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This fifth example from the series focuses in some of the finer details on winter's beauty. Little details like frosting on trees, like the countours in the snow where the movement of the wind through the little tree has made unique patterns in the snow. The hint of morning mist, turned pink by the rising sun, while the shadows are still blue in the early dawn light. Little details of beauty - more winter's splendor!
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Another shot from my visit to the top of the Calgary Tower on Friday afternoon, this one shows the view looking out over southern Calgary, with its industrial and residential zones.
I am off to work now, but I hope you all enjoy the view, and I wish you a happy Monday and upcoming week!
Cool! I just found out that this got Explored at # 253 on February 11 2013!
Thanks so much, everyone who helped it get there!
Explore # 5
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Avec une chouette vague sur le pied du Petit Melgorn.
"Le Four" lighthouse, with a lovely green wave on the left , in front of the rock named "Petit Melgorn".
Sur "Explore" le 6 Février 2013 N°213, merci à vous tous !
Explored Feb 6, 2013 #217, thank's everybody
"The fog is an illusion,
A master of disguise,
Which hides the tangible
Before our very eyes...
It gives an air of mystery
That has long prevailed.
Dangerously intriguing
Is the fog's foggy veil."
.:: Poem (Partial) © Walterrean Salley ::.
A foggy morning in Upper Normandy.
Étretat is a very picturesque town surrounded by steep chalk cliffs (falaises), including 3 stunning natural arches. Despite the reduced visibility, the most famous of the arches (La Porte d'Aval) and the pointed "needle" were breath-taking. The Falaise d’Aval looks as an elephant dipping his trunk into the sea. Standing next to it is l'Aiguille Creuse (Hollow Needle), made famous by Maurice Leblanc. The French novelist created the character of Arsène Lupin, the Gentleman Thief and set his legendary refuge inside the Needle.
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Grindslow Knoll, Peak District, UK.
A sudden burst of warm light took me by surprise. I'd resigned myself to the fact that the sun's light was fading to a whimper. But it made one final effort lasting a few minutes. I found myself standing by an awful composition and inclusion of the sun in the picture gave me terrible flare. Adjusting my position gave me this shot. Still not a great composition but I'm glad I made something of the light.
Interestingly, the definition of Knoll is [A small rounded hill or mound; a hillock] But at 601 metres, it's only short of Kinder Scout's highest point by 35 metres. It feels far from small and the wind chill factor caused some pain in my fingers.
Looks a bit over saturated but I've not added any. The colours were really strong.
Piece of the Berlin Wall with graffiti as seen on my travels in NYC. Located at 53rd Street between Fifth and Madison Avenue.
Happy Slider Sunday - HSS!
I went to the Red Bull Crashed Ice event last weekend in downtown St. Paul Minnesota. If your not familiar with this; Crashed Ice is a world tour extreme winter sporting event sponsored by Red Bull which involves downhill speed skating in an urban environment on a treacherous track laced with crazy high vertical drops, hairpin turns, bone-jarring jumps and other assorted mayhem producing icy structures.
This is Crashed Ice racing team 'Team Nutts' led by Canadian adrenaline junkie Shane Nuttley coming down from hang-man hill and over the dangerous ice waves. That's a picture of Shane and his signature red mohawk hairdo on their jerseys.
A shout out to Diane for making our Saint Paul, MN arrangements - muchas gracias!
Here is a view of Seattle’s Public Library in downtown. Alongside the Space Needle and Pike Place Market, the downtown branch of the city’s public library system is also a well-known landmark and attraction -- both its exterior and interior -- especially for photographers! Fortunately, I had my ultra-wide angle lens to capture the entire building in this instance, taken during the city’s “Fog Affair” of late January. This was on a Saturday morning, when the city was still in slumber with very few people walking the streets of downtown.
Given the fog cover and emptiness, the downtown area actually seemed abandoned to some degree, except the occasional taxi or automobile that passed by, driving through a modern-day twilight zone and serving as a reminder of the existence of other people.
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This odd apparatus is on the roof of the old Packard facility. I figured it was now nothing more than a hunk of rusting, decaying metal. When I stepped in front of it, I was shocked at the force of the wind silently screaming from it's cavernous mouth. I quickly, like a ninja, grabbed the edges to keep from being blown off the building, where I most certainly would have plunged to my untimely death. My coat instantly shredded and disappeared (strange, huh?), and the rest of my gear started to blow away, as you see clearly in the picture.
I barely escaped with my life!
Can you imagine how cool this would have looked if I had long flowing hair? Or even hair at all?
Thank you Ray, Ed, and Lou for saving my life by grabbing me and pulling me to safety.
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Peñíscola, muy frecuentada por mí en el pasado, quiso obsequiarme para darme la bienvenida con su calidez, su luz y sus colores maravillosos. El atardecer de tonalidades muy suaves, y el amanecer de colores intensos y brillantes. ¡Todo un privilegio, pura magia!
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Peñíscola, frequented by me in the past, obsequiarme wanted to welcome me with its warmth, its light and wonderful colors. The very soft sunset hues, and the dawn of intense and bright colors. A privilege, pure magic!
Verbier is a ski resort in the Swiss Alps, in the canton of Valais. It is part of the "Four Valleys" ski area, which includes the ski resorts of Verbier, Nendaz, Veysonnaz, La Tzoumaz, and Thyon. Verbier is recognized as one of the premiere "off-piste" resorts worldwide. Many top skiers have settled in the resort in order to take advantage of the steep slopes, varied conditions and vibrant nightlife. Verbier is also a popular holiday destination for celebrities, including Sarah Ferguson, Diana Ross, James Blunt and The Crown Prince Couple of Denmark: Frederik and Mary.
Verbier is located in the Val de Bagnes, in the Valais region of Switzerland. The resort lies on a south orientated terrace at around 1,500 metres facing the Grand Combin massif.
Verbier only has one access road, which starts in the town of Le Châble.
The Grand Combin is a mountain in the western Pennine Alps in Switzerland. With its 4,314 metres (14,154 ft) high summit it is one of the highest peaks in the Alps and the second most prominent of its range.
The Grand Combin is also a large glaciated massif consisting of several summits, among which three are above 4000 metres.
The Alps (French: Alpes; German: Alpen; Italian: Alpi; Romansh: Alps; Slovene: Alpe) is the name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east, through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west. The word "Alps" was taken via French from Latin Alpes (meaning "the Alps"), which may be influenced by the Latin words albus (white) or altus (high) or more likely a Latin rendering of a Celtic or Ligurian original.
The highest mountain in the Alps is Mont Blanc, at 4,808 metres (15,774 ft), on the Italian-French border. All the main peaks of the Alps can be found in the list of mountains of the Alps and list of Alpine peaks by prominence.
The Alps are generally divided into the Western Alps and the Eastern Alps. The division is along the line between Lake Constance and Lake Como, following the Rhine. The Western Alps are higher, but their central chain is shorter and curved; they are located in Italy, France and Switzerland. The Eastern Alps (main ridge system elongated and broad) belong to Austria, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovenia and Switzerland.
The Alps are a classic example of what happens when a temperate area at lower altitude gives way to higher elevation terrain. Elevations around the world which have cold climates similar to those found in polar areas have been called alpine. A rise from sea level into the upper regions of the atmosphere causes the temperature to decrease. The effect of mountain chains on prevailing winds is to carry warm air belonging to the lower region into an upper zone, where it expands in volume at the cost of a proportionate loss of heat, often accompanied by the precipitation of moisture in the form of snow or rain.
Leddy Beach faces southwest and on this day, that meant directly into the wind. This image was taken in the late afternoon as the light was fading. The modeled foreground configuration is a formation of ice and sand.
Engrossed in my camera work, I didn't notice the couple undressing on the beach next to me until I heard their screams and laughter. I looked up to see a young bikini clad woman and her boyfriend in swim shorts drenched, emerging from the water, racing back to their clothes. I was wearing my winter parka & hood, expedition boots and shelled bottoms - and I was cold :)
Another classic winter postcard view on Turku Cathedral and Aura river. I think the man walking in the river makes it bit more interesting.
Fusion exposure composition created from 3 different photos, which 2 created afterwards by changing the exposures from 1 original photo.
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Che questa mia canzone .... arrivi a te
ti porterà dove niente e nessuno l'ascolterà
la canterò con poca voce... sussurrandotela
e arriverà prima che tu......ti addormenterai....
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sognami se nevica
sognami sono nuvola
sono vento e nostalgia
sono dove vai............
Desde la cumbre del volcán Villarrica.
"Si el Villarrica y el Lanín tienen cicatrices y marcas y si el Quetropillán está destroncado, se debe a que estos tres volcanes participaron en una furiosa contienda entre sí. No se sabe la razón, aunque sí se ha dicho que se debió a desaveniencias nimias. Como fuera, durante largo tiempo los pillanes respectivos `se lanzaron mutuamente llamaradas de su fuego y proyectiles de roca y lava ardiendo, en un despliegue de bravura y fuerza'. En la lucha tomaron parte además, cual la mitología clásica griega, otros pillanes secundarios. Cuando se apaciguaron los combatientes y se desvanecieron las humaredas de las erupciones, se pudo ver que el Villarrica había quedado indemne y con sus fuegos aún vivos, el Lanín había emergido con marcas y con sus fuegos agotados y el Quetropillán, mutilado para siempre. Y se llama por ello Mocho."
Evelio Echevarría. "Leyendas de los Andes de Chile".
Peter Gabriel - The Rhythm Of The Heat
Parque Nacional Villarrica, Región de la Araucanía, Chile central.
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We see Soportego Perini
One also sees a pretty well
Here there is a "Osteria Ae Sconte" good restaurant :
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This really does need to be seen large and on black! Really!
Yes, I know it's a bit of an arty title, but then again, it's a bit of an arty shot!
This is actually a rarely taken scene from a hugely popular location - Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park in Indonesia, containing Mount Bromo, a currently active volcano.
Sometimes, where there is a violent volcanic eruption, the ground left can collapse, leaving a massive crater knows as a caldera. In this particular one, the Tengger Caldera, it also left five smaller volcanoes in the middle of it; Mount Bromo being the most popular of these.
The land inside the caldera is mostly barren landscape, known as The Sea of Sand, the edges of which can rise up to 600 metres. It was on one of these high edges that I saw this wonderful scene.
Everyone was busy snapping away at the sunrise hitting Mount Bromo (and the other volcanoes) in the middle, whereas I had turned my back to see what was happening behind us.
The low, rising sun was streaming across this tree-filled plain on the lush ground surrounding the caldera. That, coupled with the low-lying clouds in the basin meant that the beams of light from between the trees became very prominent.
At the time when I took this shot, I knew I'd like it, but I wasn't too sure how to process it. I tried black and white first and bingo, that was the one. This is pretty much straight out of camera with just some monochroming, slight denoising, slight selective sharpening and some contrast work.
I think this shot is a love it or hate it shot, but I hope you love it as I do!
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Hi I'm just gonna pretend I'm American so this counts as the 2nd week and it's not Monday yet. You can perfectly see how my Sunday night looks like as I'm facetiming the awesomest girl in NY called Gina Vasquez (known as a ballerina). Sorry for the cheezy description, it's so late and I'm ready to get a 4 hour sleep night.
P.S: I have a really important exam tomorrow morning. Yay me and my responsabilty.
Love always, Laura
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Verbier is a ski resort in the Swiss Alps, in the canton of Valais. It is part of the "Four Valleys" ski area, which includes the ski resorts of Verbier, Nendaz, Veysonnaz, La Tzoumaz, and Thyon. Verbier is recognized as one of the premiere "off-piste" resorts worldwide. Many top skiers have settled in the resort in order to take advantage of the steep slopes, varied conditions and vibrant nightlife. Verbier is also a popular holiday destination for celebrities, including Sarah Ferguson, Diana Ross, James Blunt and The Crown Prince Couple of Denmark: Frederik and Mary.
Verbier is located in the Val de Bagnes, in the Valais region of Switzerland. The resort lies on a south orientated terrace at around 1,500 metres facing the Grand Combin massif.
Verbier only has one access road, which starts in the town of Le Châble.
The Grand Combin is a mountain in the western Pennine Alps in Switzerland. With its 4,314 metres (14,154 ft) high summit it is one of the highest peaks in the Alps and the second most prominent of its range.
The Grand Combin is also a large glaciated massif consisting of several summits, among which three are above 4000 metres.
The Alps (French: Alpes; German: Alpen; Italian: Alpi; Romansh: Alps; Slovene: Alpe) is the name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east, through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west. The word "Alps" was taken via French from Latin Alpes (meaning "the Alps"), which may be influenced by the Latin words albus (white) or altus (high) or more likely a Latin rendering of a Celtic or Ligurian original.
The highest mountain in the Alps is Mont Blanc, at 4,808 metres (15,774 ft), on the Italian-French border. All the main peaks of the Alps can be found in the list of mountains of the Alps and list of Alpine peaks by prominence.
The Alps are generally divided into the Western Alps and the Eastern Alps. The division is along the line between Lake Constance and Lake Como, following the Rhine. The Western Alps are higher, but their central chain is shorter and curved; they are located in Italy, France and Switzerland. The Eastern Alps (main ridge system elongated and broad) belong to Austria, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovenia and Switzerland.
The Alps are a classic example of what happens when a temperate area at lower altitude gives way to higher elevation terrain. Elevations around the world which have cold climates similar to those found in polar areas have been called alpine. A rise from sea level into the upper regions of the atmosphere causes the temperature to decrease. The effect of mountain chains on prevailing winds is to carry warm air belonging to the lower region into an upper zone, where it expands in volume at the cost of a proportionate loss of heat, often accompanied by the precipitation of moisture in the form of snow or rain.
December 2012 had higher temperatures than normally in december, also a lot of more rain unfortunately... On one of the last days, I spotted this gorgeous Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano with a carbonfibre wrap over the roof, mirrors and diffusor in Breda.
29-12-'12
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Jupiter and the Milky Way visible over Mount Shuksan in Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in Washington.
This was taken at Picture Lake in the National Forest, although there is no lake visible at this time of year. That fact came as a slight surprise to me, but not as much as the 8-9 foot tall sheer cliff of ploughed snow that I needed to climb in order to get from the road to where it used to be. If you look closely, you can see the path I waded through the snow to get to this point.
This is a 2x2 panorama covering a significant portion of the night sky. This used my 16-35mm lens at 16mm, f/2.8, with the camera set to ISO 5000, and with a 30 second exposure time.
The conditions weren't as good as I had hoped, with a reasonable amount of moisture in the air reducing the clarity of the Milky Way and emphasising the glow of the city lights (even in a true dark sky location like Mount Baker, there is still a glow around much of the horizon). However, it's not bad!
Most of the landscape is lit solely by the light of the stars, but there is some light hitting the snow below the trees on the left which is from the Mount Baker Ski Area, closed at night but with some exterior lighting left on.
Significant stars and constellations visible include Betelgeuse, Rigel, Orion's Belt, Aldebaran, Bellatrix, Pollux, Capella, the Pleiades, as well as Jupiter (largest, almost centre), the Double Cluster (containing around 600 stars) and several galaxies (including the smudge at the top right which is the Andromeda Galaxy, estimated to contain over one trillion stars).