waiting for the shovel driver

[quester]

I was waiting for the shovel operator who had to do some work for me this morning. He was late.....but then I had the PX in my pocket to pass the time away...

Those of you with sharp eyes might be able to see what colour my camera is....

BTW, the last one is what a date fruit looks like right now...

 

[tessl8d]

I've never seen a date fruit before it's been dried. Those trees also look like they've been there a while, they're very big. I can see theres plenty of work to be done, but it would be hard not just lie there and look up, through the canopy. The blue sky behind the palm fronds is intense, a very visual place to work and live.
And....... i only know what colour the camera is because the photo it's in is the one I like the most.








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[quester]

Thanks very much for your comments, tessl8d - and you're right : there's always something amazing to look at here...

 

[Blow-in]

Super set....I think 'simple' works best with the PX (by that I mean strong composition, not too much detail and vibrant colours). I see you shot them all at the wide end too which seems to be the sharper end of the lens. No sign of 'blur'??

The last picture fascinates me...that 'rope' is not rope is it but something fiberous?

Richard

PS -are you shooting 4:3 now...green was the colour I wanted for on the water use but the shop had run out so I had to have black (boring)

 

[quester]

Thank you Richard!
I believe you are right about photography material for the PX - although it does a very good job with close-up detail as well.
I prefer to use the 4:3 if I can, because supposedly it should give the full 16 MP of resolution.

And you certainly "know the ropes"... - this is indeed a unique type of rope, called sisal rope, because it is made from the fibers of an Agave plant (Agave sisalis). So it is natural, and we can feel better about the use of it from an ecological respect. It is a bit more expensive than nylon-based string, but holds out well here in the sun, and we don't have to worry about it littering the ground for ages, as it decomposes. We buy them in coils, cut them to lengths of about 50 cm., and use them to tie the date bunches to the branches.

 

[Blow-in]

Thank you Richard!
I believe you are right about photography material for the PX - although it does a very good job with close-up detail as well.
I prefer to use the 4:3 if I can, because supposedly it should give the full 16 MP of resolution.

And you certainly "know the ropes"... - this is indeed a unique type of rope, called sisal rope, because it is made from the fibers of an Agave plant (Agave sisalis). So it is natural, and we can feel better about the use of it from an ecological respect. It is a bit more expensive than nylon-based string, but holds out well here in the sun, and we don't have to worry about it littering the ground for ages, as it decomposes. We buy them in coils, cut them to lengths of about 50 cm., and use them to tie the date bunches to the branches.

Thanks - I use 4:3 too but generally at 10MP resolution which I read somewhere helps reduce the noise (possibly helps with sharpness too??).

Thanks too for the sisal explanation. I know it only as garden twine which is much thinner but used for a similar purpose. We have the buildings locally (at Cromarty) for what may be Scotland's oldest surviving factory and was a rope works using mainly hemp...another natural fibre but this time from the cannabis family of plants!

Richard

 

[thelps]

this is indeed a unique type of rope, called sisal rope,

you can learn a lot on this forum! I like the palms, very warming for me at the moment