Scott - yes, right time and place helps but being ready to capture the shot is what matters
Andy - great series you have been showing! Now snow capped mountains to Colin’s snow covered mountains from one side of the globe to the other. Love this thread!
Colin - keep them coming from your holiday! Enjoying the view with my hot cup of coffee this morning .
Colin, That flare makes for an excellent product shot. Ski boots sure have changed since I last skied (about 35 years ago). My boots looked like they were made by Fischer Price (famous children's items manufacturer), and made it impossible to look "cool" while walking like a duck in splints. Your boot looks cool standing still.
Jim
Very nice set of a lovely looking town including the night shot in your last post. I also like the light on the boot. Did you stage that, or just happen to see it? Anyway, I hope the skiing went well.
leighton w wrote:
Nice B&W of what I assume is your house?
Thank you, Leighton! It's the neighbor's house down the street. It's very pretty in the evening but they recently changed the porch lights with those daylight LED lights so B&W is more suitable.
A little over 10 years ago - Dec 22nd 2013 - I saw this tear shaped ice droplet hanging from a thorn. My breath made it wiggle, and it fell off - but not before I got four shots. I had owned the 105mm f4.0 ais micro for about 2.5 months at that point. This series is called "Winter Frosting"
James Markus wrote:
A little over 10 years ago - Dec 22nd 2013 - I saw this tear shaped ice droplet hanging from a thorn. My breath made it wiggle, and it fell off - but not before I got four shots. I had owned the 105mm f4.0 ais micro for about 2.5 months at that point. This series is called "Winter Frosting"
leighton w wrote:
Very nice set of a lovely looking town including the night shot in your last post. I also like the light on the boot. Did you stage that, or just happen to see it? Anyway, I hope the skiing went well.
Thanks Leighton.
We arrived on a beautiful sunny afternoon and the sun was streaming onto the balcony of our hotel room.
I was trying to get a sunstar effect but that didn't work out too well so what you see was me fiddling around with the lens wide open.
Skiing went well. I did get taken out by a snowboarder on the first day. I had just stopped to see where the rest of the family were when this idiot came straight into me and took my legs out from under me. His momentum caused us to both slide down a steep piste in a tangled mess for some way. My uphill ski came off at the point of impact so the binding did its job. Could have been nasty but I walked away totally unscathed without even a bruise - probably because he hit me square on so there was no twisting action. It freaked out my wife for a few moments since she saw the whole thing happening in front of her. And yes, we do wear helmets.
We flew back in an Airbus A320. It seated about 180 people. Not all of the passengers were skiiers. There were 4 people returning home with severe knee trauma, legs in braces, in need of wheelchair assistance and potential surgery.
We arrived on a beautiful sunny afternoon and the sun was streaming onto the balcony of our hotel room.
I was trying to get a sunstar effect but that didn't work out too well so what you see was me fiddling around with the lens wide open.
Skiing went well. I did get taken out by a snowboarder on the first day. I had just stopped to see where the rest of the family were when this idiot came straight into me and took my legs out from under me. His momentum caused us to both slide down a steep piste in a tangled mess for some way. My uphill ski came off at the point of impact so the binding did its job. Could have been nasty but I walked away totally unscathed without even a bruise - probably because he hit me square on so there was no twisting action. It freaked out my wife for a few moments since she saw the whole thing happening in front of her. And yes, we do wear helmets.
We flew back in an Airbus A320. It seated about 180 people. Not all of the passengers were skiiers. There were 4 people returning home with severe knee trauma, legs in braces, in need of wheelchair assistance and potential surgery.
James Markus wrote:
A little over 10 years ago - Dec 22nd 2013 - I saw this tear shaped ice droplet hanging from a thorn. My breath made it wiggle, and it fell off - but not before I got four shots. I had owned the 105mm f4.0 ais micro for about 2.5 months at that point. This series is called "Winter Frosting"
