Photography

[Nerdanel]

*sings* blue moon..


Ahkká moon (Stora sjöfallets nationalpark, Sweden)


flow


resting mountains

[Earniel]

The photo of that stream is absolutely lovely.

[Nerdanel]

I'm glad you like it, it's one of my favourites as well.

[Earniel]

If I may, I'd like to use it for desktop image for a while.

[Nerdanel]

Originally Posted by Eärniel

If I may, I'd like to use it for desktop image for a while.

please do.

[Miss Cassandra]

Cooool....

[Earniel]

Originally Posted by Nerdanel

please do.

Much thanks.

And not to let you hog the whole thread all for yourself , some from the archive:

Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)

bronze waterdamsel? I couldn't find any English name. (Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis)

Common European Frog (Rana esculenta or possibly rana ridibunda a.k.a marsh-frog)

[Nerdanel]

very nice photography! have i already asked you what camera you use?

[Earniel]

No, I don't think so. I have a Nikon Coolpix 4200 digital camera, a compact and cute thing, often reffered to as 'Nikkie' for short.

I also still use an older analog Canon Prima Super105, also a small device. But for wildlife photos Nikkie is easier to use as I can come closer (I looove my macro-function), have an instant result and don't have to worry about too bad shots using up my film.

[Nerdanel]

Originally Posted by Eärniel

No, I don't think so. I have a Nikon Coolpix 4200 digital camera, a compact and cute thing, often reffered to as 'Nikkie' for short.

I also still use an older analog Canon Prima Super105, also a small device. But for wildlife photos Nikkie is easier to use as I can come closer (I looove my macro-function), have an instant result and don't have to worry about too bad shots using up my film.

cool - you really know how to use it, then! and yes, there are some clear advantages of having a digital camera.. X)


trying to find out where we are..


Sarvatjåhkkå before we got snow


Day after the snow arrived.. Beautiful it was.

[Earniel]

Originally Posted by Nerdanel

cool - you really know how to use it, then! and yes, there are some clear advantages of having a digital camera.. X)

Thanks.

For the level of photography I do, Nikkie is indeed all I need. Although I do regret she doesn't have a grey-scale function. That said, I haven't learned yet to fully use all her capacities either. Digital cameras come with so many different settings and functions, it's just mind-boggling what that little thing can do.

It is kind of fun, on the website where I post my wildlife photos, if you look at the profile photos, the majority of photographers have far more professional gear, these long, big lenses, filters and whatnot. They know a lot more about photography too, I'm very much an amateur. Heck, I don't even know Photoshop. But right next to their photos with their impressive cameras, there's a picture of me and lil' Nikkie. It's kind of fun. Of course with more elaborate equipment, they can make really stunning photos which are quite out of my league, like portraits of birds sitting on the other end of the lake, or catching a dragonfly sharply in flight. I just sneak up and do my paparazzi thing on the butterflies and dragonflies not too put off by me hovering over them

[Nerdanel]

hehe, sounds familiar that.. everything on my hanny-fi account on devArt is taken with my small hp photosmart. i started a new account when i got myself this new camera, but i still don't have any equipment. and i won't have them very soon either if i'm planning on staying this poor. X)

[Earniel]

That's the trick, indeed. All that fancy stuff is so expensive that I often think even new cars come cheaper. My dad, who introduced me to photography, has an old, but thorough collection of gear, but even he often looks very wistfull at all the larger lenses in the shop window.

Luckily, good photography can be also achieved with small and relatively inexpensive cameras. Which is exactly why I like it.

[Nerdanel]

yes.. seems the wish for more never ends. which is not good for a student. X) but if you want to, it's easy to be happy with what you have - which, according to me, is the most sensible attitude. just to be able to have a camera..


Sturm


when evening falls..


vágge

[Rían]

That "day after the snow arrived" one is stunning, Nel!

[Nerdanel]

Originally Posted by RÃ*an

That "day after the snow arrived" one is stunning, Nel!

Glad you like it! You should've been there to see it, though.. No camera could catch that. ^^

[Nerdanel]

can you see the face in the mountain?


rapids


the ahkká massif

[Nerdanel]

here i go again..




inside a snow cave we found..

[trolls' bane]

The hike with Michael and Abbey was a success! In spite of (and because of) Abbey having to leave early, Michael and I went up both sides of the trail rather than making a loop. The first time up, on the canyon leg, Abbey was with us. After dropping her off at the Living Desert parking lot, we turned back around and went up the ridge leg. Unfortunately, my camera died on the first trip back, but you can see the photographs we took have come out quite well in spite of the considerable running we had to do and the nearly constant jostling my camera underwent.

Living Desert docent Lois Cardona holding Fred the Skink in the Discovery Room.


Lois Cardona again, still in the Disco Room:


Michael and Abbey, at the trailhead for the canyon leg:


Michael and I, in front of the same sign:


Abbey asked for a lift, so Michael gave her one. I too had to later. I always thought humans were heavier, but I suppose I don’t know my own strength.


A few feet later…

In both of the following pictures, we see Michael triumphantly traversing a rock wall (yes, I’ll admit, we blazed our own trail for a short distance--there was an easier way up). And, in case you were wondering, yes, he is wearing a sportsman’s kilt (sp?). He happens to be Scottish, hence his nickname, Scotty.



A rare picture of the photographer himself on the photographer’s own camera. At this point, I am just climbing up the rock wall of a dry waterfall.

[trolls' bane]

Michael and Abbey went up ahead. I took a pair of shots of them, one from a traditional stance, and one at a more unconventional angle. To take these pictures, I had to lay on my back in the sand.



These two photographs are of Abbey (obviously). She made a couple of triumphant poses. Frankly, I think she was a bit more enthusiastic about the feat than our kilt-wearing Scott, Michael.



After having to carry their gear (Abbey’s purse and hat, Michaels backpack--or rucksack as they would say in Scotland--and his hat, plus my own pack and hat) like some sort of pack mule, I gave it to each of them and then climbed up ahead of them and took this photograph, looking back down. Personally, this is one of my favorite of the whole day.


This was the last photograph for the day, but by no means the last photo opportunity, as I will describe later. You see Michael here carrying Abbey off into the distance trekking across the open desert. [Open, meaning that beyond another half mile of shrubs, lay The Living Desert’s infamous yet secret “bone yard� (it’s personal junk yard) and The Living Desert proper, or a “Quasi-Disneyland� as Bob Williams would have called it.]


After this, there were a few more photo opportunities, some of which Michael took. Among the unrecorded moments are where Abbey, attempting to get yet another ride after I dropped her out of exhaustion, jumped on Michael and fell on top of him, knocking him (and herself) down. It would have made great blackmail. Later, Michael and I went back up the mountain, on the far more scenic side, which we will show one day. And so, until next time, Brendan out!
(Yes, I will include the pictures Michael took with his camera, although he seems to favor videos over photographs, so there may not be too many.)