Never Turn Your Back To The Ocean

A couple weeks ago we had waves reach 10ft during a few days of storming. I think these were around 8ft. Large for South Florida. I met a friend for his morning surf hoping to get a some good photos. Running to the beach I dropped my bags at the top of the stairs and checked how far in the water was coming. Seemed ok. I put my GoPro on its tripod 3" in the ground & 25-30 ft back from where the water was hitting the shoreline. Ran up to the steps, grabbed my Nikon and turned around...........(7seconds max)  GoPro Hero 4 I just won in a contest, 64Gs and my tripod gone like they
never existed. 

I am just glad it was not my Nikon

Never turn your back to the ocean.......

~Carl~

Ocean Beach Late Afternoon

Lena

The End is A New Beginning

 This is from Lisbon, Portugal. I shot it through a wire fence. Really liked the open space within the city, despite it being somewhat of an area of ruins. The bright grass, and warm sunshine.. Wonder who was there previously..

Dynamic Ocean Beach and Land's End

Lumix G5, Lumix 20mm f1.7

It was one of those amazing winter days a couple of weeks ago, in between the rain, when there was an almost perfect combination of sun, clouds, sand, surf, and reflections.

I must say that since I came back from our 2 month trip, I had an urge to do black and white pictures. I shot these two with the intention of making black and white images.

My previous session was with the D200, this time, I decided to take shoot the G5 with the spectacular 20mm f1.7 lens.

Which one do you like (and why)? I would love to know.

--Warren

Catty Shack Ranch

 March 2014 Lumix LF-1 300mm lens

We were in Jacksonville and our son had volunteered for this facility called Catty Shack Ranch.  He took us to visit the ranch for the evening feeding.  What a treat, and sad at the same time.  All the exotic animals are from people that thought they could raise one of these wonderful creatures.  Each of the animals is given a home, never traded or sold, and is treated with respect from an all volunteer staff. 


Runty - Siberian Tiger

Star - Siberian Tiger

Tucker - Cougar










I'm glad I had the 300mm lens.....


**Dolph

Fun Selfie

Lumix G5, Lumix 20mm f1.7

Part of the fun of playing on Facebook is to update profile pictures on a regular basis. The other day, I picked up my Lumix G5 w/20mm f1.7 combo for the first time in a couple of months, getting ready to take it out for a photo shoot.

I got this idea to take a picture in a picture using the swivel LCD screen on the G5, and my bathroom mirror.

I flipped the image horizontally so that what you see is not reversed in the mirror, and then converted it to black and white in Lightroom.

I'm going to post this as my latest profile picture on FB, and I thought I'd post it here as well.

In fact, I often cross-post my pictures to here, and elsewhere, but the difference is here, we can discuss our pictures in a photography related context.

--Warren

Fort Clinch Florida

Fort Clinch - Lumix LF1

This Civil War Fort is on the very northern point of Florida and the water way is used by the Naval Fleet at Kings Bay.  We were very lucky because most of the time a nuclear submarine does not launch on a clear day, and passes through this water passage every three months.

This gentlemen told me that the ship had to be a Union ship, it was all black and was superior to the confederate ships.

**Dolph

Misty Marin Hills & GG Bridge

Nikon D200, Nikkor 85mm f1.8D

On this day, I noticed the nicely shaded layers in the Marin Headlands, and I tried to incorporate that into a composition with the bridge.

I'm trying different compositions, which one do you prefer? And also please tell us why.

--Warren

Coyote Creek Reflections

Nikon D200, Nikkor 24mm f2.8 AF

After using a pair of tiny compact cameras for 2 months, it was a great pleasure to pick up my D200 again. The ergonomics of the camera were instantly familiar the moment I picked it up, and the resulting image quality of the larger sensor and good optics made the image very easy to work with.

It was a gray day, but it was a nice, calm landscape here with the still water making for very nice reflections.

--Warren

Gold Mist

Hey folks I have been starting to work on some images from a Fall trip to Yellowstone and thought this might spur some discussion.  This image was taken at dawn and during the wait for sunrise a fog bank rolled in.  I thought the moment was less than ideal but fired off the camera to see what happens. 

So the question is

How many of you will just fire away in the hopes of something good happening vs. having a vision and if the moment does not come to realization you do not take the image.  What I am trying to say is do you let the moment control the capture or do you need to be in control of as many elements as possible before you hit the shutter. 

Thought this might be something  that might draw some conversation. 

Image is from Fisherman's Bridge.  This is the area were Yellowstone Lake drains into the Yellowstone River. 





Dan

Photos in the Alley

 I thought these were theeee coolest. And wished this was an alley I could walk and wander through on a regular basis. Any ideas on how they might have printed/protected these to be weather-proof(ish) ? This is Lisbon, Portugal.

Old Volcano Crater at Iceland

Lena

Water Falls at Iceland

Lena

Palm Trees and Warped Structures

The first photo is a palm tree I saw from across the street and was almost ran over by a seasonal Palm Beach transplant who did not stop for the light. It is by far my favorite palm tree I have ever captured. So I wanted to share.

The second is a building I jumped out of my truck at a stop light to shoot yesterday and for some reason I feel the lines are not correct. I am having issues critiquing it myself. There is something seriously bothering me about the way the building is bowing. I shot it with a 16-35mm at I believe 18mm. I do feel it is over saturated but I am more worried about the strength of the lines and bowing. Maybe someone has some advise for me. I did the best I could manually straightening the lines within lightroom but cant seem to get it right in my head. ---- I am looking at the relationship between the Line of the left side of the building, the street lamp and the top right of the building near the roof that is bending no matter what I do. Any thoughts or maybe a book to reference would be awesome.

Many thanks,

Carl

Arch Series on the Seine, Paris

Lumix LX5

I went for a walk along the Seine one day while we were in Paris. As I walked along the bank, I saw a wonderful mix of curves and lines as I got close to one of the bridges. I took a number of shots, and I picked three to post here.

Which one do you like, and please explain what it is that you like (or not like) about it.

Hey, I missed playing here on our blog, let's get it rolling again!

--Warren

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