2014 Week 50, Day 6: Saturday 13 Dec

[Fons Baerken]

There was a Christmas celebration for kids at the gym tonight. The staff was totally into it.

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Funny shot

 

[Fons Baerken]

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i can tell what it is now

 

[Fons Baerken]

architecture

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the house of Gretl and Hans

 

[Fons Baerken]

One of the kiddies

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D700_2014-12-13_DSC_8918-Edit-Edit.jpg by Morten Westergaard, on Flickr

a fine portrait of your children

 

[Fons Baerken]

From a back lane in downtown Winnipeg. Much of this area hasn't succumbed to modern re-development.

Larry
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excellent series

 

[Fons Baerken]

Merry Christmas! (I know Frank already did one like this on the first day, but I've always enjoyed these coloured dots photos - and wanted to see what the bokeh of my lens looked like...)

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DSC_6174 by Flickr.Morph, on Flickr

a bokeh tree

 

[Fons Baerken]

Running behind again ...

I think it was worth it though. Here are my Saturday pictures:

A very peculiar cold front moved through town this afternoon. The storm itself was less than a quarter mile wide, but stretched from horison to horizon in length:

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Freshly scrubbed, the night sky was quite clear:

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Just in time for the Geminid meteor shower. You can see a Geminid trail near the bottom, just to the left of center:

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All images taken with D700, #1 ISO=400, #2 & 3, ISO = 5000 to keep the exposure time low enough not to visibly smear the stars.

Spectacular cloudscape

 

[BLX]

Running behind again ...

I think it was worth it though. Here are my Saturday pictures:

A very peculiar cold front moved through town this afternoon. The storm itself was less than a quarter mile wide, but stretched from horison to horizon in length:

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Freshly scrubbed, the night sky was quite clear:

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Just in time for the Geminid meteor shower. You can see a Geminid trail near the bottom, just to the left of center:

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All images taken with D700, #1 ISO=400, #2 & 3, ISO = 5000 to keep the exposure time low enough not to visibly smear the stars.

Spectacular sky in the background on the first one!
The night sky is beautiful as well - like that you included the branches on the last one

Saturday at Arendonk, Belgium

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a bit on the tardy side was away all day till late

Great set Fons - cool colors on that first one
btw the weather looks just as dull as here - wet and cold :-/

 

[Uncle Frank]

Running behind again ...

I think it was worth it though. Here are my Saturday pictures:

A very peculiar cold front moved through town this afternoon. The storm itself was less than a quarter mile wide, but stretched from horison to horizon in length:

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Freshly scrubbed, the night sky was quite clear:

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Just in time for the Geminid meteor shower. You can see a Geminid trail near the bottom, just to the left of center:

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All images taken with D700, #1 ISO=400, #2 & 3, ISO = 5000 to keep the exposure time low enough not to visibly smear the stars.

A shockingly unambiguous set of images, Chris... so literal that I can understand them. The storm may be a fragment of the low pressure system that caused deluges in the Bay area earlier in the week. And I envy you the stars. I'm sorry to say that between light polution and ghastly air, it's a sight not seen here.

Saturday at Arendonk, Belgium

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a bit on the tardy side was away all day till late

#16 is my favorite, but it needed a cow in the muddy field to complete it.

 

[Gordo]

As I was getting ready to respond to the posts, I saw David's image. Went and checked - yep. Seems pbase had some data center issue, and about 10% of their users couldn't access the site. I'll get days 6 and 7 posted and then finish comments tonight and tomorrow.

Anywhos... last night I felt worse than today and thought I'd try to make hay of the situation.

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[Chris101]

One of the kiddies

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D700_2014-12-13_DSC_8918-Edit-Edit.jpg by Morten Westergaard, on Flickr

Very nice pic of the kids Morten. This picture inspired me - I wanted to get one of Sam an Olivia together. But Sam is so ... you know, 16. (His birthday was this week, but would you know it ... nah.) I was only able to shoot Olivia, who is not 16 at all.

From a back lane in downtown Winnipeg. Much of this area hasn't succumbed to modern re-development.

Larry
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I really dig this 'urban ruin' kind of subject matter. I guess because it makes me feel at home. Great shooting, I can't say which one I like best - they all rock!

Saturday at Arendonk, Belgium

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a bit on the tardy side was away all day till late

I like the first one a lot Fons - it looks completely abstract, like a Kandinsky or Calder or something. I would love to see this irl, but I would fear that reality would pale compared to your photograph of it. It's wonderful.

As I was getting ready to respond to the posts, I saw David's image. Went and checked - yep. Seems pbase had some data center issue, and about 10% of their users couldn't access the site. I'll get days 6 and 7 posted and then finish comments tonight and tomorrow.

Anywhos... last night I felt worse than today and thought I'd try to make hay of the situation.

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Dude. I know how you feel - this happened to me a few week-50s back. I remember doing a sequence of me sneezing and a picture of a box of Kleenex. Just remember, Nyquil is your friend! (well, not the acetaminophen, but the doxylamine and dextromethorphan are for sure.) Take care of yourself!

 

[Chris101]

A shockingly unambiguous set of images, Chris... so literal that I can understand them. The storm may be a fragment of the low pressure system that caused deluges in the Bay area earlier in the week. And I envy you the stars. I'm sorry to say that between light polution and ghastly air, it's a sight not seen here.
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Heh. Phoenix is nothing but light pollution. I got my telescope in the early 90s, and it was barely passable then. It had worsened, but thanks to digital photography and it's editing tools, I can still tease out the pictures. It looks nothing like this though.

Spectacular sky in the background on the first one!
The night sky is beautiful as well - like that you included the branches on the last one
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Thanks Morten. I shot about a hundred of these before catching a meteor in the frame. Last night was the peak of the Geminid meteor storm. By the way, meteor storm is a complete misnomer. It's more like a meteor drizzle.

Spectacular cloudscape

It WAS spectacular Fons. I had never seen anything like it before, and I've seen a lot of storms here. This one was so precise - 20 degrees warmer on the leading side, and nly a few blocks wide. I wish I had been able to capture the lightening, but I only saw a handful of bolts.

 

[Gordo]

There was a Christmas celebration for kids at the gym tonight. The staff was totally into it.

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Festive bunch! And I spy another camera.

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50/1.8 AiS + D700
1/20 @ f/22 ISO 200

Cool perspective on the birds - I like the contradiction between the still and the mobile.

architecture

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Mighty tasty looking architecture.

One of the kiddies

D700_2014-12-13_DSC_8918-Edit-Edit.jpg by Morten Westergaard, on Flickr

Another wonderful portrait of your kids.

From a back lane in downtown Winnipeg. Much of this area hasn't succumbed to modern re-development.

Larry
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Nice series - I like the ladder shot.

Merry Christmas! (I know Frank already did one like this on the first day, but I've always enjoyed these coloured dots photos - and wanted to see what the bokeh of my lens looked like...)

DSC_6174 by Flickr.Morph, on Flickr

Another bokeh tree. Nicely done.

Running behind again ...

I think it was worth it though. Here are my Saturday pictures:

A very peculiar cold front moved through town this afternoon. The storm itself was less than a quarter mile wide, but stretched from horison to horizon in length:

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Freshly scrubbed, the night sky was quite clear:

Just in time for the Geminid meteor shower. You can see a Geminid trail near the bottom, just to the left of center:

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All images taken with D700, #1 ISO=400, #2 & 3, ISO = 5000 to keep the exposure time low enough not to visibly smear the stars.

I wonder if that front is going blow through here...

Nice sky images. (One of the things I wanted to try, but we have been plagued with overcast skies for the last 4 days or so - should have tried earlier.)

Saturday at Arendonk, Belgium

2014_week50_#14

2014_week50_#15

2014_week50_#16

2014_week50_#17

a bit on the tardy side was away all day till late

Fons - those first two shots are just too cool.

 

[Chris101]

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I wonder if that front is going blow through here...

Nice sky images. (One of the things I wanted to try, but we have been plagued with overcast skies for the last 4 days or so - should have tried earlier.)
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i heard they had quite a blow in Northern California. Don't know about Texas and points East. At this time, I'm guessing any activity will be from a new system.

And don't worry about the sky - it's always there. (But our ability to see it? ... I can only hope.)

 

[BLX]

As I was getting ready to respond to the posts, I saw David's image. Went and checked - yep. Seems pbase had some data center issue, and about 10% of their users couldn't access the site. I'll get days 6 and 7 posted and then finish comments tonight and tomorrow.

Anywhos... last night I felt worse than today and thought I'd try to make hay of the situation.

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Hopefully you're better now Gordon - good idea with this shot

 

[Fons Baerken]

As I was getting ready to respond to the posts, I saw David's image. Went and checked - yep. Seems pbase had some data center issue, and about 10% of their users couldn't access the site. I'll get days 6 and 7 posted and then finish comments tonight and tomorrow.

Anywhos... last night I felt worse than today and thought I'd try to make hay of the situation.

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Gordon may you feel well again