*** This Week Through Your Eyes 2023.05.13 ***

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AlanSh
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May 17, 2023, 4:57 p.m. May 17, 2023, 4:57 p.m.
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I went for a walk (looking for a place for my cubs to build a den) and just happened to notice this shot. Apart from a bit of overexposed sky, I quite like it.

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Fireplace33
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May 17, 2023, 7:32 p.m. May 17, 2023, 7:32 p.m.
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@AlanSh has written:

I went for a walk (looking for a place for my cubs to build a den) and just happened to notice this shot. Apart from a bit of overexposed sky, I quite like it.

And did the cubs find a good place for the den ?
Nice shot!
Lots of different shades of green and lovely calm water for that reflection
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Jalywol
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May 18, 2023, 5:25 a.m. May 18, 2023, 5:25 a.m.
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Much too much going on this year, so I didn't get to the annual Tulipfest in Albany, NY when the flowers were at their peak. I did manage to get out this afternoon, and got a couple of decent shots, but there weren't many good blooms left to work with. At least I got there, though...

All with the S5 and Sigma 150-600mm with an extension tube, on a monopod.

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Bryan
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May 18, 2023, 6:52 a.m. May 18, 2023, 6:52 a.m.
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@Jalywol has written:

Much too much going on this year, so I didn't get to the annual Tulipfest in Albany, NY when the flowers were at their peak. I did manage to get out this afternoon, and got a couple of decent shots, but there weren't many good blooms left to work with. At least I got there, though...

All with the S5 and Sigma 150-600mm with an extension tube, on a monopod.

I love this one. Nature surely presents some wonderful shades

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JCDoss
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May 18, 2023, 7:34 p.m. May 18, 2023, 7:34 p.m.
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@Woodsider79 has written:

[quote="@SteveMonks"]

More Moors and Bluebell Season Begins

The magenta sky may be your addition but it's very effective!

Great composition and beautiful sky!
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JCDoss
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May 18, 2023, 7:35 p.m. May 18, 2023, 7:35 p.m.
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@Jalywol has written:

All with the S5 and Sigma 150-600mm with an extension tube, on a monopod.

All great work with an unwieldy combo.

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JCDoss
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May 18, 2023, 7:49 p.m. May 18, 2023, 7:49 p.m.
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I've been posting daily shots with my Pentax here as part of a photo-a-day challenge at Pentax Forums which is turning into a 365 project for 2023. With your permission I would like to occasionally post some extra shots from my daily shooting in this thread. Here's a couple from today.

Houses by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-K 17mm f4.0 Fisheye at f5.6, 1/350s, and ISO 100

and...

Lilac by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII and Pentax-A* 200mm f4.0 Macro ED at f5.6, 1/2000s, and ISO 400
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JCDoss
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May 18, 2023, 8:55 p.m. May 18, 2023, 8:55 p.m.
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@NCV has written:

...Sometimes my job and photography meet...

Nice series of memorializing images. It's great when you get to combine work and pleasure. Congrats on your engineering achievement!
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Jalywol
Members 19 posts

May 18, 2023, 9:09 p.m. May 18, 2023, 9:09 p.m.
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@JCDoss has written:

@Jalywol has written:

All with the S5 and Sigma 150-600mm with an extension tube, on a monopod.

All great work with an unwieldy combo.

The monopod makes it not unpleasant to use, surprisingly enough. Without it, it's a beast.
-J
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Rich42
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May 19, 2023, 12:14 a.m. May 19, 2023, 12:14 a.m.
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@SteveMonks has written:

More Moors and Bluebell Season Begins

A round up from the last couple of weeks moorland wanderingss. All images taken with the Nikon Z7+24-70 f/2.8S or Fujifilm X-H2 + 100-400. A CPL was used on all of the woodland pictures and some of the other Nikon shots (I still don't have adapters for the Fuji lenses). Processed from single raw files in Capture One Pro 22.

Withnell Moor

The first collection of images were taken on a fine evening wandering around Withnell Moor. My walk began in Brinscall and after a steep plod up Well Lane I arrived at my first location, Cocker's Folly. A Farm ruin perched high on the hill above Brinscall and one of the few that is actually visible from the village below

Early Evening Colour at Cocker's Folly

I was quite taken by the way this shapely tree and how it was softly lit in the early evening sun.

The Ruins at Cocker's Folly

The ruins here are little more than a pile of rocks, with the most notable features of the site being the cluster of well developed trees that have grown amongst them.

Lonesome Tree in Bloom

It was sunset by the time I reached the ruins of Botany Bay farm, deep in the heart of Withnell Moor. The lonely beech tree, which spends most of the year looking dead as a doorpost has now sprung into life, fielding a healthy covering of leaves and buds. The sunset itself was something of a non event, so I've taken a bit of artistic licence with the magenta tint in the sky.

Heapey Moor

The next walk, on another fine evening, began at White Coppice, where, after scrambling up through the quarry I crossed Black Brook and made my way over Grain Pole Hill and Hurst Hill. It was then a case of risking life and limb to cross the very boggy Anglezarke moor to arrive at Round Loaf for sunset, before finally returning via Heapey Moor.

White Coppice

Looking across White Coppice towards Chorley from the top of the quarry near the beginning of the walk.

Coppice Stile

Looking towards Coppice Stile atop the opposing bank of Black Brook, as I made my way up the surprisingly steep and essentially pathless side of Grain Pole Hill.

Round Loaf

By the time I reached Round Loaf, the sun had done its usual disappearing act into the fog bank on the Irish Sea, sucking the colour out of the evening and scuppering any chance of a nice sunset in the process. This is the cairn on the summit of Round Loaf, with the many masts of Winter Hill in the background.

The Guardians of Heapey Moor

It was dark by the time I was making my way back across Heapey Moor to White Coppice, but as I approached my destination, my path was blocked with several spectral beings with glowing eyes. Fortunately, these turned out to be sheep rather than anything more sinister and they obligingly made space for me as I passed.

Bluebell Season In Brinscall Woods

Finally, this week, I took a teatime walk into Brinscall Woods for what seems like the first time in months. For one reason or another I typically miss the peak time for Bluebells, but I think I hit it just right this year and for once had nice conditions to enjoy the extra burst of colour they bring. The light was constantly changing between harsh, direct sunlight and soft diffuse light as the broken clouds rolled across the sky, high above the woods, but as I was set up on a tripod I was able to take multiple shots of each composition with differing intensities. All of these images were taken with the CPL adjusted to reduce reflection on the damp surface of the vegetation and effectively increase saturation. When I got these images back into Capture I ditched most of the direct sunlight ones as the highlights were way too harsh and the contrast too high, so most of these were taken in diffuse light. I've avoided the urge to boost the colours of the bluebells using a selective colour filter in C1P, so apart from minor tweaks to contrast, exposure and colour balance these are mostly as the camera rendered them.

Fallen

Fallen trees slowly disappearing into the bluebells.

A Jolly Threesome

These three trees appear to be having a whale of a time.

The Bluebell Path

This is one of the few images that benefitted from more direct sunlight. I liked the way the path weaved around the tree in the foreground, although the locations I could take the shot from were limited by a) a scrubby looking tree to the right of where I was stood and b) not trampling the bluebells.

Fairy House

If tiny woodland folk were a thing, this is definitely the kind of place I'd expect to find them hanging out.

My God!

The light is magic in every single image.

Superb.

Rich
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Woodsider79
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May 19, 2023, 7:44 p.m. May 19, 2023, 7:44 p.m.
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[quote="@Jalywol"]

Gorgeous 😊

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AlainCh2
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May 19, 2023, 8:20 p.m. May 19, 2023, 8:20 p.m.
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Yesterday I went to the Avigliana lakes during a pause in the rain.
I was at the Little Lake when the Giro passed by,
wrecking my chance of a peaceful hour
🙄
I was testing a Sigma 150-600 C - It resulted damaged.
Some shots ...

No birds

A thousand mosquitos actions - frozen with the faulty lens

A big noisy mosquito

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Today it rained all day long...
... This way I did manage at least a shot

A very wet bird singing - sorry no audio yet is recorded on still images

10° early in the morning - 12° at the time of that shot

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Wormsmeat
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May 20, 2023, 7:53 a.m. May 20, 2023, 7:53 a.m.
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@JosephS has written:

We went to Savannah Georgia last week. Savannah City Hall:

The two figures represent Trade and Commerce

The first is nicely composed.
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Wormsmeat
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May 20, 2023, 7:55 a.m. May 20, 2023, 7:55 a.m.
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@AlanSh has written:

I went for a walk (looking for a place for my cubs to build a den) and just happened to notice this shot. Apart from a bit of overexposed sky, I quite like it.

Yes, a nice shot. I kinda wish the tree stump on the right wasn't there but any shot like this brings out the fisherman's instinct in me. Good one.
Care to explain about the cubs?