Random Photos

[DennisN]

Frost on plant:

More berries:

 

[Rive]

Afternoon walk around some nearby hills

 

[jtbell]

Foggy twilight on campus:

 

[Ibix]

Snowy night (taken with mobile phone through a window, so sorry about the quality)

Snowy night (taken with mobile phone through a window when I forgot to turn off the flash)

 

[Andy Resnick]

Went for a night hike a few days ago, shooting 3s exposures @ 105/1.4, handheld. Because it was so dark (heavy overcast, rural area), I could not focus with intention. That, and the amount of camera shake from the long exposure time result in images that (I think) accurately convey the atmosphere of being in the woods at night:

One of the weird optical effects is the lack of shadows:

One part of the path is actually near a road, gently rocking back and forth with the shutter open as cars drive by gives this result:

And near one end of the path there's and old oil pumpjack, not sure when it was active:

 

[Ibix]

Following up on the snowy night, Rochester castle this morning:

Unfortunately some haze came in and hid the moon, which was just visible over the battlements a few minutes earlier.

 

[jtbell]

Sunset over a farm at the edge of town:

 

[jtbell]

Hi-yo Silver! Away!

The Pacolet River Horse in Pacolet Mills, SC.

 

[DennisN]

Moonlight over the Baltic Sea:
(taken earlier this year in June. A couple of ships can also be seen on the horizon.)

 

[DennisN]

Merry Christmas, everyone!

A couple of shots taken yesterday...Christmas lights outside an art museum:

A candle outside a church:

Snow in the park:

A Christmas tree in the snowy park:

 

[morrobay]

Nice dry North East offshore winds today in Jomtien.As opposed to the more humid South Westerlies during summer months.Water 28 C

 

[pinball1970]

Co @Astranut from his solstice trip yesterday sunrise

 

[morrobay]

Solstice photos

 

[Rive]

Just the old lament again.

When you have time and gear, you don't get a theme
When you have gear and theme, you don't have the time
When you have time and theme, you don't have the gear...
... and sometimes, you have no time and no gear ...

 

[morrobay]

Hit the tracks Jack. Vietnam.

 

[jtbell]

Merry Christmas!

This is not our house, by the way. I usually pass by it on my nearly-daily walks.

 

[Astranut]

An inverted mirror view of Canada Geese on the frozen Ashton Canal at Portland Basin England.

 

[nsaspook]

Someone put an ice rink in the street.

Can't drive, it's time for cooking.

 

[gmax137]

Can't drive, it's time for cooking.

What time do you want us there, and what can we bring?

 

[nsaspook]

What time do you want us there, and what can we bring?

Right after dinner, and a bottle of VSOP Cognac would be great.

 

[dlgoff]

Someone put an ice rink in the street.

Same here. Even my yard is like that. Dang cold:
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/random-thoughts-part-6.875108/post-6835448

 

[berkeman]

What time do you want us there, and what can we bring?

Be sure to leave your ice skates outside the front door.

 

[nsaspook]

Let it 'rest' for a bit while the other fixins are made.

 

[Borek]

 

[morrobay]

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Evidently a Google scholar image search is required for this.

 

[Borek]

Evidently a Google scholar image search is required for this.

More like you need to be old enough to remember the Magic Eye craze of mid-nineties ;)

I just dug out my Turbo Pascal code written then for an article in Bajtek magazine and run it in DOSbox to make some new pictures.

 

[morrobay]

 

[DennisN]

A grocery store open early in the morning on Boxing Day.
(lucky for me, because I needed to buy things)

A wet Christmas light bulb:

 

[Ibix]

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I'd lost the trick of seeing those. Got there in the end though.

 

[Astranut]

Sunrise on the Winter Solstice (21st December 2022) Hartshead Pike Ashton -under -Lyne England.

 

[DennisN]

Sunrise on the Winter Solstice (21st December 2022) Hartshead Pike Ashton -under -Lyne England.
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It's a beautiful photo in itself, but I think it's extra cool that there aren't any modern world items visible in it. I like that a lot.

 

[morrobay]

Acrylic art by morrobay

 

[Astranut]

It's a beautiful photo in itself, but I think it's extra cool that there aren't any modern world items visible in it. I like that a lot.

Thank you Dennis. Modern day structures and people can often be a distraction in many photos.

 

[morrobay]

Cappuccino in the neighborhood. What a surprise and contrast in the surroundings:

 

[collinsmark]

That's pretty impressive.

I usually make myself several cappuccinos per day, but I've never been able to successfully do the cappuccino/latte art (e.g., the leaf shape on the top). I've tried many times, but consistently fail. Mine always seem to come out as a small animal or plant crying in pain.