Thank you
June 16, 2023
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Flowers at Beaver Marsh
Some flowers seen last summer while walking with some friends and my wife on a trail at Beaver Marsh, Ohio.
X-H2S NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens 500mm f/5.6 1/6000s 400 ISO -1.3 EV
Comments and suggestions welcome,
Morris
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Always nice when a tele can isolate the subject nicely.
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Another Sistine Chapel Hallway Ceiling just before entering the large hallway. This was near the area one gets the audio headsets to listen to the guide.
Notice the large extensive crack in the ceiling. We were so rushed we didn't have time to just stand and ogle. That's why these images are so interesting to me... to see what I missed.Bob
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I understand. My comment wasn't intended to cast any negative light on you or your images (which are excellent).
I spent three years, all overseas, serving as a US Army sergeant in a war in the late 1960's. That time completely changed me - mostly for the good, I hope. That band's name brought back some pretty unpleasant visual memories. Most younger 1st world people have never seen what napalm can do to people (thankfully); probably have no idea what it really means; and may therefore take such references lightly.
I don't know anything whatsoever about the "extreme metal scene". My music tastes run more to country and bluegrass.
Please forgive my ignorance.
My post was just a visceral reaction on my part, I guess. Apologies.
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Thank you, much appreciated.
Greg
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Nice. Good to see you out and about, Morris.
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Looking at the full-sized image (even though it must be downsized to post here) is fascinating. Those paintings appear to be 3D for lack of a better word. Amazing skill.
Thanks for posting.
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I fully understand and agree. No apologies needed Greg.
Who is playing the violin?
I love bluegrass music. Unfortunately in Denmark, we don't really have that much of it, so it becomes quite hard to experience it live. But we have some Irish concerts from time to time. Acoustic music, which honestly is much more interesting in the long run than "extreme metal" :). A few years ago I went to a concert with Altan, including the excellent bouzouki player Ciarán Curran:
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Another great photo! I don't know who that guy was - just some local band. Lots of country/bluegrass type music round here because it is, well... the country. 😉
Greg
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Thank you Greg,
I'm still not shooting. This is from last summer.
Morris
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Amazing Skill? Are you talking about the original painter or my ability to get the capture? 😁😁 Yes.... The 3D sense must be a combination of noise removal (had to do a lot) and the sharpening algorithm. I found Adobe's AI DeNoise within LR and PS seems to do as good a job as Topaz but I still use Topaz for sharpening. The post processing, as I mentioned to someone either here or DPR, for this trip is taking a lot more time for interiors. After the Sistine I will start with Sorrento, Capri, Pompeii, and Venice....though I was a little sick in Venice and did not go with the group one day.
Bob
Bob
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Ha! Both, of course!
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Starling and Female Cardinal
A couple of images taken out my kitchen window with light snow falling a year and a half ago.
1) European Starling
X-T3 XF90mmF2 R LM WR lens 90mm f/2.0 1/180s 200 ISO 0.0 EV
2) Female Northern Cardinal
X-T3 XF90mmF2 R LM WR lens 90mm f/2.0 1/420s 200 ISO 0.0 EV
I'm heading back to DPReview as it's not shutting down. This place has been interesting.
Comments and suggestions welcome,
Morris
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I like the Cardinal.... in fact I've always liked their compact and unique look.
Bob
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Thank you Bob
Morris
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Tulips
A few images from the spring of '22 at Holland Ridge Farms, NJ
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X-T3 XF90mmF2 R LM WR lens 90mm f/2.0 1/1900s 400 ISO 0.0 EV
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X-T3 XF90mmF2 R LM WR lens 90mm f/2.0 1/1400s 160 ISO 0.0 EV
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X-T3 XF10-24mmF4 R OIS WR lens 24mm f/7.1 1/600s 1000 ISO +1.3 EV
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X-T3 XF90mmF2 R LM WR lens 90mm f/4.0 1/600s 200 ISO 0.0 EV
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X-T3 XF10-24mmF4 R OIS WR lens 13mm f/8.0 1/420s 1000 ISO 0.0 EV
Comments and suggestions welcome,
Morris
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Nice Morris, and a nice digression from the bird photos. In SoCal there is an area near Carlsbad called the Flower Fields that looks very similar. They bloom in the spring and cover acres of land....but no Tulips.
Bob
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Nice capture Ulrik. As a child of the Civil Rights movement in the 50's and 60's in the US and a child of the anti-war era in the US in the 60's and 70's there are often raw nerves that can be set off. The Crosby Still Nash and Young song "Four Dead In Ohio" sets off visceral reactions as young 18 year old national guardsmen were called on to do what they were not trained to do and unfortunately gunned down four innocent students going to class because of the backfire of a car. The use of Napalm by the US - some considered a war crime while some considered it necessary. In any case it happened as did the use of Agent Orange which has sicken many US servicemen that were there. That a band wants to take the name "Napalm Death" to force us to all confront the horrors of war - is legitimate protest.
Nick Ut's rendering of a nude girl running down the road screaming as her body burned in his image "Napalm Girl" shows the power of photography and the power of photography to change minds and change the course of even war. That image also saved the girl as it promoted a recuse to get her medical attention that without the image she would not have gotten. Ut's image along with Eddie Adams, "Saigon Execution" change the attitude of the American public and the eventual course of the war in Vietnam.
It also had the unfortunate effect of changing the attitude of the American public toward the poor slugs that were drafted and had little choice but to fight the war in Vietnam. We were seen as the enemy, the "baby killers" by many back home. Most of us that lived through that era have scars. But sometimes scars are an important process to insure we never make the same mistakes. Sometimes we also need to be reminded of our past so the chance of repeating the mistakes are lessened.
