Photography - Discussion, Photos, Equipment, Etc.

[eidolonFIRE]

A few of the pictures I took of fireworks from the 4th of July this year. 

 

 

 

I recommend leaving the shutter open for longer mate...

[little_old_man]

I am not the who is wearing the grandpa hat, and who missed the exist and who had to double back... ... we should do this again, on a different curvy road. 

 

It's the first sign of male pattern baldness.   

[eidolonFIRE]

It's the first sign of male pattern baldness.   

 

Here's @@iboomboom trying to show off his "chick magnet" car. 

 

Just look at that launch control. Yep, that'll get the babes...

[iboomboom]

Here's @@iboomboom trying to show off his "chick magnet" car. 

 

Just look at that launch control. Yep, that'll get the babes...

 

 

Looks faster than it feels, I thought you were going to send me the clip. 

 

My rage was appropriate, you fucker, you waited for the other cars to get in my way before you made the right turn. I wish there was dirt on the road, would have hit you in the FACE .

 

Thanks for uploading. 

[djMot]

Black-Eyed Sunset.

 

Late evening sun coming into the backyard and brilliantly illuminating the bed of Black-Eyed Susans.

 

 

 

[Leadfinger]

Here is my drive up to and back from the observatory. It was a beautiful day!

 

I used the same camera and lens.

 

 

 

@@iboomboom

That was tight boys . . .very nice  . . . had be putting the brake on a couple times . . .lol

 

Its always good to see a couple idiots driving like rest home escapees  . . . . . . and that hat @eidolonFIRE  is completely you ......

 

was @@iboomboom wearing his light blue polyester leisure suit and gold chains?

 

 

Seriously that was pretty cool.

[corsicaman]

Bonjour ;

 

La photos fait partie de mes hobbye !! 

[corsicaman]

j ai un nikon d300 un d7000 un 105 f2.8 un 70/200 f2.8 VR II un tc 14 , on peut faire déjà pas mal de choses

Edited August 4, 2015 by corsicaman

[Spartacus]

 

I took This At Acadia National Park

[Spartacus]

 

This is my backyard after a Storm

[hxtr]

You know, it's an hour and 45 minutes driving from where I live to SJ with no traffic. But you can take the ferry from Marin to SF then take BART to SJ.  Lots of people do it so they can live in the north bay.  Golden Gate transit also stops about 3 blocks from my house and they run from SJ to SF and up to here and beyond. Yes it's a pain in the ass, but the median price for a home in Sonoma county just jumped all the way up to $550,000. That's for an actual house, not a portable out house.

I remember back in 92 living Novato CA. they did a contest on on the radio who commuted the furthest. Some got close to 3 hours one way. No fucking way. Not worth it.

[Spartacus]

 

Another From Acadia

[JohnnyDos]

 

[Olive]

[Olive]

[Astronomer]

[EXTRAKAMIKAZE QC]

realy nice pis guys

[L!ckALotAPus]

lets talk hard to get shots like this one with a Coolpix 120

[djMot]

lets talk hard to get shots like this one with a Coolpix 120

 

 

Time for a refill.  But please, no more store-bought hummingbird feed with the red food dye.  If it causes cancer in human beings, imagine what it does to these tiny little darlings!

 

Making your own is simple and cheap.

 

1/4 cup sugar, 1 cup water.  Or in other words a 4 to 1 ratio of water to sugar.

Put the water in a glass measuring cup in the microwave.  Nuke till the water just begins to boil (this kills any germs in the water.)  Note the time it takes so you can just dial it in next time rather than watch for it.  Add the sugar and stir till dissolved.  Let sit on the counter till it's come down substantially in temperature.

 

Hummingbirds are attracted to the contrast and color of the "flowers" in the base of the feeder, not the color of the liquid.  I have used this recipe for YEARS and have so many hummingbirds around that I sometimes need to call in additional Air Traffic Control to handle all the traffic at the feeder.

 

To clean the equipment (a must!).  To be done at each refill.

Flush the base with hot water from the tap.  Use an old toothbrush to clean the bee traps and Q-Tips to wipe out around the base of the "flowers" where the yellow bee traps press onto the feed outlets.  Fill the glass bottle with water and nuke it till it just begins to boil (again, note the time this takes.)  Use oven mitts to remove from the microwave, then pour the near-boiling water over and through the base parts for extra germ killing action.  Don't nuke your nectar bottle in the microwave if it's plastic.  Instead, and assuming you care about the care and feeding of hummingbirds, throw the whole thing out and get one of these instead.  No really.  Please.  Get one of these instead.  (but throw away the free sample of nectar mix they include, unless it contains no red dye.)

 

 

 

(oops, my link didn't show up.  It's there now...)

Edited August 12, 2015 by djMot

[djMot]

Another Ash tree goin' down on the block.

 

 

[Astronomer]

Taken this evening as thunderstorms passed to my south. I let out a "Whoop!" to wake the dead when I saw the image on the camera's screen.This is one of my favourites so far:

 

Edited August 15, 2015 by Astronomer

[bds1961]

I shot this picture at Squaw Valley by lake Tahoe

[Leadfinger]

I get good opportunities for pics  . .  . .

 

Shot this from my back yard

 

 

I think I just need to get a better camera

Edited August 15, 2015 by Leadfinger

[Leadfinger]

Weather and nature are the biggest picture "hoes" there is

 

 

After a thunderstorm came thru

[Leadfinger]

 

Sometimes I would be just driving along and "BOOM" . . .  . . . .

 

The magic of freezing time thru a camera lens for later enjoyment will always be a favorite of mine .. . . . .