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Saturday & Sunday June 10-11 - Don - 06-10-2023

Good morning all.

A few more photos from my phone.

RE: Weekend June 10-11 - Dave - 06-10-2023

Love these, Don. You've captured some of the moods that Iceland presents. My favorite is the middle one because I've always appreciated the combination of dark umbers and lighter, slightly neutralized blues.

I don't have any photos ready to post right now, but we'll see what turns up on today's walks.

OK, how's this one? Another Agapanthus shot...

   

I thought the shapes of the emerging blossom's structures were interesting, and I like how the stem kinda fades into the background here and there - a much desired effect in painting that's called "lost and found edges."

RE: Weekend June 10-11 - Man From Ironbark - 06-10-2023

Agree with Dave. Iceland is a land of many moods. You have captured these moods well Don.

Here's a little something the Australian Geographic photographer of the year.
In there is a magnificent photo of some rainbow bee eaters huddled together.

RE: Saturday & Sunday June 10-11 - Don - 06-11-2023

Nice image Dave - great background to make the flower stand out.

Thanks for sharing Peter - some fantastic photos in there!

RE: Saturday & Sunday June 10-11 - Man From Ironbark - 06-11-2023

Dave's shot is well crafted and it exemplifies that even nature says that blue and green should never be seen without a colour inbetween.

I like Don's image of the church where the thirds of green straw and mist are compressed by the overbearing rocky terrain.
It really is the best shot of eiderdown that I've ever seen. Wink It isn't as much the seals as the water. All well balanced images.

Recently, the lady from ironbark wanted me to take her to the hills where she could find rocks and trees like an image I'd taken of her in the same valley some years before. Basically she wanted the same view without her in the picture. We talk about light in images being what makes the image and the shadows within.
Here is that image
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There is a bevy of issues; of the season and the time of day, the weather on the day, the direction the image was taken the position it was taken from. Difficult to replicate without carefully logged measurements of these in the original image. This tri wasn't the brightest day and it wasn't the right time of year or the right time of day.
I might show a few to show the difficulties of the light. In this one I had to play with the colour adjustments to make the rocks look more like they should.
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You can see in this image the kind of challenges I was facing. Those of between too much light and too little.
   

RE: Saturday & Sunday June 10-11 - Man From Ironbark - 06-11-2023

Getting back to Dave's Agapanthus. Here's one I came across while scrolling through my Flickr archives. I don't take many pictures of Aggies, because they are simply too common in local gardens and apart from flower once a year, the rest of the time they are a breeding place for snails. So I don't have them in my garden. This one is from a motel in a town called Hillston.
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RE: Saturday & Sunday June 10-11 - Rich - 06-12-2023

Interesting Fotos this weekend!

Don, Interesting views from your Iceland travels. The gyser landsacpe looks similsr to Yellowstone and Old Faithfull. Love the simplicity of the church and the fog. Wondering what caused the white squiggles in the sky?
Good bird portrait!

Seal swim looks cold!

Dave, you managed to capture several different views at different times with that flower and all well presented, good job. I think the square format is perfect for flowers. Yes, lost and found edges are easy to do in watercolor, sometimes even when you don't want them!

Peter, always interesting shots of your landscape.. You did well on the highlights and shadows. Rugged terrain. Looks like a fine place to find venomous snakes. Any in your area?
Excellent flower composition!

RE: Saturday & Sunday June 10-11 - Man From Ironbark - 06-12-2023

We do have some venomous snakes in the area. One is listed as the second most venomous snake in the world. No worries, I've picked them up and never been bitten.
Fast-moving, aggressive and known for their bad temper, eastern brown snakes, together with other browns are responsible for more deaths every year in Australia than any other group of snakes. Not only is their venom ranked as the second most toxic of any land snake in the world (based on tests on mice), they thrive in populated areas, particularly on farms in rural areas with mice.

If disturbed, the eastern brown raises its body off the ground, winding into an ‘S’ shape, mouth gaping open and ready to strike. Its venom causes progressive paralysis and stops the blood from clotting, which may take many doses of antivenom to reverse. Victims may collapse within a few minutes.

This snake is capable of throwing itself. They are able to strike well above the knee. However, even though it is the most agressive of our snakes no snake really wants a fight with a human. We aren't food and venom is expensive too make. They don't want to waste it.
https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2012/07/australias-10-most-dangerous-snakes/

RE: Saturday & Sunday June 10-11 - Dave - 06-12-2023

Impressive set of photos, MFI.

That sure is a gracefully curving tree, and your photos show it looking good in several different lights. Nice.

RE: Saturday & Sunday June 10-11 - Man From Ironbark - 06-13-2023

Thanks Dave. Smile
I could do a few shots of that tree because I took quite a few attempting to get it in better light. In the end I had to do colour adjustments to get it anywhere near acceptable.