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Last week, I returned to the exact location of my last upload to capture the morning fog lifting for the day. There are few clouds this time of year but the fog can really create some good atmosphere and light under the right conditions. The trick is to be ready before sunrise and if it has promise, head out immediately! No HDR.
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Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 24-105L @ 45
30-second exposure @F11
HOYA NDX-400 9.5-stop filter (Very dark) for the long exposure.
LEE soft ND grad (100x150mm) 0.9 + 0.75
Lee foundation kit filter holder with Lee 77mm adapter ring
No polarizer!
ISO 50
Small Slik tripod with Manfrotto Pistol-grip ball head.
RAW file processed with Capture One by Phase One
TIFF file processed with Photoshop
As usual, this light lasted for about 5 minutes or so. You don't get a second chance with fog because one moment it is too thick and the next minute it burns off to clear skies for the rest of the day! So you must be ready for when the light breaks through. And hopefully it breaks through before it gets too harsh and bright with the sun too high in the sky.
Again, I was really out to shoot the Golden Gate Bridge because there was low fog, but it was not meant to be. The fog was too thick. But that was fine because I have lots of alternative shots planned out, so I just follow the light to where it leads me.
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The map shows exactly where this is. It is a short hike down a steep set of wooden steps at the end of Valley St., near Bridgeway
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Took this on the day of the Penguins Stanley Cup Parade, it was such a beautiful day!
And I SWEAR those halos weren't there when I e-mailed this to myself from my Mac. The PC at work that I downloaded them too must have put them there ;-)
I'll make sure to fix them tonight!
Thanks for the visits, and have a great weekend my friends!
Isn't this the funniest looking fish you have ever seen? So cute! Also looks like it's about to give you a kiss.
I forgot to look up what it's called. Anyone want to venture a guess? ;P
Happy Friday!
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Oh it's called a cowfish!
well, here is a start!
thank you all for the inspiration{s}
storbist: SB-600 fired camera left, built-in flash as commander.
No board walk.
No crowds.
No noise.
No running water.
No restaurants.
No waterfront hotels.
No cell coverage from AT&T.
We went anyway and found peace as we basked beneath a warm August sun on a mile long stretch of soft granite sand.
Su cara suroeste con el glaciar.
Pink Floyd: Brain Damage - Eclipse
Región del Biobío, Chile central.
I've been going through some really rough times for the past few weeks. I've dealt with one of my biggest nightmares and I think I am going to conquer it.
I just don't think I would have been able to do that without the help and support of some of my old friends. Always remember who your friends are... In the end, its kindness of others that makes you happy. And kids, of course :}
I took this shot last Saturday at the Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra. I recently bought a Cokin landscape filter set, so I used the Cokin P153 (ND4) for an extra long exposure and Cokin P037 warming filter to get some rich reds in the sky.
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No trip to NYC is complete without a walk across the famed Brooklyn Bridge. This is a view looking westbound to Manhattan Island early in the morning. Thousands of people walk or bike across the bridge daily.
You can read some interesting facts about this bridge Here
Echo beach, Bali, Indonesia
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Canon EOS 50D
EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
0.8sec • f/7.1 • 10 mm • ISO 500
HITECH Filters
RAW proccessed with Digital Photo Pro
TIFF proccessed with Adobe Photoshop CS3
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Honest comment/critique are welcome, thanks guys :)
Taken from the Stoer Peninsula in Assynt, Sutherland, looking across the minch towards the outer hebridean Island of Lewis.
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Unedited mobile phone shot of a biker outside the Amstel Hotel in Amsterdam, reflected in a puddle. No editing, no tricks, no Photoshop :)
This guy clearly is in a hurry like the Roadrunner himself, maybe he was just speeding up to avoid having to find his reflection back on the Interwebs, hehe...whatever his reason, I wish I could speed up the week like he sped up his bike, and then, when it's Friday, sloooow down and stretch&enjoy those few hours of free time, fun&laughter we call weekend...sigh ;-)
Have a good start into the new week, take care but take it easy!
I più piccoli ormai mi conoscono per le caramelle.
Mi cercano e mi trovano puntuale.
I più grandi non vogliono più le caramelle.
La situazione diventa più complicata, cercherò di restare loro amico.
Non posso dare sempre, rischio di perdere !!!..
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This picture was shot on a tripod with three exposures @ F3.5 ISO 100 (-2..0..+2EV). I used Photomatix to create the HDR with tonemapping and detail enhanced. I increased the overall saturation with Hue/Saturation in Photoshop. Curve adjustment to increase the overall contrast. Unsharp Mask.
This shot was taken at the beginning of our road trip to central Oregon. It was raining along the way. Thank goodness the weather got better as we drove further into the cascades.
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Exposure:10 sec
Aperture:f/14.0
Focal Length:10 mm
Last night Lulu and I went to Exchange place to see the Tribute in Light, we got there just as they were starting and stopped into the Vu bar at the Hyatt for a couple of drinks till it got a little darker, met a couple there who come here each year to see it as they had friends affected by the tragedy was nice but a little emotional talking to them, I promised them to post a couple of shots so here they are
as you can see my shots looked far better on the back of a camera than they do on a screen, I really need to get out and practice night shots
Looks better as a thumbnail with the wrong reading glasses on :)
but may be Ok on B l a c k M a g i c
Posting this to FFF www.flickr.com/groups/-cheers-/ as a salute to Mudpig www.flickr.com/photos/yukonblizzard/ whose night shots inspire me and who got some great shots of the lights last night
Perhaps one of the best sunsets I've seen in a long time...
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Soon to be the last roses on the balcony. A sign that Summer is rapidly leaving the North East in North America.
Today is nice though, and a quick visit to the balcony to clear my mind was also a good moment to snag a few drop shots.
Nothing here to compare sizes to, but it's small.
(Artificial rain, small spray bottle & distilled water)
Happy weekend to all and thanks for taking a look at yesterday's Micro Macro of the Aphid .
BIG HELLO from Ottawa, Canada & have a great weekend. :-)
~ Kahlil Gibran
I was keeping this shot for Friday but I don't have anything green, can you believe that? Ok! I have two actually, one was the droppie but since I did the drop yesterday I thought I'd give it change for today, as for the second one; I wasnt satisfied with it.
HGGT & HBWH
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#253/365 Here it is...the 14mm in action. This shot is a tribute to 2 movies. Ron Howard's 1982 "Night Shift", A comedy starting Henry Winkler and Michael Keaton. And the more fitting the 1997 thriller "Nightwatch" Staring Ewan McGregor (who plays playa law student who takes a job as a night watchman at a morgue).
Just to clarify I took this photo at Thomas Miller Mortuary in Corona. This embalming room was not this dark and creepy...it was very bright and clean (and not scary what so ever). It's PP'd to look scary.
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This picture was taken in Shibuya. I took this picture on this very crowded intersection. There were sooo many people, but all were just hurrying by. Everyone was rather anonymous. Here for example you cannot see any faces but still a lot of people.
Bags are very important in Japan. Especially from Louis Vuitton. I have never seen so many LV-bags. But it's so boring because they all look alike. It's like a very important status symbol. I heard during the trip that young girls are even going into prostitution to earn money for LV bags.
These bags here are not from LV- though u can certainly see that Shibuya is a very remarkable shopping district.
During our trip to Japan we stayed the first 4 days in Tokyo. By the way: I upload the pictures in an chronological order. This was taken on the first day also, so expect more :-)
Just after nightfall, Late April 2009. The lights came out and rendered beautiful reflections in the lake in front of the major casinos in Macau S.A.R., China. Hand-held HDR, 3 exposures.
Choose 2 - 10 baths
Choose 3 - 15 baths
Choose > 3 ---> ........
And then eat with ice & syrup or coconut milk
1 dollar = 36 baths
~ Story People
Droppies on the petal of same flower I posted yesterday. You gotta bear another day of pink today =P Shot with 50mm F1.8 II (mounted) + 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 (reversed) & hand held.
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Bosphorus Bridge
The Bosphorus Bridge, is connecting Europe and Asia. The Bosphorus Bridge had the 4th longest suspension bridge span in the world when it was completed in 1973, and the longest outside the United States. At present, it is the 16th longest suspension bridge span in the world
Nowadays, around 180,000 vehicles pass daily in both directions, almost 85% being automobiles. On 29 December 1997, the one-billionth vehicle passed the bridge. Fully loaded, the bridge sags about 90 cm (35 in) in the middle of the span.
* On 15 May 2005 at 7.00 a.m. local time, U.S. tennis star Venus Williams played a show game with Turkish standout İpek Şenoğlu on the bridge, the first tennis match ever to be played on two continents. The event was organized as a promotion ahead of the 2005 WTA Istanbul Cup and lasted five minutes. After the exhibition, they both threw a tennis ball into the Bosphorus.
* On 17 July 2005 at 10.30 a.m. local time, British Formula One driver David Coulthard drove his Red Bull racing car on the bridge first from the European side to the Asian side, and then turning with a spectacular powerslide at the toll plaza back to the European side for show. He parked his car in the garden of Dolmabahçe Palace where his ride had started. While crossing the bridge with his Formula 1 car, Coulthard was picked up by the automatic surveillance system and charged with a fine of 20 Euros because he passed through the toll booths without payment. His team accepted to pay for him.(From wikipedia)
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Sunset from L'Astral, a 360° revolving restaurant on the LoewsHotel's top.
Cheers my friends :-)
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उंची समुद्रसपाटीपासून ६४७ मीटर
पुणे व रायगड जवळच्या दक्षिणोत्तर पसरलेल्या मुख्य रांगेवर कावळा गड आहे.
I'm flagged. That means even how high are the views,comments and faves on my photos, I will not reach Explore. Flickr believed the noise made by a few accusing me and others who frequent Explore and Front Page of cheating. Shame on you Flickr for believing them.
Actually Explore is not so important to me. But after a day of answering back the hundreds of comments on my photo, seeing my work In Explore is very rewarding.
And so, from now on, I will not be posting my best photos here but upload them to another photo site.
Sorry if I cannot comment back on all those who commented on my previous photo. I am spent.
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- Canon 5D Mark2.
- ISO 100, f16, 17mm.
- Canon 17-40 f/4 L.
- Tripod.
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Standard 3 exposure (+2,0,-2 EV)
Processing
Photomatix
- Tonemapped generated HDR using detail enhancer option
Photoshop
- Adjustment of hue/saturation
- Adjustment of curves to increase the overall contrast (Linear)
- Adjustment of levels
- USM on Background Layer
- Reduced noise with Noiseware Pro
- Sig/Borders Added
Thanks for all the comments, faves, views, notes and invites!
Como todos os gatos, Malaquias gosta de dormir, de preferência ao sol, na manta quentinha ou na janela, onde esteja um calorzinho e aconchego. Mas também de passear no jardim, entre as flores coloridas que ele gosta de cheirar e de correr atrás dos outros pequenos habitantes das flores e das verduras. Os seus olhinhos abrem-se de surpresa todas as vezes que uma libelinha ou uma joaninha voam perto do seu nariz. Arrebitando as orelhas dá pulos na vã tentativa de as alcançar. É assim a vida do Malaquias...
Feliz fim de semana, amigas!!!
beijinhos!!!!!!
Si è proprio così...
Non si fidano di noi, è quello che noto in prima persona.
Dopo avermi conosciuto diventano amorevoli e pieni di tanta voglia di starti vicino.
Certo ti chiedono.... sta a noi capire e dare senza stravolgere il loro modo di fare e di credere.
Io cerco di farlo nel migliore dei modi.
Questo ragazzo è quello che poi è con me nella foto.
Ogni giorno mi viene a cercare, mi trova e mi viene vicino....e in questa foto sembra dire il contrario di tutto...
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Cape Moreton Lighthouse was built from local sandstone in 1847 by the NSW Government. QLD was not declared a separate state until 2 years later….ok ok, I know what you NSW folks now say.
It was built because of the increasing traffic to the northern coast , but for a long time was the only light on the 3,236 miles of coastline.
The entrance into Moreton Bay is scattered with wrecks that attest the notoriousness of the bay.
Standing 23m high, this structure is the only example of a stone lighthouse in Queensland. Rare elements including external masonry and internal cast ironstairs cases still remain intact.
The original light source oil wick. It was converted in in 1930 to pressurised acetylene gas. This installation did not continue for long as in 1937 the apparatus was converted to 240v electricity. Today the Cape Moreton Lighthouse is fully solar powered and automated and plays an important part in the Australian east coast navigation network.
Che ragazza meravigliosa, è la stessa che era con me nella foto.
Io penso che un domani anche Lei sarà una Signora...sicuramente cercherà di esserlo di un Italiano...vanno tutte matte per gli Italiani..
Io dico: mogli e buoi dei paesi tuoi.
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The Scotia Mcleod building in Downtown Victoria.
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The beach is the only relief in LA from the fires right now. The hill above my house has been on fire for days. I hope you are enjoying this little tour of Balboa and Newport. Have a great day!
~ Story People
Thank you so much guys for all the wonderful wishes & prayers yesterday, and thanks to v1nz for lil b'day party she threw here on Flickr & Rachel for the sweet dedication *hugs* =)
Well some people kinda got bored with my rose series so here's something different for a change, now these drop shots are gonna haunt you for lil while =P
Shot with 50mm F1.8 II + 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 reversed & hand held.
Happy Pinkalicious Tuesday everyone! =)
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Explore #4 + Calendar (highest position #3) - Thank you so much everyone for your wonderful comments & visits.
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#243/365 It's was so hot today I wasn't very motivated to take pictures. I did manage to take the d40 to lunch with us to get this. Should have saw the people staring at me while taking this. I also just noticed I didn't center the 245..lol...oh well. I've been so busy lately I haven't done any portraits in a while. Hopefully I can get one this week.
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29 Shot HDR Panoramic.
I've borrowed a Canon 5D Mk II, and tonight I put it to the test, and now I want to buy one.
Matt and I headed north at around 3pm, we shot some nice ND 400 stuff at the S.S. Dicky and then stopped in at the Wild horse Lookout for an amazing sunset and view of the Glass House Mountains.
Three hours of post processing, no colours altered, HDR blending and stitching. This final shot is 1/5 of the original size.
Oh, and well, when Matt said getting up here was a decent walk, I did not believe him, haha, if it was not for the water tanks at the top, I might have died.
Enjoy.
- Canon 5D Mark II
- ISO 100, f8, 1/180.
- Canon 17-40 f/4 L lens.
- Tripod.
Processing
- 29 shot HDR (9 sections shot in portrait)
- Each section processed and tone mapped in Photomatix, (2 hours of processing).
- Blended using Autopano Pro, 1 hour of blending, and rendering.
HDR
- Tone mapped using Photomatix HDR, in detail mode.
About The Glass House Mountains
The Glass House Mountains were named by James Cook as he sailed north up the coast of what is now Queensland in 1770 as part of his epic voyage aboard his ship HM Bark Endeavour. They were so called as the shape of the mountains reminded him of the huge glass furnaces (glasshouses) back in his native Yorkshire.
Mt Beerwah is the highest peak within the park at 555 m (1,820 ft). Mount Coonowrin 377 metres is the second highest and Mt Tibrogargan at 364 m (1,190 ft) is the third highest. Walking tracks normally allow access to the summits of Mount Beerwah and Mount Tibrogargan (although Mount Beerwah summit track is closed as of April 2009), however climbing Mount Coonowrin is prohibited due to the danger of rock falls.
If you visit QLD, you need to see this place for your self, info here.
www.epa.qld.gov.au/parks_and_forests/find_a_park_or_fores...
Local: Sitio Folha Seca - Ubatuba (SP).
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Made Explore August 30, 2009. Highest Position #6. Thank you all for visiting!
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This picture was shot on a tripod with three exposures @ F3.5 ISO 100 (-2..0..+2EV) Another 3-exposure shots was captured @ F11 ISO 100, at 1 sec. exposure time, for the waterflow and sun burst. I used Photomatix to create the HDR with tonemapping and detail enhanced. I increased the overall saturation with Hue/Saturation in Photoshop. Curve adjustment to increase the overall contrast. Unsharp Mask to increase detail on the rocks.
Horsetail Falls is one of the many waterfalls along the scenic loop to Multnomah Falls. Have a great Sunday everyone!
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Mexico City established a new Guiness World Record for the largest number of people dancing Michael Jackson's "Thriller" simultaneously with 11 thousand people.
Here it is. Sunrise at Sunrise Point on Mt Rainier from this past Wednesday. This was the first time I had ever traveled to Sunrise on Mt Rainier. My normal stomping grounds on this mountain is at Paradise. I got up at 3:00am to get here at 5:30am. Plenty of time as the sun is rising later, around 6:15am. As it was going to be a warm day, I wore shorts and a t-shirt. Not prepared for 36 degrees at Sunrise!
Well, the spectacular sunrise warmed me up. This point is at about 6,800 feet, the highest point you can drive in Mt Rainier National Park. Paradise sits at about 5,400 feet.
I combined three exposures -2,0,+2 in Photomatix, some tone mapping and then compressed in Photoshop. I adjusted the saturation only a small amount, as the color you see here was really painted by Mother Nature herself!
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