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Photo of the day: September 2013
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I like the simplicity and ambiguity...
Was there a hotel nearby to help you with testing your patience Doylem? Just beyond the pines, or immediately behind you perhaps!
There's nothing worse that making the journey somewhere and then not having the weather cooperate, I bet Phras. would have some tales to tell in that regard. She's not exactly going a couple of miles down the road for her pictures.
Staying in one place is my own, personal antidote to our ‘three-minute culture’: our short spans of attention and our inability to concentrate on any one thing for very long. Sure, there are moments of tedium, and after some photographic jaunts I come home without any pix. But never empty-handed, because ‘settling into’ the landscape, and just watching how the light changes, has become a real pleasure for me. And it’s free...
Harry the Herdwick contemplates a long drop...
Ha - I knew you wouldn't be able to resist getting a Danbo once you'd Googled it - great fun aren't they?
To be honest I'm not allowed to use it unless my daughter says I can, as she has acquired it!
I quite like that actually.
I like the simplicity and ambiguity...
Staying in one place is my own, personal antidote to our three-minute culture: our short spans of attention and our inability to concentrate on any one thing for very long. Sure, there are moments of tedium, and after some photographic jaunts I come home without any pix. But never empty-handed, because settling into the landscape, and just watching how the light changes, has become a real pleasure for me. And its free...
Harry the Herdwick contemplates a long drop...
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Great philosophy you've got there, man. I like to think the same way (although I don't often get the opportunity to just sit and contemplate in such natural beauty as you do). And I'd really like to teach myself what you said in your very last sentence "watching how the light changes", just for the heck of it.
Sunset at Hanalei Bay on the north shore of Kauai. Awesome surfing and a really cool little town.
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The image says it all. Wow!
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Great image. I love the textures and contrasts.
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Astonishing image, as always!
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Nailed! Fantastic capture.
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Well spotted composition and nicely done.
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Completely agreed! Fantastic birds - very present in the moment.
Staying in one place is my own, personal antidote to our three-minute culture: our short spans of attention and our inability to concentrate on any one thing for very long. Sure, there are moments of tedium, and after some photographic jaunts I come home without any pix. But never empty-handed, because settling into the landscape, and just watching how the light changes, has become a real pleasure for me. And its free...
That was something my Nana instilled in me as a very young lad. To observe my surroundings. Watching light play across an area is a relatively new thing for me and I have to thank you and Phras. for that.
The capture is not what it's about for me, unless I'm going somewhere specifically with that in mind and even then it's not the be-all-and-end-all for me.
Sounds like the process of 'settling into' the place is your version of meditation Doylem, that's beautiful and I love that you describe it with such honouring.
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I found this long forgotten and broken trampoline that has been turned upside down in a local front yard the other day.
Here is today's image.
Perspective VII by Sam Hyams, on Flickr
I put a little more effort into setting up this shot. I was originally trying to achieve a different angle, but wasn't happy with the results. In the end I chose this more minimalist shot which I think complements the set quite nicely.
Opinions and advice welcomed as always!
Thank you!
It wasn't till I went to the set that I realised this was full open, so to speak!
Did you try any on end (or side) views? Or is that not possible because it's recessed into the window space?
A great exercise that I undertake every so often to teach me to look differently.
Oy vey...don't get me started! I could regale you all day with sad stories of that sort. Meeting with uncooperative weather is known in landscape photographer parlance as getting "skunked", and I seem to specialize in it. :::sigh:::: I shared a number of such anecdotes here.
More recently, I had an especially unfortunate experience when I drove clear across Italy and hiked up 4,000 vertical feet to photograph a glacier--and the first part of that hike was in the rain. I reserved three days for the glacier shot and never got the conditions I had envisioned. The first day was mostly overcast; on the second day, the clouds were in all the wrong places (and so was I, for that matter); and the third day the clouds went AWOL entirely.
But at least I had some fun taking midday shots while scouting around the glacier's edge hoping to find an ice cave:
And I also spent that last evening perched on an opposing cliff, listening to the glacier gushing its melting underbelly into a massive tarn, as the cloudless sky allowed every last bit of light to rake across the tallest peaks. I even took a photo that evening, and if I ever get it processed to where I think it communicates my experience, then I might even post it here.
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You did get some very nice shots the other day ...
Next time I'll spend more time with my camera and less time with my Caterham. I brought my Sony Nex7 instead of my Canon, easier for my 11 year old to handle in the car.
I love the Sony (especially for travel) and its in camera HDR capability, but I have better glass for the Canon.
After seeing my shots and yours my wife now wants to come along, is there anywhere to park her Odyssey so she can be there?
You did get some very nice shots the other day ...
Next time I'll spend more time with my camera and less time with my Caterham. I brought my Sony Nex7 instead of my Canon, easier for my 11 year old to handle in the car.
I love the Sony (especially for travel) and its in camera HDR capability, but I have better glass for the Canon.
After seeing my shots and yours my wife now wants to come along, is there anywhere to park her Odyssey so she can be there?
It wasn't till I went to the set that I realised this was full open, so to speak!
Did you try any on end (or side) views? Or is that not possible because it's recessed into the window space?
A great exercise that I undertake every so often to teach me to look differently.
Yes, unfortunately it is recessed into a window space, in number 6 you can see the end of it against the wall, so it isn't possible to get a side on view.
There are some others in the house that are easier to move, so I may try it in the future. Thanks
Western Brook Pond, Gros Morne National Park - Newfoundland is (IMO) one of the most spectacular sights that Canada has to offer. The "pond" is 16 km long and is surrounded by cliffs that rise to over 600 m (2,000 ft).
Unfortunately it's not the easiest sight to photograph. Access is by crowded tour boat (forget the tripod) and there is only a small spot at the far end where you can get off...only if you have a special permit from the National Park system.
Unfortunately it's not the easiest sight to photograph. Access is by crowded tour boat (forget the tripod) and there is only a small spot at the far end where you can get off...only if you have a special permit from the National Park system.
Love this photo - the colourless background is just perfect for focusing the attention on the rusty tube.
At pictured rocks in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Lake Superior is really cold, but we couldn't resist swimming in it.
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Thanks! And yes, have her park on the north side of the show lot where the office building is. Lots of spectator parking there
Through the fog... clearly.
That is a beautiful sight, a lovely photo. I captured something similar - likely from the same tour boat. This with a 5 megapixel Sony... Gros Morne National Park. It is a beautiful area. Just watch the Moose if you're in a car !
Western Brook Pond, Gros Morne National Park - Newfoundland is (IMO) one of the most spectacular sights that Canada has to offer.
That is a beautiful sight, a lovely photo. I captured something similar - likely from the same tour boat. This with a 5 megapixel Sony... Gros Morne National Park. It is a beautiful area. Just watch the Moose if you're in a car !
Putting off learning to use the flashes I have for macro photography by instead capturing deceased bugs found in the front yard on my computer desk with indirect sunlight on them yesterday afternoon.
This is a native bee, that is about 12mm in length. I'm actually not too fussed that the top of the rear wing is chopped off a little.
This is a native bee, that is about 12mm in length. I'm actually not too fussed that the top of the rear wing is chopped off a little.
This was taken at Hochkins Ridge Floral Reserve, Croydon, Melbourne. I was trying out the Nikon's 55-300 lens, which works pretty darn well for a cheap lens.
The rest of the album is here: http://somethingchanged.com/photos/hochkins-ridge-reserve/
The rest of the album is here: http://somethingchanged.com/photos/hochkins-ridge-reserve/
That is a beautiful sight, a lovely photo. I captured something similar - likely from the same tour boat. This with a 5 megapixel Sony... Gros Morne National Park. It is a beautiful area. Just watch the Moose if you're in a car !
Thanks Barry. Love the low-lying clouds around the top of the cliffs in your shot...very nice.
For the most part, the sky during our tour of the pond was a washed out grey. I think I got only two shots that I was happy with. But that's not the only reason I can't wait for a return trip.
This is a shot of the far (east) end of Western Brook Pond and the only spot you can get off the boat (with a permit).
Ha! Your third photo reminds me of when we were travelling in the US and were advised about a wonderful view which incorporated the San Andreas Fault so we went 10 miles down a small road to have a look. As the road climbed the weather went from beautifully clear to mist and by the time we got to the top and looked over you could see, well, nothing! It was a bit warmer than in your photo though.