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We haven't had a decent sunrise for almost two weeks. I ran out of the house as soon as I realized I was onto something, and was so mad at myself for not bringing out the 12mm lens.
(8 minutes before Sunrise)
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This is the first decent shot I've managed of a Yellow Rumped Warbler this winter. Most years I see them more than just about any kind of bird, but not as much this year. I was glad to see it!
From tomorrow I shall be in Robin hoods Bay on the North Yorkshire Coast for a week. The cottage has decent wi fi so i should be able to keep up with contacts without difficulty
I noticed this tree Acer Rubrum " October Glory ‘ when I visited the Yorkshire Arboretum two years ago but the photographs I took of it were rubbish . I had another attempt last month with a bit more success .
It's an unusual tree in that simultaneously it has some bright green leaves seemingly untouched by Autumn while also holding some vivid red ones . It's not that this tree is behaving strangely they have about six Acer Rubrum " October Glory ‘ and they all display in the same way . Anyone else know of any other trees with this unusual habit
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Not a 'classic' year for SEO's so far
In fact we've only had one half decent photo opportunity all winter (Re half decent photograph)
Put simply there appears to be less owls about., at least in the locations where people have been used to seeing them
Why?
I've heard various theories but I don't know
Perhaps there really are just less owls
Eastman Kodak No. 4 1897-99 rare and very old this camera was one of the first roll film models, it also will take glass plates, worn but overall decent shape, found in North Carolina.
The bottom tip of a dragon's tail as it flew out of the sea, The mural continues up a few storeys, but I couldn't get a decent shot of it from where I was standing.
The owner/builder wasn't there anymore. Died, I guess. I saw this snail shell, and the shadow, on the concrete, in bright sunlight, and thought that it made a decent picture.
Thanks for looking! Isn't God a great artist?
Looking across Deception Pass through the underside of the bridge. The bridge connects Whidbey Island to Fidalgo Island in Washington State.
A bit far out to sea for a decent shot but I decided to share this anyway as it is such an interesting boat. It is the Eendracht seen off the Norfolk coast in full sail.
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One last, desperate attempt at getting at least a decent image for our "Brush" theme (after spending half of the afternoon trying to make a tiny brush, made for small bottles with thin necks, look like a Christmas tree).
I've photographed this toothbrush (exclusively bought for macro photography) once before in high-key for a past "Pastel" theme (please see the first comment). And if that was the "A Night At The Opera" version, this low-key attempt is the "A Day At The Races" variant. Or so.
To get extra close, I mounted the Laowa 50mm 2x macro lens, which also means it's a single shot. Illuminated mostly from above with my natural light photo lamp and, stupidly, also from the right with one of the LED lamps, which explains the slight colour change on the right because that lamp casts a more yellowish light. But I didn't want to take yet another photo. I left the protection cap on the brush because I thought it added "something" to the scene.
Since from this POV, the toothbrush's handle was in the way, I glued it onto the table tripod's head (with modelling clay) to get a little more stability (and stabilised the brush's head with my hand). I pointed the camera slightly down to get a good view of the colourful bristles. That's it.
HMM, Everyone!
my first half decent shot of a rufous hummingbird, they are attempting to take control of the feeders, keeping the anna's away to the best of their ability. I only have had the male visit on a couple of occasions that I have noticed...it was a pretty high ISO so not as sharp as I would have hoped
Man könnte es understatement nennen. Menschen machen gern auf "Dicke Hose". In der Natur ist das unnötig.
Even subtle can be attractive.
Two SD70Ms bring MEWOL-26 down the Angleton Sub, having just come off the BNSF at Algoa.
This daily manifest for Brownsville, TX is great to shoot during the winter months on its way out of Houston, typically running in good light and quite often featuring decent power.
Half decent forecast so an early start and decided to finally pull my finger out for a leg stretch.
Set off from Stanage Edge about 03.30am and walked across the moor to Burbage, down to Over Owler Tor and back via Surprise View/Carl Walk/Higger Tor. Got my timing a little wrong and it was still pretty dark by the time I'd got to my location so made a coffee and found some shelter from the wind.
Went with the intention of shooting The KitKat Stones towards Carl Walk, but nothing was happening in that direction. The light eventually came right as the sun got higher and it looked amazing but I was already on the other side of Higger Tor and my knee was complaining. A month off and the hill fitness seems to just disappear. Made a brew and packed up and sat for a good half hour just taking in the light as it changed in Hope Valley.
Missed the heather last year and glad I made the effort. It really is stunning at the moment.
7.5 miles, back home by 10am, only saw two people. Job's a good 'un.
This shot was taken 5 months ago along the Blue Ridge Parkway. It shows the early stages of a cloud inversion, mist condensing into the lowest points, clouds rolling down the sides of mountains, eventually it will fill this whole area. I really do like the look, though I would have preferred a bit more light in the area. I stopped before the tunnel to Devils Courthouse to grab this shot after my shoot at graveyard fields. I decided to go with a small landscape, with a big sky in this composition, dark in the valley against a fiery sky above.
ISO: 160
Aperture: f16
SS: 2.5 Sec
Focal: 27mm
No filters this time, the light was fading so fast i didn't want to hassle with them.
I popped home to Weston to check this out. Its a decommissioned oil rig which has been transformed into an art installation. In a couple of weeks it will be dismantled and recycled.
It makes a great photo subject both inside and out. Visiting at low tide is recommended if you want shots from the beach; its great for blue hour as it's lit up.
You need to go in to get decent shots of the waterfall and obviously a wide angled lens helps. This is a hand held shot.
It's free and the considering it's half term the queue was really quick!
CSX L411 rolls over Bridge 40 near Bank Lick with a pair of ex-Seaboard System SD40-2s in the lead. The last time I was here, I shot 8094 leading the same train (although it used to be symboled J767) over this bridge and got cloud banged, so I'm happy to finally have a decent shot from this angle.
After a decent hike, we were rewarded to the sweet symphony of 9,000 horses on MRCHU clawing their way up Wall Hill.
Thanks to MOW work windows flipping the schedule while we were out there, we were able to get some coverage of the normally "nocturnal" portion of the railroad.
Another shot from the windy session in the Peaks a couple of weeks ago. This one was taken from the top of Higger Tor just prior to sunset.
I was looking for a decent sunset spot, but due to the wind it was proving extremely difficult to get set up as the tripod was constantly being battered. And so with this spot, I was able to get low behind the rock, which provided some degree of shelter.
I was also attracted by the distant winding road which could be mistaken for a river. I was after the illusion of the water flowing out from the rock to the road/river, but I wasn’t able to get low enough without the pool of water losing its impact!
I originally did do a focus stack right across the scene, but in the end I only merged the foreground images and left the background out of focus.
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This curved wooden bench was quite lovely when new, about 10 years ago. But time, weather, and use have taken their toll. The far half shown here is quite broken, while the near half still works. I wonder how long it will take the university to replace/repair it? HBM! (or in this case, 'unhappy' bench).
This is a Ruby Crowned Kinglet. I was actually very excited to get this shot. I must have taken 30 shots, trying to capture a decent one.... most of the shots were of empty branches, as this tiny Kinglet had moved on while my finger was pressing the shutter button. They move every few seconds, and they are FAST!
Anyway, I did get a good shot, so here's a Kinglet for K.
Happy FAFM !
One of the many Plovers that are found on the coasts of India and are highly confusing to id. This was a lifer for me that morning.
Shot on a sandbank where there were 100's of the endangered Skimmers - -this was flying around and I managed to grab 1-2 shots from a difficult prone position.The area had a huge population of Lesser and Greater Sand Plovers - I am not 100% sure of the exact differences between them except for the size - this is the bigger of the two visibly.
This is a small bird - 20-25 cms and found across the costs of South Asia, Australia, South East Asia where it winters after migrating from Central Asia and parts of Siberia. The birds hunt marine worms, crustaceans, insects using a run and pause technique unlike the steady probing technique shown by other waders. There were 100's of these in the banks along with several other plovers and being small, were hard to get a decent shot from close.
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Huge steam engines mounted on skids made of meter wide tree trunks used to haul lumber up and down this incline. This operation was run by the Lougheed Abernathy Logging company which entered bankruptcy in the 1930's during the depression and after a massive forest fire.
This forest fire was likely caused by the "Steam Donkeys" a surviving example is on display at the University of British Columbia's Malcom Knapp research forest.
I will be back by September 3rd after a visit to Banff National Park.
A member of the swallow family and a small bird around 13 cms long. These are common in our neighbourhood and several places with cliffs, edges and bridges. They are resident birds in the country and parts of South East Asia.
Its been a long target for a decent shot - not just flight shot. But they are hard to get on good perches. The birds fly a lot and catch their food / insects on the wing that results in a terribly erratic flight path. Shooting them is a test of skill and I have always struggled before - with a longer lens it has become even harder now - both to focus as well as holding the lens.
During the weekend, we couldn't get any other birds, so spent the time shooting several swallows including Barn, Wire Tailed, Red Rumped, Streak Throated and this. Managed only a few good shots out of 3 hours and came back with a terrible sore shoulder.
Many thanks in advance for your views, faves and feedback - Very much appreciated.
66089 crossing Carlisle Bridge on the approach to Lancaster Castle station with 6K27, the 14.43 Carlisle - Crewe engineers on Wed 19th May 2021.
Note: a sagging wire in front of the loco removed in PS.
When a great grey owl attacks a prey animal from a low perch, it will tend to jump up and give a strong downward wingbeat to get a bit of elevation. They will fly out to be closer to the prey and begin to arc downwards, assuming a posture like this as they tip forward and do a steep dive onto their prey.
This pose also shows the size of their wings and tail relative to their body when the feathers are fanned out in slow, controlled flight.
There were no rodents harmed in the making of this photo. In fact, the owl missed on a few occasions while I watched it hunt.
DL #405 & MHWA #2045 shove the DL OCS around the curve around Lackawanna Ave as it starts it’s decent down Strawberry Hill to Green Ridge where they will end their day.
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The key to a great waterfall shot IMHO is isolating the falls from its surrounding distractions, getting great light and using a decent ND filter to make silky, creamy flows across the contrast of the rocks as it pours through. This shot has maybe one of those previous mentioned elements going for it and due to its dog leg left flow maybe not even that, my 1000 ND filter was a screw on and you can only set focus before adding it to the lens which is why I watched it swim on down the river on my very first composition.
Pictured here is Ragged Falls located conveniently in Ragged Fall Provincial park just outside Algonquin Park off Highway 60, after finding a spot in the car park area a rather short well-groomed 1km hike gets you to the top of the falls looking out at the Oxtongue River. This shot involves a little steep slog down over the hill from the falls and a little rock hopping to set up on it but worth it for the perspective, if you are looking for fall colors to frame a shot the best capture is from the top.
I took this on Sept 18, 2021 with my D850 and Tamron 24-70 f2.8 G2 Lens at 24mm 1/400s f`5.6 ISO 64 processed in LR, PS +Topaz ,and DXO
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