Day 14: October 2010 PAD

[timo2]

Missed Day 13, so thought I'd better make an effort to cover Day 14, even if taken in the early hours of Day15

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Nikon D5000 + Nikon 105mm f2.8 VR2: 1/60s f/11 at 105mm iso200 Flash Av -0.5EC
F11 and click image to see at 1,308px × 872px

Not my usual fayre, not sure it's that terribly original either - but the inspiration came from members here

Interesting shot Dave, what is it?

[Pete W]

Nice shot Tim, I like it. You managed to balance a tiny bit of leaf blur for movement with overall clarity, I can almost hear the leaves rustling.

Pete

[Pete W]

I think we'd all like an 'Inlet' we could pop down to! Nice shot.
Pete

Had to rush today as we are going out for dinner, so I went down to the Inlet, again for another photo. This time with rainbow.



Grant

[Pete W]

Interesting shot Dave, what is it?

Brightness control on brushed metal maybe?
Pete

[Pete W]

I just have to make it to Sunday and, then, life turns right side up again. There's just too much fun around here at the moment. The idea with these photos is just to share what's out my door and to fulfill my "snap" for the day. I've tried and tried to put it into a photo - it's just something that I have to enjoy with my own senses.




Actually, in this next shot, you can just see peeking out from behind the post our pagan altar where we sacrifice burnt marshmallow offerings to the god of summer fun. I think that we may have given up, though.

Hi Katy, love the top shot with the hens and hen ramp...are they good layers?
Pete

[Dave Humphries]

Interesting shot Dave, what is it?

Brightness control on brushed metal maybe?

Close Pete; it is the stainless steel cooker hood ('brushed' as you say), but the light switch - as distinct from the fan switches.

Actually, I suppose you could say it is the "brightness control", come to think of it

Pete, I think we'll call that a birdie!
No, that's unfair, a hole in one that went round the rim before dropping in

Cheers,

[mastamak]

Went into London tonight to see an art exhibition in some tunnels under Waterloo station. I took these on the way in, they proved to be a fitting prelude to the artistic visions of hell that I found in the tunnels..I'll post one of those tomorrow !

Pete

PS if you put 'Waterloo and Hells half acre' into google you will see what Im talking about.

Pete,

I really like the first photo, it tells a story, but I have to admit (and I am quite happy to go on the record) that I HATE graffiti. This gets me into endless arguments with my son who tries to convince me that it is a legitimate modern art form the equivalent of a Monet or Turner or - you name your favorite artist. I reckon it is the harbinger of urban decay. Maybe my attitude is coloured by the fact that some low-life graffitied my front retaining wall a few years ago, and I had to re-paint it at some expense.

Grant

[Katy Noelle]

I like these. It's tough to convey the intensity of the foliage sometimes. I found that using a circular polarizer on my lens really makes a huge difference in bringing out the colors.

Thanks, Steve! I'll keep it in mind because it IS hard to get the colors! Part of the thrill too is in the movement of the leaves, the clouds, the nip in the air, the sound of these leaves falling, the peeks of color on the hills and through the windows. It's making me tired just thinking about how to get it. It's almost over up here, though. Well, next year, I will have much more experience with my camera.

Pssst! I've really been enjoying your contributions!

[Katy Noelle]

Hi Katy, love the top shot with the hens and hen ramp...are they good layers?
Pete

Thanks, Pete and Sam! Yes! They are good layers. They're Rhode Island Reds - not the top egg layers but ours are gifted - they make relatively good eating birds, too. Not that I can imagine eating them. I can't believe how wonderful fresh eggs are! I cannot believe how funny chickens are to live with!

We've had a late frost but it's been in the 20s F every night, this week.

[timo2]

Nice shot Tim, I like it. You managed to balance a tiny bit of leaf blur for movement with overall clarity, I can almost hear the leaves rustling.

Pete

Thanks Pete!

[rpcrowe]

Usually by mid-October our crop of persimmons have ripened and have been harvested. However, this has been a particularly cool summer and fall and the persimmons are just beginning to ripen. No complaints from me however... It has been percipitating in various degrees for the past several days which reduces the wildfire danger somewhat. Most often, instead of drizzle and gray days in October, we get the hot winds blowing in from the deserts east of us. This means high wildfire danger. We have evacuated our home twice during the past five of six years. It looks like we have doged the bullet for another year... BTW: the persimmons can be baked into delicious cookies...