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Photo of the day: August 2012

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Rowbear said:
Nice conversion to B&W. Very contrasty.

;)

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

Thanks! I took a ton of gargoyle images when we climbed Notre Damme. Be sure to check out Shakespeare & Co. bookstore across the street- they published James Joyce's Ulysses originally, and they have an amazing antiquarian bookstore next door (If you are into that sort of thing, of course!)

Have fun! I loved Paris...

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Mine for today:

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I was blown away by Rome...
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Phrasikleia said:
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.
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Hey Phrasikleia do you mind sharing what app you use for hiking with your iPad? I have a few on my iphone but they are worthless whenever we go up in the mountains or remote places. Thanks!
 
I've finally processed all my photographs from our recent trip to the Olympic Peninsula/ Olympic National Park. Next road trip will be Seattle-Yosemite National Park towards the end of September.



Sunset at Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge
 
Doylem said:
^^^ Oof!
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I'll take that as a compliment. :)

snyder7 said:
Hey Phrasikleia do you mind sharing what app you use for hiking with your iPad? I have a few on my iphone but they are worthless whenever we go up in the mountains or remote places. Thanks!
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The one I use is called "Europe" by NNG Global Services. Link here. It's GPS-aware and comes complete with most major hiking trails marked on it. It zooms in to about 1:25,000 or so. It's a free app, so the only real drawbacks are that it has ads and it weighs in at a whopping 1.29GB, but that's what it takes to have a detailed offline map. You don't need a data connection in order to use it; you just need an iPhone or an iPad that has a GPS chip in it (only the cellular iPad models have the GPS chip).
 
Phrasikleia said:
I'll take that as a compliment. :)
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Quite right... It's a lovely shot. Very 'traditional', and not in a bad way. Just restful. Another good image for hanging on the wall.

Phrasikleia said:
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.
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The experts, round here, are the Mountain Rescue guys, all volunteers, who respond to emergency calls from people in trouble on the hills. But the number of call-outs is going up, mostly because people are going into rough terrain unprepared. Or, rather, they think they’re prepared... just because they’ve bought a fancy GPS system that they don’t know how to use. So they’re actually more likely to get lost, not less. And then the call comes in to the mountain rescue guys.

It’s not actually a technology problem. It’s easy to lose a compass; maps can get wet and unreadable, etc. We just need to know our equipment - and its limitations! - and have a back-up: GPS plus paper map, say. The problem may get worse in the Lake District, because the rescue volunteers are fed up dealing with entirely preventable incidents in the mountains, and many of them are quitting...

Serious business: passengers on a Windermere steamer...

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Came back from holiday and found this 'sun bathing' in the back yard... picture could have been better, but I was too excited as where I live seeing a dragonfly this close is a rare thing as the nearest suitable environment for these beautiful creatures is about 5 miles away (on privately owned land :( )
 

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It was a Great Blue Heron that landed on this very dock when I wasn't paying any attention that got me into shooting birds. I was on this dock same dock recently when he returned, this time I was much more prepared. After talking with a couple of fishers on the dock, I learned he has a name, Harvey.

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View from Tower Bridge

Shot this quite a few weeks back just before the Olympics. Prior my trip I had spent quite a bit of time in Adobe Photoshop, coming up with my own technique to create the perfect cinematic effect. I call it my signature style and is one of my favourite photography types, even though its not yet recognised as a genre on its own.

Hopefully some day it will be


A Thames View by Ryan J. Nicholson, on Flickr

Thanks for looking
 
Phrasikleia said:
I'll take that as a compliment. :)



The one I use is called "Europe" by NNG Global Services. Link here. It's GPS-aware and comes complete with most major hiking trails marked on it. It zooms in to about 1:25,000 or so. It's a free app, so the only real drawbacks are that it has ads and it weighs in at a whopping 1.29GB, but that's what it takes to have a detailed offline map. You don't need a data connection in order to use it; you just need an iPhone or an iPad that has a GPS chip in it (only the cellular iPad models have the GPS chip).
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I have a wi-fi only iPad and added a bluetooth GPS receiver from Dual electronics. It allows apps like the one you mention to run on iDevices that have no built-in GPS. I took it to the Gifford Pinchot National Forest and it worked like a charm. It not only showed us where we were, but convinced us that we didn't want to go any further...:eek:

Dual Universal bluetooth GPS Receiver

Dale
 
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