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Managed to capture some stunning colour just before the last of the light went for the day. I played about with shutter speeds and thought 3.2 seconds worked well in this situation. I hope you feel I got it right?
Sony A7iii (aperture priority AF). Overall, my experimenting with AF has produced mixed results. For quick shots AF is helpful. However, when you have time to compose your shot, manual focusing is infinitely better. Anyway. I had a short talk with this lady. She was eager to leave the footpath and walk on the road in order to get to the bus stop. She finds walking very difficult, in particular managing the kerbs that frequently interrupt the footpath. Why do cars get the privilege of running on a smooth and uninterrupted surface whilst pedestrians have to climb up and down the kerbs? And off she went, on the tarmac braving the cars.
Managed to snap this one as the sun was emerging over the horizon - the framing was a challenge with so much clutter
managed to catch a minute or so of good light after work from the Mt Jukes lookout, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia
I managed to capture the 2nd full moonrise of October on the night of Halloween. Otherwise known as a blue moon.
I made a little video showing how I took this picture, and what settings I used here youtu.be/9V0j5YRQ8YM
Managed to find some Wild Garlic (ramslök if you're wondering what the Swedish name is) in an aptly named location called Wild garlic valley. Though I think I was there a tad too early and need to come back at the start of June instead as there wasn't too much on show. There were plenty of mosquitos though...
We managed to get out and about yesterday, been feeling low so it was nice to feel the sun and fresh air. Whenever we are in Steveston we always buy a loaf of bread at Romania Country Bread. The owner built the wood-fired oven himself and is quite a character. All he makes is one type of bread and it costs ten dollars a loaf but it is fabulous. As for Win Win Chicken, haven't tried it yet :)
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listening to Pachelbel's Canon played by a rubber chicken :)
Managing to avoid the mizzle, which threatened to end the night early. Mart and I fired off a few shots. I like this simple orange background lighting and a cooler light used in the Backlight Scanner used through the archway.
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I've walked past this waterfall many times and it is usually barely more than a trickle. However, after many days of rain, it can be more interesting.
For the doubters among my followers...yep, I got the yip.
When I posted the Red-tailed Hawk yesterday, I mentioned that it flew across the prairie dog town while I was attempting to photograph a jump yip. Actually, I had already managed to get that shot about ten minutes before the hawk entered the scene.
During each trip to Black-tailed Prairie dog country, I've been rather intensively observing the little rascals with the intent of increasing my odds of capturing the jump yip. The payoff was that I captured nine of them during our latest trip.
Some info on jump yip behavior:
Black-tailed Prairie Dogs have a vast "vocabulary". Some scientists consider their vocalizations to be a language. They can communicate the type of predator/threat, the size, the color and whether it's on the ground or airborne.
One of their communications is called a "jump-yip" where one will stand up, seemingly without reason, on its haunches, lean back its head and call out "wee-oo." One of the main theories for this behavior has been that it's a signal of "all clear". But research has shown that they perform the jump-yip before, during and after dangerous events. Some researchers now conclude the whole point of jump-yipping is for one prairie dog to assess the alertness and responsiveness of his or her associates.
Managed to get this minutes before the clouds rolled in and ruined what looked to be a perfect sunset!!. Was one of those evenings that you don't care about the photo. It was just so beautiful and peaceful with dolphins feeding in close and wildlife pretty much the only company around me. I have tried for a vibrant sunset shot many times here and always fallen just short, but who cares with a scene like this :-)
I managed to scramble early to watch sunrise from the Alabama Hills in California. About 20 minutes before the sun's first rays hit the peaks of the Sierra Nevada, this neat pink/blue combination set in. Over the next 20 minutes they would completely change. There are so many great perspectives from these hills. Both formations are granite, with the foreground hills showing more weathering and soft shaping.
Finally managed to get a decent shot of this now rare localish car, its was parked outside the Ace Cafe, still taxed and MOT'd too.
Managed to catch this small private Porsche Carrera GT run leaving yesterday.
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I managed to catch this view with Ailsa Craig sitting on the horizon from the course at St. Nicholas Golf Club not long before the rain came pouring down!
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Managed to get out this morning before the snow disappears again. Stayed very local as wasn’t sure how good the roads were. The mist/fog was stuck on the higher ground, so I stayed relatively low and close to home. This was taken as I had just passed through a patch of fog, and spotted this little cluster of trees, with the sun just breaking through to give some diffused light. Liked the animal tracks leading toward the trees as well.
I managed some time to shoot for myself today. I have been wanting to visit the Burr Oak Woods Conservation Area for quite awhile now. When my friend and photographer, Michael Rosell, posted his image I knew that it was time to go. If you find your way out there, you will see this area is right at the main gate to the right. There is a very small parking area and a wooden fence. Make your way past the fence and up a very short trail to this grove. These trees feel like something out of Northern California.
These are actually Pine trees as well which is weird given the name of the park. I shot with my 24-105L, 85mm, and 50mm. There are quite a few different styles I chose to work with and I’m excited to hear which might be your favorite. I would encourage you to click on each one to get a further detailed look.
Managed to get a bit better background as well as one of the chicks with its head sticking out of the nest hole.
66174 approaches Grewgrass UWC (Cat Flatt Lane) at Marske-by-the-Sea, working 6N40 13.50 Tees Yard - Skinningrove loaded steel blooms. [Pole, 4.5/6 sections (~6m)]
This was booked to be about three-quarters of an hour behind the Boulby train I'd photographed at Grangetown and then central Redcar, and my original intention had been to do that near Longbeck station (round the corner, to the east of this spot) and then move here for this - a location I'd visited previously, but had not managed a shot in sun. There was plenty of time to move, and even a DMU in front so I could do a test shot (after which I extended the pole by an extra half a section) - I'd initially been undecided which lens to use (this 75mm equivalent or something shorter) and how high to go, especially as it was starting to get a bit windy.
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Whilst the amount of rain in Scotland can be tiresome at times, it always makes for great river and waterfall photos :)
She managed the pearls and the scarf, but Muriel thought she might need help clipping on the earrings. Personally, I'm just relieved she didn't find the red lipstick. :))
I bought these earrings for next to nothing in a local shop last year to use as a prop, but this is the first time they've seen the light of day. I was happy to see the theme this week!
For this week's Smile on Saturday! group theme, Earrings.
Managed to catch this guy early one morning at the front of my house. You really do have to go far to find beauty in the world, as long as you at least step out.
Same as the previous upload, except this time I altered the exposure and managed to catch some pretty sweet water flow.
WELL i went for a walk around around the local farm where you can usually see a mixture of animals, signs on the gates saying closed to protect the local fowls from Avion flue, if that's the case why would the still be filling the bird feeders ? anyway managed to get a decent shot of a long tailed Tit.
Managed to catch a gorgeous sunset over St Giles church at Sandiacre. Despite the saying of Red Sky at Night..It wasn’t a Shepherds Delight! Woke up to thick fog! 😳.
I managed to catch another nice sunset at home and I nipped into the field at the side of our property to catch a silhouette of this old Tree.
I have taken shots of it before and it won't be long now until the farmer has to take it down before it falls. It has had a long life and it still has a nice shape to its structure.
Manage to build a little snowman today with my grandkids, he started to melt nearly right away .... That is why he looks a bit scared xxxxx
Managed to get out this morning and pay the beach a visit - this time it was Newcastle Beach, NSW; Australia.
Here I've used the rusty posts that surround what's known locally as The Canoe (or World) Pool a children's saltwater pool that is located beside the Newcastle Ocean Baths.
The sun was pretty high in the sky so it was necessary for me to use my Lee Big Stopper and Lee .9 Hard Grad filters to create this long exposure image.
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Hope too that you have a wonderful week!!!
Finally managed to get back into my Flickr account after a friend told me they'd gone back to using the old login details, so I thought I'd rebuild my portfolio with a recent one from a trip to the Lakes last week.
Lone tree on a small island at Rydal Water in the Lake District. Taken during a torrential downpour of both rain and hail, during which my umbrella was blown across the lake to eventually sink, hence the title.
There was no goose covering theses eggs even from a distance where I paddled. Often the mother goose will lay down and be very quiet as I paddle by. Hopefully it will return and properly manage the eggs. A view of a typical goose covering a nest below…
managed to find some virgin snow at last
a rare hand held shot, and virtually no processing on this single exposure
Merry Chistmas to you all
Now also published in June's issue of Practical Photography Magazine.
Well… for the first time this year… I finally managed to shoot something that I’m actually quite pleased with!!
Maybe it’s all the crap weather (hot, windy & hazy) that we’ve had here in Cape Town recently… or maybe it’s just that I’m feeling like I’ve already shot every potential subject within an hour’s drive from my house… but I’ve been feeling terribly uninspired lately! The last couple of times that I have actually made the effort to go out and find something interesting to shoot… I’ve come back with only one or two (really boring) shots on the camera… not even worth the effort of copying them onto my computer! I was even beginning to think that I’d lost my photo-mojo somewhere… and that I would never find another landscape that really excited me! :)
But when I woke up yesterday and noticed the thick pea-soup-like fog outside… I jumped into some clothes… grabbed my gear and was driving within ten minutes of opening my eyes! We don’t often get foggy conditions where I live… so this was a real treat for me! But where to drive to… that was the million-dollar question!? As I was driving I noticed the fog starting to clear to the north… so I made a U-turn… and headed south! After a few kilometers I could see the fog was clearing on that side too… so I turned 90 degrees and drove in an Easterly direction! Please let me find a composition before the fog clears… I was thinking to myself… please don’t let me get back home without shooting anything!!
Then I suddenly remembered a farm dam nearby with some dead trees in it! I drove like a bat out of hell… noticing the fog getting thinner and thinner with every passing kilometer! Damn… the farm gate was locked… jump the fence and run Paul… just don’t miss this moment!
As you can see… I didn’t miss the moment!! I had to take off my shoes, roll up my pants and wade into the water to get in front of the reeds that were blocking this composition… but I did… and it was totally worth it!! I was in seventh heaven… this was exactly the kind of shot I was hoping to get… I even hummed a little tune to myself while driving home (a sure sign of a successful shoot)!
Nikon D300, Sigma 10-20mm at 12mm, aperture of f8, with a 1/1250th second exposure.
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I have not managed yet to do a current "time" challenge, however, when the challenge was set I thought about this image which is where my family used to live when I was aged 2-5. It is one of those places that becomes etched in your soul. My parents owned the local store in Pigeon Bay and they were the happiest of days which our family can remember. I visited it a few years back just to get a photo in time. I am sitting on the veranda of the shop.
Just managed to catch this very pale imm bird as it flew through A small clearing in the trees directly overhead so A snatch shot !!
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Close-up shot of the rapids in Glen Massan where the rocks have been carved into unusual shapes by millennias of water movement.
Haven't managed many photos during the recent bad weather so here's one from my Spain backlog. For most of my bird-watching years I have known this species as Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopicus cyanus). It was famous for having one of the most unusual distributions of any bird on the planet. They are found in far-eastern Asia (including China, Japan, Siberia) with a small population in Portugal and Spain, but occurring nowhere in the 9000 km gap between them. But in 2002 some genetic research was published that suggested they were different but near-identical species, and the European "species" became known as Iberian Magpie (Cyanopica cooki). The main difference is that the eastern species has about an inch of white at the tips of the blue central tail feathers. They are social birds, usually occurring in family groups that inhabit open woodland areas. I photographed this one mid-bounce in Spain's Coto Donana.
The eastern Azure-winged Magpie (C.cyanus) was first described by Peter Pallas in 1776, but the Iberian Magpie was first described as subspecies cooki by Charles Bonaparte (Napoleon's nephew) in 1850, and this name has subsequently been adopted for the new species. Iberian Magpie differs from Azure-winged mainly because it lacks the latter's white tips to the central tail feathers. But Iberian is also a bit smaller and browner-backed that eastern Azure-winged. The Cook after whom cooki was named was Captain Samuel Edward Cook (1787-1856) British geologist, naturalist and collector. Cook collected an Azure-winged Magpie in Spain in 1831, which was until then, only known from the Far East.
Somehow I managed to get between the male and female coyotes in the cold weather. -2 degress, no wind and sunny. She went back into the woods and I hung out for about 15 minutes. I could see both the male and female pacing on either side of me just inside the tree line. Finally the female decided to catch up to the male and I got my photo op.