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It was a hundred years ago, the world went roaring through the '20's, are we there again !!!

 

Happy New Year !!!

 

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M42 from Paris (big city so a lot of light pollution)

6km from La Defense

 

One RAW photo (600mm ; 6400 ISO ; 6s ; F6.3) vs full processing (result of Stacking 270 photos and post processing).

 

As you can see there is a "small" difference between both images.

 

Sony A7S

Tamron 150-600 (600 F6.3)

EQ2 mount

Shutter speed : 6s and 10s

6400 ISO

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My first view of the Avenue of the Volcanoes at 6:52 am (a 4h58m climb) from the Refugio (Hut).

There are several volcanoes, but the most striking are the Chimborazo on your right (I will climb it tomorrow), the highest in the world and Cotopaxi, the second highest volcano in Ecuador (I climbed it in the first 24 hours).

  

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Climbing an active volcano is complicated.

The crater is just below me. It took years for the Ecuadorian government to release climbing permits.

Me knowing the risks and signing the papers. It is a great pleasure for Pachamama to accept me, agradiseyki.

  

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Tungurahua 5,023 metres (16,480 ft) is located in the Cordillera Oriental of the Andes of central Ecuador, 140 kilometres (87 mi) south of the capital Quito.

 

Nearby notable mountains are Chimborazo (6,310 metres (20,700 ft)) and El Altar (5,319 metres (17,451 ft)). It rises above the small thermal springs town of Baños de Agua Santa (1,800 metres (5,900 ft)) which is located at its foot 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) to the north.

 

Other nearby towns are Ambato (30 kilometres (19 mi) to the northwest), Baños and Riobamba (30 kilometres (19 mi) to the southwest).

 

Tungurahua is part of the Sangay National Park.

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Mountain biking Cotopaxi was easily the most scenic, exciting bike ride of my life. And one of my favorite day trips, ever.

 

Lenght: 40 km/24,85 miles.

  

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1,277 meters (4,189 ft) above sea level to the summit of the volcano.

  

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At 07:00 AM we left Quito and after driving south for 1 and a half hours on the Pan-American highway we reached the park entrance of Cotopaxi National Park. We drove through pine forest and soon reached the Visitors’ center of the park. After visiting the Center we continued the ascent in our 4-wheel drive vehicle until we reached the highest point of the tour, 4.500 meters/15.000 feet. The view from this point is stunning and on a clear day we are able to see 8 volcanoes. Not our day.

 

We then put on helmets, gloves and protective pads and the bike adventure on the world’s highest active volcano could begin. The first 8 km took us down 700 m on dirt roads through volcanic ash and tundra landscape. At 3.800 m. we actually had to do some pedalling while we headed down another 8 km between volcanic rocks and wild horses to our lunch spot by an Inca ruin at 3.700 m. We saw some condors and caracaras. We put the bikes back on the jeep and head for the lake of Limpiopungo at 3.800 m where we started the 16 km downhill biking on dirt and paved roads through pine forest. After this the bike adventure was over for now and around 16h00 we were back in Quito.

This is the standard itinerary that they always try to respect. Please keep in mind that due to the nature of this tour we sometimes have to be flexible because of weather conditions, or biking skills of other participants.

 

Days: 1 Day

 

Location: Cotopaxi

 

Lenght: 31 km/19 miles

 

Max. Altitude: 4.500 meters/15.000 feet

 

Min. Altitude: 3.200 meters/11.300 feet

 

Difficulty Level: Family Advenure Moderate

 

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I cannot forget the 4.5 magnitude quake in Quito -

10 km (32,808 ft) far from the epicenter at 3:56.

 

I was sleeping in my hotel in Quito and everything started shaking in my first night.

9-shot, 180° stitched panorama of the Shanghai Shipyard Bridge. A dual steel bridge at the former "Shanghai No. 1 Shipyard" location in Pudong Lujiazui.

 

The bridge has been constructed over the exits of the former dry docks and is illuminated red at night. This is a part of the northern extension of the Lujiazui Riverside Promenade along the Huangpu River. A stretch of riverside that has been occupied by warehouses, quays and shipyards is converted into a park-like recreation area.

 

With the development of the Lujiazui Central Financial District Phase II in full swing, the riverside will be the recreational area of this mega-project.

 

On the right, in the distant background, is the Shanghai International Cruise Center, the downtown berthing point for large cruise ships.

 

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Shot for Macro Mondays "Lids" theme.

 

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I mucked up the left hand image trying to get between passing trucks. I beat the a6000 auto focus again!

DSC04333_34 ICE stitch

9433pix wide!

 

The ICE software blended the out of focus, #unsharp, image on IG, with the sharp image of the centre silo!

 

I will have to revisit this another day and be more careful!

I think the camera focused on the bushes and barbed wire fence in the foreground....

 

Now hear the song, I just heard on Macca..

youtu.be/tO2VqG8jQN0?si=ubNh9aUv5hLBlMlb

 

The IG shot by Troggonk is the photo I took with the iPhone to get the location!

 

I don't know if they contain chemicals or water!

 

An informative note from flic.kr/p/2hAYcLq

There are tonnes of sites on the internet, and here is one, this from a newspaper about a new silo recently painted. We were close to this but missed it, apparently, and it’s a beauty by the looks.

  

www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/6288479/nullawil-the-l...

 

If you look at all the current sites they are in every state so to see them all, you have to travel many thousands of miles,

 

See a map and trail of silo art to follow..

www.australiansiloarttrail.com/new-south-wales-silo-art-l...

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Un beau manoir

 

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Berzé-La-Ville - Bourgogne du sud - France / Berzé-La-Ville - Southern Burgundy - France

   

Photo scanned with iPhone

 

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His freckles are my favorite.

Its a testament to persistence. I live about 45 minutes from this viewpoint, Jonsrud Viewpoint, near Sandy Oregon. Because this is fairly close, and so cool looking, an image form here has been on my list for a long time. And I go, often. Every time a strikeout. This is the first image I have ever posted from here. I have been there about 6 times, and I finally walked away with an image I liked.

 

This is a tough spot to shoot. It has great fog in the valley in the morning, but sunrises back-lite Mt. Hood. You can shoot a sunset, but then you don't get the fog. You can see this in many of the mages people post from here. They have fog, and good color in the sky, and then they wash out Hood in the processing and it looks horrible. You just can't get it all when you shoot from here unless you let your tripod sit there all day and shoot both. However, then creeps in the third issue. Clouds. If you live in Portland you know, Hood is a cloud magnet. If you want a sunrise with clouds to catch the color, then you often (99.999 percent of the time) loose Hood in those clouds. If you see Hood, you usually have no clouds. To get hood with clouds around her but not obscuring her, you need patience, and tons of it.

 

So in this image, I opted for the fog. Clouds came in about 10 minutes after I shot this, but they swallowed Hood. Sigh. Not an easy place to shoot.

 

The last challenge, the right tripod location. You have to get here early to get the primo tripod spot. Here, I had to show up 1.5 hours before sunrise and wait there, to steak out my spot. When I walked away there was about 12 photographers there. I can't imagine how many there would be if the conditions were even more ideal.

 

So my hat is off to anyone who got the great trifecta- detail on Hood, colored clouds in the sky and fog in the valley. Its a near impossible feat.

Sentier panoramique

 

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Solutré - Bourgogne du sud - France/ Solutré - Southern Burgundy - France

The Roche de Vergisson and the pretty little village of Vergisson in the middle of its vineyards shine under the last fires of late afternoon's autumn sun

 

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L'harmonie d'un paysage

 

La Roche de Vergisson et le joli petit village de Vergisson au milieu de son vignoble resplendissent sous les derniers feux du soleil d'automne de fin d'après-midi.

 

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Solutré - Bourgogne du sud - France/ Solutré - Southern Burgundy - France

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Minolta RF ROKKOR-X 250mm f5.6 Mirror

The island of Incahuasi, in the center of the Salar of Uyuni, populated by a multitude of cactus, is the ideal place for an overview of this vast salt desert.

 

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L'île des cactus

 

L'ïle d'Incahuasi, au centre du Salar d'Uyuni, peuplée d'une multitude de cactus, est l'endroit idéal pour une vision d'ensemble de ce vaste désert de sel.

 

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Salr d'Uyuni - Bolivie / Unyuni Salar - Bolivia

SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 21: Gabriel Martinelli of Arsenal takes on George Baldock of Sheff United during the Premier League match between Sheffield United and Arsenal FC at Bramall Lane on October 21, 2019 in Sheffield, United Kingdom. (Photo by Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)

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Sir James Scott Douglas in his XK120C (Reg #LXO 126) which finished 3rd in the Wakefield Trophy at The Curragh in 1952.

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This Moxeño headdress surprises us for the art that it has been composed.

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Une coiffe qui décoiffe !

 

Il s'agit d'une coiffe Moxeño qui nous surprend pour l'art avec laquelle elle est composée.

 

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Musée d'Ethnographie - La Paz - Bolivie / Museum of Ethnography - La Paz - Bolivia

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New Polaroid Originals (expired July 2018) Manipulated in solar heat (over 40 degrees)

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