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L A 40 dal set "From the ground" (Low Angle)
Un impiegato attraversa i giardini di porta venezia con la sua borsa, a Milano al tramonto
Set "From The ground" LA 27
"quando ho visto le sue scarpe io ho capito tutto di lei....." Bianca - Nanni Moretti
Giving my new, Sirui ST-124 travel tripod a workout.Great piece of kit. Rigid but very light. Folds up to a very portable size.
Den 1. Mai nutzen wir heute mit Begeisterung als freien Tag zum Tanz in den Mai und für Ausflüge.
Doch eigentlich beruht der Feiertag auf einem blutigem Protest.
Er geht auf den 1. Mai 1886 zurück, an dem in den USA ein mehrtägiger Generalstreik begann. Das Ziel der Arbeiter war es, einen Achtstundentag durchzusetzen. Doch die Lage eskalierte. Sowohl Demonstranten als auch Polizisten starben.
Am 4. Mai warf ein Teilnehmer der Proteste eine Bombe, die einen Polizist tötete. Bei den folgenden Kämpfen starben sieben Polizisten und wohl über 20 Arbeiter. 300 Demonstranten wurden verletzt.
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Most of the portraits I've taken of Scotch have been in darker settings, whether in a room with the lights dimmed or off or outside in the middle of the night. He's also usually sleeping or close to it during them which helps me with slower shutter speeds, spot shadowing and the ability to take the same shot with varying points of focus. While I like the style I'm developing with him and anticipate using that style if and when I ever photograph people, it probably doesn't give a full idea of what he actually looks like.
Scotch is a roan American Brittany Spanie and will be 13 in a month. I'd never seen a Brittany in person before taking him home the Sunday before Christmas in 2003. Since then, I've probably only seen 10 others in my life and he's been the only roan one I've come across. Most Brittanys are white with liver or white with orange. He's basically all orange with a bit of white. His colors started to fade a bit a few years ago and while his coat hasn't changed much, his face has gotten very white over the last two or three years.
He's always prefered being outdoors and often when I had bad insomnia, we'd just outside on the porch until I'd get tired enough. These days, we spend a lot of time on the balcony where he can watch people and animals on the side street below and get a good breeze in his face. This was shot in the middle of the afternoon on the last day of August using my mini tripod. We get a lot of sun at that time of day and this allowed me to use very quick shutter speeds and get a lot more detail than even while he's asleep and completely still. I usually end up in the 1/8th to 1/13th second range on a lot of those dark portraits at f/2.8 and ISO100-400 and this was 1/250th second at f/4.5.
It's almost 3 am here in LA but after I post this, we will probably sit out there until one of us has to wake the other to go back in :)
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Hollywood, California
August 31st, 2016
SETTINGS
Canon T4i
EF40mm f/2.8 STM
ISO 100
f/4.5
1/250th second
This is the moment a fox appeared from the woods after I had enticed it with some nibbles. There's a video of the fox I uploaded just before this photo if you wish to see it.
...are almost everywhere in Büyükada. Because cars and noisy motorcycles are not prohibited. Only vehicles allowed in the island for transformation are chariots and bicycles. The island is nearly identified with those things. And its ice cream of course.
Büyükada - Adalar/Prince's Islands - İstanbul
Southern Black Racer (a.k.a. Garden Snake; Coluber constrictor priapus) - Peeking out from under the variegated Umbrella bush (Schefflera arboricola) - The Space Coast of Florida
a.k.a. Hunter - Hunter
This guy was likely hunting Cuban Anoles (a.k.a. Brown Anoles ; Anolis sagrei) that tend to sit on the umbrella bush leaves hunting for Dragonflies and low flying buggers.
Bean on a solo run toward home. This doggie is having way too much fun modeling.
Have a great weekend / 4th of July everyone!!!!!!!
Bean's story:
Bean is a rescue dog who was born in an animal shelter. His mom, a Jack Russell was brought there after the owners moved and abandoned the pregnant dog in the house. Three pups were born and the smallest was not expected to live. We decided to take a look at this tiny little guy and hope for the best. After a couple of weeks we got the call that he did make it and we could pick him up. He was still so tiny weighing only 1lb. and when curled up looked like a little bean so that became his name. Along with the Jack Russell heritage he appears to be part Miniature Pinscher. We were told he would probably be small, weigh about 10 - 12 lbs and likely have some health issues but he surprised us all and at 1 1/2 years is 25 lb. medium size dog of pure energy and no health issues at all.
for our daily challenge - Low
Nikon D7000
Lens Nikkor 105mm f2.5 Ai
Exposure 1/1000 sec.
Aperture f/2.5
Focal Length 105 mm
ISO Speed 100
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美国－蒙大拿－冰川国家公园－Hidden Lake Trail－生如夏花
Summer flowers blooming by Hidden Lake trail at Logan Pass, with Clements Mountain in background, in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA.
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Abandoned gas station with light painting in Forest Green in Chariton County Missouri by Notley Hawkins Photography. Shot with a Canon EOS 5D Mark III camera with a Sigma 12-24mm lens at f.5.0 with a 139 second exposure. Processed with Adobe Lightroom 5.7.
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Our Daily Challenge: Low Angle
It was only 20 degrees today and I didn't feel like shooting a bunch of shots to get it right so this is what you get.
In an effort to get something different here at Corbett's Glen, I got my tripod about 2 ft. down in the water for this shot.
NO INVITES OR ICONS PLEASE
I thought I'd skip a day of Southern California sunsets to post another Scotch portrait I shot last week. Autumn is finally here--at least the LA version--and with it came a large drop in temperature. For the last few weeks, the days have been mostly perfect, a slight breeze blowing and much cooler evenings. It's no longer chillier in the apartment than outside so Scotch have I are back to spending a great deal of time on the balcony, mostly after he comes back from a walk or gets worked up. Typically I'll sit there with him while he searches for his breath and once that happens, he falls right to sleep.
A year ago when this illness first starting showing up, he simply sounded a bit louder when breathing and couldn't quite keep up the pace he had become accustomed to. He still followed me eagerly out to the car everyday, ready and excited for wherever we'd wind up. My camera bag and tripod had a Pavlovian hold over him and we'd head out into the countryside where he'd end up sleeping at my feet, between me and the tripod. Now, I have to encourage a frozen, timid eyed dog to the car if we need to go anywhere. The effects of age, frequent vet visits over the last year and the 4,000+ mile trip to Southern California seemed to officially end his enjoyment for the car. I still don't regret the decision to move with a senior dog to California in the dead of winter...just wish it had been able to happen a few years earlier.
This week hasn't been particularly great for him and I always struggle to go photograph a beautiful sunset while he's at home sleeping peacefully or having difficulty settling down. I feel guilty. My passion for photography grew from our early adventures together. When he was having terrible seizures as a very young dog, constantly nervous and upset, and getting bullied by almost every dog we'd come across, it didn't seem like he'd be around too long so we spent a considerable amount of my free time road-tripping out to the countryside where he could run off leash, and enjoy being a hunting dog. In turn, I began to photograph him both because it was one of the few ways to see him happy and carefree but also because the vet didn't give me much hope for a long life and I wanted to photodocument him while I could. That's literally the only reason I got into photography and now each trip is alone. He just doesn't have the stamina and it's just not fair to drag him along. He's happier at home.
When he's asleep, you wouldn't think there's anything wrong with him at all. When he's awake and calm, he acts pretty normal, but if out on a walk or worked up, he sounds terrible. From afar, people have told me how young they thought Scotch was and up close it's a lot of sympathetic "awwwws" as he pants with me simply saying "he's an old guy". He's still 100% alert, happy and will always prefer to run vs walk, even though he must know it's bad for him at this point. This week however, his heavy breathing has transformed a bit from the really heavy panting into a quiet struggle for air. He shows no signs of panic but silently gasps like a fish out of water until it settles down. Then, it's usually back to normal or to sleep. His seizures were horrible to see when we were both young and each time, I sat there trying to stay calm while reassuring a dog he'd be ok. Now, a decade later, I'm doing the same. When he's extremely worked up, I worry about what I might find in the morning but each day when I wake, he's calm and happy, like the previous night never happened. We had several dogs die from cancer in our family at various stages in life and in those cases, you could see one day when the dog finally had no fight left and was ready and at peace. I keep expecting him to become depressed or unhappy but he doesn't seem ready just yet. He's still extremely happy to be alive. His appetite is fine, his tail never stops wagging, he still jumps up and runs to the door when I pick up his harness, he still runs the second he goes off leash, and he never turns down treats or people food. At some point soon down the road, his breathing will go from stressed to distressed and there won't be anything either of us can do. Until that happens though, I don't expect him to to give in or give up.
This was shot a few nights ago when he was extremely relaxed and lounging comfortably on his memory foam bed.** He has a gel insert on it that keeps him a little cooler all the time. he rotates throughout the day all over the apartment, but this is his favorite spot other than maybe the back porch. He's a big fan of the armrest obviously. Most of his photos recently have come on this couch because I want to disturb him as little as possible when I shoot. He's still so full of life even if his body is slowly letting him down. Still checking the weather daily at the closest mountains, waiting for snow :)
▪️SCOTCH▪️
•Age 13 portrait
•Hollywood, California
•October 25th, 2016
▪️SETTINGS▪️
•Canon T4i
•EF40 f/2.8 STM
•@40mm
•ISO 200
•f/2.8
•1/10th second
--dimmed overhead lighting and iphone 6+ flashlight to illuminate the face.
**and for anyone who is looking for a really high quality bed for their aging [or regular] pet, I would recommend this one in an instant. Scotch used to get my old Rottweiler's hand me down dog beds but I wanted to put that one on the balcony and get him a really comfortable one for inside. We ordered and returned a few before settling on this bed. I got it in Large since he likes to stretch out and it seems very durable, easy to clean and the armrests wrap 3/4 around the bed. It's more than I wanted to pay but it's definitely worth it. I got it off Amazon:
Petfusion Ultimate Pet Bed & Lounge
Size: Large
www.amazon.com/dp/B00TQ47CPW/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_c_api_kQAgyb...
Taken at Boundary Bay, Delta, BC on September 4 2015.
For years I have wanted to photograph a Red Knot at Boundary Bay. These birds are present in the area in small numbers throughout most of shorebird migration, but they are very tricky to find among thousands of Black-bellied Plovers. While I see these birds fairly frequently, this is the first time I have ever managed to get close to one for photos!