gvallee Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Taken on Christmas Eve. Town of Seventeen Seventy (1770), Queensland, Australia. Its name comes from the fact that Captain James Cook anchored the Endeavour 3 kms from its coast in October 1770. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Standfast Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Yes it was cold. Happy new year all of you. 😉 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Beastall Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 First signs of snow. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morrison Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 On 02/01/2021 at 15:50, Mr Standfast said: Yes it was cold. Happy new year all of you. 😉 Love the frosty look and the monochrome colour palette... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 14 minutes ago, Alan Beastall said: First signs of snow. That's a brilliant photo. It even ticks the "leading lines" box with the couple at the top of the hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morrison Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Alan Beastall said: First signs of snow. Strange how a couple of figures can occupy such a small part of the pic area, and still be the subject. The eye goes straight to them... Edited January 5, 2021 by John Morrison 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Standfast Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 4 hours ago, Alan Beastall said: First signs of snow. exce Decisive moment in a landscape, lovely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 I have a couple or two images I uploaded yesterday that I would like to put in this post, but they are waiting in QC and by the time they pass it will be February, so I will have to resurrect this post.😐 Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Beastall Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Thanks, Cal, John and Mr Standfast. A combination of elements that make the image stand out. The open gate way, the track through the field, the figures silhouetted against the sky but, the main factor being B&W. You are distracted by colour. See below. Two more from the same day. Both shot in colour, but converted to B&W have more impact. Alan 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MizBrown Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 I think this picture tells a story: "No matter how old you are, your parents can still embarrass you." 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Alan Beastall said: Thanks, Cal, John and Mr Standfast. A combination of elements that make the image stand out. The open gate way, the track through the field, the figures silhouetted against the sky but, the main factor being B&W. You are distracted by colour. See below. Two more from the same day. Both shot in colour, but converted to B&W have more impact. Alan Agreed. Conversion to B&W whenever I've done it is mainly to remove the "distraction" of the colour. It is a really great image, hope it sells. Here is my contribution, we're still in early Jan but I suspect this will be my fav of the month. This goose was so cute, I sat and watched it despite being very cold for 30 minutes +. I suspect it was young as it was absolutely fascinated by the falling snow. Submitted as an LN pic at the time, but i've no idea yet if it sold Edited January 5, 2021 by Cal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Beastall Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 In the spot light. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbimages Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Like many, I've been going back through old files. This image is not really exciting, except when I went to see how many images of this shrimp were on Alamy, I found zero. It's always a nice feeling having the only image of a subject on offer.....if anyone ever wants a shot of this lovely little shrimp of course. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meanderingemu Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 On 05/01/2021 at 13:49, Cal said: Agreed. Conversion to B&W whenever I've done it is mainly to remove the "distraction" of the colour. It is a really great image, hope it sells. Here is my contribution, we're still in early Jan but I suspect this will be my fav of the month. This goose was so cute, I sat and watched it despite being very cold for 30 minutes +. I suspect it was young as it was absolutely fascinated by the falling snow. Submitted as an LN pic at the time, but i've no idea yet if it sold do they hang around all winter for you? the ones around here seem to have all flown south (no travel restrictions I guess) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Still scanning after all these months. Maybe by the spring or summer I can get back to using my camera again regularly. In the meantime...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 12 hours ago, meanderingemu said: do they hang around all winter for you? the ones around here seem to have all flown south (no travel restrictions I guess) Yes, Canada Geese are a permanent fixture on UK waterways, as are the other staples like mallards and mute swans. My guess is it's because the UK is generally warmer than Canada. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokie Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Little Moreton Hall, Cheshire, in the snow. John 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Beastall Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 The dawn of a new life. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meanderingemu Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 On 08/01/2021 at 06:21, Cal said: . My guess is it's because the UK is generally warmer than Canada. in winter 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 I stood and watched this honeybee on my Rose of Sharon (Althea) bush for 5-10 minutes. It was so covered with pollen, and for the first time in my life I saw one scraping the pollen into its pollen sacs on it’s legs. It was so totally engrossed in its chore that I was able to get close. It stayed in one place until I finally went back in the house. I should have taken a video that showed what it was doing. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Beastall Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 On a Frozen pond. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Ashmore Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 As we're under lockdown in the UK again, that means staying home and photographing things at home.... so I had a play with my light tent, photographing some food items that I had recently bought. With hindsight, maybe I should have left a bit more blank space to the left of the cherry but I still like this image. Have to balance out the healthy food with something not-so healthy! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brasilnut Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Filomena came bearing gifts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blinking Eye Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 There are some really beautiful and fun images on this thread! They also give me a sense of traveling to distant lands. Some of these remind me what winter looks like as well. 😉 I was super excited to have created this lampshade from a $20 paper IKEA lampshade that I cut into strips. I just pointed the camera at it. It's actually a bright diffuse light, but the camera shutter closed way down so it makes for a fancy photo as well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nacke Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 2 hours ago, Olivier Parent said: Tikehau (Tuamotu - French Polynesia) : the Pearl Beach resort water bungalows, above and below the surface. Oliviar, Nice images. They look even better sitting in the pre New England winter... Chuck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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