Glory Brocken Spectre

Stumblebum

Ooops I did it again.....

I bumped up the "Fog Selfie" to show where I learned of this first time....

https://dgrin.com/discussion/252209/fog-selfie#latest

You can read about it more here.....I don't think science has complete explanation of it yet....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brocken_spectre

Now chasing low fog at Golden Gate Bridge, I got this....

Cygnus Studios

That is a cool shot.

Getting the deck fog layer is a matter of luck. In my 9 years here in the bay area, I've only gotten close once. Plenty of high and low level fogs, but that moment where it lays right on the deck has eluded me to date.

Weather underground used to have the daily fog report which was a good resource, but they've stop offering the map. Now it is a matter of seeing some of the local live videos from either Tiburon or the marina and hope that you can get there before the fog moves up or down.

Stumblebum

Thanks Steve! Yes, the Tiburon CAM is a life saver! Also, when hot days follow cold day and temp drop of 10-15 degrees, that is when our chances increase significantly! Cheers!

Cavalier

Taz - can't see the photo! I'm so disappointed!

Stumblebum

Not sure why Jo......maybe mods can help.....
Thanks for checking in....

denisegoldberg

I can't see the photo either.

If I right click on the broken image and request to open it in a new tab I get "This photos.smugmug.com page can’t be found".

Stumblebum

Stumblebum

Deinse, Jo, can you see it now? Used to be easy posting here.....now it is a science experiment.

kdog

Wow, that's really weird. I'd never heard of this effect before. Great shot too, my friend.

Stumblebum

Oh cool K-dog! Maybe photo is showing now! Got to get you up for low fog, but probability is always iffy.....cheers and Thanks!

Richard

Very cool.

denisegoldberg

@Stumblebum said:
Denise, Jo, can you see it now? Used to be easy posting here.....now it is a science experiment.

Unfortunately I still can't see the photo. I even tried different browsers, no change.
It seems odd to me that only a couple of us are missing the photo.

black mamba

I've not ben able to see the picture either. Taz is right....posting now is a different animal than it used to be.

denisegoldberg

It seems (to me) to be something with the URL - although why a photos.smugmug.com URL shows successfully to some but not all forum participants seems a bit odd. Given that the raw URL can't retrieve the photo for some I don't think it's a forum issue.

Maybe a caching problem somewhere?

Richard

Not too sure what the problem is. In FF, I don't see a pic in the first post in this thread, but I do see it in a later post from Taz. In Chrome, I don't see any pics at all. Anyone using IE, Edge or Safari care to comment?

black mamba

I use Edge. This is the first time I've not been able to open a picture.

denisegoldberg

I don't see a photo in the first post of this thread in Firefox.

In Chrome and Edge I see a broken image. If I right click on the broken image and open in another browser tab I see a photos.smugmug.com URL with the message that the page can't be found.

I see this problem in both the original post and in the later post from Taz.

Cygnus Studios

I saw the image on the 6th using Firefox, but now it has gone away. If I switch to IE I get the broken image block.

roaddog52

No photos for me either.

Richard

This is strange stuff. My gut tells me that it's a SmugMug/CDN cloud problem, not a Dgrin forum problem, but I really don't know for sure. Browser caching might also be in the mix.

Taz: Did you use the SM Replace Photo function for this pic? Or delete photo? Those have been known to create odd inconsistencies, as the cloud cache can take a long time to sort itself out. Try this: rename the file (so that it doesn't look like a duplicate to SM) and upload it to a different public gallery. Then try to post it in this thread as a new post, not an edit.

Stumblebum

Richard....I just copied the "image URL' and dumped it on the picture icon (where it says in light grey - image url) and hit enter.....then I did preview...and I can see it and I have done exact same thing before.....it didn't have issues. I only use Chrome.

I have since edited the image on my page or added new images.....is it possible that is breaking the link? Meaning if the gallery it is in, gets edited, it breaks it? In the past that was never a problem.......

Since I don't plan to add any new image today......here is another try.....

denisegoldberg

Thanks for reposting - it shows for me now.

Very interesting photo, I like it!

[Deleted User]

That is really a cool pic.

Stumblebum

Yay! Denise, Jorgen, many many thanks!

black mamba

It comes through for me now. Certainly an unusual and interesting shot. Kudos to you, Taz.

Tom

Stumblebum

Thanks kindly Tom!!

Eia

A really cool pic and I like your shadowy figure...you with tripod? Agree -- posting isn't as easy as it used to be.

Stumblebum

Thanks Anna Maria! Yes, the shadow in Halo is mine! Cheers!