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This week in SSC:
"Coffee or Tea"
"Photograph anything to do with either one, or both if you like.
Post-process to your heart's content! "
Mostly I'm a coffee lover but I've had periods where I've enjoyed tea too and I've got these cool old tea boxes prove it. I think they might almost be vintage. My son always likes checking the expiration dates on stuff in our pantry when he visits since some things stay in there for quite a while lol. These actually expired in 2008 but they still smell really good and I love the artwork on them.
(I had fun playing around with the post-processing. You can see another pic below.)
And for Sight and Sound, a tiny song with lots of character:
Cat Stevens from his album "Tea for the Tillerman" (1970)
When the Sun goes down Monday evening, step outside to watch the best sky show of the year. Jupiter, Venus and Moon - three of the brightest objects up there at night - will be closest to each other then.
Jupiter and Venus have been rapidly coming towards each other for the last few days, a phenomenon that will not be visible against till 2012. And soon they will have the Moon for company.
The celestial triangle will be visible from all parts of the world, even from lightly polluted cities.
Portrait shot of a praying mantis nymph ( Empusa Pennata ♀ ) This is the second post of three about this species.
Thanks to Serge for the ID support!
stack based on 33 natural light exposures stacked at f5.6, exp.time 1/6sec, ISO400, 3.7x magnification
canon mp-e 65mm/f2.8 1-5x macro lens | canon 5d mark II
Words and photo by yours truly.
Baby blue sky recedes so deeply into dark blue it appears to be drawn into the infinity of the universe above. Brightly colored tree branches, filled with shimmering stars in the breeze, shine like galaxies against this amazing heavenly backdrop. Camera shutter snaps just as a cosmic wave of energy rolls past the trunk of the tree, carrying with it vibrant autumn leaves and green grass. The intoxicating crisp autumn air and intense colors have you lost in celestial dreams...
Allegany State Park – October 10, 2017.
Celestial objects have their inherent powers which when attached to faith take form of festivals and rituals. These festivals and rituals are not just beliefs but they do have a scientific linkage to the celestial bodies. The idea is not be a mere believer and a blind follower of rituals but a seeker of knowledge and power. (The moon of âSharad Poornimaâ shining bright while playing hide and seek with the dense clouds).
Frankfurt train station
Update on my efforts to improve my photography: To advance and learn various art/design principles, I was taught to constantly take many photographs and to get out of my comfort zone. To this end I started to shoot with my smartphone camera in everyday situations. Since I am a parsimonious shooter and uncomfortable with the wide-angle view, this proves to be quite challenging. Nonetheless I face it eagerly. The prospect of shooting a good maybe a better photograph is captivating
Deep Dream Generator, I could not make my mind up which one to post .... so I posted both you decide, www.flickr.com/photos/33235233@N05/53288417715/in/datepos...
When I shot this photo, in mid-April of 2019, I aimed to make the foreground foliage and the galactic core of the Milky Way seem to be only a matter of metres apart. In reality, that gap from the treetops to the stars, dark dust and gas structures at the centre of our galaxy is around 27,000 light-years. Somewhat closer to us here on Earth is the planet Jupiter–glowing white here through a slight haze that moistened the Autumn air–orbiting our Sun at an average distance of 760 million kilometres.
Due to the way that I lit the foreground, the pine tree that was closest to the camera looks very bright and has taken on the yellow tone that my LED lantern was putting out. I see those golden branches as the petals of a flower, with the taller tree canopy and the band of the Milky Way making up the stellar stamen, dispensing photons of pollen into the night. The location was Big Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
All of that is opinion and art. The facts of the photo are that it was taken with a Canon EOS 6D Mk II camera, a Yongnuo 50mm f/1.4 lens @ f/1.8, using an exposure time of 8.0 seconds @ ISO 6400.