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Forum: Post Your Photos!
01-06-2019, 03:21 PM
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Just above the Frisian islands in the North Sea on Wednesday a containership lost 288 containers. 222 have been found on the sea floor. About thirty of them floated to the islands and the Frisian coast. Some of released their cargo and it is mostly plastic, cheap stuf. It probably will have a long lasting effect on the wildest and most valuable nature reserve we have; the Waddensea. It is a UNESCO world heritage site. The island and coastal communities helped by thousands of volunteers and a 100 soldiers have done a really impressive job in cleaning up the mess. But with every high tide there is a risk that they have to start cleaning the coast again. I had to report on the clean up on the island of Schiermonnikoog last Friday and in a whirlwind of making tv- and radio reports and live appearances I managed to pull of some shots. One of them even ended up on the website of the biggest (public) broadcaster of the Netherlands.
Thanks for looking and somewhere in these pictures there is a lesson for all of us... (Without getting into political stuff!)
Cheers,
Remco
1. Stuff as far as the eye can see.
2. Small plastic pallets on a dead starfish. It is a important part of the winter diet for seagulls.
3. A still closed container with one of the soldiers in front.
4. Soldiers cleaning up.
5. A convoy of army trucks.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
01-04-2019, 08:17 PM
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Given the nature of this thread, a Coke bottle lens might be interesting to try.
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OK so no coke bottles around, I used the bottom of a plastic vitamin water bottle. This is the Christmas Tree.
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And while we are on the topic of alternative lens options, here is a pinhole photo of the Christmas Tree.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
12-30-2018, 11:19 AM
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 IMGP1946ed1sm by dr.shutter, on Flickr
On the summit of Slievecorragh is one of the more curious memorials that you will find anywhere in Ireland. It is the chair that climbers of this hill have commented on. There is a man’s silver ring slipped over one of the support bars, and the name ‘Dan Clancy’ is engraved into the top of the back of the chair. The chair and the teddy are facing west over the plains of Kildare. For the walker it is an object of curiosity, and offers a comfortable seat to take a rest and enjoy the views. It is made of bronze, and someone clearly went to a lot of trouble to bring it all the way up the hill. It would have been easy to leave the hill and move on to other things and forget about the curious chair and the lonely teddy on Slievecorragh. But it stayed in my mind and I wanted to find out more.
I discovered that Dan Clancy grew up on the side of Slievecorragh. Dan and his many siblings spent many happy childhood days there, and often went up in the evening to watch the sun set as they discussed all the things that children do. Dan eventually grew up and moved to New York. Whenever he returned to Wicklow he would climb Slievecorragh with his brothers and sisters where they spent many hours in conversation, just as they had done as children. Their special connection with this hill and each other was reaffirmed each time they enjoyed watching the sunset from its summit once again.
Dan became terminally ill with cancer in New York. One of his brothers, Andrew who is a Sculptor, spent a lot of time with him in New York in his final months. They talked about their childhood and Andrew frankly discussed with Dan how he would like to commemorate him in some way. The idea of the chair was born. It was based on an old chair that both men remembered as boys in the corner of their kitchen, and it symbolised a warm and happy childhood spent growing up on the slopes of Slievecorragh. From an old photograph Andrew had a wooden model of the chair made, and he used this to cast the bronze chair that we see on Slievecorragh today. Dan passed away on 4th February 2004 at the age of 31. A few months later Dan’s family and friends gathered on Slievecorragh to bring the chair to the summit and set it into the ground. Since then, each year on the anniversary of Dan’s death, his family gather once more to climb the hill and remember Dan Clancy.
This is the story of the little green chair on Slievecorragh. So if you ever find yourself up there, you now know the story behind the curious chair and the teddy that have sat there watching the sun set night after night for many years now
Written by Wicklore a member on mountain views forum,
This is the chair,
which has a few more teddies on it now.
K1 + Samyang 20mm f1.8
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
12-30-2018, 06:35 AM
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The last several years there has been a thread with the best or favorite images from the previous year, for the various photographers here on the Forums to contribute to. Arbitrarily, I put the number at ten, but I’m fine with folks contributing fewer or more images as they feel so led.
This is not a contest, but just a way of sharing your favorite images from 2018 with the rest of the Forum. My images are mostly landscapes since that is what I shoot (along with photos of my children).
I guess with that preamble, I will begin.
A Sliver of Moon (DFA 15-30/pixel shift)
 A Sliver of Moon by Vincent1825, on Flickr
Full Moon and Trees (DFA *70-200)
 Full Moon and Trees by Vincent1825, on Flickr
Country Road (DFA 24-70mm)
 Light in the Trees by Vincent1825, on Flickr
Mabry Mill (DFA 24-70mm)
 Mabry Mill by Vincent1825, on Flickr
Lower Burnside Bridge (DFA 24-70mm)
 Burnside Bridge by Vincent1825, on Flickr
Light on the Road (DA 15 limited/K-01)
 Light on the Road by Vincent1825, on Flickr
Sunset (DFA 24-70mm/pixel shift)
 Sunset by Vincent1825, on Flickr
Tree in the Snow (DFA 15-30)
 Tree in a Snowy Field by Vincent1825, on Flickr
New Orleans at Sunset (DFA 24-70mm)
 After Sunset (New Orleans) by Vincent1825, on Flickr
Sunflowers at Sunset (DFA 15-30mm)
 Sunflowers at Sunset by Vincent1825, on Flickr
Anyone interested in the last couple of years of best of photos, here are the links: Year in Review: Share Your 12 Favorites of 2017 - PentaxForums.com and Favorite Images From 2016 - PentaxForums.com
I'm really looking forward to seeing everyone's contributions from the last year.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
11-29-2016, 03:16 PM
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"The Tree of Life".......This tree reminds me of how one can be towards the end of a long life.... shaped by all we've endured.....
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
05-16-2018, 06:02 AM
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Two different crops from the same image file of foam generated by spring water falling a few inches over a fallen log. These border on abstracts as much as patterns.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
05-24-2018, 02:30 PM
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
05-26-2018, 09:08 PM
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In search of some birds in the forest but found these fiddle heads rather attractive.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
05-25-2018, 01:09 AM
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A very unusual weather pattern came through today, misty and damp. More like the Oregon coast than southern California in late May. But the heavy dew on this cactus caught my eye and I had to shoot it.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
05-27-2018, 12:08 AM
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Val d'Orcia Cypresses, a long exposure taken during a Workshop I led in Tuscany (Italy) in Spring 2017. Leica SL, Leica Vario-Elmarit-SL 24-90mm and filters Formatt-Hitech Firecrest. Thank you for viewing, best regards
Vieri
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Forum: Pentax K-70 & KF
05-13-2018, 06:32 AM
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Yvon Bourque's book, PENTAX K-70, Everything you need to know, , , , and then some (Copyright 2016 Yvon Bourque), might well be worth the cost if for no other reason it has a big advantage in readability over the Pentax Operating Manual. Ricoh/Pentax is not unique in these modern times in not providing an instruction book in a format for human frailties. (I cannot imagine the fun of assembling a "kit"camera with instructions from the the same sources). Bourque, fills a need for a "newbie" using much of the format/text of the Manual but he tweaks, expands, and explains as he moves through the menus and other tools that inhabit the camera. There are "links" that will take you to other places in the text and web sites for more information. It is much more comfortable introduction than the "just the facts" Manual that has you flipping back and forth through the pages.
The author assumes some very basic knowledge of photography, that you get an image of what you point at, if you push that button. In that respect, if you are experienced enough to take the K-70 out of the box and set brackets, play with the AF and the EV, AF points, WB adjustments, customizing buttons, and within fifteen minutes are snapping wonderful photos, then this book probably is not for you. If the Operating Manual makes perfect sense then you still might find some things in the book on technique or other interest. If you are a bit overwhelmed by the features of the K-70 after you have used, or tried to use the Manual, than you should find this investment worthwhile.
Overall, this is a "getting your feet wet" instruction book. The author highly recommends shooting RAW but you will have to look elsewhere to understand computer editing programs. There is, what to me was, "filler." I found the history of the Pentax cameras something I could do without. Large photos of lenses compatible with the K-70 were of little use yet, the discussion of compatibility across the whole range of old and new Pentax lenses was important. There is a chapter of movie/video. I am not remotely qualified to evaluate that aspect.
This is a "beginner's" book FOR the K-70. I have been playing with cameras for decades but just entered the world of DSLR. I found, PENTAX K-70, Everything you need to know, , , , and then some, was a great help and well worth the cost even on top of buying the K-70, a 55-300 PLM, and all those "little" things that go along with my kit.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
04-18-2018, 03:46 PM
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Hiking with my old ist DL2 and found this little jewel along the cliff trail.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
03-30-2018, 04:10 PM
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Jordan Valley is a little wide spot in the road on Hwy. 95 out in the desert of SE Oregon and it's one of my favorite places to visit. It's one of those spots that always seems to provide some interesting scenes.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
03-30-2018, 05:00 PM
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I've always been a history buff, especially fond of reading anything about Lewis & Clark and the Corps of Discovery. If I could go back in time, there's no place I'd rather be than on their journey (when I was about 27 years old!) Oh my, but the things they saw and did! One aspect of their journey that is sadly passed over is the details about Sacajawea's son who was born when they were in Ft. Mandan, North Dakota. The following day, the young 15-year-old Shoshone Indian placed young "Pompey," as he was nicknamed by William Clark, in a backboard and continued on the journey.
The life this young man lived is nothing short of astounding and is a Hollywood blockbuster waiting to happen! Jean Baptiste Charbonneau (1805-1866) is buried in a spot that the history books say is "Danner, Oregon." It's actually in a dusty, sage brush-covered clearing out in the desert. My nephew and I visited there a couple of years ago.
I apologize for the less than stellar image, but.... it'll give you an idea of where this amazing man is buried. Somehow, it just doesn't seem fitting!
Jean Baptiste Charbonneau - Wikipedia
As Paul Harvey would say, "Now, you know the rest of the story!"
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
03-25-2018, 09:07 AM
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A few recent grabs of some blue oyster shrooms that we're grown from a mushroom kit. Growing from a kit isn't quite as rewarding as finding shrooms in nature, but I was very entertained watching their birth, growth, death, and final sizzling moments in a saute pan.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
03-25-2018, 02:20 PM
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Great composition. Is that Harry? You know, Harry Potter?
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
03-25-2018, 05:08 PM
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
03-13-2018, 04:32 PM
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Amazing landscapes during our hiking holiday in Iceland! I love the strange colour combinations from the volcanic stones and the very green grass on top of it.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
03-15-2018, 04:23 PM
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We haven't had any real winter weather for some years now. But finally in march cold air from Russia moved in and for a fleeting moment it seemed we had an old fashioned cold front. It didn't last very long but enough to see some serious ice and snow in and along the Waddensea. So bring on the firewood, crank up the heating and enjoy!:)
Cheers,
Remco
1. Wood with a hole in it
2. Snow drift on a sea dike
3. Snow catcher (focusstack)
4. Moonlight over the Waddensea
5. Sea of ice (with the DFA150-450 and the K-3)
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
01-07-2018, 08:37 AM
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Welcome from a neighbor Minnesotan! I'm also rediscovering the joys of film photography also!
Peter
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
02-02-2018, 08:52 PM
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Fun with the Asahi close up lens.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
01-30-2018, 06:49 PM
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Bokeh with some flower :)
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