Photo Thread Reborn

[A less presumptuous name.]

Did you find those bones just laying around? Those are really cool. And yeah, they look about fox-sized.

[Dikiyoba]

Someone else in the group that Dikiyoba was with yesterday made the initial discovery, but yes.

[Mistb0rn]

Finally gotten mostly caught up for the past two months as far as uploading goes. Here's a few I liked:

 

Lake

 

Cardinal

 

Blurry trees

 

Onions

 

Train tracks

 

Cat

[Synergy]

Very cool animal bones, Diki. I started collecting animal skulls (and some bones) when I was 12 and have a little row of some of my favorites now on my window ledge. It's fascinating to see what's inside something. And they bleach so prettily white.

 

-S-

 

P.S. Don't eat the mistletoe.

 

White dome

 

Mailbox mushrooms

 

Lone bird

 

Captured water beads

 

Vine maple

 

Brooding skies

[Ephesos]

Revived again! Yes, it's only been a week. Whatever.

 

More skies.

 

Oh, and anyone who was interested in the next RP will probably want to look at this.

 

Also, I finally decided to stop uploading my picture-a-day images as .pngs, because I honestly can't see the point anymore. Not only does it remove the camera information, but I can't see a marked quality difference compared to highest-quality .jpg files...

[Lilith]

PNG is only necessary for images with sharp lines, edges or colour changes. For photographs, JPG is normally a preferable format, since that's what it's designed for.

[Niemand]

There's a snow storm going on, and I couldn't sleep, so the obvious thing to do was to wander around out in it for an hour with a camera.

 

Resulting Pictures

 

I was eventually forced to turn back due to poor visibility; not in general, but because of the accumulation of snow on my glasses. In fact, for a while I pretty much couldn't see what I was taking pictures of. I also ended up having to discard a number of pictures as later examination showed that they had been taken with the camera lens entirely covered with water. Luckily, the camera dried off in my pocket when I took a break for most of the way back, and so I was able to get some good pictures in the forest. I think that pictures 16 and 21 are my favorites from this set, though.

 

The difference depending on where I was was drastic; when I was out by the lake I couldn't see because of stuff blowing around, but I could hear the lake water crashing around most impressively. In the woods it was incredibly quiet, and the trees filtered out much of the blowing snow, so I could see well enough to appreciate the odd twilight look; it was quite bright given the time was somewhat after midnight.

[Ephesos]

Whoah. Awesome!

 

It's snowing here too, just not nearly as fiercely.

[Dikiyoba]

Originally Posted By: Niemand

I think that pictures 16 and 21 are my favorites from this set, though.

16 and 21 are awesome.

Prescott got hit by a pretty good storm two nights ago. There were several inches of snow and the college was closed for a day. It wasn't very pretty snow, though.

Dikiyoba did have a cool encounter with a ruby-crowned kinglet while trying to get snow pictures, at least.

[Synergy]

Most excellent, Diki. How close did you get?

 

-S-

[Student of Trinity]

I interrupt this thread with the remark that this year's Nobel prize in physics has been given for the invention of the charge coupled device — which is what a digital camera has instead of film. So, never say physics hasn't done anything for you lately.

[Dintiradan]

For some definition of 'lately'.

[Student of Trinity]

Touché. They did their work in 1969.

 

But physics keeps us all sticking to the spinning planet every instant!

 

In most cases, this is even a good thing.

[Dikiyoba]

Originally Posted By: Synergy

How close did you get?

I could have reached out and touched it. It had hidden its head under its wing and so didn't see me approach. Unfortunately, the rest of the snow photos I took didn't turn out very well. I have a good pawprint, but that's it.

Dikiyoba also got around to taking a picture of what must be the least inspiring learning center logo ever.

[The Almighty Doer of Stuff]

Originally Posted By: Dikiyoba

]Dikiyoba also got around to taking a picture of what must be the least inspiring learning center logo ever.

Was it designed by this person?

[A less presumptuous name.]

Originally Posted By: Dikiyoba

Dikiyoba also got around to taking a picture of what must be the least inspiring learning center logo ever.

This just made my evening.

[Ephesos]

Went to Chicago this past weekend, got a few good pictures. Most of them are just cool things in Shedd Aquarium, because it was snowing/sleeting outside... which my camera does not like.

 

Also, for amazing pictures that are not mine, I recommend this.

[Rowen]

Penguins! I love it.

[Dikiyoba]

Deschutes River

 

Belted kingfisher

 

Dikiyoba.

[A less presumptuous name.]

Originally Posted By: Dikiyoba

Deschutes River

Wow. That's amazing. You seriously took that yourself?

[Enraged Slith]

Not my work, but I think it's worth seeing:

 

Rare Parrot

[The Mystic]

Originally Posted By: Master1

Originally Posted By: Dikiyoba

Deschutes River

Wow. That's amazing.

Seconded.

Are you a professional photographer, Diki?

[JadeWolf]

A perfect place to show this awesome coincidence, a screenie I took a couple weeks ago. It also goes perfectly with my postcount. Been waiting for years for this number.

Lookie Here

 

EDIT: Hey, I already posted that. Forgot. Whatever.

[Swimmin' Salmon]

Godzilla

More?

Grrrrr!

You next!

[ĐªгŦĦ Єяŋϊε]

everytime i try to take a picture of my daughter like that she crawls up to the ca,era to see what im doing

[Swimmin' Salmon]

Sounds like you got a defective one. Mine tries to eat the camera.

[Ephesos]

It's been a week, time for bumpage.

 

More sunset

 

I'm still awful at night photography

 

Shadows are cool

 

Snow + flash = awesome

 

Did I mention it snowed here?

 

Turtles all the way down!

[Hypnotic]

Turtle soup!? You learn something every day.

[Rowen]

Where is Mr. Tumnus?

[Dikiyoba]

Raindrops

 

Pteranodon sculpture

 

Pigeon

 

Whale-shaped cloud

 

Dikiyoba.

[A less presumptuous name.]

Originally Posted By: Ephesos

Did I mention it snowed here?

As a Wisconsinite by birth, it is my duty to point out that there is no where near enough snow on that hill for proper sledding.

[VCH]

Originally Posted By: Master1

Originally Posted By: Ephesos

Did I mention it snowed here?

As a Wisconsinite by birth, it is my duty to point out that there is no where near enough snow on that hill for proper sledding.

You are correct. This is enough. Of course that's all melted now. Horrible January for Winter fun.

Weee

[La paix]

Here's a few of my Paris photos. ('09)

 

Pompidou Escalator 1

 

Pompidou Escalator 2

 

Pompidou View from back

 

Pompidou View from front

 

Notre Dame (side gate)

 

Notre Dame (sign)

 

(Canon 10D, 50mm lens)

 

You guys get off topic so easily!

 

[Dikiyoba]

Well, there was some truly nasty weather in my area recently. Here's the creek/road at about the halfway point and here's the aftermath. I don't have a picture of the creek at its high point, unfortunately, but it was high enough that the spot where I was standing to take those photos was completely underwater.

 

Oh, yes, Dikiyoba has a Flickr account now. It's pretty disorganized, but it's not likely to get organized anytime soon, so feel free to knock yourselves out.

[Ephesos]

Oh, time for the regular bump.

• Awesome sunset
• Fog
• More Fog
• It got really foggy here
• Bird
• A cold bird
• A less cold bird

[Rowen]

Diki, where is the road suppose to be in the aftermath picture? Is the road going from left to right and the creek is from top to bottom of the picture?

 

We are having a wet winter where I am too but there has been not flooding yet. If anything we will be having some landslides if the rain keeps up.

[Dikiyoba]

Quote:

Is the road going from left to right and the creek is from top to bottom of the picture?

Yes. There's also another creek just off to the left that's flowing into the mix.

Dikiyoba.

[Ephesos]

Snow!!!

 

It's been snowing on and off here for like three weeks. It's awesome.

 

</bump>

[Dikiyoba]

Oof, I have lots of pictures to sort through at the moment. These will have to do for now.

 

Sunset

 

Yellow paloverde (Cercidium microphyllum)

 

Broad-billed hummingbird (This was taken in an aviary, though.)

 

Creosote bush (Larrea tridentata)

 

Soon, Dikiyoba will have more photos, including the extremely exotic Kaua'i bird of paradise. Get excited now!

[Synergy]

Ephesos, I initially thought your snow picture was a sky full of stars the first second I saw it. Until I noticed there were stars in front of the trees.

 

Nice hummingbird, Dikiyoba—not easy to catch with a camera. Looks like spring is already springing in the American desert.

 

I lived in Dallas for a few years during high school, and virtually never saw a snowflake there during that time. I hear they had a foot of snow last week. That's crazy.

 

-S-

[Dikiyoba]

Originally Posted By: Synergy

Nice hummingbird, Dikiyoba—not easy to catch with a camera.

Dunno. It's a nice picture, but somehow it feels like cheating to take photos of animals in cages.

Anyway, Dikiyoba has a few more.

[Ephesos]

More pics!

 

More snow!

 

Another cricket!

 

I think the colony of crickets in our basement has survived the winter.

[Dikiyoba]

About freaking time.

 

Spouting Horn (Less interesting than pictured)

 

Waimea Canyon (More interesting than pictured)

 

And, of course, the exotic Kaua'i bird of paradise (More underfoot than pictured)

 

Dikiyoba.

[Ephesos]

...you know, those were good enough that a double post would've been okay.

[nikki.]

So last week (a week to this day, actually) I came back from a two-week trip to Baltimore (with a side-trip in Pennsylvania for two days). Whilst there we had that ridiculous snow-storm. On the first big snow, we got 26 inches. On the second, just a couple of days later, we got the same again. I have never seen more than... 3 or 4 inches of snow in my life, so luckily, I managed to get some pretty pictures of it, such as:

 

The most bad-ass icicle I have ever seen.

 

...except maybe for this (which wins on size, but not awesomeness).

 

Those white bumps? They're cars. And not just sedans, but BIG cars.

 

And finally, an enormous snow-pile next to Tyranicus.

[A less presumptuous name.]

Originally Posted By: Shatter

So last week (a week to this day, actually) I came back from a two-week trip to Baltimore (with a side-trip in Pennsylvania for two days).

Last week, I was living just north of Baltimore proper, as I have been for a while now. I never went out to take picture, but my mother sent me and my father out to take pictures of the giant mounds of snow we made at the end of our driveway.

[Student of Trinity]

Originally Posted By: Shatter

The most bad-ass icicle I have ever seen.

You have angered the mighty snow demons. Be afraid.

[The Ratt]

Nikki: you should try living in Northern Michigan. You'd get used to snow real quick.

[Callie]

A look up the street.

 

Yet another mountain.

[Ephesos]

I love how you say "yet another mountain" like it's boring or something.

 

...anyway, I like this picture. I'm not sure why, because it's just a long blade of something curled onto the concrete. Just took it today. There's just something simple about it that's interesting to me.