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~ A playful mallard greets me at the pond with a few water tossing dunks and flap. ~
I studied ducks for over two years on a daily basis and can tell you many things about how they survive day to day and all about body language. Very unique personalities for each of them and one common love for fresh seeds as posing payment.
I hope everybody is having an outstanding weekend in their own special way and that the happiness of this Mallard may bring a bit of joy to anyone looking for some.
Have a great night / day.. (depending on the World's rotation)
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قلت لك: رآحت علينا ،، قلت لي: باقي أمــل
قلت لك: مات الأمــل ..!
قلت: الله لا يقول
قلت: طيب وش تسمي كل ما صار وحصل؟؟
قلت لي: أزمة وتعدي ،، لازم نلاقي حلول
وضعنا في (الحب) أصبح ،،،
{ قصه وسيرة ومثل ...
لين صار (الحـب) فينا أشبه ~ بطفلـ/ـن خجول !
ما ادري من فينا ظلم !!
ما ادري من فينا عدل !!
ما ادري من فينا تمنى الزعل عمره يطول !!
كل "لحظة" تمر فينا [أصعب] من اللي قبل!
و أعتقد ما عاد لينا (للهوى) .... طعم وقبول
حتى أبيات ،،،
{ المشاعر والأغاني والغزل !!
صرنا نسمعها ،، وحنا لا نحس ولا نقول
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MoDel: MooDy + NooR (Say Mashaaalla PLZ ^^)
тαкεи βγ: мy sis
εdϊτзd βγ: мε ^^
© all rights reserved by B℮n
For those who wonder.. yes, yes I'm running out of my holiday photo's of Laos. My holiday seems already a long time ago. Luang Prabang, does it still exist, or was it just a hazy dream I conjured in my imagination? Luang Prabang, the royal capital of the former kingdom of Laos, is a lovely quiet town. located between the two lazy rivers, the Mekong and Nam Khan river. Life flows slowly here, just like the muddy Mekong. The people are gentle and unassuming.
Photo taken at the morning market of Luang Prabang. I fastly caught a glimpse of this old Asian man. Don't know if he noticed me, but one shot was all I got before he turned around and start eating his meal. All camera sounds OFF, 432mm zoom, spot metering, F3.3, 1/100s and ISO200.
Our last day in Luang Prabang we were strolling down the Morning Market. A good place to go for food and entertainment. There are hundreds of temporary and semi-permanent shops, stalls, and blankets spread on the ground, where everyone buy and sell almost anything. Here the hill tribesman or woman comes face to face with the modern western traveler in a milieu strange to both of them. But nonetheless the strangeness seems to handle with a broad smile. Inside the market I caught a glimpse of this old man. Later I realize, looking at his dirty clothes, he must have been homeless.
He was just receiving a free meal from a local market restaurant. It was the first homeless we saw in Laos. I guess there are more homeless in Amsterdam than in Laos. Although Laos is a poor country, being homeless is ofcourse another story. But let's not forget a generation of War and the Politburo of the Communist Party who came to power. In 2005, the United States established Normal Trade Relations with Laos. Looking at his intriguing face I'm sure this man have quite a story to tell.
It's interesting seeing the fisherman come in early morn and with all the clothing - long gum boots, hat ++ and just wade into the water.
I have been to this spot a few times and this was the only time I got this........one from archives - long forgotten. Shot with my 18-200VR lens...not great at the long range...a bit soft which I do not like !!!! but loved the fisherman, and the mist rising up in the backend
single exposure. tuned thru lightroom and CS
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Explore FP on 25 Feb 2009. Highest position #3. Thank you all my dear friends for making this image and the previous on the Front Page at the same time 0-6AM 26/02/2009. I very appreciate!
www.gigilivorno.com/fpexploresearch.php?1235772500
This image dedicated to my friend Thao Hien www.flickr.com/photos/tran_thaohien/
May all your dreams and wishes become true!
I just came home from the musical “Beauty and the Beast” (Russian version). www.beauty-beast.ru/ It was super. I recommend everyone to see it.
But it too late now, about 11h30PM (Moscow time). If I can’t visit all of you today, so please forgive me, I will do it tomorrow.
As always thank you very much all my dear friends for your visits, comments and favs!
Please NO multigroup invites!
People who are crucified with Christ have three distinct marks:
1. they are facing only one direction,
2. they can never turn back, and
3. they no longer have plans of their own.
--A.W. Tozer
© All Rights Reserved - No usage allowed without the written consent of Don Durfee
I am truly amazed by the number of views, comments, and favorites given to this photo.
I thank each of you for that.
The moon's near side -- the side that's almost always visible to the earth. Visible features of the near side on a full moon are the its craters and "seas" -- the dark areas. Previously(before the high end telescopes and moon explorations), the dark spots of the moon were thought to be bodies of water -- seas -- by the astronomers observing using their telescopes. Some of the features were later named as seas, hence, "sea of tranquility", "sea of serenity", etc. They would later turn out to be large valleys and lowlands. The lighter and higher areas, brilliantly illuminated by the sun and has a slightly different surface are called the "highlands" or terrae.
The Apollo 11 moon landings(first time a man landed on the moon by traversing more than 380,000 kilometers) were on the area called the Sea of Tranquility.
Shot taken from Badian, Cebu, Philippines
"...Cada voz,
cada voz era un grito de: "¡¡¡a la cargaaaa...!!!"
que sonaba a clarín en las patriadas
y cada mano gaucha: garra fiera
que la batalla prolongaba en lanza..."
Fragmento de “Romance en celeste y blanco”, de Mario César Arrieta
Fuente: gauchoguacho.blogspot.com/search/label/Mario C%c3%a9sar Arrieta
San Antonio de Areco, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Amigos, visitem: www.visiteareco.com
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Appreciate in Larger and Bigger View On Black
Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
Exposure: 25
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal Length: 25 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off
Location: Orlando, Florida
Copyright© 2009 Kamoteus/RonMiguel RN
This image is protected under the United States and International Copyright laws and may not be downloaded, reproduced, copied, transmitted or manipulated without written permission.
Front Page Explore # 21. Thank YOU
I looked up and found this interesting. The reds/orange contrasted the black skies well.
This is the Buddha Tooth Relic temple in China Town.
A single exposure - handheld - ISO1600; f/4. I then extended the canvas to give it a minimalistic feel,. Lightroom processed.
Please Explore if you find some time ..... Singapore Collections
Explored Feb, 19, 2009 #437
Statue "Unconditional Surrender" in San Diego.
Statue is of a famous photo appearing in Life Magazine
taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt in Times Square, New York City,
on V-J Day (August 14, 1945) of a sailor kissing a nurse.
Yet another one from my short hike during Valentines day on the Ventura foothills , this one I backed off on the processing some.
Music: Neko Case - Star Witness right click to open in new window/tab
Constructive criticism appreciated!
INVITES ARE GREAT, BUT PLEASE IN MODERATION
All my public photos are free for personal use
About
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.
Explored - Feb. 16, 2009 - Thank you all so very much!
Thanks Chris for the explore link!
What:
The sun setting over cracked ice on the frozen bay.
Where:
Glen Haven (near Peggy's Cove)
Nova Scotia, Canada
(I added it to the map in case you want to find it)
About:
I was driving down to Peggy's Cove (duh...) to see if I could catch a decent sunset. I saw the frozen bay in Glen Haven and the sun was getting pretty low so I figured it would be too late by the time I got to Peggy's to catch it so I stopped and snapped a few shots and managed to even get some nice clouds. Good thing I stopped because by the time I finally made it to Peggy's Cove they along with the sun were gone!
Edit: This was added later:
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I forgot to mention that I didn't even see that slight rainbow and the rays when I was there. I only noticed when I processed the -2ev exposure. The UV filter on my 10-20mm is just amazing at pulling detail from the sky. It's just a Hoya, nothing special but I'm always amazed when I look through the view-finder!
I could have brought those elements out a little more during PP but the sky was already so amazing that I didn't want to mess with it.
Tech crap:(copied from my reply to Justin's question)
I should have posted the PP work in my comment but it was really late! This one was done in Photomatix, I always try that first as it is quick and dirty. Often it is too "dirty" though and I can't get it they way I want it to look. I liked this one though after I brought the luminosity way down. It actually looked the way I remembered it. Didn't need much PS work afterwards either.
BTW, most of my shots lately are DRIs (Dynamic Range Increase) or more commonly known as blended exposures. I could have gotten the same results here blending the -2ev sky with the 0ev foreground and using some of the +2ev highlights. It would have taken much longer though. Like I said I liked the Photomatix result in this case so I worked with that. Wheww...
Do NOT go here unless you want to freeze!
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Nikon D90 : Sigma 10-20mm @ 10mm : 1/60s + -2ev & +2ev @ f/11 ISO200
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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.
Dedicated to my brother Carlos Andrade
www.flickr.com/photos/galeria_carlosandrade/
Playa del Sol , Chiapas México
this image is NOT for donation, if you are interested in some image, please contact me andrade@abaimagen.com
Dot not use IT ! Copyright
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!
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. 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 but also for the Laos elephants.
Photo of the bathing elephants taken at the tad Sae Waterfall nearby Luang Prabang - Laos.
Onze boot bracht ons via the Nam Khan rivier naar het dorpje Ban Souandara. Dit dorp word bewoond door de bergvolkeren Khamu, Hmong en Lao Loom. Hier kan je per olifant een rit maken naar de Tad Sae waterval. Na een tocht van anderhalf uur door de jungle en teakbos kom je aan bij deze prachtige waterval. Deze waterval heeft verschillende plateaus en helder groen water. Werkelijk de mooiste waterval die we tot nu toe gezien hebben. De olifanten krijgen een lekker verfrissend bad.
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
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Explore FP on 6 Feb 2009. Highest position #2 (15 Apr 2009)
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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
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Explore #47(Highest position) - Thanks everyone & thank you nejire for explore link
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Hope you like this POV. I've been wanting to click the local housing - HDB here. I chanced upon this view in China town. Think it's original ;-)
Sorry, I am behind in visiting some of my contacts stream. Will do so over the next few days.
DRI- Digital Blending of 5 exposures . Masking for the tennis court
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螞 像 孜 空 寫 歌 腐 在 ︽
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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
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Featured Golden Diamond of the week in Golen Pictures Worth 1000 Words (09.09)
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2nd Place in Nature's Carousel Looking Forward to 1000 Members Contest
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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!
Il libeccio è un vento che viene dalla Libia (Africa) dopo aver attraversato il mare , si annuncia a Procida con grossi nuvoloni scuri provenienti dall' isola d' Ischia come vediamo da questa foto presa da Terramurata in una pausa tra una ondata di pioggia e la successiva.
Ho avuto una settimana bagnata !l
Rain annouce from S-W wind.
On Explore - 31 Genn. 2009 h.p. # 19
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Capaccio loc. Capo di Fiume (SA) - Italy
Alle falde del Monte Calpazio, le cui cime sono chiamate Monte Soprano a Nord e Monte Sottano a Sud, troviamo questa splendida località chiamata Capo di Fiume, dalle ricche sorgenti d' acqua che risultano essere una diramazione del fiume Calore che sottopassa la montagna e da cui deriva il nome della città di Capaccio, dal latino Caput Acquae.
Capo di Fiume è un luogo assolutamente incantevole, tra le varie bellezze naturali c'è un ristorante ricavato da un vecchio mulino circondato da molti ruscelli nei quali si suddivide il corso d' acqua.
Vi è un laghetto dal quale emerge solo una colonna di un antico tempio Greco, qui ripresa nello scatto, è inoltre un habitat ideale per vari tipi di uccelli acquatici e presenta un fenomeno interessante nel punto da cui sorge l' acqua, numerose bolle d' aria emergono dal fondo alla superfice rendendo il posto ancora più affascinante e particolare.
Capaccio loc. Capo di Fiume (SA) - Italy
At the foot of Mount Calpazio, whose peaks are called Monte Soprano north and south Monte Sottano, we find this wonderful place called the head of river, from rich sources of water that are a branch of the river Calore that passes under the mountain and from which derives its name from the city of Capaccio, from the Latin Caput Acquae.
Capo di Fiume is an absolutely beautiful place, between the natural beauty there is a restaurant converted from an old mill surrounded by many streams in which the course is made up of water.
There is a lake which shows only one column of an ancient Greek temple, here shooting step, it is also an ideal habitat for various aquatic birds and presents an interesting phenomenon at the point from which rises the water, many air bubbles rising from the bottom to the surface, making the place even more fascinating and unusual.