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This young Coyote has not learned - yet - how to catch a prairie dog. He knows they are down there. He can smell them. No doubt he has tasted them, thanks to Ma and Pa Coyote. But he can't know that there is a listening and turnaround post 3-5 ft down from the burrow entrance, and that the entry shaft can be 14 ft deep, and then a long horizontal tunnel leads to one or more alternative or backdoor exits 50-70 ft from the main entrance, with sleeping chambers along the way, and even an excrement chamber. He has no chance of getting down there. A weasel or ferret can do it. The ferocious digging machine we call a badger can do it. But not Coyote.
Coyote is probably surviving on voles and mice, of which the prairie has plenty, supplementing its diet with whatever else is available. This may include an occasional grouse or partridge, rabbits and hares, porcupines, ground squirrels, carrion, and buffaloberries. Birds' eggs will not be available until next spring. I once photographed a Coyote digging frozen fish out of a shallow pond in December. Each prey species involves a different technique, and Coyote must learn them all from scratch. Tomorrow we shall see how difficult it is to stalk a prairie dog in the open...
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2020 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
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I have had this lensbaby lens now for five years or so. If I am honest it has intimidated me from the get-go. But I am determined to learn some of it's beautiful capabilities. If anyone has any tips I would love to hear them.
Many thanks to Telzey for the texture!!
This is a combination of a texture donated to the Textures for Layers group by Telzey, plus several of my own pictures. It was a bit hard to work out when to stop adding more - and I hope I didn't already go too far .... lol
Explore #243, February 10, 2008
Thank you all for your encouraging comments and faves!!
Coyote does indeed know where the prairie dogs live - but that won't help him catch one. Each of these species is faced with the same problem: outsmart the other, or die. Although, to be fair, Coyote has other menu options.
Our unseasonal cold snap has broken, now, and rising temperatures are quickly melting all the snow that fell last week. I'm hoping that over the next few days activity will resume in the dogtowns. For now, this is the last in the current coyote series; beginning tomorrow, a new set.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2020 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Back to my personal challenge, another from the abandoned Dungeness collection. This one I only discovered last night and decided there was so much going on in the shot I didn't need to do much post editing.
With regard to taking the original shot, on reflection, I could have framed one of the boats through the anchor ring, but there you go, all part of the learning curve!
three more practise shots from today using a different metering mode and changing to 14 bit files , not sure whether its worth it as it slows the camera down a bit , there's a slight edge in detail but is it enough ....
Image Post Processing Experiments
This collage shows nine post processing experiments on my moon shot last Sunday. All digital cameras have software that determines the image presented to the user. You may want to show different presentations for visual effects or feature emphasis.
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For some time, I've set my sights on capturing more complex exposures involving hard/contrasting light conditions - mostly because I'm too lazy to get out for the sweeter early morning light. It also requires a learning curve on my part with Photoshop as Lightroom has been my go to app for several years. Looking at some of the images on Flickr by photographers whose work I admire like, Gavin Hardcastle, flic.kr/ps/NBGMP has inspired me to experiment with blending exposures.
The mid afternoon light in this scene was terrible with the sun over/behind the falls and a grey patchy sky being blown about by gusty winds. I shot two exposures - one for the sky and one for the darker cliff walls. Consequently, the final image was an experiment to see how the two would blend together. Next is focus stacking.
Yes, made it through 2+ years of pandemic and I finally succumbed to the lure of the air fryer ads— giggling
ANSH scavenger18 sweet
Smile on Saturday
Multi Colour Bubble Bokeh
(Sorry, Maria, this isn't the greatest... just got a new camera for Christmas, lol!)
Substance or Cartesian dualism.
Substance dualism is a type of dualism most famously defended by René Descartes, which states that there are two kinds of foundation: mental and body. This philosophy states that the mental cannot exist outside of the body, and the body cannot think.
A Syrup Tinhole shot of a very small part of St Michaels graveyard. Unfortunately, it's the wrong small part of the graveyard, as I was careless and the hole wasn't pointing quite where I thought it was, thus missing the appealing faded rose buds and clump of snowdrops. There's a reason viewfinders became popular.
On the positive side, the exposure is perfect :-)
We're Here: Nothing to see here
28/365.
The challenge for the group I'm in (52Frames) was levitation. And since the Princess Tornado didn't seem interested in being the victi... I mean the model, Annie volunteered. This turned into an all day nightmare as I struggled to figure out Lightroom and Photoshop to remove the background and add a shadow. I'd like to say I learned something with this challenge, but no. I didn't. I don't even remember how many YouTube videos I watched! :D Annie is becoming a pro at modeling for me and this is the third time I have used her for these group photos.
My room is a mess and my mind in ten places at once today. I've been attempting to make digital negatives for cyanotype contact prints...with only moderate success. Anyway...I officially have no more tabletop space and will need to clean up this evening. More news on my blog...maybe...later :)
Before and After! I'm really happy with how this turned out. I had taken probably a dozen or so base snapshots the day before and hated them so much that I trashed them all. Wasn't sure if it was the pose, the WL, or the entire concept. So glad I didn't give up on it all together!
three more practise shots from today using a different metering mode and changing to 14 bit files , not sure whether its worth it as it slows the camera down a bit , there's a slight edge in detail but is it enough ....
I have a fondness for small town movie theatres, even though I stopped going to movies regularly a number of years ago. This one is in Shaunavon, Saskatchewan.
Am still learning how to use the Rokinon 8mm. If some of the lines appear bent, that's my learning curve.
Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2017 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Foto presa amb una Kodak Retina II (model 142), fabricada entre 1937 i 1939; objectiu Schneider-Kreuznach Xenon f2.8 / 50mm; Fomapan 100 revelat "invers" amb HC110 dil. A, clorur ferric i amoniac.
Per a aquesta partida de proves de revelat revers (és a dir, positiu directe/diapositiva), he fet servir HC110 dilució A com la majoria d'altres, però per la part final del procés hi he afegit un canvi. En comptes de re-exposar el negatiu a una bombeta durant un minut o més i després fixar-lo, he fet servir Iron Out com recomana el canal Analog Resurgence. Curiosament aquest producte en pols, dissolt a raó de 14 gr. per 300 ml. d'aigua destilada (SOBRETOT aigua destilada, el procés falla amb aigua de la aixeta) re-exposa i fixa d'una tirada el negatiu. I resulta que aquest producte (Iron Out) és... un desembussador de lavabos!!!
Cal deixar el Iron Out 5 minuts amb la pel·licula, remenant 10 seg. cada minut, i després ja es pot fer el rentat final com sempre.
Doncs funciona prou bé, com podeu veure, i també l'he provat amb revelat revers de pel·licula de 8mm, on treure-la de l'espiral per a re-exposar-la sembla molt més delicat i tediós.
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Photo taken with a Kodak Retina II (model 142) made c.1937-1939; Schneider-Kreuznach Xenon f2.8 / 50mm lens; Fomapan 100 reversal developed, with HC110 dil. A, and ferric chloride and ammonia double bleach.
For this batch of reverse (ie direct positive/slide) tests, I used HC110 dilution A like most others, but for the final part of the process I added a change. Instead of re-exposing the negative to a light bulb for a minute or so and then fixing it, I used Iron Out as recommended by the Analog Resurgence YouTube channel. Interestingly, this powder product, dissolved at a rate of 14 gr. per 300 ml. of distilled water (ESPECIALLY distilled water, does NOT work with tap water) re-exposes and fixes the negative in one run. Do it for 5 minutes and inversions every minute. And it turns out that this product (Iron Out) is... a toilet unclog!!!
It works well enough, as you can see, and I've also tried it with exposed 8mm cinema film reversal development, where removing it from the spiral to re-expose seems much more delicate and tedious.
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Australian Flag. Flag of Australia. Stone Texture.
Digital 3D render in Photoshop. Smooth, weathered, dark stone texture. Lighting from top center.
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Playing with manual focus and water drops...
Straight from the camera (except for a bit of a crop), hand held Canon Powershot S3 IS, using manual focus on SuperMacro setting.
Explore #274, February 9, 2008.
Thank you all!
Yorick and I struggled to do a pic today. The mojo was harder to find than toilet roll in Tesco. So he suggested having a play in photoshop and maybe doing something a bit spacey.
So here he is, selected and masked, over some sort of gold death star thing, over an electric blue night sky.
Things I am learning tho are how to layer up multiple images and resize them. It's not brilliant, but it's a learning curve.
Straight out of my Syrup Tinhole camera. A non-pose is the only pose when the exposure is over four minutes. The annoying thing is that my exposure guestimate was way out and this was much too overexposed. I probably only needed a minute or so. Ho hum, next time.
We're Here: SOOC
22/365
American Flag. Flag of The United States of America. Stone Texture.
Digital 3D render in Photoshop. Smooth, weathered, dark stone texture. Lighting from top center.
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I've decided that I really enjoy seeing this quick slideshow of the before and after on the photos. When you've stared at an image for a while, trying to make it into something amazing, you can lose sight of everything you did!
With this one I wondered, "Did I really change that much?" So seeing it like this I can immediately recognize the work I did!
Coyote is trying a new strategy. This is the same coyote we met in yesterday's upload (and the previous day); she's young and inexperienced. Now her plan is to slink along the bottom of a slope. Prairie dogs are at the top, feeding and keeping a communal lookout for predators, but they can't see her. She can't see them, but the wind is in her favour and her nose and ears tell her everything she needs to know.
She was patient. She lay flat, waiting, alert. Then suddenly she broke into a dash up the hill. One prairie dog had strayed to about the halfway point between her and the safety of its burrow. She had a chance. But... no reward. Another miss.
Voles for lunch. Again. Sigh.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan. Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2017 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
From a test shoot at my Studio Portraiture class with Clarity2008 in front of the camera.
The lighting is a Bowen flashhead with a snoot, shot from the front, slightly right and sightly above, with a white reflector from the left to blanace out the shadows The light's set for an f8 exposure.
Wildlife can be cute or sweet or adorable, but let's not forget that they are wild. This snarl was not directed at me - at least I don't think so, as I was some distance away in my car blind - and there was no rival in the vicinity. It's just Coyote in a snit (woa, anthropomorphism alert!) after failing to nab a prairie dog. Life is hard out there. Sometimes you eat, and sometimes you don't.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan. Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2017 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
three more practise shots from today using a different metering mode and changing to 14 bit files , not sure whether its worth it as it slows the camera down a bit , there's a slight edge in detail but is it enough ....
went out this morning to practise some regular old photography, shot twenty or so different scenes, waves, rocks, trees, reflections, cliff faces, swamp, shot some vid, etc. and so far i like this scene the best because it is the simplest. in hindsight it seems to have a bit of a jaundice that i'm not quite happy with? heres an aside: i used to practise to be a jazz musician, i spent years practising scales and technique that would let me forget the instrument and find the music, and this is how i try to approach developing a photo, whereby i try to play the sliders and dodge and burn, and sharpen and filter, and try to realize the scene as i saw it without regard for anything other than: do i like it. but the learning curve is so much more visually obvious than with the music i used to play. well i hope ya like it, and have a nice day- Nate from Maine Usa.
Just got my new camera this afternoon, sitting at the kitchen table, across from Dorothy who was daydreaming, I snapped this quick shot to christen the new unit. Now I need to sit down and read the manual, never shot Canon before, lots of new bells and whistles to figure out.
Oh, and I uploaded the gigantic version so anyone interested in the quality of the 30D can have a peek. Not sure if I have optimized the camera settings yet, but...
Honey and oatmeal with lemongrass essential oil, made in my kitchen using as many natural local products as possible.
I've used local spring water which is crystal clear and tastes wonderful and also local honey. I know quite a few people with sensitive skins and hopefully this will be a very gentle exfoliating soap.
I always enjoyed the sciences at school and college so it was good to be experimenting again. The bars have to cure for over a month, and I can hardly wait to use some - they smell delicious.
I have recently acquired a Voigtlander Bessa 1, a folding rangefinder camera dating from the 1950s. I'm enjoying having a medium format camera I can slip into a coat pocket but I'm still getting to grips with actually using it. It takes me a ridiculous amount of time to take a photo.
1. meter light with phone.
2. set aperture.
3. set shutter speed.
4. estimate distance to subject and set focus.
5. take photo - and it won't.
6. realise I haven't wound on.
7. open little window and wind on film.
8 take photo - and it won't.
9. realise I haven't cocked the shutter.
10. cock shutter
11. take photo, assuming subject hasn't wandered off/died of old age.
Spontaneous it ain't!
15/365
Long gone are the days of good ole Flickr.....I joined Flickr 9 years ago, and it's just not the same....people have left by the droves. I find this truly sad, because I loved Flickr back in those days. It's a huge learning curve for me, but I've opened up an IG account. Please be sure to leave me your IG name, so I can find you!!
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Read a very disturbing article today about a dam which Brazil government is planning to build on one of the tributaries of Amazon river named Xingu river. The more disturbing fact is to construct this Belo Monte Dam more than 500sqkms of rain forest will be destroyed and more than 40000 people who have been living around the area will be completely uprooted and will be displaced to elsewhere. Rainforest are something which has an annual rainfall of 1750–2000 mm. We have already destroyed most of the rain forests but now by doing this we are making sure there is nothing left. We have already pushed the ground water to greater depths, we have sucked in whatever we can from the earth and now we are digging deeper to suck out the remaining. Its no certainty that water from the deep should be pure, there could be huge % of arsenic and lead in the water which we are not aware of. As of now we are happy destroying the world around for our selfish wishes. Once they are all gone, no matter how technologically advanced we are, we will never be able to recreate nature. Let's do something. Thanks for your patience in reading this and visiting my stream
நீரின்றி அமையாது உலகென்றார் வள்ளுவர்,
உலகின் கடைசி சொட்டு நீரையும் உறிஞ்சி பருகிக்கொண்டிருக்கும் நாமும்,
தன் ஈரத்தையெல்லாம் சுரண்டிக்கொண்டிருக்கும் ஈரமில்லாத இதயங்களைத் தாங்கிக்கொண்டிருக்கும் புவியும்,
இவர்கள் இருவரும் இனி பிழைத்துக் கொள்வார்கள் என்ற நம்புவதற்கு ஒன்றெயொன்றுதான் நடந்திருக்க வேண்டும்,
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