Great moment captured: behind every successful man there stands a woman. Also I love scene, minimalistic and abstract.
Great moment captured: behind every successful man there stands a woman. Also I love scene, minimalistic and abstract.
I like these "knot" patterns, one almost being ouroboros.
I believe this cathedral imitates northern lights pattern. And it seems to have slightly iridescent cover, so it looks really nice from close distance. I took this particular shot quite late in the evening, it was polar day but sun was quite low and behind mountains so it was skylight only. I'd love to be there is winter and take shot of it under northern lights....
One Evening On The Moors...
A couple of weeks ago, I took an evening wander up to some of the local moorland to visit an old quarry where, in previous years, I've encountered nesting Kestrels. Not knowing what I'd find and feeling rather unfit, I just took the Z8, 24-70 f/2.8S and the 70-180 f/2.8 to keep the weight down, although all of the following images were taken with the 70-180.
When I arrived at the location there was no sign of activity so I just amused myself with some landscape shots while I loitered in the area...
The soft evening light and faint hint of emerging mist helped to give these a painterly quality.
Like this birch shot, nice find.
Good story with kestrels also, bit more of magnification would have helped but these shots are showing nicely birds with their environment.
Great shot, looks almost like CGI in such tidy environment. Though maybe bit more space on top and side would be better, right now it's cropped too tightly IMO.
A couple of notable trees.
I havn't done any photography this week but here's some from earlier... A short walk up Arnside Knot on the way home from the recyling centre!
Arnside Knot is one of the several humps of limestone that stick up out of the lower lying ground on the south side of the Lake District. They all have interesting trees and other flora. This mighty beech was growing at the side of the main track up. I liked the way the roots interact with the rock.
I like this photo, these roots are like melted down or poured from concrete.
Bascule
Moveable bridge in Toronto, Canada, still in operation since 1931...
Wonderful light in the first, colours in the second.
Very creative composition
Romanesque on Lake Como
After finishing a site meeting in Como, I had time to explore some Romanesque monuments on Lake Como. This is the first part.
The Twelfth Century "Chiesa di Santa Maria del Tiglio", in Gravedona, at the North end of the lake is worth fighting through the horrific traffic on the narrow road to reach. It served as a Baptistry as well as a church. The walls of this building are over two metres thick at the base. It is in a lovely location by the lake.
I used a Laowa 15mm shift lens to make HDR sets when I photographed the massively imposing interior. The exterior was shot with my Nikon 24PC and a Laowa 15mm shift lens. Details were shot on a Z28-400, which is brilliant for this task.
It was a good day. I used my tripod for these shots and in this and the other places, nobody objected.
Plenty of details to see. How lucky you are, after a site meeting, you went to Lake Como!
I hate office jobs :)
Nordic cathedrals
Very Viking if I may say
One Evening On The Moors...
A couple of weeks ago, I took an evening wander up to some of the local moorland to visit an old quarry where, in previous years, I've encountered nesting Kestrels. Not knowing what I'd find and feeling rather unfit, I just took the Z8, 24-70 f/2.8S and the 70-180 f/2.8 to keep the weight down, although all of the following images were taken with the 70-180.
I would have liked a little more reach on these and was to some extent kicking myself for not bringing the 100-400 along instead, but the little 70-180 has coped admirably given its limited range and even the Z8's (in my experience) finicky bird detection has managed to lock on and track them rather well. I think having more light available with a constant f/2.8 lens really helps the tracking system when determining what it's looking at.
A beautiful series and story telling.
I love Olympus’ colour science, it’s so rich!