wow, that is such a beautiful picture...is there somewhere where i can view it at full resolution? i'd love to have it as wallpaper on my 21" iMac.
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Photo of the day: February 2013
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wow, that is such a beautiful picture...is there somewhere where i can view it at full resolution? i'd love to have it as wallpaper on my 21" iMac.
I'm pretty sure the forum view has been optimized for tablets. Everything is full screen on my iPad..I thought there was a separate moble version but I guess they have been stuck together...
Dale
That makes sense now, surprisingly that's one thing I don't use my iPad for! Cruising the net that is. Personally, I would have kept one scalable view for tablets and mobiles and another for computers.
It's really not so bad once you get used to dressing like the Michelin Man.
Happy Valentine's Day everyone! (Click for larger)
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Nicely done! The reflection of the light adds a lot to this one.
That was precisely the impulse I had to overcome! Sometimes it's hard to suppress my inner child that wants to go romping through the pristine snow. I have to remind myself that it's not safe; there are often 'terrain traps' in snow that deep. When I do need to blaze a trail, I go very slowly, prodding the area in front of me with my hiking poles. Alas, running around in the backyard as a kid was so much easier!
Red is the color of the day, so happy valentine everyone
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Beautiful! I like how there is snow both in the background and on the branches by the bird.
Thanks, Puckman1. A sun pillar is a phenomenon that happens when there are ice crystals in the air that catch the light rays of a bright light source close to the horizon, causing a vertical beam to appear above it.
Phrasikleia and Ish, this is the best I had in regard of composition from those taken the other night. This is about 10 or 15 minutes later again, so the purples have turned blue now... I will revisit it and see how I can improve the composition, there is no more room left to go any further away from it at all, I was right up against a fence as it was. The flip around screen finally came in handy!
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Simplifying the foreground has helped the composition, but you do still have that sliver of pavement in the lower left corner, and now your left margin is really tight. So yeah, probably a candidate for a revisit, if you want to work on it some more. Maybe getting further away isn't the solution...perhaps closer and wider? Further to the left? I really have no idea, but it could be a good puzzle to work out if you are so inclined.
P.S. Congrats to Kallisti for getting his first photo publication (two photos in a journal). I hope he won't mind me sharing what a little bird told me!
Re sizing pix on the forum: not ideal, but I re-size the pix on the screen with 'Command+'...
Thank you. But I don’t know who said England is a “boring dull grey place” either. It’s very small, especially since we share these little islands with three other countries - the ‘united kingdom’ - and a host of related problems that date back many centuries. Most visitors fly into London, visit Edinburgh and Stratford-upon-Avon (Shakespeare’s town), then, thinking they’ve ‘done’ Britain, fly off to ‘do’ Paris or Madrid. They miss a lot.
The north of England, particularly, has some beautiful landscapes: the Yorkshire Dales, Lake District, North Pennines, two coastlines. The Lake District, where I live, is probably the best known of our national parks, even though it’s only about 650 square miles. It’s not wilderness; it’s ‘managed’ farmland in an upland landscape, which is why there are more sheep than crops. The mountains aren’t high, by the standards of most other countries, but there’s a lot of variety. And what photographers enjoy is the ‘four seasons in one day’ climate, which offers incredible variety and changes in light. Dull? Grey? I don’t think so...
The Yorkshire Dales (no light, no colour... not a new pic either)
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Thank you. But I don’t know who said England is a “boring dull grey place” either. It’s very small, especially since we share these little islands with three other countries - the ‘united kingdom’ - and a host of related problems that date back many centuries. Most visitors fly into London, visit Edinburgh and Stratford-upon-Avon (Shakespeare’s town), then, thinking they’ve ‘done’ Britain, fly off to ‘do’ Paris or Madrid. They miss a lot.
The north of England, particularly, has some beautiful landscapes: the Yorkshire Dales, Lake District, North Pennines, two coastlines. The Lake District, where I live, is probably the best known of our national parks, even though it’s only about 650 square miles. It’s not wilderness; it’s ‘managed’ farmland in an upland landscape, which is why there are more sheep than crops. The mountains aren’t high, by the standards of most other countries, but there’s a lot of variety. And what photographers enjoy is the ‘four seasons in one day’ climate, which offers incredible variety and changes in light. Dull? Grey? I don’t think so...
The Yorkshire Dales (no light, no colour... not a new pic either
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Yeah, I was joking about the "stereotype" yanks have about "England" (most ppl here don't get the difference between England and the UK and the words are often used interchangeably) being foggy, rainy and grey year round.
Still, I learned something new here. Didn't realize you had managed farmlands up that way, or national parks. I'm gonna have to make note to visit that area next time I visit the UK.
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Something about the starkness here definitely makes it live up to its name of death valley. I need to get back out there soon for some photography (I'm lucky enough to live a few hours away).
Still, I learned something new here. Didn't realize you had managed farmlands up that way, or national parks. I'm gonna have to make note to visit that area next time I visit the UK.
Re sizing pix on the forum: not ideal, but I re-size the pix on the screen with 'Command+'...
Thank you. But I dont know who said England is a boring dull grey place either. Its very small, especially since we share these little islands with three other countries - the united kingdom - and a host of related problems that date back many centuries. Most visitors fly into London, visit Edinburgh and Stratford-upon-Avon (Shakespeares town), then, thinking theyve done Britain, fly off to do Paris or Madrid. They miss a lot.
The north of England, particularly, has some beautiful landscapes: the Yorkshire Dales, Lake District, North Pennines, two coastlines. The Lake District, where I live, is probably the best known of our national parks, even though its only about 650 square miles. Its not wilderness; its managed farmland in an upland landscape, which is why there are more sheep than crops. The mountains arent high, by the standards of most other countries, but theres a lot of variety. And what photographers enjoy is the four seasons in one day climate, which offers incredible variety and changes in light. Dull? Grey? I dont think so...
The Yorkshire Dales (no light, no colour... not a new pic either
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Something about the starkness here definitely makes it live up to its name of death valley. I need to get back out there soon for some photography (I'm lucky enough to live a few hours away).
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These work a rounds are a bit of a pain, but you can still see the pic at full size without clicking through to the hosting site.
Setting the view to Fluid or Fluid HD at the very bottom of the page might help too.
Dale
VBB, the software that "powers" MacRumors is set to resize all images, including linked ones, to around 780px. If you want to view an image at the intended posting size:
Safari: Right click it and select either Open Image in New Window or Open Image in New Tab. You need to close either the tab or Window to return to the forum.
Firefox: Right click and select View Image. It will open on a black background at full size. Use the back button to return to the forum.
These work a rounds are a bit of a pain, but you can still see the pic at full size without clicking through to the hosting site.
Setting the view to Fluid or Fluid HD at the very bottom of the page might help too.
Dale
Bad Moon Rising
I was trying to capture this moon rise as my neighbour's house was getting smoked out due to a blockage in her chimney. Between the going on's of the fire department, 20 below Celsius temperature, and my 2 year old daughter at my side, I am somewhat pleased. It was a beautiful setting. I had to try. I would have liked to have had less illumination from the moon. My daughter, at her stage of development, is trying to piece words together, she said it looked like a "balloon". I could not disagree.
I was trying to capture this moon rise as my neighbour's house was getting smoked out due to a blockage in her chimney. Between the going on's of the fire department, 20 below Celsius temperature, and my 2 year old daughter at my side, I am somewhat pleased. It was a beautiful setting. I had to try. I would have liked to have had less illumination from the moon. My daughter, at her stage of development, is trying to piece words together, she said it looked like a "balloon". I could not disagree.
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It's really not so bad once you get used to dressing like the Michelin Man.
Also, get some gloves that allow you to use your fingers without completely removing the gloves! I don't know what they are called, but I found a great pair at a truck stop in Montana. They are basically fingertipless gloves with a mitten that flips over the end of your fingers. I can stick just one or two fingers out at a time and work the camera without any discomfort, even at -18ºF!
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Fallen Tree
I had the opportunity to go for a walk around Willunga the other day and thought I'd play and learn a little bit with the perspective of the Tokina 11-16mm lens. This is the Post Office in the blazing midday sun with no filters.
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Thanks P, here's another corny Valentine's pic
(Click for larger)This one needed bulb mode... 30 second metering was giving me a good workout
^^^ Good one, Reef. Would probably sell well as a stock image, but you probably thought of that before you did it!
I'll second that! My wife gave me a pair of these glove/mitts for Valentine's Day and they're awesome. Great for keeping your fingers from freezing and falling off but, in a flash, you peal the mitt part back and you're ready to snap away. Of course someone like John in Adelaide Australia is reading this and, as he wipes sweat from his lens, is thinking "gloves for handling a camera...are you nuts!".
Mine for today...another from Death Valley California:
Alex, you've almost got an HCB type surrealist effect going on here! Nice!
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Of course someone like John in Adelaide Australia is reading this and, as he wipes sweat from his lens, is thinking "gloves for handling a camera...are you nuts!".
The gloves sound like a fantastic idea actually, for you guys and girls.
We've actually had a fairly mild summer this year, we are just experiencing a bit of heat right now and you should hear the softies moan!
I don't mind the heat, it's the cold that does me in, that's when I start moaning!Mine for today...another from Death Valley California:
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Peter, I've loved the tonal ranges you have captured in your Death Valley pictures, something I'm trying to pay more heed to in my pictures of late, I'm reading and watching some lectures/tutorials about the zone system to try and help myself there.
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Good colour replacement here, I'm assuming that's what you did, nice and abstract.
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La Galion Beach, St. Martin...
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VirtualRain, just a few steps to the left and you could have framed the pontoon and the red yacht in between those palms. Which would have added so much more interest to this picture.
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appie57, this has some great tonal ranges to it and really nice subjects and interest for me. A nice capture.
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sunnyj, you're on a roll with the birds! After seeing your car interior pictures I wouldn't have expected this side of your photography! Keep it up, all aspects, I mean!
The gloves sound like a fantastic idea actually, for you guys and girls.
We've actually had a fairly mild summer this year, we are just experiencing a bit of heat right now and you should hear the softies moan!
I'm guessing you guys wouldn't experience all that much humidity down there in SA, more dry outback air? We've had a few hot ones up here. I can live with a few 45C days fine (113F for our American friends) - it's mainly the humidity factor on even the (relatively) cooler days that makes things a little unpleasant for some people at times "up" here (all the moist equatorial air moving down the coast).