Random Photos

[BillTre]

 

[nsaspook]

A little bit of Texas style smoked corned beef for my great-great grandpappy, on my mothers side.

To make a proper corned beef and cabbage later and a few drinks waiting for that to be done.

 

[nsaspook]

 

[Andy Resnick]

Sunny weekend in the woods, good opportunity to break out the macro lens and see what's out-n-about:

[Edit: scale bar error...]


This one came out pretty good, too...

 

[morrobay]

Always a photo after a cappuccino.

 

[docnet]

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So... What is it?

 

[morrobay]

Part of grab food ad poster on bus. Looks like the same girl.

 

[jtbell]

 

[DennisN]

Two different photos taken recently...

Leaves in spring sunlight:

...and a car in hard rain:

(luckily I had my weatherproof camera with me at that time )

 

[jtbell]

So much for our hoped-for "upset of the century" in the first round of the NCAA women's basketball tournament...

 

[berkeman]

luckily I had my weatherproof camera with me at that time

Did it startle the driver when your flash went off? I'll bet they thought they had been caught by a speed camera...

 

[DennisN]

Did it startle the driver when your flash went off?

No, I didn't use flash (a fast lens (f/1.4 in this case) and high ISO is often sufficient for me). Actually I almost never use flash.

Edit: By the way, I also like to draw as little attention as possible to myself when I'm shooting (and flash is pretty much the opposite ). One thing I have clearly noticed after I started shooting with system cameras is that nearby people very often take notice of me.

I guess nowadays people are so used to smartphones so when the see a system camera they may think, well, he's doing something unusual. And in fact I've been asked quite a few times what I am doing .

And if I'm going around in the city with a big zoom lens, it's even worse, then people REALLY take notice .

And it does not fit my personality at all, I usually don't want to be noticed. But no pain, no gain, I guess.

 

[berkeman]

By the way, I also like to draw as little attention as possible to myself when I'm shooting (and flash is pretty much the opposite ).

I take the opposite approach...

 

[DennisN]

I take the opposite approach...

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Another genius troller :

(from https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-trolling/)

 

[nsaspook]

 

[Rive]

A holiday at some nearby city...
...
...and a sudden 'wedding tram '

(On-demand retro vehicle from the city hall to the usual celebratory spot)

And a random spring street photo:

 

[docnet]

The last photo is one of artificial islands called THUMS islands. They're facades that hide the drilling rigs behind a series of artificial landscape and fake condos. The islands pollute the nearby beaches.

 

[Andy Resnick]

Went to a Great Blue Heron Rookery (a Heronry) today:

 

[WWGD]

A couple of years ago, I introduced you to Joel Poinsett, who brought a certain festive holiday plant to the US.

He appears every year in Greenville SC's Poinsettia Christmas Parade.

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He looks pretty good for a 244-year-old.

He's the precursor of Topology as well, Poinsett Topology.

 

[DennisN]

Close-up of a candle, shot a while ago for fun:

Close-up of the burning candle wick:

(shot with Sony A6000 + Canon nFD 100mm Macro f/4 + a 15mm extension tube)
(I've had the lens for a while, got it for a good price second hand; what's nice with a 100mm macro lens is that you can shoot from a bit larger distance than with a 50mm macro lens)

 

[berkeman]

Close-up of the burning candle wick:

I won't ask if any recreational substances were involved in this photo shoot...

 

[Averagesupernova]

As with all of my photos, the focus is never the best, etc. Usually only have a cell phone cam to work with. Just interesting subject matter. My 4-leggers are very difficult to get good pix of.

 

[jtbell]

 

[nsaspook]

 

[nsaspook]

 

[berkeman]

@nsaspook -- Is that the museum in McMinnville, Oregon? I may add that to my bucket list...

This is my semi-local one that I've been to several times, including to see General Chuck Yeager one time several years ago: https://aerospaceca.org/

 

[Andy Resnick]

Buds on a lilac getting ready to pop:

1:1 crop from image using 55 mm Micro-Nikkor + extension tube M2 at close focus (1:1 reproduction), f/8 1/500s auto-ISO. Handheld +light breezes = spray and pray :)

 

[Borg]

@nsaspook -- Is that the museum in McMinnville, Oregon? I may add that to my bucket list...

That did look like the Spruce Goose in the background of the second to last photo.

 

[nsaspook]

@nsaspook -- Is that the museum in McMinnville, Oregon? I may add that to my bucket list...

This is my semi-local one that I've been to several times, including to see General Chuck Yeager one time several years ago: https://aerospaceca.org/

Yes, it's McMinnville, Oregon. They also have a 747 themed water-park.

 

[nsaspook]

That did look like the Spruce Goose in the background of the second to last photo.

 

[DennisN]

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I don't see any loose doors on your photos... so I guess there's no Boeing there, right?

 

[Tom.G]

Too many years ago, I watched the Spruce Goose being moved from dead storage, down the Los Angeles River, to a custom-built geodesic dome in Long Beach CA.

My next door neighbor was a retired heavy-construction foreman who was consulted about the move; that's how I got an early enough warning to get on a chartered boat on the river to watch the move.

The Goose was lifted by a large crane with slings under the wings (and probably under the tail, but I don't remember that detail) and placed on a barge to float down the river to its new home as a tourist attraction. After several years it was moved 'up North' for display.

The geodesic dome is still there and is now a cruise ship terminal, and occasionally a movie set.

Photos were taken but I would have to go thru a few thousand 35mm slides from the back of a closet to find them. In place of doing that, here are a few links.

A few years ago, a local newspaper did a short article and video about the dome and Goose:
https://www.presstelegram.com/2021/...e-forgotten-history-of-a-long-beach-landmark/

More history of the Goose can be found with:
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=when+was+the+spruce+goose+in+long+beach+ca

Cheers,
Tom

 

[jtbell]

 

[Rive]

Li'l neon party garden in the kitchen...

Weather is good: a week or two and the'll be planted outside...
Well, a week or two and some of them will try to attack the lamps

ps.: protagonists: tomatoes, bell peppers, celery, eggplants, kohlrabi

 

[berkeman]

Me at track days...