Uploads from Steve-h, tagged darkness

Light in the shadows

nobody@flickr.com (Steve-h) — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 15:42:00 -0800

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Daffs in Bushy Park, Dublin. From my 2012 archives.

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Daffs in the sunshine

nobody@flickr.com (Steve-h) — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:42:00 -0800

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St Stephen's Green, Dublin, yesterday morning . .. . gorgeous !

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Woodland darkness

nobody@flickr.com (Steve-h) — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 04:26:00 -0700

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Flickers of sunshine in the Bushy Park woodland.
Another shot from my archives with colour editing in Lightroom 4.1

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Light and shade

nobody@flickr.com (Steve-h) — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 04:35:00 -0700

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I did a lot of Lightroom processing on this one and finally settled on this version with muted colours and a strong contrast between light and shadow.

Taken from Orwell Road Bridge over the River Dodder.

Try it in fullscreen size in the light box.

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Ship on the horizon

nobody@flickr.com (Steve-h) — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 15:34:00 -0700

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A 30-second pre-dawn shot of a slow-moving ship taken from one of the Marbella jetties.

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Light in the darkness

nobody@flickr.com (Steve-h) — Tue, 01 May 2012 22:03:00 -0700

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It's been a horribly wet day in Dublin. I couldn't even get out to take a photo like this one which was taken in reasonably good weather beside the River Dodder at the end of March.

On a lighter note, at the time of posting this I have had over 25,000 views today courtesy of flickr's phantom view fiend. See the help forum thread ( a flickr staffer says even his photos have been affected. It is being looked into.) -
www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/72157629895622263/page4/

By midnight (Irish summer time) I have had 27, 600 views on the day - about 24,000 more than normal.

Sun on the horizon

nobody@flickr.com (Steve-h) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:37:00 -0800

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Dawn, Marbella. What a difference a tripod makes!
There was very little editing on this one.

Standing out

nobody@flickr.com (Steve-h) — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:16:00 -0700

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Silver birch trunks standing out in the shadows along the River Dodder, Dublin

Forbidden fruit

nobody@flickr.com (Steve-h) — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:57:00 -0700

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These berries appear at the foot of a local tree every autumn. They are extremely poisonous.

Thanks to CanonAnnie for the ID. This is what Wikipedia has to say about it -

Arum maculatum is a common woodland plant species of the Araceae family. It is widespread across temperate northern Europe and is known by an abundance of common names including Wild arum, Lords and Ladies, Devils and Angels, Cows and Bulls, Cuckoo-Pint, Adam and Eve, Bobbins, Naked Boys, Starch-Root and Wake Robin.

The purple spotted leaves appear in the spring (April–May) followed by the flowers borne on a poker shaped inflorescence called a spadix. The purple spadix is partially enclosed in a pale green spathe or leaf-like hood. The flowers are hidden from sight, clustered at the base of the spadix with a ring of female flowers at the bottom and a ring of male flowers above them. Above the male flowers is a ring of hairs forming an insect trap. Insects, especially Psychoda spp., attracted to the spadix by its faecal odour and a temperature up to 15 degrees celsius warmer than the ambient temperature,[1] are trapped beneath the ring of hairs and are dusted with pollen by the male flowers before escaping and carrying the pollen to the spadices of other plants, where they pollinate the female flowers.The spadix may also (see the picture) be yellow, but purple is the more common.

In autumn the lower ring of (female) flowers forms a cluster of bright red berries which remain after the spathe and other leaves have withered away. These attractive orange berries are extremely poisonous. The berries contain oxalates of saponins which have needle-shaped crystals which irritate the skin, mouth, tongue, and throat, and result in swelling of throat, difficulty breathing, burning pain, and upset stomach. However, their acrid taste coupled with the almost immediate tingling sensation in the mouth when consumed mean that large amounts are rarely taken and serious harm is unusual. It is one of the most common causes of accidental plant poisoning based on attendance at hospital A & E departments.[2]
The Arum lily's attractive cluster of poisonous berries

The root-tube may be very big and is used to store starch. In mature specimens the tuber may be as much as 400 mm below ground level.
1. Leaves and Inflorescence, 2. Underground root-stock, 3. Lower part of spathe cut open - showing in succession (from below) female flowers, male flowers, and sterile flowers forming a ring of hairs borne on the spadix, 4. Spike of fruits.

All parts of the plant can produce allergic reactions in many people and the plant should be handled with care. Many small rodents appear to find the spadix particularly attractive and it is common to find examples of the plant with much of the spadix eaten away. The spadix produces heat and probably scent as the flowers mature and it may be this that attracts the rodents.

It's TOO early!

nobody@flickr.com (Steve-h) — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:04:00 -0700

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A robin in the early morning shade near the River Dodder, Dublin. I was pleased that I managed to get a good focus on this one as it was so dark. There is quite a big crop.

EXIF data
Canon EOS 5D Mk 2
Canon EF 300mm f/4L IS USM
ISO 2500
f4
1/400
Subject distance 3.83m
Taken at 7.20 a.m.

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Spot metering

nobody@flickr.com (Steve-h) — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 16:01:00 -0700

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I used my new 300mm lens for this woodland candid with spot metering on the woman's blonde hair to get this effect.

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Rebirth

nobody@flickr.com (Steve-h) — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:32:00 -0700

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Natural spotlight

nobody@flickr.com (Steve-h) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:24:00 -0700

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Lens flare produces a natural spotlight on a flower in suburban Dublin this morning. We are having what people are describing as real go-back-to-school weather...gorgeous warm sunshine!

Light in the darkness

nobody@flickr.com (Steve-h) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:39:00 -0700

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Dewdrops in the long grass

Woodland light

nobody@flickr.com (Steve-h) — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:38:00 -0700

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Sunlight filtering through the trees in Bushy Park, Dublin

I have replaced this one with a crop suggested by Daruma.

Green light

nobody@flickr.com (Steve-h) — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:39:42 -0800

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Light shining through a green striped window

Explore #118

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