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Difficult finding a good view of this ancient oak tree because of the location, too many distractions from most angles of view. This was shot at 17mm, when I go back the next time I will try it at 10mm and see how that turns out. Double left click on the photo to see the details of this gnarled old tree.
It is difficult to catch a freight in good light in Healy Canyon. As the freights generally run at night only on the longest days of summer does one get the opportunity. And of course then you need cooperation from the weather Gods. Well it all came together on the morning of 6.22 around 545 Am the sun had cleared the mountains and brightened the canyon floor. The series of shots I am posting today where all taken from the same location. The train has just passed the Garner section house and is on the new section of railroad built to bypass the tunnel below me. Healy Canyon is an extreme maintenance issue for the railroad with the exception of this section of fairly newly rebuilt rail.
It’s difficult to see on this picture but between the water and the concrete wall is a small gap with a considerable drop, hence the danger notice
The difficult part about being spontaneous is that it’s hard to make a decision about anything. Starting at 4pm today, I have my entire schedule free until about 8am on Monday morning, I was considering Yosemite, but now, I’m not sure. I’m only bringing my camera, toothbrush/paste, sweatshirt, bible and iPod touch. The rest can be figured out.
I’m sure I’ll have sporadic internet connection, so if you’re seriously bored you can follow my updates on my Facebook page.
It's been a mixed experience. The great thing is, it was not difficult to make it reduce and it worked. The disappointing - it didn't work well enough. The silk scarf above was dipped over ten times (lost count), once a day and then oxidized overnight. It looked much darker but a LOT of the blue washed out.
I had the same problem with thiox/caustic soda vat (it looked in perfect order but all colour washed out). Wondering if it could be our water... I was so determined to make it work one way or another but am beginning to give up on indigo... (*sigh*)
Another thing: it is not a very clear blue. Could the madder have influenced the colour?
Maybe I'll revive the vat later and dye some wool and cotton. (Just for he record: the cotton bag in this photo is still wet, it dried lighter.)
Previous vat diary entries are here:
setting up, day 1, day 5, day 10, day 12, day 16 and 17, day 19, day 22
The dog of a neighbour. Jouppy is a "chien fugueur", he's running away all the time. Which can get him in difficult situations. Another neighbour and I had to rescue Jouppy one day, when he was stuck in the fence of another neighbour. Jouppy runs into the forest, after climbing through a hole in the gate. Which is also dangerous for him. The hunting season has just begun. Sometimes Jouppy accompanies us on our walks. But Jouppy doesn't like our dog Papy. So it's a bit difficult.
“Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever...” - Isak Dinesen.
why this quote? i felt that this wall and wood ballet gone through difficult times withstanding these weights and all the dust and all that, still standing and holding theirselves together. Yet, they look peaceful and beautiful. Things go in a different way inside my head, i already know that :p so thanks anyways!
Kepp sharing the love. Keep the optimism. :)
Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
Give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah
I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So mama don't take my Kodachrome away...
- from Kodachrome by Paul Simon ( selected lyrics )
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Eastman Kodak Co. said Monday that it’s retiring its most senior film because of declining customer demand in an increasingly digital age.
Kodachrome, the world’s first commercially successful color film, was immortalized in song by Paul Simon and spent 74 years in Kodak’s portfolio. It enjoyed its heyday in the 1950s and ’60s but in recent years has nudged closer to obscurity. Sales of Kodachrome are now just a fraction of 1 percent of the company’s total sales of still-picture films, and only one commercial lab in the world still processes it.
Those numbers and the unique materials needed to make it persuaded Kodak to call its most recent manufacturing run the last, said Mary Jane Hellyar, outgoing president of Kodak’s Film, Photofinishing and Entertainment Group.
“Kodachrome is particularly difficult (to retire) because it really has become kind of an icon,” Hellyar said.
There are 35 images in my Burrowing Owl album - this photo shows one of the first and only Burrowing Owls that I have ever been fortunate enough to see in the wild. To say that it was a thrill is an understatement! These endangered owls are tiny and so difficult to see, especially when they are down in the grasses. They are a true delight when or if they are seen on a fence post, so that the whole of the bird can be seen, not just a bright yellow eye peering out between the blades of grass. We saw two different individuals, possibly three, and for a brief moment both were perched on distant fence posts at the same time. Most of the time, though, they were mainly hidden in the grass, so my photos tend to be of "eyes". Such a great pity that this is an endangered species!
Without the help of two friends (Ron and Joyce) who helped us know where we might find these birds, and friends Cathy and Terry who invited me to go with them on a wonderful three-day trip to Waterton Lakes National Park, I would never have had this amazing sighting. For years, I had longed to see a wild Burrowing Owl, but never thought it would actually happen! Same for Cathy and Terry, so all three of us are SO grateful for the help we received! I'm still on a natural high and I know I will be for some time yet : )
During out three days away, we saw so many things, I hardly know where to start. This always happens when I go anywhere with Cathy and Terry - every day is a very long, fun-filled day, full of exciting finds.
Perhaps I will simply mention some of the things and then add more detail to each photo as I add them to my photostream. Of course, we couldn't have had a more beautiful area to explore! Waterton Lakes National Park has amazing scenery and wildlife. The weather forecast that I saw before we left Calgary said that we were in for three beautiful days of sunshine - too often, it can be rainy weather. So, luck was on our side, giving us warm, sunny days - until the BIG STORM hit, lol! We drove eastwards from the park, hoping to see Yellow-bellied Marmots and, if we were really lucky, a Burrowing Owl. Yesterday, I posted a photo of the storm that was approaching very fast, around 5:00 p.m. just before we started our return trip to Calgary. It was like nothing I had ever seen before - a menacing shelf (?) cloud that was travelling fast and furious. Despite trying our best to get away from it, it eventually engulfed our car, surrounding us with more or less zero visibility, pounding hail, thunder and lightning. There was nothing to do but stop the car and sit tight, hoping that the hail would not break the car windows and that this severe thunderstorm would not develop into a tornado! This storm was very scary, but at the same time, exciting (only because all turned out OK in the end!). Our road trip sure went out with a bang! Someone from the Alberta Tornado Watch told me that this particular storm was a Mesocyclone.
So, a few of the things we saw - fantastic scenery, 4 Black Bears (including one that was swimming in the lake), Bison, Deer, Golden-mantled Ground Squirrels, Chipmunks, various bird species including the Burrowing Owls, a few wildflowers, several Yellow-bellied Marmots (a first for me!), a few different insect species, and a family of Dusky Grouse (uncommon in Waterton Lakes National Park). I even got the chance to see three or four new-to-me old, wooden grain elevators.
Cathy and Terry, thanks so much for yet another wonderful trip with you! Can't thank you enough for inviting me along. You always do such a great job of finding so many interesting things for us to see and enjoy. Lots of fun!
"As a result of the Burrowing Owl's ENDANGERED Species status in 1995, it has the focus of a variety of conservation efforts. Operation Burrowing Owl and other projects involving habitat preservation with landowners have been created. Populations are monitored by Fish and Wildlife departments. They have been reintroduced into the British Columbia interior, where it was extirpated. Outlook would improve if larger areas of habitat were preserved and harmful pesticides were banned in all areas of their range. Numbers could increase if an increased tolerance to burrowing mammals develops (i.e. badgers) – provides homes for the Burrowing Owl. Outlook: perilous." From burrowingowl.com.
This spider is tiny. It was really difficult to photograph as the slightest breeze would move it all about. Day 93 of 365
Khalid Al Qassimi and Chris Patterson having their metal tested in the Dyfi complex, Wales rally GB 2017.
My thoughts go out today to all those who have died fighting to make this world a better place, and my heart is full of sadness when I think of all of the death and destruction that has been caused by so many years of war all around the world. This week has been a difficult one, but I remain hopeful that we can build a better future, and that the sacrifices of so many for so long will not ultimately have been in vain. I wish you all a solemn and peaceful Veterans Day/Armistice Day.
Here is a photo of my favorite snake species the Regal Ringneck Snake (Diaophis punctatis regalis). They have a very secretive natural history which makes them difficult to purposely find on the surface. That makes finding them that much more special.
This particular animal was the result of me specifically targeting them under environmental conditions when I thought they should be on the surface in Central Utah back in 2013. My timing was the result of much study of historical specimens, including my own personal finds as well as the finds of other people. I was very happy my theory was correct and that I was able to find and photograph this animal. These snakes have a widespread distribution in Utah and are probably common in the areas they exist but they live underground most of the time. Unlike the ringneck snakes in the central and eastern United states these snakes apparently don't eat worms and slugs and in most of their habitat they don't have amphibians to consume either. Not only that they can be found in very desolate areas which is again very different than their sister subspecies to the east. In some of these desert mountain and foothill habitats they have small toad and frog larvae to consume in spring and early summer but in most areas there primary food source is lizards and other snakes. Instead of constricting their prey, ringneck snakes have a saliva which is toxic to other reptiles and amphibians. Unlike a cobras or coral snakes that also feed primarily on snakes, the ringneck lacks fangs for delivery of this venom like saliva. The ringneck instead bites and holds onto its prey chewing its saliva into the prey item. Snakes and lizards can succumb to this venom within minutes. However there are no cases of ringneck snake saliva having any adverse affect on humans or other mammals. I have never even heard of anyone being bitten by these snakes. They are very shy. So if you see one in the wild, congratulate yourself on your luck, admire it and let it on its way.
Where I live in the Pennines, Meadow Pipits are a very common breeding bird and often settle on walls and rocks. So I'd say more than 99.9% of wall-perching Pipits will be Meadow Pipits. But the very similar Tree Pipit can also perch on walls and rocks, and Meadow Pipits can perch in trees, so we cannot rely on that. The best plumage feature to separate Tree Pipit from Meadow Pipit is the flank streaking. In Meadow Pipit the breast streaking continues boldly down the flanks towards the tail, whereas on Tree Pipit the flanks are more finely streaked than the breast, which identifies this problematic pipit as a Tree Pipit. This one called a drawn out, buzzing "speez" to confirm its identity, quite unlike the sip-sip-sip of Meadow Pipit. Tree Pipit's bill is slightly stronger, and appears to angle upwards from the face, and if you could see the hindclaw it would look normal, whereas Meadow Pipit has an abnormally long hindclaw.
The name Pipit comes originally from the Latin verb pipio, meaning to chirp, and "Tree" because their parachuting song flight usually ends with them landing on the top of a small tree, though they are not woodland birds. The scientific name is Anthus trivialis. Anthus was a grassland bird mentioned by Pliny. Trivialis literally means where roads meet (tri via), but then came to mean ordinary or commonplace (and trivial). I photographed this migrant recently in the Peak District in South Yorkshire.
It may be a bit difficult to imagine that USSC #148 at one point operated in the Florida Keys and all along the rest of FECs network, but today (01/30/22), after a significant restoration effort was completed, the glory of the ol' 4-6-2 Pacific lives again, just this time it's on the ex-ACL on what is now SCFE mainline along the southwest shores of Lake Okeechobee.
Difficult gloomy lighting for the camera in the little Mini2, the scrap run from Crewe to Newport waits for its path at Park Lane Junction in Birmingham, 4M86 Felixstowe - East Midlands Gateway passes by on the main, a unit can be glimpsed in the distance.
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Difficult to see, but there is a pump and pail at the base of the windmill. Lovely well-cared for property, will be beautiful once everything greens up. HWW
Always difficult to find a different angle at the much photographed Kimmeridge Bay so I thought I photograph it from the top of the inland ridge with the village itself in the foreground. The sun is setting over Tyneham Cap in the distance on a misty evening.
So I'm now back in Plymouth and back to university which is fantastic. But we have plenty of work to do so on the downside that means I won't have so much time to get pictures. Also the lack of a car means getting to locations for photography has become pretty difficult.
Anyway on to the shot, first time doing startrails and I'm pretty pleased with the results. For any technical details on how I got this shot or processed see below. I was actually pretty lucky with the conditions and things. When I took this shot we were still part of a heatwave that had hit the UK meaning that in the night when i took theses shots it was actually pretty warm which was nice. Also had a beautifully clear night, which of course is pretty crucial to getting these star trail shots.
Anyway this is the technical stuff for this shot:
-50 shots stacked together using Photoshop
-30 second exposure for each shot
-ISO 400
-F6.3
-And then lots of editing in Photoshop, mainly to massively improve quality as it wasn't great.
Anyway hope you enjoy, got a couple more of these star trails to come soon.
Sometimes it's difficult for Purists to stick by their rules. As you can see, the original below shows harsh lights coming from the left causing some overblown clouds & sky. No matter what, you can never fight nature when comes to lighting. But nothing can stop you from getting it right with photoshop.
By just re-cropping to a square format, there is less editing to be done. Just make a little darker on the left of the sky using "Multiply" on blending mode to selective areas.
pp: A little touch of Topazlab for that lift on colors to my desired taste just to give the image a little boost.
I would normally apply 2 or 3 layers of preferred settings and blend them selectively.
Shot more than a year ago while in Hualien, Taiwan
It's difficult to resist the urge to take a picture of a Dandelion with a maco lens. They reveal much about the lenses characteristics.
Minolta Rokkor 100mm f3.5 Macro
Difficult to balance light and shadow here combined with the texture, something i have only just started to use having seen excellent examples in my contacts pics. Of course i love the old barn, the house was a bonus!
Beautiful and red, but very small and (for me) difficult to see. But wow, I appreciate it's beauty in a photo!
One of my photographic goals has been to take pictures of individual snowflakes. This has been a particularly difficult goal to achieve due to a number of reasons. First, the temperature and weather conditions need to be JUST right to create visible snowflakes, worthy of photographing (this is not often). Second, it doesn't snow every day (even if it has snowed often). And third, most of the times it has snowed, it was during a time that I could not get out with my camera. Either it was night time, during school hours, when I had an appointment, or when I was sick (and I was sick for six weeks straight this year, so this was often). I figured I would just have to wait until next year to get the shots I so desired. But winter wasn't done with us yet, even if it was the first day of spring! (After all, I was born in a blizzard at the end of March!) A friend of mine out in West Jersey posted a picture on Facebook of an individual snowflake which got me ALL EXCITED!!! I saw her picture during the school day and could not WAIT to get home to my camera and these snowflakes that seemed to be so well-formed! I just had to hope the temperature and conditions were the same by me, after school. I finally got home, and was THRILLED to see they were! My sister and I had a great time looking at and photographing these snowflakes! I'm sure we looked ridiculous sitting in the snow on our front lawn with blankets and towels. I was using a macro lens. The lens has a VERY narrow depth of field. So, if the flakes weren't completely flat and parallel with my lens, only part of the flake would be in focus. This was frustrating. And despite using a macro lens, it was still very difficult to get the flakes in focus. These that I am posting were the best of the crop. More pictures to come! I'll post a few each day. I'm not thrilled with the red background, but maybe someday I can figure out how to change the color in Lightroom.
Taken for Macro Mondays theme 'Motion Blur'. This is a spinning dice which is less than 1 inch across.
It took a while to get something I was happy with. Difficult to convey motion without it just looking blurred. I tried fast and slow shutter speeds and different apertures. Liked this one the best.
It's taken in natural light with rear-curtain flash. It's cropped to 16x9 but otherwise is straight out of the camera.
It is difficult to shoot these adorable tiny birds because they hardly ever stand still. This was shot just before takeoff.
Sorry I’m not around much. I’m fighting pneumonia and it’s been raining A LOT so the photos I take from my windows are in dim light, which my camera doesn’t like.
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Very difficult to focus on both of them,
I like the movement of the wing on the Hummingbird Moth,
the female Monarch is on the backdrop with couple bees,
Have a great weekend!
Just like fingerprints(I think); male bee hummingbirds can easily be identified individually by their "male feathers" on their heads. (Female could be difficult.)
Just remember, the actual size of this hummingbird is only around 2 inches and weighting less than a US penny.
The normal behaviour for emerald wasps (aka cuckoo wasps) is to never be still. They dart around all the time which makes them difficult to shoot - something which is unfortunate with their amazingly coloured armour.
This one which I found at the bee hotel in the garden was a little different. She was watching a solitary wasp crawl into one of the holes and prepare it for her egg/larvae.
Emerald wasps are kleptoparasites and this one was staying still outside the hole, planning to dart in there and place her own egg and take advantage of the other wasp's hard work.
She stayed still for sevaral minutes - but I can't say she was diffucult to spot with such a rainbow of colours.
There was a wire mesh in front of the logs to prevent birds from making a smörgåsbord out of it, but I managed to shoot through the holes of it and just reach the wasp with the focus at the maximum available distance (this lens can't focus further away than 101 mm / 4").
There are several very similar-looking species in the Chrysis ignita complex, but the best guess my expert has come up with was Chrysis schencki with a big maybe in front of it.
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52200547686/
It seems difficult to imagine a steam train running up and down what appears to be a pier, but that is exactly what happened after the Stone Jetty in Morecambe was constructed in the middle of the 19th century. The train picked up passengers from ferry boats from Ireland and the Isle of Man that used to call in at the small station and ferry terminal seen on the left in the distance. The old building is now a very pleasant cafe. A new port at nearby Heysham in the early 20th century meant the end of Morecambe's ambition as a port.
Morecambe used to have two conventional seaside piers in its heyday, as well as a large station on the seafront, but these have now all gone. The Stone Jetty is now effectively the town's pier. It provides outstanding views of Morecambe Bay and the mountains of the Lake District in the distance.
a very difficult composition to make cause I had the idea in my mind but I didn't know how to make it. I just played during hours with photoshop before finding a solution. It really looks like the idea I had of but I'm not entirely satisfied.
Hope you'll like it
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Four Fallow Deer bucks, the younger of which is looking decidedly white! A little bit of a heat haze made things difficult, but this was great to see.
Gibbon Pass over the Continental Divide wasn't a difficult road. It was narrow and a single lane, but that's almost every road in this area. It was an easy drive, but did stop me from taking too many photos. I will likely be traveling this way again somewhat soon. Maybe I'll take a bit of time to make sure I have more to shoot.
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'Rudimentary'
Camera: Mamiya RB67 (1974)
Lens: Mamiya-Sekor 3.8/90mm
Film: Ilford FP4+ (x-07/2007); 100iso
Process: Rodinal; 1+50; 5mins
Gibbon Pass, Montana
July 2019