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Happy Bokeh Wednesday
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Last year in Decembre I was lucky to shoot some images with hoarfrost at plants in my garden, time to show them now.
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An autumn leaf on the path in the gardens of the Okochi Sanso villa, located in Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan.
Okochi Sanso is the former home and garden of actor Denjiro Okochi. The house and other buildings and the gardens were built up over a period of 30 years, and were opened to the public after Okochi's death in 1962.
Sony FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS
105mm; 1/125 sec; f/4; ISO 1250
Thursday Doors Day
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After a week of clouds and rain, we had a nice evening again. I stopped at a city park that I drive by frequently and walked through the rose garden section. It is very popular, people come by and sniff the roses or sit on a bench and enjoy the ambiance. The sun was already low on the horizon and spilled some nice light. Perfect for working with the camera.
I had been thinking about photographing this funky part of downtown Santa Fe for a while. Initially I thought it might be best to be under the arcade and get all the lanterns in a row, but that wasn't so. There are too many shop signs hanging from the ceiling, obscuring the lamps, so I finally settled on a view from across the street.
Planning on a day to night conversion, I went there around midday. It was an overcast day, perfect for what I'm trying to do. But wouldn't you know, just when I started shooting the clouds started thinning enough so the sun could throw shadows. That makes it harder to simulate a dusk situation, when there should be no shadows other than from artificial light.
After I was happy with what I got I went for a treat at the French Pastry Shop in the La Fonda Hotel, which is right around the corner. People who know me know that I have a sweet tooth.
SMC Pentax 24-50mm f4 at f11
"The Dome" at 333 Collins Street, Melbourne. Formerly a banking chamber, it now functions as the foyer to a more recent commercial building, and as an events space.
Sony FE 16-35mm F4 ZA OSS
16mm; 1/60 sec; f/5.6; ISO 2000
Happy Tree mendous Tuesday
It looks like B&W, but it is colour!
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Groynes at Nairn's East Beach providing a resting place for the local Herring Gulls.
Beyond is a ship transporting the supports for Offshore Windfarms.
The start of the Reekie Linn Falls.
The Falls are situated on the River Isla in Angus in Scotland. Located a short 5 minute walk from the public car park north side of bridge of Craigisla.
From my visit to the Devil's Garden in Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument.
Devil's Garden is only reachable by car over a what we perceived as a long, horrible, bumpy dirt road. Unfortunately we couldn't stay over night, as our tents were set up at a campground far away from this location. I would have loved to shoot the stars over these rock formations. Oh well, maybe next time.
It was cold, a light snow had fallen overnight and frost had formed on everything outside. (Fortunately not inside, that would have been bad)
I was after bokeh balls but they were elusive, so I settled for a more dreamy, minimalist look. Thin, wispy clouds were covering the sun intermittently, making bokeh balls difficult to capture. But those clouds produced a soft light that I was really happy with once I had switched my mindset. The great thing about this kind of photography is that I can do it with ten feet of my house.
A week of lousy weather had me scrambling for an image. Normally early October is dry with intense blue skies and beautiful fall colors. This time it is different.
But the dried up desert grasses still held something up their sleeves and a brief ray of sunshine made all the raindrops glisten like crystals.
I hadn't done a bokeh shot since the spring, so this was fun.
Shot with SMC Takumar 55mm f1: 1.8
1914 Pathfinder Series XIV Model A Touring
Bonhams Auction
Westin Kierland Resort
6902 E. Greenway Road
Scottsdale, AZ 🇺🇸
Seen during my visit at BredaPhoto 2022.
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Ekshärad church is famous for its beautiful forged crosses of which the most are symbolising the tree of life.
Our last holiday together
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The lighthouse on Kinnaird Head was built on the site of the 16th century Kinnaird Head Castle by the engineer Thomas Smith. When lit on 1st December 1787, it was the first lighthouse in northern Scotland. The lantern chamber is located at the top of the four-storey structure, and the bank of whale-oil lamps it contained were visible for up to fourteen miles.
The lighthouse has been superseded by an automatic light which operates beside the original structure.
From my archives.
It was a day where it threatened to rain, but as it happens so many times in New Mexico, nothing much came down to the ground. It did make for some interesting light, as it was refracted higher in the atmosphere and bathed the land in this yellowish hue.
TDD Thursday Doors Day/DDD Donderdag Deuren Dag
From my archives, March 2022!
It's a bit crooked, because I'm not doing well in processing with my hand, yet.
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The wind has been blowing the sand around way too much to brave taking the camera on to the beach, but the sun has been shining and Echo and Teddy are just happy to be back in Hatteras! Posing on the deck for treats. Teddy even smiled for the camera - instead of his usual stoic expression
Happy Bokeh Wednesday
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Komagaike (Komaga Pond) at Komagane, and the view to the Central Alps of Japan.
Sony FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS
64mm; 1/125 sec; f/8; ISO 3200
We headed out to Manassas Battlefield with the camera and the dogs - fall views and a great place to walk Teddy and Echo without too many distractions. Midweek we pretty much had the whole place to ourselves.
I haven't had much time or inclination to photograph lately, but I saw this little ball of Milkweed fluff out of the corner of my eye as I was leaving the house. Some very light processing and some cropping later I felt I had an image good enough to "feed the social media beast".
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Shot with a vintage Nikkor H-C Auto f 1:1.8 85mm manual prime and then cropped to eliminate some extraneous stuff.
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On the way to Taos along the Rio Grande river you will find this museum of car memorabilia. When we stopped at his place the owner was working outside on one of the gas pumps that he had acquired to bring its mechanism back to functionality. The museum is mostly focused on gas station items like gas pumps which he restores, gas station signs, gas pump medallions, oil cans, historical photos etc, as well as other items from the early period of the automobile. Being the very nice person that he is, he opened up the indoor exhibit of restored items for us even though he wasn't officially open.
He even rents out restored vintage gas pumps to the movie industry, if they have a need to create a set that requires an old gas station.