In May I traveled to the Big Island of Hawaii for a week long vacation and there were 2 things I was most looking forward to: scuba diving with the Manta Rays and seeing hot scalding lava. The trip delivered everything and more! A lot of back and forth decisions finally led my friends and I to sign up for an evening lava tour with Kalapani Cultural Tours.

The hike out to the lava wasn't too bad -- about 2 miles along mostly flat lava. Our guides LOVED to talk about the lava but unfortunately they couldn't seem to do it while we walked. We spent so much time stopped 'resting' that our arrival time started getting dangerously close to the best light. At first we came upon the surface flow -- where some of the lava had bubbled over and began to creep along the surface. After taking my picture 2 feet away from 2,000 degree lava I decided I wanted to go see the ocean flow.

The lava conditions change every day. A lava bench that was around yesterday may have fallen off and will be completely gone the next morning. When I arrived there was no safe viewing spot close up to the lava. I had to stay far back, high on a cliff, and used the 80-200mm telephoto to get nice and intimate with the lava. On this evening the lava was flowing so fast that there was a TON of steam everywhere. More steam than I would have liked.

As we watched the sun set, 2 new streams of lava broke through the tube and made their way down into the ocean. You can see them on the far right of the photo.

Check out my blog entry for more photos and more info on shooting the lava: blog.aaronmphotography.com/2013/07/18/big-island-lava-adv...

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PANORAMA DAL CAMPANILE DI GIOTTO.

A fianco del Duomo si trova il Campanile di Giotto, uno dei campanili più belli d'Italia. Alto 84 metri e di forma squadrata, risplende di marmi bianchi, rossi e verdi. Raggiungendo la cima del campanile, dopo 414 scalini, si potrà ammirare da vicino la Cupola del Brunelleschi e osservare un bellissimo panorama della città.

FOTOCOMPOSIZIONE DI 3 IMMAGINI.

CANON EOS 600D con ob. SIGMA 10-20 f./4-5,6 EX DC HSM.

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After I was taking the photos with the ND filter, the sun came out for a really short time. I liked the contrast between the warm light on the rocks in front, to the cold, metallic look of the background.

Here is the first one:

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Quedlinburg is a town located north of the Harz mountains, in the district of Harz in the west of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. In 1994 the medieval court and the old town was set on the UNESCO world heritage list.

In the innermost parts of the town a wide selection of half-timbered buildings from at least five different centuries are to be found (including a 14th-century structure, one of Germany's oldest), while around the outer fringes of the old town there are wonderful examples of Jugendstil buildings, dating from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Quedlinburg is one of the best-preserved medieval and renaissance towns in Europe, having escaped major damage in World War II. (Wikipedia)

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“Your ghost will walk, you lover of trees

(If our loves remain)

In an English lane,

By a cornfield-side a-flutter with poppies.”

happy sliders sunday everyone! ♥

Photos de mars

toutes les vagues ne montaient pas ainsi à hauteur de la route, et il y en avait certes de plus hautes, là-haut c'ètait tentant de s'y trouver, mais pour y avoir pris une énorme saucée, protégé l'APN juste à temps... c'était plus prudent de faire des photos du toit du gymnase,

je fais le ménage dans mon ordinateur, je trie des photos négligées. Plus de place pour les neuves!

Et ça rame...

Et il y en a plus à charger que je n'ai réellement de temps à y consacrer.

Je reviendrai quand j'aurai bien avancé, d'autant que j'ai plein d'autres occupations, ça n'avance pas assez vite.

Amitiés.

The Church of the Holy Rude is the second oldest building in Stirling, Scotland, after Stirling Castle. The church was founded in 1129 during the reign of David I (1124 - 1153) as the parish church of Stirling.

This makes the Church of the Holy Rude, Gloucester Abbey (now Cathedral) and Westminster Abbey the only churches in Britain still in use to this day that have been the sites of coronations.

HDR made from one handheld RAW

Up to 60 meters high cliffs in Algorta (a locality within the municipality of Getxo) and some sandy beaches, shape the image of Getxo a city near Bilbao in the province of Biscay, Basque Country, Spain.

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Prometti a te stesso di parlare di bontà, bellezza, amore a ogni persona che incontri; di far sentire a tutti i tuoi amici che c'è qualcosa di grande in loro; di guardare al lato bello di ogni cosa e di lottare perché il tuo ottimismo diventi realtà.

Madre Teresa di Calcutta

Here is the end of "Anywhere Is" first adventure. Fasten seatbelts, we are preparing to touch down.

The pano was not intended. Anything of what I have captured during those 45 minutes under dark Canary skies 2200 meters above sea level was not planned.

During the processing I have noticed that all three segments of Milky Way have some degree of overlap. So the it was tempting to try and stich them. I'm happy with this attempt. Obviously I need yet another panel to cover the area between Cygnus and Saggitarius.

Aquisition and processing: see here and here.

Pano stiching was made in Photoshop. I have used gradient visibility masks to avoid "magnetic catastrophes" :) in the areas affected by lens distortion.

Aaaargh! Flickr's "next" and "previous" buttons make notes that are close to border of wide picture unreadable and uneditable in Google Chrome...

Fall colours of the beeches in Rotenberg, Stuttgart

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He de reconocer que soy un enamorado de Lastres y mas si uno puede disfrutar de un amanecer como este que espero sea de vuestro agrado.

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5ª International Photo Hangout Piloña 2013

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Kilchurn Castle is a ruined 15th and 17th century structure on a rocky peninsula at the northeastern end of Loch Awe, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Access to the Castle is sometimes restricted by higher-than-usual levels of water in the Loch, at which times the site effectively becomes a temporary island.

It was the ancestral home of the Campbells of Glen Orchy, who later became the Earls of Breadalbane also known as the Breadalbane family branch, of the Clan Campbell. The earliest construction on the castle was the towerhouse and Laich Hall

With storm clouds approaching from the west I was ready to give up on the nights plans for photographing the super full moon, but fortunately David Wang was already on the road when I called and so I decided to take my chances and meet him down by the river. It was a warm and balmy evening as the thickening clouds repeatedly hid then revealed the moon in interesting ways. In-between moon appearances we were entertained by geese and goslings, a beaver, along with a variety of boats and kayakers making their way along the river. It turned out to be a great night along the river. NB13403,05 - Happy Moonlight Mondays!

A quelques pas du village famillial de Gresse en Vercors ; une délicate intimité entre l ' homme et la nature procure une sensation instinctive d ' émerveillement : un horizon déchiqueté par les reliefs , un lac où tout se reflète...

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Music : " Beethoven's 5 Secrets " By The Piano Guys

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Gresse en Vercors - Isère - France

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...I can open your eyes, Take you wonder by wonder

Over, sideways and under On a magic carpet ride

A whole new world ...

Desejo a todas as pessoas de Boa Vontade uma excelente

Sexta Feira, repleta de Saude, Alegria, Paz e Prosperidade.

Foto: Crepúsculo no Rio de Janeiro - Twillight in Rio - Brasil

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Conforme a Lei 9.610/98, é proibida a reprodução total e parcial ou divulgação comercial ou não sem a autorização prévia e expressa do autor (artigo 29). ® Todos os direitos reservados.

daily life in a buddhist monastery

Happy fence Friday - seen during a walk in Fellbach - Oeffingen, Germany.

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Palamidi is a fortress to the east of the Acronauplia in the town of Nafplio in the Peloponnese region of southern Greece. Nestled on the crest of a 216-metre high hill, the fortress was built by the Venetians during their second occupation of the area (1686–1715).

In Greek mythology, Palamedes was the son of Nauplius , prince of Nauplia who led the Nauplians in the Trojan War.

He is said to have invented counting, currency, weights and measures, jokes, dice and pessoi, as well as military ranks. Sometimes he is credited with discoveries in the field of wine making and the supplementary letters of the Greek alphabet.

Another view www.flickr.com/photos/stratos_giannikos/8716241971/in/pho...

NAFPLIO CITY www.flickr.com/photos/stratos_giannikos/sets/721576334431...

Ο Παλαμήδης, ήταν γιος του Ναύπλιου αδελφός του Ναυσιδέμοντα από όπου και οι σχετικοί όροι για την ναυσιπλοΐα. Φημιζόταν για την σοφία και την επινοητικότητά του και λέγεται πως είχε επινοήσει μερικά από τα γράμματα, με την μετατροπή των φοινικικών στοιχείων σε γράμματα του ελληνικού αλφαβήτου. Θεωρείται εφευρέτης της ναυτιλίας, των φάρων των μέτρων και των σταθμών, των νομισμάτων, καθώς και της διαίρεσης του χρόνου σε ώρες, ημέρες και μήνες, αλλά και παιχνιδιών (επιτραπέζιων)

Το κάστρο του Παλαμηδίου στο Ναύπλιο πήρε το όνομά του.

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Back from vacation in Spain, or as we call it,

the longest flickr walk ever ( 15 days) LOL

HUGE thanks to Pilar and Angel, our hosts,

I can't remember having this much fun,

los quiero y me quedo corta... ♥

xo♥

A beach, a dog and happiness in your heart what more could you want

A quick upload to say a huge thanks, my account has passed 5 million views today. I would like to thank everyone that has left a comment, a fave or has simply viewed my account. Flickr is such an amazing community, I have learnt so much from all of you!!!

La Défense Study I - Tour Total. La Défense, Paris, France - May 2013

I haven't been posting much the last few months, well actually the past 10 months, simply because I've been very busy with… the business of photography! Meaning: workshops, creating (video) tutorials and also taking photos and processing them. I'm working on the ongoing Heart of Darkness series and this new series on Paris with some lesser known buildings with a regular take on it and the familiar buildings with a more unusual take on it. At the same time this is going to be a departure on my usual architectural work, hope you will see the difference already, and else you'll see it when this series progresses which have all been shot with a tilt-shift lens. This specific shot for example would've been impossible to shoot with a normal wide angle lens without any distortion and without leaving out large parts of the subject.

I've noticed that shooting with a T/S lens and Long exposure at the same time causes a considerable amount of light leakage. Remedy: make sure everything is taped or covered, including the lens! (not the glass itself of course)

Technical info:

Canon 5D MK III with 24mm Tilt/Shift Lens. Maximum vertical shift upwards, no tilt or swing.

1 x Hitech IRND "Prostop 2 rectangular 10 stops & 1 x Hitech IRND Prostop 2 rectangular 6 stops - totaling 16 stops

f/8

ISO100

24 mm fixed

361s (6m01sec)

Software:Lightroom 4.0

PS CS6 - Silver Efex Pro 2

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This one is for Munich.

For all the fantastic architecture whether the old or the new one.

For all the breweries and the most delicious beer in the world.

For all the rollercoasters at the Oktoberfest which make so many people happy every year.

This is to the people.

To all those people sitting outside in the sun even though it is freezingly cold.

To all those surfers who are surfing no matter the season.

To all those drunken strangers at the Munich beer festival which are friends for one night.

I love you guys, you are my inspiration, you are my life.

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Vineyards on the Kappelberg in Fellbach, Germany.

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Ljerka u Zagrebu :-) Ljerka in Zagreb :-) Ljerka em Zagreb :-)

© Eugen Felšö (my father - in memoriam)

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I love the creativity of mother nature :)) .... see my note !!

One can also recognize the face in the original shot ... here

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I shot this scene on a whim in the whee hours a few minutes from dawn along a dark county road between Jamestown and Chinese camp along California highway 49. The landscape is full of rolling valleys and hills leading up to the Sierra Nevada mountains to the east. As I pulled over I noticed this fence and the tall dry grass that surrounded it and just as luck would have it the bright center of the Milky Way was almost perfectly aligned in formation behind the fence mimicking the angle of the fence posts. I love being able to capture a scene as it unfolds before my eyes. Within a few moments dawn was on the horizon and the Milky Way disappeared in the blue light of dawn. If you get a chance to gaze the Milky Way consider yourself lucky because light pollution is destroying our dark skies and gradually degrading views of this majestic ribbon in the sky. As you may notice in the image the presence of an orange glow along the horizon. This glow is from light pollution from the towns Oakdale, Modesto, and Merced, Ca. I would love to see more done to prevent light pollution so I can create more amazing images of the night sky. Thanks for Stopping by please feel free to comment or critique my work.

This long exposure was captured from my hotel roof near The Bonnington Hotel & Mc Gettigans

The night I left Dubai I had to get some roof top images so I travelled to the 45th roof floor and set up my camera and tripod on the roof railing rails and shot this scene

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VIa Balbi, Genova (Liguria, Italy),29th March 2013

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Nikon D5000

LENS - OBIETTIVO

Grandangolo, wideangle Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 DC (8 mm)

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ISO 400; f/11

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This is the view from the Thompson Trail #121 south of the Roosevelt Dam by Roosevelt Lake in the Tonto National Forest.

www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/tonto/recreation/bicycling/recare...

From State Highway 188, the trail quickly climbs along an arroyo and then follows the contour of the ridges above the highway and Roosevelt Lake. After 1½ mile, at the junction with the Cemetery Trail 255, the trail turns south and gradually ascends a broad ridge to the junction with FR 341. This trail is named after Jerome Thompson who served as the district ranger, 1956-1965, for the then-named Roosevelt Ranger District.

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Took me a while, but I got the views from both sides :)

Four Peaks Wilderness and the Arizona Trail across the bridge.

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As Darrell and I walked back across the campus after a session with the WIU Hot Shots photography club in the University's photography studio, we spied a stand of dandelion stalks softly lit by the setting sun. Neither of us could resist pulling our cameras out and taking some shots. This image of one going to seed is probably only the second dandelion picture that I have posted to flicker in the last couple of years. To obtain the shot, I used the articulating LCD (instead of the viewfinder) while holding the camera down near the ground. It was processed in Lightroom 5 using a radial filter.

My attitude towards these prolific and tenacious weeds has radically changed since moving out into the countryside of western Illinois. I used to fruitlessly try to eradicate them from the lawn... but now, because of the sheer overwhelming number of them and the huge size of the lawns out here, I am content to keep them mowed down with the rest of the grass. :D

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Love this place!

Fort de Soto Park Turns 50

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Welcome to the Brickell Financial District immediately south of downtown Miami. This entire district -- according to the locals and Wikipedia -- contains the highest concentration of international banks of any American city. Brickell is part of the greater downtown Miami area and actually has more people who work in this district than in downtown Miami itself. One could say the central business district of Miami is now Brickell.

This photo would not have been achieved without the help of Roberto, whose classy photography is already very familiar to many of you. When we met, the rain was pouring heavily, and we thought for a while that the blue hour and night would be spoiled. It seemed to start that way, but when the storm passed. . .WOW! As many of you know, the sky and atmosphere is cleansed after a heavy storm passes, so it really makes for some magnificent photography, especially after sunset in a densely populated area. Our patience paid off and time was on our side.

Roberto was a fantastic guide and showed me many vantages along the Miami River. We walked around downtown and Brickell. With the help of the free, public light rail system, the Metromover (which you see towards the right), we were able to get around downtown with very little effort -- and avoid getting drenched when the rain made a few more cameos!

Muchas Gracias, Roberto!

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Romantic Hörschbachschlucht with sun lighted trail in spring in Murrhardt, Germany.

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Le Mont Blanc a été mesuré à 4810,02 m le 14/09/13 dernier (CF www.lexpress.fr/actualite/sciences/le-mont-blanc-perd-42-... ) . Il a perdu 42 cm par rapport à la mesure précédente faite en 2011

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Whiter than white

The Mont Blanc was measured 4810,02 m high last 14th september 2013.

It lost 42 cm since last measure in 2011.

seen from Sears Tower (since 2009 Willis Tower), Chicago

(Observation deck at 412m)

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