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180 degrees panorama of the alignment of the planets at my preferred Deep Sky Object imaging site (SDAA site, Tierra del Sol). Photos taken 5:40am on Fev 7th, 2016. Just missed Mercury (below my visible horizon at the time).
Camera: Canon 6D
Lens: Samyang 14mm f/2.8 (at f/2.8)
Exposure: 15sec ISO6400 (each photo of the Panorama)
Panorama assembled in Lightroom
Tikal
Guatemala, Central America
Another angle of the Temple of the Great Jaguar taken on our excursion into the Guatemalan jungle a few weeks back. When we first walked into the main plaza that has been excavated the ominous rain clouds parted and the brilliant sunshine came through for a few fleeting moments. I might never see this amazing place again, but I felt so fortunate that the weather gave me such a perfect backdrop, even if only for a few minutes.
Really wanted this to be monotone .. but the sunset fought back and here we are ... I kind of like both..
Olympus OM-1 w M.Zuiko 100-400/5-6.3IS
ISO200 f/11 276mm -2ev
Single frame raw developed in DxO PhotoLab 8, colour graded in Nik 7 Color Efex - one colour frame, one mono frame, stacked and blended in ON1 PhotoRaw 2025 and finished off back in PhotoLab.
Shell Cove Marina, Shellharbour, NSW
Sitting and watching as the sun climbs out of the Gulf of Mexico makes for a most excellent morning.
Red Hot Pokers - Kniphofia Uvaria - growing wild on Tresco a small but very beautiful Isle off of The Scilly Isles UK. Compositionally there should be three or five for balance but nature gave me four!!
I stayed up all night last Friday night to try and capture the planet alignment. We chose our location near the windmills due to its perfect SE view and located up on the bluff above the Columbia gave us a nearly 180 degree view. While I could see Saturn up out of frame in the right hand corner my 24mm lens was not near wide enough to take it all in. We also could not see Mercury in the lower left hand corner due to too much light from the moon and the sun.
Name: Eris
Title: “The Airhead Avian”
Gender: Female
Species: "An eagle, bird lady!"
Race: “Wait, we’re racing?”
Occupation: Landscape/Portrait Photographer
Prevailing Element: Air
Alignment: Neutral Good
Powers: “Um…If I flap my wings the right way, they make a silly sound!”
Typical Tool(s): DSLR Camera, Talons
MOC Status: Assembled.
Eris isn’t the brightest hatchling in the nest. She was raised with a formal education, studied in her field of interest, and was taught to fly by her parents and a very early age. However, she is always in her own little world, not choosing to ignore the world around her, but just not realizing it’s there half the time. She is quirky, welcoming, but hard to keep a conversation on one topic for more than a few minutes.
After getting an education, she started to take up photography as a career. Eris figured since she could fly, she could take amazing landscape photos and sell them. Although, she never thought about how to hold the camera with her wings. She commissioned a local robot to create a mechanical arm that she could wear to hold and operate the camera. She changes the settings and hits the shutter with her beak but goes through a lot of cameras that way. At times, she also holds the camera with her talons as she flies, but has dropped at least 3 in the past year. She also serves coffee and hot oil to any of her customers and lets them stay in her shop as long they would like, Eris enjoys the company.
No matter how many times I wake up at 5am and shoot the Golden Gate Bridge it never gets old. This view has shaped me in so many ways. A great place to reflect and think.
When I took this photo, I noticed the young woman on the right and the alignment of the 3 subjects perpendicular to the river. On closer inspection, I thought that this alignment was all the more interesting in that it could perhaps correspond, from youngest to oldest, to this woman's family circle: potentially, her youngest son, then the teenager, and finally her husband. This hypothetical link could explain the benevolent gaze that the 'mother' perhaps seems to be casting on them. The magic of street photography is that it will always retain its mystery, and at the same time open the door to all sorts of possible interpretations.
Explored HP# 420 on 25/10/12 - Thanks very much!!
Looking back down the Tyne, still from the Newcastle side, here the bridges all line up to create a mass of light..
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He turned 9 years old today, happy birthday to my original self-MOC.
Name: Shadow
Title: “The Forgotten Legend”
Gender: Male
Species: Ghost
Race: Necrospherian
Occupation: None.
Prevailing Element: Nightmares/Shadow
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Powers: Sensory Manipulation/Overload, Mind-Reading through Dreams, Perceived Super Speed
Typical Tool(s): Arm-Mounted Guns, Rifle, Axe, His Opponents.
MOC Status: Assembled.
Shadow is known as a Necrospherian, a ghost-like creatures who are the spirits of many worlds, all residing on the planet Etyosa. This planet is ruled by the tyrant, Fractus (Phantom), who seeks out the strongest of his kind to amass an army. Under his reign, those who are deemed weak or have no potential are exiled. Shadow, being one who would fight against his ruler’s tyranny from a rebel faction, was not only exiled, but sent to a planet in the physical realm. This was his punishment; he could not hide from those who would see him as a monster. He was able to be incorporeal for only short bursts, unable to escape or try to figure a plan in secret.
He had discovered that the locals often wore masks to hide their face and would wear armor, this was a planet of warriors. Shadow had crafted a mask, armor, and even a cape for flare to blend in with the crowd. When time came around to fight another, he had used what the locals deemed as “nightmare” powers. His powers were mental manipulation and super speed, able to take almost any opponent and force them into a dream like state where he could have complete control of what were to happen. He would be able to read the minds of those he took control of, knowing their weaknesses, and creating a nightmare that would defeat the enemy. This was not something a Necrospherian could do in their own realm, but no other has been exiled to a physical world, so Shadow was unaware of this power.
After his powers were shown, he had become the rival of many, and yet would always win any battle that came his way. He became a leader with a small group of elemental warriors, and fought many enemies. One of which, was his original enemy, Fractus (Phantom), who had started to bring his army into Shadow’s world to overtake it. He had made friends, lost friends, even became reacquainted with his original rebel group.
However, something completely unpredictable had occurred. Without any warning, the whole planet was engulfed with a bright, blinding light. Where all if not most of the inhabitants were sent to what looked like a whole new world. Enemies, friends, all covered in a pink dust that fell like sand once brushed off themselves. To those that were not of Shadow’s kind were completed oblivious, acting as if nothing had changed. While all Necrospherians had noticed the change. This was the work of the Aeonyx, Kairos, who had copied the planet’s creatures for his own pleasure, but due to the physiology of the ghosts, they were merely moved from one planet to this fabricated planet. They could sense Kairos, and have been sent to a world they cannot escape. The Aeonyx had realized his mistake, and sent beings of his creation, the false Aeonyx, to secretly find and destroy these beings. If they were to spread the word of Kairos’ plan, all is lost, making it easier for him to be found by Lady Void.
The Necrospherians had teamed up, even Fractus with Shadow, many battles, many lost, with only a handful of them left. One of which, was Shadow, who had changed drastically since this occurrence. He had been spending many, many years trying to run and fight against Kairos and his minions. He had become a veteran fighter, a master of his “nightmare” powers, and had casted off his mask as a symbol of his Necrospherian pride. He had the remains of his team stored away, in the event that he could escape this planet, he can try and bring them back. Despite his increased skill, he had grown frail with time, and while still a more than capable fighter, realized he could not do this alone.
He had heard of a small group of fighters who were under the command of a white, sleek robot that had possessed the powers of magnetism. Shadow had studied him as well as his team for multiple nights, and had discovered that he was not a confident or skilled leader, but had potential to be. Minion, the leader, had a great team who did not see eye-to-eye or even all together at one place, but had studied many battles they have gone through.
Shadow had decided to intervene when Minion and his team were in a losing battle with Vanity, one of the false Aeonyx. Calling her out for what she is and revealing to everyone that this whole world was the work of a great overseer. From there on out, Shadow became a guide and an elder to this team, to not only bolster a better leader and team, but use them to defeat Kairos, and travel back to his home world.
I had the pleasure of viewing the planetary alignment this week shortly after the sun set into Lake Michigan. In this photo I captured the Moon, three planets, and a few deep sky attractions using a wide angle 10mm lens . The reflection of Venus in the lake is also prominent.
Location: Sawyer, Michigan
Date: March 28, 2023
Nearly full moon rising over Ahuriri, Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
It is always nice when a full moon coincides with a high tide, especially when you are planning to shot the (nearly ) full moon rising over the Ahuriri Estuary.
This shot was taken the evening before the night of the 'supermoon', as the semi-supermoon popped over the horizon just before the sun set in the other direction.
Fujifilm X-E3, ISO200, f5, 1/250, 67mm
Processed in Lightroom
For Moctagon Jones. A variation of nnenn's cockpit box with studs on all sides and even-stud alignment in the back.
hiking along an abandoned railroad alignment, we found this tunnel. the slide at the end of the tunnel was one of many slides and washouts that caused this line to be closed, due to the cost of repairs.
VWS2863 Copyright © VW Selburn 2015: Excellent work on the alignment of this garden pond seen in Wales UK.
On Palatia islet lies the impressive “Portára”, a marble gate of a 6th century BC temple of Apollo. According to mythology, the god Dionysus met Ariadni there, who had been abandoned by Thesseus.
Just got back from a family holiday in Croatia. This abstract shot was taken at our accommodation, the glass table top was perfect for reflections.