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.
Website(s) of the Week: Life Magazine Photos of Women in World War II.
AndiF’s Random
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Random Yet Knot
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Random Light Show
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Random drops
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olivia’s random
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Next Week’s Theme: The return of “What is it?” This is a game invented by NorthDakotaDem. All you do is post a picture and have people guess what it is. It can be a close-up of something that makes it tricky to recognize or something unusual that people might not recognize or a different view of a known scene or place or anything else you can dream up that you think will be fun to guess.
Note: for this diary, post a single picture per comment so people can put their guesses as replies to the comment.
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Previous Friday Foto Flogs
Awwwwwwwwwwwww, baby squirrel.
Past my bedtime – I’ll have to catch you all on the flip-side.
See you in the AM.
‘Morning all.
From our trip to Bruny island last weekend.
Native Red-bottomed bee in a native iris.
Skink
Grevillia blossoms
The grevillia is gorgeous. Great tush on the bee (and it sure hangs out in a great neighborhood). And very slinky skink.
Not surprisingly, we plan to add some grevillias to our native garden. While I was photographing the one above a New Holland honeyeater was darting around inside it – but always just out of view.
Oh wow — the grevillia is gorgeous. Does is have a scent?
If they are scented, it’s not very strong. They’re in the protea family. According to Wikipedia we have about 360 different species of them. We’re going to plant some in our garden as they attract birds, which, philistine that I am, is probably the main reason I plant flowers.
Here’s another blossom shot.
Lake Alice, University of Florida Campus, Gainesville
Shed Invader
Road Less Traveled
http://bobx327.deviantart.com/art/Road-Less-Traveled-141922716
My what wonderful bug eyes that critter has — the better to see the bugs I’m going to eat, my dear. 🙂
Cuban tree frogs are an invasive pain in the a**, hence the invader moniker. They eat the native green tree frogs and other native species and grow to over 5.5 inches. On the other hand they do make quite the photographic subject.
Light Show and Drops are beautiful. The color in Drops is amazing.
Hi Bob. Love the Road Less Travelled. Photos w/ paths and roads etc. winding off into the distance invite exploration. The large size is great – and nice work on the merging.
The frog is fantastic – love the bulbs on the ends of the toes.
Thanks, I’m working on some other road shots that are similar with more bracketed images than just two. I’ll post them in the future if they pan out.
That squirrel is just as wonderfully interested in you as you are it.
Love your image of my favorite type of road, Bob. (That is, the one not taken.)
One thing I like very much about the tropical south is this type of tree formation. I think of ancient secrets.
Sunrise 10 27 09
Wow, NDD. I always knew there must be some upside to living where there are too few trees and way too much snow.
Beautifully shot — I love how you caught not only the dramatic light but also the subtle and soft glow.
Thanks, AndiF. You got it, lots of wide open spaces between the tree all right. And snow predicted for today too.
We can thank my 4-legged alarm for getting me up in time to take some sunrise shots. (She’s trained to recognize photographic cloud patterns, ya know… 🙂
I guess I need to work on my crew — they only seem to wake me up when it’s pitch dark and there are raccoons or deer that need chasing.
Wow. That’s gorgeous.
Oooooh – spectacular! I’ve missed seeing your sunset and landscape shots. 🙂
Did you notice that we’re having another of your ‘What is it?’ themes next week. 🙂
What a truly lovely shot, NDD. The picture of serenity. Your simple palete is quite beautiful, too.
I actually prefer a ‘sun shot’ like this to something more flashy & glam.
AndiF, I particularly like Random Drops, it’s quite a mesmerizing background landscape combined with the complexity of that branch with the drops.
Hey there, Olivia, do all those little critters know you by name, or what? I can imagine you calling out, “OK, Squeaky, time to pose for your portrait photos.” Great shots however it is that you convince them to hang around long enough for the clickity click.
Thanks, NDD. It’s always a gift when a gray, blah day gives you a really nice picture.
lol, they’re a friendly bunch … 😀
Simple pleasures:
Are the best … 🙂
Is that an orange juicer in the background — love that!
Definitely and a really nice composition … which I’m guessing didn’t last long. 🙂
Ah, comfort. Your subject + those lovely gold tones is very warming & happy.
going…
going…
bye……
[an aside: 1st major winter storm; official snow accumulation [nws]: 23″; unofficial @ casa d: 30″±…look out kansas!…here it comes.]
Yikes — you can keep it. Thanks. 😉
I really like the way the snow provides an almost lacy background for the leaves. And I like even more that you’re the one taking those shots and not me.
ya well…it’s rapidly disappearing. wind came up and it went to 40º today and now it’s some serious slush. the alley, aka, my driveway, may be passable tomorrow.
prob shoulda tried to get the spots from the snow on the filter out in PS….but was too lazy.
Nooo! They add another dimension.
I really like the precise way you’ve framed the leaves, dada. The first shot, especially, reminds me of a simple measure of music. Probably piano.
and I tried to get more images up earlier today before work but it didn’t really go as planned.
So here’s what I’ve got…
This is actually a tone-mapped image, similar in technique to some of the more eye-catching images I’ve posted, just w/o the more overt processing element.
The processing I did perform in this shot was to provide some more exposure on the foreground rock and leaves and during that process, some over-saturation of the background trees came into play. Eh…
Surprisingly, even at f6.3, the background was really obscured and that may be a result of the available light limiting me to 6.3 or it could be a result of the processing, or a little bit of both. In an ideal situation, I’d go back with a tripod and shoot this more towards f10 or higher for higher background focus.
This next shot was was taken after a long game of pirates (sword fighting) with Elliott. I had the curved plastic pirate sword and he had the light-up sword I bought him on Labor Day weekend down in Wildwood. I’ve taken shots before of him in utter darkness playing with this sword (to chop up the monsters that live under his bed) and so I thought I’d try again. How this image came out simply makes me laugh it looks so crazy.
I set the camera on a dresser, popped the shutter on ‘Bulb’ and had Elliott run around and over the bed for 20 seconds or so while waving his sword all over the place and voila:
Moving on, here’s some obligatory local support for the Phillies:
And lastly, I finally took the time to throw together a basic snoot which, depending on how it’s constructed, allows one to funnel the light from a flash unit mounted on the camera into a small (or large, or cylindrical, or square shaped) portion of light. This can dramatically alter the appearance of a photo and when used properly, can have pleasing effects.
Of course, as I’m new to using this type of “device”, I didn’t really pay to much attention to the power setting on the flash. This can often annoy your subject…
There ya go! Tomorrow is Halloween so I’m sure I’ll get plenty of pictures from that and then Sunday is my 31st birthday but you probably won’t see too many pictures from that as I usually keep my birthdays low key and I don’t expect this one to be any different from years past.
Lots of interest stuff to look at it here but the sword fight photo get my award for Best Use of a Toy to Make a Spectacular Effect.
the pope’s a phillies fan?…who knew.
and a happy b-day to ya!
I love the variation in your set! The sword shot is great, of course. The Pope shot is sublime; it reminds me of Magritte’s subtlety.
Have a very Happy Birthday!
The sword fight is fantastic!
Love the random drops and rafters, Andi.
Olivia, I thought I was having a squirrelly week so I’m glad it wasn’t just me.
It’s not everyday when you get to shoot a mushroom with the sky in the background while standing up. I even had to stretch to get the shot. (Shot with Andi’s Canon G9.)
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Love that composition, Jim. Of course, the gills are always fascinating ..
Interesting geometry in this one.
Gorgeous — like a bird’s wing.
A new brewpub comes to our neighborhood.
The post and beam framing, fastened with wooden pegs like old fashioned barns
They used a concrete texturing technique new to me
Cobblestone
Wood grain
l love the heavy timber frame stuff. kinda pricey, but very, very cool.
and l predict you’ll learn to loathe that pressed concrete crap…especially with freezing rain, snow, and the attendant freeze-thaw cycles.
it’s not allowed on any pedestrian areas here anymore…after a lot of grief and not a few lawsuits.
Guess we’ll see how the stuff works out after a couple of below-zero winters. I’ll remember to watch my step over there.
This type of framing is really wonderful to look at. The barns on the land where I’m staying now were built with basically the same method — some 150 years ago. I don’t guess they’re expecting the pub to go anywhere.
I like the second shot, against that pure blue sky.
The last house I built was constructed around one of those old barns; I’m guessing the vintage was about 1850.
It was given to me free for the cleanup, as the owners wanted to farm over the old homestead. The beams were black walnut, oak and yellow poplar. It turned out to be quite a project.
Oh boy ! I’ll bet.
Well there’s something to really look forward to. Hope both the beer and the food will be good.
The cobblestone shot is my favorite.
IDtY, bartender and amateur brewmeister, has been hanging around over there on his days off, checking out the brewing equipment for the owners. Looks like it might be a nice addition to the neighborhood. I’ll let you know as soon as samples become available;-)
Is that someone’s house (looks like a house in the background of some of the photos)?
Here are photos of the now prize-winning (2nd place) pumpkin/gourd created by the boran2 and yours truly.
a bronze medalist…cool…the b2 boy was obviously impressed with roswell, eh.
Hay, second place is silver, third is bronze. 😉
Pretty neat! Definitely deserving of a prize.
What’s the name of that blue? I want it for my hair.
Should be: the boran2 boy and yours truly.
Wow, very cool and very imaginative.
Congrats on the win — can see why, you two did a great job!
HARVEST MOON
ORTHODOX CHURCH (for birds)
A ROSE FOR YOU
NIGHT REEF
SELF PORTRAIT (40 years ago)
OLD WORK AREA
I AM SIAM
ELEPHANT EAR FLOWER
YELLOW ORIOLE ON CACTUS
THE ALCHEMIST
BEAUTIFUL REEF (MY FRIENDS)
BEAUTIFUL REEF (detail)
FUNGIA TENTACLES
BANANA ALOE
BANGAII CARDINALFISH
SATIN SHEETS & HOT DOGS
PIPE DREAM
COLGOAT SMILE
Pipe Dream is my favorte. I like the contrast of the regular rhythms of the corrugated pipe and the irregular rhythms of the flowers. The colors and forms remind me of this shot we took in Canada. LINK
AndiF,
It`s amazing what we see if we know what to look for.
There are natural works of art all around us yet it seems only a few recognize them.
I say a few, on the grand scale.
There are millions of shooters, but out of billions of people, I think a few is warranted.
I love the similarity in color & the roundness of the silvered log ends.
I like Pipe Dreams very much. So many contrasts, beautifully blended.
Your self-portrait is of a highly sensitive person, of depth. A pretty far out person, too.
& of course, I love the goat. Love love love the goat!
Hee hee!
Apologies to Pipe Dream.
wilderness wench,
Thank you, I have a series on that theme. (PipeDreams)
The late sixties, a time when I had lots of dreams. (self portrait)
The goat.
A lot of people love the goat.
Someone even wondered if I`d photoshopped the teeth in.
I didn`t btw.
I thought at first you hadn’t, then I thought you did!
Now I think: why the hell would you PS goat’s teeth on a goat?
🙂
wilderness wench
That`s how I looked at it.
The teeth were already perfect. (for a goat)
Compared to mine, they’re beautiful!
Agreeing with everybody on Pipe Dreams but I also really liked SATIN SHEETS & HOT DOGS (though it definitely wasn’t the caption I would have picked) and the appropriately creepy for Halloween FUNGIA TENTACLES.
AndiF,
What would you have captioned that shot with?
I figured since it is Locoweed, it should have a loco title.
It does seem like it deserves better, for it`s grace & softness though.
That self portrait is a good one, looks more like a candid than most.
BobX,
I may have forgotten what I was doing, then after ten seconds I was brought back to reality by the click of the shutter.
But it was too late at that point.
Those seem like the very best circumstances for a self-portrait.
wilderness wench,
Everyone should take self portraits every few months.
They are harder than one would think & can test your patience with yourself.
I try some with mirrors & others with a timer then run around in front.
I have to pre-focus those on a tripod.
Taking self portraits will definitely cut you down to size.
I also am at a disadvantage in practicing doing portraits as there`s only Teri & myself, & she does not allow my taking pictures of her.
I often use statues or busts though.
I agree with you that self-portraits should be a practice.
I’d actually like to see self-portraits as a theme for the Ffflog — though some of us might not go for that.
Wilderness wench
I second your suggestion for a FFF theme.
Wilderness wench,
Here`s a portrait I did this evening of the lady next door in Halloween mode.
Wow. That’s pretty/surreal!
LOL! Colgate smile had me laughing out loud for real. Too cute. Nicer teeth than many people too … 😉
Olivia,
I never really looked at that shot I took of the goat at my friend`s place.
It has been quite the hit, where one person thought I`d photoshopped the teeth in (I didn`t) & another who thought it was a coyote.
It does look strange though, I have to admit.
Andi & Miss O: thanks again for your wonderful offerings!
Of course, I always love those forest shots. And squirls are always heroic.
When I think of the place between this world & the next, I think it might look like this.
Very moody and evocative. And I don’t know about between worlds but for me the woods are a place outside but encompassing the world.
Yes indeed.
Nice shot! I like dark foggy pics like this. This has a real sense of serenity.
Thanks for the compliment! Glad you like it.
Me, I came away from that scene with a changed consciousness.
*sigh*
For me, they are a place to recharge – they are where I come alive.
Same here. Absolutely!