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Aperture: f/2.8
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My experiments with water droplets continues .. I still have not got the result I wanted. I will be trying out this in another day.. These are the shots I took yesterday.
Las Casas Colgadas, también conocidas como Casas Voladas, Casas del Rey y, erróneamente, Casas Colgantes, es un conjunto de edificios civiles situados en Cuenca (España). En el pasado era frecuente este elemento arquitectónico en el borde este de la ciudad antigua, situado frente a la hoz del río Huécar, aunque hoy sólo
perduran una pequeña parte de ellas. De todas, las más conocidas son un conjunto de tres de estas estructuras con balcones de madera.
Esta serie se la quiero dedicar a Maira por dos cosas, la primera porque siempre dice que conoce la peninsula gracias a mis tomas de mis viajes por España y segundo porque a sido su cumpleaños y al pillarme de viaje no he podido felicitarla, asi que aunque tarde Muchas felicidades Maira. Besos
Un abrazo para todos vosotr@s
Os recuerdo que todas se pueden ver en grande y comentarlas
Regalo 6 preset di mia creazione" Vintage Look" per Lightroom, se siete interessati richiedete il link per il download tramite flickr mail ; )
I give 6 free presets created by me, "Vintage Look" for Lightroom, if you're interested, ask the link for download, via flickr mail. ; )
after i've been sick this week i thought i do a picture in bed ... with the pills that helps me out ;)
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O ciclamen é umas das plantas envasadas mais comercializadas. Sua folhagem é muito ornamental, verde escura com manchas mais claras. As flores são seu diferencial, de pétalas invertidas, podem se apresentar de diversas cores, entre branco, vermelho, rosa, salmão e combinações diferentes. Apresenta variedades grandes e pequenas e de flores com bordas crespas. Sua beleza delicada confere sofisticação e romantismo aos ambientes internos.
fonte: www.jardineiro.net
Sunday before last, I popped out for a loaf and came back with a pile of colours and shapes.. what do you call that, a beachscape?
Here's another, I think one of my favourites, I love the pools of gold and the colours caught on the sandscape, is that one a new word?..
..Probably not, but you can see the pipeline from earlier shots to the left and the wind farm to the right all pointed out by golden paths and pools, and that leading path of colour catching sand, along with a few of Anthony Gormleys 100 Ironmen.
I've some more, and will no doubt share at some point shortly, but with my 40th birthday tomorrow!, how old is that!, maybe I'll find something slightly different over the next couple of days to show, if only to give you a break...
Oh if anyone at Canon wants to have early hands on a MKIII 5D, that would make a great present for a 40'th don’t you think?....
...but back to reality, I can look forward to using my new lighting gear which my better half got me, so that should be fun.
Comments, faves and constructive crit., always very welcome, graphics not so much
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Unlike the tricky and lengthy noise reduction for www.flickr.com/photos/flatworldsedge/5126748478/ in this case I just maxed Lightroom's noise reduction and dropped the clarity. It's a 226 second exposure (F/22 ¦ ISO 100) from one of the bird hides on Stocker's Lake in Rickmansworth Aquadrome.
There were hundreds of ducks floating about in the foreground, but none made sufficient impression against the bright reflected sky over the long exposure. Hope everyone is having a great week!
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The competition brief for this 180m long bridge, one of a series of new pedestrian crossings commissioned for London’s Docklands, was unusual. It called for a bridge with temporary and permanent elements - and the ability to open for shipping. Our design achieved this through two identical spans, one fixed and the other openable, which in its original configuration created an s-shaped crossing between South Quay and Heron Quays. As planned, the northern span has now been removed and the southern half swung into a new orientation spanning the partly infilled dock. The simple elements of the bridge – the curved lines of the oak-clad deck, two raking masts and the shifting arrays of cable stays – create a visual dynamic, accentuating the kinetics of the design and contrasting sharply with the uniform urban grid beyond.
www.wilkinsoneyre.com/projects/south-quay-footbridge.aspx...
London South Quay Footbridge
Shooter: COE
"Model": COE - "Eisenheim"
Styling: Elisa Negro www.elisanegro.com
Location: The misterious visitors' bedroom in the COE's mansion
Gears: Canon 5D Mark II + Canon 16-35 mm
Stuff: Manfrotto 190XPro-B + Ball Head 486Rc2
Settings: ISO100
Strobes: 2 x Nissin Di866
Strobe Position:
- 1 Nissin Di866 @1/4 camera left 30° behind the subject (about 50cm)
- 1 Nissin Di866 @1/32 camera right 90° from the subject (about 1,5m)
Processing: Heavy Metal Photoshop + COE's Magic Post-Processing touch©
Ispiration: The Illusionist - L'illusionista
Dedicated to: my boring sunday morning.... (halloween holyday is so boring...)
Drugs taken: - Nothing...! (is coffe / cigarettes a sort of drug?)
Topic: Due giovani adolescenti s'incontrano nella Vienna di metà Ottocento: Eisenheim (interpretato da Aaron Johnson nella parte da adolescente, poi da Edward Norton in quella da adulto) alle prime armi con trucchi di magia ed illusionismo, s'innamora della bella duchessa Sophie (Jessica Biel), la quale ricambia l'amore del ragazzo, seppur per breve tempo, divisi dalla differente classe sociale.
Quindici anni dopo, durante uno spettacolo, Eisenheim (divenuto un famoso e noto illusionista) ritrova Sophie, ora promessa sposa del principe Leopold (Rufus Sewell). I due, accorgendosi che la loro passione non si è mai spenta, riusciranno finalmente ad amarsi, suscitando le ire del perfido e malvagio principe.
Eisenheim e Sophie sapranno però fare della loro storia d'amore un grande spettacolo di magia, del quale gli spettatori del film si accorgeranno solo al termine, così come l'ispettore Uhl (Paul Giamatti), inizialmente scagnozzo del principe, poi in modo involontario ma compiaciuto complice di Eisenheim.
The water drops are often seen in the morning on the leaves of lady's mantle. The morning dew on this flower in my garden has always fascinated me.
This photo was taken during my holidays and visit of my son in Kiel on the Baltic Sea in the summer. The droplets remind me of the game with glass marbles, which we played as children in the sand.
Die Wassertropfen waren morgens auf den Blättern vom Frauenmantel. Der Morgentau auf dieser Blume hat mich auch in meinem Garten schon immer fasziniert ... dieses Foto habe ich im Sommer beim Besuch meines Sohnes in Kiel an der Ostsee aufgenommen. Die Tropfen erinnern mich an das Spiel mit den Glas Murmeln, welches wir als Kinder im Sand gespielt haben .
If you like have a look at my Set: Macro
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Actually I wanted to give him some change, but when he made eye contact with my camera, he ran across the street like there was no tomorrow.
Anyhow, I actually ran into him again today, but this time he was with his mother. Camera was in my bag, so I guess they wern't intimidated. 20THB for each of them.
Again, both are Khmer who probably crossed the border to Thailand for a better future.
Pattaya, Thailand
2nd Road
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Camera : Canon EOS 1000D
Exposure : 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture : f/14.0
Focal Length : 105 mm
ISO Speed : 100
Flash : SoftBox + Umbrella
Lens : SIGMA 105mm F2.8 DG MACRO
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يرجى عدم استخدام أي صورة من صوري على مواقع الإنترنت او المدونات أو وسائل الإعلام الأخرى دون إذن صريح مني
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Far too many of my friends have had to fight this disease. This post is in honor of them, and all breast cancer patients.
Photo taken in January, 2009 at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida.
The Kunstberg (Dutch, pronounced ([ˈkʏnzdbɛrç]) or Mont des Arts (French, [mɔ̃dɛzaʁ]), meaning "hill/mountain of the arts", is a historic site in the center of Brussels, Belgium.
The showcase square was created for the Universal Exposition held in Brussels in 1910. It featured a park and a monumental staircase with cascading fountains descending the gentle slope from Place Royale down to Boulevard de l'Empereur/Keizerslaan.
The original square was destroyed during the post-war construction frenzy known as Brusselization; between 1954 and 1965, the square and its surroundings gave way to massive, severely geometric postmodern structures such as the Royal Library of Belgium and the Congress Palace.
The Mont des Arts offers one of Brussels’ finest views. From the vantage point on a hill, the famous tower of the Brussels Town Hall at the Grand Place is clearly visible. On a sunny day, the Koekelberg Basilica and even the Atomium can be seen.
Major tourist attractions are located within walking distance from the Kunstberg: the Musical Instrument Museum, the Royal Museums of Fine Arts, the Royal Palace, and the city’s cathedral.
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Highest position: 490 on Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - Not sure why this happens to me but, this was explored 4 days after I posted it. LOL!
Better known as Mt. Gary...errrrr...I mean Mt. Hood :)
After Traveling through the Gorge all day with Gary , making a quick stop for dinner and a IPA we made a mad dash to Trillium lake for sunset! It was quite the drive through the curvy hills. We probably averaged 80mph the whole way. Gary knew that the one shot I really wanted to get was the 3 rock comp at trillium lake. So after we got a bight to eat... It was on!
The sky and colors were looking great the whole drive to Mt. Gary. When we arrived it was not all that spectacular. Although, the lake was glass and it wasn't bad at all. Just not one of those epic Mt. Gary nights. I do have a few other images from here that I really like where some wispy clouds had moved in. One is a 2 minute exposure after the sun was down. I will post that at another time.
I did a bit of my own toning on this one just to give a touch of Jeff to the image. This is what it really looked like to me ; )
Canon 50d
Sigma 10-20mm
B&W F-Pro CPL
Single RAW exposure @ 17mm
F/11
6 seconds
ISO 100
Exposure Bias -1
I seem to be having a bit of trouble with Flickr and images coming out too dark. This one seems a little dark and too saturated on here. Look ok on your side?
I Laghi di Fusine sono costituiti da due laghi, il Lago Superiore ed il Lago Inferiore; situati sul territorio del comune di Tarvisio, sono considerati fra i più belli esempi di lago alpino.
I laghi, di origine glaciale, sono collocati in un anfiteatro calcareo creato dalla dorsale del Picco di Mezzodì del Monte Mangart. La valle, che corre parallela al confine italo-sloveno, dal 1971 è un'area protetta, con il nome di Parco naturale dei Laghi di Fusine.
Il lago superiore si trova a 929 m s.l.m., ha una profondità massima di 10 m ed una superficie di 9 ha; il lago inferiore si trova a 924 m s.l.m., ha una profondità massima di 25 m ed una superficie di 13,5 ha. Nelle vicinanze del lago inferiore si trovano anche altri due minuscoli specchi d'acqua, chiamati laghi piccoli. Il lago Superiore alimenta il lago Inferiore per via sotterranea e quest'ultimo alimenta l'emissario di entrambi i laghi.
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El Parlamento (Országház en húngaro) fue diseñado por Imre Steindl y construído entre 1885 y 1902, siendo el edificio parlamentario más grande hasta entonces, y la obra arquitectónica más ambiciosa y costosa de su época.
El edificio tiene una longitud de 268 metros y 118 m de profundidad.
Contiene más de 20 km de escaleras, y 691 habitaciones (incluyendo más de 200 oficinas).
La cúpula central (donde se encuentran las joyas de la Corona de Hungría) tiene una altura de 69 metros, y es donde veremos los adornos más bonitos.
El edificio está situado junto al río Danubio. Por eso al planificar su construcción tuvieron que reforzar el suelo con más de dos metros de cimientos, dispuestos de forma muy precisa.
La fachada principal da al río Danubio, pero la entrada oficial está justo en el lado contrario.
Presenta estatuas de gobernantes húngaros, líderes de Transilvania y famosos militares de la historia del país.
El estilo principal del parlamento es neo-gótico, pero también son claras las influencias renacentistas, con un toque bizantino omnipresente en sus salas y pasillos, especialmente apreciable en la delicada decoración de las escaleras que conducen al salón principal.
Mediante esta mezcla de influencias, se pretendía representar las diferentes culturas que han influído y conformado a Hungría a lo largo de sus mil años de historia.
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The Parliament (Országház in Hungarian) was designed by Imre Steindl and built between 1885 and 1902, being the largest hitherto parliament building, and the most ambitious and costly architectural work of its time.
The building has a length of 268 m and 118 m deep.
It contains more than 20 km of stairs, and 691 rooms (including more than 200 offices).
The central dome (where they keep the crown jewels of Hungary) has a height of 69 meters, and is where we see the most beautiful ornaments.
The building sits on the banks of the Danube river. So when planning to build next to the river, , they had to reinforce the soil with more than two meters of foundations, arranged very precise form.
The main facade overlooking the Danube, but the official entry it is on the opposite side.
It presents statues of Hungarian rulers, Transylvanian leaders and famous military history of the country.
The principal style of the parliament is Neogothic, but are also clear Renaissance influences, with an omnipresent Byzantine touch in the rooms and corridors, especially noticeable in the delicate decoration of the stairs leading to the main hall.
Through this mix of influences, it was intended to represent the different cultures that have influenced and shaped to Hungary throughout its thousand-year history.
I shot 8 hours x 15 minute sub exposures of M31 Andromeda using a Hydrogen Alpha (12nm) filter on the 3rd October with the idea of combining with my color image of M31. However as my RGB image now already has more than enough HII popping out all over I decided to shelve the idea because the end result looks just insane.
Date of Shoot 3rd October 2010
Camera: modified Canon 5D Mark II
32x15 min sub exposures using Astronomik 12nm Ha filter at 800ISO with flat and dark frames.
Scope: TMB130SS F7 Refractor using WO/TMB 2.7" Field Flattener.
Auto-guided with Orion Auto Guider on Stellarvue 10x60
Mount: Mountain Instruments MI-250 (pier mounted)
Image Acquired using Nebulosity II, stacked with Deep Sky Stacker and processed with Photoshop CS3.
I came here to enjoy a peaceful sunset. I definitely got it! But how do you make an interesting photo when it is so calm? Read on. No HDR here.
Free wallpaper for over 100 of my images in 6 different screen sizes is now available!
See the 1200 pixel version!
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Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 17-40L @24
0.2-second exposure @F10
LEE soft ND grads (100x150mm - 4x6in) 0.9 + 0.75
Lee foundation kit filter holder with Lee 77mm adapter ring
No polarizer.
ISO 100
RAW file processed with Capture One by Phase One
TIFF file processed with Photoshop
Small Slik Sprint mini II tripod
Manfrotto 322RC2 pistol-grip ball head
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Kapa'a Beach Park is the perfect spot to enjoy a calm and relaxing sunset, far away from the crowds of the more popular beaches. Often, only a few people are fishing and you have the place almost to yourself. The waves here are small and the wind is usually calm. This is where you can find peace! In the distance is a glimpse of Maui behind the clouds.
The problem that I encountered here is that I wanted to make an interesting photo. But usually you need something dramatic and eye catching. The light and clouds looked really good, but I had to walk around for a while to find an interesting foreground with some water motion. The rocks were really uneven and I had to get into a very unfomfortable position to see this view through the lens. But it was the only way to convey the beauty of this place in a photo. When we are at a beautiful place, we can feel it and our eyes can look around at everything. But since a photo is a single thing, you have to include everything that you can find into the frame so that you can transport the viewer to this moment!
The map shows the exact location.
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My pictures are featured on the front page of the newly redesigned
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Google Earth
Simply the best way to scout out locations that there is. You can see sun angles and pre-visualize light under lots of different conditions. Sometimes you can actually pre-compose your shots! This has saved me many thousands of vertical feet of climbing by avoiding spots with blocked views etc.
Satellite imagery (choose 'National' for a local US region or use your fave website)
www.wrh.noaa.gov/satellite/?wfo=mtr
Tide charting and preditions: (chose your area in US, other countries have similar websites)
tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/tide_predictions.shtml?gid=235
Wave Heights (I choose 'North Pacific from Global')
polar.ncep.noaa.gov/waves/main_int.html
Or Here:
www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/shtml/RP1bw.gif
Photos of every inch of the California coastline from a small plane. Excellent for close in detailed views.
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Saalbach es un típico y pintoresco pueblo de Austria. Un lugar ideal para pasar unas vacaciones tanto en verano como en invierno.
Es una de las mayores estaciones de esquí en Austria. Ofrece más de 200 km de pistas de esquí
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Seen in Explore October 15, 2010. Highest position #472. Thanks everyone!!! :-)
It's time to buy a new one....TGIF!!! :-)
Thanks for your visit, comments, and faves!
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Esta foto va dedicada con mucho carino a nuestros hermanos Chilenos, por su valentia, y por el ejemplo que han dado al mundo entero.
Para mi fue un suceso muy importante que quedara en la historia de los chilenos y del mundo entero.
Mis felicitaciones Hermanos Chilenos y tambien a todas las personas que hicieron posible este rescate
Abrazos para todos
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This photo is dedicated with much love to our fellow Chileans, for their courage, and example that have given the world.
For me it was a very important event that will remain in the history of Chile and the world.
Chilean brothers and congratulations also to everyone who made this rescue
Hugs for all
(Sorry for my absence .... I've been going through a difficult period, but I'll be back soon, promise)
(Niko was just yawning ...)
© 2010 Servalpe. Photos are copyrighted. All rights reserved. Pictures can not be used without explicit permission by the creator.
See blog entries at servalpe.wordpress.com
Localization:
Plaza de Canalejas in the intersection of El Principe, Sevilla and Carrera de San Jerónimo streets, Madrid (Spain).
Exif Data:
Canon EOS 450D | Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 DC EX HSM @ 10 mm | f/16, 4s, ISO 100.
HDR/DRI from 3 exposures on a tripod Manfrotto 055XPROB + 322RC2 Joystick Head @ [-2 EV .. 0 .. +2 EV ]
Processing:
Lightroom for catalog > Photoshop to generate HDR file> Tonemapped with Photomatix 4.0 > Curves + Hue/Saturation + Topaz Adjust + Nik Color Efex Pro + Noiseware + High Pass filter Sharpening technique with Photoshop CS5.
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"...Voy llevando los barrenos al socavón,
Mano fuerte y vida triste. ¡Minero soy!
Golpeando piedras y piedras de sol a sol...
Me duele el pan que me gano. ¡Minero, soy!
¡Pobrecitos los mineros! ¡Qué buenos muchachos son!
Pero tienen la desgracia de morir sin confesión.
Me duele el pan que me gano. ¡Minero soy!
Ya vendrán tiempos mejores. ¡Minero, soy!
Voy llevando los barrenos al socavón.
Mano fuerte y vida triste. ¡Minero, soy!
Ya vendrán tiempos mejores. ¡Minero soy!
Me duele el pan que me gano. ¡Minero, soy!..."
"Baguala del minero", de Atahualpa Yupanqui
Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
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a) Hasselblad FlexBody + Pentaprisma Esposimetrico Hasselblad PME45 + Dorso A12.6x6;
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c) Tempo 1/30 con apertura a f.5,6 su stativo Manfrotto (effettuate 7 esposizioni sullo stesso fotogramma);
d) Lettura Esposimetrica Angolo 1° con Sekonic DualSpot F-L-778 (effettuate 8 misurazioni con metodo del Sistema Zonale di Ansel Adams);
e) Negativo Agfa APX 100 Asa Professional;
f) Scansione con Agfa Duoscan T2500 Pro su supporto mobile orizzontale (porta SCSI);
g) Prima Post-Produzione Corel Photo-Paint X5 e Adobe Photoshop CS3;
h) Post-Produzione di completamento con Nikon Capture NX 2.
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Anche questa immagine, come quella precedente, farà parte del “reportage/racconto” che ho in preparazione dal titolo “L'Innocenza Rubata”.
Il bimbo ripreso si trova presso una casa di accoglienza per bambini maltrattati e purtroppo anche lui ha subito maltrattamenti dai genitori che lo obbligavano a chiedere l’elemosina per le strade e se a fine giornata non corrispondeva loro una somma prestabilita veniva picchiato e lasciato digiuno per punizione.
Adesso sta molto meglio si è avvicinato ad un ordine religioso la cui sua intenzione è quello di studiare diventare sacerdote per aiutare tanti bambini.
Volevo nuovamente rinnovare il mio più caloroso ringraziamento alle sempre cordiali tutrici che sono state gentilissime e affettuose di cui non mi stancherò di evidenziare l’amore con cui svolgono il loro impegno verso questi bimbi e un particolare ringraziamento anche e soprattutto a Suor Madre Serafina.
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Even this picture, like the previous one, will be part of "reportage / story" I have in preparation entitled “Stolen Innocence”.
The child is taken up at a shelter for abused children and, unfortunately, he has been mistreated by their parents who forced him to beg on the streets and at the end of the day if they did not fit a set amount was beaten and left for fasting punishment.
Now it's much better approached in a religious order whose intention is to study to become a priest to help many children.
I again reiterate my warmest thanks to the always friendly tutor who were kind and affectionate that I shall continue to highlight the love with which they carry out their commitment to these children and a special thank you also and especially to Mother Sister Serafina.
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Se La Gente Usasse Il Cuore, Andrea Bocelli
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Improvvisa vocazione
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Uno strano sogno mi avvolge,
s'impadronisce della mia anima,
ma improvvisamente sento vivere
in me una voglia ardente.
Il mio sguardo è vago, sperduto, mai
più non vogliono le mie mani toccare
il buio, quel buio che han già abbracciato,
per tanto per troppo tempo…ho sofferto.
E’ bagnato di tante lacrime passate
il mio cuore non è più quello di un tempo,
in quella vita vissuta male, in quella gioia
tanto pretesa, ma, mai avuta.
Il mio sguardo incupito adesso trova
uno spiraglio, una nuova luce,
quella grande luce dove i pensieri assillanti,
strazianti oramai sono....assenti.
…………………………………………..Luigi Mirto
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Sudden vocation
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A strange dream surrounds me,
she takes over my soul,
but suddenly I feel alive
a burning desire in me.
My eyes are vague, lost, but
no longer want to touch my hands
darkness, this darkness that have already embraced
for so much, for too long ...... i have suffered.
E 'wet past so many tears,
my heart is no longer what it once
in that life lived badly, that joy
as alleged, but never had.
My eyes darkened now, share
a crack, a new light,
that great light where the troubling thoughts,
harrowing now I am ... ... .... absent
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Vide cor meum - Katherine Jenkins
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Italiano
Che tutte le persone che hanno un cuore nobile e sincero amino tutti i bimbi del mondo come se fossero i propri e li rispettino per come meritano e per come è giusto che siano trattati…. con tanto amore.
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That all persons who have a noble heart and sincere love all the children of the world as if they were their own and to respect them as they deserve and as it should be treated .... with much love.
EXPLORE - #81. Thanks again. I do love Meadfoot so I am pleased it is in EXPLORE. It is a special place for me.
The waves were fabulous yesterday and blue skies too. Off to Cornwall tomorrow.
One RAW file tone-mapped with Photomatix
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The first day of our workshop this weekend was very very wet. The second day, we were treated to sunshine and rainbows. :) The Pacific Northwest is about as indecisive as it can be when it comes to weather and that is one of the reasons I love it here. If you have lived here for any length of time you have seen it rain, snow & hail, during a severe windstorm and then turn to beautiful blue sky 5 minutes later. Our last stop of the workshop was Lower Lewis River Falls, one of, if not my favorite waterfall. We started at the top and encouraged those in attendance to make their way across the water to the top of the falls even though the water was running pretty good from the recent rains. It took a little while to coax them over to the prime locations near the edge of the waterfall but I am very persuasive and in the end we all made it safe and sound.
After shooting our fill at the top it was time to drop down below the waterfall. If it is your first time visiting this waterfall and it is running good like it was this day, dropping down INTO the water below doesn't seem like a very good idea. Again, I am persuasive and willing to lead by example so I jumped in and everyone followed. I also do everything possible to make people laugh and have a good time on our workshops and on this trip I did that by falling face first into the water. Just as we reached the bottom of the falls the sun dropped below the clouds that had been keeping it at bay and it lit up the entire waterfall blowing every highlight like candles on a birthday cake. Zeb and I used this as a perfect example of managing highlights and shadows using filters and camera controls. The rainbow you see in the picture would appear only when the sun was the brightest and when it did, the direct light hitting the fallen tree cast a giant shadow across the waterfall. That is when the million dollar question came....
What would you do with that tree shadow Aaron?
After quickly assessing the situation and realizing that even all 240 pounds of me wasn't going to budge that tree and that I may have to admit to this photographer that I did not have an answer for them I realized it was a great time to talk about image blending. I explained that sometimes a simple blending of images was all you needed to find a workaround to something like this so I suggested that we take one shot when the sun went behind the clouds and then a second when it was it's brightest and we would blend only the wall of rock on the left that contained the rainbow into the final image.
I took a couple shots of my own to see if I could actually pull it off and the high contrast caused by the direct light made for an interesting image in my opinion. Thanks again to everyone that came this weekend and thank you for your feedback and constant support of us and our workshops. Zeb and I both really enjoy each and every one of them and have a great time meeting so many great people and helping to inspire young photographers. Our 2011 schedule is finalized and a couple of the workshops have already begun to fill up for next year. Check out the blog for more details.
View of the 2010 Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon finish line seen from the steps of the Minnesota State Capitol building looking down John Ireland Boulevard up to the Cathedral of Saint Paul on the hill.
More than you probably want to know:
The 26.2 mile Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon has been held each year in early October since 1982. The MTCM is called “The Most Beautiful Urban Marathon in America." The race starts in downtown Minneapolis close to the Metrodome, travels South through some very scenic city lakes (Lake of the Isles, Lake Calhoun, Lake Harriet, Lake Nokomis), then goes along the Mississippi River bluffs before crossing into Saint Paul, up historic Summit Avenue to the Cathedral of St. Paul and then down a little hill to the Finnish line on the grounds of the Minnesota State Capitol. This year over 5,000 volunteers and 250,000 spectators cheered along 4,085 incredable10 mile racers and 7,753 amazing marathoners.
If your wondering about the name, Medtronic is a locally headquared medical device giant that has been gracious enough sponsor the TCM since 2006 – so they get top billing.