Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Photo of the Day September 2020
- Thread starter Alexander.Of.Oz
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
We have an interesting State forest that is divided into three dedicated sections - equestrian, hiking, and mountain bike with about a 10% overlap around a former rail bridge, also part of a separate rails-to-trails path through the forest. Past few days was the hiking side and that trailhead had a "no bikes" restriction, although I did notice that equestrian trails overlapped well into the hiking area...but it is the least used. Today is from the mountain biking side - and since I went to it first, didn't think to look for a "no hikers" sign, however, along the trail did see several "no horses" placard on the signpost.
That is about a 12 foot drop into that ravine that feeds into the river seen in prior day photos.
That is about a 12 foot drop into that ravine that feeds into the river seen in prior day photos.
Hadn’t been out for a few days with the camera. Right now, only monarchs seem to be hanging around. Haven’t seen the other butterfly varieties since it got really dry—hasn’t rained in almost 2 weeks now.
Those aren’t planes. They are visitors from another world!15 seconds in time and space, damn planes... At the wombat sanctuary on Sunday night the week prior.
Oh no!!! take your watch off when riding cross country. It isnt good for the movement.
I went on a poor man's expedition last week and visited the Aquazoo in Düsseldorf. Expect a lot of fishes, reptiles, and insects from me in the near future.
Movement? What movement?
Actually I needed a watch and was looking at Citizen and Seiko. Then Sears was closing and having a liquidation sale. This no-name "Sutton" was normally $65 or so...but with closeout and liquidation reductions, I got it out the door for $2.75. I wish they had 2!
I went out on a walk around the lake this afternoon and had an unexpected delight: the resident Belted Kingfisher, whom I've seen on-and-off the past several months zipping past and diving quickly into the lake to snare his prey, decided to grace me by doing the classic "birdie-on-a-stick" pose. WOW! These guys are notoriously difficult to capture with a camera, as they move so quickly, and also because they usually hide in bushes and such. Having him perch on an easily-visible branch was a real stroke of luck, even though he was high up and far away..... Image cropped, of course, and certainly not National Geographic quality, light was harsh and you can barely see his black eye just past and behind that big white dot that along with the unruly sticking-up-"hairdo" is a distinguishing feature of these birds, but I'm just tickled to have seen him and gotten a shot, anyway!
Superb! I have never managed to capture one!
I am just thrilled and surprised that this happened! Of course I wish I'd had a longer lens (1200mm would've been about right!) and/or that I could've positioned myself closer, but there was no way to do either, as there was the lake between us and also a bunch of bushes and such. If I had moved to the footbridge, probably I wouldn't have been able to see him or all I would've gotten would've been his back, not to mention that the sun would've been blasting right at me, causing backlighting as well. He didn't stick around long, either, so my timing was good.
I'd actually been there shooting at one of our cormorants who was standing on a nearby rock, preening himself and enjoying the sunshine and nice weather. Nearby was a duck who was leisurely sunning himself on another rock, too. I'll bet these guys really miss that log in the lake near my building, which was partially submerged in such a perfect spot for so long. I miss it too! They don't seem to like where the log is now, and even the turtles have deserted it. No sign of Alfred this afternoon, no idea of where he was today.
I'd actually been there shooting at one of our cormorants who was standing on a nearby rock, preening himself and enjoying the sunshine and nice weather. Nearby was a duck who was leisurely sunning himself on another rock, too. I'll bet these guys really miss that log in the lake near my building, which was partially submerged in such a perfect spot for so long. I miss it too! They don't seem to like where the log is now, and even the turtles have deserted it. No sign of Alfred this afternoon, no idea of where he was today.
We had a load of geese doing a fly by. I was in the loft and could hear them.
Our Canada Geese made a brief appearance on the lake earlier today, in the late morning -- I was delighted to see them, as I've missed them, but they didn't hang around long. No idea where they went. I imagine that as the weather gets colder they'll be here more frequently or all the time as permanent residents again, the way they have in years past. What I'm really hoping to see in the next month or two, also, is those Hooded Merganser ducks. I want them to come back to the lake, too!
I'll throw in another image captured at the old windmill on the wombat sanctuary on the Sunday night that I was there, same windmill as the previous share by me, just captured from further away, so it has a more realistic perspective, that last image was deliberately captured up close and tight in looking up so as to make it appear taller than it actually is.
@anotherscotsman is one of the two hazy appearances above my light orb what you captured and shared with us recently?
This is a very dark scene, with only the light orb I threw providing any immediate illumination during the thirty seconds of the shutter opening. I do have an image where I threw light on the windmill and I'll play with merging that with this one, so it is not quite so noisy and dark, but, yet again I find myself time poor and about to rush out the door after my coffee and morning cuddles time with the Boof!
@anotherscotsman is one of the two hazy appearances above my light orb what you captured and shared with us recently?
This is a very dark scene, with only the light orb I threw providing any immediate illumination during the thirty seconds of the shutter opening. I do have an image where I threw light on the windmill and I'll play with merging that with this one, so it is not quite so noisy and dark, but, yet again I find myself time poor and about to rush out the door after my coffee and morning cuddles time with the Boof!
Last edited:
Treow Caninus
Olympus e300 - older image - drive about in PT Reyes California - such great trees there.
Olympus e300 - older image - drive about in PT Reyes California - such great trees there.
Alex, I’m certainly no Astro expert but if you look closely there are two fuzzy objects in the same region of the sky above the orb. Given that you are in Australia, this is likely to be the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds rather than Andromeda galaxy. These are a similar sort of visual size to Andromeda but in my heavily light polluted area, you can’t see with the naked eye. I’d love to have dark skies like that...I'll throw in another image captured at the old windmill on the wombat sanctuary on the Sunday night that I was there, same windmill as the previous share by me, just captured from further away, so it has a more realistic perspective, that last image was deliberately captured up close and tight in looking up so as to make it appear taller than it actually is.
@anotherscotsman is one of the two hazy appearances above my light orb what you captured and shared with us recently?
This is a very dark scene, with only the light orb I threw providing any immediate illumination during the thirty seconds of the shutter opening. I do have an image where I threw light on the windmill and I'll play with merging that with this one, so it is not quite so noisy and dark, but, yet again I find myself time poor and about to rush out the door after my coffee and morning cuddles time with the Boof!
Last edited:
