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Photo of the day : October 2013
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John, I spent a week in Lancaster while my better half attended a university workshop. The scenery in the region was just so new and wondrous. It was my first and only trip to the UK. The uni took us all on a tour to the lake district too! We might have passed your "shack" ! This was well before I knew POTD existed. Locals were expounding on the dangers of the Morecambe mud and the death of some immigrant workers years ago.
Mine for today... the animals here are scurrying to collect as much as they can for winter stores. I found this chipmunk cleaning up after the few Oak trees we have here:
The mud of Morecambe Bay...
John, I spent a week in Lancaster while my better half attended a university workshop. The scenery in the region was just so new and wondrous. It was my first and only trip to the UK. The uni took us all on a tour to the lake district too! We might have passed your "shack" ! This was well before I knew POTD existed. Locals were expounding on the dangers of the Morecambe mud and the death of some immigrant workers years ago.
Mine for today... the animals here are scurrying to collect as much as they can for winter stores. I found this chipmunk cleaning up after the few Oak trees we have here:
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Same here. Having a day job kinda sucks (except for the part where it pays for my photography-related expenses, hehe).
Twillingate Newfoundland:
With all the beautiful images of Twillingate, I just might have to add Newfoundland to my list of places to travel to!
The most sucky part is seeing beautiful sky's through your office window all week, only to be greeted by a torrential downpour all weekend.
Attempting to get a job as a blog photographer. I say 'job' but actually it is unpaid so it would only really be for experience but should only be a few hours a week if I hopefully get it.
It would be for a fashion blogger who likes to show off her outfits etc.
When going through my photos to find what would be suitable to send her as examples of my work I stumbled across a small set of shots from my first day out with my 6D back in February so I have finally managed to upload to Flickr and here is a shot to share!
As always, comments appreciated.
Flo In Paris by acearchie, on Flickr
It would be for a fashion blogger who likes to show off her outfits etc.
When going through my photos to find what would be suitable to send her as examples of my work I stumbled across a small set of shots from my first day out with my 6D back in February so I have finally managed to upload to Flickr and here is a shot to share!
As always, comments appreciated.
Flo In Paris by acearchie, on Flickr
Morecambe Bay has claimed a lot of lives, over the years. Bizarrely, the old road from Lancaster to what is now Cumbria used to be across the sands (to go around the estuary, to the first river bridge, added many hours to any journey on foot or horse). For centuries there have been 'guides to the sands', to help people across. There are quicksands and fast flowing tides: very dangerous. And, yes, 14 Chinese cockle-pickers died about 10 years ago; they were out on the sands when the tide turned. The tragedy was made worse because they were employed by gang-masters, and paid a pittance for their work...
A local reservoir...
What's a 'cockle-picker'? Never heard that term before.
PS: Fascinating stuff. Always been fascinated by quicksands and the such.
I like the sky. Being Pompeii I think it would be better without the people. Kind of deserted and haunting. Think the B & W really adds to the series.
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Another older one I had previously written off as it was dull and grey. Have improved it in terms of colouring etc, but still not the best composition. Also what were they thinking putting that modern building at the front of all older stuff. The town planner should be shot.
This guy was an amazing wakeboarder.... he was getting 6'-8' jumps consistently. Last year on the lake he was doing a tandem pull, and his brother jumped over him.... I wish I had a camera for when that had happened.
Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Lens Canon EF 70-200mm 2.8L IS USM II
Focal Length 168mm
Shutter Speed 1/1600 secs
Aperture f/2.8
ISO/Film 200
Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Lens Canon EF 70-200mm 2.8L IS USM II
Focal Length 168mm
Shutter Speed 1/1600 secs
Aperture f/2.8
ISO/Film 200
This guy was an amazing wakeboarder.... he was getting 6'-8' jumps consistently. Last year on the lake he was doing a tandem pull, and his brother jumped over him.... I wish I had a camera for when that had happened.
Awesome shot! Wish I had the equipment and opportunity to shoot something like this!
I'm not sure how I feel about this one from Pompeii. Part of me doesn't like it, but I keep coming back to it for some reason when I review pics from the trip.
Pompeii with mount Vesuvius in the background.
The bottom right feels off for me. There is too much 'nothing'. If it was me I would try and darken that area or crop in from the bottom leaving the much more interesting ruins and clouds.
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Was out on the 15th floor balcony in Canary Wharf last night. Standard sunset stuff but I really liked this one. The repetition and the one guy all on his own...
IMG_6099 by r0bbieduncan, on Flickr
IMG_6099 by r0bbieduncan, on Flickr