PoTd - November 4

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Pic-of-The-day - "Early Autumn Roses".

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PoTd - October 4

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Pic-of-The-day - "4K Wallpaper Wednesday - Autumn Flowers".

4k Wallpaper for your favourite device. Available for you to download, use &  share this under the creative commons Attribution, Noncommercial, Share Alike license.

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July 2nd

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Pic-of-The-day - "Peonies".

When we where kids we called Peonies 'ant flowers' because they where always covered in ants. I did a quick search but couldn't find a definitive answer as to why. most sources agree t the plants secrete some sort of nectar that attracts the ants, but they where less clear what the ants actually do for the plants. one suggestion is that they somehow help the flowers to open. but, again I couldn't find much as to how exactly that takes place.

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PoTd - April 18

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Pic-of-The-day - "DOF".

In the photography world 'DOF' is stands for 'Depth Of Field'.  DOF describes how much of the photo is in focus at one time. DOF is usually used in connection to shallow depth of field where only a small part of the image is in foucs. This can be a very striking technique.  Deep DOF (with most of the frame in focus) is often overlooked but, can also be useful & interesting.

I actually find Deep Dof to be a bit more difficult. It's not difficult to achieve, but it's difficult to direct the eye of the viewer to the intended spot. It's easy to direct the eye when theres' only a small area in focus, so easy it sometimes feels like cheating.

Sometimes I need to remind myself to practice deep DOF & use other ways of directing the eye, like colour, leading lines, choice of subject etc.  I really set myself a challenge this morning and I 'm not sure I really achieved what I was trying too, but as they say 'practice makes perfect'.

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PoTd - February 22

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Some nice winter textures from Fort Erie Race Track.

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PoTd - September 27

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 Pic-of-The-day - "Macro Madness". 

This is now getting close to obsession, but I'm not complaining.

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PoTd - July 11th

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Macro Monday - Texture & Focus

 Pic-of-The-day - "Macro Monday - Texture & Focus".
Some craziness playing around with the 72mm flip (optic) from my cinevate cyclops*.   It took a surprisingly long time to get this shot. The 72mm flip allows/requires you to get really close to the subject, but at that distance auto focus wasn't working.   Every time I got the focus right a breeze would move the plant & I'd be right back to square one.

*The Cyclops is a view finder that enlargers the LCD image for easier view & help with critical focus. The 72mm flip is the optical element that enlarges the image. It can also be removed and threaded on to a lens to get a macro effect.

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PoTd - April 21st

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Trees

Pic-of-The-day - "Trees".

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PoTd - April 9th

Waking Up

Light Purple

Pic-of-The-day "Waking up" & "Light Purple" from an early spring walk on River Road in Niagara Falls.

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Link of the day - DOF simulator

cool FREE  Depth of Field simulator.

lets you change tons of stuff, and save your settings & send a link to others so they can see the same thing.

It's an online service, you can download it and run it offline in your browser & there's a phone version.

I guess it could be helpful planning shots before you go out in the field, but for me it mostly just fun to play with.

Pic Of the Day - Leading the Eye

 Leading the Eye

A bit of fun light & shadow, distance & focus.
In theory your eye should be drawn to the brighter part of the photo & your eye should also be drawn to the part of the frame that is in focus. The alternation of light & dark is supposed to give a fuller sense of space and just might help lead the eye beyond the initial point of interest and explore the frame more.

That's the theory as i understand it. i wonder if any of it actually works in this photo.

Pic Of the Day - Wallpaper Wednesday

The Desktop & Mobile version are both 16X9 and Free to download, use & share with others under an "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Creative Commons" license.

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Pic Of the Day - Macro Monday - Melt (#1?)

Melt (#1?)

Today's Macro Monday photo is a bit out of place as we are once again in a deep freeze at the moment.

The interesting shapes of melting snow always catch my eye.
Some times you get little microcosms that echo the larger melting events happening all around.

It's titled 'Melt (#1?)' because there will probably be more photos in the same vein when the snow & ice once again begin to melt.

Happy Monday.