Welcome to Friday Foto Flogging, a place to share your photos and photography news. We were inspired by the folks at European Tribune who post a regular Friday Photoblog series to try the same on this side of the virtual Atlantic. We also thought foto folks would enjoy seeing some other websites so each week we’ll introduce a different photo website.
This week’s theme: Random. Surprise us!
AndiF’s Mish Mosh
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Green Glow
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Tulip (Poplar) Flower
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Abandoned Cabin
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olivia’s gnome travels
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…Mediterranean Sea in France
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…Olympic Stadium in Athens
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…Notre Dame in Paris
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- Next Week’s Theme: Book or Poem Titles. We’re sure everybody has a picture that makes them think of Gone With The Wind.
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Previous Friday Foto Flogs
I didn’t have anything for a Photo Website of the Week which makes this the perfect time to get some suggestions from all of you. So if you’ve got photo sites to share, leave us some links in the comments.
The quality of the photo is not great, but to me the photo is quite surreal.
LOL, is it ever! That’s wonderful … 🙂
Hi LEP
Hi Olivia. I love your little traveling companion. :-))
LOL, thanks. 🙂
ms. O’s new mantra:
have gnome, will travel.
That’s not someone’s yard gnome you’ve kidnapped for the trip, is it?
lol, no … all gnomes are safe … it’s a special travelling version (=tiny) … 🙂
He’s very attractive, Miss O. You lucky girl you!
What wonderful framing — especially the angling it so the placement of the cat’s head is in the curve of the chair.
I was wondering what CBtY was doing at LEP’s house.
Nice shot – it does look surreal.
I like the composition in this one, kind of reminds me of something Magritte.
Frankly, I love this picture.
Digital Photography School is a site that covers how-to from using the equipment to taking the shot to getting the most out of it in your computer and printer.
New video tutorial site by Scott Kelby and Matt Kloskowski: DtownTV.
You said to surprise you
115 lb Nature Girl vs truck
call CSI
Okay, a good surprise
Sniffy
The middle picture just cracks me up — I love it.
And Sniff wants to know when you’re coming back to share the futon?
OUCH! At least she’s smilin’.
Great random post SN. That one of Nature Girl–eek, and yes, you look remarkably calm and even-keeled there. Great mom job! Love the botton one, on Sniff’s level … 🙂
Yeah, but you should have seen the truck.
Hi could you tell me what camera you used for dog picture? I want to buy a camera.
sure, that was a nikon coolpix. I loved that little camera and it was only about $120
How many megapixels?
All of these bird reside at the Brevard Zoo, they have been rehabbed but can not return to the wild for various reasons.
This one is a joker and loves to talk.
I’m not one for spending a whole lot of time perusing the net for photo sites. however here’s my contributions.
The first is Nikon’s Capture NX2, I can’t imagine using anything else.
Link
The second is a friend who is a well known Florida photographer, Jeff Ripple.
Link
Wow, they are magnificent! I especially love the intelligence and dignity in the eyes of the second hawk (red tail?)
I’m pretty sure he’s a red shouldered. They have a real resilience, that’s for sure.
Those are all wonderful, Bob. The facial expressions are so intense.
And thanks for the links. Your friend is a very good photographer.
Thanks and your welcome, Jeff is a talented artist.
I love the moss and all of it’s green. Traveling through the Ocala National Forest on S.R.40 there is the neatest color green moss that grows on the south side of the shoulder, everytime we travel that road it’s just the wrong time of day to capture some.
That’s the big advantage I have in most of my pictures being literally outside my door (or within 30 minutes of it) — I can always go get the picture I want when the light is best.
Beautiful birds Bob. The colours and patterns of their feathers are amazing.
Thanks for the links — I got a copy of Nikon Capture when I bought the D300, but feel a bit overwhelmed by the program so haven’t really explored it much. Looks like there are some great tips and user notes at the site. Jeff’s photos are amazing … the colour he captures, wow!
Thanks, don’t be afraid to explore it, one of the great feature is that every edit is completely non-destructive and you can do things to .nef files that are nothing short of amazing.
Jeff is a very talented artist, I’ll pass along all of your comments.
I love raptors. The bald eagle and the hawk look like they are sizing you up as a threat or a meal.
The parrot looks like he just flew through a rainbow. Great shot.
I love the raptors too, There’s a peregrine falcon that shows up on occasion on our walking trails that I am determined to photo, now if it will just cooperate and sit still long enough.
What camera do you recommend?
That’s an interesting question because there are lot’s of different answers. If you are just starting there are very good point and shoot cameras. Nikon, Canon, and Lumix have several models that produce excellent results. I have a seven year old Nikon Coolpix that I still carry around. My In laws have both Canon and Lumix point and shoots that take nice pictures as well. You can upgrade from here to dslr’s when your ready or if you wish.
Personally I use Nikon(digital and film), and Pentax film cameras. The photos posted this week all came from a Nikon D40 . I would ask what interest do you have in photography, and how much you plan to get into it?
There was a time I made a living on 35mm photography with Nikons.
But now I just want my first digital that has good resolution, I don’t know if 8.0-megapixels is enough. I want resolution as good as the hawk pic.
Well took a look at the D40. I would “love it”. BUT, I think it’s out of my price range. Long gone are the days I can spend Helter Skelter! ;P
I think I might get the Canon Power shot Hussia uses.
It’s been a good camera overall. I recently wondered whether I should get a newer, perhaps more sophisticated model, but when I asked myself why I could not come up with a good answer.
There are tons of user reviews for it on Amazon.com, which should give you a sense of its strengths and weaknesses.
Look at the link I gave andi I think above. It is a Powershot, think it might be the one.
I need a hobby again….and not politics and I/P. I think Obama is finally on the job on the I/P issue. :))
Reading downthread it sounds like you found what you were after. Glad everyone could help so much.
Some wonderful pictures today, and Olivia I like the theme with yours. SN if I was your daughter I would be whinning Mommmmmmmmmm!
Hi there FM!!
Hi Olivia.
So has spring sprung up there yet? The lawn here has green patches all over it.
lol, no. Spring is still buried under the snow. ::sigh:: 😉
Hah! I fooled you thinking I was all calm. Really I walked into the ER and took pics for insurance. And I smiled so she wouldn’t be so scared.
Hey I remember when that happened. To say you were calm, cool and collected would not be the way I would put it. 🙂
I have years of practice faking things. 😉
Not so surreal but interesting.
Cute … 🙂
olio
deus ex machina
[pfun w photoshop]
orange skid
bare branches
spring?
here’s an interesting site from a photog who specializes in underwater photography: jp trenque photography… for those of us too far from a beach.
Hi d! Now that’s a random post … 🙂 Nice perspective and pattern w/ the branches and love the red of the first photo.
Fantastic site — wow.
Love the skid.
Love, love, love the skid!
What a beautiful color.
I like the orange skid — the lines and edges work really well.
A pair circa 1950 Chryslers that I came across in southern Utah this past summer. It was a better time for Chrysler.
I see you found the Cerberus secret Dodge Viper 2010 test track.
Yeah, the track is a little short on funding these days.
Wrecks like this are always so touching, somehow. Our machines seem to die so gracefully.
Unlike some of us. 😉
Are you referring to individuals or entire political parties?
Hah! Here’s an oldie but goodie that symbolizes the ruin that was the Bush administration. Posted before but worth seeing again.
Wow, that’s sad. Love it!
In which corner of hell was it taken?
I took that photo in Grants. New Mexico a couple of years ago.
Ah, another Utah dinosaur site. 🙂
Chryslersaurus, I believe.
lol b2.
I liked what ww said — they do look like they’re aging gracefully. 🙂
In a Foto Flog a while back, I mentioned my idea of taking a painting or photo and extending it beyond onto a wall. Realizing that the chances of actually doing this were slim to none, I began to play with an abstract by JimF, Frozen Water, using materials I had on hand, mostly latex and nail polish. This was the end result:
Then I did one with a photo by olivia, but as that has a copyright, I won’t post without permission. It was great fun using nail polish and a bit of acrylic paint.
Next, I did one using a photo AndiF posted. Unfortunately, I can’t remember where it was posted – I think it might have been in a cafe in January. I used acrylics on watercolor paper.
Then I did another, also an AndiF from the cafe, using acrylics and nail polish:
A huge thank you for sharing your photos!
Wow, those turned out great!
Thank you. I am currently using one of your photos, Naughty Bits, to play with – the colors are just delicious 😉
Well that will be interesting. 🙂
These are beautiful! Quite amazing.
Artwork that examines the concept of boundaries always appeals to me enoromously.
Wow, cool! They’re all really good but I especially like Jim’s — the extension really seems organically connected to the original photo.
Oh my goodness tampopo — those are wonderful!
(And please, feel free to use my pic and post. I’d love to see it!)
Thank you olivia – I had such fun playing with nail polish which I never use on my fingernails.
Your photo was stunning, with such beautiful colors – Leaf Abstract.
The only acrylic was the green:
Oh that’s gorgeous. The color are wonderfully well worked out.
Oh, that is really beautiful — the colour!
LOL, it’s such a creative idea … love it. And using nail polish — it’s fantastic. 🙂
I love what you did with the photos. Please feel free to fold, spindle, and beautify in the future.
Winter still life?
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The dogs will be wanting that when you’re through with it. 😉
This is beautiful, Jum!
There’s something ethereal about finding these remnants in the woods & your photo captures it.
I wouldn’t guess the Pack helped with this one .. ?
.. type in the dark.
Yes, I know your actual name.
Jim, Jum, as long as you call me to dinner before everyone’s picking over the bones.
I’ll definitely do so — despite the fact that this will involve making a decision.
I duuno, I kinda like Jum … and it rhymes with dum which is always handy. 😉
Oh, Lord. I never intended to facilitate domestic abuse with my fumble-fingered laziness.
Be proud — you’re a woman of many talents.
Isn’t talent supposed to involve, like, brains?
Ah, talent like yours is beyond mere brainpower. 😉
But speaking of brains, mine is telling me to go into shutdown mode.
Good night.
I’m working on shutdown already (obviously).
Have a good night!
I like your cabin photo very much. Similar to boran’s cars, really — a life complete, but nature claims what’s left. Your picture is very eloquent!
Can’t imagine what created those lovely light-patterns outside the door. Hint?
I can do better than a hint; I can show you — it’s the awning made of sticks in front of the door.
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Hi ww. It’s been lovely reading your words again. 🙂
Great to see yours, too — as well as your photos!
Alas, you can’t see mine. Hope to remedy this shortly. I’m beside myself.
So are we! 🙂
That’s nice of you to say, Miss O.
Honestly, I can’t even post my old ones.
I do hope to join y’all in Photographic Nirvana asap.
I should make it over to your site again, too.
I don’t have as much time to spend OL as I did before, though. I share a phone line now & can’t be such a dial-up piggy.
It always surprises me and delights the pack when we stumble on some animal’s remains in the woods. Actually once a carcass is reduced to the point of the one in the photo, the pack really isn’t interested. But the mice are. They will gnaw bones and antlers recycling the calcium.
I believe they also have to gnaw to keep their teeth in shape — which is why they’ll also chew things like plastic food containers & electrical wiring (to the joyful satisfaction of many).
You made me think of another one from a couple of years ago.
Story in the Snow
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There’s quite a story there, I’ll bet.
A bird landing?
I figure there was one less mouse in the world or a much wizened mouse after a close encounter of the feathered kind.
lol Jim.
Based on the photos Andi’s shown me, I would say you have both have lots of photo ops of slim and soon-to-be slim pickin’s … 😛
Oh, that’s right you’ve seen the photos of the dogs dining al fresco.
lol, yes … 🙂
I like the slim pickin version better. It’s Georgia O’Keefe-ian.
I love the symmetry in it.
The Convent of Our Lady of Seidnayya is one of the most important Christian pilgrimage sites, and is also a place for pilgrimage for Muslims. The main attraction there is a portrait of the Virgin Mary reputed to have been painted by St Luke. Mary is revered by Muslims, and quite a bit of space is devoted to her in the Qur’an. Legend has it that the Convent was built by the Byzantine emperor Justinian in AD 546. Previously it was a Greek temple. It is still an active convent. It is located north of Damascus.
View of the town from the convent
As always, your photos are fascinating. The top one looks like it was an inspiration for M.C. Escher.
I’ll echo Andi, fascinating collection of photos, Hurria.
It looks like so many of the buildings were built out of stone quarried at the building site. The convent looks like it wasn’t built but grew out of the rock.
One of the reasons so much of the ancient structure in Syria and Lebanon have survived so well is that they were built of local stone. In Iraq most of the building was from brick, so in a lot of places all you can see above the ground is the outline of what was there.
You are right, this one does look as though it grew out of the rock. This year I am hoping a friend of mine from Romania will join me for a week or so, and I am sure she will want to visit the Christian sites. This time I plan to take more and better pictures. One of my goals is not to be so shy about looking touristy by taking pictures.
Ma`lula and the legend of St. Thecla
Thecla a student of St Paul, was one of the earliest Christian martyrs, and was regarded as a “female apostle”. She was engaged to be married, but after hearing St Paul’s “Discourse on Virginity” she decided to devote her life to God and the teachings of Paul. According to the story as recounted by St Paul, her mother and fiance were enraged and decided she should be punished. Her life was full of miraculous escapades.
The Convent of St. Thecla
At Ma`lula Thecla was being pursued (for the third or fourth time) by people who wanted to capture her, and was trapped in a dead end in the moutain when lightening struck the rock and created a gorge through which she escaped. The gorge then closed behind her so her pursuers could not follow. Visitors can walk through the gorge.
Through Thecla Gorge
Thecla Gorge From Above
These cave dwellings are about 50,000 years old.
The Convent of St Sergius, ma`lula, Syria
One of the oldest churches in the world, built in 325 AD.
The gorge seems like a place Jim and I would really enjoy (though with a lot less people) — it looks a lot like the gorges and canyons in southern Utah where we love to hike.
As a matter of fact that whole area reminds me of parts of the southwest, but less colourful.
Here’s an example:
It certainly does — it look a lot like the Navajo Sandstone formation.
This will be familiar to many here. It is relevant to repost it now because it is from Ma`lula. This was taken on the hill above the Convent and above the Thecla gorge.
Ah my favorite pickup truck — if only the ones around had truck bed like that.
Hurria, what kind of camera do you use? And how many megapixels?
Great photos.
Thanks Mattes. I have had this camera since 2005. It’s a Canon SureShot 450, 5 megapixels. Unfortunately, I have misplaced the user manual, so I don’t even know how to use most of the features. I am hoping I can find the manual online somewhere.
5? Wow great pics. I should not worry about pixels at all. I am not going to blowup the pictures. Thanks.
Sorry – make that PowerShot, not SureShot. I am amazed to discover that Canon still makes them and they are still available. I guess that means it’s been a successful model for them.
As a can’t-come-close thanks for all the wonderful palces you’ve taken us, here’s a link to the page with the manuals for the SD450.
Thanks Andi! This will relieve some frustration for sure.
And thanks to you for giving me a place to share my pictures and memories, and for the appreciation too.
Can anyone give me info on the difference between Sure and Power Shots??
I think the Sureshot cameras aren’t made anymore. I’ve had several Canons and I have really liked them all (especially the cameras in the SD series). This page has a list of their non-SLR cameras where you find out the features of the different models.
Damn this is hard. It’s so hard for me to part with money since I have so many medical bills. The PowerShot SX110 IS looks nice.
But cost wise and as for my first digital I am thinking:
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00353469000P?vName=Computers%20&%20Electronics&cNam
e=Cameras&Camcorders&sName=Digital%20Cameras%20&%20Bundles&psid=FROOGLE01&sid=ID
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What ya’ll think?
Well, Amazon.com has it for $109, no sales tax. There are hundreds of user reviews for it on Amazon.
It has an excellent set of features for the price. I have very positive feelings about canon cameras and am sure it will be quite solid. What you will mostly be giving up at that price is lens quality, some flexibility, and quicker ability to take the next picture — most of which won’t affect your ability to take good pictures and enjoy them.
excellent choice for a very capable P&S cam. l’d suggest you √ out B&H Photo.
l’ve used them for years and recommend them highly. same price plus it’ll save you sales tax, and they have free shipping according to the link.
disclosure: l’m certainly not a neutral observer as a long time canon user, including several 35mm slr film bodies and a bag full of lenses, l’m currently using a 350D / Rebel xt, 8.3 mp, and am very pleased with it.
Thank-you Hussia, Andi and dada.
I am getting excited now.
The only thing I am feeling very sad about is that I lost my love Thai, and he will not be here to photogragh. That might seem silly, but it’s deeply felt. The last few years of his live I was so sick I could not give him attention and was unable to do much besides blog.
I was going to post a photo from image shack, but it would not let me….what’s the secret to posting photos on booman?
Ohhhhhh! :o}
The love of my life.
The camera I used was a cheapy logitech, but I am happy to have any photos of him.
It may have been a cheap camera but it’s a very dear picture.
He looks like he was a wonderful companion.
What a sweet face!
because…well, you know…nothing really is ever random.
;p
Interesting selection. I particularly like the last one. Is that the derelict passenger car that I’m assuming it is?.
Yes it is. I hope I didn’t post this one already. I went back thru my recent comments and don’t think I saw it…
I agree with Andi neat passenger car.