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Keith_McClary · Mar 26, 2021

Quiet residential street at sunset, with sunlight glinting off sagging power lines strung between wooden utility poles, a parked dark SUV on the left, houses and trees, and a wooded mountain ridge behind.

Frigus · Mar 26, 2021

Keith_McClary said:

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Can you please tell me Where is this place?

Keith_McClary · Mar 26, 2021

Hemant said:

Where is this place?

Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, Canada

Frigus · Mar 26, 2021

Keith_McClary said:

Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, Canada

Thanks.

DennisN · Mar 26, 2021

Moonlit sky tonight, lazily photographed from indoors through window.

Dark night sky with a small bright moon partly veiled by wispy clouds, lit with a bluish glow.

Point Conception · Mar 27, 2021

Night photo of a harbor with moored fishing boats in the foreground, lit buildings on the left and a reddish moon in the dark sky at upper right.

0530 Gulf of Thailand

DennisN · Mar 28, 2021

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)

Photo of raindrops running down a dark window, with two blurred orange and yellow light sources glowing behind the glass.

Close-up of rain droplets and running water streaks on a window glass, with warm amber blurred lights glowing behind them against a dark background.

Blurred, backlit photo of water droplets on a window with a glowing orange circular light source behind them, dark background.

DennisN · Apr 4, 2021

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

):

Low-angle photo of a cobblestone street at sunrise or sunset, a lone silhouetted pedestrian at left, street lamps, tram tracks and brick buildings, with a "SKY NAILS" sign on the right.

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

DennisN · Apr 7, 2021

I tried out my camera on a candle light today:

Photo of a single candle flame burning above a pool of melted wax in a shallow dish against a black background, with a blue fringe at the base of the flame.

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

dlgoff · Apr 14, 2021

Check out my new night light:

Globe glowing blue in a dark room, lit from within, showing North and South America in shadowy relief against a bright blue background.

DennisN · Apr 14, 2021

dlgoff said:

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 · Apr 14, 2021

DennisN said:

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 · Apr 14, 2021

dlgoff said:

Check out my new night light

DennisN said:

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

A lit 3D-printed Moon lamp with a warm glow, its cratered surface detailed, resting on a wooden tripod-style stand with a white charging cable.

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

A spherical moon-shaped lamp glowing orange with cratered surface detail, resting on a wooden V-shaped stand against a dark background.

Jupiter

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

Point Conception · Apr 14, 2021

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

Three long rough wooden planks lying side by side on a tiled floor, from darkest on the left to pale weathered grey on the right, with small nail holes visible.

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.

Point Conception · Apr 15, 2021

Four large reddish-brown clay pots with wide open tops stand outdoors against a grey concrete block wall, surrounded by green leafy plants.

Point Conception · Apr 15, 2021

Long covered market aisle with rows of whole fish laid out on crushed ice on a counter, shoppers and vendors in the background, wet concrete floor.

DennisN · Apr 16, 2021

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

Two yellow daffodils with orange centres in sunlight, with small blue scilla flowers and green leaves in the foreground and bare trees blurred in the background.

Tall green flowering stalk with yellow-green blooms in a grassy lawn, surrounded by clusters of small blue star-shaped flowers and yellow daffodils, with bare trees and buildings in the background.

Dense green shrubs in the foreground below a black iron fence, with yellow and red-orange townhouses with tall windows behind it and tree branches overhead.

Keith_McClary · Apr 20, 2021

Snow-covered garden path made of flat pebbles and stones set in a pattern, with snow filling the gaps between them, beside a snowy shrub.

Point Conception · Apr 20, 2021

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

Sandy path between wooden poles and driftwood logs leads down to a tidal mudflat at low tide, with plastic debris, a discarded tyre and a torn blue tarpaulin along the shore.

DennisN · Apr 21, 2021

Keith_McClary said:

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

epenguin · Apr 22, 2021

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.

Hailstones covering an octagonal wooden table, chairs and the tiled terrace floor, with a potted shrub and a lattice fence behind, while hail falls.

Outdoor terrace with terracotta tiles and wooden chairs and a small table covered in scattered hailstones, with a potted plant on the table.

dlgoff · Apr 28, 2021

DennisN said:

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.

Point Conception · Apr 28, 2021

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

Point Conception · Apr 29, 2021

Blurred, tilted photo of a sandy shoreline with orange-red textured barrier blocks in the foreground, a row of red floating barriers on the water, and hazy hills under a cloudy sky.

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

DennisN · Apr 29, 2021

dlgoff said:

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 · May 1, 2021

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

White SUV parked in a lot, with red stripes along the side, INCIDENT RESPONDER lettering on the front fender, and a round emergency management seal on the door, with a weather sensor mast on the roof.

Point Conception · May 3, 2021

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

Purple plastic bucket with a red Superstar label on its rim, embossed with a cobra emblem, the number 16, and English text reading Plastic Industry Co., Ltd., Produced in Bangkok.

Point Conception · May 4, 2021

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,

Wide sandy beach in the foreground with calm blue sea beyond, red and white floating buoys in the water, and a line of high-rise hotels and buildings along the shore under a partly cloudy sky.

Sandy beach with a dark plaque on a low concrete wall in the foreground, a tree at left, and boats on calm blue water with a city skyline and hills beyond.

Point Conception · May 4, 2021

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

Sandy beach in the foreground with calm turquoise sea beyond, several boats and a small white-and-red ferry on the water, and a skyline of high-rise towers along the distant shore under a hazy sky.

Interior of a multi-level shopping mall viewed from an upper floor, with a large illuminated replica of the Eiffel Tower in pink and red lights standing in the central atrium.

jtbell · May 4, 2021

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.

Interior of a church with vaulted ceiling and stained glass windows, a small orchestra on a raised stage before a pipe organ, and an audience in masked seating in the pews.

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.

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