For a change, a dawn dawning. From the bottom of the half croft at a cottage we were staying at in Bhaltos (Valtos), N Skye. Looking over to Shieldaig. #Skye #Shieldaig #Dawn #Landscape #Photogaphy #Scotland #Hebrides
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John Dal
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mastodon 4.7.3Retired systems programmer, now leftwing ranting botanist photographer grandad ex climber. Living in Northumberland, NE England. Oh, and I occasionally play guitar (#Gibson #LG1) and sing at local folk things.
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Windows on windows.
#venstervrijdag #Fensterfreitag #WindowFriday #Newcastle #Cityscape #Photography
There's not much else in nature which is the colour of Lichen. I have no idea what you would call it, "grey-green" maybe? I think "Lichen" will have to do. Here's a lovely little patch of British Soldiers, or Devils Matchsticks or whatever people call it - but maybe not big enough red caps for those. In reality, it's a Cladonia some sort - my ID skills aren't up to getting any closer these days. On moorland somewhere up north. #Lichen #Nature
Applecross from the south, looking across the mouth of Loch Carron. #Landscape #Photography #Applecross #Scotland #Mountain #Water #Loch #Clouds
From a crag overlooking the valley a belaying climber gets to look out over an unfolding temperature inversion in the valley below and a stunning sunset. Ravensheugh Crag, Northumberland. #Northumberland #Sunset #Climate #Weather #Landscape #Photography
Close Encounter.
Something in this image creates the impression that the turbine is floating like an alien ship, maybe something to do with the gravel base.
#Engineering #WindTurbine #Turbine #Renewables #Wanneys #BlackAndWhitePhotography #BlackAndWhite #Photography
Pylon with fisheye.
I rather like photographing pylons, easier than birds, people etc. They stay put and don't argue. #Photography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #BlackAndWhite #Pylon #ElectricPylon
If there's one thing I will never forget it's Scottish West Coast sunsets, looking over to western isles. #Landscape #Scotland #Skye #Hebrides #Sunset #Photography
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@JanPV@mastodon.social I've used this service before to get a map. Just if you get no takers. https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/recordcopying/
Ratcheugh Observatory, an 18th century folly owned by the Duke of Northumberland and consisting of, on the left, a raised square observatory with 360% views of Northumberland and the North Sea, and a small flat on the right, which is rented out. IIMHO the best flat in the county if you forget who owns it! The crag it sits on has a some poor rock climbs on it. #Photography #Landscape #Northumberland #Folly
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@waeiski@vis.social Note that at least half of the functionality I'm talking about is workflow/image archive handling - cataloguing, keywording, seamless inter-program integration with plugins, etc. Editing an image is the easy bit.
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@waeiski@vis.social I think "lock-in" is the wrong take. The software is better at doing the job i need. I have an investment in the workflow but I'm prepared to relearn that, it's just that nothing else has the functionality. Maybe that is because once they gain commercial advantage they can blow the opposition away by throwing resources at development. An interesting downside of that is MS Office and the Paper Clip - they are in danger of overdoing it - and Photoshop is there now. IMHO.
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@waeiski@vis.social if only Adobe, Topaz et al created Linux implementations of their photography software! And please don't suggest using Linux equivalents as there's nothing that comes close to the functionality and easy workflow for my usage. So my main machine stays W11, the laptop and reserve machine are going
Linux.
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@TENET_CDN@mastodon.social @josh@hactivedirectory.com Sorry, You inplied that the photo was not in the USA, which sounded like you had other info on it. No worries, I agree with the sentiments.
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@lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social
Our bathroom tap = Wimpy Water. The Great Flood = All Out Water.
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@erkhyan@yiff.life No worse than Android or whatever Apple call their OS these days. The important thing is that they make money and steal information, not that they work.