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Happy Tall Ship Tuesday everyone! LOL
What:
The tall ship "STV Unicorn", a 118' schooner.
Where:
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
When:
During the Tall Ships Festival of 2009
About:
From the website:
Built in Holland in 1947, STV Unicorn partners with Sisters Under Sail Corporation to deliver a non-profit leadership development program for teenage girls, whose mission is to build confidence, enhance self-esteem, develop social conscience and teach the value of sisters working together towards a common goal. The vessel welcomes young women from around the globe to sail aboard with Unicorn's all-female professional crew. Unicorn also partners with BeamPines Inc., a Human Resources Consulting Firm in New York City, to offer on-board executive development and team building programming. Chart Your Course, an on-board women's leadership program, is just one of the successful executive programs that has brought together executive women from Fortune 100 Companies to small business owners.
Flag: USA
Rig: Topsail Schooner
Class: B
Homeport: Clinton, New Jersey
Normal Cruising Waters: Long Island Sound, New England
Sparred Length: 118'
Draft: 96'
Sail Area: 9,688 square feet
Hull: Steel
Links:
Tall Ships Festival: www.tallshipsnovascotia.com/
STV Unicorn website: www.tallshipunicorn.com
Explore #277, August 4th, 2009
About
From the vault.
It's not easy shooting a sunset through a plane window as we climb above the clouds. I reckon I had about 25 seconds to get this shot, and that included getting my camera from the overhead lockers while were we climbing!
How great were these golden cotton buds!
We were chasing the sunset almost all the way home... its was neat, probably the longest 'blue hour' I've ever seen.
Enjoy.
- Canon 50D.
- ISO 100, f9, 1/200.
- Canon 24-70 f/2.8 L lens.
Processing
- WB Adjustments.
- Increased Blacks.
Location: Barangay Caliclic ,Samal Island
Davao del Norte
*Taken from the rest house of my friend Marivic Quiambao-Pascual .
HAVE A HAPPY TUESDAY TO ALL !
What the Champs Elysees and the arc de triumph is for the people in Paris
is the Ludwigstrasse and the victory gate for the people in munich. (Pretty likely it was also copied from Paris). I worked there at this place during my study times and it was all the time nice for me to cross the street exactly at this point day and night ;-)
For the story & technique behind this shot, please visit my blog: world.werner-kunz.com
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My husband's rock from when he was little. :) Florabella Textures: Champagne 30% (overlay), Tea Stained 25% (overlay), and "Vintage Autumn" 20% from Set II (ready soon)... see my profile ♥
So I was recently tagged by both PollyPreppyPants and Gareth Weeks! This is a little "party" I had that involved Guitar Hero, tequila, whiskey and security not doing much of securing!
Here are 10 things are may not know about me:
1. I'm 25, very soon to be 26
2. I've been to Disneyworld 3 times
3. I went to college an hour from Canada but never went there
4. I can speak German, and am learning Italian
5. I just left my beloved Blackberry for an iPhone (great decision!)
6. I own 902 DVD's
7. I played baseball for 17 years
8. I'm a financial analyst for a global organization
9. I don't like to sleep in, it wastes too much of the day
10. I love to travel more than anything!
Thank you friends, for all of your views and comments!!!
Back to the HDR tomorrow!
Explored August 1, #479
6 pictures Stitched Panorama/Vertorama
To be there is a gift but to fly in the middle is magic
I have had 2 flight, one the evening and one the morning.
This one was the morning one.
Thanks to:
Pilote KLOSEK Wlodzimierz co pilote WALCZAK Rysiek
for the invitation to fly on them Polish hot-air balloon
and to
Claudine and Alain
for them last minutes hospitality.
Between ground and sky , I count 182 balloons!!! + all the others who take off before us.
"...A noite - potranca zaina
de nuvens empelegada -
perde o rumo em disparada
na direção do sem-fim...
E quando o baio da aurora
clareia a pampa da vida,
eu nada mais sei de mim,
eu nada mais sei de mim..."
Trecho de "Reculutando lembranças", de Antonio Carlos Machado
Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
Another multiple me experiment!
Explored July 31, #57
Thanks a lot for all of your comments and views, and have a great weekend!
Explore #86 on Friday July 31, 2009
Khu has told me this many times… Here we are at a lovely spot I love and go to see many times. Its near Hang Da village, where most are master basket weavers who supply the region. Here she said again “I can see the spirits now…”
The Black Hmong are the 3rd largest minority in Vietnam with nearly 900,000 people. In the Sapa region there are about 35,000 Black Hmong residing in the surrounding 17 villages and they account for about 50% of the area population. Most reside at an altitude of 1,600 – 1,700 meters above sea level in this stunningly beautiful region they call “the city above the clouds”. The Hmong started migrating to Vietnam from China in the last 300 years.
In this region about half the Hmong are Catholic and half animistic. They live of the land growing rice and corn and they all believe in the spirits.
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Nikon FA, Nikkor 35mm f/2, Fomapan Creative 200.
See you at the end of summer.
This picture will be exposed in the Trieste townhall from 1 to 8 September.
Just when I'm back.
Questa foto verrà esposta nella sala d'arte del Municipo di trieste al 1 al 8 Settembre.
Se siete della zona e volete vederla dal vivo. Io il primo sono lì.
Flickr Group Roulette is doing What The Fluff today -- real constructive criticism, rather than the regular "fluff" comments :) So I took some selfies, and kept the processing down to a minimum.
Explored :)
",,,A los baguales criollos, de azarosa
historia de fortín y tolderías,
hijos de aquellos que en lejanos días
nos dejara don Pedro de Mendoza...
Fui jinete de espuela y guardamonte
y le pago mí deuda al compañero:
al picazo, al lobuna, al estrellero
al de la selva virgen y al del monte...
Porque soy una crianza de capayos
con la leche robusta de la sierra,
le debía a los gauchos de mi tierra
el romance de todos sus caballos..."
Fragmento de "Romance de los caballos", de Buenaventura Luna
Fuente: gauchoguacho.blogspot.com/
San Antonio de Areco, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Amigos, visitem: www.visiteareco.com
Some quality time between Ken and Grayson.
(Challenge: How many places in the image above can you find "rule of thirds"?)
Regalo 6 preset di mia creazione" Vintage Look" per Lightroom, se siete interessati richiedete il link per il download tramite flickr mail ; )
I give 6 free presets created by me, "Vintage Look" for Lightroom, if you're interested, ask the link for download, via flickr mail. ; )
So, as my last, and only other, self portrait was quite well received, I thought I'd try another, and as shots where I get my feet wet often turn out well I decided to incorporate that as well by deliberately getting my feet wet this time, but there is more to this than meets the eye. This is where I grew up and I spent many a day by the harbour, beach and sea in North Berwick, however this was a pretty special sunset and there was an additional treat in store; as I stood for 30 seconds while this shot was taking, I saw a splash out to sea and then another, and then I saw something I've never seen in all my years standing looking out over this view... a pod of dolphins. For some of you that might be a common sight but not here... a very magical moment.
Oh and this was with my new camera :o)
This shot is dedicated to Yasmin Ahmad, who was one of the best directors from Malaysia. Sadly, she suffered a stroke and passed away last week.
Do check this out if you got the time: Funeral. This is one of my favourite commercials directed by Yasmin.
RIP Yasmin.
I've seen countless versions of this kind of shot and have always wanted to try one - regardless of how much of a cliche it might be.
The title should be humorous to anyone who knows a bit of French. For those of you who are Franco-impaired, eau is French for water....and it's pronounced "oh". Besides, calling this pic "Hair Spray" was just too obvious, making it even more of a cliche. At least I have what I think is an original title, even if the pic idea isn't so original.
Whoever did this style of shot first certainly deserves kudos for inspiring a lot of wannabe photographers.
Thanks to my young cousin Claire who was a very cooperative first-time model.
Explored, July 28, 2009 #5
It was sweet seeing these gentle marine mammals.
I remember giving my wife a manatee toy ( Dugong) when we were still dating.
We stayed here for a while and they were being fed with fresh cabbages when we left.
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Exposure Program: Manual
Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 23 mm
ISO Speed: 500
Also? Adobe Photoshop Elements presets -of a fashion. Until I created the 0rated Presets I had no clue Elements existed. Never heard of it, never used it. I've spent the last couple of days playing with Elements, trying to get the 0rated Presets to work. They do not. However there is a way around it.
Free Presets for PS Elements (6&7) are now available for download off the blog!
How strong is the man whose strength is in You,
In whose heart are the highways to Zion !
They go from strength to strength ,
Every one of them appears before God in Zion .
Psalm 84:5,7
FP & Explore #27
Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, let go of what you can't change. Kiss slowly, play hard, forgive quickly, take chances, give everything and have no regrets. Life's too short to be anything.....but happy.
Enjoy your Monday, my Flickr Friends! ♥
Listen:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKAPO_nYV1o&feature=related
Oggi tutti insieme cercheremo di imparare
Come fanno per parlare fra di loro gli animali
- Come fa il cane?
- Bau!
- E il gatto?
- Miao!
- L’asinello?
- Hi! Ho!
- La mucca?
- Muuu…!
- La rana?
- Cra!
- La pecora?
- Beee…!
E il coccodrillo? E il coccodrillo?
Il coccodrillo come fa?
Non c’e nessuno che lo sa
Si dicce mangi troppo
Non metta mai il cappotto
Che con i denti punga
Che molto spesso pianga
Pero quando e tranquillo
Come fa ’sto coccodrillo
Il coccodrillo come fa?
Non c’e nessuno che lo sa
Si arrabbia ma non strilla,
Sorseggia camomilla
E mezzo addormentato
Se ne va
Guardo sui giornali
Non c’e scritto niente
Sembra que il problema
Non importi alla gente
Ma se per caso a l mondo
C’e qualcuno che lo sa
La mia domanda
E ancora questa qua:
Il coccodrillo come fa?
…
.en translation
Today we will try to learn all together
How the animals can talk to each other
- What sound makes the dog?
- Bau!
- And the cat?
- Meow!
- The little donkey?
- Hi! Ho!
- The cow?
- Muuu…!
- The frog?
- Cra!
- The sheep?
- Beee …!
And what about the crocodile?
How does it sound the crocodile?
There’s no one who knows
They say he eats too much
They say he never wears his coat
They say he stings with his teeth
They say he often cries
But then, when he is quiet
How does it sound that crocodile?
From the Official Site:
Along the Great Ocean Road and beyond, you will be able to experience some of the world's most breathtaking coastal regions. See huge cliffs, raging surf, tranquil bays, lush rainforests,and fascinating wildlife.
Details:
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mk II
Lens: Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM
Exposure: 13 exposures (-2,-1.66.-1.33,-1,-.66,-.33,0,+.33,+.66,+1,+1.33,+1.66+2 EV)
Aperture: f/18
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Accessories: Manfrotto 190XB Tripod, Manfrotto 322RC2 Heavy Duty Grip Ball Head, Canon RC1 Wireless Remote
Date and Time: 26 July 2009 7.46am
Post Processing:
Imported into Lightroom
Exported 13 exposures to Photomatix
Tonemap generated HDR using detail enhancer option
Re-imported back into Lightroom
Exported HDR and 0 EV exposure to CS3 and layered HDR on top of 0 EV
Brush tool to even out the sky
Noise reduction layer
Background layer and healing brush tool to remove dust gremlins
Curves layer for contrast
Hues/Saturation layer (reds, greens, cyans, blues)
Background layer and quick selection tool to select rock-face
Unsharp Mask filter on selection
Re-imported back into Lightroom
Chromatic aberration adjustment in Light room
Vibrance adjustment in Lightroom
Added keyword metadata
Exported as 2500 x 1667 JPEG
When you sleeping & awaken & open your eye from asleep , U can seen this scene .
Have a nice week , everyone :D
#207/365 The Tour de France finale stage is today. This shot is a tribute to Lance Armstrong. If all goes well, he should finish 2nd or 3rd overall. If you don't know the history here is run down. Lance survived testicular cancer, a tumor that metastasized to his brain and lungs in 1996. Then starting in 1999 he won a record of seven stright Tour de France titles. He then retired only to come out of retirement this year at the age of 37. This guy really is superhuman. This year's tour was really dramatic and I believe he could have won it this year. He announced next year that he is putting together his own team (Team Radio Shack) and will ride again to try to win. Hope everyone has a great Sunday...Enjoy Life!
Explore # Top 6
But than did not register... yet :)
Wonderful people... honest, fun loving, hard working, enjoy life and beauty… existentialists...
The Black Hmong are the 3rd largest minority in Vietnam with nearly 900,000 people. In the Sapa region there are about 35,000 Black Hmong residing in the surrounding 17 villages and they account for about 50% of the area population. Most reside at an altitude of 1,600 – 1,700 meters above sea level in this stunningly beautiful region they call “the city above the clouds”. The Hmong started migrating to Vietnam from China in the last 300 years.
In this region about half the Hmong are Catholic and half animistic. They live of the land growing rice and corn and they all believe in the spirits.
See more Hmong portraits here
Taken at Elephant Trunk Hill Park
Guilin City, Guangxi Provice China
"The Elephant Hill, lies on the conjunction of the Li River and the peach blossom river in Guilin City. The whole hill looks exactly like a huge elephant stretching its trunk drinking water by the Li River. It is the masterpiece of karst landscape, composed of pure limestone deposited on seabed 360million years ago.
Have a Wonderful Weekend to Everyone!!!
#206/365 Before leaving worked I wanted to mess with flash and try to balance it with the ambient room light. Martha was a good sport and stood in. Holding the camera in one hand while holding a monopod with the flash in the other hand. Used a DIY beauty dish..only because that was the only thing I had available (umbrella shaft was broke). Have a great weekend!
Strobist: sb800 on a monopod with a diy beauty dish. Setup shot
Smoking being a major risk factor for heart attacks, strokes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema, and cancer.
So for your health stop smoking!
This is one of my old shot's, hope it's fine!
This Château is a castle in the French seaport of Boulogne-sur-Mer. It's build over a Roman Wall in the 13th century. The wall is still visible in the basement.
There's a 'myth' that in World War one or two (I can't remember, but I think WWII), that some people escaped out of town through a secret tunnel. Cool 'medieval' story right ;)
After World War II it housed a prison and nowadays it's a museum.
Yeah, Frontpage! Thank you, thank you, thank you! :D
The Geiranger fjord (Geirangerfjorden) is a fjord in the Sunnmøre region, located in the southernmost part of the county Møre og Romsdal in Norway. It is a 15 km long branch of the Storfjord (Great Fjord). At the head in the fjord lies the small village of Geiranger.
The fjord is one of Norway's most visited tourist sites and has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, jointly with Nærøyfjord, since 2005, although this status is now threatened by the disputed plans to build power lines across the fjord.
The Geirangerfjord is under constant threat from the mountain Åkerneset which is about to erode into the fjord. A collapse would produce a tsunami, hitting several nearby towns including Geiranger and Hellesylt in about ten minutes.
Along the fjord's sides there lie a number of now abandoned farms. Some restoration has been made by the 'Storfjordens venner' association (see external link below). The most commonly visited among these are Skageflå, Knivsflå, and Blomberg. Skageflå may also be reached on foot from Geiranger, while the others require a boat excursion. The fjord is also host to several impressive waterfalls.
A car ferry, which doubles as a sightseeing trip, is operated by Fjord1. It runs lengthwise along the fjord between the small towns of Geiranger and Hellesylt.
- Wikipedia
One big perk about living in Japan is the food. Pretty much hard to get a bad meal here even on the cheap.
In addition its not hard to buy (mostly) local grown fresh veggies and fruits at local stands all throughout the city/country.
Non-HDR and non-artsy shot taken with my new Pentax K-7 of one such stand while I was bicycling to the in-laws last week.
Tokyo, Japan
~General Douglas MacArthur
This is a shot of the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial, right on the University of Pittsburgh's campus.
Check it out large!
Explored July 23, #157
Thank you so much for all of your comments and views, I really appreciate them!!!
Capture from De-O-Siam Plaza 1st floor thai sweet zone , Bangkok , Thailand
ขนมครก เป็นขนมไทยโบราณชนิดหนึ่ง ทำจากแป้ง น้ำตาล และกะทิ แล้วเทลงบนเตาหลุม เวลาจะทานต้องแคะออกมา เป็นแผ่นวงกลม แล้วมักวางประกบกันตอนรับประทาน
Kanom Krog - kind of ancient Thai sweetmeat , contribute flour , sugar , coconut cream and mix it and then pour into tray and sprinkle anything example :-
- green onion
- coconut
- corn
- sesame
- taro
The battle of the sexes and of course the men were all drunk so the ladies cut them down to size in no time!
Pirate Days : featuring these talented artists and they put on a terrific show!
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From the Vault.
Midway Beach, Gisborne, New Zealand.
The tide was low and the clouds were rolling in, I was amazed by these cool cloud formations, a reflection was a must.
Aotearoa, New Zealand is the land of the long white cloud.
Place names are often difficult to translate, and the original derivation of Aotearoa is not known for certain. Many meanings have been given for the name. The word can be broken up as: aotea = cloud, and roa = long, (white being added in the translation as it is the most common colour of cloud) and it is accordingly most often glossed as "The land of the long white cloud".
Seen this shot before? well yes you have, I first posted it some 6 months ago, seen here, for that shot I used my father as a model. So here is the simple version.... and yeah, its pushed a little further this time.
** Thanks to everyone for visiting my stream **
Enjoy.
- Canon 400D.
- ISO 100, f22, 1/25, 10mm
- Sigma 10-20 f4/5.6 lens.
- Tripod.
Processing
- Saturation.
- Contrast.
- Soft ligt layer, 100% in PS.
- Unsharp, 100% in PS.
- Increased exposure in LR to bring back the clouds.
- Made a coffee
About New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (commonly called the North Island and the South Island), and numerous smaller islands, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands. The indigenous Māori named New Zealand Aotearoa, commonly translated as The Land of the Long White Cloud. The Realm of New Zealand also includes the Cook Islands and Niue (self-governing but in free association); Tokelau; and the Ross Dependency (New Zealand's territorial claim in Antarctica).
New Zealand is notable for its geographic isolation: it is situated about 2000 km (1250 miles) southeast of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and its closest neighbours to the north are New Caledonia, Fiji and Tonga. During its long isolation New Zealand developed a distinctive fauna dominated by birds, a number of which became extinct after the arrival of humans and the mammals they introduced.
The population of New Zealand is mostly of European descent; the indigenous Māori are the largest minority. Asians and non-Māori Polynesians are also significant minority groups, especially in urban areas. The most commonly spoken language is English.
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Buttercups with a bluey background....i only noticed the little spider after i had taken the photo! :-)
Re-posted 17th April 2011
The weather is gorgeous in Somerset today.....hope all my friends have a lovely day!!
Love Carl xxxx
For all you bronzediggers, don't dig there, there is no bronze out there
Hehehe :)
Believe it or not, I made this shot 90 degrees clock counterwise in comparison with my previous photo. If you look to the left, you can still see some of the golden field.
Thanks people, for my 10th photo on Frontpage! :D
FULL size for non-flickr visitors
This odd colored dragonfly caught my eye while I walked by, I had to stop.
First is the bright green colour, then the smoothness in the eyes. The eyes look out of focus until you see the original size that is available. I'm wondering if this is a sign of being young for a dragonfly?
TYPE UPDATE : Green Darner dragonfly
Many recent visitors asked about my shot settings and stuff, so... for this shot -
90mm macro with a 3X Close-Up filter, 430EX w/ lightchute.
Canon EOS 40D
20/07/2009 16:25:55
Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/250Sec.
Av(Aperture Value) F27
ISO Speed 200
Lens 90mm
Focal Length 90.0 mm
Image size 3888 x 2592 (cropped to 2592 X 2592)
Have a spectacular Tuesday to my friends around the globe clicking on their mouse.
Sorry for the double Insect load, but this afternoon, as you can see, I found another interesting critter with really neat features. Hope it's enjoyed.
BIG HELLO from Ottawa, Canada.