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Day 19
Lens: smc MACRO Takumar 50 mm f/4.0
shot at f/4.0
© All rights reserved. A low-res, flatbed scan of a 6x7 (2 1/4 x 2 3/4 inch) transparency
This was at Salmon Creek State Beach earlier in the year when there was one of those sunsets that glowed really brightly due south instead of near where the sun set. It's the same when due north; I just mean the obvious area of interest and color was 90 degrees from the solar point.
Anyway, when that happens at a location with reflections, the color lights-up the whole beach and not just a shallow swath between you and the breaking surf, looking towards the sun.
It was a powerful sunset and a wonderful moment and I hope that can be seen in this image. Let's hope for some color like this soon!
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Try it on black.
A quick trip after work to a local beach I ofem end up at resulted in some nice diffuse light. I though I would break up the Norway adventures with something a little closer to home. The patterns in the rocks are just fantastic. I used a 3stop nd grad and a polariser with a 0.45 soft grad over the sky.
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Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure 40
Aperture f/18.0
Focal Length 23 mm
ISO Speed 100
The Southern Lights added colour to the beautiful Milky Way Night Sky filled with stars at Carcoar Dam in the Central West, NSW, Australia.
It was a nice sunrise today with plenty of clouds, a few more than I hoped. I have a few more to pp but I though this one was a little different.
This is pretty much straight out of camera, except for some toning just to play up the shadows and highlights.
The lovely Dani and Bray, always a pleasure guys!
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I took my wife on a rather long walk through parts of Stockholm (around 20 km) back in late June (of 2025) and figure it could be cool to bring the macro rig with me.
This worked out great in that I found a bunch of cool bugs to shoot, but also made it apparent that a large fulframe DSLR plus lens and a diffused flash became a bit heavy after a while. Also, I can't remember the last time I got som many curious stares as whne we walked through Stockholm Old Town with that thing on my chest.
Anyways, this is a small (2.5-3 mm) strawberry blossom weevil (Anthonomus rubi) which my wife spotted climbing down a stem on a large rose bush in the Zinkensdamm allotment garden.
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/54901857178/
despite the fact this shot looks super imposed......it's not, this is my son James standing in front of my cars headlights, up a country lane last winter talking on his mobile!...................View On Black
Another from the Bold Coast, about 40 minutes before sunset. The colors, light and clarity varied greatly over an the hour I was there.
Cowboy studios triggers.
Bounced an old sunpak flash of the wall camera left
YN-560 with a diffuser from the back right.
textured foreground.
Diffused light passing through a freshly bare tree as the sun rises over one of the ponds at North Ponds Park in Webster, NY. 20151115-DSC_3355
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A lowering fog envelops the Golden Gate Bridge and Lime Point, Marin County and San Francisco, California.
Added to EXPLORE for Oct 25th 2007. Highest position: #303
This was taken downstairs in the family room. The "piano keys" at the left of the shot is actually a CD holder/plant stand (or curio stand). I shot 3 different exposures for HDR via Photomatix, and reduced the saturation to leave only a hint of color on the piano. Because this was shot inside the results were very grainy so used PhotoShop Elements 3 for post-production processing to clean up some of the noise and yet leave enough for effect. Added a lighting effect for more interest and diffuse glow....I like how this turned out. :-)
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Posed street portrait taken for my 100 Strangers project in Glasgow, Scotland.
This picture is #23 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
I had just been taking the weight off my injured ankle with a lingering sit on the benches in St Enoch Square when I noticed a strikingly beautiful woman taking lunch on the opposite side of the street. I was instantly captivated by her vintage style and was intrigued to know more about her and, of course, get the numbers rolling on my 100 Stranger project again.
Emma was quite flattered to have been asked once I had explained the difference between 'strange' and 'stranger' to her and that I had asked her because she was both beautiful and interesting. Emma was on a lunch break from her 'day job' and had a few minutes to spare and was happy to relocate with me. I chose a side street where we would be out of the harsh direct sunlight, with unusually solid blue skies, and quickly looked for a background that would suit her vintage look. As we relocated I chatted with Emma who told me she is a make-up artist and stylist specialising in vintage eras and that she also dances for a cabaret show in Glasgow.
Emma thoughtfully retouched her lipstick and seemed quite happy to be directed a little as to pose, position and direction during the shoot although she clearly knew how to make the most of her features for the lens.
In retrospect I should have swapped out for my f/1.8 lens for a shallower depth but, this being my first stranger shoot with my new 7D, kept with the f/2.8 Sigma lens that I am more familiar with. I also tested out the new custom dial mode function where I had stored my ideal settings for a stranger street portrait shoot so that I should no longer make a hash of those settings when in a rush with limited time.
Shot on shutter priority at 1/200th with hotshoe mounted flash on high-speed sync. Flash was dialled down to -1 1/3 and fired ETTL at ISO100 with single point AF and partial metering. A diffuser was used on the flash but no reflector as it would have shown on the glasses.
We exchanged cards and I promised to send copies from the shoot to Emma. You can see her work here: www.facebook.com/EmmaLeighMakeUpArtist
A huge thank you to Emma for taking time out for my 100 Strangers project and I hope that she is pleased with the results of the shoot. I also hope that our connection can develop to be mutually beneficial in the future. It was a real pleasure to meet Emma and it was the single most pleasant 'stranger' encounter where she put me at ease for the shoot as much as I hope to put my subjects at ease in front of the lens.
Endomychus coccineus (Coleoptera, Endomychidae).
This species may be the prettiest handsome fungus beetle in Central Europe. The female is below, feeding on the mycelia of a fungus found under the bark of a poplar tree. Meanwhile, the male is doing its best.
Handheld shot illuminated with diffused flashlight. Find a different angle in the comment!
High up on the moors near Malham in the Yorkshire Dales. The warm light from the rising sun was diffused by the early morning fog rising out of the valley below.
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