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Photo Of The Day June 2020
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Pub WallHad a ball yesterday getting chased out of an abandoned country quarry by a couple of locals that I am not quite sure had the best interests of the place in mind, as we stumbled upon an outdoor crop of interesting plants in the deep undergrowth adjoining the site while we were coming in to it! The scent of these particular plants, popular with the Woodstock set wafted around us as we were photographing butterflies & caterpillars.
I'm not quite sold on the idea of 'approved' maintenance or security personnel threatening people with an American Pitbull dog! I'm glad the Boof was at home yesterday & that my friend & I are both older & level-headed, calm types. I do have to wonder about the intelligence of people that open a conversation with "what are you doing here" when I am holding a camera up to my eye deeply connected with what I was capturing & they would have seen that as they approached us... I always prefer the "You're trespassing buddy" to which I elucidate the speaker that to be trespassing I technically need to remain on the premises, unwilling to move along, as I am moving along swifly off the premises... I don't actually do that, I so deeply want to, but I always strike up a conversation with the individual about the place, so they understand I am not there pilfering or doing wanton damage. It doesn't happen all that often, as for 99% of the places I check out in country areas I have permission to take my time & return if need be.
Here is a glimpse down the coastline from one of the old smaller vehicle tracks that led you up to the quarry itself. It was closed in 1988 & Mother Nature has reclaimed things nicely. This was a test of how deep the DOF could be on a landscape taken at f/1.8. Stopped down to f/3.5 I achieved focus throughout the scene!
Sony a7III, Zeiss 55mm f/1.8, Daylight WB
ISO 125, 55mm, f/1.8, 1/4000
I'm not quite sold on the idea of 'approved' maintenance or security personnel threatening people with an American Pitbull dog! I'm glad the Boof was at home yesterday & that my friend & I are both older & level-headed, calm types. I do have to wonder about the intelligence of people that open a conversation with "what are you doing here" when I am holding a camera up to my eye deeply connected with what I was capturing & they would have seen that as they approached us... I always prefer the "You're trespassing buddy" to which I elucidate the speaker that to be trespassing I technically need to remain on the premises, unwilling to move along, as I am moving along swifly off the premises... I don't actually do that, I so deeply want to, but I always strike up a conversation with the individual about the place, so they understand I am not there pilfering or doing wanton damage. It doesn't happen all that often, as for 99% of the places I check out in country areas I have permission to take my time & return if need be.
Here is a glimpse down the coastline from one of the old smaller vehicle tracks that led you up to the quarry itself. It was closed in 1988 & Mother Nature has reclaimed things nicely. This was a test of how deep the DOF could be on a landscape taken at f/1.8. Stopped down to f/3.5 I achieved focus throughout the scene!
Sony a7III, Zeiss 55mm f/1.8, Daylight WB
ISO 125, 55mm, f/1.8, 1/4000
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A view straight up (about 250 feet) look at my backyard. The School in the background is Grant Elementary School that I attended in the 1970s. It's still open though it's only K-4 grades now (I believe) and when I went there it was K-6 grades. Yes, I am still living in the same neighborhood and have been my whole life (55 years old).
P.S. If you squint your eyes to the horizon towards the right side you can see Downtown Detroit. It's kind of funny when the Detroit Tigers are actually playing baseball that when it start rains at my house about 15-20 minutes later it usually starts raining at Comerica Park. The rain majority of the time heads in that direction, so I be watching baseball and know the game will soon be in a rain delay.
P.S. If you squint your eyes to the horizon towards the right side you can see Downtown Detroit. It's kind of funny when the Detroit Tigers are actually playing baseball that when it start rains at my house about 15-20 minutes later it usually starts raining at Comerica Park. The rain majority of the time heads in that direction, so I be watching baseball and know the game will soon be in a rain delay.
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I’ve come across pit bulls of varying temperaments. The ones in the not-so-great part of town are quite aggressive, but that’s because they get raised (neglected?) that way. The breed gets a bit of a bad rep, but, like rottweilers, they can be quite friendly. I’m less a fan of the German Shepherd (hard to read) or the Chow—I’ve never met a nice one. I’m by no means a dog person, but one of my previous jobs had me in all parts of town, often in the backyards. I was bitten 2 times in that job—once by a 50lb terrier that shot through a doggy door, and once in the woods by a black lab, of all things (he was old and senile and I moved too suddenly). Dog psychology was a great subject for self-interest/self-preservation with that job!Had a ball yesterday getting chased out of an abandoned country quarry by a couple of locals that I am not quite sure had the best interests of the place in mind, as we stumbled upon an outdoor crop of interesting plants in the deep undergrowth adjoining the site while we were coming in to it! The scent of these particular plants, popular with the Woodstock set wafted around us as we were photographing butterflies & caterpillars.
I'm not quite sold on the idea of 'approved' maintenance or security personnel threatening people with an American Pitbull dog! I'm glad the Boof was at home yesterday & that my friend & I are both older & level-headed, calm types. I do have to wonder about the intelligence of people that open a conversation with "what are you doing here" when I am holding a camera up to my eye deeply connected with what I was capturing & they would have seen that as they approached us... I always prefer the "You're trespassing buddy" to which I elucidate the speaker that to be trespassing I technically need to remain on the premises, unwilling to move along, as I am moving along swifly off the premises... I don't actually do that, I so deeply want to, but I always strike up a conversation with the individual about the place, so they understand I am not there pilfering or doing wanton damage. It doesn't happen all that often, as for 99% of the places I check out in country areas I have permission to take my time & return if need be.
Here is a glimpse down the coastline from one of the old smaller vehicle tracks that led you up to the quarry itself. It was closed in the early 90's & Mother Nature has reclaimed things nicely. This was a test of how deep the DOF could be on a landscape taken at f/1.8. Stopped down to f/3.5 I achieved focus throughout the scene!
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Sony a7III, Zeiss 55mm f/1.8, Daylight WB
ISO 125, 55mm, f/1.8, 1/4000
You are quite adventurous to explore properties. I guess it depends where you’re at. Around here, people worry about poachers.
American Staffie's & Pitbulls have a bad rep. here in Australia too, due to the same reasons; people not responsibly raising them or deliberately raising them to be aggressive.
For 99% of my explores in country areas I have the lessee's or the landowner's permission to be there. There's the very odd one I sneak into, like a quarry that closed in 1988... ?
The spider on the crab apple trees in my backyard has been quite successful catching bees, and today a fly. Just a few flowers left, but she's still going at it and getting plumper
Remember the yellow rose that started this thread off? Well, one week later and it's turned into this...
Nikon Z 50, Tamron 18-270mm @ f/6, with real rain this time
Cheers
Hugh
Nikon Z 50, Tamron 18-270mm @ f/6, with real rain this time
Cheers
Hugh
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) .....Sigma 50-500mm @ 500mm, Canon T7i body
Good old days. A pretty old one from 2016.
- In the heart of the Pyrenees -
Sony Alpha6400; Sony 16-50mm f3.5-5.6
Good old days. A pretty old one from 2016.
Wow, this shows how far the camera technology in iPhones and other smart phones has come, doesn't it? The same scene shot today with a current phone would have much greater resolution.
Absolutely, couldn’t agree more. This picture was taken on an iPhone 6 by the way.
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My hometown, central of Vietnam.
Nice view. Welcome!
Todays shot at 300mm, f/2.8, ISO 100, 1/1250. Sadly the focus on the eye wasn't perfect and I could have probably done with going to f/4. This tiny little thing was near MFD. Should add it was on my very old 5D Mark II since I am still waiting on long Z lenses for my Z6, the poor camera was on its last legs years ago and its lens release is knackered so it takes a daily fall onto the concrete.
Great Horned Owl out at Pawnee National Grasslands this morning. She wouldn't get out from behind the stick, dang it, and no patience to photoshop it out. These guys are massive and will eat anything that isn't nailed down. And so amazingly silent when they fly.
Great Horned Owl by Ray Harrison, on Flickr
Great Horned Owl by Ray Harrison, on Flickr
Not boring at all...They are one of my favorite birds.
Pacifica-2-200118.jpg by Charles Martorelli, on Flickr