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Photo of the Day - August 2021

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Welcome to Photo of the Day. The POTD thread was started by iGary in May, 2006 and converted to a monthly thread in November 2007 by Arn. POTD is one of the most popular picture groups on MacRumors, often exceeding 500 posts and 20,000 views per month.

Photo of the Day is intended to be a showcase for your best pictures. There is no limit to your gear, just your imagination. P&S and film cameras are welcome along with DSLRs. There are no themes like the Weekly Contest, and no winners (or losers) either.

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Summer vibes from this past week. Place des Nations, Geneva. The Broken Chair monument against anti-personnel mines and one of the entrances to the UN (formerly League of Nations) European HQ.

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I really need to start travelling more - or dip into my old catalog as well.
 
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West Kirby Marine Lake, Wirral, UK

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Quite certainly lacking the technical expertise of others in this thread, but I was pretty happy with this, for just leaning out the window of my car with an iPhone X.
 
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Darmok N Jalad said:
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They have to be the 'clothes horses' of the insect world. I love dragon flies because no one seems to be the same. And they come in so many different sizes too. I had one that was HUGE land on my shoulder once, and it was so damn big, I think I screamed. I saw it out of the corner of my eye, and thought it was a small bird. Someone said 'Be careful! THEY BITE!!!' which I've found out isn't actually true, but that thing was big enough to leave a welt, and a story...

Their wings are just so amazing. So delicate, so strong. They are a conundrum, and I believe total badasses in the crowded insect world. They and praying mantis are two of my favorites. I will do everything I can to save a female mantis because I know there is a male out there waiting to give his live to have sex with her. Who am I to deny that?
 
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dimme said:
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That reminds me of the old GMC pickup truck my grandfather had. (It had the V8 badge on it) We used to pile into it and ramble around the town they lived in. We'd head out to the hardware, and go 'shopping'. He was a 'self made man', who built all of the units at a resort they owned from the 40's on.

But days in that pickup. It was such good times. Watching lymphoma take him away was the hardest time of my childhood. They sold the resort, and no one knows where that pickup went. It was considered 'resort property', and went with the sale. But I still have my memories, bombing around town, out with him. Simpler time. Simpler times...
 
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OldMacs4Me said:
The little Fuji may have it's problems with fine details in the greens, but it's strength is getting in close. As a bonus even set at the widest angle and from just a few inches away, the flash behaves itself.
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Yeah. Sadly, my 11 Pro Max has major issues with 'close'. I don't know if there's a setting I'm missing, but yeah. I trashed my APS Powershot earlier this year. That camera was easily one of the best I have ever had. There will always be a reason to have a 'real camera', just not necessarily a film camera. (Think of all those one-hour photo machines filling landfills over the years! Everyone had one. My grocery had one for years. And they call it progress)
 
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