Photo Challenge for August 2009

Thank you very much, its one of my favourites

Humming Bird.......:)


http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/3153/img1301wvs.jpg

Haven't been shooting much this month - so I'd better just chuck in "old faithful" ...

http://backup.cambridgeincolour.com/...3/original.jpg

It has been raining a lot here this month. And it's raining today!

Three shells on black perspex, lit by studio lights.

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/g...m/_MG_2066.jpg

King Vulture

http://www.pbase.com/dhumphries/imag...4/original.jpg

As seen recently, but with a slight background tidy up.

Thanks for considering

The day's end
http://www.pbase.com/dhumphries/imag...3/original.jpg

Thank you

http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/ph...5_DfDr6-XL.jpg

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Originally Posted by Dave Humphries

The day's end

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Dave did u post this somewhere else...looks real familar too me...?

Yes, but I took the advice to leave off the right hand tree!

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Originally Posted by carregwen

Three shells on black perspex, lit by studio lights.

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"Black Perspex" ...

... thank you :) (I've been looking for a black tile, without success, for this effect!).

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Originally Posted by Colin Southern

"Black Perspex" ...

... thank you :) (I've been looking for a black tile, without success, for this effect!).

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You might have trouble getting a tile big enough. I got my perspex from an Ebay seller called Plasticonline. They are based in the UK. They are pretty cheap, and it's excellent stuff. Here http://shop.ebay.co.uk/plasticonline...d=p3911.c0.m14

Suggest at least 500x500mm to get the camera angles. A4 isn't large enough. 5mm is better - 3mm might warp in time. Scratches easily, but a great reflection. Coated on both sides. It's better than a mirror because a mirror 'ghosts' due to the reflection bouncing off the back coating.

The lady of the lake. T.S.S Earnslaw, Queenstown, NZ

http://http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/a...photo/047c.jpg

Canon 20d, 18-55 lens

Cromwell at night with the sky glow of the Coronet Peak ski field. Central Otago, NZ


http://http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/a...photo/097s.jpg

Canon 20d, 18-55 lens

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Originally Posted by Rodders

The lady of the lake. T.S.S Earnslaw, Queenstown,

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Must be close to 40 years since I took a ride on this old girl. :eek:

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Originally Posted by Colin Southern

Must be close to 40 years since I took a ride on this old girl. :eek:

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It might be time for another holiday down this way Colin ;)

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Originally Posted by Rodders

It might be time for another holiday down this way Colin ;)

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I'm sorry, what does the word "holiday" mean?:confused: (is it something to do with time away from the wife and kids fighting?) (or is that work?).

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Originally Posted by Colin Southern

(is it something to do with time away from the wife and kids fighting?)

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So that's the attraction of standing thigh deep in freezing water in the dark for several hours ;)

.. and there was me thinking you liked photography :D

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Originally Posted by Dave Humphries

So that's the attraction of standing thigh deep in freezing water in the dark for several hours ;)

.. and there was me thinking you liked photography :D

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What I enjoyed the most was my sanity ...

... just can't remember where I left it! :eek:

One from the end of last month, in the Cambridge Botanical gardens just a couple of days before leaving cambridge

http://lifeinmegapixels.com/mini/prev/MC15_prev.JPG

"A Small water bird keeps a close eye on the camera as it rests."

Full image at http://lifeinmegapixels.com/locmini.php?location=MC15

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