Picture of the Day

[Darakian]

Thanks, here are a few variations of the theme.

_MG_0996 by Darakian, on Flickr

_MG_1025 by Darakian, on Flickr

I ran into a guy with a nikon Df and 14-24 while there. I was drooling so hard :p

[BenchZowner]

But you didn't happen to come across a maniac like me who'd approach it and look and shoot down at it

[Soulburner]

I'll upload later, but tell me what you expect: almost full moon, 20 second exposure, ISO 200, f/3.5

On a clear night? A fully blown blob of white pixels.

[[XC] Oj101]

On a clear night? A fully blown blob of white pixels.

I've been away for Christmas, I'll upload tonight and you'll probably be very surprised

[BenchZowner]

Arachova blues...

[[XC] Oj101]

^ very moody shot, I quite like it.

[felix_w]

My avatar is from the very same place, similar time of the year...

[Darakian]

Spot the gecko.

_MG_1422 by Darakian, on Flickr

[BenchZowner]

Athens at dusk:

[kwscore]

You Don't Need Telescope by kwscore on Flickr

[Darakian]

Ohhh, nice KW. What's the light in the background? Sunset?
Ok, here's the mother load from my trip.

_MG_0534 by Darakian, on Flickr


_MG_1443 by Darakian, on Flickr


_MG_0404 by Darakian, on Flickr


_MG_0438 by Darakian, on Flickr


_MG_0408 by Darakian, on Flickr


_MG_0499 by Darakian, on Flickr


_MG_1128 by Darakian, on Flickr


_MG_1371 by Darakian, on Flickr


_MG_1417 by Darakian, on Flickr


_MG_1567 by Darakian, on Flickr


_MG_1620 by Darakian, on Flickr


_MG_1651 by Darakian, on Flickr


_MG_1673 by Darakian, on Flickr


_MG_1691 by Darakian, on Flickr


_MG_1722 by Darakian, on Flickr


_MG_0372 by Darakian, on Flickr

[kwscore]

Ohhh, nice KW. What's the light in the background? Sunset?

behind the mountains is the small town

Ok, here's the mother load from my trip.

Nice Trip

Anyway Happy New 2014 Guys

[hokiealumnus]

Wow, some great photos while I've been gone!

Here are a couple from Washington, DC of the US Capitol.

f/3.5, 1/25 sec, ISO 1600, 18 mm, -0.7 eV, No flash


f/4.5, 1/10 sec, ISO 1600, 31 mm, -0.7 eV, No flash


f/5.6, 1/13 sec, ISO 1600, 69 mm, -0.7 eV, No flash

[[XC] Oj101]

It was great It's a very old, single story hospital divided into about twenty buildings. The place has been TRASHED by vagrants, even the flooring of some of the buildings has been stolen. Toilets have been smashed, baths have been stolen, it was really bad. It was quite a rush getting the whole thing photographed, so I didn't try anything arty - I just used aperture priority with exposure compensation dropped one full stop (the default is just silly bright for some reason) with AEB set to +/-1 stop. Other than that it was pretty much walk, aim, click, but I managed to capture pretty much everything in the three hours I had inside. I'll link to an album once I get around to uploading.

The Canon 600D (I think it's the T3i on the other side of the Atlantic puddle) might have zero weather sealing, but it survived three hours in moderate rainfall yesterday

So I opened a Flickr account for the very reason of hosting these pictures as I don't want them on the Photostream of my main account. These are all completely unedited straight from the camera, simply converted to RAW and resized. The white mushy stuff on the floor in some of the pictures is old medical records, there should be a shot or two of an intact record where you can actually read all about the patient. You'll see some pictures of fences with holes cut into them or simply pushed over, which is how the vagrants get in and out. You'll see holes in the ground where wiring has been stolen, and holes in walls where copper piping has been ripped out. You'll see stolen flooring. You'll see an absolute mess.

There are 215 pictures in total, here's the link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/113516333@N04/

Oh, and some are a bit blurry in places, my camera and lens got well and truly SOAKED and you're seeing rain trickling down the front element.

[[XC] Oj101]

I'll post a few here (about 20 pics incoming):


Underground cabling ripped up



Old medical records



More old medical records



Till slip from 1994 showing a packet of biscuits for R2.19 - very good condition considering it's almost 20 years old!



Smashed toilet for no good reason



Missing ceiling, roof and even some wall



Shredded paper beneath missing flooring



Destruction



More destruction


Print of an old x-ray



Further random destruction



Untouched chemicals of some kind, they're on an old autopsy table so who knows how dangerous they are



Not even outer walls are immune to vandalism



Absolutely trashed, and for no good reason



More stolen copper piping



Remnants of a bathroom



Drywalls and flooring don't stand a chance



These crutches must be worth a small fortune, I'm surprised they haven't been stolen



The hand-towel dispenser is probably worth more than the stolen piping



There was a bath here at one stage

[hokiealumnus]

Totally creepy; thanks for sharing! Surprised your camera is ok after all that, but I'm certainly glad for you that it survived.

[hokiealumnus]

These are from the Springs, Sprockets & Pulleys 2013, exhibit at the Museum of Life & Science. This one has been at the museum before and it's always neat to see.

These were all shot with aperture wide open, ISOs from 1000-1600, auto shutter, no flash, various focal lengths, -0.7eV.

[Malik]

[[XC] Oj101]

That is freaking awesome. Do you have a higher res version?

[BenchZowner]

Where are you captain now that I need you ?

[Soulburner]

Where are you captain now that I need you ?

Where is this?

[BenchZowner]

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=38.024...1&z=19&iwloc=A

[BenchZowner]

[.::NeO::.]

Sunset di Marco88it, su Flickr

[hokiealumnus]

Would the two of you care to share EXIF for those two stunning photos?

BZ, was that with a filter?