Photo Of The Day - July 2018

[Cheese&Apple]

Went back to the Arctic in April (Svalbard) for great light and Polar Bears. Last time was summer, this time was winter. Even though it was April (the earliest a boat could get through the ice and leave the harbour), temperatures were often in the -20 C range with biting cold winds...my kind of weather.

Sorry @The Bad Guy - no flowers there at that time of year.

 

[Apple fanboy]

Went back to the Arctic in April (Svalbard) for great light and Polar Bears. Last time was summer, this time was winter. Even though it was April (the earliest a boat could get through the ice and leave the harbour), temperatures were often in the -20 C range with biting cold winds...my kind of weather.

Sorry @The Bad Guy - no flowers there at that time of year.

I thought we had an arrangement that I was going to carry your bags on your next trip!

Beautiful lighting.
[doublepost=1531597215][/doublepost]Just to show how dry it is, I'm stood under Wales highest waterfall. It's not too impressive is it? And yes I'm stood in the middle of the river!

_DSC7749-HDR by apple fanboy1, on Flickr

Comments always welcome.

 

[kenoh]

Saw this sail boat when we were out on a tour of the caves in the Algarve this past week. They were trying to sail it INTO the cave! madness...

DSCF2082 by Ken OHagan, on Flickr
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Went back to the Arctic in April (Svalbard) for great light and Polar Bears. Last time was summer, this time was winter. Even though it was April (the earliest a boat could get through the ice and leave the harbour), temperatures were often in the -20 C range with biting cold winds...my kind of weather.

Sorry @The Bad Guy - no flowers there at that time of year.

That is beautiful just wonderful.

 

[Apple fanboy]

Saw this sail boat when we were out on a tour of the caves in the Algarve this past week. They were trying to sail it INTO the cave! madness...

DSCF2082 by Ken OHagan, on Flickr
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That is beautiful just wonderful.

Looks like they might lose their mast if they managed it! The cave made for a nice frame didn't it.

 

[inkmich]

Attended the Baltimore DC Carnival parade today. In the US these carnivals often are a celebration Caribbean culture. I love how the 'floats' in the parade consist of a flatbed truck with a huge generator and the biggest, loudest speakers you can find blasting soca and dancehall music. It will be days before the ringing in my ears stop. In the end though it is about the people. Here are two young ladies who will not go without their phones despite not having a place to readily stash away.

Carnival Phones by Lance Randall, on Flickr

BTW, the older people tended to have a drink in hand instead of a phone, water sometimes but often something, shall we say, a little stiffer. Takes practice I think to wear a costume, dance, be in the sun and heat and to not pass out while having an adult beverage. I admire that.

 

[Alexander.Of.Oz]

Not another f@#%ing flower then...

I love the inverted droplet under this blade of grass being able to be included here too in this frame.

A camera, 90mm macro lens, 65mm of extension tubes, 2 second delay, multi-segment metering, manual mode
ISO 1600, 90mm, f/11, 1/25

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Sunset and flowers in one! Comments always appreciated.


Tribute by another scotsman, on Flickr

That should be on the front of a picture postcard or a sentiment card of some sort!

I'll see how much they cost then!

You can get them for cheap, mine was only AU$30. Make sure to get one with a brake or dampener dial of sorts on it, so it forcibly limits your fine movements. I have one with an Arca-Swiss plate permanently attached to its base, so I can put it on the tripod easily. It then has an Arca-Swiss tripod head mount where the camera can be quickly mounted, so I don't have to faff around sticking the camera on it, just insert the mount plate that's attached to my camera, tighten, and start shooting.

Thank you, Alex. I think I'm coming out of it now; being busy always helps, and yes, having an energetic young hound means you have to go out whatever

They truly are mans best friend. Have just had my first bout for the day of toileting, walking around our property, feeding, playing and now the little tacker has crashed.

For ****s sake. Would you people stop posting photos of plants.

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Sage advice, Adam!

Actually, I enjoy some well done macro abstract explorations of flowers bits, especially when combined with interesting light and focus.

Went back to the Arctic in April (Svalbard) for great light and Polar Bears. Last time was summer, this time was winter. Even though it was April (the earliest a boat could get through the ice and leave the harbour), temperatures were often in the -20 C range with biting cold winds...my kind of weather.

Absolutely stunning, Peter! Gorgeous soft colours and light. -20C! I can barely cope with days that are +13C!

 

[mollyc]

195/365 | Surreal

 

[oblomow]

Went back to the Arctic in April (Svalbard) for great light and Polar Bears. Last time was summer, this time was winter. Even though it was April (the earliest a boat could get through the ice and leave the harbour), temperatures were often in the -20 C range with biting cold winds...my kind of weather.

Sorry @The Bad Guy - no flowers there at that time of year.

Lovely colours.
So I guess the next few weeks we will be treated to svalbard pictures that will make us green with envy. Keep them coming.

 

[Clix Pix]

Again from the neighborhood:

 

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[anotherscotsman]

More blue-hour than sunset. Comments always appreciated. And no flowers.


Gulf sunset by another scotsman, on Flickr

 

[Susurs]

Rally Estonia @ Tartu

 

[Apple fanboy]

195/365 | Surreal

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Nicely done.
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Again from the neighborhood:

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What is it?
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Beautiful location.
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More blue-hour than sunset. Comments always appreciated. And no flowers.


Gulf sunset by another scotsman, on Flickr

Lovely colours.

 

[kenoh]

Looks like they might lose their mast if they managed it! The cave made for a nice frame didn't it.

We were in a small boat inside the cave and they were trying to get in. Crazyness mate.

 

[someoldguy]

Nothing on TV last night so I decided to play around with focus stacking using Affinity Photo . Tried stacking before using Photoshop/Lightroom and the trial of Helicon Focus . Didn’t have too much experience with Helicon as the trial ran out on me before I could play with it enough to really find out its’ capabilities . Seemed OK though . I find PS/LR for stacking to be somewhat of a pain so I was looking for an alternative .

Anyway , the shot below is of some Copper Sulfate powder . The consistancy of the powder is similar to fairly fine sand . Total area of the grains in the picture is around 6 mm x 4 mm . Was kind of disappointed that the grains weren’t nice regular crystals , but it’s agricultural grade , not USP . I used a piece of smooth black vinyl as a base . At least it looked smooth to my eye .

The image is comprised of a stack of 40 individual shots , taken with a 7D2 and Canon 65mm MP-e lens mounted on a slightly modified Manfrotto focusing rail atop a tripod .Magnification was around 3X . Each image taken at f8 @1.6sec. , ISO 800 , using live view for the initial focus , and a remote release . Room lighting .

The MP-e is a strange beast in that there’s no facility on the lens to focus your image , only to adjust the magnification . You need to move the whole lens/camera . At magnifications much over 2X the DOF is so small that the set of rails is necessary to achieve any kind of consistent focus , as is Live View or tethering to a computer and focusing using EOS Utility . Focusing by hand at between 1X and 2X depends purely on luck . At least for me.

In order to more accurately control the focusing rails , I milled 4 equally spaced indices on one of the feed knobs . This enables me to pretty accurately advance the carriage in ¼ turn increments . The lead screw on the rail has a 1mm pitch , so ¼ turn equals .25mm or .010” +/- . Depth of field at 3X f8 is almost exactly .25mm (actually .249) so the in focus area in each shot in the series should come in .25mm after its predecessor .

All the stackable images were shot as large quality jpegs. Made it much easier to import into Affinity .

Here ya go…….

 

[Apple fanboy]

We were in a small boat inside the cave and they were trying to get in. Crazyness mate.

Well at least you had a good time! I've been off all week myself so will be back to work Monday
No more time off until September for me.
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Nothing on TV last night so I decided to play around with focus stacking using Affinity Photo . Tried stacking before using Photoshop/Lightroom and the trial of Helicon Focus . Didn’t have too much experience with Helicon as the trial ran out on me before I could play with it enough to really find out its’ capabilities . Seemed OK though . I find PS/LR for stacking to be somewhat of a pain so I was looking for an alternative .

Anyway , the shot below is of some Copper Sulfate powder . The consistancy of the powder is similar to fairly fine sand . Total area of the grains in the picture is around 6 mm x 4 mm . Was kind of disappointed that the grains weren’t nice regular crystals , but it’s agricultural grade , not USP . I used a piece of smooth black vinyl as a base . At least it looked smooth to my eye .

The image is comprised of a stack of 40 individual shots , taken with a 7D2 and Canon 65mm MP-e lens mounted on a slightly modified Manfrotto focusing rail atop a tripod .Magnification was around 3X . Each image taken at f8 @1.6sec. , ISO 800 , using live view for the initial focus , and a remote release . Room lighting .

The MP-e is a strange beast in that there’s no facility on the lens to focus your image , only to adjust the magnification . You need to move the whole lens/camera . At magnifications much over 2X the DOF is so small that the set of rails is necessary to achieve any kind of consistent focus , as is Live View or tethering to a computer and focusing using EOS Utility . Focusing by hand at between 1X and 2X depends purely on luck . At least for me.

In order to more accurately control the focusing rails , I milled 4 equally spaced indices on one of the feed knobs . This enables me to pretty accurately advance the carriage in ¼ turn increments . The lead screw on the rail has a 1mm pitch , so ¼ turn equals .25mm or .010” +/- . Depth of field at 3X f8 is almost exactly .25mm (actually .249) so the in focus area in each shot in the series should come in .25mm after its predecessor .

All the stackable images were shot as large quality jpegs. Made it much easier to import into Affinity .

Here ya go…….

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Fascinating. I've only used the focus stacking in PS once, but found it pretty easy to do. I had a lot less shots to use though.

 

[stillcrazyman]

Morning sun

 

[inkmich]

Carnival Green by Lance Randall, on Flickr

 

[Clix Pix]

Again from the neighborhood:

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For AppleFanBoy and anyone else who has wondered what this object is: well, it's a particular kind of combination lock. I live in a garden-style condominium apartment building and the lower level of the building also includes the utility room, which contains all the various electrical wiring, phone wiring and other essential components. This room is not available for residents or passers-by, it is kept locked and there is a note on the door which instructs electrical, cable and other repairmen to call the condo management company for the code to unlock the door. One presses each of the buttons in a specific sequence and then turns the lever at the bottom to the right and that unlocks the door and the repairman can enter.

 

[Apple fanboy]

For AppleFanBoy and anyone else who has wondered what this object is: well, it's a particular kind of combination lock. I live in a condominium apartment building and the lower level of the building also includes the utility room, which contains all the various electrical wiring, phone wiring and other essential components. This room is not available for residents or passers-by, it is kept locked and there is a note on the door which instructs electrical, cable and other repairmen to call the condo management company for the code to unlock the door. One presses each of the buttons in a specific sequence and then turns the lever at the bottom to the right and that unlocks the door and the repairman can enter.

Thanks! It didn't look familiar to me, so I guess they must be local to you.

 

[Clix Pix]

I think they are used in situations where multiple people need access to a room and probably also in industrial or construction-type settings.... I don't know if they're used in the UK or not, and I certainly had never seen one before I moved into this building. Not the sort of lock one customarily puts on a single-family dwelling!

 

[Apple fanboy]

I think they are used in situations where multiple people need access to a room and probably also in industrial or construction-type settings.... I don't know if they're used in the UK or not, and I certainly had never seen one before I moved into this building. Not the sort of lock one customarily puts on a single-family dwelling!

We have similar things, they just look different.

Here's another from Wales. I found the way the stones on the beach had been shaped fascinating. Looked like someone had laid them like my drive!

_DSC7665-Edit by apple fanboy1, on Flickr
Comments always welcome.

 

[needfx]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/needfx/

 

[Apple fanboy]

Now you're just pandering to @The Bad Guy!

 

[akash.nu]