Photography Thread

pinno

masjer said:

^ Definitely a 'lonely tree'. I bet these trees are much older than they look.
The birstlecone pines in the States only grow for thousands of years in very poor soil.

Just Googled. The oldest being 4765 years old but possibly up to 9000.

FTFY
Very alkaline soils high in calcium magnesium carbonate.

Just Googled.

masjer

Back to the mizzle, but it does leave a tonal quality.

briantrumpet

Just passing the time on the TGV to Paris... here's one I did through the bus window with my mobile... and another one, not through a window...

pinno

A theological postcard snap whilst out on my ride, sun behind me and couldn't see the screen at all:

pinno

The stonework is beautiful and i'll take a closer snap when i'm back out that way.

briantrumpet

Ah, this was the first take, and conveys *exactly* what I wanted it to about this road and the weather on my glorious last day of the Easter hol...

Pross

Nice to have some colour again

focuszing723

I do love sunny days when all plane trails (contrails) can't take a hold of the sky.

briantrumpet

Back to Devonian tourist tat.

briantrumpet

This evening's work... a pile of Glenn Miller big band music on my 1934 Olds Super Trumpet (made in Los Angeles, with a hand-engraved 'tone ring').

Wheelspinner

Some nice sunset colours yesterday…

briantrumpet

Wheelspinner said:

Some nice sunset colours yesterday…

It's ages since I've had a corker like that.

masjer

briantrumpet said:

Wheelspinner said:

Some nice sunset colours yesterday…

It's ages since I've had a corker like that.

I’ve had a couple of reasonable ones, but things have never really aligned. On the beach, I prefer an outgoing tide, leaving the beach wet for reflections. Another time I had a lens malfunction (snapped ribbon cable I think) leaving all shots soft with the aperture stuck wide open and overexposed. Ultimately, though, things have looked promising then just fizzled out.

masjer

Yesterday's (high tide no beach.)

masjer

More flowers.

And something from the fern community.

rjsterry

Just enjoying the colours

briantrumpet

Yes, tulips are always a good standby at this time of year... I was surprised how well my cheap phone caught the red of this one at work:

briantrumpet

More flowers...

masjer

This turned out as well as I could have hoped for with a vintage lens + macro tube. It's still not as sharp (compressed?) loaded up on here, hey ho.


Edit:
Right, reposted in original quality (from Flickr). All this time, I've had it set to medium (640X428!!). So not compressed by BR, just me being a dummy.

shirley_basso

My M-i-L walking up the beach in Ireland.

masjer

^That looks great!
Nice with the sun hitting the grasses, white sand and interesting clouds.

shirley_basso

Thanks. I just saw it and it just seemed to have it all. There's a also strong L->R wind blowing which is more visible in the full resolution pic, producing wrinkles on the sand and her bracing into it.

briantrumpet

Only cos I took the summer bike out and got lucky with the weather.

Pross

Was going to go chasing a glimpse of the northern lights after seeing some superb shots from the area last night but decided the likely reward to hassle was too low. I guess I’ll never make it as a photographer with that attitude!

pblakeney

Trying some night shots just now in the hope of catching some colour.
A clear night but totally unproductive. Meh.

Edit:- Got one shooting star. Not what I was looking for but hey, making lemons. 🤣

pblakeney

Most disappointing and only worth sharing for the curious.

Munsford0

@briantrumpet - loving the David Blunkett repair to the DT cable stop / adjuster

Pross

pblakeney said:

Most disappointing and only worth sharing for the curious.

The joy of trying to focus when you can't actually see anything in the viewfinder! I do like trying my hand at astro landscape stuff. I'm hoping for clear skies in June when I'm in Cornwall to see what I can get, I now have an intervalometer so hope to be able to try some image stacking.

We also booked a cruise last night going to Norway in November so fingers crossed for some northern lights shots then without having to drive 20 miles to a dark sky area on the off-chance.

pinno

Pross said:

Nice to have some colour again

Windows screen saver?

pinno

@briantrumpet : can you get some better contrasting bicycles with a bit more aestheticism and colour?