Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #475 – May 22, 2019, 09:01:57 am After a bit of a hike, time to rest and contemplate the beauty around us. 4 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #476 – May 22, 2019, 09:42:26 am Me walking down the Oregon beach. Low tide. That big ugly yellow thing in the sky was drying out my skin...... 2 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #477 – May 22, 2019, 10:17:38 am Quote from: colddog - May 22, 2019, 09:42:26 amThat big ugly yellow thing in the sky was drying out my skin......Your post reminded me of something. While my lovely wife was on her Vietnam trip last month, she got this photo on the streets of Hanoi. Vietnamese women like to stay covered up as they don't want the sun to make them darker, unlike American women who are always trying to get tan. We also noticed this behavior while visiting a beautiful, but empty, resort beach in the Philippines a few years back. Our driver informed us that Filipino's avoid the sun so their skin stays lighter. Also, while in Manila, we noticed several billboards for skin whitening products. 5 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #478 – May 25, 2019, 07:58:56 pm This is the view out of my right side windows.Ken F in ID 11 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #479 – May 26, 2019, 03:51:29 pm Quote from: Kenneth Fears - May 25, 2019, 07:58:56 pmThis is the view out of my right side windows.Ken F in IDThat's a keeper for my desktop photo file.Chris 1 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #480 – May 26, 2019, 04:56:38 pm An iPhone photo of my camping spot at a friend’s farm in Castleton VA. The original owner of this farm was given the deed to the land by his father or grandfather when he returned wounded from the Civil War in 62. He lost an arm so could no longer serve. Several buildings and some additions to the old farm house have been made through the years. But you can see much of the original construction. The farm in one of few that remain in the hands of the original family. Let’s keep away from politics on this post. I almost didn’t mention the history, but being a bit of a history buff I found the facts interesting. Few family farms go back that far now. 7 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #481 – May 26, 2019, 05:24:26 pm "An iPhone photo of my camping spot at a friend's farm..."The vehicle fits the scene I'd say! 2 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #482 – May 26, 2019, 10:38:41 pm I wish I knew how to capture an image of fireflies. This place was swarming with them. We have been coming here thirty some odd years with mostly the same folks. This year was the best display any of us remembered. They were thick in the trees and the fields. Someone would start a subject but half way through what ever they were saying they were stopped by the beauty of all these bugs. 2 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #483 – May 26, 2019, 11:02:59 pm "I wish I knew how to capture an image of fireflies."When I was a kid the fireflies were thick around our Peony bushes. We used to capture them in quart Mason jars. Good luck with that! 1 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #484 – May 27, 2019, 12:48:30 am John,Here’s a tutorial on shooting fireflies. Photoshop and stacking images is an essential part. Good luck.Kenthttps://youtu.be/Cm5UmtSapBc https://youtu.be/y4pWAxnfL8w 3 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #485 – May 27, 2019, 11:15:54 am John, I have fond memories of lightning bugs when I was a kid having lived in upstate New York and Missouri. Wish we had them in California!
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #486 – May 28, 2019, 09:04:38 am My wife is a west coast born, raised, and lived. I was born and raised in the south. Last year on our long trip around the country we were just outside Austin, TX. We were in a State park talking to our pleasant camping neighbors as dusk came on. The fireflies came out. We as old hands didn't think about it. Lizbeth had never seen a firefly. She was overwhelmed. It was fun watching her become almost like a teenager in excitement. glen 8 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #487 – May 28, 2019, 10:23:11 am I don’t think our cherries and apples enjoyed the Memorial Day weather! 1 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #488 – May 28, 2019, 11:55:45 am What a difference a few hundred miles further south and a few thousand feet less altitude makes on the same weekend. I was told that artichokes won't produce in southern California inland valleys. No one told the artichokes. About 100 feet of boysenberries really liked the wetter winter this year. We will be busily making jam and freezing pies for the next few weeks.Apricots will happen next. 4 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #489 – May 29, 2019, 12:13:45 am Quote from: John DaCrema - May 26, 2019, 04:56:38 pmAn iPhone photo of my camping spot at a friend’s farm in Castleton VA. The original owner of this farm was given the deed to the land by his father or grandfather when he returned wounded from the Civil War in 62. He lost an arm so could no longer serve. Several buildings and some additions to the old farm house have been made through the years. But you can see much of the original construction. The farm in one of few that remain in the hands of the original family. Let’s keep away from politics on this post. I almost didn’t mention the history, but being a bit of a history buff I found the facts interesting. Few family farms go back that far now. I'm not sure when it started, but University of Missouri Extension has a program to recognize what are called Century Farms--those that have been in a family (direct lineage/marriage/cousins/etc.) at least a century; I suspect other states have something similar, given the rate at which family farms are being decimated by corporate Big Ag. The median age of farmers is 55, & many younger generations have moved far from the farm/no longer want that lifestyle, so selling to the highest bidder is not unreasonable. PBS Newshour had a recent piece on foreign ownership of US farmland, & the Missouri legislature allowed up to 1% of farmland to be foreign-owned in 2013 (which paved the way for Chinese-owned Smithfield Farms to become the largest pork producer in the world with their confined-animal factory farms). My grandmother's farm in Harrison County along the Iowa line might have qualified (she was 70 when she moved to town after my grandfather's death & it went back to her grandparents at least; though my dad was farming/selling real estate & could have taken over the operation mother did not want to move back up to the boonies where she'd grown up--we lived 60 miles away--so it passed out of the family in 1967, to out-of-state owners).Glad you friends have been able to keep the family property, & that you have the opportunity to share their blessing. Thx for such a great photo.Lynne 1 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #490 – May 29, 2019, 09:26:13 pm A lazy river floating by the Lazy Daze... Eastern Sierra © Bill Benson 6 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #491 – May 30, 2019, 08:37:33 pm Mesa Verde National Park © Bill Benson 2019 10 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #492 – May 30, 2019, 09:42:45 pm "Mesa Verde National Park"Magnificent! I don't think I've ever seen that scene from that angle and with such perfect lighting. Thanks!If I know anything about Indian culture that pic must have been taken in the early morning hours. Correct? 2 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #493 – May 30, 2019, 10:10:07 pm Hi Steve-"Magnificent! I don't think I've ever seen that scene from that angle and with such perfect lighting. Thanks!If I know anything about Indian culture that pic must have been taken in the early morning hours. Correct?"Thanks Steve... Yep, it was sometime in the morning...a great place to visit. I also "warmed it up" a bit with a warming filter. Bill 3 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #494 – June 01, 2019, 03:36:07 pm Our 10 yoa MB (Katie Belle) washed, waxed, packed and ready for another adventure. I can’t think of SOB that rings our bell like this Rig. DW, Granddaughter, and I leave on tomorrow’s tide. 7 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #495 – June 01, 2019, 04:44:15 pm "... I leave on tomorrow's tide."Fair winds and good sailing!
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #496 – June 04, 2019, 03:08:55 am We just visited Yellowstone and it was such a lovely time to be there. Lots of baby Bison, some snow on the mountain tops and not too many people. This pic is from Norris Geyser Basin. 10 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #497 – June 15, 2019, 10:27:14 am Southwest Human History Canyon De Chelly © Bill Benson 3 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #498 – June 15, 2019, 10:51:43 am June Lake Interpretation © Bill Benson 5 Likes
Re: What's In Your Camera? Reply #499 – June 15, 2019, 12:13:25 pm Bill,Beautiful colors and framing. Recently picked up the latest Tamron 15-30mm G2 Super Wide lens. At 2.8 I’m hoping to try my hand at some Astrophotography. While in Zion, I saw some spectacular Milky Way images printed on steel. Absolutely spectacular. Eye popping. 😱One of these days. The trick is finding the right location, a New Moon, warm clothes and comfortable chair. Kent 1 Likes
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