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Elephant Seals huddle together in wallows to reduce heat loss, particularly during their annual moult in which they lose their surface fur. Antarctica expedition 2025; Macquarie Island
This is the Moon exposure portion of the previous image, processed individually. Stack of 27 images to reduce (but doesn't fully remove) the effect of cloud cover. Strongly boosted saturation. Taken with a Canon EOS R5 and a Tamron 600mm lens.
The markers of the submerged "hot pipe" from Shoreham Power Station. Given today's wind, I was hoping for a bit more cloud motion to go with the big waves for this "big stopper" shot. I should have set the tripod lower, to reduce the camera movement during 20s exposure.
Horizon #84 in 115 pictures
In Explore at #332 on 29th March 2015
Telescope: Tele Vue 76mm f/6.3 Refractor with 0.85X Reducer
Camera: QSI 683wsg
Mount: iOption iEQ45 Pro
Integration: 10x10min Ha, 15x20min OIII, 8x20min SII
Taken from Lmuma Creek Recreation Area in the Yakima Canyon, WA.
Living in reduced circumstances.
Camden, North London.
Many but not all homeless were found rooms once lockdown started, it would be good to think this momentum can be continued & something good can come out of this pandemic.
Hey guys : )
This will be my last photo for a while... I'll be on & off for the next few weeks (possibly even into the end of next month).
I do have plans to log into Flickr & do some catching up though... specifically for this:
1. Catch up with all my friends here!
2. Having a look through my new contacts!
3. Visiting those who have left such wonderful comments recently : )
(( I truly can't wait to visit everyone again in the coming days & weeks... so excited to see what everyone's been up to recently! ))
*** My main reason for joining Flickr was simply so I could finally make comments & give respect to all the wonderful photographers (who's works I so often viewed & enjoyed here) ***
Once I began uploading pics myself... I found that my time (admiring the works of others) was drastically reduced... and it affected my enjoyment time here, as well as finding new inspiration.
So I'm definitely taking some time off from uploading for a while (after this one!)
I'll also be away a bit and offline sometime... which will give me the opportunity to go through some of my recent photo shoots & gather some special moments to share with you guys in the future : )
This should turn out to be a positive thing all around : )
Now, regarding the title of this latest pic & how the capture came about:
I shot this one on the island of Crete (Greece) very early one morning.
I had found a rock pier which extended quite far out into the ocean... but the part of it which connected to the beach was submerged, so I had to wade through a bit of water to make it up on the rocks.
Usually not a big deal but a bit more exciting when it's so early in the morning and you're the only one out there on the ocean ; )
Anyhow, I walked out to the end of it, sat down and watched a very hazy sunrise appear that morning.
It was beautiful!
Those dark & light tones of orange & gold hazing around the sun were amazing to witness : )
One thing I tried to do was zoom-in and avoid that buoy (which you can now see) in the shot... but after messing with it for a while I put the camera down and tried to 'take in the scene' from a fresh angle.
What I realized was that I was very alone out there on the edge of this rock pier... and I let my mind wonder a bit about the ripples forming around that buoy ; )
It made me think of that powerful intro scene in the film JAWS!, when the person makes a last attempt to hold on to the buoy before fate takes its course.
It also reminded me of another scene from the same film where the giant shark pulls barrels under the water with ease... (I began to hear that low rumbling theme from the movie!)
A vivid imagination fit real well with that early morning experience!
After watching that buoy for a while, bobbing in that early hazy sunrise... while I was out there all alone, wondering what all was swimming beneath those waters...
I decided to keep it in the shot, as it had made such an exciting impact!
When I returned to shore again, I crossed through that submerged area of the pier a bit quicker than before ; )
(I actually did see one other person that early morning, and that was the 'Golden Fisherman' which I captured & uploaded here earlier)
[ www.flickr.com/photos/crush777roxx/28635691506/ ]
Again, hope you guys understand why I won't be uploading for a while.
I believe I'll actually have more time to catch up and interact with everyone this way : )
Also hope you enjoy the new photo (& possibly even the backstory of my experience that morning!)
And of course, thank you so much for your support my friends!
It is always my wish that you find something interesting or enjoyable in my shares with you : )
Have a wonderful day ahead everyone and see you all again soon!!!
: )
CRUSH
Messier 8 and Messier 20 objects, also known as the Lagoon and Trifid nebulae (left and right in the picture respectively) are located in constellation Sagittarius. Both are estimated to be between 4,000 - 6,000 light-years away from us and are classified as emission nebulae. Inside them takes place an active star formation feeded by those huge HII clouds.
Telescope: William Optics ZenithStar 73 with 0.8x reducer-flattener
Camera: ASI 183MC Pro with Optolong L-Enhance filter
Mount: Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro
Autoguiding scope and camera: QHY mini 130mm + ASI 120MC-S
Capture sequence with ZWO Asiair
92 x 180" lights (4hr 36min total integration) + 30 darks.
From Sierra Norte in Sevilla, Spain (bortle 4 skies).
Stacked in DSS, processed with Pixin LE and PS.
Scanning a few of my Dad's old negs, I ran across this sad sight. A pair of New York Central J3A Hudsons in a scrap yard somewhere in the Chicago area. What a shame one of these classics wasn't saved!
Vandyke Brown process.
I printed this photograph three times, the results was either too dark or too contrasting or the coating was not uniform.
I decided to touch up the print too dark in order to lighten it.
1st experiment: immersion in a solution of sodium thiosulfate for 4 minutes gave too little depletion, it was not efficient enough!
2nd experiment with potassium ferricyanide: Immersing the print in the reducer. The brown deep photo lightens on the entire tonal range after two minutes of weakening, while colors become slightly cold.
Then the image is transferred to the fixer. Finally, the print is washed for 25 minutes in plain water.
With the impending withdrawal of all Chopper C Sets on 26/2/21, it sees the start of some several transfer trains to Chullora Industrial Siding. Seen passing Berala is 8144 and 8252 with train T191.
The cars withdrawn include:
C2: C3603, T4269, T4261, C3595
C4: C3589, T4260
C10: C3594, T4255
another sweet moment from yesterday. :-) Just having fun with the pp'ing on these. levels tweak to remove some of the backlit haze, my color action (pop reduced), sweet light and antique grunge.
Up on the first walk after French lockdown was reduced, I went on a foggy and wet day to Calerne plateau.
On Sunday 5/3/2023, an overpowered 1120s (empty Aurizon grain transfer) is seen at Wingfield (Adelaide) with alf23-CLP16-cm3308 in charge.
Ptarmigan, following a failed attempt to find the ptarmigans we tried again a day later, walking further and going higher up the snow covered slopes. We finally heard the Ptarmigans calling. We found approx 20 birds in total which were superbly hidden, initially located by listening out for their call and then looking form the movement. Males, and some females, also have a black stripe that extends from behind each eye to the bill. The stripe reduces glare in the eyes, nature's sunglasses.
thanks to the folks at Motorland, in Arundel, Maine, for letting me photograph their lovely old cars.
sony nex-7, minolta md 50mm f1.4, roxsen lens turbo focal length reducer. the dreaded "purple spot" is in evidence here. I did not try to fix that in post... that is beyond my meager skills to do, and I did not find its presence that offensive. I have heard that the new model doesn't do this, or doesn't do it to the same degree.
Thank you for visiting!
قالت مادام الهجر ما منه مصلـوح خفف من السرعه شويه و حاسب
فكر قبل ما تنوي البعـد و تـروح هل القرار اللـي خذيتـه مناسـب؟
A beautiful triplet of galaxies M65, M66, and NGC 3628.
Image Data:
Takahashi TOA-130 refractor with f5.0 reducer (689mm)
QSI-683 CCD w/ Astrodon filters
Luminance: 16 x 5 minute (Atsion Ranger Station, NJ SQM 20.3)
Color: 12 x 5 minute each of R, G, B (Pemberton Lake, NJ SQM 19.5)
Processed in PixInsight and Photoshop
Sounds Rivulet, Murdunna > Tasmania
6 February 2016
4 shot panorama stitched in Lightroom CC
Nikon D7200, ISO 100, f22, 1/8, 50mm, Hoya Circular PL
A less fortunate Olympian seen a couple of hours after my previous upload is R837OVN, an Alexander R type bodied example new to Cleveland Transit in 1998 which was later absorbed into the Stagecoach fleet as their 16837.
Last in service with Golden Eagle Coaches of Salsburgh, it's seen here reduced in height and about to head off to the fragger after having had its mechanical units removed.
(homeless woman, sf, 11/12/06)
homeless rebecca from detroit. rebecca doesn't fit. as though she's not where she's supposed to be. i see her as i pass. she is almost ghostly. she sways and bends like the only tree on a hill; unprotected. she seems resigned to a losing battle.
she is panhandling as i pass. or she is praying or mourning. but she is not seen. i turn the corner and watch her for a moment. she grimaces her mouth as though swallowing some new resignation and moves away from the season's passing throng; in my direction, but floating by. i seem to snap a trance when i say hello.
she's been homeless since 1998. she sleeps sometimes in shelters. but says there's not enough beds for women. the men have many more. she went to the shelter this afternoon to put her name in for a bed this evening. there's a lottery, and she didn't get one.
says she has no family and no children. she's the only one. but she has one girlfriend who got a place from the city finally after years. says she's trying to stay there with her friend tonight, if she can make up the guest fee. she's about a third of the way. it's been cold and she clearly doesn't want to be on the street tonight.
she was an accountant not so long back. she had a good job. she worked for kgo. but in '98, they were downsizing her group and she was let go. she thought she'd get another job easy. but she never did. they all wanted someone younger. and now she's 54, and says it's too late for her.
("news" about shows etc.)