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Taken from the Stoer Peninsula in Assynt, Sutherland, looking across the minch towards the outer hebridean Island of Lewis.

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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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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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Choose 3 - 15 baths

Choose > 3 ---> ........

 

And then eat with ice & syrup or coconut milk

 

1 dollar = 36 baths

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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.

 

♥ Happy Bokeh Wednesday ♥

 

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Sunset from L'Astral, a 360° revolving restaurant on the LoewsHotel's top.

 

Cheers my friends :-)

 

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कावळा / मनमोहनगड

 

प्रकार - गिरीदुर्ग

उंची समुद्रसपाटीपासून ६४७ मीटर

पुणे व रायगड जवळच्या दक्षिणोत्तर पसरलेल्या मुख्य रांगेवर कावळा गड आहे.

 

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I-405 has earned its place as the busiest and most congested freeway in the United States.

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.

  

On holiday on the east coast of Sardinia

Marina di Orosei

Enjoy

 

- 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

 

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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.

A week ago welcomed Burgers Zoo (Arnhem, the Netherlands) a brand spanking new baby Western Lowland Gorilla.

Born on the night August 24th to three-time mom N’Gayla, the newborn appears to be doing well. The baby is a girl named: N'Washi.

 

De Arnhemse dierentuin Burgers' Zoo heeft er een kleine westelijke laaglandgorilla bij.

De geboorte van de baby in de nacht van maandag 24 op dinsdag 25 augustus was een soort cadeautje. Verzorgers kwamen 's morgens in het apenverblijf en zagen moeder N'Gayla opeens met haar jong in haar armen.

Het dierenpark wist wel dat de 16-jarige N’Gayla drachtig was, maar dacht dat het jong ergens in september of oktober ter wereld zou komen.

Voor moeder N'Gayla is het de derde nakomeling. N’Gayla mocht twee dagen na de geboorte met haar enkele decimeters grote gorillababy naar buitenverblijf. Vader, zilverrug Bouwi, mocht ook mee, maar bleef op eerbiedige afstand van moeder en kind.

Het babyaapje, een meisje met de naam N'Washi, is helemaal gezond.

"Het drinkt goed, slaapt goed en is ook vaak wakker. Net als een gewone baby".

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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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Finally I had this Dragonfly Portrait which is one of my dream shots... hope you like it.

 

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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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mais um pedaço meu...

 

Alguém me pediu uma foto dos meus pés...

mas não lembro quem..

aqui está!

Obs: não gosto dos meus pés...

 

Feet ...

one more piece of me ...

 

Someone asked me a picture of my feet ...

but do not remember who ..

here it is!

Note: do not like my feet ...

A girl at gasworks park,Seattle trying to fly the dragon shaped kite during the sunset. My first try at silhouettes, hope you like it.

 

Explored #306 on 28th August

 

Have a great weekend and thank for your visit and comment.

Honolulu, Hawaii.

Hotels.

 

Nikon D700 + Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S exp. 30 sec, tripoid

  

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Playa norte de Peñiscola y el Castillo del Papa Luna al fondo.

I've had limited success lately getting candids of people, (usually tourists) enjoying the views within my city. I find that people in a shot can really add to the photo. This is not one of my favorite shots, but i think it turned up well enough to upload... What do you think?

 

Thanks for popping by friends!

 

Explored: Highest position #236

 

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Informação: O Parque Marinha do Brasil foi inaugurado em 9 de dezembro de 1978. Tem área de 70,70 hectares. Localiza-se à Av. Borges de Medeiros, bairro Praia de Belas. Liga o centro da cidade de Porto Alegre com a Zona Sul, no mais harmonioso projeto de urbanização criado sobre o aterro da antiga Praia de Belas.

 

Apresenta notável variedade de árvores e arbustos e oferece equipamentos de lazer e esporte. É um parque essencialmente esportivo, contando com quadras de futebol de salão, tênis, vôlei, basquete além de pistas para patinação, skate, atletismo e ciclismo. Conta também com aparelhos para ginástica, campos de futebol 7, além de recantos infantis e espaço cívico com espelho d'água.

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Cidade / Estado: Porto Alegre / Rio Grande do Sul

 

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• Selecionei 3 fotos no Adobe Bridge CS3

• Abri 3 Exposições no Photomatix Pro 3.2.2 (NEW VERSION)

HDR gerado usando o tonemapping "detail enhancer"

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This is the "Rocher Percé" in Gaspesie, in QC, Canada, fabulous place to see

 

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This photo is best seen in large size view to see its details. A new poem:

 

As We Grow Older

By Don Iannone

 

Summer flowers

Slipping away

Like the sun at dusk

The youthful spring, no more

In the old man's step

 

Dog-eared cone flowers

Droopy pink petals

Spiny orange tops

As best they can

Holding on for dear life

 

Our lives at times

Weak-kneed, fragile, out of kilter

Like some faint bad dream

Weighing upon us

Lingering well past morning coffee

 

Sometimes we wonder

Especially when afraid

If it's something we've done

That's driven our lives away

Or maybe just time to say goodbye

"...Por isso é que habito

no arreio sovado

tal fosse um centauro

sem lei nem consolo,

metade campeiro,

tropeiro ou soldado

e a outra metade,

o cavalo crioulo..."

 

Trecho de "Alma crioula", de Rodrigo Bauer

Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

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Okeh this photo was a late release, yes this was supposed to be the cover page for my recent book but later I changed my mind.

 

Today I wrote something and If you find any grammatical mistake please advice me. I will change it, else please let me know how it is.

 

Here it goes

 

"In life,

Exceptional thing happens,

A self-revived invitation from life,

Break-loose may not be possible.

Sometime it happens.

 

Muted lake,

Adequate to reflect the dark clouds.

Heavy drops piercing the sky,

falling one by one

Sometime it happens.

 

A lone me,

Staring at the stars in the blue sky,

Decoding the star language,

Thinking this as a way to see my Angel.

Sometime it happens.

 

Wonder if,

I could change the wind direction,

Or add a color to the rainbow,

may be I could find heaven!

else say I found a way,

to decode the star language.

 

It happened,

A part of moon crescent,

In human form roaming in the earth.

The perfect definition for an Angel.

This time it happened.

 

I heard,

People saying

You may have your reasons,

To hate someone.

You may not have any reasons,

To love someone.

 

If you,

have any reasons to love

Its the reason you love,

and not the person.

It happened, when I saw you

 

You know,

This is a second of million wishes

to see my Angel sleep, frown, smile,

her naughty cry, see her watching a horror film,

enjoying the rain, holding my hands,

eating ice-cream, sneezing, her anger,

see her in a black dress,

with crown made of flowers,

thinking, her morning face,

holding the umbrella,

pooching a cute puppy,

jumping on the bed,

see her playing prank,

see her tingling face,

her intriguing eyes,

see her as the queen,

her kissing a baby,

her being a baby, s

ee her running from waves,

see her lick the candy

 

...

Sometime it happens.

 

Hold-back wishes,

It may or may not happen,

It’s like you listen the hush alone,

after a fitful rain.

 

In life,

Exceptional thing happens,

A self-revived invitation from life,

Break-loose may not be possible.

Sometime it happens.

 

All of a sudden,

It showers for a moment,

That leaves a pleasant memory,

Just like the secret rain.

You are my secret rain.”

 

P.S: I know its bit long ... sorry :-(

 

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On Sunday evening (Aug 23, 2009) went with friend Anwar Khawari to take some photographs of bale, field, sunset etc.

A lot of shots I like seem to have some kind of texture added. If done right I think this is a very cool way to add extra interest to a shot. Until I got my dSLR this year, my Photoshop skills were limited to cropping and adjusting brightness and contrast. Slowly I have been picking up different skills with a touch of googling and all the wonderful tutorials out there :) For this shot I used two textures from the Totally Free Textures Group, an invaluable resource. Armed with my textures, I used this tutorial: How to Use Textures to Enhance Your Photographs. And voila!

 

Have to say I am my worst critic, but I was quite pleased with how this turned out. Hope you like it too.

 

Some trivia courtesy of Wikipedia:

 

The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign is a Las Vegas Strip landmark funded in May 1959 and erected soon after by Western Neon. In a nod to Nevada's nickname as "the Silver State," across the top of the sign are white neon circles, designed to represent silver dollars. On the back or north side, the sign reads "Drive Carefully. Come Back Soon".

 

On October 4, 1999, the sign went dark for about a month when the company that had been paying the power bill was bought by another company who did not pay the bill. When the problem was discovered, payment of the past due amount, under $60, was made, and power was turned back on.

 

On December 8, 2008, a small parking lot was opened in the median of Las Vegas Boulevard to allow official public access to the sign for the first time. Prior to the parking lot's construction, visitors to the sign were forced to cross the northbound or southbound lanes of Las Vegas Blvd. without the benefit of any traffic signal or crosswalk. While no one is known to have been killed while trying to access the sign, increasing traffic at the south end of the Strip has made a crossing increasingly dangerous. The new parking lot provides 10 standard parking spaces, two handicapped spaces, and two large spaces for buses or limousines.

 

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Dear friends, in this shot you may take a look at a small peninsula with a house just near the sea. The house is surrounded by a great garden and it has a direct access to a small beach (not visible in the photo). The house is in Paraggi, quite near Portofino. Guess who lives here? It's not me, of course!

Don't forget to enjoy your Monday with the blue colour of Mediterranean sea!

 

Taken in San Sebastiano, Portofino, Italy.

 

Digitally developed with RawTherapee and treated with GIMP.

 

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Explore #9! Thank you!

Gracias Foxspain por tu testimonio!

Mais uma segunda chata --'

 

Ontem eu era leve faceira

Hoje eu nem me lembro das besteiras que as vezes

Melhor nem lembrar ♪

 

Monday annoying

 

Yesterday I was light chaps

Today I even remember the nonsense that sometimes

Better not remember!!

At the Well in Yusufari by Irene Becker s© All rights reserved

 

From the archive, the series "Bulatura Sector"

My impression of the journey to Bade Emirate in Yobe State where I traveled to the remote areas in the Sahel zone, the Bulatura Oases in 2009.

The sector has a series of swampy valleys separated by scenic dunes.

The route: Gashua, Kachallari, Yusufari, Tuli-Tulo Oases, Laridi Oases, Kachimaram Oases, Burumwadi Oases, Tulo-Tulo Kulbuwa Oases, Jarari, Jajari, Fatimeri, Kuriwakko Dunes, Maimalari Dunes, Gu Malanti, Mainari.

People living here are farmers and livestock keepers. The valleys contain rich deposits of potash that are sold by traders at Gashua Potash Market.

The ethnic groups are the Kanuri, Fulani, Hausa. Bade, Shuwa, Marghi, and Manga.

  

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Koh Mak is a large island located between Koh Chang and Koh Kood Most of its plains area is coconut plantations. The whole area of this island covers 16 sq.km with a round distance of 27 km. Long coconut beaches and crystal clear sea are the splendid attractions of the island. A natural, tropical island, Thailand's preserved treasure, is an ideal destination for visitors who enjoy a tranquil environment unspoiled by mass tourism. Amongst 10,000 palm trees, there’s a temple, three fishing community villages, rubber plantations, and still uninhabited beaches like this unspoiled Aow Pra beach above. I found several hermit crabs running here at the beach. The hermit crab is a type of crab that doesn't have a very hard shell. Not a true crab, it uses other animals' old shells for protection; they especially like old whelk shells. As the hermit crab grows in size, it must find a larger shell. Koh Mak is the perfect place to relax, explore, calm your mind and smoothe your senses. Koh Mak Island, where less is more.

 

Koh Mak is a little island perfect to explore and getting close to nature, bicycle through coconut plantations along the coastline full of thousand coconut palm trees. Even during raining season a great place to be. Temperature of 32 degrees Celcius. (90 ºF). Once a day a speedboat brings visitors to the island. About 10 tourist a day will visit the island during raining season. Many resort are also closed. You will get that Robinson Crusoe feeling when you explore uninhabited beaches of this pretty island. Photo of this Hermit crab taken on the unspoiled Aow Pra beach north of Koh Mak.

 

Koh Mak is een redelijk groot eiland dat ligt tussen Koh Chang en Koh Kood maar dan veel rustiger dan eilanden als Phuket, Ko Samui en ook Ko Chang. Je komt hier om te relaxen in je hangmat en van de stralende zee te genieten. Je kunt prima snorkelen bij koralen en languit liggen op helderwitte stranden. Koh Mak ligt met amper 2.000 bewoners in de beschermde Koh Chang Marine Park archipelago in de provincie Trat. Het is het derde grootste eiland van de provincie met een oppervlakte van amper 16 km². Koh Mak heeft een omtrek van 27 kilometer. De archipel telt 52 eilanden die verspreid liggen over een oppervlakte van 650 km². Het eiland kan je het best ontdekken per voet, fiets of kano. Er zijn nog ongerepte stranden op tropische eiland Koh Mak waar je zeker een Robinson Crusoe gevoel krijgt. Een strand waar niet elke schelp een schelp schijnt te zijn. De heremietkreeft is bekend door het gebruik van een lege schelp, meestal een slakkenhuis, als bescherming voor het weke achterlijf. Foto genomen op het nog ongerepte Aow Pra strand aan de stille noordkant van het eiland Koh Mak.

 

A view of the Fairy Glen from the other side of the Butte. Can you pick-out the cosmic circle of stones. Can you spot any naked ladies dancing in the centre of the spiral? If not then read on! The steep path leads right up into that cleft in the butte and onto the top of the geologic feature. From there you can be the King or Queen of the Fairy Castle!

 

The Faerie or Fairy Glen, is an area of otherworldly appearance, located close to Uig in the northwest of the Isle of Skye. It is a quiet place, except for bleating sheep, and is often described as fairy-like, yet relaxing. It is wild and far out, covered with something in the region of over 360 strangely shaped little conical hills. It is a pleasant natural spot with more than a hint of mystery. The hills are erosional features and geologists say that the distinctive landforms have been caused by a large landslip similar to the ones responsible for other parts of Skye’s unique topography e.g. the larger-scale Quiraing Area.

  

The area of the Fairy Glen is reported to be more than 15,000 square metres and contains numerous small, conical-shaped hillocks rising 2 - 10 metres in height. These hillocks are overgrown with thick, green turfy grass, are covered with bleating sheep and strange yellow mushrooms of unknown power and use. There is a brook running through the glen, with a little lochan and on the side of one of the slopes is a small cosmic spiral of stones, overgrown with grass. According to local legend, girls who dance naked on the spiral will have their dearest wishes fulfilled... or perhaps that should read: if girls dance naked around the spiral, local shepherds will have their dearest wishes fulfilled?

 

Wednesday 19.08.2009 was a big day for cycling fans in Oslo. Lance Amstrong participated in the Oslo Grand Prix.

 

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The Oslo Grand Prix was arranged for the first time. 1,5 hours through the streets of Oslo on a 1 kilometer criterium track. The city was packed with spectators and Thor Hushovd won a big victory.

 

On Twitter we spoke about meeting and shooting the event, so I got together with Oddne, Øystein and Stian and found a fine spot in one of the corners.

I have previously uploaded photos of Thor Hushovd and Lance Amstrong today Kurt-Asle Arvesen is in the pipeline :))

 

Check out this other shot of Kurt-Asle Arvesen

 

These guys ride incredible fast around the corner, panning my 40D on 1/15 sec shutterspeed was enough to blur everything out. The flash was then used to freeze the rider :))

Color, saturation and such was enhanced in Lightroom, a little retouching in Photoshop and that was it :))

 

Discussion

Comments and critique are as always welcome. Let me hear your opinion, why do you like this, or even better, how would you approach this scenery. Give me your thoughts... If you can't find anything to critique, a simple "nice" is cool too :))

 

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