I gave it a second chance. The images from last race, and I found a few more that could be worth saving. i think. Images change when you do a different crop. Now I am waiting for some more dirt.
😊 Pelle
Category Archives: Color
Experience
Experience is a good thing. It tells me, and also the thermometer, that it is getting colder and we will soon have winter. After all I am living in northern Europe. Not much of a surprise. It is the same every year. I can also look at some of my images from the past and realize that it will soon look like this again. Any day soon. The country in winter clothing.
Dress warm! But perhaps you live in another climate?
There used to be boats chained with these chains. In summertime.
😊 Pelle
Again and again and now again
I went to the track today again. I am having trouble staying away. I meet so many talented and nice photographers every time, and I learn so much that I never knew before. Or even thought about. It is exciting, never the same. But it is getting colder. For horses, jockeys and the audience. This morning it was 0 degrees and there were frost also in the city. Brrrr! I wonder how the jockeys keep warm during the races? Some were not even using gloves. I have heard that this is also a winter sport. Brrr, again! The jockeys are so short and small but oh SO strong. You see them more standing than sitting during a race, and often almost without rest they change clothes/colors and horse and they are off again. Supermen AND women!
If I remember right the next race is an evening race. Colder and darker, much darker. It will be all lights around the track. A real challange for photographers at maximum ISO. Today I have also recorded sound. Hope to use it with some images soon.
😊 Pelle
More great urban photography
Once again I find amazing photography on the BBC newspage. This time”Urban photographer of the year”.
Enjoy!
The portrait by Oscar Rialubin from the Philippines is called Xyclops.
Martin Samworth, chief executive of CBRE said: “The competition constantly provides us with new perspectives on working environments within cities. This year was no exception and Rialubin’s intimate portrait of a watch repairman gives insight into a universal trade. Urban life is constantly changing and the beauty of the competition is that it has captured this every year through the winning images.”
Not nobody
Perhaps you have seen this photographer before? The webb is huge. If you have not I´d like to introduce him to you. Jim Radcliffe. He calls himself a nobody with a camera, but that is all too modest. I think. He has many cameras, but most of us have. What we do with them is the important thing. And that comes from your eyes and your imagination. This text is taken from his homepage:
I have no specific photographic interest. I photograph any and everything. I am always looking for something to photograph, from a macro to a seascape to a starscape. I love color. I love black & white. I have used a DSLR, a rangefinder and mirrorless cameras. I shoot for my own enjoyment and share my photography here because photography is meant to be shared. What good is any photograph unless others have the opportunity to see it?
Jim has a personal style. Colorful even if it is in b/w. Visit his page through this link. A very talented person with a style that I like. I like to share his fine images with you. Because sharing is what it is all about, as Jim says. Jim covers a great width of subjects. What ever comes in front of his camera, he manages to do something very good with.
😊 Pelle
More horseracing, or dressed for success.
Perhaps these pictures should be called “dressed for success”? Some horses has to be “dressed” so they can keep concentrated on running and nothing else on the side. Some are not especially fond of going into the start box. I have missed some races lately but happily I could go to the track yesterday. Horse racing is a sport for betting and for that you need computers. When they fail there is interruption. That happened yesterday. The horses were waiting and so were jockeys and audience. During that period I managed to get some portraits of owners and horses. I get more and more interested in the contact between jockeys and horses. The jockeys riding on several horses during a day has to know all the different personalities and know how to get the best from them. It is getting darker and colder. Next time I will put my heavy boots on.
When they are not running on grass it is called dirt track. You see why. 😊 Pelle
Look, it is moving
The stills are. From a recording session with Claes Janson and friends. A slideshow. Enjoy with the volume up high!
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Ex glamour
Or “Not So Glamorous Anymore”. That is what I have named this series.
No I don´t think so! You will have no peace and no Double Happiness just for smoking these brands. Not for smoking any brands, I think. Something sold by glamour that is not so glamorous any more. Was Gorbatchow a big seller and will there be a Putin? Gorbatchow also came as chocolate.
Thanks Irving Penn for the inspiration. Again.
😊 Pelle
Super moons
The moon affect us all. At the time for the super moon so many people got out to see and to photograph. Personally I could only see it through the mist and then it disappeared over the other houses in the city. Here is a great selection from all over the world that I found in The Guardian. Enjoy! I did.
The featured image by: Jordan Mansfield/Getty Images
This link below will lead you to amazing photos in BBC.
Another day at the horse races
I continue to see how I can develop my images from horse races. As often as I can I am at the track nearby. Some wednesdays there are lunch races and that suits me perfect. So today is wednesday and I was there. Not only, very seldom in fact, I stand at the finish line. Instead I try to find other angles and places. The first two are my personal favorites. Which one do you like best?
😊 Pelle
On a photographers mind 