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  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,800
    pblakeney said:

    More prettiness to distract from the sadness that is today's news/reality.

    It's working.
    That bottom one's a beauty!
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,678
    masjer said:

    pblakeney said:

    More prettiness to distract from the sadness that is today's news/reality.

    It's working.
    That bottom one's a beauty!
    Looks like something off Harry Potter with the clouds about to turn into a Dragon.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,582
    As I pointed out in Brian's "sunset" photo it pays to look away from the sun sometimes. Our hotel emptied during dinner so everyone could see this event.
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    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,800
    edited August 2022
    I took a ride back to the 1970s this afternoon. I only went to get a quarter of Blackjacks and some fork handles.
    It was shut :'(
    If you look carefully, the Tardis is disguised as a community library (with defibrillator)
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,920
    Beautifully drenched mountains.


  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,678

    You remember that thing I said about photographing rain... well...


    Did you add milk to the rain like they do for movies?
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,920
    Pross said:

    You remember that thing I said about photographing rain... well...


    Did you add milk to the rain like they do for movies?

    Well, they do talk about rain like this "comme vache qui pisse", to keep on the cow theme... and also 'raining strings'.

    Still raining heavily now too, so I think it's safe to say any remaining hotspots will have been extinguished tonight. Time for all those heat-treated seeds to come to life, and start the healing process.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,582
    A couple more from my "escape from reality" drip feed.

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    20220717-125901
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  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,800
    In colour, it looked a bit drab. B/W was too nondescript, so it's got a bit of both.
    Fishingboat
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,582
    edited August 2022
    ...and repeat. A couple more from my "escape from reality" drip feed.

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    .

    20220718-145403

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    Veronese68 wrote:
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,678
    masjer said:

    In colour, it looked a bit drab. B/W was too nondescript, so it's got a bit of both.
    Fishingboat

    I’ve seen that done before but have absolutely no idea how to do it!
  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,800
    Pross said:

    masjer said:

    In colour, it looked a bit drab. B/W was too nondescript, so it's got a bit of both.

    I’ve seen that done before but have absolutely no idea how to do it!
    I did it on a chromebook with a simple smartphone app. Basically, it uses a masking that you remove bits to reveal the original underneath. Touchscreen makes it a speedy job.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,582
    masjer said:

    In colour, it looked a bit drab. B/W was too nondescript, so it's got a bit of both.

    Nicely done!
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  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,800
    Trying to make the most of a warm evening before it all goes.
    sunset5
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,887
    edited August 2022


    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,678
    Bottom one looks like a film backdrop. Captures the scale really well.
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,920
    Tourist tat of the day, but I quite like the way that the camera picked up the various layers in front of and behind the tower. Also happy to get 100 miles in the legs, despite a pesky Mistralish wind.


  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,920
    Oh, while we're on mountains (thanks PB, they are just so photogenic), here's a photo I took last night of my favourite bit of the mountain behind my house, called the Rocher des Heures, which lit up for five minutes as if in a golden spotlight. I think that's about 300m of limestone rockface, pretending to be the east end of a cathedral.


  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,582
    Gotta say I like golden light, and receding mountains.
    Would love to get a shot of both in one.
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,920
    pblakeney said:

    Gotta say I like golden light, and receding mountains.
    Would love to get a shot of both in one.

    pblakeney said:

    Gotta say I like golden light, and receding mountains.
    Would love to get a shot of both in one.


    Hmm, does that ever happen, golden and receding? Blue and receding is the norm, isn't it?

    And 'my' mountain is renowned for its luminous pink sunset hue normally... just something weird happened yesterday.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,582
    edited August 2022

    pblakeney said:

    Gotta say I like golden light, and receding mountains.
    Would love to get a shot of both in one.

    pblakeney said:

    Gotta say I like golden light, and receding mountains.
    Would love to get a shot of both in one.

    Hmm, does that ever happen, golden and receding? Blue and receding is the norm, isn't it?
    I think if you were high up looking down on the adjoining mountain getting golden light and the further mountains in the shade.
    Good planning, correct WB and I don't see why not, given a touch of luck.
    The aesthetics might not work but I'd like to try. Yellow and blue can work together.
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,582
    ...and repeat. A couple more from my "escape from reality" drip feed.

    20220719-180223

    20220719-182906
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,582

    You remember that thing I said about photographing rain... well...

    Missed this earlier. Key is shutter speed.
    Too fast or too slow will give unsatisfactory results.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,920
    pblakeney said:

    You remember that thing I said about photographing rain... well...

    Missed this earlier. Key is shutter speed.
    Too fast or too slow will give unsatisfactory results.

    I'd quite like to get s hot with individual droplets, but realise that's unlikely without a special set-up and ideal lighting...