22 Nov 18 I learned this year that the auto mechanic I use puts on a big show every Halloween and Christmas. We visited his home this year for the first time to see the Halloween show and weren't disappointed. So while I don't have a suitable Thanksgiving image to share, I thought you might appreciated this one from Halloween. Wishing you all a very blessed Thanksgiving. Straight from the camera. Departing Spooks Nikon D500; 18 - 200; Aperture Priority; ISO 640; 8 sec @ f / 9 on a tripod.
02 Nov 18 Jan boiled a couple artichokes last night for dinner and put the double boiler in the sink to cool. When we got up this morning it had an interesting display of bubbles on the surface of the water that were not there when she put the pot in the sink last night. Fortunately I decided to take a couple snaps of them when I did because about 15 minutes after I took the shots they were gone. Not sure at this point in time what caused their formation or their dissipation but I thought I'd share what we saw with you as a Friday macro submission, and this time, the shot does qualify as a macro. You can probably think of many names for the image based on how you are "seeing" the bubbles. I selected 6 different names for the 6 versions I made each with a different idea in mind as to what I was seeing. The one I'm sharing is the straight version. This is straight from the camera. New Life Nikon D500; 18 - 200; Aperture Priority; ISO 400; 1/13 sec @ f / 9 on a tripod.
19 Nov 18 Driving down to the Hansville post office a few days back I observed Mt Baker taunting the morning fog. By the time I drove to the water's edge to grab a couple frames, perhaps 90 seconds transpiring, the mountain had disappeared. So I made my P.O. run and returned to the same location perhaps 5 minutes later and saw what I'm sharing today, or at least mostly what I saw, because the sky was very boring. So I took an 8 shot pano, actually several multiple shot panos, and figured I'd pick out the best of the group to share at a later date which I feel is this set. But the sky wasn't adding to the overall presentation so I picked out another I liked and replaced the original with the new one. Only problem was that the blue of the replacement sky didn't match the overall setting of the pano so I had to adjust the blue of that replacement sky to balance with the rest of the image. Everything else you see is as it was. Superior Mirage is a term that is used to describe the phenomena of objects on the horizon seemingly expanding and contracting vertically. This is a real thing and in a video you can actually watch the buildings rise and fall. Of course this illusion can also be captured with a still camera but obviously not the movement; you can see some of this in the composite. Also, for those of you with critically sharp eyes, there is a Bald Eagle flying in the shot and a waterfall that is not a permanent fixture. You will of course need to look at it at at least 50% if not 100% to find either. Happy hunting. As I mentioned above, this is an eight shot pano. I've cropped off a fair amount from both the top and bottom edges for compositional purposes. Plus I've replaced the original sky and color corrected the replacement sky. Other than those two things, this is how it looked when I took the shots. Morning Show Nikon D500; 18 - 200; Aperture priority; ISO 250; 1/1250 sec @ f / 8.
