१२ फेब्रुवारी, २०२४

Catching the sun.

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At 7:13 a.m.

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Rusty म्हणाले...

I like this one. Nice composition.
I'll make enemies for this, but out of all the sunrise photographs over the years this is one of a handful that isn't cliche'. In fact probably the best.

Iman म्हणाले...

Gorgeous!

Lem Vibe Bandit म्हणाले...

Nice catch.

RigelDog म्हणाले...

Love the photo! Mark this day, like an arboreal Stonehenge, so that you may return in the years to come.

BUMBLE BEE म्हणाले...

Very Best!

ex-madtown girl म्हणाले...

I think this is the best one yet. Gorgeous!

Kit Carson म्हणाले...

yeah, that one was awesome. it "reached" me.

Narr म्हणाले...

Ouchamagoucha!

May the rest of the day be as fine.

Kate म्हणाले...

Tree trunk tweezers.

This sunrise photo definitely goes in the "best of" folder.

Jaq म्हणाले...

Here's a good one.

Why Joe Biden Made It Illegal Ror Rail Workers to Strike

He did it because he is so pro-Union that it hurts, and he felt like he had to spot corporate management a win! No, you can read it if you want the tortured reasoning why not just Joe, but the Democrats killed the strike.

Jaq म्हणाले...

Looks like somebody found the HDR setting, or maybe the camera did it on its own. HDR is a love it or hate it thing, but if used sparingly, even its critics admit that it can be very nice.

Aggie म्हणाले...

Very, very nice. Well Done!

Howard म्हणाले...

Has a Dawn of Man, 2001, a Space Odyssey feel to it.

Mr. Majestyk म्हणाले...

Great photo except for that damn laser pointer that someone left in the tree.

Old and slow म्हणाले...

That is obviously AI.

chickelit म्हणाले...

Crotchety radiance

lonejustice म्हणाले...

A keeper.

Leland म्हणाले...

Nice framing of the shot. You could sell that as a jigsaw puzzle.

boatbuilder म्हणाले...

Wow.

Enigma म्हणाले...

This is one of @Althouse's best photos for sure.

In my experience sunrise and sunset photography requires opposite thinking relative to the rules for "good" photos...but this is often easy! You cannot put the the light source to the rear, as the sun must be in front and it'll backlight everything in the scene. So, play with obstructions (the tree in this case) to emphasize the side dispersion. Clouds work, hills and mountains work, and reflections off nearby objects work. The only thing that's a hard NO is people in the foreground, as they'll be shadowy blobs. Unless you are going for a haunted Halloween theme maybe.

Scott Patton म्हणाले...

Came to say treehenge.. RigelDog beat me to it.

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

I was trying to get the sun behind the tree so it wouldn't blow out everything else, but on this shot it had popped into view. I honestly didn't mean for this to happen. I didn't predict how the camera would process the other areas.

As for the "Stonehenge" effect, I have so much ability to position myself around that tree that I think I could get the sun in that spot every day the clouds aren't obscuring the sun.

Jaq म्हणाले...

Now that I think about it, HDR (High Dynamic Range) is the only way that the camera's software could have kept that picture from blowing out the way you feared it would. Some people view the effect as like ketchup on steak, and other people love it and shoot pictures and apply the effect just for itself, even though there is no technical requirement for it. Some people use it to create beautiful night scenes that can't be captured any other way.

https://wallpapercave.com/night-sky-uhd-wallpapers

chickelit म्हणाले...

“As for the "Stonehenge" effect, I have so much ability to position myself around that tree that I think I could get the sun in that spot every day the clouds aren't obscuring the sun.“

Looking forward to a crotchety equinoxes and solstices.

Owen म्हणाले...

As others have said, that pic should be dinged as a cliché; but it works. Really well. Not only in the smack-my-eye immediate aesthetic sense; but also in the hey-let-me-study-all-of-it sense. It demands a long second look; and a third; and so on.

Very nice!

Friendo म्हणाले...

Super cool, Althouse!

gadfly म्हणाले...

Set up by the WSJ opinion folks, Kamala Harris walked right into a Republican political attack.

When asked: Do voters’ concerns about President Biden’s age mean she must convince them she is ready to serve?

“I am ready to serve. There’s no question about that,” Harris responded bluntly. Everyone who sees her on the job, Harris said, “walks away fully aware of my capacity to lead.”

How in Hell can she say that "everyone walks away fully aware of my capacity to lead?"

She has blown about every assignment given to her to execute and she has never provided any leadership on anything.

If Biden loses the election, her Vice Presidential candidacy will be the cause.

Virgil Hilts म्हणाले...

That is a geat photo.

Paul Blossom म्हणाले...

Best one yet.

Rusty म्हणाले...

Ann Althouse said...
Don't overwork it. The sun in the tree forces the viewer to look at the rest of the picture. The other surfaces and textures.
Just say; Yeah. That's what I was aiming for.

michaele म्हणाले...

This photo literally stopped me in my scroll...I wanted to appreciate it for a few extra beats. Then I was particularly curious if the commenters talked about it instead of something else on their minds. I felt pleased that it received the attention it deserved.