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Makorori Beach, Gisborne, New Zealand.
MAKORORI BEACH has excellent surf, it's the first unpopulated, sandy beach north of Gisborne. Ideal for picnics, safe swimming, rocky outcrops, diving, fishing, rock pools, horse riding, oh and photography.
Footprints were provided by my mothers dog.
- ISO 100, f11, 1/30, 11mm
- Sigma 10-20mm Lens.
- Tripod, stuck in sand.
Processing
- HDR, 3 exposures [2,0,+2EV] shot in RAW/ISO100 at f11, using Sigma 10-20mm lens.
- Borders added using Lightroom 2.2
- Unsharp mask in Photoshop 6.0 (10%)
HDR
- Tone mapped using Photomatix HDR, in detail mode.
It is currently raining in East Lansing. The next ten days are going to be a whirlwind of sorts: rain, snow, sunny days, cloudy days..you get the drift.
Can spring come soon? Pretty please??
Explored :)
Explored - Feb. 18, 2009 - Thank you all so very much!
Thanks Chris for the explore link!
What:
My lame attempt at an abstract image with a hint of crappy bokeh tossed in.
Where:
Granville Street Mall
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
When:
Near midnight after a snow storm last month
Why:
Roaming the streets downtown just after a snow storm last month with a couple buddies taking some night shots.
I see a lot of great abstract images from you guys here on Flickr and wish I was able to "see" them as easily as so many of you do. I guess it it something you need to train yourself to do but I seem to just have an eye for the "big" picture and not a tiny little scene.
One exercise that I read about somewhere is to put a prime lens (non-zoom) lens on your camera and just shoot with that for the day. This will help train you to be able to "see" with that particular lens.
Anyway, this is a pretty lame shot taken just before the night lights shot I posted last night. I was going through my archives yesterday and realized that I had never posted anything from that night. I'm a lazy bastard and saw this shot with some bokeh in it and new I could copy some tags and info from the last shot for this one, so here you go :-)
I mentioned it before but I just can't get over the image quality from this cheap "nifty-fifty" lens. If you own a Nikon, Canon or Pentax (maybe the others too?) go out and spend the $100 and pick up one of these lenses!
PP info:
B&W conversion done in NIK Software Silver Efex Pro. I used the Kodak T-Max film emulation for a little nostalgic effect. I used to use that film when I first got into photography in high-school. Mmmm... I still remember getting high off of the fumes from the chemicals in the dark-room :-)
What I learned:
Wear a big coat to protect your camera from the snow when you aren't shooting. Also bring lots of little lens wipes.
You:
I appreciate all critiques, comments, tips, questions & faves!
View LARGE to see the faux film grain!
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Exif data - Nikon D90 : Nikkor 50mm 1.8D lens : 1/30s @ f/1.8 : ISO 400
♥ EXPLORE & Front Page ♥ ..... 2-18-09....Best Position #7......THANK YOU FRIENDS!
A random act of kindness is a purportedly selfless act performed by a person or persons wishing to either assist or cheer up an individual or in some cases even an animal. There will generally be no reason other than to make people smile, or be happier. Either spontaneous or planned in advance, random acts of kindness are encouraged by various communities. An oft-cited example of a random act of kindness is, when paying the toll at a toll booth on a highway, to pay the toll for the vehicle behind you as well.
The phrase "Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty" may have been coined by peace activist Anne Herbert. Herbert says she wrote it on a placemat at a Sausalito restaurant in 1982 or 1983.
A book, Random Acts of Kindness, was released by Conari Press in 1993.
Established in 1995 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation promotes spreading kindness.
The movie Pay It Forward (2000) is largely based on Random Acts of Kindness.
The French film Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001) (Amélie) follows a young woman who engages in various random – and often anonymous – acts of kindness.
NOTE: Please feel free to share a story of some random act of kindness someone did for you.... or vice versa
all information was found at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_act_of_kindness
The snow is back in full force tonight Wednesday Feb 18th 2009 and it is -3c. Just when we thought winter was over.
Nikon D700 + Sigma 50mm F1.4 EX DG HSM. Handheld no flash. Hirosaki Japan.
“It takes a long time to grow young.” - Pablo Picasso quotes (Spanish Artist and Painter. 1881-1973)
Photo taken during the birthday of my girls' 8-year old cousin, Irvine. He is Maggy B's student, by the way. Good to see you again, Magz!
Sir Norman Foster's Great Court at the British Museum - Really impressive, not only for fans of modern architecture like me
Explore Front Page 17/02/09 - thank you!
I was first tagged by Christian et Cie then by Thierry la Fronde, so I feel I don't really have a choice here... ;-) That's a fun game, I admit (because I learned a lot about my contacts), but I would never consider being tagged alone, as my partner in crime helps a lot with the pictures I post here. I'm talking about David of course (Birdman)... ;-)
So here are 16 random things about us (there will be less to say about me):
1. I'm 4 years older than David. Yeah, I know how to pick them! I spotted him in Cuba on 26 December 2003. What do you know... He was travelling with a friend but ended spending more time with me (sorry John!). ;-)
2. We live in Bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire, England, a pleasant little town close to Stansted airport (convenient for our travels). People often comment about the amount we travel. I suppose it's become a bit of an addiction as it's easy and cheap for us to reach many destinations in Europe on 'no-frills' budget airlines (and sometimes the flights are even free! Not too expensive when you book an hotel with your Airmiles).
3. I used to be a legal secretary who always wanted to be a graphic artist. Now I'm a legal secretary who would like to be a professional photographer. David is a technologist who invents recipes for polymers, glues and all those fascinating things that you can buy in a tube at B&Q. As a teenager, he wanted to become a make-up artist for horror movies... oh dear! He used to ‘entertain’ his parents by entering the room with fake flesh wounds, missing limbs and eyes hanging out on stalks.
He tried that with me once, lying on the kitchen floor with ketchup on his jeans and a bit of hotdog on the floor, pretending he'd chopped off a finger. I was not impressed! I just stepped over him and went to the loo. Since then he says I'm very insensitive!
4. I'm not a sporty person (I much prefer my chair in front of the PC) as I feel I'm kind of jinxed: someone once threw a dart in my forearm, then at the 'school's Olympics', someone threw a discus into the back of my head, then later on it was a pool ball in the forehead, then my cousin tried to drown me under a rowing boat... David, on the other hand, is a football maniac and Manchester United fan. He played regularly up until a few months ago, but kept coming home broken after each game. "I'm too old, he said!". (Oops! Update here – He says he's going to try again this Friday evening!)
5. As you probably have realised by now, David is a keen birdwatcher. This fits well with my photography, as we get to see a lot of places I wouldn't normally think of visiting (such as the Scilly Isles). While he chases birds around, I have fun with my Canon! David has seen 407 species of birds in the UK, God knows how many worldwide...
6. What kind of music do we like? Well, that's not easy to answer. I remember the first two albums I bought at 13: Dark Side of the Moon and Saturday Night Fever... Yeah... ;-) A short while after that I bought the first five albums of Led Zep, as well as Abba and Beatles albums. But lets say that for a long time, you could classify me as a Rocker, as my gang and I were into Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, etc. Today I'm more into easy listening stuff, and I really like Amy Winehouse! ;-) As for David, he also likes all the above and Rush (a Canadian band... yeh!). His favourite album is Grace by Jeff Buckley.
7. David plays the guitar and sings (pretty well!) He should have joined a band when he was young but was always too lazy (some things never change)! ;-) Now he just plays for his own amusement. I'm the only person who ever hears him play (and sing) these days, what a shame! At least it gives him something to do while I play Flickr!
8. We both like good movies, especially on a lazy Sunday morning when the weather's too bad to go out to play! Our all time favourites are the French classics Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources, by Marcel Pagnol. Other favourites include:
Anik: Frida, Gandhi, Catch me if you can, Forrest Gump and C.R.A.Z.Y. (a Québec movie that depicts what Québec was like when I grew up).
David: The Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption, Twelve Monkeys, American Beauty, Midnight Cowboy, March of the penguins (oh boy ... does he love March of the penguins!...)
9. Thanks to **Gwen**, I have discovered an author I really like these days, and I'm talking about Welsh novelist Ken Follett. One day Gwen suggested I read "Pillars of the Earth". It took me forever, but I finally read it in French (Les Piliers de la terre). I simply adored it. Then I read the 'sequel' (in English), World without End. David is now reading this but he keeps complaining that the book is too heavy!!!
10. Our current car is a gold coloured Peugeot 307 (which I chose by the way!). David does not like it much. It's an automatic, which I insisted we buy instead of the sports car he wanted! Anyway, being a Canadian, apparently I'm only allowed to drive automatics around here. David would be OK with that if only I would actually drive... but I don't! I never got used to the damn roundabouts and the narrowness of the roads in this country. To make things worse, I still need the GPS just to go to the grocery store, and I still manage to bump the curb every time (that's probably because I drive with my two eyes shut and I scream all the time...) ;-)
11. You know what annoys me most about England? ...the fact that they don't have screens in their windows here. I hate that because I'm terrified of spiders. Have you seen the size of the spiders around here? They're as big as mice and run as fast! I always try to make David kill them when I see one, but he systematically refuses! Instead, he carefully catches them (which can sometimes take half-hour) and puts them outside the door (so that they can easily get back in!)... HATE THAT!!! My solution is more radical. I Hoover them up whilst standing on the couch.
12. We both gave up smoking in October 2008 after I got very sick on our return from our trip to the Scilly Isles. I had a very bad chest infection and David, being the wonderful husband that he is, agreed to give up smoking with me from that day forward. Since we both love smoking and find it very difficult to stop altogether, we agreed that we could still smoke every now and then, but only when we're on holiday. Need I tell you I can't wait for the next one? ;-)
13. As a young man David was very accident prone. He once ran into a concrete pipe which caused such a deep wound on his head that he could touch his skull! He also broke his arm from sliding down the banister in his house and was hit by a motorbike which resulted in him having to have his earlobe stitched back on! I think it's just as well that he gave up paragliding when he did...
14. When we met, David had a nipple ring! I think you know what I think of piercings by now... ;-) Eventually I made him get rid of it (body-piercings on over-40's is very undignified I think!)
15. This photo is absolutely rubbish. I just wanted to try (without too much effort, I confess), my new Sigma 30mm f/1.4 lens... I wanted to see what I could obtain in our dark living room without a flash. Not impressed so far! ;-))
16. Where does this story end? Hopefully in British-Columbia, Canada. This is one of the places I would like to retire to, if not in Québec (but this is very unlikely because David doesn't seem to be able to learn French). However, wherever we are in the world when we retire, one of our dreams would be to publish a book about all the places we visited, with my photos and David's texts. Yeah, dream on...
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Now it's my turn to tag five of my contacts (but feel free to decline eh, no sweat!), I know some of you are really busy!... ;-)
Una de las estampas más bonitas de la ciudad de Cádiz; un anochecer en la playa de la Caleta. Cádiz. España.
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HDR
Catedral de la Virgen de Kazan- St. Petersburgo - Rusia
Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan - St.Petersburgo -Russia
La catedral de la Virgen de Kazan es la cima de la arquitectura del alto clasicismo y, a la vez, un brillante ejemplo de síntesis de las artes. El majestuoso edificio con columnata ampliamente desplegada que domina la avenida Nevski fue construida en 1801-1811 por proyecto de A. Voronijin. La historia de este edificio como templo tiene sus páginas negras: desde 1932 en él se alojó el Museo de la historia de la religión y el ateísmo. Empero, esto permitió conservar el decorado interno de la catedral. Actualmente el edificio fue devuelto a la iglesia. En 1813 en la catedral fue sepultado el comandante y jefe de las tropas rusas en la Guerra Patria de 1812, mariscal de campo M. Kutúzov. En 1837 ante la catedral fue instalada su estatua.
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan is the pinnacle of classical architecture and high, while a brilliant example of synthesis of the arts. The majestic building with a colonnade overlooking the widely deployed Nevski Avenue was built in 1801-1811 for project A. Voronijin. The history of this building as a temple has its black pages from 1932 it housed the museum of the history of religion and atheism. However, this allowed to keep the decorations inside the cathedral. Currently, the building was returned to the church. In 1813 he was buried in the cathedral and the chief commander of Russian troops in the Patriotic War of 1812, Field Marshal M. Kutuzov. In 1837 the cathedral was erected his statue.
We went to St Kilda for dinner last night and the sunset was spectacular. I managed to fire off a couple of shots with the Spirit of Tasmania in the foreground. Den and I took the van on this ship a few years ago and went to Tasmania for a week. It's a huge ship. This shot is straight out of camera except for correcting the horizon in Lightroom.
Here's some information from www.spiritoftasmania.com.au/:
Spirit of Tasmania I and II were built in 1998 by Kvaerner Masa-Yards in Finland. They have a displacement weight of almost 30,000 tonnes and a length of 194.3 metres.
Spirit of Tasmania I and II cross Bass Strait at a cruising speed of 27 knots which is the equivalent of 50 kilometres per hour. The 429 kilometre voyage across Bass Strait is roughly twice the distance by road between Devonport and Strahan, on Tasmania’s west coast.
Stretched end-to-end, the vehicle lanes on each ship would be almost two kilometres long!
TGIF my friends, enjoy your Valentine weekend. =D
San Jose, Occidental Mindoro
Explore (reached #9)- Feb. 13, 2009 / appeared on FP to..Thanks to all of you.
this photo appeared on the cover page of Philippine Center for Aquatic and Marine Research Development, DOST CY 2008 Annual Report
www.pcamrd.dost.gov.ph/index.php/download/doc_view/11-cy-...
Ok, you just looked at this photo, now you have to start your comment with something like "Awwww" or "how cute". I did when I came across this shot in my downloads from my Montana trip in January...A folder of images I'd long since forgotten about between my crazy trips to other places, like Death Valley.
I'm prepping my gear for a trip next week to Alaska where I'm spending a week in Homer Alaska photographing Eagles, Moose and if luck would have it, an erupting volcano. Yeup, Mt. Redoubt is prepping to blow it's stack and Homer is less than 100 miles away, across the Cook Inlet.
So about this shot...it's a racoon in a tree stump (DUH!) who kept peeking out so I took his picture. Must have been the treats. They really are quite cute but word has it they are mean little buggers. I didnt get close enough to find out.
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...in the local church of Imst.
What do you do on a sunday? Right! As a reputable person you go to church! So did I!
But not for prayin' :-) hehe.
Somehow I ain't to satisfied with this shot.. or to be honest: I think it somehow sucks.
But after having spent at least 2 hours editing it I thought it would still upload it to hear your HONEST opinion. I don't want you "to put lipstick on a pig" (that's how Leo translates the German "schönreden")
PLEASE (!!!) critizize this shot! I somehow find church HDRs very difficult and once again I salute the incredible ARTIE - the master of (church) HDRs.
Music: Evolution of dance
Shot:
Pentax K200D, Sigma 10-20, 10mm (35mm equivalent: 15mm), 2 shots, exposure times 25 and 6 seconds
Software used for this image:
Photomatix Pro 3 (Details Enhancer), Adobe Photoshop CS3
Criticism is welcome and appreciated!
ويلاه ضاق الصدر وماذكر يسأل علي ويلاه
نساه طول الهجر والا الصبر من قسوته قساه
وماصار مني خطا غير العطا والتضحيه ماصار
جبار ياهالزمن ماتنظمن فيك البشر جبار
ويــــلاه
حنيت لإحساسنا بوصالنا من كثر ماحنيت
حسيت ان الوصل يمكن حصل لكني ماحسيت
يالله ياربهم اهديتهم فأهديه يالله
رباه رب البشر رب القدر كان القدر فرقا
ويــــلاه
Without edit..
Format: Photoprint
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From the collection of the State Library of New South Wales www.sl.nsw.gov.au
~ Quadvision (Me)
The cropping of this shot is accidental, I accidentally saved on full resolution file with this cropping while shutting down PS & couldn't recall what I did to process it. Anyways, my guardian angel says its good to go... so here it is! =P =D
HGGT & HBWH ;) | Must see L on B
Explore #47(Highest position) - Thanks everyone & thank you nejire for explore link
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09' Happy Together's travel × ruifang, Taiwan.
My little snowdrops are buried under several inches of snow this morning so glad I took some shots before the snow arrived.
Thank you flickry_flick for the spot on Front Page Explore :)) #22 04/02/09
Ist Place Winner in Flickr's Awesome Blossoms Contest 27 www.flickr.com/groups/flickrsawesomeblossoms/
2nd Place in Floral Fantasia Dainty & Delicate Contest www.flickr.com/groups/floralfantasia/discuss/721576150149...
Featured Golden Diamond of the week in Golen Pictures Worth 1000 Words (09.09)
www.flickr.com/groups/goldenworth1000words/
2nd Place in Nature's Carousel Looking Forward to 1000 Members Contest
www.flickr.com/groups/1216504@N22/
1st Place in Blink Again for Interesting Images "First Signs of Spring" contest Feb 2011
Our boat did ferry us cross the Nam Khan river to Ban Souandara. This village is populated by Khamu, Hmong and Lao Loom people. Here you can take an elephant ride through teak forests and farmland to Tad Sae Waterfall. After sitting on an elephant through forest and jungle for an hour and half, you will arrive to this Waterfall. The crystal water there will be a great invitation to swim a bit.
Wanna stay at my Robinson Crusoe house? Enjoy a good picnic lunch looking at the waterfalls and take time for relax and swim. Photo taken at the Tad Sae Waterfalls located 20km dirt road south of Luang Prabang - Laos.
Tad Sae Waterfalls can be accessed only by boat and best during rainy season. Here we arrived at end of a very scenic Tad Sae waterfalls. The waterfall stream flows into the Nam Khan river. The waterfall is divided into 3 limestone steps. There are numerous cascades and pools with turquoise water. This is an ideal place for bathing. I'll post more photo's later.
Devil's food cake with cream cheese&oreo filling, covered in chocolate. I made this for my Grandma's birthday & it was sooooo goood.
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More archive stuff from last year. I posted a similar shot awhile back but this one is a bit different. I am a bit more confident in my editing skills now and know a bit more about using textures to make an image more interesting. What do you guys think? I like it!
Oh....btw...this is one of my former students and her boyfriend. Howard and I ran into them on the beach one day and took these shots!
Explore #325, 01. Feb. 2009
Rottweil ist die älteste Stadt Baden-Württembergs / Rottweil is the oldest city in Baden-Württemberg Germany
sorry... just another driving shot :-)
Exposure:6 sec
Aperture:f/11.0
Focal Length:10.5 mm
I'm a youTuber now...
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just editing here... but maybe a selfmade video in the next time :-)
Explore #1 on Sunday, February 1, 2009
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Wow, with many thanks to my friends :)
The celebration continues… Lunar New Year 2009 -- the year of the Ox
The Black Hmong are the largest minority in the Sapa region, accounting for about 50% of the population of about 50,000.
HAPPY NEW YEAR : 2010
AFRIKAANS gelukkige nuwejaar ALBANIAN Gëzuar vitin e ri ALSATIAN e glëckliches ëies / güets nëies johr ARABIC aam saiid / sana saiida ARMENIAN shnorhavor nor tari
AZERI yeni iliniz mubarek BAMBARA bonne année BASQUE urte berri on BELARUSIAN З новым годам (Z novym hodam) BENGALI subho nababarsho BERBER asgwas amegas BETI mbembe mbu BOBO bonne année BOSNIAN sretna nova godina BRETON bloavez mad BULGARIAN честита нова година BIRMAN hnit thit ku mingalar pa CANTONESE kung hé fat tsoi CATALAN feliç any nou CHINESE xin nièn kuai le / xin nièn hao CORSICAN pace e salute CROAT sretna nova godina CZECH šťastný nový rok
DANISH godt nytår DUTCH gelukkig Nieuwjaar ESPERANTO felicxan novan jaron eliæan novan jaron ESTONIAN head uut aastat FAROESE gott nýggjár FINNISH onnellista uutta vuotta FLEMISH gelukkig Nieuwjaar FRENCH bonne année FRIULAN bon an GALICIAN feliz aninovo GEORGIAN gilotsavt aral tsels GERMAN ein gutes neues Jahr / prost Neujahr GREEK kali chronia / kali xronia eutichismenos o kainourgios chronos GUARANÍ rogüerohory año nuévo-re HAITIAN CREOLE bònn ané HMONG Jawn Sha No Cha HAWAIIAN hauoli makahiki hou HEBREW shana tova HINDI nav varsh ki subhkamna HUNGARIAN boldog új évet ICELANDIC farsælt komandi ár INDONESIAN selamat tahun baru IRISH GAELIC ath bhliain faoi mhaise ITALIAN felice anno nuovo, buon anno JAPANESE akemashite omedetô KABYLIAN asseguèsse-ameguèsse
KANNADA hosa varshada shubhaashayagalu KHMER sur sdei chhnam thmei KIRUNDI umwaka mwiza KOREAN seh heh bok mani bat uh seyo KURDE sala we ya nû pîroz be
LAO sabai di pi mai LATIN felix sit annus novus LATVIAN laimīgo Jauno gadu LINGALA bonana / mbula ya sika elamu na tonbeli yo LITHUANIAN laimingų Naujųjų Metų LOW SAXON gelükkig nyjaar LUXEMBOURGEOIS e gudd neit Joër MACEDONIAN srekna nova godina MALAGASY arahaba tratry ny taona MALAY selamat tahun baru MALTESE sena gdida mimlija risq MAORI kia hari te tau hou MONGOLIAN shine jiliin bayariin end hurgeye (Шинэ жилийн баярын мэнд хvргэе) MORÉ wênd na kô-d yuum-songo NORWEGIAN godt nytt år OCCITAN bon annada PERSIAN sâle no mobârak POLISH szczęśliwego nowego roku PORTUGUESE feliz ano novo ROMANI bangi vasilica baxt
ROMANIAN un an nou fericit / la mulţi ani RUSSIAN С Новым Годом (S novim godom)
SAMOAN ia manuia le tausaga fou SANGO nzoni fini ngou SARDINIAN bonu annu nou
SCOTTISH GAELIC bliadhna mhath ur SERBIAN srecna nova godina SHONA goredzwa rakanaka \SINDHI nain saal joon wadhayoon SLOVAK stastlivy novy rok SLOVENIAN srečno novo leto SOBOTA dobir leto SPANISH feliz año nuevo SWAHILI mwaka mzuri
SWEDISH gott nytt år SWISS-GERMAN äs guets Nöis TAGALOG manigong bagong taon TAHITIAN ia ora te matahiti api TAMIL iniya puthandu nalVazhthukkal TATAR yana yel belen TELUGU nuthana samvathsara subhakankshalu THAI (sawatdii pimaï) TIBETAN tashi délek TURKISH yeni yiliniz kutlu olsun UDMURT Vyľ Aren UKRAINIAN Z novym rokom URDU naya saal mubarik VIETNAMESE Chúc Mừng Nam Mới / Cung Chúc Tân Niên / Cung Chúc Tân Xuân WALOON ("betchfessîs" spelling) bone annéye / bone annéye èt bone santéye WELSH blwyddyn newydd dda WEST INDIAN CREOLE bon lanné YIDDISH a gut yohr
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Pre dawn was not so good, but I had noticed this yacht and thought, if the sun came up and peaked thought the clouds it might be good. So we waited, and we were rewarded.
I'm not 100% happy here, I just cant manage to get the exposure and WH right.
- ISO 100, f9, 1/60, 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
- Unsharp mask in Photoshop 6.0 (30%)
HDR
- Tone mapped using Photomatix HDR, in detail mode.
—Dante, La Vita Nuova
Hello Flickr! I am really REALLY happy today because the Coachella lineup finally came out and SO many bands I love will be there--including my absolute fave and the band that Scott and I saw at Coachella 2004 when we finally got together (The Cure--very very sentimental, the reason we went in the first place).
I couldn't be happier and I seriously can't wait. This will be my 6th straight year.
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When Andrew, our guide at Rattray’s said, “we’re going to see some Buffalos”, we couldn’t have guessed what impressive spectacle was waiting for us. We drove up to the area and he parked the car .. We saw some buffalos, but they were a bit far off. I looked at Andrew a bit confused but he just leaned back and smiled.
Soon it became clear why…. More Buffalos came up on the field… and more… and more. Pretty soon the car was surrounded by a herd of hundreds of them (see picture below). I could have easily touched them. We’ve spent a good part of an hour with them, before they moved on.. slowly.
Know that, although it looks like your average herd of cows, buffalos are considered one of the most dangerous animals of Africa. They have no fear. You can feel that when you look in their eyes. We've been chased by a (wounded) Buffalo Bull once a couple of years ago, no pre-warning; he just attacked out of the blue. Just escaped from him hitting the rental car we drove - and I have a very healthy respect for them!
One of the nicest things about a herd of Buffalos is that they are always in the company of ‘Red Billed Oxpeckers’. These busy little birds feed on the ticks on the hide of the grazing Buffalos and they fill the air with their constant chatter.
Guess on this shot it's not really hard to see how they got their name.. :-)
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Explore best position #8 28/01/2009
This picture was taken this evening and is dedicated to my friend Robert Vardigan www.flickr.com/photos/robertvardigans/
Thank you very much for your supportive testimonial!
« Rêver, c'est franchir les frontières du monde physique, c'est entrer dans la lumière pure, c'est être illuminé et donc illuminer le monde à l'intention d'autrui. »
Shashi Deshpande
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The Old England building in the snow. At the far right you can spot a building that's been wrapped with a famous painting of the famous Belgian surrealist painter Magritte.
The shot
Standard 3 exposure HDR [-2,0,+2EV] at f/13 using the Simga 10-20mm lens on a tripod.
Photoshop
° Shadows and highlights.
° A little desaturation on the snow.
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All comments, criticism and tips for improvements are ( as always ) welcome.
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- EXPLORE #114 on 26 January 2009 -
Must view & feel it in BLACK & LARGE!!!
Solar Eclipse as viewed from Darul Quran, Kuala Kubu Bharu, Selangor, MALAYSIA
on 26 January 2009. Started from 4.35pm.
1st image is the climax eclipse in Malaysia, at 5.45pm (+8GMT)
Viewed from this location:
Latitude: +3d 32'32.17"
Longitude: +101d 39'58.62"
Canon EOS 350D + Sigma 70-300mm:
ISO100, f22, 1/4000", focal length at 300mm.
(Guna cermin mata hitam sebagai filter :p)
2nd image with same setting accept using f32.
Photoshop CS3:
- Untouch!
- Added watermark!
You:
All C&C are most welcome ツ
Me:
"How Potent Is The Creator!"
My 1st time to viewed (and photographed) live this moment! Its so great! Remind me how significant is HIS creations!
Quranic Recitation:
Surah Al-Faatihah recited by Syiekh Nabil Ar-Rifa'e.
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You are of God, my little children, and you have overcome them because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
1 John 4:44
Explored Jan 25, 2009
HDR from 3 exposures - f/8.0 - 1/640s - ISO 100 - 18mm
Nikon D80 with 18-200 VR
#1 in expore interestingness
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany(New York) announced that 33 worship sites will be closed due to demographics and shortage of priests.
"...Suelta la crin sobr'el pescuezo, encaje
forma flotando en su retinto cuero,
las orejas rebeldes, altanero
lo muestran a los ojos del gauchaje..."
Fragmento de "El potro", de Bartolomé Rodolfo Aprile
San Antonio de Areco, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Amigos, visitem: www.visiteareco.com
Explore on 2009-01-23 - Teşekkürler.
Nikon D80 ve Sigma 17-70 len ile çekildi.
# Exposure: 0.1 sec (1/10)
# Aperture: f/25.0
# Focal Length: 19 mm
# ISO Speed: 320
Tek kareden yalancı HDR yaptım arkadaşlar. orijinaline yakın bir görüntü elde ettim. Çekim yaptığım alanda komyanla denizi doldurdukları için rahat çalışamadık.
PS ile boyutunu küçültüm ve imza ekledim.
İzleyen, yorum ve eleştiri yazan herkese şimdiden teşekkürler.
Herkese iyi bir hafta sonu diliyorum.
I have a fascination with plants with large leaves. The larger the leaf the more I admire the plant. One of the largest undivided leaf exotics in the tropical plant world is the Alocasia odora from South East Asia sometimes called giant upright elephant ear. This tropical plant reaches an impressive 3.6 meter. With stiff leaves that resemble something from a movie about King Tut or Cleopatra with the leaf blade being used as a fan, the leaf approaches 1.2 meter in length. The fruits have a vivid color. The orange Colocasia fruits are eaten by birds which distribute the seeds. Its stems are used as a green vegetable in the cuisines of Southeast Asia, and often used to flavor soups. It is used in local medicine as a very powerful herb for asthma and lung cancer. The treelike stem is cut into a slice per day which is cooked together with a piece of fat pork to a soup. This soup needs to be taken 3 times a day.
Photo of the Alocasia fruit taken nearby Kuang Si Waterfall not far from Luang Brabang - Laos.
Ik heb een fascinatie voor planten met grote bladen. Hoe groter het blad hoe meer ik de plant bewonder ;-) Eén van de grootste bladderen die je tegen kan komen in het regenwoud is de Alocasia odora ook wel rechtopstaande olifant oor genoemd. De stengels worden gebruikt als medicijn en schijnt goed te zijn tegen astma en zelfs long kanker. De vruchten van deze plant vallen op door hun kleur. De oranje colocasia vruchten worden gegeten door de vogels die op hun beurt dat zaadjes verspreiden.