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There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the soul.
- Victor Hugo
~ Federico Fellini
Hey hey hey! Im back! =D I was away cos my internet went dead all of a sudden, the service provider blocked my account & changed its package without any notification... can you believe that. Anyways it has been resolved now & Im glad to be back to flickrland =)
Okay so this is my first shot processed with Lightroom. I messed up things there pretty good... i mean bad.. haha! =D
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Strobe info:
Camera left SB900 shoot through umbrella with green gel at 1/16 power
and SB900 with diffuser on my right hand at 1/128 power
Music: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion
Ok, something different today. Enough of these shots with old abandoned places and creepy green tiles :-) They will continue soon enough.
I am currently running out of new material and ideas. That's not too bad, because I still have a vault full of pictures from Russia, New Zealand and USA :-) This one is another one from Chuzhir, Lake Baikal, Irkutskaya Oblast, Russia, Asia, Earth....
We spend there four nights. And I always tried to capture the sunset... On the first night it was already dark when we reached the little island in the lake (Ol'chon). The other 3 nights I always tried to get the photos, but usually we were too late... Though this day I was just about in time to get a photo of Kai before the sun was setting behind the mountains. (We had this one place that we went to all the four evenings)
Canon EOS 50D
EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
1sec • f/22 • 10 mm • ISO 100
HITECH Filter ND Grad
B+W CPL
RAW proccessed with Digital Photo Pro
TIFF proccessed with Adobe Photoshop CS3
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There are some juxtapositions that you just don't see every day.
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OK, days after posting I will add some context. Beside a fire station in downtown Toronto there is a gay bar called "The Pump House", which seems to be decorated with fire station artifacts and "hunky fire fighter" pictures. I was walking past one day, and it kind of caught my eye that there was a huge slobbering camel there on the patio, with a crowd around. That kind of thing does tend to grab your attention. As it turned out, the bar had done some fundraising (or something like that) for the Toronto Zoo. For reasons I don't fully understand, the camel, complete with his/her own keeper, was there visiting the bar. It seemed to be worth snapping a few photos. The camel's tongue was hanging out almost constantly, and while taking pictures I happened to notice the "hunky fire fighter" poster on the fence behind. So I started shooting to try and get this juxtaposition. The "old sepia photo" treatment was used partly because it's amusing for this, but mainly because the picture wasn't very sharp and vivid. But I thought I had to post something from that day: how often do you see a camel on the patio of a gay bar, sticking out its tongue with a pin-up poster behind? Not every day, that's for sure. :-)
Oct 20, 2010, look for this photo in the next Nature's Best Photography Magazine as an honorable mention in the Windland Smith Rice Awards, Ocean's category!
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It is amazing what cloud layers moving in different directions for three minutes can do to a sky! 10-Stop circular ND. No HDR! Trinidad Beach, just north of Eureka, California! High tide.
See the 1200 pixel version!
www.flickr.com/photos/patrick-smith-photography/353625805...
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Settings etc.:
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Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 17-40L @ 20
3-Minute exposure @F11
LEE soft ND grad (100x150mm) 0.9 + 0.6
Lee foundation kit filter holder with Lee 77mm adapter ring
Hoya ndx400 (10-stop) very dark circular ND filter, very little vignetting @20mm wide!
ISO 200 (I had to bump up the ISO to keep it at 3 minutes)
RAW file processed with Capture One by Phase One
TIFF file processed with Photoshop
Bare feet (soft sand)
See my first upload of the series for the trials and tribulations of getting to this spot at this time.
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So, as the sunset continued on, the colors became more intense. I usually wait to go for the long exposure once it is too dark for my shorter ones, but I have my new 10-stop filter so I have to give it a go. So why not use it while there is still good light in the sky? This exposure started about 5 minutes before sunset. The lower layer of cloud was moving one way while the higher clouds were moving another way. I had no idea it would turn out like this. I like the long streaks from a long exposure, but here, a streak would begin and then get erased by another cloud moving in to block it. The higher layer had all the colors, so the lower clouds would stop the streaks of colors. I'm going to experiment with crossing cloud layers more, now that I see what they do.
It was getting a bit darker, so I bumped the ISO up to 200 because my usual ISO 50 would have meant a 10 minute exposure perhaps. I studied where the waves broke on average, so I would know where to put the tripod so that over 3 minutes, a reflection would be visible.
I knew that in order to get reflections, I'd have to get hit many times by waves, so before starting the exposure I dug the tripod into the sand about 1 foot and let a few wave cycles wash through to stabilze the tripod. The full res image is totally sharp.
The map shows exactly where this is.
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My first attempt at HDR imaging, handheld shot of boats on the Carenage, in St. George's, Grenada. I'm loving this already...
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GÜLÜMSE
Bir fidanken büyüttün mü ağacı ?
diplerinde yeşil otlar çıkardın mı hiç ?
Örneğin su verdin mi onlara
Hadi gülyüzlüm çıkalım dağlara,
ORadan gökyüzüne
Toplayalım yıldızları
Aydınlat ! Aydıntlat habersiz karanlıktaki loş ışıkları.
Senle geçen günlerim bir masal gibi
Yatağımdaki sıcaklık gibi.
Hadi ne duruyorsun
Arada Bir aç pencereni
Yine geç bizim sokaktan
Bir başak sarısıydı ellerin gözlerimde.
Bir başak sarısıydı ellerin gözlerimde.
Hayatı Tutunurken tırnak uçlarımdan çıkan kanları hiç düşündün mü !
Gül Yüzlüm !
Burnuma doğru bir barut kokusu;
Sanki ölümün son iki dakikası
Son iki dakikasını yaşarcasına soğuk tenim !
Ellerim titrek gözlerim marur.
Bak gökkubbe yarılırcasına haykırıyor üzerimize doğru.
mavi bir pırıltı ışıldıyor..
Sadece ! Sadece !
Ellerimizle diktiğimiz tohumlar için
Sadece ! SAdece !
ikimizin ürperttiği özgürlük için ;
Pervasızca bırakıyor yağmur kendini.
Hadi Gülyüzlüm gene Gülümse !
Ali AYDOĞMUŞ LİSE SON NİSAN AYINDA YAZILMIŞTIR !
ELİMDEKİ EN ESKİ KAYITLI ŞİİRİM.... YORUMLARINIZI MERAK EDİYORUM
I love how the other ones are (or seem to be) watching him!
Explored @ 7! (Highest position) Thanks!!
Contrast and Cropping on PS, no other edits.
A Scoglitti, per la festa di S.Giuseppe, la gente prepara immense tavole imbandite ("le tavolate di S.Giuseppe) e le donne fanno "il pane di S.Giuseppe", a forma di mano, di bastone, di palma, ecc.
Le case vengono aperte al pubblico, che ammira le tavole ricche di cibi di ogni tipo..e il pane di S.Giuseppe viene offerto a tutti i visitatori.
La mattina della festa il cibo viene benedetto dal parroco del paese, e un uomo e una donna, vestiti da Maria e S.Giuseppe, girano per la case, bussano alle porte ('a tuppuliata) e alla terza "tuppuliata" viene loro aperta la porta.
Si siedono alle tavole e viene loro offerta pasta e legumi, e il pane.
Il cibo eccedente viene poi regalato ai poveri, o venduto all'asta, i cui proventi vanno poi alla chiesa principale del paese.
Il significato della festa si perde nella notte dei tempi, ma in genere gli studiosi di tradizioni popolari spiegano che l'offerta di cibo ai santi, e ai poveri, rappresenta l'offerta di cibo (simbolo di vita e di calore familiare) ai propri cari che non ci sono più.
Le donne con cui ho avuto modo di parlare in quei giorni, mi raccontavano inoltre che le tavole fino a pochi anni fa erano molto più povere, e che i cibi offerti erano cibi semplici, pasta e legumi, ortaggi, pane.
Mentre oggi il desiderio di mostrare a tutta la città la tavola più bella, ha trasformato questa consuetudine in una sorta di "gara" alla tavola più ricca. Dolci tipici e pesce, anche pregiato, hanno cominciato a prendere il posto dei cibi offerti in passato.
Sulle tavole però sono rimasti fino ad oggi alcuni cibi presenti da sempre, in particolare agrumi e carciofi, cibi aspri e amari, simbolo delle asprezze e amarezze della vita.
I’m not sure why we’re so drawn to sunsets and why they always make us feel good. We see plenty of them in our lifetime, and we expect vivid colors, but we’re still awe-struck each time we see them. Is it the completion of the day, or how it makes us feel like we’re able to relax finally after a day of intense sunlight and stress?
I often reference those cheesy Corona commercials when talking about just relaxing for a while. I find it hard to really sit still and do nothing, even enjoying a sunset. I don’t know if that’s ADD, restlessness, or my diet of 4 daily cups of coffee, but I’m learning if I really want some clarity, peace of mind and to hear what He has planned for me, then I must dedicate a little bit of time each week to allow my mind and body to go on screen saver for a while to just digest my mind just wander….
I have so much to do… I’m hungry…… sushi sounds good… sushi is expensive… man, I need to pay off that credit card… I haven’t played cards in a while………… poker… poker face… man I don’t get this Lady Gaga… who names themselves after what a baby says..... I remember when Dylan was a baby… I wonder what Dylan is doing… Is Caiden’s homework done… I remember having homework… wish I had homework instead of housework… man I need to pull those weeds… weed.. where’s my brother… haha, one of my favorite movies is Oh Brother Where Art Thou…. I need more pomade for my hair… I could get some at the store… while I’m there, I could get some food.. I’m still hungry………..
CPK - BBQ chicken chop salad today....
OH, I almost forgot to mention, my lovely photo assistant and flash holder was none other than Jill's Junk who brought her junk and met me down at the pier to help photograph and light this lovely couple. She let me take a few test fires of her Canon 5DM2 which I will never admit in public that I liked, but it had a real snappy feel to it. Nice to meet you Jill!!
Strobist - Vivitar 285HV shot at half power camera right, remotely triggered with Phottix PT-04II ebay triggers
هر ذره که در هوا و در هامونست
نیکو نگرش که همچو ما مجنونست
هر ذره اگر خوش است اگر محزونست
سرگشته خورشید خوش بیچونست
حضرت مولانا
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تقدیم به دوست مهربانم
مصطفی زمانی عزیزم
به همراه بهترین آرزوها
سبز و شاد باشی
PS. Poem by Mowlana,Tthe Great Persian Philosopher-poet.
I watched these two "love" birds for about half an hour. They would be close like this and then swim quite far apart and then call each other and swim back to one another again.
Nikon D90
Camera Raw
More That 100.000 View's in my Pic's
and 20.000 on Galery Thanks!!!!!
EXPLORE!!!! #430 -12 de Mayo 2009-
Agradecimiento especial a Jose Miguel
www.flickr.com/photos/unasinruidoporfavor/
por su magistral clase del procesado en Raw (es un maestro)
Gracias Chato!
La vera storia di come i papaveri rossi furono assassinati!!!!!
in explore 11may09 - highest position: 5 on tuesday, may 12, 2009
#128/365 Post Process Fridays episode #15. This wonderful shot was taken by Ang, who was there to capture the return home of Mary Kim's husband who was on on deployment. I know it's been about a month, but welcome home Steve! Semper Fi! TGIF! HPPF! OPP! YEAH! YOU! KNOW! ME!
Laos is the most laid back country I have been to. You cannot take it at your pace. You have to go with the flow - meander around the town on foot, take a boat down the Mekong, get up early in the morning to watch the monks receive alms. This is as close to the romantic Indochina you can get.
The Mekong is born 4000km from the sea, on the Tibetan plateau. More of the river courses through Laos than any other SE Asian country - the entire country parallels its course. It runs through most of the major cities and is a key source of livelihood (direct or indirect) for the country.
Luang Prabang, Laos
2009
A couple of yellow tulips stand together, with another patch of red tulips just off in the background. Photo taken in my neighbor's back yard this past weekend.
Like I said, I'm not good at taking flower photos. Nor, am I too sure about the cross processing I added here. But....in the spirit of Bokeh Wednesday, I decided to share this photo anyway.
HBW Everybody!!
Hong Kong Flower Show 2009
Victoria Park
Causeway Bay Hong Kong
Happy Pretty Pink Tuesday to Everyone!!!
EXPLORE & FRONT PAGE, May 05, 2009
Thank you very much to Everyone and to Aku for saving me the Screen shot.
#124/365 We try to go out to eat as a family once every several weeks and when I do I try to get a shot of where we go. So here is one more to add to my resturants set. This is actually the second shot from this place. I'll have to make it a point to go somewhere else next time. Hope everyone had a great weekend.
♥ FP & EXPLORE ♥..... May 3, 2009...... Best Position # 31..... Thank you, Friends!
Here's a photograph of my horse "Sam". He is around 21 years old now.. and still just as handsome! No one has ridden him in over 10 years and he is quite content at being a "pasture pet". He has a wonderful personality and loves apples, pears and carrots... of course.
Notice the beautiful dogwood blossoms in the background. They have been gorgeous this spring... pure and white.
Thank you so much for your visits to my stream. I have been so busy the past few days and have gotten behind on my comments. I am blessed to have such wonderful, loyal friends...like YOU!
Had a great day shooting some beautiful countryside today with fellow Flickrite Jeff
Random music choice: Stevie Ray Vaughan - Little Wing right click and open in new window/tab
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CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM/SUGGESTIONS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME
a very long time ago (before email) a friend told me that he preferred to write letters over using the telephone. when i asked him why, he told me to imagine all the consecutive positions of a letter in space -- and to visualize them together. they'd make a kind of worm-like object in space. then imagine it touching the author's hand on one and and the recipient's hand on the other.
he felt that, in that way, he was indirectly actually touching his friend's hand on the other side.
that's the first time i visualized time as a fourth dimension -- if it is. many types of images come to mind on this theme.
there was a video someone had made where he actually gathered people of every age -- the youngest was newborn and the oldest was in her eighties, i believe -- lined them up without clothing, and filmed as his camera want past them. i've searched to find it, unsuccessfully at the moment
i took this at monastiraki station yesterday (geotagged on its flickr page) after a wonderful mayday with friends, strolling around the foot of the acropolis, and having a delicious lunch at monastiraki's cafe avissinia. it helped that i had some ouzo (on ice, with lemon soda. yum.)
this is a 10-second hand-held exposure.
complete image description with links on the blog: toomanytribbles.blogspot.com/2009/05/train-of-thought.html
Nikon D 80 17-55 f 2,8
I offer you flowers my friend !♥ ♥ ♥
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La Brière, ou Grande Brière est drainée par le dernier affluent de la Loire : le Brivet, qui se jette dans l'estuaire à la limite des communes de Saint Nazaire et Montoir de Bretagne.
Son territoire s'étend sur 490 km², dont 170 km² de zones humides, au cœur desquelles le marais de Grande Brière Mottière couvre à lui seul 70 km², qui compte 21 communes.
Les chalands et les chaumières : les deux particularités de la Brière
La chaumière est la maison en toit de chaume traditionnelle dans cette zone de marécage. A une époque où cette zone était transformée en ile à chaque saison hivernale, le chaume était la seule ressource disponible pour couvrir les toits des habitations.
Le Parc de Brière, soucieux de préserver ce précieux patrimoine collectif, poursuit son action : il met gratuitement à disposition son service de conseil architectural et alloue des aides régionales pour les constructions et rénovations de chaumières.
Les sites remarquables pour découvrir les chaumières :le village de Kerhinet à Saint Lyphard, entièrement restauré par le Parc naturel régional de Brière au début des années 70, le village de Kerbourg à Saint-Lyphard, Mayun à la Chapelle-des-Marais, l'île de Fédrun à Saint-Joachim, etc…
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La Brière, or Grande Brière is drained by the last tributary of the Loire: the Brivet, which flows into the estuary to the border between the towns of St. Nazaire and Montoir de Bretagne.
Its territory covers 490 km ², of which 170 km ² of wetlands in the heart of which the Grande Brière marsh Mottière alone covers 70 square kilometers, which has 21 municipalities.
Barges and cottages: two peculiarities of the Brière
The cottage is home to traditional roofs in that area of swamp. At a time when this area was transformed into island each winter, the stubble was the only resource available to cover the roofs of houses.
Brière Park, anxious to preserve this precious heritage, continues its work: it is free to offer its consulting services and architectural allocates regional aid for construction and renovations of cottages.
The places to discover the cottages: the village of Saint Kerhinet Lyphard, fully restored by the Parc Naturel Régional de Brière in the early 70s, the village of Saint-Kerbourg Lyphard, Mayun at the Chapelle des Marais, l Island Fédrun in St. Joachim, etc ...
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Explore FP on 30 Apr 2009. Highest position #9.
This image is dedicated to all of YOU, my dear FRIENDS! Thank you for your daily support and for your friendship!
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Suicide blonde
Was the colour of her hair
Like a cheap distraction
For a new affair
She knew it would finish
Before it began
Something tells me you lost the plan
You want to make her
Suicide blonde
Love devastation
Suicide blonde
You want to make her
Suicide blonde
Love devastation
Suicide blonde
She stripped to the beat
But her clothes stay on
White light everywhere
But you can't see a thing
Such a squeeze
A mad sad moment
Glory to you
Glory to you
Take me there
Take me there
Got some revelation
Put into your hands
Save you from your misery
Like rain across the land
Don't you see
The colour of deception
Turning your world around again
You want to make her
Suicide blonde
Love devastation
Suicide blonde
You want to make her
Suicide blonde
Love devastation
Suicide blonde
(Suicide blonde- INXS)
Piazza Navona in Rome.
(This photograph was taken by my friend Teresa)
...bright future...?
e x p l o r e d, 30 april, #4
f r o n t p a g e
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- Highest position in EXPLORE #47 on 30 April 2009 - Thanks all for the visit!
HDR #31 - Huffaz Lake at Darul Quran
Location, Date & Time:
Darul Quran JAKIM, Ampang Pecah, Kuala Kubu Bharu, Selangor, MALAYSIA.
07 April 2009 | 06:44 pm (+8GMT)
**Or download this place's .kml files (zipped) for Google Earth here!**
Canon EOS 350D + Kit Lens:
ISO100, f/14, focal length at 18mm, taken handheld.
Post Processing:
- Tone mapped HDR using details enhancer from 3 exposures RAW.
- Photoshop were used to do some Level, Brightness, Saturation, High Pass sharpen and dodge adjustment!
You:
All comments, criticism and tips for improvements are welcome.
Music:
Tak Seindah Sentuhan Mata by Nazrey Johani from album Nostalgia Memori The Zikr.
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I was lucky enough to get to shoot this bird crazy close, View Large on Black to see the resulting crazy detail on this tiny bird.
I think Juncos are just the cutest birds, don't you agree?
HBW All! ;-)))
Edit: the one with a blurry branch in the bokeh on the left has been voted off the island and replaced with the crop you see here. After three of you said something and knowing many more remained silent but felt the same, that was good enough for me. Thanks for the honest input all, I truly appreciate it!
“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart
that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry -- 'The Little Prince', 1943.
*** Make me happy... see it LARGE! ***
Tanah Lot Temple, Bali, Indonesia
Pura Tanah Lot (Tanah Lot Temple) is Hindu Temple.
Located about 20 km from Denpasar, the temple sits on a huge offshore rock which has been shaped continuously over the years by the ocean tide.
Tanah Lot means "Land in the Middle of the Sea" (in Balinese language) is a famous rock formation off the Indonesian island of Bali.
Note: It is a fantastic place to view beautiful dramatic sunsets. Every day at dusk, tourists throng the area to witness the magnificent silhouette of the temple against the glowing horizon.
Explore #212, April 28th, 2009
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From the vault. My first HDR in a while ;)
Taken one night after work from Kangaroo Point, QLD, just before the storm came over.
Enjoy.
- ISO 100, f9, 1/10, 10mm
- Sigma 10-20mm Lens.
- Tripod.
Processing
- HDR, 3 exposures [2,0,+2EV] shot in RAW/ISO100 at f9, using Sigma 10-20mm lens.
- Borders added using Lightroom 2.2
- Upsharp mask in Photoshop 6.0 (50%)
HDR
- Tone mapped using Photomatix HDR, in detail mode.
I love how the glass reflects the sky in this shot (another shot!) of the More London complex on London's South Bank.
~ A. P. Herbert
This ones for sweet & adorable Qirat for the lovely testimonial she wrote for me, thanks girl =) please do have a look at her stream & her natural talent.
Happy Pretty Pink Fluffy Tuesday =) | ♫ Listen ♫ | > Fluffiness <
Thanks to the amazing & incredibly talented v1nz for the song =P
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Explore #1 - Thanks a million everyone for your lovely comments & visits. =)
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- EXPLORE highest position #49 on 27 April 2009 - Thanks all for your kind visit =)
This shot was taken with the assistance of Mr.Buyie =)
Yeah! We know this is a boring shot. And we know a lot of people have done this before. We weren't even sure how to do it but finally figured it out. It took us about 50 shots to get it just right.
For this shot, my 580 EXII speedlite was used as a master on Buyie's 40D, while Buyie's 430EXII was used as a slave, put at the left side of the glass, and point it straight to the glass.
We used a black-coloured briefcase for the backround and a a piece of glass for the base.
A credit to Bro. Azli and Bro. Emran for the info of strobist setting.
Please see also Buyie's shot for the same object HERE...
Canon EOS 40D (Buyie's) + 28-80mm:
ISO500, f/4.5, 1/125", focal length at 37mm.
Strobist Info:
As mentioned above!
You:
All comments, criticism and tips for improvements (as usual) are welcome.
Me:
- 1st trial to shot lime splash and 1st trial to using strobist in my shot!
Music:
Apa Yang Kau Tahu by Rabbani from album Arah.
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