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Hong Kong Flower Show 2009
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Happy 43rd Imagoism Thursday (HIT) and
Happy Gorgeous Green Thursday (HGGT) to everyone!!!
Front Page & Explore, March 19, 2009
Thank you very much Everyone and to Ronaldo F Cabuhat for the FP screen shot.
Highest position in Explore = #17 on March 19th, 2009, THANK YOU!
This is a photo of the downtown Seattle public library. Built by Rem Koolhass, this piece of modern architectural art is as amazing on the inside as it is outside. This structure has been shot a ton so I really tried to give it something I hadn’t seen before. Out of all my shots that day, this one “popped” most for me. I brought out my wide angle lens (14mm full frame) and got really low to the ground for this shot. Standing on the corner, I could just barely squeeze in the entire structure. I waited for the sun to peek through the buildings downtown and captured the reflection on the side of the building, which I felt added to the dramatic nature of the structure. As you can see, there is a bit of lens flare, but I actually liked it this time. If you follow the flare trail, you can see it reflected all the way to the street sign on the left, which is ultimately why I decided to keep the street pole in. I really liked all the angles in this shot!
If you like this kind of funky perspective, here's another one of the Seattle Center.
An early morning walk in this part of the city where I live.
Still cold but enjoyed this 30 minute breather of a very hectic week.
Enjoy!
*New York State Museum is the oldest and largest museum of the nation.
EXPLORED #19
An Irish blessing for all my family and friends!
For Pretty Pinkisms group (pink and green theme for St. Patty's Day)!
Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone! Have a blessed day!
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Taken during a picnic along with friends at Shorncliffe, Brisbane.
Exposure
EV[0], f/5.6, ISO 250
Toys
Canon 40D, Canon 70-200mm f/4 L IS, Canon EF 1.4X extender
Processing
Photoshop CS4 - Camera Raw 5.2 Tonal Adjustments
Adjustment layer - curve (linear contrast preset)
Borders
BMX
Sorry I have missed so much, but I've been busy.
I'll do my best to catch up :)
HNFF!
50mm @ f1.8
Thanks for the visits everyone. This made it to the Front Page. I knew I liked it, but you never really know if anyone else will... :)
BMX bike close up
So after working on the RAW image for about an hour the jpeg was still better so I have to admit the camera is better at processing than me LOL!!!
Again, I'll be busy @ work (attempting to keep my job), catch you in about 10 hours........
(just resized and signed)
Music: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps right click and open in new window/tab
Constructive criticism appreciated!
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Explored: Highest Position: #355
It's nearly time for all of us to say goodbye to Salzburg, after the next two photographs I'll be taking you to another beautiful city in Austria.
Will it be greener pastures? Only Laurie and I know...
This is a similar point of view to my first photo of Salzburg, which you can see here, but I still wanted to post it. I got pretty lucky with some interesting light. There's no HDR or shadows/hightlights with this shot. Just bumped up some contrast and darkened some areas. The sun was shinning and was lighting up the foreground nicely, even though it was almost completely overcast. As you can see from the dark ominous sky over the Hohensalzburg Fortress.
If you haven't been following my photographs of Salzburg take some time to check them out if you like here.
As for everyone else, thanks for visiting my stream and being so supportive while I take you on our journey through Europe, in our Year in France.
Best Viewed LARGE
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EXPLORE #205
This is similar to the F355 shot I uploaded back in late January with three key differences.
- The sun is reflecting in the water
- Better angle for the car
- No Flamingo flock flying
I would have preferred to have this composition with the flamingos flying, but unfortunately when doing sunset shoots, time is your enemy and I was in too much of a hurry. Lesson learned.
I used three Canon flashes triggered by Canon flash transmitter (580EX, 580EXII and 430EX).
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Canon EOS 40D
Lens: EF 24-105 F4 L IS
ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 1/15 sec
Aperture: F/9
Focal length: 67mm
Lens Filter: B+W circular polarizer
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS2 - Adobe Lightroom.
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Hiking along the chalk cliff coast of Rügen, Germany's largest island, I was scouting for other interesting places to take pictures around the time of sunrise.
One of the places I found was this one. The picture you see here was taken about 80 minutes before actual sunrise and involved setting my alarm clock to a really un-holiday time, freeing my car of ice (it was during the cold strike in Europe during January, but luckily, a bit less harsh on the coast), driving 30 minutes to a hiker's parking area and then walking 30 minutes with a flashlight through the dark forest of Nationalpark Jasmund and eventually getting down to a place called "pirate bay", with a rumored treasure chest still being digged in somewhere here...
At the time of taking this picture, it still was very dark, of course, which is why you can still see all these stars.
For taking this picture, I again used the Tokina 11-16mm lens and put my tripod at a low ground level. At this time, the shot ended up taking 15 seconds with a 2.8 aperture and ISO 200, resulting in soft water, of course. A nice detail I like is the light of the ship you can see at the horizon.
Watch next week for how this same place looks like 5 minutes after sunrise. :)
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Just to break my streak of wintry scenes,(Breaking the ice! LOL)
here is one of my shots last summer.
I'm already excited about summer while
Spring is yet to come. :-)
You all have a great weekend!
♥ FP and EXPLORE ♥....3-4-09....Best Position #19....THANK YOU to all my wonderful FRIENDS!
* This photograph of pink hyacinths is dedicated to my son's girlfriend, Rebekah. When Rebekah was a little girl she could not pronounce the word "hyacinths" so she called these beautiful flowers "hyenas". So Rebekah, here are your "Pink Hyenas"!
NOTE:THANK YOU FRIENDS for your continual support of my photography, your lovely comments and encouragement and most of all for your enduring friendship.
Enjoy your Wednesday, everyone! ♥
"...Sin fajón en la carona
ni lazo atado a los tientos,
traigo un temblor que los vientos
dejaron en mis bordonas,
y una pena en las lloronas
que no quieren alzar vuelo,
porque el rigor del pihuelo
la lleva atada a mi huella,
pa' que no se hagan estrellas
alumbrando desde el cielo..."
Fragmento de "Decimas de Jacinto Luna", de Osíris Rodriguez Castillo
San Antonio de Areco, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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It's interesting seeing the fisherman come in early morn and with all the clothing - long gum boots, hat ++ and just wade into the water.
I have been to this spot a few times and this was the only time I got this........one from archives - long forgotten. Shot with my 18-200VR lens...not great at the long range...a bit soft which I do not like !!!! but loved the fisherman, and the mist rising up in the backend
single exposure. tuned thru lightroom and CS
Explored Feb, 19, 2009 #437
Statue "Unconditional Surrender" in San Diego.
Statue is of a famous photo appearing in Life Magazine
taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt in Times Square, New York City,
on V-J Day (August 14, 1945) of a sailor kissing a nurse.
About
Makorori Beach, Gisborne, New Zealand.
MAKORORI BEACH has excellent surf, it's the first unpopulated, sandy beach north of Gisborne. Ideal for picnics, safe swimming, rocky outcrops, diving, fishing, rock pools, horse riding, oh and photography.
Footprints were provided by my mothers dog.
- ISO 100, f11, 1/30, 11mm
- Sigma 10-20mm Lens.
- Tripod, stuck in sand.
Processing
- HDR, 3 exposures [2,0,+2EV] shot in RAW/ISO100 at f11, using Sigma 10-20mm lens.
- Borders added using Lightroom 2.2
- Unsharp mask in Photoshop 6.0 (10%)
HDR
- Tone mapped using Photomatix HDR, in detail mode.
It is currently raining in East Lansing. The next ten days are going to be a whirlwind of sorts: rain, snow, sunny days, cloudy days..you get the drift.
Can spring come soon? Pretty please??
Explored :)
“It takes a long time to grow young.” - Pablo Picasso quotes (Spanish Artist and Painter. 1881-1973)
Photo taken during the birthday of my girls' 8-year old cousin, Irvine. He is Maggy B's student, by the way. Good to see you again, Magz!
~ Quadvision (Me)
The cropping of this shot is accidental, I accidentally saved on full resolution file with this cropping while shutting down PS & couldn't recall what I did to process it. Anyways, my guardian angel says its good to go... so here it is! =P =D
HGGT & HBWH ;) | Must see L on B
Explore #47(Highest position) - Thanks everyone & thank you nejire for explore link
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Location:
Near Tasik Huffaz (Huffaz Lake), Darul Quran, KKB.
This shot were taken after this shot :)
Canon EOS 350D + Sigma 70-300mm:
[Av Priority] ISO400, f5.6, 1/200", focal length at 238mm.
Photoshop:
- Layer mask; Brightness adjustment,
- Layer mask; Saturation (red) adjustment,
- Copy layer,
- Fractalius editing (very soft),
- High pass at 5px,
- Blending mode; Hard light at 100%,
- Framing and text editing :)
You:
All comments, criticism and tips for improvements are welcome.
Me:
Must VIEW IN LARGE to see the fractalius effect :)
- Ni kucing Pakcik Jaafar tu haa...
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Devil's food cake with cream cheese&oreo filling, covered in chocolate. I made this for my Grandma's birthday & it was sooooo goood.
242/365
sorry... just another driving shot :-)
Exposure:6 sec
Aperture:f/11.0
Focal Length:10.5 mm
I'm a youTuber now...
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just editing here... but maybe a selfmade video in the next time :-)
When Andrew, our guide at Rattray’s said, “we’re going to see some Buffalos”, we couldn’t have guessed what impressive spectacle was waiting for us. We drove up to the area and he parked the car .. We saw some buffalos, but they were a bit far off. I looked at Andrew a bit confused but he just leaned back and smiled.
Soon it became clear why…. More Buffalos came up on the field… and more… and more. Pretty soon the car was surrounded by a herd of hundreds of them (see picture below). I could have easily touched them. We’ve spent a good part of an hour with them, before they moved on.. slowly.
Know that, although it looks like your average herd of cows, buffalos are considered one of the most dangerous animals of Africa. They have no fear. You can feel that when you look in their eyes. We've been chased by a (wounded) Buffalo Bull once a couple of years ago, no pre-warning; he just attacked out of the blue. Just escaped from him hitting the rental car we drove - and I have a very healthy respect for them!
One of the nicest things about a herd of Buffalos is that they are always in the company of ‘Red Billed Oxpeckers’. These busy little birds feed on the ticks on the hide of the grazing Buffalos and they fill the air with their constant chatter.
Guess on this shot it's not really hard to see how they got their name.. :-)
What:
The Dingle Tower
Where:
Sir Sanford Fleming Park on the Northwest Arm
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
When:
Last Sunday morning at sunrise.
About:
Sir Sandford Fleming established a summer retreat on the property fronting the Northwest Arm, part of Halifax Harbour, during the 1880s after finishing construction of the Intercolonial Railway. He called it the "Dingle".
In 1908, Fleming donated the property to the citizens of Halifax for use as a park and proposed the construction of a tower within the "Dingle" to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the establishment of representative government in Nova Scotia; the province having been the first colony in the British Empire outside the United Kingdom to have such a form of government. - Wikipedia
Touch ME and make my dingle bigger! :-)
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Nikon D90 : Nikkor 18-200mm @ 18mm : 1/6s @ f/22 : ISO 200
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You are of God, my little children, and you have overcome them because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
1 John 4:44
Explored Jan 25, 2009
Explore on 2009-01-23 - Teşekkürler.
Nikon D80 ve Sigma 17-70 len ile çekildi.
# Exposure: 0.1 sec (1/10)
# Aperture: f/25.0
# Focal Length: 19 mm
# ISO Speed: 320
Tek kareden yalancı HDR yaptım arkadaşlar. orijinaline yakın bir görüntü elde ettim. Çekim yaptığım alanda komyanla denizi doldurdukları için rahat çalışamadık.
PS ile boyutunu küçültüm ve imza ekledim.
İzleyen, yorum ve eleştiri yazan herkese şimdiden teşekkürler.
Herkese iyi bir hafta sonu diliyorum.
The sun finally decided to show up after almost 3 weeks. I went to Kirkland waterfront hoping to get some beautiful sunset. It was hazy and cloudless, all the boats were parked away for the winter-- not exactly what I had in mind. In a distance, you can see the Seattle downtown skyline. They should build some crazy tall skyscrapers, photographers will definitely benefit. :)
This shot was taken 40 minutes after sunset.
Canon EOS 5D
25 sec at f/7.1
ISO 100
16 mm (16.0-35.0mm)
I want to do more seascape photography. There is something about moving water that sucks me in. I want to thank Mr. Patrick Smith for his photostream which inspired me. He has some of the best seascape images I have ever seen, and definitely is one of the top notch photographers here on Flickr. He generously puts up detailed descriptions of where, when, and how he took each of his photos. It's a learning experience viewing all his amazing work, as well as great motivation.
If you'd like to order prints, please visit my Etsy:
Wittenburg City Hall, Stompetoren, North-Holland, Netherlands.
Explore Highest #148 on Jan 20, 2009.
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From the collection of the State Library of New South Wales www.sl.nsw.gov.au
Ho riunito in questa scena :la storica rolleiflex con la quale ho scattato l' atrio di Villa Pignatelli a SanGiorgio, il cielo procidano ripreso con la Nikon, il programma Bryce che adoro e l'acqua virtuale e marina, in sintesi il mio mondo.
La foto dell' atrio , duplicata e ribaltata mi ha confermato la piena funzionalità della gloriosa Rolleiflex.
I returned from a shoot at the Sentosa Beach, and liked the yellow lights bathing the trees and the blue background served well...
This is a single exposure. Layer masking and some digital blending modes.>/b>
One of the horses of René!
I think you can see me!
L'homme qui photographie l'oeil du cheval!
Un des chevaux de René!
Je pense que vous pouvez me voir!
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(The Motherhood)
Original photo taken at Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie, the National Museum building Krakow; detail from the monument to Stanisław Wyspiański.
The STANISŁAW WYSPIAŃSKI Monument
See some of his paintings whilst listening to Chopin ~ how lovely and civilised