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[morrobay]

 

[Andy Resnick]

More fun with the 10X Mirau objective, this time a photo of a MEMS microphone, fabricated by Knowles, and likely in your smartphone:

It's not a great image, but you can clearly see that the membrane has 2 layers- colors inside the dots are different than the color outside the dots, which is the top surface of the device.

 

[TonyStewart]

Fascinating active noise cancelling technology with silicon MEMS

 

[dlgoff]

Here's a Black Snake that was getting ready to go under my house:

 

[morrobay]

Looking South from Jomtien

 

[DennisN]

Some more long exposures in daylight...

Two fountains in the city, with the "dreamy water effect" due to to long exposure:

Gear: Sony A6000 + Sony Kit Lens + B+W 10-stop ND filter, 5 s exposure, f/9, ISO 100

Gear: Sony A6000 + Sony Kit Lens + B+W 10-stop ND filter, 5 s exposure, f/9, ISO 100

I've been thinking about trying some street shooting in daylight with this technique, but not to achieve the thing you mentioned. I was thinking of the opposite : getting motion blur from people. But when I think of it maybe it's impossible (or very difficult?) since the cars disappeared in my photo (but not their lights), so maybe people are too dark to generate significant motion blur?

I tried it yesterday , and it seems at least some motion blur from people is possible to get.

Here are some "ghosts" appearing in the city:

Gear: Sony A6000 + Sony Kit Lens + B+W 10-stop ND filter, 5 s exposure, f/9, ISO 100

 

[morrobay]

Jomtien now with the clear, seasonal, prevailing Southerly winds - finally. After months of this smoggy atmosphere coming down from over the land masses to the North.

 

[jtbell]

Who remembers Gateway Computers? When I bought two of them for my college's physics lab 25 years ago, each one came with a little foam-rubber cow in the box. Since then, they've been standing guard over our kitchen at home, from the top of the refrigerator.

 

[morrobay]

Jomtien Beach promenade

 

[BillTre]

Saw this plant today.

Light green: new growth this year.
Dark green: older growth from last year.
White: little flowers from the old growth parts.
A developmental sequence revealed in a single plant.

 

[DennisN]

Bird time again...

First, here's a fieldfare in a park outside the city.
I've seen these before, but they are quite rare here.
It kept the distance and I couldn't get closer than ca 15 m to it (and I didn't wear camo at that time).

It's got a lovely spotted breast:

Weird stance:

And here are a couple of Eurasian blue tits in a city cemetery...

Two birds on a branch:

Singing a tune in the afternoon:

When I was about to leave the cemetery, two tiny great tits landed right next to me and got very curious. So I picked out my little box with birdseed and put it down. The birds were so close I had to step back a bit in order to be able to get them in focus with the camera...

"Food?"

"Yes, food!"

Looking up at something...

"More food!"

"I am being fed by a weirdo in a camo shirt"

 

[DennisN]

First, here's a fieldfare in a park outside the city.

By the way, I just checked the fieldfare page on Swedish Wikipedia and saw these two nice photos:

Turdus pilaris in snow, Väsby, by EstrellaSuecia

Turdus pilaris in Stockholm, Sweden in 2015 by Frankie Fouganthin

I think they are gorgeous birds.

 

[Rive]

Hiking around a village nearby

Contrast

 

[TonyStewart]

Who remembers Gateway Computers? When I bought two of them for my college's physics lab 25 years ago, each one came with a little foam-rubber cow in the box. Since then, they've been standing guard over our kitchen at home, from the top of the refrigerator.

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I tossed a 20 yr old Gateway Win95 that still booted up about 4 seconds and had lots of apps. Wish I had a museum.

 

[morrobay]

With multiple lightning flashes there is just enough time to catch it.

 

[DennisN]

A western jackdaw with an open mouth, shot today:
(that beak looks pretty sharp )

 

[Tom.G]

Well! It certainly looks like you caught a prime incarnation.

 

[morrobay]

Well! It certainly looks like you caught a prime incarnation.

Same Thai girl: Neng, 39

 

[morrobay]

And another one : Kul , 41.Black on Black

 

[TonyStewart]

I had a visitor one day in my $50 poly solarium over patio awning during the winter. It is sealed from snow and rain but there is a small exit for my dog which this Blue Jay discovered (near Toronto like the baseball team). It took about 10 minutes for him to find the exit. It wasn't interested in the multi-grain bread pc on the table that I tossed in nor the cast-iron rusty cat.
Canon EOS REBEL T2i f/5.6

 

[morrobay]

 

[morrobay]

As I was leaving small supermarket, a Russian lady with a parrot.

 

[DennisN]

I had a visitor one day in my $50 poly solarium over patio awning during the winter. It is sealed from snow and rain but there is a small exit for my dog which this Blue Jay discovered

What a beautiful bird! Lovely "pastel" light blue color!

 

[DennisN]

As I was leaving small supermarket, a Russian lady with a parrot.

A gorgeous bird! They are such cool animals!

 

[DennisN]

Red leaves with a rainbow lens flare...
I haven't seen this effect with any of my other lenses.

(Lens: Yashica Auto Yashikor 35mm f/2.8)

 

[phinds]

A very happy foot bridge

 

[BillTre]

Hydro-Dynamics in Action:

 

[DennisN]

Hydro-Dynamics in Action:

A stunningly cool capture!

 

[pinball1970]

A stunningly cool capture!

It looks like CGI it's so perfect!

 

[pinball1970]

Red leaves with a rainbow lens flare...
I haven't seen this effect with any of my other lenses.

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(Lens: Yashica Auto Yashikor 35mm f/2.8)

Beautiful, the rainbow frames it. Lovely image.

 

[pinball1970]

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When I retire I would like one these guys. Read up on them first.

 

[pinball1970]

By the way, I just checked the fieldfare page on Swedish Wikipedia and saw these two nice photos:

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Turdus pilaris in snow, Väsby, by EstrellaSuecia

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Turdus pilaris in Stockholm, Sweden in 2015 by Frankie Fouganthin

I think they are gorgeous birds.

They are gorgeous. The plumage is quite Thrush like but I am not an expert.
You have anything nice @Astranut ?

 

[DennisN]

When I retire I would like one these guys. Read up on them first.

I've thought about that too. Or some other bird.
But in my case I have feeling it won't be good to combine them with cats, and I'll probably have cats all my life, since I enjoy them very much.

Parrots, as far as I understand, bond strongly with their owner and consider them a mate. Which means they can get jealous.

By the way, I've discovered that cats can get jealous too.
Sometimes when one of my female cats is lying on my chest, the other female cat tries to get in between the other cat and my head. Competition for attention.

 

[jtbell]

Sign of the South:

 

[gmax137]

I haven't seen any peanut farms here in Nevada, will have to look into that. I do love boiled peanuts!