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Photo of the day: August 2012

National Art Gallery, Ottawa,

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lizardofwoz said:
Have you read Arthur Ransome's wonderful kids books about holidays on the water in the Lakes? 'Swallows and Amazons' was the first title.

They are a delight for adults and kids. Most are - I think - set on Coniston, and reflect an earlier lifestyle at the turn of the last century, early 1900s.
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Yes, I was a big fan of Arthur Ransome’s books. Swallows and Amazons featured the adventures of the Walker and Blackett children as they sailed boats, climbed mountains, panned for gold and camped on islands... all with a refreshing lack of adult supervision! The lake and landmarks he described seem to have been an amalgam of Coniston, Windermere and his own fertile imagination. Ransome was actually quite an adventurer - in Russia during the revolution, eloping with Trotsky’s secretary, etc - though he returned to the Lake District to a quieter life with Evgenia, writing (mostly) children’s book. His house - Low Ludderburn - is only a mile away from my lakeside shack.

The first ripples of the day...

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compuwar said:
Fortunately, the Nikon pro bodies have voice annotation built-in. However, instead of shelling out for a GPS unit for your cameras, one thing you can do is record your GPS position and time with a phone and then match the images later by time. There are lots of applications to sync a GPS log to the time stamp in the image's metadata and then all you have to do is run any phone application that tracks your location- there are a plethora of those for runners, hikers, etc. Then simply turn on the application when you're out shooting, download the track log and sync it all up. You can also use a track log from an external GPS to do this.

http://code.google.com/p/gpicsync/

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Thanks for the tips, compuwar. With all of the traveling and hiking I do, investing in a GPS tracking app would make a lot of sense. I have a great offline map that uses GPS, but I'm pretty sure it won't record locations.

oblomow said:
Just a snapshot of a Hitchcock scene.

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Quite surreal! Is that at one of those miniworld parks?
 
Phrasikleia said:
Thanks for the tips, compuwar. With all of the traveling and hiking I do, investing in a GPS tracking app would make a lot of sense. I have a great offline map that uses GPS, but I'm pretty sure it won't record locations.



Quite surreal! Is that at one of those miniworld parks?
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Actually, I believe you have a 5d mark 3. One thing I'll be investing in is an eye fi pro. They have geotagging. And, all you really have to do is set the quality of the eye fi cad to small jpeg so that it doesn't affect your bust mode too much for your CF shooting. Plus, easy for uploading instantly off the eye fi.
 
fitshaced said:
Actually, I believe you have a 5d mark 3. One thing I'll be investing in is an eye fi pro. They have geotagging. And, all you really have to do is set the quality of the eye fi cad to small jpeg so that it doesn't affect your bust mode too much for your CF shooting. Plus, easy for uploading instantly off the eye fi.
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Interesting.......One question (ok 3 :)) tho how does the Geotag work? Does it need wifi? Will it work in the middle of nowhere?
 
fitshaced said:
Actually, I believe you have a 5d mark 3. One thing I'll be investing in is an eye fi pro. They have geotagging. And, all you really have to do is set the quality of the eye fi cad to small jpeg so that it doesn't affect your bust mode too much for your CF shooting. Plus, easy for uploading instantly off the eye fi.
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Definitely something to look into, though it might be overkill for my needs. Yes, I do have a 5D Mark III.

TheDrift- said:
Interesting.......One question (ok 3 :)) tho how does the Geotag work? Does it need wifi? Will it work in the middle of nowhere?
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Good questions, especially the last one. The "middle of nowhere" is where I find (and lose) myself more often than not.
 
Phrasikleia said:
The "middle of nowhere" is where I find (and lose) myself more often than not.
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At the risk of banging my lo-fi drum, I wouldn't feel properly dressed if I went into the hills without the appropriate Ordnance Survey map. Maps on phones may be very useful (I've got the whole of the British Isles walking maps on my iPad), but batteries can run down and phone signals disappear... probably at the very moment - and in the places - where you need them most.

The Lakeland Mountain Rescue guys are getting called out more and more by people who have become over-reliant on gadgets that, for one reason or another, may fail. One woman recently helped the rescuers by sending them pictures of where she was... but if she'd had a proper paper map she might not have needed rescuing at all.
 
Doylem said:
At the risk of banging my lo-fi drum, I wouldn't feel properly dressed if I went into the hills without the appropriate Ordnance Survey map. Maps on phones may be very useful (I've got the whole of the British Isles walking maps on my iPad), but batteries can run down and phone signals disappear... probably at the very moment - and in the places - where you need them most.

The Lakeland Mountain Rescue guys are getting called out more and more by people who have become over-reliant on gadgets that, for one reason or another, may fail. One woman recently helped the rescuers by sending them pictures of where she was... but if she'd had a proper paper map she might not have needed rescuing at all.
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Oh, I never go out hiking without a proper topo map on good, old-fashioned paper. That's Rule #1. I am finding that having GPS on the trail is a terrific advancement, however. I very often am unsure exactly how far I have progressed along a trail, especially when hiking through dense forests that lack many clearings or landmarks, and it's great to be able to pinpoint my location exactly using my iPad (yes, I actually go hiking with an iPad). It came in very handy on two different hikes I went on recently, allowing me to decide whether or not I had time to dawdle behind my tripod along the trail or if doing so might jeopardize the goal of reaching my ultimate photo destination during the best light of the day. The iPad showed me exactly how far I had hiked along the trail, which was not as far as I would have guessed, so...time to hustle! Using a paper trail map alone will ensure that you don't make a wrong turn, so long as you consult it at every junction (which I always do), but things can get a bit fuzzy between junctions if you don't have GPS too.


Speaking of maps...even cows are wise to consult them...

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I loved these hummingbird photos.
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Ruby Throated Hummingbird by alphaflick
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Doylem said:
This is why my little voice recorder appeals to me. It sits in my pocket and takes my notes, at every time of asking, when I press the ‘record’ button with my thumb. A simple tool for a simple man... :)
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Yeah, but can it make toast?

Atmospheric. Beautiful.

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This is the Thames at Chelsea Harbour, at sunset. Taken with an iPhone, so it's pretty noisy, but it shows the beautiful light, right in front of a very pretty little church: St Mary's Church, Battersea. William Blake was married there, J M W Turner painted from there and Benedict Arnold is buried in the crypt. I really should go up there with a proper camera some time.

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One of my favourite parts of my recent trip to Europe was Notre Damme cathedral in Paris. I realize this is a pretty stereotypical shot, but rather than buy the postcard in the gift shop, I figured I would take my own shot!

C&C welcome...

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Uppark in Harting situated in the southdowns. A room were they used to hang meat.
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rymack said:
One of my favourite parts of my recent trip to Europe was Notre Damme cathedral in Paris. I realize this is a pretty stereotypical shot, but rather than buy the postcard in the gift shop, I figured I would take my own shot!

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Nice conversion to B&W. Very contrasty.

rymack said:
rather than buy the postcard in the gift shop
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;)

I'll be in Paris in 3 weeks. Can't wait :D

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Doylem said:
The first ripples of the day...

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Peacefull

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snyder7 said:
Here's another one from the archives:

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Pure gold :)

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Mine for today:

Fins

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I finally got the camera out again for the first time in a long while. I've shot this waterfall previously, but that was before I had my ND filters. This was actually shot with a CP, ND, and GND all stacked.

 
rusty2192 said:
I finally got the camera out again for the first time in a long while. I've shot this waterfall previously, but that was before I had my ND filters. This was actually shot with a CP, ND, and GND all stacked
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You should definitely take out your camera more often! I wish large ND filters were cheaper so I could attempt this with my 10-20mm.
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This is a close-up of the tail of a very collaborative scorpion (an adult male Tityus discrepans).

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1/200, F/9, ISO 200
Canon XTi, 100mm macro + 68mm of extension tubes*, external flash + custom diffuser.
*Not shot at maximum magnification
 
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