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The matriarch on the left is giving all the signs that we in our jeep are close enough to her daughter and babe. She let out a loud trumpet and stepped towards us and I shifted into reverse and headed out of there. Then appeared a whole family as they continued their peaceful browsing. That would be 50 to 200 kilos per day (at least!).
This is a remake of an old photo already on my photostream. (See in the comment below).
To create this macro effect, you need to take the lens off the camera and invert it, easier said than done, but can give fun results.
I put this through Topaz Studio for a painted effect.
Poor man's macro
Ive seen other photographers do this same photo, but I guess I had to try it out for myself.
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stacked images with light painting the real moon and las vegas glowing in the distance. the luxor spotlight visible
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Made a random turn onto a nearby county road the other day, one I have driven numerous times over the years. Only difference this time was I just happened to be traveling opposite my normal direction. Halfway up a hill I came upon this stunning scene. At first I wondered how I could have missed it after so many passages. After stopping to check it out, I soon noticed that it was all but invisible for a westbound motorist (my normal direction of travel on this road). The dramatic sightline only opened up in the eastbound lane.
Thought this was a wonderful metaphor for life. I tend adopt a singular view of things over time. This happens all the time in driving. I often see things as I expect to find them rather than how they truly appear. The human brain has a remarkable tendency to connect the dots in this way. Driving the road in the reverse direction forced my brain to reset and see the landscape from a new perspective.
Back in the moment, the dead tree was the personification of pure evil. It loomed over the old barn as if guarding it. Tons of weight, precariously balanced, and capable of dropping black shards of dead wood without notice, ready to impale the unsuspecting. Even the comforting softness of early spring could not ameliorate this scene.
Taken at Newcastle Beach NSW, Australia.
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Shot in Porto with the OM-1, Mark II and the OM 12-45mm f4.0 lens.
This photo has been in Explore on January 10, 2026. Highest position = #47. This is my 249th photo in Explore.
Located at Mahar Point, the northern point of a narrows separating Dennys Bay from Cobscook Bay in far eastern Maine. The narrows are subject to a reversal of current twice a day, owing to the area's unusually high tides.
Taken during a sunrise shoot yesterday at Bar Beach, NSW, Australia.
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This chap skated everywhere in reverse gear showing off his backward driving skills. Picture was taken on ‘Wheels Sunday’; the Sunday of the ‘Manchester Pride Week’.
Sometimes I like to turn upside down certain pictures, especially when some reflections are involved. Not sure why I do that, but it is all part of the fun.
This is the first photograph of the Reverse/Reverso series. It was while taking and processing this photograph that idea to create a series of photographs around the “reverse” theme started.
LTWI661 twists through the reverse curve just east of De Graf, Minnesota on the former Great Northern main, now BNSF Morris Subdivision. Acting as the de facto caboose is a scale test car seen on the left; something of a rarity in 2025 now. 661 was a Wilmar-Aberdeen local that took the GN main to Benson. From there, they would hop on GN's branch to Watertown, continuing west to Appleton where, they would hop on the former Milwaukee Road transcon for the rest of the trip to Aberdeen. BNSF has combined the Benson-Appleton part of the GN Watertown branch with the Milwaukee Appleton-Aberdeen main and this whole line is now known as the Appleton Subdivision. The well powered local will need every horse they can get to lug heavy stone loads up the eastern flank of the Coteau des Prairies; 13.5 miles of 1% grade starting near Twin Brooks at MP618.5 and ending east of Summit at MP632.
This was my first little taste of the Minnesota-Dakota tristate area. Back then I was fascinated by BNSF's Watertown local. At the time they were using sets of geeps and usually had large trains making 2 trips a week. So our initial goal was shooting them west of Appleton. However, a TCWR west end job with four CAT motors parked in town peaked our interest. We had heard they would have a 1500 crew to head west. But as the sun set lower to the horizon it was becoming more clear that would not be the case. Also concerning was that the Watertown local hadn't shown up yet.
Instead of waiting, we hightailed it to Willmar, finding the place in a meltdown mode that was typical of the oil-boom era. LTWI661 got kicked out first, so we chased them towards Benson before doubling back to shoot LTWI675, the Watertown job, until the sun set into developing tunderstorms. It wasn't what we wanted but at least we got some shots.
We still wanted those 4 CATs on the TCWR west end job. So we camped in our car by Appleton's water treatment plant while severe thunderstorms popped off to the north and south of us all night. It was a miserable muggy night "sleeping" in a puddle of sweat. I was awoken at 0330 the next morning by the sound of 4 CATs beginning their trek west to Milbank. This would occupy us the rest of the morning. I'm glad it worked out but that would be THE LAST time I would ever sleep in my car.
It's really funny looking back now with the perspective of hindsight. The 2731 was a neat geep with the large Wagon Wheel. But back in the day we thought the RV camper air conditioners looked ridiculous. Man...if only I knew what BNSF was capable of only 5 or 10 years later.
Created with Dream Wombo
Prompts: Rusty damaged alien flying saucer inside abandoned barn, rusty farm tools and equipment, hay, ultra realistic details, dusty misty atmosphere
Style: VFX v2
A texture was used on "normal" to enhance color
Looks like they gave up on this project!
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Goldentail morays (Gymnothorax miliaris) are usually brown with tiny yellow spots, see here). Every once is a while you find one that is yellow with some brown to form a honeycomb. (Or more precisely, instead of small yellow spots, there are large yellow spots.)
This was a small one, maybe 15cm long in total. The trick is to get it to be out of its hiding hole enough to get the strobes to light the moray without hitting the background coral.
From a sunrise shoot at Chalky Beach, Swansea Heads, NSW, Australia.
I had hoped for some cloud cover, but as they say, "be careful what you wish for" because as it turned out there was no colour in the sunrise at all.
None the less, I hope you like these images from this location.
In this shot I tried to highlight the water flowing back.
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It is suggested that in order to generate depth in an image, a landscape photographer should lead the eye into an image by making the foreground dark, and the background lighter. That in fact our eyes will be lead into the image because they are attracted to the light. Sounds like a moth to the flame to me.
I however think there is more to it. Rather, the eye is drawn to a contrasting element and to illustrate my point, this image is the reverse of the accepted norm. Instead, the brightly lit trees are in the foreground and the darkest area a single tree, in the background. Do your eyes rest on the dark?
Please share your thoughts.