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After this picture, the handcuffed folks complained that I was taking their picture, and this cop got all in my face saying I couldn't take pictures anymore and to beat my feet. He was dead wrong and either does not understand photgrapher's rights or was just being a bully. I take pictures of people being arrested not to be dick but to make sure the cops treat them decently. I have seen pigs treat people like shit and whoop their ass when they think no one is watching, but if they see a camera, they become extremely polite. I am doing this not to identify people who may or may not be guilty of petty crimes, but to protect them from police abuse. As long as a photographer is not getting in the way of a criminal investigation, which you can see that I wasn't as they were just relaxing after busting these two, perhaps waiting for the paddy wagon, I have every right to film anything. Of course, for my own safety, when any cop tells me to do anything, I don't argue, I just comply, as I have got my ass beat good by the S.F.P.D. for nothing on a number of occasions. I don't respect the S.F.P.D., I fear them, for a damn good reason, they are bullies and will use excessive force for little or no reason, which is why I was filming this. Dumb ass pigs. His commanding officer needs to have a little chit chat with him about what he can and cannot tell people to photograph. I take lots of pictures of cops, for the sole reason that they are a brutal gang, capable of murder and mayhem and need to be kept in check and my weapon, a very useful one is my camera.
Salute to me, I'm your American Queen
And you move to me like I'm a Motown beat
And we rule the kingdom inside my room
I photographed this Crimson-backed Tanager (Ramphocelus dimidiatus) at Entreaguas Reserva Natural, near Coello in Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia. The species feeds on insects, fruit and seeds, mostly in the undergrowth and middle levels at forest edges. In the breeding season it forages in pairs or family groups, and outside it in flocks of its own species. In Colombia, nests have been found in many months of the year. Its most common call is a nasal chank. IUCN lists it as Least Concern. Its closest relative is the Masked Crimson Tanager.
I used a Canon R5 with the RF 800mm f/11 for this one, at 1/500 sec, f/11, ISO 3200. Entreaguas, in the Coello–Cocora area of Ibagué, offers ecological walks and birdwatching tours.
©2021 Adam Rainoff Photographer
This is one of my favourite areas in Tokyo. How about having a cup of coffee together after taking a walk around here?
Ai Nikkor 50mm f1.4 wth Panasonic DMC-GX7
April 22nd, 2014
Sangenjaya, Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, Japan
Went back to Erieau this weekend and found much better skies. Although most of the ice had melted from the inlet there was still a few crystals near the edge as seen in the bottom right. The clouds kept rolling in and out giving this cool reflection. The tall orange glow on the horizon is from some burn off or tower on the other side of the lake near Cleveland. It really stood out tonight. Further out on the lake you can see the ice is still floating on top. Loving this K 10D.......5 min @f 5.6 100 iso...
This red disk-shaped phenomenon, is another member of the TLEs (Transient Luminous Events, happening in the middle and upper atmosphere, above thunderstorms) family and is called sprite halo. Under it, there is a group of, relatively small, sprites. Sprite halo is short-lived (some ms) and its color comes from the same physical process as in red sprites (de-excitation of 1st positive group of mol. nitrogen). Halos appear close to sprite tops (alt. ~80-85 km), over active thunderstorms, like sprites. Sprite halos are usually triggered by -CGs, in contrast to sprites which are related to +CGs (99%). There is also a faint stripe of high clouds in front of the halo. The yellow light is a distant ship.
The event happened over the thunderstorms south of Crete (on the east side of the Medicane on 28/10) as seen from S. Attica during the night of Oct. 28, 2021. Faint parent lightning flash at the bottom, behind a cloud layer, can be seen as well. I've used a Sigma 85 mm lens at f/1.4, for 1/4'' with 51.2k iso. More about the Greek Team chasing red sprites and TLEs in general: antisimvatikos.blogspot.com/2019/05/tles-greek-archive-of...
What is a red sprite? Info here: antisimvatikos.blogspot.com/2017/04/red-sprite.html
Photography and Licensing: doudoulakis.blogspot.com/
My books concerning natural phenomena / Τα βιβλία μου σχετικά με τα φυσικά φαινόμενα: www.facebook.com/TaFisikaFainomena/
This was the best I can do to rescue this shot. Weather was really horrible and my bracketed shots lacked detail in the shadows.
Good thing this was not one of those places that tripods are not allowed. This picture could have been worse if it was done hand held
With the fisheye. This is a composite of two images assembled in photoshop. The exposure for the sky was shot at ISO 3200 with large amounts of noise reduction in post. The foreground image was a 3 minute exposure shot at ISO 800. I painted the arch with a flashlight. this arch was probably the largest feature I've ever tried to light paint, rather difficult to get uniform lighting!
this is my favorite spot in the entire world. i'm going back to it again in less than a week and i couldn't be more excited.
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disposable camera film, from two summers ago
To me this has all the hallmarks of a young lad getting his first new bike, in the back yard of their house, with mum looking proudly on!
I'd love to know more about the bike. The image looks to be early 1900s and it has pneumatic tyres, fixed wheel with no brakes, and a very heavy weight chain. Also, drop bars, nice pedals and toe-clips, a bell, and what looks like a mount for a front light. The badge on the head tube is indistinct, but maybe someone recognises it?
There's a very large looking wheel in the covered area to the left (garage?) which is presumably on a cart or carriage of some type.
Image measures ca 20cm x 15cm. No photographer or other identifying marks.
This individual was nesting on one of the harbour walls in Tobermory, the iconic colourful buildings of this town on Mull can be seen behind. Expect plenty of images from my recent holiday in Scotland over the coming weeks!
This Island was part of the Port Arthur Penal Settlement in Tasmania and was known as the Isle of the Dead because it was where the dead convicts and soldiers were buried. The prisoners were buried on the lower levels and the guards, soldiers and administrators on the higher levels.
This weeks Smile on Saturday theme is 'Reflection in a knife [18-Dec-2021].
Come up with a caption for extra smiles 😁😄😊
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This is a natural rock formation know as Castle Ewen. It is in a very magical place on the Isle Of Skye known as the Fairy Glen.
The Apocalypse.
Built this for a contest on MOCpages. It is very loosely based off the Imagine Dragons song-Radioactive.
A big thanks to Gareth and Graham for offering critiques!
Sola Deo Gloria!
This make Pine Grosbeak was enjoying the berries on the tree beside our driveway the other day. Posing nicely for me.
This stylish tower is not located in Middle-earth, nor does it originate from any other science fiction story. It stands in the midst of the Palatinate Forest and is a source of tranquility.
This happy eastern fox squirrel is enjoying a handful of frozen crabapples for lunch. That thick fat layer and fur coat should help this squirrel stay warm next week!
This is an image I took last week from Picture Lake of Mount Shukasan at Mount Baker. The colors were amazing for this time of year and I apologize for posting an image that I am sure most people have but I had never been able to time the fall colors right until this year.
Right after I took this image I reached to grap a polarizeer out of my bag and as I let go of my tripod and camera it tipped over into the lake and completely submerged under the water. I grabbed it out of the water totally soaked and obviously the camera would not even start. So I went home took everything out and dried it for the last couple of days. Lucky for me the camera came back alive but in the meantime i went and bought another Canon 5D MK2 on the credit card because it looked like it was done for - anyways I was lucky !!!!!
I liked the orange color of the bridge against the white snow....and all the rose hips on the bush on the left!! We got about 3 more inches of snow last night....and I think we're getting that again tonight!!! Yay...hope it doesn't melt as fast as it came! My poor wrist is much more swollen today. Don't think it's broke...guessing probably it probably was twisted bad.
Wrong again...it's fractured...no wonder it's been so sore!
This is the same Agapostemon sp. pictured in yesterday's post. I think this may be A. virescens, but there are a number of similar species. These are relatively large and very showy bees that may be seen on a variety of flower species.
I captured this image in Dallam County, in the extreme northwestern corner of the Texas panhandle in June 2019.
Taken on a quickie Flickr Walk at the old Fort Snelling army base... nice place eh.
This take is way better and he went through more to get it: www.flickr.com/photos/ptrob59/2360807340/
... About 9:30am in the morning on a Friday at the working harbor of Jonesport, Maine. I think the monotone here sets the mood and makes this seaport image a bit more timeless.
This was shot from the MDH. There are 3 Red Mountains in a row.
The biggest problem with taking photos on MDH is there are many beautiful views with no pull off spot. There are still many beautiful spots to shoot, but many you just have to drive by.
Sunrise this morning at Downhill Beach looking towards Mussenden Temple.
Mussenden Temple is a small circular building located on cliffs near Castlerock in County Londonderry, high above the Atlantic Ocean on the north-western coast of Northern Ireland.
It was built in 1785 and forms part of the estate of Frederick Augustus Hervey, the 4th Earl of Bristol, Bishop of Derry. Built as a library and modelled from the Temple of Vesta in Italy, it is dedicated to the memory of Hervey's cousin Frideswide Mussenden.
Over the years the erosion of the cliff face at Downhill has brought Mussenden Temple ever closer to the edge, and in 1997 the National Trust carried out cliff stabilisation work to prevent the loss of the building.
The inscription around the building reads, "Suave, mari magno turbantibus aequora ventis e terra magnum alterius spectare laborem." "Tis pleasant, safely to behold from shore / The troubled sailor, and hear the tempests roar." The quotation is from Lucretius De Rerum Natura, 2.1-2
Now part of the National Trust property of Downhill Estate & Mussenden Temple, the grounds encompassing Mussenden Temple, and its manor house (Downhill Castle) are open to the public all year, from dawn to dusk. The temple itself is open on certain days, and admission is free. The Temple offers views westwards over Downhill Strand towards Magilligan Point and County Donegal and to the east Castlerock beach towards Portstewart, Portrush and Fair Head.
The temple obtained a licence to hold civil wedding ceremonies in 2007.
This beauty was my first find of the early morning in the Upper Delta...it was just beginning to stir as it's wings dried from the overnight dew!
This is a bi-color image (Ha and OIII) of the Witch's Broom Nebula a.k.a. Western Veil Nebula.
I wanted this to be an HSO image, but my laptop ran out of battery after only two SII frames. So I decided to make this a bicolor.
Equipment details:
- Mount: Astro-Physics Mach1 GTO
- Imaging scope: Explore Scientific 102mm Apochromatic Refractor
- Imaging camera: ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
- Guide camera: QHY5III178M
- OAG: ZWO OAG
- Other: HoTech SCA Field Flattner
- Filter wheel: ZWO EFW
- Focuser: MoonLite MiniV2 motorized focuser
- Filters: Astrodon 5nm Ha, 3nm OIII filters
Actuisition details:
- Camera set to -17C at Unity Gain
- Lights:
-- Ha: 25 x 240s Bin: 1x1
-- OIII: 27 x 240s Bin: 1x1
- Darks: 40 x 240s Bin: 1x1
- Biases: 100x Bin: 1x1
- Flats: 25x per filter
Software:
- Acquisition: Sequence Generator Pro
- Mount Control: ASCOM, Stellarium, Stellarium Scope
- Guiding: PHD2
- Drift Alignment: PHD2 Drift Align
- Processing: PixInsight
Channel mapping:
- R: Ha
- G: 70% OIII + 30% Ha
- B: OIII
Total integration time (approx): 3.5 hours
To survive war, you have to become war.
This War Machine is pretty great. I was skeptical because the Toybiz version is probably one of the best in that era, but this figure does mark an improvement.
This is a genuine Russian cannon from the Crimean War (1853-1856). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_War
Today Mr Putin is deploying far deadlier weapons against Ukrainian civilians. Illegal weapons such as Thermobaric and Cluster bombs. All in the name of an illegal war to steal another country.
Mr Putin if you want to save the world from disaster, STOP THIS WAR! Muzzle your weapons like this cannon from the Tsarist era.
This was my first visit to Smith Rock, so being me I naturally avoided the traditional image and went off the beaten track looking unique compositions. Unfortunately, we had a bit of a tame evening in terms of color, but I really like the mood in this image and the lovely pattern in the foreground rock.
-------------------------------------------Shot Info:
- Pentax K1, Pentax 15-30mm - 6 exposures focus stacked @18mm f/11 1/6th sec ISO 100
- Processed in Lightroom and Photoshop
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This is how we clear a channel through the spectator fleet for the tall ships race on Sydney harbour.
Fire tug Shirley Smith doing her stuff.
This wasn't an intended destination on this morning but walking by in the almost-dark these lichen encrusted rocks stood out. I liked the little collection and there was some nice colour in the sky for a change - hard to resist.
This isn't quite an everyday bird, but it is a very common one in the yard. It's fairly rare, though, for them to give the full display of their crest like this. In this case, he's a bit agitated by a group of robins squabbling out of frame below. In other yard news there are still many lesser goldfinches, some house finches, some golden-crowned sparrows, a flock of bushtits, a Townsend warbler, a brown creeper, the red-breasted sapsucker and downy woodpecker, and some flickers and steller's jays, along with the usual suspects. Golden-crowned kinglet, backyard Olympia.
This side of the former Concordia Hall has an alligator mural painted by Belgian artist ROA, whose urban murals usually feature animals local to the region, rendered in black and white.
This building (originally Concordia Hall, built by a Jewish cultural association) is part of a historic district in Atlanta called Hotel Row. It was probably at one time a hotel, but I don't know if the "Star Hotel" sign is an actual sign from the building's earlier days or an artistic flourish. I can't find any reference to a "Star Hotel" at this location.
The lyre above the door on the right was the symbol of the Concordia Association.
This is beautiful sunny day. I had a walk at Trout Lake Park. I want to take a good view of the lake. I saw the lifeguard seat stand on the beach. I climbed up to the seat and find there is a nice view on the lake indeed.
Happy sunny weekend!
Fuji X-Pro2
Fuji 60mm F2.4 lens
Velvia Film Simulation
This young lady sat alone outside the DOM Cathedral in Cologne, Germany on a warm summer night with fashion shoes I thought might have weighed as much as she. Her sidelong look captured my eye.
This large wasp came in for a feed of nectar from the Eucalyptus todtiana flowers.
Often the wasps are seen foraging on the trunks and in the foliage for spiders and caterpillars.
I like the black tips on the wings.
Photo Jean
This little friend was quite defensive. I keep a respective distance when photographing rattlesnakes, but as I shifted positions a bit while laying on my belly, this one lunged out so hard that he flipped himself upside down. At the same time, making my heart skip a beat or two.
This picture shows the coast of Rügen, at the bay of Binz, in the morning. What I liked most about this picture is the haze effect the moving water created due to the long exposure time. Add to that the red morning colors, as well as the sun's reflections on houses in the far distance on the coast shown on the left part of the picture. The end of that coast are the chalk cliffs, of which I also took pictures.
To get the exposure the way I wanted, I used a neutral density filter to get the exposure time to 25 seconds at an aperture of 10. The lens I used was my wide angle lens of choice, the Tokina 11-16 f/2.8, at 11 mm. Of course several attempts were necessary until the water was the way I wanted it.
I recommend to watch this picture Large On Black.
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