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Taken on the Leeds Liverpool canal near the Wigan Flashes. I liked the picture but then, for some reason I turned it upside down..and strangely I liked it even more. Hope you do too. Tell me (nicely of course) if you don't.
Macro Monday, December 14: Sideways, Upside-down or Backwards
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One of the downsides of my last minute decision to come out to the IN and shoot the 765 was my general lack of knowledge about the area. Sure, I did a little Google Maps-ing, but not enough, and that does only get you so far. Often times, unless it's an area I have previous experience in or have seen photos or videos of a spot, I find that most of my photo spots are areas I just come across.
For instance, near Montgomery, MI, a lone tree leaning over a small creek - which google assures me is the 'West Fork West Branch Saint Joseph River' - and the small concrete bridge just begged to be captured in a photo. Never seen it before, didn't even spot it on Maps, I simply ran across it and had to stop. Another chaser I'd briefly chatted with earlier, one of the many I'd see and meet throughout the weekend, was parked there, but everyone else was either racing for Reading or at the crossing just up ahead.
Tree shade and bushes be damned, I have to say that Michigan was treating me and the 765 well already. As an aside, this is the first time I've shot any train in the lower peninsula of MI, and the first time shooting anything in MI since I visited the LS&I over a year ago. Feels like just yesterday. How time does fly, no?
The downside of only having a 50mm prime lens with you, during a night stroll trough Berlin, is that you can't change lenses and/ or zoom in or out. It might been have better to take the shot from a smaller distance, but on the other hand I like the atmosphere.
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...gets the chop, nearly!
The downside to great camouflage meant that I very nearly didn't spot this lovely moth hiding amongst the wood I was sorting to dry out as firewood in the garden at the weekend. I had the lopper blades positioned open right over it, and was ready to `chop', when it, thankfully, caught my eye!
As the moth was very subdued (maybe in shock, lol), and it was really windy, I brought it indoors for a quick photo shoot in front of the window (still didn't get the DOF quite right!) before placing it in the lean-to at the side of the shed. I hope it had the sense to stay in there what with the awful weather today and yesterday (see previous upload).
Oh.. and, if you've read this far(!), I think I have the ID correct, but am more than happy to be corrected :D, although I'd have to change my title :(
“Good morning Elli, unusual to find you awake so early.” Said Bertie as he and Sky sat down beside their pink fluffy friend.
“Good morning Sky, Bertie, how are you two?”
“I’m good thanks Elli, just waiting for Posh then we can discuss the serious honey situation.”
“I’m good too Elli, I think I may be the cause of the serious honey situation.” Grinned Sky licking his lips.
“I’ll hang around then if you don’t mind as I want to ask Posh Bear a question.”
“Sure, we don’t mind do we Sky?”
“No not at all. So, what are you doing awake Elli, this must be unusual for you this early?”
“It’s not that early Sky and anyway I can’t sleep as I have been asking myself a question that I don’t know the answer to, so Posh Bear seems like the obvious answer.”
“Sorry to hear that Elli, what is the problem?” Asked Bertie.
Just then Posh Bear appeared and sat down beside then and gave a stern stare at Sky.
“Good morning all, I just went to get some honey and it has all gone, Sky.” He said still staring.
“That’s strange Posh, there was one there when I got mine this morning.” Replied Sky.
“There was two there when I took mine.” Owned up Bertie.
“Excuse me interrupting this fascinating discussion on the honey situation but I was here first to speak with Posh.”
“Sorry Elli,” Echoed Sky and Bertie.
“What did you want Elli, and no I’m not flying with you again before you ask.”
“Huh! I wasn’t going to ask actually. I am thinking of moving to Australia or New Zealand as there is more space out there for a flying pioneer like myself. I have been trying to work out though, for you know I often fly upside down, well when I’m in Australia and as they, to us here are upside down, will that mean I have to fly downside up, to be upside down?”
“Just fly as you always do Elli, badly.” Said Posh. “I can see the merit of you moving there though Elli, it would be far safer… well for us anyway.”
“Posh, don’t be nasty to Elli, she only asked you a question.” Said Bertie.
“True, I’m sorry Elli. I don’t know the answer is the truth Elli as I can’t say that I really understand the question. I think though, that you’ll find flying there is the same as it is here. Once you are in the air it really won’t matter whether you are flying over this country or Australia, upside down will still be upside down.”
“I see, thank you Posh for your wisdom. If that is the case, I think I’ll stay here with you guys.”
“Why is that, Elli? You seemed so keen before.” Asked Bertie.
“Lots of reasons actually Bertie. Firstly, I don’t know the way to Australia as it could be turn left once in the air or could be turn right and that would depend if I parked upside down or not. Then, there is the problem of visits to the moon, it arrives on view when I am often asleep there, so that might not be good. No, I think I’ll stay right…” Elli yawned and was asleep.
“Just how does she do that? Chatting one second then asleep the next.” Asked Bertie scratching his head with his paw.
“I have no idea Bertie, what I am far more concerned about is our lack of honey and where it has all gone.” Said Posh looking at Sky again.
“No need to be concerned Posh, stay cool like me and it’ll all be sorted.” Said Sky smiling.
“Oh right, and who is going to sort it out then?”
“Me Posh, little me.” Said Sky looking out of the window.
“When is this going to happen so I can have some breakfast?”
“Any minute now Posh. I knew the man was going out early, so I ordered on his machine a few boxes of nature’s finest to be delivered and it looks like it has just turned up.”
They climbed up on the window sill and watched as four boxes of honey were rolled down the path towards the door by a man with a trolley.
“Don’t worry Posh, I told them to leave it by the door so we can bring it in a jar at a time through the cat flap as usual.”
“That’s brill Sky, you are a genius.” Exclaimed Bertie.
“I know Bertie, but I don’t like boasting.” Replied Sky.
“Just who is paying for all this Sky?”
“No idea Posh, I used that bit of plastic the man uses. Come on let us get busy and get this stacked away before the man returns.”
“But, but, but…” Said Posh.
“You sounded just like Elli’s ellicopter taking off then Posh. Come on let’s get busy.” Sky said laughing.
The downside of where I live on the island is that I can see the light out east and out west from here. So I know this morning there was a brief interlude of great light. Alas it has not gone and is unlikely to return again this weekend.
So here is another shot from last weekend where I placed the sun in the magic spiral. I wish I had flipped the camera to portrait as itchhhh recommended. The more I think about it, the more I realise that it is good practice to just do that anyway.
Sorry for the repetition.
This is the downside of working from a home office. How the hell is a person supposed to concentrate, and focus on work, when the world's cutest puppy (with due respect to everyone else's) is crashing around, terrorizing and gnawing to death a carrot??
Honestly, this kid is like none I've ever met before. She's just so ridiculously easy to please. Most of her favourite toys are straight from the recycling box... a crumpled paper bag, a juice box, an aluminum can. And now we've discovered that she has a taste for veggies. It's a new (and overwhelming) surprise every day.
She's 79 days old. I'm 79 days in love.
Sorry for the lack of presence lately, been a bit that way meself..
It's been overcast gloomy weather for most of the last couple of weeks and totally uninspiring light for running 'round snapping pics.
Still, lots of forgotten ones waiting in the collection from Autumn to be posted.
A fallen Frangipani blossom landed on the leaf below.
No, I didn't put it there..
Haven't got macro tools so I stand back a bit and use zoom, which does compromise stabilisation though.
Hope you all had a good week x
This started out as an image of the ceiling of Downside Abbey, a grand Victorian monastic church south of Bath. It’s a Minor Basilica in the Roman Church. I took it a couple of weeks ago to assuage temporarily my addiction with vaulted ceilngs
For Sliders Sunday today, I doctored it lightly in Topaz Studio, duplicated the result, flipped it and put it by the side of the first copy.
I’ll post a link to the original in the first comment as usual…
Thanks for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the image. Happy Sliders Sunday
Downside of free-lancing: article comparing aspects of free-lancing vs 9-to-5 jobs | Client: Microsoft
Downside Up [30/365] - Today was a good day. I am all caught up at work now! So yeah stress from work is gone. Everything is actually really good right now, except just one little thing... but i'm not about to get into that.
Friends came down from Edmonton for our Ghost Whisperer/UFC Weekend. Tonight was tons of fun and I didn't even need to get drunk, lol. My sister and sister in law were pretty drunk and dancing all over the place, lol. Always great entertainment.
My friend Mat and sister Rosie decided to help me with my next project. I didn't have too much thinking time on this one. Kinda just went with the flow. For those who have been keeping up I'm sure you know that the picture in the frame in the background is my sunset image from my earlier 365.
Well I'm hoping to get up and have some McDonald's Breakfast since I have been craving it for awhile now so I better get to bed. It's 2:30 am right now so we'll see how that goes...
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Thank you for viewing and have a happy day.
Explore #4, May 10 2012
When I visited my daughter on March 20 2011, my grandson, Aidan, was telling me about this bird with babies. I was excited and asked him to show me. He took me outside his home and pointed up - "there they are".
Wow - I saw how cute they were and grab my cam from the car.
Thank you Aidan!
Update: May10 2012
This pic is sold to Nat Geo for their coming book. Proceeds is going to charity.
The lady who bought the pic had a hard time tracking me down becos the person who downloaded this pic from my Flickr account without my knowledge, plastered this all over the internet and change my name from Ric Seet to Rik Seet. So no one can track the originator down. Now others are profiteering from this scam and here is the link to one such websites. You pay them to download my stolen pic:
pixdaus.com/under-her-wings-by-rik-seet-birds-aves-fauna-...
When I did a Rik Seet goggle search there are about 4 full pages of links to such websites !
www.google.com.sg/search?q=Rik Seet&ie=utf-8&oe=u...
This is one of the downside of the internet. To prevent such future mishaps, I have since disabled the download feature under Privacy & Settings. Base on the feedback this is not even safe. Additional advises is to add Watermarks and reduce file size to 800X800. From what I am hearing nothing is save on the net.
Thank you friends for your kind advise. .
Update: May13 2012
I managed to write to a few websites/blogs via email and FB.
1. A friend responded on FB and apologize for posting the pic on FB for Mother Day.
2. An Australian cyclist by the name of Craig plaster the pic for 2012 Mother Day. I wrote to inform him that the pic is my and he blocked me off immi'ly. Isn't that just great, steals your pic and ignores you!
3. What's even more interesting is Pixdaus.com has an option for you to complain if your are the owner of the intellectual property. Isn't this a laugh. I presume they believe they excuse themselves of any legal obligation in the eyes of the law by having this feature on their website! I have written to them and waiting for their reply.
Update June 1 2012
Today a caring Flickr friend brought to my attention that the above pic was stolen again and this pic was posted on Flickr. Wrote to the person to delete my picture which was done. Not a word of apology.
These people have no shame - steal other pictures and post it like theirs. Even took part in invites and participated at the various levels of award to claim credit for themselves.
here is the link if this shameful person and I have seen another couple of stolen pics as well becos they are too skillful for him. Even wrote to advise that these be remove. I am contacting the legal department of Yahoo in Singapore and making a few suggesting to them to apprehend such people.
by Pasckal2011
www.flickr.com/photos/69511790@N07/7293622534/
Since then more Flickr friends have alerted me. I am now no more angry becos I have learnt to share and come to realized this picture brings great memories & joy to others. One guy wrote to request for a print becos he wanted to place it next to his Bible.
He said that it is "God's Gift To Nature"
Update June 4 2012
Great to see that couple of my Flickr friends have added water mark to their pic. Very creative as they take the trouble to strategically position the watermark . I will borrow this idea. Thanks guys!
Update Dec 17 2012
Nat Geo is now printing double the number of copies and has agreed to denote US$300/ to charity of my grandson choice - SPCA. Thank you Nat Geo.
Update Dec 25 2012
Today I received a very touching letter from a mother who requested this print. I am glad that a picture is worth a thousand words and holds special meaning and brings great joy.
So if you need a print please drop me a Flickr mail and your mailing address. Thank you.
My heart goes out to this special lady and this picture is my gift to her. Some of you are aware that my daughter was critically ill. In her own works she told me she nearly died in Oct. Now I rejoice becos she is making slow recovery ----. A small step at a time!
Hi Ric,
I have been searching for the photographer who took the absolutely beautiful photo of the colorful momma bird with it's babies under its wings. I've actually been praying I would find the original photographer. I won't get into the details, but for the last almost 2 years, I've been going through a really hard time with my health due to a horrible medical mistake that I suffered at the hands of a doctor. I will not let anyone tell me I am not going to get better. My husband and my son need me back. This picture holds such meaning for me...I've found it on other websites, which I am so sorry that people are stealing your work, and I have gone back to look at it a lot over the last several months. It brings me great comfort and the colors are just so beautiful and bright. I was wondering if it would be possible to buy a large print of it from you so that I can frame it and have it matted with a verse so I can look at it every day in my house. Would you mind letting me know if it's possible to buy a print from you? If so, what are the size proportions that you could print out for me? The place I want to hang it could handle an overall size of 24"x24" or 24"x28", which would be framed and matted with an inscription matted under it. Hopefully that description makes sense. Would you mind contacting back?
Update April 11 2016
Today i received a very comforting email from this lady and I thank her for helping mereach out to others who may need this pic becos of the sentimental/special meaning this pic means to them. For me this pic means a world to me bcos I am a dad to two precious daughters that I love dearly. No matter what -- I will always be there for them as long as I am on this good earth.
Hi Ric,
I must confess I posted your beautiful picture of the bird shielding her babies under her wings on a tweet and my FB page. I didn't take it from Flickr, I (wrongly) assumed it was in the public domain. Would you like me to remove it or would it be mutually agreeable to post a link to you for your credit and publicity? I am a solicitor working from home writing wills and trusts, hence the family theme, I have not tried to profit directly from the photo, just thought it was a nice image of caring. Sorry.
Kind regards,
Elizabeth
Thank you Elizabeth. There are lots of caring people on this good earth.
I have been waiting a long time for an image like this. looking at the weather forecast last night I thought that my ducks were lining up, rain overnight followed by a clear sky in the morning. I was up and out early, arriving to find two large wheeled dustbins in the puddle from where I needed to place the camera, luckily for me they were emptied just a few minutes after my arrival, and I was able to move them along the street and clear the area I desired to work in.
Whilst I was busily crouched by my camera trying to get the right angles and settings a couple wondered past me and paused just for a moment to admire the view of York Minster, in that moment I saw a lovely composition and reached for the shutter, there followed an apology from the lady though it was not needed as their actions had made the shot. I would love them to see this by means of a thank you, please feel free to share in hope that they will see themselves.
one more note, this image has been flipped the upper part if the image as now presented being the reflection in the surface of the puddle
#york #flipped
The downside of the Fremont rental cabins is the super bright street light that comes on automatically every night. The Caretakers Cabin rental, where we stayed at, is in the background.
Historic Fremont Powerhouse Complex. Umatilla National Forest, Oregon.
RF354 (MLL991) stands at Downside having worked a 215A in from Kingston at Amersham & District's amazing RF40 Running Day based in Weybridge, Kingston and Staines on Sunday 24th March 2019.
Milky way vs. Zodiacal light, a celestial "V" was captured after sunset over the Himalayas. The Sherpa's mother Ama Dablam is the closest peak in this view on the left. The lights of Sherpa village Chhukhung can be found downside. Sagarmatha national park offers a closer view of the great Himalayas under the pure dark starry sky. Once in a life time to enjoy!
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The only downside to uploading pictures to flickr is when you have a near perfect image (referring to clarity, exposure and an overall high quality RAW image produced by the camera) one is forced to degrade the image to some degree by converting a RAW image to a JPG image.
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I think back fondly of this sunny and warm day now that the "bite" of a cold dreary winter is upon us.
One minute you can be bathed in full sunshine rushing to your next photo location then the next minute you can be swamped in low cloud spilling over the top of Whernside. . Such were the events surrounding Ribblehead Viaduct where I had decided to head for to bag a shot of the ECS from Skipton to Appleby Sidings.
Luckily the livery combination lent itself to a moody black and white interpretation of the scene.
37521 at the head 47593 at the rear.