How amazing would it be to wake up to that view and sky! I did! Even though I had a 27 hour flight from Australia to the South America the day before when I saw this, jet lag was gone in an instance. I highly recommend staying at the Lake Pehoe Camp, Patagonia, South America.

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My technique is alway the same:

Three exposures -2EV, 0, +2EV and then temperature adjustement using Lightroom and layering with luminosity mask using photoshop. Removal of distracting stuff with the stamp tool or patch tool. High pass filter to enhance details. Then saturation, contrast selectively control, dodge and burn where need...

DRI stand for Dynamic Range Increase. Three RAW files are used to achieve this. Rather than using a software like Photomatix for instance, I simply use mask to blend, my own way, the light, dark and normal shot with Photoshop and Lightroom.. To me, It looks more natural than the usual HDR treatment that I would normally applied.

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Ma technique est toujours la même:

Trois prises de vue -2EV, 0, +2EV. Ensuite ajustement de la température de couleur avec Lightroom et usage de calques et masques de luminosités avec Photoshop. Retrait d'éléments de distraction avec l'outil tampon. Filtre High pass pour le rehaussement des détails. Ensuite saturation et contraste ajustés de façon sélectives et locales. Dodge and burn là où requis...

DRI vient de l'anglais Dynmic Range Increase, qui pourrait se traduire par étendue dynamique améliorée. Les même 3 fichiers RAW entrent dans la composition d'un DRI. Plutôt que de se servir d'un logiciel comme Photomatix qui fait tout le travail, je me sers plutôt de masques pour filtrer l'éclairage dans photoshop et Lightroom. De mon point de vue, cette façon de faire donne une image plus naturel que le traitement HDR que j'employais auparavant.

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Dawson city is known for the gold rush, and this one of the outcomes from that rush. Piles of rock that look almost like worms. If you’ve ever been to Dawson, you likely drove right past all of these and thought “huh, that looks weird.” From the sky though, these mounds take shape and create some really interesting and intricate patterns amongst the pools of water. \

I know, I know. "Hand of man" in landscape images is often considered a no-no, but in this instance that hand of man created sone really interesting and strange shapes across the landscape. Neat!

This weekend I had the honour of attending CRPA's annual conference in Lake Forest as one of three docent scholars. Prior to the event and in between presentations, I made a point of getting trackside. While the weather was less than favourable, the sky did open on a few occasions allowing for some nice storm lighting. For instance, the sun briefly popped out from behind the clouds as this Metra train arrived at the photogenic La Grange Station. I would like to extend a special thanks to CRPA for their generosity and hospitality, as well as Jonathan Lee and John Ryan for showing me around!

P L A N - B

ð Trevaylor Woods, Penzance

I've been struggling with my photography lately. Really struggling. I hear a lot of landscape photographers struggle in summertime too. But also throw in bad planning, probably due to tiredness.

Take today for instance. I checked the tide times, weather, even cloud height (low clouds scupper a colourful sunrise). But I somehow misread the sunrise time - making me arrive at my chosen location (Newlyn Harbour) late! How did I even do that?

When I finally made it to the end of the pier, I was faced with a "drone pilot." Now, the normal conversation with a fellow tripod wielding photographer would go like this...

Me: "Hi mate, do you mind if I join you?"

Tog: "Sure! No problem at all! Besides, I don't own the pier haha!"

Then we'd talk ourselves down and tell each other how rubbish we are. Standard stuff.

But this is a shortened account of the conversation I had with the drone pilot, let's call him Maverick...

Me: "Hi mate, do you mind if I join you?"

Maverick: "I'm working here... Just let me land before I talk to you... Well you have to stand behind the cones or I'll have to induct you to the site."

Me: ð"Oh right. Okayy. So this is a paid commission?"

Maverick: "Well no, it's a personal project. I'm a surveyor you see, and this lighthouse has markings... blah blah blah"

The conversation continued awkwardly until the light quickly became too harsh for me to shoot before I packed up and headed to nearby Trevaylor Woods as a Plan B.

Canon 6D MkII | 24-105mm lens at 28mm | Æ/8 | 1 sec | ISO 400 | Tripod | Polarising filter | Lightroom & Photoshop | Taken at Trevaylor Woods on 28-08-2022

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Near Dawson, North Dakota. This is yet another instance in which it was obvious that the use of playback provides a huge boon to bird photography, but not without some serious ethical questions. Within the context of a group photo tour in a location not likely to be visited by other such groups (rural outback in North Dakota) this seems unobjectionable. This bird's routine was interrupted for a few minutes as he expended energy "unnecessarily" to investigate the bogus rival male emanating from the speaker. No real harm done. But OTOH, it didn't do him any good, either, and what if this practice/sequence were repeated over and over by successive photographers? Yes, eventually the bird gets "taped out" and stops responding. But there something in all of this that bothers me. At a certain level we are exploiting these birds, consuming a piece of their lives so that we can get our photos. And yes, without the use of playback getting this photo would have been way, WAY harder---nay, unlikely.

Canon 6d + tamron 15-30mm 15mm ISO 6400 x f2.8 x 30s x 50 images panorama using my fish eye sort of panorama style. While it's 50 images - it's only really about 30 images. I had some problems with a new lens and just kept on taking. So quite a few redundant frames in this instance.

I went to Lake Dumbleyung - a salt lake in Western Australia to shoot the milky way. The water level was lower than expected so only took one of the lake itself (may process that one later). I found the thick mud to be an issue as clung to my legs and I sunk more than half a foot into the muddy surface. A bit problematic when you're carrying 2 tripods, camera and a heavy pack when scouting.

Around the lake - there are hundreds of dead trees clutching at the sky - so I visualised with the fisheye effect to have the image framed by them.

I had some stitching issues though - I had to re-stitch one of the frames manually as one of the arms of the milky way initially distorted more than I would like - and a small triangle around the edge had to be filled - I think I've finally worked out how to fix that.

Ok, non-photographers won’t likely understand the title. “F/8 and be there” is an old adage which essentially means that being in a position to get a shot is important above all else. We can split hairs over the best gear, settings, technique, et al, but if we’re anywhere but where the shot is the discussion becomes pointless. In this particular instance, I was trying to take photos of an old piece of driftwood which was sitting in the middle of McCoy Flat Reservoir in Lassen County, California, USA. This large flat flood control reservoir is completely dry most summers and the driftwood was sitting out there beneath wonderful stormy clouds that I was hoping were going to let sun rays though. That didn’t happen. However, as I stood there hoping it would this young coyote came prancing right toward me. I found myself standing opposite big dead tree from the animal as well as straight downwind from it in a very stiff breeze. I honestly think I could have sat down behind that log, waited a minute or two, and had a very undesirable lap dog! However, I was armed with a wide angle lens and opted to use the big piece of wood as cover to move the 15 feet to my camera bag where I quickly switched to my long glass. The last few feet of crawling to the bag were out of line with my makeshift wooden “blind” and that movement finally got the animal’s attention leading it to change course but not before I got a nice shot, even if it wasn’t the shot I set out to get that afternoon.

F/8 and be there indeed. (and, full disclosure; this was captured at f/7.1)

Humpback whales are sometimes rather curious creatures. As I mentioned in my last whale post, two adult humpbacks shadowed our ship for an hour and a half. At times, I could almost reach over the side and touch them. :) In this shot, the humpback is "spy hopping." In this instance, the whale rises out of the water at a ninety degree angle to get a better look at what is happening on the surface or in a boat. I took this shot when the whale was about half way up and just a few feet from the boat. If you look closely at its belly, you can see the barnacles that sometimes grow on a whale's belly, fins, and tail. When the males fight in a competition pod, they deliberately rub these barnacles against the bodies of their rivals to inflict pain and bloody cuts. The photo was taken in March 2017, with my trusty Olympus digital camera. Enjoy.

P.S. I am still very busy in the garden.

An instance where/when you have to hand hold the 500 regardless of the weight....the IS certainly helps...

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Seriously, there are tons of fly variants, thankfully not all of them are turd lovers. This one for instance, hangs around flowers n stuff. But aaa...he might.....u know when i'm not lookin

Last years tornado at Mud Lake took down many large trees ( some areas are unrecognizable) and clean up crews have in some areas, cut the dead wood down to the stumps. This allows access to soft wood by the woodpeckers. In this instance we get a glimpse of Ms Pileated's tongue probing for insects. Note that her tongue is barely showing here ....see the link below for a baby pileated's tongue....

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My technique is alway the same:

Three exposures -2EV, 0, +2EV and then temperature adjustement using Lightroom and layering with luminosity mask using photoshop. Removal of distracting stuff with the stamp tool or patch tool. High pass filter to enhance details. Then saturation, contrast selectively control, dodge and burn where need...

DRI stand for Dynamic Range Increase. Three RAW files are used to achieve this. Rather than using a software like Photomatix for instance, I simply use mask to blend, my own way, the light, dark and normal shot with Photoshop and Lightroom.. To me, It looks more natural than the usual HDR treatment that I would normally applied.

Merci pour les visites, commentaires, récompenses, invitations et favoris. S.V.P. n'utilisez pas mes images sur des sites web, blogs ou autres médias sans ma permission.

Merci!

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Ma technique est toujours la même:

Trois prises de vue -2EV, 0, +2EV. Ensuite ajustement de la température de couleur avec Lightroom et usage de calques et masques de luminosités avec Photoshop. Retrait d'éléments de distraction avec l'outil tampon. Filtre High pass pour le rehaussement des détails. Ensuite saturation et contraste ajustés de façon sélectives et locales. Dodge and burn là où requis...

DRI vient de l'anglais Dynmic Range Increase, qui pourrait se traduire par étendue dynamique améliorée. Les même 3 fichiers RAW entrent dans la composition d'un DRI. Plutôt que de se servir d'un logiciel comme Photomatix qui fait tout le travail, je me sers plutôt de masques pour filtrer l'éclairage dans photoshop et Lightroom. De mon point de vue, cette façon de faire donne une image plus naturel que le traitement HDR que j'employais auparavant.

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Le Monument international de la Réformation, généralement connu sous le nom de Mur des réformateurs (Genève - Suisse)

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A disused scrapyard where there are a few instances of trees growing through some of the broken car bodies of a period of 31 years.

I often drive by a scene that gets stuck in my head and I have just learned to turn around and go back before I put too many more miles on. In this instance, the green of Spring combined with low lying clouds, distant mountains, and an old loading chute covered in moss was just irresistible.

Somewhere along Hwy 200 which follows the North Clark Fork River in Montana or Idaho.

Waikiki, which means spouting waters in Hawaiian, holds a beautiful history of great water activities in Hawaiian culture. For instance, in the 1800s, the Hawaiian royals created Waikiki as their playground, where they enjoyed surfing on longboards. Today, the longboard tradition continues, as the water here provides the best conditions. Eventually, the royals initiated several launching of smaller hotels in the 1800s. By 1901, they launched their first large hotel, the Moana Surfrider. Historic hotels dating back to the early 20th century include the beautiful Royal Hawaiian Hotel. Today, the area boasts every kind of accommodation to cater to the tourists drawn to Waikiki Beach every year.

This particular view is from our balcony at the Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel located at 2570 Kalakaua Ave in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.

"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11

The best way to view my photostream is through Flickriver with the following link: www.flickriver.com/photos/photojourney57/

It's interesting how scarcity alters the perception. For instance, I happen to think that the magpie (Pica pica) is one of the absolutely most beautiful birds we have in Sweden with that high contrast white and black plumage and a metallic green shimmer hiding in the black parts - but since it's an extremely common bird, people seem to rarely notice its beauty.

This here is a bee beetle (Trichius fasciatus) which if not common, at least not rare around these parts. I posted a shot of one of these several years back and got an impressed comment from someone in the UK as I in his eyes had shot an extremely rare beetle - as it is much more scarce in the UK than here.

This of course works both ways as there are loads of cool UK bugs that would be awesome to come across up here.

This particular bee beetle was enjoying pollen on a tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) near the boat pier at Lillsved in the northern part of the peninsula of Värmdö, just east of Stockholm, Sweden.

This shot was taken with backlight from the sun right at the crest of the mountain. After careful adjustments in Lightroom, the foreground still appeared rather flat. Doing some slight enhancement with Velvia Vision from Fred Miranda, it appeared much more attractive.

Velvia Visioon may be only some simulation of the classic film, but the big advance is that one can adjust all effects of the analogue capture stepless, so you can avoid getting contrast to harsh or do fine tuning on saturation, for instance.

Of course, a fine way too would be to take images on Velvia film and drum scanning them . sometimes I succeed to have the time to do that! Anyhow, maybe that contrast could not be managed so comfortable like here.

this one for instance is conveniently located in a building I happen to know ... ;) Happy Sliders Sunday everyone!

I traveled light this morning, A full frame camera and my 300mm f/4 with a 1.4 tc. This is one instance where my D500 and Sigma 150-600 would have made a significant difference... 900mm vs. 420mm. Based on what I had to work with, I placed emphasis on the composition.

Strathcona County, Alberta.

A disused factory is keeping the vandals busy. The saying, "the devil finds work for idle hands" seems apt in this instance. It isn't a quote from the Bible, but there's perhaps a grain of truth in it.

We all have a fallen, sinful nature. Whilst I am sure that, at times, the devil is only too willing to capitalise on that fact, we really don't need to blame the devil for inspiring our bad behaviour.

You and I might never have been tempted to break windows and spray-paint the walls of someone else's building, but, when left to our own devices, we often tend towards selfish, indulgent and destructive behaviour.

If we are honest, I think we can admit that we rarely live up to the standards we set for ourselves, nor the standards we expect of others. How much less, then, do we measure up against the standards God has set?

Romans 3:23 says: "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."

Now, if your property was the target of vandalism, I'm sure you would like to see the perpetrators caught and punished. If there were any justice in the world they would be. Well, God is just. And He has promised a final judgement for all of us:

"It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment." (Hebrews 9:27)

On judgement day, none of us will be able to claim that we measure up to God's standards. Let's face it, we don't even live up to our own!

Whether we realise it or not, we are all 'guilty as charged' in God's courtroom and awaiting sentencing. Justice demands punishment, but God has already paid the penalty. He has made it possible for us to have our 'charge sheet' wiped clean:

"But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8)

We cannot pay for a life of rebellion towards God, but we can exercise "repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ" (Acts 20:21) in order to accept God's gift of forgiveness.

"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." (Romans 6:23)

There's quite a few instances where GP40TCs led trains 29 & 30, the Capitol Limited during the early 1990s. Witness #193 leading 29 at 4:47pm on September 13th 1992. AD Saleker took this shot at Washington Grove, MD. This same pair of engines led #30 which came east earlier that day, of which I have the companion AD Saleker shot taken at Metropolitan Grove. JL Sessa collection.

On the Connecticut River, Turners Falls, Montague, MA, USA

Forest pictures are something i really find difficult. The light is often difficult, and it is difficult to cast the feeling you have when walking in it. The size of the trees for instance hardly can be expressed (by me).

When I was walking to the Butze Rapids (see www.flickr.com/photos/115540984@N02/20187529544/) these plants, with the obscure and not so inviting name of Skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus), were lit by the sun in a great way. The plant belongs to the family of the Araceae, which is very common in the tropics, and also lots of them are houseplant. It took quite some time to puzzle how I could make the best picture. In the field, how to catch the light in the best way, and afterwards how to process it. In the end I decided to crop it somewhat to have a better balance between the light and the dark parts, and to focus more on the flower. I hope you like this one.

From the 11th of June till the 25th of July, I traveled in Canada. Starting in Brighton Ontario, where my sister lives at the border of an amazing part of lake Ontario, I flew to Vancouver, and Vancouver island where I took the boat at Port Hardy to take part 1 of the Inside passage, to Prince Rupert in BC. Two days later I took part 2 to Skagway in Alaska. When coming from Skagway Alaska, you can take the train to Carcross. it is a very scenic train ride that halts at Bennet lake.

And then to Whitehorse and further on by car to Kluane National park in the Yukon district. Whitehorse is situated at the border of the Yukon. Frow there I flew back to Vancouver, rented a car, and traveled three weeks in the BC- and Alberta Rockies, visiting the famous, and less famous Nature parks like Banff and Jasper. Last few days back to Brighton Ontario to enjoy lake Ontario once more, before going home. A picture of my itinerary can be found on Facebook (www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152940536581759&set...).

4000 pictures later, it is quite a task to show the right stuff, although the stunning scenery guarantees at least a few great shots to share. Objective will be to make a book (for myself mainly), and that might take a while.

I hope you will enjoy the impression of my travel, one that equals earlier journeys to Alaska and south America, this journey was the first in the digital era, and equally intensive because of all the hiking activities every day on and on. I loved every minute of it.

'In Breughel's Icarus, for instance: how everything turns away

Quite leisurely from the disaster; the ploughman may

Have heard the splash, the forsaken cry,

But for him it was not an important failure; the sun shone

As it had to on the white legs disappearing into the green

Water; and the expensive delicate ship that must have seen

Something amazing, a boy falling out of the sky,

had somewhere to get to and sailed calmly on.' (Auden) 😊

Somewhere in Northern Italy

Sélestat (Bas-Rhin) - Tribunal d'instance (1900, style néogothique)

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A shot of a toothbrush, it seems a nice plain straight toothbrush is hard to come by these days.

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The draconian ruling of the Polish Constitutional Court which bans pregnancy terminations even in instances where a foetus is diagnosed with a serious and irreversible birth defect, has brought thousands of people to the streets. Protesting during the COVID pandemic is bit weird, but if a government full of cowards tries to use the pandemic to push an extremist agenda, people will react. So Poland says enough: Women's rights are human rights.

Here are some online petitions supporting women's rights in Poland:

secure.avaaz.org/campaign/pl/solidarity_with_polish_women...

www.change.org/p/polish-government-legalise-abortions-in-...

While NJ Transit F40PH-2Cat 4120 is not a freight locomotive it can be seen doing other duties for the railroad. In this instance, the unit was used on NJ Transit's Aqua train, a train that sprays leaves and leaf residue off the tracks. Here the train is seen heading west through Garfield on the Bergen County line.

Some photographs communicate the photographer's state of mind to the viewer. For instance, a majestic mountain top sunrise might convey the photographer's state of awe, whereas a placid lake conveys his or her feelings of tranquility and calm, or a solitary leaf conveys feelings of loneliness or isolation.

This is probably not one of those photographs.

As a photographer, it's impossible to totally isolate yourself afterwards from the experience of taking the photograph and view it entirely objectively, like any other person would viewing it fresh for the first time.

But I can try.

Looking at this photo, I think most folks would see the zig-zag trail heading into a bright clearing and, perhaps depending on whether they are optimists or pessimists, think about the phrases "light at the end of the tunnel" or "not out of the woods yet," respectively. The soft snow looks sleepy and comfortable, but the shadowy woods along the path are a little spooky and mysterious. And the cool blue tones are icy and refreshing, like a stick of winterfresh gum.

While those thoughts may have subconsciously played a part in me making this photograph, I can assure you that is not what was going through my head at the time. This was the day after my three-year-old daughter's birthday party, which was Beauty and the Beast themed, and the only thing running through my head on loop all day -- throughout my entire 4.5 hour hike -- was that little candlestick singing "Be our Guest."

But please, if I am wrong and that got through to anyone viewing this photo, please let me know.

A rare instance, the beach boxes at Brighton with virtually no one around. Mind you I had to choose my moment, there was a busload of tourists around when I first arrived.

One of the photos taken for this week's Macro Mondays theme of Brands and Logos. I wanted something with a bit of interest rather than a flat printed logo, so I was looking for logos that were, for instance etched or embossed.

Throughout Cirque du Mystère, there are instances that will damage your health. Your health will restore over time, but for instant gains, Health Potions are available.

There are 3 levels of potions. Your game HUD comes with a few potions already preloaded to help you get started! Additional potions can be purchased with Circus Coins.

Find the Circus Coins and Potions vendor at the Game Start: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/MadPea%20Mad%20City/90/86/25

yet another instance of the amazing interior of Cordoba's millenial Mosque-Cathedral

It was a fabulous night to be embraced by the Dancers as they coloured the night sky in their fabulous flowing forms. No minute the same as the last as the light ripples and rounds reaching out and pulling back returning in new hue and a replenished splendour. Above the sight, within the brain lifting and the heart following the dance and below the frame of the canvas holding everything both seen and unseen all together in every moment brilliant bright and shadowed night thrilling the soul and joy available at each precise instance and every such sought and unsought experience. Please note this feeling of the awesome character of the Dancing Aurora Borealis is not universally found.

Q. Why did the Aurora Photographer cross the road?

A. To follow the dance through the Constellations of coarse.

It needs work...

These pictures taken with Minolta16mm f2.8 Fisheye lens, Lightroom and other recognition software believes that it is SAL16F28 a Sony 16mm f2.8 Fisheye lens. There are no lens profile adjustments made to the images. Just as I do not make adjustments to the images to be treated as taken by a Sony Lens I do not try to find out how to undo any incorrect attribution. The two lenses could be very similar even near identical, all I know is that this wonder is from Minolta. This description is way too long, is it oft stated if I had more time then I would send better in fewer words?

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A portrait that in it's instance loses it's real time and is transformed into a perfect analogon of reality, sculpting her beauty through light.

Two light Setup. One 3x4 Profoto and a 5' Octa, with Giant Reflector panel from the right. Profoto acute 2400 generator.

Hasselblad H3D 31 with Hasselblad 210 HCD.

Photography John Magas & Anthea Blanas

Model Evangelia Gkountroumpi

Retouch John Magas

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This is one of those photographic instances when you wish the sun was not out and it is a bright but cloudy day. The sunshine and long autumn shadows caused some awkward lighting conditions on the initial colour result. However, after a number of attempts and iterations with todays technology and conversion to black and white I have managed to achieve an acceptable image.

Northern 158869 stands in the single remaining platform at Bishop Auckland having just arrived working 2D07. 10:57 Saltburn – Bishop Auckland, 7th November 2021.

At its height after its 1905 rebuild Bishop Auckland was an extensive station with platforms on all three sides of the triangle of lines and substantial station buildings in the middle of the triangle. The current single platform is on the site of the original platform 1 which had an overall roof.

That was a pretty unique instance, the location, weather, the light and there is always the chance that panoramas of that sort don't work out as planned, so I'm pretty ok with the outcome.

It was the last day of a high pressure system and just a few fluffy picturesque clouds were showing up, next day it was already hazy and overcast past noon. I started my hike in the morning and I'm so glad I 'wasted' a lot of time somewhere else, otherwise I would not have been there in this nice afternoon light.

Also the IR response from the vegetation at this altitude appears to be rather different, sparse in a way, so the development was challenging but this also led to a somewhat novel outcome that's quite fitting I think. I did three panoramas at the lake and they all worked out surprisingly, offering something different each so I did my best to also develop them in distinct ways. Maybe you'll see..

Source for this is a mercator projection consisting of 30 individual photos, 20355 x 15538px, ~316,3MP, then chopped down to 8:5 and ~34,4MP.

Nikon D90 (APS-C, fullspectrum mod)

Tamron 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5 Di ll VC HLD

Hoya R72 (720nm infrared pass-filter)

ISO200, 24mm, f/6.3, 0,4sec

(therefore 36mm full frame equivalent)

tripod, panorama head, remote (ML-L3)

yet another instance of this pedestrian passage in Edinburgh, which is find utterly wonderful and scifiesque.

Fungi are manifest in a multiplicity of folktales and fairy tales, and in folk remedies and rituals. They appear as foods, poisons, diseases, decorations, dyes or tinder, and even in insults, compliments, graffiti and video games. These and other impacts of fungi on folkways are here concisely reviewed under categories likely to interest professional and amateur mycologists and accessible to the lay reader. The evolution of popular perceptions of fungi is sketched from Shakespearean times through contemporary European and American cultures. Provided are specific instances of how different cultures utilized or avoided fungi, responded to fungal diseases of crops or humans, or viewed fungi in the context of popular belief, superstition or religion.

May 11th 2024 was one of the biggest Aurora events in recent history. I'm usually to only person at this location in the past but on this night, it was standing room only. Everyone was going crazy and fixated on getting their shots, as was I.

What I didn't realise until everyone started posting, was that I was standing in the company of all my Instagram/Facebook hero's. Other really good astro photographers I had been following for years but never met in person. What a lost opportunity to meet and chat face to face. But I can't blame anyone, it was night for amazing photography, not chatting.

I must also apologise for the age of this post. I'm about a year behind in my Flickr posts at the moment but will try to catch up over the next month or so.

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