• Members 796 posts
    Sept. 17, 2023, 11:04 a.m.

    That's a great set. my favourite are the first 3
    ... There's not many trees left in Scotland :-(

  • Members 796 posts
    Sept. 17, 2023, 11:08 a.m.

    Another good and typical set from you Nigel! even if only hand held ;-)
    my picks above.

  • Members 796 posts
    Sept. 17, 2023, 11:12 a.m.

    You're lucky, I've never seen the polar lights in real life. I always thought it would be good to experience that one day !
    My picks from your set above.

  • Members 796 posts
    Sept. 17, 2023, 11:32 a.m.

    Mountain quarry
    Zoom in to see all the different pretty coloured rocks being loaded into trucks in the quary.

    An older shot this week, as I'm packing for a holiday in Poland. So I'll see you all after that :-)

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    JPG, 7.8 MB, uploaded by Fireplace33 on Sept. 17, 2023.

  • Members 313 posts
    Sept. 17, 2023, 7 p.m.

    I understand that these are from Marrakech? It was hit, but not epicenter, so can't imagine what was it like there.. I'd probably also not be able to photograph in such situation. And this is maybe difference between photographers and amateurs, like me, real photographers can shoot in any condition. I realized this when in ironman competition I saw how one woman went over handlebars before finishing bicycle stage and I was just looking and hoping that she was ok instead of shooting. Fortunately she was able to stand up and go on, just bloody chin which was patched by medicals (though I didn't saw her on running distance, maybe she decided to cancel).

  • Members 568 posts
    Sept. 17, 2023, 7 p.m.

    Very effective.

  • Members 568 posts
    Sept. 17, 2023, 7:03 p.m.

    Interesting to see all the different colours from just the one quarry.
    Have a great holiday - looking forward to seeing the results.

  • Members 568 posts
    Sept. 17, 2023, 7:04 p.m.

    I wandered lonely as...

  • Members 313 posts
    Sept. 17, 2023, 7:11 p.m.

    Love those crooked and wrinkled trees, they are like statues to vitality. First shot is my favourite.

  • Members 313 posts
    Sept. 17, 2023, 7:19 p.m.

    I could recognize only some of chess pieces, they probably use old notation.. Seems like in one mosaic unicorn is shown. Fight scene is also quite interesting.

  • Members 313 posts
    Sept. 17, 2023, 7:22 p.m.

    Lovely scenes but #2 is my favorite.

  • Members 313 posts
    Sept. 17, 2023, 7:31 p.m.

    Actually you don't need to pimp it very much thanks to sensor colour sensitivity. Here is image directly converted from RAW, it's colourful enough. In my processing I just tuned WB to more neutral (as original has quite red cast, probably from city lights reflecting from clouds), adjusted levels and contrast.

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    JPG, 1.1 MB, uploaded by Vahur on Sept. 17, 2023.

  • Members 313 posts
    Sept. 17, 2023, 7:37 p.m.

    I think that you are on to something, it's probably alien attack, that would also explain this galactic battle I managed to capture :D
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    JPG, 395.0 KB, uploaded by Vahur on Sept. 17, 2023.

  • Members 313 posts
    Sept. 17, 2023, 7:44 p.m.

    With some luck it's possible to see polar lights at our lattitude but best places are 1000 km. northward...

  • Members 313 posts
    Sept. 17, 2023, 7:48 p.m.

    This is my pick. Such shots seem to be matter of luck with correct shutter speed, I have tried to capture ghosts but nothing to show so far, it's either too slow or too fast shutter speed ruining shot.

  • Members 1662 posts
    Sept. 17, 2023, 7:56 p.m.

    Glad you're safe! Hope there's some international help on the way (and actually ends up with the people who need it the most).

    Very effective shot btw. that says a lot!

    I love the framing and inclusion of some different colors in the foreground. Excelent capture of this stunningly beautiful tree!

    Fantastic warm/cool theme here and beautiful light and shadows on those ornaments! Very well captured!

    Wonderful experimentation indeed - looks really cool and interesting!

  • Members 1662 posts
    Sept. 17, 2023, 8:01 p.m.

    I agree - a wonderful shot with that light! Really well captured.