As many people could be spending a lot of time at home now, I thought it might be interesting to see what we could find to photograph from there. Things actually inside the home itself and any garden, yard etc. but also what we can see standing somewhere within the bounds of our property and looking out.
In the garden today.
Most of us should be able to see the sky.
Lovely photos!
I've actually spent some more time recently looking at things like live bird webcams online. Had fun talking to a friend (over the phone) and we had fun discovering how to use the site better; he's not much into birding (I'm quite new)--more into hiking, but I think that he appreciates them more now and enjoyed looking at the cams. :)
A few times now, I realized that I wasn't certain what a particular bird was, but was able to ID it/them by taking a photo of my computer screen with my smart phone and then used their bird application to ID it! ;D Worked a peach!
Best wishes,
PD
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on March 22, 2020, 06:07:59 AM
Lovely photos!
I've actually spent some more time recently looking at things like live bird webcams online. Had fun talking to a friend (over the phone) and we had fun discovering how to use the site better; he's not much into birding (I'm quite new)--more into hiking, but I think that he appreciates them more now and enjoyed looking at the cams. :)
A few times now, I realized that I wasn't certain what a particular bird was, but was able to ID it/them by taking a photo of my computer screen with my smart phone and then used their bird application to ID it! ;D Worked a peach!
Best wishes,
PD
Thanks PD ;D.
I don't know a lot about birds either but will try to photo a few. Another thing we could include is scanner images of any objects we have on our property - this is a feather I found last autumn.
It took a while to spot anything in the garden today but I eventually found this shield bug.
I recommend you to look at the work of the late photographer Lauren Simonutti, a massively talented artist working in black and white film. A master of the use of toner and still life composition, she was horribly injured in a car accident and was confined to her home, where she made a stunning series of photographs of various rooms she designed and various constellations of objets d'art. Her portfolio in the fine art mag Silvershotz in 2007 is among my favorite in my collection. I do not like her photos of human figures as much as her other still lifes.
You should also look at the work of André Kertész and Josef Sudek, both of whom were also confined due to injury.
Quote from: XB-70 Valkyrie on March 23, 2020, 09:02:24 PM
I recommend you to look at the work of the late photographer Lauren Simonutti, a massively talented artist working in black and white film. A master of the use of toner and still life composition, she was horribly injured in a car accident and was confined to her home, where she made a stunning series of photographs of various rooms she designed and various constellations of objets d'art. Her portfolio in the fine art mag Silvershotz in 2007 is among my favorite in my collection. I do not like her photos of human figures as much as her other still lifes.
You should also look at the work of André Kertész and Josef Sudek, both of whom were also confined due to injury.
Those offer great examples for the creative art photographer. I've mainly done snapshots with a compact camera while out walking so am more used to documenting interesting things I see. I bought the DSLR I've used here about 18 months ago with vouchers from work but it's no good on my walks; I can't work it one handed with a dog pulling on a lead in the other ::).
Quote from: steve ridgway on March 23, 2020, 10:11:29 PM
Those offer great examples for the creative art photographer. I've mainly done snapshots with a compact camera while out walking so am more used to documenting interesting things I see. I bought the DSLR I've used here about 18 months ago with vouchers from work but it's no good on my walks; I can't work it one handed with a dog pulling on a lead in the other ::).
What type of camera are you using? The quality looks pretty nice to this amateur's eye.
Quote from: pjme on March 24, 2020, 02:31:22 AM
Hi, I don't remember how to embed own photos.
please explain...
ps: I'm not a keen photographer, but I collect old (ca 1900-1950) photographs.
Click the
Attachments and other options below where you type your reply, then the
Choose File button. The
(more attachments) below that lets you add a few more.
Old photographs are interesting; I have a few pictorial books around 100 years old with plenty of photos. Well the newer ones do, rather than engravings.
Quote from: Mahlerian on March 24, 2020, 05:27:21 AM
What type of camera are you using? The quality looks pretty nice to this amateur's eye.
A Canon EOS 800D aka Rebel T7i, plus a zoom lens with image stabilisation. The technology is great for those like me who use it hand held on full automatic. I've started using manual with the Moon at night though, all the black in the frame makes it massively overexposed. The daylight photo was handheld on full auto from the garden and the nighttime one out the window with manual control, monitoring and shutter release from my iPad.
Quote from: steve ridgway on March 24, 2020, 09:16:32 AM
A Canon EOS 800D aka Rebel T7i, plus a zoom lens with image stabilisation. The technology is great for those like me who use it hand held on full automatic. I've started using manual with the Moon at night though, all the black in the frame makes it massively overexposed. The daylight photo was handheld on full auto from the garden and the nighttime one out the window with manual control, monitoring and shutter release from my iPad.
Thank you! I'm interested in getting a decent digital camera at some point, so I'm considering what options are available. My smartphone's camera just isn't enough for what I want to do.
Quote from: Mahlerian on March 24, 2020, 09:36:59 AM
Thank you! I'm interested in getting a decent digital camera at some point, so I'm considering what options are available. My smartphone's camera just isn't enough for what I want to do.
The pocket size Canon IXUS 210 which came out 10 years ago is pretty good for holding in one hand and snapping photos while walking but doesn't show the detail and contrast of the larger lens. It was a lot cheaper though and I'm not nervous about taking it out. I process the photos from both a little with the "Preview" app included in Mac OS X - I overdo things and mess them up if using more sophisticated software :-X.
Quote from: Mahlerian on March 24, 2020, 09:36:59 AM
Thank you! I'm interested in getting a decent digital camera at some point, so I'm considering what options are available. My smartphone's camera just isn't enough for what I want to do.
What can you do with your smartphone though? There must be something worth photographing with it.
Quote from: steve ridgway on March 24, 2020, 11:31:41 AM
What can you do with your smartphone though? There must be something worth photographing with it.
The resolution just isn't very good and everything ends up overexposed or not focused correctly. This is from a few months ago:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1UqQcoh0SrZS7x0gIoJ7PkEy0AotjVCDM
This is from last summer:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1tnbB2t8JJDNyHUT0yD7EvtC3GtZTWymW
(Although I should stress neither of these are strictly from home, though the first one is nearby where I was living at the time)
Mostly I like taking photos in the outdoors or public spaces. This recent photo at home struck me as strangely surreal.
Quote from: pjme on March 24, 2020, 01:18:51 PM
I even found a photograph of a very young Eugène Ysaÿe which I donated to the Ysaÿe society in Brussels
I've seen that one, in the liner notes of a Ysaye CD. Unfortunately I don't remember which one.
Quote from: Mahlerian on March 24, 2020, 01:07:35 PM
The resolution just isn't very good and everything ends up overexposed or not focused correctly. This is from a few months ago:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1UqQcoh0SrZS7x0gIoJ7PkEy0AotjVCDM
This is from last summer:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1tnbB2t8JJDNyHUT0yD7EvtC3GtZTWymW
(Although I should stress neither of these are strictly from home, though the first one is nearby where I was living at the time)
That pair came out well. You might experiment with how the focus and exposure change with where you point the phone. Move it around a bit and take several shots. With my pocket camera I can see the brightness change on the screen as I move it slightly up towards the sky or down towards the ground. It could focus on for example the centre of the image or might look for contrasting edges and try to get those as sharp as possible. If the images are large enough you can then edit on a computer to keep just the most pleasing rectangle. Auto correct of exposure levels is also generally useful and I often move the mid tone brightness. Some lighting conditions may also produce better results, such as bright sunlight.
Quote from: Baron Scarpia on March 24, 2020, 01:29:07 PM
Mostly I like taking photos in the outdoors or public spaces. This recent photo at home struck me as strangely surreal.
Yes that is rather odd, as if a being from another dimension was peering into your seemingly normal kitchen. I sometimes see such bizarre, incredibly bright and colourful images beaming out from the immense TV screen in the house on the other side of the road.
Quote from: pjme on March 24, 2020, 12:57:56 PM
I buy old photographs on markets and in second hand shops. Portraits, people with dogs, carnival groups ...here are few examples.
That's another interesting photographic hobby, do you find a lot of old photos and are they cheap? Here's one from my copy of
The Wide World Magazine, Vol. 1, 1898 showing a tram in Denver, Colorado. The horse had to pull the tram about a mile up a steep hill but got a break on the way back down.
Quote from: pjme on March 24, 2020, 12:57:56 PM
I buy old photographs on markets and in second hand shops. Portraits, people with dogs, carnival groups ...here are few examples.
I download vintage photos from the internet, usually Pinterest, but you have to wade through a lot of dreck to find something of interest. For a true collector I am sure nothing beats having the physical object and the satisfaction of finding it.
I have never have any luck posting images in this forum but I will give it a try again using the instructions below.
Quote from: pjme on March 25, 2020, 02:10:20 AM
Use alt + s, Biffo, after selecting and activating the photo. Make sure that the size is less than 500KB.
This is interesting:
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/mar/25/the-black-pioneers-new-york-kamoinge-collective-in-pictures-louis-draper-african-american-photography
Thanks will give it a try
Man with bear
It worked but didn't look like it was going to!
Quote from: pjme on March 24, 2020, 01:18:51 PM
I even found a photograph of a very young Eugène Ysaÿe which I donated to the Ysaÿe society in Brussels
What great photographs you've found and purchased! And that was very nice of you to donate that photo of Ysaÿe too! :)
Best wishes,
PD
For a while, I was hunting for and purchasing a few old cabinet cards or carte de visite...looking for ones of opera singers, musicians, and/or composers. The autographed ones can be expensive (at ephemera shows)! Fun to look at at least. :)
Best wishes,
PD
Quote from: Biffo on March 25, 2020, 02:36:59 AM
It worked but didn't look like it was going to!
Excellent, it's great to have a few people sharing :).
I'm still wandering round the garden, it was sunny and warm yesterday.
I have a print of this on my wall. The original is by Theodor Kittelsen, the artist of my profile picture; here he is gentler mood with a bear sleeping amongst blueberries.
Quote from: steve ridgway on March 25, 2020, 09:36:49 PM
I'm still wandering round the garden, it was sunny and warm yesterday.
What kind of butterfly or moth is that? It's quite striking!
Quote from: Biffo on March 26, 2020, 02:17:33 AM
I have a print of this on my wall. The original is by Theodor Kittelsen, the artist of my profile picture; here he is gentler mood with a bear sleeping amongst blueberries.
Ate too many blueberries? :) Nice print!
I discovered Kittelsen through the music of Geirr Tveitt - I was intrigued by the cover of this album
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on March 26, 2020, 04:23:53 AM
What kind of butterfly or moth is that? It's quite striking!
I've seen three different types of butterfly this week and this one's a peacock butterfly. Looks like I might have to go off full auto and try reducing the lens aperture to get insects all in focus though.
Here's one I found on the web - Pavlova's Dog :P.
Quote from: pjme on March 26, 2020, 05:44:13 AM
Sometimes I'll buy also the odd postcard....
Get postcard! Very creative! ;D
EDIT: I had meant to type "Great" not "Get". lol
Quote from: pjme on March 26, 2020, 10:17:44 AM
Great, Pavlova's dog. I have a few opera singers divas. And an unknown divo, in "L'Africaine".
Here is Maria SERVERIUS, Belgian Falcon and dramatic soprano (1902-1976). Salome, 1927.
Her daughter was Raymonde SERVERIUS, also a soprano and a noted concert soloist.
For those who read Dutch/Flemish: miss Serverius apparently had a 'volcanic temperament...and she danced the Dance of the 7 veils herself"!
Interesting: the program consisted of Stravinsky's Firebird and Strauss Salome.
http://dighum.uantwerpen.be/cti/html/1939-07-00_monet_1927-28.html
Does the Paris Opera have any sort of online archive like the Met does? I couldn't find one, but if it does, it should be easy to figure out who the singer was. The costume seems very similar to that worn by the singer Faure when he created the role of Nelusko back in 1865.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/L%27Africaine_1865_-_4_principals_-_Gallica.jpg/800px-L%27Africaine_1865_-_4_principals_-_Gallica.jpg)
Quote from: pjme on March 26, 2020, 10:17:44 AM
Great, Pavlova's dog. I have a few opera singers divas. And an unknown divo, in "L'Africaine".
Here is Maria SERVERIUS, Belgian Falcon and dramatic soprano (1902-1976). Salome, 1927.
Her daughter was Raymonde SERVERIUS, also a soprano and a noted concert soloist.
For those who read Dutch/Flemish: miss Serverius apparently had a 'volcanic temperament...and she danced the Dance of the 7 veils herself"!
Interesting: the program consisted of Stravinsky's Firebird and Strauss Salome.
http://dighum.uantwerpen.be/cti/html/1939-07-00_monet_1927-28.html
I've had cabinet cards of Clara Louise Kellogg, Emma Calvé, and Louise Homer (in various operatic costumes) framed (along with an autograph for each; the kind of setting in which the autograph is not on the item itself but on a separate piece of paper) which are fun to look at. I have a kind of opera 'wall' around a bookcase containing a bunch of books on music, composers, bios and autobios of artists like Callas, Sutherland and so on. Also a signed Met program from the I want to say 1930's along with some posters and a few more current black and white photos of some more singers. I know, silly, but I had fun putting it together and enjoy it. :D
By the way, collecting even not-so-expensive ephemera can get pricey (if you want it framed): if you want to put it in a reasonably nice frame with museum-quality glass (High UV protection and also non-reflective), it adds up! :( For that reason, I have some other cabinet cards or cartes de visite that I keep in a couple of envelopes which I look at from time to time.
I also keep an eye out for old postcards of opera houses. :)
Best,
PD
Quote from: pjme on March 26, 2020, 01:51:10 PM
Of course!
Good to read that you have some photographs framed.
Over many years and in several countries (USA, Great Britain, France, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Hungary...) i spent many happy moments browsing and selecting. I should (and could now...) make, at least, an inventory. I scanned several, but many more await more attention.
Hi pjme,
Do you ever frame your cabinet cards/postcards, etc.? Or display them somehow? Or how do you keep them?
And, wow, sounds like you've moved a lot (or travels?) and have a lot of interesting stories? :)
PD
Oh, cute! :)
Taken out the window last night.
Edward Steichen meets Balzac meet Rodin (Musée Rodin, Paris). One of my favorites from one of the greatest portrait photographers ever.
(https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.musee-rodin.fr%2Fsites%2Fmusee%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Fzoom%2Fpublic%2FresourceSpace%2F2021_5b12eec0805d071.jpg%3Fitok%3DKgHvQOsy&sp=948f90f7d51fccbae3170756cfd14f3e&anticache=262429)
Melpomone--Landon Rives, one of the most hauntingly beautiful and mysterious photographs ever created, also by Edward Steichen.
(https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/api/collection/v1/iiif/271911/620658/restricted)
Great use of light and shade there, and both quite different. It must be incredibly difficult to get the lighting, exposure and developing just right with chemical photography, even visualising what the scene is going to look like in monochrome.
I'm a big fan of Cecil Beaton:
(http://artblart.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/maria-callas-1957.jpg?w=655&h=661)
PD
Quote from: pjme on March 28, 2020, 04:29:42 AM
The Antwerp Photography Museum has a great exhibition on Stephan Vanfleteren.
https://fomu.be/kalender/present-at-home
https://www.stephanvanfleteren.com/surftribe
Thank you for those links. I particularly enjoyed the talk by the museum guide.
Quote from: steve ridgway on March 27, 2020, 08:51:49 AM
Taken out the window last night.
These pictures never will go viral, because they do not display the corona.
Quote from: (: premont :) on March 28, 2020, 06:38:27 AM
These pictures never will go viral, because they do not display the corona.
:laugh:
A quick shot last night:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=14BxcoYOGuZGPuIY8QSnezBX9djuZIn1b
An excellent subject for a thread. I must dig out my camera and participate.
Quote from: Mahlerian on March 28, 2020, 08:39:48 AM
A quick shot last night:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=14BxcoYOGuZGPuIY8QSnezBX9djuZIn1b
That's a nice peaceful scene. Do you have the Moon and/or Venus in there?
Quote from: steve ridgway on March 28, 2020, 09:06:47 PM
That's a nice peaceful scene. Do you have the Moon and/or Venus in there?
Thank you. Yes, that's the moon coming through between the power lines.
I got the Moon and Venus last night. I don't think Venus came out too badly considering it's 60 million miles away :-\.
Trying to be a bit more artistic with the sunset last night.
Lovely! :)
Quote from: steve ridgway on March 30, 2020, 04:32:21 AM
Trying to be a bit more artistic with the sunset last night.
Nice indeed.
All so precious. No one seems to appreciate the value of chaos.
Quote from: Baron Scarpia on March 30, 2020, 04:11:05 PM
All so precious. No one seems to appreciate the value of chaos.
Very nice and neat, a place safe from the madness of the outside world where you can sit in the sun, breathe the air and watch the changing scenery of the sky :).
Contrasts during social distancing -
on one side of the apartment, which is the view from the kitchen, they are building a new, 5-story block, planned with certain trendy architectural features. A lake suddenly turned up during the digging, but it's drying out now. Fortunately, the work doesn't make any real noise so far. They're a team of Italian workers, probably under local supervision.
on the other side, the view from one of the living rooms, luckily there's a nice, springtime villa garden, belonging to a Yugoslav immigrant who's been living here for decades. They've become an elderly couple now, but they are very much into gardening, and growing a fair amount of flowers, vegetables and fruit trees. Note how he's coated the trees with chalk paint, like they often do in Southern and Eastern Europe.
He also keeps doves in the black cabin to the left. The flock is allowed flights every day, circling around our block etc. and causing some irritation among certain neighbours here, but personally I find this feature quite pleasant.
Quote from: Baron Scarpia on March 30, 2020, 04:11:05 PM
All so precious. No one seems to appreciate the value of chaos.
Somebody is having a good time and has not a care in the world. :)
Quote from: MusicTurner on March 31, 2020, 03:34:47 AM
Contrasts during social distancing -
on one side of the apartment, which is the view from the kitchen, they are building a new, 5-story block, planned with certain trendy architectural features. A lake suddenly turned up during the digging, but it's drying out now. Fortunately, the work doesn't make any real noise so far. They're a team of Italian workers, probably under local supervision.
on the other side, the view from one of the living rooms, luckily there's a nice, springtime villa garden, belonging to a Yugoslav immigrant who's been living here for decades. They've become an elderly couple now, but they are very much into gardening, and growing a fair amount of flowers, vegetables and fruit trees. Note how he's coated the trees with chalk paint, like they often do in Southern and Eastern Europe.
He also keeps doves in the black cabin to the left. The flock is allowed flights every day, circling around our block etc. and causing some irritation among certain neighbours here, but personally I find this feature quite pleasant.
Quite a difference in the views! Hope that the new building is to your liking and that they do a nice job landscaping there too.
I hadn't heard of chalk paint before now; is it used to help protect the trees from certain pests or....? Do they ever share any of their produce with you? By the way, I quite like your current avatar (I love to garden too). Who did the painting? :)
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on March 31, 2020, 12:13:27 PM
Quite a difference in the views! Hope that the new building is to your liking and that they do a nice job landscaping there too.
I hadn't heard of chalk paint before now; is it used to help protect the trees from certain pests or....? Do they ever share any of their produce with you? By the way, I quite like your current avatar (I love to garden too). Who did the painting? :)
The future building will be quite dominating, it seems, but some of my neighbours will be hit harder, since for me it will only block the kitchen view somewhat and make our small, common garden area darker in the afternoon. Some of them have more important rooms facing this new, tall structure, not so good. Generally, our area is becoming somewhat gentrified and more organized, corresponding with the city of Copenhagen expanding generally; we'll have more facilities here and less 'wasted' space, but I'm quite OK with that, as long as the rent doesn't go up too much ...
we aren't responsible for our own gardening maintenance or lay-out, it is rather spartan, so I envy you, if you have your own garden ...
There are various reasons for this chalk-coating of trees; it is mainly because 1) it will deflect the sun's warming in winter and then prevent too much contrast in temperatures; 2) it will stabilize the temperature of the tree itself, as an isolating layer; and 3) the chalk tends to clean parts of the tree in relation to damaging insects, funghi, bacteria etc. In Greece for example, it is done to keep say ants away, I am told; and then the chalk can be mixed with certain anti-insect ingredients. The Yugoslav couple has a large family & they tend to keep the products for themselves, but I do have a chat with the old man now and then ...
Thanks, the avatar is a painting of the Norwegian composer
Fartein Valen, looking after his garden; the painting is by
Axel Revold(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel_Revold), it's called "
The Rose Cultivator" and it's from 1918.
I happened to visit the place, Valen's house in Valevåg, some years ago (6?); it is now a museum, and like it was when Valen lived there. He was very interested in gardening and created certain variants of roses too. Nearby is a deserted churchyard by the sea, that formed one of the inspirations for Valen's orchestral poem, "
Le Cimetiere Marin". It's in a rather gentle sort of Norwegian fjord landscape, not the most dramatic example, and it's definitely off the beaten path, though communication has been improved lately, due to a lot of tunnel and bridge constructions. Personally I toured the region on a bike with a tent, going from Stavanger to Bergen ... a nice trip, with unusually fine weather.
Quote from: Baron Scarpia on March 30, 2020, 04:11:05 PM
All so precious. No one seems to appreciate the value of chaos.
I do...or rather, I live in chaos ;D
(https://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/web/P7200018_1024.jpg)
Sarge
Quote from: MusicTurner on March 31, 2020, 12:47:43 PM
The future building will be quite dominating, it seems, but some of my neighbours will be hit harder, since for me it will only block the kitchen view somewhat and make our small, common garden area darker in the afternoon. Some of them have more important rooms facing this new, tall structure, not so good. Generally, our area is becoming somewhat gentrified and more organized, corresponding with the city of Copenhagen expanding generally; we'll have more facilities here and less 'wasted' space, but I'm quite OK with that, as long as the rent doesn't go up too much ...
we aren't responsible for our own gardening maintenance or lay-out, it is rather spartan, so I envy you, if you have your own garden ...
There are various reasons for this chalk-coating of trees; it is mainly because 1) it will deflect the sun's warming in winter and then prevent too much contrast in temperatures; 2) it will stabilize the temperature of the tree itself, as an isolating layer; and 3) the chalk tends to clean parts of the tree in relation to damaging insects, funghi, bacteria etc. In Greece for example, it is done to keep say ants away, I am told; and then the chalk can be mixed with certain anti-insect ingredients. The Yugoslav couple has a large family & they tend to keep the products for themselves, but I do have a chat with the old man now and then ...
Thanks, the avatar is a painting of the Norwegian composer Fartein Valen, looking after his garden; the painting is by Axel Revold
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel_Revold), it's called "The Rose Cultivator" and it's from 1918.
I happened to visit the place, Valen's house in Valevåg, some years ago (6?); it is now a museum, and like it was when Valen lived there. He was very interested in gardening and created certain variants of roses too. Nearby is a deserted churchyard by the sea, that formed one of the inspirations for Valen's orchestral poem, "Le Cimetiere Marin". It's in a rather gentle sort of Norwegian fjord landscape, not the most dramatic example, and it's definitely off the beaten path, though communication has been improved lately, due to a lot of tunnel and bridge constructions. Personally I toured the region on a bike with a tent, going from Stavanger to Bergen ... a nice trip, with unusually fine weather.
Sorry to hear that it will make things darker and that it will adversely effect some of your fellow tenants. Will the building be as tall or taller than your own?
Would the landlord let you plant anything to make it nicer? Or too afraid of it turning into a mess? I do like to garden, but that said, it can be a lot of work...keeping up with weeding, watering, deadheading, dealing with insects and diseases. It is a good feeling though to see things blooming, smell the roses, cut some fresh herbs to use and sometimes harvest some vegetables too. And to see neighbors' and strangers' reactions and enjoyment of my 'mangled' efforts....that and feeling happy when butterflies, birds and bees are busy and doing their business. :)
Thank you for telling me about the chalk paint...quite interesting!
I hadn't heard of Valen before now but will see if I might be able to check out some of his music...once the libraries are open again!
Best wishes,
PD
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 31, 2020, 12:59:41 PM
I do...or rather, I live in chaos ;D
(https://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/web/P7200018_1024.jpg)
Sarge
Ah yes, one wrong move and CDs will fly everywhere >:(.
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on March 31, 2020, 02:17:38 PM
Sorry to hear that it will make things darker and that it will adversely effect some of your fellow tenants. Will the building be as tall or taller than your own?
Would the landlord let you plant anything to make it nicer? Or too afraid of it turning into a mess? I do like to garden, but that said, it can be a lot of work...keeping up with weeding, watering, deadheading, dealing with insects and diseases. It is a good feeling though to see things blooming, smell the roses, cut some fresh herbs to use and sometimes harvest some vegetables too. And to see neighbors' and strangers' reactions and enjoyment of my 'mangled' efforts....that and feeling happy when butterflies, birds and bees are busy and doing their business. :)
Thank you for telling me about the chalk paint...quite interesting!
I hadn't heard of Valen before now but will see if I might be able to check out some of his music...once the libraries are open again!
Best wishes,
PD
Thanks. Our garden is OK, but a bit plain and small, and it can be quite populated by residents in summer, due to sun-bathers or people eating there - but that's how it is.
In the earlier months of the year, it's quite deserted, and one can sit below a lovely, crooked apple tree there ...
Valen is a rather edgy, solitary and mysterious composer, starting with late Romanticism, but then quickly becoming influenced by Schönberg and Berg; Berg in particular perhaps comes to mind. I have found the four symphonies difficult to get into so far, for example. But some of his most approachable stuff would be
-
Sonetto di Michelangelo, for orchestra. Not on you-tube, but certainly has a bit of 'hit' quality, IMHO.
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Violin Concerto, rather Bergian, like a good deal of other works. Probably his most well-known piece https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJCZfP79UHE
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Piano Concerto - a strangely subdued work, 3 movements lasting 10 minutes totally. The finale has some almost 'jazzy', 'Petrucciani-like' moments, IMHO :)
Finale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjf92VQCNdk&list=OLAK5uy_kJ8h84VYqRTFNI1xxl0tNjX9akQIHfkRA&index=6
- the
piano works generally; Glenn Gould played a sonata too.
Here's Andsnes in a rather lyrical and beautiful rendition of the
Theme & Variations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4kOl3cCxMY ;
Here's an early
Legende https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSFgSdxaQjM
(etc.)
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 31, 2020, 12:59:41 PM
I do...or rather, I live in chaos ;D
(https://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/web/P7200018_1024.jpg)
Sarge
Wait, how did you get a picture of
my house?! ??? ;)
PD
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 31, 2020, 12:59:41 PM
I do...or rather, I live in chaos ;D
(https://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/web/P7200018_1024.jpg)
Sarge
Your chaos is rather neatly stacked! :)
Thank you for the listening suggestions MusicTurner and PJME!
Best wishes,
PD
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on April 01, 2020, 03:56:17 AM
Wait, how did you get a picture of my house?! ??? ;)
PD
That's funny and gave me a good chuckle to begin the day!
Quote from: mc ukrneal on April 01, 2020, 04:02:42 AM
That's funny and gave me a good chuckle to begin the day!
Yeah! ;D
Best wishes,
PD
p.s. Reminds me that I need to get back to thinning things out! ::)
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on March 31, 2020, 12:07:27 PM
Somebody is having a good time and has not a care in the world. :)
Evidently you have not noticed my prior posts to the effect that I am in the middle of a relocation, the moving van leaves in two days, and I am set to drive 1,700 miles across a plague infested landscape, packed into a car with my pregnant wife and developmentally disabled son.
Quote from: pjme on March 31, 2020, 11:07:13 PM
From the Norwegian national library:
https://youtu.be/O2Te8aA7pN0
Glenn Gould plays Valen
https://youtu.be/ITD_d_SgkdA
Valens "Ave Maria" - 7 minutes of great poetical intensity. Lovely! I have an older version by Dorothy Dorow.
https://youtu.be/hT3VHKqQKZA
The photographs and the film are well worth seeing. I love mr. Valens sweater....and violinist Camilla Wicks looks like a young Lana Turner or Rita Hayworth!
(https://tarisio.com/content/uploads/2017/04/Wicks-and-Walter-1000w-300x246@2x.jpg)
Camilla Wicks and Bruno Walter in 1953.
(http://www.farteinvalen.no/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/no-nb_blds_030351-530x385.jpg)
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Fartein_Valen_med_venner_i_Paris%2C_vinteren_1927-1928_-_no-nb_digifoto_20151125_00127_blds_03030_%28cropped%29.jpg/320px-Fartein_Valen_med_venner_i_Paris%2C_vinteren_1927-1928_-_no-nb_digifoto_20151125_00127_blds_03030_%28cropped%29.jpg)
Fartein Valen (left) in Paris 1927.
https://farteinvalen.no/english-2/
That's a very nice selection of material, including the documentary and background-explaining clips, thanks!
Quote from: Baron Scarpia on April 01, 2020, 04:55:46 AM
Evidently you have not noticed my prior posts to the effect that I am in the middle of a relocation, the moving van leaves in two days, and I am set to drive 1,700 miles across a plague infested landscape, packed into a car with my pregnant wife and developmentally disabled son.
Best wishes to you from here.
(I remember your postings from another forum as well)
Quote from: MusicTurner on April 01, 2020, 05:02:00 AM
Best wishes to you from here.
(I remember your postings from another forum as well)
Thank you, appreciated.
Quote from: Baron Scarpia on April 01, 2020, 04:55:46 AM
Evidently you have not noticed my prior posts to the effect that I am in the middle of a relocation, the moving van leaves in two days, and I am set to drive 1,700 miles across a plague infested landscape, packed into a car with my pregnant wife and developmentally disabled son.
I had meant that your
son seemed to not have a care in the world as he was looking like he was having fun on the trampoline.
Sorry, I didn't know that he was developmentally disabled. I'm very sorry to hear that for everyone's sake.
Yes, I do remember you saying that you were worried about the move and wondering whether or not that would still be *happening and wishing you well. I understand that this must be a very stressful time for you and your family. Please keep us posted as to how things are going/went.
*A good friend of mine who is a realtor is very concerned about two interrelated closings; they were supposed to closed today. Now it's been pushed back to the seventh. The movers (who as you probably know) are considered as being 'essential' by the government didn't want to do the job due to the virus! Hopefully, things will go better for you and yours.
Warm wishes,
PD
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on April 01, 2020, 06:16:59 AM
I had meant that your son seemed to not have a care in the world as he was looking like he was having fun on the trampoline.
Sorry, I didn't know that he was developmentally disabled. I'm very sorry to hear that for everyone's sake.
Yes, I do remember you saying that you were worried about the move and wondering whether or not that would still be *happening and wishing you well. I understand that this must be a very stressful time for you and your family. Please keep us posted as to how things are going/went.
*A good friend of mine who is a realtor is very concerned about two interrelated closings; they were supposed to closed today. Now it's been pushed back to the seventh. The movers (who as you probably know) are considered as being 'essential' by the government didn't want to do the job due to the virus! Hopefully, things will go better for you and yours.
Warm wishes,
PD
No offense taken. Our home sale close last Friday, by some miracle. The movers (a large national company) assure me they are coming to pack tomorrow and load Friday.
Quote from: Baron Scarpia on April 01, 2020, 06:59:26 AM
No offense taken. Our home sale close last Friday, by some miracle. The movers (a large national company) assure me they are coming to pack tomorrow and load Friday.
Fingers crossed for you....
Quote from: Baron Scarpia on April 01, 2020, 06:59:26 AM
No offense taken. Our home sale close last Friday, by some miracle. The movers (a large national company) assure me they are coming to pack tomorrow and load Friday.
I hope it goes well and you all arrive safely in your new home.
A photo today of a butterbur flower stem followed by an image done on a computer scanner.
Quote from: steve ridgway on April 02, 2020, 09:01:22 AM
A photo today of a butterbur flower stem followed by an image done on a computer scanner.
Very pretty! I hadn't heard of a butterbur flower before now. What kind of conditions do they like to grow in?
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on April 02, 2020, 09:10:37 AM
Very pretty! I hadn't heard of a butterbur flower before now. What kind of conditions do they like to grow in?
Dark and damp places are what they enjoy.
I was suspecting shady places. :-)
A couple more of those butterflies in the front garden today.
Browsing through my vacation photos, I found this ...Grenoble Musée des Beaux arts. ::) ::) ::)
Quote from: pjme on April 05, 2020, 10:33:07 AM
Browsing through my vacation photos, I found this ...Grenoble Musée des Beaux arts. ::) ::) ::)
"Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries".
Evening scene, looking out of the window.
Neighbours are watching television.
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 31, 2020, 12:59:41 PM
I do...or rather, I live in chaos ;D
(https://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/web/P7200018_1024.jpg)
Sarge
How long before the wall of CD's block out PC screen? One week or two. ;)
Some serious catalogue work is probably going on ... 👨💻 :)
Quote from: MusicTurner on April 05, 2020, 09:26:37 PM
Evening scene, looking out of the window.
Neighbours are watching television.
Lovely deep blue sky there :).
Quote from: steve ridgway on April 06, 2020, 04:24:10 AM
Lovely deep blue sky there :).
Yes, that's how it is these days around 8:30 PM, and we're currently having clear skies too.
A big contrast to just 2 1/2 months ago, when it would get dark at 4 PM ...
I've seen numerous stories about how air pollution is improving due to the current changes: traffic, factories, etc., including a story today about China's air quality.
Yes, we never have any real smog here though, but air pollution can still be a health problem in the long run for inhabitants.
However 'light pollution' is another subject that is being talked about; areas with less density of electric light - say islands or rural districts - are being celebrated as 'dark sky regions', generally calmer and good for enjoying the night sky etc., as a contrast to the more populated normality (one example is the island of Møn). When I look eastwards towards the city centre in the evening, there's obviously more 'light pollution' in that direction. But actually the current lock-down has perhaps also resulted in a bit less of it, since there's much less traffic, and a lot of places are closed, including amusement parks, shops, entertainment places, etc.
Quote from: MusicTurner on April 07, 2020, 09:18:07 AM
Yes, we never have any real smog here though, but air pollution can still be a health problem in the long run for inhabitants.
However 'light pollution' is another subject that is being talked about; areas with less density of electric light - say islands or rural districts - are being celebrated as 'dark sky regions', generally calmer and good for enjoying the night sky etc., as a contrast to the more populated normality (one example is the island of Møn). When I look eastwards towards the city centre in the evening, there's obviously more 'light pollution' in that direction. But actually the current lock-down has perhaps also resulted in a bit less of it, since there's much less traffic, and a lot of places are closed, including amusement parks, shops, entertainment places, etc.
Interesting to hear about what can now see--better; I heard about the special moon last night--alas too light to see whether or not I could have seen it (Pink Moon, huge, etc.). :(
I hope that what is going on now and the new reports will help us to think better about what we can do in terms of pollution?
I take great delight in encouraging and cultivating "weeds" in my front garden.
Quote from: aligreto on April 21, 2020, 05:18:01 AM
I take great delight in encouraging and cultivating "weeds" in my front garden.
Those yellow poppies are great. We have them growing all over, in dirt or just gravel, they spread themselves with zero attention and flower over many months.
Very pretty and cheerful!
This is the best that I could do in the circumstances. There was just a smidgen of wind; enough to cause focusing chaos to moss that is no more than 2 cm high. Also, the resizing does not help with detail quality [as I also found in my first contribution above].
Nice photo ...
Quote from: steve ridgway on April 21, 2020, 08:16:41 PM
Those yellow poppies are great. We have them growing all over, in dirt or just gravel, they spread themselves with zero attention and flower over many months.
We would often get requests for slips of both the poppies ans forget me not's. This happened again only two days ago.
BTW, fear not guys for you are not going to get a photo gallery of pretty flowers from me. ;D
I have one more idea for a flower photo but I now have to find my wide angle lens to do it. I am currently working on some abstracts which I will post over the following few days. I see these pictures in my mind's eye but now I have to go and take the images.
Quote from: aligreto on April 22, 2020, 05:52:13 AM
I am currently working on some abstracts which I will post over the following few days. I see these pictures in my mind's eye but now I have to go and take the images.
That sounds determinedly artistic!
Quote from: steve ridgway on April 22, 2020, 09:08:44 AM
That sounds determinedly artistic!
I am not so sure about that ;D Certain ideas seem wonderfully ingenious during a period of prolonged boredom ::)
However, below is my first offering....
Quote from: aligreto on April 23, 2020, 02:22:32 AM
I am not so sure about that ;D Certain ideas seem wonderfully ingenious during a period of prolonged boredom ::)
However, below is my first offering....
That has worked well. I haven't actually tried black and white for some 20 years.
Quote from: steve ridgway on April 23, 2020, 05:35:18 AM
That has worked well....
Thank you but I was not entirely happy with the composition so I had another go. I find the one below much more effective. That sweeping diagonal has a much more visually dramatic impact.
Quote from: steve ridgway on April 23, 2020, 05:35:18 AM
.... I haven't actually tried black and white for some 20 years.
Black and White has a lot to offer. However, I think that in order to be any way reasonably successful with B/W photography one must be able to "see" in B/W in the first instance. I was an avid photographer when I was younger and my preferred medium was always B/W.
This is interesting because I only now have the time [given current circumstances] to process shots that I had taken last year. They were shot in colour [DSLR] for detail but strictly with a final B/W image in mind. I will post just a couple of examples simply for illustration and example if anyone is interested.
I only planted this Ceanothus a couple of years ago - for my long departed mum who loved blue flowers - it is happy and showing off! I don't own a decent camera so took a pic with my phone.
(https://i.imgur.com/uK8MYgO.jpg)
Quote from: Irons on April 24, 2020, 07:37:51 AM
I only planted this Ceanothus a couple of years ago - for my long departed mum who loved blue flowers - it is happy and showing off! I don't own a decent camera so took a pic with my phone.
(https://i.imgur.com/uK8MYgO.jpg)
That is a garden that looks well tended.
+1, it looks nice and fertile.
What a lovely shrub! I haven't seen one of those before!
And, yes, what a pretty patio and garden...complete with bird feeders! :)
Quote from: aligreto on April 24, 2020, 08:35:25 AM
That is a garden that looks well tended.
Since retirement gardening is a major pastime. That and music of course. ;D
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on April 24, 2020, 09:11:27 AM
What a lovely shrub! I haven't seen one of those before!
I believe Ceanothus is native to California, P.
This one is something of an abstract composition with a purpose; a bit of a teaser if you wish.
Can you see the profusion of triangular shape?
If so, how many?
Perhaps this tinted version will help those who may be distracted by the Black and White....
Quote from: aligreto on April 25, 2020, 02:06:44 AM
This one is something of an abstract composition with a purpose; a bit of a teaser if you wish.
Can you see the profusion of triangular shape?
If so, how many?
Loads of triangles there in units of 3 or 6. Like a lattice of atoms in a crystal although it's more likely a shower head.
Quote from: steve ridgway on April 25, 2020, 05:40:01 AM
Loads of triangles there in units of 3 or 6. Like a lattice of atoms in a crystal although it's more likely a shower head.
Correct; the other end of the hose above.
Quote from: Irons on April 25, 2020, 12:25:50 AM
I believe Ceanothus is native to California, P.
I did see that one of it's names (for certain members) is California Lilac. :)
Hope to get outside for a bit today as it's sunny out and I'm struggling (like everyone) not to go stir crazy inside! ::)
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on April 25, 2020, 07:16:31 AM
I did see that one of it's names (for certain members) is California Lilac. :)
Hope to get outside for a bit today as it's sunny out and I'm struggling (like everyone) not to go stir crazy inside! ::)
Stay safe.
Quote from: aligreto on April 24, 2020, 02:14:18 AM
Black and White has a lot to offer. However, I think that in order to be any way reasonably successful with B/W photography one must be able to "see" in B/W in the first instance. I was an avid photographer when I was younger and my preferred medium was always B/W.
This is interesting because I only now have the time [given current circumstances] to process shots that I had taken last year. They were shot in colour [DSLR] for detail but strictly with a final B/W image in mind. I will post just a couple of examples simply for illustration and example if anyone is interested.
I wasn't thinking of B/W but it just struck me when processing today's photos that it might be worth a try.
Even a worn corner of a picture frame holds interest for me....
Quote from: steve ridgway on April 26, 2020, 03:22:03 AM
I wasn't thinking of B/W but it just struck me when processing today's photos that it might be worth a try.
Always worth a try :o
Nice composition there too.
Quote from: aligreto on April 26, 2020, 03:54:29 AM
Even a worn corner of a picture frame holds interest for me....
Wow I need to buy some worn picture frames!
Quote from: steve ridgway on April 26, 2020, 04:00:07 AM
Wow I need to buy some worn picture frames!
The excellent theme of this thread [especially in these times] has made me literally dig out my camera equipment from my attic after it lying dormant for many years up there. It has also prompted the need to relook at ordinary, mundane household objects and look at them with a different eye. That in itself is a challenge.
I can see why, when newspapers and TV were in black and white, NASA chose the Moon as the first place to visit ;).
Quote from: steve ridgway on April 26, 2020, 03:22:03 AM
(https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=29692.0;attach=64001;image)
That shot of yours reminds me that I was working on a particular flower shot the other day. My experiment failed as it happens, for the moment anyway. I am currently working on another flower idea to bring some colour back for those who may not be over enamoured with B/W images. We will see how that one goes.
Hmm, there is some interesting stuff in the garden I hadn't noticed before.
Not by me I hasten to add but a good photo of what?
Quote from: Irons on April 26, 2020, 06:13:02 AM
Not by me I hasten to add but a good photo of what?
Is it what you use to play your vinyls?
As you might have guessed I rather like the Moon ;).
Some other things in the the garden.
And finally.
Keep going Steve! 8)
Quote from: Irons on April 26, 2020, 06:13:02 AM
(https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=29692.0;attach=64020;image)
Not by me I hasten to add but a good photo of what?
Stylus to play 78 RPM shellacs?
I'm not really sure where to put this - but the photography lovers are here, so:
Lartigue: The Boy and the Belle Époque is published by Thames & Hudson.
Photographs courtesy Jacques Henri Lartigue / 2020 Ministère de la Culture - France/AAJ HL
https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-52373308
(https://cdn.wwnorton.com/dam_booktitles/903/img/cover/9780500021309_300.jpeg)
Is this an electron microscope image of cellular structure or an abstract of a pan full of fried eggs?
No, a shower mat detail deliberately slightly out of focus and enhanced.
Quote from: steve ridgway on April 26, 2020, 09:04:53 AM
Weirdly lunar :o.
They are indeed singularly lunar in aspect.
I am enjoying your experimentation. I like the fact that you are getting down and dirty for your cause. ;D
Quote from: pjme on April 26, 2020, 10:08:34 PM
I'm not really sure where to put this - but the photography lovers are here, so:
Lartigue: The Boy and the Belle Époque is published by Thames & Hudson.
Photographs courtesy Jacques Henri Lartigue / 2020 Ministère de la Culture - France/AAJ HL
https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-52373308
(https://cdn.wwnorton.com/dam_booktitles/903/img/cover/9780500021309_300.jpeg)
That looks like a wonderful book. Thank you for posting it.
Quote from: pjme on April 26, 2020, 10:08:34 PM
I'm not really sure where to put this - but the photography lovers are here, so:
Lartigue: The Boy and the Belle Époque is published by Thames & Hudson.
Photographs courtesy Jacques Henri Lartigue / 2020 Ministère de la Culture - France/AAJ HL
https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-52373308
(https://cdn.wwnorton.com/dam_booktitles/903/img/cover/9780500021309_300.jpeg)
Those are seriously talented photos. He must have been brilliant at all that developing and printing as well as composition. You can tell they're old by the last one of the man wearing his best suit in the pool 8).
Quote from: aligreto on April 27, 2020, 02:09:35 AM
Is this an electron microscope image of cellular structure or an abstract of a pan full of fried eggs?
No, a shower mat detail deliberately slightly out of focus and enhanced.
It's an interesting pattern, similar to nature in the way the cells are all quite like each other but every one is slightly different.
Deliberately slightly out of focus is a bit beyond my capabilities at the moment, I'm still using auto :-[.
The photos I've done today didn't look so good in black and white, fiddling with the colour and brightness adjustments on the laptop has had more effect.
...
...
...
Quote from: steve ridgway on April 27, 2020, 03:59:39 AM
.... Deliberately slightly out of focus is a bit beyond my capabilities at the moment, I'm still using auto :-[.
Oh, you will get there. Manual mode, and selective aperture choice, are obviously very good tools for what they call differential focusing i.e. selective focusing with backgrounds and/or foregrounds blurred etc. It offers a bit more creatively.
Quote from: steve ridgway on April 27, 2020, 04:05:49 AM
The photos I've done today didn't look so good in black and white, fiddling with the colour and brightness adjustments on the laptop has had more effect.
Horses for courses. Use whatever results in the greatest visual impact. You are trying to look at things differently anyway. Good for you 8)
I noticed that you made sure that the floor was well cleaned ;) ;D
Quote from: aligreto on April 26, 2020, 08:55:39 AM
Stylus to play 78 RPM shellacs?
I knew you would get it. Not 78 but a Shure M75EJ.
Don't ask me why; I have no idea why ;D
That made me think of Karl Blossfeld
(https://julie30.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/trident.jpg?w=336&h=&zoom=2)
(https://static.wixstatic.com/media/128be2_ab9c94779aef43a38b35a49766abbe6d.jpg/v1/fill/w_607,h_784,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/128be2_ab9c94779aef43a38b35a49766abbe6d.webp)
and of Bernd and Hilla Becher
(https://d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.net/?resize_to=width&src=https%3A%2F%2Fd32dm0rphc51dk.cloudfront.net%2F7KrGqnWD2Lv1uc3i0gvIcQ%2Flarger.jpg&width=1200&quality=80)
Quote from: pjme on April 28, 2020, 02:38:15 AM
That made me think of Karl Blossfeld
(https://julie30.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/trident.jpg?w=336&h=&zoom=2)
(https://static.wixstatic.com/media/128be2_ab9c94779aef43a38b35a49766abbe6d.jpg/v1/fill/w_607,h_784,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/128be2_ab9c94779aef43a38b35a49766abbe6d.webp)
and of Bernd and Hilla Becher
(https://d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.net/?resize_to=width&src=https%3A%2F%2Fd32dm0rphc51dk.cloudfront.net%2F7KrGqnWD2Lv1uc3i0gvIcQ%2Flarger.jpg&width=1200&quality=80)
Wow, I really like those images by Blossfeld, particularly that second one. Wonderful stuff! Thank you for posting them.
Quote from: aligreto on April 28, 2020, 01:57:42 AM
Don't ask me why; I have no idea why ;D
It's like a detail of a house made of Battenberg cake :P.
An exercise in light and shadow
Quote from: aligreto on April 29, 2020, 01:48:59 AM
An exercise in light and shadow
That came out well :).
Quote from: steve ridgway on April 29, 2020, 09:17:31 PM
That came out well :).
Cheers.
Same subject, different perspective; a change of angle.
Quote from: aligreto on April 30, 2020, 01:44:04 AM
Cheers.
Same subject, different perspective; a change of angle.
It makes quite a difference.
Quote from: steve ridgway on April 30, 2020, 03:31:34 AM
It makes quite a difference.
Yes it does. It is much more dramatic and has much more visual impact. Such a simple thing to do; just change your angle if it is at all possible.
As it is May 1st I have decided to add a splash of colour. I noticed that the light outside in the back garden was interesting so opened a window, stuck my head out and took a point and shoot shot into the canopy of the trees. It is a nothing shot really but I flipped the image so that the diagonal branch sweeps from left to right in the image [as opposed to right to left as I took the image] to make it look better.
Lovely - oh, the beauty of Spring and Summer ... - is that in Ireland?
Yes it is. That tree is only about 5 mtr. from where I am sitting right now and the dappled sunlight is filling the canopy with the young green leaves swaying in a gentle breeze against a blue sky. It is quite relaxing to look at. :)
Quote from: aligreto on May 01, 2020, 02:00:46 AM
Yes it is. That tree is only about 5 mtr. from where I am sitting right now and the dappled sunlight is filling the canopy with the young green leaves swaying in a gentle breeze against a blue sky. It is quite relaxing to look at. :)
Yes, we're having Spring here in Denmark too of course, most vegetation is blossoming, but weather is cloudy right now, it will be better in a couple of days.
I have only been to Ireland once, maybe 15 years ago, a short trip for about 10 days in early April to Dublin, Glendalough/Rathdrum and Kilkenny, but though the weather was mild, almost no trees were in blossom back then (I realize of course that most of those on your photo are green all the year round) ... but maybe climate change and earlier Spring has also occurred over there, like here generally, where it probably comes about 2 weeks earlier, as regards some aspects maybe even a month ...
Quote from: pjme on May 01, 2020, 02:06:28 AM
I bought some tulips.
(https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=29692.0;attach=64186;image)
I very much like your light blue glass jars/decanters. One could do wonderful things photographically with them given right light.
Quote from: MusicTurner on May 01, 2020, 02:27:14 AM
Yes, we're having Spring here in Denmark too of course, most vegetation is blossoming, but weather is cloudy right now, it will be better in a couple of days.
I have only been to Ireland once, maybe 15 years ago, a short trip for about 10 days in early April to Dublin, Glendalough/Rathdrum and Kilkenny, but though the weather was mild, almost no trees were in blossom back then (I realize of course that most of those on your photo are green all the year round) ... but maybe climate change and earlier Spring has also occurred over there, like here generally, where it probably comes about 2 weeks earlier, as regards some aspects maybe even a month ...
Dublin is not an attractive city but Kilkenny is so I am pleased that you were there. Glendalough and Rathdrum and the surrounding countryside are wonderful places to visit and are not too far from where I live. We have spent quite many happy days hillwalking around there in the past.
Unfortunately the trees in my garden are not green all year round and have only burst into life within the last couple of weeks. The three squirrels that live in the trees seem to enjoy eating the husks of the buds.
Yes, I stayed at hostels in Kilkenny and Rathdrum, and at a hotel in Dublin - in Kilkenny, I was given a tour of the castle, and from Rathdrum I rented a bike and had a lovely trip to Glendalough, on a really beautiful sunny day.
That must be a good place to live in Ireland, since you ave both the features of the capital and great nature close by ... !
Hope to go back some day and visit the Western and Northern parts of the country too ...
Quote from: MusicTurner on May 01, 2020, 03:32:35 AM
Yes, I stayed at hostels in Kilkenny and Rathdrum, and at a hotel in Dublin - in Kilkenny, I was given a tour of the castle, and from Rathdrum I rented a bike and had a lovely trip to Glendalough, on a really beautiful sunny day.
That must be a good place to live in Ireland, since you ave both the features of the capital and great nature close by ... !
Hope to go back some day and visit the Western and Northern parts of the country too ...
Definitely places worth visiting. Make sure to bring your camera; plenty of photo opportunities to be had. :)
Will do ;D
Quote from: MusicTurner on March 31, 2020, 12:47:43 PM
There are various reasons for this chalk-coating of trees; it is mainly because 1) it will deflect the sun's warming in winter and then prevent too much contrast in temperatures; 2) it will stabilize the temperature of the tree itself, as an isolating layer; and 3) the chalk tends to clean parts of the tree in relation to damaging insects, funghi, bacteria etc. In Greece for example, it is done to keep say ants away, I am told; and then the chalk can be mixed with certain anti-insect ingredients. The Yugoslav couple has a large family & they tend to keep the products for themselves, but I do have a chat with the old man now and then ...
It's not chalk, but hydrated lime. In Greece its use on trees is done by limewashing the bark and certain branches as a disinfectant and in order to keep insects and pests away from the trees. The mixture is also used to whitewash walls, bases of buildings, edges of alleys and to paint decorative patterns - especially in villages.
Quote from: Wanderer on May 03, 2020, 01:33:56 AM
It's not chalk, but hydrated lime. In Greece its use on trees is done by limewashing the bark and certain branches as a disinfectant and in order to keep insects and pests away from the trees. The mixture is also used to whitewash walls, bases of buildings, edges of alleys and to paint decorative patterns - especially in villages.
Sorry, a translation error from me; 'chalk' probably isn't the word, in Denmark we use the word 'kalk', which is also correctly translated as 'calcium' in English, not 'chalk' (whereas "'chalk" is actually "'kridt' in Danish). The exact meanings differ.
I talked to my neighbour who ~'chalks' his trees, and he was using the word 'kalk' too. He said that he even brought it from his home country, Yugoslavia, up here, from a visit down there.
A stone marked by lichen.
Quote from: Wanderer on May 03, 2020, 01:33:56 AM
It's not chalk, but hydrated lime. In Greece its use on trees is done by limewashing the bark and certain branches as a disinfectant and in order to keep insects and pests away from the trees. The mixture is also used to whitewash walls, bases of buildings, edges of alleys and to paint decorative patterns - especially in villages.
Neat! Thanks for the info. Do they paint it onto the trees and buildings or spray it these days?
Not very exciting but I am always looking for patterns; even parallel lines will do.
Quote from: steve ridgway on May 03, 2020, 03:51:02 AM
A stone marked by lichen.
(https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=29692.0;attach=64224;image)
At first quick look I thought that it was a toad.
Quote from: aligreto on May 05, 2020, 01:55:24 AM
Not very exciting but I am always looking for patterns; even parallel lines will do.
Pills?
Quote from: aligreto on May 05, 2020, 01:55:24 AM
Not very exciting but I am always looking for patterns; even parallel lines will do.
More patterns.
Is it a stairway to heaven?
No, it is the grill on top of a radiator taken at an angle using differential focusing.
Quote from: Irons on May 05, 2020, 10:08:06 AM
Pills?
Quote(https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=29692.0;attach=64297;image)
Yes, but prescribed medication ;D
Quote from: aligreto on May 06, 2020, 01:06:19 AM
More patterns.
Is it a stairway to heaven?
No, it is the grill on top of a radiator taken at an angle using differential focusing.
The gradual softening of focus is a good effect, like receding into the distance.
Some wall.
Some water.
Quote from: steve ridgway on May 06, 2020, 04:38:23 AM
Some wall.
(https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=29692.0;attach=64307;image)
Nice textures.
Another one of your lunar shots - Martian even.
Quote from: steve ridgway on May 06, 2020, 04:39:19 AM
Some water.
(https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=29692.0;attach=64309;image)
Nice abstract.
Good choice of tint/filter for the subject matter.
Quote from: aligreto on May 06, 2020, 05:30:41 AM
Nice abstract.
Good choice of tint/filter for the subject matter.
Thanks :). Those sliders in Mac OS X Preview change things very nicely.
Truly, a stack of books that reflects me...
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1VgnTbvrdSPkAm9y1a4GXucBuUCLsrhvJ
Quote from: aligreto on May 06, 2020, 01:09:03 AM
Yes, but prescribed medication ;D
Never crossed my mind, otherwise. ;D
No trickery here.
Quote from: Mahlerian on May 06, 2020, 06:43:42 AM
Truly, a stack of books that reflects me...
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1VgnTbvrdSPkAm9y1a4GXucBuUCLsrhvJ
I don't get it............kidding ;D
I presume that they are yours.
Quote from: Irons on May 06, 2020, 07:17:23 AM
Never crossed my mind, otherwise. ;D
We are all law abiding citizens here at GMG ;)
Quote from: Irons on May 06, 2020, 07:22:29 AM
No trickery here.
(https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=29692.0;attach=64318;image)
Quote from: steve ridgway on May 06, 2020, 07:38:00 AM
What sort of tree is that?
It is a tree with an impending horned beetle invasion ;D
Quote from: aligreto on May 06, 2020, 07:55:32 AM
I don't get it............kidding ;D
I presume that they are yours.
Materials for a paper I finished recently. Also, I'm learning the ropes on a new camera (which is why the focus isn't very good yet, I'm working on it).
Quote from: aligreto on May 06, 2020, 07:58:07 AM
It is a tree with an impending horned beetle invasion ;D
A tree which I wouldn't want to try to climb! ???
Quote from: steve ridgway on May 06, 2020, 07:38:00 AM
What sort of tree is that?
Sorry, but I have forgotten. From South America, I think Brazil. I took the photo in William Walton's garden in Ischia.
Several visitors have been asking about the "many books" in this room ... :)
(though I have a good deal of 'real' books too, but mostly in another room).
The banisters on the stairway leading upstairs in my house. I pass it a number of times every day. I turned to it this time for a dramatic repeating pattern.
Quote from: MusicTurner on May 06, 2020, 11:53:52 PM
Several visitors have been asking about the "many books" in this room ... :)
(https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=29692.0;attach=64331;image)
(though I have a good deal of 'real' books too, but mostly in another room).
Nice! A home library is not a thing that one sees very often anymore, unfortunately.
Quote from: MusicTurner on May 06, 2020, 11:53:52 PM
Several visitors have been asking about the "many books" in this room ... :)
(though I have a good deal of 'real' books too, but mostly in another room).
The shelves are sagging under the weight of vinyl :o.
Quote from: steve ridgway on May 07, 2020, 03:20:38 AM
The shelves are sagging under the weight of vinyl :o.
True ... :(
Quote from: aligreto on May 07, 2020, 01:33:08 AM
Nice! A home library is not a thing that one sees very often anymore, unfortunately.
Concerning real, antiquarian books, they're are steal these days, both locally and via the web, often including good, scholarly works and classics - unless we're talking about bibliophile rarities ... ;D
Quote from: MusicTurner on May 07, 2020, 03:53:15 AM
Concerning real, antiquarian books, they're are steal these days, both locally and via the web, often including good, scholarly works and classics - unless we're talking about bibliophile rarities ... ;D
I used to have a whole bookcase full but have decluttered down to just these and a couple of 19th century books of local walks.
And these.
Those are beautiful, and there are countless such, not necessarily expensive examples - especially from maybe around ~1880 - 1940 or so.
Quote from: MusicTurner on May 07, 2020, 04:54:07 AM
Those are beautiful, and there are countless such, not necessarily expensive examples - especially from maybe around ~1880 - 1940 or so.
I'm keeping well clear of Abebooks nowadays :-[.
Quote from: steve ridgway on May 07, 2020, 03:20:38 AM
The shelves are sagging under the weight of vinyl :o.
Every home should have sagging shelves of vinyl 8)
Quote from: steve ridgway on May 07, 2020, 04:36:48 AM
I used to have a whole bookcase full but have decluttered down to just these and a couple of 19th century books of local walks.
(https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=29692.0;attach=64335;image) (https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=29692.0;attach=64337;image)
They are very attractive set you have there.
That one "Pictorial Europe" vaguely reminds me of a book entitled "Japonica" that I own. The binding looks the same.
The complete sets of books look very attractive. The nearest I have is an incomplete set of The Complete Works of Joseph Conrad; I bought it at a jumble sale, no idea why except it was for a good cause. I already had most of the works in paperbacks.
Quote from: Biffo on May 07, 2020, 05:54:20 AM
The complete sets of books look very attractive. The nearest I have is an incomplete set of The Complete Works of Joseph Conrad; I bought it at a jumble sale, no idea why except it was for a good cause. I already had most of the works in paperbacks.
Hardbacks rock 8)
Quote from: aligreto on May 07, 2020, 05:47:27 AM
They are very attractive set you have there.
That one "Pictorial Europe" vaguely reminds me of a book entitled "Japonica" that I own. The binding looks the same.
I had a few volumes of
Picturesque Europe each of which had a different binding and slightly different sizes. They were from the late 1870s and covered selected picturesque areas of different countries illustrated by engravings. The one I've kept is the odd one out though as it's
The British Isles ;).
Quote from: aligreto on May 07, 2020, 05:47:27 AM
They are very attractive set you have there.
That one "Pictorial Europe" vaguely reminds me of a book entitled "Japonica" that I own. The binding looks the same.
I miss that attention that used to be put into book-design and binding....back in the days when books were literally sewn and not glued!
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on May 07, 2020, 11:01:22 AM
I miss that attention that used to be put into book-design and binding....back in the days when books were literally sewn and not glued!
And they used to proof read ::).
Quote from: steve ridgway on May 07, 2020, 08:33:52 PM
And they used to proof read ::).
Would most people notice the difference anymore? ;D
A re-look at the banisters in my house. Lying flat on my back to take this shot yielded a different view of the various geometrical shapes overhead which I had never "seen" or noticed before.
Yes, nice - and funny how it gets a curvature ... :)
From the library room.
Too cramped, and messy these days too, not normally. But that's how it is, and bigger lodgings would be very expensive.
Quote from: MusicTurner on May 08, 2020, 02:28:30 AM
Yes, nice - and funny how it gets a curvature ... :)
The curvature is due to my wide angle zoom lens at its shortest focal length.
Quote from: MusicTurner on May 08, 2020, 02:35:24 AM
From the library room.
Too cramped, and messy these days too, not normally. But that's how it is, and bigger lodgings would be very expensive.
(https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=29692.0;attach=64382;image)
That looks absolutely wonderful. One could spend days in there. Once you know where everything is, and I automatically assume that you do, I would leave it exactly as it is. 8)
Quote from: MusicTurner on May 08, 2020, 02:35:24 AM
From the library room.
Too cramped, and messy these days too, not normally. But that's how it is, and bigger lodgings would be very expensive.
I hope that light fitting is not hanging by the electric cables :o.
Quote from: steve ridgway on May 08, 2020, 03:28:09 AM
I hope that light fitting is not hanging by the electric cables :o.
No, it's enforced by wires, but not working either, and without power all the way. Has to get fixed.
Quote from: aligreto on May 08, 2020, 02:53:34 AM
That looks absolutely wonderful. One could spend days in there. Once you know where everything is, and I automatically assume that you do, I would leave it exactly as it is. 8)
Thank you, yes, can be used for studies, of course. Mostly art, travels, cultural history in this section.
More of this + musical literature, prose/poetry, and a bit of natural sciences and gardening etc., in other sections.
Quote from: MusicTurner on May 08, 2020, 02:35:24 AM
From the library room.
Too cramped, and messy these days too, not normally. But that's how it is, and bigger lodgings would be very expensive.
Hard to not get carried away between books and music...I know! :) Wondering if you might not be better served (after things have gone back to [near?] normal, if you had someone build shelving in there for you and either got rid of the cases or moved them elsewhere? And--and please don't shoot me--perhaps thinned things out a bit too? Just a thought! I'm trying to do some of that around here...not as easy task.
Is that bureau(?) on the left for CDs?
And is that an old computer monitor at the far end?
Best wishes,
PD
p.s. I do love the red on the walls....quite striking! :)
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on May 08, 2020, 04:35:49 AM
Hard to not get carried away between books and music...I know! :) Wondering if you might not be better served (after things have gone back to [near?] normal, if you had someone build shelving in there for you and either got rid of the cases or moved them elsewhere? And--and please don't shoot me--perhaps thinned things out a bit too? Just a thought! I'm trying to do some of that around here...not as easy task.
Is that bureau(?) on the left for CDs?
And is that an old computer monitor at the far end?
Best wishes,
PD
p.s. I do love the red on the walls....quite striking! :)
Yeah, I know it's cramped. If I build special shelves, it will cost quite a lot, and actually, there are paintings, but scarcely noticeable, on the walls too. I'd have to skip 100s of books & wouldn't save any space. I might get rid of the old piano though, in that respect. The books have been used for some studies and writing modest articles, besides being for entertainment and convenience information-wise. Old school style, but some of this stuff you can't find on the web, and certainly not in public libraries.
An old computer yes, and a portable one too, but actually a third one and the mobile are being used more; the two on the photo have a few good programmes installed however.
There's a row of CDs in the middle of the bureau (some Bach and Beethoven), and one of the drawers has CDRs with some downloaded material, but the rest of the drawers have notebooks, office utensils, and a bit more ... basically, the available space is used as much as possible. The music collection is scattered in several rooms, a bit frustrating, but necessary. I keep some room sections more light and less cramped, by principle.
Do not get rid of anything! You will regret it: I have been there. The piano may be excepted if you do not play it or want it.
Quote from: aligreto on May 08, 2020, 09:12:03 AM
Do not get rid of anything! You will regret it: I have been there. The piano may be excepted if you do not play it or want it.
In a way, it's cozy with the books - and I don't mind, if it's slightly museum- or curio-like.
So you've collected a lot ?
Quote from: MusicTurner on May 08, 2020, 09:16:20 AM
So you've collected a lot ?
Books, not as many as you but which I have culled in the past hence the regret, LPs and CDs mostly. I also have a small collection of Belleek pottery [an Irish porcelain manufacturer].
My wife also has a small collection of National Costume dolls from around the world.
Quote from: aligreto on May 08, 2020, 12:21:37 PM
Books, not as many as you but which I have culled in the past hence the regret, LPs and CDs mostly. I also have a small collection of Belleek pottery [an Irish porcelain manufacturer].
My wife also has a small collection of National Costume dolls from around the world.
Nice. I had to look up Belleek, it looks good, supposedly they seem to stick to mainly white/beige + green colours ... there was even a guy here in DK selling an item on a second-hand website, dba.dk
Quote from: MusicTurner on May 08, 2020, 09:07:03 AM
Yeah, I know it's cramped. If I build special shelves, it will cost quite a lot, and actually, there are paintings, but scarcely noticeable, on the walls too. I'd have to skip 100s of books & wouldn't save any space. I might get rid of the old piano though, in that respect. The books have been used for some studies and writing modest articles, besides being for entertainment and convenience information-wise. Old school style, but some of this stuff you can't find on the web, and certainly not in public libraries.
An old computer yes, and a portable one too, but actually a third one and the mobile are being used more; the two on the photo have a few good programmes installed however.
There's a row of CDs in the middle of the bureau (some Bach and Beethoven), and one of the drawers has CDRs with some downloaded material, but the rest of the drawers have notebooks, office utensils, and a bit more ... basically, the available space is used as much as possible. The music collection is scattered in several rooms, a bit frustrating, but necessary. I keep some room sections more light and less cramped, by principle.
Didn't see a piano (was it in the picture?). I think that I see a painting about mid-way down on the left and something that looks like it's maybe a museum poster (think that I see "Rembrandt" down the right side?). Some thoughts/suggestions: are the old computers something that you really use? You mentioned programs, perhaps there's an updated or better one that you could get for your laptop? And/or, think about how often you use them; 2) Rather nervous about how high (and not, pardon, but totally centered some of your stacks are)...would hate to see them come down on you most of all! Perhaps, for sets that you can't bear to part with but don't use very often, you could find some means of boxing them up or putting them on some roller crate and store them under a bed to make some more room? Just some thoughts...I do love books, so I understand.
Would love to hear what you like to write about....if you're willing to share. I love researching things myself....most of the time just for myself. :)
Best wishes,
PD
p.s. Neat clock on the left! :-)
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on May 08, 2020, 02:30:20 PM
Didn't see a piano (was it in the picture?). I think that I see a painting about mid-way down on the left and something that looks like it's maybe a museum poster (think that I see "Rembrandt" down the right side?). Some thoughts/suggestions: are the old computers something that you really use? You mentioned programs, perhaps there's an updated or better one that you could get for your laptop? And/or, think about how often you use them; 2) Rather nervous about how high (and not, pardon, but totally centered some of your stacks are)...would hate to see them come down on you most of all! Perhaps, for sets that you can't bear to part with but don't use very often, you could find some means of boxing them up or putting them on some roller crate and store them under a bed to make some more room? Just some thoughts...I do love books, so I understand.
Would love to hear what you like to write about....if you're willing to share. I love researching things myself....most of the time just for myself. :)
Best wishes,
PD
p.s. Neat clock on the left! :-)
Don't worry, there's no health risk involved in those stacks or book cases :) There's an old upright piano on the right, it's OK and by the old piano company 'Søren Jensen', unfortunately I don't really play the piano & the sound is way to much to launch against my neighbours, there's even too much sound when it is 'silenced'. But it's decorative and produces scales etc., cf. extra photo here. On the piano some further CDs of major composer names - Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Chopin, Debussy, Elgar, Haydn, Liszt.
As regard paintings, there's a picture on the left wall from Rome by Helge Ernst (1916-1991), a personal friend of the family; at the end wall, two signed prints of Danish landscapes by Olaf Rude (1886-1957); and on the right wall, above the books, a painting from the Faroe Islands by the minor artist Henrik Madsen (1904-1984).
I could skip/deposit one of the old computers, it's working perfectly though, but I'd would only gain some space on the table itself ...
Through the years, it's been almost 40 articles, mainly in a small Danish magazine about cultural history and handicraft, mostly composed as travelogues from abroad (Europe, Japan), plus some articles that were somewhat more scholarly, about such artists, organizations and subjects in Denmark ... I also did a couple of lectures in relation to an exhibition. It's been very nice, and brought extra dimensions to travelling, discovering new sights and meeting new people ... currently there's just a stuck book project, lacking final funds and put on a pause, but I could possible write more articles soon, when the situation is hopefully more normal again ... I currently lack some energy though.
What do you do research on then?
Quote from: MusicTurner on May 09, 2020, 12:51:37 AM
Don't worry, there's no health risk involved in those stacks or book cases :) There's an old upright piano on the right, it's OK and by the old piano company 'Søren Jensen', unfortunately I don't really play the piano & the sound is way to much to launch against my neighbours, there's even too much sound when it is 'silenced'. But it's decorative and produces scales etc., cf. extra photo here. On the piano some further CDs of major composer names - Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, Elgar, Haydn, Liszt.
As regard paintings, there's a picture on the left wall from Rome by Helge Ernst (1916-1991), a personal friend of the family; at the end wall, two signed prints of Danish landscapes by Olaf Rude (1886-1957); and on the right wall, above the books, a painting from the Faroe Islands by the minor artist Henrik Madsen (1904-1984).
I could skip/deposit one of the old computers, it's working perfectly though, but I'd would only gain some space on the table itself ...
Through the years, it's been almost 40 articles, mainly in a small Danish magazine about cultural history and handicraft, mostly composed as travelogues from abroad (Europe, Japan), plus some articles that were somewhat more scholarly, about such artists, organizations and subjects in Denmark ... I also did a couple of lectures in relation to an exhibition. It's been very nice, and brought extra dimensions to travelling, discovering new sights and meeting new people ... currently there's just a stuck book project, lacking final funds and put on a pause, but I could possible write more articles soon, when the situation is hopefully more normal again ... I currently lack some energy though.
What do you do research on then?
I just like to learn. :) I'm fascinated with things like prints and at times have delved into learning a bit about Whistler and his circle, various artists in the Northeast, Japanese woodblock prints, etc. Love food, cooking and gardening so am often digging around trying to learn more about those areas....history...travel...languages....records and record companies....currently am trying to learn more about IDing birds and what their lives are like. Those are some of the things that I like to research; unlike you, mine is very minor in comparison and just for my own enjoyment. I try to help out friends on the odd occasion--those who aren't quite as computer savvy (and/or are not the fastest of typists).
Pretty piano by the way! And thank you for telling me about your prints and national artists!
Speaking of making room, I've been debating about whether or not to get rid of my collection of Opera News (the bulletin/magazine published by the Metropolitan Opera's Opera Guild). I certainly don't have all of them, but I do have a lot of the early ones. Used to look at them a lot but not so much now. Found it quite interesting to see what kind of articles and stories they had, say during the war years, what people were up to then...read about classic singers like Tebaldi and Bergonzi and so on. :)
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on May 09, 2020, 08:10:16 AM
I just like to learn. :) I'm fascinated with things like prints and at times have delved into learning a bit about Whistler and his circle, various artists in the Northeast, Japanese woodblock prints, etc. Love food, cooking and gardening so am often digging around trying to learn more about those areas....history...travel...languages....records and record companies....currently am trying to learn more about IDing birds and what their lives are like. Those are some of the things that I like to research; unlike you, mine is very minor in comparison and just for my own enjoyment. I try to help out friends on the odd occasion--those who aren't quite as computer savvy (and/or are not the fastest of typists).
Pretty piano by the way! And thank you for telling me about your prints and national artists!
Speaking of making room, I've been debating about whether or not to get rid of my collection of Opera News (the bulletin/magazine published by the Metropolitan Opera's Opera Guild). I certainly don't have all of them, but I do have a lot of the early ones. Used to look at them a lot but not so much now. Found it quite interesting to see what kind of articles and stories they had, say during the war years, what people were up to then...read about classic singers like Tebaldi and Bergonzi and so on. :)
A month after you get rid of them there will be something you want to look up.
Quote from: Biffo on May 09, 2020, 08:40:56 AM
A month after you get rid of them there will be something you want to look up.
I know! :laugh: An idea....wonder whether or not anyone has archived them and put them onto a CD-Rom? Could then either read straight through an issue or look up by name or opera? That would be cool! ;D
I used to also buy books on opera singers (bios or autobiographies), composers, opera houses...not to mention opera ephemera. ::)
PD
Quote from: MusicTurner on May 09, 2020, 12:51:37 AM
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Once again, a wonderful room 8)
Crossed Wires
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on May 09, 2020, 08:10:16 AM
I just like to learn. :) I'm fascinated with things like prints and at times have delved into learning a bit about Whistler and his circle, various artists in the Northeast, Japanese woodblock prints, etc. Love food, cooking and gardening so am often digging around trying to learn more about those areas....history...travel...languages....records and record companies....currently am trying to learn more about IDing birds and what their lives are like. Those are some of the things that I like to research; unlike you, mine is very minor in comparison and just for my own enjoyment. I try to help out friends on the odd occasion--those who aren't quite as computer savvy (and/or are not the fastest of typists).
Pretty piano by the way! And thank you for telling me about your prints and national artists!
Speaking of making room, I've been debating about whether or not to get rid of my collection of Opera News (the bulletin/magazine published by the Metropolitan Opera's Opera Guild). I certainly don't have all of them, but I do have a lot of the early ones. Used to look at them a lot but not so much now. Found it quite interesting to see what kind of articles and stories they had, say during the war years, what people were up to then...read about classic singers like Tebaldi and Bergonzi and so on. :)
Agree with the others - somehow you always find that you actually need such items, a few moments after throwing them out :). Having a good deal of a published series makes them even more interesting, I think, since you can 'map' developments etc. Maybe you could post a photo of some of the content here??
Good that you've entered into the birding interest - for me, it's still just an ambition, accompanied by a few books and an occasional look when outdoors, but those who are good at identifying the species & know more about their lives are to be envied ... potentially some good options for photography field work. Same with plants and flowers ...
I have got a few old prints myself too, and some books about the Japanese as well. Sometimes you can stumble across something interesting and even quite old - many years ago, I found some cheap, good ones from the 17-18th centuries, but one has to be lucky then. A lot of later stuff, with a more contemporary atmosphere, can be very good too, though not necessarily well-known.
I saw this small vase in my mind's eye as being in soft focus for some reason. However, I have no soft focus filter so I put some kitchen cling film over my lens hood and then took the photo.
That's an interesting idea, and a good result. Supposedly it could be a Belleek vase, in spite of the lack of (green) painted decoration/shamrock?
Quote from: MusicTurner on May 12, 2020, 01:40:56 AM
That's an interesting idea, and a good result. Supposedly it could be a Belleek vase, in spite of the lack of (green) painted decoration/shamrock?
No, it is not Belleek. Actually I had not, for some obscure reason, thought to photograph any Belleek..............I can look back in time when everyone complains about "what is this stuff" and safely say that it was all your fault :laugh:
Quote from: MusicTurner on May 12, 2020, 01:40:56 AM
That's an interesting idea, and a good result. Supposedly it could be a Belleek vase, in spite of the lack of (green) painted decoration/shamrock?
That shamrock decoration was more or less specifically for the American market.
Quote from: aligreto on May 12, 2020, 01:49:11 AM
That shamrock decoration was more or less specifically for the American market.
OK, one learns something every day ;) In that respect, we've got some local cookie products too for example, targeted audiences abroad ...
But the sharp edginess of parts of the vase is perhaps-perhaps a bit away from the Belleek style.
Quote from: MusicTurner on May 12, 2020, 01:52:07 AM
OK, one learns something every day ;) In that respect, we've got some local cookie products too for example, targeted audiences abroad ...
Yes, I think that every country has its own products and ideas for the tourist trade.
Just in or going out?
Sentry duty?
I've sung the praises of Stephan Vanfleteren before.
Vimeo has a few short films (with subtitles) that illustrate a recent show in Antwerp;
https://vimeo.com/406138107
A quick shot of a cardinal outside:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1C-03WrW0sU3EFFLAFih31cZqIFZl4lcE
Quote from: aligreto on May 13, 2020, 01:40:14 AM
I rarely do this but I just thought that the original of the image below would serve as a good comparison as the relative merits of each image came up for discussion in our house.
(https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=29692.0;attach=64517;image)
Quote from: JBS on May 13, 2020, 06:48:50 AM
Sentry duty?
It is actually a parasol so it really was trying to escape into the sunshine outside ;D
Quote from: pjme on May 13, 2020, 07:02:44 AM
I've sung the praises of Stephan Vanfleteren before.
Vimeo has a few short films (with subtitles) that illustrate a recent show in Antwerp;
https://vimeo.com/406138107
Wonderful photography. I watched all of them. Thank you for posting.
Quote from: Mahlerian on May 13, 2020, 07:56:18 AM
A quick shot of a cardinal outside:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1C-03WrW0sU3EFFLAFih31cZqIFZl4lcE
Good stuff. It looks suitably pompous ;D
Quote from: aligreto on May 14, 2020, 02:29:03 AM
I rarely do this but I just thought that the original of the image below would serve as a good comparison as the relative merits of each image came up for discussion in our house.
I think black and white looks better, the colours clash somewhat.
Quote from: steve ridgway on May 14, 2020, 03:15:49 AM
I think black and white looks better, the colours clash somewhat.
I prefer the monochrome myself. I think that it lends a sense of atmosphere to the image. That is the way that I perceived it anyway.
Quote from: aligreto on May 14, 2020, 03:40:46 AM
I prefer the monochrome myself. I think that it lends a sense of atmosphere to the image. That is the way that I perceived it anyway.
Quote from: steve ridgway on May 14, 2020, 03:15:49 AM
I think black and white looks better, the colours clash somewhat.
Agree with both of you. The actual colors of the parasol give it a very different feel, and draw the eye rather strongly to the parasol instead of letting it be just one element of the whole. And in the b+w, the reflection becomes a ghost.
Quote from: aligreto on May 14, 2020, 03:40:46 AM
I prefer the monochrome myself. I think that it lends a sense of atmosphere to the image. That is the way that I perceived it anyway.
Obviously, you were aiming to show the geometric lines of this "still life". The B / W highlights the lines, whereas the colors that don't even match each other require too much attention IMO, so B / W gets three stars from me.
I know that this one was one of my "lost" images recently. There is one other one which I also remember now and will dig it out and post later.
If anyone has "lost" an image please try to post it again to keep this fine thread going :)
Grrr! I'll be up all night typing in all of my pithy comments again. ;D
This is the other one that I had posted prior to the crash [I think that is all of them now]....
Quote from: Baron Scarpia on May 21, 2020, 05:37:20 AM
Grrr! I'll be up all night typing in all of my pithy comments again. ;D
Never pithy at all so please do and do also post a photo or two :)
This one is a new one taken in my back garden [so still at home]....
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Quote from: aligreto on May 21, 2020, 07:06:52 AM
This is the other one that I had posted prior to the crash [I think that is all of them now]....
Very nice Fergus.
Quote from: vandermolen on May 22, 2020, 02:39:59 AM
Very nice Fergus.
That is the bird bath in my back garden. It actually gets quite a lot of use from my avian friends. I must set my tripod up somehow to get some bathing birds from my window but logistically that is not very practical. I will investigate further.
Quote from: aligreto on May 22, 2020, 03:39:44 AM
That is the bird bath in my back garden. It actually gets quite a lot of use from my avian friends. I must set my tripod up somehow to get some bathing birds from my window but logistically that is not very practical. I will investigate further.
Excellent Fergus. Our bird bath gets visits as well from avian friends. Our cat prefers to drink from it rather than from his water bowl.
Quote from: vandermolen on May 22, 2020, 09:52:21 AM
Excellent Fergus. Our bird bath gets visits as well from avian friends. Our cat prefers to drink from it rather than from his water bowl.
A feline drinking avian infused water - it makes purrfect sense to me Jeffrey ;D
Quote from: MusicTurner on May 08, 2020, 12:31:23 PM
Nice. I had to look up Belleek, it looks good, supposedly they seem to stick to mainly white/beige + green colours ... there was even a guy here in DK selling an item on a second-hand website, dba.dk
My Owl is my favourite piece in my small Belleek collection. These are my illustrative shots of it that I took over the weekend....
This is an interpretative shot of my Owl. It is not how I necessarily see him. He is really my friend. Everything is not always as you see it or as it is presented to you....
I love your owl vase...very cool! 8) :)
PD
Thank you.
I was looking to do something creative with beer bottle caps. I did not succeed.
I do not drink beer, honestly.
Perhaps I should try something with wine corks. ;D
I think it's quite nice with the light/shadow play.
Don't know if a tower structure in close-up could be fun somehow. I don't have any.
Quote from: MusicTurner on May 26, 2020, 01:54:28 AM
I think it's quite nice with the light/shadow play.
Don't know if a tower structure in close-up could be fun somehow. I don't have any.
Cheers. My imagination could get nothing from the tower structure because the caps were too dark. As you have noticed I was after the contrast between the light and dark. Perhaps with lighter coloured caps the tower may have worked. I will have to encourage the beer drinker in the family to get some ;D
I was happier with this one....
Photography at home - a care home! https://tanksgoodnews.com/2020/07/14/senior-album-covers/
Quote from: Irons on July 17, 2020, 06:39:19 AM
Photography at home - a care home! https://tanksgoodnews.com/2020/07/14/senior-album-covers/
LOL that was a good idea 8).
Very good one Lol. There are a few more on the Twitter feed that did not appear in the article :
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EclBr0-WoAIw5e2?format=jpg&name=large)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EclBtgPXYAAAo2C?format=jpg&name=large)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EclBsTtWsAMqKaL?format=jpg&name=large)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EclBpy4XoAA1FVg?format=jpg&name=large)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EclBq4IWkAwMUHj?format=jpg&name=large)
Quote from: Papy Oli on July 17, 2020, 07:42:12 AM
Very good one Lol. There are a few more on the Twitter feed that did not appear in the article :
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EclBr0-WoAIw5e2?format=jpg&name=large)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EclBtgPXYAAAo2C?format=jpg&name=large)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EclBsTtWsAMqKaL?format=jpg&name=large)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EclBpy4XoAA1FVg?format=jpg&name=large)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EclBq4IWkAwMUHj?format=jpg&name=large)
Super!
Crocosmia.
Quote from: Todd on July 18, 2020, 02:10:06 PM
Crocosmia.
Nice. They're beautiful flowers, we've got some in flower at the moment.
Quote from: Papy Oli on July 17, 2020, 07:42:12 AM
Very good one Lol. There are a few more on the Twitter feed that did not appear in the article :
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EclBr0-WoAIw5e2?format=jpg&name=large)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EclBtgPXYAAAo2C?format=jpg&name=large)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EclBsTtWsAMqKaL?format=jpg&name=large)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EclBpy4XoAA1FVg?format=jpg&name=large)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EclBq4IWkAwMUHj?format=jpg&name=large)
Olivier, the first is my favourite. Pic 1 could be from a horror movie and pic 2 from a blue movie. ;)
Quote from: aligreto on May 26, 2020, 01:50:27 AM
I was looking to do something creative with beer bottle caps. I did not succeed.
I do not drink beer, honestly.
Perhaps I should try something with wine corks. ;D
I had some friends who, years ago, fashioned a kind of a cork board out of corks from their favorite wine bottles. Somehow or another they wired it together and use it to hold various keys and key chains. ;D
PD
Quote from: steve ridgway on May 07, 2020, 08:33:52 PM
And they used to proof read ::).
they still do. I'm proof reading a book this week, and the week before.
Quote from: Todd on July 18, 2020, 02:10:06 PM
Crocosmia.
(https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=29692.0;attach=66045;image)
Nice shot.
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on July 21, 2020, 09:33:18 AM
I had some friends who, years ago, fashioned a kind of a cork board out of corks from their favorite wine bottles. Somehow or another they wired it together and use it to hold various keys and key chains. ;D
PD
A good idea. I wonder would I end up photographing what was hanging from the board.....
Belleek SeaHorse Table Flower Holder
There are only three "animals" in my Belleek collection. This is the second of them.
Quote from: Spotted Horses on July 30, 2020, 04:53:04 AM
Go to my postage-stamp sized backyard, look up, zoom, and get this photo. I think this is what is called a "lollipop pine."
I couldn't fine a tree called that, but I did find this. Is it the same?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinus_taeda
PD
Quote from: Spotted Horses on July 30, 2020, 06:36:40 AM
Quite possibly I've been misreading those little signs they put in parks, saying this tree is such-and-such... ::)
Nice. It looks like some sort of pine to me, complete with cones :).
Quote from: Spotted Horses on July 30, 2020, 04:53:04 AM
Go to my postage-stamp sized backyard, look up, zoom, and get this photo. I think this is what is called a "lollipop pine."
(https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=29692.0;attach=66408;image)
Nice. I like that tree.
I'll be that the birds love it...so tall! :)
The downside to attachments here is that they are size limited, which means resolution is limited. The tarnish on this coin is far more detailed and vivid in the original as one can zoom in much more. How bored must one be to take macro shots of coins and then re-catalog and re-size them later?
Quote from: Todd on August 09, 2020, 07:13:27 AM
The downside to attachments here is that they are size limited, which means resolution is limited. The tarnish on this coin is far more detailed and vivid in the original as one can zoom in much more. How bored must one be to take macro shots of coins and then re-catalog and re-size them later?
(https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=29692.0;attach=66681;image)
That is a good clean and well lit shot though which is what you want for such things.
Quote from: aligreto on August 09, 2020, 07:47:31 AM
That is a good clean and well lit shot though which is what you want for such things.
All credit goes to the sun.
Quote from: Todd on August 09, 2020, 07:52:05 AM
All credit goes to the sun.
You are either being very modest or you were very lucky with the arrangement of that lighting.
Quote from: aligreto on August 09, 2020, 09:18:46 AM
You are either being very modest or you were very lucky with the arrangement of that lighting.
For these types of shots, I rely on a south facing sliding glass door. I have 2-3 hours a day of even, perfectly diffused light at my disposal in much of the spring and pretty much all summer. I just plop an object on some type of stand (here a wooden box), frame, and shoot. I shot about nine different coins this way at the same time. The only thing I had to do was adjust the height of the tripod head. Exposure is set off the coin face in each case, so the wood lightens or darkens with the metal used. Things can get more intriguing with more reflective surfaces like glass.
So, a little bit more to it than the sun. Good for you.
Went all the way to my back patio to snap this one.
Quote from: Todd on August 27, 2020, 04:58:58 AM
Went all the way to my back patio to snap this one.
Good job Todd! :)
Quote from: steve ridgway on March 24, 2020, 09:16:32 AM
A Canon EOS 800D aka Rebel T7i, plus a zoom lens with image stabilisation. The technology is great for those like me who use it hand held on full automatic. I've started using manual with the Moon at night though, all the black in the frame makes it massively overexposed. The daylight photo was handheld on full auto from the garden and the nighttime one out the window with manual control, monitoring and shutter release from my iPad.
What great photos. I do look at the Moon sometimes through my (children's) telescope.
You can see the craters quite clearly.
Quote from: Todd on August 27, 2020, 04:58:58 AM
Went all the way to my back patio to snap this one.
Another fine photo.
Quote from: Spotted Horses on August 24, 2020, 07:43:19 AM
Another presumed loblolly pine in the back yard.
(https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=29692.0;attach=66930;image)
A nice shot. It gives a good idea of the scale of the tree.
Quote from: Todd on August 27, 2020, 04:58:58 AM
Went all the way to my back patio to snap this one.
(https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=29692.0;attach=66994;image)
If I may ask, what camera/lens did you use to take that shot?
When the image is enlarged the detail of the craters is well defined.
Quote from: Spotted Horses on August 28, 2020, 06:35:57 AM
I have a strong attachment to trees. If you really look at them, they are incredibly complex and beautiful. Different regions the country (and the world) have trees which are the same, and yet different. And there is a lot of history tied up in a tree, especially one that is in the wild and has endured harsh conditions in the course of its existence.
I empathise with your sentiments. Last year I visited an annexe of our National Botanic Gardens that specializes in growing and maintaining trees from all over the world. It was a fascinating day out.
Quote from: aligreto on August 28, 2020, 01:36:34 AM
If I may ask, what camera/lens did you use to take that shot?
When the image is enlarged the detail of the craters is well defined.
Pentax K3, 150-450. I just got the lens last week. Telephotography at that length (ie, 675 equivalent with DX cropping) is new for me, so it will take a while to get used to it. Took this one last night. Changed focus point. Did some different things in Photoshop after the fact.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50277969503_ea25e9733d_o.jpg)
Quote from: Todd on August 28, 2020, 07:17:43 AM
Pentax K3, 150-450. I just got the lens last week. Telephotography at that length (ie, 675 equivalent with DX cropping) is new for me, so it will take a while to get used to it. Took this one last night. Changed focus point. Did some different things in Photoshop after the fact.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50277969503_ea25e9733d_o.jpg)
Thank you for the information. It looked like a long focal length lens. When enlarged, the quality is excellent, particularly where the light meets the dark on the left side.
I am sure that you will be very pleased with that lens once you put it through its paces.
People will probably remember the retired USN officer from Portland who stood up to a Federal LEO who was trying to beat him up.
He's been on Twitter since June, but now is taking a break from protests and politics to turn to amateur photography.
This weekend he's been retweeting cell phone photos people have been posting as replies. The various photos are of variable quality, and mostly (but not all) scenic.
They can be found here
https://mobile.twitter.com/Tazerface16
Not strictly taken at home, as I was in Moses Lake and properly socially distanced when I shot these. The effect wildfire smoke can have on the appearance of the sun and the moon is striking.
Sun.
Quote from: Todd on September 07, 2020, 06:58:41 AM
Sun.
(https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=29692.0;attach=67211;image)
I particularly like that shot. Nice!
Great photos. The Moon is awkward at that level of zoom due to the most contrast and detail being near the terminator, which doesn't take up much of the image. I'd go for colour, cloud and sky effects over a telescope nowadays as that adds a whole other level of complications.
Not really at home, but way too close to home. Western Oregon (ie, west of the Cascades) is experiencing unprecedented wildfires. These two shots were taken last night in the exurbs, about twenty minutes from home. The suburbs are about five minutes away. They were taken at about 5:30 at night. The last time the sky darkened this much (more, actually) during the day was after some of the smaller Mt St Helens eruptions in 1980.
Camera turned the other way.
Quote from: Todd on September 10, 2020, 05:37:28 AM
Not really at home, but way too close to home. Western Oregon (ie, west of the Cascades) is experiencing unprecedented wildfires. These two shots were taken last night in the exurbs, about twenty minutes from home. The suburbs are about five minutes away. They were taken at about 5:30 at night. The last time the sky darkened this much (more, actually) during the day was after some of the smaller Mt St Helens eruptions in 1980.
(https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=29692.0;attach=67270;image)
(https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=29692.0;attach=67272;image)
Considering the potential consequences the light is wonderfully eerie and dramatic.
Quote from: Todd on September 10, 2020, 05:37:28 AM
Not really at home, but way too close to home. Western Oregon (ie, west of the Cascades) is experiencing unprecedented wildfires. These two shots were taken last night in the exurbs, about twenty minutes from home. The suburbs are about five minutes away. They were taken at about 5:30 at night. The last time the sky darkened this much (more, actually) during the day was after some of the smaller Mt St Helens eruptions in 1980.
Nice photos but a very worrying situation. The BBC news website is saying over 500,000 people in Oregon are fleeing the flames. :o
Quote from: steve ridgway on September 11, 2020, 03:22:11 AM
Nice photos but a very worrying situation. The BBC news website is saying over 500,000 people in Oregon are fleeing the flames. :o
Yes, I've been hearing about those fires too....that and the fires that destroyed the Moria refugee camp. Horrible situations to be in the midst of and with Covid too?! :(
PD
Quote from: steve ridgway on September 11, 2020, 03:22:11 AMThe BBC news website is saying over 500,000 people in Oregon are fleeing the flames.
The BBC is wrong. 500K residents are under stage 1, 2, and 3 evacuation orders. Only stage 3 is mandatory. Most are under stage 1, which is a be prepared to evacuate order.
Several small towns have been destroyed. Detroit, Oregon is mostly gone. Mill City is gone. Locals who take the quick drive to Central Oregon know what that means.
Thank you for the clarification.
Quote from: Todd on September 11, 2020, 04:31:51 AM
The BBC is wrong. 500K residents are under stage 1, 2, and 3 evacuation orders. Only stage 3 is mandatory. Most are under stage 1, which is a be prepared to evacuate order.
Several small towns have been destroyed. Detroit, Oregon is mostly gone. Mill City is gone. Locals who take the quick drive to Central Oregon know what that means.
Thanks Todd, another bit of misinformation revealed. We're watching the TV news nowadays like outsiders from another planet, commenting on the propaganda, trying to identify the hidden agendas and noting the effects it produces in the minds of the consumers :(.
Quote from: steve ridgway on September 11, 2020, 08:54:05 PM
Thanks Todd, another bit of misinformation revealed. We're watching the TV news nowadays like outsiders from another planet, commenting on the propaganda, trying to identify the hidden agendas and noting the effects it produces in the minds of the consumers :(.
I suspect journalistic laziness as the culprit. Journalists outside Oregon would have to either contact multiple counties/look at multiple county websites, or contact local news outlets (eg, The Oregonian, KATU) for more exact information. Either one of the those activities could take twenty, thirty, maybe sixty minutes. That's hard work.
Quote from: Todd on September 12, 2020, 05:35:40 AM
I suspect journalistic laziness as the culprit. Journalists outside Oregon would have to either contact multiple counties/look at multiple county websites, or contact local news outlets (eg, The Oregonian, KATU) for more exact information. Either one of the those activities could take twenty, thirty, maybe sixty minutes. That's hard work.
Even for a Level 1 notice though, that's a lot of preparing (including having your gas turned off by a professional). https://katu.com/news/local/issued-a-level-1-evacuation-notice-heres-what-to-do
Todd, how far away are any of the fires from you?
PD
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on September 12, 2020, 06:59:52 AM
Todd, how far away are any of the fires from you?
I'm roughly 40 miles from the east metro fires that are prompting the majority of the evacuation orders. (All of Clackamas County is under some level of evacuation order, an historical first.) I'm around 15 miles from small western fires that have been contained. While wildfire is obviously a possibility where I live, it is a low probability event given the vegetation where my house is located. Of much more concern is the worst air quality since 1980. I'm not concerned for myself as I suffer no respiratory conditions and will remain indoors for the most part, and use a mask when outdoors, but quite a few other people are not so fortunate.
The Level 1 steps listed in the linked article are typically not followed to the letter. The number of people included in the current orders requires NW Natural to shut off gas service to entire areas; the firm does not have the manpower to visit all impacted locations. Similarly, PGE has had to shut off electricity to entire areas.
Oregon endures wildfires every year, and often the fires burn more acreage than this year. The difference this year is that the fires moved into portions of the Willamette Valley where most people in the state live. This was directly caused by an exceedingly rare summer wind "event" (not storm, apparently) that blew in warm air and embers from fires burning in the east.
Quote from: Todd on September 12, 2020, 07:50:00 AM
I'm roughly 40 miles from the east metro fires that are prompting the majority of the evacuation orders. (All of Clackamas County is under some level of evacuation order, an historical first.) I'm around 15 miles from small western fires that have been contained. While wildfire is obviously a possibility where I live, it is a low probability event given the vegetation where my house is located. Of much more concern is the worst air quality since 1980. I'm not concerned for myself as I suffer no respiratory conditions and will remain indoors for the most part, and use a mask when outdoors, but quite a few other people are not so fortunate.
The Level 1 steps listed in the linked article are typically not followed to the letter. The number of people included in the current orders requires NW Natural to shut off gas service to entire areas; the firm does not have the manpower to visit all impacted locations. Similarly, PGE has had to shut off electricity to entire areas.
Oregon endures wildfires every year, and often the fires burn more acreage than this year. The difference this year is that the fires moved into portions of the Willamette Valley where most people in the state live. This was directly caused by an exceedingly rare summer wind "event" (not storm, apparently) that blew in warm air and embers from fires burning in the east.
Thank you for the information. Good to hear that you seem to be in pretty good shape due to where you live, etc. I imagine that the air quality (and soot) must be big problems in many areas. I have an older friend who sadly has both bad respiratory issues and diabetes who has had to be extra-careful of late due to Covid-19. It's hard to fathom how people who have had to flee the fires are dealing with it due to the pandemic. I'd imagine that the eerie colors of the sky and the news have helped to create a rather surrealistic feeling/vibe? Despite wildfires being common, have you seen an uptick over the past few decades Todd? Quite interesting to hear about the winds. I wonder what caused them?
And, yes, I can't see a power company being able to send out manpower house-by-house in instances like these.
Trying to remember where I read or heard about one homeowner talking about how quickly things in their area turned from a level 1 to a level 3; it was quite fast--which was what had made me stand up and take notice. :(
In any event, take care.
PD
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on September 13, 2020, 01:23:59 PMDespite wildfires being common, have you seen an uptick over the past few decades Todd
I've witnessed what the data shows: the same or fewer fires per year, but the ones that occur can be larger. There have been two mammoth fires (ie, >500,000 acres) in Oregon this century. But Oregon has had some mammoth fires in the past. The first fire in the Tillamook Burn (>350,000 acres in 1933) left damage visible into the 1990s.
After the first day of the smoke rolling in, the sky now just looks like a burlap sack when the sun is out. Evacuation levels are being scaled back in most areas, and so far, as of last night at about 10:00 PM, about 40,000 residents had to actually evacuate. Terrible, absolutely, but not the catastrophic figure reported by some news outlets.
We get strong easterly winds every November and December - they're basically cold, wimpy Santa Ana winds that blow down the Columbia Gorge - but every once in a while a weather pattern emerges that replicates them in the summer.
Quote from: Todd on September 13, 2020, 02:46:53 PM
I've witnessed what the data shows: the same or fewer fires per year, but the ones that occur can be larger. There have been two mammoth fires (ie, >500,000 acres) in Oregon this century. But Oregon has had some mammoth fires in the past. The first fire in the Tillamook Burn (>350,000 acres in 1933) left damage visible into the 1990s.
After the first day of the smoke rolling in, the sky now just looks like a burlap sack when the sun is out. Evacuation levels are being scaled back in most areas, and so far, as of last night at about 10:00 PM, about 40,000 residents had to actually evacuate. Terrible, absolutely, but not the catastrophic figure reported by some news outlets.
We get strong easterly winds every November and December - they're basically cold, wimpy Santa Ana winds that blow down the Columbia Gorge - but every once in a while a weather pattern emerges that replicates them in the summer.
So, thinking about it for a while and looking into the facts, do you think that there are more major fires these days overall? Where also (and I'm meaning this politely) are you gathering your data from? Do you believe that climate change is a factor at all too? Wondering how much too possible changes in controlled fire burns vs. how things are handled these days are effecting things? Trying to learn more about fire prevention here.....certainly not an expert. :( Just trying to learn.
Best wishes,
PD
The Congressional Research Service publishes data on wildfires, as do an assortment of federal and state agencies. I always rely on government agencies for such data. If I had access to logging company data, I'd use that, too. The definition of "major" would need to be established, but there are fewer, bigger fires, on average. AGW certainly contributes. I know nothing about fire prevention, though one of my employees is a former smokejumper, so he may have insights if I remember to ask him. I'm sure there are fact based resources available online.
We actually got more than a couple inches of snow in the area. Suburban scenics are dull, but macro shots can be more fun.
Quote from: Todd on February 13, 2021, 11:10:04 AM
We actually got more than a couple inches of snow in the area. Suburban scenics are dull, but macro shots can be more fun.
Neat! Great photo! :)