What can I say…heavenly cliché!
Arrrr English summers are fun! To be honest I love this kind of weather, for obvious reasons. However what I do hate is gray rain that is set in for the day, the kind we get in the depths of winter on a cold miserable day!
The classic postcard view of the upper pond and the moon bridge beyond. This time of year it’s particularly nice, with all the fall color around.
Portland’s Japanese Garden
okay, ^o^ here is a photo taken with my favorite natural lighting condition and subject… yeah, ö_ö the precious & gorgeous golden lighting at sunrise with those translucent back-lighted wings.
Õ_õ before shooting this frame, those little egrets were flying with an incredible synchronism, together all the time, quite like an egret carrying a mirror aside; ö_ö many times they were showing off some incredible maneuvers right in front of my nose. lols… ò_ó frustrating for me, because the fact was happening at very near time of dawn and i hadn’t sufficient light to click the shutter. ó_ò hmmm… increasing iso for more than 400 would give me too much granulation in the entire composition and the use of flashlight *even with a diffuser* most probably would be disastrous. ö_ö yeah, it was hard to remember constantly that they were wild, they could get scared easily and pluff… ö_ö disappear in a blink of an eye. ~_^
ö_ö i was lucky, they came back later on and eventually, i got this shot. controlling lens flare was a bit difficult but my crew were very cooperative, they promptly answered my request of *don’t move, be quiet, no breathing and heads down* and ö_ö i could maneuver my big lens comfortably. ^o^lols
It’s been about 4 months since I’ve posted a balloon shot and is snowing outside (again) so back to the archives! Very little processing other than some levels adjustment.
A little pixie baby!
“If I could be anything in the world I would want to be a teardrop because I would be born in your eyes, live on your cheeks, and die on your lips.”
I came back from a walk to the farm around 8am. I noticed this beautiful plant growing out of some rubble near the tractors, in the middle of bricks and sand.
The sunlight was filtering in from behind and I instantly set my camera to Super Macro and manual setting.
My veins run deep like the Amazon river,
my sentiments flow to the right and left
many tangents and many directions
i was born before the river ran dry
i died before the coming of the waterfall
pay attention to the small details, please.
pay attention to these small details, please.
the world is fleeting…
This horse is approaching the falcon in an attempt to sniff this tow-winged strange creature.
BTW this is considered a typical behavior of horses.
Sago Palm
Cycas revoluta
Taken with my Raynox DCR-250 macro adapter with a CCRRFD MiLC ring flash diffuser.
Thanks for all the views and comments. I knew it was good, but I am amazed how popular this photo has been. It reached over 2000 views and 200 favs in one week. That is more than double the views my second most popular got in that time. It also reached 3000 views and 320 favs in 13 days.
Winner of the Weekly Photo Contest (May 26-June 2) in the The World Through My Eyes.
Third place winner in the weekly Open Theme Photo Contest (May 29-June 5) in Karma.
Winner of Photo of the Month for June in Impressed by your Beauty.
Winner of the Macro contest in An Awesome Shot on June 24.
Chosen to be used in a limited edition 2008 calender by Debi Bodett of 33 Image Design.
