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There is still color in the leaves, but most are fallen off the trees as October winds down and winter approaches.
Lit from behind with an SB600 in a snoot, and from front right with an SB700 is a softbox. Power levels were adjusted until they looked right. Strobes were triggered by the pop up flash on my D90.
Other plants and flowers that I've photographed using strobes can be seen in my strobe lit plant set. In the description, I list resources that I've used to learn how to do this. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157628079460544/...
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Looking over towards part of Langdon Beck, Cronkley Farm in the distance, taken from Lingy Hill
I did both a color and black and white version of this image. Down below in the comments you can see the black and white version. You can click on it to view it larger.
I lit this with one YN560-III in an 8.6 inch Lastolite softbox above and to the right of the flower. Fill light came from a small hand mirror at camera left. The flash, in manual mode, was triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N. While the Lastolite soft box is relatively small for a softbox, because it's much larger than the subject and also within 4 inches of it, the light on the flower is very soft.
Other Calla Lily pictures are in my Calla Lilly set. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157626082181550/...
Other plants, flowers, fruit or thingys that I've photographed using strobes can be seen in my Strobe Lit Plant set. In the description for that set, I list resources that I've used to learn how to light with off camera flash. www.flickr.com/photos/9422
Farewell, my sister, fare thee well. The elements be kind to thee, and make Thy spirits all of comfort: fare thee well.
~William Shakespeare
Dedicated to my lovely sister, though we may not see each other often, I am so thankful to have her walk with me through life. These are my adorable nieces, shot at the Prime Desert Woodland Preserve, in the south-westernmost tip of the Mojave Desert, California.
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Bir Ali is located on the spectacular coast road and it is surrounded by white sand dunes, green rocky mountains and black lava deposits. You can spend your afternoon swimming or relaxing on a white sand beach or spend overnight in beach huts. The surrounding coast is a mixture of volcanic landscape and occasional patches of sand dunes.
Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL, f/22, 0.6 sec (3/5), ISO 100, 18 mm
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Some spectacularly dramatic lighting conditions on the upper dale as seen in this panoramic view from Bail Hill above Mickleton, on New Year's Eve 2025. Standing out in the strong sunshine is Ettersgill (left) round to Middle Side and Aukside (right).
A powerful funerary sculpture at the Cimitero Monumentale in Milan.
Man and animal are captured at the peak of physical tension — labor, resistance, and dependence frozen forever in stone.
The black-and-white interpretation strips the scene down to form, light, and movement, intensifying its timeless and uncompromising presence. No sentimentality, no consolation — only weight, effort, and mortality.
in the hush between light and shadow, a photographer lifts her camera — not in reflex, but in reckoning. her gaze arcs toward the viewfinder, already composing something just beyond the frame. caught mid-thought, mid-breath, she is both subject and seer. this image holds stillness like a held breath.
Sunset ~ Florida Everglades U.S.A.
Summer 2015 ~ Palm Beach County
Fire-light Sunset ~ Quarta Sunset 287
(three more 'firelight sunset' photos in the comments)
Exploring the mystical Marble Mountains (Ngũ Hành Sơn) in Da Nang, Vietnam. A serene journey through ancient limestone caves, sacred Buddhist shrines, and stone paths carved deep into the mountainside.
Kuakata, Bangladesh, 2011.
The fight with fate and nature.
The perpetual cycle of poverty carried to the next generation.
..And the only resort called God.
Like some of us believe....
Nature is not a synonym of God here.
Fishermen of Kuakata are stuck in a never ending captivation. Like their fathers, the children must carry on the legacy of sufferings imposed by natural calamity, monetary debt and poverty.
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Rows of freshly cut silage under a sinister looking late afternoon sky.
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Patches of sunshine drift across snow covered fells above Holwick, Upper Teesdale, taken from Middle Side.
This is a plant that I bought a few week ago, and find myself exploiting from time to time. I like Callas, and I have seen some beautiful images of them taken by some of the famous photographers of the past.
I went for dramatic light here and used a YN560-III in an 8.6 inch softbox positioned above and behind the plant, and pointed down at a 45 degree angle. I wanted directional light to create the shadows that show shape and texture, while, hopefully, lending an element of mystery to the image. It also provided a bit of rim lighting to the tops of a couple of leaves. I hand held a small hand mirror at camera right to bounce a little bit of light onto that side of the flower. The flash, in manual mode, was triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.
Other Calla Lily pictures are in my Calla Lilly set. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157626082181550/...
Other plants, flowers, fruit or thingys that I've photographed using strobes can be seen in my Strobe Lit Plant set. In the description for that set, I list resources that I've used to learn how to light with off camera flash. www.flickr.com/photos/9422
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Dramatic lighting and Crepuscular Rays as a patch of bright sunshine moves towards Thwaite, Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
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The remote isolated hill farm at Stoney Hill, Harwood, Upper Teesdale. A hole in the cloud cover lights it up together with meadows coloured pale from recent haymaking. At the rear edge of the sunshine patch are spoil heaps from the Ladys Rake lead mine.
Organization: Tim Engle
Photography and Editing: Dirk Dreyer.
Hi-Res pictures and prints available at galleries.dreyerpictures.com
We stood on the Seceda for over two hours amid shifting rain showers and dense clouds, 2,500 meters above the valley.
Visibility: almost zero. 😶️ Mood: in the basement. 😤
For me, the Seceda without clouds is only half the Seceda, so we waited.
When the cloud cover finally tore open, I could hardly believe my eyes. To my left, this rainbow appeared.
A rainbow needs two ingredients: water droplets and sunlight from the right direction.
From a mountain summit, you can sometimes see a rainbow as a complete circle because the horizon is low enough.
I was lucky enough to look down into the valley basin as if through a window into another world.
The wait had been worth it, and not just for the perfect photo.
What’s your recipe when the weather turns bad? Pack up and leave, or wait it out? 🤔
✨Thank you for taking a look. Have a great day and always good light! ✨
🔸Canon EOS R
🔸Canon RF 14-35mm F4 L | f8.0 | 14mm
🔸1/320 sec. ISO 100
Über zwei Stunden standen wir auf der Seceda in wechselnden Regenfeldern und dichten Wolken, 2.500 Meter über dem Tal.
Sicht: kaum. 😶️ Laune: im Keller. 😤
Die Seceda ohne Wolken ist für mich aber nur die halbe Seceda, also warteten wir.
Als die Wolkendecke endlich aufriss, traute ich meinen Augen kaum. Zu meiner Linken leuchtete dieser Regenbogen.
Ein Regenbogen braucht zwei Zutaten: Wassertröpfchen und Sonne aus der richtigen Richtung.
Von einem Berggipfel aus kann man einen Regenbogen manchmal als vollständigen Kreis sehen, weil der Horizont tief genug liegt.
Ich hatte das Glück, von oben auf den Talkessel hinabblicken zu können, wie durch ein Fenster in eine andere Welt.
Das Warten hatte sich nicht nur für das Zielfoto gelohnt.
Was ist euer Rezept, wenn das Wetter kippt? Abbrechen oder ausharren? 🤔
The photo club that I belong to, Polyphoto in San Diego, had a workshop this morning devoted to "negative space". The purpose was to help the members get an understanding of the concept for an upcoming competition on, you guessed it, negative space. As I understand it, negative space in an image helps to emphasize the positive shapes in an image, thereby drawing attention to interesting shapes and colors. I may not have fully understood the concept, but I came home and created this using an old pot of Icelandic Poppies, which I've been exploiting for some time, and a couple of strobes. I also used the Photoshop liquify tool to add some interesting (I hope) shaped curves to the picture.
Strobist info: One SB600 in a snoot behind the plant at about 11 o'clock for backlighting, and a SB700 in a softbox in front, camera left at 7 o'clock to throw a little light on the front of the plant. The strobes were in manual mode, and I adjusted the output until I got the results I liked. The strobes were triggered by the pop up flash on my D90 in commander mode.
Other plants and flowers that I've photographed using strobes can be seen in my strobe lit plant set. In the description, I list resources that I've used to learn how to do this. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157628079460544/...
A dramatic mountain face emerging through morning mist, with a lush alpine forest catching the first soft light. I captured this scene during a break in the weather, just as the fog lifted and revealed the textured cliffs.
A quiet, atmospheric moment where the forest, stone and clouds blend together.
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Sony A7C
Tamron 28-200mm f/2.8-5.6
150 mm — 1/400 s — f/5.6 — ISO 100
A dramatic sky unfolds over the hills near Portimão, where deep blues collide with a burning horizon.
📍 Portimão, Portugal
📅 May 2026
📷 Canon R8 + RF 100-400
beneath the heavy folds of crimson fabric, the light filters in like a muted fire. it burns against the wall, painting it in soft, fleeting hues, while the shadows linger below, stretching across the desk. the camera rests in the dark, quiet and forgotten, waiting for its moment to capture the world outside this glowing barrier. there’s a stillness here—a kind of pause between the closing of curtains and the opening of stories untold. the air feels dense with warmth, the kind that speaks of solitude and secrets. it’s not just a curtain; it’s a threshold, holding back the world as the light leaks through.
Light draws its own lines across the face, turning shadow into geometry and a quiet portrait into something almost surreal.
An out take from the Dephect Spring/Summer 2016 shoot for Dephect clothing.
Model - Thomas Boord James, AKA Brotherman.
Lit with a single Bowens 400 head fitted with an octobank.
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Strong early spring sunshine lights up the snow covered cliffs of the spectacular Cronkley Scar and Widdybank Fell. Widdybank Farm, now a base for Natural England, stands out nicely against the hillside
Suspended in Reflection: The Sphere of Grace
The air inside the Spiegeltent is thick with the charged, vintage electricity unique to Spiegelworld’s Empire. Velvet curtains, flickering stage lights, and the faint murmur of an enchanted audience set the stage, but everything else falls into shadow the moment she steps into the light.
Suspended within a crystal-clear aerial sphere, the performer moves not against gravity, but in absolute, fluid harmony with it. In a striking black-and-white moment frozen in time, she extends into a flawless, razor-sharp horizontal split, her limbs spanning the diameter of the transparent globe. Every line is intentional; every curve of her spine reflects an extraordinary balance of sheer athletic strength and weightless elegance.
The curved, reflective surfaces of the sphere catch the intense glare of the stage lights, casting warped, shimmering flares across the pitch-black void around her. Against the dark backdrop, the sharp contrast highlights the fine details of her performance—the delicate texture of fishnet tights, the slight arch of her back, and a serene, subtle smile that makes the impossible look effortlessly graceful. It’s a breathtaking fusion of classic circus contortion, modern cabaret flair, and striking visual geometry—a quiet moment of pure artistic control amidst the chaotic magic of the show.
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Field End farm, Newbiggin, Teesdale lit by a break in the cloud cover.
Organization: Tim Engle
Photography and Editing: Dirk Dreyer.
Hi-Res pictures and prints available at galleries.dreyerpictures.com
Summer Sunset ~ Florida Everglades U.S.A.
South Florida ~ Palm Beach County, Florida
Six-Shot Summer Spectrum Sunset Series
(five more photos of this night in the comments)
Sunset afterglow ~ Florida Everglades U.S.A.
Spring ~ South Florida ~ Palm Beach County
(four more photos of this night in the comments)
Here's an old shot that I somehow never got around to sharing... captured shortly after sunrise just over a year ago... in the dunes of the De Hoop Nature Reserve.
Enjoy your weekend everyone!
Nikon D800, Nikkor 14 - 24 mm at 16 mm, ISO of 100, aperture of f/14 with a 1/4th second exposure.
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