Something is going wrong when the camera with its impressive algorithms and countless AF options forces itself into the centre and, hence, between photographer and object. Ideally, I would think, we photographers ought to use the camera as if it was not there. Just focussing on the composition and the 'essence' of the object and having the settings run in the background. I am not advocating 'point and shoot', I am saying that a camera should be built in such a way that we can 'forget' about it and focus on taking the picture. I think my older cameras do that. My newer ones are much more sophisticated and what they are increasingly trying to do is take over decisions I could make myself. What is my reaction? Number one, I prefer using my older cameras. And two, when using my sophisticated ones, I turn off a lot of their computer-powered procedures. I wonder what you think.

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Stone Harbor Point, New Jersey, USA

During August and September, we observed 4 juvenile Piping Plovers in the same general area of the beach. They were usually in the tire tracks or up in the dunes on the dry sand. Nice images but I prefer my shorebirds in the surf or on the wet sand. It was late in the afternoon with about 90 minutes of light left when we came upon our 4 friends. Were where they? In the tire tracks of course. We had to make a decision. Do we wait and hope that the birds move to the water or continue on our way and hope to find something else to work with. We decided to give them 15 minutes. Boy am I glad we waited. They did indeed head to the water and were outrageously cooperative. They made up for all the hours we patiently waited over the summer. We took tons of images but this was my favorite.

Nikon D7200 with Nikon 500mm f4 G VR lens and 1.4 converter

1/2000 f5.6 ISO 800

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Use the LR AI noise control on this capture with some pretty results in the shadows.

Lincoln County-Washington State

Fighting (hostilities) in the conditions of use of weapons of mass destruction

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Sougia, Crete

Udaipur region, Rajasthan, India

This small and shy heron has a huge distribution range covering many continents and so it is not surprising that there are 21 recognized subspecies

also called Green-backed Heron, Mangrove Heron and Little Green Heron

Butorides striata

mangrovereiger

Héron strié

Mangrovereiher

Garcita Azulada

Airone striato

Socózinho

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Early start and a sunrise drive over Buttertubs from Hawes down into Muker and the beautiful Swaledale.

First time visiting the area and the obvious shots are of the barns or cow’ uses ( please tell me I've got the spelling right, don't want to offend any Yorkshire folk.)

Peacock (Phasianidae Galliformes)

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Gasto.

Worn.

I used 4 Wombo creations to bring this together. The top half and bottom half are 2 different images. The car and the tree beside it were 2 separate images. All was blended using Pixelmator Pro.

Prompts: Autumn trees, windy, swirling leaves, puddles, misty, cold, ultra realistic details

Style: The City

Input image was the same as used for "Autumn Rain"

Wishing all of you a great weekend!

All who enjoy using this app are invited to join and post your creations in my new group, Wombo World.

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For those of you who also enjoy using Wombo as a part of other creations, check out Wombo Art Blends.

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Mother Nature using her hired help - the ocean - to lay out a fresh carpet of pebbles at Fraser Beach in Munmorah State Recreation Area. Another favourite of mine .… along with the other 1,000 beaches I’ve wandered across ;)

I went to pop this into the 100x group, only to be told I can’t add anything else. Apparently I’ve already hit 100 for the year. I could’ve sworn this was #100, but I’ve never been great at adding without a calculator. Or even with one. Beaches tend to make you forget things like maths. And time. And worries. And basically everything!

So here it is: tada .... the unofficial waterscape 100 of 100 in 2025.

I probably won’t post another waterscape now until… oh, maybe Friday.

Fun fact: Some beaches have “singing pebbles” - stones that actually hum or make musical tones when waves wash over them. There are beaches in the UK and Norway where locals claim you can hear the shore “singing” on a calm day. I think this is nature's rock concert ;)

Thanks as always for stopping by, your visits and comments are always appreciated!

Galway, Ireland

single use bottle tops .HMM folks have a great day

This was used as artwork for a digital single release by musician Joe Hodgson who is launching his latest work and website this summer. All creative and arts folk are having to navigate difficult times this year!

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Using my "Butterfly-molecule", (on a different oriented grid), to create these stars, called 'Duet 4', but now using colored paper with a motif. It is always a surprise to see how it looks like when it is finished.

Here you can see the glassine version 'Duet 4'.

If you want to see my other tessellations, all based on my 'Butterfly-molecule', click here for the album.

Both folded from Julia Paper, hexagon about 21cm, grid 1:32

Made using PANO-Vision

New!! ~ Challenge 161.0 ~ September Days ~ The Award Tree www.flickr.com/groups/awardtree/discuss/72157684718180762/

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J'ai l'habitude de conserver mes vieilles cartes en souvenir. J'aurais voulu les scanner pour les garder dans un disque dur mais le courage m'a manqué. J'ai finalement essayé de les rentrer dans un CD après une entaille malheureuse. #Macro #MacroMondays #Card

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Made using new and glorious things from LOGO and Petrichor:

LOGO

Hellion Horns - Out now at eBENTO.

Bella Head

Petrichor

Talorah Riane Collar

Talorah Riane Top

Talorah Riane Skirt

Talorah Riane Arms

Talorah Riane Human Legs

All will be on sale at Epiphany, sold either as individual items boxed with all sizes.... or as a fatpack with all items in one size.

Alora Overlay

Pose: Diversion - Look Away

Single Use~Macro Mondays. Cellophane, behind also a single use item. PCP test for home or office. HMM, hope not too much reality for a Monday! Indoor lighting, multiple sources. Not my test!

St. Doulagh's Church - The oldest stone-roofed church still in use in Ireland

I was trying to take some pics of the lake waters birds when this beauty showed up. The Phoebe really loves being around water and tries to stay that way all they can.

Spokane County-Washington State

Los Angeles

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Textures used:

French Kiss/Tableaux 4 Collection/Aurora and Goddess and Vintage Frames # 2

2 Lil' Owls/Lumen # 14

Topaz Filters used: Clean/Stylized, Clarity/Macro

The Maudaiae type of Paphhiopedilum, single flowered hybrid called after one of the first, and most delightful, hybrids made within this group. Their oval leaves are attractively mottled in green and gray-green, sometimes darkly peppered on the undersides, and their elegant flowers, carried proudly on tall, slender stems.

Hasselblad 503cw with 35mm kits

Carl Zeiss 80mm F2.8

Ilford Hp5+ 400

Kodak HC110 1+63, 11mins

Fix 8mins

Epson V800

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I guess these tiny post-it skyscrapers are the only affordable housing left… but at least they‘re colorful! 😅

One of my attempts at the "Macro Mondays" theme "Single Use".

Shot with a Nikon "LS-3510AF 50 mm F 3.5" (scanner) lens on a Canon EOS R5.

A clear plastic fork for Macro Mondays theme "single use"

This image is 3" on the long edge.

― Henna Sohail

I went to the flea market this past weekend and found 3 vintage lenses for an old Pentax camera. I already had the adaptors to connect these types of lenses to my Nikon. What a steal! This is the Tamron 28mm F/2.5 lens. It is a little gem thus far. :)

PS. I have had this Kazoo forever and was never inspired to use it for a photo. Thanks Macro Monday for inspiring me to do so! :)

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Used MotionCam on the ultra wide angle lens of the ZTE Axon 30 Ultrato capture a RAW image that was later developed in Lightroom

Red or Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo

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Today's sunset at Lake Tahoe was exceptional. It was raining in the south, and there where beautiful clouds in the north. I took this shot a few miles south of Incline Village on the East side of the lake 15 minutes after sunset.

I used an ND filter and f8 for a 30 sec exposure to smoothen out the waves. The ND filter gives the scene s slight pink tone. I processed a balanced HDR photo from a single RAW exposure.

-- © Peter Thoeny, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, NEX-6, _DSC6203_hdr1bal1d

I used my car as a blind and had great looks at this fella in this meadow scaling down both sides of this trunk. I'll be catching up on photos since things are finally winding down for me. Click for large view.

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Used my own texture layer for interest. Such complex geology here,

Adams County-Washington State