Flash Follies
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I spent 2 days at the North Rim of Grand Canyon and it rained most of the time. I chased the lightning here for 3 hours and took over 1000 boltless photos under an umbrella during my endeavor. Trying to capture lightning without a trigger trap is a huge waste of time, but when your successful just once it makes it all the more rewarding. I tried several different setups using continuous shutter mode with long exposures and then switched to shorter exposures on slow shooting continuous mode and thought that I had failed. When I later reviewed my photos back at the campground I found that I had captured one photo with a strike included. I guess it was luck or just persistence that rewarded me. I also used a second camera to capture video of the storm and the awesome thunderstorm that accompanied the storm. I'm not sure if I will post any of the video but it was nice to have a personal record of the awesomeness of the storms the frequent the Grand Canyon.
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European Robin [Erithacus rubecula]
This wee Robin has white flashes on each wing. I think this is quite rare as I’ve never seen one like it (even having trawled the University of Google). She is usually first to appear when I’m filling up the winter feed - the peanut butter mixture - and sings as she’s sitting waiting for the all clear... A lovely little soul.
Here, she’s sitting waiting in the rain. It’s a really dull and wet day! I hope she is going to have little baby robins with this amazing white flash.
At The Pixies
South Carrick Hills
SW Scotland
(My Olympus died. Just DIED! I’m getting a replacement, hopefully, tomorrow...For now, I’m using this monstrous super-heavy Canon/Tamron combo...)
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A bird that clogged my photostream for many years. However lockdown has meant sightings this year have been fewer.
This bird is no longer in situ sadly but there is one pair actually now on my doorstep. Sadly the only time i have seen them so far was whilst walking the dogs and without the camera.
Barn owl (Tyto alba)
Yorkshire Dales - Lower Barn/ Embankment male
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Gordon’s alive?!
Also tried the sci-fi movie ‘Sphere’ but came back to this as I can remember little from the other movie. Honestly, I could’ve sworn that the dominant colour of the film poster, costume etc was yellow hence the background of this shot. Looks like it was red.
Backup movie Flashdance.
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The way is narrow, but there is always room for a little panache.
Tiny rolled wing stone fly on the edge of a rose petal.
Ranges from 5mm to 13mm, usually under 10mm.
I didn’t get the illumination from the flash that I would have likedd on this one, wrong settings. Nevertheless I still find it rather appealing. I was scanning the flowers through my 20x magnifier on the back of the Lcd when I came across this elegant fellow. I took two shots in quick succession, he was in the first but not the second….
"I feel that nothing can befall me...which nature cannot repair" Ralph Waldo Emerson ❤
I like to get out everyday especially on these dark winter days. no matter how cold. I am an experienced winter bike rider, but sometimes even I miss calculate. Today I stayed out too long, and the bike ride home was a bit scary. So glad to have a warm home to come back to.
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This is my first serious attempt at Macro. I used 68mm worth of extensions tubes on my AF-S 24-85mm VR since it stops down to f/29 instead of only f/16 like my 50mm prime. I didn't want to mess with trying to focus stack for just the hint more DOF that I wanted.
It's lit by 1 SB-800 which is on it's OEM stand on the table to camera left and is pointed at a wall to camera left about 2 feet away. It's set to 1/1 and 24mm zoom. The flash was triggered with a Neewer radio trigger. A homemade reflector made from aluminum foil is on the opposite side to provide a little fill.
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An early evening thunderstorm moves over Longmont Colorado. Oddly several planes were flying through the storm, resembling small meteor streaks here. This storm occurred a week before my previous lightning/ t-storm post.
Played with off camera flash last evening and then played with filters and textures...a dark moody but colourful take on the tulips that once again fell into my grocery cart last week...amazing how carts have tulip magnets installed on them :)
French River, PEI
Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash with flipped lens
Orwo NP22 (expired 1986) re-spooled to 620
The little kinglet, quick and bright,
A golden flash, then out of sight.
Hidden within the leafy green,
The smallest crown that I have seen.
It took some patience to get this photo! Watching this hyperactive golden-crowned kinglet bouncing through the bushes was a real challenge. But the reward was this shot, capturing a rare moment where its fiery orange and yellow crown was visible, perfectly framed by the warm colors of the autumn foliage. It's a reminder that good things come to those who wait—especially when photographing these tiny, fast-moving birds.
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For Macro Mondays theme 'Planes,Trains and Automobiles' The indicator has 'flashed' and the bulb filament is fading, ready for the next 'flash'.
I believe that this is a Bicolored Sweat Bee. Photographed in Maryland.
A single image, shot hand held. Canon 80D, Canon MPE macro lens, Canon twin macro flash. Aperture f/11, shutter speed 1/250, ISO 400, flash set to 1/16th power.
The Havannah Flashes are fishing ponds in the Sankey Valley Park, between St Helens and Newton-le-Willows in Merseyside.
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
-William Wordsworth
A lot of people out the night before St. Patrick's day in Dublin, but mostly tourists. The girl jumped out into the frame of the camera as I took the shot. The image came out better than I thought.
The night before St Patrick's day 2013.Press L for better view or C for comment
Still Experienced XL Band - Jazzit Musik Club Salzburg, 17.09.2020
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Besetzung
Chris Haller: guitar, voc
Peter Guschelbauer: keys, voc
Andreas Szelegowitz: drums
Jürgen Haider: sax
Charly Schmid: sax
Georg Schwantner: sax
Stefan Fellner: trumpet
Gerald Silber: trumpet
Alois Eberl: trombone
Another shot from last session with Alessandra, this time featuring an outlandish look with the aid of coloured lighting.
Strobist info: primary blue gelled sb700 shot through rapid box octa xl as fill. Sangria coloured rim light on a stripbox, and a tiny Apollo pushed in close with a cerulean blue gelled flash for key.
Shot with a Nikon D700 and the Nikkor 24-70mm f2.8 lens.
Flash off camera fired using ebay wizzards. Flash is placed to the left, with a dish in the sink with the tap dripping.
If you see the auroras pulsate and flash across the sky and your neck is stiff and sore, then you know you've had an exceptional night under the stars.
Devon, Alberta
Canada
Allen's Hummingbird
Selasphorus sasin
Member of Nature’s Spirit
Good Stewards of Nature
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The morning of the day it was cloudy.
However, if I waited for a while, the flash appeared from under the clouds.
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Collage formado por varias fotos de agua con flashes de colores, quizás habria sido mejor una a una, bueno, con paciencia lo háré
Bart has stopped responding to my kazoo and squeaker, so I turned on my electric toothbrush and held it against the camera, making an awful buzzing sound. I pulled it away when he looked at the lens, and quickly snapped a photo. He's perched on top of my bathroom cabinet, a favorite spot.
A flash of brilliance on a quiet hedgerow—the Yellowhammer is sunlight made feathered. Perched delicately among the fresh spring growth, this male stood momentarily still, his vivid yellow plumage catching the soft overcast light like a note held in perfect silence.
Photographed on farmland in the Goring area of Berkshire, this image represents more than a captured moment—it’s a quiet homage to a species whose presence has long been part of the rural British soundscape. The Yellowhammer’s melodic refrain, often likened to “a little bit of bread and no cheese”, once echoed widely across open fields and tangled thickets. Today, its song is heard less often—a soft-spoken reminder of the delicate balance within our countryside.
Framed by the subtle texture of young leaves and weathered branches, this scene offered not only a visual contrast but a chance to pause—to observe a species as timeless as the land it inhabits. No dramatic flight or flurry, just a calm, dignified presence that rewards patience and respect.
In an age of noise and haste, encounters like this are quietly profound. They ask nothing of us but awareness—and offer, in return, a fleeting glimpse of the wild in perfect harmony.
Dexiosoma caninum (Diptera, Tachinidae)
Cockchafer Parasite Fly, Tachinid Fly
Raupenfliege
Snylteflu
Parasitfluga
Body length 9 mm
Exposure time (= flash duration): 50 µs = 1/20.000 s
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Fog was lifting but it was getting dark. I had a panel light to the left and the flash turned down. From my early days with a flash, Gary Fong always said to have the ISO at 400 when using a diffuser. I had to change camera and lens as the focus assist light doesn't hit the macro subject with the 105mm lens (lens is too long and working distance is too short).