Explored on July 25, 2013

The Supermoon illuminates the empty pebble beach of El Peñón as the night falls on Salobreña (Spain). The lights of the small fishing town of La Caleta shine in the background. Playa del Peñón.

Salobreña, Granada, Andalucía, Spain.

Technical data

Nikon D800 | Nikkor AF-S 14-24 mm f/2.8G ED at 16mm | Induro AT213 tripod + BHL2 ballhead

151s (2min 31s) | f/11 | ISO 100

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

Explored on July 20, 2013

A not-so-well-known aerial view of Granada at sunset.

Carretera de Murcia.

Granada, Andalusia, Spain.

Technical data: Nikon D800 | Nikkor AF-S 14-24 mm f/2.8G ED at 22mm | Induro AT213 tripod + BHL2 ballhead. 1/13s | f/11 | ISO 100.

Processing: Lightroom 5

♫ 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!!!

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:

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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

On the way to the Isle of Skye we chose the route via Glen Coe. The Buachaille Etive Mòr (gaelic for "the great herdsman/shepherd of Etive") is a distinctive mountain at the entrace to Glen Coe.

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

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I have uploaded an almost similar one before, but looking at it again, I wasn't too happy with the result. So here's another go.

In Explore: #223

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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 …

5ª QDD Fotografica Internacional Piloña 2013

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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 picture taken the same evening as this one: www.flickr.com/photos/gautfro/8660328008/in/photostream/l... And as in the pano picture you can here see the auroras play over the Landegode island, Jupiter is bright on the left side, in the top right corner you can see comet Pan-STARRS and the M31 Andromeda galaxy. The flare in the top left corner might be a meteor or a iridum flare from a satellite. The picture is best seen in large on black background. All coments are appreciated.

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.

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.

Titulo alternativo : Polinización de Arenaria montana por moscas del género Hybos.

Mi galeria en Flickeflu

After roaming around the south hill one night in search of a good vantage point high enough to get an unobstructed view of the city, I finally stumbled upon this spot, which is probably about as good as it gets for full viewpoints of downtown. The wide angle made it seem small and diminutive, so I opted for a 9-shot panorama instead and this was the result.

Camera: Nikon D90

Lens: Nikkor 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G VR

Location: Cliff Drive viewpoint in Spokane, Washington, USA

Knaan - Waving Flag

Stormy clouds over Kinderdijk (We were there for a few minutes only after disembarking our ferry from England)

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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.

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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Those clouds looked really creepy, as they slowly swallowed the whole landscape... Unfortunately the sky was rather dull, so I had to add quite a bit of processing to get some blue out of it...

I'll also show a photo taken from the top (yup, we climbed it).

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The Storr is a rocky hill on the Trotternish peninsula of the Isle of Skye. The hill presents a steep rocky eastern face overlooking the Sound of Raasay, contrasting with gentler grassy slopes to the west.

The area in front of the cliffs of the Storr is known as the Sanctuary. This has a number of weirdly shaped rock pinnacles, the remnants of ancient landslips. The most famous of these, and by far the largest and most apparent when approaching from the south, is known as the Old Man of Storr (Bodach an Stòir).

In January 2012, production of the science-fiction film Prometheus moved to the Isle of Skye, with filming taking place at the Old Man of Storr.

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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Feliz QUINTA-FLOWER !!

Brindisi - La Traviata ♫ ♪ Pavarotti

Ubud Market @ Bali, Indonesia.

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.

Much better in Large On Black

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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.

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.

Vosges

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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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Quick candid shot of a Venetian local enjoying his Sunday paper in a strong winter sun, with fashionably attired dogs in attendance.

Hope everyone is having a fantastic week!

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! :)

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... not one of the newest fashion but Mother Nature was very creative in designing this model and ice formation on a side window of a car.

Looks like Winter, right? But the fern frost was actually taken on 2nd of April, Denver, Colorado.

Much better in Large On Black to see the details.

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It is a cold and freezing winter day. Glad to see a little sunset after long rainy period, at George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Delta BC Canada.

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Camera Information:

Model: Sony NEX-6, Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec, Aperture: f/8, Focal Length: 10mm, ISO: 100

Lens: Sony 10-18mm f/4 Wide-Angle Zoom OSS Alpha E-mount (SEL1018).