This shot isn't completely current anymore, but I just came back from Bolivia with more picture than I can process...
Ciudad del Encanto, Potosí Department
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1779/...9f79ce36_b.jpgBolivia by Pierre, on Flickr
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This shot isn't completely current anymore, but I just came back from Bolivia with more picture than I can process...
Ciudad del Encanto, Potosí Department
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1779/...9f79ce36_b.jpgBolivia by Pierre, on Flickr
Beautiful photo!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tounis
Wow, I need to check out this thread more often. Great shots in here recently!!!
Thanks Jayson. Here's another one from the next morning. Southern Bolivia is a truly fascinating place. I wish I spent more time there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jayson
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1877/...0c7a7d1d_b.jpgBolivia by Pierre, on Flickr
From the Woodward Dream Cruise two weeks ago.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1843/...c1efb1c6_h.jpgCorvette by dfwatsoneuro, on Flickr
Small world indeed! It's been almost a year, I hope you and your family are well! Did you ever process your lighthouse pictures from that morning? I'd be curious to see how another photographer captured the same scene.Quote:
Originally Posted by conropl
Jason
I really like this shot from yesterday:
Canon 5DIV, 500 f/4 II with 1.4 tc, 700 mm, 1/800, f/5.6, ISO 640
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Unfortunately, the white in the chick's face is blown out. I do have several that aren't blown out, but I do like the moment captured here. Thanks for viewing...Brant
Great capture Brant. You can hardly notice the blown white...doesn't detract from the nice family moment.
Here is one from earlier this summer:
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1872/...25806b42_c.jpgSalmon Run by Stephen, on Flickr
This is a composite image of salmon jumping up a waterfall (locally called "Big Falls"). Amazing the determination of these fish to make it upstream!
Stephen
That is cool. Nicely done.
Do you know about how big they are?
Thanks Brant.
If I had to guess, most would be around 40-50cm (16"-20"). Local salmon fishing regulations permit keeping fish up to 63cm (25") and anything larger has to be hook and release only. A couple of the larger fish in this shot may have been larger than the 63cm limit.
Stephen
Huh....most fishing regs I know of allow you to keep the larger fish and you have to throw back the little guys. I wonder if they are trying to genetically promote the larger fish, or if they have found the larger fish are more likely to survive the journey/more likely to produce. In lakes and rivers, larger fish tend to be older and they do not want to taking all the younger fish.
Anyway...speaking of fish...Loons do not adhere to size limits...I was actually pretty impressed that the parent loon caught and feed this to the, not so little chick any more, but still a chick:
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1841/...192c32bf_b.jpg6S0A8865 by kayaker72, on Flickr
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Thanks for viewing...Brant
The most species the largest fish are female
The loons are impressive, nice work. Makes me want to go get the 500 even more, but I have a pretty good idea that there is a little more to just having a great lens.
great loon pix Brant.....Pawtuckaway?
spiny-leaved sowthistle
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1926/...dbac82ba_z.jpglate weed to seed-1 by Bill W, on Flickr
110% the lens....pick one up if you have the chance ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Always Looking
BTW...thanks.
Thanks and nice work yourself. My earlier shot of the loon was Pawtuckaway.Quote:
Originally Posted by BillW
Another I processed over the weekend
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1918/...2b0d87db_b.jpg6S0A8743 by kayaker72, on Flickr
I think that this is currently the one i most like. Quite many years it took to finally catch decent lightning shot.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1866/...16cee19a_k.jpgLightning by Kari, on Flickr
Nice shot Kari....
The shot is beatiful!
What i would like to see is a bit of improvement for the "alone" around the trees
early color in northeast Massachusetts.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1921/...263e1a08_c.jpgFish brook fall garden colors by Bill W, on Flickr
This is another shot at Mt Rundle I liked. Shot while waiting for sunrise....
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1952/...a64bd660_b.jpg6S0A0087 by kayaker72, on Flickr
Thanks for viewing...Brant
Nice! I like the panorama crop as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kayaker72
More travels for me --- this time to fantastic Botswana and Zimbabwe. We spent a quick 3 weeks at 4 different safari camps, getting a delightful taste of the scenery, wildlife, and culture. The weather was hot and dry, which makes this a good time of year to go since the animals congregate at the few watering holes. I brought two full-frame bodies, and my 500 f/4, 100-400, 24-70, and 14 mm prime. I used polarizers on both the 500 and 100-400 outside of the golden hours, and they helped a lot. It is definitely a target-rich environment, which meant you could exercise some creativity and get some unique wildlife shots. Here is a sampling... more on my website.
"The Eye"
https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/Zi...DIV6817-X3.jpg
Lilac-Breasted Roller
https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/Zi...1DX26282-L.jpg
Painted Dogs (it was my dream goal to see these!)
https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/Zi...1DX29892-L.jpg
Ridiculously clear skies
https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/Zi...1DX21990-L.jpg
Thanks for viewing!
Ridiculously good pictures too ! Thanks for sharing Jonathan.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonathan Huyer
I didn't travel to a spectacular country but I took a few days off in the Swiss Alps. Only a few miles away from home, yet more than enough to visit some places I didn't know.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1943/...997af6ba_b.jpgLac de Combavert by Pierre, on Flickr
Great shots guys.....
Jonathan....those are cool looking dogs....big ears...smallish bodies....wow.....
Pierre...where's the snow!!! Great landscape....
Thanks ! Well, considering there have been at most two rainy days here since I came back from Bolivia in early August, snow was quite difficult to find last week. Yet it came back today in the mountains and should come close to the bottom of the valleys tomorrow. I'm afraid I won't have much time to take pictures this week though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kayaker72
I went to the US Grand Prix (Formula 1 race) in Austin a few weeks ago. I had never been before, so I didn't really know what to expect from a photography point of view. I have to say... the photo opportunities aren't that great. That being said, I did get some shots I really like:
https://photos.smugmug.com/Galleries...DS_7887-XL.jpg
https://photos.smugmug.com/Galleries...DS_7394-XL.jpg
https://photos.smugmug.com/Galleries...DS_7724-XL.jpg
These are all taken with my 5DS and 70-300L.
Jason
Just catching up on the forum again after some travel. Photography was not the main thrust of the trip, so I went "light" with gear.
This snap was before the tragic shootings at a US synagogue with the same name as this Budapest memorial to the Holocaust.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1924/...71142249_h.jpgTree of Life by dfwatsoneuro, on Flickr
Despite that, you got some good shots. I particularly like the third....Quote:
Originally Posted by C4RBON
A nice tributeQuote:
Originally Posted by Minerve101
Nice shots Carbon! Like the coloring and composition of the first one...and the sparks in the third is pretty cool too.
Like the shot of the "Tree of Life" Danny! My parents were there this past summer, and judging from their snapshots I'm not sure how you managed to get this one without a lot of people in the frame. Well done!
Stephen
Thanks, Stephen.
It was Saturday afternoon, so all of us tourists were outside a fence. Still needed to wait for a tour group to move past. Then there were a few minutes when just my wife and I looking at the memorial. The brief quiet certainly made it more impactful.
I see lots of good work appeared on the forum in the past few weeks!
Danny
Hiked into a few waterfalls this weekend in Massachusetts. Of course, my favorite was the easiest hike...…
Bear Den Falls
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1917/...edb3f1a1_b.jpg6S0A0038-2 by kayaker72, on Flickr
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4820/...4ee62d29_b.jpg6S0A0053 by kayaker72, on Flickr
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Thanks for viewing....Brant
I particularly like the first of the three waterfall shots.
Here are a few shots from recent day in Zurich.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1916/...c9eef7b8_c.jpgGolden hour on steeple by dfwatsoneuro, on Flickr
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1902/...a83f5e77_c.jpgLake Zurich by dfwatsoneuro, on Flickr
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1957/...4eb2b5a9_c.jpgAdler Hotel by dfwatsoneuro, on Flickr
A waterfall hike just isn't right without snow, ice, and falling tripods :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Kayaker72
EXACTLY.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonathan Huyer
Photography obstacle course. Tuck, roll, slide, catch tripod, take the shot.
You have earn great pictures :rolleyes:
Being from Arizona I must ask: What's snow?, What's Ice?, For that matter What's a waterfall?!!! I take that back, we do have Havasupi Falls so I guess that counts, but then your talking cliffs and rocks. (LOL)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonathan Huyer
Nice to see you came to Switzerland !Quote:
Originally Posted by Minerve101
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4862/...e734ed86_b.jpgSaint-Luc by Pierre, on Flickr
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4809/...beb37f66_b.jpgToűno by Pierre, on Flickr
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4868/...abbe69ac_b.jpgMoiry by Pierre, on Flickr
Great shots here as always! All these shots of Switzerland make me really want to go back again...maybe next year :)
Here is one from me from this past summer...I'm still quite backlogged with shots from this summer but am slowly working through them. Hopefully I get through them before Christmas family photos start in earnest...
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4853/...67420411_b.jpgJust Hangin Out by Stephen, on Flickr
Stephen
Recently I have had a pair of Northern Flickers as regular visitors to my yard set up and have been able to get some nice poses of them .....
https://joeleadephotography.zenfolio...92261757-5.jpg
Canon 5DS-R
Canon 500mm f/4L version 1
1/1000
f/4.0
iso 640
exposure bias + 2/3 EV
Lovely shots, Pierre. Great reminder that sometime I must see more of the natural beauty of Switzerland, not just a city.
And the bird pix from all of you remain captivating.
( I don't think we will need a new thread for plastic cows on balconies.)
Danny
I am slowly editing more shots from our trip last month. This trip was mainly a birthday present for my wife, so I took only the SL2 and did not interrupt sightseeing for photography more than a minute or two at any place.
I plan the best shot of a church or cathedral in each city for the weekly contests. Some other pictures were just fun even if they can't all have a plastic cow.
In Innsbruck we were in luck to see their annual "Innsbruck@night" celebration. There were performers in elaborate costumes and plenty of shoppers enjoying a crisp autumn evening.
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Innsbruck@night by dfwatsoneuro, on Flickr
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Maria Theresien Strasse by dfwatsoneuro, on Flickr