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HDR generado de un horquillado de cinco exposiciones (paso de 1EV) con trípode.
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It all started before Christmas when I saw a video of people ice skating on a frozen Tenaya Lake in Yosemite's high country. Wow, that's cool, that doesn't happen very often, I thought. Then, about halfway through the video, the filmer unwittingly showed something that had my eyes bugging out of my head: thick and crunchy pressure ridges and cracks running through the vast ice sheet covering Tenaya's surface. And that sealed the deal: since Tioga Pass is open this late into the year maybe once in a generation, I knew I needed to take advantage of this unique photographic opportunity.
The week after Christmas I set out for three days of camping, hiking, exploring, and shooting the high country near Tuolumne Meadows. My timing was just right and I had three days of incredible shooting conditions and more natural beauty than you can shake a stick at. This shot is from the sunset on the first night: a rip-roaring pink and purple glow which set the icy reflections and cracks aflame on Tenaya Lake.
If you've never been to Yosemite you should go. Even if you miss the frozen lakes on Tioga Pass, the park is still a wonder that will leave your jaw on the floor. Can't wait to lead a workshop here in Spring with Jim Patterson.
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Tech notes on this photo
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Nikon D7000
Tokina 12-24 f/4 at 12mm
ISO100
f/9 - Sharpest spot on my lens, still adequate for full DOF with my crop sensor
1 sec.
Lee soft 3-stop GND filter
Cloudy White Balance
Post-Processing
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In Raw Converter (Nikon Capture NX2)
- Processed single raw file twice, once for sky and foreground, and once for the granite domes
- Global contrast for added pop
- Local contrast in the foreground to bring out the cracks and bubbles
In Photoshop:
- Manual blend of two tiffs for master composite
- Selective sharpening of the ice cracks and bubbles in the foreground, as well as the domes
- A "repair" layer to clone out some ice chunks people had thrown all over the lake, as well as some tracks carved into the ice by skaters
- Soft light burn / dodge layer, dodged through luminosity masks to bring out the thin ice crack in the lower right
- Curves layer to add a little more contrast to foreground
- Color balance to remove a lot of excess purple cast from the foreground caused by the increase in contrast (side note, just realized I could've also fixed this issue by changing my above curves layer to the "luminosity" blend mode to affect brightness values and not color values)
- Curves layer to add a little brightness to domes
- Color balance through a luminosity mask to remove excess warm cast from trees
All the best!
~Josh
RAMESH JS . Rest In Peace.
He was a bird enthusiast.
He was a nature lover.
He lost his life in an elephant chase.
Wish his family all the strength.
I got to know about this incident through a friend of mine.
RAMESH JS was on WORDPRESS . GOOGLE+ . TIMES OF INDIA .
PS:
The camera was placed on the ground.
Image edited on picassa.
Step 1: Add Shadow
Step 2: Add Tint
Step 3: Upload. Hopefully never under such circumstances. RIP.
(meglio in grande - best on large)
Panorama dai Giardini della Certosa di San Martino.
Panorama from the Gardens of the Certosa of San Martino.
Ripresa dai 3200 mt della Marmolada - la cima più alta Piz Boè 3150 mt. Dolomites italian alps- Unesco World Heritage Site
Minneapolis downtown at night - taken from the 35th floor party room of the Marquette Place Apartment building - south end of the city looking north. We have been having some unseasonably warm January weather in Minnesota but it's still nice and frigid 35 stories up :O
Doesn't this look like ice? Not even close! Just another cliche Big Sur, long-exposure shot!!
Hope everyone is having a {smooth} Saturday! By the way: this looks really sweet in the lightbox!!
Happy Cliché Saturday!!
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Pres HERE for venti on black
After seeing a shot like this from Robert Kroenert a few years ago I was inspired to give it a try. It seems like I missed it every time since the Trans America Pyramid light is only on for about one month during the Holiday Season.
This year, I was prepared and captured this scene with focal lengths ranging from 100-800mm. This scene was not as easy as I thought it would be, especially at 800mm. Some of the challenges while trying to frame the pyramid perfectly in the center of the tower were: the winds, tripod movement, precise manual focusing, camera shake, etc....One of the best parts of this scene is that the fog rolled in, just in time. More importantly it's placement between the city skyline and tower. It added an additional element to the scene and helped calm the highlights in the buildings. Much thanks to ACP for the location tips.
I hope everyone had a great Holiday Season and start to the New Year. May the light be with you, no matter what light your chasing. Jave
I took this image at Christmas Day 2011
Cloudy condition seems to be good for this kind of "Blue Effect Process"
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Analog Groove Modulation - The stars remind me of an old LP (vinyl record)
Making the best of the clear, dry weather this winter with a 40 minute moonless long exposure.
Chosen for the light polluted highway, and open dark space past that, I sat and read while this 40 minute exposure was made.
Hasselblad 500 C/M
Zeiss 150mm CF @ f/8
40 minutes (2400 sec)
Kodak Tmax 100
Ilfosol 3 (1:14) 10 minutes
Explore Jan 4 #236
Brussel - Koninklijke Sint-Hubertus Galerijen
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La storia della chiesa e l'ambiguità del nome
L'attuale chiesa fu iniziata nel 1290 e non fu mai completata. Alcuni ritengono che il disegno ed il progetto risalga a Fra' Benvenuto da Bologna e Fra' Nicola da Imola, ma non si riscontrano documenti in merito. La chiesa di Santa Anastasia prende il nome da una chiesa preesistente, di epoca gotica, peraltro inglobando successivamente un altro edificio ecclesiastico dedicato a Sam Remigio, quindi di epoca franca. In realtà la chiesa è intitolata al copatrono di Verona San Pietro, martire domenicano assassinato il 4 aprile 1252 non lontano da Monza. I veronesi l'hanno sempre chiamata col nome precedente e così è conosciuta anche esternamente, in ragione della preesistente chiesa. Fino al 1808 fu pertinenza dei Domenicani, successivamente fu affidata al clero diocesano divenendo parrocchia con il beneficio di Santa Maria in Chiavica. La consacrazione della basilica avvenne solamente nel 1471. Al nome di questa splendida basilica è legato quello della sua leggendaria squadra di concertisti campanari, che suonano concerti di Campane alla Veronese. Il grande campanile gotico, infatti, ospita un insieme di nove campane intonate in scala di Do3 fuse nel 1839.
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"Sulla riva dell'Adige"
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After Heliconia was invaded, several of its border cities which were important industrial centres were lost. Heliconian High Command comissioned several new planes to respond to this threat, one of which was the Viper. Designed to be made quickly, by hand, with materials readily available, the frame was a monocoque construction with wooden composite covering, making it both light and strong. Vipers would be scrambled to defend Heliconian airspace and prevent further incursions into their country. In this repect they were a great success, their speed and powerful weaponry making short work of any enemy fighters and bombers they encountered.
♫ Bush – The Sound of Winter ♫
Let's walk through the fire together
Disappear in the golden sands
I like that particular bit of lyric ... seems to be at odds with this image doesn't it?
I dream of snow ... yet I also dream of golden sands ...
I'm quite sure this song is the telling of a tragic love story ...
but I like it anyway and I'm going with it.
Today is holiday recovery ... tomorrow back to work.
It went so fast ...
Istanbul
The Golden Horn,
The Galata's bridge,
Yeni Camii and
Sülemaniye camii
seen from the galata's Tower.
When the nascent sun kissed the blessed planet today , it started a new Year for mankind. May this year bring you fresh air moist with the fragrance of morning dew, may this year fill your ear with the chirping of birds , may this year bring you happiness with the warmth of love.
Wish you a Pristine 2012 !
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Mont Blanc (French) or Monte Bianco (Italian), meaning "White Mountain", is the highest mountain in the Alps, Western Europe and the European Union. It rises 4,810.45 m (15,782 ft)[2] above sea level and is ranked 11th in the world in topographic prominence. It is also sometimes known as La Dame blanche (French for "the White Lady") or Il Bianco (Italian for "the White One").
The mountain lies between the regions of Aosta Valley, Italy, and Haute-Savoie, France and the location of the summit is on the watershed line between the valleys of Ferret and Veny in Italy and the Arve Valley in France.
The two most famous towns near Mont Blanc are Courmayeur in Aosta Valley, Italy, and Chamonix in Haute-Savoie, France—the site of the first Winter Olympics. A cable car ascends and crosses the mountain from Courmayeur to Chamonix.
Begun in 1957 and completed in 1965, the 11.6 km (7¼ mi) Mont Blanc Tunnel runs beneath the mountain between these two countries and is one of the major trans-Alpine transport routes.
The Mont Blanc massif is popular for mountaineering, hiking, skiing and snowboarding.
The summit of Mont Blanc is a thick, perennial ice and snow dome whose thickness varies, so no exact and permanent summit elevation can be determined. But accurate measurements have been made. For a long time its official elevation was 4,807 m (15,771 ft). Then in 2002, the IGN and expert surveyors, with the aid of GPS technology, measured it to be 4,810.40 m (15,782 ft 2 in).
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Courmayeur is an Italian town and comune in the autonomous region of Aosta Valley, in northern Italy. It is located at the foot of Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in western Europe, in the Graian Alps range, and is crossed by the Dora Baltea. Courmayeur shares the summit of Mont Blanc with its neighboring commune of Chamonix in France, and owns the title of highest commune in Italy.
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Canción - Más allá . Gloria Estefan
Muchas gracias por vuestras visitas y comentarios
Un montón de besos ¡¡
Thank you for your visits and comments
Kisses
Textura lenabem . anna. Thakns ¡¡¡
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Cuando das sin esperar, cuando quieres de verdad,
cuando brindas perdón.... en lugar de rencor,
hay paz en tu corazón.
Cuando sientes compasión del amigo y su dolor,
cuando miras la estrella, que oculta la niebla,
hay paz en tu corazón.
Más allá..... del rencor..... de las lágrimas y el dolor
brilla la luz, del amor, dentro de cada corazón.
Ilusión, Navidad, pon tus sueños a volar.
Siembra paz, brinda amor, que el mundo entero pide más.........
Incredible light during sunset @ Bandon Beach, Oregon. Silhouetted are the sea stacks of Face Rock on the left and Cat and Kittens Rock on the right. One of my favorite spots on the Oregon Coast. Thanks for checking this out. Enjoy!
this is my chance
i'll take it now because I can
Uploading for my 52 weeks project a little bit earlier this week because I will be gone the next days. No new uploads this year :)
See you all next year ! :)
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Please take your time... to View it large on black
The Grossglockner High Alpine Road is a panoramic road in Austria. The most famous route through the Alps ends just before the jewel in the Hohe Tauern national park's crown: the highest mountain and the largest glacier in Austria, the Großglockner 3.798 m and its glacier, the Pasterze. You will have a driving and nature experience of a special kind on 48 kilometres of high alpine road with 36 bends, and an altitude ascent to 2,504 metres! You pass through a unique world of mountains with blossoming alpine meadows, fragrant mountain forests, massive cliffs and eternal ice to the foot of the Grossglockner, the Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe. The route is described in the brochure as a Bikers Heaven. The Großglockner Hochalpenstraße Road was built between 1930 and 1935, to fight unemployment and boost tourism in Salzburg. It is in within the Nationalpark Hohe Tauern. Closed in winter until end of October to beginning of May.
The Mooserboden is a valley basin, which was formed by the Glacier Pasterze. The basin collects the meltwater of the glacier Pasterze. Eventually the water will pass through the main Alpine ridge to the Möll river eventually into the Danube - Donau river.
De Großglockner Hochalpenstraße is één van de mooiste bergwegen ter wereld en zeker de moeite waard om te bezichtigen. Deze panoramische tolweg verbindt de deelstaat Salzburg met Karinthië. De 47,8 km lange weg leidt middenin het Hohe Tauern National Park naar de hoogste berg van Oostenrijk, de Großglockner 3.798m en zijn gletsjer, de Pasterze. De Pasterzegletsjer is wel 10 km lang en heeft een oppervlakte van bijna 20 m2. De Großglockner Alpenstraße voert je door een wild en rotsachtig landschap. Maar liefst 36 haarspeldbochten zorgen ervoor dat je uiteindelijk tot een hoogte van 2.504 meter stijgt. Tijdens de rit wordt je getrakteerd op adembenemende uitzichten. Ook kun je genieten van de aanblik van enkele honderden bergtoppen van boven de 3.000 meter. Twee kilometer voor de Grossglockner onder het einde van de gletsjer Pasterze ligt de emerald groene Margaritze Stuwmeer. Deze Stausee is een dam, die wordt gevoed door het smeltwater van de gletsjer Pasterze. Onderweg op de Großglockner Alpenstraße kun je eventueel stoppen bij verschillende uitzichtplaatsen en informatiepunten. Voor kinderen zijn er speeltuintjes en ook is het mogelijk om in echte sneeuw te spelen. Er zijn tevens 2 kabelbanen die je de mogelijkheid bieden om nog meer van de mooie omgeving te bekijken.
"I am the passenger and I ride and I ride
I ride through the city's backsides
I see the stars come out of the sky
Yeah, the bright and hollow sky
You know it looks so good tonight "
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‘’Imagine the world as a dream. Space is joyful and filled with toys. Let's play.’’ Jacek Szust
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Rhodes(Greek: Ρόδος, Ródos, IPA: [ˈro̞ðo̞s]; Italian: Rodi; Ottoman Turkish: ردوس Rodos; Ladino: Rodi or Rodes) is a Greek island approximately 18 kilometers (11 mi) southwest of Turkey in eastern Aegean Sea. It is the largest of the Dodecanese islands in terms of both land area and population, with a population of 117,007[2] of which 53,709 resided in the homonymous capital city of the island.
Historically, Rhodes was famous worldwide for the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The medieval Old Town of the City of Rhodes has been declared a World Heritage Site. Today Rhodes is a tourist destination.
The island of Rhodes is shaped like a spearhead, 79.7 km (49.5 mi) long and 38 km (24 mi) wide, with a total area of approximately 1,400 square kilometers (541 sq mi) and a coastline of approximately 220 km (137 mi). The city of Rhodes is located at the northern tip of the island, as well as the site of the ancient and modern commercial harbors.
In the 1st century AD, the Emperor Tiberius spent a brief term of exile on Rhodes, and Saint Paul brought Christianity to the island. Rhodes reached her zenith in the third century, and was then by common consent the most civilized and beautiful city in Hellas. In 395, the long Byzantine Empire period began for Rhodes, when the Roman Empire was split and the eastern half gradually became a Greek empire. Although part of Byzantium for the next thousand years, Rhodes was nevertheless repeatedly attacked by various forces. It was first occupied by Muslim forces of Muawiyah I in 672. Much later, Rhodes was retrieved for the Byzantine Emperor Alexius I Comnenus during the First Crusade.
In 1309 the Byzantine era came to an end when the island was occupied by forces of the Knights Hospitaller. Under the rule of the newly named "Knights of Rhodes", the city was rebuilt into a model of the European medieval ideal. Many of the city's famous monuments, including the Palace of the Grand Master, were built during this period.
The strong walls which the Knights had built withstood the attacks of the Sultan of Egypt in 1444, and of Mehmed II in 1480. Ultimately, however, Rhodes fell to the large army of Suleiman the Magnificent in December 1522, long after the rest of the Byzantine empire had been lost. The few surviving Knights were permitted to retire to the Kingdom of Sicily. The Knights would later move their base of operations to Malta. The island was thereafter a possession of the Ottoman Empire for nearly four centuries.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodes
Last weekend on a trip with Erez, Dima and Shy to Jökulsárlón and Skaftafell area we were greeted with a very calm and beautiful morning on our first day. The skies where clear and the dormant volcano Öræfajökull was lit up with pink alpenglow.
Mt. Öræfajökull rarely sees this kind of light as all too often there are clouds on the horizon that block these colorful early morning rays. Luck was with us and the colorful light brought contrast to the ridges and glacial features of the snowy mountain.
Öræfajökull is the highest mountain and volcano in Iceland. One of the most feared aswell as it has violently erupted twice in historical times. Prior to the first eruption the area around it was challed Hérað which means shire being green and lush. After the eruption the area was flooded and covered in ash and volcanic debris. For decades after the eruption the area was uninhabited and since been called Öræfi which means badlands. For me from a photographers point of view this area is a dreamland.