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I've seriously lost track of how many times I've been shooting poppies this Spring. Finally, I have a shot I'm happy with. I hope everyone is having a good week.
one of the textures used from www.flickr.com/photos/darkwood67/
better in the light box
HDR composed out of 3 shots, all hand held at 1/15s. The different exposures were achieved by changing the ISO (720, 3200 and 12800) - auto iso does that by itself.
The colors on the ceiling and the pillars come from the colorful windows
Morning Sun
The sun is but a morning star. ~Henry David Thoreau, Walden
Thank you so much for the comments and faves!!!
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Con este amacer quiero agradeceros a tod@s vostr@s, las palabras que me habeis dedicado en estos momentos duros. Gracias por ese afecto y cariño que me habeis demostrado a traves de la fotografia y de Flickr. Muchisimas GRACIAS
En esta vida todo llega y todo pasa, por desgracia pasamos por momentos difíciles y duros de los que nos tenemos que reponer y continuar con nuestras cosas cotidianas sin mirar para atrás. Pero debemos reflexionar y decirnos que no merece la pena no disfrutar el día a día, no merece la pena el llevarnos mal con los demás, no merece la pena no ser felices pudiendo serlo, creo que debemos intentarlo por lo menos y pasar por esta vida de la mejor manera posible, haciendo amigos y no haciendo daño a nadie, creo que así viviremos mucho mejor.
Por todo ello os deseo a tod@s que seáis lo más felices posible
Nunca somos tan felices ni tan infelices como pensamos
Espero que sean de vuestro agrado
Os recuerdo que todas se pueden ver en grande y comentarlas
Malta
Zaahr - in Black * Zaahr - Facebook
Rondo Veneziano - Attimi di magia
Gracias a todos por los amables comentarios, mi amig@s!
Thank you for all your kind comments, my friends!
Seen during a wonderful 20 km hike in Müritz National Park ( a really lovely landscape in Northern Germany) on the handrail of a footbridge near a lake.
The Vagrant Darter, Sympetrum sanguineum, is a European dragonfly.
The species takes it English name from its habit of occasionally appearing as a rare vagrant north of its normal range.
It is a dragonfly of the family sailing dragonflies (Libellulidae). These are a family of large dragonflies (Anisoptera). It is a medium-sized dragonfly with a wingspan of 5 to 6.5 centimeters.
The head, chest (thorax) and hindquarters (abdomen) of the animals are red in the male, the female is more brownish-yellow-red colored with black markings.
You can find the Vagrant Darter in the months from July to November at all kinds of stagnant waters, including smaller waters and garden ponds.
Warmly recommended to view Large On Black
Die Gemeine Heidelibelle (Sympetrum sanguineum) ist eine Libellenart aus der Familie der Segellibellen (Libellulidae). Diese sind eine Familie der Großlibellen (Anisoptera). Es handelt sich dabei um eine mittelgroße Libelle mit einer Flügelspannweite von 5 bis maximal 6,5 Zentimetern.
Der Kopf, der Brustabschnitt (Thorax) und der Hinterleib (Abdomen) der Tiere sind beim Männchen rot, beim Weibchen eher bräunlich-gelbrot mit schwarzer Zeichnung gefärbt.
Die Gemeine Heidelibelle ist in den Monaten Juli bis November an stehenden Gewässern aller Art anzutreffen, darunter auch Kleingewässer und Gartenteiche. Wikipedia
Während einer 20 km langen Wanderung im Müritz National Park sah ich viele Libellen. An dem Tag sind alle drei Aufnahmen entstanden.
If you like have a look at my Set: Insects
© 2011 Ursula Sander - All rights reserved.
FYI: this is a composite of the right side of the shot, flipped, edited. Shot late afternoon when the sun was low, not at night. Moon added for fun. The gate borders a private property near my place.
thanks everyone for your comments, I appreciate them very much! xo
"... Era lindazo el gateao
que compré allá en Lobería,
en la feria'e Barbería,
marca de un tal Maldonao.
Me quedé seco cuñao
y hasta casi me empeñé;
pretal y rastra dejé
para quedarme con él,
y pal pago'e San Manuel
anocheciendo rumbié ..."
Fragmento de "Las mentas de mi gateau", de Carlos Gioia
Fuente: gauchoguacho.blogspot.com
San Antonio de Areco, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dear friends, please visit : www.visiteareco.com
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PROHIBIDO EL USO DE MIS FOTOGRAFIAS - PROHIBITED TO USE MY PHOTOS
Después de subir esta foto me enteré del terremoto en Lorca-Murcia, así que se la dedico a todas las personas que están sufriendo sus consecuencias. Abrazos!!!
After placing this photo I found out about the earthquake in Lorca-Murcia, so I her dedicate to all the persons who are suffering his consequences. Big hugs!!!
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Solo se ve bien con el corazón, porque lo esencial es invisible a los ojos.
Only we see well with the heart, because the essential thing is invisible to the eyes
MAZARRÓN, MURCIA - ESPAÑA
de la serie:
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►¡No utilizar mis imagenes en web sites sin previa autorización! ◄
►Don't use my pictures on websites without prior authorization! ◄
* * ENTRE EL CIELO Y LA TIERRA * *
~ CAMPO DE AMAPOLAS ~ RIPOLLET ~
por: Marco Vianna©
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. . . hasta donde la vista llegaba, era el encuentro del cielo y el campo florido de
amapolas, en una explosión de colores y alegria que uno no lo puede describir.
Es la primavera, es la renovación de la vida . . .
Tuve el gran privilegio de estar aqui, y verlo con mis ojos.
# Para esta toma:
Canon EOS 400D Digital + Sigma 10 ÷ 20 mm EX DC
# Obturación: 1/125 seg. ~ Diafragmado: f/8 ~ 200 ISO ~
# Filtro Polarizador ~ WB: Manual
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I'm quite sure that this is an unusual view of the Golden Gate Bridge! This was taken at Fort Point and I was delighted to find the photographer's portal in the chain link fence!! I wasn't the only one using it by the way! As you can see, the omnipotent fog is present!!
Take a closer look through that hole!
HFF and TGIF and Have a Great Weekend!
خاطرة شوق وحنين
قلبي يغرق ويبحر في طريق مظلم يد بعيده كآبه من حرمة الحضن الهنيء الدافىء من قلب صافي من حنان من عيون ويد تدعوني لها كمل أنا بشوق لهذه الاحاسيس .. حقيقه من يمكن ان يحصل على هذه الاحاسيس أتوقع أنه سيكون سعيد في حياته ياليتني احصل عليها ربما حصلت على الشخص لكن لا يحسسني بأنه قريب مني لا يمنحني هذه المشاعر شعور غريب يحسسني بلهفه والشوق اليه ... هذه بعض المشاعر التي اختنقت في قلبي ولم اعرف كيف اشكوها لإنسان ما ولكن يدي تخط لكم بعض الهموم التي في قلبي همي هو أنني بعيده عن الإنسانه التي أعتبرتها هي روحي التي أشكي لها همي وحرماني التي نورت حياتي والتي أبهجت قلبي وفجأه ترحل عني ... الفراق أصعب شيء على المرء ولكن الأصعب منه هو أنك كيف ستعيش من بعد هذا الفراق ياليتها تأتي وتحي روحي التي ماتت من بعد فراقها الله ياربي مالي سواك أشكي له فأنت المستجيب إذا دعيناك ... فأكون أسعد انسانه اكون جسد بروح بعدما كنت جسد بلا روح ورده بأوراق .. لو لم يكن هناك لحظه فراق لكنت البنت السعيده المرحه التي اعتادوا علي اصدقائي ولا البنت البائسه اليأسه من بعد ذلك الفراق ..... اواه ياربي اجبني مالي سواك من مرتجى أذهب همومي كلها وأتي إلي بالهنا
My dear friend Yvette , (Photoma's World) took me to wonderful places in Flanders , her corner of the world !
PLEASE , do not comment with GLITTER IMAGES !
Gratefully to Lydia Marano for the use of the texture
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Y finalmente llegamos al final de la pasarela, la garganta del diablo vista desde el lado brasilero a que es imponente?!
Un besote amigos que tengan unas felices pascuas si son creyentes y un bonito domingo!! Mua!
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Panorámica 9 tomas verticales a mano alzada, con mis pies sobre tierra brasilera (en el parque nacional do Iguaçu) admirando la garganta del diablo
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No usar esta imagen en páginas web, blogs u otros soportes sin mi autorización, © Todos los derechos reservados.
Don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
“Y estos derechos... a respetarlos, ¿eh? ¡No vaya a pasar como con los diez mandamientos!” (Mafalda)
The abandoned Shooters Waterfront Cafe in Providence, Rhode Island.
Shooters Waterfront Cafe
Shooter’s, part of a national chain of casual waterfront dining and dancing venues, was in a three-story building that could accommodate nearly 1,600 patrons. The 25,000-square-foot complex featured dockside dining, a waterfront pool, bars inside and outside, a top-floor restaurant and a 90-slip marina. One of its incarnations included a boat valet. It cost $6 million to build in 1990.
The waterfront nightclub overlooking Narragansett Bay operated under many different names in its 10 year lifespan. It was also known as Waterline, Bombers and Bootleggers. It closed down in 2000 and the property was taken by eminent domain by the state Department of Transportation and used as a staging area for the relocation of Route 195. The building was finally demolished in 2012 and the site sits empty today despite being rite on the water.
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After I damn near sprinted to these dunes from Harry Wade road, I still had enough daylight left to shoot the sweet, late-afternoon shadows created by the setting sun.
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Tech Notes on this Photo
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Nikon D300s
Tokina 12-24 f/4 at 12mm on a crop sensor
ISO200 - shutter speed wasn't a concern so I went to ISO200 for max dynamic range
f/9 - sweet spot on my lens in terms of sharpness
1/50 sec
Lee 1-stop and 3-stop soft GND filter
Post-Processing
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In Raw Converter (Nikon Capture NX2)
- Processed single raw file once
- Global contrast for added pop
- Local brightness and contrast adjustments in the clouds to make them pop a bit
In Photoshop:
- Noise reduction via Neat Image
- Selective sharpening of foreground sand, and midground bushes
- Minor curves adjustment for global contrast
Thanks for looking!
~Josh
The Cathedral of Monreale, on a hill on the lower slopes of a mountain overlooking Palermo, was the last and most beautiful of the Norman churches built in Sicily, and one of the architectural wonders of the medieval world. A project of the Norman King William II (1153 - 1166 - 1189), the huge Cathedral took only 8 years to build (between 1174 and 1182).
Some idea of the richness of the interior mosaics, which cover the entire Cathedral, can be gleaned from the fact that they contain around 2,200 kilos of pure gold.
technique/processing
Partly HDR or better to say DRI - the golden middle is blended from a photo taken with -2EV. Both were handheld of course (no tripods allowed). Photoshop auto align took care of the slight shift.
"standard" processing after that - sharpening, levels, s-curve, slight cross processing, tonal contrast and a lil bit of glamour glow on the brighter parts.
About the above, I thought long and hard about the crop. Lately I have been very much in love with the square crop, something that can be said by many of us on Flickr. I think there are so many of us that prefer it because Flickr's allowed display space is completely filled out when using a square crop. However, if the square crop was used here it would eliminate some important elements and take away from a good deal of the sky. So in the end, I did make a small crop but left it taller than square.
Hope everyone is doing Great!!!
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MUCHAS FELICIDADES, Nane!!!
La vida tiene PENAS, SONRISAS, LÁGRIMAS, MÚSICA, ALAS Y ABRAZOS... como los que te envío en este tu día. Que pases un cumpleaños maravilloso rodeada de tus seres queridos y amigos.
La Ermita de El Rocío está situada en Almonte (Huelva). En ella se celebra anualmente la famosa Romería de El Rocío. Actualmente congrega a más de un millón de personas. Dentro de la Ermita está la Virgen del Rocío, una pequeña talla muy venerada. Su popularidad es grande en todo el mundo, ya que su veneración ha dado lugar a la romería más importante de España.
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EXPLORED Apr 4, 2011 #32
"Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on."
~ Samuel Butler (English novelist, essayist and critic, 1835-1902)
Houston, Texas
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 85mm f/1.4
PANSY (in English)
PENSEE ( en Français)
Nom scientifique :VIOLA
Famille des VIOLACEES
Origine : EUROPE
... ma icchè te ne rendi 'onto ' he ti voglio bene ! un ci pio'e sopra "
stò arrivando !!!!
Le Crete Senesi occupano una vasta area a sud-est della città di Siena, interessando i territori comunali di Asciano, Buonconvento, Monteroni d'Arbia, Rapolano Terme, San Giovanni d'Asso e Trequanda.
La zona presenta un caratteristico paesaggio collinare, pressoché spoglio di vegetazione, dove si alternano in modo molto suggestivo calanchi e biancane che, a tratti, sembrano costituire un paesaggio lunare. Fin dal Medioevo, questa area era conosciuta nell'insieme con il nome di Deserto di Accona.
L'area, da sempre inospitale, ha mantenuto quasi intatte le originarie caratteristiche ambientali, tanto che ancora oggi risulta difficoltosa la coltura della vite e dell'ulivo. Grazie alle opere irrigue, è possibile la coltivazione di grano e girasoli.
Mamma mia che bella , vista in _______View large_______non la foto ....... la Toscana !!!
Scatta in Toscana ( Crete Senesi ) 27 marzo 2010
postata il 5 aprile 2011 alle ore 11 . 02
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6 Aprile 1974 / 6 Aprile 2011 Nadia & Valerio 37 anni di matrimonio !!!!
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la Coslpioneer es la primera plataforma de perforación semi-sumergible en aguas profundas de fabricación China.
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the Coslpioneer platform is the first semi-submersible drilling in water depths of China manufacturing.
Nikon D90 1s f3.5 ISO200 10mm (Sigma 10-20 f3.5)
Localización: Puerto de la Luz, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, España.
explore, Mar 31, 2011 #334
Another comp from last Saturday morning. Still not quite there yet!
Single Exposure
No HDR
Lee Filters .9 + .6
Canon 40D
Karimabad is the capital of Hunza in Gilgit-Baltistan, northern Pakistan. Karimabad is also known as Baltit. It is named after Prince Karim Aga Khan, the spiritual head of Shia Ismaili Nizari community. It is one of the most beautiful places in Pakistan and it swarms with tourists from all around the world during summers. It provides spectacular views of many beautiful mountains like Rakaposhi. The Guardian ranked it as the 4th Best Tourist Site in Pakistan.
For Cliché Saturday's Scavenger Hunt – [#11] Fake Photo Effects
... and for Bench Monday!! HBM
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This is Rachel, and was taken at Point Loma in San Diego. Don't you love those pink toenails? She called me from the beach yesterday ... I am so jealous!!
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Happy Cliche Saturday and Happy Bench Monday!!