Ladybird Johnson grove trail is where I had the most luck with rhododendrons in full bloom. I liked this one in particular due to the plant's shape, which formed an arch across the hiking path with two massive redwoods as background.
Now about the things I don’t like about this image. For one, I wouldn't say I like the amount of chaos in the upper part of the image, and I feel like this is an image that could have used a helping hand from fog; this was it. Another aspect I didn’t like was the bright sky peeking in, I did my best to get the exposure right, but I still felt that softer light could have made the scene much better. That’s all the thoughts I have on this. Post a comment if you liked the image.
Fort-Dauphin (Madagascar) - Cette photo a été prise du balcon de mon hôtel. J’étais coincé dans ma chambre en raison de la chaleur caniculaire qui s’était abattue sur la ville. J’ai photographié ce que j’avais dans mon champ de vision, sans autre raison que de passer le temps. J’avais déjà photographié la mer avec ce ciel moutonneux. Des clichés que je trouvais plats et sans intérêt en l’absence d’un véritable premier plan. Alors j’ai carrément intégré cet immeuble dans mon cadre, d’autant que cette femme est apparue comme par enchantement. Grâce à elle, déclencher avait soudain du sens.
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Fort-Dauphin (Madagascar) - This photo was taken from the balcony of my hotel. I was stuck in my room due to the scorching heat that had hit the city so I photographed what I had in my field of vision, for no other reason than to pass the time. I had already photographed the sea with this fleecy sky. Shots that I found flat and uninteresting in the absence of a real foreground. So I completely integrated this building into my frame, especially since this woman appeared as if by magic.
Took this shot at Greenfield Lake in Wilmington back in April. The reflections really jumped out at me. I cropped out some of the uninteresting portions and added some glow to give it a little more atmosphere...
Faulted, uplifted, fractured, eroded and tumbled down, the Alabama Hills provide quite a compelling landscape accented with warm dawn light at the foot of the Sierra Nevada, near Lone Pine, California.
Josh and I drove over to the Alabama Hills the day before this shot was taken only to find the area fairly socked in with textureless clouds, and with a larger and unfortunately visually uninteresting storm bearing down as the day progressed. We used that time to scout around a fair bit, marveling at the jumbled rocky landscape and imagining how grand the scene could be if the clouds parted in the morning to reveal sunrise light on the great mountains rising behind this interesting foreground.
And during those scouting efforts over the wider area around Lone Pine, I have to admit we almost got our not-nearly-high-enough clearance rental vehicle seriously hung up on a rocky dirt road a good ways higher in the foothills above Manazar that afternoon as the whipping wind signaled the storms' arrival. But that's a story for another day, or perhaps not at all, since it reveals some less than stellar decision making on our part given the obvious limitations of the vehicle we had (wouldn't have been any problem at all with a high-clearance 4WD of course). Funny thing is that, since we didn't end up wrecking the thing, we'll probably end up remembering wrestling with that one stretch of road longer than most anything else from our trip this past winter.
Anyway, nature steered our focus in another direction for a while the next morning at sunrise as an unrelenting series of cloud patches moved in from the north, each advancing and passing very quickly, but still on the whole obscuring the Sierra peaks during most of the best sunrise light. An impediment can just as well be inspiration for a different approach, however, so we shifted much of our attention to using the Alabama Hills as the primary scene element rather than foreground for images highlighting the jagged forms of the Sierra ridges and peaks beyond.
When I took this shot, that torrent of fast moving cloud banks had wholly obscured everything above the top of the frame here, but I thought it was beautiful how vibrant sunrise light darted under the clouds for a few moments here to alight on some of the Alabama Hills' interesting features and the lower slopes and crags of the mountains beyond.
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