Photo of the Day May 2018

[Apple fanboy]

View from Coit Tower San Fransisco (as if you needed to be told that). Comments always appreciated.



San Fransisco cityscape by another scotsman, on Flickr
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Zoomed-in on the original - a short story collection by Chekhov. No wonder I didn't remember...

Picture books are more my level.

 

[Cheese&Apple]

Thank you gent's! Peter, I haven't commented yet, but your latest landscape offerings have been drop dead gorgeous to behold. Wonderful renditions and most memorable keepsakes of what I'm sure was a magical trip.

Thanks very much Alex and yes, it was quite magical. It was an experience that was made even better because I was in the company of 3 other like-minded photographer friends from whom I learned a great deal.

Snakes are fine. I like snakes.

Noooooooo! I hate snakes. I'll make you a deal MacRy...you don't post snake shots and l won't post spider shots.

~ Peter

 

[anotherscotsman]

Chekov... Bit high brow mate!

Exactly - no wonder it hasn't been nicked!

 

[Cheese&Apple]

We were out on a Sunday morning to photograph cable cars as there was less traffic in downtown San Francisco. I wasn't getting a shot that interested me and was after a different look. So I took this shot with a 500mm at f/4 and was happy with the result.

 

[MacRy]

Noooooooo! I hate snakes. I'll make you a deal MacRy...you don't post snake shots and l won't post spider shots.

~ Peter

You've got yourself a deal Peter. I'm so phobic that I find it hard to touch the screen on my iPad to scroll this forum
[doublepost=1526840176][/doublepost]Tonight's dog walk and more leaves. I liked the backlighting on this leaf.

M9 with Zeiss Planar 50mm @F2.8

 

[Cheese&Apple]

You've got yourself a deal Peter. I'm so phobic that I find it hard to touch the screen on my iPad to scroll this forum

It's the same for me and snakes. I know it's irrational but I can't help it. I can't tell you how I felt at the camps in Africa where they tell you not to wander off the beaten path or go anywhere without a flashlight at night...not because of the animals but because of snakes like Black Mambas and Spitting Cobras. They don't even have to be venomous - I'd rather face a hungry lion than a harmless Garter Snake.

 

[Joe King]

Royal College of Surgeons Extension by Joe, on Flickr

 

[Apple fanboy]

Strange mutant ladybug. Orange instead of red.

_DSC7044 by apple fanboy1, on Flickr

Comments always welcome.

 

[MacRy]

Strange mutant ladybug. Orange instead of red.

_DSC7044 by apple fanboy1, on Flickr

Comments always welcome.

For me it’s a little overexposed, especially on the right hand side. Might have benefitted from more depth of field as well to get the little critter all in focus as I feel the focus should be on its wings.

 

[Apple fanboy]

For me it’s a little overexposed, especially on the right hand side. Might have benefitted from more depth of field as well to get the little critter all in focus as I feel the focus should be on its wings.

Agree. He didn't hang around for long, so I had to pull this back from the original overexposed RAW file. It was hand held, so my focus was hit and miss.

 

[MacRy]

Agree. He didn't hang around for long, so I had to pull this back from the original overexposed RAW file. It was hand held, so my focus was hit and miss.

Sometimes they’re beyond recovery fella.

I was doing some gardening today (yeah I know! We’re both strangers to that concept) and came across a really vibrant red beetle. I’ve never seen one like it before - it was quite pretty.

Edit: Apparently it was a cardinal beetle

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_beetle

 

[Apple fanboy]

Sometimes they’re beyond recovery fella.

I was doing some gardening today (yeah I know! We’re both strangers to that concept) and came across a really vibrant red beetle. I’ve never seen one like it before - it was quite pretty.

Edit: Apparently it was a cardinal beetle

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_beetle

Hey I mowed the lawn! Looks cool. Did you get a picture? This time of year I keep my 200-500 on one body and the Macro on the other. That way, if I spot something in the garden, I can get some shots.
Paid off yesterday as a sparrowhawk came to visit. Not processed them yet.

 

[MacRy]

Hey I mowed the lawn! Looks cool. Did you get a picture? This time of year I keep my 200-500 on one body and the Macro on the other. That way, if I spot something in the garden, I can get some shots.
Paid off yesterday as a sparrowhawk came to visit. Not processed them yet.

I didn’t get a photo as I was busy mowing the lawn and pulling up armfuls of weeds so was pretty mucky. I had my phone on me and took a really crappy blurry shot of it to show Mrs MacRy. Not worth sharing here though.

I did feel a little bit smug during gardening duty, as my next door neighbours have a beautiful garden that they are tending to pretty much every day (they are retired) and they called over the fence to say they had a rat running around the top of theirs. Although I’ve just realised that it shows that even rats won’t come into my garden

I got my rifle and they no longer have a rat running around their garden so they are back to winning garden top trumps.

 

[Apple fanboy]

I didn’t get a photo as I was busy mowing the lawn and pulling up armfuls of weeds so was pretty mucky. I had my phone on me and took a really crappy blurry shot of it to show Mrs MacRy. Not worth sharing here though.

I did feel a little bit smug during gardening duty, as my next door neighbours have a beautiful garden that they are tending to pretty much every day (they are retired) and they called over the fence to say they had a rat running around the top of theirs. Although I’ve just realised that it shows that even rats won’t come into my garden

I got my rifle and they no longer have a rat running around their garden so they are back to winning garden top trumps.

Seriously? We also have a rat that visits. Can you pop round?

 

[mollyc]

140/365 | Abandoned

The longer story to this is that last year I was trimming a small tree at the base of it. I worked on it for a good 10-15 minutes trying to thin it out. When I stood up, I discovered a huge paper wasp nest in it just above eye level, that was quite active. I quickly scurried away, and later that day our pest/insect guy came by so he helpfully smashed down the nest and sprayed it with something (probably in reverse order).

Near the end of summer, I discovered that the remaining wasps had relocated to a much higher tree in our back yard and built an even larger nest. By the end of fall I guess they had all migrated to where ever wasps go in the winter and the nest started to collapse.

Today was the first sunny day in a week and we had about 6 inches of rain the past week; I think the wind and rain finally decimated the last bits, and I found this and a few other pieces out by the kids' playset.

 

[MacRy]

Seriously? We also have a rat that visits. Can you pop round?

Happy to. The little buggers are a nuisance.

 

[anotherscotsman]

We were out on a Sunday morning to photograph cable cars as there was less traffic in downtown San Francisco. I wasn't getting a shot that interested me and was after a different look. So I took this shot with a 500mm at f/4 and was happy with the result.

I couldn't get a worthwhile shot of the trams myself in my afternoon there- had to make do with a short trip on one. Nicely done.

 

[Apple fanboy]

Happy to. The little buggers are a nuisance.

Tell me about it! He doesn't go near the poison or the trap.

 

[Bigtree]

140/365 | Abandoned

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The longer story to this is that last year I was trimming a small tree at the base of it. I worked on it for a good 10-15 minutes trying to thin it out. When I stood up, I discovered a huge paper wasp nest in it just above eye level, that was quite active. I quickly scurried away, and later that day our pest/insect guy came by so he helpfully smashed down the nest and sprayed it with something (probably in reverse order).

Near the end of summer, I discovered that the remaining wasps had relocated to a much higher tree in our back yard and built an even larger nest. By the end of fall I guess they had all migrated to where ever wasps go in the winter and the nest started to collapse.

Today was the first sunny day in a week and we had about 6 inches of rain the past week; I think the wind and rain finally decimated the last bits, and I found this and a few other pieces out by the kids' playset.

Wasps are good; just like spiders and snakes. I had a paper wasps nest right outside my office window. Enjoy watching them. Then I had to instal a new outside water faucet and had to drill a 1 inch hole, into brick, about 4 feet below the nest. None of them even bothered me, I think they enjoyed watching me!

 

[Alexander.Of.Oz]

A view down into a gully filled with Japanese Maples of all manner and variety.

Canon 550D, Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8, Multi-segment Metering, Aperture Priority
ISO 125, 17mm, f/2.8, 1/40

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Zoomed-in on the original - a short story collection by Chekhov. No wonder I didn't remember...

Why do I always think of this whenever I hear the name Chekhov?

 

[scotttnz]

I really should try to be more regular here....sorry.

First shot from my new drone yesterday:

 

[Alexander.Of.Oz]

First shot from my new drone yesterday:
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Ooh... Look at that elevation! (Sorry... Couldn't help myself...)

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

Ooh... Look at that elevation! (Sorry... Couldn't help myself...)

Hopefully it was right-side-up when he took that!

 

[kgphotos]

Chatham Lighthouse and Coast Guard Station located in Chatham, MA.

 

[dimme]

Pacifica-20180428-06 by Charles Martorelli, on Flickr