Random Photos

[pinball1970]

Hyde, Cheshire.

 

[DennisN]

Some shots taken yesterday down by the waterfront...

Sunset over Öresund.

A ferry in Öresund, and an airplane. Copenhagen can be seen in the background.

A small lighthouse, and Copenhagen in the background.

A Finnlines ferry after sunset.


Lenses used:
Photo 1: Canon nFD 28mm f/2.8.
Photo 2 - 4: Sigma APO 50-200mm f/4.5.

 

[Point Conception]

Something for Everyone and Getting out of Dodge

 

[Andy Resnick]

Something for Everyone and Getting out of DodgeView attachment 372767

This one's great! Did you have the person hold that pose in front of the 'A', or was it a 'happy accident?

 

[Point Conception]

Random timing taken while passing by on bus.

 

[collinsmark]

"A diptych pairs two images to create a single visual idea. The photographs can be connected by subject, color, mood, motion, or contrast. They might show similarity or difference, before and after, near and far, quiet and loud. The power of a diptych comes from the relationship between the two images, and the conversation they create when viewed together." -- From a photo club assignment/friendly competition.

Traditionally (historically), diptych photos were framed from side to side (i.e., left and right), but they can also be displayed vertically (top and bottom) as I have done here. It's fine.

All photos shown below were taken by myself within the last 3 months.

Figure 1. Blue jay and Santa Fe Depot platform diptych.

Figure 2. Trolley platform and grackle diptych.

Figure 3. Cardinal and Santa Fe Depot platform diptych.

Figure 4. Nebraska; footwear and tractor diptych.

 

[pinball1970]

Random timing taken while passing by on bus.

Perfect timing!

 

[BillTre]

 

[jrmichler]

Monarch butterfly caterpillar munching on a milkweed next to my driveway. Taken this morning with an Olympus TG-5 camera.

 

[pinball1970]

Summer Solstice, Tameside Greater Manchester

 

[pinball1970]

It is strange to us Brits too!

 

[pinball1970]

Hartshead pike, leading up to solstice sunset.

 

[pinball1970]

Mossley

 

[jtbell]

To mark a certain 250th anniversary which is taking place today , here's a visit to Kings Mountain National Military Park, about 1.5 hours drive from here, a couple of years ago. This was the site of a key victory against British loyalists in the Revolutionary War.

The setting is a heavily forested ridge, up which the Patriot militias charged.

The first monument here (at left) was erected in 1815 by a guy who had organized a cleanup and interment of bones that had been left scattered on the hillside for 35 years.

Along the top of the ridge are two monuments erected in 1880 (the centenary of the battle) and 1909.

Col. Patrick Ferguson led the Loyalist forces, and was killed in the battle. He was the only regular Army officer on either side.

By long-standing tradition, visitors add stones to the pile atop his reputed gravesite, to ensure that he stays there.