The Relaxed Photo Thread

[OldMacs4Me]

Couple of days ago I was describing taking a few photos at Lundbreck Falls to get used to using the new Z-50. Not the best time of the year and the lighting was nowhere near optimal. The bridge shot took a fair bit of 'tinkering' to show any life whatsoever. For better or worse here they are.

The goose shot is cropped a fair bit. Who knows? Had I not had to retrieve my lid I might not have gone down to the rivers edge and spotted the geese.

 

[splifingate]

2024 Eclips{(e)-e-e-e-e}

ATL; pure sunlight, diffracted through a Japanese Maple; iPhone 13-mini

I'll be almost 90y/o when the next one comes-around this location

 

[OldMacs4Me]

2024 Eclips{(e)-e-e-e-e}

ATL; pure sunlight, diffracted through a Japanese Maple; iPhone 13-mini

I'll be almost 90y/o when the next one comes-around this location

Took me awhile to figure that one out. Essentially a whole bunch of pinhole cameras projected onto the ground! Love the abstract approach.🤗 Unfortunately our area was partial with just nibble missing from the sun. Just enough cloud to obscure even that.

 

[bousozoku]

Now, for something completely different. I was invited to a string quartet performance at their farm.

 

[splifingate]

Took me awhile to figure that one out. Essentially a whole bunch of pinhole cameras projected onto the ground! Love the abstract approach.🤗 Unfortunately our area was partial with just nibble missing from the sun. Just enough cloud to obscure even that.

We had 83% coverage, here (ATL); all the tree-shadows were laced with sunlight-crescents--inverted, of course--ranging from 3cm (overhead foliage), to ~11cm (high canopy).

I enjoyed this eclipsity more than N-GA 100% in 2017

 

[splifingate]

Now, for something completely different. I was invited to a string quartet performance at their farm.

A haiku, for you:

Can you hear these things,
Each, as we hear them, also?
Let us now listen.

 

[bousozoku]

We had 83% coverage, here (ATL); all the tree-shadows were laced with sunlight-crescents--inverted, of course--ranging from 3cm (overhead foliage), to ~11cm (high canopy).

I enjoyed this eclipsity more than N-GA 100% in 2017

That's definitely better than sitting in Atlanta, GA traffic.

 

[splifingate]

That's definitely better than sitting in Atlanta, GA traffic.

This Morning, I spent about an hour+20 merely driving 21mi to a Client's house to retrieve a load of bricks for a Home DIY Project . . . it took me another 2h to return, Home <grr>

I spent another 2h+ round-trip, afterwards (in the A/T get-around car), going to the grocery, etc.

My BP appreciates audiobooks

 

[bousozoku]

I used to frequent a town in the Rust Belt, between closed General Motors factories and warehouses. I took some time to get photos one evening.

 

[OldMacs4Me]

So a few shots from a follow up visit to Lundbreck Falls with genuine sunshine.

Another view of that fence end I worked around. I think this view exaggerates things. I had no difficulty getting solid footing on either side of it.

The Geese were still around and still posing. Suspect the pair is nesting nearby.

There are several cantilevered observation platforms, but I prefer these non platformed views.

 

[deep diver]

Another view of that fence end I worked around. I think this view exaggerates things. I had no difficulty getting solid footing on either side of it.

"Danger" sign?!?!? What Danger sign? I don't see a Danger sign. Do any of the rest of you see a Danger sign? Not me. I don't see a Danger sign.

Just sayin'........... 😲

 

[OldMacs4Me]

Nice localized sunset last night. I always expose for the highlights and let the rest of an image fall where it may. My thinking being; I can take care of the shadows post image. Normally I just let foregrounds go black on sunsets, but in this case I wanted just a bit of the shadow detail to come through. Used Tone mapping in AffinityPhoto to accomplish that and because it is a sunset, I tossed in just a touch of enhancement.

Shot at an ISO of 400, ƒ-11@1/800, 140mm (210mm equiv). As always best viewed full frame.

 

[splifingate]

Nice localized sunset last night. I always expose for the highlights and let the rest of an image fall where it may. My thinking being; I can take care of the shadows post image. Normally I just let foregrounds go black on sunsets, but in this case I wanted just a bit of the shadow detail to come through. Used Tone mapping in AffinityPhoto to accomplish that and because it is a sunset, I tossed in just a touch of enhancement.

Shot at an ISO of 400, ƒ-11@1/800, 140mm (210mm equiv). As always best viewed full frame.
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Strange that such a peaceful, and tranquil, photo would bring my memory to the Castle Bravo nuc-test in '54 . . .

14y before my birth, and it still devastates me, to this day.

Thank you for an image that I may use to replace that memory

 

[coolguy4747]

I used to frequent a town in the Rust Belt, between closed General Motors factories and warehouses. I took some time to get photos one evening.

I lived in Cleveland for a time and took these on a visit back, not too long after leaving. I never felt a compelling reason to share them before, but seeing yours and being reminded seemed good enough!

 

[bousozoku]

I lived in Cleveland for a time and took these on a visit back, not too long after leaving. I never felt a compelling reason to share them before, but seeing yours and being reminded seemed good enough!

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There is much all over this country to see, but Ohio is interesting near the waterways. I have some Cincinnati area photos I might dig up. I wish I'd spent time in Wheeling, West Virginia to get photos. I'd like to find some of my Philadelphia photos, also. I have too many photos and I could overwhelm this thread, which is why I'm trying to limit my influence.

 

[deep diver]

I lived in Cleveland for a time and took these on a visit back, not too long after leaving. I never felt a compelling reason to share them before, but seeing yours and being reminded seemed good enough!

I'll bite. I've lived in Cleveland since 2008. (Mrs. Diver grew up in Cleveland Hts.)

These images were shot in the same general area of the city as coolguy4747's images.

I had previously posted a couple for these on MR.

 

[OldMacs4Me]

One of my favourite spring hikes goes from the Frank Slide visitor area then above the the top edge of the slide. While there are some nice views, it's the emerging spring growth that makes this hike so much fun. The super close-up abilities of the little Oly TG-6 made it my camera of choice for the latest version of this spring ritual.

I like the @bousozoku thumbnail approach, as clicking on the first image brings it up at full resolution. Then you can advance through the entire string at full resolution. So I am going to try it with this set.

EDIT: I see it gets close to full resolution but you can zoom in with one click, then easily advance to the next image so I'll go that route. Your thoughts?

 

[OldMacs4Me]

Seems like the perfect thread for posting variations. Again click on first to get at or near full res and just advance through the rest.

Nikon Z50 18-149 zoom at full wide angle.

 

[deep diver]

Here are some more images from my trip to Moab, Utah.

I already posted the picture of the Colorado River. This is the final version. It was taken at Dead Horse State Park.

The B&W image is at Sand Dune Arch in Arches National Park. The wind has sculpted these huge blades of rock. You enter the formation between two of the blades. The first thing that greets you is the tree in the 3rd image and a massive sand dune. (The wind sculpted the stone but the sand is too protected to blow out.). You walk through a bunch of sand, then another slot, and then you're in a open cathedral-like space where the arch is. It is majorly cool. I processed these for a photo club gathering on Monday. We are limited to 3 images so I didn't process any images of the arch. I tried but nothing excited me.

I was going for an Ansel Adams inspired images with the B&W. PSE has an infrared effect preset in their B&W conversions. I used that. The large blade on the left was in full sunlight. The others were in the shadow of that one. I had to do some masking to get a decent balance of lighting throughout the image.

 

[BotchQue]

^^^ I live in UT and I'm more of a Critter photographer than landscape, usually head up to Teton/Yellowstone/Waterton, but I've spent many days in the red-rock country too; your B&W/coloring shots make me think I need to revisit the south part again... beautiful images!
Have you visited Goblin Valley State Park in UT? While small, it is otherworldly, and I think it qualifies as a Dark Sky park, it's in the middle of nowhere and the sky/stars just POP at night.

 

[deep diver]

^^^ I live in UT and I'm more of a Critter photographer than landscape, usually head up to Teton/Yellowstone/Waterton, but I've spent many days in the red-rock country too; your B&W/coloring shots make me think I need to revisit the south part again... beautiful images!
Have you visited Goblin Valley State Park in UT? While small, it is otherworldly, and I think it qualifies as a Dark Sky park, it's in the middle of nowhere and the sky/stars just POP at night.

We were hoping to go to Goblin to see the hoodoos and the stars but it was too far away from where we were staying to make it fit in.

Where in UT are you?

 

[bousozoku]

Back to San Francisco for my birthday around 10 years ago, I wanted to express different emotions about the visit to the Golden Gate Bridge. It moves so much, I didn't like walking across it. Perhaps, you'll see something good in these edits.

 

[OldMacs4Me]

Back to San Francisco for my birthday around 10 years ago, I wanted to express different emotions about the visit to the Golden Gate Bridge. It moves so much, I didn't like walking across it. Perhaps, you'll see something good in these edits.

I really like the 2nd and 4th images.

 

[OldMacs4Me]

The B&W image is at Sand Dune Arch in Arches National Park. The wind has sculpted these huge blades of rock. You enter the formation between two of the blades. The first thing that greets you is the tree in the 3rd image and a massive sand dune. (The wind sculpted the stone but the sand is too protected to blow out.). You walk through a bunch of sand, then another slot, and then you're in a open cathedral-like space where the arch is. It is majorly cool. I processed these for a photo club gathering on Monday.

Arches seems to make for dramatic skies and your B&W captured that perfectly.

 

[deep diver]

Back to San Francisco for my birthday around 10 years ago, I wanted to express different emotions about the visit to the Golden Gate Bridge. It moves so much, I didn't like walking across it. Perhaps, you'll see something good in these edits.

I also like 2 & 4. #1 doesn't have enough tonal texture for my liking.

#3 is really interesting. I wonder what it would look like if you processed it a little more to make it look like an art poster rather than a photograph. I think it's already half way there.