Thanks! Next time I see the spider, I'll thank it for building it's web in a colorful red leafed tree.
In fact, it may be there again tomorrow. They tend to build their webs in nearly the same place each day.
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Photo of the Day: November 2013
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Thanks! Next time I see the spider, I'll thank it for building it's web in a colorful red leafed tree.
In fact, it may be there again tomorrow. They tend to build their webs in nearly the same place each day.
Well, that is a curiously suggestive chestnut. I feel like the photo could be made cooler if the background could somehow play off of that or just disappear completely into a wide open lens bokeh, or something else... But hey, that is one naughty Autumn photo, either way!
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but my favorite today has to be http://647.vsco.co/media/527c66785a6808460f00018c
but my favorite today has to be http://647.vsco.co/media/527c66785a6808460f00018c
Llandudno.
Ooh, ooh, ooh... The beach?
That's uncanny. I don't know how you do it. You must be stalking me or something!
Today's is a picture of the chandelier that was in my room. It obviously had different strengths of energy saving light bulbs in it and they gave off different temperatures of light. I loved the effect it had so I had to get a shot of it. The lampshades were all the same colour.
Today's is a picture of the chandelier that was in my room. It obviously had different strengths of energy saving light bulbs in it and they gave off different temperatures of light. I loved the effect it had so I had to get a shot of it. The lampshades were all the same colour.
Interesting. In the good old days of film, 'colour temperature' was a big deal, 'cos you had to decide what to do before you took the pic... not after. There was no PP available to neutralise, say, the orange cast of tungsten lighting. So for indoor shots you'd buy the right film for the job in hand. Problems would multiply when light sources were mixed: ie tungsten, fluorescent, flash, daylight, etc. More info on Wikipedia...
I worked on framing the spider in a gap between the trees in the background so it would stand out. I'm fortunate that it moved to this side of the web while I was shooting because when I started I was getting the underside of the spider. I guess it knew it needed to pose for me.
A great example of what can happen when we sloooooow down and really look...
Windermere narrows to a river - the Leven - which flows to the sea in Morecambe Bay...
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Thanks for the feedback Paul...I'll give it a try and put it up again.
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I was out at my favourite conservation area last weekend to photograph songbirds when this gorgeous adult Red-tailed Hawk flew in to the area to hunt very exciting and a great experience.
More to come...
A little seed / flower head, about 10mm across.
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That tail is definitely reddish. I bet the song birds went deadly quiet for a while! Great share, peter.
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I was out at my favourite conservation area last weekend to photograph songbirds when this gorgeous adult Red-tailed Hawk flew in to the area to hunt very exciting and a great experience.
More to come...
That tail is definitely reddish. I bet the song birds went deadly quiet for a while! Great share, peter.
Mesa Arch, Canyonlands, Utah
A picture from my road trip earlier this. 6 weeks - 13 National Parks.
This shot is of Mesa Arch in Canyonlands Nation Park in Utah. It is roughly one hour from Moab. An early start, but one of the best sunrises in the world IMO
Mesa Arch Sunrise by Drew Unalkat, on Flickr
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A picture from my road trip earlier this. 6 weeks - 13 National Parks.
This shot is of Mesa Arch in Canyonlands Nation Park in Utah. It is roughly one hour from Moab. An early start, but one of the best sunrises in the world IMO
Mesa Arch Sunrise by Drew Unalkat, on Flickr
EDIT: Okay this isn't displaying the pic? Any ideas what I have done wrong?
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Thanks Alex and it wasn't just the songbirds that reacted. There's a large pond/marsh area that's always full of geese and ducks. At one point the hawk swooped-down over the geese and ducks and they scattered and disappeared for a while.
It was very interesting to see. There are a large number of birds flying in and out of the pond constantly and the birds on the water don't appear to notice or react at all. However, when the hawk flew in it became quite clear that they are watching and are very aware of their surroundings.
A picture from my road trip earlier this. 6 weeks - 13 National Parks.
This shot is of Mesa Arch in Canyonlands Nation Park in Utah. It is roughly one hour from Moab. An early start, but one of the best sunrises in the world IMO
Mesa Arch Sunrise by Drew Unalkat, on Flickr
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I'd say you got it right...absolutely beautiful drewu!
~ Peter
Thank you Peter, I appreciate the kind words
(Not sure how to quote yet, still new to this and finding my way around)
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Another old one. Dawn in midtown Manhattan. I'm taking a break from sorting new photos and instead digging out stuff from way back (1-2 years). This shot is part of a burst, where each photo has the taxi at different stages of passing through the intersection. I can never consistently agree with myself on which of them I like most, but this is one of the two I most often decide is best (the other is this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/friskyfreeze/10734878436/ if anyone wants to compare).
Untitled by FriskyFreeze, on Flickr
Untitled by FriskyFreeze, on Flickr
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Which makes perfect sense..... smh....
Thanks lol
Hey macmesser, Thank you for your comments. This is processed in Lightroom for basic raw adjustments and then in Photoshop using luminosity masks and other editing techniques.
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This is Canon Beach in Oregon during sunset in the spring. It seems that every single time I've been to shoot in Oregon, there's nothing but clear, blue skies.
And so, when you get lemons, you focus on catching cool streaks of water rushing in and out until something actually works.
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Just wanted to add my 2 cents worth...
Quoting with thumbnails is always appreciated when applicable. Instructions can be found here: First page of thread
If you're referring to a specific image, it does help to let the reader know what image you're referring to without have to click around.
Thanks,
~ Peter
On Halloween night I set up my photo gear outside and offered to take pictures of the Trick-or-Treaters for the parents. Just as the night was wrapping up, a neighbor showed up with their tired boy and asked me to take his picture. At first he liked the idea, until he got in front of the camera. He was incredibly tired
and this is what I captured.
CameraCanon EOS 5D Mark III
Lens Canon EF 50mm 1.2L USM
Focal Length 50mm
Shutter Speed 1/80 secs
Aperture f/6.3
ISO/Film 200
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Love this picture ..
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This is a pretty cool photo love the feel of the shot.
CameraCanon EOS 5D Mark III
Lens Canon EF 50mm 1.2L USM
Focal Length 50mm
Shutter Speed 1/80 secs
Aperture f/6.3
ISO/Film 200
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Love this picture ..
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This is a pretty cool photo love the feel of the shot.
Probably one of the most unusual flowers I've ever seen. It looks like a custard tart I make with a puff pastry shell. This is about 13mm across, for a sense of scale, pretty stingy for a custard tart.
