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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: RSL on November 09, 2017, 10:24:42 am

Title: Sunlight Through a Fading Flower
Post by: RSL on November 09, 2017, 10:24:42 am
Reading in my chair. Looked up. Ran and grabbed a camera.

I've done some PP in DxO's Optics Pro 11. It helps.
Title: Re: Sunlight Through a Fading Flower
Post by: Rob C on November 11, 2017, 04:24:05 am
Reading in my chair. Looked up. Ran and grabbed a camera.

I've done some PP in DxO's Optics Pro 11. It helps.

Never run, Russ; it can be very dangerous!

I honestly can't remember the last time I ran. I think it was in the 80s when my hat blew off and I tried to get to it before it went over the moorings quay into the sea; but it (I) was too late, and the thing was soaked when I retrieved it. I think the previous run was during the 50s. Not something I do every day - or even did every day, ever. But I do manage to walk for at least an hour each day.

As summer weather is but a distant memory almost a week or two old, the walks may soon be accompanied again by a camera because the sunshine is becoming more rare and clouds fit me (photographically speaking), the darker the better.

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Sunlight Through a Fading Flower
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 11, 2017, 08:49:15 am
I used to run a lot in younger days. Eve did (short) triathlons for a while, but no more.

Russ, I hope you ran gently to get the camera and then walked briskly back for the photo. 

Good result.

-Eric
Title: Re: Sunlight Through a Fading Flower
Post by: RSL on November 11, 2017, 10:21:14 am
Fortunately I only had to run into the next room for the camera. But I had to run because the sun was moving rapidly and I was about to lose the light. Next morning the flowers went into the trash and they couldn't pose any longer.
Title: Re: Sunlight Through a Fading Flower
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on November 11, 2017, 11:03:37 am
Speaking of the sun's rapid movements and perfect timing:

"At precisely 11:11 a.m. each Veterans Day (Nov. 11), the sun’s rays pass through the ellipses of the five Armed Services pillars to form a perfect solar spotlight over a mosaic of The Great Seal of the United States.

http://twistedsifter.com/2014/11/anthem-arizona-veterans-memorial/"

Happy Veterans Day, Russ!
Title: Re: Sunlight Through a Fading Flower
Post by: RSL on November 11, 2017, 11:28:45 am
Fascinating, Slobodan. And thanks. Every veterans' day is a happy one because I'm still here.
Title: Re: Sunlight Through a Fading Flower
Post by: JNB_Rare on November 13, 2017, 09:19:19 am
Next morning the flowers went into the trash and they couldn't pose any longer.

Oh, heck no. When tulips and day lilies die back, they get even more interesting.
Title: Re: Sunlight Through a Fading Flower
Post by: BobDavid on November 14, 2017, 01:54:56 pm
Reading in my chair. Looked up. Ran and grabbed a camera.

I've done some PP in DxO's Optics Pro 11. It helps.

Good catch, Russ. The photo has a dreamlike quality.
Title: Re: Sunlight Through a Fading Flower
Post by: BobDavid on November 14, 2017, 01:56:06 pm
Speaking of the sun's rapid movements and perfect timing:

"At precisely 11:11 a.m. each Veterans Day (Nov. 11), the sun’s rays pass through the ellipses of the five Armed Services pillars to form a perfect solar spotlight over a mosaic of The Great Seal of the United States.

http://twistedsifter.com/2014/11/anthem-arizona-veterans-memorial/"

Happy Veterans Day, Russ!

Neat as well as poignant.
Title: Re: Sunlight Through a Fading Flower
Post by: BobDavid on November 14, 2017, 01:57:33 pm
Oh, heck no. When tulips and day lilies die back, they get even more interesting.

+1 Tulip'sLastDance.jpg
Title: Re: Sunlight Through a Fading Flower
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 14, 2017, 06:57:58 pm
+1 Tulip'sLastDance.jpg
+2.
Title: Re: Sunlight Through a Fading Flower
Post by: Kevin Gallagher on November 14, 2017, 07:42:29 pm
Fascinating, Slobodan. And thanks. Every veterans' day is a happy one because I'm still here.

Amen!!