Friday Photography
Friday Photography
Not many words this week. Last week's post was about photography and the law and is probably worth a read if you are planning to go to Philly next week and are planning on taking some pics. I did intend to go but the universe, unfortunately, had different plans. I am insanely jealous of those who are able to make the trip. I suspect that this will be the most important convention for 50 years or so.
If you are going - stay safe.Assignment
This weeks assignment is Circles/Round
Wheels and balls are obvious subjects. Other possibilities include manhole covers (these can be really interesting)
Of course the assignments are a suggestion - post anything you like, images, words, combination of the two etc. I'll put up a thread tomorrow noonish as usual - or just use this one.
Some Random Pics
Comments
Are those
silicone nipples?
Beaut pictures as usual.
Thanks.
Regardless of the path in life I chose, I realize it's always forward, never straight.
heh thanks
Its a bath mat of all things.
“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” -Voltaire
Feeling deflated here, but march on.
It's about 90 here but a breeze (new sign of CC) and relatively low (50%) humidity, it's okay.
More work on polarized sunglasses, I think my windows are a wash (and need one). I see there are put-on lenses for an iPhone, anyone tried them?
I have last year's squawroot feet from it's oak. About time for this year's crop but drought here. I was always attuned to nature and then discovered my deficits. With a doctorate, still willin'.
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Only 90?
We were at 99 with humidity in the sauna level. Sometimes there is a good point to recuperating and not being able to go outside.
A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world. Oscar Wilde
Hi riverlover
I've used macro add on lens for iPhone -works pretty well - haven't tried polarizer though (if anyone even makes one).
Dew point has been getting up around 75 here which is pretty unpleasant even for these parts. We had a storm yesterday afternoon that really took the edge off it though- managed to eat outside which was a bonus.
Talking of nature we seem to have an abundance of it this year (animal and plant) - especially for a fairly built up area
“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” -Voltaire
While my summer through the eyes of a puppy
is now rough. She is not fond of heat but will lie in the sun until she is baked. Or something. Still suet-feeding birds, but several squirrels have it all figured out. Going for capsaisin flavor next order. Birds don't taste hot (I still have to call Cornell LoO to confirm), but squirrels find it off-putting for several weeks.
Pup chases squirrels but has yet to learn the human word cue. Has not gotten any yet, knows they go UP, but her semi-contained visual sighting requires a bark-on-launch. Fail. I have yet to discover her smartness. But I love her.
Hey! my dear friends or soon-to-be's, JtC could use the donations to keep this site functioning for those of us who can still see the life preserver or flotsam in the water.
Hi, Steve--very striking and interesting photos. I always
enjoy the photos that highlight the texture of the object photographed.
I'll go ahead and give a 'shout out' to you, and to the many excellent Caucus photographers who'll likely be contributing to tonight's OT--thank you!
We're under a 'heat advisory' for the first time this summer. And, as our luck would have it, we're having to travel to a couple of Gulf Coast states, into even more insufferable weather/heat conditions.
So, stay cool, Folks. And have a nice weekend!
Mollie
“I believe in the redemptive powers of a dog’s love. It is in recognition of each dog’s potential to lift the human spirit, and, therefore, to change society for the better, that I fight to make sure every street dog has its day.”
--Stasha Wong, Secretary, Save Our Street Dogs (SOSD)
National Mill Dog Rescue (NMDR) - Dogs Available For Adoption
Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.
Thanks Mollie
your support is always appreciated - and agree completely re texture
“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” -Voltaire
Bloody hot here. 97 F., and the humidity is criminal.
As for round/rounded things......... I've got an archway. Other than that, nothing. Did I say it was hot?!!
Edit:
More rounded bits and pieces.
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
98 here in San Diego
But the humidity is only 30% so I guess that's a good thing.
Nice arch. It looks cool and inviting there in the shade.
I'm great at multi-tasking. I can waste time, be unproductive, and procrastinate all at the same time.
Shade is our friend.
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
I heard today from a professional stone mason
that wood forms, later removed, make those nice arches and holes. I feel better now.
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Hi BR
I will never complain about the weather again - it's only just touching 90 here
nice rounded bits and pieces
“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” -Voltaire
Some random circles
I'm great at multi-tasking. I can waste time, be unproductive, and procrastinate all at the same time.
Beautiful circles socialprogressive
my favorite is the second one I think - spectacular
“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” -Voltaire
Thank you Steve
I'm great at multi-tasking. I can waste time, be unproductive, and procrastinate all at the same time.
Round
One of my favorite photos with the very round moon.
A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world. Oscar Wilde
Hi Michelewin
very pretty - looks like the beginning of fall
“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” -Voltaire
I managed to get out Sunday morning.
Nothing since then...
Peep sandpipers are tough to get photos of when they are at a long distance and on mud they evolved camouflage for...
Back lit GBHE
The Sigma 150-500 is a nice lens, but it is at its weakest @500mm and infinity focus...
Bobolink
This Bobolink was molting
Best shot I got of the Sandhill Cranes. Sandhill Cranes had never bred in NY State before 2003 or so...
Swamp Sparrow
Trumpeter Swans have only been back in NY State since the mid-90s. They were reintroduced to the Provence of Ontario and spread into NY.
Solitary Sandpiper
A couple of hen ducks in eclipse.
Sometimes you just have to scratch that itch...
Goldfinch nesting time
" In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry, and is generally considered to have been a bad move. -- Douglas Adams, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy "
Resident Sandhill cranes in NY?
I have scoped my downhill wetland, it used to be wet. Beavers had dams in two spots on Cascadilla Creek. water level dropped, reeds (not phragmites) grew in. One late summer was a birders spot for common egrets.
I saw sandhills in flight in WI but before that they were wonderful to see at dawn in the cut fields there.
Goldfinches here. If it is nesting now that may explain sightings and more often calls.
I now have 4 spp of woodpeckers at my suet feeders, plus all the smalls. What happened to sapsuckers?
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They were first documented nesting in 2003
On Howland's Island, part of the Northern Montezuma WMA. They had first been observed migrating in 1999. They have been breeding in the Federal refuge since 2011. In the Town of Savannah there is a part of the Federal refuge called the Sandhill Crane Unit. A few years ago I saw two adults and two colts there. But the large flock seems to hang around the Knox-Marsellus/Puddler Marsh unit.
The entire Montezuma wetlands complex and its surrounding areas are a national treasure, and I'm lucky to live within an hour drive of all of it...
Montezuma Birding (and Nature) Trail
" In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry, and is generally considered to have been a bad move. -- Douglas Adams, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy "
BC, really enjoy ur bird photos--keep 'em coming, please! ;-D NT
Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.
seconded n/t
“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” -Voltaire
Evening Boriscleto
you did better than me - its now over a week since I picked up a camera and I am missing it - as soon as the weather eases up a bit a day on the Indiana Dunes is going to happen.
Beautiful images -as always
“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” -Voltaire
Circles - Bougainvillea flowers
These are the tiny true petals in the center of the brilliant bracts that look like petals. Two flowers shown here.
Very cool shot
Really interesting composition as well as subject
how big are the petals ?- I'd guess extremely small judging by the photo
“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” -Voltaire
Circles! I can do circles, well spirals...
Good luck guessing what it is! Hint: Starfish?
Great pic
If I had to guess I'd say its a drunk fractal - beyond that I have nothing.
Really interesting though.
“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” -Voltaire
evening steve...
here's one of a bunch of things i've shot recently but haven't had time to process. it has a couple of circles in it.
Hi Joe
That's the peacock mantis shrimp isn't it? - just to prove that I was paying attention
Know what you mean about the processing - I haven't taken any photographs for a week and I'm still about three weeks behind on that side of things.
“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” -Voltaire
heh, ding, ding, ding...
yes, you are absolutely correct! it is the peacock mantis shrimp, peeking out from behind his rock.
i have some more photos of him, but i was unable to telepathically persuade him to come all the way out of his lair this time. i guess i'm just not attuned to the shrimp frequency.
i really want to get a couple of decent shots of him, but he's tough to shoot. the light is low, so a large depth of field is tough to pull off since when he does come out all the way, he moves pretty fast. i'm pretty resistant to the idea of using a flash, but i'm starting to consider an off-the camera flash held so that it doesn't flash at him directly.
A lot of discussion
about using flash with live subjects - consensus AFAIK is that it is all to fast to cause discomfort but I am no expert. Knucklehead is the aqua flash photography expert - suspect he could give loads of useful advice. Hasn't been around for a couple of weeks though, said he was heading into a busy spell IIRC
“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” -Voltaire
Almond petals are circles, right?
Branch artery occlusion.
I was retinal photographer for 25 years.
Moon and the light from the Alcatraz lighthouse.
This was taken with my first digital camera that was a point and shoot but at the time digital SLRs were out of my price range.
I have a Canon 40D with a 28-300 lense and would love to go back to Sausalito where I took this photo and use it.
I have been a photographer for over 40 years and when digital cameras first came out I thought that there was no way that they would replace film cameras. Surprise.
When I was an ophthalmic photographer, I had to develop the film by hand and then print a contact sheet that had to be free of all dust because as you can see in the photo of the retina, there are a lot of white spots which are leaking blood vessels and if the film wasn't clean of dust, the doctor wouldn't have a clear image to work from when he used a laser to treat the damaged blood vessels.
Digital retinal cameras had just come on the market a year before I was injured at work and instead of spending hours waiting for the films to be developed, the doctor could watch the test in real time on a monitor and decide if the patient needed immediate treatment or could wait a few days for it.
Sigh, I'd give anything to get back in that field of work.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.
~Hannah Arendt
Yes, time flies
I recall retinal images from my dog who blew 2 eyes with glaucoma. My mother has AMD and is blind but doesn't know it. I got a letter from my optho that it's checkup time. Already 2 implant lenses, I worry about macular degeneration now. And hereditary deafness. Crap. Better treatments for age-related macular degeneration now than then.
First time I went on an extended tour of Great Britain, I had three lead packs for film in my luggage. Digital improved things. Still hard to get moonrise shots like yours!
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Hi SD -Of course
it was originally the silicon chip technology that made both digital imaging plus the computing power needed for many medical applications possible. In the decade or so I've been alive we have gone from slide rules to access to just about all the number crunching power we need and some.
Digital photography is so mature now that it is hard to believe that it didn't really exist two decades ago.
“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” -Voltaire