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Sunday before last, I popped out for a loaf and came back with a pile of colours and shapes.. what do you call that, a beachscape?
Here's another, I think one of my favourites, I love the pools of gold and the colours caught on the sandscape, is that one a new word?..
..Probably not, but you can see the pipeline from earlier shots to the left and the wind farm to the right all pointed out by golden paths and pools, and that leading path of colour catching sand, along with a few of Anthony Gormleys 100 Ironmen.
I've some more, and will no doubt share at some point shortly, but with my 40th birthday tomorrow!, how old is that!, maybe I'll find something slightly different over the next couple of days to show, if only to give you a break...
Oh if anyone at Canon wants to have early hands on a MKIII 5D, that would make a great present for a 40'th don’t you think?....
...but back to reality, I can look forward to using my new lighting gear which my better half got me, so that should be fun.
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يا حلوه هالسنجوب خخخ
ما يخاف لو معكـ شي تعطيه
وكان بيدي شي مديته له وجاني يركض وياكل بيدي
وبعدها قلت له ارجع ارجع بصوركـ
بس ما ادري وش فيه رجع وقال اللااااه اكبر .. بيصلي الله يصلحه ههههه
ان شا الله تعجبكمـ ..
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Unlike the tricky and lengthy noise reduction for www.flickr.com/photos/flatworldsedge/5126748478/ in this case I just maxed Lightroom's noise reduction and dropped the clarity. It's a 226 second exposure (F/22 ¦ ISO 100) from one of the bird hides on Stocker's Lake in Rickmansworth Aquadrome.
There were hundreds of ducks floating about in the foreground, but none made sufficient impression against the bright reflected sky over the long exposure. Hope everyone is having a great week!
Pregnancy & Motherhood in the midst of poverty and war is one of the hardest things a woman can ever endure. But with Love and Hope, the power of Life conquers all :)
Actually I wanted to give him some change, but when he made eye contact with my camera, he ran across the street like there was no tomorrow.
Anyhow, I actually ran into him again today, but this time he was with his mother. Camera was in my bag, so I guess they wern't intimidated. 20THB for each of them.
Again, both are Khmer who probably crossed the border to Thailand for a better future.
Pattaya, Thailand
2nd Road
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taken on a trip out to Bailey lighthouse in Howth with Angus Clyne. He is an awesome photographer and it was a joy to get him to ourselves for a few day. Angus spotted this lighthouse from the plane on his was into Dublin and we went on a mission to find it, if it wasn't for the sat nav we would have never found it
check out his amazing picture from the night
I Laghi di Fusine sono costituiti da due laghi, il Lago Superiore ed il Lago Inferiore; situati sul territorio del comune di Tarvisio, sono considerati fra i più belli esempi di lago alpino.
I laghi, di origine glaciale, sono collocati in un anfiteatro calcareo creato dalla dorsale del Picco di Mezzodì del Monte Mangart. La valle, che corre parallela al confine italo-sloveno, dal 1971 è un'area protetta, con il nome di Parco naturale dei Laghi di Fusine.
Il lago superiore si trova a 929 m s.l.m., ha una profondità massima di 10 m ed una superficie di 9 ha; il lago inferiore si trova a 924 m s.l.m., ha una profondità massima di 25 m ed una superficie di 13,5 ha. Nelle vicinanze del lago inferiore si trovano anche altri due minuscoli specchi d'acqua, chiamati laghi piccoli. Il lago Superiore alimenta il lago Inferiore per via sotterranea e quest'ultimo alimenta l'emissario di entrambi i laghi.
One of the moments that you grab the camera and start shooting , shooting fast , moving positions , changing lenses and shooting … because you know – I will be gone soon . We had less than 15 minutes ( I just checked ) and 120 images later – here we go . Funny , this is right beside Hug Point , just south from Cannon Beach . We didn't really look on the beach . When I was looking at GEO tags, I found more info about it … it's amazing … next time
Honorable Mention at the 2011 North Shore Challenge , 27 clubs from BC and Yukon , 10 images per club .
I came here to enjoy a peaceful sunset. I definitely got it! But how do you make an interesting photo when it is so calm? Read on. No HDR here.
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Lee foundation kit filter holder with Lee 77mm adapter ring
No polarizer.
ISO 100
RAW file processed with Capture One by Phase One
TIFF file processed with Photoshop
Small Slik Sprint mini II tripod
Manfrotto 322RC2 pistol-grip ball head
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Kapa'a Beach Park is the perfect spot to enjoy a calm and relaxing sunset, far away from the crowds of the more popular beaches. Often, only a few people are fishing and you have the place almost to yourself. The waves here are small and the wind is usually calm. This is where you can find peace! In the distance is a glimpse of Maui behind the clouds.
The problem that I encountered here is that I wanted to make an interesting photo. But usually you need something dramatic and eye catching. The light and clouds looked really good, but I had to walk around for a while to find an interesting foreground with some water motion. The rocks were really uneven and I had to get into a very unfomfortable position to see this view through the lens. But it was the only way to convey the beauty of this place in a photo. When we are at a beautiful place, we can feel it and our eyes can look around at everything. But since a photo is a single thing, you have to include everything that you can find into the frame so that you can transport the viewer to this moment!
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Google Earth
Simply the best way to scout out locations that there is. You can see sun angles and pre-visualize light under lots of different conditions. Sometimes you can actually pre-compose your shots! This has saved me many thousands of vertical feet of climbing by avoiding spots with blocked views etc.
Satellite imagery (choose 'National' for a local US region or use your fave website)
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Tide charting and preditions: (chose your area in US, other countries have similar websites)
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Wave Heights (I choose 'North Pacific from Global')
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Or Here:
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Photos of every inch of the California coastline from a small plane. Excellent for close in detailed views.
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Saalbach es un típico y pintoresco pueblo de Austria. Un lugar ideal para pasar unas vacaciones tanto en verano como en invierno.
Es una de las mayores estaciones de esquí en Austria. Ofrece más de 200 km de pistas de esquí
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Esta foto va dedicada con mucho carino a nuestros hermanos Chilenos, por su valentia, y por el ejemplo que han dado al mundo entero.
Para mi fue un suceso muy importante que quedara en la historia de los chilenos y del mundo entero.
Mis felicitaciones Hermanos Chilenos y tambien a todas las personas que hicieron posible este rescate
Abrazos para todos
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This photo is dedicated with much love to our fellow Chileans, for their courage, and example that have given the world.
For me it was a very important event that will remain in the history of Chile and the world.
Chilean brothers and congratulations also to everyone who made this rescue
Hugs for all
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Plaza de Canalejas in the intersection of El Principe, Sevilla and Carrera de San Jerónimo streets, Madrid (Spain).
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HDR/DRI from 3 exposures on a tripod Manfrotto 055XPROB + 322RC2 Joystick Head @ [-2 EV .. 0 .. +2 EV ]
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Lightroom for catalog > Photoshop to generate HDR file> Tonemapped with Photomatix 4.0 > Curves + Hue/Saturation + Topaz Adjust + Nik Color Efex Pro + Noiseware + High Pass filter Sharpening technique with Photoshop CS5.
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c) Tempo 1/30 con apertura a f.5,6 su stativo Manfrotto (effettuate 7 esposizioni sullo stesso fotogramma);
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f) Scansione con Agfa Duoscan T2500 Pro su supporto mobile orizzontale (porta SCSI);
g) Prima Post-Produzione Corel Photo-Paint X5 e Adobe Photoshop CS3;
h) Post-Produzione di completamento con Nikon Capture NX 2.
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Anche questa immagine, come quella precedente, farà parte del “reportage/racconto” che ho in preparazione dal titolo “L'Innocenza Rubata”.
Il bimbo ripreso si trova presso una casa di accoglienza per bambini maltrattati e purtroppo anche lui ha subito maltrattamenti dai genitori che lo obbligavano a chiedere l’elemosina per le strade e se a fine giornata non corrispondeva loro una somma prestabilita veniva picchiato e lasciato digiuno per punizione.
Adesso sta molto meglio si è avvicinato ad un ordine religioso la cui sua intenzione è quello di studiare diventare sacerdote per aiutare tanti bambini.
Volevo nuovamente rinnovare il mio più caloroso ringraziamento alle sempre cordiali tutrici che sono state gentilissime e affettuose di cui non mi stancherò di evidenziare l’amore con cui svolgono il loro impegno verso questi bimbi e un particolare ringraziamento anche e soprattutto a Suor Madre Serafina.
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Even this picture, like the previous one, will be part of "reportage / story" I have in preparation entitled “Stolen Innocence”.
The child is taken up at a shelter for abused children and, unfortunately, he has been mistreated by their parents who forced him to beg on the streets and at the end of the day if they did not fit a set amount was beaten and left for fasting punishment.
Now it's much better approached in a religious order whose intention is to study to become a priest to help many children.
I again reiterate my warmest thanks to the always friendly tutor who were kind and affectionate that I shall continue to highlight the love with which they carry out their commitment to these children and a special thank you also and especially to Mother Sister Serafina.
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Se La Gente Usasse Il Cuore, Andrea Bocelli
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Improvvisa vocazione
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Uno strano sogno mi avvolge,
s'impadronisce della mia anima,
ma improvvisamente sento vivere
in me una voglia ardente.
Il mio sguardo è vago, sperduto, mai
più non vogliono le mie mani toccare
il buio, quel buio che han già abbracciato,
per tanto per troppo tempo…ho sofferto.
E’ bagnato di tante lacrime passate
il mio cuore non è più quello di un tempo,
in quella vita vissuta male, in quella gioia
tanto pretesa, ma, mai avuta.
Il mio sguardo incupito adesso trova
uno spiraglio, una nuova luce,
quella grande luce dove i pensieri assillanti,
strazianti oramai sono....assenti.
…………………………………………..Luigi Mirto
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Sudden vocation
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A strange dream surrounds me,
she takes over my soul,
but suddenly I feel alive
a burning desire in me.
My eyes are vague, lost, but
no longer want to touch my hands
darkness, this darkness that have already embraced
for so much, for too long ...... i have suffered.
E 'wet past so many tears,
my heart is no longer what it once
in that life lived badly, that joy
as alleged, but never had.
My eyes darkened now, share
a crack, a new light,
that great light where the troubling thoughts,
harrowing now I am ... ... .... absent
…………………………………………..Luigi Mirto
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Vide cor meum - Katherine Jenkins
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Italiano
Che tutte le persone che hanno un cuore nobile e sincero amino tutti i bimbi del mondo come se fossero i propri e li rispettino per come meritano e per come è giusto che siano trattati…. con tanto amore.
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That all persons who have a noble heart and sincere love all the children of the world as if they were their own and to respect them as they deserve and as it should be treated .... with much love.
The first day of our workshop this weekend was very very wet. The second day, we were treated to sunshine and rainbows. :) The Pacific Northwest is about as indecisive as it can be when it comes to weather and that is one of the reasons I love it here. If you have lived here for any length of time you have seen it rain, snow & hail, during a severe windstorm and then turn to beautiful blue sky 5 minutes later. Our last stop of the workshop was Lower Lewis River Falls, one of, if not my favorite waterfall. We started at the top and encouraged those in attendance to make their way across the water to the top of the falls even though the water was running pretty good from the recent rains. It took a little while to coax them over to the prime locations near the edge of the waterfall but I am very persuasive and in the end we all made it safe and sound.
After shooting our fill at the top it was time to drop down below the waterfall. If it is your first time visiting this waterfall and it is running good like it was this day, dropping down INTO the water below doesn't seem like a very good idea. Again, I am persuasive and willing to lead by example so I jumped in and everyone followed. I also do everything possible to make people laugh and have a good time on our workshops and on this trip I did that by falling face first into the water. Just as we reached the bottom of the falls the sun dropped below the clouds that had been keeping it at bay and it lit up the entire waterfall blowing every highlight like candles on a birthday cake. Zeb and I used this as a perfect example of managing highlights and shadows using filters and camera controls. The rainbow you see in the picture would appear only when the sun was the brightest and when it did, the direct light hitting the fallen tree cast a giant shadow across the waterfall. That is when the million dollar question came....
What would you do with that tree shadow Aaron?
After quickly assessing the situation and realizing that even all 240 pounds of me wasn't going to budge that tree and that I may have to admit to this photographer that I did not have an answer for them I realized it was a great time to talk about image blending. I explained that sometimes a simple blending of images was all you needed to find a workaround to something like this so I suggested that we take one shot when the sun went behind the clouds and then a second when it was it's brightest and we would blend only the wall of rock on the left that contained the rainbow into the final image.
I took a couple shots of my own to see if I could actually pull it off and the high contrast caused by the direct light made for an interesting image in my opinion. Thanks again to everyone that came this weekend and thank you for your feedback and constant support of us and our workshops. Zeb and I both really enjoy each and every one of them and have a great time meeting so many great people and helping to inspire young photographers. Our 2011 schedule is finalized and a couple of the workshops have already begun to fill up for next year. Check out the blog for more details.
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If you can spare few minutes, listen the Bengali song purely composed on Morning Raga Ahir Bairav Nishi bhor holo jago by Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty
Location: Sun-rise at St. Martins Island, Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh
Dedicated to my L’ll sweet sister ami who again desired to see my upload on St Martins Island
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Photo Lino Cannizzaro. Tratto dall'antologia "Poeti del Québec" Ed. Fili d'Aquilone, 2011.
Questo fiore detto “Rosa americana”si trova nel giardino della Trattoria del Giallo a Bavari (Genova). Fu il nonno degli attuali proprietari a seminarla, nel 1911.
Il linguaggio degli alberi.
Accade di camminare per le strade di città o nei sentieri di campagna e di montagna e fare incontri silenziosi difficili da dimenticare. Sono gli incontri con gli alberi che, nel grande libro della natura hanno un ruolo di primo piano. Gli alberi, infatti, pulsano nel segreto delle nostre vite, a patto che sappiamo osservarli, ascoltarli nel loro misterioso “essere”. Allora varrebbe la pena conoscerli per nome, analizzarne le metamorfosi, individuarne la simbologia, toccarli, annusarli (ognuno, come gli umani ha il proprio odore), perché sono portatori di saggezza, per evitare sfocature mentali oppure come semplice esperienza.
Un grande scrittore e pittore come Carlo Levi fece dei veri e propri “ritratti” degli alberi che lo circondavano nella sua villa di Alassio, in particolare ulivi e carrubi. Per Levi, gli alberi erano non solo esteticamente belli da rappresentare ma divennero col tempo i protagonisti della sua opera, in quanto li percepiva come esseri immersi nella palpitazione del mondo.
Allora fece nascere il carrubo-donna, il carrubo-mostro, il carrubo-inferno-paradiso e via alberando…
Così parla l’autore de Il Cristo si è fermato a Eboli: «Ritorno a questi tronchi contorti, rovesciati dal vento, pieni di antiche ferite, con la pelle grigia dei mostri arcaici, dove vivono funghi e insetti, erbe e licheni e gli uccelli nei nidi, e gli squarci del legno rossi di sangue vegetale simulano altre forme costellate di occhi». Gli artisti, i poeti, ci hanno sempre insegnato a vedere le cose, anche le più umili, le quali senza di loro passerebbero inosservate. Questo è il caso del poeta ligure Camillo Sbarbaro che diventò uno dei maggiori conoscitori di licheni di tutti i tempi.
C’è dunque un guardare che va oltre il semplice atto di guardare? C’è un modo di penetrare nelle cose o nelle forme che ci circondano con occhi nuovi, lavati, trasparenti? Se riuscissimo nell’esercizio di flânerie, in quel camminare come sorta di ozio creativo, che ha poco a che fare con la semplice camminata ecologica, ci ritroveremmo a compiere un’esperienza poetica che potrebbe rivelarsi come una sorta di re-invenzione dello sguardo e del reale.
Questo album antologico sarà continuamente aggiornato poiché il flâneur (Lino Cannizzaro) e la flâneuse (la scrivente) scoprono quasi ogni giorno (giorni di pioggia compresi) sentieri scoscesi, boscaglie, parchi, mulattiere con dinastie d’alberi e arbusti saggi e folli, simpatici e scontrosi. Senza contare le sorprese delle piante sottocasa. Perché strano a dirsi, spesso, taluni fiori o piante, bocche roventi d’amore “naturaliter” esistono incolumi, in giardinetti improbabili, laddove ringhiano bussolotti di spazzatura e carte unte di focaccia. Talaltri si fanno erba voglio contentandosi di cedere all’ora estiva, amoreggiando celati alla vista del curioso. La parola dei poeti si è unita alla fotografia (molti riconosceranno poeti già ospiti del Festival) e si fa udire, ben oltre la funzione emotiva, aperta a tutti i transiti vitali.
Viviane Ciampi
Fotografie di Lino Cannizzaro e Viviane Ciampi
Per i versi utilizzati nell’iniziativa “Il Linguaggio degli alberi” si ringraziano le Case Editrici:
Africa World Press, Anterem, Atelier, Autres Temps, Azimut, Bompiani, City Lights Italia, Costa & Nolan, Crocetti, De Ferrari, Einaudi, Empirìa, Estuaire, Feltrinelli, Flammarion, Fondazione Carlo Levi, Frassinelli, Gallimard, Garzanti, Genesi editrice, I Gherigli, Grandi Tascabili Newton, Issimo / Il Vertice, Kowalski, L’arbre à paroles, L’atelier des Brisants, Lanore, Le Castor Astral, Les Dossiers d’Aquitaine, Le Lettere, Le Mani, Leméac, Liberodiscrivere, LietoColle, Mondadori, Noroît, Pagine, POL, Rizzoli, San Marco dei Giustiniani, Scheiwiller, Unes, Viennepierre, Internòs
Automne
Avec dans sa valise, de belles couleurs
L’automne s’installe avec douceur
C’est la période ou tout change
Sous le regard des Anges
J’Aime beaucoup cette saison
Où je quitte ma maison
Pour parcourir la nature
Et découvrir ces couleurs si matures
C’est aussi les grillades de châtaignes
Qui font disparaître nos migraines
Le cidre très doux
Si pétillant qui peut rendre jaloux
Ne soyons pas monotone
Parce qu’ arrive l’ Automne …….
Domi
Fall
With his suitcase, beautiful colors
Autumn settles gently
This is the period or changes
Under the gaze of angels
I love this season
As I leave my house
To browse the nature
And find these colors if mature
It also grilled chestnuts
That remove our headaches
Very sweet cider
If sparkling that can be jealous ...
Domi
Spending one morning at Passo Rolle during sunrise, I went around looking for new compositions. I did quite some experiments, but a picture that I like a lot is this one.
In the background, you can see the high plateau Pale die San Martino, between 2.500 and 2.700 meters (around 1.6 miles), where we spent a four day hike. A very rough, moonlike landscape. The two peaks you can see are La Rosetta and Pala di San Martino, and both in very nice morning picture (about 20 minutes after sunrise)
What caught my eye was, of course, how the flowers mirror the shape of La Rosetta. So, I only had to bring it together in a direct relation, compositionally wise, and then I tried different depth of fields with my Sigma 70-200 (at 200 mm) that would hint at the mountains without blurring them too much, but at the same time keeping the obvious focus on the foreground.
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Puesta de sol veraniega en el pueblo costero de "Le Grau du Roi", en el sur de Francia.
Lo considero el mas bello de toda la CAMARGUE, con su gran faro que tiñe de colores y
luces sus placidas aguas que dividen la ciudad en dos hermosas partes.
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Canon EOS 400D Digital + Sigma 10 ÷ 20 mm EX DC
# Obturación: 1/80 seg. ~ Diafragmado: f/ 4,5 ~ Subexposición de - 1 Ev a 800 ISO
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Haha, this one just makes me smile... I don't think his tongue could be any longer :) We were in the middle of a long walk Barney, Dilly and I went on a few days before I left for France. I only meant to have a short walk, on one of the smaller hills in the background of this pic but wonderful weather meant I was reluctant to go home. We ended up staying out hours longer than I'd planned, eventually walking (or in Barney's case, loping) up to the highest point of the Malverns (not that high - around 1,300ft). I love walking on the hills of course, but even seeing them from a distance makes me happy... They're the first thing I look for when coming home: from miles away you can spot them rising in an orderly line out of the flood plains of Worcestershire, it's a nice sight when you've been away for awhile :)
Barney was ecstatically happy to see me (the feeling was mutual!) when I arrived this afternoon. He was already bounding down the hall as I turned the key and opened the front door. I had to stand outside for 10 minutes while he just leaped up and down, tripping on my suitcase, crashing into my legs, throwing himself on the floor in a wriggling heap and just as I reached down to pat him, leaping up again, to lick my face! When I finally got inside he pounced on his kong, proudly prancing back to show me, shaking his head ferociously and doing a funny little dance with his front paws. Finally, he led the way back to the garden, tail curled jauntily over his back and a cheeky grin on his face that was an invitation (or perhaps demand is the right term) for play :) I couldn't resist...
It's lovely having such a fantastic welcome home but I'm glad I've got no plans to for a long holiday or visit with relatives soon - I hate saying goodbye to him - especially as he knows what a suitcase is. Whenever I bring the case downstairs, he immediately goes into sulk mode (he has bitter experience with me bringing my case down and then leaving for university for 3 months). Unless I'm gathering his bowls, leads, toys etc he will go very quiet and subdued. I call him and he won't come, he just stares at the suitcase, then at me and stays where he is, head on his paws. It is a truly pitiful sight and one that breaks my heart (even though I know, after a day of sulking he's back to his happy self!!) Yes, I had a lovely time but I'm glad to be back and I think Barney's pretty pleased too :)
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J’aime à regarder le ciel…et parfois je suis récompensée par ce que je vois !!
A beautiful sunset in the Pyrenees.
I like to watch the sky ... and sometimes I am rewarded by what I see!
Here is a shot of the Eiffel Tower from the fountains in front of Place du Trocadero - Paris, France. For those of you that have visited Paris pre-2000, the Eiffel Tower played host to Paris' Millennium Celebration. On this occasion, flashing lights and four high-power searchlights were installed on the tower. Since then, the light show has become a nightly event. The searchlights on top of the tower make it a beacon in Paris' night sky, and the 20,000 flash bulbs give the tower a sparkly appearance every hour on the hour.
Camera: Nikon D3
Lens: Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8
F Stop: f/9
9 Exposure HDR
ISO: 200
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Thanks for looking.
"All you need is faith and trust... and a little bit of pixie dust!"
That quote perfectly describes my feelings about my first workshop yesterday. I was beyond excited to meet my group and see what everyone had to offer, and I was nervous too...that I would suddenly forget how to create an image! So I thought it only appropriate to do a Peter Pan picture :-)
It was an absolutely wonderful day from start to finish. I think that we all learned something, and we definitely all had a laugh at some of my odd techniques both in shooting and editing!! :-P I am bursting with excitement for the next one now!
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The Königssee is a lake located in the extreme southeast Berchtesgadener Land district of the German state of Bavaria, near the border with Austria. Large parts are comprised by the Berchtesgaden National Park.
St. Bartholomä and Watzmann
Lying within the Berchtesgaden Alps in the municipality of Schönau am Königsee, just south of Berchtesgaden and the Austrian City of Salzburg, the Königssee is Germany's third deepest lake. Located at a Jurassic rift it was formed by glaciers during the last ice age. It stretches about 7.7 km (5 mi) in the north-south direction and is about 1.7 km (1 mi) across at its widest point. Except at its outlet, the Königsseer Ache at the village of Königssee, the lake similar to a fjord is surrounded by steeply rising flanks of mountains up to 2700 m (8900 ft), including the fabled Watzmann massif in the west.
The literal translation appears to be "King's Lake", however while German: König does indeed mean "king", there had been no Bavarian kings since the days of Louis the German until Elector Maximilian I Joseph assumed the royal title in 1806. Therefore the name more probably stems from the first name Kuno of local nobles, who appear in several historical sources referring to the donation of the Berchtesgaden Provostry in the 12th century; the lake was formerly called Kunigsee.
In 1944 a subcamp of the Dachau concentration camp was located nearby where Heinrich Himmler had a residence built at Schönau for his mistress Hedwig Potthast.
The lake is noted for its clear water and is advertised as the cleanest lake in Germany. For this reason, only electric driven passenger ships, rowing and pedal boats have been permitted on the lake since 1909. Due to its picturesque setting, the lake and surrounding parklands are very popular with tourists and hikers. In addition, the lake's position surrounded by sheer rock walls creates an echo, which is known for its clarity. On boat tours, it has become traditional to stop and play a flugelhorn or trumpet to display the echo; formerly demonstrated by shooting a cannon, it could be heard reflected up to seven times.
The Basilica-Cathedral of Our Lady of the Pillar is a Roman Catholic church in the city of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. The Basilica venerates Blessed Virgin Mary, under her title Our Lady of the Pillar praised as Mother of the Hispanic Peoples by Pope John Paul II. It is reputed to be the first church dedicated to Mary in history (Wikipedia).
HDR from five bracketed exposures (1EV step), handheld, leaning on the Stone Bridge.
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La Catedral-Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar, en Zaragoza, es un importante templo barroco de España. Según la tradición, se trata del primer templo mariano de la Cristiandad, puesto que en él se conserva y venera el pilar —en realidad, una columna de jaspe— que, según la tradición, fue puesto por la Virgen María, quien, viviendo aún en Jerusalén, se habría aparecido en carne mortal al apóstol Santiago el día 2 de enero del año 40. Documentalmente no hay pruebas de un culto mariano hasta que en 1297 —en una bula del papa Bonifacio VIII— y 1299 —una declaración de los Jurados de Zaragoza— aparezcan menciones que hablan por primera vez de la advocación del «Pilar» (Wikipedia).
HDR generado de un horquillado de cinco exposiciones, apoyado sobre el Puente de Piedra.
On Tour mit/with superclaerchen
Ehemalige US Abhörstation / Former US listening station
Teufelsberg, Berlin
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Honololu, Hawaii
Waikiki Beach
Nikon D700 + Nikkor AF-S VR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G
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*Las grandes señales en nuestras vidas*
Me encontré con este faro y el barco que se aproximava a él,
y en este momento vi la gran conexión que habia entre ellos,
como en nuestras vidas, donde uno alumbra el camino del
otro, para que en buen puerto lleguen . . .
# Para esta toma:
Canon EOS 400D Digital + Sigma 10 ÷ 20 mm EX DC
# Obturación: 1/125 seg. ~ Diafragmado: f/4 ~ 100 ISO ~ WB: Manual.
# Filtro polarizador.
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Aqui mi paso del analogico al formato digital:
This Audi was at the parking place of Grand Hotel Huis Ter Duin. It's a beautiful car. What do you think of the editing?
I made this picture last summer but at that time I adapted this picture too much. Now I made a better version of it without the gates and poles. I hope you like it!
وآللـه إنـي من غـلآتـك , آحسبني بـ قلبيـن
قـلــبٍ يحـبــك بس , وآلثـآنـي لــ غـلآتــك
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رحلة تصويرية لحي العود
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بـ عدسة : العنود بنت عبدالله
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Camera Canon EOS 500D
LENS canon 50mm 1.8
LENS canon 18-55mm
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I decided to process the DSS version again (last image posted was stacked using Nebulosity) the galaxy now spans edge to edge almost. This time I tried to retain the galactic bulge without blowing out but in doing so some of the core detail is lost in this version. This is a planned 20 hour project, I will post a 10 hour version soon after the moon wanes weather prevailing and I dont get hit by a bus.
I hope you comment good or bad.
Thanks for looking.
Clear Skies
Terry
Date of Shoot 19th, 21st and 22ns July 2010
Camera: modified Canon 5D Mark II
31x10 min sub exposures with 20 each flats and dark frames.
Scope: TMB130SS F7 Refractor using WO/TMB 2.7" Field Flattener.
Auto-guided with Orion Auto Guider on TMB 80SS
Mount: CGE PRO GEM (pier mounted)
Image Acquired using Nebulosity II, stacked with Deep Sky Stacker and processed with Photoshop CS3.
This is CPII with his EYE keenly focused on his buddy, the squirrel, that lives in an Oak Tree in our back yard.
I had just returned from taking a shot or two of a rose and caught his intensity with a 100mm Macro lens. Not my lens of choice but I fired away because of the opportunity to capture this pose. I thought it turned out pretty cool and decided to share..
Needs to be viewed LARGE or ORIGINAL to see the focus of his eye. The image starts to blur out quickly because the lens was stopped up to f/2.8 at the time. thanks....
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Another shot from my series of Munich's Metro stations. I guess it's the best known station amongst photographers - Westfriedhof.
Once again, hand held shot, two exposures - one for the lamps and one for the rest, blended in Photoshop.
In color-processing i concentrated on the light - to enhance the contrast between the cold blue on the walls and the warm yellow on the floor.