Kelson's Photos @kelsonv@photog.social

#introductions #reintroductions

I'm a hobbyist photographer in the Los Angeles area. I mostly go for scenic #photography, nature or architecture. I also look for funny/odd sights, and cosplay photos at comic conventions.

My main Mastodon account is @KelsonV, and I also talk about books & comics at @KelsonReads

Blog: https://hyperborea.org/journal/

Other photo sharing sites:
https://flickr.com/kelsonv
https://instagram.com/kelsonv
https://pixelfed.social/KelsonV

Last weekend I went for a hike at a local marsh. The lower areas are filling with water again now that we've had a few rainstorms.

I made a point of going late in the afternoon to catch some golden hour light, which didn't work out quite as well as I was hoping, but I think this shot came out reasonably interesting.

Not sure, but I think I walked through this pond last time I was here and it was all dry ground.

#photography #marsh #woods #pond

Ducks feeding in a marsh pond. The last time I was here, the entire marsh had dried out for summer. After a couple of fall rainstorms (which, if they'd come sooner, night have at least cut down on the massive wildfires last month), parts of the marsh have flooded again for winter.

I was halfway there before I realized I hadn't brought the film camera, but I at least had the Canon, which has a more powerful zoom anyway.

#ducks #pond #marsh #photography

Interesting perspective on what software-enhanced phone cameras mean for your pictures. Photography? Digital art? Something in between?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/11/14/your-smartphone-photos-are-totally-fake-you-love-it/

More experimenting with Night Sight in the Pixel 2.

#photography #nightsight #night

Flickr has a blog post on how they plan to keep the commons with their new limits on free accounts.

Short version:
1. Flickr Commons partnership with NASA, Smithsonian, etc are staying.
2. All Creative Commons licensed photos uploaded & licensed before Nov. 1 are staying, even on free accounts with more than 1000 photos. (Further uploads will be limited until they either buy a Pro account or drop below 1000)
3. Non-profits can apply for free, unlimited accounts.

http://blog.flickr.net/en/2018/11/07/the-commons-the-past-is-100-part-of-our-future/

Photographers who shoot film: Where do you buy film? Where do you get it developed?

My son found my old manual SLR camera and I was showing him how everything worked.... without film.

Another amazing sunset! This has been an incredible week for them.

#photography #sunset

I saw photos of this same sunset from at least 3 other people in the LA/OC area that I know or follow - but because we were all in different places relative to the landscape and clouds, and took the photos at different times, they all ended up looking different.

Pink clouds and blue sky, coastal cliffs, trees, buildings, orange clouds...a real mix.

Fiery #sunset. One of those moments when you can't stop and pull over to take a photo, but you can pause at a red light.

#photography

Finally got around to curating my photos from an August hike at Madrona Marsh in Torrance, California. This was the first time I'd ever been to the marsh that there was *no standing water left*. Usually the lowest part of the preserve still has some ponds even into fall, but this summer, it had all dried up.

Full album (12 items) on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kelsonv/albums/72157700578930341

#photography #marsh #summer #dry #nature #flowers #fungus #spiderwebs