Photography

[Gary Beasley]

It was a vacuum pump for the contact print frame. You suck the air out when you close it and it pulls everything into tight contact. Pretty much the same action with a vacuum bag for veneer.

[Tpt life]

Spent some time de-stressing in the yard. Staff meetings for this school year start in the morning. 

[Chestnut]

Tried to get some milky way pictures. Moon was to bright though.

[Gary Beasley]

Got another Van Dyke print done, this was from a medium format negative I shot at the old machine shop ruins at Vickery Creek, Roswell Ga.

[wtnhighlander]

Cool!

Cool!

[Coop]

On 9/5/2020 at 10:28 AM, Chestnut said:

Tried to get some milky way pictures. Moon was to bright though.

I’ve never seen anywhere near that many stars, moon or no moon! 

[curlyoak]

This is known as the clam shell orchid. AKA Encyclia cochleata. Growing in the new world from Northern South America, central America, the Caribbean and South Florida. The one in the picture is natural to South Florida. It flowers sequentially. A new flower appears as the previous one is fading.

[JohnG]

I just got a Canon 100mm Macro 2.8L. I've only taken a couple dozen photos with it but it has produced some fantastic portraits. This morning I tried a couple macro shots. Freehand out in the rain so I wasn't about to try any focus stacking yet. 

 

[Gary Beasley]

Sometimes you can get  a little focus stacking by setting your camera on burst mode and deliberately shift the focus while shooting. Gotta be generous framing because framing can suffer from this.

[RichardA]

This isn't about "photography", it's more about an observation.  We've had rain for two and a half days, and this morning I saw a vine  winding through some Cedars at the back of my property. There wasn't any contrast like this before the rain, but there sure is now.  I thought it was interesting.

[Tpt life]

The vine that color this season here is poison ivy. 

[RichardA]

The leaf pattern is totally different than poison ivy. We have that here to, and there's some at the other end of the property.

[wtnhighlander]

Unusual for Poison Ivy to be red here in Tennessee, it mostly goes green to yellow to brown. Those leaves look like trumpet vine, to me.

[Chestnut]

Right after rain there is always good contrast. Overcast skys and everything covered in water makes the colors pop like some poly on figured wood. That looks like a nice piece of nature you get to enjoy Rick.

[Coop]

In Texas, poison ivy is blue! 

[RichardA]

A quick follow up to the vine question.   No clouds, high sunshine and a brighter contrast.  Ross may be correct about the vine, I really don't know.  But I do know that, the burl on that branch is what kills apple trees.  In the spring rains, that burl opens and shows an orange fungus, that flies in a breeze.  When it lands on any leaf of an Apple tree, it begins killing the tree. It may take a couple years, but it does kill it.  It's called Cedar/Apple rust.

[Tpt life]

Virginia Creeper. 

[Chestnut]

I love the look of the root flare on this American elm.

This tree is very healthy and beautiful I'm lucky to be able to enjoy it's shade

[RichardA]

On 10/14/2020 at 8:52 AM, Tpt life said:

Virginia Creeper. 

I wonder how long it took to get to Tennessee from Virginia!

[curlyoak]

The botanical name of this orchid is Cattleya intermedia 'orlata'. This is a natural species. It lives in Brazil. Grows wild. Also fragrant. This one grows in my patio.

[Gary Beasley]

Wife and I took a drive out to North Georgia mountains just to get out and shoot the 4x5 some. I have a 2x3 rollfilm adaptor uses 120 film that I was trying for the first time. Still have to process the roll but I have a cellphone snap of a mushroomed log we found at the Dockery Lake campground. I got that on film too, the light was really good quality, hope the film is too.

[curlyoak]

Brassavola Little Stars. A primary hybrid. Meaning both parents are species. The flower has a sweet and spicy aroma. Only at night. It's pollinator is nocturnal. A moth. So the plant has evolved to save the scent for night only so the flower will last longer. A better chance to pollinate. The fragrance has created a nick name of Lady of the night. It is natural to the Americas. Central, northern south America and the Caribbean. If the humans came around a million years later this plant would be natural to florida. Other than its natural habitat, it grows easiest right here in South Florida. The one above is growing on a palmetto tree. Many others on other trees to in pots.

[Chestnut]

You share some of the coolest flowers with us Curlyoak. That is a cool flower. I"m always amazed at how adapted the different orchid species are and how many different climates they grow in.

[curlyoak]

7 hours ago, Chestnut said:

You share some of the coolest flowers with us Curlyoak. That is a cool flower. I"m always amazed at how adapted the different orchid species are and how many different climates they grow in.

Chestnut, There are many successful orchid grower in climate like yours. I think if I lived in colder climate I would not grow orchids. But living where I do, they are a lot easier. No work bent over or on your knees. No row to hoe. They do get weeds. The plant demands are different but not difficult. And not hard to figure out.

[curlyoak]

This is tolumnia. An orchid from the Caribbean and central America. Nick named the dancing lady. The bottom part of the flower is the skirt and the top is the head and arms. It dances with a breeze. Found in many colors.