Those are two very special hummingbird images. We have a lot of hummingbirds when our cape honeysuckle hedge blooms, but they move too fast for me to photograph!
I agree with A.Mac. As soon as I saw that photo I thought everything is perfect, the leading lines to a subject, balance, the rule of thirds, the use of B&W to convey the feeling of the dreary, rainy weather, appropriate frame - perfection. Enter this one in a contest. Your koi fish composition is not so bad either.
IMO, your Kyoto photo would have made Ansel Adams proud had he taken it; it’s as good a photo as I have ever seen. I wish I had taken it. It’s extraordinary.
Your picture and comment made me think of the song Autumn Leaves. There is a passage when Edith Piaf sang the song in French - here is the passage and the translation:
Et la mer efface sur le sable Les pas des amants désunis.
(And the sea clears on the sand The steps of disunited lovers.)
The translation is a little stilted, but it really is saying that the waves wash away the footprints in the sand of parted lovers.
We finally got out to get started on some gardening and yard work last weekend. I guess we work slower these days, because it took us 2 days to just get one garden cleaned up and done. We cleaned up and straightened all the brick around the front and added 4 shrubs as well as moved the cast iron cauldron here and filled it with assorted colorful coleus plants. I also added the same brick around the two fruit trees which are finally blooming this week.
A shot I got a couple of years ago...
Yesterday I played around with the Microsoft AI image generator... I got the image and then did a little tweaking in Photoshop as well.
Yes, it's a nice image, but what the heck is a woman doing in field at night in a nightgown? That makes no sense, but it was done by an AI... All I did to the image was crop it, add contrast and increase some color saturation.
my BIL was all hot to get me to drive his fast and expensive zero radius turn riding lawnmower on his 2 acre lot. it only took a half hour to mow, and another half hour to rebuild the paver borders around 2 trees I collided with...
And yet another sunset, this one taken at the northernmost point in the lower 48 states. Called ''The Chimney'' it is a tip of Minnesota that you must drive through Canada to get to or by boat over 45 miles of Lake of the Woods, a massive lake that is 70 miles wide and 70 miles long with 14,000 islands on it.
Here's a short video of the rabbit from above just lounging around and chomping on grass. It was only about 15 feet away from me. The rabbits that hang out in the yard are almost tame these days. I'm thinking about getting some rabbit pet food to see if I can get one to eat out of my hand.
My air conditioner condenser wasn't too far away and it was running, so the audio was ruined. I extracted and deleted the original and replaced it with some background music.
a few years back I was knee deep in rabbits at the condo. then I started seeing and hearing coyotes in the parking lot before dawn and the rabbit population did a nose dive.
Those were fun - When I was a little kid my bedroom window faced our back garden and I would wake up to the sound of the many robins chirping when the sun rose..
Those chirps in the background are House Sparrows. They're a non-native species and usually live in towns and cities. Also called English Sparrows, according to the internet. They've only been out here where I am for a few years and I'm still not very familiar with them, but they seem to only ever make that one sound – chirp chirp chirp – males, females, chicks, fledglings, all of them as far as I can tell.
I did have a birdhouse with them in it, but the chicks fledged last week. They're still in the yard and have been following the momma around wanting her to keep feeding them, chirp chirp chirping the whole time. That might very well have been them in the video.
You can also hear a Mourning Dove, a Brown-headed Cowbird, another Robin, and several House Wrens in the background, but they're not as obvious as the House Sparrows.
It's June now, so there are about to be several bird houses with House Wren babies in them, but I don't think any eggs have hatched yet. I haven't noticed any adults making constant food delivery trips to any nests so far, but there certainly must be eggs in them. Earlier I watched a fledgling Downy Woodpecker land on a branch near one, new to the world and not very knowledgeable, and the wrens went crazy trying to chase it off. The poor thing didn't know what to think. It sat there for a minute like, "What's the problem?" before finally flying away, lol.
I think there's an expression: "Follow the sun". In your case you seem to be following the sunsets. Does that have anything to do with the fact that we're much older?
"Follow the sun". In your case you seem to be following the sunsets. Does that have anything to do with the fact that we're much older?
I always follow the sun, Buzz and as a fantastic side benefit, I have the opportunity to see stunning sunsets across the world. The morning that I get up early and have coffee I also get some great sunrises like the one below with the cattle.
First-things-first; check the article at the link below.
It's quite a sweet topic.
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Those are two very special hummingbird images. We have a lot of hummingbirds when our cape honeysuckle hedge blooms, but they move too fast for me to photograph!
Walking in the Park, Kyoto © G. Gam
Kanji Koi Fish © G. Gam
View of Sagami Bay from Kamakura © G. Gam
The first one is amazing.
Thanks, Ender.
I agree with A.Mac. As soon as I saw that photo I thought everything is perfect, the leading lines to a subject, balance, the rule of thirds, the use of B&W to convey the feeling of the dreary, rainy weather, appropriate frame - perfection. Enter this one in a contest. Your koi fish composition is not so bad either.
Thank you for your insights.
One of the things I like about the koi fish image is that the kanji characters seem to imitate the appearance of the fish.
Love the Koi fish image.
Thanks, Pat.
IMO, your Kyoto photo would have made Ansel Adams proud had he taken it; it’s as good a photo as I have ever seen. I wish I had taken it. It’s extraordinary.
Thank you so much! I'm truly humbled and honored.
Evening...storm front coming...
For my Aunt who passed away on Sunday..and all the footprints we left in the sand..👣👣🥀🥀
Your picture and comment made me think of the song Autumn Leaves. There is a passage when Edith Piaf sang the song in French - here is the passage and the translation:
Et la mer efface sur le sable
Les pas des amants désunis.
(And the sea clears on the sand
The steps of disunited lovers.)
The translation is a little stilted, but it really is saying that the waves wash away the footprints in the sand of parted lovers.
Poignant and touching.
No hummers, not even the one with wheels, so just a random collection of odd landscape photos taken in various locations in China.:
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80’s band night in Lilly white Loudon County, VA. The stereotype is true - white people are generally terrible dancers.
Maybe the people there are white, but the pictures are pretty colourful. Perhaps A.Mac will describe the appearance of the images, like a poster.
What I meant by "like a poster" is that the images of the people, especially in the second photo, appear to be painted rather than real.
This is my typical editing routine with the PicsArt app, using a random internet photo as an example. It’s a great app for editing.
Is PicArt free?
It was free when I first downloaded it but now I think I pay $50/yr or something like that. There’s probably a free trial available though.
Every site that offers a free trial requires posting a credit card. My AMEX card expired long ago and I have no more use for credit cards anyway.
Those are very cool. I like what you did with them.
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We finally got out to get started on some gardening and yard work last weekend. I guess we work slower these days, because it took us 2 days to just get one garden cleaned up and done. We cleaned up and straightened all the brick around the front and added 4 shrubs as well as moved the cast iron cauldron here and filled it with assorted colorful coleus plants. I also added the same brick around the two fruit trees which are finally blooming this week.
A shot I got a couple of years ago...
Yesterday I played around with the Microsoft AI image generator... I got the image and then did a little tweaking in Photoshop as well.
The bottom image is fantastic.
Yes, it's a nice image, but what the heck is a woman doing in field at night in a nightgown? That makes no sense, but it was done by an AI... All I did to the image was crop it, add contrast and increase some color saturation.
The hummingbird photo is amazing.
Looking good. Is that what is called pencil holy or something.
my BIL was all hot to get me to drive his fast and expensive zero radius turn riding lawnmower on his 2 acre lot. it only took a half hour to mow, and another half hour to rebuild the paver borders around 2 trees I collided with...
oops...
hahaha!
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It's too bad when some members have to schlep their shit to a fine arts article, ugh !
they must think it's another art form...
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Really nice. Awesome job.
I just finished eating the last slices of a watermelon we bought yesterday, but I don't think I'd eat any that were THOSE colours. LOL
A sunset from a few years ago at Long Key, St. Pete Beach on the Gulf of Mexico
Wow! Beautiful.
Another day, another fantastic sunset.
A winner!
Another sunset from St. Pete Beach,
Another beautiful sunset.
And yet another sunset, this one taken at the northernmost point in the lower 48 states. Called ''The Chimney'' it is a tip of Minnesota that you must drive through Canada to get to or by boat over 45 miles of Lake of the Woods, a massive lake that is 70 miles wide and 70 miles long with 14,000 islands on it.
that's the real indian ocean...
LOL, true.
I remember that one - it's hard to forget.
Your sunset photos are totally awesome.
Thanks, G.
I agree.
The article is taking off!
Phalacrocoracidae are a family of approximately 40 species of aquatic birds commonly known as cormorants and shags.
© A. Mac/A.G.
Here's a short video of the rabbit from above just lounging around and chomping on grass. It was only about 15 feet away from me. The rabbits that hang out in the yard are almost tame these days. I'm thinking about getting some rabbit pet food to see if I can get one to eat out of my hand.
My air conditioner condenser wasn't too far away and it was running, so the audio was ruined. I extracted and deleted the original and replaced it with some background music.
Morning dig..feed a wild rabbit here and they would probably shoot you..
Absolute pest here and the damage and destruction they have caused is mind boggling..
And don't forget..they breed like rabbits..
a few years back I was knee deep in rabbits at the condo. then I started seeing and hearing coyotes in the parking lot before dawn and the rabbit population did a nose dive.
Here's a Robin singing that peaceful, relaxing song of theirs.
Those were fun - When I was a little kid my bedroom window faced our back garden and I would wake up to the sound of the many robins chirping when the sun rose..
Sounds like there's a nest of babies nearby.
Those chirps in the background are House Sparrows. They're a non-native species and usually live in towns and cities. Also called English Sparrows, according to the internet. They've only been out here where I am for a few years and I'm still not very familiar with them, but they seem to only ever make that one sound – chirp chirp chirp – males, females, chicks, fledglings, all of them as far as I can tell.
I did have a birdhouse with them in it, but the chicks fledged last week. They're still in the yard and have been following the momma around wanting her to keep feeding them, chirp chirp chirping the whole time. That might very well have been them in the video.
You can also hear a Mourning Dove, a Brown-headed Cowbird, another Robin, and several House Wrens in the background, but they're not as obvious as the House Sparrows.
It's June now, so there are about to be several bird houses with House Wren babies in them, but I don't think any eggs have hatched yet. I haven't noticed any adults making constant food delivery trips to any nests so far, but there certainly must be eggs in them. Earlier I watched a fledgling Downy Woodpecker land on a branch near one, new to the world and not very knowledgeable, and the wrens went crazy trying to chase it off. The poor thing didn't know what to think. It sat there for a minute like, "What's the problem?" before finally flying away, lol.
Another sunset and this one is for Dig. A photo of Table Rock Lake on the Missouri-Arkansas border taken from our front veranda.
As seen from your front porch when you lived there, if I recall.
That is correct, Buzz.
I think there's an expression: "Follow the sun". In your case you seem to be following the sunsets. Does that have anything to do with the fact that we're much older?
I always follow the sun, Buzz and as a fantastic side benefit, I have the opportunity to see stunning sunsets across the world. The morning that I get up early and have coffee I also get some great sunrises like the one below with the cattle.
Nice.
I haven't seen a really good sunset in quite a while. That's not to say they aren't happening, I'm just not catching them.
Me neither sadly. When I lived near the beach, always had a view. Now that I have moved farther in, not as great.
Making it Dream-like.
Margate, New Jersey
© A. Mac/A.G.
Very fitting for what appears to be "dreamboats".
Sunset Stone Creek, Ocala Florida
Sunrise with Bhramas in the meadow. Stone Creek Ocala, FL.
There is a movie called The NeverEnding Story. In your case it's the NeverEnding magnificent sunrises and sunsets.
Thanks, Buzz.
Thanks to all; see you Thursday night.