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Spiral staircase leading to the 'Café Glockenspiel' in Munich.

 

I took several shots of this staircase from different angles, but this one is my favorite, because of the bit of wall which is still visible on the right side (looked strange when i cut it off a few shots earlier) and because of the intersecting railings.

 

Technique/Processing

 

I took 2 shots, 2EV apart from each other. The first one already had dialed in an exposure correction of +1EV, because i wanted to retain the bright walls. The upper part of the staircase had to be replaced (manual blending) with the one from the -2EV exposure, because it was completely white.

 

I did NOT use a tripod, but hand held it again, having to use ISO 7200 (!!!) to get the bright look. I was really excited, that the lavender wall color came out so nicely at this high ISO setting

Sunrise above Melbourne CBD through my window , Tonemapped then processed from standard RAW (.Cr2).

 

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Sunset over the Hradčany in Prague.

 

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Prague Castle (Czech: Pražský hrad) is a castle in Prague where the Kings of Bohemia, Holy Roman Emperors and presidents of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic have had their offices. The Bohemian Crown Jewels are kept here. Prague Castle is one of the biggest castles in the world (according to Guinness Book of Records the biggest ancient castle) at about 570 meters in length and an average of about 130 meters wide.

 

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Technique/Processing

 

I shot this one, using the Sigma 50mm f/1.4 lens. At first i shot a normal photo, but i realized it didn't look good, because of the troubled waters of the Vltava.

 

But then i remembered that i miraculously did not forget to pack my B+W ND110 ND filter, so i screwed it onto the lens and by that, could use an exposure of 15 seconds, which created the silky water you can see here. Oh, and i also had to carry my tripod around the whole day, but hey, 2kgs more or less don't matter ;)

 

Moreover, the cloud moved during those 15 seconds and thus it seems to encircle the sun.

 

Only one shot, no HDR

III Maximum speed III

 

III سرعه قصوى III

 

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canon 7D

 

SIGMA 10 - 20 mm 1:4-5.6 DC

 

F : 11

 

2 Seconds

 

10 mm

 

ISO : 640

 

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لكم مني كل الحب والتقدير

 

عبدالرحمن محمد القيسي

 

لا انسى وجود المتألق : عبدالله التيهاني خلف العدسه

 

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Paradise island resort, Maldives

 

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Smoking kills

 

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Graffiti chat dans l'Albaicin à Grenade:mon avatar chat!

 

Cat graffiti. Albaicin area. Granada.Spain.

 

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HaPPY GoRGeouS GReeN THuRSDaY !!!

  

I will be away for some days.

 

Hope your spring is beautiful.

    

Have all a fantastic weekend ahead…………….

    

Thank you JoesSistah for the texture.

   

Play it loud and………

♪♪♫ L I S T e N ♪♪♫♪♪♫

  

 

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HaPPY FLoWeRY THuRSDaY !!!

  

The last day of Songkran festival is here.

 

Thailand is wet and ready for a new year.

   

This man here is working on the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok.

 

The most important shrine for the thais and you can believe me, tons of flowers, candles and incense sticks are laid down all day by the thai Buddhists, coming to this place to pray for good business and success.

 

So this man is doing an important job, he grabs all flowers and the other stuff and making space for new ones.

 

I like the hand of him, I catched in this shot.

  

HaPPY GoRGeouS GReeN THuRSDaY all of you !!!

    

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Chefchaouen or Chaouen is a Small City situated in the Rif Mountains in Morocco, just inland from Tangier and Tetouan.

 

More Information from Wikipedia

 

Chefchaouen, Morocco

 

This building at the Maciachini Centre is still under construction but it's what I was looking forward to seeing more than anything else on the trip to Milan. And with the help of elen@c I made it. Thank you, Elena!

  

mine I like : ministract : buildings

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My wild river reflection …!!!

An impressionnist photo safari concentrated mainly on a daily basis (or almost) on my small piece of planet of 55 000 square feet …!!!

A Thoreau "waldennienne" approach …!!!

 

Reflet de ma rivière sauvage …!!!

Un safari photo impressioniste au quotidien concentré essentiellement (ou presque) sur un petit morceau de planète de 55 000 pieds carrés ...!!!

Une démarche "waldennienne" à la Thoreau …!!!

 

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A dollhouse store in Minneapolis called ‘Little Enchantments’ let me take some pictures of there awesomely detailed miniature stuff - check them out: www.littleenchantments.com

 

Seen on a church wall in Prague

  

Only developed from RAW and then color processed (curves adjustment)

Let's move from Prague to Munich :)

After Prague we went to Munich on short notice

  

Station Georg-Brauchle-Ring of the U1 line.

 

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Georg-Brauchle-Ring is an U-Bahn station in Munich on the U1. It is located below the Georg-Brauchle-Ring, part of Munich's Mittlerer Ring ring road system. It opened on 18 October 2003. Artist Franz Ackermann produced two coloured walls for the station entitled The Great Journey and consisting of 400 panels, each wall weighing 30 tons

  

Technique/Processing

 

Handheld - only 1/15s this time - so no problem at ISO 1000 - i really love the ISO Auto function of the D700 - you can concentrate on the subject instead of having to adjust your exposure/ISO every time.

 

Developed from RAW in Photoshop - one exposure for the lights (especially the clocks - they were completely white out of cam) and one for the rest and then combined them by layer masking.

 

A little contrast added, by applying a slight S-curve.

 

After that i added some 'glamour glow' to the lights on the ceiling and their reflections to make them look softer.

Batu Bolong, Canggu Tua - Bali

Canon EOS 50D + EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

EXIF: 2 sec • f/13• 12 mm • ISO 100

Exposure Mode + White Balance: Manual

Filters: Hitech 2stops RG +Singh-Ray 3stopsRG.

Software: Digital Photo Pro + Adobe Photoshop CS3.

 

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Elvis Presley - You've lost that loving feeling

 

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Photographer Joi on the edge of the crater of the erupting volcano in Fimmvörðuháls/Eyjafjallajökull. Iceland april 2010. While observing this photo I was amazed how relaxed he ectually is standing there wile the volcano spreads the melting lava around the area. I guess the lava is about 1000-1200°C at this point.

 

Several newspapers and magazines around the world published this shot.

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On this occasion, the wally was me! Why? For forgetting to take my Lumix off the rock on the bottom right of the image when I was taking it :p I've cloned it out now of course :)

 

Also cloned out the big buoy between the island and mainland (see previous picture), as well as the dust bunnies I've got, and had to straighten the lighthouse as well as the 10-20mm at 10mm doesn't half have some distortion :)

 

Oddly enough the colour is the one thing I've not touched in post-pro, I spent far too much time (ok 10 minutes) cloning out the camera, buoy and straightening the lighthouse that I was fedup already by then).

 

HiTech 0.3Grad SE ND, + 0.9ND

 

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Fisherman at mediterranean sea.

 

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One of my favourite walks is through the port, watching the names and origin ports of ships, exotic names for me: Varna, Odessa, Vladivostok, Nassau... It makes me dream of far travels abroad. Today we had this fine collection of vessels in the closest dock to the city. The three-masted ship is a replica of the spanish flagship at Trafalgar, it is permanently anchored in Málaga and used as a floating restaurant.

San Miguel de Allende.

Estado de Guanajuato. Mexico

 

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Highest position: 432 on Monday, March 29, 2010

 

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Just listen to this beautiful music

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Mexico City International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México or AICM), also called Benito Juárez International Airport (IATA: MEX, ICAO: MMMX) is a commercial airport that serves Mexico City, the capital of Mexico. It is Mexico's and Latin America's busiest.

This hot and high airport offers direct flights to more than 100 destinations worldwide. In 2009, the airport served 24,243,056 passengers, a decrease of 7.5% compared with 2008, who received 26,210,217. This modest decline was mainly due to the global financial crisis and the outbreak of influenza. In optimal conditions, and with the current renovations and expansion projects completed, the Benito Juárez airport will be able to handle up to 32 million passengers per year.[3]. It provides non-stop services from Mexico City to North America, Central America and Caribbean, South America, Europe and Asia.

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Camera : Nikon D3s

  

Lenses : Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR

 

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Welcome to Tad Yuang waterfalls. Located on the Bolaven Plateau, which was formed by an ancient volcano in Southern Laos, one of the most scenic spots in the region. Going downward on a paved trail is the magnificent dual torrent and multi-tiered waterfalls of Tad Yuang. It falls into a deep pool surrounded by lush vegetation leading to a thick forest. There were no other people at that time we were there. The falls themselves drop far below. Beyond the waterfalls stretches the extensive jungle of Dong Hua Sao, one of the 18 National Biodiversity Conservation Areas in the country. Open since 2000, trekking trails are the best and perhaps the only way to get into the park. Dong Hau Sao is home to a healthy population of tigers, though you are more likely to see monkey, gigantic butterflies and in the wet season, dozens of great horn-bills who like to hang out at the bottom of the falls. Thanks to its location on an elevation of 1300 meters and surrounded by clouds forests, temperatures are much lower than elsewhere in Laos. A cloud forest, is a tropical evergreen highland moist forest characterized by a high incidence of low-level cloud cover, usually at the canopy level. Within cloud forests, much of the condensation is in the form of fog drip, where fog condenses on tree leaves and then drips onto the ground below. Even in the hottest period of the year, March and April, temperatures in the daytime usually do not reach over 27 Celsius, while at night it cools down considerably. Starting July, when rain starts to fall more regularly, temperatures drop and a sweater in addition to a rain coat is recommended. Do definitely pack warm clothes when staying with us between November and February.

 

Photo of Tad Yuang waterfall of Dong Hua Sao National park near Paksong - Southern Laos - taken during our trekking. This fall is located up to 1300 meters above sea level, with the cool climate, abundant rainfall and rich volcanic soil. My son BieJee and daughter Samantha are going downward on a paved trail towards this magnificent viewpoint near one of the falls. A place where you don't stay dry. A beautiful view on the edge of a hill overlooking the mist-covered jungle mountainside waterfalls. The real beauty of cloud forest. An endless flow of water is created and if windy, the mist sprays over the remote mountains into the rainforest and created this misty and beautiful atmosphere. Tropical cloud forests are a rare type of evergreen mountain forest found in tropical areas where local climatic conditions cause cloud and mist to be regularly in contact with the forest vegetation. These forests support ecosystems of distinctive floristic and structural form and contain a large number of the world’s endemic and threatened species.The endless cool breeze helps capture a full taste of nature. It is a ideal spot for tourists to relax and enjoy nature.

 

Welkom bij de Tad Tuang waterval in het nationale park van Dong Hua Sao. Er nog veel meer watervallen in het park te zien vooral in de regentijd. De krachtige watervallen geven een regen van nevel af. Er sluierde een mysterieuze nevel door de regenwoud tijdens onze wandeltocht. Je snuift de frisse berglucht en kunt genieten van het buiten zijn. De ervaring van het in de jungle zijn met de vele geluiden is al uniek. Heerlijk omgeven door intiem mysterieuze nevel. Het hooggelegen en dus koele Tad Fane gaat waarschijnlijk deel uitmaken van het 6000 vierkante km grote beschermde natuurgebied Dong Hua Sao. Met een gids verkennen we het schitterende natuurgebied en maken een tocht langs verschillende woeste watervallen. Met af een toe een prachtige uitzicht over het tropisch nevelwoud. Een nevelwoud is een bergbos bedekt met wolken en mist. De planten kunnen waterdruppels opnemen die condenseren op de bladeren en takken. Het nevelwoud is een zeldzame vorm van een bos. Van alle tropische bossen is maar 2,5% nevelwoud. Maar liefst 86% van alle nevelwouden staat bij het Wereld Natuur Fonds op de lijst van beschermde bossen. De nevelwouden zijn net als regenwouden volop begroeid met verschillende soorten planten. Die moeten beschermd worden tegen uitsterven omdat met het verlies van de soorten bijvoorbeeld eetbare planten verloren gaan. Een plek met bijzondere flora en fauna waar vooral de wandelaars aan hun trekken komen. In de regentijd zijn de paden wel spekglad en zul je gastheer zijn van tientallen bloedzuigers. Je loopt via olifantenpaden langs bergrivieren en je ziet prachtige watervallen waar je ook kunt zwemmen. Vanaf de rotswanden op 1300 meter hoogte zijn de uitzichten adembenemend. Afhankelijk van het seizoen zie je bloeiende bomen, wilde orchideeen en zeldzame vlinders. Een prachtig reservaat met meer dan 300 vogelsoorten. Diep in het park leven er nog panters, tijgers en een groep wilde Aziatische olifanten. Welkom in het verafgelegen Laos!

      

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ande mis sueños se criaron ;

el palenque ande se ataron

mis afetos más queridos;

la güerta ande ví floridos

y semiyaos mis anhelos;

el manantial color cielo

que supo acalmar mi sé;

la fogata ande quemé

tuititos mis desconsuelos...”

 

Fragmento de “Totora”, de Serafín J. Garcia

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has started.

 

Winters were gray. Thankfully the days are getting longer now and in few weeks sun will start shining bright.

 

Even though English sun gives me headaches but its much better than the gloomy night-like days of winters.

 

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This week winter came back and brought a lot of snow again. On Friday it has been a very cold and misty morning. I could watch the lovely sunrise from my balcony shortly before going to work.

It was not so spectacular like the one you can see in my comment but I love the mood. Although the atmosphere was really beautiful, I'm still looking for Spring ;-) !

 

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Diese Woche kam der Winter mit heftigem Schneefall und sehr kalten Temperaturen zurück. Der Freitag begann sehr nebelig und ich konnte einen wundervollen Sonnenaufgang hinter meinem Haus beobachten. Er war sicher nicht so spektakulär wie der im späten Herbst, den ihr unten im Kommentar sehen könnt, aber halt von ganz besonderer Atmosphäre.

Auch wenn es eine fantastische Stimmung war, sehne ich mich immer noch nach dem Frühjahr ;-)!

 

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A steel mill on a river late in the day. The water was very calm today, I have never seen this part of the river so calm at this time of the day, you can see the water "gently" flowing by.

 

About the Photo

*Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS *Lens: EF-S 18-55mm ƒ/3.5-5.6 IS *Shutter Speed: N/A *Aperture Value: ƒ/11 *ISO: 100 *Focal Length:18mm (28.8mm Equivalent)

I shot this on a tripod using mirror lockup, a polarizing filter, and a 2Sec. selftimer. This is composed of six exposures, one average exposure, three 1 stop underexposures, and two 1 stop overexposures. I opened the RAW files in Photomatix Pro and toned mapped them to my liking. Then I used ACR to polish up the 16 bit TIFF file and opened it in CS4 were I removed dust spots and added my watermark.

 

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“...En la estancia del ensueño,

fué su encanto y maravilla

una mentada tropilla

que seleccionó mi enpeño...

Fui yo sin jactancia el dueño

de esa tropilla que fuera

la mejor que conociera

el pago de mis pasiones...

Y había allí sin pretenciones

del pelo que usted pidiera..."

 

Fragmento de “La tropilla”, de Clodomiro Perez

Tacuarembó, Tacuarembó, Uruguay

 

I'm starting to see a few odes flying around here. This is another one from the archives, cropped a little tighter to show more detail.

 

Taken this spring at the Genius Preserve in Winter Park, Florida.

 

March 2008

 

Canon Digital Rebel and Canon 75-300.

Honestly I LOVE THIS CITY.

Every detail of it is painted with this special touch. Everything is found a world city needs and you feel the fresh taste of new life everyday!

 

Ha I am getting poetic and this with my bad English. I am sorry :)

 

I think you will understand if you ever live there!

 

Ben

 

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Having seen some great shots by some of my Contacts of this Future Systems building at 367 Oxford Street I know there's a lot of potential but every time I've walked past the building is in shade. I liked this one though as the chaotic composition seemed to reflect it's Oxford St context.

 

© D.Godliman

 

P.S. This photo is one of nine included in my 'Through a glass, darkly' set for the #OxfordshireArtweeks 2021 Festival. You can see the others here : www.flickr.com/photos/oxfordphotographers/galleries/72157...

 

The jumping spider is typically found in tropic regions. The tropic regions that they are found in are very different, anywhere from the rain forest to the Himalayas. The jumping spider can be found anywhere in these climates, if its day the spider can be found on the ground, on rocks, in the grass, or on trees. At night or if it is raining, the jumping spider will hide under rocks or a small web.

 

*Taken during the 2nd Anniversary Celebration of Pinoy Macro Group at Matabungkay, Lian, Batangas - February 20-21, 2010.

Thanks to Dr. Alfred Tan and Dr. Roland Perez

 

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Earlier today, we attender another fortheloveofbrooklyn meet up in Gowanus. I was really surprised that there was about 20 people that turned out, compared to about 6 last month. So I wanted to try something new and do a pano of the entire group. Not sure how great the results are but hey, its something.

 

I've tagged everyone I know, so if you want to help out and tag yourself/someone I don't know, be my guest.

 

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Phuket, Thailand

 

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Day 60 - March 1, 2010

 

Tonight I met up for the first time with long-time Flickr contact Dux and his future best man Mark. It was actually my first Flickr meet up with someone from the Philippines, my third of all time.

 

My first Flickr meet was with Adrian, Amanda and Stephanie back in November of 2009 when I visited Guam. The second this January with Ron when Adrian visited the Philippines.

 

Tonight's photo walk was very brief and more time was spent talking than shooting photos but it was alright, in fact that was all I really wanted to do tonight.

 

The cool thing about tonight is that even from this brief three-hour meet I could already sense that Dux & Mark are going to end up being really good friends, just like Adrian and the Guam gang have become to me. Flickr hasn't got it wrong yet!

 

Who wants to meet up next? And if you could meet up with any Flickr contact who would it be and why (you don't have to say me)?

 

PHOTO NOTES:

This is my first strobist attempt, but don't know if it counts since Dux set it up for me and even told me what the best camera settings would be. Here's the strobist info:

 

1. 430exII on lightstand with shoot through umbrella @1/32power; 50mm

2. Triggered via ctr-301p's

 

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"Lord Jesus, be the King and Ruler of my heart, mind, life, and home. May my life reflect your meekness and humility that you may be honored as the King of glory!"

 

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King of GLORY Live by Third Day

 

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After the Thurs-Fri snowstorm. I think the full moon washed out the reflection on the water a little bit. Going to find something else to study now. Last Brooklyn Bridge shot for a while.

 

Single exposure, 18mm, 78s, ISO 200, f/13

 

Huge 2000-pixel-wide version.

Today I have been driving back to my hometown, the places where I have grown up. There comes a time in the year when I can really smell in the air the taste of spring coming up, and this was the day. I went there to take pictures of the sunset (which actually I did some), but on the other side of the horizon, I hesitated in front of an unexpected moonrise. It looked gorgeous, as the air was very clear. That awesome moon, floating on the top of my long-known hills, still lit by the last sunrays, started to pour a river of memories into my mind. I could not stop the superposition of fragments of those memories, just at random… the cans of cheap beer barely hidden and the first cigarettes stolen from our parents, the many dreams about our future lives and what we would have become, the first challenges of love, no worries about tomorrow and the uncertainty about the present time.

Tonight, for a handful of minutes, I felt again the same, just until the sun faded finally behind me.

 

Dedicated to all of those who look in depth at the details

 

PS: By the way, I don't smoke (anymore) but still like beer :) It helps to remember...

  

Oggi sono tornato nella mia città natale, i luoghi dove sono cresciuto. Arriva un momento, durante l’anno, in cui riesco veramente a sentire il profumo della primavera, nell’aria, e oggi era proprio quel giorno. Sono andato a fare fotografie del tramonto (e qualcuna in effetti l’ho scattata), ma dall’altra parte dell’orizzonte ho esitato davanti ad un inatteso sorgere di luna. Era impressionante, per l’aria molto tersa. Quella fantastica Luna, che galleggiava sopra alle mie colline note da sempre e illuminate ancora dagli ultimi barlumi di sole, mi riversava nella mente un fiume di ricordi. Non potevo arginare la caotica sovrapposizione di frammenti di memorie… Le lattine di birra a basso costo a malapena celate e le prime sigarette rubate ai genitori, i molti sogni sulle nostre vite future e su quello che saremmo diventati da grandi, le prime sfide dell’amore, la spensieratezza per il domani e l’incertezza del presente.

Stasera, per una manciata di minuti, ho provato esattamente quelle stesse cose, ancora una volta, fin quando il sole è finalmente tramontato dietro di me.

 

Dedicato a tutti coloro che guardano i dettagli in profondità

 

A proposito, non fumo (più) ma non dico di no ad una birra :) aiuta a ricordare...

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