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View On Black - to see the stars.
Technique/Processing
Two exposures (one shorter one longer) for the buildings and the statue. The exifs you see on flickr are for those shots.
The sky has been shot at ISO 3200 and f/2.8 to get as much stars as possible.
Blended in Photoshop manually
What:
A very full Finch feeder with a couple on the "waiting line" :-)
About:
My buddy has always had quite a few birds at his place about 1/2 hour outside the city in Beaverbank (don't laugh) but after he installed this funky new feeder they just come in droves!
I've only ever had one pair at my place!! sheesh...
EXIF:
Canon 7D : EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS : 1/250s @ f/8 ISO 200
Please, no multiple invites or crazy glittery graphics. Thank You
" ... Quando encilho meu mouro,
busco a volta e alço a perna...
A alma xucra governa
a ânsia bugra de andar,
talvez buscando um lugar
pra erguer rancho e galpão,
um amor pro coração
e alguns potros pra domar ... "
Fragmento de "Um sonho para viver", de Jairo "Lambari" Fernandes
Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
Isola d'Elba, Toscana - Tuscany, Italy [?]
Heroes Del Silencio - El Cuadro II
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The name of Canada has been in use since the earliest European settlement in Canada, with the name originating from a First Nations word kanata (or canada) for "settlement", "village", or "land". (Wikipedia) Most still-spoken Iroquoian languages have a similar word (e.g. Mohawk kana:ta "town"). (Online Etymology Dictionary)
"Canadian Heritage ~ Origin of the Name - Canada"
(Canada Day is celebrated on 01 July)
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Esta es la parte central de Dubai. En principio no parece tan grande pero la carretera que lo cruza (Sheikh Zayed road) tiene 6 carriles a cada lado. Si algún día alguien viene a esta ciudad llegará al aeropuerto que queda donde el infinito empieza a estar verde y la primer imagen que se tiene de Dubai es cruzar en coche por esta carretera flanqueada por estas torres. Muchas cosas son criticables pero esta imagen en especial, y dejando a un lado los gustos arqutectónicos de cada uno, es espectacular.
this sunset scene was captured about an hour ago at Lily Lake in Lakemoor, Illinois......this frame is my favorite shot from my sunset shots this afternoon at Lake McCullom and Lily Lake....will have more to share later.....have a good night flickr friends!!!!
shot with a nikkor 18-105mm lens and circular polarizer, handheld and then processed as a single file pseudo HDR image.....View On Black
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Beast of Burden - The Rolling Stones
You can put me out
On the street
Put me out
With no shoes on my feet
But, put me out, put me out
Put me out of misery
Yeah, all your sickness
I can suck it up
Throw it all at me
I can shrug it off
One of our tours in Northern Spain along the Atlantic Coast ended in the aquarium Donostia-San Sebastián. I haven't been in an aquarium for some years.
There are a number of tropical aquariums, an oceanarium, a Caribbean reef with toxic fishes. Exciting was to be inside the Ocean (see in my comment) ... a huge tank with a multitude of marine life species - which can be seen from inside an acrylic tunnel . Going through it you can see for example shark, ray or eel next to you and above you. The visit was worthwhile and very attractive!
I don't like all photos I've taken because it was really dark for my little Canon. I want to show you those from which I hope you like them ;-).
Starfish or sea stars are echinoderms belonging to the class Asteroidea. The names "starfish" and "sea star" essentially refer to members of the Class Asteroidea. However, common usage frequently finds "starfish" and "sea star" also applied to ophiuroids which are correctly referred to as "brittle stars" or "basket stars".
There are 2,000 living species of starfish that occur in all the world's oceans, including the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian as well as in the Arctic and the Southern Ocean (i.e., Antarctic) regions. Starfish occur across a broad depth range from the intertidal to abyssal depths (>6000 m).
Starfish are among the most familiar of marine animals and possess a number of widely known traits, such as regeneration and feeding on mussels. Starfish possess a wide diversity of body forms and feeding methods. The extent that Asteroidea can regenerate varies with individual species. Broadly speaking, starfish are opportunistic feeders, with several species having specialized feeding behavior, including suspension feeding and specialized predation on specific prey.
The Asteroidea occupy several important roles throughout ecology and biology. Sea stars, such as the Ochre sea star (Pisaster ochraceus) have become widely known as the example of the keystone species concept in ecology. The tropical Crown of Thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) are voracious predators of coral throughout the Indo-Pacific region. Other starfish, such as members of the Asterinidae are frequently used in developmental biology. .... read more Starfish - en.wikipedia
The details from the backside are worth to view Large On Black
Eine unserer Touren in Nordspanien entlang der Atlantikküste endete im Aquarium Donostia-San Sebastián. Ich war schon etliche Jahre nicht mehr in einem Aquarium. Es gibt dort viele tropische Aquarien, ein Ozeanarium, ein Karibik Riff mit einigen giftigen Fischen. Aufregend war "im Ozean" ... ein Tunnel aus Acryl. Geht man durch ihn hindurch findet man neben und über sich z.B. Hai, Rochen, Aal und vieles mehr. Der Besuch war sehr lohnenswert und interessant!
Leider sind nicht alle Aufnahmen mit meiner kleinen Canon so geworden wie ich es mir gewünscht hätte, da es doch sehr dunkel war. Ich möchte euch die zeigen von denen ich hoffe, dass sie euch gefallen ;-).
Der Seestern (Asteroidea) (abgeleitet von gr. aster, Stern) gehört zur Klasse von Eleutherozoen innerhalb des Stamms der Stachelhäuter.
Seesterne sind weltweit in den Meeren verbreitet, wobei die größte Artenvielfalt im Küstenbereich vorkommt. Sie bevölkern nahezu jeden Untergrund wie Fels, Sand, Kelp oder Seegras und wurden bis in eine Tiefe von 9.000 Meter nachgewiesen.
Fossile Aufzeichnungen belegen das Auftreten der Asteroidea vor über 300 Millionen Jahren; innerhalb von 50 Millionen Jahren entwickelten sich deutlich unterschiedliche Arten.
Ein bekannter Vertreter der Seesterne ist der Gemeine Seestern (Asterias rubens). Mehr: Wikipedia
My most interesting photos on black on one site
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So I brought my red cafe chair to the beach recently as a prop for my friends to use (as well as myself as you can see). We are all Flickr addicts so it was very natural. What ensued can only be described as hilarious with me nearly wetting my pants trying to stay on that chair as the waves rolled in...the chair kept sinking in the sand as well. I have always wanted to learn to surf so here is my ode to surfing. It is probably as close as I will ever get. HBM! HOBM!
Lake Powell is a reservoir on the Colorado River, straddling the border between Utah and Arizona. It is the second largest man-made reservoir in the United States behind Lake Mead, storing 24,322,000 acre feet (30 km³) of water when full. Lake Powell was created by the flooding of Glen Canyon by the controversial Glen Canyon Dam.
Danbo and the Twins proclaim their ownership of our backyard!
Not too soon after we finished putting new turf even!
i've been to Vegas a few dozen times, the first trip occurring when i was 19 years old with a fake ID that worked flawlessly everywhere until i became legal at 21.
A few days before my then-boyfriend gave me a few tips on how to play blackjack and then suggested that i mostly hang back a bit and observe him and all the friends we went with before i jumped in. if i tried to play too quickly, he told me, i'd probably blow right through the few hundred dollars i had brought in no time.
so, that's what i did. i observed quietly from the sidelines - for about 10 minutes. patience is not my strong suit.
I sat down at the table and the boyfriend looked at me, slightly alarmed but resigned with a little head shake and a laugh. caution is not my strong suit either. or listening to reason when reason threatens to ruin my fun.
two hours later, my two hundred dollars had doubled. and by the time we all headed back home to LA a few days later i had about $1500 in my pocket.
I’ve never once come back from Vegas down. I don’t know why but I have crazy good luck each and every time.
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the Bellagio during the blue hour, sunday evening, a few minutes prior to one of the fountain shows.
Handling
The car's suspension will feature double wishbones at the front and a multi-link set-up at the rear, coupled with E-Diff and F1-Trac traction control systems, designed to improve the car's cornering and longitudinal acceleration by 32% compared to its predecessors.[4]
The brakes include a prefill function whereby the pistons in the calipers move the pads into contact with the discs on lift off to minimise delay in the brakes being applied.[2] This combined with the ABS has reduced 100–0 km/h (62-0 mph) braking distance to 32.5 metres (107 ft).[6]
The adaptive magnetorheological dampers were co-developed with Delphi.
The 458 Italia will use Bridgestone Potenza S001 tires.
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Its been two years since I tried water drops from a sink, so I finally decided to try this again. Fun stuff. SOO much harder than it looks.
Ok, I have spent the last week working on an H20 project. Water is our life-source. I thought I would try and capture different ways to view water. I look forward to sharing more water pictures with you!
Explored!
So this was taken in Engalnd. :) And that is my nephew Alex,, he is 14 and now looking to buy a camera haha.
The camera he is holding is a new film camera my grandad gave to me, it's a nikon f65:D:D, so expect some film pictures in the next few weeks :D.
He also gave me 2 lenses, :D :D:D so i'm pretty chuffed :D
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It's lights down low as Danbo and the Twins make this Sunday a movie marathon!
Lots of Hayao Miyazaki to gobble up!
Finally got a tripod too! After much debate and persuasion and convincing and begging (actually mostly begging), the Wifey finally approved my nagging request for approval to purchase a tripod! Very timely too as I wanted to shoot this one in really low light where hand holding it will be virtually impossible!
Many thanks to your views and comments!
A very large snapping turtle enjoying the spring sunshine along the Blackstone River Bikeway in Cumberland, R.I.
#nature
#cumberland
#snapping turtle
#blackstone river bikeway
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Wil Bloodworth and yours truly got up at 4:00 a.m. last Thursday morning and headed off to Oxbow Bend from downtown Jackson, Wyoming.
That early morning wakeup call was well worth it when we arrived and found almost perfect conditions - great light, great color in the sky, and even some striated clouds that added another twist to the scene.
I've photographed this location several dozen times and conditions were as good as I can ever recall on that chilly June morning last week....
(I'm considering putting together a Fall tour of the Tetons for a small group of Flickr shooters - drop me an email if you're interested)
If you have a moment, I hope you'll view this at the larger size linked below:
Sapphire sleeping with her Momma, Phoebe.
This photo was taken with natural sunlight on a overcast day filtered through a Northern facing window.
04Sept10 - Sapphire has been adopted to a very loving home in the North part of the County.
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Have you guys seen GATTACA? it's a fairly old movie starring Ethane Hawke, Uma Thurman and Jude Law... I just remembered it suddenly and incorporated it's theme to this photo. No one and nothing can ever exceed the power, determination and strength of the human spirit.
So, Never give up. Never!!!!!!!! LOL
The models are my best buddies, Owen and Adrian helping each other while going down a steep, rocky hill in Palawan, Philippines :)
Have a Blessed Day!
Hello again everyone. This is a sunset shot from Buffalo Point on Antelope Island on the eastern side of the Great Salt Lake in Utah. This was a shot that came at a very heavy price! Numerous Biting Gnats and mosquitoes were hungrily attacking me as I shot this series of photos! They did not only have me to dine upon, but my nephew and my nieces!
Behind us was a great thunderstorm show, and I kept rotating my camera around to try and catch the lightning! Dang it! Every time I moved it or repositioned my camera, a lightning bolt would strike! Oh well not in the cards for this time.
Tomorrow starts my 5 day photo tour of the Palouse region in eastern Washington. I am extremely excited about that. I have just spent the last day and a half in Glacier National Park. Hopefully I can get a shot or two posted later this week in between all of the awesome crop shots I am about to get.
This is a combination of three exposures (+2, 0, -2) merged and tonemapped in Photomatix. I then used Topaz Adjust to help bring some pop to the exposure and final adjustments in Lightroom 2.
I hope everyone is great and I will be able to catch up on your photo streams later in the week. Thank you for the visits, the comments and faves. Have a great Sunday!
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This is Matt..... standing on a stump, in sandals, in a frozen field of long grass.
Taken this morning.
6:35am, 4 degrees Celsius. Fog, mist and light.
Enjoy.
- Canon 5D Mark II.
- ISO 100, f9, 1/600, 18mm.
- Canon 17-40 f/4 L Lens.
- Tripod.
Processing
- Off Camera
- Colour shift added in Lightroom 2.2.
About a Silhouette
A silhouette is a view of an object or scene consisting of the outline and a featureless interior, with the silhouetted object usually being black. The term was initially applied in the 18th century to portraits or other pictorial representations cut from thin black card.
The term has been extended to describe the sight or image of a person, object or scene that is backlit, and appears dark against a lighter background. Because a silhouette emphasises the outline, the word has also been used in the fields of fashion and fitness to describe the shape of a person's body or the shape created by wearing clothing of a particular style or period.
Silhouette images may be created in any artistic media, but the tradition of cutting portraits from black card has continued into the 21st century.
@ Bundi, India
Got to be an advertisement for spectacles.
Old lady was sitting there and didn't really care how many shots we took. I love the colour here - all I did was adjusted the levels
T: FM3A, VC 40f2 SLII pancake lens, Fujifilm ProPlus II negative
(BTW, my wife said she's had enough of my India photos)
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An unexpected turn of events in France's ongoing immigration problems :-((
Ain't he just the cutest little thing you ever did see? And such a kindly face ... of terror!
The gear! (new tab) - Shh!!! Mum's the word!
I took this picture with my arms fully stretched over someone's garden fence. I was wearing a home-made lanyard around my neck pulled taut to steady the camera. Isn't it amazing the lengths to which one must go in order to get that shot? ;-)
This alien to France, with its massive jaws (crushing mandibles), is a ruthless predator capable of taking off the head of its unsuspecting victim in mid air - I've seen it happen!
Can you make an educated guess as to what prey it may well make a "beeline" for?
Well, for the answer, you really should read on right to the very end, it's captivating stuff ! And beyond the very end, for Anne-Marie
You can do this by simply scrolling down the page a bit. It's well worth it ;-))
...pure questa per la Titti, ihihihihiihhi! : )
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. ; )
Quando i bambini ci mostrano come si ama e come si affronta una vita dentro la sofferenza....è ora di imparare a crescere.
Andrea è un pezzo del mio cuore che è volato lassu'...........
Cerchero' di dissetarmi
se
mi mostrerai
come si fa.
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Palabras a Mar del Plata
Flor de la mañana del primer pañal,
amplia la hermosura, sacude el lagrimal.
Atónita garganta, se detiene la mente,
pasión de mi niñez que fijé ciegamente.
Bahía de la costa, su playa en marejada,
carátula invertida de belleza extremada.
Peldaño de sus parques, pájaro en la quilla,
relato de mis ojos de observar su orilla.
Tormenta de su sol, sol en la tormenta,
son las estaciones que nadie lamenta.
Canales solitarios que invitan a la pesca,
olvidan la franqueza aunque raro parezca.
Resolana del día, reverencia de luna,
reflejos en el agua, uno en cada laguna.
Vientos de la sierra, predecir de lata,
sueños placenteros de mi Mar del Plata.
Calles, avenidas, moles de cemento,
mágicas postales que a lo lejos lamento.
Ahuyenta el pampero gorriones perdidos,
el Atlántico eterno y miles de alaridos.
Poesía en estrofas, amores de estío,
altares ciudadanos concluyen con el frío.
Porción de la marea que llega de costado,
secretos que confiesa en el acantilado.
Oro del espacio, promesa que se estanca,
fuga de su espuma, cruz de su barranca.
Tinta sobre un lienzo de esta criatura,
cuadro que se enmarca, soy la miniatura.
Clamoreo de gaviotas, el cuello vencido,
nubes que descargan lluvia en lo afligido.
Hueco de emociones, tempestad precaria,
mar en bamboleo, pieza extraordinaria.
Rasgo solitario, pálido, añadido,
fin del horizonte que parece fundido.
Curvas de esperanza, pronta geografía,
póstumos recuerdos de su lejanía.
Jorge Rosso
Un deleite musical...
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Last week, I received my "big stopper" and I was itching to get out and use it; so, I headed out to the coast and eventually landed in Pacifica, CA. This city is usually blanketed by fog so I was really crossing my fingers for some nice clouds. As I arrived it started to sprinkle, so I pulled out my golf umbrella and shot away. The rain continued so I had no choice but to shoot the pier from this location. The rain eventually gave up and I shot other comps, but to be honest I liked this one the best. Long exposures (B&W) are not as easy as you think and takes lots of patience. By the way, the "big stopper" is a must in every landscape photographer's bag. It's so much easier then the round screw on type.
Here in the bay area, we are lucky to be schooled by local black & white master, Steve. Click here for some serious black & white inspiration.
Hope you all have a great holiday weekend and may you and your camera find some beautiful light. As always, thanks for your support and visits. Jave
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Campos encarnados llenos de amapolas moviéndose al compás del viento, sintiéndose libres como el signo de Sagitario.
Las flechas del arquero se sentirán cautivadas por el embrujo que se desprende de la fragilidad de esta cautivadora y pasional flor roja.
Morfeo, dios del sueño, era representado llevando esta flor. De aquí que la amapola sea símbolo del sueño.
Quizá por su parentesco con la adormidera, los sueños en que aparecen las amapolas suelen presagiar un pronto consuelo del dolor, tanto del cuerpo como del alma.
Su nombre también está muy ligado en la mitología a Deméter y Perséfone, hija de Zeus.
Un día Perséfone estaba en un campo recogiendo amapolas, de repente se abrió la tierra ante sus pies y apareció Hades, dios del mundo subterráneo, y la llevó consigo para hacerla su mujer por la fuerza. Su madre Deméter salió en su busca y prohibió a la tierra producir ningún fruto hasta no encontrarla.
Zeus, al ver lo que estaba ocurriendo, ordenó que Perséfone pasara seis meses con Hades y otros seis con su madre.
A partir de entonces, la tierra duerme durante la ausencia de Perséfone, y se despierta con la llegada de la primavera al regresar con su madre.
"Quando l’ultimo albero sarà stato abbattuto,
l’ultimo fiume avvelenato,
l’ultimo pesce pescato,
vi accorgerete che non si può mangiare il denaro."
Profezia degli Indiani Cree
"Only when the last tree has been cut down,
Only when the last river has been poisoned,
Only when the last fish has been caught,
Then only will you see that money cannot be eaten."
Cree Indian Prophecy
...se volete guardarvela Large! :-)