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Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 1:46 pm
by lorin
yay!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you!
Some of my favorite pics I took traveling
Sagres, Portugal. Great place to meet a hotbodied surfer dude.
Coast of Antigua
Sagres again
Barcelona, Spain
Monchique, Portugal
Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 1:51 pm
by Menolly
pretty, lorin!
Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 4:20 pm
by matrixman
Lovely photos, lorin! I particularly like the shot of the sailboat. Postcard-worthy!
Re: aperture priority - sorry, Waddley, I should've provided a pic. It's "Av" on the camera's mode dial:
The aperture broadly determines how much of a scene is in focus. The wider the aperture (the lower the f-number or "f-stop"), the more you can create that "sharp-foreground, soft-background" look, as in macro shots.
Btw, "bokeh" is the term pros use to describe the pleasing out-of-focus element in a picture.
Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 4:28 pm
by Menolly
matrixman wrote:Lovely photos, lorin! I particularly like the shot of the sailboat. Postcard-worthy!
I like them all, but when I responded, the sailboat one was the only one showing. So, we're in agreement, Neo!
Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 6:45 pm
by lorin
Thanks ! Don't say too many nice things or you guys will be in trouble................. I have like 500 pics.
Dont worry .......I wouldnt do that to you...........
Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 7:00 pm
by Cleburne
Great pictures Lorin , I do like the one of the boat in Antigua.
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 11:58 pm
by lorin
I am lucky to live at the entrance to Fort Hancock, New Jersey. It is really an amazing place. It emcompasses an old empty and well preserved fort used at the turn of the century and WW1. It is just such an interesting place to explore. And within the Fort is are federal beaches, the Audobon Society, a Marine college, the Coast Guard and many many wildlife preserves. And it overlooks nyc. I spend the winters exploring the area. I just love it and its the main reason I live in NJ. (the only reason, actually). I just wanted to share a few pics.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Hancock,_New_Jersey
The Generals quarters
Officers quarters
Artillery bunkers
where they stored the amo
the lookouts . when you get to the top you see the ocean and nyc
Bird nesting areas
One of the beaches and my crazy crazy dog.
and just plain pretty..................
I tried but I dont know how to make them appear smaller. I hope its not too boring.
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 6:00 am
by Seareach
that boat picture is amazing. I love it!
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 6:57 am
by lucimay
fabulous photos lorin!
marvelous.
my two favs thus far (altho the boat is pretty) are your crazy crazy dog in the sunset and the one of the spanish kid with the doves! love love love both of those.
wadds your flowers are lovely!!
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 6:07 am
by matrixman
Snowy Owl "Portrait"
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 6:13 am
by Dragonlily
Beautiful, MM.
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 6:26 am
by Infelice
The owl is beautiful MM... and so is the snow. I must visit Canada one of these days, in the Fall for the colours and the winter.
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 12:10 pm
by lorin
The owl is so beautiful against the snow. did you use a strong telescopic lens or did you get very close?
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 12:29 pm
by aliantha
Nice owl pic, MM!
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 5:45 pm
by matrixman
Thanks kindly, everyone!
lorin wrote:The owl is so beautiful against the snow. did you use a strong telescopic lens or did you get very close?
I used a telephoto lens zoomed out to 270mm (35mm equivalent). Then I cropped the picture so that the owl filled the frame.
Oh, and lorin, please feel free to post more pics. Being stuck where I am, it's always nice to see other places through Watchers' cameras.
Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 12:20 am
by lorin
matrixman wrote: Being stuck where I am, it's always nice to see other places through Watchers' cameras.
where (area) are you stuck at, MM? should I send a rescue team?
Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 5:23 pm
by matrixman
lorin wrote:where (area) are you stuck at, MM? should I send a rescue team?
Stuck in the middle of the continent (Winnipeg). Heh, I'd like a transporter, not a rescue team.
Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 10:17 pm
by lorin
matrixman wrote:lorin wrote:where (area) are you stuck at, MM? should I send a rescue team?
Stuck in the middle of the continent (Winnipeg). Heh, I'd like a transporter, not a rescue team.
Did you see this? was pretty good.
Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 11:33 pm
by matrixman
Nah, haven't seen it. I did see a Maddin film back in the 90's called Careful. Weird but interesting.
Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 7:30 am
by Reisheiruhime
earlier, my friend whitley took a picture of me... i'd climbed a wall and gotten into the yard of one of the historic houses here in Washington... there's a really old fence there, and, well...
remember Wilson from Home Improvement? aside from the showing of the nose and mouth, and the fact that i was encouraging whitley to climb the wall too, rather than dispensing wise and non-trespassory advice... pretty similar, akshully...
