My Flickr contact Johan Talens took this amazing reflection in Marseille, France with his Ricoh GR.
Hosta
Warren, Connecticut.
Our hostas seem to be going by right now but I found this amazing plant over at a friend’s house. I love hosta leaves, they’re voluptuous.
Update: I’ve replaced the original image with a new one. In printing the first version the slightly sepia color didn’t look great and I went with a more standard monochrome processing. I hate to replace an image after people have commented on it, my apologies if this messes anything up.
Star trails in a big sky
My Flickr contact Cristiano Pelagracci took this long exposure of a tent and the sky in Italy.
Star trail shots are done by putting a camera on a tripod and exposing long enough so that the earth rotates relative to the stars aimed at.
It will take some experimentation to get the exposure right at night with such a long exposure and every night and place will be slightly different. You’ll need to play with ISO so as not to under or over expose the long shot. As I’m reading, a good starting point is:
Wide angle lens
ISO 400
Wide open aperture
Shutter speed of 30 seconds
If you look at the photo and it’s washed out/over exposed, pull the ISO down. If it’s under exposed push the ISO up a bit. If the trails are too short, try a longer shutter speed.
I’ve never tried this but those are some ideas to start with if you plan to go out and give it a go.
Flowers
Flickr member Dominique Labrosse posted this beautiful image of flowers and leaves shot in British Columbia, Canada with his Fuji X-T2.
Star moss with grass and more
Schaghticoke Ridge, Appalachian Trail, Bull’s Bridge, Connecticut.
Did a short hike to check on a section of the AT I maintain that had a recent fire on it (250 acres burned). It was mostly a leaf fire and burnt the understory but most of the trees were spared. And, now, a few summer months later, things are growing back.
This star moss was right on the edge of the fire and somehow survived.
The history of gated reverb
This is a brilliant documentary video on the history of a particular drum sound in rock music that was created in the 1980’s. Very well done.
Fern carpet
Paradise Lane, Bear Mountain, Salisbury, Connecticut.
I haven’t done the hike from Salisbury to Bear Mountain for a number of years. It was nice to find this familiar fern grove as I’m sure I’ve shot it before.
Perfect day for a hike and for photography as well (overcast). But, I’m out of the habit of doing a lot of picture taking so I only took four images, two of which were terribly out of focus.
Makomanai Cemetery Buddha
The Makomanai Cemetery is on the outskirts of Sapporo, Japan. This 1500 ton stone Buddha sat alone, above ground for fifteen years. The cemetery hired architect Tadao Ando to change the relationship of the Buddha to the cemetery. He did this by building a hill of lavender plants around the statue and the results are spectacular.
Watch the video full screen. It has no sound that I know of but it’s perfect in silence.
Update: My friend Joy Brown found this video of the building of the hill around the Buddha.
[via Colossal]
Primitive Technology: sandals
Feet need protection in the bush? Make a pair of sandals from cane and bark.
There are many more of these great videos at the Primitive Technology site and for those who prefer, he has a Primitive Technology YouTube Channel.
[via The Kid Should See This]
Ferns on Humbug Mountain
My Flickr contact and friend Gary Sharp shot this with his iPhone 7 on Humbug Mountain on the southern Oregon coast.
