Photo of The Month competition - October

Put 'em up

You know wasp up! by simple.joy, on Flickr

Gullfoss : late at night and all alone
Often, it’s the timing of a visit, rather than just the specific location itself, that can significantly impact the quality of an image.

When we went to the famous Gullfoss waterfalls during the daytime, we were surrounded by a throng of other tourists, and managed to capture the typical views.

However, I decided to return just before midnight for another opportunity, and the atmosphere was entirely transformed, becoming much more majestic.
Thanks to Iceland's nearly endless daylight during the summer, there was still enough light.
And it was also especially good being there all alone to enjoy it.

Hope you like it too :-)

Foggy day

Keep smiling by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Fujifilm X-T5
Laowa 65mm f/2.8 2x Ultra Macro

I initially posted this in the Canon photos forum.

A toast to you all.

Steve Thomas

Wanting to support this thread, and having left my camera on the shelf so far this month, I'm sharing an old photo in honor of a place I have spent many an Oct.1st. Sadly, the historic waterfront of this tiny village of Port Clyde, ME, burned completely three nights ago taking out the boat line offices, the general store, the restaurant, and the Wyeth gallery. I took this from the departing ferry/mail boat, the Elizabeth Ann.

Shot today to capture a ray of sun - there were 36° degrees - I was nearly passing.
It was 35 minutes under the sun trying to get a Heron from a short distance.
As soon as it saw me, he entered a bush and then flew away unseen from the other side.

I looked for some shadow before fainting, looked around and I pointed the camera to what I thought at the moment being an interesting shot.

When home, I perused all the XXXxxXXX Heron shot's
That guy dont let me under 60mt, while not caring for a barking dog less than 10mt away.

Suddenly this single shot appeared. Cropped in DXO enhancing temperature and then Topaz.

4mt - 180-600Z - Z30 - 600mm - 1/800 f/7,1 ISO 1400 - Full manual

Incoming Fall by AlainCh2, on Flickr

A whisk... a horribly cliché thing to photograph for any serious macro photographer. Do I care? If it's fun, probably not! 😁

Molecular cooking by simple.joy, on Flickr

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