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As the title suggests, this morning was classic dodgem cars with the waves. The waves were big and there was a high tide.
The beach sand was on a slope going down towards were the waves were rolling up and freak sets would come in and you would literally have to have one eye in the camera and the other making sure you weren't about to be bolled over by a big set.
When i took this, i waited for the waves to start the rush out on this slope and then i ran down in the shallows, planted my tripod, hoped that my set up was all good, take a shot, turn around and bolt back up the beach! It was kinda fun until a few waves DID actually get me unprepared. I had to hold my camera and tripod as high as i could above my head, and i'd be drenched from my shirt down hoping i wouldn't fall over.
Passes by were seen laughing at me and a couple of folks even stopped in anticipation of seeing me get completely wiped out! All in though, i got some great images, i have a few more i will process later when i get time.
My new endeavor to try and catch the image "in camera" and not rely on much PP as i have done with this one, is certainly rife with challenges on a morning like this!
I hope you all like it as i risked life and limb to get these ha-ha!!
Thanks for all the kind critique and comments everyone, i really do appreciate it greatly.
No HDR, Single Image
Lee ND Filter .9 ( 3-Stop )
Darrel Benson 3-Stop reverse Grad
Tripod
Canon 40D
Board shorts and Towel!
this blue hour image was captured the night before the supermoon event...earlier that night, the moon was partially covered by thin clouds but it eventually cleared up and i was able to capture several moon shots that night...this scene was shot on the DuSable Bridge along Michigan Avenue looking east towards Lake Michigan...love the reflections of the lights on the Chicago River in this scene...i wanted to do a bulb exposure but the passing traffic on the bridge was causing too much vibration that a really long exposure was kind of difficult to do...pls. do try to View On Black
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Il Giorno della Terra, in inglese Earth Day, è il nome usato per indicare due diverse festività: una che si tiene annualmente ogni primavera nell’emisfero nord del pianeta, e un’altra in autunno nell’emisfero sud, dedicate entrambe all’ambiente e alla salvaguardia del pianeta Terra. Le Nazioni Unite celebrano questa festa ogni anno nell’equinozio di primavera, ma è un’osservanza ufficializzarla il 22 aprile di ciascun anno. La festività è riconosciuta da ben 192 nazioni e viene celebrata da quasi mezzo miliardo di persone. L'Earth Day fu celebrato a livello internazionale per la prima volta il 22 aprile 1970 per sottolineare la necessità della conservazione delle risorse naturali della Terra. Nato come movimento universitario, nel tempo, l’Earth Day è divenuto un avvenimento educativo ed informativo. I gruppi ecologisti lo utilizzano come occasione per valutare le problematiche del pianeta: l’inquinamento di aria, acqua e suolo, la distruzione degli ecosistemi, le migliaia di piante e specie animali che scompaiono, e l’esaurimento delle risorse non rinnovabili.
Si insiste in soluzioni che permettano di eliminare gli effetti negativi delle attività dell’uomo; queste soluzioni includono il riciclo dei materiali, la conservazione delle risorse naturali come il petrolio e i gas fossili, il divieto di utilizzare prodotti chimici dannosi, la cessazione della distruzione di habitat fondamentali come i boschi umidi e la protezione delle specie minacciate.
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This Orchid Flower NAME Hoya and this has given blooming flower 5th time after i have bought her[ Hoya Tree] to my home back in 2008. A wonderful one and the droplet you see at this image is Honey Just coming off the pollen.
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Another comp from last Saturday morning. Still not quite there yet!
Single Exposure
No HDR
Lee Filters .9 + .6
Canon 40D
toward a destination unknown.
Yet another from the flyout last fall. If you try hard enough, you can see a tiny plane taking off at the end of the runway!
Wings - Well, since I don't have a pair, I boarded on the Piper Warrior III. This was one of the best experiences of my life, thanks to our flying club, and my good friend Jeremy for convincing me to take the trip. We took off, we bounced around, and we flew like a feather drifting across turbulent wind!
He podido conocer y disfrutar de un lugar precioso llamado Aveiro en el centro de Portugal y llamado la "Venecia Portuguesa"
Esta ciudad situada a medio camino entre Coímbra y Oporto está surcada de románticos canales que recuerdan a la ciudad italiana de Venecia y la verdad es que toda ella merece la pena ser conocida, pero una de las cosas que más me ha llamado la atención fue su Estación de tren.
La estación de tren de Aveiro es una maravilla en su exterior, está ricamente adornada con preciosos azulejos portugueses como os muestro en esta serie que he querido dedicar solo a ese edificio y que espero sea del agrado de tod@s vosotr@s.
Desearos un feliz fin de semana
Recomiendo ver las tomas en grande y recordaros que todas se pueden también comentar
Tomada en algún lugar entre Cieza y Calasparra (Murcia).
Sesión fotográfica junto a Mariano Belmar.
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
1/40''
F13
ISO 100
Canon 17-40mm a 22mm
No filters.
No tripod.
Nik Silver Efex Pro.
Camera : Canon EOS 500D
Exposure : 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture : f/11.0
Focal Length : 18 mm
ISO Speed : 100
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What a combination, right?
Let me start off by saying that this is not the “proper” star-trail photograph – I know photography gurus out there will hit me for having “skip” trails. However, I actually love how it turned out. The Milky Way was also beautifully spread over the dark African sky. Interestingly, A colleague of mine went in and out of his tent in the middle of my long exposure, creating the magical bursts of light you see in emanating from our humble home ☺ Have a great week my friends!
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It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want - oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!
~Mark Twain
Houston, Texas
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 105mm f/2,8 Micro
Cruddy weather does have certain advantages. It often creates very dramatic conditions for photography - conditions that will never exist on a nice day. Of course, it can be very difficult to work in and there is always a very substantial risk of a washout. That was our Saturday morning - a complete washout. Fortunately we accidentally slept thru sunrise on Saturday. But Sunday and Monday's sunrises weren't all that bad. Far more interesting than sunrises on blue-bird clear sky days.
A Cokin 3x soft grad was used to hold back the sky. Many complain of the color casts on Cokin filters and it is quite true. Search elsewhere in my stream and you'll find some extreme examples of color casting. But, in this case, the color cast helps bring out some red in the sky. Shifting the color temperature toward the warm side helps too. This is a single exposure. I experimented with HDR a while back and abandoned it after failing to get any sort of decent results. As always, your thoughts and constructive criticism are welcome.
This was Monday's sunrise. I also have a wider view from a different vantage point on Sunday morning. That'll get posted a little later when the memory of this one fades a bit. Hopefully in the summer it will be time to return for another weekend and photograph the fog.
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One from the weekend and first sign of spring. Shot into the sun at 1/5000, it was practically mono SOOC, but I did the conversion to deal with some flare. Otherwise pretty much untouched. I even left the lens distortion/vignette uncorrected.
Not been on much this week, as I am painting a nursery ahead of expected arrival. It's all mountainscapes, jungle, savannah, ice bergs and other such extravagances. Cut out animals can then be placed amidst the various ecosystems. Will post a pic once it is done.
Hope everyone is well and enjoying the run in to the weekend.
Nella baia di Porto Conte, vicino ad Alghero, l' acqua ha un colore e una trasparenza da fare invidia ai Tropici !!
The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music.
Some Interesting Facts about the phenomenal group:
From 1962, the group consisted of:
John Lennon (rhythm guitar, vocals),
Paul McCartney (bass guitar, vocals),
George Harrison (lead guitar, vocals)
Ringo Starr (drums, vocals).
They are the best-selling band in the history of popular music, and four decades after their break-up, their recordings are still in demand.
In 1965, Queen Elizabeth II appointed all four Beatles Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).
The film, Let It Be (1970) won the 1971 Academy Award for Best Original Song Score.
They have received 7 Grammy Awards, and 15 Ivor Novello Awards.
They have also been awarded 6 Diamond albums, as well as 24 Multi-Platinum albums, 39 Platinum albums and 45 Gold albums in the United States, while in the UK they have 4 Multi-Platinum albums, 4 Platinum albums, 8 Gold albums and 1 Silver album.
The Beatles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988, and were ranked number one in 2008, when Billboard magazine released a list of the all-time top-selling Hot 100 artists to celebrate the US singles chart's fiftieth anniversary.
In 2009, the Recording Industry Association of America certified that the group have sold more albums in the US than any other artist.
They have had more number one albums (15), on the UK charts and held down the top spot longer (174 weeks), than any other musical act.They were also collectively included in Time magazine's compilation of the 20th century's 100 most influential people.
Each then found success in an independent musical career. Lennon was murdered outside his home in New York City in 1980, and Harrison died of cancer in 2001. McCartney and Starr remain active.
Original UK LPs
Please Please Me (1963)
With The Beatles (1963)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Beatles for Sale (1964)
Help! (1965)
Rubber Soul (1965)
Revolver (1966)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
The Beatles (aka the White Album) (1968)
Yellow Submarine (1969)
Abbey Road (1969)
Let It Be (1970)
-wiki
This was taken at the the end of what was a completely fruitless mornings photography, one of so many recently.
Film.
+ 9 digital pictures in comments. Which I might end up uploading a couple on their own later.
Watch/Listen this scene from the movie Across the Universe. It inspired this photo.
If you would like to hear an angry teenage girl rant, feel free to read the following:
First off, I am very disappointed with this photo. I had the idea of it in my head, but it didn't turn out at all. My sisters hand is in an awkward position and when I was taking the picture I kind of panicked and didn't take it at the right time. Argg....
Second, all of my digital photos lately have sucked! I have no idea what to do with my camera. Yet when I have my film camera I have been doing okay, but I can't just only take pictures with my film camera! That would require A LOT of film, which I don't have. I have loads of digital photo that I hate stocked up, because nothing has been turning out. I am stuck in a crappy rut. :(
Lastly, the weather here has sucked! It is overcast 24/7! Which doesn't work well with the few picture ideas I have. I need sun. I wouldn't even mind rain, but the clouds just sit up there in the sky and try to make me mad. Well guess what! It's working. I couldn't even see the Super Moon last night, so now I have to wait another 20 years. I need ideas. Utah weather is killing me here. And on top of all of that, I have to go back to school tomorrow and I haven't seen the ocean since August!
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Navruz (also called Noruz, Nowruz, Nowrooz, and Nawruz), the spring "New Year" holiday, has been celebrated for at least 2,500 years, and perhaps for as long as 5,000 years. Originating in Persia and long associated with the ancient Zoroastrian religion, its name means "new day" in Farsi because for ancient Persians it marked the first day of the New Year. On this day, Persian kings would have worn a crown with images of the annual solar cycle on their heads, participated in the divine mass in the Temple of Fire, and distributed generous gifts to citizens.
Today, Navruz is celebrated each year on March 21, when the sun enters the sign of Aries on the astrological calendar. In the northern hemisphere, this date frequently coincides with the spring equinox, the day on which the number of daylight hours equals the number of nighttime hours. On our modern Gregorian calendar, the spring equinox varies from March 19 to March 21. Although their calendars were different, ancient peoples followed the course of the sun and moon closely, and knew that the seasons began to change on this date. For them, it was as if the powers of light had overcome the powers of darkness, allowing the earth to awaken and life to be rekindled. Many of us have similar feelings today, even though we understand the more scientific explanation: that the northern hemisphere begins to tilt toward the sun at this date, which results in longer and warmer days.
Best wishes for those of you who celebrate.
Wishing you great Sunday my friends.
Houston, TX
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 105mm f/2,8 Micro
“Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than anything we leave behind."
- C.S. "The Homeboy" Lewis
IZ (Israel Kamakawiwo'ole)- Somewhere Over The Rainbow/ What a Wonderful World
Picture perfect day! Which one? All of 'em.
My ol' man use to say, "why choose when you can have it all". Kinda a Tony Montana mind-frame, but in a way he had a point. Some folk see things that are and say why. We should dream things that never were and say "why not". I think that's what the ol' man really meant. I don't talk to him much anymore, but I still think using some of the knowledge he gifted me with. While we watch the world in chaos around us, maybe we should do just what Gandolf said when told by Frodo, "I wish none of this had never happened."
"So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."
Have a wonderful week ya'll!
Another vertical upward shot. The buildings in this photo are, from lower left clockwise to lower right:
1. World Finance Tower (世界金融大厦)
2. New Shanghai International Tower (新上海国际大厦)
3. Huaxia Bank Tower (华夏银行大厦)
4. Huaneng Union Tower (华能联合大厦)
"Middle of the Road"-shot: Taken from the center of the intersection Dongcheng Road (东城路) / Jinzhou Road (金洲街). No problem at night, hardly ever a car passes through these backstreets at nighttime.
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Zumaia (Spanish: Zumaya) is a small town in the north of Spain in the Basque Country.
It is located at the point where the Urola and Narrondo rivers come together. The origins of the town can be traced by its ancient monastery. In the Middle Ages, the people that lived in the Sehatz valley having to endure the continuous attacks of pirates and pillagers, fortified the city. The church today retains the relic of its defensive appearance.
The town has two beaches (Itzurun and Santiago), which are of interest to geologists because they are situated among the longest set of continuous rock strata in the world. Known locally as the "flysch" they date from the mid-cretaceous period to the present, a time period of over 100 million years. The K-T boundary is present at the Itzurun beach, and fossils can be found, notably of ammonites. The strata stretches along a distance of about 8 km, between the towns/beaches of Deba and Getaria, with Zumaia lying in the middle (see photo in the comment box). en.Wikipedia
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Zumaia (baskisch, spanisch Zumaya) ist ein hübsches Städtchen in der Provinz Gipuzkoa (spanisch Guipúzcoa) im Norden der iberischen Halbinsel in der spanischen Region Baskenland. In der Bucht fließen die Flüsse Urola und Narrondo zusammen. Zumaia liegt ca. 25 km westlich der Stadt San Sebastian.
Geologisch interessant ist Zumaia vor allem wegen des an der Küste gut sichtbaren Flyschs. Flysch (eine schweizerische Bezeichnung für Felsmaterial, das zu Bergrutschen und Hangrutschungen neigt) bezeichnet in der Geologie eine in ihrer Gesteinszusammensetzung abwechslungsreiche Wechselfolge von oft kalkhaltigen Sandsteinen und Tonsteinen, die intensiv verformt sein kann (s. Foto im Kommentar). Wikipedia
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#11 Done for Project 52
#9 Done for Cliche Saturdays Scavenger Hunt: Black and White
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as seen outside the Charles H. Scott Gallery, at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Granville Island, Vancouver
Cascada Aguasal . / Aguasal Waterfall
Hoy una canción de Luz Casal, para acompañar la foto. Cascada de Aguasal, una de mis cascadas favoritas.
La denominada superluna, la luna se encuentra en el punto mas próximo a la Tierra, que se produce sólo cada 20 años.
La ruta parte del barrio vegano de Pandillo y transcurre por la vera del arroyo Aguasal, cruzándolo varias veces para aprovechar la senda más cómoda.
La zona tiene varias cabañas pasiegas.
Pronto se ve el Castro Valnera, cuya imponente vista nos acompañará todo el camino.
Cuando se vea la cascada del nacimiento del río, habrá que dejar el curso del arroyo y subir una ladera herbosa con gran pendiente para salvar los últimos 150 metros de desnivel hasta el pie de dicha cascada.
La cascada de Aguasal y la cascada del Pandillo son los orígenes del río Pas.
Today a Luz Casal song to accompany the photo. Aguasal waterfall, one of my favorite waterfall.
Supermoon, the moon is at the nearest point to Earth, which occurs only every 20 years.
The route begins in Pandillo and runs along the side of the Aguasal stream , crossing it several times to take the road more comfortable.
The area has several Pas cabins .
We soon see the Valnera Castro, whose stunning views all the way with us.
When you view the source of the river cascade, we must leave the course of the stream and up a grassy slope with steep slopes, to climb the last 150 vertical meters to the base of the waterfall..
The Aguasal cascade and Pandillo waterfall Aguasal are the origins of the river Pas..
11 aprile 2009 in questa bellissima piazza , con Nadia abbiamo incontrato Serena ,
Prima foto in notturno che posto ...............siate buoni
Piazza Unità d'Italia è la piazza principale di Trieste. Si trova ai piedi del colle di San Giusto, tra il Borgo Teresiano e Borgo Giuseppino.
La piazza si apre da un lato sul Golfo di Trieste ed è circondata da numerosi palazzi ed edifici pubblici. Di pianta rettangolare, per superficie è la più grande piazza d'Europa che si affaccia sul mare.
Nella piazza hanno oggi sede, tra gli altri, il Municipio di Trieste, il palazzo della Giunta Regionale del Friuli-Venezia Giulia e la prefettura del capoluogo.
Notte fonda ...... guardatela in _______View large_______sempre se avete tempo !!
Scattata a Trieste 11 aprile 2009
postata il 18 marzo 2011 alle ore 22.42
Totally looks like I'm enjoying the view and pissing hahaha I can't claim taking this photo, obviously. I'll tell ya'll about that night in a few days ;) But this is my most favorite (proper spelling) view of Miami! The location itself is just wonderful too. But the view is just wow inspiring, I could chill for hours. It's also where my bike got stolen last year haha so there's a little piece of me here. Man the stories I could tell ya'll . .
I'm so excited cause tomorrow is Saint Patrick's Day!!! 'Nuff said, ya'll won't be hearing much out of me tomorrow x)
By the way, slainte is Gaelic for health, cheers, good luck.
Have a wonderful day!! And cheers!!
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مابغـي الهـدايـا عنــدي اغـلـى هـــديـة
حبــڪ وتقـديـرڪ وخــوفـڪ عـليا
وڪـل الهـــدايا في عيــوني صغيــرة
لانڪ ياروح الــروح اڪبـر هـديـة
الـنـاس تـهــدي ڪـل منـهـو تــحـبـــه
لـجل الـقـــلوب تـزيد عـشــق ومـحبــة
مــادمــت انـت الغــالـي اللــي احـبـــه
ڪــل الهـــدايا قـرب حبــڪ شويــة
تــاريخ ميـــلادي بـدا يــوم شــفتــڪ
والعمر ياعمـري ابتدا من عــرفتـڪ
والله لو في يـــوم عمـــري وهــبتـڪ
ماظنتــي بــوفيـڪ فضـلــڪ عــليا
شوفتڪ عندي تسوى ڪل الهـدايـا
لانڪ غــلا قــلبــي وغــايــة منـايــا
يـڪــفـيـني انـڪ يا حــبيبــي معـايا
يــا أروع هــديـة ســـاقــها الـلــه ليــا
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15 / 3 / 2011
it's my birthday =$
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Pues si un amanecer de Gijón en concreto desde El Cerro Santa Catalina con el Elogio del Horizonte de testigo y despedida porque con esta serie me despido de vosotros hasta el día 25 ya que el viernes a primera hora me marcho para Cáceres y alrededores y después hacer una visita a el país vecino Portugal, en concreto a Aveiro y Monsanto, así que desearos un feliz fin de semana y mandaros un abrazo a tod@s.
Como siempre os recomiendo ver las tomas en grande sobre fondo negro
Hasta la vuelta amig@s
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The coastline around Napoli is fantastic. I'd spent the day driving around (well, being driven around, thanks Sara) looking for the best place to capture the sunset. We eventually went back to a part we'd been to previously that day, after crisscrossing the city all afternoon. I'd taken a good hundred or so photos of the sunset and was walking back to the car when I turned around and saw this tree on the cliff silhouetted against the almost completely set sun. For some reason the scene reminds me of Africa, not Italy. Perhaps it's the shape of the tree? What do you think?
(Thanks to Marco for providing the title of this photo)
Try it in the lightbox (Press L); it looks fantastic!
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Canon EOS 500D / ISO 400 / f/5.6 / 10-20mm @ 20mm / 1/30 second
Ultimi giorni di pulizia della spiaggia di Santa Teresa, adesso è pronta per accogliere i primi turisti.......
quando arrivate ?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-xwh42dSKY
.....da guardare il video !!!!
I've been messing with this thing far too long. I figure if I post some pictures it will bring closure.
My credits:
John Lamark for the "square" laser cannon bases.
L-DI-EGO for his laser "flashback suppressors"
Lastly, darkmin, because his technic X-wing idea is awesome. (A lot of the dimensions are off but I Love all the angles he worked out.)
All the best wishes to Japan and the Japanese people for safety and recovery!
Saw this today from my window...
Canon 60 D
Sigma 10-20 at 20mm
F 16
ISO 100
Exposure 30 sec
The light on the rock is from the nearby street light.
Ballyloughane is one of Galway’s most exciting beaches for observing seashore life. At low tide large amounts of the shore are exposed and can be explored safely. Visitors can identify animals that live in sandy, rocky and tidal areas all on one stretch of shoreline. It is an important nursery area for juvenile flat fish such as plaice and flounder, as well as providing a home for brown shrimp (otherwise known as crangons), sand hoppers, seaweeds and crabs. Ballyloughane beach received a green coast award in 2008.
The crofter Karl Oskar Lööw in Fredhäll. Born in 1873.
Torparen Karl Oskar Lööw i Fredhäll. Född 1873.
Parish (socken): Håbo-Tibble
Province (landskap): Uppland
Municipality (kommun): Upplands-Bro
County (län): Stockholm
Photograph by: Einar Erici
Date: 1933
Format: Print
Persistent URL: kmb.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16001000282064
and happy sunny spring
my part for fence friday again, took this shot together with some others this week when the sunset was perfect for taking photos.
Oh, did i mention that i love my 50mm 1.4? :D
PS: Please take one minute of your time and send a little prayer to japan, the people there will need it!
Canon EOS 550D, EF 50mm 1.4