Lots of nasty stuff going around atm. Hope you're feeling better soon. Take care of yourself.
Lots of nasty stuff going around atm. Hope you're feeling better soon. Take care of yourself.
Canary Wharf, London.
A good PoV, I should get a UWA lens for my Panasonic 18-40 small and covers a very useful range for me. It is similar to Panasonic 12-32, not so fast, sharp and covers a good focal length
Out at Sunset - looking over the bay. This was a shot as I was walking by, so quality isn't the best, but I still think it's a nice photo.
Such a peaceful moment.
Val Martello and Resia
The Val Martello, in Alto Adige, is one of the wilder valleys in Val Venosta. We took a walk around the artificial lake
The last one is very good, I liked your processing and timing very much.
Narva city moments
Here is another and probably last set of images from Narva.
An interesting set, the super garage is super weird! I recently read an article about Narva. It was obviously a different context, related to the current tense relationship between Russia and Estonia.
A Tale of Two Woodlands
The nights are drawing in here in the UK and it's only a few weeks until our archaic practice of Turning The Clocks Back™ kicks in, killing off any chance of daylight photowalks in the evening until the end of winter. As such, I've endeavoured to get out with the camera after work a couple of times this week while I still can.
I'm still struggling on the fitness front, so I've been limited to shortish walks in the available time and just sticking to the Z8 kit which is currently not too heavy to carry along with a tripod.
First up was a trip to Birkacre at the beginning of the week.
As I walked the path that runs alongside the lodge, I saw a large fish, possibly two feet in length, leap out of the lodge right in front of me, before disappearing back into the dark waters. I've no idea what kind of fish it was, my knowledge on this subject is even more lacking than what I know about birds, but it repeated this act three times as I stood there slack jawed looking at it, completely forgetting the action oriented camera I had slung around my neck. Eventually I did realise and got myself ready to catch any further action, but none was forthcoming. However, this did get me thinking that a wander up to the weir to look for activity on fish ladder might be worthwhile. Whether this turned out to be the case or not will be revealed later in the story, adding an element of suspense to the tale.
And so, with no leaping fish shot in the bag, I shifted my focus to the trees, particularly the scene looking down the length of the Yarrow that I photographed in the fog on the previous weekend. There was no fog on this occasion, but I think it still made an interesting shot.
I slowly worked my way past the lodge, shooting a number of disappointing images as I went, eventually arriving at the weir. There's still plenty of water cascading over the stony barrier, crashing on the rocks below, but it was noticeably slower than it had been on previous occasions. This was taken shortly before sunset and despite the sky being relatively clear to the East, the ever present spectre of Irish Sea Permafog™ was lurking to the West, sapping the weak light of colour and vibrance as the sun sank towards the horizon.
Here I've move a little way up the slope that runs along the East side of the track where there is this well established group of imposing trees. The first signs of autumn are just starting to appear in the canopy, so hopefully I'll be able to return here in a couple of weeks to record the change that should have occurred by then. Fingers crossed we don't get hit by another storm in the meantime that strips the trees of their leaves.
I believe as long as you can cope with it, you should get keep going out. I hope your fitness will improve. It would have been wonderful to see a leading large fish out of the water but I will forgive you for missing the opportunity this time :)
These are my favourites of the set,
Quite nice, I kind of like fishing even though I have done in my life time possibly less than a handful of times. But fishermen are definitely good subjects for photography.
The garden is turning very autumnal and I have a new lens !
111025 macro shaggy ink cap tall by softmarmotte, on Flickr
Congrats on the new lens! I am sure your skills have undeniably helped the photo, but I loved the out of focus areas of the lens very much.
Late night traders
Your camera handles low light well.
Messiah
I'm a bit late posting today as I've been out all day at a singing workshop in Lancaster Priory. A fine building, with great acoustic for singing.
It was a rather challenging all day sing, especially since my voice is still recovering from covid, including all the famous bits - For Unto Us...Halleluya chorus, great Amen etc etc.
I'm always fascinated to look at the organ stops with their weird names;
OK. I have to Google all this information to make sense of it for me now!
Canary Wharf, London.
Great shot, I like how light from big ad? screen illuminates pavement and brinds out people there. Also the buildings with lit windows add to image, here lot of high rise buildings are office buildings and dark in the evenings.
Out at Sunset - looking over the bay. This was a shot as I was walking by, so quality isn't the best, but I still think it's a nice photo.
I like the contrast here between foreground in shadow and lit background.
Val Martello and Resia
The Val Martello, in Alto Adige, is one of the wilder valleys in Val Venosta. We took a walk around the artificial lake
I like this last shot, view under moonlight, magical.
A Tale of Two Woodlands
And so, with no leaping fish shot in the bag, I shifted my focus to the trees, particularly the scene looking down the length of the Yarrow that I photographed in the fog on the previous weekend. There was no fog on this occasion, but I think it still made an interesting shot.
This is fantastic shot, at first it seems to be indistinguishable mess of greenery, but the river and light direct eyes exactly where they need to go.
The garden is turning very autumnal and I have a new lens !
111025 macro dandelion by softmarmotte, on Flickr
Dandelions at this time? Here (Estonia) dandelions are done for several months already.
Messiah
I'm a bit late posting today as I've been out all day at a singing workshop in Lancaster Priory. A fine building, with great acoustic for singing.
I'm always fascinated to look at the organ stops with their weird names;
Hmm, Open Metal? But I guess it has nothing to do with the metal rock...
Organ playing seems to be something requiring lot of work and coordination from all limbs, it seems as complicated to me as flying an airplane...
The meerkat-guy in the centre becomes the main focal point. Ideaaly I'd like to have seem him further to the right, looking in to the scene. But it works as is.
Something like this?