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[midwestdvr]

yea, Jam, your black and white landscapes are going to a new level.

The ones with the mist a while back were awesome too.

here 's one from the North Shore

near our house

the 10.5 is fun for buildings and people

cool photos. the second one is really inviting. need to go to hawaii one of these days.

 

[midwestdvr]

I was bored so decided to hop the train and go to SF for some more nightscapes.

View from Twin Peaks....

Both images are HDRs from 7-8 different exposures. I usually don't do night HDR as the result usually comes out a bit noisy but these turned out well.

 

[parabolic]

midwestdvr once again those are stunning. Do you have any plans for your collection of SF nightscapes? (Besides dazzling all of us here, of course) ++Ken++

 

[midwestdvr]

midwestdvr once again those are stunning. Do you have any plans for your collection of SF nightscapes? (Besides dazzling all of us here, of course) ++Ken++

I haven't really thought about it. I do need to see them printed large so I can see if they're wall worthy

 

[Jamdiver]

yea, Jam, your black and white landscapes are going to a new level.

The ones with the mist a while back were awesome too.

here 's one from the North Shore

near our house

the 10.5 is fun for buildings and people

Nice, love those!!
Woo hoo, think i'll have a fisheye to my ever growing lens list .

And thanks...

P r e c a r i o u s

"Dependent on chance circumstances"

 

[midwestdvr]

Nice, love those!!
Woo hoo, think i'll have a fisheye to my ever growing lens list .

And thanks...

P r e c a r i o u s

"Dependent on chance circumstances"

I'd like to see you with a uwa lens. Imagine the type of photos you'll get with one.

 

[pawikan]

Fastmarc said:

I wonder what those growths are?

Those growths are fibropapilloma tumours. They afflict marine turtles of all species, but particularly greens. The disease is found throughout the world, but in higher concentrations in certain areas, Hawaii being one of them. Florida, Australia, and the Bahamas are other examples of locations that have populations with a high incidence of tumours.

My wife and I have been documenting these tumours in Hawaiian turtles since 1989. You can learn more by visiting:

http://www.turtles.org/sickbay.htm​

I should point out that the latest research into fibropapilloma tumours indicates that although individual turtles still die from the effects of the disease, the Hawaiian population as a whole is not in danger of extinction as was once feared.

As far as I can see in these pictures, this particular honu's eyes are largely free of tumours. That indicates that the disease is regressing and the turtle will probably recover. See:

http://www.turtles.org/eyes/eyes.htm​

As someone points out elsewhere in this thread, the turtles are everywhere in Hawaii now. There is no better place in the world to dive if you want to see these wonderful animals.

I wanted to leave you with a nice turtle picture. We have literally thousands of pictures of the honu, but ironically the selection I have at hand is severely limited. This one, taken in 1995, is a turtle we knew as Aikane. Hope you like it.

 

[RichKirby]

Fastmarc said:



Those growths are fibropapilloma tumours. They afflict marine turtles of all species, but particularly greens. The disease is found throughout the world, but in higher concentrations in certain areas, Hawaii being one of them. Florida, Australia, and the Bahamas are other examples of locations that have populations with a high incidence of tumours.

My wife and I have been documenting these tumours in Hawaiian turtles since 1989. You can learn more by visiting:

http://www.turtles.org/sickbay.htm​

I should point out that the latest research into fibropapilloma tumours indicates that although individual turtles still die from the effects of the disease, the Hawaiian population as a whole is not in danger of extinction as was once feared.

As far as I can see in these pictures, this particular honu's eyes are largely free of tumours. That indicates that the disease is regressing and the turtle will probably recover. See:

http://www.turtles.org/eyes/eyes.htm​

As someone points out elsewhere in this thread, the turtles are everywhere in Hawaii now. There is no better place in the world to dive if you want to see these wonderful animals.

I wanted to leave you with a nice turtle picture. We have literally thousands of pictures of the honu, but ironically the selection I have at hand is severely limited. This one, taken in 1995, is a turtle we knew as Aikane. Hope you like it.

Thanks for the info and yes, I do like the photo. Very nice.

 

[Fastmarc]

Thanks for the info and links, pawikan.
Found it very interesting.

 

[Jamdiver]

I'd like to see you with a uwa lens. Imagine the type of photos you'll get with one.

Yeah i'm saving up for one, as to which one i'm not sure.
I'd prefer the Canon 10-22mm EF-S, but it is pricy....