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You’re welcome Keelin, this is so nice to read. Be assured the gratitude is mutual. I feel the same applies to me as well.
Out Of This World has the perfect feel of a picture taken from considerable height with a look on some birds underneath who hover above a seascape. A deceiving and wonderful view.
Elastic
Certainly Energy in this image Keelin. I understand what you mean with the crispiness you want to capture. I hope you will also experience some fun in finding out which camera fits your needs, but I am sure you want to have tele range. Zooming in with a tele can reveal so much thrilling details. I agree with Michael on his advises. Like Michael I use Canon 7D, one of the DSLR’s that are challenged so much now by systemcamera’s, like the dinosaurs were challenged by the mammals once. Last note on this subject: also Sony has a very good full frame systemcamera. But I realize: “wahl macht qual”, i.e. a German expression for the difficulties you have when there is so much choice. So I wish you good luck with your choice and I already look forward to what you will be able to capture afterwards.
Here under an example of ‘something’ taken with 125 mm and then cropped and developed using Lightroom. I’ve done a workshop in Lightroom this spring to have a quick start in using it and now I am very happy with the possibilities of Lightroom. In my opinion it does miracles with colors without making it unreal because it is very subtle and precise in adjustments you can make. Until spring I only used Photoshop elements for processing pictures. Now I am a convinced Lightroom adept.
Jewel In The Sky
Keelin, I like this vision you build of stolen waves to shape the clouds. They Came From The Sea for sure!
A few days ago I spotted these waves that were lost in the sky.
The Boats Took Shelter In The HarborApplicable title for this mighty cirrus wisp Keelin. Did you notice you also captured a bird or maybe a little insect passing by when you clicked? Is it going to get gulped?
I always admire what you are able to capture with an iphone. Nevertheless I can understand that there are limitations in the use of a phone, especially in zooming in or out. I am sure you will have great pleasure and satisfaction in using something with more possibilities. Advice is difficult. The first advice is to make up your mind what you are looking for and also what you don’t want. You already mentioned some things: light weight, easy to use. Then it won’t be a DSLR (mine is very heavy I can tell). System camera’s are the future. All the great brands are aiming on this market. System camera’s have the possibility to use different objectives. But if you want it all-in-1 and don’t want to have to bother about changing objectives, it is also possible. You also mentioned you want better resolution, so the number of pixels is an issue, but also the quality of the sensor (a high number pixels with a noisy sensor is no improvement). The rest is a balance between wanted quality and price. Hope this helps (a bit)? I am sure you will be very happy after you made your choice for more possibilities.
Separation Of Different Sizes
Great monsooner Don. These are the ones Michael is indeed quite familiar with. I am living on the other side of the pond in the moderate climates of the flatlands, or better the Netherlands.
And wow, Michael, your #186 is FANTASTIC. I have to write this in capitals. The strange round and less sharply drawn lenticular like structure – like a little box that opens – is just behind and in contrast with the sharply drawn cumulus. Together they make a wonderful and surreal composition. Ahhhh!
Here under no monsooner but it comes close. Spotted in France from a driving car.
Thanks for sharing these inks Laurence. In particular I love the picture with the classical red telephone box on the second link. Surreal!
And making a picture of the aurora in black and white is also very surprising Don. Love it!
Welcome Don and thanks for this extraordinary post. Love the composition.
Is there any particular reason you make pictures of clouds in infrared? I hope for more sepia dragons (or anything else) from you. Just watch the pictures in this thread and former Volumes to see the variety of cloud impressions in black and white already produced. Take your time I should say. This is already Volume XII and we start a new one when there are 100 posts.
Dragonskin
Nice capture Keelin. I should say this is the Lower Tangent Contrail :)
Here are two pics (really easy to count) taken on the same day on different times.
A plane flying from left to right trying to catch up with its shadow.
A plane flying from right to left trying to shake off his shadow.
Both didn’t succeed obviously.
Michael, no problems here with the saturation of the pictures compared to my computer. I checked one of my own pics on the site with the original one I sent. I see no difference nor extra saturation on the site.
Arizona color #105 is perfect and is also showing that way on my laptop and tablet btw.
After some nice sky dancing on Ballet Ballon, now with the feet on the ground again for a
A Thick Lick Of Paint
Thank you Keelin. And Romona, you must have had a fun day chasing the right places to picture this 22 degrees halo. I quote Keelin: how wonderful is that?
I once had the same opportunity and made a selfie with the halo behind. Some soldier! I don’t post it here for sure.
Very nice colorful Afternoon Sundog you captured Keelin. In a gentle composition. I spotted one yesterday and played a little with it.
Waves Of Water Trying To Extinguish A Sundog
But It Stays Alive Steaming
Thank you very much Keelin for compliments. And thank you also for your own clever replies. They are all part of the fun in my opinion. I find a a great pleasure to check the forum every morning for new imaginative stories and lovely pictures.
And yes, The Chase Is On. I can see the dogs running and hunting. Guess who is about to be found? He has chosen the water again, supposedly to mislead the barking dogs.
Billy Chooses To Flee Swimming
A new Elevation Of Surprise! Yes for me too. Love the composition, the curling structure and composition.
As a matter of fact I didn’t look at A Singularity as a creature before, but once seen or pointed out….. Now I am curious for the rest of the creature too. Imagination seems to be boundless.
Boundless
Great vision and title Keelin. The feathered friends will be very pleased (as I am), but the dogs started barking alarmed by so much pure magic in the air.
Wagging the tail of he Contrail Count Game? At the start of this volume, I mentioned the picture on the gallery by Nienke Lantman. I recounted the number of contrails on this picture and now I got 22 in stead of the 19 I thought there were. The last picture with the highest number posted in one of the first Volumes of the Contrail topics was #17. It took some time to spot more contrails and – as I stated at the start of this Volume – it turns out to be too difficult to proceed exactly with a step of 1 contrail more. So at last I captured a next step in the game.
Contrail Count #26
Do you want to recount? Here is a edited version to help with a short line for each counted contrail.
