Thanks to Ice Swimmer. I miss the sea something fierce, it’s always good to see photos. Click for full size.
Bladderwrack and reed debris. © Ice Swimmer
Sailing in Xmas. © Ice Swimmer
Sun low over Toolonlahti. © Ice Swimmer
Sunset from Merisatama. © Ice Swimmer
Sunset from Siltasaari Hels. © Ice Swimmer
it’s going to be ages before anything is growing here. Sigh. Click for full size.
Tiger Lily, © C. Ford.
I do believe I’m going to have to start hoarding my pennies. Great gear from Cognisys, and amazing captures. Thanks to Opus.
Captured with the new Sabre by Steve Gettle. This pair of Blue Jays was captured in our home state of Michigan. Many thanks to Steve for sharing! You can see Steve’s setup for the shot on his blog.
The rest of the animal fence can be seen here.
Some of Gracie’s crew.
I am not, however, in the kindest of moods towards them, Gracie in particular:
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council photo competition allows researchers and doctoral students to share their work in pictures, with winners from categories ranging from eureka to weird and wonderful. Award winning images of science in action. Thanks to Opus for the heads up.
A rotating jet of a viscoelastic liquid, which won first place in the weird and wonderful category
Photograph: Professor Omar Matar/EPSRC/PA
There’s a quotation group on Moblog, and it’s a lot of fun. You choose a quotation, then illustrate it photographically. Some quotations can be a real challenge. I’d like to do that here, but with a bit of a twist. Leave quotations you’d like to see illustrated here, and anyone can choose one, and illustrate it any way you like, with a photo, drawing, or other art form, then send it to quesneaffinity@gmail.com. Here’s an old one I did for the Moblog group, way back when, titled Perhaps:
“Perhaps the most lasting pleasure in life is the pleasure of not going to church.” – William Inge