Mostly Nature Grab Bag

[Chris J. Randolph]

Aloha!

Saw the photography area here, and thought I'd introduce myself by way of pictures.  I'm very much an amateur, but I like to get out and snap nature every now and again, plus whatever else catches my fancy.





























Anyway, hope ya like something you see here, and thanks for taking a look!

[Laurie]

Good stuff!! Love the flowers!

[farmwife99]

Very nice photos.  Just shows there is beauty all around us.

[Chris J. Randolph]

Thank you!  I really appreciate it.

[◄ Jess ►]

Nice! Those are beautiful. I especially love the last one. 

[Chris J. Randolph]

Nice! Those are beautiful. I especially love the last one. 

I'm a total sucker for a dramatic sky.

Thanks, Jessica.  Very kind of ya to say.

[Daniel Pyle]

I particularly like the black and whites.  Some great contrast there.

[Chris J. Randolph]

Thank you, Daniel.

[D. Nathan Hilliard]

I like the landscape photo, with the town and the mountains in the distance. Well done!

[BlueEyedMum]

Love them ALL!! You have a good eye!

[R. Doug]

Believe it or not, I'm rather drawn to the horizon-skewed time exposure taken at the traffic intersection.  There's a lot going on in that photograph.  I also like that you chose to take advantage of the textures in the sheep's wool and surrounding grasses by going black-and-white.

Very enjoyable.

[Chris J. Randolph]

Thank you so much!  Making me want to grab the camera again.

Believe it or not, I'm rather drawn to the horizon-skewed time exposure taken at the traffic intersection.  There's a lot going on in that photograph.  I also like that you chose to take advantage of the textures in the sheep's wool and surrounding grasses by going black-and-white.

Very enjoyable.

The story behind the long-exposure shot is a little funny... I'd gone out to capture this sunset, and on the hike back to my car, I still had the exposure set fairly long to compensate for the low light.  While walking, I decided to just take some experimental hand-held shots, and that was what came out.  It turned out to be quite a bit better than any of the sunset shots.

Thanks again, folks.  Really appreciate the feedback.
~C

[R. Doug]

A tip for sunset shots, Chris:  The sun tends to trick your light meter into underexposing the scene.  Set your EV +1; or use spot metering and meter on something of intermediate brightness, press the shutter release halfway and recompose the shot before snapping; or set exposure bracketing ±1 in addition to the two previous tricks, then pick the best shot in the bracket.

[Chris J. Randolph]

Thanks for the tips.  I think my exposure settings were all manual at the time, but it was quite a while back, and my memory's a bit hazy.  My camera doesn't do auto-bracketing either... really need to invest in some better equipment, but I didn't want to plop down the cash until I had some more skill and experience under my belt.

[terryr]

Aloha!

Saw the photography area here, and thought I'd introduce myself by way of pictures.  I'm very much an amateur, but I like to get out and snap nature every now and again, plus whatever else catches my fancy.

Anyway, hope ya like something you see here, and thanks for taking a look!

I just noticed the dog in the upper right.

Love these photos. The first one almost looks like a painting. The single, perfect rosebud. The worm.  All very nice.  But it took a few looks and a couple days gap between to notice the dog... LOL.

[Chris J. Randolph]

Thanks, T.M. Roy!  You're too kind.

That sheepdog just looked so glum up there, I had to get a shot of him.  He ended up a little subtle in the final shot, though.

[The Hooded Claw]

The earthworm was  a great choice--Something "nobody" ever photographs!