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Photo Of The Day June 2020
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I know what you mean, but I just don’t enjoy taking a photo with an iPhone. It feels awkward. My Nikon is designed to be held and used in a certain way. I want to look through the viewfinder and control my settings. I don’t want a quick snap. I want to slow down, enjoy the view and work out there best way to capture it.
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You’ve got a real bug problem down there!
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You been on my lawn again?
Cheers
Hugh
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They look like they can attack you from both ends!
Recently came back to Apple so naturally taking some photos of stuff 
I like product photos.
I like product photos.
Bike repair station put up by a Boy Scout, along the path through the canyon.
Squirrels just like food! I once saw an urban squirrel trying to haul a bagel away. I don’t know if you have Osage Orange trees in your area, but they produce giant gummy fruits that are not really very appealing to any creature, but squirrels eat those too!
I don't think we have Osage Orange trees.....I'll have to check that out. The other day when I was walking around the common grounds area I noticed that someone had put out two heads of iceberg lettuce -- !! Who the heck would eat that, I wondered.... Well, either the raccoons or the squirrels, I guess!
In case anyone is wondering why the squirrel image is in B&W it's because I was still fiddling with settings and somehow had messed up something so that the background light wasn't right, and even in post-processing (I shoot RAW) I still couldn't get the white balance quite right, so resorted to the old strategy of B&W.
In case anyone is wondering why the squirrel image is in B&W it's because I was still fiddling with settings and somehow had messed up something so that the background light wasn't right, and even in post-processing (I shoot RAW) I still couldn't get the white balance quite right, so resorted to the old strategy of B&W.
Home schooling has run amok at your place! Is that a bloody tent in your living room (lounge)?
lunch walk yesterday, shot with Xs, edited in photos app
Where is this? I once went canoeing in Oregon (beautiful, from a lake through the dunes to the ocean). Reminds me of this.
I like this composition the best of your horse serie. It somehow has mix of real horses (the way they have gathered) and the artificial /robot look.
The Maclura pomifera is quite an interesting tree with an equally interesting history due to its many uses. They are used as living fencerows in the plains—the trees will form a low dense thicket of thorny branches, which is apparently good enough to discourage any livestock from going through, under, or over it. It will still become a large tree, and it is very resistant to decay and rarely breaks, so it is prized for fenceposts, and also burns really hot and long as firewood. The Native Americans used this tree to make bows. And if all that is not fascinating enough, it produces massive “hedge balls” for fruit. They usually range in size from baseball to softball size, but I often find them much larger, weighing several pounds each, and one tree can produce hundreds of these fruits every year! People claim that putting these balls around your foundation will deter spiders, to the point that it has become an export! I don’t really buy that last use, but you know what PT Barnum said. It’s an incredibly durable tree, but, for obvious reasons, it’s not exactly anyone’s favorite yard tree.
For some reason this sort of scene excites me. The potential of finding the owners and getting permission to have a good poke around for interesting photographs is something I could spend the rest of my waking hours doing! I always enjoy hearing the back-story and history of the places, when the owners know those details.
Olympus OM-D E-M5, Olympus 12-50mm f/3.5-6.3, Cloudy WB
ISO 200, 12mm, f/3.5, 1/1250
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Olympus OM-D E-M5, Olympus 12-50mm f/3.5-6.3, Cloudy WB
ISO 200, 12mm, f/3.5, 1/1250
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I hear you! I also enjoy the slowing down and really exploring the subjects with a deeper connection than just a quick snap. I have surprised myself with actually learning to do this on some of the mirrorless cameras on liveview! I always thought I would need the viewfinder to achieve this, but apparently not. I think it is because I turn off my mobile phone or leave it in the vehicle and mkae the place or thing I am investigating the sole subject of my attention though.
We have quite a few of these dotted through the CBD, suburbs and even out here where I live in the touristy areas! I think they are a great idea, apart from the overweight men in spandex that tend to be drawn to them like moths to a flame...
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How convenient, they carry a “spare tire” wherever they go!We have quite a few of these dotted through the CBD, suburbs and even out here where I live in the touristy areas! I think they are a great idea, apart from the overweight men in spandex that tend to be drawn to them like moths to a flame...
This captures them very nicely! Exactly the context shot I was hoping for, what with my love of wide open spaces.
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My wife and I were watching a program on a different species last night - Ground Squirrels (more Prairie Dog-like but pretty small) - and found out they can kill AND EAT rattle snakes. Not all the time obviously, mostly it’s the other way around, but go figure! They also chew on rattlesnake skins and spread the bits over their fur and that of the babies so the snakes will think they are other snakes and move on. Life is so interesting!
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That’s your first warning! Dad jokes are not permitted on this thread!How convenient, they carry a “spare tire” wherever they go!
Yeah! I thought everbody knew that the weekly contest is the place for dad jokes.That’s your first warning! Dad jokes are not permitted on this thread!