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West Dennis Beach, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA, 2009
Panorama of two shots made with the old Panasonic FZ50, stitched in Photoshop. Cokin 2-stop GND Filter has been used to capture more dynamic range.
Have a great weekend!
HaPPY GoRGeouS GReeN THuRSDaY !
Finally we got a little sun here.
The temperatures are not really cold, but also not very springlicious.
I went through my archive this week and look, a damselfly.
I can not wait to see them flying again in my hood.
There is a texture over the original image. For this I want to thank my friend les brumes, merci ma chère ,.-)))
Play it loud……..
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Hit Explore #114
Hirosaki Castle Park. Northern Japan.
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D at f/1.4
Desde una cumbre sin nombre, a 2170 metros, al este de la meseta de Malonehue, una vista general de este pequeño rincón patagónico en Chile central.
View On Black y Grande, te dicen...
Región de la Araucanía, Chile central.
Sunset over Miami City. This view was taken from Key Biscayne.
Rakel aqui esta tu atardecer desde la ciudad que tanto quieres conocer.
Essa foto foi feita entre as praias de Cachoeira de Bom Jesus e Ponta das Canas.
Veja a localização no MAPA.
Golden Gate Bridge from the Marin Headlands - Marin County, California
This morning I had planned on uploading something completely different, but when I saw the foggy conditions over the bay, I decided to head out to the same old spots along the Marin Headlands. As I have said before, I will never get sick of this view. It will never get old to me, and it will never be the same view twice. Sure... Some elements stay the same. The bridge will always be where it is. The places to stand and watch the fog roll in or out will stay the same, but the light, and fog will always change.
This morning the fog was a bit unusual. When I arrived up at the first turnout along the headlands, the fog was flowing east to west just underneath the center section of the bridge. The fog started to surround the north tower, which normally starts to clear as the air warms with the rising sun. Within minutes, the south tower started to become engulfed in the misty haze. The odd thing for me to see was the fog building inside the bay rather than rolling in from the Pacific. I know this has happened before, I have just never seen it in person.
So this is not exactly what I had planned for the day, but its a special view to me, and always will be.
Thanks for the views, comments, nice notes, bad notes, criticism, or whatever else you all can come up with....
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On a recent Flickr meet up in San Francisco, CA, Rich , James and I met up with local San Francisco photographer Alan who showed us around a few spots. This spot was complicated to shoot at this time of night. One reason was due to the bright street lighting. The lighting caused heavy shadows on the rail and a yellow tint to the pylons here. I will definitely be back at sunrise to avoid those problems.
Hope you are having a wonderful holiday:)
a break from my seascapes/landscapes --- here's a photo of my son Jed taken last year.
Hello everyone! Thanks for your views, comments, notes, faves and invites!
caught me off guard.
14 Feb 10.
I was strolling down the beach and chanced upon this odd looking tree. At that moment, I knew I found love. It is truly special that I spotted this on Valentine's Day although I don't celebrate it.
Explored | February 14, 2010 #14
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I am used to seeing the most beautiful skies from the kitchen window, and this evening was no exception.
In the meadow the effect was just the same, deep pink clouds, layers of blue sky and little 'puffs' of pink cloud.
The oak tree in the meadow is in the central line of vision, so I had no alternative but to include it.
Taken this evening at roughly 5.30pm in the Lune Valley.
This is a repost, dedicated to (Neil Armstrong) , first man on the moon
The first song I could think of was: Rocket Man
Have you ever imagined how our satellite would show up from the window of a spaceship? This picture shows how the naked eye would see from just a few dozen thousand kms instead of the usual 380,000. A Newtonian telescope with 2500 mm focal length has been used
Gruppo Astrofili Conegliano
La luna al naturale (Dedicata a Neil Armstrong)
Questa foto è un repost, dedicato a (Neil Armstrong) , primo uomo sulla luna.
Mi viene in mente questa canzone...: Rocket Man
Avete mai immaginato come apparirebbe affascinante il nostro satellite dal finestrino di un'astronave? Questa immagine mostra quello che l'occhio nudo vedrebbe ad alcune decine di migliaia di km invece dei normali 380.000. Per questa foto, è stata utilizzata una focale di 2500 mm di un telescopio Newton.
Gruppo Astrofili Conegliano
"...Fui conhecendo as estâncias,
o dono, a marca e o sinal,
churrasco que já tem sal,
guaiaca que tem dinheiro,
cavalo que é caborteiro
e o jujo que me faz mal..."
Fragmento de "Gaudério", de Joao da Cunha Vargas
Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
I DoN´T WaNT To Be LaTe........
........wishing you a great weekend out of iceland.................hope you will have a great Valentine´s day.
miss me, my internet is too slow to have fun........
MiSS Me MY FRieNDS
thank you all for your kind comments, invites and emails, my friends.
Time is coming I will be back, my internet connection is not the best, so you will not see me the following weeks to often on your stream.
also dawn is here and my life changes a lot at the moment.
all is fine, thank you..........
miss me like I miss you.
from time to time you will see some shots from my journey towards the dawn, like this one.
the fountain is in basel, switzerland.
very typical with the basilisk.
hope you like it
big big thank you to all of you
dance and.......
London can be a fantastic place for a walk, and for me some of the best walks are by the river - and when we are talking about the Thames this covers a huge area of quite varied scenery. You can go for the greener banks in the west around Richmond, the more urban parts of Westminster and the South Bank, or in this photograph the walk east of the Tower Bridge towards Greenwich.
Explored 11/2/10, Thanks for the visit, comments and faves! One more day and it's the weekend again:-) Have a great Friday!
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Dati Tecnici
a) Leica M8 + Leica Summilux M 75 mm f.1,4 (senza uso del mirino esterno);
b) Tempo 1/15s apertura a f.2,8 (a mano libera);
c) Utilizzato il Magnifier 1,25x per effettuare una messa a fuoco più precisa;
d) Lettura Esposimetrica impostata in M (manuale) con esposimetro della macchina (Effettuate quattro letture a luce riflessa sui due lati estremi opposti del bambino, una sul volto fra lo zigomo destro e l'occhio e l'ultima sui panni sfuocati in basso a sinistra);
e) Conversione con Adobe Photoshop CS3
f) 1°/a Post-Produzione Corel Photo-Paint X5
g) Post-Produzione di completamento con Nikon Capture NX 2
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Ninna nanna o mio tesoro
Dormi, dormi mio bambino
fior di pesco e mughettino,
dormi qui nel tuo lettino
e sarò a te sempre vicino.
Sogna un mondo colorato,
dormi bene mio adorato.
Tra le braccia di papà
che mai più ti lascerà.
Dormi bene mio bambino
che il mattino è già vicino,
porta tante cose belle
fiori, stelle e caramelle.
Questi versi son un girotondo
da ballare tutti intorno,
Ninna nanna, ninna ho
t’amo tanto o mio tesoro.
………………………………………….…Luigi Mirto
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Lullaby oh my darling
Sleep, sleep my baby
peach blossom and mughettino,
Here you sleep on your couch
and I was always close to you.
Dreams of a colorful world,
sleep well my beloved.
The arms of Dad
that never leave you.
Sleep tight my baby
the morning is already near,
brings so many beautiful things
flowers, stars and candy.
These verses are a ring
to dance all around,
Lullaby, lullaby I
I love you so much oh my darling.
………………………………………….…Luigi Mirto
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PARCO NAZIONALE GRAN PARADISO...NATIONAL PARK GRAN PARADISO
La dura vita della volpe in inverno.
Angelo Branduardi
La Volpe
Sento già l'inverno venire
e nell'aria c'è odore di neve,
silenziosa sul bosco cadrà
e lo coprirà...
Per il gelo gli alberi chini,
questa notte so che la volpe è venuta,
del suo passo lungo il sentiero
è rimasta l'orma...
Si è fermata là sull'altura
l'aria annusando indecisa,
si è ritratta poi tremando un po'
di paura
Ecco che l'inverno è venuto,
sul mio bosco è caduta la neve,
ora il gelo prenderà anche il fiume
e lo fermerà...
Lenti voli di corvi neri,
questa notte so che la volpe è venuta,
inseguendo lungo il sentiero
una vaga traccia...
Si è fermata là sull'altura
l'aria annusando indecisa,
si è ritratta poi tremando un po'
di paura
"Conquistami inventami
dammi un'altra identità
stordiscimi disarmami e infine colpisci
abbracciami ed ubriacami
di ironia e sensualità."
Oggi Fotolog non va! E quindi sbadabau!!
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Straight from the camera. Done in collaboration with missmoody. Big thanks to my friend Tom, who made it possible for us to shoot at the movie theatre!
another fake reflection :)
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I don't think I'm going to post any more until I get some more rolls developed.
I don't like posting just pictures from the same day.
1. I am obsessed with the show friends. I watch a minimum of 8 episodes a day.
2. I very very rarely am able to go to sleep before 6:00AM
Dear friends, yesterday in the late afternoon my friend Angelo and I went to Vallette, a small suburb of Sant' Ambrogio di Zoagli, Italy, where you may find a great panoramic view of Tigullio Gulf. I hope this shot may enjoy your blue Monday!
Digitally developed with Raw Therapee and enhanced with GIMP.
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Just got around to editing a shot from last weekend. Drove to the ocean to shoot with the usual posse, little m, rachel (formerly known as cherry pixel), vinny (dj vinny's pics) & aaron reed. Lance McCoy (McCoy352) and his son Cole also met us there. Very non-eventful as far as color goes so focused on capturing some wave action. I long for some colorful skies again. This is the famous Ruby Beach on the Wa coast. Going to bed now after a long and busy weekend. Thanks for stopping by and I will catch up with you all tomorrow :)
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Dieser Link ist in Deutschland nicht mehr gültig - daher ein spanischer :-)
www.goear.com/listen/f0948fc/island-bonnie-tyler
Manchmal begeben wir uns auf eine einsame Insel - in unser Innerstes. Schön, diesen Ort zu kennen und immer wieder zu finden.
XLIII
Wie ich dich liebe? Laß mich zählen wie.
Ich liebe dich so tief, so hoch, so weit,
als meine Seele blindlings reicht, wenn sie
ihr Dasein abfühlt und die Ewigkeit.
Ich liebe dich bis zu dem stillsten Stand,
den jeder Tag erreicht im Lampenschein
oder in Sonne. Frei, im Recht, und rein
wie jene, die vom Ruhm sich abgewandt.
Mit aller Leidenschaft der Leidenszeit
und mit der Kindheit Kraft, die fort war, seit
ich meine Heiligen nicht mehr geliebt.
Mit allem Lächeln, aller Tränennot
und allem Atem. Und wenn Gott es gibt,
will ich dich besser lieben nach dem Tod.
Rainer Maria Rilke, 1908 (Übersetzung)
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Sonnets from The Portuguese - XLIII
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love thee with a passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints, --- I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life! --- and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.
Elizabeth Barret-Browning, 1850
FLY iNTo a SuNSHiNY SuNDaY
another view on the river rhine in Basel, Switzerland.
one of the best fish restaurant you see on the right hand side.
amazing view on the river rhine and to the middle bridge you will have while you eat your dish.
wish you all a fantastic weekend.
you have to turn up the volume for this wonderful tune
do it and......
Le rêve de Petite Fée était que les hommes n'arrêtent jamais de croire en leurs rêves... Elle était la Fée des Rêves et en particulierdes Rêves Fous, c'étaient ceux qu'elle aimait le plus.Mais, despuis quelques temps, Petite Fée avait perdu espoir de réaliser ses rêves à elle... Elle n'y croyait pas assez fort, lui arrivait-il souvent de penser. Avait-elle raison ou tort, là n'était pas la question. La question était de savoir où sa petite lueur d'espoir s'en était allée. Elle l'avait cherchée en vain derrière ses grands projets, ses petites peurs, ses grandes angoisses, ses plus souvenirs... Nulle part. La petite lueur d'espoir avait un jour disparu sans qu'elle s'en rende copte. Un chagrin d'amour lui avit brisé le coeur en mille morceaux. Eh oui, les fées ne sont pas à l'abir d'un chagrin d'amour malgré tout le bonheur qu'elles donnent au monde. Petite Fée n'arrivait plus à croire aux rêves des autres, elle ne pouvait plus être la Fée des Rêves... Mais c'était toute sa vie, elle était une fée. Que deviendrait-elle si elle n'était plus une fée? Elle se mit à pleurer... Elle était seule dans un bois tranquille, seule et elle pouvait enfin vider son coeur de toute la tristesse qu'elle avait accumulée toutes ses années... Aprés avoir pleuré toutes les larmes de son corps, elle sentit une douce chaleur sur son visage et malgré ses paupières closes, elle pouvait distinguer une lueur d'une luminosité extraordinaire. Elle n'osait pas ouvrir les yeux. C'est alors qu'elle entendit une voix aussi douce qu'un murmure lui dire:
- Tu as enfin compris.
Elle ouvrit les yeux et vit une petite fée couleur soleil qui lui ressemblait comme deux gouttes d’eau assise sur une branche. Elle osa parler :
- Compris quoi ?
- Tu es la Fée des Rêves, mais tu as aussi TES rêves. Il ne faut pas que tu l’oublies. Tes rêves sont aussi importants que ceux que tu aides à mettre au monde. Si tu ne crois pas en tes rêves alors tous les rêves mourront aussi…
- Je ne comprends pas…
La petite fée auréolée d’une aura dorée répondit :
- Même les rêves qui meurent ont existé. Ils devaient mourir pour laisser place à un autre rêve. Tu ne peux pas réaliser tous les rêves. Et pour réaliser un rêve, il faut vraiment y croire. Je m’étais enfuie parce que je ne me trouvais plus à ma place…
La petite fée s’était tue un moment puis poursuivit :
- Tu étais tellement triste et tu semblais avoir perdu tout espoir que j’ai décidé de t’aider…
Petite Fée la coupa en s’exclama :
- Mais tu m’as abandonnée…
- Non, je ne t’ai pas abandonnée. Je t’ai donné la possibilité de te retrouver, de te délivrer de ta tristesse et de croire à nouveau en toi ! Ne sens-tu pas une différence ?
Petite Fée ferma les yeux et ressentit dans sa poitrine un feu intense mais tellement doux… Elle ne s’était jamais sentie aussi bien. Quand elle ouvrit les yeux la petite fée toute dorée n’était plus là, Petite Fée avait compris et souriait à présent. Elle s’était levée et avait commencé à marcher. Quand elle se retourna une dernière fois pour essayer de l'apercevoir, elle entendit la petite voix de la fée portée par le vent lui dire :
« N’arrête jamais de croire en tes rêves, jamais, jamais…»
The Little Fairy dream was that people never stop believing in their dreams ... It was the Fairy of Dreams and particulierdes Wish Fools, were those she loved plus.Mais, afterwards some time Little Fairy had lost hope of realizing her dreams ... She did not believe hard enough, he came there often to think. Was she right or wrong, that was not the issue. The question was where the little glimmer of hope was gone. She had sought in vain behind his big projects, small fears, his great anguish over his memories ... Nowhere. The glimmer of hope had once disappeared without her noticing Coptic. An unhappy love him avit broken heart into a thousand pieces. Yes, fairies are not the abir a heartache despite all the happiness they give to the world. Little Fairy could no longer believe in the dreams of others, it could be the Fairy of Dreams ... But it was all her life she was a fairy. What would become of her if she was not a fairy? She began to cry ... She was alone in a quiet wood, and only she could finally emptied his heart of all the sadness she had accumulated all those years ... After crying all the tears in her body, she felt a warmth on his face despite his closed eyelids, she could see a glimmer of brightness extraordinary. She dared not open his eyes. Then she heard a voice as gentle as a whisper he said:
- You have finally understood.
She opened her eyes and saw a little fairy color sun like him as two drops of water sitting on a branch. She dared to speak:
- Understood what?
- You are the Fairy of Dreams, but you also have your dreams. Do not you forget it. Your dreams are as important as those that you help to save the world. If you do not believe in your dreams then all the dreams will die too ...
- I do not understand ...
The fairy has a halo of golden said:
- Even the dreams that die have existed. They had to die to make room for another dream. You can not realize all the dreams. And to fulfill a dream, you really believe it. I ran away because I found myself at my place ...
The little fairy was silent a moment, then continued:
- You were so sad and you seemed to have lost all hope that I decided to help ...
Small cut in the fairy exclaimed:
- But you abandoned me ...
- No, I have not abandoned. I gave you the opportunity to find you, deliver you from your grief and to believe in you again! Do not you feel a difference?
Little Fairy closed his eyes and felt in his breast a fire so intense but gentle ... She had never felt so good. When she opened her eyes all the fairy gold was gone, Little Fairy understood and smiled at this. She got up and started walking. When she turned one last time to try to see her, she heard the small voice of the fairy windblown say:
"Never stop believing in your dreams, never, never ..."
Domi
TGiF!
Oh yes, after a very warm day yesterday, winter got back in this region of planet earth.
Fog and rain and even the cold came back, maybe snow later?
Wish you all a wonderful Friday.
And Jason, this tune is for you………..
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Heck cattle were developed in the early 20th century by the Heck brothers in Germany in an attempt to breed back modern cattle to their ancestral form, the aurochs. Lutz Heck, director of the Berlin Zoological Gardens, began extensive breeding programs supported by the Nazis during World War II to bring back the aurochs. The reconstructed aurochs fitted into the Nazi propaganda drive to create an idyllic history of the Aryan Nation. The breeding back is a controversial procedure in the scientific community: once a genetic lineage is gone, it cannot be bred back. Only 39 of the crossed cattle survived World War II. A Heck bull should be at least 1.6 m high and a cow 1.4 m with weight up to 900 kg. Heck cattle are twenty to thirty centimeters shorter than the aurochs they were bred to resemble. However, cross-breeding efforts continue to increase the size and weight of the breed. The Heck cattle development which is seen by some as competition to the conservation of the surviving native Wisent European Bison. Nevertheless, in view of today's farm breeding programs, the Heck cattle represent an important source of vital genes since ther Heck cattle are rarely affected by diseases than any other old farm breeds. Heck cattle are considered by some the most suitable cattle breed for low intensity grazing systems in certain types of nature reserves, due to their ruggedness and lack of need for human care. There are about 3000 Heck cattle in Europe and few elsewhere. In Oostvaardersplassen in Flevoland near Lelystad Netherlands, there are about 570 Heck cattle freely roaming without human interference.
I only noticed the tall shadows viewing it from a hill. When you're standing in the shadows you don't notice it anymore. I captured it a bit under exposed which brings the shadow much more alive! Photo of Heck cattle in the harsh winter taken at the Dutch nature reserve Oostvaardersplassen between Almere and Lelystad. I did enter the park at the Kottertocht entrance. It is hard to survive the winter. All animals are kept without supplemental winter feeding. In the last 2009 winter 2% of Heck cattle, 7% of Konik horses and 11% of Red deer died due to the cold winter. Many deer already crossed the frozen water in search for food. Some horses were stucked due to their weight did crush the too thin ice. These konik horses where consuming the fibres of tree trunks, because food is very hard to find, although it is not there daily nutrition. Especially when there is deep snow, lack of food causes starvation among the weak and the strongest will survive . So the survival of the fittest keeps the herds strong and healthy. Also Foxes, which are quite common in this reserve, profit from carcasses of deer, cows and birds in winter. Maybe in future a pack of Wolves could do a great job as natural predators in this part of Holland.
De gebroeders Heck stelden zich in de jaren '20 van de 20e eeuw vanuit een romantische insteek ten doel om een runderras te creëren dat gelijkstond aan de oeros, het oorspronkelijke rund waar al onze runderrassen van afstammen, maar dat in de zeventiende eeuw zelf is uitgestorven. Hoewel deze methode van terugfokken omstreden was en is binnen de wetenschappelijke wereld en dan ook niet alle kenmerken van het oeros terug werden verkregen, komen in het Heckrund wel veel kenmerken terug die in de gedomesticeerde koe weggeselecteerd zijn. Ze werden gefokt uit de oorspronkelijkste runderrassen die in Europa nog te vinden waren, zoals het Corsicaans bergrund, de Spaanse vechtstier, de Schotse hooglander en het Hongaars stepperund. Van het fokprogramma overleefden 39 dieren de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Daarna waren ze lange tijd vergeten tot in de jaren '80 de Heckrunderen werden herontdekt als landschapsbeheerders, die grote grazers een grote rol toekent in het openhouden van het landschap. Sindsdien is de belangstelling voor de beesten sterk gestegen en is hun aantal van 88 in 1980 gegroeid tot zo'n 2000 tot 3000 stuks nu. Het Heckrund wordt veel gebruikt voor begrazing van natuurgebieden. Zij kunnen het hele jaar buiten lopen en hebben weinig zorg nodig. In weiden die toegankelijk zijn voor het publiek is het Heckrund niet zo geslaagd; in tegenstelling tot bijvoorbeeld de Schotse hooglander duldt hij geen mensen te dicht bij zich in de buurt. Omdat de spijsvertering van het Heckrund efficiënt is produceert hij minder methaangas en is de consistentie van de mest veel vaster. De kalveren zijn relatief klein waardoor ze makkelijk ter wereld komen. Het duurt relatief lang voordat een Heckrund geslachtsrijp is. In Nederland loopt hij rond hier in de Oostvaardersplassen en op de slikken van Flakkee.
Machine and objective: Canon EOS 450D, Sigma 18-200mm DC OS.
Locale: España, Sevilla.
Photographer: todoUNtipo
Velocidad: 1/320s
ISO: 200
Apertura: f5,6
Focal: 134mm.
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…Dicen que soy héroe, yo débil, tímido, casi insignificante, si siendo como soy hice lo que hice, imagínense lo que pueden hacer todos ustedes juntos.
(Mahatma Gandhi).
…They say I am hero, I weak, timid, almost insignificant, as I am if I did what I did, imagine what they can do all of you together.
(Mahatma Gandhi).
A pie o a caballo pero juntos… porque juntos somos más y mejores, porque junto a ustedes yo me siento mejor, nada ni nadie puede detener la ilusión ni la felicidad cuando estamos juntos, juntos llegaremos a grandes días llenos de luz y vida, juntos conseguiremos lo imposible.
(F. Martínez Ledesma).
Hacia tiempo que no dedicaba una foto, hoy se la quiero dedicar a dos grandes personas que llegaron a mi vida hace ya tres años y medio, Mayca y Natalia, mis dos queridas cuñadas que tanto, tanto me apoyan y a quienes tanto quiero, aprecio y respeto. Gracias a vosotras también porque con vuestro ánimo esta afición es una pasión.
…Nunca me han interesado ni el poder ni la fortuna lo que admiro son las flores que crecen en la basura…
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St Mawes is a lovely little town in Cornwall, opposite Falmouth. It lies on the east bank of the Carrick Roads, a large waterway created after the Ice Age from an ancient valley which flooded as the melt waters caused the sea level to rise dramatically, creating an immense natural harbour, often claimed to be the third largest in the world.
St. Mawes has a lovely festival in August every year where they light up the town and have music, local events etc. I was on the pier that evening and shot this, which came out remarkably well considering I'd only just had this camera for a few days and hadn't shot anything in literally 20 years!
I'd thoroughly recommend this town for an afternoon's stroll if you're down in Cornwall for the Summer holidays - the icecream shop is to die for and my kids love crabbing off the pier in the early evening.
From a technical perspective this photo came out nicely - I shot at night just as dusk was falling so I managed to retain some of that blue graduation in the sky and on the reflection, which is rather nice. The boats in the foreground make the picture really - a perfectly tranquil scene in a gorgeous Cornish town.
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I first would like to say thanks to Aaron M. for getting my Timberland boot out of the mud that was like quick sand. Aaron, just make sure you don't tell anyone that I had to drive home in my ballerina tights.
Also to all the photographers that were at Badwater this morning, the guy that was all the way out in the middle of the salt flats, in the water, that was me. So if I was in any of your frames, I do apologize, but the early bird catches the worm!
The title of the image speaks for itself. The salt flats were under water. The further I went out the deeper the water got. It was strange, but it was pretty cool seeing water out there. And a rare sight also.
Oh, and before I forget, to my co-worker Jim R., you missed out on an amazing sunrise, so I hope that Sizzler dinner you had last night was good!
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A late photo from fall..
SPRİNG CLEANİNG; (30.06.2011)
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really it made me happy to see so much..
Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence (generally in the form of blood) of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person. In folkloric tales, vampires often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighbourhoods they inhabited when they were alive. They wore shrouds and were often described as bloated and of ruddy or dark countenance. This is markedly different from modern fictional portrayals of gaunt, pale vampires beginning in the early 19th century. Although vampiric entities have been recorded in many cultures and according to speculation by literary historian Brian Frost that the "belief in vampires and bloodsucking demons is as old as man himself", and may go back to "prehistoric times", the term vampire was not popularized until the early 18th century, after an influx of vampire superstition into Western Europe from areas where vampire legends were frequent, such as the Balkans and Eastern Europe, although local variants were also known by different names, such as vampir (вампир) in Serbia and Bulgaria, vrykolakas in Greece and strigoi in Romania. This increased level of vampire superstition in Europe led to mass hysteria and in some cases resulted in corpses actually being staked and people being accused of vampirism.
(by Wikipedia)
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P.S. This photo is very old and there was a colored version here in the stream.
Title comes from my favorite video game!
Life is a journey, it’s been said.
It is a story of failure, but also of victory.
It is an experience of sadness, but also of joy.
It is a sketch of despair, but also of hope.
It is a painting of war, but also of brotherhood and friendship.
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Hope you find your own, beautiful path :)
photo by:Me
location:Kuwait,Near Kuwait Towers
photo idea:Me
camera:NIKON D300
Lens:TAMRON 11-18mm
ISO:200
F#:F/22
filter kit:Cokin ND8 + Cokin Z-pro GND4
edit in:NO EDIT
other: Cable Release + Tripod
Copyright for this gallery photo belongs solely to Talal A. Images may not be copied, downloaded, or used in any way without the expressed, written permission of the photographer
~Albert Camus
Went on a little photowalk downtown last Thursday and got some pretty cool shots! This is the front of the Steel Building in downtown Pittsburgh. I have a few other shots of this building, but I never was able to get the front!
This was actually taken during rush hour, but I was able to get my 7 exposures with only a few people in in that I was able to clone out.
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View over Granada in Andalusia. In the foreground is Torres Bermejas of the Alhambra.
Vy över Granada i Andalusien, Spanien. I förgrunden är Torres Bermejas i Alhambra.
Location: Granada, Andalucía, Spain, España
Photograph by: Carl Curman
Date: 1878
Format: Cyanotype
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Pas très loin de ma rivière sauvage …!!!
Un safari photo impressioniste au quotidien concentré essentiellement (ou presque) sur un petit morceau de planète de 55 000 pieds carrés ...!!!
Une démarche "waldennienne" à la Thoreau …!!!
Near my wild river …!!!
An impressionnist photo safari concentrated mainly on a daily basis (or almost) on my small piece of planet of 55 000 square feet …!!!
A Thoreau "waldennienne" approach …!!!
Panorama Shot of the Manhattan Bridge shot from the Brooklyn Bridge
Looks way better this way
Info
The Manhattan Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the East River in New York City, connecting Lower Manhattan (at Canal Street) with Brooklyn (at Flatbush Avenue Extension) on Long Island. It was the last of the three suspension bridges built across the lower East River, following the Brooklyn and the Williamsburg bridges. The bridge was opened to traffic on December 31, 1909 and was designed by Leon Moisseiff, who later designed the infamous original Tacoma Narrows Bridge that opened and collapsed in 1940. It has four vehicle lanes on the upper level (split between two roadways). The lower level has three lanes, four subway tracks, a walkway and a bikeway. The upper level, originally used for streetcars, has two lanes in each direction, and the lower level is one-way and has three lanes in peak direction. It once carried New York State Route 27 and later was planned to carry Interstate 478. No tolls are charged for motor vehicles to use the Manhattan Bridge.
The original pedestrian walkway on the south side of the bridge was reopened after sixty years in June 2001. It was also used by bicycles until late summer 2004, when a dedicated bicycle path was opened on the north side of the bridge, and again in 2007 while the bike lane was used for truck access during repairs to the lower motor roadway.
* Main span: 1,470 ft (448 m)
* Length of suspension cables: 3224 ft (983 m)
* Total length: 6,855 ft (2,089 m)
The neighborhood near the bridge on the Brooklyn side, once known as Fulton Landing has been gentrified and is called DUMBO, an acronym for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass.
Technique/Processing
8 vertical shots taken at 180mm (using the Nikon 180mm f/2.8) and combined in PTGui. B/W, sepia processing done in Photoshop for the antique look.