Most women know the difference between horse divots and horse dung, which is why they participate in the tradition of divot stomping at polo matches.
And as far as smelly things getting squished under dainty ladies' shoes - what is crushing of the divets after a polo match all about?
Well, at least you can blame all that coal burning ever since the start of the Industrial Revolution for much of what is happening now. But don't blame the horses, who didn't even need catalytic converters. And as far as smelly things getting squished under dainty ladies' shoes - what is crushing of the divets after a polo match all about?
There is a fascinating little coal mining area not far from here, a real photographic treat, where Welsh miners came over and dug tunnels, and even personal dwelling caves in the hills, from around 1880 until the 1920's, supplying coal to San Francisco. Otherwise, it's a pretty rare commodity on our West Coast per se. Lots of it in Utah and Wyoming, and of course, further east in West Virginia and Kentucky.
My dad grew up working on old-style dairy farms, and I grew up among cowboys. On dairy farms, they wear knee-high rubber boots for a reason. I don't see how anyone in that occupation could drink milk, but they did, and made home-made butter and whipped cream too, and mountains of cheese. As far as the pros of the Industrial Revolution and its later amenities like the evolution of engines, versus the cons of the terrible social and labor condition it led to, well, I'm sure Matt is whittling his censor pencil right now... but there might be some remote possibility of tying the invention of photography right into that all, and getting away with a few more words - probably not in my case, however. Fox Talbot used chemicals that came from somewhere.... perhaps coal mine sludge the poor were wallowing in? Time to read some Karl Marx and report back when Matt is sleeping. (Disclaimer - I don't drink milk, but do love cheese.)
SoCal is under different circumstances
The intensity of those fires is due to human influence. Forest management (preventing any and all fire) plus climate change (fossil fuel burning) = nastier fires. As photographers we should be photographing it, documenting it and (heaven forbid) making art of it. Future generations, should they actually come to pass, may use those pictures as they strive to understand our collective history. Just as we study photos of the Civil War or the Holocaust.
Thanks for the link! I survived a major fire in Oregon back in 1987, but my camera didn'tI’ve been photographing West coast wildfire damage for years. Wildfire
Well immediately after the OP posted it's now rained in Alberta for the past 2 days and the air quality is great!
I had a similar experience. I used to be a member of a photo club in New York in the 70s. I went to Dublin in '76, flew into Shannon and took a train across the country to Dublin. When I got back home I showed some of my slides of Ireland to the club, and was harangued by some of the members for refusing to admit that I'd used filters to get the colors I had. Of course I hadn't used any filters; they just couldn't imagine colors like that.Let me add a little anecdote. Back when my older brother was just starting his commercial photog career, he entered a nature photography competition juried by judges from Los Angeles, back in its infamously smoggy days. He had taken a color shot up in the mountains and had it printed. The judges accused him of dyeing the sky, and kicked him out of the competition. Well, that was long before Photoshop, and it was an ordinary color print, and not a dye transfer print capable of such color manipulation. But apparently, none of those judges had ever seen a truly blue sky!
Thanks for the link! I survived a major fire in Oregon back in 1987, but my camera didn't
The Clear Sky Chart for Iowa City shows light smoke from 12 to 1500 today and again starting at 2300 tomorrow. Check the box on the left in image control to display the info.
Fireball sunrise this morning through a band of thick smoke hugging the mountains on the northeast side of our 7 Km wide valley. No smoke on the mountains to the southwest. Must be close...
Hasn't been really hot, but it's been dry enough to stress cottonwood trees who's upper branch leaves are starting to turn a bit yellow.
Same in Calgary this morning. AQHI is a 7 today. I cannot see the mountains for the SMOKE. THe new normal.
My dad grew up working on old-style dairy farms, and I grew up among cowboys. On dairy farms, they wear knee-high rubber boots for a reason. I don't see how anyone in that occupation could drink milk, but they did, and made home-made butter and whipped cream too, and mountains of cheese. As far as the pros of the Industrial Revolution and its later amenities like the evolution of engines, versus the cons of the terrible social and labor condition it led to, well, I'm sure Matt is whittling his censor pencil right now... but there might be some remote possibility of tying the invention of photography right into that all, and getting away with a few more words - probably not in my case, however. Fox Talbot used chemicals that came from somewhere.... perhaps coal mine sludge the poor were wallowing in? Time to read some Karl Marx and report back when Matt is sleeping. (Disclaimer - I don't drink milk, but do love cheese.)
I’ve been photographing West coast wildfire damage for years. Wildfire
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