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Point Conception · Dec 19, 2021

rsk said:

School Christmas holidays are here and, partly because of Covid and partly because my employer still has my passport, I will be spending the holidays here, mainly wandering round this city.

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I miss the city scene in Bangkok. Down the coast 80km now. The only way to get around is the skytrain or river boats. Otherwise it's messy

Elevated skytrain track running alongside a busy city street lined with tall buildings, trees, shops and a red bus, viewed from above.

A young woman with dark hair in a ponytail, wearing a light patterned top and checked trousers, holds a metal railing on a boat deck. Other people and river water are behind her.

rsk · Dec 20, 2021

There are riverboats here too, but I haven't used them yet. Maybe once Covid is less of a concern.

I love just wandering round though - on foot everything is slower and you have time to stop and look. Most things I'd want to see are in walking distance now, especially since it's (relatively) cool at the moment. And for anything else there's grab bikes.

Point Conception · Dec 20, 2021

Are there full size city busses ? I was in Saigon a few days, all I can say about motorbikes is too dangerous for me. There is that boat down the river to Vung Tau on the coast. ^ Sure I like walking around the city. But take the mass transit to get to any particular area

DennisN · Dec 20, 2021

Here's another shot I took recently with my macro lens, the tip of a ballpoint pen:

Close-up of a chrome ballpoint pen tip resting on the edge of a stack of white paper, with a blurred blue and red background.

And after my test with focus stacking macro shots I got inspired to do some more of it using "normal" lenses outside. I think I've tried it before, but somehow I had forgot about it.

As I've said before in the thread, the trick is to take many photos where different parts are in focus and then let software combine them into one photo. A tripod is more or less a must when you do it.

It may sound tedious, but I actually thought it was pretty fun. I don't mind the pretty slow process when photographing in this way. You are pretty much forced to plan the shot and consider the entire scene when you shoot.

As you can see in the photos below, most of the things are in focus (but if you look closely you may find some things are out of focus).

Autumn evening (lens: Meike 35mm f/1.4, focus stacked)
(flickr version with better sharpness here)

Silhouetted pollarded willow trees against a pale evening sky, with a bench and a lamp post behind a low wall, and fallen leaves scattered across grass in the foreground.

Autumn tree (lens: Lens: Meike 35mm f/1.4, focus stacked)
(flickr version with better sharpness here)

Low-angle photo of a large, moss-covered tree trunk with exposed roots spreading across grass, surrounded by fallen autumn leaves on the ground and bare trees behind.

Autumn leaves (lens: Canon FD 50mm f1.4, focus stacked)
(flickr version with better sharpness here)

Low-angle view of a forest floor covered in fallen brown and orange autumn leaves, with bare-branched trees with dark trunks receding into the background.

Edit: Now I noticed that the sharpness of the photos goes down considerably when they are posted on the forum. The originals are much sharper than what can be seen above, so I add links to the photos on flickr also.

dlgoff · Dec 27, 2021

Christmas skies over Kansas:

Photo of a sunset over a rural field, with leafless silhouetted trees on the left and a dark metal barn on the right under a blue sky with thin streaky clouds.

Sunset over a rural field with bare winter trees silhouetted against a blue and pale orange sky, a metal barn on the right and a wire fence in the foreground.

Late-day photo of a rural yard with a white mobile home at left, a tree with orange-gold autumn-toned leaves in the centre, bare trees to the right, and a pale blue sky with thin wispy clouds.

Dusk sky over a gravel driveway, with bare trees silhouetted against orange and pale blue clouds near the setting sun, a low shed and parked cars on the left.

Sunset over a rural road with bare winter trees silhouetted against an orange and pale blue sky, parked cars beside a low building at left.

nsaspook · Dec 31, 2021

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https://er.jsc.nasa.gov/seh/sciser.html

Anyone else have a collection of Science Service booklets?

jtbell · Dec 31, 2021

Seen on the TV coverage of New Year in Times Square in NYC:

Photo of a crowded Times Square at night, with two large billboards reading Wish you were here! WE'RE HIRING FLPDjobs.com FORT LAUDERDALE POLICE, and an Ocean Drive style police car on one panel.

Anybody want to move to Fort Lauderdale?

Point Conception · Jan 1, 2022

Chinese girl from Hong Kong I spoke to at the jetty. 12 N and 100 E. 1January . 11am. 30 degrees Centigrade

A young woman with a ponytail, wearing a dark swimsuit and a light backpack, walks barefoot along a pebbly beach beside a teal sea under a clear blue sky.

A woman with dark hair in a bun and sunglasses stands on a sandy beach in a patterned top and black shorts, looking at a phone, with a calm sea and clear blue sky behind her.

Point Conception · Jan 1, 2022

And a crowded Beach rd, along Pattaya beach. About 90% domestic Thai tourism these days.

View from inside an open-sided vehicle through metal frame bars onto a congested street lined with palm trees, cars queued bumper to bumper, and beach umbrellas beyond.

DennisN · Jan 1, 2022

Happy new year!

A brand new shot with my macro lens, a red kalanchoe:

(f/11, 1/8s exposure, ISO 200, focus stacked)

Cluster of red kalanchoe flowers with four-petaled blooms covered in water droplets, set against a black background with dark green leaves below.

Keith_McClary · Jan 2, 2022

Old green pickup truck hitched to a cream and red two-horse trailer, parked in deep snow in front of a white mobile home.

Point Conception · Jan 3, 2022

I like the small tuna, 6 shown

Fish market display on ice showing rows of whole fish, including several small tuna-like fish in front, spotted flatfish and stingrays, and rows of other fish behind.

Point Conception · Jan 3, 2022

Shallow waves breaking on a sandy shore in bright sunlight, with a long two-storey building with balconies and a blue-painted lower level behind them.

Waterfront beer garden building with blue facade and signs reading Beer Garden and Pattaya, built on pillars over the sea with small waves in the foreground.

gmax137 · Jan 3, 2022

Inspired by the Irish lottery thread. US Powerball is at 522 million dollars. Here's the line Sunday morning (20F; that's -6.7C)

Long line of people standing in snow outside a building on a sunny winter day, with parked cars, pine trees and a blue sign in the foreground.

These are all Nevadans; the PowerBall is not available in NV. The casino operators see it as taking food off their plates.

Here is inside the California Lottery building (conveniently located...)

Interior of a lottery retail store: blue lottery terminal kiosks and an orange ticket vending machine, with the words CALIFORNIA and NEVADA stenciled in large letters on the floor.

Point Conception · Jan 4, 2022

5 Jan 0630

Sunrise sky with orange and pink clouds streaked across it, silhouetting a flat-roofed structure with posts and a building edge in the foreground.

Sunrise sky over rooftops, with streaks of orange, pink and red clouds above white buildings and a dark roof edge in the foreground.

Point Conception · Jan 4, 2022

0730

Blue sky filled with patches of white and grey cumulus clouds, with a dense layer of clouds at the bottom of the frame.

Point Conception · Jan 4, 2022

And about 0930 my massage girl can show up before her 11 o'clock shift starts at the

A woman with her hair in a ponytail, wearing a black face mask and a black-and-white striped top, sits on a bed looking down at a smartphone in her hands, with a sliding glass door behind her.

massage shop. 1 hour Thai massage 300 baht, about $9 includes 100 B tip

Point Conception · Jan 6, 2022

Sunset

Keith_McClary · Jan 6, 2022

I had been watching the river freezing up for the last couple of weeks. There were still patches of open water. On Jan 2 I noticed big slabs of ice about 2m above water level (not just this spot, I have photos up and down river).

Snow-covered riverbank with large broken slabs of ice piled along the edge, frozen river to the left, forested mountain slope and two cars on a road in the background.

There was some weather the night before, -31C with winds gusting to 96 km/hr, so nobody was out to observe how this happened.

Point Conception · Jan 7, 2022

My Burmese friend in Laos. This is photo of her tic tok video.

Photo of a woman in a long pink dress standing on a light-coloured walkway beside a glass railing, with a man in a red shirt photographing her; a white ornate building and green hillside are behind them, shown on a phone screen.

gmax137 · Jan 7, 2022

Old time Reno, family run since 1937. Try the lasagna.

Outdoor sign on a pole against a blue sky: a green panel reading HALFWAY CLUB above a black panel reading PIZZA, with a martini glass icon on top and a Budweiser KING OF BEERS sign below, and a street address plaque reading CASALE'S 2501 E. 4th.

Point Conception · Jan 12, 2022

Storefront of a Yellow Massage shop with a dark sign in gold lettering, a Thai script line above it, glass windows showing chairs, and scooters parked outside on a street.

Point Conception · Jan 12, 2022

Grinding expresso beans. $18/kg.

A masked worker in a dark uniform grinds coffee beans at a counter in a bakery, with bread displayed on shelves behind them.

Averagesupernova · Jan 15, 2022

Jack likes to hang out on the forklift. He likes the cat but seems put off to have his picture taken with her.

A golden retriever lies with its head resting on a yellow machine's metal housing, while a grey and white cat rests its paws beside the dog's head.

Averagesupernova · Jan 15, 2022

@morrobay I'm always impressed by your pix. The pix I take often show interesting subject matter but are certainly not 'beautiful'. The attitudes of the two critters in my pic are very clear. But the background consists of a grimy looking forklift. The cat's coat looks unkept due to the fact that Jack has a tendency to pick her up and carry her around. Jack is just looking like an old grump while his little buddy seems to say: "Can't we play a little more?" A very accurate slice of daily life in the shop.

Point Conception · Jan 15, 2022

Clear shallow sea water over a sandy seabed with rippling caustic light patterns, with a hazy city skyline, hill and anchored boats in the distant background.

With about 5% of the previous tourists numbers here the water is clear. Less hotel discharges, less nutrients for the algae.

Point Conception · Jan 16, 2022

Shirtless older man with white hair in turquoise swim shorts and a dark belt, holding a phone, standing outside a shop beside a rack of shirts on hangers.

Look better from a distance these days

Point Conception · Jan 16, 2022

My friend from Burma (passport only) she is all Indian from Indian region in Burma.Here she lives in Indian community, works at Indian restaurant. Was not going to photo today but with this dress - change of plan.

A woman with dark curly hair wearing dark sunglasses and a black face covering, standing barefoot in a sleeveless bodycon dress with gold ornate patterns and black side panels, on a tiled balcony with potted plants and a wooden chair.

Point Conception · Jan 16, 2022

A woman with dark curly hair wearing large dark sunglasses and a black face mask, standing barefoot on a stool in a small blue-walled room by a window, in a fitted tan dress with gold patterned print and black side panels.

Keith_McClary · Jan 16, 2022

Averagesupernova said:

Jack has a tendency to pick her up and carry her around

That would be a photo if you could arrange a good background. Or do you mean he carries her around with the forklift?

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