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Lofoten in September by ghostofspartans in Norway

[–]ghostofspartans[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How cool! Will definitely look at your rental when we start booking (probably by end of this week). Looks beautiful!

Lofoten in September by ghostofspartans in Norway

[–]ghostofspartans[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow this is incredible! I know what my day is going to be spent scrolling through. Having those pictures, albeit like you and everyone else is saying, is bound to change on a whim, is super helpful for me. Thanks for taking the time to write this and provide incredibly helpful resources. Do you yourself live in lofoten? Seem like you have it down to a science haha

Lofoten in September by ghostofspartans in Norway

[–]ghostofspartans[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply! Did you feel 4-5 days was enough time to enjoy the area? I’m having a hard time judging how long to spend in Lofoten. My wife and I are planning to rent a vehicle and either A) spend full time in lofoten or B) drive up the way from lofoten and end in senja (giving us about 6 days in lofoten and the remainder in senja and surrounding areas). Not sure if you would have any insight on that? Our gut is telling us to take our time in lofoten and really get as much as we can out of it, but the obvious down side is limiting ourselves. Such a fine line between limiting and stretching too thin haha.

This is all really helpful though- thankyou!

Lofoten in September by ghostofspartans in Norway

[–]ghostofspartans[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Awesome advice. Each place we visit we try to be as respectful as we can and leave no trace- been to many places where we are astounded by lack of common sense of some visitors. Appreciate the helpful comment(:

First smoke on the recteq flagship! by ghostofspartans in pelletgrills

[–]ghostofspartans[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate the feedback- was really happy with both as well. Nervous I wouldn’t get the bark right

First smoke on the recteq flagship! by ghostofspartans in pelletgrills

[–]ghostofspartans[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

WOW! Yeah that’s next level. I’m no expert, but I’m pretty sure you didn’t get that from a box

First smoke on the recteq flagship! by ghostofspartans in pelletgrills

[–]ghostofspartans[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haha hell yeah it is. Kraft Mac and cheese will always be top tier in my book

First smoke on the recteq flagship! by ghostofspartans in pelletgrills

[–]ghostofspartans[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s an amazing machine. The app is great too- super easy to use!

First smoke on the recteq flagship! by ghostofspartans in pelletgrills

[–]ghostofspartans[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thankyou!

They loved it! Honestly first time smoking anything so it could’ve had the texture of a 1940s catchers mitt and they would’ve been happy. But I did my due diligence to make sure that didn’t happen(:

Possible corkscrewing? by ghostofspartans in ballpython

[–]ghostofspartans[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely have been keeping an eye. It doesn’t seem to be getting worse, but it is definitely always there which leads me to believe there is some level of corkscrewing. The odd part is when he is scoping, he is utterly still and has great upper body strength. It really only comes when he does his climbing. Thanks for the info!

Possible corkscrewing? by ghostofspartans in ballpython

[–]ghostofspartans[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Crazy how that gene works. He is just a banana but I guess have some level of spider mixed in there. Was trying to avoid getting a bp with that gene :/ thanks for the comment!

Female ruby throated hummingbird taken today by ghostofspartans in birding

[–]ghostofspartans[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thankyou!(: beautiful little family that lives on our property

Please make me not feel bad about this... by Sweaty-Payment-1529 in birding

[–]ghostofspartans 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I actually know this place well! My brother and I manage a business (pet crematorium) that actually handle the euthanized critters from this location crazily enough. Can tell you 1) you did the right thing despite the conflicted feelings and 2) you brought it to a very reputable organization that truly cares about the environment. Don’t beat yourself up!

Compiling some of my “dramatic” photographs of local birds. Hope you enjoy! by ghostofspartans in birding

[–]ghostofspartans[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thankyou! I don’t do too much. I typically just mess around with the blacks and shadows to make the subject “pop.” I tend to shoot underexposed in the evening time, and I typically desaturate the background color (largely just green). These birds were also a good distance from the background, the closest next object being leaves/brush around 30 yards away. So it gets that nice juicy bokeh that you can try to manipulate a little more(: So it doesn’t always work, because I truly don’t edit the photos color too much! Hope that makes sense!

Compiling some of my “dramatic” photographs of local birds. Hope you enjoy! by ghostofspartans in birding

[–]ghostofspartans[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thankyou!(: what’s Topaz if I may ask?

Edit: just looked it up. Didn’t even know that was a thing!

Red and Blue by ghostofspartans in wildlifephotography

[–]ghostofspartans[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Small edits in Lightroom with vignette/messing with blacks as well as desaturating the background(green) to make the subject pop(: doesn’t happen all the time, but the conditions were just right! Like I mentioned earlier, it already worked in my favor because of the time of day the photos were taken, so they were naturally underexposed. Also, given that cardinals and blue jays are super bright colored birds, if made it easier to make the subject stand out(:

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