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Heron Quays DLR station - London, UK
Another nocturnal faff to appease my creative inner child. Many thanks to my old pal Nihal for his invaluable patience and assistance.
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Royal National Theatre - South Bank, London, UK
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Thames Barrier (IV), London, UK
Best viewed large.
My starling murmuration project for winter 2019/20 is complete and available online: www.alanmackenziephotography.com/2020/01/brighton-starlin...
Tall buildings in the Lujiazui Financial District. Left is the Bank of China Tower, right are the twin towers of the Shanghai IFC. In he center the three supertalls.
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It was a hundred years ago, the world went roaring through the '20's, are we there again !!!
Happy New Year !!!
PS - As seen from above flic.kr/p/2hV7ofH
M42 from Paris (big city so a lot of light pollution)
6km from La Defense
One RAW photo (600mm ; 6400 ISO ; 6s ; F6.3) vs full processing (result of Stacking 270 photos and post processing).
As you can see there is a "small" difference between both images.
Sony A7S
Tamron 150-600 (600 F6.3)
EQ2 mount
Shutter speed : 6s and 10s
6400 ISO
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Happy New Year 2020!!
Upon Reflection - Chiswick Park Underground Station, London, UK
These lakes near Drei Zinnen Hutte looked so enticing, that I went down there to take photos rather than relax like the rest of our group.
Day five was from Durrenstein Hutte/Rifugio Vallandro to Rifugio A. Locatelli/Dreizinnenhütte, another big day of almost 20km with descents totalling 865m and ascents totalling 1237m.
After leaving the hut, we had a gentle climb to alpine meadows, then down a gully and an aided trail around Strudelkopf and steeply down to a main road which we crossed over before heading along route 102 and the long ascent up to Tre Cime di Lavaredo - the famous three peaks.
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A view from the beach in Jachenau towards the Fahrenbergkopf and Herzogstand mountain peaks.
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Cotopaxi is on the right (5,897 m / 19,347 ft);
Chimborazo is in the middle (6,263 m / 20,547 ft);
El Altar is on the left (5,319 m / 17,451 ft).
In fact, the valley owns eight volcanoes inside, one the reasons Alexander von Humboldt named the region "Avenue of Volcanoes".
When many think of Ecuador, we often think of Galapagos and the equator, but it’s not always the case that Ecuador is thought of in tandem with the majestic Avenue of the Volcanoes that it sits along. That’s right, Ecuador is full-on Volcano Country! But fear not, for this does not by any means detract from how impressively safe the country is to visit! If anything, it adds tremendously to the overall geographic and scenic beauty that’s found throughout. Ecuador is home to 47 volcanoes in total (both active and extinct), with 15 in volcanoes Galapagos and 32 on the mainland.
The small country is the third in number of volcanoes, it only loses to the continent countries, USA and Russia, but it does not lose in altitude, the highest in the world.
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With its elevation of 5,023 metres (16,480 ft), Tungurahua just over tops the snow line (about 4,900 metres (16,100 ft)).
Tungurahua's top is snow-covered and did feature a small summit glacier which melted away after the increase of volcanic activity in 1999.
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The Garganta de Fogo Volcano, its crater ...
It has a 183 meters/600 feet wide crater.
Most of the volcano is covered by snow.
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*Got my fourth 1,000 faves on September 13th, 2020.
My first view of the Avenue of the Volcanoes at 6:52 am (a 4h58m climb) from the Refugio (Hut).
There are several volcanoes, but the most striking are the Chimborazo on your right (I will climb it tomorrow), the highest in the world and Cotopaxi, the second highest volcano in Ecuador (I climbed it in the first 24 hours).
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Climbing an active volcano is complicated.
The crater is just below me. It took years for the Ecuadorian government to release climbing permits.
Me knowing the risks and signing the papers. It is a great pleasure for Pachamama to accept me, agradiseyki.
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Tungurahua 5,023 metres (16,480 ft) is located in the Cordillera Oriental of the Andes of central Ecuador, 140 kilometres (87 mi) south of the capital Quito.
Nearby notable mountains are Chimborazo (6,310 metres (20,700 ft)) and El Altar (5,319 metres (17,451 ft)). It rises above the small thermal springs town of Baños de Agua Santa (1,800 metres (5,900 ft)) which is located at its foot 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) to the north.
Other nearby towns are Ambato (30 kilometres (19 mi) to the northwest), Baños and Riobamba (30 kilometres (19 mi) to the southwest).
Tungurahua is part of the Sangay National Park.
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Lancôme Christmas Tree St Pancras International - London, UK
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Christmas illuminations - Regent Street, London, UK
Mountain biking Cotopaxi was easily the most scenic, exciting bike ride of my life. And one of my favorite day trips, ever.
Lenght: 40 km/24,85 miles.
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1,277 meters (4,189 ft) above sea level to the summit of the volcano.
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At 07:00 AM we left Quito and after driving south for 1 and a half hours on the Pan-American highway we reached the park entrance of Cotopaxi National Park. We drove through pine forest and soon reached the Visitors’ center of the park. After visiting the Center we continued the ascent in our 4-wheel drive vehicle until we reached the highest point of the tour, 4.500 meters/15.000 feet. The view from this point is stunning and on a clear day we are able to see 8 volcanoes. Not our day.
We then put on helmets, gloves and protective pads and the bike adventure on the world’s highest active volcano could begin. The first 8 km took us down 700 m on dirt roads through volcanic ash and tundra landscape. At 3.800 m. we actually had to do some pedalling while we headed down another 8 km between volcanic rocks and wild horses to our lunch spot by an Inca ruin at 3.700 m. We saw some condors and caracaras. We put the bikes back on the jeep and head for the lake of Limpiopungo at 3.800 m where we started the 16 km downhill biking on dirt and paved roads through pine forest. After this the bike adventure was over for now and around 16h00 we were back in Quito.
This is the standard itinerary that they always try to respect. Please keep in mind that due to the nature of this tour we sometimes have to be flexible because of weather conditions, or biking skills of other participants.
Days: 1 Day
Location: Cotopaxi
Lenght: 31 km/19 miles
Max. Altitude: 4.500 meters/15.000 feet
Min. Altitude: 3.200 meters/11.300 feet
Difficulty Level: Family Advenure Moderate
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I cannot forget the 4.5 magnitude quake in Quito -
10 km (32,808 ft) far from the epicenter at 3:56.
I was sleeping in my hotel in Quito and everything started shaking in my first night.
Kings Park & Botanic Garden, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Nikon D500, Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G AF-S VRII, Nikon TC-14eIII
9-shot, 180° stitched panorama of the Shanghai Shipyard Bridge. A dual steel bridge at the former "Shanghai No. 1 Shipyard" location in Pudong Lujiazui.
The bridge has been constructed over the exits of the former dry docks and is illuminated red at night. This is a part of the northern extension of the Lujiazui Riverside Promenade along the Huangpu River. A stretch of riverside that has been occupied by warehouses, quays and shipyards is converted into a park-like recreation area.
With the development of the Lujiazui Central Financial District Phase II in full swing, the riverside will be the recreational area of this mega-project.
On the right, in the distant background, is the Shanghai International Cruise Center, the downtown berthing point for large cruise ships.
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Show by the Ballet School Kraków (Fundacja Edukacji Artystycznej Szkoła Baletowa w Krakowie), Kraków, Poland
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Liberty's - London, UK
“There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar:
I love not man the less, but Nature more”
― Lord Byron
apologies to my friends for i haven't been
around much this week,
been weathering a nasty stomach virus,
i promise to catch-up today!
happy sliderssunday!
♥
Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved Luigi Alesi
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South Quay - Canary Wharf, London, UK
Aveiro is known and nick named as the ‘Portuguese Venice’ thanks to its canals and the painted colorful moliceiros
(boats) which replace the gondolas in Venice.😊
Thank you for your visits comments and favs! :-)
I mucked up the left hand image trying to get between passing trucks. I beat the a6000 auto focus again!
DSC04333_34 ICE stitch
9433pix wide!
The ICE software blended the out of focus, #unsharp, image on IG, with the sharp image of the centre silo!
I will have to revisit this another day and be more careful!
I think the camera focused on the bushes and barbed wire fence in the foreground....
Now hear the song, I just heard on Macca..
youtu.be/tO2VqG8jQN0?si=ubNh9aUv5hLBlMlb
The IG shot by Troggonk is the photo I took with the iPhone to get the location!
I don't know if they contain chemicals or water!
An informative note from flic.kr/p/2hAYcLq
There are tonnes of sites on the internet, and here is one, this from a newspaper about a new silo recently painted. We were close to this but missed it, apparently, and it’s a beauty by the looks.
www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/6288479/nullawil-the-l...
If you look at all the current sites they are in every state so to see them all, you have to travel many thousands of miles,
See a map and trail of silo art to follow..
www.australiansiloarttrail.com/new-south-wales-silo-art-l...