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: Tripping Out: Photos taken away from home.
Website(s) of the Month: Fluid Water.
AndiF’s Designs for Tripping Out
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Crossing Over (Switch at Crawford Notch, NH)
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Curving By (Railing at Hudson River, NYC)
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Falling Cubes (Zealand Falls, NH)
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olivia’s Tripping Out
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Canoeing at Crotch Lake (Ontario)
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Canoeing at Meech Lake (Quebec)
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Next Theme (Friday October 8, 2010): Shadows and/or reflections.
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I just put this together today.
Here’s what I posted with it:
I have photos, I’ll ad them tomorrow.
Good night all.
Pretty. Love the muted tones, and the bright blue fish in the first one.
The video was fun to watch but the turtle and bright blue fish is my favorite.
I did my best not to harass the critters on the reef. I figured I was no real threat to this monster fish, but I could see that it kept looking back at me, as if to say, “still there? Yep, still there”. So I left it alone after that.
The video is great. Sounds are a treat too. 🙂
Can you tell me more about the camera/underwater housing that you used?
Looking forward to seeing more from your trip.
I bought a little FujiFilm camera for the trip, since it did both still and video, and was much cheaper than any other option. The battery held up really well; I was able to get a dozen videos and about a hundred stills on our reef trip.
Oh, I was looking at those a while back. Impressive!
Mine’s pink (‘cuz I’m so girly). I rinsed it in fresh water each day after I got out of the sea, and I keep the battery case open when it’s not in use, just as precautions against water or salt damage.
That’s gorgeous.
Swimming the reef was an endless series of “wow” moments. Nothing photographic could do it justice. If I suddenly got rich I’d be there everyday (OK, I’d have to take a break some days just to get less pruney). Of course, I’d buy a kickass underwater camera too.
Can understand that — it looks amazing/beautiful/awe-inspiring.
(…take a break some days just to get less pruney).
lol.
“less pruney”…har!…good one keres.
may l aslo suggest t-shirts when snorkling. you can get a serious sunburn on your back…the wisdom of experience.
looks like it was a very special trip.
I wore a dark Tee shirt and board sorts, and slathered myself with water-proof sun screen, and I still burnt the back of my calves a little. I also bruised the top of my feet propelling the flippers – I’d forgotten that I’d had to break my feet in slowly every Summer, back when I swam yearly.
I too have learned the hard way to keep covered while on the water.
you’re ahead of the game then. experience is a very good tutor.
l also use scuba fins, they’re a lot better, esp if you do any free diving. much better kick and they get you down a lot quicker….more bottom time.
l’m envious of your proximity to all that wonderful water.
You know those Giant clams that grab divers in B-grade movies – well this one is about 4 to 5 feet across, and would no doubt have closed on anyone stupid enough to touch the lips.
love this! pretty intimidating! and the blue sparkles it’s wearing, very effective
Keres,
Beautiful shots & video.
I believe the blue ones are Blue Chromis.
As for the Cleaner Wrasse, here`s a pic of mine I`ve had for 10 years.
Nice wrasse. And thanks for the ID on the Chromis.
There seemed to be wrasse stations everywhere. And it was amazing the number of fish that had fishy ‘friends’ tagging along with them wherever they went.
Thanks for the up close look at some of the reef dwellers! These are fascinating.
love this! and the atmospheric glug-glug-glug audio! what software did you use?
Pinnacle Studio 14. It’s got a 15 day trial version, but it’s only $100 Australian if I want to keep it. It’s decent on color correction and pretty good at stabilization, which I really needed because the water was choppy and I was floating at the surface.
Interesting to know, thanks
How relevant! I just spent the last three days in NYC! I’ve only got four shots up so far, as I actually managed to kill a fully charged battery over the course of three days, which is more an indication of a faltering battery than a high amount of shots taken, but here they are so far. As I get more up, I’ll try to stop back and add some more.
Since the camera is dead and I can’t pull a better shot off at the moment, here’s my first ever visit to the Brooklyn Bridge. 1st time here, despite being to NYC dozens and dozens of times in my life.
These other three shots I got off the camera during the week before the battery died yesterday.
A shot from the NYC Transit Museum which, whether you’re a rail fan or not, is definitely worth going to check out!
The Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey, right across from lower Manhattan:
And lastly, the September 11th Memorial, something I’ve only seen once before and only from a distance. It’s rather massive, surreal, and emotionally peculiar.
Hi ss. Really liking the b&w treatment here. Nice mood/atmosphere to the shots. And great framing on the bridge, the symmetry.
Thank you but if you like the symmetry on that one, check out the other one I just posted. It’s got a Spider Man feel to it.
😉
All good shots but the straphanger one is particularly well done — great use of perspective and depth of field.
Using the f/1.8 50mm has it’s advantages and it’s disadvantages. For one, it’s got great control over DoF and for repeating elements in an image, in this case the straps, but one of the disadvantages is the limit to framing that you sometimes encounter due to limited room to move and properly get the shot you want without having to change lenses.
I posted some additional shots below, one of which is peering into a coach car through a circular window. I posted the one with a greater depth of focus, although I have one with a shallow depth of focus as well. Not that I couldn’t fake it with a nice two layer application of sharpening on one layer and blurring the background on the other for an image that really pops.
But once I’m back in front of my own computer, I expect my creative side will come back out and we could see some interesting processing effects, especially some tonemapping.
Ooooo. Shiny.
The blue lights really stand out.
I’d only seen them once before several years ago and it was from a distance so I wanted to make sure that while I was up in NYC, I got some shots. I had intended to park down by Battery Park, grab some shots close-up and then hit the Brooklyn Bridge for some night shots of the NYC skyline with the lights into the shot but immediately after getting this series of memorial light shots, they went out so I consider myself lucky that I got those shots at all.
this is probably the reason they went out ss: 9/11 Memorial Lights Trapped Thousands of Birds
another urban myth nipped in the bud.
That is wild. Thanks for posting that, dada.
Olivia,
I`ll meet Meech you at Crotch lake.
Back in a few hours.
Here’s a 1920s gas station I found in Holbrook, Arizona recently. I was fascinated by this survivor.
Nice sky, but then that’s one of the reasons I love the south-west.
I’ve got a few shots that are mostly sky with just a bit of horizon. It’s amazing how far you can see when no trees and buildings block the view.
Guess they might have had a little problem with your ‘just fill ‘er up’ request.
I was just a few decades too late.
love this! presence of history!
There are a number of amazing survivors in that town including one of only 3 remaining teepee motels. You actually stay in one of a dozen or so metal teepees. The current owner has parked a vintage car in front of each one. My favorite is the Hudson Commodore of course.
never heard of a teepee motel. maybe will get a chance to try it someday!
Behold the teepee motel. Or wigwam, if you prefer.
The guy went to the doctor complaining of dreams he was having.
He had first dreamt of being a wigwam.
The doctor couldn`t diagnose it but told him to come back in a week.
A week later the guy came back & told the doctor he`d dreamt he was a teepee.
AH, said the doctor, here`s a prescription for your nerves.
You`re two tents.
Yurt funny.
Did you stay there?
I love the old gas stations.
That’s great, b2.
We visited a historic site on the Wabash River where a steamboat belonging to my family sank in the late 1850s. The steamboat is the one on the far left.
According to newspaper accounts of the sinking, the pilot tried to avoid paying a lock fee by taking a run over the top of the low head dam. He should have ponied up the fee, as the boat and cargo were lost in the attempt. This is what remains of the lock & dam structure on the Illinois side of the river. Mrs. ID provides perspective by holding up the wall.
Is that near Terre Haute? If so, it looks like they are treating that historic site just as good as they do the site of Fort Harrison.
I heard you on wfiu yesterday — you interview well. 🙂
LOL.
This is just north of Mt. Carmel, IL and yes, its totally neglected. We were lucky to even find the spot.
Thanks for the compliment too:)
Indianadem,
Very nice historical pic of your family`s steamboat.
As an attorney, (not) I`d advise MRs. I to cease & desist.
Pushing over a wall of historic importance, regardless of it`s disrepair, is a federal offense.
Ah, but she leans so very gently.
That’s old photo is fantastic ID — is it one of yours, scanned? And a crazy story to go with it, eh.
I found it by chance in the Louisiana State University Library Steamboat Collection several years ago. By an even greater happenstance, the photo was identified with the name of the steamboat. In other words, boy was I lucky to find it!
Chloe
Jackie
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37knucklehead/2864034091/sizes/o/in/photostream/
Many good shots in this series, KNUCKLEHEAD! Its hard to pick a favorite.
Indianadem,
Your nice comment will suffice. Thank you
I agree. They’re all fascinating!
I’m always partial to your gorgeous grandkids but those flags with the sunlight shining through them are pretty stiff competition.
Thanks AndiF,
Here`s another shot of Jackie.
Chloe, on the other hand doesn`t look like she does in the image above.
She cut off all her hair in support of other kids going through Chemo.
She donated her hair to them through “Locks For Love”, I think it`s called.
I did that about ten years ago when I went from long hair to short. I sent them two eight inch braids. I think it’s called “Locks of Love”. If I remember correctly they need about ten people’s hair to make one wig. Anyone considering a drastically abridged coiffure should consider looking them up online.
Keres,
Good for you.
I`d be in line for something like that,if I ever considered cutting my beard off & there was a demand for fake beards, or beard wigs.
that’s a terrific thing for her to do
I am speechless! I love every one of these shots and it is so hard to pick any one as a favorite over any other but in terms of framing, color and subject – spot on, man! Truly great work! Each one deserves a frame.
Thank you, stand strong,
I don`t know if you clicked on the link at the bottom of my post, but by doing so you`ll see a composite of over 30 shots, showing the extent of the display.
I hope to go down to the display tomorrow to take this year`s display which also includes flags of 70 other nations who lost some of their citizens in the 911 attacks.
Wow — that pano shot is amazing. Nicely done on that.
And I agree with Andi’s comment completely.
Olivia,
Thank you.
I should have planned the “pano” composite better.
I wasn`t really thinking about it.
I hope to go back tomorrow, & I might try another one.
I really like the Falling Cubes shot Andi.
Thanks ID. Zealand Falls is just gorgeous.
View to NNW from the summit of Butte Michaud, north of Cooperstown, ND. (Pronounced boot-ah-ma-shoe by the locals
Old house at base of Butte Michaud, looks the same now as it did some 40 plus years ago.
Sorry, couldn’t resist including our “viagra” tomato
At night, one can see some 10-12 towns in the 360 degree view from Butte Michaud, the highest point in these here parts.
So now all you have to do to respond to my jokes about trees and ND is to link to that tomato. 🙂
… but I gotta ask about that middle picture (which is gorgeous as is the top photo) with its tiny little lonely tree — is that the North Dakota State Forest? 😉
… is that the North Dakota State Forest?
Ok, that made me laugh. Out loud even.
OK, you two wiseacres!!! Ya best not get too smartypantsed!!
One of these days I’ll get some photos of our “ND State Forest”
Then you’ll see!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
😀
Btw — is that Happi in the 2nd photo?
Yep, that’s Happi over there by the house foundation. You’ve got a sharp eye, Olivia.
:::tee-hee:::
The middle shot is my favorite of your set here and has a great ‘Americana’ motif, one I often try (and frequently fail) to capture in isolated environments where there’s not much around except for what would otherwise be considered unremarkable scenes or structures to someone who doesn’t appreciate a scene for the visual cues it has the potential to offer.
Well seen, or should I say, scene!
Thanks, stand strong.
The old buildings on the prairie motif is inexorably coming to an end, as each year entropy consigns more of the old buildings to earth. So I’m thinking I should probably make even more of an effort to capture these scenes while I can.
Gorgeous vista NDD. I’m in agreement with ss – love that 2nd shot.
Thanks olivia.
That the old house still stands amazes me since I first saw it as a teenager, as as we know… that’s several decadences ago;)
Ah yes, those decadences do fly by … 😉
Hey NDD,
Great shots.
What I really like about ND is how progressive that state is.
Imagine, you can even let your dog run around with no leash, on the state capitol building`s grounds.
That`s terrific.
Hahahahhaahha.
Kidding aside those are some beautiful shots, although the last one does have a bit of a shortcoming, compared to my California grown one.
Thanks KH,
I concede the superiority of your garden produce to the “shortcoming” of mine in some aspects of life. However, you can’t make a BLT sandwich without the Ts!
‘Been a while since I’ve been to the state capitol, so I’m not actually up on what the dogs are doing there.
“Progressive” , well, ha ha, and not so ha ha! It would seem that “progressive” elements in ND are mostly now past history, although the Democratic remants of the Non-Partisan League, and the ND State Bank, and State Mill still exist as icons of that era.
However, lately it seems we’re obviously trending towards lunacy along with many other areas of the nation.
One of our major AM radio stations in Fargo recently announced they were going to carry the Glen Beck show for 3 hours per day 5 times a week. Ackkkk! (bangs head on wall.)
The reasoning given by the station was they thought people were so interested in the news.
Tragic comedy.
I’m sure many in ND who truly consider themselves progressives are contemplating a suitable response.
Maybe you’d like to fly in and perform an exorcism… or something!
NDD,
I was joining the girls on being a smartypants & referring to Happi running free around the state capitol which is what I presumed that building to be.
But I`ll be glad to go up there to excise the rot at the station about to spread the disease of Beckism.
Hah! I see my brain is a bit slower than usual. I’ve been out with the pup and an old friend chasin’ after grouse the last couple of days… so a bit tuckered ooooot.
From a trip home to see the folks.
Boston’s North End
USS Constitution
Bob, when I saw the ship, the first thing that came to mind was growing up in Newport, RI where each year we would have the Tall Ships come to Newport Harbor and how much I used to enjoy the opportunity not only to see them at dock, but also sailing freely in the Narraganset Bay.
Then the thought of Boston entered my mind as I was scrolling up (I came from the bottom at first) and that’s when I saw that it was in fact in Boston, which as it so happens, also is host to a variety of boating events each year (or at least was when I was a child; I don’t know about now) and how much I enjoyed going to Boston and Fall River to see ships of all types from multiple sail schooners to full armor battleships.
Nice shots, Bob. I’ve always liked how the Constitution is just “there” in the middle of everyday life.
Hi Bob. Love that city view.
Just had my first visit to downtown Boston a few months ago. What a fantastic city, loved exploring it.
I really like your train switch spot and, once they’re all up, one might find that a majority of my shots from NYC this week are of a train theme. That’s because we had Elliott with us and we made the trip train-centric with visits to two terminals in New Jersey, the NYC Transit Museum, several extended rides on the subway through various massive subway terminals, etc, etc, etc.
Anyhoo – I did say when I got some additional images up, I’d post them and so here are a few more. They may be similar shots, but not the same.
Another shot from the Brooklyn Bridge:
Another shot from the September 11th Memorial lights:
Three more from the transit museum:
And I’ll round it out with a shot from the Holland Tunnel:
Another nice set. You’ve definitely got an eye for straphangers. But I sure hope you weren’t driving when you took that tunnel shot.
I really enjoyed a look back to an earlier time when I was living on LI and spent time in Manhattan. The tunnel appears much cleaner now than when I was there, IIRC;-)
Yep, that shot is awesome. Love. It. 🙂
And I really, really like the subway through the round window (CSC_1830). Nice set. ss
both of them. l really like the tunnel shot. there’s a lot there, motion, the curving perspective and reflections. well done sir!
stand strong,
The bridge shot is amazing.
Great composition on the tunnel shot also.
Love the tunnel shot!
From a recent trip to Bavaria, the Walhalla in Donaustauf, built in the early 19th century to display the busts of prominent German speaking men and women (more on Wikipedia):
Sophie Scholl:
Albrecht Dürer:
Carl Maria von Weber:
The set in its entirety can be viewed on flickr.
Wow, impressive. Looks like a person could spend some time there wandering through history.
Looked at the flickr set slideshow. Love that first shot in the set — the windows. Striking.
von Weber looks as serious as his music.
Over on the full set, I agree with olivia on the first shot but also really like the second one too.
Olivia & AndiF,
Your submissions are beautiful, but I`ll have more time to comment on them tomorrow.
I`ve just been through a few rough weeks schedule wise, but It`s all done with now.
And on the 22nd day, he rested.
Thanks.
Rest well, my friend. 🙂
I was hoping to get out this w/e to complete my foto flog trilogy.
This one from Saturday taken at the infamous Crotch Lake:
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Do we dare inquire from whence the name derives?
That was my thought too, but I wasn’t gonna say it.
I think it is related to the topography … several areas where it narrows and widens. Though, that is just my –possibly naive– hypothesis. 😉
Amazing!! I really fell in love with this photos….
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