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For those who wonder.. yes, yes I'm running out of my holiday photo's of Laos. My holiday seems already a long time ago. Luang Prabang, does it still exist, or was it just a hazy dream I conjured in my imagination? Luang Prabang, the royal capital of the former kingdom of Laos, is a lovely quiet town. located between the two lazy rivers, the Mekong and Nam Khan river. Life flows slowly here, just like the muddy Mekong. The people are gentle and unassuming.
Photo taken at the morning market of Luang Prabang. I fastly caught a glimpse of this old Asian man. Don't know if he noticed me, but one shot was all I got before he turned around and start eating his meal. All camera sounds OFF, 432mm zoom, spot metering, F3.3, 1/100s and ISO200.
Our last day in Luang Prabang we were strolling down the Morning Market. A good place to go for food and entertainment. There are hundreds of temporary and semi-permanent shops, stalls, and blankets spread on the ground, where everyone buy and sell almost anything. Here the hill tribesman or woman comes face to face with the modern western traveler in a milieu strange to both of them. But nonetheless the strangeness seems to handle with a broad smile. Inside the market I caught a glimpse of this old man. Later I realize, looking at his dirty clothes, he must have been homeless.
He was just receiving a free meal from a local market restaurant. It was the first homeless we saw in Laos. I guess there are more homeless in Amsterdam than in Laos. Although Laos is a poor country, being homeless is ofcourse another story. But let's not forget a generation of War and the Politburo of the Communist Party who came to power. In 2005, the United States established Normal Trade Relations with Laos. Looking at his intriguing face I'm sure this man have quite a story to tell.
It's interesting seeing the fisherman come in early morn and with all the clothing - long gum boots, hat ++ and just wade into the water.
I have been to this spot a few times and this was the only time I got this........one from archives - long forgotten. Shot with my 18-200VR lens...not great at the long range...a bit soft which I do not like !!!! but loved the fisherman, and the mist rising up in the backend
single exposure. tuned thru lightroom and CS
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Explore FP on 25 Feb 2009. Highest position #3. Thank you all my dear friends for making this image and the previous on the Front Page at the same time 0-6AM 26/02/2009. I very appreciate!
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This image dedicated to my friend Thao Hien www.flickr.com/photos/tran_thaohien/
May all your dreams and wishes become true!
I just came home from the musical “Beauty and the Beast” (Russian version). www.beauty-beast.ru/ It was super. I recommend everyone to see it.
But it too late now, about 11h30PM (Moscow time). If I can’t visit all of you today, so please forgive me, I will do it tomorrow.
As always thank you very much all my dear friends for your visits, comments and favs!
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The moon's near side -- the side that's almost always visible to the earth. Visible features of the near side on a full moon are the its craters and "seas" -- the dark areas. Previously(before the high end telescopes and moon explorations), the dark spots of the moon were thought to be bodies of water -- seas -- by the astronomers observing using their telescopes. Some of the features were later named as seas, hence, "sea of tranquility", "sea of serenity", etc. They would later turn out to be large valleys and lowlands. The lighter and higher areas, brilliantly illuminated by the sun and has a slightly different surface are called the "highlands" or terrae.
The Apollo 11 moon landings(first time a man landed on the moon by traversing more than 380,000 kilometers) were on the area called the Sea of Tranquility.
Shot taken from Badian, Cebu, Philippines
Front Page Explore # 21. Thank YOU
I looked up and found this interesting. The reds/orange contrasted the black skies well.
This is the Buddha Tooth Relic temple in China Town.
A single exposure - handheld - ISO1600; f/4. I then extended the canvas to give it a minimalistic feel,. Lightroom processed.
Please Explore if you find some time ..... Singapore Collections
Explored Feb, 19, 2009 #437
Statue "Unconditional Surrender" in San Diego.
Statue is of a famous photo appearing in Life Magazine
taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt in Times Square, New York City,
on V-J Day (August 14, 1945) of a sailor kissing a nurse.
Yet another one from my short hike during Valentines day on the Ventura foothills , this one I backed off on the processing some.
Music: Neko Case - Star Witness right click to open in new window/tab
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Makorori Beach, Gisborne, New Zealand.
MAKORORI BEACH has excellent surf, it's the first unpopulated, sandy beach north of Gisborne. Ideal for picnics, safe swimming, rocky outcrops, diving, fishing, rock pools, horse riding, oh and photography.
Footprints were provided by my mothers dog.
- ISO 100, f11, 1/30, 11mm
- Sigma 10-20mm Lens.
- Tripod, stuck in sand.
Processing
- HDR, 3 exposures [2,0,+2EV] shot in RAW/ISO100 at f11, using Sigma 10-20mm lens.
- Borders added using Lightroom 2.2
- Unsharp mask in Photoshop 6.0 (10%)
HDR
- Tone mapped using Photomatix HDR, in detail mode.
Explored - Feb. 18, 2009 - Thank you all so very much!
Thanks Chris for the explore link!
What:
My lame attempt at an abstract image with a hint of crappy bokeh tossed in.
Where:
Granville Street Mall
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
When:
Near midnight after a snow storm last month
Why:
Roaming the streets downtown just after a snow storm last month with a couple buddies taking some night shots.
I see a lot of great abstract images from you guys here on Flickr and wish I was able to "see" them as easily as so many of you do. I guess it it something you need to train yourself to do but I seem to just have an eye for the "big" picture and not a tiny little scene.
One exercise that I read about somewhere is to put a prime lens (non-zoom) lens on your camera and just shoot with that for the day. This will help train you to be able to "see" with that particular lens.
Anyway, this is a pretty lame shot taken just before the night lights shot I posted last night. I was going through my archives yesterday and realized that I had never posted anything from that night. I'm a lazy bastard and saw this shot with some bokeh in it and new I could copy some tags and info from the last shot for this one, so here you go :-)
I mentioned it before but I just can't get over the image quality from this cheap "nifty-fifty" lens. If you own a Nikon, Canon or Pentax (maybe the others too?) go out and spend the $100 and pick up one of these lenses!
PP info:
B&W conversion done in NIK Software Silver Efex Pro. I used the Kodak T-Max film emulation for a little nostalgic effect. I used to use that film when I first got into photography in high-school. Mmmm... I still remember getting high off of the fumes from the chemicals in the dark-room :-)
What I learned:
Wear a big coat to protect your camera from the snow when you aren't shooting. Also bring lots of little lens wipes.
You:
I appreciate all critiques, comments, tips, questions & faves!
View LARGE to see the faux film grain!
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Exif data - Nikon D90 : Nikkor 50mm 1.8D lens : 1/30s @ f/1.8 : ISO 400
Sir Norman Foster's Great Court at the British Museum - Really impressive, not only for fans of modern architecture like me
Explore Front Page 17/02/09 - thank you!
I was first tagged by Christian et Cie then by Thierry la Fronde, so I feel I don't really have a choice here... ;-) That's a fun game, I admit (because I learned a lot about my contacts), but I would never consider being tagged alone, as my partner in crime helps a lot with the pictures I post here. I'm talking about David of course (Birdman)... ;-)
So here are 16 random things about us (there will be less to say about me):
1. I'm 4 years older than David. Yeah, I know how to pick them! I spotted him in Cuba on 26 December 2003. What do you know... He was travelling with a friend but ended spending more time with me (sorry John!). ;-)
2. We live in Bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire, England, a pleasant little town close to Stansted airport (convenient for our travels). People often comment about the amount we travel. I suppose it's become a bit of an addiction as it's easy and cheap for us to reach many destinations in Europe on 'no-frills' budget airlines (and sometimes the flights are even free! Not too expensive when you book an hotel with your Airmiles).
3. I used to be a legal secretary who always wanted to be a graphic artist. Now I'm a legal secretary who would like to be a professional photographer. David is a technologist who invents recipes for polymers, glues and all those fascinating things that you can buy in a tube at B&Q. As a teenager, he wanted to become a make-up artist for horror movies... oh dear! He used to ‘entertain’ his parents by entering the room with fake flesh wounds, missing limbs and eyes hanging out on stalks.
He tried that with me once, lying on the kitchen floor with ketchup on his jeans and a bit of hotdog on the floor, pretending he'd chopped off a finger. I was not impressed! I just stepped over him and went to the loo. Since then he says I'm very insensitive!
4. I'm not a sporty person (I much prefer my chair in front of the PC) as I feel I'm kind of jinxed: someone once threw a dart in my forearm, then at the 'school's Olympics', someone threw a discus into the back of my head, then later on it was a pool ball in the forehead, then my cousin tried to drown me under a rowing boat... David, on the other hand, is a football maniac and Manchester United fan. He played regularly up until a few months ago, but kept coming home broken after each game. "I'm too old, he said!". (Oops! Update here – He says he's going to try again this Friday evening!)
5. As you probably have realised by now, David is a keen birdwatcher. This fits well with my photography, as we get to see a lot of places I wouldn't normally think of visiting (such as the Scilly Isles). While he chases birds around, I have fun with my Canon! David has seen 407 species of birds in the UK, God knows how many worldwide...
6. What kind of music do we like? Well, that's not easy to answer. I remember the first two albums I bought at 13: Dark Side of the Moon and Saturday Night Fever... Yeah... ;-) A short while after that I bought the first five albums of Led Zep, as well as Abba and Beatles albums. But lets say that for a long time, you could classify me as a Rocker, as my gang and I were into Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, etc. Today I'm more into easy listening stuff, and I really like Amy Winehouse! ;-) As for David, he also likes all the above and Rush (a Canadian band... yeh!). His favourite album is Grace by Jeff Buckley.
7. David plays the guitar and sings (pretty well!) He should have joined a band when he was young but was always too lazy (some things never change)! ;-) Now he just plays for his own amusement. I'm the only person who ever hears him play (and sing) these days, what a shame! At least it gives him something to do while I play Flickr!
8. We both like good movies, especially on a lazy Sunday morning when the weather's too bad to go out to play! Our all time favourites are the French classics Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources, by Marcel Pagnol. Other favourites include:
Anik: Frida, Gandhi, Catch me if you can, Forrest Gump and C.R.A.Z.Y. (a Québec movie that depicts what Québec was like when I grew up).
David: The Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption, Twelve Monkeys, American Beauty, Midnight Cowboy, March of the penguins (oh boy ... does he love March of the penguins!...)
9. Thanks to **Gwen**, I have discovered an author I really like these days, and I'm talking about Welsh novelist Ken Follett. One day Gwen suggested I read "Pillars of the Earth". It took me forever, but I finally read it in French (Les Piliers de la terre). I simply adored it. Then I read the 'sequel' (in English), World without End. David is now reading this but he keeps complaining that the book is too heavy!!!
10. Our current car is a gold coloured Peugeot 307 (which I chose by the way!). David does not like it much. It's an automatic, which I insisted we buy instead of the sports car he wanted! Anyway, being a Canadian, apparently I'm only allowed to drive automatics around here. David would be OK with that if only I would actually drive... but I don't! I never got used to the damn roundabouts and the narrowness of the roads in this country. To make things worse, I still need the GPS just to go to the grocery store, and I still manage to bump the curb every time (that's probably because I drive with my two eyes shut and I scream all the time...) ;-)
11. You know what annoys me most about England? ...the fact that they don't have screens in their windows here. I hate that because I'm terrified of spiders. Have you seen the size of the spiders around here? They're as big as mice and run as fast! I always try to make David kill them when I see one, but he systematically refuses! Instead, he carefully catches them (which can sometimes take half-hour) and puts them outside the door (so that they can easily get back in!)... HATE THAT!!! My solution is more radical. I Hoover them up whilst standing on the couch.
12. We both gave up smoking in October 2008 after I got very sick on our return from our trip to the Scilly Isles. I had a very bad chest infection and David, being the wonderful husband that he is, agreed to give up smoking with me from that day forward. Since we both love smoking and find it very difficult to stop altogether, we agreed that we could still smoke every now and then, but only when we're on holiday. Need I tell you I can't wait for the next one? ;-)
13. As a young man David was very accident prone. He once ran into a concrete pipe which caused such a deep wound on his head that he could touch his skull! He also broke his arm from sliding down the banister in his house and was hit by a motorbike which resulted in him having to have his earlobe stitched back on! I think it's just as well that he gave up paragliding when he did...
14. When we met, David had a nipple ring! I think you know what I think of piercings by now... ;-) Eventually I made him get rid of it (body-piercings on over-40's is very undignified I think!)
15. This photo is absolutely rubbish. I just wanted to try (without too much effort, I confess), my new Sigma 30mm f/1.4 lens... I wanted to see what I could obtain in our dark living room without a flash. Not impressed so far! ;-))
16. Where does this story end? Hopefully in British-Columbia, Canada. This is one of the places I would like to retire to, if not in Québec (but this is very unlikely because David doesn't seem to be able to learn French). However, wherever we are in the world when we retire, one of our dreams would be to publish a book about all the places we visited, with my photos and David's texts. Yeah, dream on...
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Now it's my turn to tag five of my contacts (but feel free to decline eh, no sweat!), I know some of you are really busy!... ;-)
Woke up this morning stretching bones for another same old day.
With the urban wall that has never gone small, how and when can I climb to that tower?
Explored - Feb. 16, 2009 - Thank you all so very much!
Thanks Chris for the explore link!
What:
The sun setting over cracked ice on the frozen bay.
Where:
Glen Haven (near Peggy's Cove)
Nova Scotia, Canada
(I added it to the map in case you want to find it)
About:
I was driving down to Peggy's Cove (duh...) to see if I could catch a decent sunset. I saw the frozen bay in Glen Haven and the sun was getting pretty low so I figured it would be too late by the time I got to Peggy's to catch it so I stopped and snapped a few shots and managed to even get some nice clouds. Good thing I stopped because by the time I finally made it to Peggy's Cove they along with the sun were gone!
Edit: This was added later:
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I forgot to mention that I didn't even see that slight rainbow and the rays when I was there. I only noticed when I processed the -2ev exposure. The UV filter on my 10-20mm is just amazing at pulling detail from the sky. It's just a Hoya, nothing special but I'm always amazed when I look through the view-finder!
I could have brought those elements out a little more during PP but the sky was already so amazing that I didn't want to mess with it.
Tech crap:(copied from my reply to Justin's question)
I should have posted the PP work in my comment but it was really late! This one was done in Photomatix, I always try that first as it is quick and dirty. Often it is too "dirty" though and I can't get it they way I want it to look. I liked this one though after I brought the luminosity way down. It actually looked the way I remembered it. Didn't need much PS work afterwards either.
BTW, most of my shots lately are DRIs (Dynamic Range Increase) or more commonly known as blended exposures. I could have gotten the same results here blending the -2ev sky with the 0ev foreground and using some of the +2ev highlights. It would have taken much longer though. Like I said I liked the Photomatix result in this case so I worked with that. Wheww...
Do NOT go here unless you want to freeze!
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We went to St Kilda for dinner last night and the sunset was spectacular. I managed to fire off a couple of shots with the Spirit of Tasmania in the foreground. Den and I took the van on this ship a few years ago and went to Tasmania for a week. It's a huge ship. This shot is straight out of camera except for correcting the horizon in Lightroom.
Here's some information from www.spiritoftasmania.com.au/:
Spirit of Tasmania I and II were built in 1998 by Kvaerner Masa-Yards in Finland. They have a displacement weight of almost 30,000 tonnes and a length of 194.3 metres.
Spirit of Tasmania I and II cross Bass Strait at a cruising speed of 27 knots which is the equivalent of 50 kilometres per hour. The 429 kilometre voyage across Bass Strait is roughly twice the distance by road between Devonport and Strahan, on Tasmania’s west coast.
Stretched end-to-end, the vehicle lanes on each ship would be almost two kilometres long!
TGIF my friends, enjoy your Valentine weekend. =D
San Jose, Occidental Mindoro
Explore (reached #9)- Feb. 13, 2009 / appeared on FP to..Thanks to all of you.
this photo appeared on the cover page of Philippine Center for Aquatic and Marine Research Development, DOST CY 2008 Annual Report
www.pcamrd.dost.gov.ph/index.php/download/doc_view/11-cy-...
The magical thing about Laos are the youngsters running and playing around. We saw many kids laughing, playing games, and running naked down the riverbanks to wave 'hello'. In Laos there are no toys equivalent to those of Europe. The children make their toys themselves. The making of a toy is part of the game and the toy usually disappears when the game is over. The kids are making our holiday in Laos such a light hearted delight ;-)
Photo taken in front of our guesthouse on the streets of Luang Prabang. Children playing their chained rope game. The photo processed in B/W cause I wanted to light more focus on their faces.
Common street games are well-known games, that are played by everybody, boys and girls, children and even adults. They are played in fields, on the streets or at home, and have been known for generations in many cases. In most industrialized countries, many genuine games have already disappeared without trace. That's a pity. It is not only because of their beauty or their historical and cultural interest that these games should be compiled. Close study shows that they prove to be most powerful educational and teaching.
Our boat did ferry us cross the Nam Khan river to Ban Souandara. This village is populated by Khamu, Hmong and Lao Loom people. Here you can take an elephant ride through teak forests and farmland to Tad Sae Waterfall. After sitting on an elephant through forest and jungle for an hour and half, you will arrive to this Waterfall. The crystal water there will be a great invitation to swim a bit. The waterfall stream flows into the Nam Khan river. The waterfall is divided into 3 limestone steps. There are numerous cascades and pools with turquoise water. This is an ideal place for bathing but also for the Laos elephants.
Photo of the bathing elephants taken at the tad Sae Waterfall nearby Luang Prabang - Laos.
Onze boot bracht ons via the Nam Khan rivier naar het dorpje Ban Souandara. Dit dorp word bewoond door de bergvolkeren Khamu, Hmong en Lao Loom. Hier kan je per olifant een rit maken naar de Tad Sae waterval. Na een tocht van anderhalf uur door de jungle en teakbos kom je aan bij deze prachtige waterval. Deze waterval heeft verschillende plateaus en helder groen water. Werkelijk de mooiste waterval die we tot nu toe gezien hebben. De olifanten krijgen een lekker verfrissend bad.
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Explore FP on 6 Feb 2009. Highest position #2 (15 Apr 2009)
Thank you very much my dear friends for your visits, comments and fave. You are Superb!
Please NO multigroup invites!
Hope you like this POV. I've been wanting to click the local housing - HDB here. I chanced upon this view in China town. Think it's original ;-)
Sorry, I am behind in visiting some of my contacts stream. Will do so over the next few days.
DRI- Digital Blending of 5 exposures . Masking for the tennis court
孜 孜 地 埋 頭 地 ， 像 一 隻 長 路 迢 遠 也 不 遲 疑 的 螞 蟻
螞 像 孜 空 寫 歌 腐 在 ︽
蟻 一 孜 白 詩 唱 敗 不 螞
隻 地 前 陪 自 的 得 蟻
長 埋 ， 葬 慰 未 不 ︾
路 頭 張 知 歸
迢 地 羅 向
遠 遺
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09' Happy Together's travel × ruifang, Taiwan.
My little snowdrops are buried under several inches of snow this morning so glad I took some shots before the snow arrived.
Thank you flickry_flick for the spot on Front Page Explore :)) #22 04/02/09
Ist Place Winner in Flickr's Awesome Blossoms Contest 27 www.flickr.com/groups/flickrsawesomeblossoms/
2nd Place in Floral Fantasia Dainty & Delicate Contest www.flickr.com/groups/floralfantasia/discuss/721576150149...
Featured Golden Diamond of the week in Golen Pictures Worth 1000 Words (09.09)
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2nd Place in Nature's Carousel Looking Forward to 1000 Members Contest
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1st Place in Blink Again for Interesting Images "First Signs of Spring" contest Feb 2011
Our boat did ferry us cross the Nam Khan river to Ban Souandara. This village is populated by Khamu, Hmong and Lao Loom people. Here you can take an elephant ride through teak forests and farmland to Tad Sae Waterfall. After sitting on an elephant through forest and jungle for an hour and half, you will arrive to this Waterfall. The crystal water there will be a great invitation to swim a bit.
Wanna stay at my Robinson Crusoe house? Enjoy a good picnic lunch looking at the waterfalls and take time for relax and swim. Photo taken at the Tad Sae Waterfalls located 20km dirt road south of Luang Prabang - Laos.
Tad Sae Waterfalls can be accessed only by boat and best during rainy season. Here we arrived at end of a very scenic Tad Sae waterfalls. The waterfall stream flows into the Nam Khan river. The waterfall is divided into 3 limestone steps. There are numerous cascades and pools with turquoise water. This is an ideal place for bathing. I'll post more photo's later.
Devil's food cake with cream cheese&oreo filling, covered in chocolate. I made this for my Grandma's birthday & it was sooooo goood.
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Explore #325, 01. Feb. 2009
Rottweil ist die älteste Stadt Baden-Württembergs / Rottweil is the oldest city in Baden-Württemberg Germany
Il libeccio è un vento che viene dalla Libia (Africa) dopo aver attraversato il mare , si annuncia a Procida con grossi nuvoloni scuri provenienti dall' isola d' Ischia come vediamo da questa foto presa da Terramurata in una pausa tra una ondata di pioggia e la successiva.
Ho avuto una settimana bagnata !l
Rain annouce from S-W wind.
sorry... just another driving shot :-)
Exposure:6 sec
Aperture:f/11.0
Focal Length:10.5 mm
I'm a youTuber now...
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just editing here... but maybe a selfmade video in the next time :-)
Explore #1 on Sunday, February 1, 2009
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Wow, with many thanks to my friends :)
The celebration continues… Lunar New Year 2009 -- the year of the Ox
The Black Hmong are the largest minority in the Sapa region, accounting for about 50% of the population of about 50,000.
HAPPY NEW YEAR : 2010
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AZERI yeni iliniz mubarek BAMBARA bonne année BASQUE urte berri on BELARUSIAN З новым годам (Z novym hodam) BENGALI subho nababarsho BERBER asgwas amegas BETI mbembe mbu BOBO bonne année BOSNIAN sretna nova godina BRETON bloavez mad BULGARIAN честита нова година BIRMAN hnit thit ku mingalar pa CANTONESE kung hé fat tsoi CATALAN feliç any nou CHINESE xin nièn kuai le / xin nièn hao CORSICAN pace e salute CROAT sretna nova godina CZECH šťastný nový rok
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LAO sabai di pi mai LATIN felix sit annus novus LATVIAN laimīgo Jauno gadu LINGALA bonana / mbula ya sika elamu na tonbeli yo LITHUANIAN laimingų Naujųjų Metų LOW SAXON gelükkig nyjaar LUXEMBOURGEOIS e gudd neit Joër MACEDONIAN srekna nova godina MALAGASY arahaba tratry ny taona MALAY selamat tahun baru MALTESE sena gdida mimlija risq MAORI kia hari te tau hou MONGOLIAN shine jiliin bayariin end hurgeye (Шинэ жилийн баярын мэнд хvргэе) MORÉ wênd na kô-d yuum-songo NORWEGIAN godt nytt år OCCITAN bon annada PERSIAN sâle no mobârak POLISH szczęśliwego nowego roku PORTUGUESE feliz ano novo ROMANI bangi vasilica baxt
ROMANIAN un an nou fericit / la mulţi ani RUSSIAN С Новым Годом (S novim godom)
SAMOAN ia manuia le tausaga fou SANGO nzoni fini ngou SARDINIAN bonu annu nou
SCOTTISH GAELIC bliadhna mhath ur SERBIAN srecna nova godina SHONA goredzwa rakanaka \SINDHI nain saal joon wadhayoon SLOVAK stastlivy novy rok SLOVENIAN srečno novo leto SOBOTA dobir leto SPANISH feliz año nuevo SWAHILI mwaka mzuri
SWEDISH gott nytt år SWISS-GERMAN äs guets Nöis TAGALOG manigong bagong taon TAHITIAN ia ora te matahiti api TAMIL iniya puthandu nalVazhthukkal TATAR yana yel belen TELUGU nuthana samvathsara subhakankshalu THAI (sawatdii pimaï) TIBETAN tashi délek TURKISH yeni yiliniz kutlu olsun UDMURT Vyľ Aren UKRAINIAN Z novym rokom URDU naya saal mubarik VIETNAMESE Chúc Mừng Nam Mới / Cung Chúc Tân Niên / Cung Chúc Tân Xuân WALOON ("betchfessîs" spelling) bone annéye / bone annéye èt bone santéye WELSH blwyddyn newydd dda WEST INDIAN CREOLE bon lanné YIDDISH a gut yohr
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—Dante, La Vita Nuova
Hello Flickr! I am really REALLY happy today because the Coachella lineup finally came out and SO many bands I love will be there--including my absolute fave and the band that Scott and I saw at Coachella 2004 when we finally got together (The Cure--very very sentimental, the reason we went in the first place).
I couldn't be happier and I seriously can't wait. This will be my 6th straight year.
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When Andrew, our guide at Rattray’s said, “we’re going to see some Buffalos”, we couldn’t have guessed what impressive spectacle was waiting for us. We drove up to the area and he parked the car .. We saw some buffalos, but they were a bit far off. I looked at Andrew a bit confused but he just leaned back and smiled.
Soon it became clear why…. More Buffalos came up on the field… and more… and more. Pretty soon the car was surrounded by a herd of hundreds of them (see picture below). I could have easily touched them. We’ve spent a good part of an hour with them, before they moved on.. slowly.
Know that, although it looks like your average herd of cows, buffalos are considered one of the most dangerous animals of Africa. They have no fear. You can feel that when you look in their eyes. We've been chased by a (wounded) Buffalo Bull once a couple of years ago, no pre-warning; he just attacked out of the blue. Just escaped from him hitting the rental car we drove - and I have a very healthy respect for them!
One of the nicest things about a herd of Buffalos is that they are always in the company of ‘Red Billed Oxpeckers’. These busy little birds feed on the ticks on the hide of the grazing Buffalos and they fill the air with their constant chatter.
Guess on this shot it's not really hard to see how they got their name.. :-)
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Explore best position #8 28/01/2009
This picture was taken this evening and is dedicated to my friend Robert Vardigan www.flickr.com/photos/robertvardigans/
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- EXPLORE #114 on 26 January 2009 -
Must view & feel it in BLACK & LARGE!!!
Solar Eclipse as viewed from Darul Quran, Kuala Kubu Bharu, Selangor, MALAYSIA
on 26 January 2009. Started from 4.35pm.
1st image is the climax eclipse in Malaysia, at 5.45pm (+8GMT)
Viewed from this location:
Latitude: +3d 32'32.17"
Longitude: +101d 39'58.62"
Canon EOS 350D + Sigma 70-300mm:
ISO100, f22, 1/4000", focal length at 300mm.
(Guna cermin mata hitam sebagai filter :p)
2nd image with same setting accept using f32.
Photoshop CS3:
- Untouch!
- Added watermark!
You:
All C&C are most welcome ツ
Me:
"How Potent Is The Creator!"
My 1st time to viewed (and photographed) live this moment! Its so great! Remind me how significant is HIS creations!
Quranic Recitation:
Surah Al-Faatihah recited by Syiekh Nabil Ar-Rifa'e.
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You are of God, my little children, and you have overcome them because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
1 John 4:44
Explored Jan 25, 2009
Explore on 2009-01-23 - Teşekkürler.
Nikon D80 ve Sigma 17-70 len ile çekildi.
# Exposure: 0.1 sec (1/10)
# Aperture: f/25.0
# Focal Length: 19 mm
# ISO Speed: 320
Tek kareden yalancı HDR yaptım arkadaşlar. orijinaline yakın bir görüntü elde ettim. Çekim yaptığım alanda komyanla denizi doldurdukları için rahat çalışamadık.
PS ile boyutunu küçültüm ve imza ekledim.
İzleyen, yorum ve eleştiri yazan herkese şimdiden teşekkürler.
Herkese iyi bir hafta sonu diliyorum.
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Been wanting to shoot here for the last 6 months .....and only NOW !!!!
At 36 metres above Henderson Road, Henderson Waves is the highest pedestrian bridge in Singapore. It was built to connect the two hills of Mount Faber and Telok Blangah Hill.
The bridge has a unique wave-form made up of seven undulating curved steel “ribs” that alternately rise over and under its deck. The curved “ribs” form alcoves that function as shelters with seats within.
Slats of yellow balau wood, an all-weather timber found in South-East Asia, are used in the decking. Look out for carvings on the slats marking the height you are at on various points along the bridge.
The wave-forms will be lit with attractive LED light from 7pm to 2am daily, giving the bridge an illuminative glow.
DRI (smart objects): 7 exposures. + Manual blending of 2 additional exposures with the composite . NO Filters. Shot in the bluhour
The sun finally decided to show up after almost 3 weeks. I went to Kirkland waterfront hoping to get some beautiful sunset. It was hazy and cloudless, all the boats were parked away for the winter-- not exactly what I had in mind. In a distance, you can see the Seattle downtown skyline. They should build some crazy tall skyscrapers, photographers will definitely benefit. :)
This shot was taken 40 minutes after sunset.
Canon EOS 5D
25 sec at f/7.1
ISO 100
16 mm (16.0-35.0mm)
I want to do more seascape photography. There is something about moving water that sucks me in. I want to thank Mr. Patrick Smith for his photostream which inspired me. He has some of the best seascape images I have ever seen, and definitely is one of the top notch photographers here on Flickr. He generously puts up detailed descriptions of where, when, and how he took each of his photos. It's a learning experience viewing all his amazing work, as well as great motivation.
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Ho riunito in questa scena :la storica rolleiflex con la quale ho scattato l' atrio di Villa Pignatelli a SanGiorgio, il cielo procidano ripreso con la Nikon, il programma Bryce che adoro e l'acqua virtuale e marina, in sintesi il mio mondo.
La foto dell' atrio , duplicata e ribaltata mi ha confermato la piena funzionalità della gloriosa Rolleiflex.