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Photos of animals, insects, plants, and a few other things, mostly at the ocean shore, mostly at sunrise. The red/golden color in some of the shots is how it really looks during a short window in the mornings (no post-processing to change colors).
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Wonderful start to the day. Good things in the world. Ty 🫶
Those black-eyed Susans are out in force! The question is where is the best place to find the plenaria ;). Hal and I weren’t sure whether what we found while wading out into Navajo Lake up near Cedar Breaks in Southern Utah were plenaria or leeches, but the difficulty we had extracting them from our feet suggested they were leeches. I didn’t have a jar, else I would have brought some home to put under the microscope!
I used to watch a show on the History Channel called /Alone/ where they give 10 people a list of 50 primitive survival tools, allow them to choose 10 from the list, then drop them off in a remote wilderness area and see who lasts the longest for $500K-1M. The first couple seasons are pretty brutal and it is just basically watching people starve. But, as the show became more popular, some amazing contenders arose.
Anyway, I sometimes wonder where the best place to be dropped off would be to make a decent run for the money. Whatever shoreline you’ve found seems pretty close to ideal. Just in this photo set you have clams/mussels, edible (?) lichens, waterfowl, and a pretty decent candidate for a hunting/gathering companion (is that your yellow lab?). I bet, as a biologist, you’d do well (not advocating that you try).
If they’re interested in your feet, they’re not planaria – leaches probably. I’ve seen Alone – pretty interesting; I wouldn’t last a week – here or there. I’m not that kind of biologist; I’d starve while pondering the multi-scale intelligence of the various life forms. And no unfortunately that lab wasn’t mine.
I haven’t seen the starving programme but if you can’t last a week you’ve got metabolic issues to address. On the bright side, ketones do make pondering easier.
Always nice to see the details that you notice. What camera/lens (or is that a spoiler)?
Sometimes it’s a Sony a7iv, with a Tamron 50-400mm f/4.5-6.3, and sometimes it’s a Sony a6000 which has been modified by Kolari to remove the IR filter.
Ty for info. Would have guessed a smaller lens on the go. My subjective opinion is that Sigma will provide more “sterile” pictures, kind of laboratory grade imaging, while Fujifilm (who use the same sensor as Sigma) regularly provide the most enjoyable pictures, however not sure if this is also true for your kind of captures. Not sure how to describe Fujifilm other than perhaps that they bring more of the surrounding “culture” into the pictures. Some Sonys do resemble the Fujifilm, as does yours, imo, and I guess it is a good compromise. Not that I am judging in that sense. Also aware that a lot of people think there is no discernable difference, but for what it may be worth. Hope you keep enjoying the hobby.
Wonderful shots, full of wonder… Shooting them must be so pleasing…
Yep. It’s my morning meditation. I usually have no idea what I actually shot until much later when I get the pictures off the camera (often months after, as time is scarce for that kind of thing).
You have to appreciate the color and clarity of Sony glass and sensor…plus you have an exquisite eye for framing and depth of field. Your photography always creates interesting moments, where the observer can experience a snapshot of your mind.
Thank you for sharing.
I like the Sony platform a lot, but the dust is a constant issue – I try to pay attention to it and keep everything clean but often I’ll look at an image and there’s some kind of spot on it – it’s a dust magnet… Not sure it’s any different for other brands of glass but I’ve heard Sony is especially prone to it.
Espetaculares, Michael!!!
Obrigada por partilhar!
Beautiful series!
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