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a squirrel's eye view (no gnomes in the woods that day)LOL

mcaroline — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:19:06 -0500

Java, You did it again.You made me laugh out loud!! I have learnt that sometimes the most blah photo can be made interesting by getting down and not being afraid to get dirty. I have been asked many times by passers by if I am ok because I am laying on the ground in the woods trying to photograph the underside of a mushroom or a sky view through trees-LOL.

I'm looking forward to seeing what you will shoot from the ground up. MC

The Jogger

Java55 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:48:39 -0500

Aye, a gnome's eye view!

This reminds me of one random shot I made from sidewalk level while at Raleigh Wide Open 4 - turned out looking kinda cool but the background was not that exciting. In retrospect I think I should have shot more photos that way as I might have ended up with something amusingly interesting. This gives me an idea for a future photography outing... TeeHee! Thanks for posting this!

unfurling

mcaroline — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:54:22 -0500

Thanks java,That's what I liked too,plus the raindrops:)

Raleigh Skyline

Java55 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:40:17 -0500

Thanks! I was fortunate to be there at sunset when an Amtrak passenger train was leaving Raleigh as this train really added something to the photo! The vast majority of times I have been here at or about sunset there was not a running train to be found upon the tracks and any photos I made looked relatively dull. This time I shot a whole sequence as the train rounded the curve and passed under the bridge, but in the photos I noticed as the train got closer it became the subject instead of the Raleigh skyline, so while sorting through my pictures I chose a photo where the train was at just the right distance that the two complimented each other. Trust me, this choosing was not an easy task!

Very cool Java! I'm going to

builder24car — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:59:51 -0500

Very cool Java! I'm going to try for the Raleigh skyline myself this week I hope........

Skip Land... Skip Land... Skip Land...

Java55 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:51:14 -0500

I have also noticed that the rules keep changing for successful transmissions to Share. I almost feel like a ham radio operator relying upon ionospheric skip for transmissions to go around the curvature of the earth - its never the same from day to day, or hour to hour, or even minute to minute! ...but if recorded and charted over a long enough period of time a ham radio operator *might* notice a subtle 27-day cycle that correlates quite well to the rotation of the sun and solar wind activity interacting with the earth's ionosphere to create ideal conditions for the skip needed for a successful 'around the curvature of the earth' transmission.

Right-mouse clicking to open pages into new windows helps sometimes too and once you find a page that you're actually logged in dont close that window. Also if you do get a successful photo upload, hitting the 'back' button on your browser after the photo has uploaded can often get you back to the upload page again for another upload. Hope this helps!

By the way, great fireworks picture!

tricks for glitches

mcaroline — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:36:08 -0500

I will have to try that one.I do remember reading Java'a explanation but hadn't tried it. I'll give it a go right now and see what ensues!!! Watch this space:) And thanks for the hot tip :)

Are you trying Java's trick

Art_Wannabe — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:29:44 -0500

Are you trying Java's trick of clicking on a thumbnail of one of your own shots? It's worked for me lately as a way to get the site to recognize that I'm signed in. Also, some work on the site seems to have been done. Some buttons on my profile page that used to be mis-aligned (and therefore all bu invisible) seem to have been fixed.

Beautiful colors! I love the

Art_Wannabe — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:22:47 -0500

Beautiful colors! I love the shallow depth of field. It makes the petals look like they are in layers. Nothing hidden by shadows or burn-out. Interesting and easy on the eye. Great shot!

the curse of the glitch

mcaroline — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:48:41 -0500

OK-so I spoke too soon.Having sent one photo successfully this morning I have been unabele to submit any more???

Fall Flower

Java55 — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:09:23 -0500

Nice capture of the way the pedals are unfurling!

mushrooms

mcaroline — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:08:11 -0500

Thanks so much for your comments and observations.As always you have so many interesting tips and info to share:) I will be sure to tag the photo-I was so intent on getting it to post that in my haste I forgot the tags!!

Wonderful intimate feeling,

Art_Wannabe — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:51:25 -0500

Wonderful intimate feeling, beautiful light.

Tiny Toadstool

Java55 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:16:09 -0500

Cool photo! Looks like you have reached the minimum distance limit capabilities for your lens and camera's ability for macro photography too (which is very close!). I once photographed a very close macro of some tiny (perhaps 5 mm) orange mushrooms at Occoneechee Mountain at the Panther's Den area and noticed much the same depth of field limitations and thought it was a cool photo but not nearly as great as yours as your photo definitely has a much more interesting background - Love it! Excellent work!

PS. With so many different species (probably in the millions if not more) of mushrooms and/or toadstoods it makes one to wonder if all of them have registered species names? Also you might want to add these tags: mushrooms, mushroom (plural and singular) to your photo so it can be grouped with the rest of those already posted here too.

Droplet Flipped

Java55 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:00:13 -0500

This droplet was hanging from the bottom of one of many small orange light bulbs on a string used the night before to light the way for the little ones on their annual conquest for treats.