The "Post a Picture You Took" thread

[DougO 5257]

Feeling nostalgic and going through some of my old pics from a different life in which I still tried to care, and rock music was still alive in central Texas. Here's AJ Vallejo at a joint called Cutter's in Killeen/Harker Heights back in 2002. These were among my first digital photos, using a Nikon D100. Earlier in the same year I was shooting film and scanning negatives. Digital has come a long way since. I was mostly using manual focus lenses with it, when I could see worth a shit. Most of the pics from those archives look pretty soft, due to both manual focus challenges and the relatively primitive digital tech of the day. But some of them sharpen up fairly decent. I really miss shooting concert stuff. I still would if there were any bands out there worth the trouble of rustling credentials, battling city traffic and fighting drunk assholes off from the front of the stage while I'm trying to shoot.

 

 

 

Edited May 27, 2021 by DougO

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Cool shot Doug.  A few years ago I shot a small club show.  I enjoyed it quite a bit.  Would be nice to do that again.

Saw a Swainson's Hawk today...

Got a roll of Tri-X 400 back.  I think I need a new wide angle lens for my AE-1.  Some images seem out of focus in strange areas of the frame.  I also feel like many of the photos are overexposed.  I recently shot some Ektar, and loved the results.  Maybe it is just this film?  I was also not happy with the shots I did with a red filter. 

[baboso 6057]

So many questions about what happened here.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

So many questions about what happened here.

Wulaw can probably answer them for you.

[baboso 6057]

That would make the perfect avatar pic for Wulaw, indeed.

[Wulaw Horn 19238]

1 hour ago, baboso said:

So many questions about what happened here.

So that’s the opposite of mine. I sliced mine up left to right... he sliced his up top to bottom. 

[Hornius Emeritus 12497]

 

Edited May 27, 2021 by Hornius Emeritus

[GRHorn 105]

I know there are serious photographers here, but I found this plant in my yard quite mesmerizing. 

[Hornius Emeritus 12497]

1 hour ago, GRHorn said:

I know there are serious photographers here, but I found this plant in my yard quite mesmerizing. 

Almost positve that is a begonia

[Anton Chigurh 3321]

Feeling nostalgic and going through some of my old pics from a different life in which I still tried to care, and rock music was still alive in central Texas. Here's AJ Vallejo at a joint called Cutter's in Killeen/Harker Heights back in 2002. These were among my first digital photos, using a Nikon D100. Earlier in the same year I was shooting film and scanning negatives. Digital has come a long way since. I was mostly using manual focus lenses with it, when I could see worth a shit. Most of the pics from those archives look pretty soft, due to both manual focus challenges and the relatively primitive digital tech of the day. But some of them sharpen up fairly decent. I really miss shooting concert stuff. I still would if there were any bands out there worth the trouble of rustling credentials, battling city traffic and fighting drunk assholes off from the front of the stage while I'm trying to shoot.

 
 
 

Nice. AJ (and also Omar I think) worked at my parents’ restaurant back in the day.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

[LTbear 4172]

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[mininghorn88 2320]

16 hours ago, LTbear said:

Is this the famed 399?

[LTbear 4172]

3 hours ago, mininghorn88 said:

Is this the famed 399?

'Tis not, but the last grizzly I posted on this thread was her. This pic is a huge male (600+ pounds) grizzly in Glacier National Park.

[mininghorn88 2320]

13 minutes ago, LTbear said:

'Tis not, but the last grizzly I posted on this thread was her. This pic is a huge male (600+ pounds) grizzly in Glacier National Park.

Just curious.  I was able to get some photos (with iPhone) of 399 and her 4 cubs when I was in GTNP back in October.  She is quite the celebrity.

[Anton Chigurh 3321]

I was finally able to knock a few things of my bucket list. They hopefully will not be the last examples, but I was pretty excited to get them.

Here is the first.








-Y and V5 are still juveniles. These guys are just such magnificent creatures to see soaring down on you. I think I saw 6 or 7 different birds. It was incredible.

[Anton Chigurh 3321]

And a few less-impressive not-great shots of some other guys.

[Anton Chigurh 3321]

The other was seeing the magnificent Pinus longaeva, or Great Basin Bristlecone. The trees I saw aren’t the most photogenic ones that exist, and the lighting was harsh, but I was just happy to be in their presence.

I had seen a few juvenile examples before (like this photo):

but never any giants.

These things are so cool to see.

[Anton Chigurh 3321]

And a few other random things.











Also shot some E100 on 120 with the RB, but I need to finish the second roll and ship that off. Who knows if that will turn out.

[Prepuce of Doom 21118]

[markstanco 12653]

I need to grab my 6D for these. Anyhow, walked out on the deck the other night and just grabbed my phone (vacation in breck)

[DougO 5257]

Some other fairly recent shots, though the weather and end of migration has greatly curtailed my efforts.

 

 

[naija 2869]

[LTbear 4172]

Coyotes don't get as much attention as wolves or bears, but I enjoy them just as much. A really remarkable species, given how we still kill (literally) hundreds of thousands each year, and they've simply responded by continuing to grow both in population and in range. This old male had a busted leg - I doubt I'll see him again - but he ran, hunted, and pounced on prey the best he could. 

[LTbear 4172]

[Lhorn 5025]

That is fantastic!  ^^^^^

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

[LTbear 4172]

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[Gatorubet 30406]

Username checks out

[mininghorn88 2320]

On 6/24/2021 at 3:01 PM, LTbear said:

Ok, you should be limited to how many images and the frequency that you can post pics on here entirely based upon where you live!!! Jealousy is an understatement.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Great shots LT. we also wouldn’t mind shots if your wife.

I sold my drone, several prints and some mid century modern chairs I rescued from an abandoned YMCA and now I am close to pulling the trigger on a Pentax 67. Gonna pay out the nose as I am late to the party. Looking to get the mythical 105mm lens and trying to decide between a 45mm or 55mm for landscapes.

[Anton Chigurh 3321]

Hell yeah!

I’m waiting on some scans of Ektachrome I shot on the Mamiya to come back from Richard Photo Lab. I figured I would try them this time since they’re supposed to be good.

I have never used E100 though, so they’ll probably look like shit.

[DougO 5257]

On 6/24/2021 at 3:00 PM, LTbear said:

 

[DougO 5257]

On 6/26/2021 at 11:02 AM, mininghorn88 said:

Ok, you should be limited to how many images and the frequency that you can post pics on here entirely based upon where you live!!! Jealousy is an understatement.

I'm not against home field advantage, but posting one pic per post really racks up the overall rep total.

[DougO 5257]

I'm in a super rut. I have hardly picked up my camera at all this month for different reasons. Doing more work on the place, no migration, slowest month of the birding year, and lack of motivation. No we actually have consistent periods of sunlight for a change instead of clouds that never seem to part for more than a few minutes a week, but it's opressively humid and hot. My mood is teh suck. I gotta get back into gear soon.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

I'm in a super rut. I have hardly picked up my camera at all this month for different reasons. Doing more work on the place, no migration, slowest month of the birding year, and lack of motivation. No we actually have consistent periods of sunlight for a change instead of clouds that never seem to part for more than a few minutes a week, but it's opressively humid and hot. My mood is teh suck. I gotta get back into gear soon.

I feel you man. The last month or so has been really slow for me too. Just don’t feel like getting out. It’s mostly because of my job situation. I find myself just sitting at home watching Anthony bounds in hoping to get a call from any job I applied to. Now I have the money to buy a medium format to start on a project I want to do, but it’s probably not the best financial decision…but I likely will buy it anyways.

[Mdhorn 6097]

been following some nesting orchard orioles and may post some osprey shots. Still working on getting better and can't always articulate the settings--mostly auto because I'm just too damn slow trying to adjust in real time.  But they're pretty grainy otherwise.  

 

[Mdhorn 6097]

someone shot this turtle with an arrow--didn't seem worth the cost of the arrow. 

The osprey on the ground couldn't lift out of the water with the fish so it swam it to shore.  I've never seen this.  It then had to fight off another osprey and the fish never detached from its claw.  The other in the tree (were three total) just watched.  

 

[mininghorn88 2320]

1 hour ago, DougO said:

I'm not against home field advantage, but posting one pic per post really racks up the overall rep total.

Ummmm, the point is over there----->                                                                                              Would love to live where he lives (previous post was for exaggerated jealousy)

[Mdhorn 6097]

3 hours ago, mininghorn88 said:

Ummmm, the point is over there----->                                                                                              Would love to live where he lives (previous post was for exaggerated jealousy)

I know, right!  I’m taking pictures of birds and this guy has wolves, moose and bears in his back yard. Every walk has the chance to be good to amazing.

[Lhorn 5025]

Really good stuff this page. I’d be proud to have taken them. 

[LTbear 4172]

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Well, it is done...perhaps against my better judgement.  Bought a 6x7 (prices for 67 were a little out of reach) with a 105mm and 55mm lenses.