Photos of the Day

[Ursa major]

Don't say it too loud, but he looks like a prime candidate for a bit of feline domination.

[Abernovo]

Drove into town this morning and saw this sculpture on a rock in the river. I think it's supposed to be a spider, but The War of the Worlds came to mind as I looked at it.





A group of artists came to the next village last week and this was one of the sculptures they left. Completely biodegradable - it's made of wood, vines and rocks - and it'll be destroyed by the river once we get a good flood from upstream.

It made me smile.

[anivid]

Don't you think it's scary ??
A mega-spider ??

Here's a Pink Flamingo, the city built it for the demonstration for pure water - cute, isn't it ??

[HareBrain]

Since the cats three doors down have moved away, this fellow has moved in. Found him snoozing this morning in the neighbour's garden.

[alchemist]

Originally Posted by HareBrain

Since the cats three doors down have moved away, this fellow has moved in. Found him snoozing this morning in the neighbour's garden.

Somebody else (stormfeather?) put something similar up recently. That's an excellent photo, HareBrain.

[alchemist]

Cool artwork above, and here's where I went today...

[Abernovo]

Nice flamingo, anivid. I'll let you into a little secret - I'm not keen on spiders, despite having to work around a few of them at times. Fascinating creatures, though.

HareBrain, your fox looks like he/she's found a comfortable place to stay. Looks like you've got a new neighbour.

Okay, this is looking upstream from the spider sculpture. Also taken yesterday. If it stays hot like today, I may go swimming in one of the pools tomorrow. 40C here today.



EDIT: alc, they're amazing pics. Where was that?

[alchemist]

Originally Posted by Abernovo

EDIT: alc, they're amazing pics. Where was that?

It's this thing here http://www.architects-of-air.com/luminaria/amococo.html

They're in Donegal for the annual arts festival. Their pictures are better than mine *grumble*



Taking a dip in that stream reminds me of my time in Australia. It's a nice feeling.

[TheDustyZebra]

Here are a few of the (to me) awesome fireworks pictures I got with my new camera in its mysterious (to me) fireworks setting (there were a lot of awful ones to go with them, as I forgot to read the manual before attempting fireworks pictures and consequently just kept pushing the button until something happened):









And one of a visitor, which is not technically a good photo but I had to catch him fast before the hummingbirds scared him away!

[anivid]

Abernovo - where in the world is this (montain ??) stream ??

Gee Alch, and here I thought it was inside your brains - was it fun ??


They're good fireworks, Dusty - it can be very irritating working with fireworks, as the shutter has to be pressed some time before the fireworks unfold - and who'll know exactly WHEN that is ??
May be it's different with your camera ??

[Abernovo]

Anivid, it's the river valley below my village. When it rains, the whole width can fill up. Northern foothills of the Stara Planina (Balkan Mountains), central northern Bulgaria.

TDZ, I love the fireworks. And I like the butterfly photo.

[anivid]

Originally Posted by Abernovo

Anivid, it's the river valley below my village. When it rains, the whole width can fill up. Northern foothills of the Stara Planina (Balkan Mountains), central northern Bulgaria.

Got it - east of Sofia, same height as Rome - warm, eh ??
Never been in those quarters ... yet

[TheDustyZebra]

Originally Posted by anivid

They're good fireworks, Dusty - it can be very irritating working with fireworks, as the shutter has to be pressed some time before the fireworks unfold - and who'll know exactly WHEN that is ??
May be it's different with your camera ??

Yes, that was part of the problem, although that's the same part I've always had -- the new trouble, with the new camera, was that it kept bringing up a menu to ask me what shutter speed I wanted, but I didn't know what it wanted. I forgot to look in the manual for the fireworks setting instructions before it got dark! So I had to resort to just pushing the button repeatedly until it decided to take the picture, and that was even harder to time than the usual method! I have read the manual since then, so unless I forget by next year, it should be much better then.

[Vertigo]

Okay, I finally got my act together and got out with the camera at the weekend. Went to the Faerie Glen at Rosemarkie on the Black Isle just north of Inverness. A quite magical place (despite the relatively large number of visitors). I had been hoping to get some pictures of the sunlight coming through the trees, but naturally as soon as I reached the first location and got camera and tripod set up, the sun went in and never came out again! Still I am quite pleased with what I got. There's more in one of my photo albums if you go to my profile.


colour

split toned monochrome

variation on the previous theme

colour

split toned monochrome and cropped

Interested to know which ones you prefer (assuming you like them at all that is!)

[Abernovo]

I loved 1,4 and 5. Number 2 is a little dark for me. I like 3, but prefer it in colour.

I've only been to Faerie Glen once and that was years ago.