Great variety in these series, from church, lemons to fab water...
July 6, 2024
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Salute. I think she has a good sense of humour.
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Don't be deceived, it'd probably have your eye out given half a chance. To a little mouse minding its own business, having one of these things patrolling the area is really bad news, they are very efficient flying death machines.
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We appreciate tremendous amount of technical info you provide.
My fave...
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Tremendous shot. Enough said.
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Here are some shots from our hikes in Carinthia 2-3 weeks ago
if you open up the full res version, you can see the "Erlacher Bock Hütte" in the distance. We hiked to that mountain hut 2 days later. They serve a great "Speck Brot mit Bier" :-)
...a lttle closer
The green rocks
Behind the "Oswalder Bock Hütte" in this shot you can see an area about half way up the mountain full of smallish green boulders
here a little closer
Much closer up you can see that the green colour comes from lichens
Loads of pretty flowers everywhere on that walk :-)
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Beautiful scenery. Love those gentian...
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Well, I did a thing last week. After many years of dithering, I went back to Nikon with a Z6iii. I started shooting with a Sony A6400 a couple of years ago as a stopgap. It was simply the cheapest way to solve autofocus issues for my dog photography. Although the autofocus was amazing, I never warmed up to the rest of the camera. At the same time, I couldn't quite warm up to what Nikon had to offer either. When the Z6iii came out, I knew that it was the goldilocks camera I had been looking for, and I bought it without hesitation. So far I am super happy with it.
Some of this week doggies ...
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I was lucky that the sun came out in Salo. I did a little dodging in C1, but no polarising filter. For once I was at the right place at the right time.
Home made or artisan made Limoncello, or Laurino (Laurel berries) , is very different to the mass market stuff.
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Hope you enjoy the new camera. Looks like it is doing the job well.
Your dog portraits are really wonderful. You give these dogs a personality.
PS looking at these, cheered me up no end, after an exchange of opinons elsewhere in this forum, after I received unpleasant racist reply about the Italians.
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Brodgar
Orkney.
We rented a cottage just a short evening walk from the Ring of Brodgar, a 5000 year old neolithic 'henge', surrounded by lochs and wildflowers. -
Wow, what a place! You have been transported to different era.
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It's the two pairs of eyes peering out fromthe top floor that are so sinister.
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Interesting project.
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Lemon orchards - wonderful!
I think I could manage a few wet days on Lake Garda right now after two weeks on Orkney 😉
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This one's nice and sharp 😉
BIFs are notoriously tricky, you've done well! When I come up with a few failed attempts I always tell myself to practise more, but then by the time i find another opportunity it's all slipped away again...
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This is stunning.
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Marvellous mountains 😀
As well as the gentians and silene (pink flowers) in the last one you can see the leaf rosettes of a minuscule primula - maybe P. minima. The leaves always make me think of mole's paws coming up from their burrow 😁
