Drop Shadow...

Wonderland Dusk

Seaside on a foggy afternoon a few days ago. Had a nice time shooting there with the waves rolling over my feet- looks really calm here, but it was actually quite dynamic and wavey. For the +Olivier Du Tré  #minimalmonday  extravaganza. And for those of you who may have missed it- check out this impossible customer service conundrum I had to deal with the other day here: http://nateparkerphotography.com/blog/2012/7/prices-like-the-limbo-stick-how-low-will-you-go. Right then, have a great week my friends, -Nate from Maine. 

#Maine   #acadianationalpark   #plusphotoextract  +Jarek Klimek +Black and White Fine Art Photography Gallery +Joel Tjintjelaar  #minimalmonday  +Olivier Du Tré  #monochromemonday  +Charles Lupica  #haveaniceday  

The Snake & the Zebra

An image combining two of my loves; The sea and rocks.  The white of the surf snaking into the distance under a great textural cliff of Jurassic rocks caught my eye on a very, very wet day a few weeks back.

#fineartpls curated by +Marina Chen 
#squaresaresassy +Nathan Wirth 
#blackandwhitefineartphotographygallery curated by +Joel Tjintjelaar  
#B+WFineArtLe curated by +Joel Tjintjelaar  
#plusphotoextract curated by +Jarek Klimek 
#bwfineartlehandpicked curated by +Joel Tjintjelaar 
#monochromemonday curated by +Hans Berendsen  +Charles Lupica  +Jerry Johnson  

and last but not least,

#MinimalMonday curated by +Olivier Du Tré 

the road

Do Experiment, Don't Fear
I know I find myself in ruts from time to time where I'm too chicken to experiment with new things photographically. Case in point, I haven't done much long exposure work at night. I shoot a d90 which isn't super clean at high ISOs, so I just never gave it much thought. 

This night at Trout Lake north of Mt. Shasta on the #shastaplus2012  photowalk. +Owen Richardson and I were here at the lake the night before the sunrise when the rest of the group was going to arrive. Just hanging out we got out our cameras and did some shooting while were talking gear or whatever :) This is a smallish pano that I created out of necessity because it was dark and I couldn't properly frame my scene. I one shot cut off Shasta and the other cut off Black Butte there on the right. But each frame was almost 11 minutes total. Shot at f/4, ISO200 and bulb mode (triggered wirelessly so I didn't have hold the shutter open). There were some hot pixels that showed up here and there that I cloned out. I could have used the in-camera LE noise correction, but it didn't cross my mind. Anywho...this was another one of those happy experiments.

File this one away under #MountainMonday curated by the venerable +Michael Russell 
Prints are available here, http://ericleslie.com/image/Mount-Shasta-and-Black-Butte-Nightscape

Time to get all waspy for #MacroMonday !

The first week of our travels through Paraná, Brazil, were exceptionally rainy. When I happened across a nest of Synoeca cyanea during a lull in the weather, the workers were busy expelling excess water from their home.

A larger shot of the nest is here: http://www.alexanderwild.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/4230200_rM6tm2#!i=1922919390&k=5pS9H3L

( #macromonday is curated by +Kelli Seeger Kim, +Kerry Murphy, and +Jennifer Eden)

Fruit Stand

#creative366project  
205/366 July 23rd, 2012

Make room for me!

"Monarchs in the Mist"  ~ At the brink of Lower Falls at Letchworth State Park, NY.

#hqsppromotion   #plusphotoextract   #artshare   #nature  

Re-sharing today due to it being picked as National Geographic's Photo of the Day.

Pretty awesome to have that happen!