Picturavis
@Picturavis@pixelfed.de  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Precious Feathers


This beautiful male white-tipped quetzal was nesting with its mate behind one of the El Dorado Nature Reserve's huts in Colombia. We also met them a few times during hikes in the forest. They are like large green forest spirits and have a beautiful metallic plumage.


The translations of "quetzal" from Nahuatl, the Aztec language, to English vary a bit. Quetzalcoatl, the Aztec deity, is literally translated to something like "serpent of precious feathers" with "coatl" translating to serpent. The full name of the related resplendent quetzal seems to be Quetzaltototl with "tototl" translating to bird. My completely amateur translatation of "quetzal" with no knowledge of the language is therefore "precious feathers" which I think is an apt name for these bird species.


Sources of translation: https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/ and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetzalcoatl#Etymology


To be able to photograph in these dark forest conditions, I had to learn to go far below my comfort shutter speed of usually 1/500 s with the 600 mm (900 mm effective) telephoto lens. With some (forced) practice I was able to capture images like this one at 1/100 s handheld. My gimbal tripod was not an option, as it slowed me down too much during hikes, and the ability to react quickly was more important to me than deleting fewer blurry photos after each day.


Pharomachrus fulgidus | White-tipped quetzal | Glanztrogon

Nikon D500, Sigma 150-600mm C, 600 mm, f/6.3, 1/100 s, ISO 2200, handheld
#bird #nature #photography #green #colombia#digiKam #darktable
Picturavis
@Picturavis@pixelfed.de  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Precious Feathers


This beautiful male white-tipped quetzal was nesting with its mate behind one of the El Dorado Nature Reserve's huts in Colombia. We also met them a few times during hikes in the forest. They are like large green forest spirits and have a beautiful metallic plumage.


The translations of "quetzal" from Nahuatl, the Aztec language, to English vary a bit. Quetzalcoatl, the Aztec deity, is literally translated to something like "serpent of precious feathers" with "coatl" translating to serpent. The full name of the related resplendent quetzal seems to be Quetzaltototl with "tototl" translating to bird. My completely amateur translatation of "quetzal" with no knowledge of the language is therefore "precious feathers" which I think is an apt name for these bird species.


Sources of translation: https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/ and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetzalcoatl#Etymology


To be able to photograph in these dark forest conditions, I had to learn to go far below my comfort shutter speed of usually 1/500 s with the 600 mm (900 mm effective) telephoto lens. With some (forced) practice I was able to capture images like this one at 1/100 s handheld. My gimbal tripod was not an option, as it slowed me down too much during hikes, and the ability to react quickly was more important to me than deleting fewer blurry photos after each day.


Pharomachrus fulgidus | White-tipped quetzal | Glanztrogon

Nikon D500, Sigma 150-600mm C, 600 mm, f/6.3, 1/100 s, ISO 2200, handheld
#bird #nature #photography #green #colombia#digiKam #darktable
Bob Tregilus
@elaterite@mastoart.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Ross Reservoir, North Cascades National Park, Washington (8/7/2025).

#Travel#Lake#Roadtrip#Mountains#Photography#Darktable

A color landscape photo of a narrow turquoise colored lake extending from the lower right to center-left. The lake is confined by steep conifer tree covered mountains. In the background is a jagged mountain range with a lot of clouds breaking up on it due to a clearing storm. There is a little bit of blue sky also visible.
A color landscape photo of a narrow turquoise colored lake extending from the lower right to center-left. The lake is confined by steep conifer tree covered mountains. In the background is a jagged mountain range with a lot of clouds breaking up on it due to a clearing storm. There is a little bit of blue sky also visible.
A color landscape photo of a narrow turquoise colored lake extending from the lower right to center-left. The lake is confined by steep conifer tree covered mountains. In the background is a jagged mountain range with a lot of clouds breaking up on it due to a clearing storm. There is a little bit of blue sky also visible.
Color landscape photo of a lake in a mountain valley. The lake is turquoise in color due to minerals from melting glaciers. The lake is in the shape of an upside down "Y". At the head of the "Y" is a barely visible dam. The lake is wider where is disappears on the lower left and narrow where it disappears a bit below center on the right. A fairly flat piece of land sticks out from the lower right to about a quarter of the way up in the frame. Steep tree covered mountains are on the right and left. A tall cloud capped mountain is in the background under a blue sky.
Color landscape photo of a lake in a mountain valley. The lake is turquoise in color due to minerals from melting glaciers. The lake is in the shape of an upside down "Y". At the head of the "Y" is a barely visible dam. The lake is wider where is disappears on the lower left and narrow where it disappears a bit below center on the right. A fairly flat piece of land sticks out from the lower right to about a quarter of the way up in the frame. Steep tree covered mountains are on the right and left. A tall cloud capped mountain is in the background under a blue sky.
Color landscape photo of a lake in a mountain valley. The lake is turquoise in color due to minerals from melting glaciers. The lake is in the shape of an upside down "Y". At the head of the "Y" is a barely visible dam. The lake is wider where is disappears on the lower left and narrow where it disappears a bit below center on the right. A fairly flat piece of land sticks out from the lower right to about a quarter of the way up in the frame. Steep tree covered mountains are on the right and left. A tall cloud capped mountain is in the background under a blue sky.
Bob Tregilus
@elaterite@mastoart.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Ross Reservoir, North Cascades National Park, Washington (8/7/2025).

#Travel#Lake#Roadtrip#Mountains#Photography#Darktable

A color landscape photo of a narrow turquoise colored lake extending from the lower right to center-left. The lake is confined by steep conifer tree covered mountains. In the background is a jagged mountain range with a lot of clouds breaking up on it due to a clearing storm. There is a little bit of blue sky also visible.
A color landscape photo of a narrow turquoise colored lake extending from the lower right to center-left. The lake is confined by steep conifer tree covered mountains. In the background is a jagged mountain range with a lot of clouds breaking up on it due to a clearing storm. There is a little bit of blue sky also visible.
A color landscape photo of a narrow turquoise colored lake extending from the lower right to center-left. The lake is confined by steep conifer tree covered mountains. In the background is a jagged mountain range with a lot of clouds breaking up on it due to a clearing storm. There is a little bit of blue sky also visible.
Color landscape photo of a lake in a mountain valley. The lake is turquoise in color due to minerals from melting glaciers. The lake is in the shape of an upside down "Y". At the head of the "Y" is a barely visible dam. The lake is wider where is disappears on the lower left and narrow where it disappears a bit below center on the right. A fairly flat piece of land sticks out from the lower right to about a quarter of the way up in the frame. Steep tree covered mountains are on the right and left. A tall cloud capped mountain is in the background under a blue sky.
Color landscape photo of a lake in a mountain valley. The lake is turquoise in color due to minerals from melting glaciers. The lake is in the shape of an upside down "Y". At the head of the "Y" is a barely visible dam. The lake is wider where is disappears on the lower left and narrow where it disappears a bit below center on the right. A fairly flat piece of land sticks out from the lower right to about a quarter of the way up in the frame. Steep tree covered mountains are on the right and left. A tall cloud capped mountain is in the background under a blue sky.
Color landscape photo of a lake in a mountain valley. The lake is turquoise in color due to minerals from melting glaciers. The lake is in the shape of an upside down "Y". At the head of the "Y" is a barely visible dam. The lake is wider where is disappears on the lower left and narrow where it disappears a bit below center on the right. A fairly flat piece of land sticks out from the lower right to about a quarter of the way up in the frame. Steep tree covered mountains are on the right and left. A tall cloud capped mountain is in the background under a blue sky.
Jonathan
@jonathanmh@streamers.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Looking for beta testers! 👀 If you're a user of #kdenlive or #darktable and you want to try some film emulation presets please let me know!
I'll send you some LUTs including installation instructions, you just have to let me know if it works for you!

#photograhy #colourgrading #kodakgold #fedipower #greece #kefalonia

A video of a small boat on a rocky beach, before and after editing
A video of a small boat on a rocky beach, before and after editing
Bob Tregilus
@elaterite@mastoart.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

A couple of Grand Entrance shots from Friday's Rocky Boy's Agency Powwow in Montana. This powwow is gigantic compared to the ones I'm accustom to in Nevada! Saturday is the big competition day!

#Travel#Dance#Native#Photography#Darktable

A color portrait photo of a Native-American dancer in regalia. We see her from the waist up. She wears a dark long sleeve dress and has multiple vest like decorations and intricately beaded necklaces. Her black hair is tightly bound back. Two eagle features stick up from behind her head. There is a orange sunset in the background.
A color portrait photo of a Native-American dancer in regalia. We see her from the waist up. She wears a dark long sleeve dress and has multiple vest like decorations and intricately beaded necklaces. Her black hair is tightly bound back. Two eagle features stick up from behind her head. There is a orange sunset in the background.
A color portrait photo of a Native-American dancer in regalia. We see her from the waist up. She wears a dark long sleeve dress and has multiple vest like decorations and intricately beaded necklaces. Her black hair is tightly bound back. Two eagle features stick up from behind her head. There is a orange sunset in the background.
A color portrait photo of a female Native-American dancer in regalia. She faces toward the left and is looking down but her head is wreck. She wears a gay colored long sleeve dress. We see her beaded belt with alternating diagonal dark and gray stripes. Her hair is tightly bound and she wears a blue wrapping with shells on the ends over her braids. Dangling from the shells are buckskin fringe. She has three eagle feathers sticking out of the back of her head and a large white feature tuff on top of her head.
A color portrait photo of a female Native-American dancer in regalia. She faces toward the left and is looking down but her head is wreck. She wears a gay colored long sleeve dress. We see her beaded belt with alternating diagonal dark and gray stripes. Her hair is tightly bound and she wears a blue wrapping with shells on the ends over her braids. Dangling from the shells are buckskin fringe. She has three eagle feathers sticking out of the back of her head and a large white feature tuff on top of her head.
A color portrait photo of a female Native-American dancer in regalia. She faces toward the left and is looking down but her head is wreck. She wears a gay colored long sleeve dress. We see her beaded belt with alternating diagonal dark and gray stripes. Her hair is tightly bound and she wears a blue wrapping with shells on the ends over her braids. Dangling from the shells are buckskin fringe. She has three eagle feathers sticking out of the back of her head and a large white feature tuff on top of her head.
A color portrait photo of a Native-American dance in powwow regalia. He is in profile facing left. He is hunched forward with his head tipped back. He has four long black braids hanging over his shoulders. His regalia is multicolored but predominantly a green-yellow. He has a porcupine headdress with two long wires holding large white tuffs of feathers high above his head. He wears a multicolored beaded headband and bead dangles in front of his eyes.
A color portrait photo of a Native-American dance in powwow regalia. He is in profile facing left. He is hunched forward with his head tipped back. He has four long black braids hanging over his shoulders. His regalia is multicolored but predominantly a green-yellow. He has a porcupine headdress with two long wires holding large white tuffs of feathers high above his head. He wears a multicolored beaded headband and bead dangles in front of his eyes.
A color portrait photo of a Native-American dance in powwow regalia. He is in profile facing left. He is hunched forward with his head tipped back. He has four long black braids hanging over his shoulders. His regalia is multicolored but predominantly a green-yellow. He has a porcupine headdress with two long wires holding large white tuffs of feathers high above his head. He wears a multicolored beaded headband and bead dangles in front of his eyes.
Bob Tregilus
@elaterite@mastoart.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

A couple of Grand Entrance shots from Friday's Rocky Boy's Agency Powwow in Montana. This powwow is gigantic compared to the ones I'm accustom to in Nevada! Saturday is the big competition day!

#Travel#Dance#Native#Photography#Darktable

A color portrait photo of a Native-American dancer in regalia. We see her from the waist up. She wears a dark long sleeve dress and has multiple vest like decorations and intricately beaded necklaces. Her black hair is tightly bound back. Two eagle features stick up from behind her head. There is a orange sunset in the background.
A color portrait photo of a Native-American dancer in regalia. We see her from the waist up. She wears a dark long sleeve dress and has multiple vest like decorations and intricately beaded necklaces. Her black hair is tightly bound back. Two eagle features stick up from behind her head. There is a orange sunset in the background.
A color portrait photo of a Native-American dancer in regalia. We see her from the waist up. She wears a dark long sleeve dress and has multiple vest like decorations and intricately beaded necklaces. Her black hair is tightly bound back. Two eagle features stick up from behind her head. There is a orange sunset in the background.
A color portrait photo of a female Native-American dancer in regalia. She faces toward the left and is looking down but her head is wreck. She wears a gay colored long sleeve dress. We see her beaded belt with alternating diagonal dark and gray stripes. Her hair is tightly bound and she wears a blue wrapping with shells on the ends over her braids. Dangling from the shells are buckskin fringe. She has three eagle feathers sticking out of the back of her head and a large white feature tuff on top of her head.
A color portrait photo of a female Native-American dancer in regalia. She faces toward the left and is looking down but her head is wreck. She wears a gay colored long sleeve dress. We see her beaded belt with alternating diagonal dark and gray stripes. Her hair is tightly bound and she wears a blue wrapping with shells on the ends over her braids. Dangling from the shells are buckskin fringe. She has three eagle feathers sticking out of the back of her head and a large white feature tuff on top of her head.
A color portrait photo of a female Native-American dancer in regalia. She faces toward the left and is looking down but her head is wreck. She wears a gay colored long sleeve dress. We see her beaded belt with alternating diagonal dark and gray stripes. Her hair is tightly bound and she wears a blue wrapping with shells on the ends over her braids. Dangling from the shells are buckskin fringe. She has three eagle feathers sticking out of the back of her head and a large white feature tuff on top of her head.
A color portrait photo of a Native-American dance in powwow regalia. He is in profile facing left. He is hunched forward with his head tipped back. He has four long black braids hanging over his shoulders. His regalia is multicolored but predominantly a green-yellow. He has a porcupine headdress with two long wires holding large white tuffs of feathers high above his head. He wears a multicolored beaded headband and bead dangles in front of his eyes.
A color portrait photo of a Native-American dance in powwow regalia. He is in profile facing left. He is hunched forward with his head tipped back. He has four long black braids hanging over his shoulders. His regalia is multicolored but predominantly a green-yellow. He has a porcupine headdress with two long wires holding large white tuffs of feathers high above his head. He wears a multicolored beaded headband and bead dangles in front of his eyes.
A color portrait photo of a Native-American dance in powwow regalia. He is in profile facing left. He is hunched forward with his head tipped back. He has four long black braids hanging over his shoulders. His regalia is multicolored but predominantly a green-yellow. He has a porcupine headdress with two long wires holding large white tuffs of feathers high above his head. He wears a multicolored beaded headband and bead dangles in front of his eyes.
Geobert Quach
@Geobomatic@pixelfed.fr  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Only thing left

boost_request If you like it, reblog it, we are the algorithm here!


🇫🇷 « Le temps détruit tout ce qu’il crée » — Ovide


🇬🇧 “Time is the devourer of all things.” — Ovide


📅 10/10/2014

📷 #Canon6D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM

⚙️ ƒ/4.0, ⏲️ 1/100, 🎥 98.0mm, 🎞️ 100

#Canon #photography #pixelfed #darktable #ruins
Geobert Quach
@Geobomatic@pixelfed.fr  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Only thing left

boost_request If you like it, reblog it, we are the algorithm here!


🇫🇷 « Le temps détruit tout ce qu’il crée » — Ovide


🇬🇧 “Time is the devourer of all things.” — Ovide


📅 10/10/2014

📷 #Canon6D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM

⚙️ ƒ/4.0, ⏲️ 1/100, 🎥 98.0mm, 🎞️ 100

#Canon #photography #pixelfed #darktable #ruins
Bob Tregilus
@elaterite@mastoart.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

Nice view but it could use a door and some windows. Maybe a roof too.

(Piedmont, Wyoming, 7/8/2025.)

#Abandoned#Rural#GhostTown#Photography#Darktable

Color landscape photo looking out from the inside of a old abandoned building. The door opening is to the left. There is a right angle in the wall with two large window openings. Past the windows is a wall that is in heavy shadow but you can see some writing and graffiti on the rotting plaster. In places the plaster has fallen off the wall revealing the horizontal lath boards underneath. On the floor are parallel lines of light and dark where the sun is shining in through the roof that is missing its shingles. Outside, through the door and the two window opening is a pastoral scene. It is green with a bright blue sky and puffy white clouds. Through the window on the right is a roundish green tree in a green field. Through the window on the left a small abandoned cabin is seen in the same field as the green tree. Through the doorway on the left is some sagebrush and distant mountains.
Color landscape photo looking out from the inside of a old abandoned building. The door opening is to the left. There is a right angle in the wall with two large window openings. Past the windows is a wall that is in heavy shadow but you can see some writing and graffiti on the rotting plaster. In places the plaster has fallen off the wall revealing the horizontal lath boards underneath. On the floor are parallel lines of light and dark where the sun is shining in through the roof that is missing its shingles. Outside, through the door and the two window opening is a pastoral scene. It is green with a bright blue sky and puffy white clouds. Through the window on the right is a roundish green tree in a green field. Through the window on the left a small abandoned cabin is seen in the same field as the green tree. Through the doorway on the left is some sagebrush and distant mountains.
Color landscape photo looking out from the inside of a old abandoned building. The door opening is to the left. There is a right angle in the wall with two large window openings. Past the windows is a wall that is in heavy shadow but you can see some writing and graffiti on the rotting plaster. In places the plaster has fallen off the wall revealing the horizontal lath boards underneath. On the floor are parallel lines of light and dark where the sun is shining in through the roof that is missing its shingles. Outside, through the door and the two window opening is a pastoral scene. It is green with a bright blue sky and puffy white clouds. Through the window on the right is a roundish green tree in a green field. Through the window on the left a small abandoned cabin is seen in the same field as the green tree. Through the doorway on the left is some sagebrush and distant mountains.
Bob Tregilus
@elaterite@mastoart.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

Nice view but it could use a door and some windows. Maybe a roof too.

(Piedmont, Wyoming, 7/8/2025.)

#Abandoned#Rural#GhostTown#Photography#Darktable

Color landscape photo looking out from the inside of a old abandoned building. The door opening is to the left. There is a right angle in the wall with two large window openings. Past the windows is a wall that is in heavy shadow but you can see some writing and graffiti on the rotting plaster. In places the plaster has fallen off the wall revealing the horizontal lath boards underneath. On the floor are parallel lines of light and dark where the sun is shining in through the roof that is missing its shingles. Outside, through the door and the two window opening is a pastoral scene. It is green with a bright blue sky and puffy white clouds. Through the window on the right is a roundish green tree in a green field. Through the window on the left a small abandoned cabin is seen in the same field as the green tree. Through the doorway on the left is some sagebrush and distant mountains.
Color landscape photo looking out from the inside of a old abandoned building. The door opening is to the left. There is a right angle in the wall with two large window openings. Past the windows is a wall that is in heavy shadow but you can see some writing and graffiti on the rotting plaster. In places the plaster has fallen off the wall revealing the horizontal lath boards underneath. On the floor are parallel lines of light and dark where the sun is shining in through the roof that is missing its shingles. Outside, through the door and the two window opening is a pastoral scene. It is green with a bright blue sky and puffy white clouds. Through the window on the right is a roundish green tree in a green field. Through the window on the left a small abandoned cabin is seen in the same field as the green tree. Through the doorway on the left is some sagebrush and distant mountains.
Color landscape photo looking out from the inside of a old abandoned building. The door opening is to the left. There is a right angle in the wall with two large window openings. Past the windows is a wall that is in heavy shadow but you can see some writing and graffiti on the rotting plaster. In places the plaster has fallen off the wall revealing the horizontal lath boards underneath. On the floor are parallel lines of light and dark where the sun is shining in through the roof that is missing its shingles. Outside, through the door and the two window opening is a pastoral scene. It is green with a bright blue sky and puffy white clouds. Through the window on the right is a roundish green tree in a green field. Through the window on the left a small abandoned cabin is seen in the same field as the green tree. Through the doorway on the left is some sagebrush and distant mountains.