Day 386, Tall and True

There has been quite a lot of discussion lately about the use of vignetting as an artistic tool. Originally the vignette was a technically undesired featured of an image caused by limitations in optics during capture, printing or both. An unintended but desirable side effect was to draw attention into the middle of the image. […]

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Day 385, Reclaimed

This old car had been hidden away for years and was only just discovered before Christmas. I can’t help wonder at its story and how it came to be where it is today. Not just how it came to be where it is now but from the very ores mined from the ground from which […]

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Day 384, Afterglow

After the sun dips below the horizon the sky transitions through beautiful hues before becoming black and filling with stars. Throw in some dramatic cloud and a bright waxing crescent moon and this the delightful evening we enjoyed. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Day 384, Afterglow’ 15s f/11 ISO100 15mm

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Day 382, Bedtime on West Lakes

Still summer nights are a great time to get out and do a little nocturnal photography in relative balmy comfort. This beautiful still image of an almost mirror smooth West Lakes is amusing in that there is an island of sleeping gulls and pelicans out in the middle on pontoons. Every single bird is standing […]

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