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[Keith_McClary]

 

[Frigus]

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Can you please tell me Where is this place?

 

[Keith_McClary]

Where is this place?

Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, Canada

 

[Frigus]

Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, Canada

Thanks.

 

[DennisN]

Moonlit sky tonight, lazily photographed from indoors through window.

 

[morrobay]

0530 Gulf of Thailand

 

[DennisN]

When life gives you rain, you can try to make arty photos of rain on your window...
...that's what I tried today. (taken with a Chinon 135mm f/2.8 tele lens)

 

[DennisN]

I have to admit I miss the old PF photo contests which were run by @ZapperZ .
It was very fun to participate and be inspired by photos from other PF members.
And it had an impact on me; I definitely started to take more photos in general.

I've recently ordered two unusual vintage lenses, which will be fun to try out:

The first one is a Russian Helios 44M-7, which is one of the cult classics.
It was suggested by various knowledgeable people (here is one) as a good lens to try for those who want to experiment. I ordered it on Ebay from a Russian photo equipment vendor. The "7" version is said to be the sharpest and I paid $62 for it, and it seems to be in great condition. I'll see when it gets here.

The other one is a Tokina 400mm f6.3 tele lens which I was happy to win on a Swedish online auction yesterday. It's a little monster (30 cm, 1kg ) which I will try to point at the Moon and other things.
It's so heavy that you have to attach the lens to the tripod first, and then the camera to the lens .
I don't expect it to perform miracles, but I will be fun to try and I only paid $26 for it.

Recently I have also started to experiment more and try to take photos in ways I haven't done before,
e.g. in "worm's-eye view". Here's one where I placed the camera close to the ground and set a timer (2 or 10 s, or maybe I used my mobile phone as a remote shutter control, I don't remember ):

(Photo info: f/8, 1/640s shutter speed, ISO 400)

 

[DennisN]

I tried out my camera on a candle light today:

(Just ISO 100 and 1/10s shutter speed, taken with a tripod)

 

[dlgoff]

Check out my new night light:

 

[DennisN]

Check out my new night light:

Very nice! Is it one of those on which you can change the color? I love those kind of lamps, I've now got four of them : The Moon, Mars, Jupiter and Earth. My favorites are the Moon and Mars. I'll post a photo later.

 

[dlgoff]

Very nice! Is it one of those on which you can change the color? I love those kind of lamps, I've now got four of them : The Moon, Mars, Jupiter and Earth. My favorites are the Moon and Mars. I'll post a photo later.

Yes it changes color; four shades of blue.

 

[DennisN]

Check out my new night light

I've now got four of them [...] I'll post a photo later.

I started with buying a small Moon lamp, and I liked it so much I started looking for planet lamps too.
I gave away my small Moon lamp to my mother, and bought a bigger one for myself. I really like the Moon and Mars lamp in particular, because they are quite realistic looking (more than what is shown in the photos below).

Here are my lamps (I can change them to quite many different colors with remote controls):

The Moon

Mars
(I think it looks a bit weird for some reason on this photo. It looks better in reality.)

Jupiter

Various Moon and planet lamps are available on Amazon e.g. here.

 

[morrobay]

Some more nice wood picked up from the locations of dismantled indoor/outdoor bars for,

shelves. With one left natural. Although as can be seen it was varnished long ago. Of course they got an industrial cleaning with sodium hydroxide followed by sodium hypochlorite.

 

[morrobay]

 

[morrobay]

 

[DennisN]

It's springtime in the city. Finally, after a long and cold winter!

 

[Keith_McClary]

 

[morrobay]

Photos in the Gulf of Thailand not likely to be shown in the Thai travel sector.

 

[DennisN]

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Looks like the remnants of the very exotic and now extinct ancient giant snow giraffe.

 

[epenguin]

Yes, should be well into spring now, but altough some stirrings it seems quite retarded. Unseasonable hailstorm left this on our terrace, the violence actually tore and broke quite a lot of leaves.

 

[dlgoff]

I started with buying a small Moon lamp, and I liked it so much I started looking for planet lamps too.
I gave away my small Moon lamp to my mother, and bought a bigger one for myself. I really like the Moon and Mars lamp in particular, because they are quite realistic looking (more than what is shown in the photos below).

Here are my lamps (I can change them to quite many different colors with remote controls):

The Moon
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Mars
(I think it looks a bit weird for some reason on this photo. It looks better in reality.)
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Jupiter
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Various Moon and planet lamps are available on Amazon e.g. here.

Thanks. I bought the moon. Now you've got me wanting Juipter.

 

[morrobay]

Maybe 10% occupancy in Amari and Holiday Inn, Pattaya, these days.

 

[morrobay]

Inadvertent photo opposite the two hotels. And artistic at that.

 

[DennisN]

Thanks. I bought the moon. Now you've got me wanting Juipter.

Last week I was ordering some new camera stuff on Amazon and I also put in a Mercury and a Venus lamp in the basket. I got them recently and I really like them too.

Edit: I remember I also ordered a Saturn lamp more than a year ago, from AliExpress I think, but it arrived badly damaged and I got refunded.

 

[BillTre]

Saw this in a Lowe's parking lot.
Incident Responder vehicle; Emergency Management - Meteorologist.
Has a little weather station on the roof.

 

[morrobay]

A purple 10 liter plastic bucket. Common household item. Photo worthy for the beautiful color. First one seen this color and only one among the always- red, blue or black ones from this village market

 

[morrobay]

A Thai seaside town without tourists. There is a mandatory 14 day quarantine for all arrivals in a quarantine hotel . At tourists expense, about $1000,

 

[morrobay]

Another no shows this afternoon too. Just some locals at the mall.

 

[jtbell]

Part of the Greenville [South Carolina] Symphony Orchestra prepares for a concert last Sunday. This was our second excursion for a concert since the pandemic began last year; the first one was the previous Sunday.

The GSO normally performs six concerts per year, during fall through spring. This year they postponed the first one to March, and are cramming the rest in by the end of this month. The audience is limited to season-ticket holders and a small number of individual tickets. The audience and performers must all wear masks, even though most of the audience has probably been vaccinated by now.

Their usual venue is a large concert hall. This concert was at a church instead, perhaps because of a scheduling problem, and used a reduced-size string orchestra.

The TV screens advertise the next concert.