Take a picture once a day, whether you need to or not

[Merusk]

Crazy how well that picks up the dust and hairs on the window.

The dust is probably on the negatives. Wide-open, a lens that close to the window probably won't pick up even fairly large scratches and marks on the glass. I dusted the negatives before putting them in the scanner, but it's possible there was some crap on the scanner glass.

Yeah, now that you say that I went, "duh, his medium isn't digital and that all makes a lot more sense. You know this, dummy."

Amazing how quickly you forget about film as a thing anymore. I instantly went to trying to find other in-frame reasons instead, because why would anyone  have a physical print. 

That's pretty cool, Bunk. Makes me want to take a trip out that way.

[Bunk]

A flower and a bee in QE Park. Loved the pastel effect.

[RhyssaFireheart]

That's awesome looking, Bunk.  What kind of flower is that, I wonder?

[apocrypha]

Looks a bit like an alium of some kind?

[Fraeg]

http://i.imgur.com/q6en70s.jpg?1




Sunset in southern NM

[Khaldun]

Great shot. Cloud-dominated shots are often not nearly as great looking as they were to the person who took them, but that shot really gets across what a compelling moment that was.

[apocrypha]

Yeah I really like that. Must've been epic at the time.

[Fraeg]

thanks, it was simply stunning

[apocrypha]

Set up a trail cam in the back garden last night. Got one capture all night, a shot of the badger's bum! I've adjusted settings and position and hopefully get some better ones tonight. I've also set the correct date on the camera 

[apocrypha]

Getting better! I think we can say for sure now that it's the badger digging all the holes in our lawn, not squirrels. 

[Viin]

Cool pics! I should see what is getting in my trash (probably raccoons).

[Fraeg]

Cool pictures

So how does one deal with a badger problem other than hide inside your house?

[Merusk]

You install kimodo dragons. They'll chase off the badger.

[apocrypha]

There really isn't much you can do, in the UK at least because they're a protected species so you can't harm, trap or interfere with them in any way. In the US you can probably just murder them. Otherwise you can give them an alternative food source than the worms and insert larvae in your lawn which might stop them digging it up. Or install an electric fence maybe? They're tenacious buggers.

We decided that we'd rather have a badger than a perfect lawn.

[MisterNoisy]

Perhaps unsurprisingly, another bug:

[apocrypha]

'Bug' seems like such an ugly word for such a beautiful thing :)

[Khaldun]

That's a great shot all around.

[IainC]

Was at a mediaeval festival yesterday and got some shots of the falconry display. Unfortunately I had my slow lens with me that tends to be a bit soft at length and not so great at focusing on moving targets.


IMG_2383.jpg by Iain Compton, on Flickr

I liked this one.

IMG_2297.jpg by Iain Compton, on Flickr

They had some low passes over the crowd. This was at 18mm focal length to give you an idea of how close the bird was.

IMG_2616.jpg by Iain Compton, on Flickr

Condors are kinda big.


IMG_2450.jpg by Iain Compton, on Flickr

[rattran]

I was going through my pictures from Colorado this summer, and realized most of them are either insects, chipmunks, or cat asses. Seriously, pictures of a tiger showing her junk, kitten butt, mountain lion butt, etc.

So instead here's a baby bunny that was sitting  right next to me when I took  a rest on a rock at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument.

[MisterNoisy]

That's a great shot all around.

Thanks.  I was super happy with it and have the uncropped version as the wallpaper on the phone I shot it with.  I'm shocked at how well it turned out, given that it's a fairly cheap phone.

[Paelos]

I like the picture of the girl with the owl. It's very touching.

[Khaldun]

Yeah, that's a beautiful shot.

Back when I started getting into photography, I was always thinking FUCK WHERE DO ALL THESE PEOPLE FIND OWLS FLYING CLOSE TO THE GROUND AND NEAR ENOUGH FOR A GOOD SHOT?

Then I realized that it was almost all people going to falconry/raptor shows and just picking an angle where they could shoot with a good fast telephoto lens to make it look like they caught a shot of a bird in the wild.

I rather prefer the shots that put the birds in their actual context.

[IainC]

I was in Prague a couple of weeks ago. One reason for going there was to drop my damaged DSLR off at the service centre which meant that I was completely reliant on film for the weekend. I took my Kiev 88 for medium format shots and a Spotmatic as a walkabout camera. The Spotmatic turned out to be a marvel, I managed to put 17 rolls of film through it over the four days including a lot of indoor shooting, animal photography and even some shots inside a cave.

35mm

Prague Metro

Prague35322.jpg by Iain Compton, on Flickr

Krumlov at sundown

Prague35076.jpg by Iain Compton, on Flickr

Old Town, Prague

Prague35336.jpg by Iain Compton, on Flickr

Medium Format stuff

Karolstein Castle

PragueMF061.jpg by Iain Compton, on Flickr

Ruined gatehouse

PragueMF051.jpg by Iain Compton, on Flickr

[Khaldun]

I like the light on the last shot especially.

[Stewie]

took this a few weeks ago:

[Mosesandstick]

A couple I took from a hike in summer. England can get very green.


2016-06 North Downs Way 002 by Aled Moses, on Flickr


2016-06 North Downs Way 008 by Aled Moses, on Flickr

[Khaldun]

Love both of those. 2nd is a fantastic pastoral moment--makes me feel like summer just to look at it.

[apocrypha]

Awesome pics guys.

Fleeting, but for a second ... 2 badgers! 

https://gfycat.com/PlaintiveAdvancedFlicker

[Teleku]

I am so envious of you and that trail camera.  I left my rural home and joined the world of concrete jungles long before I could me or my family could ever afford such things, but I'd love to be able to do that now.

Actually, maybe I'll buy something like that for my mom, and live vicariously through her.  She lives out on the rice farm away from everything, and raccoons/coyotes are always raiding.


Also Also, I'm happy that English badgers are so different from their North American counter parts (more docile, non-aggressive).  Because those are some big ass critters.

[apocrypha]

Also Also, I'm happy that English badgers are so different from their North American counter parts (more docile, non-aggressive).  Because those are some big ass critters.

Tell me about it. If these guys were angry American badgers we'd be building barricades or buying a lion. 

[rattran]

English badgers seem to act more the equivalent of woodchucks/groundhog/whistlepig/whatever the local is for Marmota monax around you. Cute useful burrowers who will only fuck with you if threatened.

[apocrypha]

You'd have to completely corner them to get any trouble, they are incredibly skittish. I really want to photograph them with a proper camera but it'd mean hiding in the garden for a few hours totally motionless and silent and I'm not sure if my back could handle that any more.

[IainC]

You'd have to completely corner them to get any trouble, they are incredibly skittish. I really want to photograph them with a proper camera but it'd mean hiding in the garden for a few hours totally motionless and silent and I'm not sure if my back could handle that any more.

Wireless triggers are pretty cheap. Some cameras even let you stream live view to a smartphone or tablet and control it from there (my 70D does for example).

[apocrypha]

I've got PocketWizards, problem is I want to be able to frame and focus the shots. Plus there's nowhere I can really observe the area that the badgers cover from the house, so I might as well be outside with them. I'll give it a go next spring when it's less constantly pissing with rain 

[Jimbo]

Was out at the Wabash River, need to get a camera as the sun drove me nuts trying to get a get a good picture with my cell phone.