Welcome to Friday Foto Flogging, a place to share your photos and photography news. We were inspired by the folks at European Tribune who post a regular Friday Photoblog series to try the same on this side of the virtual Atlantic. We also thought foto folks would enjoy seeing some other websites so each week we’ll introduce a different photo website.
This Week’s Theme : Noise. Things that have sound, might make sound, or suggest ‘visual’ noise.
FFF’er Blog of the Week: Since BobX is almost always first to post, his blog gets to be linked first.
AndiF’s Noisy Times
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Noise Past
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Noise Present
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Noise Future
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olivia’s noise
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Noise in the hive
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Noise in the park
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Noise in Toronto
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- Next Week’s Theme: Random. We’re sure your choices will be choice.
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Previous Friday Foto Flogs
And what worthy noise it is. (And I really like the framing of the top photo.)
Thank you. I did my best to try and get some good framing of the Inquirer name into several of the pictures.
This was another one.
That’s my kinda street protest.
great shots. I agree on the framing on the top one. you oughta shop that to the citypaper.
NIce set ss. Agree w/ the others on that top photo – framing is excellent.
The last one says it all, nice shot.
Columbia Falls, Tasmania
Blow hole, Bay of Fires, Tasmania
Woo-woo woo-woo-woo
Looks like we had the same idea for falling water noise — except I’m thinking yours is making a whole lot more noise than mine. 🙂
The blow hole picture is wonderful and I love the name of Bay of Fires.
And you already know I’m a sucker for the bottom pic. 🙂
One of the more interesting aspects of St. Columbia falls is that a truly massive flood came over them about eighty years ago (and swamped the entire valley below). Before the flood the falls were a classic cascade. But days of flooding tore the cliff face apart and now the water runs through deep channels in the broken rock face. It’s very loud – you can easily hear it from the start of the trial.
The Bay of Fires got its name from a French sea captain sailing up the coast in 1773 All along the bay he could see the smoke from the fires of Aboriginals (probably there harvesting shell fish). Lonely Planet named it number one on its list of places to see in 2009 (essentially a “get there before the crowds do” admonishment).
Love the Bay of Fires photo too … interesting to read the origin of the name. Do you have other photos that show more of it?
This is the southern most end, and a very accessible bit, Benalong Bay. Unfortunately it was overcast most of the time we were there – so I didn’t any particularly good shots.
And here’s another shot of St. Columbia falls. If you look closely you can see that the right-hand ribbon actually disappears into the cliff for a bit.
Love the owls. The alligator is cool but I definitely don’t love it. 😉
The water droplets are a bit outshined by the critters but it’s still a very nice shot.
The water drops were taken on the day I went back to photograph juvenile aninghas and it had been raining. So I got distracted with other things until the rain let up. It’s all part of the experience.
I love the baby owl. So fluffy!
There were three of them poking their heads up and before I could get the camera up two disappeared into the tree and never would come out. This one is the curious one and seemed as fascinated with us as we were of it.
Hi Bob.
Love that top photo – all eyes! 🙂
How close were you to the alligator?
Hi, not close to this one.
Zoom Zoom.
Thanks for posting the site!
Just a note, a lot of what I’ve posted here is there, only larger. Look for some old film scans as well.
lol, that’s a fun shot. Can’t help but smile looking at it.
kind of a blurry pic, low light and fast movement…
This is my friend, who is both blind and deaf, playing his gorgeous Ayotte maple drum set. He’s a phenomenal drummer, been drumming for 25 years in various bands, moreso because of his worsening disabilities. He also plays the accordion (he’s Cajun) the guitar and is taking piano lessons.
Oh I think we need a close up of those drums — they looks absolutely gorgeous (and your friend isn’t bad either).
He’s very bad, which is why I like him. 🙂
Amazing.
playing the recorder.
Looks like a place with interesting acoustics and lots to look at while people play.
Just one of many ordinary churches in France where concerts are played.
That’s one thing I noticed during my visit to your beautiful country: your “ordinary churches” are mind-bogglingly old and beautiful and full of character. 🙂
Hi LEP … what a lovely photo of estHER!
Great use of perspective and I’ll bet the lighting made that a hard shot to get.
This was shot last September but I don’t remember it. I see it was shot with my D-80 on manual and automatic ISO which registered ISO 1600.
I’ve never posted it but it goes well with “noise” 😉
It does indeed. I love how you’ve framed it. Very nice!
Really nice atmospheric properties in both shots.
Let`s make noise.
“Gone Fishing”
FM Reception
Bathtub Base
(Tentacles around the oral opening of an Elephant Ear coral)
High Notes on a Harp
Phantom of the Opera
Water Cooler Buzz
Rolling Thunder & “Smokey”
A Cappella
DO RE MI
Inner Ear
(Purple Wort)
What a Hoot
Organ Grinder
(Carnivorous Cactus)
Sonic Resonance
(Surface of a Fungia Coral)
Horn Section
Hssssss
Kazoo
“Drifting” Melody
Bwwaaahhh
Alarm Clock
POP
Silent Scream
No contest today, Head — Inner Ear (Purple Wort) is so magnificently noisy, it beats all the rest.
AndiF,
I was going to title it “Tinnitus” but didn`t want to start any ringing.
I probably should post an image of what the whole flower looks like.
Thank you
Yes you should. Definitely.
You’re welcome.
I know the Cockatoo is noisy.
I assume he/she is one of your rescues.
Yes Keres
That`s Coconut, one of my best friends.
I`ve had him almost ten years now, & we are basically inseparable.
We spend many hours together everyday.
Fantastic selection Head!
I love A Cappella … and Coconut! … The backlit bee fuzz is amazing. Wonderful colour and vibrancy in your photos.
This is a shot of two Purple Wort blooms with more to open from the “pods” seen in the image.
Ah it’s gorgeous whether you see it close up or farther away like this. Yum, look at those edges (especially good at the big size).
Those are just such interesting flowers. The colour is amazing. It’s great to see the unopened buds. They look like snails.
Can’t you just hear these guys growling?
I didn’t know dinosaurs wore sunglasses.
Well, it was much warmer, so one presumes sunnier, in the Late Cretaceous.
More asides: Two short stories, In the Late Cretaceous and At the Rialto (a Nebula Award winner), both in Connie Willis’ “Impossible Things”, are some the to funniest examples of scientific humor I’ve ever read.
They’ve found fossilized raybans recently in one western site.
Now that you mention it, I remember reading that a fairly good cross-section impression of a pair of Bollé wrap-arounds was discovered in the Messel Pit (recently in the news for as the source for Ida).
Actually, I think it’s the breath I’m smelling. 😉
Interesting side note: for decades scientist believed that the bite of the Komodo dragon was so deadly because it was so laden with bacteria. But after closer inspection (and obviously no one wanted to get close up until now) it turns out that they have lovely white teeth and pink healthy gum, oh, and venom.
l’ll bet that hurt. has your ear grown back b2?
Yes, but it took until the cretaceous to look right.
LOL!!!!
Big red noisemakers
Noisy October tourists
Nice bluegrass noise
That’s one snazzy looking shindig ya’ll got goin’ thar.
That’s some handsome fire trucks you got there and some handsome music-makers (I’m reserving judgment on the tourists).
Those trucks look fine indeed. Do you get overrun w/ tourists there in the summer? I know! Everyone is coming to see the unique shade of green that I’m starting to believe only exists in your (and Andi and Jim’s) corner of the world, right? 😉
Fine examples of “industrial aesthetic”.
Thank you, keres!
‘Round these parts, it’s the ‘Big Ol’ Barn’ school of imagery.
What a great set. I love the rotary phone. And the lines, curves, and edges of the first photo are elegantly seductive.
Thank you, as always, Andi.
That old air compressor sits in an child’s old metal wagon, making it easy to pull it around for use. Talk about noise!
Great set ww!
Love the colour tone and shadows of “compressor” … what a great photo! And the rotary phone. Love it.
Could it be that some of those checking in might not recognize the rotary?
🙂
Thanks for your encouragement, Miss O.
Very cool “Simplicty” shots. I’m still driving a 37 yr. old Ariens.
Glad to hear it!
Jack Kerouac once admonished us to love our household items. I feel we also need to love our trusty equipment.
(This is some of what’s in the old barn, according to your stated desire.)
A picture of focus, if ever there was one.
You can’t look at it and not ask, “What was the cat looking at, anyway?”
An equally appropriate question: what was she listening to?
She had a great sensitivity to music. Loved violin concerti, hated electric guitar solos.
I was sorry to hear the pervasive past tense in your response.
She must’ve been something.
Oh yes — a truly amazing, extremely intelligent & lovable travelin’ Manx. She appeared at our camp one day, made herself totally at home & left just as casually a few years later, trottin’ down the old dirt road toward Civilization. I hope she found another loving home & another busy radio.
ZEN = CAT (even when she’s listening to Death metal).
.. while scanning the mountain horizon for our famous regional UFOs.
It’s got a good beat, you can dance to it, I’d give a 8.3976896994860089483.
.. divided by precisely six month’s worth of canned cat food & .025 vole gizzards per beat.
LOL, great shot ww.
Fortunately, she was quite used to this sort of thing & thought nothing of it. Also, she wasn’t forced to run & hide from Van Halen under the bed.
Compliments to everyone for this week’s beautiful, evocative shots!