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Images => Themes, Portfolio Series, PaW, or PaM => Topic started by: Tristin on January 22, 2016, 03:06:47

Title: [Theme] Death & Decay (warning, contains graphic images!!!)
Post by: Tristin on January 22, 2016, 03:06:47
I can't be the only one on here interested in the darker sides of life . . .

(http://i.imgur.com/vZJMEeC.jpg)
Nikkor 105mm f/1.8 + 5T @f/2.8
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Post by: pluton on January 22, 2016, 05:59:22
A visit to the local city park:  Fresh air, green grass, and a mummified squirrel.
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Post by: Jan Anne on January 22, 2016, 12:20:54
Killed by Death of Field
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8138/8744906613_3e8253206f_o.jpg)
D800E with 200/2VR and 1.7TC, Norway 2013
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Post by: Jan Anne on January 22, 2016, 12:26:16
I've updated the title btw with a little warning as I remember that some members on the old forum were a little upset about the graphic content.
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Post by: Seapy on January 22, 2016, 13:14:40
I've updated the title btw with a little warning as I remember that some members on the old forum were a little upset about the graphic content.

Err, aren't most photographs graphic?  Perhaps disturbing...  ;)
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Post by: Erik Lund on January 22, 2016, 13:59:30
He he, very Graphic indeed - I remember the disturbance it caused - But maybe choose another word if you want to warn delicate souls  :P
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Post by: Peter Connan on January 22, 2016, 15:19:39
Hollowness is...
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Post by: Tristin on January 22, 2016, 18:36:47
He he, very Graphic indeed - I remember the disturbance it caused - But maybe choose another word if you want to warn delicate souls  :P

I'm not sure what anyone would expect going into a thread titled "Death and Decay".  I am always amazed at the childishness that adults can put on display.  Requiring other people to label things so that you don't have to make informed (in this case, by the very title) decisions on your own is quite childish.  But this is not my forum, so I will not protest keeping the children happy.

Jan, interesting image.  Though I feel like the selective color is seperated too abruptly from the b/w and detracts from the image.

Peter, harrowing image.  Wish the feet weren't cropped, but a minor quibble.  I'm surprised to see it hollowed out, I've never seen anything like that.
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Post by: Thomas G on January 22, 2016, 18:45:29
I'm not sure what anyone would expect going into a thread titled "Death and Decay".  I am always amazed at the childishness that adults can put on display.  Requiring other people to label things so that you don't have to make informed (in this case, by the very title) decisions on your own is quite childish.  But this is not my forum, so I will not protest keeping the children happy.
Maybe make it 'explicit'... like in 'explicit death & corpse decay. Seems to be common (political correct) sense.
For those who need guidance to stay away from something they personally or culturally avoid.

I'd read 'graphic' more like in 'graphic novel',- which may be related to English not being my mother language.
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Post by: Thomas G on January 22, 2016, 18:56:35
fly ... can't be helped any more
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Post by: Peter Connan on January 23, 2016, 11:35:43
Thank you Tristan, valid point.
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Post by: Jan Anne on January 23, 2016, 12:57:00
Interesting, if you type "graphic images" in Google you get very colourful computer generated images but if you type "warning graphic images" you get some very disturbing content. If you type "explicit images" some nudity shows up but nothing in line with the the images posted here.

Anyway, we should be fine but as mentioned I got some complaint last time my "Death by DOF" image was posted in the old forum. Just wanted to prevent such response but in all honesty putting warning in titles usually attracts more attention :)
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Post by: Bjørn Rørslett on January 23, 2016, 13:02:49
You could announce the toad as "Nude Toad (Warning: Graphic)", for example.:D

I do remember that toad. It was - should we say - compressed. The reason for its compressed state can be seen in my concurrent UV shot, posted here (I was testing a Peleng 8 mm for UV, which didn't work very well by the way),
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Post by: Bjørn Rørslett on January 23, 2016, 13:13:05
The rib cage is what remains of an European Elk ... A wide-angle lens and a clothes-pin (for your nose) are useful accessories.
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Post by: Jan Anne on January 23, 2016, 13:20:42
The local specialty in Lofoten: dried cod.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6082/6115771114_39e8e29bee_o.jpg)
D3s & 60/2.8G, Norway 2011
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Post by: Jan Anne on January 23, 2016, 13:35:15
Jan, interesting image.  Though I feel like the selective color is seperated too abruptly from the b/w and detracts from the image.
Thanks Tristin and well spotted, I was going for the Sin City B&W with burnt reds look including the separation from the background so the blood looks fake and painted on.
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Post by: Anirban Halder on January 23, 2016, 13:47:05
"Bucher and lamb"
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Post by: Thomas G on January 23, 2016, 20:34:34
"Bucher and lamb"
Seeing a butcher @work I often tend to feel that overgrowing meat consumption could be reduced if everyone would attend live how it's made.
Title: Re: Death & Decay (warning, contains graphic images!!!)
Post by: Tristin on January 24, 2016, 07:39:34
Bjørn, love the colors and geometry.

Jan, I dig the mono tone and comp.  The fish just visible to the right adds a lot.

Thomas, I agree but meat consumption  will inevitably plummet due to bio-technology rendering raising animals for meat far less profitable than printing/growing meat without the animals.  Raised meat will become a luxury.  Morals have some power but economics are the law of human survival.
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Post by: Bruno Schroder on January 24, 2016, 16:10:47
Red Robin skull, V1 Heligon 42mm.

Impressive images, the rib cage and cod.
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Post by: Fons Baerken on January 26, 2016, 11:21:10
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1454/24255012029_a7ca81d781_o.jpg)

D800 cv90mm f/3.5 @ f/5.6
Title: Re: Death & Decay (warning, contains graphic images!!!)
Post by: Fons Baerken on January 26, 2016, 12:08:18
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1469/24327857500_d6089b4e5e_o.jpg)

decaying bird Odense
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Post by: Anirban Halder on January 26, 2016, 12:12:57
Fons, did you have a face mask or clothes-pin, when you shot this one?  :D
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Post by: Fons Baerken on January 26, 2016, 12:25:09
Fons, did you have a face mask or clothes-pin, when you shot this one?  :D

No ;D, its indeed quite gross
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Post by: Erik Lund on January 26, 2016, 13:50:23
I don't like the way this thread is heading...  ::)
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Post by: Asle F on January 26, 2016, 16:24:26
The head of a dead musk ox.

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1653/23998953074_833fdb9380_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/CyGUD1)
moskusskalle (https://flic.kr/p/CyGUD1) by Asle Feten (https://www.flickr.com/photos/afoton/), on Flickr
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Post by: pluton on January 30, 2016, 23:48:36
It used to be a cow...
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Post by: Tristin on February 02, 2016, 22:39:53
Death From Above

(http://i.imgur.com/KFYu3L6.jpg)
Nikkor 105mm f/1.8 Ai-s + 5T @ f/2

Interesting side note, a recent University study debunked the long held idea that Constrictors kill by suffocating their prey.  The scientists felt Constrictors killed prey too quickly for it to be due to suffocation, so they undertook a detailed study that revealed obstructive shock is the true cause of death.  Simplified, the Constrictor stops the prey's circulatory system.  Quite efficient!
Title: Re: Death & Decay (warning, contains graphic images!!!)
Post by: Jan Anne on February 02, 2016, 22:50:43
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6072/6115816988_9f2819e7b6_o.jpg)
D3s and 60/2.8G, Lofoten, Norway 2011
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Post by: Tristin on February 02, 2016, 22:52:56
Jan, I like the choice of b/w for that image.  Draws attention to the geometry of the crab's shell nicely.
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Post by: BW on February 04, 2016, 20:44:26
Doing anatomical studies abroad. I couldn't resist the bisarre scene when opening the box. It certainly depict death and decay.
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Post by: Bjørn Rørslett on February 04, 2016, 22:13:23
Sure does. For once I'm happy we don't register smell in our photos :(

No question this is graphic enough. But the thread title contains the required warning ....

I wonder about the circumstances behind this scene, though.
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Post by: BW on February 04, 2016, 22:49:47
I was doing anatomical studies at a university in asia. I went in to a store room and found that they had no shortage of materials. They had several tubs with corpses and bodyparts floating in formaldehyde. I took this one picture to document their attitude towards handling deseased persons and human remains. I had a hard time deciding whether I should delete the picture or not.

A couple of years ago I was out hiking with my kids and wife. We had decided to have our evening meal at a scenic spot near our house where we could watch the sun set. When we arrived I noticed a women hanging from a tree. I turned the kids around and told my wife to call the police. The woman was already dead, but I had talked to her a few hours earlier, when she came by our house asking for directions to the location. As I waited for the police to arrive I took my camera trying to frame her against the setting sun. It was a very powerful picture, documenting the meaningless act of suicide we all to often experience here in norway. But I was not able to press the shutter on that occation.
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Post by: Tristin on February 04, 2016, 22:54:29
BW, wow.  I find their handling of the deceased quite disrepectful.  That is too bad.  As for the woman who killed herself, that is a tragic story.  My heart goes out to those that loved her.
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Post by: Bjørn Rørslett on February 04, 2016, 23:00:49
In my student days, I had numerous extra jobs to earn money for subsistence (and keeping wives happy ...).  Much of this was as a paramedic. That lead me to learn first hand all the dark sides of a modern society with deaths, suicides, victims of fatal accidents, and what have you. I have observed much worse than what BW shows us here, and sometimes wondered if the pictures really could be used. I decided against it in most cases. Death in any form is unpleasant for those watching the outcome. We don't need the visual reminder of scenes that burn themselves to the retina. For those lucky enough to never have encountered this dark side of life, BW's image can be an eye-opener.
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Post by: Tristin on February 04, 2016, 23:20:23
When it comes to human death, I agree that most of the time images would not be productive.  Though there are instances where human death can serve as powerful reminders of how we ought to treat each other.  War photography is mainly what comes to mind, though others like the portraits from Tuol Sleng are immense reminders of how vigilant people must remain against hatred and cold heartedness, and to be more compassionate.  The photographic evidence of the Nazi genocide programs will serve as a powerful opponent of facism, totalitarianism and authoritarianism for many generations.  Kevin Carter's image of the starving Sudanese child and the vulture is tragically powerful, and I have no doubt it has spurred increased compassion towards people suffering famine.  His suicide was a big loss for the world.
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Post by: BW on February 04, 2016, 23:32:53
I'm sure you have Bjørn. There are certainly som forensic pictures that would make one loose sleep. It is hard to photograph a deceased without being left with ethical ambiguity. One the other hand one should not be disconnected to a integral part of natural cycle of life. In the early days of photography it was quite common to incorporate the deceased in a family portrait. Today, that would make picture go "viral" (hate that term, really hate it).
Tristan, you make some very good points here!
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Post by: Erik Lund on February 05, 2016, 13:27:28
I find that this is a very important thread here on NikonGear, I think its important to show images like these and being able to discuss them.

Thanks for posting!
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Post by: Tristin on February 17, 2016, 09:34:48
(http://i.imgur.com/KMeCpBT.jpg)

Nikkor 50mm f/1.2 Ai-s @ f/1.2
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Post by: Frank Fremerey on February 17, 2016, 10:36:59
Edibles...

...and one slaughterer.
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Post by: Frank Fremerey on February 17, 2016, 10:49:25
Thank you Borge for sharing the picture of the suicide with us.

I worked for the radio for many years. Pictures are transferable without cameras. Head cinema.

Very probably I would have taken a shot with the abstraction of exposing her to a black sihouette from every angle.

Why? Because for me photography is another mode of operation. A mode of self protection sometimes. Like writing.
I detach myself from the scene by banning the words or pictures to an "outside" medium.

very strong thread. Thank you, Tristin and all contributers.
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Post by: Thomas G on May 15, 2016, 20:52:12
Lunch leftovers, possibly from the meal of a buzzard, which are regular visitors in the area.

'to the spine'
'skinned'
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Post by: Matthew Currie on May 16, 2016, 04:35:28
One from the Galapagos a couple of years ago.
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Post by: tommiejeep on May 16, 2016, 10:21:03
Matthew, the boot prints in the sand (presence of man) say it all for me  >:( .  Interesting image.
Tom
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Post by: elsa hoffmann on May 16, 2016, 10:32:20
having an interest in the raw reality of life - I find the thread very interesting. Thank you ALL for posting.
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Post by: Fons Baerken on June 27, 2016, 09:45:05
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7400/27932559435_8f857caf5c_o.jpg)

crash landing
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Post by: Lars Hansen on July 02, 2016, 12:34:07
Also posted in 366 days, daily blog. Slow worm.
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Post by: Tristin on July 02, 2016, 14:54:47
Fons, beautiful geometry.

Lars, nice composition though dead reptiles make me sad. 😢
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Post by: Lars Hansen on July 02, 2016, 18:24:31
Lars, nice composition though dead reptiles make me sad. 😢

Thanks Tristin. Same here - unfortunately slow worms have a bad habit of lying on paths in the forest so they get stepped on by people or run over by bicycles  :( 
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Post by: Thomas G on July 10, 2016, 23:30:27
on a Lofoten beach
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Post by: Lars Hansen on July 31, 2016, 18:50:51
A dead seal - decay in progress..
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Post by: Fons Baerken on October 12, 2016, 19:16:07
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8269/30198088411_a215f99886_o.jpg)
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Post by: Thomas G on October 12, 2016, 21:34:56
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Post by: Lars Hansen on November 03, 2016, 20:09:00
I was considering posting this in the autumn colors thread but it's probably better suited for this thread .. however, this is part of the autumn colors as well .. it's also the hunting season.
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Post by: Øivind Tøien on November 03, 2016, 22:58:14

Remnants of a white-tailed eagle in Nyksund.

(http://otoien.zenfolio.com/img/s12/v175/p949019777.jpg)
Title: Re: [Theme] Death & Decay (warning, contains graphic images!!!)
Post by: Peter on November 04, 2016, 00:49:47
Big Horn Ewe on side of highway 285 Tres Piedras, NM. Nikkor-N 24mm f2.8 D700.
Complete with dirty sensor. ???

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Post by: Tristin on November 04, 2016, 04:30:16
Peter, love the image!  I am not a fan of frames like this or leaving dust spots, but the image's composition and PP is great!
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Post by: Peter on November 04, 2016, 05:55:45
Peter, love the image!  I am not a fan of frames like this or leaving dust spots, but the image's composition and PP is great!
How's this?
Nikkor-N 24mm f2.8 D700.
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Post by: tommiejeep on November 04, 2016, 06:20:23
Df, 70-200 f4G vr Handheld
Decay and life
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Post by: Tristin on November 04, 2016, 16:56:12
Peter, I prefer the second.  Framing is subjective, but I would be hard-pressed to think of a good image to leave sensor spots on.  😉

Tom, love it!  The duality is lovely.
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Post by: Akira on November 04, 2016, 20:09:34
Tom, that is super!
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Post by: tommiejeep on November 05, 2016, 03:03:32
Tristin and Akira, many thanks,  I had decided to use some off camera flash the next day but the fruit dropped during the night , oh well   :(
Tom
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Post by: Akira on November 05, 2016, 03:04:54
I had decided to use some off camera flash the next day but the fruit dropped during the night , oh well   :(
Tom

Oh, that's too appropriate a fact for the thread...
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Post by: Fons Baerken on December 16, 2016, 12:33:07
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/257/30868258083_7d26c61650_o.jpg)

Are mice suicidal?
I have collected drowned ones many times from pots filled by rainwater.
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Post by: Øivind Tøien on June 29, 2017, 06:19:53
Ouch!   :o  (Tail looks a bit rat like to me, perhaps a juvenile?) One could ask the same about juvenile red squirrels at this time of the year. A lot of them end up very flattened in the road, drying up too quickly for flies to get to them. Here in an IR version:

(http://otoien.zenfolio.com/img/s7/v161/p2394584017.jpg)
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Post by: Peter on June 29, 2017, 07:32:33
A visit to the local city park:  Fresh air, green grass, and a mummified squirrel.
Looks like something I pulled out of a Dyson once.. ???
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Post by: Peter on June 29, 2017, 07:46:44
In my student days, I had numerous extra jobs to earn money for subsistence (and keeping wives happy ...).  Much of this was as a paramedic. That lead me to learn first hand all the dark sides of a modern society with deaths, suicides, victims of fatal accidents, and what have you. I have observed much worse than what BW shows us here, and sometimes wondered if the pictures really could be used. I decided against it in most cases. Death in any form is unpleasant for those watching the outcome. We don't need the visual reminder of scenes that burn themselves to the retina. For those lucky enough to never have encountered this dark side of life, BW's image can be an eye-opener.
Reason I quit chasing fire trucks and ambulances and chucked my scanner for newspaper money, after awhile you become numb until that one time..
It was Pulitzer prize level but I couldn't shoot it, not that it was gory but the whole single driver single vehicle accident scenario before me told the whole story without words. That was truly sad and it hit me square between the eyes.. I just stood there reaching up with my F3 framing it then putting it down.
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Post by: Lars Hansen on June 30, 2017, 19:40:32
A nice bone collection..
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Post by: Lars Hansen on November 16, 2017, 18:12:32
Decaying wood.
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Post by: Fons Baerken on November 16, 2017, 18:20:39
Lars, nice bone collection.
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Post by: Matthew Currie on November 16, 2017, 19:43:38
From Botswana earlier this year....

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Post by: Brute on November 17, 2017, 02:16:56
Does killing for food count?
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Post by: the solitaire on February 22, 2018, 23:33:30
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4711/26556275748_f784c27627_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GsFRzf)DSC_1664 (https://flic.kr/p/GsFRzf) by b j (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132836932@N03/), on Flickr

Found this while we were out walking with our dogs and daughter
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Post by: golunvolo on June 26, 2018, 12:16:35
Many points of view on the subject. BW, that story about the hanging woman is very powerful so it is your choice.


   I think this image goes to a more natural path with life-death-decay cycle
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Post by: the solitaire on August 04, 2018, 06:16:38
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1812/42928965075_2eb1c5c481_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/28puaGg)DSC_1992 (https://flic.kr/p/28puaGg) by b j (https://www.flickr.com/photos/132836932@N03/), on Flickr
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Post by: Lars Hansen on November 24, 2018, 19:30:22
Lars, nice bone collection.

A bit late, but thanks Fons :-)

A dove that lost its head .. or body  :o
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Post by: Gary on November 24, 2018, 20:48:54
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Photography/Black-Whites/i-xL9CWTP/1/46c43c44/O/Store-Death-UE.jpg)

The neighborhood shopkeeper was murdered in his store during a robbery.  The local community came out to give their respects.
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Post by: Øivind Tøien on November 24, 2018, 22:57:07

Life and death, living on the edge.

(https://otoien.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-3/p3196881732.jpg)
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Post by: Øivind Tøien on November 24, 2018, 22:59:19

Dead fish as restaurant sign.

(https://otoien.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-3/p3196881734.jpg)
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Post by: Bruno Schroder on December 27, 2018, 22:58:51
Paeonia lactiflora, end of the season
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Post by: Brute on September 08, 2019, 18:35:33
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Post by: mxbianco on September 18, 2019, 12:26:27
A porcupine

I cropped away the butchery.

The car hitting the porcupine was nearby, with at least 20 punctures in 2 tyres... Sometimes revenge is sweet!

Ciao from Massimo
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Post by: mxbianco on October 13, 2019, 08:14:28
Sheep, cleaned to the bone by wolves

Ciao from Massimo
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Post by: Fons Baerken on April 27, 2020, 13:44:43
April 27

Young rabit

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49824796823_0c86aae114_o.jpg)
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Post by: mxbianco on April 27, 2020, 17:40:50
Frozen roadside mouse, February 2020

Almost same colors as the rabbit

Ciao from Massimo
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Post by: Thomas G on May 08, 2020, 17:30:57
presented on black tarmak
From the Faroe Islands, so I assume these are bones from a sheep.
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Post by: Fons Baerken on July 02, 2020, 13:34:03
Frog

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50068295721_98b7a03bc0_o.jpg)
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Post by: golunvolo on January 20, 2022, 13:03:40
Everyday decay. It is one the constant, occupation and preoccupation of our societies: the disposal of it.

  Z6, 16/3.5 fisheye nikkor
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Post by: Fons Baerken on April 12, 2022, 14:45:27
April 12, '22

Robin of late

Z6, Kiron 105mm f/2.8 macro
(never liked the lens on a dslr, the 'reds were always off and showed hotspots'.)

Title: Re: [Theme] Death & Decay (warning, contains graphic images!!!)
Post by: Dogman on April 12, 2022, 18:26:08
Remember the group Cream's "Pressed Rat and Warthog"?  Where's the warthog?

Title: Re: [Theme] Death & Decay (warning, contains graphic images!!!)
Post by: Dogman on April 12, 2022, 18:30:36
Gone grackle.

Title: Re: [Theme] Death & Decay (warning, contains graphic images!!!)
Post by: Lars Hansen on April 13, 2022, 13:56:33
Traces of death .. not much left to decay.   
Title: Re: [Theme] Death & Decay (warning, contains graphic images!!!)
Post by: Fons Baerken on May 06, 2022, 14:28:47
'Those who are about to die salute thee',
I could even touch the mouse so close i got,
which suggests it was dying..

Z6, 85mm f/1.8s

Title: Re: [Theme] Death & Decay (warning, contains graphic images!!!)
Post by: ColinM on May 07, 2022, 21:23:56
'Those who are about to die salute thee',
I could even touch the mouse so close i got,
which suggests it was dying..

Z6, 85mm f/1.8s

Its a beautiful image and a touching story Fons
Thank you for sharing
Title: Re: [Theme] Death & Decay (warning, contains graphic images!!!)
Post by: Fons Baerken on May 08, 2022, 09:43:08
Its a beautiful image and a touching story Fons
Thank you for sharing

Thank you Colin!
Title: Re: [Theme] Death & Decay (warning, contains graphic images!!!)
Post by: Fons Baerken on May 22, 2022, 10:14:27
The hatchling crashed on its maidenflight

Z6  -  105mm f/2.8S
Title: Re: [Theme] Death & Decay (warning, contains graphic images!!!)
Post by: Lars Hansen on June 17, 2022, 11:01:41
Gone grackle.

And another one - from last evening. Looked like it had fell out of the nest in some tall trees.   
Title: Re: [Theme] Death & Decay (warning, contains graphic images!!!)
Post by: Fons Baerken on July 27, 2022, 20:00:31
Pigeon, flew against the window with a big bang, detail.

Z6, 105mm f/2.8s

Title: Re: [Theme] Death & Decay (warning, contains graphic images!!!)
Post by: mxbianco on September 10, 2022, 20:34:54
Butterfly tasting a dead snake

Nikon Z fc, 50-250mm f/4.5-6.3 VR Nikkor Z DX

Fons, I don't see your picture!

Ciao from Massimo
Title: Re: [Theme] Death & Decay (warning, contains graphic images!!!)
Post by: Fons Baerken on September 10, 2022, 20:47:39
Butterfly tasting a dead snake

Nikon Z fc, 50-250mm f/4.5-6.3 VR Nikkor Z DX

Fons, I don't see your picture!

Ciao from Massimo

Thank you Massimo i corrected it, seemed to have gone completely missing
Title: Re: [Theme] Death & Decay (warning, contains graphic images!!!)
Post by: HCS on September 10, 2022, 22:42:05
Butterfly tasting a dead snake

Interesting Massimo! Is it a dead snake, or "just" a shed skin? Very interesting juxtaposition none-the-less.

I have an empty shell crab.
Title: Re: [Theme] Death & Decay (warning, contains graphic images!!!)
Post by: mxbianco on September 11, 2022, 06:35:35
Interesting Massimo! Is it a dead snake, or "just" a shed skin? Very interesting juxtaposition none-the-less.

I have an empty shell crab.

Dead non-poisonous snake, it had been clubbed to death. Too bad, some people hate snakes...

Ciao from Massimo
Title: Re: [Theme] Death & Decay (warning, contains graphic images!!!)
Post by: Lars Hansen on November 19, 2022, 18:19:23
Dead non-poisonous snake, it had been clubbed to death. Too bad, some people hate snakes...

Ciao from Massimo

Massimo - snakes are fascinating creatures. Curious .. do you know if it's an Aesculapian Snake? 
Title: Re: [Theme] Death & Decay (warning, contains graphic images!!!)
Post by: Lars Hansen on November 19, 2022, 18:27:48
Fresh kill - a dove. Probably leftovers from a sparrowhawk meal. Phone shot. 
Title: Re: [Theme] Death & Decay (warning, contains graphic images!!!)
Post by: mxbianco on November 19, 2022, 19:44:37
Massimo - snakes are fascinating creatures. Curious .. do you know if it's an Aesculapian Snake?

I think it's too small to be an Aesculapian Snake, which is 1.2 to 1.6 metres in length. That one was 0.6-0.8 metres. Probably in the Natrix family, and possibly Natrix maura, or Natrix natrix (the latter is unlikely, it has a white collar, but the poor snake's head was badly ruined) . See some photos from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natrix (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natrix)

Ciao from Massimo
Title: Re: [Theme] Death & Decay (warning, contains graphic images!!!)
Post by: Brute on January 22, 2023, 00:36:38
Two Whale's washed up on the shore a couple day's a part.
The first was a male Sperm whale that was hit by a ship. It was about 40 feet long.
The second a baby Gray whale that they think was either a still born or died shortly after birth. The baby was about 12 feet long.
Title: Re: [Theme] Death & Decay (warning, contains graphic images!!!)
Post by: Bruno Schroder on December 06, 2023, 22:12:51
On the beach
D500 35/1.8 DX
Title: Re: [Theme] Death & Decay (warning, contains graphic images!!!)
Post by: kasperbergholt on December 10, 2023, 16:49:09
Withered flowers in black & white - from my ‘Flora Excursoria Hafniensis’ (https://bergholt.net/flora) Series.
Title: Re: [Theme] Death & Decay (warning, contains graphic images!!!)
Post by: ColinM on December 10, 2023, 18:00:37
Withered flowers in black & white - from my 'Flora Excursoria Hafniensis' Series.

I like the tonal range in here Kasper
Plus, I've achieved similar results with some of my gardening :(
Title: Re: [Theme] Death & Decay (warning, contains graphic images!!!)
Post by: senecaman on December 12, 2023, 13:31:54
Colourful decay
Title: Re: [Theme] Death & Decay (warning, contains graphic images!!!)
Post by: ColinM on December 12, 2023, 16:13:30
Colourful decay

That sort of decay is always welcome Andrew
Title: Re: [Theme] Death & Decay (warning, contains graphic images!!!)
Post by: Bob Foster on December 12, 2023, 21:38:33
Thistles
Title: Re: [Theme] Death & Decay (warning, contains graphic images!!!)
Post by: golunvolo on December 12, 2023, 22:14:34
Both beautiful decay Bob and Andrew
Title: Re: [Theme] Death & Decay (warning, contains graphic images!!!)
Post by: Bob Foster on December 13, 2023, 00:32:43
Thank you Paco.
Title: Re: [Theme] Death & Decay (warning, contains graphic images!!!)
Post by: senecaman on December 13, 2023, 16:23:37
Thankyou Paco (and Colin)

Always nice to receive some feedback. 
Title: Re: [Theme] Death & Decay (warning, contains graphic images!!!)
Post by: mxbianco on December 31, 2023, 13:52:47
We can draw one conclusion: vegetable decay is more acceptable to humans than animal/human decay.

Make love, not war

Ciao from Massimo
Title: Re: [Theme] Death & Decay (warning, contains graphic images!!!)
Post by: ColinM on December 31, 2023, 20:16:08
We can draw one conclusion: vegetable decay is more acceptable to humans than animal/human decay.

I can explain my preference in these photos Massimo
- I love leaves (any sort)
- I really love them when they turn gold and bronze
- As a gardener, I like using leaves to improve the soil

But I live near open countryside now and the fields are full of pheasants.
Many of them are hopeless at flying across roads, so the roads have been full of roadkill for weeks.

Since this brings Red Kites and Buzzards down, I'm not complaining (though haven't yet been able to find a stopping place to capture these raptors)
Title: Re: [Theme] Death & Decay (warning, contains graphic images!!!)
Post by: mxbianco on December 31, 2023, 21:24:07
I can explain my preference in these photos Massimo
- I love leaves (any sort)
- I really love them when they turn gold and bronze
- As a gardener, I like using leaves to improve the soil

But I live near open countryside now and the fields are full of pheasants.
Many of them are hopeless at flying across roads, so the roads have been full of roadkill for weeks.

Since this brings Red Kites and Buzzards down, I'm not complaining (though haven't yet been able to find a stopping place to capture these raptors)

I was not complaining, I agree with you on every statement you've made on this subject.

Happy new 2024 from Massimo!