Skill Bill was confident that he would beat the four eggs

Skill Bill was confident that he would beat the four eggs, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feedback welcome).

P1440716 - Oh what a scramble Skill Bill had got himself into whilst I was out the room, but just managed to get him middle leaping over the four remaining eggs!

SOOC
DMC G1 Default lens
Tripod (natural window light)

Scavenger Challenge
1. It's Leap Year, so catch someone or something in the act of leaping (feet off the ground).

I Do It Daily, you can to Today's Posting
Leap Year, Jump, Jumping, Leaping, 1 in 4, miss a few and show one, 29, the odd one, a proposal or even a wedding your choice, post it then Tag it with #TP113

Flickr Jumping tag #flickrjump2012

That's a Wrap (version 2) Fully Embraced!

That's a Wrap (version 2) Fully Embraced!, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feedback welcome).

P1410655 - Well I didn't think they would go on much longer and been on a different walk lately. But today the sun was shining and almost no breeze what so ever, just two frustrated dogs wanting to get on with their walk and this :)

SOOC
DMC G1 + Helios 44M + Doubler
Free hand + sunshine

So you may remember the quest and the wrap was performed by the Jobiee-Light in the end

Might want to, it's up to you, but just in case you want to pop into the light box click me worth a trip

Hey Bud! ............ light box!

Hey Bud! ............ light box!, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feedback welcome).

P1420538 - Occasionally I might take a photograph of a leaf, just sometimes. Then some other times I like to present my work in a minimalist style. And sometimes the sun comes out from behind the clouds :)

SOOC
DMC G1 + Helios 44M + Doubler
Free hand (in the external studio = woods + sun)

It is worth a peek in the light box

and

May be in original size to viewI> the detail as I did

Project Fern - Rusty Back Spores (II)

Project Fern - Rusty Back Spores (II), originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feedback welcome).

P1420593 - It's not the name, these little ferns are study and are great to shoot (when it's not windy and you can get some sun on them). Then they produce these spores (I believe that's their common name). This particular fronds or Fern is a little project on it'sown, bit the like the flower last week.

Quite pleased with this version II, managed to find some light and get some of the detail, but not probably the detailed shot I wanted. You can view the original size to understand my slight disappointment on the spore detail. It might be a job for the bellows to pick it out.

If you don't want to look that close, it's really nice in the light box

SOOC (and those in comments)
DMC G1 + Helios 44M + Doubler
Free hand


light box

original size

Remenants of the season as we unwind towards spring

Remenants of the season as we unwind towards spring, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feedback welcome).

P1420767 - As you know take a lot of leaves, they just seem to have some beauty to me, different light, different states through out the year.
Could not quite get the light without the inclusion of some other leaves in the top right, so a bit of post processing, a square crop. Slightly disappoint with the focus on the larger leaf, but that's me.

Cropped SOOC
DMC G1 + Helios 44M + Doubler
Free hand

Holding On for Spring .... nicer on black

Holding On for Spring .... nicer on black, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feedback welcome).

P1420787 - Had to do some avoidance tactics as a couple of dogs who Rusty doesn't get on to well with were coming along the path. As always you land up finding something different and interesting.
Just tickled me as I walked done the path and saw this leaf, with the new shoots in the background.

Slight crop due to a twig ghost
DMC G1 + Helios 44M
Free hand

Lightbox

No Snow, but here's something with a glow to be embraced. . . (probably the light box) ...Explored

No Snow, but here's something with a glow to be embraced. . . (probably the light box) ...Explored, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feedback welcome).

P1410142 - A bit more from the Dof Painting easel, waiting for Zeke to finish splish and splashing in a nearby stream which was partly cover in crisp watercress, but after the four legged hooligan had stirred up some mud, it didn't look so inviting :)

Just in case you not sure how to get to the light box click me

SOOC
DMC G1 + Helios 44M + Doubler
Free hand

Explored #424 - thanks explored discover by JimbobEdsel

Ecko Lighting, that's a Fernament replacement

Ecko Lighting, that's a Fernament replacement, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feedback welcome).

P1400576 - Been thinking about this for a while, with very little spare time. Took about 40 minutes to get the shot I wanted and it's still not perfect.
So this is the Fern/Frond that was snapped off some weeks ago and used in the strobist experiments www.flickr.com/photos/rustymarvin/6752087775/ 25-Jan.
The bulb had blown and been sitting on desk awaiting a replacement, the sun was playing around behind some cloud every now and then.
The shot is lit by sunlight bounced from the outside (make up mirror) the right hand light is from Jobiee-Light to take out some hot spots.

So it's a must for the light box

SOOC
DMC G1 + Helios 44M + Doubler
Tripod, lit by sunlight bounced from the outside (make up mirror) the right hand light is from Jobiee-Light to take out some hot spots. Was hoping for a little distortion, but hey that's how your boat floats sometimes :)

Scavenger Challenge
6. Photograph something behind glass. If reflections are present, use them to advantage.
Behind two pieces of glass

Today's Posting
We've reached daily assignment #100, so the choice is yours 100 as a theme or use capture landmark, mile stone to celebrate, post it then Tag it with #TP100
Somebody had a bright idea is my response to the #TP100

Tags
ecko light lighting fern frond screw electric green bulb eco #TP100

Don't pick the prickly pear by the paw

Don't pick the prickly pear by the paw, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feedback welcome).

P1400699 - Had a walk out the back woods today (to many little people in the main woods) and this tree has been resting here for x years still in good order and noticed these two half's of a whole, placed on the moss. So I thought I would give it a go with the 300 mm and see if I could get the light right:)

Or you might want to pop into the light box or take a risk and press .........................................................'L'

Disney at there best (IMHO) go on you you know you want to listen and it's a full 7 minute extract

Look for the bare necessities
The simple bare necessities
Forget about your worries and your strife
I mean the bare necessities
Old Mother Nature's recipes
That brings the bare necessities of life

Wherever I wander, wherever I roam
I couldn't be fonder of my big home
The bees are buzzin' in the tree
To make some honey just for me
When you look under the rocks and plants
And take a glance at the fancy ants
Then maybe try a few

The bare necessities of life will come to you
They'll come to you!

Look for the bare necessities
The simple bare necessities
Forget about your worries and your strife
I mean the bare necessities
That's why a bear can rest at ease
With just the bare necessities of life

Now when you pick a pawpaw
Or a prickly pear
And you prick a raw paw
Next time beware
Don't pick the prickly pear by the paw
When you pick a pear
Try to use the claw
But you don't need to use the claw
When you pick a pear of the big pawpaw
Have I given you a clue ?

The bare necessities of life will come to you
They'll come to you!

So just try and relax, yeah cool it
Fall apart in my backyard
'Cause let me tell you something little britches
If you act like that bee acts, uh uh
You're working too hard

And don't spend your time lookin' around
For something you want that can't be found
When you find out you can live without it
And go along not thinkin' about it
I'll tell you something true

The bare necessities of life will come to you

Just love those words and the simplistic view on life and how true so many of them are

SOOC
DMC G1 + Optomax Auto 1:5.5 f=300mm taken from 15 foot (4 m) away
Free hand

Tags
horse chestnut log moss fern bark half split prickly

Small Tree or Big Bird - at piece in the evening (present for Stu and Bill)

Small Tree or Big Bird - at piece in the evening (present for Stu and Bill), originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feedback welcome).

P1400036 - Been watching this guy or girl and more recently a pair. This is not the normal tree (see below for a zoom out) it sits in. But driving back from the forest and saw him sat there, turned around, parked the car and managed to get this quickly before he/she went off to find dinner. Didn't get time to check the camera and discovered FStop 22 :( But liked the result

Stu I said along as it's not birds - at piece in the evening
Bill, you love this tree and here it is back to normal (well without leaves)


SOOC
DMC G1 + Optomax Auto 1:5.5 f=300mm
Freehand (amazed myself) just over 1/4 mile away

tags
tree dusk sky bird Peregrine falcon

Being Digital the future is electric twigs - crop

Being Digital the future is electric twigs - crop, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feedback welcome).

P1390890 - Thought some of you might like this as I do, made me smile. It was an attempt to get a shot of some twigs with some really nice light as I walked past with the 300mm. Nope there is not even a good one to show you what I trying to get. And please don't ask for a repeat!
It reminds of some of the first attempts at A.I a few years back, but perhaps you might have had to have been there.

Crop and a tweak on exposure
DMC G1 + Optomax Auto 1:5.5 f=300mm
Freehand

Tags
Being digital electric twig

Spring Breaking Though ....

Spring Breaking Though ...., originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feedback welcome).

P1390623 - Mucking about yesterday came across loads of buds, did attempt it free hand, but needed the tripod for that bit of stability and then no sun today. Best laid plans of mice and men, yep you never know.

SOOC
DMC G1 + Helios 44M + Doubler F Stop 2
Tripod

Helios 44M is a single manual lens, doubler does what it says, doubles the size of the image

Scavenger Challenge
21. Education Center: a shallow depth of field (DoF) can be achieved either through the lens or via post-processing and is often used to emphasize the subject or a portion of the subject, leaving the remainder of the image blurred and out of focus. If you do not have the option of changing your f-stop to a lower number, use the macro setting on your camera.

So this is a narrow depth of field to me, but I can and often are wrong! Having read three different articles it could be shallow as the F stop was on 2, but another says narrow.

Below is another for HFF. Below that is what I think shallow depth of field is, I assumed and could be wrong it's a combination of narrow from the lens and the angle of the shot. But again terms seem to be all over the place depending on who you are and what you have looked up or read on different days. .

You guys decide happy to go with the decision either way!

Tags
Spring twig bud buds narrow focus dof

That's a wrap then - version I - plain background - Just Embrace them .. light box is nice

That's a wrap then - version I - plain background - Just Embrace them .. light box is nice, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feedback welcome).

P1390633 - So this little adventure started back in November (see below), almost a never ending story :)
These particular flowers are at the edge of the forest with a single tree line to protect them from the wind, also the tree line blocks out the sun. The days when the sunlight is available normally has either a slight breeze or it's quite windy. The days when there's no sun there is hardly any breeze. Then the other variable has been on the good days with a breeze /wind I haven't had the tripod.
So today overcast and miserable, with a hint of sun with tripod in the hope the sun might appear :) No it didn't, so Jobiee-Light came to the rescue.

SOOC
DMC G1 + Helios 44M + Doubler
Tripod + Jobiee-Light

Tags
Flower flowers stalk stem flowerhead flowerheads

Up the Pole

Up the Pole, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feedback welcome).

P1390537 - Spent some time looking around for something appealing, but the only that appealed to me was not the scaffolding but the remnants of the building that caught my eye.
Attempted a few things to try and make them stand out, but landed up focusing on the third pole in as the joints done nothing either


Tweaked - 300mm lens and light and me still not there. Reduced exposure -2, added a bit highlights and pushed the contrast +4

DMC G1 + Optomax Auto 1:5.5 f=300mm
Free hand

Today's Posting
Make a photograph featuring strong vertical lines today., post it then Tag it with #TP94

Tags
scaffolding scaffold pole poles vertical brace joint planks #TP94

Dof'in good Fence Friday - on the outside looking in

Dof'in good Fence Friday - on the outside looking in, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feedback welcome).

P1390515 - Happy Fence Friday here's hoping the weather is good for everyone.

New fence structure at the entrance to the woods, 12 foot away from the focus point :)

SOOC - apart from the rotate
DMC G1 + Helios 44M + Doubler (I do have other lenses, but really enjoying having fun with this at the moment) I like the light
Free hand


HDFF Happy DoF Fence Friday

But do you need it ..use your Splayd!

But do you need it ..use your Splayd!, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feedback welcome).

P1390366 - Spoon and Spork or Spoon and Splayd or Spoon and Sporf
This is a Viners Splayd never mastered eating custard with them, but they are great and it is fun to watch visitors trying to get the hang of them.

The concept was to get a shallow Depth of Field (DoF), but had to stop at this angle as the items become unrecognisable. So the DoF is on the prongs/tines

SOOC
DMC G1 + Helios 44M
Tripod - nature window light + shiny black paper background

Today's Posting
Leave something out today. Be visually brief. Shoot tight. Make a photo that's direct and to the point., post it then Tag it with #TP93

Tags
spoon splader fork spork #TP93 Splayd Sporf

The Sandwich - Sliced Sausage with Egg

The Sandwich - Sliced Sausage with Egg, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feedback welcome).

P1390312 - Why not a short sandwich series

SOOC
DMC G1 + Helios 44M + Doubler
Free hand

Tags
bread butter egg oats sausage

Experiment - P1390270 - Dark tones, the thinker SOOC!

Experiment - P1390270 - Dark tones, the thinker SOOC!, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feedback welcome).

P1390270 - Not convinced that I can get the dark tones without any post processing (what's that then!). With post processing never land up with some thing that I am happy with:(

SOOC
DMC G1 + Helios 44M
Tripod + Jobiee light covered in two layers of black mesh cloth

Today's Posting
Make a photograph dominated by dark tones today., post it then Tag it with #TP92

Project Fern - P1390115 - Some Might Call it ARt .. trip out to the LBx

Project Fern - P1390115 - Some Might Call it ARt .. trip out to the LBx, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feedback welcome).

P1390115 - The fern project continues, each time it seems to get closer to the thing I want, but then I don't what that is so wander how it could be closer :)
I must admit I really like this one, all about the light.

It's was SOOC but a square crop unravels that as a true statement
Square crop
DMC G1 + Helios 44M + Helios doubler
Free hand

Trip out to the light box view in original size

Tags
fern frond ferns fronds web

Balls Dancing on Ice ..... On black is chillin'

Balls Dancing on Ice ..... On black is chillin', originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feedback welcome).

_1380753 - Bit of ice around this morning went to clear it of the bird bath at the top of the water fall and notice this.
Another piece of MN ARt sculpture with a little sun light preparing to strip the model down and perhaps replace it with another.

SOOC
DMC G1 + Helios 44M
Free hand

Tags
"Dancing on Ice" light sun frozen lumps balls

H.M.S. SIRIUS (Bas Relief) - Close up

H.M.S. SIRIUS (Bas Relief) - Close up, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feedback welcome).

- H.M.S. SIRIUS
On 13 May 1787 the First Fleet sailed to Australia from the motherbank just offshore (Ryde) and was the principle navel consort for the first fleet which arrived in Sydney, Australia 26 Jan 1788.
In the UK this group of people (mixture or criminals and individuals) are known as the First Fleeter's. The Capitan's and some of the crew were blessed at St Thomas's Church in Ryde Isle of WIght.

SOOC
DMC G1 + Helios 44 M
Free hand (dusk drawing in)

Australia Day
Part of the series to celebrate Australia Day to view the full series click ME

Do It Daily make your resolution now and join us @ Today's Posting
Australia Day 'As Is' / Was - Outback, Kangaroo, Opals, Gold, Koala, Emu, Tasmanian devil, Possum or Platypus, post it then Tag it with #TP79

Bit of Wiki on HMS Sirius

On the lighter Side

On the lighter Side, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feedback welcome).

Yes, I'll admit it, went ARty before you start on me, but the art is created by science :)
I preferred this one posted as I like in the light box, the other two look nice two, but had slightly harsher light reflections on the glass, probably should have gone for II below, but also the reflection of the foot makes it look out of focus or blurred.

SOOC
DMC G1 + Helios 44M
Tripod + Strobist (45 up and 45 to the left. Plus small light to the right 90 degrees angled with matt black card.
Base is reflective black, background is reflective gold to give reflection

Balls Dancing on Ice ..... On black is chillin'

Balls Dancing on Ice ..... On black is chillin', originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feedback welcome).

_1380753 - Bit of ice around this morning went to clear it of the bird bath at the top of the water fall and notice this.
Another piece of MN ARt sculpture with a little sun light preparing to strip the model down and perhaps replace it with another.

SOOC
DMC G1 + Helios 44M
Free hand