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I think banyan trees are good examples of how men should live in life. Such tiny fragile roots yet so many of these tiny roots fall down from all over the place to provide support for the huge tree. On a very emotional note i think its like this. Most of the time we get to be something big in life. Each of us is best and unbeatably good at one thing we do. Funny we tend to ignore the point of view of a smaller person in the same tracks as we are thereby resulting in big and small, you and me, better and bad sort of politics. I think if we can co-exist with each other, the small on the big and the big rewarding the small like the banyan tree things wont really be much complicated as it is today. Just a thought that flashed by when i saw this image, dump it if it sounds crazy, sometimes i do sound like that.
EXIF Info:
Camera: DSC-H1
Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 6 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Flash: Flash did not fire
Exposure Program: Manual
Metering Mode: Patternl
White Balance: Manual
Tripod: No, dont think it was necessary since i was standing right under this root and shot it with a pretty fast shutter speed.
Made a quick trip to Ancaster last weekend. Found this rather large old tree. The trunk is very twisted, and the branches are very spread out. Lots of character there!
There's a Tree Hyrax hiding in the tree. Can you find it?
Hint: To the right of center, 3/4 up.
Fun Fact: They are the elephants closest living relative. They actually have little tusks.
(just north & outside of Serengeti National Park)
I first thought it was autumn coming, however ends up there is a beetle killing the trees. Kinda sad that I liked the colours!
Visit to Chevetogne (south of Belgium) on April 8-10, 2011. www.domainedechevetogne.be/fr/accueil.php?style=stylebase
Nikon D810 Nature Landscape Photos Fall in Malibu, Leaves, Reeds, Reflections, and Dr. Elliot McGucken's Fine Art Photography!
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Nikon D810 HDR Photos!
Fine Art Landscape & Nature Photography for Los Angeles Gallery Show !
Will be busy printing and framing in nice large, matted formats and frames and museum glass! Five of these photos will be printed on 40" x 60" floating wall mounted metal sheets! I think I know which--will share photos of the photos hanging on the walls!
And I am mounting some on plexiglass/acryllic--front mounting them! Some I am printing on lossy fuji-crystal archival paper too, and then front mounting 40"x60" versions to plexiglass--will send photos!
The secret to HDR photography is that you want people to say, "Woe dude--that's unreal!" And not, "Dude--that's not real!" "Unreal" is the word they use when they're trying to figure out the photo--what makes it cool--is it a photo? Is it painted? How'd it come to be--how'd you bend the light that way? "That's not real," is what they say if you have the saturation/HDR/ etc. turned up too high. :)
Some (almost) final edits for my Los Angeles Gallery Show! Printing them on metallic paper at 13" x 19" and mounting and framing them on a 4mm 18x24 white mat and 2" dark wood frame. Also printing some 40" x 70" which is over three feet by five feet! Wish you all could come (and hang out with the goddesses)!
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Preparing for some gallery shows this fall to celebrate 300,000,000 views! Printing a few dozen photographs in ~ 30"x40" formats and mounting/framing. Here are some close-to-final edits. HDR photography 7 exposures shot at 1EV and combined in photomatix: 36 megapixel Nikon D8010 with the awesome Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens. 45SURF Hero's Odyssey Mythology Photography!
Epic Scenic HDR Landscapes Shot with Nikon D810: Hero's Odyssey Mythology Photography!
Three-Seven exposures @ 1EV finished in photomatix.
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All the best on your epic hero's odyssey from Johnny Ranger McCoy!
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Nikon D810 Sunset Photos of Malibu Sea Cave! Dr. Elliot McGucken Fine Art Landscape & Nature Photography for Los Angeles Gallery Show !
45SURF Hero's Odyssey Mythology Photography
Homer's Odyssey: Tell me, O muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide. . . Many cities did he visit, and many were the nations with whose manners and customs he was acquainted; moreover he suffered much by sea while trying to save his own life and bring his men safely home; --Homer's Odyssey translated by Samuel Butler
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The fall colors were brillianity reflected in the lake's water, aking for some abstract fine art! I'm not usually abstract, but I have been shooting more abstract fine art lately! :)
All the Best on your Epic Hero's Odyssey from Johnny Ranger McCoy! The reflections of the reeds are titled "The Rage of Achilles!" :) Enjoy!
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Viewing all the recent Flickr posts of pics taken in Africa, I am taking a walk down memory lane.
My trip to Africa was in June 1999. Even celebrated my birthday when I was there.
One of my dream photos was to get a shot of a lone Acacia tree and a Cheetah atop a spare tire on a Jeep - I got both.
All my shots were taken with my Nikon N60, 35mm film camera. 70-300mm lens. Negatives were downloaded to CDs. I only had the camera for about a month before I took this trip so I was still in learning mode. About 90% of my photos were taken while on the safari van, sometimes while moving. Not the best setup :-)
These are both original photos - no cropping or enhancement.
This was taken about a month ago when the crabapple in my back yard was in full bloom. It was edited in PS Elements with Everyday Actions "Vermont" action.
A tree known as Chuncho, found in the western Amazon Basin and adjacent uplands. Photo from Jatun Sacha Gardens, Ecuador.