Random Photos

[sbrothy]

Ok ill see your moon in different time zones and raise you some stars and a rotating galaxy in my office.

Generated by this little fella. One of the ladies bought for her son and wanted to try it out in my office as I can cut out all ambient light.

Once they switched it on they realised I was going to claim it.

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Haha, *yoink*!

 

[Averagesupernova]

I've had many acoustic guitars in my lifetime, but I've never carried one around quite like that. I suspect the person is gripping the guitar through the sound hole. But I'm not sure.

Maybe their right arm is a lot longer than normal? Lol. Seriously though, before I read your post I thought the exact same thing. I'm certainly no guitar expert but I know enough to say that picture look odd.

 

[nsaspook]

Retirement breakfast. Spanish coffee, eggs and bacon.

 

[Algr]

Taken about 40 minutes ago.

 

[Algr]

(all shot with Canon nFD 100mm f/4 Macro + various extension tubes)

The gear (camera and lens with almost 100mm extension tubes mounted) looked pretty weird,
far from compact and discreet :

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At what point does it stop being a camera and become a telescope?

 

[jtbell]

This morning I walked downtown for the Christmas parade. The weather wasn't great, but there was a good turnout, with people tailgating in parking lots along the route near downtown.

Here it comes, with the mayor and a city councilman leading the way.

Just about every church in and around town had a float.

The police stopped cross traffic on the highway at the main intersection, but they couldn't stop a train.

 

[jtbell]

Continued...

Several city utility trucks.

A local animal shelter.

The college's mascot, Scotty.

Last but not least, the Big Guy!

These are just samples. The whole thing took almost an hour. Not bad for a town of about 8500.

 

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[pinball1970]

Oldham. Edit. Care of Katie B who I have persuaded to join PF

 

[nsaspook]

 

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[Borg]

South Carolina nuclear test?

 

[jtbell]

South Carolina nuclear test?

No, the Savannah River Plant is off to my left, about 90° and maybe 90 miles.

 

[gmax137]

South Carolina nuclear test?

Fusion, by the look of it...

 

[jrmichler]

Beginning mile 2 of my 4 mile morning run yesterday. Calm wind and comfortable at -7 deg F. The next 10 miles down this road are all public land.

 

[Point Conception]

SE Asian flags from volleyball event on Jomtien beach

 

[DennisN]

I recently bought a new camera, Sony A6500 (second hand) which is a significant upgrade from Sony A6000.
I got it because (1) it's got In-Body Image Stabilization (IBIS) and (2) I wanted to be able to film in 4K resolution. It's also got better autofocus.

IBIS is good because it provides stabilization even if you shoot with lenses which haven't got in-built stabilization, which is the case for most of my lenses. This helps reducing blur from camera shake in general, but particularly in low light settings. It also helps with getting more smooth (non-shaky) video.

A couple of photos from my first session with the camera, shot when it was dark outside:


Traffic lights

A crop which shows there's actually a spider web in front of the light:

Another spider web

Shop interior at night

Christmas decorations in a shop window

And my cat...

(all shot with 7Artisans 35mm f/0.95)


And two shots of the camera itself:

Front:

Top:

I'll probably get a full frame camera with IBIS and 4K video too, but I'm going to wait a while
until the prices get a bit lower .

 

[collinsmark]

Figure 1. Emergency, makeshift "paper fortune teller," a.k.a. cootie catcher. Found in the wild. Leica Summilux-M 50mm ASPH.

 

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[pinball1970]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyn2j31glxo

Hopefully I will still be around to see this completed, then my images (actually all the ladies in the office) of the Manchester skyline will look a little more impressive.

 

[Andy Resnick]

Annual pre-christmas trip to b. a. Sweetie Candy Company, a candy warehouse:

They have all the PEZ (even @ 15mm there's too much to fit in the frame):

 

[gmax137]

Back in the 1970's I spent a January in a small student apartment in Cambridge, Mass. Just a few blocks from the NECCo "factory." Overnight I could smell the candies cooking: one night chocolate, the next night licorice, then orange...

 

[Point Conception]

And then there is this scene

 

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[collinsmark]

Mid December Balboa Park trip. I took the city bus again.

Figure 1. Park Blvd. bus stop. I was waiting at the bus stop on the other side of the street when I took the picture. You can see my reflection in the window. Summilux-M 50mm ASPH.

Figure 2. San Diego Zoo entrance. I didn't go into the zoo, but I did meander by the entrance after getting off the bus. Summilux-M 50mm ASPH.

Figure 3. Untitled. Leica Summilux-M 50mm ASPH.

Figure 4. Botanical Building. Thypoch Simera 28mm f/1.4.

Figure 5. Back in my neighborhood after taking the bus back home. So cozy. Leica Summilux-M 50mm ASPH.

 

[DennisN]

igure 4. Botanical Building. Thypoch Simera 28mm f/1.4.

Gosh, amazing colors on that photo! Incredibly vibrant, almost neon-like.
And very nice reflections in the pond too.

Figure 5. Back in my neighborhood after taking the bus back home. So cozy. Leica Summilux-M 50mm ASPH.

A very spooky atmosphere, I like it!

 

[collinsmark]

Gosh, amazing colors on that photo! Incredibly vibrant, almost neon-like.
And very nice reflections in the pond too.

Yes, it was (partially) illuminated with their red & green, holiday lighting. For other times of the year it wouldn't be quite so vibrant.

 

[jtbell]

At the college, everyone’s gone home for Christmas break except these two.

 

[DennisN]

Sidenote:

It is blurred because the 26 inch bass drum has its own gravitational field.

Hehe, I found a larger bass drum than yours (in case you want an even larger ).
I was looking for various ways to play the orchestral/concert bass drum for a song project I am working on, and found this video... this bass drum is giant :

Concert Bass Drum 3: Playing Techniques / Vic Firth Percussion 101

 

[jtbell]

Santa's going to have to deflate himself in order to go down the chimney here.