Thank you. I wish I could lay claim to some great skill but I'm afraid it is simply the reflection of the skyline on a large, polished stainless steel sculpture called Cloud Gate (aka the bean) in Chicago. The bean name comes from its coffee bean shape. An impressive sculpture.
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Photo of the Day - February 2015
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Thank you. I wish I could lay claim to some great skill but I'm afraid it is simply the reflection of the skyline on a large, polished stainless steel sculpture called Cloud Gate (aka the bean) in Chicago. The bean name comes from its coffee bean shape. An impressive sculpture.
Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird (Female or Juvenile) by MCH-1138, on Flickr
D7000 Nikon 300mm f/4D (AF-S) 1/125 @ f/10 1 Speedlight
World peace vigil in Petersfield. Would any tyrant even think about going to war on a Saturday morning, while this crowd is mustered?
And now for something completely different...
Trying to shoot an over/under photo at the islet of Vila Franca do Campo. The camera was film, not digital, so I only made a total of about 4 attempts. Otherwise processing costs would intrude into my "other fun expenses" budget
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That's a lot of negative space! Excellent capture.
I saw a snow owl for the first time last weekend (outside of a zoo), and immediately thought of your great series. It flew so slowly and gracefully across the road and into the fields, mesmerizing! But it was a damn cold day to stick around and wait for a photo
Trying to shoot an over/under photo at the islet of Vila Franca do Campo. The camera was film, not digital, so I only made a total of about 4 attempts. Otherwise processing costs would intrude into my "other fun expenses" budget
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That's a lot of negative space! Excellent capture.
I saw a snow owl for the first time last weekend (outside of a zoo), and immediately thought of your great series. It flew so slowly and gracefully across the road and into the fields, mesmerizing! But it was a damn cold day to stick around and wait for a photo
I came across a bubble machine at lunch the other day... they are beautiful in the sunshine...
If you look carefully you can see my reflection in some of them... I'm standing in the middle of a small hexagonal garden.
Untitled by Chris-VirtualRain, on Flickr
If you look carefully you can see my reflection in some of them... I'm standing in the middle of a small hexagonal garden.
Untitled by Chris-VirtualRain, on Flickr
Probably not as good as it could have been, but some Geese flew by as I was walking along on Sunday at Croome.
DSC_0821_DxO by apple fanboy1, on Flickr
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Beautiful.
DSC_0821_DxO by apple fanboy1, on Flickr----------
Beautiful.
Terrific shot, fantastic idea, and beautifully expressed. It is almost the kind of shot that could be used on the cover of one of my favourite books "The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy".
Cheese&Apple, I have to say I love your shots of the Snowy Owls. Wonderfully, gloriously, alive and yet strangely restful, too. Great shots.
Brilliant pictures of humming birds; really great shots.
Another aerial. This time in the snow. The famous Atlantic City Country Club from above.
DJI00153after by CharlieFromJersey, on Flickr
DJI00153after by CharlieFromJersey, on Flickr
Thank you. We only had to drive 60 miles to find a payphone.
Terrific shot, fantastic idea, and beautifully expressed. It is almost the kind of shot that could be used on the cover of one of my favourite books "The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy".
It was a fun shot to setup. Since I was shooting wide open at f2.8 I pulled out the tape measure so I could get dialed in on a tight hyperfocal distance. When I'm doing star trails I'm typically stopped down to f5.6 or f8 so it is much easier to nail focus.
I lit the phone from the side with a Protomachine flashlight set to tungsten white balance (the camera was set to 3250K). I'm not sure what town was lighting the horizon as Las Vegas was behind me. I also love the fact that there are street lights on the telephone poles but they are turned off.
That's a lot of negative space! Excellent capture.
I saw a snow owl for the first time last weekend (outside of a zoo), and immediately thought of your great series. It flew so slowly and gracefully across the road and into the fields, mesmerizing! But it was a damn cold day to stick around and wait for a photo
Thank you themumu and Scepticalscribe for your comments.
Ive been out three days so far this season to look for and photograph Snowy Owls. The first two were heavily overcast with insufficient light to produce any contrast or definition of the background snow hence the negative space. It is a very different look for me that I quite like.
The third outing was last Friday. It was very bright and I captured shots that have a more conventional appearance. I havent posted any yet but will later.
themumu, you mentioned cold and I have to say that last Friday was the first time that I felt I tested myself and my equipment to extreme limits.
I discovered that at -28 C (18 below 0 F), that's without wind-chill, liquid crystal freezes and camera displays are sluggish or stop working altogether I also found that if you exhale anywhere near the back of the camera, it instantly freezes and coats your viewfinder with ice. But for me the biggest challenge was keeping the fingers on my right hand working. In deep cold I use a combined mitt over glove but I have to expose my gloved fingers to manage the camera. Last Friday I could only go for a couple minutes before having to get my fingers back under cover and into a coat pocket packed with hand warmers.
Ill also say that I enjoyed every moment...Snowy Owls are magnificent creatures.
~ Peter
While I look forward to the more 'conventional' shots of the Snowy Owls, (and yes, they are magnificent creatures), I think the pictures with the 'negative space' are first rate, precisely because of what and where you are photographing. They have a wonderful timeless quality that I really like.
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Thank you. We only had to drive 60 miles to find a payphone.
It was a fun shot to setup. Since I was shooting wide open at f2.8 I pulled out the tape measure so I could get dialed in on a tight hyperfocal distance. When I'm doing star trails I'm typically stopped down to f5.6 or f8 so it is much easier to nail focus.
I lit the phone from the side with a Protomachine flashlight set to tungsten white balance (the camera was set to 3250K). I'm not sure what town was lighting the horizon as Las Vegas was behind me. I also love the fact that there are street lights on the telephone poles but they are turned off.
Thanks for elaborating a bit on the details - they are always most interesting to hear about.
It is a great shot; perfect for a book cover.
Thanks, AFB and Scepticalscribe -- much appreciated.
Yikes -- that's cold! I suspect I would likely freeze and stop working well before my camera...
Skyline sunset
Olive Park sunset by another_scotsman, on Flickr
Comments always appreciated. Cold, but not as cold as Cheese & Apple
Olive Park sunset by another_scotsman, on Flickr
Comments always appreciated. Cold, but not as cold as Cheese & Apple
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Olive Park sunset by another_scotsman, on Flickr
Comments always appreciated. Cold, but not as cold as Cheese & Apple
Lovely atmospheric urban shot; and you can feel the cold. Brrrrr.
Personally, I love walking in cities, especially cities where old and new intersect, and I love strolling, and absorbing urban atmospheres, at night. Cities are places where exchanges - of ideas, of trade, commerce, thoughts, styles, occur, where you have people meeting in public spaces, cafés, theatres, pubs, shops - where the old and the new collide - have always taken place.
While I am not normally one for rural delights, your shot makes me almost want to take a brisk, but thoughtful walk on that particular path.
Very well done.
