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[berkeman]

You folks talk funny...

 

[Zaciekawiony]

Sometimes I build this stone piles at the trekking

 

[Point Conception]

You folks talk funny...

At least here you can read it .When I was English teaching in Bangkok (ECC) there were some teachers from Wales. Standing right next to them talking could only understand about 30%.

 

[jrmichler]

I went for a run two days ago, of which 2.5 miles was a trail in the woods. Deer fly country. So I wore my deer fly hat with a new piece of fly paper. The hat worked well. I only whacked 5 or 6 of those miserable blood sucking varmints by hand.

The deer fly population is slightly below average this year. Some years ago, they were really bad: https://www.runningahead.com/forums/topic/08966a0c9bd04224beeb9bb03895a418.

 

[BillTre]

 

[Ibix]

Thought this might amuse:

The views from a cul de sac in a fairly generic housing estate are nowhere near as impressive as Webb's output.

 

[DaveC426913]

"Hey, what kind of bird is that?"
"I believe that's a Parallax."

Canon G15, F2.8, 1/100s, ISO 200

 

[DaveC426913]

Get it @BillTre ?

 

[Andy Resnick]

This is not fog:

(Canadian/Minnesotan wildfire smoke is visiting)

Somehow this image makes the air look more clear than it is.

 

[jrmichler]

We have the same smoke in Northern Wisconsin. Visibility is less than one mile. I wore an N95 mask for my morning run, which helped.

 

[Andy Resnick]

Stuck inside today and bored = a brief photo essay. Images all handheld: 1/100 s, f/3.5, (auto) ISO up around 25 kajillion.
Went looking for bugs in the basement with my Micro Nikkor and found:

Because I have to get close, I startled the bug. It scrambled to secure its egg sac:

I went looking around for more:

And found this one:

 

[DaveC426913]

Images all handheld: 1/100 s, f/3.5, (auto) ISO up around 25 kajillion.

I would really like to discuss this. I started to post one pic of a thousand today that had the same shutter/f-stop, and an ISO of a paltry 200, yet they're virtually unusable due to digital noise. I deleted it before sending but ill post it tomorrow withn samples and deets.

 

[DaveC426913]

with my Micro Nikkor

@symbolipoint has made a good point that escaped me.
Micro Nikkor refers to a lens type. But are you shooting digital or film?

 

[DaveC426913]

IT'S A PARALLAX BIRD!

nobody gets me

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[berkeman]

This is not fog:

Ouch, stay safe. When we lived in the east San Jose foothills, wildfire smoke was a big issue. I rode a hard MTB ride on a singletrack BMX course one time, and had to pull up lame due to the very low air quality and smoke. Not my best decision to ride that day.