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“...É um campo aberto
onde a divisa
se perde a vista
e um Deus artista
pintou de rubro
neste sol por,
lindeiro ao mundo
da invernada,
sombra estendida,
parece a vida,
que vai pra sempre
por onde eu for...”
Trecho de “Parece a vida”, de Gujo Teixeira
Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
Yesterday I was treated to a wonderful visit from one of the most sincere people on the planet. Doug was in the area on a family vacation for Spring Break. Well, I shouldn’t say that. They were in the same state as me, but still 80+ miles away to the south. He was nice enough to come up yesterday, through the traffic of LA and let me use/touch/feel some of his awesome equipment. He has quite the collection and is ready for just about any wedding, sunset, barn, kid or anything else. He set up his Alien Bee, let me play with his Singh-Ray filters, his D300 and everything else. He even tried to explain his calculus-like method for photo processing. I used to consider myself somewhat smart, but his technique of layers, multiple-sharpening, and RAW conversions had my head spinning like a broken bobble-head toy.
We finished our meetup with a trek down to the beach in hopes of a cloud-inspired dramatic sunset. We didn’t get it. The wind from earlier in the day blew away our dramatic sunset, but with some crafty techniques, filters, tripods and a splash or 3 from the Pacific, we were blessed with a few good shots. I know his will blow mine away, but it was fun nonetheless.
As we were leaving the beach, in the darkness I saw a long rock moving on the beach. It was inching up the sand like a worm. Coming closer I realized it was a Sea Lion. Not sure if it was hurt, sad, hungry, cold or just bored, but it was very friendly, slithering where ever we went. If I didn’t have a phobia of wild animals, I would have pet him or perhaps tried to sand wrestle him, but instead called Animal Control who eventually told me this behavior was normal, for upto half a day.
I have my weekend free from photographic obligations, so I think I’m going to take advantage of that, and cut my kids hair. Maybe I’ll have a cocktail before I begin.
NOT HDR. I did bracket 3 shots and then manually blended them. I think it has a more realistic look. I was also using a Cokin GND filter for the sky, but don’t think it did much at this point.
#1 in explore interestingness. Tank you my friends :)
HDR from 3 exposures - f/9 - 1/640s - ISO 200 - 10mm - handheld
Nikon D90 with Sigma 10-20 mm
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I have been tagged by my Mom Henny Riedmueller HennyHR
Ipod Tagging Game (works with other MP3 players as well..)
1. Put your iTunes/ ipod on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!
4. Tag 10 or more friends who might enjoy doing this as well as the person you got it from.
So here are my shuffle of songs (this is in the exact order they were played). And these all are my fav. songs:
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1. What would best describe your personality?
Invisible men - 98 degree
2. What do you like in a guy/girl?
The only things thats looks good in me it you - Bryan Adams
3. What is your life's purpose?
Pretty Vegas - Inxs
4. What is your motto?
In The End - Linkin Park
5. What do your friends think of you?
Pretty vegas - Inxs
6. What do you think about often?
Harder to Breathe - Maroon 5
7. What is 2+2?
Dirty - Christina aguilera
8. What do you think of your best friend?
Theme - Pirate of Carabian - Movie
9. What do you think of the person you like?
Larger than Life - BackStreet boys
10. What is your life story?
Have a Nice Day - Bon Jovi
11. What do you want to be when you grow up?
She Will Be Loved - Maroon 5
12. What do you think when you see the person you like?
Miss Hilton - unknown :D
13. What do your parents think of you?
why - Avril lavigne
14. What will you dance at your wedding?
Hot'n'cold - Katy Perry
15. What will they play at your funeral?
Down With The Sickness - Disturbed
16. What is your hobby/interest?
She's Got A Way - Bryan Adams
17. What Do You Think Of Your Friends?
A moment like this - Kelly Clarkson
18. What's the worst thing that could happen?
oops mp3 player Hang here :D , lolx
19. How will you die?
Be Yourself - Audio Slave
20. What is the one thing you regret?
Be Yourself - Limp Bizkit
21. What makes you laugh?
Animals. - Nickle back
22. What makes you cry?
My Time Is Now - john cena
23. Will You Ever Get Married?
Crack A Bottle - Eminem
24. What scares you the most?
remember the name - Fort minor
25. Does anyone like you?
The Poison - Bullet for my Valentine
26. If you could go back in time, what would you change?
Thank You For Loving Me - Bon jovi
27. What hurts right now?
with or without you - U2.
And 10 friends I tag
Artie :D
Paree (pareeerica)
Farhana (chhayapath)
Phan Ly Photography
Reinante aka Benquerencia
three & two/thirds
jonnoj ~busy~
Ben (Ben Visbeek)
Paulo Veiga
mikenpo.
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Have a Nice Day =)
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There will be a Day Devotional
There will be a Day
I try to hold on to this world with everything I have
But I feel the weight of what it brings, and the hurt that tries to grab
The many trials that seem to never end, His word declares this truth,
that we will enter in this rest with wonders anew
But I hold on to this hope and the promise that He brings
That there will be a place with no more suffering
(Chorus)
There will be a day with no more tears, no more pain, and no more fears
There will be a day when the burdens of this place, will be no more, we'll see Jesus face to face
But until that day, we'll hold on to you always
I know the journey seems so long
You feel you’re walking on your own
But there has never been a step
Where you’ve walked out all alone
(Chorus)
Troubled soul don’t lose your heart
Cause joy and peace he brings
And the beauty that’s in store
Outweighs the hurt of life’s sting
I can’t wait until that day where the very one I’ve lived for always will wipe away the sorrow that I’ve faced
To touch the scars that rescued me from a life of shame and misery this is why this is why I sing
Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
Exposure: 0.013 sec (1/80)
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off
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.
62/365
Explore FP on 27 Mar 2009. Highest position #2.
Thank you very much all my dear friends for your visits, comments and favs!
Please NO multigroup invites!
Waving and starting to roll over... all in an attempt to get me to throw a rather small stick, Barney sometimes tries to do several tricks at once, he's very enthusiastic about them, especially if it gets the toy thrown more quickly :) He was also quite tired by the time I took this, so I think the rolling over was partly an excuse to rest his paws, even collies can be tired out, it just takes a very long time!
I hope you all have a great weekend!
Reached Explore #485 Picked for the Flickr blog too, on 20th Oct. 2009 :)
holaaaa volevo postare un self ma mi usciva un Service, allora ho pensato a una cosa che piu' mi rappresentasse, un vecchio carretto, poggiato su un muretto che guarda tutti dall'lato, non perchè mi ritenga chissà chi o chissè cosa, no...anzi, perchè mi piace osservare come si muovono le persone, viste da una prospettiva diversa, ecco perchè ho scelto di essere uno zombie, vivo ma zombie, che osserva e scruta.
Strana la vita, guardo ma non mi muovo, osservo ma ho difficoltà a raggiungere, bloccato dalla mia pigrizia cronica e da altre coincidenze meno salutari, mi sento come un morto vivente, o un vivo morente?
Bho...so però che non mollo, osservo, scruto e commento, leggo tutti i vostri post, tutti i vostri commenti, mi piace curiosare sulle vostre condizioni di "UmAni" correnti, non come i conti, ma vivi e dinamici.
Ecco questo "mio"self ve lo dedico a tutti voi che tutti i giorni passate da qui.
Un regalo vivo da parte di uno che di vivo ne ha visto tanto su queste pagine e che ancora non si è stancato!
buena tarde zomberos....e non esagero se uso il termine amicacci miei!
Do you have the time
To listen to me whine
About nothing and
every thing all at once
I am one of those
Melodramatic fools
Neurotic to the bone
no doubt about it
Some times I give
myself the creeps
Some times my mind
plays tricks on me
It all keeps adding up
I think I'm cracking up
Am I just paranoid,
or am I just stoned?
I went to a shrink
To analyze my dreams
She says it's lack
of sex that's bringing
me down
I went to a whore
He said my life's a bore
And quit my whining
'cause it's bringing
her down
Some times I give
myself the creeps
Some times my mind
plays tricks on me
It all keeps adding up
I think I'm cracking up
Am I just paranoid?
Yo Yo Yo
Grasping to control
So you better hold on
Some times I give
myself the creeps
Some times
my mind plays tricks on me
It all keeps adding up
I think I'm cracking up
Am I just paranoid,
Or am I just stoned?
Or am I just stoned?
This is my five year old Bengel Cat CPII taking a cat nap. He was letting me know I can't sneak up on him for a quick snap shot..
View LARGE or ORIGINAL for detail of eye and fur if you have time..
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Palabra que el reflejo estaba asi, no es Photoshop, jeje, tubimos mucha suerte y pillamos el agua muy calmadita ;-)
Still trying to get caught up on your streams my friends. It supposed to be icky out this weekend on Sunday so perhaps I can get caught up then!
~ Langston Hughes
This one goes to Jen (zstheday) for the sweet testimonial she wrote for me... Thank you so much! you really made me so happy, it was such a beautiful surprise =) Do checkout her wonderful stream.
About the shot; Ummm! I like how those petals came out.. like streaks from a paint brush. Oh & again an experiment with the processing =D
HGGT & HBWH | ♫ Listen ♫ | > Morning of Life <
Texture by: struckdumb
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Front Page Explore - Thank you so much everyone & thanks to Hina who spotted it on front page. =)
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This is dedicated to littlefoot mek, she wrote a great testimonial for me. She has been my contact for a long time and we crossed paths on my very first post to the Bokeh Wednesday group. So I felt it would be best to dedicate this HBW shot to her, Thanks you are truly a good friend.
More such unique moments from...Bethlehem
That image I have taken during my walks at Jerusalem amazing streets.....
My pilgrimage to Holy Land-march'09
My good dear Friends.....
Have a peaceful day....!!!
Thank you for all comments ,invites and Favs....
Yours
Bea pilgrim;)
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Explore #78, Mar 22, 2009 - Thank you my flickr friends ... :) !!!
I have only a 10 minutes walk home from work through a small park with a playground ... sometimes I see fabulous scenes.
Dedicated to my friends Jenny and Raphael for their beautiful testimonial. Thank you so much for your kind words :) ! Take a look at their stream they have amazing photos!
Crocus is a genus of perennial flowering plants, native to a large area from coastal and subalpine areas of central and southern Europe (including the islands of the Aegean), North Africa and the Middle East, across Central Asia to western China.
There are about eighty species of crocus (of which approximately 30 are cultivated). Their color varies enormously, although lilac, mauve, yellow and white are predominant. (Source: en.wikipedia)
Recommended to View Large On Black ;-) !
Krokus (Crocus) gehört zur Familie der Schwertliliengewächse (Iridaceae). Ihre Arten stammen aus dem Orient, Europa und Nordafrika. Es gibt sehr viele Züchtungen, die man unter dem Begriff Krokus-Hybriden zusammenfassen kann und die man in den Parks und Gärten in den gemäßigten Breiten auf der ganzen Welt antrifft. In Mitteleuropa werden sie vor allem als Frühblüher in Ziergärten und Rasen gepflanzt.
Es gibt etwa 80 bis 120 Crocus-Arten. Die im Frühjahr oder im Herbst erscheinenden Blüten variieren stark in der Farbe, aber lila, hellviolett, gelb und weiß sind vorherrschend. (Quelle: Wikipedia)
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They say red meat's bad for you, but I've never seen a sick-looking leopard.
also featured in environmental article here:
green-buzz.net/environment/the-rarest-big-cat-in-the-world/
Warhol of Tomitheos
"I just had to make one of these classic wall arts." -Tomitheos
Great Wall of Faces
16 faces of Tomitheos in honor of the
16 mm avant-garde film art of Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol was good friends and collaborator with 20th century pop artist Keith Haring.
Andy Warhol's real name is 'Andrew Warhola' born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 6, 1928 and died at his prime age of only 59 years old on February 22, 1987 from medical complications after a gall bladder operation.
In 1945 Andy Warhol entered the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) where he majored in pictorial design. Upon graduation, Andy Warhol moved to New York where he found steady work as a commercial artist.
Andy Warhol worked as an illustrator for several magazines including Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and The New Yorker; he did advertising and window displays for retail stores such as Bonwit Teller and I. Miller.
Prophetically, his first assignment was for Glamour magazine for an article titled "Success is a Job in New York."
The 1960's were an extremely prolific decade for Andy Warhol as he created many paintings that remain icons of 20th-century art, such as the famed Campbell's Soup Can paintings.
Andy Warhol also made several 16mm films which made him an avant-garde filmmaker and his films have become underground classics such as Chelsea Girls, Empire and Blow Job.
In 1968, Valerie Solanas, founder and sole member of SCUM (Society for Cutting Up Men) walked into Warhol's studio, known as the Factory, and shot the artist.
The shooting attack was nearly fatal.
In his honor the Andy Warhol Museum opened in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in May 1994.
Copyright © 2010 - 2025 Tomitheos Photography - All Rights Reserved
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Explore page #1
The North Sea Canal is a Dutch ship canal from Amsterdam to the North Sea at IJmuiden, constructed between 1865 and 1876 to enable seafaring vessels to reach the port of Amsterdam. It ends at Amsterdam in the closed-off IJ Bay, which in turn connects to the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal. The North Sea averages about 100 m. The beaches and coastal waters of the North Sea are popular destinations for tourists. The Dutch coasts are especially developed for tourism. Windsurfing and sailing are popular sports because of the winds. Because of the strong tides and areas of still water, the North Sea is more difficult to sail than the Baltic or the Mediterranean. Mudflat hiking, recreational fishing, and diving, including wreck diving, are all possible. The North Pier near Wijk aan Zee shown above is a nice fishing spot. Anglers from all over the country come to the North pier. At the beginning of the North pier, just across the restaurant you can do some good sea bass fishing. In stormy weather there is a good catch of fish on the inner side. On the pier there is not really one super spot with fish. One moment there is a good catch across the corner, the other moment there is not, whilst the catch is then good at the fence. Is the fishing bad from the beach because of the cold weather, then some fish can be caught on the pier in the deeper water. Sole, codfish, gurnard, dab, flounder, garfish, sea brass, eel pout, eel, whiting, plaice, pout, sea trout, pollack, twaite, mackerel, and mullet can be catched. Various types you will only catch in summer, but a surprise is not impossible. Avoid the pier with stormy weather, because it can be perilous because of breaking waves.
A photo of the lighthouse at the beginning of the North Sea Canal. It's beautiful walk of 1.5 km to the lighthouse at the North Pier of Wijk aan Zee - Netherlands. It was a lovely sunny day but I had to work. At the the day's end I went to the beach. There was almost no wind and the colors of the sunset were beautiful. It was 30 minutes after sunset. Exposure 4 sec. F8.0, ISO80 and -1.0EV. The flying geese were taken 10 minutes before with standard exposure and blended into this composite. Please notice the fisherman at the end of the pier. After this walk I went for dinner at the sociable Aloha beach club which is open even during the winter season but today it was the first day in spring ;-)
Het Noordzeekanaal is een kanaal in Nederland dat loopt van de stad Amsterdam (het IJ) naar IJmuiden en Velsen Noord aan de andere kant, waar het uiteindelijk uitmondt in de Noordzee. Om de verbinding tussen de Haven van Amsterdam en de Noordzee te verbeteren werd in 1824 het Noordhollandsch Kanaal tussen Amsterdam en Den Helder in gebruik genomen. Dit kanaal voldeet al snel niet meer aan de eisen van het groeiende scheepvaartverkeer. Daarom werd enkele decennia later besloten om via de kortste verbinding tussen Amsterdam en de Noordzee een kanaal te graven. Hierbij werden de duinen nabij Velsen op het smalste deel van Holland ('Holland op zijn Smalst') doorgraven. Er werden sluizen aangelegd die de verbinding vormen tussen het kanaal en de zee.
Zijn de visvangsten door de kou vanaf het strand slecht, dan valt er op de pier door het diepere water nog wel een visje te vangen Tong, kabeljauw, knorhaan, schar, bot, geep, zeebaars, puitaal, paling, wijting, schol, steenbolk, zeeforel, koolvis, fint, makreel en harder. Diverse soorten zal je uitsluitend in de zomer vangen, maar verrassingen zijn niet uitgesloten. Zo kan je midden november nog best een dikke tong vangen en de zeebaars blijft ook steeds langer. De Noordpier bij Wijk aan Zee: een fijne visstek. Hengelaars uit het gehele land komen naar de Noordpier toe. Aan het begin van de Noordpier, even voorbij het restaurant is het goed zeebaars vissen. Bij storm wordt er aan de binnenkant goed vis gevangen. Mijd de pier met storm, want het kan dan levensgevaarlijk zijn door overslaande golven.
Het is een mooie wandeling van zo'n 1.5 km naar de vuurtoren. De hele dag was zonnig maar ik moest helaas werken maar 's avonds uit werk gelijk naar het strand gegaan van Wijk aan Zee. Prachtig avondrood met blauwgrijze Noordzee. Mijn statief meegenomen maar er was eigenlijk te weinig deining om de golfslag mooi vast te leggen. Deze foto geschoten een halfuur na zonsondergang met sluitertijd 4 seconde. De vogels vlogen eerder over en genomen met standaard belichting en later in deze foto bewerkt. Een mooi detail is de visser aan het einde van de pier. Na de late strandwandeling in de gezellige Aloha beach club diner gegeten. Deze club is zelf 's winters open maar vandaag was het de eerste lentedag :-)
~ A hometown delight, Rideau Falls.~ wiki info here...
The building's lighting shadow running on an angle and really disappointed me, but it's the way it is and obviously nothing that 5 bucks and a kid with a pellet gun can't fix with a few simple pumps and a little aiming.
Many thanks to all of you that took a look at my last sphere image and I am thrilled to see a few go visit my friend Eddi 07 for a few textures.
Have a wonderful Saturday and I'm thinking of a possible double image day to make up for the weak week.
Thanks again my friends and as always
a BIG HELLO from Ottawa, Canada.
chậc! bé mà đã xinh rồi, khổ thân chú quá bé ơi! T_T
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Hong Kong Flower Show 2009
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Happy 43rd Imagoism Thursday (HIT) and
Happy Gorgeous Green Thursday (HGGT) to everyone!!!
Front Page & Explore, March 19, 2009
Thank you very much Everyone and to Ronaldo F Cabuhat for the FP screen shot.
Highest position in Explore = #17 on March 19th, 2009, THANK YOU!
This is a photo of the downtown Seattle public library. Built by Rem Koolhass, this piece of modern architectural art is as amazing on the inside as it is outside. This structure has been shot a ton so I really tried to give it something I hadn’t seen before. Out of all my shots that day, this one “popped” most for me. I brought out my wide angle lens (14mm full frame) and got really low to the ground for this shot. Standing on the corner, I could just barely squeeze in the entire structure. I waited for the sun to peek through the buildings downtown and captured the reflection on the side of the building, which I felt added to the dramatic nature of the structure. As you can see, there is a bit of lens flare, but I actually liked it this time. If you follow the flare trail, you can see it reflected all the way to the street sign on the left, which is ultimately why I decided to keep the street pole in. I really liked all the angles in this shot!
If you like this kind of funky perspective, here's another one of the Seattle Center.
#78/365 Well technically a day early but since tomorrow is PP friday then I thought I'd post my spring picture today. Enjoy it while you can because summer will be here before you know it! Please view this large, small just doesn't do it justice.
EXPLORED #19
An Irish blessing for all my family and friends!
For Pretty Pinkisms group (pink and green theme for St. Patty's Day)!
Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone! Have a blessed day!
Spiaggia di Tirrenia (Pisa)
Tirrenia beach (Pisa)
Please NO MULTIPLE INVITES or GLITTERY graphics!!!
photo 81/365
eXplore # 498 + FP
march 15/2009
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London | Architecture | Night Photography
EXPLORE # 453
When I first started with night photography two years ago, this is what I enjoyed the most, capturing the streaming lights...so its fun doing it again...
London Streaming Lights
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The London IMAX is an IMAX cinema in the South Bank district of London, England, just north of Waterloo Station. It is operated by the British Film Institute.
The cinema is located in the centre of a roundabout on Waterloo Road. Stamford Street is to the north-east, York Road is to the south-west and Waterloo Bridge is to the north-west.
The London IMAX was designed by Avery Associates Architects and completed in May 1999. By far the largest screen in Britain it has a seating capacity of just under 500. Although the site is surrounded by traffic and has an underground line just four metres below, the architects and engineers accounted for this in their design and the entire upper structure sits on anti vibration bearings to prevent noise transference.
The cinema won several awards at the time of opening, including a Design Council Millennium Products Award in 1999 and a Civic Trust Award in 2000.
London has another traditional IMAX cinema at the Science Museum in South Kensington/Albertopolis and in December 2008 gained IMAX digital cinemas at Odeon cinemas in Greenwich and Wimbledon.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_IMAX
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IMAX (short for Image MAXimum) is a motion picture film format and projection standard created by Canada's IMAX Corporation. The traditional version of IMAX has the capacity to record and display images of far greater size and resolution than conventional film systems. A standard IMAX screen is 22 metres (72 ft) wide and 16.1 metres (53 ft) high, but can vary.
IMAX is the most widely used system for large-format, special-venue film presentations. As of April 2009, there are 320 IMAX theatres in 42 countries, with about half of these located in the United States. About 60% of IMAX venues are commercial theatres with the other 40% being located in educational venues.
Variations of the traditional IMAX format include IMAX Dome (using a tilted dome screen) which is sometimes called OmniMAX, IMAX 3D and IMAX Digital.
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London IMAX Streaming Lights...
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Taken during a picnic along with friends at Shorncliffe, Brisbane.
Exposure
EV[0], f/5.6, ISO 250
Toys
Canon 40D, Canon 70-200mm f/4 L IS, Canon EF 1.4X extender
Processing
Photoshop CS4 - Camera Raw 5.2 Tonal Adjustments
Adjustment layer - curve (linear contrast preset)
Borders
BMX
Sorry I have missed so much, but I've been busy.
I'll do my best to catch up :)
HNFF!
50mm @ f1.8
Thanks for the visits everyone. This made it to the Front Page. I knew I liked it, but you never really know if anyone else will... :)
BMX bike close up
Explore #249 (Thanks People)
61:365 - Ok so not the normal shot of Paris you would expect to see.
Click on the notes for the sights!
This is taken from La Defense looking over Pont Neuilly towards the Arc De Triomphe on the Place de l'Étoile. If you look closely you will see it, and the Eiffel tower off to the right.
oh and it got treated to Lasm's Ultra Vivid again!
and everything still moves in slow motion,
breathless and blue, and behind
your eyes
the sea
oceans of light envelop me"
HBW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The sun came out today! But it was cold and windy. I wanted to try a shot that had sun glare in it and that was very harshly lit. The wind blew my hair over my eyes and I caught a shot of myself moving it. The original was very very hazy.
My camera and my 50mm have become like best friends that don't see each other as often as they should. I love the 50.
So let me tell you a sad little story. There is a white snow geese (according to my next door neighbor) that has made home near our house. It is the only one around and it was accepted into a group of Canada geese. It spent a few weeks with them and seemed to be fitting in quite well. The last couple of weeks the geese have been pairing up for mates. The goose tried getting others to notice it, but stayed alone. Today the last of the geese paired up and the snow goose was left alone. Today it sat alone making cries. I felt for the geese, I really did. It looked so sad and alone. Poor goose.
Things I learned today:
Geese only breed with their own species.
After several years living in upstate New York this was our first trip in New York City.
O well, we have a friend who was born and raised in New York State whose
first visit in NYC was last month! LOL
This was taken last year, and I will be going back there this Spring.
Have a gorgeous day my friends!
Seahorses are a genus (Hippocampus) of fish belonging to the family Syngnathidae, which also includes pipefish and leafy sea dragons. There are over 32 species of seahorse, mainly found in shallow tropical and temperate waters throughout the world. They prefer to live in sheltered areas such as sea grass beds, coral reefs, or mangroves. Colonies have been found in European waters such as the Thames Estuary.[2] From North America down to South America there are approximately four species, ranging from very small in size (dwarf seahorses are only about an inch long) to those much larger, found off the Pacific Coast of Central America (the foot-long Hippocampus ingens). Hippocampus erectus are larger seahorses found anywhere from Nova Scotia down to around Uruguay. These fish form territories, with males staying in about one square meter of their habitat while females range about one hundred times that area. They bob around in sea grass meadows, mangrove stands, and coral reefs where they are camouflaged by murky brown and grey patterns that blend into the sea grass backgrounds. During social moments or in unusual surroundings, seahorses turn bright colors. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
I could write many things about my trip to Paris, even a novel or a poem, others have done it… a travel book, an essay… what a city!… totally none original to say, We loved it!... but we did… I shared the experience with my two sons, Guilherme and Raul Jr., they were on my side, making the experience bigger… they will have their own sayings and feelings, but I could feel they loved it too! We felt there at home… we felt welcomed… I cherish the human side of a city too… all those landmarks were built in our mind from long ago… to meet them live was a dream come true!
So I was too busy with my eyes, ears, all five senses… trying to capture it all inside… amongst all the emotion and awe… the urban life, the streets full of people, the monumental architecture… too much for so few days! That sometimes I remembered to grab my camera and make a picture… other times I forgot I had it… other times there was no light, or it was raining, or cameras were not allowed, or tripods, etc. But that doesn’t matter… the memory is here to stay!
And in the end, we had the great pleasure of meeting my flickr friend Frank Baillet and his friends Catherine, Thierry, Julien and Valentin! It was an emotional moment for me, going from virtual to real. I thank you all the warm reception and for accepting us into your group in a photography journey we will never forget. Meant a lot… We felt even more at home… This picture here today of your city is for you, dear friends!
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Picked almost at random, with little processing... We were strolling down Ille St. Louis when I saw this vision of Notre Dame… maybe it was done before, for sure, I loved the symmetry from there!
The shot
Standard 3 exposures HDR [-2,0,+2EV] in RAW/ISO100 at f/13 on a gorillapod using the 10-20 Sigma lens.
Photomatix
Tonemapped using the detail enhancer.
Photoshop
°Noise reduction in the sky.
°A little dodging in the water.
°Increased yellow saturation.
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All comments, criticism and tips for improvements are ( as always ) welcome.
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EXPLORE #205
This is similar to the F355 shot I uploaded back in late January with three key differences.
- The sun is reflecting in the water
- Better angle for the car
- No Flamingo flock flying
I would have preferred to have this composition with the flamingos flying, but unfortunately when doing sunset shoots, time is your enemy and I was in too much of a hurry. Lesson learned.
I used three Canon flashes triggered by Canon flash transmitter (580EX, 580EXII and 430EX).
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Canon EOS 40D
Lens: EF 24-105 F4 L IS
ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 1/15 sec
Aperture: F/9
Focal length: 67mm
Lens Filter: B+W circular polarizer
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS2 - Adobe Lightroom.
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Surfing is not normal in Andalusia. The waves will only be big enough after a winter storm to get a good surf.
What:
A ship being pushed in to dock by a couple tug boats.
Where:
Halifax,
Nova Scotia
Canada
About:
I love it when you plan to shoot something in particular but end up finding something more interesting. I met up with a friend from the photo club and we went and did a few shots of the harbour front from Dartmouth and then made our way to the top floor of the parking garage at Purdy's to try to shoot some cityscapes but there many cars to get good light trails etc...
We took a few shots and had packed up the car and were leaving the car park when we saw this ship docking. Had to stop and get "one" more shot! :-)
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Nikon D90 : Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX DG lens @ 29mm : 1.6s @ f/2.8 : ISO 100
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