Friday Night Photos

Submitted by Bollox Ref on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 4:47pm

or 'Getting to Grips with a New Camera'.

I've had the camera a couple of weeks.... and am still trying to work out all the options (seemingly thousands).

Of the shots I've taken, this one is my favourite:

Portrait of a Cat

Not much else that is very noteworthy, so here's a shot from last year.... a misty, Minnesota lake.

So, back to practicing with the new piece of kit.

If you have shots, feel free to share.

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Submitted by psyched on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 6:04pm

Tiffany the cat Jan 2, 2017

Submitted by janis b on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 6:06pm

Such a beautiful portrait Bollox.

It’s so soft and beautifully focused. I think your new camera has a great quality to it.

He is an amazingly beautiful cat, who looks like he forces you to get down to his level, unless you always hang out on the floor ; ).

Submitted by psyched on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 6:06pm

Daffodils in winter, January 15, 2017

Submitted by janis b on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 6:19pm

Thank you psyched,

@psyched

for two majestic portraits of common varieties. It's nice that you can encourage daffodils to bloom in the winter.

Submitted by Bollox Ref on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 6:26pm

Nice portrait.

@psyched Nice portrait. Is Tiffany missing an ear tip? Or perhaps that's just the angle of the shot.

(Not quite sure why this ended up here, but anyway.)

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Submitted by psyched on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 6:36pm

Thank you.

@Bollox Ref Thank you. Yes, Tiffany has a little nick out of one ear. I don't know how that happened.

Submitted by Bollox Ref on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 6:24pm

The floor is pretty much my level

Still, I get to commune with furry friends.

(Edit...supposed to be a reply to Janis.)

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 6:26pm

For Ray For Fun For Real

For Ray

For Fun

For Real

Submitted by Bollox Ref on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 7:36pm

They grow golf balls in NZ?

@janis b

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 7:48pm

Haven't you ever heard of the insurmountable

@Bollox Ref

Lydia Ko ; ). She's at least as good as any cricket player.

Submitted by janis b on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 6:46pm

Easier though Bollox,

to come to grips with a new camera than a new president : (

Submitted by janis b on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 6:52pm

I wonder if everyone

@janis b

is stupefyingly benumbed?

Submitted by Bollox Ref on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 7:13pm

Purfleet makes more sense than Trump

@janis b
even when she's chuntering on about the 'Grill of Death'

or the state of English cricket.

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 7:29pm

I am going to admit something that I may never be forgiven for, ~~but I have never watched cricket or rugby~~. That means that I can never consider myself a true kiwi, and because I had to look up "grill of death", I am not a real american either, I guess. I'm partly both I think. I bet you feel similarly at times.

Submitted by Bollox Ref on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 7:40pm

Rugby I can live without (too many bad school memories)

@janis b

But cricket? Days of 'Rain stopped play'. What's not to love.

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Submitted by magiamma on Sat, 01/21/2017 - 11:29pm

nevermind

@Bollox Ref @boriscleto totally wrong place

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Submitted by gustogirl on Sun, 01/22/2017 - 4:44am

@janis b Sometimes, I think I

@janis b Sometimes, I think I'm not really an earthling.

Wishful thinking, I guess.

Submitted by janis b on Sun, 01/22/2017 - 8:50pm

Very funny, gustogirl!

@gustogirl

I guess more gusto lives in non-earthlings.

Submitted by magiamma on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 7:37pm

@Bollox Ref Probably more coherent

@Bollox Ref Probably more coherent than thump's chuntering.

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Submitted by riverlover on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 7:55pm

I have base grills. They push or pull air 20/ 60 mins

@Bollox Ref And My Cairn terrierist is catlike and rubs walls and hangs out at vents. Sniffing. I was warned by her Hippie veterinarian who confesses to Cairns that they are catlike. I need to repaint all walls on the interior. Doggie scrubs.

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Submitted by magiamma on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 7:22pm

whew..... daunting

Been trying to not focus on national politics today. Local, yes. Setting up a google file to monitor new housing developments. Boring but useful.

Blowfish, North Vancouver, Lonsdale Quay
blowfish hanging.jpg

Bun in Light, Lonsdale Quay
bun in light.jpg

And for something more serene... Fog in Stanley Park
Fog in Stanly Park.jpg

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Submitted by Bollox Ref on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 7:37pm

Mist is always good

@magiamma

Sure that's not a flying fish?

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Submitted by magiamma on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 8:49pm

lol

@Bollox Ref What kind of new camera do you have b?

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Submitted by Bollox Ref on Sun, 01/22/2017 - 7:24pm

An Olympus E-M10 Mark II

@magiamma @magiamma

Part gift, part saved up for.

So far lovely camera, but lots of bells and whistles.

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 7:42pm

The 'bun in light' photo is amazing

@magiamma

The lighting naturally, the look of awe or expectation on the lookers/bakers face, and the weird blue neon light mimicking the shape of the roll on paper.

Submitted by magiamma on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 7:27pm

very nice janis

love the mixed textures of the wood and the fern shadows.

edit - Thought I was replying to janis. Who knows.

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Submitted by riverlover on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 8:01pm

avec un momente, toutes est possible

@magiamma Bad second language, but I try. Trying to get bilingual again, my writing is scarce, but it's amazing that reading one has to shut off Englais and comprendre en Francais.

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Submitted by magiamma on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 9:00pm

@riverlover I think I have to

@riverlover I think I have to change that now. It feels overwhelming - the amount of work that has to be done to redo what has already been undone in one short day.

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Submitted by Unabashed Liberal on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 8:19pm

Late to the Party, but thanks BR & fine C99P

photographers!

I enjoy the many lovely feline photos--as well as the birds and other animals. Occasionally, I snap a photo of Mister B when we're walking, but not sure if I transfer the photo to my hard drive, if I'd still have a copy on my Android phone. (That matters, because I use some of his photos as caller ID photos.)

Anyhoo, think I'll try to find and post a couple photos of Westminster winners that I think are especially beautiful. That would include 'James,' the 2007 Best Of Show--a Springer.

Mollie

"Every time I lose a dog, he takes a piece of my heart. Every new dog gifts me with a piece of his. Someday, my heart will be total dog, and maybe then I will be just as generous, loving, and forgiving."
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"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went."
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Submitted by magiamma on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 9:02pm

That would be great...

@Unabashed Liberal Love to see those winners!

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Submitted by riverlover on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 9:44pm

Skya shots are mostly on my iPhone

@Unabashed Liberal and I have not done a transfer to HD for some time. Good reminder. Then I have Carbonite backup.

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Submitted by Unabashed Liberal on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 10:16pm

Thanks, magianmma--since it's pretty late,

I think I'll post it next week, in hopes that more Folks can see this perfect looking dog. James was handled by the same handler who took Springer Ch. Salilyn 'N Erin's Shameless--call name, Samantha--to Best-In-Show at Westminster in 2000. And, her sire was BIS in 1993.

Not that I'm biased - - but Springers are the Westminster Dog Show's third winningest breed--after the Wire Fox Terrier, and Scottish Terrier.

Mollie

"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went."--Will Rogers

Mollie

"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went."--Will Rogers

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Submitted by Unabashed Liberal on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 10:37pm

RL, I don't have a cloud backup service (except

for my faxes).

Hey, I hope you're feeling better by now, regarding both your loss, and your gall bladder problem.

(Mister B has recovered physically from his gall bladder surgery, but he seems much more clingy. Maybe I overdid his care--dunno. Hard not to, though--the incision ran from the top of his sternum, along side and past his private parts. Anyhoo, now he follows me from room to room, if I leave for more than a couple of minutes. BTW, from what I understand, it's mostly a Laparoscopic surgery for humans.)

Take care.

Mollie

"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went."--Will Rogers

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Submitted by Daenerys on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 11:15pm

Nothing for me this week

as we're in the process of moving. Not sure when I'll be able to get out there again. Today would have been lovely for birding, but we were too busy. Also ended up getting the water pump, thermostat and serpentine belt replaced in the car. Fun times.

Anyway, here's a list of birds I want to photograph:
hooded merganser
common and Barrow's goldeneye
wood duck
mandarin duck
green heron
black crowned night heron
American bittern
sandhill crane
western and Clark's grebe
Steller's jay
mountain bluebird
western tanager
Clark's nutcracker
northern and loggerhead shrike

There's probably more, but we'll see what this year brings.

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Submitted by riverlover on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 11:33pm

Stellars Jay is obnoxious in Marin County Parks, CA

@Daenerys If I still had my Canada spot, great for mergs, herons and loons. Also goldeneyes at times of the year. And buffleheads! But sold off, alas.

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Submitted by boriscleto on Sat, 01/21/2017 - 7:30am

More Zoo pics

Bored yet?

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Submitted by magiamma on Sat, 01/21/2017 - 11:31pm

No I'm am not tired of zoo pictures

@boriscleto Not gonna happen. They are amazing.

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Submitted by janis b on Sun, 01/22/2017 - 12:55am

Not yet

@boriscleto @boriscleto

Nor am I bored by the Adam's quote in your sig line, or the universe that you so evocatively capture in photos. Thank you.

Submitted by eyo on Sat, 01/21/2017 - 10:34am

Symbolically dark and blue Russian River

Sorry about the date stamps forgot to turn off. The eyeglass prescription upgrade fell off budget years ago so I can't see worth beans in dim light, or up close, or far away. Ha ha go on laugh, I do. Sometimes the photos look awesome when I get home and see them up close, others not so much.

At the bridge Thursday morning

Buzzard (Turkey Vulture) airing its wings on phone pole in distance

What ~20,000 cubic feet of water per second looks like, it's a lot.

There is a bunch of household trash under the bridge, the city water workers drive by it every day, it's a county problem, see how that works? Contractor's delight. I pick up garbage when I feel better than it does, and put it where it goes. Right now I have to stay away the water calls like crazy, a pocketful of rocks.

The Russian River ends in west county, at the coast near Jenner. Protectors always needed.
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/6555422-181/russian-river-flooding-heaps-trash

Submitted by janis b on Sun, 01/22/2017 - 1:05am

"At the bridge Thursday morning"

@eyo

is very moody and beautiful. It's nice that you and others care for this place, so that it's charm can be saved and appreciated.

Submitted by eyo on Sun, 01/22/2017 - 7:22am

Compared to height of drought

@janis b thanks, really appreciate your good vibe. I went back to find a similar photo from drought times where I had to ~~shop~~ paste in an arrow with a graphical image manipulation program, to show practically zero cubic feet per second.
edit: ugh branding sneaks in everywhere, free advertising, if i sneeze i still think kleenex. ugh.

The storm woke me up again oh noes it is massive, I did like the delay of Obama's fancy retirement landing, wish he was going to live in a tent. Hang on Los Angeles. Peace.