32 tonight. And the fish house while air conditioned has no heat. So far it's warm in there. Hope it stays that way. And by the end of the week air conditioner will be running again. Go figure.
Yep, keep that heat down there. I just love these cold clear & crisp days. Walk out and with your first breath it feels great to be alive!!!
Dennis
Quote from: BallAquatics on November 19, 2014, 12:39:45 PM
Yep, keep that heat down there. I just love these cold clear & crisp days. Walk out and with your first breath it feels great to be alive!!!
Dennis
yeppers....Snow, bit of cold.....wonderful time of the year.. ;D...fall being my favorite. ;D
You people are, well NUTZ! :)
LOL.....Naw.....just enjoying the seasons... ;D
Not me. Give me the tropics any day. I sweat with gladness. Although there is something nice about the first breath of that cold dry air when I go out in the morning in my jammies and bathrobe to feed the horses.
It's getting warmer here :)
Crisp air, warm clothes, dogs running in the snow, a camera and happening upon things like this make winter special:
(http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc306/paulinemi/2007_0113Jan13070013_zps232a1e63.jpg) (http://s218.photobucket.com/user/paulinemi/media/2007_0113Jan13070013_zps232a1e63.jpg.html)
(http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc306/paulinemi/2007_0113Jan13070016_zps810068da.jpg) (http://s218.photobucket.com/user/paulinemi/media/2007_0113Jan13070016_zps810068da.jpg.html)
(http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc306/paulinemi/2007_0113Jan13070039_zps98839f3c.jpg) (http://s218.photobucket.com/user/paulinemi/media/2007_0113Jan13070039_zps98839f3c.jpg.html)
Your photos always impress me, Pauline. Those are wonderful.
Those are super good shots, Pauline.... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Beautiful pictures Pauline. ;D ;D ;D I'll bet you can take great shots in the Spring too. ;) 8)
Thanks guys. High winds created waves that splashed up on these branches. When everything calmed down the little "ice bells" remained. Images of fairies flitting around come to mind...:)
Quote from: Mugwump on November 19, 2014, 03:48:41 PM
LOL.....Naw.....just enjoying the seasons... ;D
We have seasons here too.
Snook season, trout season, redfish season, love bug season, etc.
Those are Nat. Geo. quality pics Pauline, well done!
Barb
Quote from: GraphicGr8s on November 19, 2014, 07:42:48 PM
Quote from: Mugwump on November 19, 2014, 03:48:41 PM
LOL.....Naw.....just enjoying the seasons... ;D
We have seasons here too.
Snook season, trout season, redfish season, love bug season, etc.
LOL..you forgot Francesco Stephen Castelluccio, Tommy DeVito, Bob Gaudio, Nick Massi
Quotethe little "ice bells"
Nice Catch !
Just curious, Pauline. Have you ever taken a shot at selling your pictures to different magazines? I don't know how you would go about it but I know I guy who should know because he has done it. I will ask him if you like. You are good. Your work deserves a wider audience.
Quote from: LizStreithorst on November 19, 2014, 08:03:54 PM
Just curious, Pauline. Have you ever taken a shot at selling your pictures to different magazines? I don't know how you would go about it but I know I guy who should know because he has done it. I will ask him if you like. You are good. Your work deserves a wider audience.
I agree, you have talent.... ;D
Quote from: Mugwump on November 19, 2014, 03:48:41 PM
LOL.....Naw.....just enjoying the seasons... ;D
SEASONS????
Seems anymore we have just 2...............Summer and Winter.
Spring and Fall have been Cancelled................... or at the very least cut WAAAAAAY TOO SHORT.
I took These just 2-3 weeks ago.
(http://s27.postimg.org/fwnbgn6r7/121ab5cf0.jpg)
(http://s12.postimg.org/q8f0agrml/7221609_md.jpg)
(http://s29.postimg.org/9pm2rvnzb/8128637_md.jpg)
(http://s1.postimg.org/5c50s7zjj/8137192_lg.jpg)
Last week............. it was pictures of it SNOWING out my back door ::)
Fall wasnt/isnt a season anymore...........its turned into nothing but a week long TEASE >:(
Holy Moly, Ed...............great work there.....very nice pics ;D
The first one knocked my socks off. I looked at all the others and thought that I'd picked the best until I came to the last one. Both are good, but the last one is very good.
Forgive me y'all for being the critic of what's good when I can't myself create. It's that I think I have an eye for quality. It's all I have so I might as well share what I think I'm good at. What I say is just my silly opinion.
Thanks John and Liz
QuoteForgive me y'all for being the critic of what's good
The world NEEDS honest critics..........you have nothing to aplogize for.
I agree with there being only 2 seasons now days. It seems like it goes from summer to winter any more
Heres a few more from our 2 week long spring :(
Some Kid Pictures........
(http://s29.postimg.org/4r5i3hyqv/IMG2014786.jpg)
(http://s2.postimg.org/mc0frf3nd/IMG2014327.jpg)
(http://s18.postimg.org/it9oz73p5/IMG_4750sml.jpg)
And a Couple Horses for you Liz ;)
(http://s4.postimg.org/c0bj5wkf1/67985282_e0_G6_ECHk_early_resize.jpg)
(http://s4.postimg.org/k4o8odw7x/IMG_8630aa.jpg)
Wow. Some really nice shots there. I love where this thread went.
BTW you must have really good equipment.
(I just love when people say that on my shots. Talent has nothing to do with it. )
Those are gorgeous photos. They exemplify the difference between having knowlege of the camera, composition, lighting, etc and taking a picture of what is seen (my method :)).
Wow! Awesome pictures. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Yup, Ed does have some camera equipment....yup..... 8)
Quote from: GraphicGr8s on November 19, 2014, 10:23:49 PM
Wow. Some really nice shots there. I love where this thread went.
Thanks everyone
Photography has been a passion of mine since a "few" years back in High school.
My whole family has been blessed with the ability to draw and paint WELL.............cept me. Never could draw worth a damn.................so I picked up a camera instead.
Its been a blessing in that it has caused me to SLOW DOWN and REALLY look around me.(sometimes for too long, as I often get "lost" in how to try to make the picture look as awesome as what my eyes see).
I am to this day curiously amazed at all the wonderful things that surround us......EYE CANDY... that causes one to smile and realize there is FAR more at work on this planet of ours than what we typically "see"...................IF WE SLOW DOWN TO ACTUALLY SEE THEM.
Pauline said:
"......... taking a picture of what is seen (my method :))."
Your "ice bells" are AWESOME!!!! Most people would have glanced at em(if they would have noticed them at all) , MAYBE thought thats kinda neat..... and scurried away, too busy to really stop and look...........let alone REALLY look, and take the time to take a few pictures to share with others who may not be as fortunate to see the "lil things" as you did/do. BRAVO!!!!
QuoteBTW you must have really good equipment.
(I just love when people say that on my shots. Talent has nothing to do with it. )
The ONLY picture of those I posted above in which equipment DID make a difference, is the one of the Girl on the horse, taken at near dark with no flash. My previous slough of "crappy" cameras earned me enough to buy a 6D last year,and shoot that one at ISO 25,600 while keeping 'grain' well in check with minimal post processing.
Here are a few Sunsets I recently shot with a Canon 10D.............an "old school" 6 megapixel DSLR and its "kit lens" that today can be found on Ebay and or Craigslist for $100-$150. I take it out all the time to remind MYSELF......its NOT all about the camera.
(http://s23.postimg.org/oon6eidpn/IMG_1511_1512_1513_easy_HDR_BASIC_2v.jpg)
(http://s13.postimg.org/sqqqfjpcn/IMG_9260_copy_9261_copy_9262_copy_easy_HDR_BASIC.jpg)
And a couple winter shots from a few years ago..........Before I started to REALLY dislike winter weather.
(http://s7.postimg.org/dz6nek4m3/CRW_6393.jpg)
(http://s18.postimg.org/dfcqx2wuh/CRW_6408_Edit2_Edit2_copy2.jpg)
DSR? Is that the right acronym?
And Photoshop?
I've enjoyed my friend's, Stan, remarkable work using these techniques and tools.
Ed, The pictures that you take are fantastic!! I love outdoor pictures like the ones you put up here. If I could take pictures like that, no one would be able to see the walls in my house. ;D I really like the last FALL picture, that one would be in my frontroom for everyone to see when they came to visit.
QuoteDSR? Is that the right acronym?
Nope......It DSLR as I wrote it...........
Digital
Single
Lens
Reflex Camera
QuoteAnd Photoshop?
Lightroom AND Photoshop.
I shoot in Raw......... the digital equivalent of a film based negative. No Lightroom and or Photoshop use, no pictures ...................just a bunch of 0's and 1's. ;)
Thanks Jan.
We USED to hang a BUNCH,too many........ but when we moved in here 10-11 years ago we decided not to hang ANY............including kids and or grandkids pictures. The kids pictures are all on a shelf in the living room........and for the most part, MY pictures live in my computers.
Quote from: EdKaz on November 20, 2014, 03:01:13 PM
QuoteDSR? Is that the right acronym?
Nope......It DSLR as I wrote it...........Digital Single Lens Reflex Camera
QuoteAnd Photoshop?
Lightroom AND Photoshop.
I shoot in Raw......... the digital equivalent of a film based negative. No Lightroom and or Photoshop use, no pictures ...................just a bunch of 0's and 1's. ;)
Wow! You shoot in Raw. I'm impressed. I have a Nikon D80. It's a good camera. But I have never used Raw because I'm not a good enough photographer to take advantage of it. I had some an application that came pre-installed on on my very first computer was very much like photo shop. I could do EVERYTHING with it. It was great for me then, but I don't need it for what I do these days.
Quote from: EdKaz on November 20, 2014, 03:01:13 PM
QuoteDSR? Is that the right acronym?
Nope......It DSLR as I wrote it...........Digital Single Lens Reflex Camera
QuoteAnd Photoshop?
Lightroom AND Photoshop.
I shoot in Raw......... the digital equivalent of a film based negative. No Lightroom and or Photoshop use, no pictures ...................just a bunch of 0's and 1's. ;)
I shoot raw + jpeg. I've found for most of what I shoot I am never going to print and the people I send them to would never care about how I got there. For a while I was doing a lot of panos. Average pano was 20+ shots and of course all the work was from the raw files. And hours of PS.
I use to teach PS and up until they went to CC I was an Adobe PS pre public beta tester.
Very nice pictures Ed!
Forgive my ignorance but does "panos" translate to "panoramas"? If it does, and you did that and did it well, you are a genius. I've seen some that I couldn't find the editing in appeared to do things that weren't possible. They fascinated me.
Fabulous pics Ed!
Barb
QuoteI shoot raw + jpeg. I've found for most of what I shoot I am never going to print and the people I send them to would never care about how I got there. For a while I was doing a lot of panos. Average pano was 20+ shots and of course all the work was from the raw files. And hours of PS.
I use to teach PS and up until they went to CC I was an Adobe PS pre public beta tester.
Ive shot with Canons since their flagship 30D and invested in Canon L Lenses. So Im kinda stuck with Canon though not exactly thrilled with their in camera jpeg rendition of colors. Used to shoot Raw and Jpeg but typically just tossed the Jpegs along with the many bad and mediocre shots anyways after Raw conversions. So Now I just stick to Raw and import everything into lightroom with several presets Ive made up. Uses up lots more room than strictly jpegs, and makes for a lil extra work, but I keep shooting and using strictly RAW for that
one picture that
might wind up worthy of fighting the wife to print large and hang on the living room walls again.
Hmmmmm a PS teacher huh? You might not have wanted to mention that...... I might do some brain pickin at some time.
Seems the more I THINK I know about PS, the more I learn I have barely scratched the surface of the programs entire capabilities...............and Ive been stumbling my way around PS since V4 :-[
Quote from: LizStreithorst on November 20, 2014, 08:33:50 PM
Forgive my ignorance but does "panos" translate to "panoramas"? If it does, and you did that and did it well, you are a genius. I've seen some that I couldn't find the editing in appeared to do things that weren't possible. They fascinated me.
Yeah panoramas. For a period of time I was shooting a bunch of them. We finally got large format at work so I got to see two of them printed 7" x 42". The files are about 10' long so there is a bunch of reduction. And no. I can't see the seems.
About 5-6 years ago a member on the Pentax forum said you couldn't do a good pano with a P&S. So while on vacation in Lancaster PA I shot a pano of the main street hardware store. With a 5mp Kodak Easy share. I proved my point.
I shoot Pentax digital.
Also Pentax film with 4-5 bodies.
Minolta.
Mamiya 35 mm.
Won't touch a canon or nikon and hate being in front of either lens.