This has been one of those days when a photo like this one is a balm for the nerves. No, nothing bad—just sped up. Willy Volk, who took this shot on the Lake Worth bridge, said that he’s been seeing sunsets like this one over the past few nights. The treeline does say Florida.
If you have some amazing shots to share, send them our way at Gadling’s Flickr Photo Pool. One might be chosen as a Photo of the Day.
With Valentine’s Day coming up, I searched for a photo that had something to do with love. When I typed in the word love to Gadling’s photo pool, this lovely homage to the color blue appeared. Hmmm. Let’s go with it. Love can be blue as in the song that goes, “Blue, blue my world is blue, blue is my world when I’m without you. . .”
In StrudelMonkey’s case, this glorious blue world of stone was found at the beach on the west coast of Ireland. Here’s an indication of how moving in close to the subject can make for an alluring image.
If you have an alluring image to share, send it our way at Gadling’s Flickr Photo Pool. It might be picked for a Photo of the Day. To hear “Love is Blue,” keep reading. Happy Valentine’s Day early.
The video is of Paul Mauriat and his orchestra playing the song “Love is Blue.”
The woman in the photo was sorting rice in Luang Nam Tha, Laos back in February 2008. I would venture to say that the same woman is still sorting rice in this careful, quiet way of doing work that sustains people. This is the type of work that is never quite done, but remains important year after year.
Whenever I have watched women like the one in this photo by Laura Itzokowitz, I am struck by the calming effect that removing bits of grass, twig and stones from rice can have on the world.
If you have a photo to be considered for a Photo of the Day pick, send it our way at Gadling’s Flickr photo pool.
Outdoor photography is always a bit of challenge under any conditions, but it can be even more so in the winter when shadows and lighting reflected off the snow can make for unusual challenges. With that in mind, I found this list of Ten Winter Photography Tips posted at TheGearJunkie.com, a website aimed at outdoor enthusiasts and adventure travelers.
The article, and the photographs that accompany it, come courtesy of professional photographer Jay Kinghorn, who shoots with an Olympus E-Series camera. But Jay’s advice is helpful for anyone who wants to shoot better pictures, with some excellent tips to keep in mind the next time you’re trying to capture the moment in a winter wonderland.
For instance, Jay offers advice on how to deal with the temperatures by recommending that you keep your camera cold and your batteries warm. He notes that when a camera is kept warm, whether it’s inside your jacket or in the ski lodge, and then moves back to the cold outdoors, the lens will fog over with steam, preventing you from getting the shots that you want. On the other hand, the cold is particularly hard on batteries, zapping them of power, so be sure to bring an extra battery along, and keep it inside your jacket, close to your body, so that it does remain warm. Other tips include watching your histogram, boosting your ISO, and more, and each of them have a short, but informative, paragraph explaining just why the tip is important.Photography is one of those activities that most travelers have in common. We all like to capture our adventures to share them with friends and family back home. Personally, I’m always happy to receive advice on how to improve my own photographs, and this article gave me some new things to thing about, both in my photography over all and in winter specifically.
Yesterday saw the launch of an amazing online image resource for anyone interested in traveling to Africa. (You can’t see it, but my right hand is waving frantically above my head right now as I’m typing with my left). DiscoverAfrica.com plays host to some of the most breathtaking photos you will ever see of this most picturesque continent.
My simple search for “Morocco” came up with over one hundred images of places, people, and sights in this country. Then, of course, my mouse gravitated to “Surfing,” where my bottom lip promptly dropped to the floor as I laid my eyes upon some of the most vivid and captivating photos of the ocean and the sport that I have seen.
There are few words on this site, which is just as it should be as it lets the images speak for themselves. I could honestly spend hours sifting through thousands of photos taken all over Africa and need to come up for air. The site itself is extremely simple, clean, and user-friendly. It’s all about admiring the images — paying homage to the continent. Seriously, every one of the site’s images puts my amateur photos to shame.
To celebrate the launch of their site, DiscoverAfrica.com is holding a cool African safari giveaway contest until April 21. Your entry in the contest can be in the form of an essay (on your blog), photo (on Flickr), or video (on YouTube), so long as you communicate your heartfelt desire to travel to Africa and go on a safari. The key to winning this contest is to generate as much buzz about Africa (and your entry) as possible. They know you’ve entered the contest by officially registering with the site and providing the link to your entry.
You’re going to have to beat my entry, though, which is forthcoming. Africa is my least traveled continent, and a destination I’ve so longed to go to. My sister thought I was a shoe-in to be on Survivor: Africa (I’m an enormous fan of the show and have applied five times!) and bought me an African cookbook five years ago, hoping I would make use of it as a castaway. Maybe one day I will finally get a callback and put it to use — or maybe I will actually win this contest and go on the trip/safari of a lifetime!
To beat me to the punch, you can enter the contest HERE. But beware: more competition = more motivation for me!