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This bird was feeding in the grass near Stop 9 on Black Point Wildlife Drive this winter. I watched from a boardwalk as it kept making its way closer to me, completely oblivious to my presence. At one point it was no more than 10 feet away. Taken last winter at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in Florida.
Canon Rebel XSi and Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
The Pinnacles - Phillip Island
How I captured this panoramic.
CAMERA Nikon D800
LENS Schneider PC TS Super-Angulon 50mm f/2.8
FILTERS 1.2 Soft Grad and 1.2 ND
FOCAL LENGTH 50mm
APERTURE f32
EXPOSURE 0.7692
ISO 100
WHITE BALANCE 5880K
TILT SHIFT Shift 6 Tilt 0
FRAMES 6
Having been to this location several times with poor results, I was determined to come away with the perfect panoramic. The ocean was pounding the headland and was kicking up a lot a sea spray making it very difficult to get a set of frames before having to clean my filters but was also creating an amazing atmosphere. I decided to shield myself from the spray and spent the next 20 minutes switching from west to east and found that the combination of sea spray and sunlight looking towards the Pinnacles was creating a stunning three dimensional effect. Getting down low and shifting my Schneider up I captured the perfect set of frames for this panoramic. After a quick stitch on my Mac Air and a little work in Photoshop I was happy with the final result.
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Levanto is the Hidden Gem on the Italian Riviera and the doorway to the Cinque Terre. A town of pre-roman origins, lies at the northern end of the enticing little villages. Levanto literally means the land situated east of Genova. It has a long sandy beach, an interesting old center, many delightful painted villas, a bustling Wednesday market, and good restaurants and shops. Levanto is a real town with a city park where families get together and the children have fun. You can actually even find a laundromat here as well as normal shops not always found in larger touristy locations. It's most picturesque, fun and quaint at the same time, very accessible, and terrific for swimming. Being on the water makes the cliffs more dramatic, the colors more intense, and the water a deeper shade of blue. Enjoying a partcularly mild climate, from here it's easy to visit the fascinating ports of the Cinque Terre, either by train, by sea or hiking.
Beautiful cycle path built on the route of the old coastal railway from Levanto to Bonassola. Along the stretch these young couple can also access to beaches and hidden coves otherwise unreachable except by sea. Among the most loveliest paths there is in Italy. Recommended to all.
Levanto ligt in de Italiaanse regio Ligurië en valt onder de provincie La Spezia. Levanto is voor vele Cinque Terre bezoekers de verblijfplaats voor hun bezoek. Er zijn heel wat hotelletjes en B&Bs, die doorgaans iets goedkoper zijn dan deze in de vijf dorpen van de Cinque Terre. Met de trein ben je vanuit Levanto op enkele minuten in Monterosso. Maar Levanto is ook zelf meer dan de moeite waard. Omringd door een uiterst vriendelijke plaatselijke bevolking en verwend met alle culinaire geneugtes van Italië is het een weldaad om in Levanto door te brengen. Onthaasten op een terrasje, heerlijk uitrusten aan het prachtige strand en 's avonds lekker eten. Het dorp is omringd door heuvels die zijn bezaaid met wijngaarden en olijfbomen en heeft fantastische stranden, adembenemende riffen en kristalheldere wateren. Leuk en erg gezellig, zeer toegankelijk en geweldig voor zwemmen. Het strand in Levanto wordt in de zomermaanden altijd druk bezocht door Italianen.
While walking on the glacier, In that ice cleft, I could cleary see a figure.
Can you?
Pareidolia (pron.: /pærɨˈdoʊliə/ parr-i-doh-lee-ə) is a psychological phenomenon involving a vague and random stimulus (often an image or sound) being perceived as significant. Common examples include seeing images of animals or faces in clouds, the man in the moon or the Moon rabbit, and hearing hidden messages on records when played in reverse.
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This is the « Porte d’en haut », one of the two entrance of Perouges, a medieval walled town northeast of Lyon, France.
Perouges is one of the most beautiful villages of France. The narrow and meandering lanes are edged with small houses, generally without foundations, built with stones and pebbles.
Pérouges was inhabited by craftsmen, mainly farmers and linen weavers. It was probably founded by a Gallic colony returning from Perugia in Italy.
The high wall, reinforced at the corners with free stones, is made of boulders. It has a broken arch inside and is an integral part of the church.
In the XVth century, the inhabitants of Pérouges have turned their church into a real fortress with walls dotted with loopholes and the church tower allows access to the covered way.
Today, Pérouges is a popular tourist attraction.
The view of the Sturgeon Banks marshes at sunset along the West Dyke Trail, in Richmond BC Canada.
Camera Information:
Model: Sony NEX-6, Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec, Aperture: f/8, Focal Length: 50mm, ISO: 100
Lens: Sony 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS Alpha E-mount Retractable Zoom (SELP1650).
I took so many beautiful shots of this beautiful place it would have been extremely hard to choose one to upload, if it weren't for the human element in this one, which I think adds a whole new dimension to the scene.
Actually, when the rural worker passed me by I asked him if I could take a picture of him...he said "no"!! Well, I waited for him to be in a safe distance from me and took the pic anyway...and then ran to my car! LOL
In the end, I'm glad I did it, I think it was worth it!
Questa è la leggenda più affascinante sul girasole...
"Clizia era una giovane ninfa, innamorata persa del Sole, pertanto lo seguiva tutto il giorno mentre lui guidava il suo carro di fuoco per tutto l'arco del cielo. Il sole, dapprima fu lusingato e un pochino intenerito da quella devozione... credette di esserne a sua volta innamorato e decise di sedurla cosa non difficile per lui!
Ma ben presto il Sole si stancò dell'amore di Clizia e le diede, come suol dirsi... il benservito rivolgendo altrove le sue attenzioni.
La povera ninfa pianse ininterrottamente per nove giorni interi. Immobile in mezzo a un campo, osservava il suo amore attraversare il cielo sul suo carro di fuoco.
Così, pian piano, il suo corpo si irrigidì, trasformandosi in uno stelo sottile ma resistente, i suoi piedi si conficcarono nella terra mentre i suoi capelli diventarono una gialla corolla; si era trasformata in un fiore bellissimo color dell'oro... Il girasole...
Ma anche nella sua nuova forma la piccola ninfa innamorata continua tuttora a seguire il suo amore durante il giro nel cielo".
INVITO I MIEI AMICI CHE VENGONO A COMMENTARE DI ALLEGARE LORO FOTO DI GIRASOLI !!!
Continuing my Astro Projection series on maximum WARP!!
Zoom-long exposure travelling in my out-of-body & lens experience on downtown-scapes during Canada Day festivities this summer! It was an exciting 2-stop manual zoom-journey during the long 30 sec exposure, experiencing all these festive city colours, lights and CN Tower's magical projection too...
...all brought to you by my manual zoom / long exposure magic! : )
*It's a SOOC image, manual zooming during long exposure - no processing involved!
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If I held in my hand
Every grain of sand
Since time first began to be
Still, I could never count
Measure the amount
Of all the things you are to me
If I could paint the sky
Hang it out to dry
I would want the sky to be
Oh, such a grand design
An everlasting sign
Of all the things you are to me
You are the sun
That comes on summer winds
You are the falling year
That autumn brings
You are the wonder and the mystery
In everything I see
The things you are to me
Sometimes I wake at night
And suddenly take fright
You might be just fantasy
But then you reach for me
And once again I see
All the things you are to me
You are the sun
That comes on summer winds
You are the falling year
That autumn brings
You are the wonder and the mystery
In everything I see
The things you are to me
All the things you are… to me
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... e tchau, diz Livia, Mickey Mouse está me esperando :-DDD
... and bye, says Livia, Mickey Mouse is waiting for me :-DDD
... i zbogom, kaže Livija, Mickey Mouse me čeka :-DDD
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Explored: Highest Position: 60
Lake Manyara National Park is a national park in Arusha Region, Tanzania. The park consists of 330 km2 of arid land, forest, and a soda-lake which covers as much as 200 km2 of land during the wet season but is nearly nonexistent during the dry season.
Lake Manyara National Park is known for the flamingos that inhabit the lake. During the wet season they inhabit the edges of the lake in flocks of thousands but they are not so present during the dry season.
More than 400 species of birds inhabit the park and many remain throughout the year. Because of this Lake Manyara National Park is a good spot for bird watching. Visitors to the park can expect to see upwards of 100 different species of bird on any day.
Leopards, lions, elephants, blue monkeys, dik-dik, gazelle, hippo, giraffe, impala, and more inhabit the park and many can be seen throughout the year. There is a hippo pond at one end of the park where visitors can get out of their cars and observe from a safe distance. The leopards and lions are both known to lounge in the trees while not hunting for prey.
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Explored 05-Nov-2012 (Highest Position #14)
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This was taken the same day as my post of 10/27, and slightly faster than that time.
Beach on the north side is protected from storm wave by Senganmon.
Though, it is more than 12 feet waves are rough here…
夕陽と荒波の雲見・千貫門の北側ビーチ。5つ前のポスト、大波の千貫門と同日・少し早い時間のショットです。
こちらは、大波の直撃は写真左の大きな千貫門に守られていますが、それでも4m弱の波が押し寄せていました。これ以上前に行くと危険なので少々引き気味ですが、それでもかなりレンズにしぶきがかかりました。。
この角度の千貫門は写真だと「ヒヨコ」みたいに見えますが、高さ30m以上あるのでその威圧感は凄いです。
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Taken on Sep 16, 2012, 17:46.
Gear: Nikon D7000
Lens: Sigma 10-20mm F3.5 EX DC HSM
Tripod: Manfrotto 055XPROB + #410 head
Shot on focal 10mm / iso100 / with C-PLw filter.
Exposure : 0.5 / f16.
Develop by Lightroom 4 and corrected on Photoshop CS6.
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I recall this morning vividly. How breathtakingly beautiful the sky was, all lit up with the morning sun coming up behind me. When I opened up the images at home ... I was a bit underwhelmed to say the least. See the SOOC in comments.
Instead of tossing the images, I pulled out my digital paint palette and set to work painting a dream ... painting what I 'thought' I saw!!
Happy Sliders Sunday Everyone!!
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P.S. Going offline in 5 minutes! Doing a big move today! Will catch up tonight at the new place!
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Monterosso is one of the five villages in Cinque Terre. The Cinque Terre have come to be among the most popular areas of Italy among tourists. The coastline, the five villages, and the surrounding hillsides are all encapsulated in a national park by the same name. The Cinque Terre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It's most picturesque, fun and quaint at the same time, very accessible, and terrific for swimming. Monterosso al Mare is actually two towns—a bustling, character-filled old town built behind the harbor. Narrow and winding streets, colorfully-painted buildings, unique shops, people at work and play - similar to most Italian towns. Somehow, though, it just never gets old. The medieval Torre Aurora or Dawn Tower separates the old part of Monterosso from the new part. It is located on a headland, jutting out into the sea. The tower is the only one remaining of an original 13 towers which surrounded Monterosso in the 16th century. In addition to the spectacular scenery, Monterosso’s beaches are favorites with tourists because they provide easy access to the culinary delights for which the region is so famous. The grapes and olives cultivated on terraces carved into the surrounding mountainside are turned into award-winning wines, liqueurs, and olive oils. Anchovies are a local specialty, as is the pesto sauce, made from locally produced basil, garlic, pine nuts, and pecorino cheese.
Clothes drip dry from washing lines above the restaurants, the narrow streets are clad in stone, and in the evenings, the sea gentle tumbles the shoreline's boulders. Monterosso may be the busiest of the Cinque Terre towns, with the most hotels, restaurants, and bustle, but calling it "busy" is a relative thing. The town remains little more than an oversized fishing village, with all the attendant charms.
Monterosso is het meest noordelijke dorp van de Cinque Terre en het enige met een zandstrand. Het dorpje wordt in twee gesplitst door een uitstekende rots, met bovenop een kasteel. Het havengebied is rijk aan oude steegjes, typische smalle kleurrijke straatjes van Ligurië, waar je wijnbars, restaurants, focaccia en ijssalons kunt vinden. Het oude stadsdeel ligt achter de spoorlijn en in de kleine straatjes liggen talrijke winkeltjes en eetgelegenheden.Monterosso heeft een leuke boulevard en pleintjes. De restaurants in de oude binnenstad zijn van goede kwaliteit, het slimste is van te voren te reserveren anders is er wellicht geen plaats meer. Het dorp ligt in het natuurpark Cinque Terre, een groene, bosrijke en heuvelachtige omgeving met authentieke dorpjes en hoge rotskliffen. Langs de kust loopt een wandelpad die de Cinque Terre met elkaar verbindt, nl. van Monterosso al Mare via Vernazza, Corniglia en Manarola naar Riomaggiore. Je kan op verschillende manieren de prachtige omgeving bekijken, wandelen, trein en boot.
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Until my last two uploads it's been nearly a year (4th Nov 2011) since I uploaded a shot with a daytime sky in it. Only 2 of the 28 shots I posted in that time were even taken in the daytime. Even then, you have to go back to August 2011 to find any real number of daytime shots. So I'm trying, briefly, to redress the balance.
This is my first attempt at a panorama shot. It's composed of seven handheld exposures; shot portrait on manual. The output was 600Mb! You won't need too keen an eye to spot the beginners mistakes; like the artifacts from the attempts to process out the vignetting. Anyway, I'd shot the images to make a panorama, and felt it wouldn't count as following through if I didn't post them. Criticism would be, as ever, hugely appreciated.
I used content aware fill on CS5 to fill corners. When it built the other half of the far left tree, I was pretty stunned. It's more magic than technology.
This is a shot from Zumwalt Meadow; a spot at the end of California's Kings Canyon National Park which offers a little circular walk beneath these giant crags. I'd recommend it hugely.
I'm part way through catching up from a couple of week's away, so sorry for the slow tour. Hope everyone's having a fantastic weekend!
"You dont take a photograph, you make it"
~Ansel Adams~
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Nikon D800,
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f/16, 1/125s, 100 ISO,
GP-1
EXPLORED with best position of 331 on 21.10.2012
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Marienplatz is the heart of the city of Munich. In the Middle Ages, the square used to be a market place as well as the place where tournaments and festivities took place.The square was originally known as Schrannen but it was renamed Marienplatz (St. Mary's Square) as a way to ask Virgin Mary to protect the town from a cholera epidemic.
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The recent storm brought exceptional clouds to San Diego. The sunrises and sunsets have been fantastic!!! Hope everyone is having a wonderful week!
Happy Tuesday!!
I Love rain .. I Love Umbrella .
I have spent days after days viewing Paris Rain Shots.
Red umbrella, Black Coat, Paris Streets.
& my Rain shots are inspired by those Photos.
Great response came naturally, Thank You All
Muchas gracias por vuestras visitas y comentarios
Un montón de besos ¡¡
Thank you for your visits and comments
Kisses
According to Wikipedia, biochemist Robert Shapiro summarized the "primordial soup" theory of Oparin and Haldane in its "mature form" as follows:
1.The early Earth had a chemically reducing atmosphere.
2.This atmosphere, exposed to energy in various forms, produced simple organic compounds ("monomers").
3.These compounds accumulated in a "soup", which may have been concentrated at various locations (shorelines, oceanic vents etc.).
4.By further transformation, more complex organic polymers – and ultimately life – developed in the soup.
Yup - I can go with that! Happy Slider Sunday, HSS!
Pombal é terra de história, de lendas e de gente ilustre. Do grande Marquês de Pombal, do historiador e escritor João de Barros, do político Mota Pinto, da poetisa Martel Patrício, do médico e escritor Amadeu da Cunha, entre tantos outros. A construção do castelo de Pombal é atribuída aos Templários, a quem D. Afonso Henriques doou esta região, todavia há provas da existência de uma fortificação romana neste local, que os árabes terão ocupado até à reconquista cristã da península. Com a extinção da Ordem do Templo, em 1311, o rei D. Dinis, entregou este castelo à Ordem de Cristo e já no início do século XV, D. João I doou-o ao conde de Castelo Melhor. D. Manuel I, por volta de 1500, decide fazer obras de recuperação do castelo, algo degradado, e no século XVII, o conde de Castelo Melhor adaptou-o para a sua residência. Durante as invasões francesas foi saqueado e incendiado, o que ditou o seu posterior abandono e ruína. Classificado como Monumento Nacional, beneficiou de obras de consolidação e restauro, por parte da Direcção-Geral dos Edifícios e Monumentos Nacionais.
Edificado sobre uma planta em forma de escudo, destaca-se no seu interior, a Torre de Menagem, vestígios da primitiva igreja românica de São Miguel e a alcáçova Manuelina. A vila de Pombal viu ser erguido, na sua mais elevada e rochosa colina, um castelo pela iniciativa de Gualdim Pais, mestre da Ordem do Templo em Portugal, corria o ano de 1160. Esta seria uma zona defendida pelos Templários, numa época em que se temiam as incursões muçulmanas nas inseguras terras situadas a sul do Rio Mondego. Ao mesmo tempo que se valorizava a defesa territorial, as novas construções militares abrigavam populações recentes, essenciais para assegurar uma eficaz política de repovoamento do território conquistado. A fortaleza foi implantada segundo uma orientação noroeste-sudoeste, com a primeira zona defendida por uma muralha rectilínea e ameada, enquanto as partes restantes se articulavam segundo os ângulos das suas torres defensivas. Algumas áreas da barbacã ainda sobrevivem, bem como as ruínas de diversas estruturas arquitectónicas de diferentes épocas e que formavam o interior da praça de armas - tais como alicerces, pavimentos, paredes, arcos e ruínas da primitiva igreja românica de S. Miguel.
Na zona ocidental da muralha ergueu-se a alcáçova quinhentista, subsistindo da época manuelina os brasões reais e uma janela geminada. Extramuros, próximo da ala sul, situava-se a arruinada e antiga igreja matriz de Pombal, a Igreja de Santa Maria do Castelo. Poupada às vicissitudes da guerra durante alguns séculos, a população de Pombal viria a sofrer uma cruel e trágica devastação na época das Invasões Francesas. Com efeito, momentos de drama e horror foram vividos em 1811, por alturas da terceira invasão, sob o comando de Massena, que regressava derrotado das Linhas de Torres Vedras. A brutalidade e a vingança abateram-se sobre a indefesa população de Pombal. Na sua espiral de violência, os franceses destruíram igrejas e conventos, roubaram e maltrataram tudo que encontravam pela frente, para, finalmente, incendiarem toda a vila e o seu austero e pacífico castelo. São mentes destas que nunca deveriam ter tido a oportunidade sequer de viver… Mas como todos nós sabemos o mundo perfeito é uma perfeita Utopia…
Lenda do Mouro Al-Pal-Omar
Aqui habitava um senhor mouro de nome Al-Pal-Omar (de onde derivaria o nome de Pombal). Vivia no alto do morro do castelo, onde tinha o seu palácio subterrâneo. A lenda começa assim: Há muito tempo nas margens do rio Quabruncas vivia um belo jovem mouro de olhos verdes, cor de esmeralda traiçoeira, que procurava encantar todas as mais belas mulheres para o seu harém. A sua fama estendia-se desde as margens do Mondego até às margens do Tejo em vagas de simpatia e acanhado respeito. Certo dia os Templários guiados pelo Arcanjo D. Miguel deram-lhe um combate de morte que durou até ao luar de Agosto. No momento, viram-no desaparecer na gruta encantada do seu palácio. Taparam-lhe todas as entradas e construíram-lhe em cima um Castelo. As raparigas desta terra ainda guardam na memória a fama deste mouro encantador, contada de mães para filhas em singela advertência. Toda a menina que for ao Castelo depois do Sol se pôr, ouvirá uma música harmoniosa quase impercetível, e se ficarem curiosas a ouvi-la, serão encantadas por um belo rapaz que lhes cantará:” Menina vem ter comigo, vem o meu encanto quebrar, sou um mouro teu amigo, que só te quer namorar…
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aka Banana Spider, Golden Orb Weaver, Golden Orb-Weaving Spider, Calico Spider, Golden Silk Spider
Arachtober snuck up on me this year. I'm a couple days late. This beautiful arachnid was photographed this summer at Lake Lotus Park in Altamonte Springs, Florida.
Canon Rebel XSi and Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
Svatopluk Čech Bridge or Čech Bridge (Most Svatopluka Čecha or Čechův most in Czech) is a arch bridge over river Vltava (Moldau) in Prague, Czech Republic.
Construction of the bridge started in 1905 and finished in 1908. Its length is 169 meters (one of the shortest in Prague) and width is 16 meters.
The bridge connects the Prague districts Holešovice and the Old Town (Staré Město). Construction materials are stone (pillars) and iron (arches). Up to 1961 the roadway was made of wood - a hard specie named Jarrah from Australia. The roadway got very slippery during rains.
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We see Moravia, Andante and Regina boats
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I've been up since 2:30 AM. A disgruntled dude was walking up and down the road cursing at his woman on his cell phone. I won't repeat what he said! It was BAD!!
So naturally, I was wide awake when I noticed the moon coasting in high over the beach. I had plenty of time to grab my gear {unlike yesterday, this morning I actually had my camera with me ... but that is another story}!
The dawn patrol was in full force. The waves have been spectacular these past few days. I took hundreds of shots ... waiting for the perfect moment ... for the waves to curl, and a bird to fly over the moon. I've always wanted to capture a scene like that!
Since it was Sunday, thought I'd do some sliding!
Happy Sliders Sunday Everyone!! Hope everyone is enjoying their day!