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DennisN · Aug 21, 2023

I just noticed I had caught a young rabbit on photo with a blade of grass in its mouth

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I didn't notice it when I took the shots.
The image quality is not very good*, but I thought it was cute and fun.

Young brown rabbit sitting in tall green grass, facing left, with a blade of grass hanging from its mouth.

* Crappy light at the scene; late in the afternoon with no direct sunlight.

wrobel · Aug 21, 2023

Glossy ceramic figurine of a cartoon cow with black and white markings, yellow horns, a big smile and an orange flower on its cheek, sitting on a sheet of handwritten paper.

nsaspook · Aug 21, 2023

Arjan82 said:

Euhm, so your server room is outside?
Or is it just sitting idle all day

Photo of a cluttered server rack in a workshop, with stacked rack-mounted servers and networking equipment, a monitor showing text above, and many blue, yellow and white network cables running down the front.

It's in the house work shop.

DennisN · Aug 22, 2023

A close-up of an outside light bulb.
The Sun, the sky, the surrounding houses and a pedestrian crossing can be seen in the reflection from the glass.

Close-up of a clear globe string-light bulb with a glowing yellow filament, hanging from a black cord against a dark, blurred green background.

DaveC426913 · Aug 23, 2023

I was looking for the artwork thread in vain. This'll have to do.

My first time in a life drawing workshop in quite some time. I worked with what I had, which is whatever I grabbed on the way out the door. Black conte on white sketch paper, 45 minutes.

I'm really happy with the overall proportions considering the extreme foreshortening. I'm very pleased with the hands, and particularly pleased with the feet, which are pretty much the most difficult parts to render, especially foreshortened. I like the economy of line in the feet - didn't overwork it - but still captured the grace and balance of soft flesh over sharp tendon and bone.

Pencil sketch of a seated nude woman with long hair, eyes closed, arms wrapped around her knees, bare feet on the ground; signed Kelsey at upper right and initialled at lower left.

phinds · Aug 23, 2023

Nicely done, Dave.

Borg · Aug 26, 2023

DennisN said:

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

Here are some of the pictures from our cruise. Everything went by so quickly.

I couldn't do it justice but Vancouver has a nice skyline with unique buildings.

Vancouver waterfront skyline of glass high-rise towers under a grey sky, with a seaplane dock and green-roofed convention centre in the foreground across the water.

Had to visit the Seattle Space Needle of course. Second floor with the rotating glass floor.

Elevated view through angled windows over a city skyline toward a bay, with a large white cruise ship docked at right and a glass floor panel in the foreground.

The Chihuly Garden and Glass Museum next to the Space Needle was well worth the price.

Large suspended glass sculpture of orange, red and yellow flower-like forms hanging inside a glass-roofed conservatory with arched steel framing, with visitors standing beneath it.

One of the few whales that we spotted during the first day at sea.

Blue ocean surface with a whale at the surface, a spout of mist rising from its blowhole, and another dark back visible further right.

In Juneau, we hiked the Gold Creek Flume Trail north of the town. We had to hike up and down several hundred feet of elevation (in intermittent rain) to get there so we only ran into locals.

Wooden plank walkway running into a forest, with rails on either side, on a rainy day among tall trees and green undergrowth.

The salmon were running while we were in Alaska. Every black spot in the water is a fish. Every river that we visited was similarly packed.

Shallow, clear river flowing between dense green conifer forest, with moss-covered trees and ferns along both banks and rippled water over a stony bed.

Ketchikan (below) and Vancouver harbors were busy with constant seaplane takeoffs and landings.

A floatplane banking in the air above a wooded island shoreline, with a mountain ridge and overcast sky behind it, a sailboat moored in the water and small buildings on the shore.

Deep orange sunset in Victoria due to Canadian wildfires. Just noticed the shadow of the building on the hill being projected into the water.

Orange sunset glowing through haze over a harbor, with a small sailboat, wooded islands and hills, and a large white cruise ship on the right.

DaveC426913 · Aug 26, 2023

Alaska was one of the best cruises I've ever been on! Ketchikan was my favorite town!

Borg · Aug 26, 2023

DaveC426913 said:

Alaska was one of the best cruises I've ever been on! Ketchikan was my favorite town!

Ketchikan was my favorite also.

DaveC426913 · Aug 26, 2023

Ketchikan:

Small harbour with rows of white and grey motorboats and sailboats moored at floating docks, with wooden buildings and a steep forested hillside with houses behind.

http://www.davesbrain.ca/adventures/18alaska/pic.html?pic=67

Close-up of a slender green stem topped with bright orange-red daisy-like flower heads, in front of rusted, weathered metal pipes or beams with a ridged texture.

http://www.davesbrain.ca/adventures/18alaska/pic.html?pic=70

As I wandered about town taking pics, I couldn't help but feel it all looked a little familiar.

It wasn't until I got home and was sorting my father's watercolours that I realized I had seen it before. I'd been walking in my father's footsteps!

Watercolour painting of a Ketchikan street scene with a 'Welcome to Ketchikan' banner over a tunnel, a coffee stand on stilts, a barber sign, and a large white cruise ship on the right.

http://www.davesbrain.ca/adventures/18alaska/pic.html?pic=79

DennisN · Aug 26, 2023

Borg said:

Here are some of the pictures from our cruise.

Very nice!
And the river photo was cool... so many fishes!

jtbell · Aug 28, 2023

For the past couple of months I've had to do my near-daily walks very early in the morning to avoid the heat and some of the humidity. Here's a sunrise not far from my house.

Sunrise over a two-lane road curving through a rural area, with the sun low on the horizon behind a line of trees and a railway track, under a sky of orange-tinted cirrocumulus clouds.

jtbell · Aug 28, 2023

Borg said:

I couldn't do it justice but Vancouver has a nice skyline with unique buildings.

That reminded me of my brief visit to Vancouver 19 years ago, part of a circular trip Calgary - Edmonton - Vancouver - Calgary by train and bus.

Aerial view of a marina on a grey water inlet with moored sailboats and motor yachts, a steel arch bridge with concrete towers on the left, and high-rise condominium towers along the right-hand shore.

Street scene in Vancouver: a white and red trolleybus marked UBC passes a glass storefront with a sign reading YAMA SUSHI SQUID FESTIVAL, with pedestrians on the sidewalk and a construction crane above.

I did not participate in the squid festival...

Photo over water toward a city skyline on the far shore, with forested hills and snow-capped mountains rising behind it under a partly cloudy sky, with a hedge and a rooftop in the foreground.

Cable-stayed bridge with two tall concrete towers with red panels, a white and red elevated train crossing the deck, and water and trees beneath.

Flyboy · Aug 29, 2023

Spotted this Thrush 660 doing passes over a cornfield in Iowa yesterday and stopped to grab some photos. Pilot did a cheeky low pass over me as he left... after I had already packed up the camera. :doh:

White agricultural aircraft with a low wing and fixed landing gear flying low over a green cornfield under a grey sky, with a power line across the frame.

berkeman · Aug 29, 2023

Flyboy said:

Spotted this Thrush 660 doing passes over a cornfield in Iowa yesterday

Crop dusting, or just practicing?

Flyboy · Aug 29, 2023

berkeman said:

Crop dusting, or just practicing?

He's spreading something. Dry spreader, not sprayer, but no clue what.

DennisN · Aug 29, 2023

Flyboy said:

Spotted this Thrush 660 doing passes over a cornfield in Iowa yesterday and stopped to grab some photos.

It made me remember I also shot an airplane recently...

I was out trying a tele lens when I heard this thing making sounds up in the sky:

(lens used: Pentax-M 200mm f/4)

DennisN · Aug 29, 2023

Some more flowers...

Tom.G said:

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

Here's another one of those dahlias. At the same place, but in late afternoon sunlight:

Close-up of a red dahlia with dark red petals, a cream-white centre ring and a yellow disc, with a green bud and a dahlia behind it in soft focus.

And here are two other different dahlias at another place. They are quite large flowers
(ca 15-20 cm in diameter) and I really like the creamy color of them:

Close-up of a pale pink dahlia bloom with layered, petal-like florets fading to cream at the tips, set against dark green foliage and a shadowy background.

Close-up of a pink and white dahlia with layered, pointed petals and a purple-tipped center, against dark green foliage.

Two buds:

Close-up of a dahlia flower bud with green and yellow sepals edged in magenta, set among dark green leaves in shaded light.

Green unopened flower bud on a slender reddish-brown stem, with small pointed green bracts around its base and leaves blurred in dark green background.

And last, a dandelion (or two):

Yellow dandelion flower blooming on a dark green ledge, with a second flower bud and thin green stems beside it against a blurred green background.

(lenses used: Sony 55-210mm (first photo) and Yashinon-DS 50mm f/2 (the other photos))

Point Conception · Aug 29, 2023

Painted-style vintage postcard of a crowded sandy beach beside a rocky headland, with people on the sand, a lifeguard tower, and hillside houses with red and green roofs among trees and flowering shrubs.

Talk about low passes, small planes buzzed this beach so low that umbrellas were knocked over. Victoria Beach, Laguna Beach, CA. House on beach with green roof was my grandparents.

Point Conception · Aug 29, 2023

And that's me on that beach then, and now in Thailand+ Morro Bay. What a difference xx years made.

Photo collage: two older snapshots of a young blond couple in swimwear on a beach and a young man standing on rocks, a vintage postcard of a crowded beach, a blue-sky postcard of a rounded rock formation by water, and a phone screen showing a photo of a shirtless older man.

Point Conception · Aug 30, 2023

The pastel grey/pinks + yellow

Sunset over water with a vivid orange and yellow sky streaked with clouds, and a silhouetted shoreline of buildings and trees across the bay with boats in the foreground.

pinball1970 · Aug 30, 2023

Hopefully this will work. Uppermill Rushcart festival, NW England. 26.8.23

Morris dancers in white shirts, dark waistcoats, white trousers with bells and hats, carrying sticks, marching along a wet street past a stone pub; a large rush-covered cart with a banner is behind them.

pinball1970 · Aug 30, 2023

These images are via @Astranut

Costumed dancers in red-and-white outfits with hats and bells stand in a village street beside a tall decorated wooden frame covered in flowers and greenery, with a stone building and trees behind.

pinball1970 · Aug 30, 2023

It is an experience, think Wicker man meets Midsommer. If you fancy visiting....as an outsider.

Morris dancers in white shirts, waistcoats, straw hats with rosettes and red and green sashes wave wooden sticks in a village street, while a decorated floral and foliage float with a rider sits behind them.

pinball1970 · Aug 30, 2023

Morris dancers in red-and-white costumes with flowered hats march down a street; in front, a dancer plays a bass drum labelled SADDLEWORTH MORRIS MEN, with a stone church behind.

DennisN · Aug 31, 2023

Two wet lightbulbs at night:

A glowing filament light bulb with water droplets on its glass, hanging among rose stems with thorns and leaves against a dark night background.

Photo at night of a lit, filament-style light bulb with water droplets on its glass, hanging among dark branches and leaves.

DennisN · Sep 1, 2023

Here is a lighthouse I have shot before, but this time I shot it through a sculpture which is located ca 250 meters away from it. The sculpture is a stone structure with a large, circular hole in it.

Night photo of a harbour seen through a circular opening in a stone wall, with a lit lighthouse, a bridge and city buildings reflected on dark water.

Point Conception · Sep 3, 2023

From just hanging up a blue sheet under blue light at 0430

Close-up of a blue fabric surface under cyan light, with dark curved folds and ridges sweeping diagonally across the frame.

Close-up of a blue fabric sheet with curved dark blue stripes and folds, lit by bright cyan light.

jack action · Sep 4, 2023

Photo of three identical white Volkswagen camper vans lined up on a narrow paved road between tall trees, the nearest van on the left and the farthest on the right, appearing progressively larger toward the left.

DaveC426913 · Sep 4, 2023

Two coils of red rope lying on a weathered wooden dock beside a metal mooring cleat, with water and a white boat hull in the background.

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