Thursday, April 18th, 2024

[Rich]

Good day All!
A beautiful blue sky day in Paradise today! A little chilly though.
Continuing from yesterday's Ellis Island post, here is another photo from there. This, if memory serves me right, are items left behind or lost.

[Luv2shoot]

Hey, Rich.
I love all of those cool trunks.  I could see myself collecting them, if only I had a place to store them.
Here is one from an Edison museum (as in Thomas Edison) located in Port Huron, Michigan.

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Hey Rich, I love all of the cool Trunks.
I could see myself collecting those, of only I had a place to store them.

Here is the top of an old suitcase probably from the same era. I love the sounds when you clicked the lock shut as well as hit the button/lever to flip the metal snap open. Those springs were wound tight!
This was taken at a Thomas Edison Museum in Port Huron, Michigan.

[Dave]

Well spotted and nicely captured, Rich.

Good composition and colors, and very good control of the light (which I think we all know can be troublesome with indoor shots).

Good one from you too, Lorell. At first I thought the composition was too centered, but realized the diagonal mitigates that. All other aspects are top-notch.

After 90 minutes of digging up weeds and other undesirables in the front yard I knew it was time to give my aching back a break. So I grabbed the camera and looked around for something to shoot. It was windy and I usually don't bother trying to shoot flowers in the wind but decided to give it a try, In the background is an ornamental  grass (maybe some sort of feather grass) that moves in the slightest breeze, so I used manual focus, trying to select the poppies. I got lucky - in one of the many shots (thanks Burst Mode) they were reasonably sharp.

   

[Luv2shoot]

Here’s one picture where the background is as important as the subject. This is a wonderful image, Dave. I love the movement and composition.

[Dave]

Thank you Lorell.

It was how nice the orange of the poppies looked amidst the various greens that caught my eye, but given the windy conditions I wasn't optimistic about my chances of getting a good photo.

[Rich]

Thanks Dave and Lorell!

Lorell, love the diaganol composition. Much more interesting than a level shot! Park Ave address too!

Dave, I agree with Lorell. The correct shutter speed. It would be interesting to try a few slow shutter speed to pick up some blur. Good composition and exposure.

[Dave]

Thanks Rich.

I did consider a slower shutter speed for some blur in the background, but I figured that since the wind was also moving the poppies I thought that wouldn't work.

I suppose I could try a Photoshop motion blur on the background.

[Rich]

Dave, I think you nailed it with what you did! The other would be play time for me!

Here is a purple field somewhere in the Black Hills 2003.

[Adamphotoman]

No blossoms here.Too early!    

[Dreamin]

Wow, Rich. Wonder what is in those trunks? Wonder what happened to the owners if they were left behind?
Love the close up of the lock, Lorell.....great color....
Dave, what a great burst of color....the grasses give me a sense of movement....Nice one! I like your composition.
Rich, I love meadows....around here if you don't cut the grass, it would grow up in trees, all sorts of trees and weeds. so I envy a place where wildflowers can grow freely!!I like how the purple is reflected into the sky.
Grant, do you still get frost on the windows like that? Great colors!!