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Sorry I've been MIA.. I've had a bug in my Flickr for the last 6wks..and they finally figured out a workaround..so, it's going to take me a bit to catch up.. but..I think I'm back..LOL.. Thank you to those of you who reached out..have missed you guys so much!!! *hugs*
Cerro Catedral
For two years in a row I have tried to visit the top of this mountain, from which they say there is a privileged view of the Lake and the Andes, but winds of more than 100 km prevented access by tourists using the cable car.
Only the ski slopes were open, especially the trail for beginners and apprentices.
Maybe I'll try again...
It was a thrill of a lifetime to stand in an Alaskan stream filled with salmon and photograph the Coastal brown bears as they charged in swatting and splashing for a meal! In this shot, a younger female gives up the chase and looks into my lens as if it might be my fault that she missed!
If you look to the left of this shot, you can see the red backs of the salmon as they escape.
From the archives and taken on 28 July, 2019 at Katmai National Park, Alaska.
Note: We did find it hysterical that often if they missed, they became so frustrated that they lost control of their bottom lip and it would hang down as pictured here.
Grey Heron
Copenhagen, Denmark
I watched this heron for quite some time by a lake, as it failed to find a fish to catch. Finally, it let loose in what seemed to me to be a cry of frustration!
Day 19 of 20 of albums that influenced my musical tastes.
Seven - James
In 1992, my brother began to study Economics in the National University of Mexico. Soon after he started classes, the University went on a strike. My brother decided to change of School. In the mean time, he started to work in a record store. We share the same musical tastes. One day, he came home with a CD that it had just arrived to the store, from a band that we haven't heard before, mainly because alternative or “indie” rock music was not almost not played on the radio here in Mexico. The band was James, and the album was Seven.
The sound was quite different for us, with a fresh combination of trumpet, violin, acoustic and electric guitars, and clever lyrics, and we fell in love immediately with them.
This album was released today, thirty years ago, so I can say, James has been an essential part of the soundtrack of our lives. My brother graduated from another prestigious University and now is a succesful economist with a Ph.D., and although now we do not share all the same musical taste, we still have some great late night musical sessions.
"Stop stop talking about who's to blame
When all that counts is how to change..."
Happy Monochrome Bokeh Thursday, too!
Cerro Catedral
For two years in a row I have tried to visit to the top of this mountain, from which they say there is a privileged view of the Lake and the Andes, but winds of more than 100 km prevented access by tourists using the cable car.
Only the ski slopes were open, especially the trail for beginners and apprentices.
Maybe I'll try again...
when I was shooting this barn I saw the dark sky above the barn and decided another cloud was moving in. when i reviewed it on the screen at home it was clear that it was a patch with no aurora:)
A repost of an image taken nearly two years ago... Reposting because this shot got shortlisted for the Landscape photographer of the year 2011. :-)
It was my first ever "real" competition, and even although I didn't get into the final selects, I'm still really chuffed to have been shortlisted amongst such wonderful photographers and to have been judged by Charlie Waite.
You can see the winning images here and the very talented Angus Clyne was runner up.
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Regular visitors to my stream, will know about my DSLR trials and tribulations.. so I wont bore you... I've had a borrow of a 350 for a wee while... after an initial euphoric return to shooting... I've actually found it incredibly frustrating, and failed miserably to get anything that I'd be even remotely proud of sharing. It's been really demoralising, to the point I actually wondered if it was worth getting a new camera at all!
This morning changed all that... eventually, conditions ( -8 and some new snow), light (dawn breaking through the mist), me (getting the settings right on camera and in focus), all came together, for that 5 or 10 minutes that makes it all SO worthwhile:-)
Highly recommend a look at the large version, if you can.
Also just found out two of my prints have raised £150 so far in a charity auction for Haiti
Followed this guy all around the grounds of Filoli Manor near San Mateo, California, hoping to get him to spread his tail so I could get the shot. He finally disappeared through a hedge where I couldn't follow him. Damn bird.
...unless you live in the UK it's difficult to believe how chaotic life is right now. I have some petrol and as I don't actually need to travel much I am staying put.....but I don't know how much longer people will manage. The ultimate First-World problem I guess. Meanwhile, it's back to some glorious archives, here a stunning evening on Side Pike...and I notice how pyramidal the shadow of Pike O'Blisco looks. Clear air and a dusting of snow, what's not to like....and It'll still be there whenever I can travel.
This hawk's snake breakfast fell from the perch where he was dining on it and got hung on the supports. He tried for several minutes to retrieve it but couldn't.
I watched this stag respond to another one bellowing some way off. He decided to head off in the direction of the call and as he got closer the other stag turned away and trotted off. This one bellowed in triumph only for the King of the park who was also in the vicinity to bellow back and this fella realised he was outgunned so he tuned back and headed into the copse from where he came, he then started pawing and thrashing his antlers on the ground in frustration.
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Frustration is a common emotional response to opposition, related to anger and disappointment, arising from perceived resistance to the fulfillment of individual will. The greater the obstruction and will, and the more sensitive the individual is to conflict, the greater the likelihood of frustration. The cause of frustration can be internal or external.
By the time we had arrived at the ferris wheel down at Redcliffe for a night lights shot, I had torn my hair out with my infrared remote which had failed, fixed it and then when set up on site, failed again. Well, they say there are more ways to skin a cat than one so this is the alternate result by other means. But I still have to figure out why the remote refuses to play ball!
I had just finished taking some other photos and was walking back to my car when I came across this group of fishermen. There was quite an animated discussion going on. I was too far away to hear what was actually being said, but my best guess was something like: “No man, we haven’t caught any fish, the beer is gone, and I’m leaving.” 😄
A spontaneous shot taken on a rocky outcrop beside the Des Moines River just downstream from the Red Rock Dam near the Howell Station Campground in Marion County, Iowa.
Lensbaby Sweet 50 optic, set at F2.5
Composer Pro II with a Canon EF mount
No bend or extension tube used
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I shot and developed paper negatives for several years with no problems.
I've been fighting and flailing and foundering with paper negative development for over a week now and failing. I have a large stack of all black photos, a beautiful black.
something is wrong. I've changed exposure times, paper, development times and done a ton of internet reading. all it did was confuse me because everything contradicted everything else.
sigh...
maybe my brain is past remembering and learning.
egads!
this is a triple exposure with chai and a step chair with a doll on it.
no comments, definitely no faves.
I'm just hoping for success sometime soon.
at least I got a little something on this one,
I did this oil painting.
The story behind this was a woman who looked very frustrated and sad. I guess she was drunken coz she leaned on a wall at a pub/restaurant, looking down at her feet but I noticed she had some scratch marks on her face, and I thought she might have been abused.
I don't know how good this photo interprets the story.
I decided to carry on with my 'anger and frustration' series showing images, which could be easily avoided if human beings would respect nature and wildlife!
We have huge problems with baboons at Cape Point Nature Reserve due to stupid behaviour of tourists and, of course, locals. People feed them, most of the time, to get nice photos and don't realize, which immense problems they are causing.
This guy approached a female baboon and her baby - for what reason ever. She got furios and was about to attack him to protect her baby. Is this necassary???? Why didn't he keep a distance like all the others did? It makes me so cross to watch people, who are not able to respect our wildlife and I will carry on taking those images!
BTW - I was shocked by the fact how rotten her teeth look! For what reason ever!
(Image was taken at Cape Point yesterday afternoon)
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#5502 - 2023 Day 23/365: Frustration is an easy emotion to give rein; so ... the less I try the easier it will become, right?
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OK - I'm stumped. I seem to remember that Edison, while trying to invent the lightbulb, once said something to the effect that, "Today, I have discovered almost a hundred things that don't work."
I spent the better part of the afternoon by my feeders trying to get some flight shots of the little guys coming in or leaving. Larger birds I have a handle on, it's the little songbirds that have me baffled. They are just too darn quick. The above photo was the best I got (I took hundreds of pictures), but it still doesn't have the clarity and sharpness that I have seen in the photos some others post on this site. I guess it's OK, but I know it can be better.
For my life, I can't figure out how to focus. Do I manually focus at a point where they are likely to fly and hope for the best? I don't know if it is even possible to pan on birds that move so fast, and I don't think the AF has a prayer of locking on. I'm using a Canon 40d with a Canon 300mm f2.8 lens.
Of course, there is also the issue of the dreaded "purple fringing" After a few hours playing with Photoshop, I have also determined that the best way to make one of these photos worse it to try to make it better.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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