Photo Of The Day - December 2017

[kallisti]

College House by Joe, on Flickr

I really like this. The perspective is a little wonky. Rather than converging towards the top, the lines are diverging somewhat. Auto-transform in LR does this sometimes--lines are straight and perspective is "corrected", but the result is somewhat visually off. No idea if this was the result of "auto-transform" in LR or if you intentionally skewed the perspective in post. Regardless, I really like the result.

 

[Cheese&Apple]

Nafplio, Greece

 

[Joe King]

Apollo House by Joe, on Flickr

 

[Alexander.Of.Oz]

Mount Lofty Botanic Gardens

Panasonic-Lumix DMC-GF3, Lumix G Vario 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6, Aperture Priority
ISO 160, 14mm, f/8, 1/125

 

[dimme]

Pacifica-6-20170703 by Charles Martorelli, on Flickr

 

[zagato27]

Not one of your "artsy" shots but sometimes you just have to take a picture of things that matter to you. These guys are just awesome.

 

[AZhappyjack]

Grave Stone, Cashel, Ireland

 

[stillcrazyman]

Through the wood....

 

[inkmich]

Not one of your "artsy" shots but sometimes you just have to take a picture of things that matter to you. These guys are just awesome.

Are these your tires and if so what are they going on? They are mighty big.

 

[someoldguy]

The Breakfast Room ......

Christmas Decorations at Skylands Manor

5D2 , 24-105@24 , f5.6@1/90 , ISO 3200

 

[Mark0]

Ailsa Craig & Isle of Arran
December 2017

A more stylistic "classic chrome" colour approach to Ailsa Craig from Loch Ryan last week in the bitter cold. I'm growing very fond of this view, and it just happens to be around a minute's walk from my house. It's nice to see the Isle of Arran with some snow from this viewpoint on a clear day.
Although I'm a Fuji shooter, I didn't use their in-camera "Classic Chrome" film simulation - it was a bit too green for this scene. I went for a colour style and colder look of my own by taking a lot of the colour out of the scene in post processing.
In hindsight, I might have preferred a long exposure to smooth the water in order to simplify the scene a bit further, but I'd have lost the depth that the clouds over Arran provided. Maybe another (hopefully warmer) day.

Fuji X-T2 with XF 50-140mm f2.8 lens & XF 1.4x Teleconverter using LEE Filters 0.9 Neutral Density Hard Graduated filter and Format Hitech 105mm Firecrest Polarising filter.

1/250s / f5.6 / ISO 200

 

[Alexander.Of.Oz]

A Ladybird, or beetle of the Coccinellidae family on one of our lavender plants, in the front yard. We love them as they keep the invading aphids to a minimum, when they fly here after the neighbours spray their bloody roses with noxious chemicals and all sorts of ineffective homemade sprays...

Did I say "bloody roses" yet?

Pentax K20D, Pentax 50mm f/2 (Manual Focus), Centre Weighted Metering, Aperture Priority
ISO 100, 50mm, f/2, 1/2000

 

[Apple fanboy]

A Ladybird, or beetle of the Coccinellidae family on one of our lavender plants, in the front yard. We love them as they keep the invading aphids to a minimum, when they fly here after the neighbours spray their bloody roses with noxious chemicals and all sorts of ineffective homemade sprays...

Did I say "bloody roses" yet?

Pentax K20D, Pentax 50mm f/2 (Manual Focus), Centre Weighted Metering, Aperture Priority
ISO 100, 50mm, f/2, 1/2000

Lovely shot. You can order lady birds by post here.
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Ailsa Craig & Isle of Arran
December 2017

A more stylistic "classic chrome" colour approach to Ailsa Craig from Loch Ryan last week in the bitter cold. I'm growing very fond of this view, and it just happens to be around a minute's walk from my house. It's nice to see the Isle of Arran with some snow from this viewpoint on a clear day.
Although I'm a Fuji shooter, I didn't use their in-camera "Classic Chrome" film simulation - it was a bit too green for this scene. I went for a colour style and colder look of my own by taking a lot of the colour out of the scene in post processing.
In hindsight, I might have preferred a long exposure to smooth the water in order to simplify the scene a bit further, but I'd have lost the depth that the clouds over Arran provided. Maybe another (hopefully warmer) day.

Fuji X-T2 with XF 50-140mm f2.8 lens & XF 1.4x Teleconverter using LEE Filters 0.9 Neutral Density Hard Graduated filter and Format Hitech 105mm Firecrest Polarising filter.

1/250s / f5.6 / ISO 200

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You live in a beautiful part of the World.
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Through the wood....

Nice composition.

 

[zagato27]

Are these your tires and if so what are they going on? They are mighty big.

Yes, my tires. Michelin Pilot Sport 255/35ZR-19 Michelin Pilot Sport 4S XL. They go on my 2013 Audi S4, "Vader". Quiet and hold like there's no tomorrow. Course they are summer tires but I'm in Savannah, GA so no problems.

 

[keyrex]

You can order lady birds by post here.

I thought you were kidding until i googled it, you really can buy ladybirds to release into your garden, what a novel idea, they're great for the garden. I might just order some in the summer.

I wonder if the ladybirds would eat these flying ants? We had a bit of an infestation a while ago!

Boiling water got rid of them in the end. Is that cruel?

 

[stillcrazyman]

Looking up into the trees....

 

[Apple fanboy]

I thought you were kidding until i googled it, you really can buy ladybirds to release into your garden, what a novel idea, they're great for the garden. I might just order some in the summer.

I wonder if the ladybirds would eat these flying ants? We had a bit of an infestation a while ago! View attachment 742701
Boiling water got rid of them in the end. Is that cruel?

Me kidding? Never!

 

[Cheese&Apple]

While we're on the subject...a Ladybug (we call them "Ladybugs" around here). This one was dead when I found her which I think explains the less than vibrant colour. 40 shots stacked in Ps.

I thought you were kidding until i googled it, you really can buy ladybirds to release into your garden, what a novel idea, they're great for the garden. I might just order some in the summer.

I tried that a couple years ago. Thought it sounded like a great way to naturally control unwanted insects in my garden. Don't know why I thought they would call my yard home but of course as soon as I opened the little mesh bag...the little buggers (I had to get that in before @kenoh or @Apple fanboy) took off to greener pastures never to be seen again.

 

[Hughmac]

Tin Shack by Hugh Russell, on Flickr

Cheers

Hugh

 

[MacRy]

While we're on the subject...a Ladybug (we call them "Ladybugs" around here). This one was dead when I found her which I think explains the less than vibrant colour. 40 shots stacked in Ps.

I tried that a couple years ago. Thought it sounded like a great way to naturally control unwanted insects in my garden. Don't know why I thought they would call my yard home but of course as soon as I opened the little mesh bag...the little buggers (I had to get that in before @kenoh or @Apple fanboy) took off to greener pastures never to be seen again.

Wow that’s a cracker Peter. I wish it had a little more space in front of the reflection as it feels a bit cut off and just misses out on giving it perfect symmetry.....but who am I to criticise your work! Outstanding as ever.

 

[Cheese&Apple]

Wow that’s a cracker Peter. I wish it had a little more space in front of the reflection as it feels a bit cut off and just misses out on giving it perfect symmetry.....but who am I to criticise your work! Outstanding as ever.

Thanks MacRy.

You're quite right about the reflection being cut-off - I wish it was there too. I'm finding that, for me, there's definitely a learning curve to this super-macro stuff. Using a lens with 4 to 4.5 X magnification is tricky at best and is enough to try my patience for sure. End result was a lot of cursing while planning for a second go, but on another day.

Please critique any time MacRy...it's always appreciated.

Cheers,
Peter

 

[Alexander.Of.Oz]

Some old wagon wheels.

Panasonic DMC-GF3, Lumix G Vario 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6, Partial Metering, Aperture Priority
ISO 160, 34mm, f/5.2, 1/400

 

[Indydenny]

Old Tree by All Work and No Play, on Flickr

 

[Apple fanboy]

Another play with that Big stopper then.

_DSC5829 by apple fanboy1, on Flickr

Comments always welcome.

 

[kallisti]