Summer for me is:
Waterfalls,
Water Lilies,
Water Snakes, yes, water snakes,
And I couldn’t possibly forget:
Lady’s Slippers, with a few bunchberry,
And lupine,
Have a GREAT summer, I know I plan to!
Jeff Sinon Photography
Nature Through The Lens
How cool, exquisite, colourful, watery and sharp ๐ I’ve seen some of these on your kitchen table before ๐
Nice! You’ve been in my kitchen and couldn’t be bothered to stick around to say “hello”? ๐
Actually, the only ones you saw was the lupine with the church in the background, and the lady’s slipper. The rest are all new.
At least I think they’re new, I should check that, gotta keep it fresh for the fans ๐
Nice. Especially like the composition on the waterfall shot.
Thank you very much! I love getting low for my waterfalls. My knees take a beating, but a guys gotta do what a guys gotta do… ๐
Lovely, Jeff, that waterfall shot is spectacular, actually they all are but I love the silken flow of water in the foreground on the waterfall shot. What settings did you use? xxx
Hold that thought, be right back!
Here you go,
17mm @f11, iso 160 for 10 seconds.
I know I used my B+W CPL, but don’t remember if I used my 4-stop ND.
Superb, Jeff, I’m taking notes! xxx
I have no secrets, regarding my photographs, others I’m taking to the grave ๐
Of that I have no doubt!
The stars are mine and this is how I evaluate this submission. Photos are so good that even I could not have taken any better ๐ ๐ ๐
Now, seriously…. they are the first rate Jeff Sinon all over again… my comment would be that they all have an early autumn (fall for you crazy Americans) feel about them; the only summery one features my favourite subject of all, though you have blurred it on purpose. Can you guess what I am talking about?
Thanks Paula,
The waterfall was actually taken very recently, so technically spring, but all the rest a pure summer baby!!
My guess, Water Lily ๐
Nope, I said the subject was blurred and the pic felt more summery to me than the rest of the bunch… I was talking about the tower in the background. I haven’t shown you many of my pics, but I have a serious thing for towers :O)
Ahhh, St. Matthew’s. All the other photos I’ve seen of this field of lupine have the church in much sharper focus. In my “dare to be different” way I decided to go a different route. I’m glad you like it.
You asked me to tell you what I would have done different ๐ and since I am all crooked and weird I would go for a sharp tower and blurred lupine ๐
Come on over! I’ll take you up to Sugar Hill and show you right where this field is ๐
Enjoy your summer and thanks for the gorgeous photos ๐
You as well Madman, and thank you!
P.D: but this works for me as well ๐ as long as it has a tower in it. Fantastic composition btw!!!!
Nope, I reconsidered, having the tower sharp and all the vegetation blurred in this exact composition would not make much sense :D. Just shoot the things the way you feel it Jeff and thank you for letting me meddle ๐
P.S. On the other hand, I guess it is not possible to have these two lupines sharp and the tower sharp and the all the rest of stuff blurred… nope not technically possible ๐
Nice series, Jeff! The watersnake is very cool, looks like a pretty darn big one too! Lots of “Water” in the summer. Totally agree!
beautiful summer moments – whether the moments be overcast or sunny.
thanks for sharing. ๐
Nice shots Jeff. I particularly like the water lilies
Great iamges Jeff…but a snake for summer…oh no
That waterfall is gorgeous. They’re all great but that waterfall. And the Lily too… WOW.
Thanks a bunch Karina! I should be waste deep in water lilies again pretty soon!
Great pictures Jeff. I like the picture of the flowers a lot. Enjoy your summer. ๐
Thanks Arindam, you as well!
Lovely summer post – exquisite photos!
Thank you very much! ๐
Beautiful compositions.
Thank you, glad you like them.
Waterfalls – YES, beautiful flowers – YES, water snakes – NO!!! Lovely images, Jeff! Have a great summer ๐
But actually… what would paradise be without a snake?!
It needs snakes to BE paradise!! ๐
Awww, come on, what’s not to like about a snake ๐
Lovely photos Jeff! Love the way the Lupines mimic the church spire!
Thank you!
These are fantastic – you could have snuck in your waterfall shot to Nick and Shannon’s long exposure challenge this month, no problem! I liked seeing the large print version of some of your photos, such as the lupine one, over on your Facebook page. It’s got to be such a satisfying feeling to see your work in large print like that! (I’m still a little afraid mine will turn out too blurry in large sizes…
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Thanks Abra! I had every intention of submitting a few of my waterfalls, but one thing led to another… The project involving all those large prints you saw all over my kitchen being the biggest reason I didn’t find the time.
Yes, I do like to see my photos printed large. What makes you think yours would be blurry if you printed them large?
Great series, Jeff. My summer series would consist of only a bloated, orange, relentless sun in a cloudless sky, dried creeks, and sun scorched brown foliage. Really love the color balance in the lily and what a cool water snake. I’ve never seen the lady slipper, but it looks a bit alien. Strange but lovely.
Sounds like you live within the blast radius of a nuclear bomb ๐
Yes those Lady’s Slippers are a strange looking orchid aren’t they. My friend Kate calls the the “ball sack.” ๐
OMG – that new camera is working wonders. My eyes just had visions
beyond comprehension. You know my favorite it the Lady Slipper. I think
the bunch berry behind it are so delicate. I can’t eblieve they grow wild
near you. I would be scooping them all up. Good ones, Jeff.
You are too kind ๐
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Thank you Yassmin! I have been trying like mad to visit your blog to properly thank you for all the wonderful comments and the two posts you’ve reblogged. But for some reason I can’t. The page seems to load, but I can’t do anything, can’t scroll, can’t click, it’s like the page is frozen.
For now, I will have to express my gratitude here on my blog. Rest assured I will keep trying to pay a visit to your little corner of blogdom ๐
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Still no go. I think it’s a wordpress thing. My blog is acting up now too. I’ll keep trying though ๐
I did it! For some reason Chrome didn’t like your blog. Both Firefox and Safari do though ๐
so what did u read or like on my blog then ๐ there was an update in the wordpress layout that’s why
I don’t know yet. By the time I figured out that for some reason Chrome doesn’t like your blog, it was so late I needed to get to sleep. ๐
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I do, though I’m having a hard time with almost all of the non-English posts. Google translator is doing a pretty crappy job of translating Arabic into English. It’s making it difficult to read, but I’m not giving up!
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I really don’t want to put you to any trouble, but I will definitely grab a few for you. ๐
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