Picture-A-Week 2012 - Week 20

[pierces]

Holder for PAW #20

 

Photos taken from Monday 5-14 to Sunday 5-20

[dileep]

[boeckli]

 

wow ! :d

[dileep]

[Tweedy]

At Canada Place, May 16, 2012: I got a new camera so I was planning around with the panoramic feature.

 

 

[shootr]

Long exposure while practicing for the eclipse this weekend, tried this afterwards...

 

 

Must be pretty sunset week!

 

[TheRoff]

Good luck on shooting the eclipse. I am looking forward to seeing your photos.

 

I have been playing inside. I wanted to replicate the sort of classic image of something dropped in a glass or tank with the bubbles and splash all around it. It was harder than I thought. I never got the exact timing, and I certainly didn’t count on the size of the splash messing up my paper background. (Hence, a lot of healing brush use in Photoshop.) I will try it again with a deeper glass, better timing and a background that is farther away.

 

 

Larry

[shootr]

 

 

Larry

 

That is a really awesome capture. The detail of the stem of the glass just adds to the overall elegance. I like it a lot.

[tommui987]

Good luck on shooting the eclipse. I am looking forward to seeing your photos.

 

I have been playing inside. I never got the exact timing, and I certainly didn’t count on the size of the splash messing up my paper background.

 

Larry

 

Looked pretty good to me!

[dileep]

[Blueboss]

 

Not one of the best pictures, but full of energy. Somebody gave the Class of 2012 a bunch of Silly String. My son is somewhere in that mess.

[Blueboss]

Good luck on shooting the eclipse. I am looking forward to seeing your photos.

 

I have been playing inside. I wanted to replicate the sort of classic image of something dropped in a glass or tank with the bubbles and splash all around it. It was harder than I thought. I never got the exact timing, and I certainly didn’t count on the size of the splash messing up my paper background. (Hence, a lot of healing brush use in Photoshop.) I will try it again with a deeper glass, better timing and a background that is farther away.

 

 

Larry

 

Love this!

[boeckli]

 

Larry

 

Great !! :)

[boeckli]

Anything to eat on your balcony??

 

[sparky-elpaso]

Anything to eat on your balcony??

 

 

There's my little guy from the zoo. Feed him and he'll probably be your friend for life.

[dileep]

Anything to eat on your balcony??

 

 

 

Beautiful. What bird is it?

[sparky-elpaso]

Beautiful. What bird is it?

 

I'm not Boeckli but I can answer - I had asked a while ago. It's a Noisy Miner (apparently related to the Mynah family). The description in the bird site was right on as far as personality - bold and curious.

 

I was able to feed the one that came down to visit our table during lunch at the zoo in Sydney. Took bread crumbs out of my hand.

 

[boeckli]

Great shot, Sparky!

[sparky-elpaso]

Got a few shots of our new babies - barn swallows have a nest on top of the porch light in our entry. They may make a bit of a mess but we don't have any mosquitoes. :D

 

 

[dileep]

Got a few shots of our new babies - barn swallows have a nest on top of the porch light in our entry. They may make a bit of a mess but we don't have any mosquitoes. :D

 

 

Nice!

[boeckli]

Got a few shots of our new babies - barn swallows have a nest on top of the porch light in our entry. They may make a bit of a mess but we don't have any mosquitoes. :D

 

Lovely!

[Victress2007]

Photographing the eclipse was nothing like I thought it would be. The light was very fuzzy here and gave some interesting effects. The lens must have made the reflection so I could actually get the eclipse while the sun looked mostly unchanged.

 

[Hoiiip]

[pierces]

Travelling for work...ennui sets in.

 

 

Dave