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12 Pebbles in the sun -
6 Dotted in flowers (ode to Rick) -
11 Griffon grudge -
11 Jagged swords of ice -
9 Glimpse of Valhalla -
2 Sweet 'n rough lands of the north -
![Aboon the English Rose In Scotland grows a warlike flower,
Too rough to bloom in lady's bower;
His crest. when high the soldier bears,
And spurs his courser on the spears.
O there it blossoms - there it blows
The thistle's grown aboon the rose.
(part of a poem named 'Aboon the rose' by Allan Cunningham [1784-1842]) Canon EF12mm II,Cotton Thistle,Geotagged,Onopordum acanthium,The Netherlands,macro,soligor 12mm,soligor 20mm,soligor 36mm](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/240/10129_small.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=VBCFWUuAEXqERK6MjlSdfgYRfbo%3D)
7 Aboon the English Rose -
7 Vanilla base -
6 Life: lovely and peaceful -
5 African's smallest (biggerrin non-thumbnail mode:)) -
4 I... lost my memory, where am I? -
6 In 3D: almost the largest, but certainly the strongest -
9 Red Robin recovery -
5 Nutty vulture -
6 Darkness, a sudden sound -
6 A fulvum waterfall -
6 Ye very ol' Vespula -
5 Are you that lucky, Luke? -
6 Red red wine (tic tac .. augh) -
5 Famous Ash -
![Lichen of the slowest pace [HDR] My first go at HDR: 3 pictures shot at 100ISO and long exposure times, plus and minus 2 EV, 13sec, 2.5sec,30sec). It's reindeer lichen, a very slow growing lichen eaten by mainly Reindeer/Caribou.
This lichen I found while hiking up in Norway with my wife. It is highly protected and it is absolutely forbidden to break off. This loose piece photographed here I found on the ground in a swamp, it was partially eaten. I did not have to break it off, only pick it up, so I was kinda in the clear.
I did not know the reason for it having such a protected state. Years later I read about their very very slow growth rate.
Reindeer lichen is slow growing (only 3–5 mm per year) and may take decades to return once overgrazed, burned, trampled, or otherwise consumed. This piece is about 4cm in radius, so about 10 years old. I did not know that..
This piece is about 10 years in my possession now, residing in one of our book shelves. It is battered a bit, discoloured too. I'll have to make due. Cladonia rangiferina,Geotagged,HDR,Norway,macro,reindeer lichen,soligor 36mm](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/240/4837_small.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=1SER2D9Fjj0vuOLlaRTWN8kfH2Q%3D)
4 Lichen of the slowest pace [HDR] -
8 Into my arms -
![The Colour of Magic "The power to change
To remake anew
To rearrange
The whole wolrd view
The sea is pink
The sky is green
I know what you thik
Is this obscene?"
(part of a [slightly modified] poem by P.J. Perry)
Title is of course a reference to our great fictional fantasy magician Terry Pratchett (who unfortunately has Alzheimer and has already lost the capability to write on his computer)
Funny thing, this red Ibis. It has a decent sized and very noticable curved beak, yet while drinking it succeeds in slight camouflage:) Eudocimus ruber,Geotagged,Scarlet Ibis,The Netherlands,Zooparc Overloon](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/240/11780_small.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=PwZKdJoi4UrqgHxAxq6QJHRM5Fg%3D)
8 The Colour of Magic -
6 Bring me sunset in a cup!
Ludo Sak
It was in the beautiful year of 2003 that I discovered digital photography.
Starting with a Minolta Dimage 7i hybrid camera (as DSLRs had an 'I must be a millionaire' price tag on them) I really started enjoying taking snapshots.
It was an absolute improvement as to my former APS camera.
The 7i had great quality, value for money and a super spec absolutely versatile fixed 50mm 28-200 (35mm equivalent) 2.8-3.5 16 element lens with macro capability. Wow, that's a long sentence. In 2003 it was a killer camera
(and in the food chain I reckon it was on the Lion's tale as it ate batteries like the best).
My snapshots got a bit more advanced and I messed around a bit with its settings. First aperture and then the rest, one step at a time. All these years it served me well. Only real drawback: in low light it wasn't performing well, with an accompanying yet unsatisfying high ISO noise level.
In 2011 my Minolta CCD was no more (like the Monty Python parrot) and I had to buy another camera. After quite some research I decided to invest in a Canon DSLR prosumer range camera. One of the two official Canon repair- and maintenance centres being some 5 kilometres from my home played part in the Canon/Nikon ceremony.
Now I am the proud owner of an 18MP EOS 60D, with a fixed 50mm 1.8 and a zoom 15-85 IS USM, both with Hoya/B+W MRC UV filters, the latter also with a 72mm B+W Fpro circular polariser filter and a red filter for b&w enhancement. One a single battery charge I shoot 1600 pictures on average. And low light high ISO is a small issue given build in very decent level noise reduction. Wow, now isn't that Amazing?
From now on I am rediscovering my drive to shoot, a bit more insight in photography but still a long way to go.
Hey, and enjoying it tremendously!
Ludo
55 y/o MaleJoined 11-28-11
