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Post by kate on Mar 1, 2024 7:57:39 GMT
As March comes in we start to think winter is over. Signs of life in gardens, towns and wildlife. Something catches your eye and brings a smile to your face that life is on the move again.
As you know, I like puzzles and images that mean I have to study them and seek out the thing you saw that made you take that shot. It could be someone looking out of a doorway, or an attempt to brighten up a dull space in an alley or shop window. It might be the new buds on a tree or bush or even blossom appearing to say winter is over. Fragments leads us into a more abstract area, but the curious thing in the woods or on walls or doorways that catch your eye is what I want you to share.
Hope this is not too vague a challenge and that you have a good look round and spot what others might walk past without seeing.
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Post by dreampolice on Mar 1, 2024 8:34:58 GMT
Just snapping away at folk on the ghats in Varanasi. When I came to look/edit the image in PS, got a glimpse of something extra, lol.   Life on The Ganges 6 by Nigel G, on Flickr |
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Post by zou on Mar 1, 2024 8:41:31 GMT
At least you nailed the exposure Nige.
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Post by kate on Mar 1, 2024 8:42:37 GMT
Haha! Definite signs of potential life there Nige! Got my day off with a laugh.  |
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Post by peterob on Mar 1, 2024 10:12:01 GMT
This started with a glimpse - not an unexpected one because I was looking for the subject - and in the photo it is a bit more than a glimpse, taken before it disappeared.  274A7801.jpg by Pete, on Flickr |
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Post by peterob on Mar 1, 2024 10:14:51 GMT
This made me smile, caught out of the corner of my eye as I walked across the courtyard. So much unexpected that I went back and tried to frame a shot of it. Cotehele in 2019  DSCF2985.jpg by Pete, on Flickr |
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Post by peterob on Mar 1, 2024 10:30:53 GMT
Glimpse of March (if Feb 26th is close enough). Not very sharp but it was quite windy and exposure of 1/75th was a bit optimistic given the weather and 600 mm lens ( on APS-C). We changed our mind on the destination (was going birding) after experiencing the bite of the wind.  DSCF7178.jpg by Pete, on Flickr |
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Post by peterob on Mar 1, 2024 10:35:07 GMT
Glimpse of a Robin in a glimpse of sunshine - also Feb 26th at Ness. Very few birds about and this one was flitting about without coming close at all.  DSCF7193.jpg by Pete, on Flickr |
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Post by peterob on Mar 1, 2024 10:53:34 GMT
Old one of [half of] a Short Eared Owl from March 2019. Shows up much more than I remember. Took me a while to spot it. It is a long way away, this was a 500 mm + x1.4 lens on APS-H - effective 910 mm on FF. There were a few on the ground in the long grass, almost invisible until they put their heads up. This is a slight crop to put it on a third. It is bang in the middle of the original, that being the AF focussing point used.  BV9R3568-Enhanced-NR.jpg by Pete, on Flickr |
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Post by Kath on Mar 1, 2024 10:57:11 GMT
Old one of [half of] a Short Eared Owl from March 2019. Shows up much more than I remember. Took me a while to spot it. It is a long way away, this was a 500 mm + x1.4 lens on APS-H - effective 910 mm on FF. There were a few on the ground in the long grass, almost invisible until they put their heads up. This is a slight crop to put it on a third. It is bang in the middle of the original, that being the AF focussing point used. BV9R3568-Enhanced-NR.jpg by Pete, on Flickr A photographer local to me has been posting pictures of these owls lately. He caught two in flight towards him from a bit of a distance and then yesterday posted an absolute cracker of a shot of one flying across the lens. Really beautiful birds. |
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Post by peterob on Mar 1, 2024 11:12:19 GMT
A photographer local to me has been posting pictures of these owls lately. He caught two in flight towards him from a bit of a distance and then yesterday posted an absolute cracker of a shot of one flying across the lens. Really beautiful birds. They are wonderful to see in flight but tend to be quite far away. Here the best chances of a close shot is a high January spring tide that floods the marshes and drives all the small mammals out. The owls and other raptors have a feast day. I missed it this year (again) but it has become a publicised spectacle and hundreds of folk now turn up to watch which makes access difficult unless you turn up 2-3 hours early. I was surprised to see a March date on my photo - I must keep an eye on the tides this month. They need to be over 10 m at Hilbre, more usually they are 9 or less. |
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Post by zx9 on Mar 1, 2024 11:43:59 GMT
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Post by zx9 on Mar 1, 2024 12:00:29 GMT
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Post by Kath on Mar 1, 2024 12:02:26 GMT
240210-Contre Jour Old Parish Church Cardross-001 by Kath Polley, on Flickr The theme for the Photography & Wellbeing Group was Contre Jour but on the day our photowalk there didn't seem to be a lot of 'jour' to get contre about. We found a solution when we got to the old bombed church though - glimpses of sky through glassless windows. |
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Post by dreampolice on Mar 1, 2024 12:16:32 GMT
A glimpse into a dark work environment of a tailor. I saw him in darkened back streets working away. He saw me and was happy to pose for a photo.  Tailor by Nigel G, on Flickr |
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