Just a dad with an interest in photography, making music and general visual creativity
Wow, love the mountains there! I use Flickr myself, but a trick I've been using to get Lemmy to display a thumbnail / direct photo link is:
-Open Flickr in desktop mode (force in your mobile browser settings if on your phone)
-Choose Share
-Choose BBCode tab
-Copy the link for 'Original' and then copy just the portion with the url for your image to paste into Lemmy
Egret in Flight
I've been learning with a 35mm to get sort of that 'frame with your feet' mindset going. Still, makes it tough when that rare opportunity for some wildlife photography presents itself!
Since I couldn't get closer with a zoom lens, I figured I'd try and bring out the movement of the egret through some cropping and processing to contrast against the shadows from the cypress.
Appreciate that! Was using my Sony a7iv. I had these really thick thermal gloves on - I'm from South Florida and it was freezing. I'd recently switched to all-manual shooting and couldn't quite manipulate the dials (especially ISO). I was ill-prepared overall to be out there and having wet pants after falling through made the rest of those shots even more fun...lots of wind off the lake!
I respect the restraint - I tried one of these the other night and I had big fingerprints all over the glass from drinking while I waited for sunset!
The Vigil
Was riding around in a boat in some chop this weekend and was struck by the lighting and position of this lone cypress tree. Made me feel like it was hanging out in front of the other trees and cane protecting everything.
Bet I cut a funny figure standing in the back of the small rocking boat, barely balancing for a portrait of a tree. I love that nature can still make an impression on a cynic like me!
Frozen Waves
I spent some time out at Lake Michigan this last Christmas. My first time seeing snow and I definitely wasn't ready for taking photos in this kind of cold. Had to take my gloves off to work the work the camera, snow bits and sand flying towards the lens and I even fell through the ice at the shore!
Still, my time there really makes me want to travel around and take some photos across the USA.
Pups at Play
New user here - I'm staying by a lake temporarily and my poodle made friends with another dog here. She's been having a lot of fun learning to swim and I'm having fun learning how to take photos!
I felt like these tones really brought out the laid back and swampy feeling out here.