Greetings photography enthusiasts. After a couple months, this series is back. It’s Friday, and time for a new (almost) monthly foto flog. This is one I took in Tampa in mid-June. I have quite a few photos from that particular trip, but this is the one that I keep gravitating toward when I review my photos.
Please note that this is a reboot of a series that went to seed a few years ago. I know that there are some photo hobbyists like me who post here already. As always, I am hoping to incite a bit more “community behavior” in our community blog. AndiF and BobX used to curate the old foto flog. Others contributed quite regularly. Folks like Hurria, JimF, KNUCKLEHEAD, dada, olivia, ask, tampopo, Man Eegee, and a whole host of others posted photos at one time or another. I am sure I have missed someone in that list.
I don’t use anything especially fancy. Right now my Samsung Galaxy s6 keeps humming along well enough, and it continues to serve me well for most general photography purposes. Unless that phone goes bad, I plan on keeping it for at least the next year or so. I may switch over to the Google Pixel, depending on how one of my younger relatives likes his. Probably going to proceed as planned with a Galaxy S9 sometime in the next year.
Some of our regulars have actual professional equipment, and before Photobucket turned into such a drag, we were graced by some absolutely stunning landscape shots, close-ups of flowers and insects, and some abstract photography. I’ve often marveled at the creativity of the folks who have meandered in and out of this community over the years. I use flickr to host my photos for the time being. I have tried out imgur as well. So far, so good.
Consider this series as a homage to its predecessor, and dedicated to the spirit of its ancestors. Enjoy.
A friendly reminder that tips and recs are always welcome. What appears under the recommended diaries heading says a good deal of what we appear to value as a group. Choose wisely.
An iconic scene along the Huntington Beach bike trail, just a little ways south of the pier.
This may be the first time I successfully photographed a bolt of lightning (far right-hand side). A complex of storms passed through recently. Did some real damage not that far away from us, but had weakened by the time they arrived here. A lot of lightning and enough wind to down some small tree limbs was about the extent of it in my corner of the world. Used my Galaxy S6. I was standing at the edge of a covered patio while I was taking photos, which might explain the weird shadow effect I got on the upper portion of the photo. But hey, lightning. Hopefully next time I will get a better shot. Somewhere in my collection is a photo of a tornado touching down about 20 or so miles north of me. I’ll have to post that at some point.
Since this is still on the rec list, I’ll add another photo. Took this one while on an overnight layover in Amsterdam early spring 2017.