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Stories of my photos.

Just a few shots...

I had to go to Lisbon, and I had a few hours to spare. What to do ?
I grab my camera and I took a few shots.
I hope you like it...



I'll be seeing you!
Orlando

Another cup, please!

Working late.
I'm starting to feel tired. Let's have a another cup.
As I know that some of my friends here share with me a real passion for coffee,
I decided to share with all of you a favourite...

Great song. And Patricia Kaas has such a great voice.
I think I'll have another cup of this Black Coffee... Will you join me ?

I'll be seeing you!
Orlando

Dream and Reality...

All my friends know that photography is my favourite way to spend some time.
As I am starting to learn and I am at the very beginning of this adventure that is photography, sometime ago I decided to save some money and buy an inexpensive digital gear, keeping my old lenses from my analog gear.

The day I become a good photographer I will buy a proper camera, with one or two decent lenses.

But I keep wondering what would be like to shoot with this. :confused:


This costs as much as my car... :eyes:
It is also a lot faster then my car!!! :lol: So it is a dream. Maybe one day... :love:


And although I'm perfectly aware that the camera doesn't make the photographer, I keep wondering... and I felt I had to do something. :furious:

There! It is done! I shot my own camera and now I don't feel so bad... They are almost similar, don't you think? :wink:


This is my reality. I'm happy with it. :happy: And I'm also learning a lot with it. :yes:

For now, this will do. Maybe one day... :D


I'll be seeing you!
Orlando

... YouTube...

You go out, you take your cam with you and you start shooting. Dozens of photos. Sometimes hundreds. What to do with those photos ?
Well, I did this and wanted to share with you. I'ts my friend's concert. It happened on the 22nd of March.
I hope you like it as much as I did.

If you can, watch it in HQ Mode.



Feel free to comment.

I'll be seeing you!
Orlando

Do cameras lie ? Do we care ?

A few days ago I was talking with a friend about photography.
At a certain point, my friend told me that our cameras lie. We look for the beautiful, and we don't see what's wrong. Well, he's right. Bot not totally. Sure, we look for the beautiful. But we see what's wrong. And I care. We care.

This is one of my favourite spots. How I see it. And how other people see it.














I'll be seeing you.
Orlando


Rainbow

Sometimes rainy days bring an awesome show. This is the first rainbow I ever shooted. Tell me what you think, ok ?
I'll be seeing you ! Orlando

There's no such thing as bad weather...

A few days ago, in a comment to a beautiful post made by Follherbe, I told her something like "there is no such thing as bad weather". We've been having here a bit of rain. And wind. So, do I have the guts to take my camera into this bad weather ? Well, I got out. And these are just a few of the shots I took, it's a sample of the day. Tell me if it is worth to go into the rain and wind. I'm expecting your comments. Please, be gentle... :wink: The show is about to begin. We're waiting... Catching the wave Getting up Riding the wave Falling Gone Looking for waves Waves are getting stronger One last ride I've had enough Tomorrow is another day I'll be seeing you ! Orlando

Can you see it ?

Most of us who like photography can see things that other people don't see. They are there, but most people don't see it. We do. And we take photos of it. Can you see it ? What ? I said, can you see it ? See what ? Zoom it... Can you see it ? What ? I asked if you can see it ! See what ? Zoom it... And now, can you see it ? See what ? Open your eyes ! Can you see it ? But see what ? Zoom it... Oh, I see... It's just that guy from 365 Group ! I'm going down and kick his bottom ! I'll be seeing you ! Orlando

Swamp Land...



Mud. Mud everywhere.


What the heck am I doing here, I wonder ? And the smell, can you imagine ?





The tide it's changing, and if I don't want to get my feet wet I better hurry, because I'm far away from my car, and the river rises in no time.





It seems I have a natural talent to scare away all animals I could possible want to photograph. But... this little fellow didn't fly away ! Either it's very brave, or totally deaf !!!





And these two ? I think they are just ignoring me... Hmmm...





Well, the sun is setting already. No luck today, not a decent photo was taken. Another day will come... I better go home !




I'll be seeing you !
Orlando

Close Encounters Of The Third Kind

I heard rumours that something very strange was happening in a certain spot near the city where I live... As I am very curious, I went to find out what was wrong...

I got there and was astonished. The whole area was surrounded with a fence, almost impossible to cross.


The sight was terrible. It was a cold, freezing, lunar landscape, as far as I could see.


People running scared, trying to save themselves...


A strange storm was gathering. Those who stayed, dressed special clothing, to be protected against the odd weather.


Suddenly, snow and ice were everywhere. Snow is on the right, Ice is on the left...


And then it happened. Light became so bright I hardly could see. It looks like someone was walking towards me. I freeze in panic, when I hear: " ET phone home. ET phone home." Gee, man, take my cell phone !


I'll be seeing you !
Orlando

One of the best...


Hi!

Today I have no photos. I have a thought!
For me, photography is about feelings. Feelings concerning what we see, either good or bad, and that we try to share.
I would like to share this with you.
First, I saw the movie. I was amazed and fell in love with the story. Then, I got the music. Absolutely brilliant ! An now, this !

It's one of the best live concerts ever recorded. Look it up !
I'll be seeing you !
Orlando





I believe I can fly !

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It is well known that birds can fly. Some birds don't, but I think it's just because they don't even bother... With nothing better to do, I went outside and tried to find a flying bird. It was hard. I asked a few if they were flying birds, and these were the answers... "Who, me ? Flying bird ? No, I'm a sunbathing bird, can't you tell ?" "Flying ? Never ! I'm afraid of heights... " "Sorry, no flying for me. I'm a Peeping Tom, peeping those two birds there..." "Look, Martha, there's another... And this one is taking photos of us, naked..." "Hmmm... If I jump, will I be able to fly ?" "Jump, big ugly bird, jump !" "I'm an artist, can't you tell ? I have absolutely no time to fly !" "Ahhh, don't bother me with your stupid questions... " I'll be seeing you ! Orlando

The last day...

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For a number of reasons, I decided to change my camera.
I had to sell my D40, before I buy another camera. As my D40 was in mint condition, it was really easy to sell it. So, yesterday was my last day with my D40...

I decided to take a walk by the river. It was a way to say goodbye to a good friend. After all, we had fun together, for many hours, many days.

The first thing that caught my attention was this buoy, with such vibrant red.


I saw Gamas, Cabrais, Magalhães... Will they ever give "New Worlds to the World", as their ancestors did ?


We're tired of descovering New Worlds; let's rest a while...


In the city, the last rays of sun were shinning...


Hurry, the night is coming !


The church bell started to sound. For whom the bell tolls ?


Finally, the last sunbeam over water...

It was a nice goodbye, don't you think ?

I'll be seeing you !
Orlando

The Ghost...

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The word started to spread. There was a ghost haunting the dark marshes. it's impossible, we all say.
But no, it's true. The ghost has been seen around this place, scaring people. But when does he appear ?

The old tales say that when the moon rises, spirits and ghost become visible. It's the twillight time, perfect to cross the bridge between the two worlds...


They hide in the dark marshes, where nobody sees them. And wait. Nobody feels them. They are invisible to all...


Is it possible that nobody sees them ? But animals sense the presence of those who try to remain invisible. And they run away, as they feel that odd presence.


Sometimes, they escape alone, in a hurry...


They can fly away slowly or with an astonishing speed, it depends on the bird...


Or just hide, in the middle of the florest, waiting until the ghost goes away...


And the ghost ? We don't know where he is, but one thing is for sure: he'll be back, to haunt the dark marshes again...


I'll be seeing you !
Orlando

Reset, Recharge...

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Fridays are tough days, for me. I would love to get out of work earlier and start the weekend, but... no chance !

Now that I said it, you may wonder what my feet in the sand have to do with work, or with being Friday... Well, this photo was taken yesterday. It was Friday !

I can imagine that right now you are saying something like "yeah, no doubt, beautiful landscape: two shoes, half-legs and a lot of sand..." .

I'm very happy with this photo for three reasons:
#1 (and most important...) - I was able to hide my belly and see my feet;
#2 - I'm on the beach;
#3 - It wasn't a dark night yet...


For me, getting out of the city is like... reset and recharge.

I'm on the beach, I have my camera with me... and I forgot the tripod. Again ! What can I do with such low light levels ? I was shooting with speeds of 1/20 ! Most of the photos are shaken. Blurry. A mess !

But I got this...

Reset.
The wind blows cold, but it feels good.

I shoot again.

Recharge!

I think I need to polish my shoes...

I'll be seeing you !
Orlando

The Wait...

Yesterday, someone I was meeting was unable to meet me, so I had 2 hours free. Surprise, surprise, 2 hours free and my camera in the trunk of my car...

What was I going to do?



Well, I could go watch seagulls...





Or I could just stay and look at the sea...





Well, I decided to wait.


I met this friendly tourist and we waited together...






We were waiting for this !




I'll be seeing you !
Orlando

Stormy Weather !


October 17 th. Some days are like this. You look at the sky and say: "Hmmmm... it's going to rain... Better stay at home!". But that can be boring...

Well, usually, when I get bored, it's time to go out with my camera. And I did. I challenged a friend to come along, knowing that he had a DSLR and used it as a point-and-shoot camera. He might learn something. He came.


A storm was approaching our destination. "Probably we don't have time to shoot", I said. "Those clouds are getting here, fast. We better watch out... we are far away from the car !"



I managed to take a few shots, while talking about apertures, speed, depth of field, overexposure, underexposure... and that most of the time Manual Mode produces better results than Auto Mode.


The dark clouds weren't any closer. We were getting our time, after all. We kept shooting. No wind, so we were able to catch amazing reflections.



It seemed that made sense what I was talking about. My friend started to take time and shoot in Manual Mode, taking care with aperture and speed. Low Speed ? Use tripod !



And the storm never came. I managed to get a few decent shots. But, most of all, I learned thar Stormy Weather can be excellent. And this one ended up on my 365 Album.




I'll be seeing you !
Orlando

Do you wanna a piece of me ?

Saturday afternoon. Nothing to do, no "adventures" programmed this weekend. What to do ? I grabbed my camera and went to the beach to take a few shots.



After taking several photos with my 50 mm, I decided to change to my 55-200 mm, for I wanted to shoot some rocks in the sea.





Two girls came on my direction, walking and talking to each other, giggling. That caught my attention... Suddenly, one of them sees me, with my camera and bulky lens. She gives me that look point-that-thing-to-the-other-side type, like if I was going to take a piece of her. Of course, I took the first shot. And something changes...




First I didn't realise what, but definitely something had changed. The walk. The way they walked had changed. The girls were aware of my camera and they started to walk in a sensual move, as an invitation to take a few more shots.




And I ? Well, I did take a few more shots, and this one ended up as my daily 365 group shot.



I'll be seeing you !
Orlando
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