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Sitting optimistically next to a picnic hamper, Hubert is carefully keeping his clean shoes - as can be seen - off the tablecloth while hoping that there are some goodies coming his way.
When the new Railway Children film is out in 2022 Oakworth and the KWVR generally may well be very popular for tourists. It is anyway and it could get hectic.
Canon 50D | ISO 100 | f11| 1/2 | 10mm | Lee 0.6 and 0.9 Soft Grads
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More Point Cartwright love.
Flies are buzzing around my head
Vultures circling the dead
Picking up every last crumb
Big fish eat the little ones
Big fish eat the little ones
Not my problem give me some
You can try the best you can
If you try the best you can
The best you can is good enough
(x2)
This one's optimistic
This one went to market
This one just came out of the swamp
This one dropped a payload
Fodder for the animals
Living on an animal farm
If you try the best you can
If you try the best you can
The best you can is good enough
(x2)
I'd really like to help you man
I'd really like to help you man.....
Nervous messed up marionette
Floating around on a prison ship
If you try the best you can
If you try the best you can
The best you can is good enough
If you try the best you can
If you try the best you can
Dinosaurs Roaming the earth (x3)
Processing
Landscape calibration, saturation, softlight, clarity, curves, recovery, extra gradient on the sky.
I set out this afternoon with the rather specific intention of making a self-portrait photograph in a very precise composition with a particular shade of red light. I had thought about it for a while; it was intended to have symbolic resonance, etc. And the image I had imagined looked compelling...
But then reality set in. I had a hard time getting the focus right (since I couldn't see the viewfinder), and the problem seemed to be exacerbated because I was shooting in red light; not only did the red wash throw off contrast settings, it also seemed to throw off the macro autofocus. (I have no idea why red light seemed to complicate the focusing. Any insights from the flickersphere?)
So -- after a "failed" set of self-portraits (which I'll optimistically chalk up to "a learning experience"), I decided to turn the camera back on my glasses to capture a different take on the red light (and a distanced self-portrait).
Photographed at 9:12PM PST from Penticton, British Columbia.
The colours of this total lunar eclipse seemed a little subdued compared to a few other lunar eclipses I have seen in recent years. Did not seem at all ominous or portending doom to a simple, optimistic guy like me.
“Reaching out, for new heights
You inspired me to try
Felt the magic inside
And I felt that I could fly
I'm looking at the world in an optimistic light
You made me appreciate my life
'Cos when you came you were like
Sunshine through my window
That's what you are
My shining star (Sunshine)
Making me feel like
I'm on top of the world
Telling me I'll go far.”
Sunshine | Gabrielle
A group of fishermen take a break from casting their reels to enjoy the dramatic sunset as the storm clouds roll in. Sandy Point, Trinidad & Tobago.
So the forecast for today turned out to be a bit optimistic. Mostly Sunny, mid-70s. The latter was accurate, but it was substantially overcast, often with dark clouds. High humidity, and not a wisp of a breeze.
In other words, possible to do macro work, but less than ideal. So I made it into a retro day. I decided to go out and show what older gear could do...if I was successful. Took the D7100 and a Nikon macro lens that came out in 1973 (and hasn't been upgraded or replaced.) And a tripod...the only hope in those lighting conditions.
It was intended as more a play day than a serious outing. I wanted to see how 'macro-ish' I could be
This photo is one of the first I shot, as I was trying to dial in exposure settings. The D7100 settings are quite different than the newer bigger cameras. The glass, though, always tells the tale.
My two immediate reactions to the D7100...a camera I relied on as my main body for several years...were noticeable immediately. First, burst mode. What was considered fairly speedy when the D7100 came out is very slow now, and seems to have a 'check with me' feature which complicated things. Even in burst mode, with lower light, it seemed to want to confirm either focus or exposure before doing the burst. Probably a menu setting I've forgotten about since then. Not a serious drawback.
The other noticeable thing is no surprise...but not wonderful just the same. I've always relied on higher ISO settings...always pushing any particular camera to give me extra stops of exposure via higher ISO. The D7100 may have been an ISO improvement over previous cameras (though the D300 shot better at higher ISO, and it is some years older.)
Initially I set the D7100 to an ISO sensitivity just slightly lower than I would the D500 or D4s. That turned out to still be too high, with noticeable 'noise'. I dropped it back to ISO1000, which wasn't bad (this photo for example)...and then to even lower sensitivity. The darker sky environment was not conducive to ISO experiments.
There are always other ways to get a bit more shutter speed...without resorting to flash. This photo is a reasonable example of what is possible with fairly appropriate settings and a steady tripod.
My mage's cosplay of an what Conan would dress like as an optimist. The sword's rubber.
Nocturne RP sim
Optimistic Sharp-shinned Hawk foraging for nesting materials.
Common activity... uncommon species for this area.
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Ser optimista no le hace daño a nadie. Siempre puedes llorar luego.
Lucimar Santos de Lima.
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I am not sure if this pedal rikshaw driver smiled like this because he was having his photo taken or because he was hopeful of getting a customer. I liked how this turned out though.
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
January 2019
Ptilopsis leucotis
Northern white-faced Owl - Noordelijke witwangdwergooruil (Spain)
Canon 7D + Canon EF 300mm F2.8 L IS USM + 2x TC
March 17, 1979. The bright and optimistic blue of the Rock Island will always carry the not-so-endearing name of "Bankruptcy Blue". But it sure does look good on this autorack at Meyersdale, PA
Hey folks, I'm currently really busy getting my website to work and printing business cards and other stuff. So, I'll catch up on you and you know that I will! :-)
Take care,
Flo
Two trees by Eastman Lake..
Drove down to Durand Eastman Park on a sunny afternoon last week. I was shooting that roll at ISO 800, so I used a red filter to drop it to ASA 100. I figured it was a sunny-16 day so I see the exposure at f/16 for 1/100. The sunny-16 was rather optimistic; the negatives were fairly light, though they scanned well enough.
Argus C3 Brick with the 50mm lens with red filter
Kentmere Pan 400 developed at 800
Epson Perfection V500 Photo Scanner
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The 50mm f/1.4 has been a solid walkabout lens for me so far. It is light and handles almost anything thrown at it. Love it!
An optimistic great blue heron has become a regular visitor at our garden pond. The fish are protected by a net, so hunting success is not driving the visits. Perhaps it hopes that, one day, the net will be gone.
The Grand Opera House opened in April 1909. Its investors were 14 businessmen, including William Bell who shared an optimistic vision for the young city of about 4,200 – neighbouring Copper Cliff's population was about 3,000. The theatre originally had more than 1,000 seats, three balconies, majestic high ceilings, sophisticated art nouveau decorations throughout and an elegant lobby.
In December 1929, the first all-talking feature movie, “Lights of New York,” was shown. The owners of the renamed Grand Theatre invested $20,000 to install the Vitaphone sound system, which involved a record disc played in sync with the film.
During the 1930s, the Grand was owned by William Mason, owner of the Sudbury Star.*
The Grand survived The Depression, the death of vaudeville, and the Second World War. But by 1949, it was in need of major repairs. New owners renovated the building into two movie theatres, the Empire and the Plaza.
Laurentian University used the offices in the building at 28 Elgin for classes until its campus opened in 1964. Later, Gauvreau Academy of Dance and Modeling was located in the upper offices.
When the movie theatres closed in 1986, Ted Szilva, developer of the Big Nickel tourist attraction, bought the building for $400,000 and spent another $200,000 on renovations. Ornate chandeliers from the Capitol Theatre on Durham Street were installed and this added to the grandeur.
Legendary performer Tony Bennett opened the revitalized performance centre in 1987. During a renaissance from 1987 to the mid-1990s, it booked A-list entertainers such as Johnny Cash, Celine Dion, Tom Jones, Nana Mouskouri, k.d. lang, Conway Twitty, Wayne Newton, Engelbert Humperdinck, Crowded House, George Carlin, the Smothers Brothers, Howie Mandel and the Beach Boys.
Szilva's plans may have been too grand. Although Sudbury audiences were enthusiastic about its heady schedule of entertainment, the city's population was not large enough or wealthy enough to fill the theatre night after night. The building went into receivership.
Claude Michel purchased the Grand with his father, Arnel, and two private investors in 1988. He continued to book top acts, but asked the city for relief for property taxes of $50,000. The city "rented" the theatre for 40 nights over 12 months and community art groups could apply to use the space at no cost. The relief program ended in 1996.
Michel found running a nightclub, then known as the Big Thunder Bar, more profitable. The seats were removed and the sloped floor was levelled. Office space in the building was converted into apartments.
The Grand was put on the market in 1999 for $1 million, but there was little interest from prospective buyers. Michel finally sold it in 2013.
Today, the Grand Nightclub is a popular dance club that also books concerts and rents space for theatre productions and special events. A second bar, in the old Plaza theatre space formerly known as Coyotes, is now called Fuse.
Explored September 18, 2023 #260.
I already purchased the pots & aquatic soil for my sprouting water Lotus/water lily seeds. I will just have to add water & hope the cats don’t mess with them. The pot has a magnolia design.
Malmö / Konungariket Sverige
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An optimistic trip to Sidmouth for sunrise proved just that - optimistic. Therefore I tried to make what I could of this breakwater that I always have trouble with, composition-wise.