Just arrived in Turunc and this little fella was looking at my villa pool. I've done nothing to the image apart from cropping it in PSE. Taken with my X-T5 and the 70-300.
Actually the water is excellent, it's from a natural spring. It was murky because of clay stirred up in heavy rain. But my fishing is catch and release anyway.
@Fireplace33 has written: @Vahur has written:Good one!
Wonder what they're queuing for ?This was light show over weekend in 3 different places to celebrate end of long days and start of long nights, I visited one in old town. This queue is from people going upper part of old town where in Danish King's Garden light show was presented. However, it was filled with people already when I arrived, so I took some pictures of crowd and decided to go lower part of old town in hope that there is less people and this shot was made when I was stopped in my attempt by such crowd. This is Short Leg street, connecting lower and upper part, it's quite steep and narrow street with stairs and if there are people not able to climb stairs fast then such queues appear, especially if there is constant stream of people.
Below are some shots I made in lower part of old town, Danish King's Garden was too dark to get any good shots.Light dance, also crowded and I did't want to squeeze any closer with my camera, instead I stood on old wall bit back to get better view.
There's always some social event happening near you it seems Vahur.
@Wormsmeat has written: @SteveMonks has written:Forests* and Fells
(*well, technically woods, but that didn't satisfy my alliterative mood)
2. The Cool Kids
Okay, I may be pushing this anthropomorphic tree thing a bit here, but this scene makes me think of a bunch of cool kids pointing at and mocking our hero tree on the left for its bold choices when it decided to put down roots.
Man, what do you take before you go out on these walks??!
No 7 for me.These days, I always dose up with a heady cocktail of beta blockers, blood pressure tablets, aspirin and prostate meds, not to mention I carry an NTG spray for angina attacks in my pocket, just in case. Anyone stealing my stash is in for a crushingly disappointing trip.
On the plus side, I do have a vivid imagination.
Ha! Very droll.
Again, very pretty. The shadow detracts a little for me but then I'm a fussy so-and-so.
I got very close to an eraser on a pencil and - with the help of a tiny Zeiss microfilm lens - was able to convince it to get rid of some of the redundant bokeh đ :
Erasing the stakes by simple.joy, on FlickrI did a 'field study', trying to create a painterly look, as is discussed in detail here.
Field-study by simple.joy, on Flickr... and tried to capture these balancing acts with one of the most unusual scanner lenses I've seen so far (it has an almost perfectly round aperture and is able to create bubble bokeh like a Trioplan, even though it's most likely a 6 element design:
A lot on the line by simple.joy, on Flickr
Double bubble trouble.... by simple.joy, on Flickr
Again, superb work. It's the knife shot that pops for me, amazing.
Decay
More from the village of Cromarty. The remains of an old Victorian church.
The first for me.
@Sagittarius has written:This image makes me ask a question - does anyone have a guide about working with reflections?
Not really, I just tend to use a curves layer on the reflection to pimp it a little, if necessary. And I tend to prefer the horizon centred.
A good one. Look forward to seeing some of your non-IR pics too.
Camera: NIKON Z 7/NIKON CORPORATION ISO64 24mm 1/125s đ/9.5
Camera: NIKON Z 7/NIKON CORPORATION ISO64 24mm 1/125s đ/9.5
Fantastic shots - really well done! Are most of your shots done with tilt/shift-lenses? I seem to recall you mentioning one once here...
@Daneland has written:[quote="@NCV"]
[quote="@Daneland"]
Brick lane, a bit OTT PPing I guess but it made the colours pop.A very different Brick lane to the brick lane I saw in the early eighties.
Colour saturation fits the scene.
The Brick lane I saw
Yours is definitely more interesting than mine. I wish I had a camera long time ago. I feel like I missed the golden era of street photography.
I think you have something there. It was much easer to snap away back then, no privacy neurotics ever hassled me on my wandering around London. London was also a lot more gritty and interesting back when I did these shots.
Some time ago I was shooting some architecture. Some woman passing by demanded to see what I had shot to make sure she was not in the picture.
My sort of people.
I believe if they're in public in the UK, they're fair game. Although, if they ask, I'll not use it. But not many people ever know when I take their pic as I shoot from the waist.
Piacenza II
Here are a few more pictures of my trip to Piacenza. Basilica di Sant'Antonino was the original city Cathedral, built outside the city walls. Much altered, the Romanesque origins are still mainly hidden under the Baroque makeover. The cloisters are a little oasis of peace and quiet.
Some other places in the city.
Basilica San Francesco
Great set. That 10th is bewildering architecture, like an Escher print.
@OpenCube has written: @Sagittarius has written:This image makes me ask a question - does anyone have a guide about working with reflections?
Not really, I just tend to use a curves layer on the reflection to pimp it a little, if necessary. And I tend to prefer the horizon centred.
Sometimes a polarising filter helps.
@OpenCube has written: @Sagittarius has written:This image makes me ask a question - does anyone have a guide about working with reflections?
Not really, I just tend to use a curves layer on the reflection to pimp it a little, if necessary. And I tend to prefer the horizon centred.
Usually I tend to place horizon in the center, but this time I wanted an image of the mostly reflection.
I like the 'dreaminess' of this ... though I do dream in colour đ
@Daneland has written:[quote="@NCV"]
[quote="@Daneland"]
Brick lane, a bit OTT PPing I guess but it made the colours pop.A very different Brick lane to the brick lane I saw in the early eighties.
Colour saturation fits the scene.
The Brick lane I saw
Yours is definitely more interesting than mine. I wish I had a camera long time ago. I feel like I missed the golden era of street photography.
I think you have something there. It was much easer to snap away back then, no privacy neurotics ever hassled me on my wandering around London. London was also a lot more gritty and interesting back when I did these shots.
Some time ago I was shooting some architecture. Some woman passing by demanded to see what I had shot to make sure she was not in the picture.
I dont understand people's sensitivity to be in a photo. We became a paranoid society, everyone and everything is suspicious until proven otherwise. I seriously think to shift to landscape. I am worried that it will lead an altercation one day.
@NCV has written:Fantastic shots - really well done! Are most of your shots done with tilt/shift-lenses? I seem to recall you mentioning one once here...
Thank you.
Most of these shots were done with my 24mm TS. It can easily be used hand held on my Z7 using the adaptor and the viewfinder level. I prefer to use a tripod when I can though. For travel, to shoot dark interiors, I have a carbon fibre monopod with feet which with the IBIS in my Z7 works really well
I have always been interested in lens movements, and I once had a 5x4 with full movements. Horrific costs to feed it with film though.
@NCV has written: @Daneland has written:[quote="@NCV"]
[quote="@Daneland"]
Brick lane, a bit OTT PPing I guess but it made the colours pop.A very different Brick lane to the brick lane I saw in the early eighties.
Colour saturation fits the scene.
The Brick lane I saw
Yours is definitely more interesting than mine. I wish I had a camera long time ago. I feel like I missed the golden era of street photography.
I think you have something there. It was much easer to snap away back then, no privacy neurotics ever hassled me on my wandering around London. London was also a lot more gritty and interesting back when I did these shots.
Some time ago I was shooting some architecture. Some woman passing by demanded to see what I had shot to make sure she was not in the picture.
I dont understand people's sensitivity to be in a photo. We became a paranoid society, everyone and everything is suspicious until proven otherwise. I seriously think to shift to landscape. I am worried that it will lead an altercation one day.
I see you often involve people in your shots, probably a better way to avoid confrontation. No do not stop your street stuff, you are very good at it.
Nice gentle soft tones in this shot.