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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: RSL on April 25, 2020, 10:06:46 am
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Really like the back light and reflections.
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Yes, the light is comes through. You must really be sharpening your images. They look ultrasharp.
JR
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Another fine shot, Russ.
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Pipe
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Beautiful
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Beautiful
Yes.
But where's the car?
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Yes.
But where's the car?
In another movie, Eric.
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"Gazing Into the Pond." An abstract.
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An abstract.
Is it? :)
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Hi James. Do you think it's not? You may be right, but I'd like to know why you think so.
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Hi James. Do you think it's not? You may be right, but I'd like to know why you think so.
I'm just teasing. I would happily place it in the "abstract" category as it's used as applied to photography in general. I'm not sure I'd consider it (or a lot of other work labelled as such) as "abstract" in the historical artistic sense of abstraction.
Speaking personally, I generally think of abstraction as an extreme representational or interpretive form, or something that deals only in color and structure without any actual realistic representation at all.
But, since photography is so representational of realism by default, I think we've relaxed the definition a bit.
That's my 2 cents, and it's worth every penny of that ;)
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I'm just teasing. I would happily place it in the "abstract" category as it's used as applied to photography in general. I'm not sure I'd consider it (or a lot of other work labelled as such) as "abstract" in the historical artistic sense of abstraction.
Speaking personally, I generally think of abstraction as an extreme representational or interpretive form, or something that deals only in color and structure without any actual realistic representation at all.
But, since photography is so representational of realism by default, I think we've relaxed the definition a bit.
That's my 2 cents, and it's worth every penny of that ;)
Hi James, Interesting. I agree with you. I don't really believe you can do abstract with a camera. You can come close sometimes, but the reality always is there.
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Cypress, Moss, Dawn
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Trunks and Moss
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More good ones.
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First light on moss.
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This one really works. The bright spots lead my eyes deeper into the woods.
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This one really works. The bright spots lead my eyes deeper into the woods.
+1.
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Untitled. A look through the green.
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Rus,
Maybe it is my NEC PAw monitor, but is seems like there is a yellow cast in the image.
Too strong on the green ?
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Is anyone else having this problem?
I'm working on a Spyder-calibrated monitor, and the picture looks balanced to me. I haven't pushed any of the colors. As I say, it appears balanced, but calibration can fail. If several people are having the problem you're having I'll have to recheck my calibration before next week when it's due.
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Colors
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Is anyone else having this problem?
I'm working on a Spyder-calibrated monitor, and the picture looks balanced to me. I haven't pushed any of the colors. As I say, it appears balanced, but calibration can fail. If several people are having the problem you're having I'll have to recheck my calibration before next week when it's due.
it may just be the temperature of the light from being filtered through the morning moisture/haze. i had not noticed it in the other images so that is why i commented.
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Weed
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Well seen.
I guess you moved a few feet away from the river.
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Actually it was on the bank of the river, Eric. Couldn't pass it by.
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I don't know how you do it Russ, but your images are tack sharp at over 90! If it weren't for my anti-shake mechanism, I would have to carry a tripod wherever I go.
Have you noticed that your Morning walk series images are moving more and more to varied light, especially more back and side light?
Cypress, Moss, Dawn, is the one that really stands out for me with its two striking trunks that nicely offset the strongly lit moss.
JR
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reminds me of a scattergram from CERN LHC.....
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I don't know how you do it Russ, but your images are tack sharp at over 90! If it weren't for my anti-shake mechanism, I would have to carry a tripod wherever I go.
Have you noticed that your Morning walk series images are moving more and more to varied light, especially more back and side light?
Cypress, Moss, Dawn, is the one that really stands out for me with its two striking trunks that nicely offset the strongly lit moss.
JR
I don't know the answer, John, but it may be something I inherited. I'm still steady. In the old days I used to be able to do interior shots of people at 1/30 second on my Leica with Tri-X. One thing that helps is that the Panasonic 12-60 on my Pen-F is a superb lens, and the Pen's internal VR is very good.
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More moss at dawn.
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Russ clearly has built-in image stabilization. No need for tripods or in-camera stabilization.
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A Stroke of Sunlight
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Wearing of the Green
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Another nice one.
But shouldn't that have been posted on March 17 instead of May 11? ;)
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Good point, Eric, but it didn't exist on March 17th. I did, though. I was born about an hour before St. Paddy's day began in 1930.
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Another one without a title.
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Another one without a title.
One of your best morning walk images. It has layers, if you get my meaning.
JR
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It is good.
You could always call it "Untitled # 12738."
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Thanks, John and Eric. And yes, John, I understand about layers. You're right.
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Grasses again...
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Life passing and rising...
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First light at the marina...
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Life passing and rising...
I find this one very moving.
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that "slow down" sign must have a frame somewhere that uses it .......
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Into the deep woods...
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Dock
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Good seeing.
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Fallen Leaves
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Fallen Leaves
Yes, I like this. Almost three D with some backlighting.
JR
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The sun had just broken through. Two minutes later would have been too late.
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Nice one.
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Down the slope in front of my house. I'm never able to resist shooting this when I first step out.
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Just be sure to leave the chainsaw at home when you go out.
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Coat hanger
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Another good catch.
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Alone again (naturally)
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Green at the Last
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Over the rooftop
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This one is fascinating. It's like looking out a window -- from outdoors to outdoors!
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Thanks, Eric. I actually had a high, thin overcast this morning, resulting in a enough diffusion to let me grab an unusual amount of detail.
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Deluge
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Great light in that one. Truly tropical. You would never see that in Massachusetts.
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True, Eric. If you saw that in Massachusetts you'd know you're in trouble.
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Great light in that one. Truly tropical. You would never see that in Massachusetts.
Yes the rain shot has a lot of ambience.
JR
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Thanks guys. We needed that rain and we need some more.
Here's a fallen branch.
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Dawn, Dew, Cypress. . .
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Nice. Does a b&w conversion also work well ?
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Good question, Frank. Usually I check. This time I didn't. But here's what it looks like. Not sure which I prefer.
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I prefer the color, even if there is basically only one color there.
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Limpkin at Dawn
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Moss, Light, River
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Moss, Light, River
That is lovely, Russ.
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Thanks, Keith. This morning's high, thin overcast helped a lot. Wish I could get back to shooting people, though.
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At least you are keeping your eye in good shape.
I hope you get a chance to do people and street again soon.
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Untitled. First morning in four days without rain. The tropical storm hitting New Orleans is sending out branches that reach us. Very warm, very humid, but beautiful as usual. More rain forecast for this afternoon.
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We could use some of that rain, but I think it's going to pass us by to the west.
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I thought yesterday morning was wet -- until I stepped out this morning. But the light is always beautiful and always changing. I walked to where the river starts its journey past the golf course. When I turned around and started back the light was gone and an overcast had set in. Love the overcast for wide vistas, detailed looks at some things, and people, but along the river first morning light is best.
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I thought yesterday morning was wet -- until I stepped out this morning. But the light is always beautiful and always changing. I walked to where the river starts its journey past the golf course. When I turned around and started back the light was gone and an overcast had set in. Love the overcast for wide vistas, detailed looks at some things, and people, but along the river first morning light is best.
That first morning light through the trees is simply stunning.
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That first morning light through the trees is simply stunning.
It certainly is.
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It certainly is.
Yes indeed.
JR
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Thanks, Keith, Eric and John. Even though I'm doing the same thing over and over, I can't seem to stop. I get out there as close to first light as I can and it always clobbers me. I have to raise the camera and shoot. I can't resist.
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The Limpkin in the Morning
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Another excellent shot, even if it is not like the other river scenes.
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The Limpkin in the Morning
Puts me in mind of a Victorian diorama.
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Another excellent shot, even if it is not like the other river scenes.
Now that's what I call cheating! He obviously knows and posed for you ;)
JR
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Thanks all, again. And John, he, or I suspect she, has been out there several mornings. She'll get in front of me on the (very wet) path, and run along, staying about ten yards ahead. If I get too close she'll fly across the river. But I think she's getting used to me. This morning she ran along, moved off the path a bit, and let me go by her without flying. When I got to the end of my walk and turned back she was there next to this beautiful tree. I stopped and raised the camera, and again she didn't fly away. I made two shots and walked on while she went on looking for her breakfast.
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She's doing a great job of Social Distancing. But is she wearing a mask? :D
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I should perhaps add that I admire the aesthetic of Victorian diorama but certainly not the source and acquisition of the specimens: always such wonderful framing.
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Daiseys at Dawn
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Morning Reflections
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Using the water gives that image an impressionist style of viewing the world.
Nicely done.
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Morning Reflections
Monet would approve.
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Thanks Frank and Keith. I’d hope you’re right, Keith, because Monet is one of my favorites. Interesting that day before yesterday I dragged out the Great Courses course “From Monet to Van Gogh: A History of Impressionism,” very ably done by Richard Brettell. This is my third time through the course over at least twenty years, and I still love it.
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I've been a fan of Monet for many years.
I didn't "get" Van Gogh until I saw a big retrospective at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam a few years back. You've got good taste Russ.
P.S. I think I see the face of an Ent in the center left of this one.
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An Overcast Dawn. I made it back before the rain started.
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I've been looking at your Morning Walk pictures lately.
I like them very much.
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Thanks, Rab. They're what's available to me during the Coronavirus lockdown. And I do enjoy the little river.
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Thanks Frank and Keith. I’d hope you’re right, Keith, because Monet is one of my favorites. Interesting that day before yesterday I dragged out the Great Courses course “From Monet to Van Gogh: A History of Impressionism,” very ably done by Richard Brettell. This is my third time through the course over at least twenty years, and I still love it.
Now that I know Russ likes Monet, I will switch to Van Gogh. Half the image is still, the other half is in motion. I think Russ moved the camera half way through the exposure ;)
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Now, now, John, you know I'd never think of moving a camera during an exposure.
Here's another look across the river.
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Vacancy
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I don't think your limpkin lives there.
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Vacancy
Ooh, I like this one. it's the placement of the stump and birdhouse against the dark round shape of the black shadow area that got me.
JR
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Thanks, John. I got out even earlier than usual this morning and caught this empty house for rent when the sun first broke through the trees and hit it. I like it even better than the other one. There are several birdhouses on the other side of the river, not far from our house, but I've never seen a bird near any of them. You're right, Eric. The limpkin never would even try to live there.
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Thanks, John. I got out even earlier than usual this morning and caught this empty house for rent when the sun first broke through the trees and hit it. I like it even better than the other one. There are several birdhouses on the other side of the river, not far from our house, but I've never seen a bird near any of them. You're right, Eric. The limpkin never would even try to live there.
But Russ, that's because you didn't throw the limpkin a welcoming party. Yes this one is nice too. How do you determine exposure on these with all that black? Did you have to underexpose to retain the black?
JR
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Hi John. I never shoot anything but raw. In this case, "raw" is Olympus's .ORF. I'm careful about setting exposure compensation for the conditions I have before me, so I set compensation to barely avoid blowing the highlights. I make the final adjustments in Camera Raw -- almost never have to go on into Photoshop itself. In this case, I boosted the black a bit. You always have to remember that our digital cameras are going to do their best to end up with a picture that averages out to middle gray. You need to get the kind of range between brightest and darkest you're happy with in post-processing.
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Hi John. I never shoot anything but raw. In this case, "raw" is Olympus's .ORF. I'm careful about setting exposure compensation for the conditions I have before me, so I set compensation to barely avoid blowing the highlights. I make the final adjustments in Camera Raw -- almost never have to go on into Photoshop itself. In this case, I boosted the black a bit. You always have to remember that our digital cameras are going to do their best to end up with a picture that averages out to middle gray. You need to get the kind of range between brightest and darkest you're happy with in post-processing.
Thanks for the explanation. I may not be as old as you, but I am a dinosaur when it comes to digital exposures. I still expose like I am shooting slide film and shoot mostly jpeg. I'm not sure I will ever return to Raw, as I am not a Pro and do fine with jpegs. But I can see that in this high contrast scene, Raw is definitely beneficial.
JR
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Yes, Russ, this one works even better than the previous take.
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Hi John, There’s nothing wrong with shooting jpeg except that somebody else is making decisions about what to keep and what to throw away. If the decision’s good then the result will be good. If the decision’s not so good, well. . . My problem is that I want to keep everything the camera’s capable of capturing. There have been times, after Adobe has upgraded Camera Raw or Photoshop, when I’ve been able to go back to a raw file and produce an improved .PSD or .jpeg. You can’t do that once somebody else has decided what to throw away.
Oh, and I’m not a pro. The difference between a pro and an amateur is that the pro does it for money; the amateur does it for love (which is the “ama” in there). I did some pro work for a very short time in the late sixties, though my life didn’t depend on the results. I soon found that I hated having to produce something somebody else wanted rather than something I wanted.
And thanks, Eric. I like this one better too. The time of day had a lot to do with it.
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Untitled
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I've never shot a jpeg in my life.
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I've never shot a jpeg in my life.
I have, unfortunately. When I got my first digital camera, I didn't know anything about jpeg vs. raw, so I shot several jpegs. I've regretted it ever since.
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Light Struck.
I shot plenty of .jpegs with my first digital camera: the Casio QV3000EX. That's all the camera would shoot. This isn't one of them.
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It doesn't look raw to me. I think it's been processed. ;)
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The beauty of an overcast morning: detail.
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Very nice.
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Sun Spotlight
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Very classy handling of the light.
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Thanks, Eric. but it was just there. All I did was raise the camera, frame, and push the button. The beauty of my llittle river at first light is enough to knock me down sometimes.
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Moss in First Light
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Too bad you can't take that luscious morning light (and moss and river...) with you when you move back to Colorado.
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That's okay, Eric. There's other stuff back there.
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Another camera drawing.
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Blossom
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Charming.
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George at the Fort.
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I like the way the curves of the tree branches echo George's neck.
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Hide and Seek
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Good portrait.
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Springtime on the River
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Good portrait.
He's good a posing, Eric.
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Springtime on the River
Spring beauties or wild roses? Hey, it's summer already. Do I have to go to Florida to find those?
JR
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Shouldn't have to, John. Yeah. You're right. It's summer. And man, can you ever tell that down here.
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Mossy Dawn
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Moss Study
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As the light changes. The sun's moving north now and first light is changing.
I'm gonna have to stay off Landscape Showcase for a while. Few people besides yours truly seem to be posting there. The lineup's starting to look embarrassing.
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I have no place as photogenic as your river close enough for me to get to these days, so in the absence of new stuff, I'll look through some of my older stuff to post.
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Ibis Airborne.
Nothing wrong with gong back in history, Eric. I do it often because I have historical shots from Colorado, Colorado Springs, and surrounding states and areas that people sometimes are interested in.
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Russ, what a wonderful location to have on your doorstep!
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Thanks, Keith. I go out just as the sun begins to hit the other side of the little river -- thinking "I've shot it all; I won't get anything this morning." Turns out I'm usually wrong. I walk about three quarters of a mile north, then turn around and walk back, and I always seem to find something that makes the walk worthwhile.
Going out at dawn, by the way, is essential down here. If you try to do it at any other time you either drown in the humidity or end up roasted well-done in the heat. But you're right. I'm incredibly lucky to be locked down in a place that has a little river. I'd love to get back to shooting people doing their things, as I'm sure you would too. Maybe next year.
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Thanks, Keith. I go out just as the sun begins to hit the other side of the little river -- thinking "I've shot it all; I won't get anything this morning." Turns out I'm usually wrong. I walk about three quarters of a mile north, then turn around and walk back, and I always seem to find something that makes the walk worthwhile.
Going out at dawn, by the way, is essential down here. If you try to do it at any other time you either drown in the humidity or end up roasted well-done in the heat. But you're right. I'm incredibly lucky to be locked down in a place that has a little river. I'd love to get back to shooting people doing their things, as I'm sure you would too. Maybe next year.
Fingers well and truly crossed.
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Mine too.
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Russ, what a wonderful location to have on your doorstep!
+1.
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Ibis heading north
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Good morning
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Distant Moss
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Sun on moss
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Sun on moss
I think you have nicely isolated the graceful arc movement of the branches and the downward motion of the beautiful sunlit moss.
JR
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Distant Moss
Love the natural framing here, and the way the light works on the distant moss
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Thanks John and James. The morning beauty of this river always astonishes me.
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Yes, what John and James said.
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Mossy Dawn
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As the sun moves south. . .
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The mirror
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First Light on the Grass
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River reflections at dawn
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i like the echo of the knees in the Spanish moss.
that would make a wicked 1000 piece puzzle :o
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:) Absolutely, Frank. Probably would be unsolvable.
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i like the echo of the knees in the Spanish moss.
that would make a wicked 1000 piece puzzle :o
Good idea.
Russ, you should approach a puzzle publisher.
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More river reflections
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You're going to miss that river if and when you ever do move back to Colorado.
Maybe you can roll it up and pack it in a trailer to take with you. ;)
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It'd be wonderful to take it along, Eric.
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Morning colors
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Seeds
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Elephant Ears and Dock
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Departure
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Prayer Meeting in the Grass
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I love the Prayer Meeting!
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Light Strike
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I love the Prayer Meeting!
You've been busy, Russ! Great project and good seeing.
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Thanks, David. With coronavirus around it's what's available. I'm enjoying it.
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The flowers that bloom in the summer tra la. . .
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Feather in the Dew
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Untitled
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Good seeing.
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A Sermon in Light
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Reflections in Still Water
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Another good semi-abstract.
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Swamp Lilly
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Neat!
I've never seen one of those.
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Bright Dawn
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The Tree at First Light
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Don't hug this tree!!!
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This one is beautiful
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Thanks, Rab. Do you see why it's not a good idea to hug that tree?
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Thanks, Rab. Do you see why it's not a good idea to hug that tree?
Leaves of three, let it be?
Poison Ivy?
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Exactly. Our river bank is becoming loaded with it. So far I've been fortunate enough never to have been bothered by it. But there's always a first time.
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Exactly. Our river bank is becoming loaded with it. So far I've been fortunate enough never to have been bothered by it. But there's always a first time.
I must admit that I checked 8)
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yeah, and you don't want to be around in the winter if it gets burned out.
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The first time that I was sent to summer camp as a kid, I got my hands into some poison ivy and then rubbed my eyes. Ouch!
I spent the entire rest of that week in the infirmary with my eyes bandages.
We have a lot of it where I live, and I have become very adept at avoiding it.
Nice photo, Russ.
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Nobody Home
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Sunlight and Knees
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It is like a swamp fairy ring :D
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It is like a swamp fairy ring :D
Well put.
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I like it because of the layering.
JR
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Thanks Frank, Eric and John. It's getting more difficult. I've shot everything out there over and over.
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Untitled
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This (nice one) shows us that you aren't running out of subjects, just of titles. ;)
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Thanks, Eric. Every morning now when I go out I'm sure I'm out of subjects -- that I've shot everything over and over. Then, usually, it turns out not to be true.
Here's a Dewey Web. Had to crop this one.
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Good seeing.
Crop is forgiven. (Your crop-percentage is much lower than mine...)
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Untitled (again)
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And again
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Nice, again and again.
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Thanks, Eric. No sun this morning. Here's the result.
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It's nice that two of your professional models showed up anyway.
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Dewey Grass
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Thunderstorm at dawn this morning. No walk, but here's another from a few days ago.
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Not much light out there this morning, but enough for these red leaves. . .
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Not much light out there this morning, but enough for these red leaves. . .
I like it!
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Thanks, Only. Here are an ibis feather and a little leaf. I didn't arrange them. This is the way they'd arranged themselves on the golf course grass.
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Trunk
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The Dock at Dawn
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I see the light is getting warmer as autumn approaches. I like this better than the harsher light of mid summer. Makes the dock more inviting.
JR
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And I'm glad that Russ gets up for sunrise every morning so that I can sleep late, and enjoy the early sun from his photos. ;)
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Knees and Trees
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Nice.
But dare I suggest that I might be tempted to xxxCropxxx just a tiny bit off the top edge, since I find the horizontal bright branch a bit distracting.
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Good heavens!! Crop? Never! Actually, what you're seeing at the top is the far shore. But I can agree it's a bit distracting.
In any case, here's the limpkin who's in flight over in Landscape Showcase. He landed in this tree with his apple snail.
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So now you owe him two modelling fees.
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Well worth it, Eric. I've shot a lot of egrets, great blues, ibises, snowy egrets on the wing. They're all white, except the great blue, and he's fairly light. You can grab them in the finder and focus. The limpkin is camouflaged, and grabbing him against the background trees ain't easy. Here's a failure from yesterday. I've got a lot of failures, but today makes up for them.
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Yes, that one almost looks as if you borrowed John's "special" lens.
My only successful capture of a Great Blue was one stalking for prey in a local pond. Still enough probably for a time exposure.
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Limpkin Escaping. This guy flew away from me into the dark. The D750's ISO was 11400 for this shot. A bit rough, but PhotoLab's noise reduction to the rescue.
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Untitled. Yes, Eric, I cropped it.
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That has considerable charm.
And I'll bet you "precropped" it in camera.
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Actually, you're right. I was using a 200mm lens on a D750, but the thing was a long way off.
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Dawn Bloom
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The Far Side
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Both nice, as usual.
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Thanks, Eric.
Trees and Knees...
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Best knees yet. Great light, too.
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Best kneed yet. Great light, too.
I think I like this one the best of all. The quiet light makes the trees come forward and lends character to what otherwise would be ordinary looking bark.
JR
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Thanks Eric and John. And John, the light was with me for a very short time. I got lucky (which is what photography requires unless you're making your own light) and the sun popped out just as I got to the pond, which is where these trees and knees live.
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Grass
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Looks like a serious argument. The one on the right is chewing out the one on the left in no uncertain terms.
Very "human" grasses.
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Tree and Moss in First Light
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George airborne
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George airborne
Good catch!
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This morning wasn't conducive to a walk, so here's one from 11 days ago.
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I imagine you may be on the fringes of Sally. I hope not.
Stay well and keep dry, if you can.
Lovely image.
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A beautiful lot, your pictures
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Thanks, Rab. I have the good fortune to be in a beautiful place. It really helps.
And Eric, the storm is in the gulf now. We're far enough away that it isn't really bothering us, though it means overcast skies and light to moderate rain today and tomorrow. I may have to miss my morning walk tomorrow too.
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OK, then. I won't check the Forum until Wednesday, then. ;)
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Still dark and rainy this morning. Here's one from about a month ago.
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The light on those elves, er, I mean knees, is perfect.
Good seeing (as we expect from anyone who "gets" poetry ;) .
-Eric
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The light on those elves, er, I mean knees, is perfect.
Good seeing (as we expect from anyone who "gets" poetry ;) .
-Eric
+1
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Thanks Eric and David. Speaking of poetry, Here's a haiku I wrote decades ago:
Silent house! Darkness!
Children breathing softly. Wind. . .
Outside in the night.
And here's a shot from this morning. It was a pretty solid overcast but at least it wasn't raining.
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Two leaves waiting as fall comes on...
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Tree and Palmetto
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Good one.
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Thanks, Eric. Here's one from a severely overcast, windy morning on the verge of rain.
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That is good seeing, as a friend would say.
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Just a pleasant morning...
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Pot
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That is good seeing, as a friend would say.
Yes to that wispy capture.
JR
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And "Pot" is quite intriguing. "Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble."
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First Light in the Trees
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Nice. (But it still doesn't look like Colorado.)
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The Fort at Dawn
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Holey
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End of season
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End of season
But start of another, no?
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Autumn is Here
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End of season
I like this one very much.
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Nice.
I don't mind you tarrying a bit longer in Florida.
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Hi Eric, My wife decided we'll stay in Florida. I'm okay with that. We both have minor heart problems and I remember what it was like living at 7,000 feet. Wouldn't work for long.
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At least you have the Colorado memories. And a good spot for current daily photos.
Once the pandemic permist, I hope you'll get to a city for some S_____ Photography. ;)
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Well I also have four sons back in Colorado, though one just moved to San Diego. I do get plenty of pictures of grands and great-grands.
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The Dock at Dawn
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Buddies
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Cute.
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George at dawn, refusing to fly...
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"I've already done fifteen trial flights for that fussy photographer. Just let me have a five-minute break before we continue."
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George at dawn, refusing to fly...
Is that by any chance George from the Seinfeld show in the witness protection program?
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George at dawn, refusing to fly...
Hmmm. They always fly away for me before I can even get the lens cap off.
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Knee, Tree, and Greenery
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Nice.
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Thanks, Eric. Here's a Vine at Dawn
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You have your lighting assistant well-trained.
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Grotto at Dawn. (Yes, Eric, I cropped.)
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Grotto at Dawn. (Yes, Eric, I cropped.)
But it's still good.
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Backlight
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Ageing Elephant Ear and Dragonfly
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really nice texture and colour variation on the leaf.
By itself it, close up, it could be an abstract shot.
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Thanks, Frank. The elephant leaves are interesting when they start to deteriorate. They develop some interesting colors.
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PEAR Park Stump
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First Light on Yellow Leaf
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Spotlight Redux
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Nice.
Your "Spotlight on yellow leaf" inspired me to go out today after our first snow of the season (but not at dawn) to photograph some single leaves and small groups. I'll post some after I've processed them.
But right now I need my afternoon nap (unlike you younguns!) :)
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No? I usually take more than one nap a day, Eric. Getting up for first light shots does that to you.
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Catching the Light
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Sweet light, really well composed image.
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Sweet light, really well composed image.
+1.
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Morning Magic
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An overcast morning
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really good composition and color against the darkened background.
Do you have the option to stack frames ?
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Hi Frank, I guess the only way I can stack frames is to do HDR with a series of frames. I used to do that kind of thing all the time, but nowadays I confine my post processing almost entirely to the stuff I can do easily in Camera Raw: mostly getting a good brightness range. Then I usually use DxO's sharpener to add some sharpness. I've come to believe that the best thing to do is keep it simple.
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Simple is nice, as you have shown here.
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Snowy Egret Fishing at Dawn
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Captured moss
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The little pond after a day of heavy rain.
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Fly Away at Dawn
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Hi there.
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You have the most cooperative models right where you live.
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You have the most cooperative models right where you live.
And good reflexes
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P.E.A.R. Park Fan
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Another nice one, and different.
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Egret Over Water