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A close-up of a puffin on Machias Seal Island.
Nikon D850, Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6 lens @ 500mm, f/5.6, ISO 200, 1/2500 sec.
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The night sky was perfect last night, stars bright, saw several shooting ones...when I shot this near where to sun went down I was supprised at how much afterglow there was....!
The same little water cascade in the fairy pools, but shot closer. You get more water flow and pool action, but the huge mountains in the back are now, well, just background. Now - why did they shrink - I'm closer to them as well after all? It is *not* because I'm using a wider lens. I am (22mm versus 70mm for the previous post) but this is not why things look different.
It's because I'm now so close to the water fall in the foreground, that the *difference* in distance from me to it, and from me to the mountain is now vast. I'm no more than 1.5 metres from the foreground and some 400 metres from the mountain - thats about a ratio of 1:260. In the previous shot I was about 20m from the foreground and 420m from the mountain which is a ratio of only 1:21.
It's this ratio that determines the ratio of size of the objects. Double the distance from something, and it appears a quarter of it's size (area) in the image (halve the height, halve the width). It's an inverse square relationship, just like that of radiating energy intensity.
At only 21 times the distance from foreground to mountain (in the previous shot), the distance is halved 4.4 times for the foreground (2^4.4~21) and every time the distance halves to an object it appears 4 times the size: 4x4x4x4... (or in this case 4^4.4 or about 446). The waterfall in the foreground appears 446 times larger than it would if it were at the same distance as the mountain.
In this shot however the mountain is 260 times the distance away - roughly 2^8, so we can say we doubled the distance about 8 times. The foreground then, is roughly 4^8 times bigger or 65,536 times bigger - in area of the photo - than it would be if it were at the same distance as the mountain.
This is why you *cannot* "zoom with your feet". If you move your position, you affect fundamentally, the relationship of the objects in the frame with each other and with the camera. Zooming in from the same position on the other hand, merely crops the frame: it's the same scene, just less of it. Conversely, I alter the scene by getting closer and making a bigger scene (asuming I still want all of the waterfall in it), and I need a wider crop (focal length) to get it all in.
After running a decent 400m solid to 'the spot', I just managed to nab RL305 and RL303 powering away from Orange with 1813 from Port Botany in Sydney to Coonamble. The train only ran as far as Dubbo where it stabled for 24 hours before continuing north as 8813 the next day.
Wednesday 7th January 2015
Een dagje dierentuin is niet echt een aanrader met dit winterse weer. Geen dier te bekennen!
Behalve dan dit roodborstje dat gelukkig heel graag model wilde zitten...
9 Cathedral Close, Exeter; this building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest. Details below as published by English Heritage.
Probably circa 1450. Heavitree stone. Nos 8, 9 and 9A form one block, No 8 having no frontage except an arched entrance to an open passage which leads to the Law Library and Notaries House. Passage has two blocked stone door openings. Long 2 storey front, coursed Heavitree stone masonry below, half-timbering above. The upper floor oversails and is supported on curved oak brackets resting on stone corbels. Arch leading to No 8 is of Beer stone, C15 or C16, and has carved spandrels. Also on ground floor are two small rectangular stone windows with grilles. No 9 has C18 fanlight to doorway, entrance to No 9a is at side. 1st floor has C18 sash windows, including two segmental bows, all with glazing bars. Slate roofs. All the listed buildings in Cathedral Close form a group.
I was a few miles from the nearest lightning when this strike crackled above hitting in the same field with me. It was time to head for the safety of the car.
Close your eyes and turn your face into the wind. Feel it sweep along your skin in an invisible ocean of exultation. Suddenly, you know you are alive....
Vera Nazarian
Sophie Martin as Odette and Christopher Harrison as Siegfried, in the world premiere of Scottish Ballet's new production of Swan Lake by David Dawson.
I took this at the dress rehearsal at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow, on Monday.
You can see other shots of this production in my Swan Lake set.
You can see more ballet pics in my Scottish Ballet set.
It will also be touring to Aberdeen, Inverness, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Liverpool.
How you tell if you're too close to the bison, part 2: You can't get enough depth of field to cover the whole bison. Now step backward slowly; nice bison, gooooood bison...
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June 23rd, 2013 - 44 Quiet Nights, Day 25 - Woke up near Causey Reservoir east of Ogden, Utah with the intention of revisiting one or both of the Cottonwood canyons but it was so cold last night we changed our minds and detoured to try for a campsite and a shower and a quick warmup on Antelope Island. Maybe we could add a few more bison to the trip...
Marais Poitevin, France
The gite where we were staying was right on the bank of a canal and from our decking we could see all the way across the nature reserve. We saw an incredible amount of bird species during our stay and there was always something going on. However, the reserve is used for hunting at certain times of the year and all the wildlife was extremely skittish. Added to which, the land is completely flat and there was no cover to allow us to creep up on anything! Consequently, photography was very difficult and challenging and more often than not we were disappointed in our efforts. There was quite a large number of White Storks and they treated us to a lot of flying displays. Getting anywhere close to them however was impossible, so these shots were taken at great distance.
As the tide made its way out from the beach a couple of hardy locals arrived with body boards ready to take on the elements.
Went to KL Butterfly Park this morning, the numbers of butterfly is not what I was expecting, comparing to butterfly farm elsewhere. However, the buttherflies here seems to be quite friendly. This one landed on my nose and made a body turn around. What a close encounter with the insect.
Photo taken by JP -- www.flickr.com/photos/jenniferphoon/
今早去了一趟蝴蝶公园
这里的蝶好像没另一个公园多
但也蛮友善
这只选择停在我鼻上
来个U-turn
有趣的接触~~ ^_^