Random Photos

[DennisN]

Ok, this is not a real photo but I just had to post it here...

Today a friend of mine who has been training his AI software to generate more realistic images sent
me an image. I was very, very impressed....:

(image posted here with permission from my friend)

He said that training and rendering with the software is like dealing with an unruly camera...
...he also said he was complaining a lot over all previous unsuccessful attempts .

But the work definitely paid off. I guess he will continue to finetune the software for realism.

 

[DennisN]

Hard photo to follow above ^

I particularly like the sixth (last) image here.
I find there is a bit of a strange thing with "clutter" in photos. One, often good rule, is to minimize the clutter in photos. But then there seems to be a soft limit somewhere when the clutter gets so significant that it suddenly becomes very interesting and central to the photo, like in your last photo.

I like these kind of chaotic asian street scenes

Me too .

 

[BillTre]

I think most interesting clutter has an order to it which is seen in its order.
In this case, its (mostly) the electrical infrastructure made to provide electricity.
The purpose structures the outcome.

 

[BillTre]

Here is a cluttery infrastructure example, looking up from the inside of a giant hedge in the LA area.
Its at least 20 feet wide and 30 feet tall.
The leaves are on the outside, its too shady for them inside the hedge where the picture was taken from.
The stems and branches connect the leaves and roots in a manner determined by their earlier patterns of growth, their opportunistic interactions with their environment, minus negative environmental impacts (like predators or storm damage).

Here is an interesting one:

Roots growing where there was a substrate (a decaying log) which is now gone:

Here is some depositional clutter (logs no longer moving in the river flow):

 

[morrobay]

 

[phinds]

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Reminds me of Stephen Wright's joke that he has the most extensive collection of sea shells ever ... you've probably seen it. He stores it on the world's beaches.

 

[morrobay]

 

[phinds]

Yeah, that's some of his collection all right.

 

[morrobay]

Clutter City at Lam Pho seafood market

 

[pinball1970]

Taking the advice of @DaveC426913 I have made an attempt to make use of the subject matter. Another disappointing weekend of lack of opportunity, glare, rain, mist and clumsy technique in Chester and Carlisle (bar a convenient castle) so I am trying closer to home. Manchester. The jewel of North West of England and quite possibly the world.

Shambles square.

 

[pinball1970]

Pan left

 

[pinball1970]

And behind me under the bridge is where the 1996 bomb went off. If you zoom in on the middle right the red post box was the only thing intact.

 

[phinds]

To me, it looks better if you improve the lighting a bit:

 

[pinball1970]

To me, it looks better if you improve the lighting a bit:
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Already done, this was the original!

 

[pinball1970]

I don't know why my images appear as thumbnails.

 

[berkeman]

I don't know why my images appear as thumbnails.

When you attach an image file, you have the choice to insert it as a thumbnail or full image. After you attach the file, hover your mouse over the upper left of the thumbnail that is shown, and selece Full Image. I don't know how it works on a phone.

Alternatively, after you have posted and notice it's shown as a thumbnail, Edit your post and do the hover thing to change it to Full Image.

 

[pinball1970]

When you attach an image file, you have the choice to insert it as a thumbnail or full image. After you attach the file, hover your mouse over the upper left of the thumbnail that is shown, and selece Full Image. I don't know how it works on a phone.

Alternatively, after you have posted and notice it's shown as a thumbnail, Edit your post and do the hover thing to change it to Full Image.

Thanks, I'm on a pad no mouse but I'll try your suggestions looking at file type.

 

[pinball1970]

Test

When you attach an image file, you have the choice to insert it as a thumbnail or full image. After you attach the file, hover your mouse over the upper left of the thumbnail that is shown, and selece Full Image. I don't know how it works on a phone.

Alternatively, after you have posted and notice it's shown as a thumbnail, Edit your post and do the hover thing to change it to Full Image.

I need my pc, I'll try in work tomo. Cheers.

 

[DennisN]

rain, mist

A vital ingredient of British weather (it's basically the same here in Sweden).

Even though I very much prefer sunny weather when taking photos (because of the color opportunities), I've started to enjoy taking photos in rain. And mist can also be very cool; in e.g. the evening/at night you can for instance play with how various lights get affected by the mist.

And there are various opportunities with rainy weather. For instance, one can try to capture how it feels when it's raining, which can be an interesting challenge. Also, rainwater on flat ground and other surfaces can provide very interesting light reflection opportunities.

Here's one such photo I shot two years ago, a stitched ultrawide shot of an opera house:
(sadly, the resizing here of this wide shot makes it quite unsharp here for some reason, the original is much, much sharper, but you get the idea with light reflections on the flat ground)

 

[pinball1970]

A vital ingredient of British weather (it's basically the same here in Sweden).

Even though I very much prefer sunny weather when taking photos (because of the color opportunities), I've started to enjoy taking photos in rain. And mist can also be very cool; in e.g. the evening/at night you can for instance play with how various lights get affected by the mist.

And there are various opportunities with rainy weather. For instance, one can try to capture how it feels when it's raining, which can be an interesting challenge. Also, rainwater on flat ground and other surfaces can provide very interesting light reflection opportunities.

Here's one such photo I shot two years ago, a stitched ultrawide shot of an opera house:
(sadly, the resizing here of this wide shot makes it quite unsharp here for some reason, the original is much, much sharper, but you get the idea with light reflections on the flat ground)

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Nice mirror thing going on, at night, lights etc. Lovely

 

[Rive]

Here's one such photo I shot two years ago, a stitched ultrawide shot of an opera house:
(sadly, the resizing here of this wide shot makes it quite unsharp here for some reason, the original is much, much sharper, but you get the idea with light reflections on the flat ground)

Still, you can smell the freshly washed air

 

[pinball1970]

Still, you can smell the freshly washed air

Hi guys, thanks for fixing my images.

 

[DennisN]

@pinball1970 and @Astranut (and others who may be interested):

Yesterday I reproduced some old photos of historical sites on the British Isles (Scotland & Orkney).
Rather than doing two long posts in this thread, I decided to put them in a separate thread in the Art, Music, History, and Linguistics forum here: British Isles - a piece of visual history.

 

[jtbell]

Oink!

 

[Rive]

... torque ... bit of twist of bit

 

[morrobay]

 

[Rive]

It's quite a contrast that how orderly the dock area looks like and ho disorderly the streets looks like

 

[morrobay]

Indeed this is one of those streets at night from other direction . Postcard

 

[morrobay]

Interesting sunset through mosquito netting

 

[morrobay]

 

[pinball1970]

Indeed this is one of those streets at night from other direction .View attachment 328932

I would like to capture the hussle bustle of Manchester like your post. In the centre again today so I will have another go.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

The area my family homesteaded - Main St. Deadwood, South Dakota, 1877

 

[morrobay]

Good, my gg came to Palo Alto from Ireland in 1800's and aquired 1/3 of Palo Alto in a Spanish land grant for a hay ranch. It's another story why I am not extremely wealthy today

 

[morrobay]

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Good, my gg came to Palo Alto from Ireland in 1800's and aquired 1/3 of Palo Alto in a Spanish land grant for a hay ranch... It's another story why I am not extremely wealthy today

Part of my family did get rich on South Dakota Black Hills gold. Unfortunately, it wasn't my side of the family. My side owned mostly cattle ranches on the flatlands. However that made for great vacations - horses, guns, dirt bikes, tractors, and trucks...at age 12 and up.

 

[nsaspook]

 

[Borg]

Seattle Sky View Observatory?

 

[nsaspook]

Seattle Sky View Observatory?

Yes, we did the 4th party up there.

 

[Borg]

My wife and I are doing an Alaskan cruise out of Seattle soon. We'll be in Seattle for a couple of days before.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

 

[morrobay]

We took the coast route to seafood market

 

[DennisN]

My wife and I are doing an Alaskan cruise out of Seattle soon.

I hope you bring a camera/smartphone!
Alaska can be darn beautiful, from what I understand.
And we want photos posted here later...

 

[DennisN]

Happy July!

Here's a gorgeous flower I've seen a couple of times, and this time I shot it.
I just love that the different petals are in different, distinct colors.
Google Pictures says it's some sort of Dahlia.

(shot with Canon nFD 50mm f/1.4, at least I think so )

 

[pinball1970]

A little bit of green in Hyde.

 

[pinball1970]

I took about eight pictures and none of them really captured what I wanted. This was the closest.

 

[pinball1970]

Not a great picture, not centred correctly, probably because I climbed up the statute opposite to get a better scope. I'm not great with heights.
I spent many an hour here in the 80s, central library, Manchester.

 

[phinds]

central library

Where?

 

[pinball1970]

Where?

Manchester.

 

[jtbell]

Here's a restaurant where the food is really hot:

 

[Tom.G]

I just love that the different petals are in different, distinct colors.
Google Pictures says it's some sort of Dahlia.

That Dahlia photo got my wife's attention (she is into colored-pencil artwork and wants to try sketching it).

After a bit of on-line research she came up with:
Sorry, no URL; she is on a tablet and can't display such 'unimportant' things! It was found thru a Google search for Dahlia Mary Eveline. The following came up when she clicked on one of the first few sponsored advertising images.

Call name: Dahlia Anemone Mary Eveline (some American sites use Evelyn)
(Scientific)
Name: Dahlia
Species: Dahlia
Genus: Dahlia
Family: Asteraceae
Order: Asterales
Hardiness: Zones 8-11
Duration: Perennial
Sun exposure: Full Shade
Soil: Loam, Sand, Clay
Soil PH: 6.1-7.5