Photo of the Day - September 2018

[Darmok N Jalad]

We took our nephew with us today and went to a farm shop to pick our own Strawberries. Think I ate my own body weight in contraband fruit. Good job they didnt weigh me going in!

DSCF3456.jpg by Ken OHagan, on Flickr

I think they might get the last laugh once you head to the bathroom!

 

[freezelighter]

Arctic blue butterfly (Agriades glandon), Saas-Fee, Switzerland.
(E-M1 II, 60mm)

 

[BJMRamage]

Another Milky Way Photo

We camped along the Blue Ridge Parkway last month and I was able to take my first night sky photography there under a new moon. Finally getting a chance to look over more of the photos from that trip.

Photo of the Milky Way taken along the Blue Ridge Parkway 8/13 at 11:17pm. D7000 12mm 1600 f2.8 25sec
Edited in Apple Aperture. Text added in Photoshop.


Milky Way shot along the Blue Ridge Parkway with Satellite Trail by Brian Ramage, on Flickr

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

Arctic blue butterfly (Agriades glandon), Saas-Fee, Switzerland.
(E-M1 II, 60mm) View attachment 779292

I almost thought I had the same one. This is an archive shot from a few years ago. I’m sick and bored.

 

[Apple fanboy]

Arctic blue butterfly (Agriades glandon), Saas-Fee, Switzerland.
(E-M1 II, 60mm) View attachment 779292

Nicely done.

 

[kenoh]

I almost thought I had the same one. This is an archive shot from a few years ago. I’m sick and bored.

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That’s lovely.

 

[someoldguy]

Found this thing while walking around a local park this morning . Never seen anything like it outside of Central America . Not a great pic , taken with an SL2 and the plastic fantastic 18-55 that I picked up as a refurb a few weeks back as a walk around for an upcoming trip .

 

[kenoh]

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Found this thing while walking around a local park this morning . Never seen anything like it outside of Central America . Not a great pic , taken with an SL2 and the plastic fantastic 18-55 that I picked up as a refurb a few weeks back as a walk around for an upcoming trip .

The colour blue is not as prevalent in nature is it but when it shows up, it SHOWS UP doesn’t it? Look at that beautiful metallic sheen to it. Stunning.

 

[Joe King]

Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies by Joe, on Flickr

 

[mollyc]

245/365 | Abstract

 

[inkmich]

A couple of the trees in the “Ghost Forest” in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore near Empire, Michigan.

 

[Susurs]

 

[tizeye]

 

[Alexander.Of.Oz]

Four and a half minutes at Carrickalinga Beach, South Australia.

 

[Strider64]

I decided to retake this with my new Sony A7R III camera and all I can say is wow! I think tomorrow I'm going to go to the park to take some nature shots with the camera and Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 lens.

The thing I link about FF Mirrorless camera is the EVF for I can see what the picture is going to really look like before I press the shutter button. With my old DSLR I had to totally rely on my photography training with the light settings. Don't get me wrong it's very nice thing to know, but for some reason a lot of my shots didn't come out the way I wanted to. Most of them were focusing problems and the AF on the A7R III camera is fantastic (I hear the A7 III and A9 is even better).

 

[someoldguy]

The colour blue is not as prevalent in nature is it but when it shows up, it SHOWS UP doesn’t it? Look at that beautiful metallic sheen to it. Stunning.

When I first saw it it reminded me of the Blue Morphos that you sometimes see in Central America . They look like little sparks flying around when the light hits the blue on the wings . These seem to be similar in that the blue is only visible when the wings are opened . The flip side of the wings is pretty nondescript brownish . No sense advertising your presence too much .

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

I decided to retake this with my new Sony A7R III camera and all I can say is wow! I think tomorrow I'm going to go to the park to take some nature shots with the camera and Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 lens.

The thing I link about FF Mirrorless camera is the EVF for I can see what the picture is going to really look like before I press the shutter button. With my old DSLR I had to totally rely on my photography training with the light settings. Don't get me wrong it's very nice thing to know, but for some reason a lot of my shots didn't come out the way I wanted to. Most of them were focusing problems and the AF on the A7R III camera is fantastic (I hear the A7 III and A9 is even better).

I totally get it. Even with what I now know with photography, I just liked my Sony mirrorless results better. The butterfly above was one from my old a5000. I have many more keepers that I managed to get from relatively cheap kit.

 

[dimme]

Pillar Point-20171230-02.jpg by Charles Martorelli, on Flickr

 

[Clix Pix]

To Swim or Not to Swim, That is the Question......

 

[kallisti]

I know, I know...cat pic. But haven't felt inspired for anything other than kiddo pics recently. Won't share those, so you are stuck with this cat pic from me

 

[akash.nu]

Sunday evening treats.

 

[The Bad Guy]

Olivia, Otto & Bosley by Adam Campbell, on Flickr

 

[kenoh]

Four and a half minutes at Carrickalinga Beach, South Australia.

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Lovely image but maybe........ clone out the stones to the bottom left, I think they have a sharpness that knocks the otherwise silky image out of balance for me... maybe just me... so as usual feel free to ignore me..

 

[stillcrazyman]

Nothing wrong with cat photos.

My Sophie turned 9 yesterday

 

[kenoh]

Nothing wrong with cat photos.

My Sophie turned 9 yesterday

I used to think when people referred to people "looking at cat pics" on the internet, I thought it was a euphemism for looking at mucky photos but it is actually exactly that - people posting and looking at pictures of cats.... lol...

Happy belated birthday wishes Sophie...
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I know, I know...cat pic. But haven't felt inspired for anything other than kiddo pics recently. Won't share those, so you are stuck with this cat pic from me

I get muddled up, is this Stella or Zoe?

Either way, Stella image....