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hi everyone:)
sorry for not beeing around lately at all:(
very busy time for me at the moment......
have no new stuff i am afraid and i post this square version of a previous post:)
hope you like it:)
at least now the sun is back and the light is becoming more and more delicious and i hope soon i will get out and fill up my archives:)
anyways, sorry for not beeing around but i hope soon to drop by everyone:))
take care and have a lovely week:)
Johnny :))
An early morning walk across the fields and I couldn't resist this shot, I didnt want to take the converter off because of the mist so took the shot.As the Master once said "make the most of what you have"
Scotch and I took our time between New Orleans and Arizona but after leaving the Petrified Forest, I set the GPS to Vegas and decided to just get some sleep, wake up early on Christmas Eve, and arrive in Hollywood. It was sunny but extremely windy through Nevada and into California by mid afternoon, I just wanted to stop driving.
I pulled off I-15 to let Scotch out and realized we were at the entrance to the Mojave National Preserve. I think this was Hinkley, California but am not 100% sure. The one gas station was packed with tacky items out front and a line of people inside for the bathroom and snacks.
We drove slowly down the road that led to the Preserve for a few miles before turning around as my LA arrival time was starting to get really close to rush hour. Usually on open rode and no cars in sight, I'd drive extremely slowly looking for things to photograph. The landscape was pretty barren and not all that pretty (though admittedly we didn't really go anywhere out of sight of the highway), but the road itself was nice. I don't recall seeing a road this color but it worked really well with the surrounding colors. We only stayed over here for about a half hour but didn't see another sign of life (or cars) until we got back to that gas station.
Mojave Desert
Hinkley, California
December 24th, 2015
Temp: 58F
Wind: 42MPH
Time: 1:05PM
SETTINGS:
Canon Rebel T4i
EF-S 18-135mm IS STM
@29mm
ISO 100
f/9
1/100 second
CPL
Photography workshop with Ryan Dyar
17 June - 1 July 2017
Here’s another shot from Deadvlei, Namibia, that I shot many years ago and recently reprocessed. Just after I posted the reworked version of this image here, I got a print request for another. Not surprisingly, the same thing happened: I searched for the file, opened it in Photoshop to resize and sharpen it, but never actually got that far.
Upon closer inspection of the file, I noticed some things that I had previously overlooked. They were small details, but enough to make me decide to start again from scratch. I kept the ‘old’ file open in PS as an example, and started working on the original NEF in Lightroom. That’s where I made most of the changes, and then I did the fine tuning in PS.
What has changed? I reworked the sky/dense fog, especially where it creeps over the dunes in the background, and I did some work on the blacks to get better definition in there. I also managed to get much more of the original crispness back - not sure how I screwed that up back then. I still like the overall mood and color balance, so I didn’t change much there.
Again, this just proves how our skills evolve and so do our taste and vision. I really like this ongoing creative process where no piece is ever truly finished nor perfect. As a matter of fact, each time I’ve reworked an older shot, I want to find myself some more. But that would be unfair to the new and still completely unprocessed images that are eagerly awaiting their moment of glory :-)
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Our Namibia tours usually fill up years in advance, so we decided to add an extra one for 2017 and 2018. Those tours will be led by one of the finest landscape photographers here on 500px and beyond: Ryan Dyar. Ryan is not only a great guy to travel with, he is also a post-processing wizard, and he will show you a bunch of tricks to get the most out of your images.
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Hope to see you there!
Marsel
©2016 Marsel van Oosten, All Rights Reserved. This image is not available for use on websites, blogs or other media without the explicit written permission of the photographer.
Diesel the dachshund and my 5 year old grandson on the bank of the Hudson River at Norrie Point State Park ~ Staatsburg, NY
Timelapse Clouds Over A Bristlecone Pine Tree. It was super windy on the ridge and the winds blew in a snow flurry as I was packing up.
#TimelapseTuesday
#LowAngle
#FlickrFriday
#IHateFlickrFriday
#FlickrFridaySux
From 1:05 pm to 2:02pm
About 1012 photos taken every 3 seconds @ 30fps. (I should've uploaded the 48fps vidya)
My perennial lawn daisies are coming in nice this year, and they seem to be attracting many nature photographers.
Spring in Wisconsin.
A single snowdrop photographed outdoors with natural light (and a bit of a gentle breeze).
These are tough, tiny woodland flowers that signal Spring is near.
Taken at Boundary Bay, Delta, BC, Canada on April 18 2015.
The northbound shorebird migration is beginning, so I decided to check out Boundary Bay today. It still is very early for migrant shorebirds and not surprisingly only the wintering Dunlin and Black-bellied Plovers were to be seen. This particular Dunlin was very cooperative, and I spent a while photographing it. The tide was far out, so I walked over 1.1 kilometers out on the mudflats before stopping to photograph this guy, according to the GPS in my camera! After a while of slithering around in the mud on my belly, I left this bird to feed and headed back to shore, soaking wet!
Shorebird photography workshops are available! If you want learn how to shoot the migrant shorebirds at Boundary Bay, go to: lironsnaturephotography.com/workshops.php
This is what you see when you eat the wrong kind of mushrooms. A fanciful take on this week's Looking Close... On Friday Challenge, Mushrooms.
The dog turned 13 on friday and I spent most of the weekend lounging around with the old guy and relaxing on the balcony in the cooler weather. I was supposed to take him to the Vet sunday at 5pm to get his nails cut and a few of his annual tests and shots out of the way but by 3pm with heavy clouds and periodic rain drops, I figured I'd give him a full weekend of no stress. I also was hoping to maybe head out somewhere to shoot what seemed like an inevitably great sunset. Well, I didn't make it anywhere. I had considered Venice but with high surf conditions (see? i learned my lesson from last time) i knew reflections would be tough and I'd simply end up in the exact same area as always. I drove the 10 minutes to Hollywood Bowl Overlook and found a line of cars and tourist vans waiting to enter the approximately 5 parking space lot. After a few u-turns, I decided to just head back down Mulholland Drive and go home. From what I could see off the balcony, the sunset was nice with plenty of layered clouds and pink and purple hues. Basically like so many East facing sunsets I saw when I first arrived.
The forecast shows mostly cloudy with some light rain possible over much of the next 2 weeks so I wasn't too bummed out to miss sunday's sundown even if it would've looked amazing from the overlook with the hollywood sign to the left and downtown LA straight ahead. I planned to go to Laguna Beach for the first time today but when I finally set out, many of the streets right around the apartment were blocked off and traffic was nearly stopped in all directions. The GPS said i'd arrive 25 minutes before sunset and it seemed pretty silly to spend almost 2 hours in the car going somewhere I'd never been for such a short period of time. There's a lot to explore over there and as usual, poor planning and traffic forced me to change my plans.
I spent 20 minutes driving towards Santa Monica Pier before changing course for Hermosa Beach Pier. The one time I went to Hermosa was back in early January, about 10 days after Scotch and I arrived here. After a sleepless night, he and I set out just before sunrise and explored the areas between Dockweiler beach all the way to Rancho Palos Verdes and the only time I came back over there was a few nights later for that sunset at Manhattan Beach. From photos I've seen, Hermosa pier has some similarities to Venice and since it's adjacent to Manhattan Beach Pier, I had a good idea where the sunset would line up.
I didn't move more than 15 feet from this particular spot and this was still before the sun set below the horizon. I moved only when the glare was bad or the view semi obstructed. The sunset itself was less impressive that I expected and a few other photographers near echoed those thoughts but it was still a beautiful sight and a nice deviation from Venice Beach. The colors lingered a while and my intention was to head up to the pier for some nice symmetrical shots from that vantage but i got wrapped in a conversation with a older gentleman who's been photographing here since the mid 1960s and it turned out to be a real eye opener for me. He claimed to be a luddite when it came to technology but he spoke of photography like an expert and explained some things to me I never learned in the first place or even realized I needed to understand. By the end of the conversation, I felt like I owed him money for the valuable information and perspective he provided. Maybe in the future, I won't be so closed off when I'm shooting around other people. It's a successful night when I can get some sunset shots and learn something new about photography or get a few questions answered.
▪️WHEN & WHERE▪️
•Hermosa Beach Pier
•Hermosa Beach, California
•October 24th, 2016
▪️SETTINGS▪️
•Canon T4i
•EF-S 18-135mm IS STM
•@24mm
•ISO 100
•f/13
•25 seconds
•ND1000
•CPL
Looking straight up from the base of this magnificent giant, I wanted to convey the feeling of insignificance that only ancient forests can inspire. The light filtering through the canopy creates a quiet dialogue between shadow and texture, revealing the remarkable structure of the trunk and branches.
Converted to black and white to remove the distraction of color, the image emphasizes form, contrast and the timeless character of this extraordinary tree. My intention was not to dramatize reality, but to reveal the silent grandeur already present in the scene.
Goose, ducks and swans around the shore by Lake Windermere. I had great fun photographing them as they where used to the people, giving me opportunities to capture some urban habitat. I used a shallow Dof to isolate the Goose in the foreground. I also like the mood giving with the Dof. I took lots of this and there's more to come. Happy weekend to you all!
The Drama Queen strikes again.
Hier die einordnende Aufnahme mit der Ricoh mit f/8 bei 18.3mm (28mm Kleinbildäquivalent). Korrespondierend dazu die Detailaufnahme mit der GFX mit f/1.7 bei 55mm (44mm Kleinbildäquivalent). Quasi der Kampf David gegen Goliath.