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Incoming tide at Saltburn last night. ICM, camera tripod mounted and panned horizontally. Exposure 0.5 sec.
Today we went to the Four Mile Beach north of Santa Cruz, California. It was a beautiful afternoon, no clouds. I took this long exposure shot in the blue hour 30 minutes after sunset using an ND8 neutral density filter on the vintage Dream Lens.
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Let's talk. Believe it or not, I rarely use audio callers to attract birds. The birder who was out there in the field did it and enabled me to get this photo. If I used callers I would be more of a species photographer. I've spent a lot of vacation time in Lake Tahoe where I never used a caller. But once I have the opportunity, I have to get the best photo that I can. I will alter my focus points, aperture and ISO in the field. Once that is done, I will crop the photo and ask myself, "How does the crop feel?" "Are my colors off?" "Do I like the colors?" If I really want the photo, I will visualize it in my mind weeks before I get the photo. That's something I rarely do also. I'd rather just enjoy the outdoors and capture some good photos.
black guillemot or tystie (Cepphus grylle)
Oban - Scotland
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These pair of birds from two different but related species showed up in Fort De Sotto to delight all birders. Very chill and indifferent to human gawkers.
During the afternoon, a steady stream of showers and thunderstorms swept along the Dutch west coast. Many of them had a high cloud base and looked fairly smooth.
Occasionally, a bright flash of lightning shot from the cloud base to the ground.
Nikon d5500
35mm
ISO 4000
f/2.8
Foreground: 13 x 20 seconds
Sky: 55 x 30 seconds
iOptron SkyTracker
This is a 68 shot panorama of the Milky Way setting over a small unnamed lake near Quairading, about 2 hours east of Perth in Western Australia.
I originally planned on going straight to another nearby location but made a last minute decision to detour here. The triangular strip of land in the central foreground is actually the road that normally passes through this lake but with heavy winter rains in the state it has been flooded over. To this point the night had been very calm with almost no wind but there was a steady breeze here rippling the surface of the lake creating a smooth texture due to the long exposure.
Prominent in this image are the Large & Small Magellanic Clouds to the left and the North America Nebula just above the horizon on the far right. The light pollution in the centre is from the Wheatbelt town of Quairading about 5km to the west.
This is Nidelven, Trondheim. A smooth silent way to get around is with a kayak, floating with the current.
Virginia valeriae from Angelina County, Texas.
I found this little snake stretched out across the road during a walk through my neighborhood. It immediately struck me as different from the abundant rough earth snakes that I can usually turn up under stones in my garden. When I picked it up I could feel its smooth, keelless scales which added to my suspicion. Scale counts confirmed that I was looking at a smooth earth snake. These tiny fossorial serpents seem to be quite uncommon in Texas, and relatively few records exist, scattered across the eastern 2/3 of the state.
The stretch of road I found it on has been productive over the years. Each year I see several three-toed box turtles of various age classes here, and I have seen a number of prairie king snakes. I attribute this to a few large tracts (1-5 acre) lots that have intact forest. It goes to show that even small amounts of green space within an otherwise suburban setting can harbor impressive biodiversity, and may serve as a refuge for some rare and declining species.
I flipped this Smooth Earth Snake today. This is snake number 4 for the year. Temperature was a cool 46.
A few more images from my memorable light painting workshop at the Pearsonville Junkyard.
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A re-edit of a photo from this past fall. After returning disappointed in my photos from MA. I had one of the most memorable fall hikes with perfect chilly conditions.
Wreck Beach, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Hoya PROND 100, f14, iso-50.
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Motion and smoothness -- such a wonderful way to wind down an eventful day on the Olympic Peninsula; my high school's football team faced Neah Bay in the State's 1B Championship game. Wellpinit, you've played hard and done your best, so this crush is for you.
Photo captured via Minolta Maxxum AF Zoom 70-210mm F/4 "Beer Can" Lens. Second Beach. Part of the Quillayute Needles, a consortium of battered islands and sea stacks. Quillayute Needles National Wildlife Refuge. Olympic National Park. Coastal Uplands section within the Coast Range region. Olympic Peninsula. Clallam County, Washington. Late November 2022.
Exposure Time: 1/20 sec. * ISO Speed: ISO-100 * Aperture: F/4 * Bracketing: None * Color Temperature: 5100 K **Color Grading: Fuji Velvia 100 **