Thanks! I'm happy you like them.

Cynips quercusechinus (Urchin Gall Wasp) on Quercus douglasii (Blue Oak)


Cynips douglasii (Spined Turbaned Gall Wasp) on Quercus lobata (Valley Oak)

No idea what I'm looking at, but it looks fascinating.

Plant galls created by tiny parasitic wasps in the family Cynipidae, or in this case galls created by two species in the genus Cynips (Formally Antron) on white oaks. Here is some general discussion on wasp galls for anyone that is curious.

http://www.californiaoaks.org/ExtAssets ... nRusso.pdf

alien shit

Thanks, guys! Byrain's photos are specially refreshing for this thread!

Ok, we were at some abandoned mines (I posted some photos before) not long ago and took some videos:
http://viviendoapesardelacrisis.blogspot.com.es/2014/01/minas-de-arditurriko-meatzeak.html

Haven't posted here in ages, should change that.

A few photos from my days of driving ( AKA Work^^ )










My satanic coffee mug

And from my backyard:

beautiful!!! LOVE that waterfall one

Spent a few days after Xmas at my dad's property about 5 hours north of where I live, which backs onto a large river that contains plenty of bass (freshwater fish), that are great to catch and eat. Probably won't show it in the pictures, but it was pushing 40 degrees Celsius when these were taken.

Hehe thanks! Note that the 5 first photos is taken when I was driving, so quality is not the best


CrushedRevelation: Looks very warm and cozy there,hehe.

That last one is awesome Corpse! How far from a city do you live?

yeah i figured that, but sometimes that slightly blurred effect (like on the lower trees) looks good

I'm sweaty just by looking at Crushed's pictures, I think you captured the heat very well with these.

Yeah has been 45c over in Perth my brother reckons, fuck that!

You can see the trail I walked down on the pond.

Woa...... I just want to jump into the photos and wander of through the forest. Amazing! :O
Good job on those photos!

And to answere your question, it's about 30min by car to my closest city.

Some heavy winds and snow here today, maybe I will go for a (photo) walk later!

Amazing ones, Emperor!
P.S: I should try to play with the b&w too.

Thanks a lot guys! That's how I'd like to live forestcorpse. Not too far from civilisation but not too close either. When I have job then maybe that's possible. As a student I don't have enough funds to buy a house of my own.

More stunning pics!! Are all those trees the same type and are they native Emperor?

Thanks! Yes the trees are native species. Most of the trees you see in the pictures are norway spruces (Picea abies) and scots pines (Pinus sylvestris). Finnish forest industry mainly uses three tree species, which are spruce, pine and silver birch.
I'm not sure if they're visible in the pictures, but in front of the cliff where these photos were shot are some giant aspens.

took a walk down by the spring today
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Superb shot

^ thanks, the middle shot of yours is pretty superb too

Nice ones!
I hope I can go the snowed mountains this weekend.

666Emperor666 those pictures are outstanding! I'd kill to have one in higher resolution for my desktop while listening to Ildjarn, if you know what i mean haha. You really took some beautiful photographs. They seem like they were done by a pro.

We got a shitload of snow yesterday and I went out last night to take more photos, but they didn't come out well at all (definitely not worth posting). I think those ones I took before turned out OK because it was still snowing, so there was lots of snow in the air and cloud cover. Since I live in a fairly densely populated suburban area in a major metropolitan area, we have shitloads of light pollution, so the falling snow and clouds captured and reflected tons of light that night even though the photos were taken at like 2 am. This time around, I waited until the skies were clear (hoping to get the moon, stars, etc. in some shots) but it was just way too dark for anything to show up. I'm sure better cameras have more extreme exposure settings that would've worked, but no dice for me this time.

Taken down an almost pitch black lane, the orange sky wasn't that noticeable and must be from the nearby town and street lighting

I know what you mean. The only difference is that I walk in the forests of those pictures and listen to Ildjarn haha. Thanks, I really appreciate your comment!

wow, now those are some astounding pics!! good shit

No snow photos for me, neither. I think it has been melted by the rain and the high temperature (6º C).





Note: I have been having lunch in a litle mountain retreat and made a litle bonfire.






Nice ones!

Amazed anything came out!




You're so lucky to live near mountains.


A couple from last year

mindshadow: Awesome! Reminds me of the ''Forgotten Legends'' album by Drudkh. Good, since it's one of my all time favorite

Some new photos from me, taken the last days:

Yeah nice pics Mindshadow, i like the way you use the colours
And very blackmetaly Forestcorpse, i love the first one especially

Here's a few i took yesterday. I know the last ones not that great but it was an amazing evening sky, the camera just couldn't catch the feel of it.

Bloody fantastic photos



I think this is a Wellingtonia,

Yes, I'm!




Nice photos, guys!

We had quite big waves (6-8 meters) here this week:
http://viviendoapesardelacrisis.blogspot.com.es/2014/01/temporal-desde-ulia.html

can anyone point me in the direction of any links for the new ps and lightroom? or even the last versions? I can't find them anywhere. Thanks.

oooh nice and crisp

Ok, this sunday morning, around 6:00, the big waves were supposed to meet the high tide and we went to see the waves (after partying all night long):
http://viviendoapesardelacrisis.blogspot.com.es/2014/01/temporal-desde-ulia.html

Videos:


After that, I had to take my bicycle out of the old town with water above my knees!

P.S: They're talking about 16 million € cost for reparations. Photos in the morning:
http://viviendoapesardelacrisis.blogspot.com.es/2014/01/temporal-desde-ulia.html

For a moment I thought that was a Teradactyl!


In the woods

fishing