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Post by Kimby on Jul 7, 2015 13:31:04 GMT
I can just about guarantee that I'll see nothing of interest on my morning walks at the lake if I carry a camera, and the converse is also true.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 7, 2015 14:08:18 GMT
I can just about guarantee that I'll see nothing of interest on my morning walks at the lake if I carry a camera, and the converse is also true. Ain't that the truth.......
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2015 17:56:00 GMT
I popped down to the train station to pick up a rental car and then drove it home for use tomorrow morning. So I left my camera at home. As usual, I was stuck in a huge traffic jam going back even though the distance is only 1.3 km. During one long stoppage, I looked over onto the sidewalk on the left and there was a huge dead rat lying there, which I would have been obliged to photograph if I had a camera, even though nobody here would have appreciated it. Ten minutes later, the car had barely moved, and I glanced to the right. There was a man in a tattered old car who looked even more like a rat than the dead rat. On top of that, he was tiny and couldn't even see over the steering wheel. Now THAT would have been a picture worth taking.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 31, 2015 5:00:11 GMT
I resent the implication that anyporters don't appreciate deceased rodents. Downtown the other day I saw three blind people leading each other.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2015 5:12:02 GMT
Did they go to inspect the proverbial elephant?
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 31, 2015 5:28:54 GMT
Well, they seemed to know where they were going & were quite jolly about it despite moving against the tide on a busy sidewalk.
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Post by Kimby on Aug 31, 2015 12:11:25 GMT
Maybe they weren't truly "blind", more like visually impaired, like with macular degeneration. My father in law got around quite well with it, though he could not read or drive.
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Post by Kimby on Aug 31, 2015 12:13:53 GMT
BTW, I appreciated the juxtaposition of Bixa's "three blind" people with k2's rodent...
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 31, 2015 13:23:55 GMT
Oh! I didn't pick up on that, Kimby ~ priceless!
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 16, 2016 2:31:03 GMT
Just read all the way through this thread from the beginning. There is some funny stuff here!
The other day I was in a taxi stopped for the light at a busy intersection. A tall, very slender person in a mini skirt stepped gracefully into the intersection and proceeded to do a brilliant and acrobatic routine with two hula hoops. Just before the light changed he or she fluidly bowed and went car to car to collect the offerings of the appreciative passengers. Nope, didn't have my camera.
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Post by htmb on Mar 20, 2016 19:54:55 GMT
I walked out onto my back porch this afternoon in time to see a bright red fox bolt underneath the palmetto fronds down towards the sink hole. Eventually, I went to get my camera to see if I could get a photo, but he seems to have disappeared for now.
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Post by Kimby on Mar 20, 2016 22:55:45 GMT
They're elusive alright. We've seen tracks all winter, but nary a glimpse, even though their red coat should be easy to see against the white snow.
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Post by patricklondon on Mar 21, 2016 10:40:35 GMT
Foxes are quite a common sight in the residential areas of most British cities. Anywhere where there's a patch or two of minimally managed and slightly overgrown land will do for a home (all along railway cuttings and embankments, for example), and there's usually plenty of wildlife, plus the domestic dustbins, to feed on. We quite often see them trotting along the roads where I live, and I was woken up the other night by the noise they made. My blog | My photos | My video clips"too literate to be spam"
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Post by htmb on Mar 21, 2016 12:31:22 GMT
I have wondered if fox were as numerous in the UK as they used to be.
I've lived in this city since 1970, and this is a first for me. That's not to mean they aren't here, but I do gather there are not a lot of fox inside the city limits. However, I'm on the edge of a wildlife corridor and, with so much vegetation outside my back door, I'm sure there are lots of animals coming and going that I never see. There are an over abundance of raccoons and possums, and certainly a few deer. Last night I saw several fat, brown rabbits out in the grassy area. Some of my neighbors living along a creek have even seen coyotes.
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Post by breeze on Mar 21, 2016 12:41:02 GMT
Better luck next time, htmb.
I love to see foxes but my sightings are rare. Pildiblog often has fox photos.
We did see our first porcupine the other week. I took photos but none of them would prove to you that it really was a porcupine.
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Post by htmb on Mar 21, 2016 12:48:06 GMT
If we could ever capture these creatures "on film" we could start an urban wildlife thread.
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Post by breeze on Mar 21, 2016 15:59:49 GMT
Rural, in our case.
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Post by patricklondon on Mar 21, 2016 17:47:19 GMT
Urban foxes, like badgers, tend to come out at night, which makes photography a bit difficult. And I've no intention of hanging around on the offchance! My blog | My photos | My video clips"too literate to be spam"
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Post by htmb on Mar 21, 2016 18:08:48 GMT
Urban foxes here, or similar nocturnal mammals, are suspect for rabies if they're out during the daytime.
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Post by questa on Aug 24, 2017 14:13:46 GMT
One of the world's great sights is the Dawn breaking over the Borobudur Temple in Java. It is worth the effort of rising pre-dawn, flagging down a couple of motorbikes to take us there and sitting on the cold stone walls waiting for the perfect shot.
The night before I had noted my film camera had only 3 exposures left so I grabbed another roll to make the change when it was needed. The sun crept up in the mist with the light catching the hundreds of Buddha statues, wet from the mist and shining golden against the ancient stone pyramid. Three clicks and the film started to wind back. I reached for the spare film, couldn't insert it then went cold all over as I realized I had picked up a fully exposed roll...the day before I had visited the other great temple of Prambanan and this roll was full with those photos.
Nowhere to buy more film, even tried to buy some from fellow travellers. Finally had awful Polaroid taken by local picture man who had friend and I filling the scene, and in the background Borobudur sitting like a pile of rocks.
(Kerouac has a stunning dawn picture which I have set apart so I can look at and wonder. Would you like me to share it here again,K2?)
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 24, 2017 16:08:22 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Aug 25, 2017 2:38:03 GMT
I had the opportunity to photograph the total solar eclipse this week. With no filter to protect my camera's sensor, I would only be able to film during the 2 minutes of totality. Guess I should have read the owner's manual beforehand, as I could not figure out how to set the manual focus to infinity, so the fiery white ring looked kinda like a powdered donut! Oh well....
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Post by questa on Aug 25, 2017 5:35:43 GMT
I seem to remember it as more golden sky, but it is very close to it. This morning I have checked all the sunrise, sunset and shadows photos in image bank looking for your pic. I can't find the one I remember but will check my external hard drive.
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Post by questa on Aug 25, 2017 6:05:31 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 25, 2017 6:41:13 GMT
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Post by questa on Aug 25, 2017 8:27:46 GMT
I get quivers down my spine when I see this image. It is not just Kerouac 2's intuitive composition, or light and colour, not even that I have been there...but this beautiful haunting scene just hits me every time I see it. Timeless.
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 25, 2017 10:48:43 GMT
At least it makes leaving the hotel in Yogya at 5 a.m. to get to Borobudur by dawn worth it. Same thing goes for dawn at Angkor Wat.
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 15, 2017 23:55:41 GMT
This evening's "me with no camera" really required a video to capture it all. Anyway ~
I was walking through a plaza with my three dogs on their leashes. We passed a street performer giving a puppet show out of a shoeshine box (the puppets, not the puppetmaster). There was an audience of mothers and grandmothers with little kids.
As we passed, the puppeteer took out a very small dog puppet and started walking it. Darla stopped dead, then pulled on the leash to get closer. The next thing you know, all three real dogs were seated in a row, leaning forward with ears pricked as they raptly watched the show. They also stole the show, as all of the adults and some of the kids were watching the real doggies and laughing.
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Post by Kimby on Sept 16, 2017 1:27:02 GMT
A vivid word picture that made me smile. Thanks, Bixa!
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 28, 2017 3:53:55 GMT
Belated thanks to you, Kimby! Today's missed photo-op could also go in Local Color ~ I walked into a Wal-Mart at the newest mall today. There, just inside the entrance, was a really large and very beautiful muertos altar, complete with a lovely marigold path in front of it. It was covered with all the traditional bread and candles, etc. I saw a six-pack of beer, something the commemorated departed must have liked in life. But who was being commemorated? In the place of honor at the top of the altar was a framed photograph of a mean looking Anglo. I suppose you all can guess who it was.
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