CoTT 2 House of Cards

[Marty]

8 minutes ago, Page Scrawler said:

Hey, Marty!   

Greetings, Page!

Hope all's well with you and yours.  

[Page Scrawler]

2 minutes ago, Marty said:

Greetings, Page!

Hope all's well with you and yours.  

Yup. Couldn't be better. And that's a lovely photo. 

[Marty]

1 minute ago, Page Scrawler said:

Yup. Couldn't be better. And that's a lovely photo. 

Good to hear!

And, thanks.  

[Valkyrie]

26 minutes ago, Marty said:

I decided to put the macro lens on TN and take some close ups...

So my 26th (out of 52) monochrome shot this week is a close up of a calendula flower that has gone to seed.

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I like to save my own seeds whenever I can.

And, wow! I'm now half way through this project!  

Nice!  I love the play on textures and focus.   

[Marty]

33 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

Nice!  I love the play on textures and focus.   

Thanks, Val!

One of the things with macro photography when done properly, using a genuine macro lens that allows you to get really close to the subject, is that unless you really close down the aperture of the lens, you tend to finish up with a very shallow depth of field. So some parts of the image may be in really sharp focus, but other parts, maybe only a millimetre or so closer or further away from the lens, are blurred.

But a problem with using a small aperture is that, because it means less light is getting though the lens to the sensor (or the film in the old days), you need to have the aperture open for a longer time to get enough light through. In this case (photographing the seed head) the plant was moving in the wind, so I had to open the aperture as wide as possible to avoid motion blur (in which case everything would have been blurred).

But, as you say, I think it worked.

[Here endeth today's Photography 101 lesson]  

Edited September 25, 2020 by Marty
Tidying up

[Headstall]

5 minutes ago, Marty said:

Thanks, Val!

One of the things with macro photography when done properly, using a genuine macro lens that allows you to get really close to the subject, is that unless you really close down the aperture of the lens, you tend to finish up with a very shallow depth of field. So some parts of the image may be in really sharp focus, but other parts, maybe only a millimetre or so closer or further away from the lens, are blurred.

But a problem with using a small aperture is that, because it means less light is getting though the lens to the sensor (or the film in the old days), you need to have the aperture open for a longer time to get enough light through. In this case (photographing the seed head) the plant was moving in the wind, so I had to open the aperture as wide as possible to avoid motion blur (in which case everything would have been blurred).

But, as you say, I think it worked.

[Here endeth today's Photography 101 lesson]  

Yeah... It worked.  

[Page Scrawler]

Tonight's dinner: Kielbasa sausage, potatoes, and green beans, tossed with Italian seasoning and roasted on a sheet pan. YUM!  I left out the garlic, and added baby carrots. I also used 1/4 lb each of green and yellow beans, for a little more color. 

https://www.mashupmom.com/sheet-pan-sausage-green-bean-and-potato-dinner/

[Albert1434]

Were having tonight for dinner

Shrimp de Jonghe Penne

and garlic-butter breadcrumbs

Edited September 26, 2020 by Albert1434

[Bucket1]

8 hours ago, Valkyrie said:

Is it a long weekend?      

Oh yes, and a sleep in this morning 

[Albert1434]

I brought myself a cool new shirt 

[Albert1434]

Sleeping in Bucket how cool

Edited September 26, 2020 by Albert1434

[Bucket1]

4 hours ago, Marty said:

I decided to put the macro lens on TN and take some close ups...

So my 26th (out of 52) monochrome shot this week is a close up of a calendula flower that has gone to seed.

  Reveal hidden contents

I like to save my own seeds whenever I can.

And, wow! I'm now half way through this project!  

The dried petals work well as an addition to tea blends  

The photo works well too  

[Bucket1]

2 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Sleeping in Bucket how cool

It is a treat

[Albert1434]

You got to take them when you can

[Albert1434]

Hope your going to have fun

Edited September 26, 2020 by Albert1434

[Albert1434]

So what are you going to do?

Edited September 26, 2020 by Albert1434

[Albert1434]

This picture is for Marty

[Albert1434]

[Bucket1]

7 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

So what are you going to do?

Slept in

Read a book

Did some shopping, had BBQ steak and salad for lunch - yum

Listened to the cockatoos sing during the rain - they loved it

Not a bad Saturday so far  

[dughlas]

12 hours ago, Marty said:

I decided to put the macro lens on TN and take some close ups...

So my 26th (out of 52) monochrome shot this week is a close up of a calendula flower that has gone to seed.

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I like to save my own seeds whenever I can.

And, wow! I'm now half way through this project!  

It brings something most might overlook front and center. Well done. Does anyone else think it looks somewhat alien or something found under sea?

[dughlas]

22 minutes ago, Bucket1 said:

Slept in

Read a book

Did some shopping, had BBQ steak and salad for lunch - yum

Listened to the cockatoos sing during the rain - they loved it

Not a bad Saturday so far  

It's being damp here this morning, extreme edge of the remnants of Beta have brought light rain to the area. Decided to forego this morning's walk for a bit of a lie in.

[Timothy M.]

I can see we're on @Reader1810 page of this chat - but only for a few more posts.   Hope you have a nice weekend. Gary, I sent edits for ch 4 to you.

[Marty]

9 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

So what are you going to do?

Sleep,  by the sounds of things.

[Marty]

8 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

This picture is for Marty

Thanks, Albert! ❤️

The Dark Hedges
Stranocum, Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

This beautiful avenue of beech trees was planted by the Stuart family in the eighteenth century.

It was intended as a compelling landscape feature to impress visitors as they approached the entrance to their Georgian mansion, Gracehill House. Two centuries later, the trees remain a magnificent sight and have become one of the most photographed natural phenomena in Northern Ireland. In fact, the iconic trees have been used as a filming location in HBO's epic series Game of Thrones®, representing the Kingsroad.

Featured Scene: Season 2, Episode 1: The North Remembers - On the King's Road, Arya Stark has escaped from King’s Landing, disguised as a boy. She is with Yoren, Gendry, Hot Pie and others who are to join the Night’s Watch, in a cart, travelling north on the Kingsroad. 

Source: https://discovernorthernireland.com/things-to-do/the-dark-hedges-p703291

[Marty]

11 minutes ago, Timothy M. said:

I can see we're on @Reader1810 page of this chat - but only for a few more posts.   Hope you have a nice weekend. Gary, I sent edits for ch 4 to you.

Well spotted, Tim!