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Mountain View, California
Almost got busted for this one.
This was not too far off of a public biking trail. It took awhile to find a good spot at this dried-up slough, but luckily my buddy Steve came with me and we were able to cover extra ground. After trying out several compositions, what looked like a police officer and a ranger (maybe they were just security?) came hiking out to where we were. They asked for our IDs; like an idiot, I left mine in the car. They wanted to know what we were doing out there and if we knew where we were.
It seemed like their biggest concern was that we were not photographing the buildings nearby, which makes sense since a military base (Moffett Field), NASA Ames Research Center, and Lockhead Martin (not to mention Google) are nearby.
Although the police officer insisted on looking at the pictures that I took, he was a pretty nice guy. I was so nervous about being questioned, that I couldn't figure out how to show him the pictures I had taken. Turned out the button on my wired remote was still depressed (duh!), so the camera wouldn't allow me to do anything and it just...kept...on...taking...pictures...
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The other guy, grumbled into his walkie-talkie (with a touch of exasperation), "they're just taking pictures..."
The one time Steve got the wife's permission to come out and this happens...too funny...
The 2012 Celebration of Lights festival concludes with a dynamic finale in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This year’s competitors for putting on a fireworks spectacular were Brazil, Vietnam, and Italy. This photo features Italy’s display on August 4th. This annual event typically attracts anywhere between 300,000 and 400,000 spectators.
Taken from Cypress Mountain, one can see the silhouette of Stanley Park in the foreground with English Bay surrounding it to the right. Several boats are dotted in the bay, well within distance of the barge from which the fireworks were launched. Above Stanley Park is Vancouver’s West End neighborhood.
According to the official website (hondacelebrationoflight.com):
The Celebration of Light is not only Vancouver's biggest event, but it's also the largest offshore fireworks competition in the world and attracts up to 400,000 spectators along English Bay each evening. Owned by the Not For Profit Vancouver Fireworks Festival Society, 2012 marks the 22nd consecutive year of the event, which contributes in excess of $39 million in incremental tourism and hospitality spending each year.
The 2012 event will see three new and unique countries competing over three nights on July 28th with Vietnam competing in its first international competition outside its home country, August 1st with Brazil and August 4th with Italy vying for the coveted winning title.
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The Old Town Hall Tower, built in 1338, is one of the most striking buildings in Prague. Inside is a staircase and an elevator. For a fee, visitors can climb or ride to the top to experience terrific views over the Old Town Square and the rest of the Old Town.
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If you are so inclined and of course, have the time, I find, viewing this series is best Full Screen on Black ("L" on keyboard, F11)...and with a snippet of the music, even better! Cheers!
My musical suggestion is: 'Northern Lights ' - Lux.
♫ ♫ Jack Johnson - Traffic in the Sky ♫ ♫
One of the many incredible shots I was able to get on this beautiful, placid evening on the Massachusetts coast. Aside from the setting being beautiful, the sunset was so vibrant. I really lucked out with the calmness of the ocean -- it made the reflection of the clouds possible. All in all the whole thing was pretty magical.
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Well it is absolutely awesome to be able to have the time to post my images on Flickr. I have been away for too long to care but I'm not completely out (yet).
A shot from my recent travels to places far and wide.. from some of the most amazing landscapes that I was fortunate to visit, experience and capture.
This scene of the double-humped camels from the cold desert in the Nubra valley in Ladakh, which is up North of India in the state of Kashmir reminds of the how the silk route traders used to traverse the very location many hundred years ago. It was fascinating.
I had absolutely the most amazing time during this trip. Hope you guys have all been good.
I'll catchup with you guys very soon.
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Bom domingo a todos.
Volto mais tarde.
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Sambaqui é um bairro e uma praia de Florianópolis, dista cerca de 17 km do centro de Florianópolis, e sua praia tem 1,10 km de extensão.
O nome provém da existência de amontoados de conchas espalhadas pelas areias da praia, as quais às vezes revelam animais fossilizados, bem como resquícios de antigas comunidades indígenas da região.
Foi o lugar escolhido pelos primeiros imigrantes açorianos, em meados do século XVIII, para fixar residência na Ilha. Mar tranquilo com um cenário deslumbrante e um pôr do sol inesquecível. Possui uma vista panorâmica da Baía Norte e do Continente. A pesca ainda é tradicional, incluindo o cultivo de ostras. Para quem busca tranqüilidade e uma paisagem encantadora, há muitos bares a beira mar e vários restaurantes.
Fonte: pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambaqui_%28Florian%C3%B3polis%29
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I've fallen far too hard and far too fast. It's frightening.
I'm quite proud of this, actually. This is the first sunset picture that i've actually managed to expose properly. I love this field, but I did have to climb through a hedge full of nettles and thorns to get in to it, bad idea, my legs really hurt now.
But the last few days have been lovely, full of sunbathing and picnics by the river and laughing.
Parte de la Vía Láctea, zona de Altair, con el nuevo objetivo de tipo pancake Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM con seguimiento con la montura vixen Polarie. (versión 2)
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Get Pushed: For R24 I got paired with www.flickr.com/photos/edsonmatthews . Here is the push he gave me:
"I notice you have a lot of really organic, free-flowing stuff. So, here's what I want you to do. I want you to find a place for a really excellent symmetry shot. Focus on getting those lines really perfect across the frame. If you're up for an extra challenge, see if you can work in--in a delicate way--one of those organic elements as a nice piece of minimalism among all that structure. I look forward to seeing what you'll produce."
This river runs next to my apartment in Beijing. I thought it would be a good place to try. It's probably less symmetrical and more organic than he (or to be honest I) intended. But I'm pleased with the result - it's a shot I probably wouldn't have taken without the push.
Enjoy an aerial view of Times Square in Midtown Manhattan.
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I had a garage sale today, and I know it sounds so mundane to put that into words ... but that is how my story begins. I had a serious epiphany during the course of my boring and ordinary day. When I look back on my life, I find that most epiphanies occur just like that! Don't you agree?
There was this little boy.
He was sweet, gregarious and so full of life. He translated everything we said for this mother. He ran from item to item, holding them aloft in wonder. I'm talking about toys that were selling for .10¢ or .25¢. All of these toys belonged to my girls when they were little and though they carried a lot of sentimental value, they weren't worth much physically. Looking at them brought back so many wonderful, tearful and bittersweet memories.
To see another child enjoy them as much as my children did, was eye-opening, to say the least ... and the epiphany was realizing that the joy these items gave me, wasn't so much in the physical item itself, but rather the memory of it..
So I gave this sweet little boy a heaping bag of my 'memories.' And to see the light in his eyes, the joyous bounce in his walk ... well, lets just say it made my day, my week, my month! Heck, it just made my year!!
Letting go of the physical item does not mean letting go of the memory.
His words are still echoing in my head as I write this ... what he kept saying over and over again in a singsong voice:
"This is the best day ever!'
"When the first computers were built during the early 1940s, people working on them found bugs in both the hardware of the machines and in the programs that ran them." (Source: American History)
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"The Pathology of Normality" or "The Yellow Arrow" or "Freedom" or "No Game"
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● The patients that are healthy. And the healthy, which in reality are the sick. ●
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This provocative thesis of Erich Fromm formulated as a result of his decades-long exploration of the so-called normality. His findings have led to him to demand a new "science of humans " and the humanistic value judgments even realizing it.
The already legendary philosopher and psychoanalyst in clear sharp and far-sighted analysis, where the disease of modern society and the individuals are, and he has ways to heal them.
Die Kranken, das sind die Gesunden. Und die Gesunden, das sind in Wirklichkeit die Kranken.
Diese provozierende These formulierte Erich Fromm als Ergebnis seiner jahrzehntelangen Erforschung der sogenannten Normalität. Seine Erkenntnisse haben ihn dazugeführt, eine neue "Wissenschaft vom Menschen" zu fordern und der humanistischen Wertsetzungen selbst auch zu realisieren.
Der schon heute legendäre Philosoph und Psychoanalytiker verdeutlicht in scharfen, weitsichtigen Analysen, wo die Krankheit der modernen Gesellschaft und des einzelnen Menschen liegen, und er weist Wege auf, sie zu heilen.
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Source: Erich Fromm, „Die Pathologie der Normalität“, Zur Wissenschaft vom Menschen, Vier Vorlesungen aus dem Jahre 1953 - Cover
City Hall - Guy´s Hospital - The Shard - London Eye - Tate Modern - London Bridge - HMS Belfast - Southwark Bridge - BT Tower - St Paul´s Cathedral - The Monument - The Gherkin - Tower of London
Pontes Colombo Sales e Pedro Ivo Campos
A ponte Pedro Ivo Campos é uma das três pontes que ligam a Ilha de Santa Catarina ao continente, localizada em Florianópolis, a capital do estado de Santa Catarina, tendo sido a última ser construída.
É uma ponte com estrutura de ferro, mas com desenho igual ao de sua predecessora de concreto, a ponte Colombo Sales.
Assim como as demais pontes da cidade, seu nome é uma homenagem a um governador, Pedro Ivo Campos, falecido durante o mandato (em 27 de fevereiro de 1990), antes da inauguração da ponte. Possui quatro pistas no sentido ilha.
A ponte Colombo Salles é uma das três pontes do complexo que liga a Ilha de Santa Catarina ao continente, e a segunda a ser construída. Faz a ligação entre as duas partes de Florianópolis, capital do estado de Santa Catarina.
Seu nome é uma homenagem ao governador, o engenheiro Colombo Machado Salles, por decisão da Assembléia Legislativa de Santa Catarina.
Taken at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in the wing that has the Temple of Dendur, which is an Egyptian monument built ~ 15 BC. There is a reflecting pool in the room, and great glass walls, and always lots of people milling about.
Took lots of pictures that day! :-)
Hope everybody is doing great!
The first post from my recent visit to Qatar and its ravishing capital, Doha.
I had to wake up very early to be on this sweet spot at the sweetest of the times. It's about 5 am and the sun has just risen on my right.
The traditional boats, known as "Dhows" are anchored and floating on the beach.
Thank you Getty for inviting this shot!
Haven't posted in awhie, so here's an Enzo. I'm not in love with this shot, but it's alright.
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Como la playa en soledad, más pura
luce su desnudez, y como el pájaro
más melodioso vuela si más solo,
así este paraíso de ternura
no pide verso para ser cantado.
Jose Luis Cano
MAR MENOR - MURCIA - ESPAÑA
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This shot has it all!!
Here they are taking a break from shooting to enjoy the sunrise. I've always found it vitally important to 'put the camera' down at some point during a sunrise or sunset ... so as to thoroughly 'be in the moment.'
I had so much fun dragging them out in the sweltering humidity at 3 AM. I thank them for indulging me. When you are in good company, you can endure anything ... and that includes the early hour, the heat ... and the vicious flies!!
Thanks for inviting me, for the good wine, the fabulous dinner but most of all for the good time, the laughter and the companionship!
Dati Tecnici
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a) Hasselblad FlexBody + Magazzino 6x6/120 + Pentaprisma Esposimetrico Hasselblad PME 45;
b) Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 180mm f. 4,0 CFI + Hasselblad Tubo Prolunga 8mm;
c) Lettura Esposimetrica Angolo 3° con Sekonic DualSpot F-L-778 (effettuate 5 misurazioni con metodo del Sistema Zonale di Ansel Adams) a luce riflessa; la prima sulla superficie del muro in basso (la porzione triangolare prima dei coprimuretti di Argilla cotta) , la seconda sulla piccola porzione della montagna (quella più luminosa a destra del fotogramma, in basso), la terza sulle tegole del tetto (quelle fra il cagnolino e il bordo del fotogramma in basso), la quarta sulla schiena del bimbo. La lettura media ottenuta è stata confrontata con la quinta lettura effettuata sulla fronte del bimbo (la luminanza è stata posta sulla zona V del Grigio Medio al 18%. Per le prime quatto esposizioni (visto la differenza zonale di circa 8/9 zone) ho intenzionalmente imposto e compresso la scala di n-2 per avere una maggiore corposità dei neri (poi in fase di sviluppo ho compensato con la diluizione e i tempi di sviluppo. Il totale è stato sovraesposto di n+2/3 per evitare che l’esposizione finale impostata non penalizzasse le alte luminanze delle “zone IX” che sarebbero risultate prive di dettaglio (visto che la luce, data dal sole mentre stava sorgendo “temperatura cromatica 6800°k”) o le basse luci (le luci in ombra e quelle sul muretto basso erano troppo basse stimate in 2100°K/2200°K);
d) Esposizione Tempo 1/125s con apertura a f.4,0 su stativo Manfrotto;
e) Negativo Agfa APX 25 Asa Professional (esposta a 64 Asa);
f) Scansione del negativo con Agfa Duoscan T2500 Pro su supportoi mobile orizzontale (porta SCASI);
g) Prima Post-Produzione per effettuare un minimo intervento del bilanciamento tonale nelle varie aree scure del corpo del bimbo e nelle ampie zone dei neri (zone posteriori il capo e parte inferiore in basso “porzione del muretto a triangolo”) nonché nei grigi e/o bianchi per (luce proveniente dal sorgere del sole, sul pelo del cagnolino e sul profilo delle braccia, volto e capelli del bimbo) per compensare la temperatura cromatica della luce con Nikon Capture NX 2. (differenza di f/stop fra le zone chiare esterne e le zone scure interne di 9,5 diaframmi in forte controluce);
h) Seconda Post-Produzione con Adobe Photoshop CS3 per il bilanciamento della compensazione dell’Esposizione con le zone d’ombra;
i) Post-Produzione di completamento con Nikon Capture NX 2 per il completamento zonale delle aree...
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Questa immagine fa parte di una ricerca /reportage che ho in fase di preparazione finalizzato nella ricerca di quei antichi mestieri che stanno scomparendo, altri oramai estinti o non più esercitati, che descrivono e documentano l’attività svolta nei loro ambienti, con i loro strumenti, con i vecchi utensili spesso costruiti a mano o personalizzati. Immagini e volti che esprimono particolari sensazioni, scene di particolare enfasi ambientale, di sentimenti profondi trasmessi attraverso i gesti ed espressioni.
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Anche queste immagini verranno raccolte in un “Manuale Artistico Tecnico Fotografico” nella quale saranno descritte le particolari tecniche di ripresa, i materiali impiegati, l’attrezzatura fotografica, i luoghi di ripresa e le particolari condizioni sceniche ambientali.
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This image is part of a research/report that I have in preparation aimed in search of those ancient crafts are disappearing, some now extinct or no longer practiced, which describe and document the activity in their environments, with their instruments with the old tools are often built or customized by hand. Images and faces that express particular feelings, scenes of environmental emphasis, of deep feeling communicated through gestures and expressions.
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Although these images are collected in a "Technical Guide Artistic Photo" which will be described in the special filming techniques, materials used, the camera equipment, filming locations and the particular environmental conditions stage.
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Venice is a city in northeast Italy sited on a group of 118 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges. It is located in the marshy Venetian Lagoon which stretches along the shoreline between the mouths of the Po and the Piave Rivers. Venice is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks.The city in its entirety is listed as World Heritage Site, along with its lagoon. The gondola is a traditional, flat-bottomed Venetian rowing boat, well suited to the conditions of the Venetian lagoon. For centuries gondolas were the chief means of transportation and most common watercraft within Venice. In modern times the iconic boats still have a role in public transport in the city, serving as traghetti -ferries over the Grand Canal. They are also used in special regattas rowing races held amongst gondoliers. The gondola is propelled like punting, except an oar is used instead of a pole. Their primary role today, however, is to carry tourists on rides at fixed rates. There can be six people in a gondola and a ride of 40 minutes during the day according to the official rate costs € 80 euros and evening EUR 100. Additional money if the gondolier sing a song! But you can have a very short, short gondola ride to the traghetto, a public gondola that in a few places to cross the Grand Canal makes. Such a trip costs only 50 cents!
Photo of a young girl in Venice dressed already as a traditional Gondolier in red white. On the background you can see the San Giorgio on Isola do San Giorgio Maggiore. In August 2010, Giorgia Boscolo became Venice's first female gondolier. Perhaps this young girl will become a Gondolier too.
Venetië is een stad in het noordoosten van Italië. Venetië is wereldwijd bekend om het historische centrum met zijn vele wateren en heeft een belangrijke rol gespeeld in de wereldgeschiedenis. Sinds 1987 staan Venetië en zijn lagune op de Werelderfgoedlijst van de UNESCO. De Venetianen vestigden zich in de 6e eeuw na Christus op de eilanden van de lagune bij het tegenwoordige Venetië, opdat barbaren hen niet konden bereiken. De lagune bestond uit kleine eilanden met een netwerk van smalle kanalen, niet diep genoeg voor de grote zeeschepen van de barbaren. Het leven op de lagune werd mogelijk gemaakt door het gebruik van een smalle, lichte boot die mensen en goederen kon vervoeren. Deze Gondel boot werd bestuurd door een enkele roeier die op de achterkant van de boot stond, zodat hij goed zicht had. Venetië bezoeken zonder een tochtje in een gondel te maken kan natuurlijk best, want lopend en met de vaporetti kun je overal komen, maar misschien is het toch beter een bedrag te reserveren om Venetië te bekijken zoals het bekeken moet worden: langzaam voortglijdend door stille grachten tussen hoge huizen, begeleid door het geplons van de riem in het water. Houd er rekening mee dat de gondeliers een soort maffia vormen, waarvan een aantal leden er niet voor terugdeinst toeristen te bedonderen, dus maak tevoren duidelijke afspraken over de tocht en probeer flink af te dingen. Er kunnen zes personen in een gondel en een tochtje van 40 minuten kost overdag volgens het officiële tarief € 80 euro en 's avonds 100 euro; elke 20 minuten langer kost € 40 of € 50 meer. Laat je de gondelier een lied zingen, kost dat veel extra geld! Maar je kunt een heel kort, goedkoop gondeltochtje maken met de traghetto, een openbare gondel die op enkele plaatsen de oversteek over het Canal Grande maakt. Zo'n tochtje kost slechts 50 cent!
Shibuya, Tokyo.
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Walking in the early morning and leaving the Shibuya Excel Hotel to encounter the thousands of Tokyo commuters milling around Shibuya train station, the thing that strikes you is the silence. A silence punctuated with the click clack of high heels and the public announcements over the tannoy.
Salary men and salary women on the march. Solemn. Silent. Not yet adjusted to the new day, quietly, sleepily they move in sweeping masses, herded on to trains where mobile phones are always on silent. Nobody talking.
Fast forward to the evening, and it has all changed.
In the station, loud conversation and laughter drown out the tannoy's public announcements. The clickety-clack of high heels goes unnoticed. The early morning solemn faces are now animated, more cheerful. Smiles are seen. Salary men and salary women are unwinding. Unwinding after the working day.The march has changed its beat. The sweeping masses are no longer herded along. Time has slowed a little. On the streets, small groups gather. The rush to get where they have to go to has gone.
For now.