* Wednesday C&C "No Theme" Thread #865 / Revived #085 on 2024 11 13 *

Classic bif shot. Graceful.

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It is handheld in a metal frame to add a ring for a ND filter. You can see a slight vignette from the filter ring.

Though this image is of an 8, I had the same thing for the 7 on a more basic frame. I was using the camera as a dash camera and to record some flying videos so it was with me all the time. I used it to explore whether I wanted to make photography into an actual hobby. Once I was sure I wanted to spend money and time on this, I got a Nikon D3400 DSLR starter kit. Not my first "real" camera, just the first as a hobbyist.

It depends Rich. When I look at this image from you, I can't help being aware of many other shots I have previously seen from you where you have used the photographer's eye to draw my attention to architectural details. It has been a series I've enjoyed and it prompted me to pinch the idea and look for similar details when I was recently in Japan.
In the case of the image being discussed here, I agree with Alan. No probs with composition, colour etc but I don't see the kind of quirky detail that I've loved in the rest of the series. Alan suggests a bird but that's not the kind of thing I'm missing here. I'm talking about architectural detail.
I can't speak for Alan but in my case it is true that I was interested from the beginning but it's a beginning that is prior to the particular shot. I therefore think it is reasonable to discuss the image against that background.

Thanks for the explanation. All my deductive work on the image suggested it was indeed a thin slice of pie shape. It was the shadows on the left that caused my head scratching. It seemed very unlikely that the construction would be that shape. Am I right in thinking that the V projection is not very high, which again makes it curious.
Whay city are we in?

Looks like you have the settings for the G9 sorted out for BIF. You even managed to get the gap caused in the bill by the twig being carried. That's blue sky through there.
The birds around my house in Adelaide seem confused about whether they should be building nests, or not, or again.

Thanks for the info.

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Love the stack of mist shrouded mountains. Mystical and they go on forever. The foreground trees at the very bottom not so much but I expect you'll have more with your "real" camera or perhaps a crop to eliminate some at bottom/top and put more emphasis on the distant layers.

Note about iphone cameras: I just got the newest one. It was my turn in the family rotation to upgrade so I took advantage of a special offer and got the 16. The setup of the camera and dedicated camera buttons is conducive to landscape shooting, and for the first time I feel like I'm using a real-ish camera.

It's all about that geometry. Like it a lot. I saw the other suggestions about darkening the other side of the street. That might offer some improvement since you can see some shadow over there and it might help the image become more logical but this one isn't about logic anyway, it is about shape. I first thought to recommend straightening the orange stripe on left but then noticed the sign is a bit askew too and decided it is bet that they both be that way. A bumpy road. Well caught.

This is an interesting discussion because on first view I saw the colours and then immediately noticed the closed lines of the railing and building edges. It seemed appropriate that the umbrella followed suit. Also, if it was unfurled, the shot would have to be wider to take it all in and I imagine that would have changed the overall effect.
I get the feeling Rich knew exactly what he wanted here and has achieved it.
Onto the pic. Another California colours classic. Some bold colours set against pastel colours with a nice sky gradient as background. I like the way we see just enough of the building edges to frame the umbrella against the sky but in themselves are really part of the whole. A deceptively simple pic that has grown on me the more I look at it.
The only difference I might have made (if possible - we don't know what may be deliberately hidden under the umbrella) would be to show less sky above and more wall below to centre the umbrella vertically in the shot.

Looks like it might be Washington at peak Cherry Blossom time - that looks like Washington Monument in the background.. The beauty of the trees help make up for the excess traffic (unavoidable in DC) and the two people on red bikes are a nice eye catcher. I think I would crop off that red stuff on the very far right edge, it isn't contributing and nothing would be lost by getting rid of it. As many times as I've been there, I've always managed to miss the cherry bloom! Nice catch.

Pleasant image that looks good in pano format. Love the single white boat moving towards the opening, that really makes the image for me. There's a lot to see here, including a remarkable row of mixed water birds sharing a perch on what looks like a long log. I think I would remove or modify that one branch along the bottom edge that is so much closer to camera that it's very blurred. Some of the grayish trees seem to have suffered in editing and whatever that was, if it could be pulled back a bit, might remedy the distraction .

Thanks, Mike!

Rich

Well spotted and framed! Such an unusual shot. The two sides of this Y shaped split look so different in architecture and culture. The left looks like any modern city with small attractive trees planted at intervals by the urban planners, and a shopper rushing along. But on the other side of the reflective barrier it looks like a bunch of college students headed to class in old stonework buildings beneath strings of fairy lights that would light up the night. So the barrier (and it's unusual too) divides more than just the street, it appears to divide how life is lived on the two sides. Fascinating shot. .

Nothing but color and form. The candy colored umbrella on a lime green building against a cloudless blue sky screams California to me.

In another forum I once took part in an ongoing thread where we competed to hide a folded up umbrella in a scene and voted on the most original placement of the umbrella. Ours was red, but this made me think of it. We tucked that red umbrella into car windows, trash cans, balconies, under bridges and docks. It was a fun play.

Wonderful capture. I've never caught one hauling sticks. I've seen them but never when I had a camera in hand. Is this a courting stick or a building stick? If it's a courting stick, it isn't very impressive. He's beautiful, and I love his golden eye.

Minniev,

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you!

Rich

Both are quite nice, well taken images that could stand alone or be considered as a themed set. The bee photo has both plant a creature, with great detail and color. And the leaf is just lovely with its unusual color structure, flowing lines, and that tiny piece of spiderweb. Well done.

I like the bee shot too. Stacks of fine detail on the bee. The background flowers should be noted as well. They play a big part in the success of the image. Varying degrees of soft focus but all are recognizable and show the host flowers in different stages of opening. They add information without detracting from the main flower/bee. The soft focus., radiating leaves and stems do like wise and bring everything together.
The Autumn leaf is different. Nice colours and textures but the shape and positioning don't appeal to me in the way the first shot holds me. I like the fine strand of cobweb that minniev pointed out but it is overwhelmed by the rest of the leaf. To me.

Lisbon Street. Version 2.
I straightened the left hand side a little and made further colour adjustment.
The lower orange angle is correct. The orange line follows steps that are sloping down a hill.
I prefer this version.