"Snow cannons."
I didn't realize such things existed.
Beautiful image.
Rich
Dec. 18, 2024
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Where to land...?
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The colours, shapes, lines and natural light complement each other very well. It's a very nicely balanced scene.
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To add to Fireplace33's comments, I can recommend following the link and viewing at least a few of the many shots in the collection. It is worth noting that these shots were taken with a four thirds format Olympus E-5 12MP, released in late 2010.
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Spending lots of time trying to capture dragonflies in flight, I have to say that butterflies in flight are at another level again. Bold colours and well captured given the difficulty.
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I honestly don't recall whether I used burst mode at the time.
I've found that it results in such enormous amounts of images to wade through, that it discourages me from starting the processing.
And I would think that I would have included more action-sequence type sets of images in the gallery if I had them.
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Mountains never cease to amaze and awe me.
I have little experience with walking in snow and I don't do skiing.
I think that the idea of an avalanche would frighten me.
Your last two images are interesting for the phenomenon depicted, but I think I like your second image best of the series, with the mountains and some nearby scenery, and a blue sky that is separated from the mountain itself by a blanket of cloud. Love that one. -
Very slight differences in pose of the subject, result in strikingly different images.
Although I like both of them and have a hard time picking a favourite, I think that my ideal image would be one that combines the following trumps from the two:
- the more vivid background of the first
- the better view of the double wings also of the first
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Very nice family memento and I hope your husband recovers from his medical issues. Phone camera photos can also be enhanced/recovered to a large extent when there is no severe clipping. Hopefully recovering the sky and other highlights a little more might make the photo even more memorable in the future.
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Thanks :-)
Maybe you meant it as joke about "Canon" cameras ;-)
...but if not,....
A modern ski resort without a load of snow cannons along the edges of the slopes has become unthinkable :-(
With global warming being a reality, and average temperatures in the Alps rising higher than the global average, the winters here tend to begin later and end earlier and the snow melts away faster :-(The snow cannons make it possible to still ski, more or less, through the whole season. They do need a certain minimum temperature though.
The result is good but it's not quiet the same as "real" snow. The crystals produced are much finer and "rounder", and it's a bit harder.
You need a whole reservoir full of water and a lot of electricity to pump that water together with compressed air high into the air. It freezes to snow in th air, if it is cold enough, and looks like a misty cloud that settles as snow on the ski slopes, sometimes catching the sunlight and looking good on the way down.
Here's two shots from way back, on the "last" day of 2016
please do not edit these images
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Not freezing the action
Another from my Pantanal trip. Our first night in the Pantanal, we stayed at a working cattle ranch. The morning before we left the cowboys rounded up some of their horses, and galloped them through some standing water. This image was one of my better captures - a combination of panning with the horses and a very slow shutter speed provided the effect.
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That's a pretty cool image. Full of motion, speed, power and splashes.
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Thanks.
Yep, avalanches are freightening events. These were far enough away not to be of any problem. I'm mostly aware of the danger when hiking in snow covered mountains, and take precautions, but you can never really be 100% sure.
Last winter, at home we had a snow roof avanlanche crashing down into the closed up swimming pool. It completely demolished the heavy metal winter cover. A nice demonstration of what a heavy weight of ice and snow can do to anything in its path! -
Behind the Painted Smile
This was taken in the Samurai Museum in Berlin, which is a great place to visit, even if you only have a passing interest in Samurai and Japanese history. It is also the best museum I have ever visited in terms of its use of modern multimedia to provide explanations and background information to the exhibits.
Pete
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Yes, I like the nicely caught action, but I like the composition even more. The main subjects (the two men) are off-centre and quite tight against the left-hand edge, which gives the impression that the left hand fighter is about to disappear out of the frame. Placing objects centrally in a composition suggests stability and strength, and that is where the other fighter has been placed. These two compositional elements add greatly to the dynamism and suggest the outcome of the contest.
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Wonderful shot.
Thanks for the explanation of the technique.
Very effective.
Rich
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This is a good example of a symbiosis of text and photo. The text reveals important important information, revealing details, which would otherwise be overlooked, and transforms how the photos are seen. It would be easy to overlook the snow cannons in the first, and their presence raises question marks about what seems to be an unspoiled and natural landscape. The second is a wonderful tranquil scene in the mountains, until the text draws attention to the drama which is unfolding in plain sight.
I like the inclusion of the tree in the foreground of the first to show depth, and I don't mind at all that it is cut off and appears from nowhere - it works fine just as it is.
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The tail of the dragonfly is hidden by the wings in the first shot, making it look as if it met with an unfortunate accident, and that spoils it for me. I much prefer the angle of the second shot.
The background is excellent, being very smoth, but with variations in colour to keep it interesting.
I prefer the warmer colours in the first photo, which are particularly noticeable in the background, so my suggestion would be to warm the second photo to match.
