Nancy Goodenough

Holy cow! I know you're damn good at this, yet this is even further amazing.

Thanks!!!! n

A silhouette of a photographer is seen walking up a road into the Panamint Mountain Range at Badwater in Death Valley. California, US. The clouds are rolling in like ocean waves. Blue Hour creates muted shades of blue, purple and magenta. © Nancy Goodenough

🌧️
The #StormChaser
Clouds over Panamint Mtns mimic ocean waves
#DeathValley

#SensoryArt #Adventure
#WeekRforRoads #AlphabetChallenge
‪
#Stunday #Eastcoastkin #PhotographersOfBlueSky #MountainMonday #Scape #Landscape #CloudScape #BlueskyMonday #Clouds #Storm #BlueHour #Photography
© #NancyGoodenough

Looks like an old timer judge. Kudos on this awesome shot. So cool!!

🎵
Hey Hey It's The Monkeys
Black-and-White #Colobus #Monkeys
have their eyes on the #green for #BlueSkyArtShow

#PhotographersOfBluesky #NaturePhotography
#contrast #SensoryArt #adventure
#ArtYear #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin #Outside #monkey #primate #wildlife #photography
© Nancy #Goodenough

This one stopped me. It's so beautifully done. The colors. The movement. The serenity. The composition. It all works.

"Once Long Ago..." Photograph of Death Valley Mesquite Dunes manipulated via vertical stretching so slopes become tall mountain peaks, creating a very surreal near-monochrome image in saffron and black. However, the scene is real, just stretched. Unstretched, photographers who have spent time at Stovepipe Wells/Mesquite Dunes in Death Valley will quickly recognize the dunes and the Panamint Mountain Range in the background. NO Artificial Intelligence AI used in image. All by my hand in postprocessing, various versions over the years since photographed on 4/20/2011. © Nancy Goodenough

"ONCE LONG AGO..."
Death Valley Mesquite Dunes: NO AI !
#Dream #BlueSkyArtShow
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekPForPatterns
#eastcoastkin #scape #Stunday #monochrome #classicmono #PhotographersOfBlueSky #MountainMonday #monomonday
#together surreal/real #SensoryArt
©NancyGoodenough

v Click ALT for story v

Many thanks. It's my joy to see the world in as many new (and wherever possible weird and unexpected) ways as I can. n

Classic Dead parking lot. Shoreline, Mountain View, California. July 30, 2016

"I Need a Ticket!"

#Peaceful is theme for #BlueSkyArtShow
#Joy = theme for #SensoryArt #Face #Faces
#AlphabetChallenge is #WeekOforOodles
#classicmono #eastcoastkin #scape #Stunday
#monochrome #photography #ArtYear #PhotographersOfBlueSky #GratefulDead #Dead #blackandwhite #BW
© Nancy Goodenough

I agree!

Wow!!! That's oodles!

A Kokanee salmon run is presented as a triptych with black bars between the run divided vertically in three parts. The Kokanee Salmon are 12-20 inches and during spawning, the males turn bright red and develop a humped back and an elongated jaw and the females turn dark red. This run is in Taylor Creek from South Lake Tahoe to Falling Leaf Lake, California and photographed on October 3, 2013. Canon 5DMark3 with Canon 70-300mmL lens. © Nancy Goodenough https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/ltbmu/home/?cid=STELPRDB5196661

Triptych: A Moving Sea of Red: Kokanee Salmon Run
Taylor Creek, Lake Tahoe

Giving #Joy to the fisherman #SensoryArt
For the #Oodles of 12-20" #Salmon
#WeekOforOodles #AlphabetChallenge

#photography #eastcoastkin #Stunday #ArtYear #Art #PhotographersofBluesky #Canon #Canon5D3
©Nancy Goodenough 2013

They led good long happy lives. I didn't mean to wrench your heart. Been 15 years and we treasure their memories.

Ha!
n

Cy, thanks for the info. It may be the first and last cat pic on Bluesky from me. All our cats are underground unfortunately. This one I captured on sensor on a street in Bangkok. Loads of attitude. Seen as sublime by you, even better.

Ha!
n

Thank you so very much for the compliment!! n

So simple. So beautiful.
n

Really fabulous! n

Thanks!!! n

Fuji is great!

1littlendian,I usually try to say 'fabulous bokeh' rather than just 'bokeh,' since bokeh is the QUALITY of the OOF, not the actual circles we love so much.

Most of us pronounce it 'BO-kuh,' but those who are being more accurate say 'BO-KAY' as in 'bouquet.' I say 'BO-kuh' like the masses do.

Nancy

1littlendian, thanks. Boomer here too!

Basically, bokeh is the QUALITY of out-of-focus (OOF) or “blurry” parts of the image rendered by a camera lens – it is NOT the blur itself or the amount of blur in the foreground or the background of a subject.
(continued....)

Nancy

A couple in silhouette are on a swinging county fair ride, reaching out to each other holding hands. Bokeh of bright colors, dominated by red, form the background. Taken at Sonoma County Fair.

Love. Joy. County Fair.

#Silhouette #blueskyartshow
#SensoryArt theme #Light #Joy
#WeekNforNoise #AlphabetChallenge
#smArtist #Dark
#photography #eastcoastkin #Stunday #ArtYear #Art #PhotographersofBluesky #photoapril #bokeh #red #love #CountyFair #fair #ride #swing #SonomaCounty
© Nancy Goodenough

We see a tortoiseshell-colored cat on the right side of a black background, looking to the right with glaring aqua eyes. Photographed on the streets of Bangkok, Thailand.

.
The Glare

#caturday #catsofbluesky #catsatwork #catsky #catsareweird #catpics #cats #caterdayeveryday
#SensoryArt = #Light
#smArtist #Dark
#WeekNforNoise #AlphabetChallenge
#photography #cat #eyes #eastcoastkin #Stunday #ArtYear #Art #PhotographersofBluesky #photoapril

© Nancy Goodenough 2020

WOW. Just Wow!

Travis, it was backlit so the camera captured light filtering in thru part of the iris from the back. I did a lot of postprocessing with the tools of the day in 2012, particularly Nik & PS layers with mode changes. Brought it up to date for today's posting, but it appears I had the same vision then.

Great eye!!

In case it's not obvious, this is a closeup/macro of a dark purple iris, looking like you're viewing into a surreal cave with magical lighting. 2011