Photography

[Jim DaddyO 299]

Sunset in early December over Lake Superior.

[Chestnut 5741]

Well i can still move a camera with an injured wrist, so i've been spending more time outside. We had some awesome frosty days.

While out exploring my cousin and I came accross some deer that were eating on a fallen oak tree.

This is un-cropped and was taken with a 100mm lens on full frame. I was at best 20 feet from this deer and it didn't care at all that I was there. Below was cropped slightly.

Normally i have to use a 400mm to get pictures like this....

[treeslayer 3405]

There are other things to do when it snows besides shovel it, granddaughter catching some air while sledding with grandma

[RichardA 5104]

That's called The flight of the innocent.  Cool.

[curlyoak 857]

  We are getting our severe winter weather. Not like most here. Mid to low 40's with strong winds means wind chill factor of mid to upper 30's. I dress for it and get out.

Above is Cattleya orchid that is a hybrid. It is fragrant. There are 2 more buds on this plant that will open in a week or so.  This plant is blooming now. It needed protection from the temps so it will be in with a lot of other plants for a couple more days. The plant scent demands your attention. Then it demands you take a close look.

[curlyoak 857]

This is a Dendrobium orchid species. Blooming now. It is fragrant. Comes from Asia. Used in Chinese medicine.

[rainjer 265]

I took these 3 picture in 2018 on our trip Ireland. 

Dunluce Castle, Northern Ireland, UK

 

Kylemore Abbey, Co. Galway, Ireland

Ha'penny Bridge, Dublin Ireland

 

Believe it or not, these 3 are all taken on a Motorola G5 cell phone. I was contacted by the Ireland tourism people asking permission to use these photos in some brochures they were making after I posted them on a Irish Travel forum. 

 

[Immortan D 1765]

Nice sunset:

Then it lighted up:

[pkinneb 3659]

5 hours ago, Immortan D said:

Nice sunset:

Then it lighted up:

Great pics!

 

[Immortan D 1765]

Thanks!

[curlyoak 857]

A healthy orchid hybrid in the oncidium family

[curlyoak 857]

Spring time orchids

[curlyoak 857]

Dendrobium orchids. Blooming now. Fragrant...

[Immortan D 1765]

I was taking pictures of the moon and on one of them I captured what looks like a shadow on the surface of the moon. It could also be something that got in the way between my camera and the moon, like a bird or a plane, I wouldn't know. I'm posting pics with and without the shadow.

[Tpt life 2794]

That would be an enormous shadow on the moon. My bet would be something much smaller closer to your camera. Still neat to look at and ponder. 

[JohnG 1255]

Definitely aliens. 

[Immortan D 1765]

[Mark J 2288]

It's the monolith from 2001.

[Mark J 2288]

Speaking of shadows on other planets

The Ingenuity helicopter had it's first flight and took a picture of its own shadow on the Martian surface.  

Incredible accomplishment.