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Beeld / Statue: De Strandvonder - Simon Gutker by John Bier / 1993
Heereweg - Hondsbossche Zeewering
Bij deze foto was het wikken en wegen tussen de nadruk (scherpte) leggen op de zon of het standbeeld; het is de zon geworden...
I had to choose; either a sharp sunset or a sharp statue; I have choosen for a sharp sun...:-)
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The Hondsbossche Zeewering is one of the highest dykes in the world dikes. This gigantic dike connects the dunes between Kamperduin and Petten and protects the Zijper Polder against water. This Polder is over 400 years old and is the oldest part of the Netherlands which is drained. Over the dike, which is nearly 6 km long, you can enjoy hiking, cycling or running next to the North Sea. Petten could have been founded in 739. The name refers to the three wells Dutch: putten which are located there. There was already a mention of a sand dike in 1388 between Petten and Callantsoog. In the St. Elizabeth's flood in 1421, Petten was entirely washed away, and the dunes were damaged. It ranks 10th in the list of top ten worst floods in history. A number of villages were swallowed by the flood and were lost, causing between 2,000 and 10,000 casualties. The dike breaks and floods caused widespread devastation in Zeeland and Holland. An additional sleeper dike was built behind the dunes in 1432 and from 1506 active coastal defense took place. Even so, more than 100 houses were washed away in 1625, plus the church of Petten. The construction of the Hondsbossche zeewering began in 1793. Strengthening the dike using sand seems to be the best option and can count on a lot of support because in this way a lovely beach will be created with new possibilities for nature, recreation and water sports. Experts in the field of coastal protection confirm that spraying sand offers many benefits in the long term as well. The bike path along the coast is very much appreciated by the locals and tourists. North and south of the Hondsbossche Zeewering are many kilometers of bike paths, through the beautiful dunes, with its forests, sand dunes and heaths.
The embankment of the Hondsbossche Zeewering - dyke stands between the wind and the North Sea, and agricultural communities of Petten on the other side. The dyke was build after the the St. Elizabeth's flood in 1421. Petten was entirely washed away, and the dunes were damaged. Now it's is one of the highest dykes in the world dikes and a great place to enjoy hiking, cycling or running.
De Hondsbossche Zeewering is één van de hoogste dijken ter wereld. Deze gigantische dijk verbindt de duinen tussen Kamperduin en Petten en beschermd de Zijper Polder tegen het water. Deze Polder is meer dan 400 jaar oud en is daarmee het oudste stukje Nederland wat is drooggelegd. Over de dijk, die bijna 6 km lang is, kan men heerlijk wandelen, fietsen of hardlopen, direct aan de Noordzee. Dit fietspad langs de kust wordt zeer gewaardeerd door recreanten en toeristen. De provincie is daarin tegemoet gekomen aan de wens van bewoners. Ten noorden en zuiden van de Hondsbossche Zeewering liggen vele kilometers fietspaden, dwars door de schone duinen, met zijn bossen, zandverstuivingen en heidevelden. Bij de St. Elisabethsvloed van 1421 werden de duinen tussen Kamperduin en Petten weggeslagen. Na de storm werd er tussen de twee plaatsen een dijk aangelegd, de Hondsbossche Zeewering. Vermoedelijk werd de ramp veroorzaakt door een bijzonder zware noordwesterstorm, gevolgd door een zeer hoge stormvloed. Van springvloed zoals bij de Watersnood van 1953 was toen geen sprake, maar het natte weer was er de oorzaak van dat het opperwater afkomstig van de rivieren nog zeer hoog stond. De dijkdoorbraken en overstromingen richtten in Zeeland en Holland grote verwoestingen aan. Het aantal slachtoffers is in de loop van de tijd door mythevorming opgelopen tot 100.000. Schattingen geven aan dat mogelijk tussen tweeduizend en tienduizen mensen de dood vonden. Net als vele andere dorpen aan de Noord-Hollandse kust, is ook Petten herhaaldelijk landinwaarts herbouwd. De inwoners van Petten leefden van de visserij, landbouw en strandvonderij. In het algemeen was het leven in het oude Petten redelijk welvarend. De Hondsbossche Zeewering vormt één geheel met de veel kortere Pettemer Zeewering. Vlak langs de dijk ligt het vogelreservaat De Putten. Dit gebied is een geliefde broed- en overnachtingsplaats voor verschillende vogelsoorten. Om die reden is het gebied dan ook niet vrij toegankelijk. In het domein liggen ondiepe vijvertjes, die zijn ontstaan door het afgraven van grond ten behoeve van herstellingen aan de Hondsbossche Zeewering.
this is my hood ;-P
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Created for Sliders Sunday and Kreative People ♣ Blue Theme ♣ contest #18
happy sliders sunday and have a great upcoming week everyone!
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My dear contacts!
I'm not able to comment on your art at the moment, and I'm not expecting you to do otherwise :))
Hope we'll continue to see each other in the autumn!!! :)))
Wish you all a wonderful summer time!
The Pannonian Plain is a large plain in Central Europe that remained when the Pliocene Pannonian Sea dried out. It is a geomorphological subsystem of the Alps-Himalaya system.
The river Danube divides the plain roughly in half.
The plain is divided among Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine.
The plain is roughly bounded by the Carpathian mountains, the Alps, the Dinaric Alps and the Balkan mountains.
Although rain is not plentiful, it usually falls when necessary and the plain is a major agricultural area; it is sometimes said that these fields of rich loamy loess soil could feed the whole of Europe. For its early settlers, the plain offered few sources of metals or stone. Thus when archaeologists come upon objects of obsidian or chert, copper or gold, they have almost unparalleled opportunities to interpret ancient pathways of trade.
The precursor to the present plain was a shallow sea that reached its greatest extent during the Pliocene, when three to four kilometres of sediments were deposited.
The plain was named after the Pannonians, a northern Illyrian tribe. Various different peoples inhabited the plain during its history. In the first century BC, the eastern parts of the plain belonged to the Dacian state, and in the first century AD its western parts were subsumed into the Roman Empire. The Roman province named Pannonia was established in the area, and the city of Sirmium, today Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia, became one of the four capital cities of the Roman Empire in the 3rd century.
This was shot over 3 or 4 nights during June-July. I only decided to make a mosaic after shooting the Lagoon and Trifid nebs and thinking it would be pretty awesome to show the whole area off as there is so much going on! Unfortunately, with the spur of the moment decision to take this on, i was left with no time to complete it before the Milky Way sank out of reach. I intended to make this a 15 panel mosaic but only managed 4! But i will be better prepared next year :)
This was a hard one to process. Its my first long exposure astro mosaic so i struggled with trying to make everything blend together seamlessly. Each panel being shot on a different night at different temperatures didn't help either. Especially one panel which i only managed 45 minutes on due to cloud ruining a lot of the frames. I had to stretch it first and then bring the rest of them up to the same point. If i had managed the same amount of exposure time on each one, i could of probably stretched a bit further!
Exposure Details:
3 panels contains 1 hour 20 minutes worth of 120 second exposures, the other 44 minutes worth, f3.2, ISO 800, calibration frames, 200mm
Stitched with Microsoft ICE, Processed in CS5
Taken with a Canon 1100D and a EF200L lens on an Astrotrac TT320X-AG
♫ Manhã, tão bonita manhã, na vida, uma nova canção
Cantando só teus olhos, teu riso, tuas mãos
Pois há de haver um dia, em que virás!!!
Das cordas do meu violão, que só teu amor procurou
Vem uma voz, falar dos beijos perdidos,nos lábios teus
Canta o meu coração, Alegria voltou
Tão feliz a manhã
Deste amor ♫
Deixo com vocês André Rieu com essa antiga e bela canção com o desejo para as Pessoas de Boa Vontade, uma semana ricamente abençoada, livre do mal, repleta de saúde, alegrias, paz e prosperidade.
Foto: Cristo Redentor - Corcovado - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil
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After I was taking the photos with the ND filter, the sun came out for a really short time. I liked the contrast between the warm light on the rocks in front, to the cold, metallic look of the background.
Here is the first one:
Día despejado en la Piedra del Águila del Parque Nacional Nahuelbuta, con vista de 400 kms. de los Andes de la zona central de Chile, desde el Nevado de Longaví hasta el Choshuenco.
Región de la Araucanía, Chile central.
Una noche contemplando las estrellas con los amigos Javi Benedito, Emilio Pérez y con mi chica Carmen Pla
Single Raw HDR image of the Space Shuttle, Enterprise at the National Air and Space Museum in Virginia.
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He de reconocer que soy un enamorado de Lastres y mas si uno puede disfrutar de un amanecer como este que espero sea de vuestro agrado.
5ª QDD Fotografica Internacional Piloña 2013
5ª International Photo Hangout Piloña 2013
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Mejor ver en grande sobre fondo negro
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A quick upload to say a huge thanks, my account has passed 5 million views today. I would like to thank everyone that has left a comment, a fave or has simply viewed my account. Flickr is such an amazing community, I have learnt so much from all of you!!!
In Birmingham Cathedral (Anglican) they display the white ensign worn by HMS Birmingham at the Battle of Jutland.
The is my interpretation; I have tried to convey the silent sense of sadness …
... for "Working Toward A Better World"
... el aislamiento no es la solución, es el problema!!! / ... the isolation is not the answer, it is the problem!!!
... salud, buenas luces y muchas gracias a todos / as!!! / ... health, good lights and thanks so much to all!!!! ... xo♥ox ... =:o)))))
... Music: "Another brick on the wall" (Pink Floyd) cover by Korn ( included in the OST of "The Faculty" by Robert Rodriguez) ... a hard version for a hard times!!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qns99goEHRU
... NoTa: ... cielo y gaviotas añadidas con PS!!! / ... sky and seagulls added with PS!!!
My ✞ Alfie is 4 years today!
About 2 years on three paws and still "going strong"
He is so sweet, even more than in his "younger years" ;-))
He is talking to us in his own language our darling Prins.
Although he looks quite disturbed here, he Always give us smiles!
Sending you hugs and joy.
in friendship, Addy
Alfie has passed away ♱ on August 5th 2021
Seen and photographed on an Osaka sanpo with Fukuda-san, hyossie-san, Kome, Maeda-san, Makio-san, Minoru-san, Mitsuru-san, nansya-san and Hitomi-san, Roger, Taizo-san, Teruhide-san, Toshi-san, Yoshi-san, and Yuki-san. Chuo-ku, Osaka, Japan. February 16, 2013.
A few of us came upon these Barred Owls grooming each other while we were doing a spring bird survey. It was fascinating to see how they were being so gentle with each other. I was hiding behind a tree so as not to disturb the birds.
The light was terrible and I don't use flash on owls, so I had to crank up the ISO and hope for the best. Handheld at 1/60 sec.
Orange County, Florida, USA
Happy Valentines Day
Canon Rebel XSi and Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
Le Mont Blanc a été mesuré à 4810,02 m le 14/09/13 dernier (CF www.lexpress.fr/actualite/sciences/le-mont-blanc-perd-42-... ) . Il a perdu 42 cm par rapport à la mesure précédente faite en 2011
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Whiter than white
The Mont Blanc was measured 4810,02 m high last 14th september 2013.
It lost 42 cm since last measure in 2011.
Ontem aproveitando o Feriado do Dia do Trabalhador, estive com alguns amigos aqui do Flickr, juntamente com a minha prima Bia e alguns amigos dela, passando uma tarde muito agradavel com pessoas de primeiro escalão em fotografia e convivio na Praia de Itacoatiara e como sempre acontece quando saimos juntos para fotografar, a tarde não foi feita apenas de grandes imagens, mas grandes momentos de alegria e confraternizaçao.
* As fotos da segunda sequencia estão abertas, pois ja foram publicadas anterioremente, elas foram tiradas em outra ocasião.
Foto: Piscina Natural - Praia de Itacoatiara - Niteroi - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil
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Esas mosquitas son muy divertidas........siempre hay varias por esta época en cada flor de Arenaria montana y cuando notan que se acerca la cámara se esconden rapidamente bajo sus pétalos, asi que normalmente siempre que las fotografío aparecen como mucho dos.......pero esta vez se ve que las cogí despistadas.
A esta flor en castellano se la llama Ala de mosca muerta y me pregunto que relación habrá.......igual con tanto overbooking se dejan las alas por el camino.
Y las mosquitas casi seguro que son del género Hybos .....es una intuición.......
Titulo alternativo : Polinización de Arenaria montana por moscas del género Hybos.
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To see the extraordinary panorama of Lake Garda, nothing is better than the hiking path from Campione to Prapione. A view on Mount Baldo - 2218m in the clouds with a spectacular panoramic terrace overlooking Lake Garda. Mountain hiking or trekking is an adventure and an experience that brings you in contact with the mountains and nature. Since some itineraries can be difficult for an amateur or untrained excursionist or mountain climber, caution is advised. Starting out from Campione, along the right banks of the Campione River, is trail nr. 267 of the Bassa via del Garda - Lower Garda Route with a series of steps that lead to a tunnel, make sure you have a flashlight with you and a communication trench between a canal and a deep ravine. Leaving the metal bridge to your right, you proceed along trail nr. 266 for Prabione, which is right up against the rocks. Gradually, the panorama opens on the valley. Due to the influence of Lake Garda's climate, the mountain is home to many different natural environments: from Mediterranean shrubs and bushes to Alpine pastures and rocky peaks. This is why Mount Baldo covered in clouds is called The Garden of Europe and is a genuine link between the Alps and the Mediterranean.
Lake Garda hiking is brilliant with so many spectacular places to go for a hike. The stunning mountains around the top part of the lake offers awesome views. Photo of the hiking path Prabione to Campione. Total difference in height round trip: 940 m - duration 4 hrs. See map.
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Natuurlijk is het Gardameer uitermate geschikt voor watersport, maar ook lange wandelingen in de natuur. De keten van het Monte Baldo gebergte rondom het Gardameer is één van de belangrijkste van de Vooralpen. Beide hellingen van de Monte Baldo hierboven in de wolken aan Veronese zijde zijn verschillend. Het westelijke deel is kaal, stijl, vol spleten en met weinig mooie bossen. Het oostelijke deel is minder stijl en heeft langgerekte dalen met groene weiden en bossen. Vanaf de nabijgelegen dorpje Prapione heeft u een adembenemend uitzicht over het Gardameer. Je kan dit dorpje te voet bereiken vanaf Campione langs verschillende bergweggetjes. Langs de rechter oever van de rivier de Campione, is weg nr. 267 van de Bassa via del Garda - Lagere Garda route. De weg voert door het bos langs een muur via smalle, maar goed begaanbare treden naar een uit de rotsen geklopte tunnel zorg voor een zaklantaarn, bij een buizensysteem dat bij een waterkrachtcentrale die vroeger de katoenspinnerij van Campione verzorgde hoort. De bergen aan de linker- en de rechterzijde vormen een wilde, romantische kloof, waar-over na nog eens 20 minuten een brug voert. Na het verlaten van de metalen brug rechts van je, ga je verder langs parcour nr. 266 richting Prabione, die recht omhoog gaat tegen de rotsen. Geleidelijk aan opent het panorama van deze prachtige vallei vanwaar men een grandioos uitzicht heeft over het Gardameer en op Monte Baldo - 2218m. Je wandelt hier langs olijfbomen en kastanjes, langs steile afgronden of naar hoge bergtoppen. De natuur is afwisselend en het uitzicht is vaak adembenemend.
Střelecký ostrov :
is an island in the Vltava Prague. It lies roughly in the middle of the river and is connected with both shores Legion Bridge. Land belongs to the Old Town. Its area is about 2.5 hectares, about 750 m length and width at the widest point, the Legion Bridge, around 140 meters.
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It is located rue Mouffetard, the street led Lacépède and Cardinal Lemoine and is a focal point of the district as it is the center of the four administrative districts that are Saint-Victor, Jardin des Plantes, Val-de -Grace and Sorbonne.
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El nombre de Gerbera proviene de un médico y jardinero aficionado danés, Trangott Gerber.
Parecen enormes margaritas, con una paleta de colores inmensa y se cultivan sobre todo para confecionar ramos y arreglos florales. La especie más usual para flor cortada es la Gerbera jamesonii, especie a la que pertenecen estas fotos.
Aunque realmente los ejemplares de jardinería son híbridos entre la Gerbera jamesonii y otra especie sudafricana, la Gerbera viridifolia.
Necesita estar a pleno sol y no tolera el frio ni el exceso de agua. Entre 20 y 25º C es la temperatura ideal para que la planta de abundantes flores.
Como curiosidad es de las flores más usadas comercialmente para arreglos y ramos, después de la rosa, el clavel, el crisantemo y el tulipán.......ocupa el quinto lugar como "flor de corte".
Isola di Filicudi - Eolie
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Povera patria! Schiacciata dagli abusi del potere
di gente infame, che non sa cos'è il pudore,
si credono potenti e gli va bene
quello che fanno e tutto gli appartiene.
Tra i governanti, quanti perfetti e inutili buffoni!
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Si può sperare che il mondo torni a quote più normali
che possa contemplare il cielo e i fiori,
che non si parli più di dittature
se avremo ancora un po' da vivere...
...la primavera intanto tarda ad arrivare.
Povera Patria - Franco Battiato
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Mi piace la gente che non guarda se l’erba del vicino è più verde, bensì cura con amore il proprio giardino.
Mi piace la gente che ogni giorno ringrazia il mondo d’avere il pane sulla tavola pensando non sia poi così scontato…
Mi piace la gente che prega per i propri affetti, ma anche per i propri nemici, affinché trovino la strada della luce.
Mi piace la gente che sa scrollarti di dosso la fatica con un sorriso…
E infine, mi piace la gente che non ha bisogno di troppe parole perché con gesto, mi sa riempire un silenzio.
Anna Biason
Another closeup view on some skyscrapers of Frankfurt in the sunset. You can see the Fair Trade Tower, the Westend Tower and the Selmi Haus.
Have a great start into the week. I'll catch up to you guys tonight.
The term, graffiti, referred to the inscriptions, figure drawings, and such, found on the walls of ancient sepulchers or ruins, as in the Catacombs of Rome or at Pompeii. Use of the word has evolved to include any graphics applied to surfaces in a manner that constitutes vandalism.
The only known source of the Safaitic language, a form of proto-Arabic, is from graffiti: inscriptions scratched on to the surface of rocks and boulders in the predominantly basalt desert of southern Syria, eastern Jordan and northern Saudi Arabia. Safaitic dates from the first century BC to the fourth century AD.
.... this was possible today. After a long time filled with grey and cold days we had about 6 hours sunshine today. Although it was not so warm but the feeling of Spring was there during my walk this afternoon. I am looking forward to see such wonderful blooming scenes like in the photo above.
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The morning 10th of Februari I woke up to see Amsterdam covered in a coat of fresh snow. The snow fell in sudden flurries and gusts and turned the world white and wonderful. With the canals in the city and occasional high winds, there can be a nip in the air, but packing gloves and a scarf should keep you warm enough. There is something very beautiful about Amsterdam in the winter. It does occasionally snow in Amsterdam in February, but that almost always means just a light dusting. I walk in my neighbourhood and made some photos of the snow. When it snows the light and atmosphere is really beautiful. The steep bridges over the canals in Amsterdam are really slippery, especially for cars. The best way to travel in the snow is by bicycle, tram, walking or better by sleds. Who knows times of Hendrick Avercamp are coming back this year. Avercamp was the first Dutch artist to specialize in paintings of winter landscapes featuring people enjoying the ice. Some 400 years on, our image of life in the harsh winters of the Golden Age is still dominated by Avercamp’s ice scenes with their splendid narrative details of couples skating, children pelting each other with snowballs and unwary individuals falling through the ice.
After the snow blizzard of last night in Amsterdam the weather cleared up dramatically and we were treated to bright blue skies and lot of sunshine. This morning I walk in my neighbourhood and made some beautiful photos of the snow. The virgin white carpet of snow is crunching under my shoes. I began to remember why I love the winters so much. Besides the inconvenience causes by the snow there is also fun for children here in the Jordaan. Snowballs, snowmen or sledding. All fun activities that children and even adults above do in this beautiful snowy world. Reliving childhood memories when snowball rolling.
10 februari werd ik wakker en zag Amsterdam bedekt met een laagje verse sneeuw. De sneeuw die vannacht viel bedekte de wereld om ons heen wit en prachtig. Ik heb mijn camera gepakt en op pad gegaan in m'n buurtje. Ik geniet van het geluid van knarsende sneeuw onder mijn schoenen en het prachtige gezicht op de Amsterdamse grachtenpanden. Het is min één graden en de grijze sneeuw wolken trekken weg. Mijn handschoenen en m'n sjaal houden mij warm genoeg. Er is iets heel moois over Amsterdam in de winter. De Jordaan is bedolven onder dik pak sneeuw zoals hierboven op de Leliegracht. Het beste advies is dan maar om lekker binnen te blijven en de kachel iets hoger te zetten. Of natuurlijk even naar buiten te gaan om wat mooie plaatjes te schieten. Naast de overlast zorgt de sneeuw ook voor veel plezier bij kinderen hier in de Amsterdamse Jordaan. Sneeuwballen gevecht, sneeuwpoppen maken of sleetje rijden. Allemaal leuke activiteiten die kinderen en zelfs volwassenen zoals hierboven doen in deze mooie besneeuwde wereld. Wie even wegdenkt kan zich vandaag in Hendrick Avercamps wereld wanen. Als eerste Amsterdamse kunstenaar uit de 17de eeuw specialiseerde hij zich in het schilderen van winterlandschappen met ijspret. Ons beeld van het leven in de strenge winters in de Gouden Eeuw wordt na 400 jaar nog altijd bepaald door Avercamps ijsgezichten met prachtige verhalende details van schaatsende paartjes, kinderen die elkaar bekogelen met sneeuwballen of een man die door het ijs zakt.
“What i like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.”
― Karl Lagerfeld.
Syed Mehdi Bukhari, a great photographer busy in capturing the beautiful Hiran Minar, Shaikupura, Punjab, Pakistan on a lovely winter evening.
Large View (L) recommended.
This photo is taken at Búðir on the mythological peninsula of Snæfellsnes. Already during the middle ages the magnificent glacier and volcano, which is situated on the peninsula's outmost post, was well-known on the European continent.
It was the scene for Jules Verne's famous science fiction, "Journey to the Centre of the Earth" - the only one of his literary works that was too futuristique to ever come true :-).
Buzz lightyear, The Moon, Jupiter and ISS (International Space Station)! I posted this picture onto Col. Chris Hadfield's ( Commander of the International Space Station) Facebook page and he responded :-) It's not everyday you get someone on a space station commenting on one of your photos from earth orbit!
This shot took a bit of organizing, calculation, preperation and luck! Firstly I knew when and where the ISS would be visible so I had to set up a large Rock and place Buzz on it and then I had to get the low POV right so as the composition was just right with the Moon, Jupiter, Buzz and of course the ISS. Then the task of how much focus to use on Buss and the background, as he was the "Star", pardon the pun, of the show I weighted it more on him. I had to practice the exposure times and ISO settings to get that right and then the light painting of the forground to make sure I wasn't over exposing it.
Just as it was about to all came together, some cloud slowly appeared creeping in, ready to ruin the shot! The ISS was right on time though, I activated the shutter, took two steps to the left and using my head lamp, light painted the foreground for a count of 2 seconds approx. With nervously excitement I turned away and waited for the shutter to close. I had my shot!
30 seconds later the clouds did indeed roll in, luck was on my side!!
Pentax K-x, 15 sec,ƒ/8, ISO 800 @32.5 mm
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shoes? these aren't shoes. these are stone bricks. stone bricks stuck to me.
try as i might, and I do try, i can't move off.
and you, you there, always there, like some sort of over-vigilant ward. why?
leave me be.
this rain too.
it rains too much.
I actually wanted to upload another shot of the huge miners lamp from my last upload, but the weather was great last night to get out and play with some light painting. I was inspired by some shots of Vicki Tate who gave me some advice how to do shots like this. I think for my first try the result is not that bad :)
Have a wonderful weekend every one!
This weekend I had the pleasure of catching up with Paul C Stokes, Martin Turner and The Green Album for some photography. First off we started off shooting in Bristol but after an hour or so we made it over to Weston-Super-Mare to catch a sunset. There were some very nice looking clouds in the sky and I was really looking forward to grabbing a rare sunset picture to add to my collection; unfortunately it was low tide so there wasn’t the opportunity to get a perfect reflection of the pier but I decided to try and see what the wet sand would offer.
Many thanks very much guys for driving me around!!!
I’ve got a few more pictures to go through but after a long journey home, the travelling has finally caught up with me, so I’ll have to take a look at these later in the week.
Have a great evening all and I’ll catch up with you guys tomorrow :-)
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Digging through my archives, I found this image. This was shot in Subic Bay, Olongapo City, Philippines and this location used to be the biggest overseas US Naval Base until its closure in 1991. There are more interesting spots to shoot in this location and I know I will be back. However, the question is when?
Have a nice Wednesday to all! :)
Canon EOS 5D Mark III ı Canon EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM ı Lee 0.9 Soft ND Grad Filter ı Lee 1.2 ND Filter ı 24mm ı 15s ı f/13 ı ISO 100
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