Hanging by a spidery thread, to be precise, and swinging furiously in the breeze. It looked interestingly messy so worth trying a shot (or ten). Focus had to be entirely random, no chance of tracking. Some tweaking of exposure and curves to darken distracting background. It's certainly not science, so it must be art...

Thoughts, comments etc. welcome as usual.

Who needs fireworks??

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Steve

Very good. No. 2 stands out for me. No. 3 just loses out because of what looks like bright, reflected flash on the front of the head.

Any idea what the bug is?

Steve

Powering along narrow lanes with steering wheel in one hand and camera in the other??

Nos. 2 and 4 for me, too. Your creative use of that conifer wood as background was inspired.

Steve

Thanks Derek. And I nearly missed that glow. Once the sun wasn't visible, I thought I'd better get moving with the dog. Glanced sideways while walking and saw the colours. So the dog had to wait a bit longer.

Steve

Some thoughts after coming back to this set several times over several days.

Perceptive and technical excellence, as usual.

Is this actually two sets rolled into one? The almost abstract pictures based on patterns with straight edges seem to form one set, the more scenic pictures with sky and clouds seem to form a second set. Mixing them up as they are here doesn't quite come off for me.

I saw (first time!) what you were getting at in No. 11 but agree with Karlo that it isn't as strong as the others. My eyes wander to left and right rather than resting on the triangles at the centre. Would cropping the RHS to the edge of the pile of rubble and an equal amount off the LHS help? Incidentally, which is 'before' and which is 'after'? Houses built from stone or houses ultimately decaying into stone?

Hope that's useful.

Steve

Thanks folks. When I went out, I was hoping (expecting?) that the cloud bank would be lit up from below as the sun dropped. But the clouds moved and there wasn't much of a show. That field is useful as an artificial horizon, it rises in the middle so you can use it to hide a lot of distracting stuff wherever you are on the perimeter path. What I need now is an evening with a predictable, good, long, ever changing sunset when the dog doesn't need a walk so I can take the tripod and ... dream on!!

Bill - Why doesn't it surprise me that you like the last two?? I'll admit to having Ansel Adams at the back of my mind during the walk. 'Moon and Half Dome' (not an original ) is nearby as I write. Even the same lunar phase. No Half Domes in Dorset though so have to make do with what we've got.

Steve

Japanese? Sounds all Greek to me.

Steve

The K3+16-86mm was with me on yesterday's dog walk in anticipation of a grand, spectacular, sunset shot. But the sun wasn't delivering on its initial promise so why not try a sunset sequence instead of a sunset spectacular? Pictures taken from different positions around a field of stubble. Here's the result. No star bursts from this lens (presumably due to the coating), but does that really matter here?

Comments, thoughts etc. welcome as usual.

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2. Sun - just fits!



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Steve

And I arrived in September 1970. Seems like a long time ago!

Steve

Excellent video.

Were you at UCL 46-49 years ago, too? If so, we overlapped - I was an undergrad chemist. Hopefully the professors who couldn't tell the difference between glass and plastic were not from the chemistry department. There were one or two, though, who didn't seem to be fussy about plastic or glass as long as it contained an alcoholic beverage...

Steve