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I woke up early yesterday morning and decided to make the most of the time and catch some sunrise shots. I was pleased to see there was a light mist on this small lake, which I think gives the image an interesting atmosphere. This is a 3 bracketed shot HDR using my tripod.
There are more of the same to come as I soon as I process them....
Temi Tea Garden is the only tea estate existing in the state of Sikkim, India.It was Established in 1960s by the Sikkim government under the last King, Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal with an estimated area of 435 acres. It employees a total number of 406 wokers and 43 staff members. It produces about 100 MT tea annually.The garden is just 18 km from Ravangla and can be visited on a day tour from Ravangla.
The trees - in Pink Colour is called "Mayum" in Local language. Feel the Mayum bloosom in Temi Tea Garden.
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Temi Tea Garden è l'unica piantagione di tè esistenti nello stato del Sikkim, India.It è stato istituito nel 1960 dal governo del Sikkim sotto l'ultimo re, Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal con una superficie stimata di 435 ettari. Impiega un totale di 406 wokers e 43 membri del personale. Produce circa 100 MT annually.The Tea Garden si trova a 18 km da Ravangla e può essere visitata in un tour di un giorno da Ravangla.
Gli alberi - in rosa Il colore è chiamata "Mayum" in lingua locale. Sentite la bloosom Mayum in Temi Tea Garden.
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Temi Tea Garden es la única plantación de té que existen en el estado de Sikkim, India.It fue fundada en 1960 por el Gobierno de Sikkim, en el marco del último rey, Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal con un área estimada de 435 hectáreas. Emplea a un total de 406 wokers y 43 miembros del personal. Produce alrededor de 100 toneladas de té jardín annually.The está a sólo 18 km de Ravangla y se puede visitar en una excursión de un día de Ravangla.
Los árboles - en color rosa se llama "Mayum" en el idioma local. Siente la bloosom Mayum en Temi Tea Garden.
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I spend an hour or two with my brother yesterday. First I had a completely different idea but it ended up like this. My brother and I found some apples on our way to this spot and decided to use them in the photo. (it's not the same spot as the last photo - Fascination of light - I 35:52 I )
I really like this story myself.
Btw: Sorry for this late upload guys but i've been really busy all week. So, that's why I upload now.
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Sentiero verso Jausenstation Bachmair (1888m)
Di fronte le Alpi dello Zillertal
Valle Aurina
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Jökulsárlón (Iceland)
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This star trails image was done in ruins of the Steinschloss castle in Styria, Austria. The castle is already impressive by day, but spending the night in the ruins of this medieval fortification, with some bats as the only companions, is indeed an intense expirience.
Stack of 40 individual frames, each of 60 seconds exposure time (Canon EOS 550D, ISO 800, 10mm, f/3.5), resulting in a total exposure of 40 minutes. The ruins and the landscape were illuminated by the first quarter moon.
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El Djem is famous for its amphitheater, often incorrectly called a Colosseum (roughly translated from Latin as 'that thing by the Colossus'), which is capable of seating 35,000 spectators. Only the Flavian Amphitheater in Rome (about 45,000 spectators) and the ruined theatre of Capua are larger. The amphitheatre at El Djem was built by the Romans under proconsul Gordian, who was acclaimed Emperor at Thysdrus, around 238 and was probably mainly used for gladiator shows and chariot races (like in Ben-Hur). Many tourists come here to see what it was like to be inside what was once a place where lions and people met their fate. Much of it is crumbled but the essence of it still remains. It is also possible that construction of the amphitheatre was never finished.
Until the 17th century it remained more or less whole. From then on its stones were used for building the nearby village of El Djem and transported to the Great Mosque in Kairouan, and at a tense moment during struggles with the Ottomans, the Turks used cannons to flush rebels out of the amphitheatre.
The ruins of the amphitheatre were declared a World Heritage Site in 1979.
Drifting sand is preserving the market city of Thysdrus and the refined suburban villas that once surrounded it. The amphiteatre occupies archaeologists' attention: no digging required. Some floor mosaics have been found and published, but field archaeology has scarcely been attempted.
In the world of writing materials, Thysdrus lay in the Empire of Papyrus, which preserves remarkably well if kept as dry as at El Djem..
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The amphitheater was used for filming some of the scenes from the 1979 Monty Python film The Life of Brian and was also used for filming some of the scenes from the Academy Award (Oscar) winning film Gladiator with Russel Crowe. In the old days when it was used for real gladiators, the gladiators would be kept in dungeons under ground. The star shaped holes in front being their only lightsource. Hope you all have a great weekend!
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Aperture: f/10
Exposure Time: 1/400
Focal Length: 12mm
ISO: 200
Antwerpen - Centraal Station
While his parents were busy looking at the city map , this little boy was giving a clownish performance in the big entrance hall of the station . It was so funny !
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I found out that this pelican has been a resident of the Imperial Beach Fishing Pier for the last 6–7 years. I don't know if that is a tall fishing tale {but I would appreciate it if anyone from IB could weigh in on that assertion to confirm or deny}.
All I know is that I saw him for the first time yesterday ... and then again this morning. I knew it was the same pelican because he favored his right foot. He was quite amenable to being photographed and I got quite close. The close up shots are really good, but I loved this shot the best as it captured the gorgeous morning light streaming down the pier and the distant fisherman. My shot was leached of color for the most part so sliding this right into a black & white was a no-brainer! And most of you know I don't do b&w ... so this is an unusual appearance in my Photostream!!
Happy Sliders Sunday!!
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**** Caminando por el Suído una vez más......la historia completa está en el primer comentario.... ****
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Subiendo de Airoa (A Laxe-Fornelos de Montes) hacía el monte la primera verja importante a la izquierda, abrirla y meter el coche por la pista, hasta el primer sendero a la derecha. Ahí comienza mi ruta.
Nos lleva desde tierras de Airoa por el Suído, cruzando el río Parada hasta las eólicas, y de allí baja un sendero a Pigarzos (sin pisar asfalto durante unas 4 horas ida/vuelta).
No olvidarse de cerrar la verja, protege la carretera del ganado suelto.
Ganadería extensiva en régimen de semi-libertad, practicada en estas montañas desde los siglos XII-XIII que se tenga constancia.
(se entiende semi-libertad porque se les desparasita y controla sanitariamente de forma regular, y en el caso del ganado vacuno se recoge en invierno por las noches y sobre todo porque tienen dueño).
Wild horses. Ranching in semi-freedom regime.
When the breezes calm down and there's no boat traffic on the Willamette River the water get's smooth enough to see the underwater portion of the Ross Island Bridge Cyclotron and Linear Accelerator, see notes.
Most particle accelerators are horizontal structures on top of or under ground serving only one purpose. But OSU realized that their design could also easily double as a bridge for city traffic, and thus the city was able to get this nice bridge for just half the price it would have paid otherwise. Based on the Ross Island success and needing a linear accelerator capable of handling light rail sized particles a new Linear Accelerator Bridge OSU/city collaboration is currently under construction just down river from here. Control Room View. N56639e4K
I was standing in the middle of Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. when I took this photograph between honking cars and speeding bicyclists. I was arrested by the local police because they considered my tripod a dangerous weapon. I was handed over to the Department of Homeland Security, interrogated and labeled as an “enemy combatant” ready to be renditioned to Guantanamo Bay.
That wasn’t even the bad part.
My poor Canon EOS 5D Mark II camera was scanned, swabbed and fingered by some unsavory guys wearing pink shoes, purple smocks and white gloves.
I finally yelled out from the top of my lungs, “Photography is not a crime!” and handed them a copy of this:
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They put a black bag over my face and forced me into some vehicle. After an hour or so I was then thrown out of the vehicle and found myself in some place called Freedom Plaza back on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Yes, it’s tough being a travel photographer.
I also have a wild imagination.
None of this is true (but this could be the next Dan Brown novel) with the exception that I really was on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. taking this photograph from Freedom Plaza.
This is a great location to photograph the U.S. Capitol with a city view. It looks like I’m standing in the middle of the road, but actually Pennsylvania Avenue takes a slight bend where the plaza is at so you have a direct view of the Capitol with the traffic coming straight toward you.
As always, thank you for all your kind comments and favorites. If for some reason when you come back to my photostream and it hasn’t been updated for a while, then you’ll know the U.S. government has really temporarily relocated me to Guantanamo Bay!
Happy Travels!
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Chamonix is dominated by the white majestic dome of Mont Blanc, at 4,810m the highest mountain in western Europe.
Every year the summit of Mont Blanc becomes the ultimate objective for mountaineers the world over, all striving to stand on top of the roof of Europe and look down on all of the major summits of the Alps.
To climb Mont Blanc from Chamonix, people normally chose one of the two most common routes. Slightly more technical, the route from the Aiguille du Midi, over Mont Blanc du Tacul and Mont Maudit is generally quieter, and highly dependent on conditions.
The slightly easier and more reliable option is via the Tramway du Mont Blanc to the Nid d'Aigle, then up the Aiguille du Gouter and the Bosse ridge.
While not technically challenging, ascending Mont Blanc requires a high level of physical fitness and experience using crampons and an ice axe.
The video of Mont Blanc climbing is here : youtu.be/3xAeVLIcFKw
This is a pano made up of three 24mm shots stitched with CS6.
A warm mid-day scene from the shores of Swiftcurrent Lake, taken just below the famous Many Glacier Hotel. The pyramid-shaped mountain on the center is Mount Grinnell, a name it shares with a lake and a glacier not visible from this angle.
This was a beautiful mid-morning, the waters of Swiftcurrent Lake were very still and peaceful.
I just came back from a Summer vacation to Alberta, Canada and Montana, US. We had a wonderful weather, clear and sunny days perfect to make great images.
Hope you and your families are doing fine.
Una calida manana en el Lago Swiftcurrent, en Many Glacier, Montana. La montana del centro en forma de piramide es Mt Grinnell. Ese dia las aguas estaban muy tranquilas y el reflejo era perfecto. Acabo de regresar de unas vacaciones en Alberta, Canada y Montana, USA.
Espero todos uds se encuentren bien junto a sus familias.
As always, thanks for stopping by and looking. I appreciate your comments and visits.
I was late again this time, rushing for spot for this beautiful sunset, feel frustrating a little while, because the sun is going down so quickly, and the colors kept changing...worried about missing it again. Have to mount the Filter holder, the wireless remote shutter release, the filters, the tripod and the composition. Phew...finally, as you can see the sun was totally down below the horizon.....this magical moment last less than 5 mins..and I drove 1 hour to this place and use only less than 5 minutes...dang....landscape photography this is....
Saw this Spare while setting up my tripod, so might as well include it because the foreground was a little empty..and I have very limited time.. I swear I'll get out earlier next time.....
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Horizon Level Fixed! 17.12.2012
Best Viewed on Black!
How you could imagine there is much green in the Black Forest ... joy for soul and heart.
View in Large On Black ;-)
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A casi 4620 metros de altura, en el segundo paso de altura del trayecto y 5° día de marcha. Al fondo se alcanza a divisar algo del Huascarán y Chacraraju (a la derecha). Abajo está la quebrada de Huaripampa donde acampamos la noche anterior y se ve el sendero que conecta el paso Punta Unión con Vaquería.
Pat Metheny: It's for you (en vivo y magistral)
Cordillera Blanca, Parque Nacional Huascarán, Perú.
the rain in the desert is the best gift... to the landscape and -of course- to the photographer....
No post processing!
Bryce Canyon, Utah.
Pioggia nel tramonto del deserto
la pioggia nel deserto è il dono più prezioso, sia per la terra che -naturalmente- per il fotografo...
Nessuna elaborazione!
Bryce Canyon, Utah.
Whopping number, for sure.
I've been away for the past few days, but in my absence I've returned with more photos. On the weekend I was invited to shoot a bunch of MSCC cars again at a location just outside of Melbourne. Thanks to the kind owners of the depot for the hospitality!
The shot contains a combined total of 7,731 horsies. That was what I came up with after a quick add up anyway. The S5 is probably tuned to more, but didn't know the exact number. I rode in the green M3 to the shoot, and it was a shitload of fun.
And in other news, my 24-105mm arrived this afternoon. Cannot wait to go take some shots with it. Stepping up to luxury lens is goooood!
Let me know of your thoughts and opinion on this. I took it from a scissor lift high up in the air :P
What would you take?
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Oh, I'm so excited to post you this 'cause I think this is my favorite piece so far. Yesterday came into my mind that we incidentally have a loft... a really big one actually. My dad helped to get up there... it was gorgeous - but really dusty, I have to admit. I spent 1,5 hour up there and when I came down in the light, I looked so awful that even I was afraid of myself. Anyway, I'm really content with this and hope you'll like it too. Reminds me of one of my first shots... this one.
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The skyline of San Francisco's famous financial district as seen from Pier 14 during evening nautical twilight. This was shot during our Night Eyes Photo Workshop last night with fellow instructor Matt Granz. We were showing our class the many interesting subjects along the waterfront, including the ferry building tower and Sinbad's sign. It is a lovely sight indeed from the end of the pier.
To the far right, one can see the Embarcadero Towers and the tip of the Transamerica building poking up from behind. To the left, more great skscrapers including some elegant condos. Just out of frame to the left is the West anchorage of the Bay Bridge.
My title is a play on the old 1930's song, "Moon Over Miami"
I used the O-GPS1 accessory to plot my exact location on the map.
Lens is the Sigma 10-20 at 10mm. This photo got to #3 on EXPLORE 8/26/12. Thanks!!
Trees around the Feldberg, the highest mountain (main peak 1,493 m) in the Black Forest and also of Germany outside the Alps.
See some other trees in my comment.
Much better in Large On Black ;-)
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This was an amazing sunset at Toadstool Hoodoos. Toadstool Hoodoos are not far from Page. About 30km westwards. From a parking place its an easy 20 minutes trail.
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The Aiguille du Midi (3,842 m) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps.
The cable car to the summit, the Téléphérique de l'Aiguille du Midi, was built in 1955 and held the title of the world's highest cable car for about two decades. It still holds the record as the highest vertical ascent cable car in the world, from 1,035 m to 3,842 m. There are two sections: from Chamonix to Plan de l'Aiguille at 2,317 m and then directly, without any support pillar, to the upper station at 3,777 m (the building contains an elevator to the summit). The span of the second section is 2,867 m measured directly, but only 2,500 m measured horizontally. Thus it remains the second longest span width, measured directly. The tramway travels from Chamonix to the top of the Aiguille du Midi – an altitude gain of over 2,800 m – in 20 minutes. An adult ticket from Chamonix (as of 9/5/2012 to 30/11/2012) is €52.20 return.
The Aiguille summit contains a panoramic viewing platform, a cafe and a gift shop. The Vallée Blanche ski run begins here, and the nearby Cosmiques Refuge is the starting point for one of the routes to the Mont Blanc summit. From the Aiguille another cable car (summer months only), the Vallee Blanche Aerial Tramway crosses the Glacier du Geant to Pointe Helbronner (3,462 m) at the Italian side of the Mont Blanc Massif. Pointe Helbronner is served with a cable car from La Palud, a village near Courmayeur in the Aosta Valley (Italy).
The video of Mont Blanc climbing is here : youtu.be/3xAeVLIcFKw
Check here for the same view in a morning light!
The pass where I stood for taking this photo (col des Grangettes), 2684m, can be accessed from both sides. When you reach this pass, coming from the other side (see here the view from the other side), and that you suddently discover this wonderful scenery, it is a big shock! I did this hike several times, it is among my favorite ones...
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*the newly married couple came up with the title!
This is one of my favorite photos from the wedding. It so perfectly sums up the day, symbolizes so beautifully the start of a new life together ... and just plain melts my heart! ❤❤❤❤❤
Happy Sliders Sunday! Off to get a few things for Jackie's new apartment {she starts school at Laguna College of Art & Design on August 27th}!! Yahoo! New beginnings all around! I'll be back later to catch up!!
Architect: Alex Camp (2012)
Location: San Diego (Golden Hill), CA
I took some photos of this project for the annual San Diego architecture awards, called Orchids & Onions (www.orchidsandonions.org).
Día perfecto, pero ya al final de la tarde iniciamos la bajada.
Nevados de Chillán, Región del Biobío, Chile central.
Fall migrants and post-breeding dispersal birds start moving through Central Florida in June, although peak songbird migration isn't until late September. I found this Prairie Warbler flycatching in my yard this summer. It would fly out into a pack of small flies, nab one and return to the same branch. It did this repeatedly for about five minutes, which made for some nice photo opportunities.
Canon Rebel XSi and Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
Since 2009, The Economist has rated Vancouver the world’s “most livable city”!
Read more about the Most Livable Cities in 2011 here.
Estimated at 2.3 million people, Vancouver, British Columbia is Canada’s third largest metropolitan area of Canada after Toronto and Montréal.
Some trivia from Wikipedia.org states:
Major film production studios in Vancouver and Burnaby have turned Metro Vancouver into the third-largest film production centre in North America after Los Angeles and New York City, earning it the film industry nickname, "Hollywood North."
New photos of Vancouver here!
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For anyone that knows me well knows that my all time favorite target is The Andromeda Galaxy, for the last couple of years it has elluded me as I didn't have a suitable camera/scope combination to give me the right field of view for this target. All this is about to change now I have a TMB92SS.
So my first light target was an obvious one and here are the results from last night (or I should say the early hours this morning) using a one shot color QHY9C. I used an Astro Tech 2" field flattener with no reduction for the native focal length of 506mm, M31 is a very tight fit and stars in the far corners are producing coma, perhaps the backfocus needs tweaking. As this is only a test I'm not too worried as ultimately I will be using a Field Flattener with reducer, I have an AT .8 FF/FR and an Optec .8 FF/FR which I hope to test when we next get some clear skies.
I was pretty happy with the results. Keep tuned here for much much more of M31! :)
Total Exposure Time 3.25 hours.
Clear Skies
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Location: DownUnder Observatory, Fremont MI
Date of Shoot August 12th 2012
Exposures:
RGB 13x 15 min un binned
Camera: QHY9C one shot color CCD, cooled to -30C www.astrofactors.com
StarlightXpress Color Filter Wheel
Scope: Thomas M. Back TMB 92SS F5.5 APO Refractor www.astronomics.com
For guiding: Astronomy Technologies Astro-Tech 12" f/8 Ritchey-Chrétien astrograph
Autoguided using StarlightXpress Lodestar autoguider, StarlightXpress Ultra Slim Off Axis guider
Paramount GT-1100S German Equatorial Mount (with MKS 4000)
Image Aquisition software Nebulosity II
Stacking software Deep Sky Stacker
Post Processing Photoshop CS5
*NOTE* For aquisition I reverted to using Nebulosity II for the QHY9C one shot color camera, calibrating, stacking using Deep Sky Stacker.
The Andromeda Galaxy is a spiral galaxy approximately 2,500,000 light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. It is also known as Messier 31, or NGC 224 and is often referred to as the Great Andromeda Nebula. Andromeda is the nearest spiral galaxy to our own, the Milky Way.
From my backyard on a moonless night, the central core is visible to the naked eye as a smudge.
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Gasthaus Aescher - Wildkirchli Appenzell Innerrhoden, Switzerland
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And much more! See the notes in the photo. :-)
"The Landscape of Rio reveals the exceptional way in which man and nature
should relate in a big city."
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Have a great weekend ahead. :-D
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The Old Town Hall Tower, built in 1338, is one of the most striking buildings in Prague. Inside is a staircase and an elevator. For a fee, visitors can climb or ride to the top to experience terrific views over the Old Town Square and the rest of the Old Town.
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If you are so inclined and of course, have the time, I find, viewing this series is best Full Screen on Black ("L" on keyboard, F11)...and with a snippet of the music, even better! Cheers!
My musical suggestion is: 'Northern Lights ' - Lux.