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Here is a shot of Devils Tower at twilight with the Belt of Venus and the Moon serving as a beautiful, colorful backdrop for the scene. I had this entire area to myself, and it really was a peaceful and serene as it looks.
CURIOUS ALIGNMENTS
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Sounds like a Bourne novel title doesn't it? Was trying to find a clever title for an image that is [to me] interestingly framed. The two churches along the Limmat river form the "goal posts" and between them you have two bright stars visible in the blue hour night... except that these aren't stars, this is Jupiter (on the left) and Venus (on the right) and they are getting closer in alignment all through the month of June until they appear nearly converged towards the end of June. This is a rare alignment and I had no idea as I was framing the shot. In fact, I hadn't intended to capture any stars at all, was hoping for some sunset color reflected in the water between my Zurich "goal posts", but sunset was a total bust (almost no color whatsoever).
Taken with Pentax K-3 and trusty Pentax 12-24mm.
HFF!
I found this fence while out for a drive in the countryside. The fence posts were in perfect alignment...straight as an arrow! You don't see that very often in rural areas.
The 5 planets from Rippon Tor which visible in the pre-dawn sky. Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Mars, and Jupiter.
The Texas Tourist Camp Complex is a located along the original alignments of highways US81 and US287 in Decatur, TX. The Complex includes the Petrified Wood Gas Station, Motel rooms with garages, a Cafe, and the owner's house. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2022, the site was re-acquired by the granddaughter of the original owner.
Noticed the faded word Groceries painted along the canopy.
Here is the text of the nearby historic marker:
Local businessman E.F. Boydston (1888-1945) purchased this site, a former feed lot, in 1927 for $400. Recognizing a potential business opportunity in offering services to the traveling public, he built a wooden shed and gas station in 1927. Travelers were allowed to build campfires during overnight stays, and by 1931 Boydston added three wooden cabins with garages to the camp complex. The buildings later were faced with rock, and more cabins and garages were added in 1935. The original wooden gas station was covered with petrified wood in 1935 when the highway was widened and remained in operation by the Boydston family until 1988.
The Texas Lunchroom, a one-room frame building, was built in 1929. Renamed the Texas Cafe in 1935 and faced with stone to match other buildings in the complex, it was enlarged to provide second-floor living quarters. Popular with local high school and college students, as well as families and the traveling public, it was closed in the 1960s after a highway bypass built west of town diverted traffic from this area. The cafe reopened in 1993. One of the few intact examples of tourist camps built throughout Texas in the mid-20th century, this property is significant for its association with the early development of automobile tourism.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1995
Last week the conditions were perfect for the full moon and Trans America Building to intersect each other in perfect harmony. I met up with Tim McManus, and we walked down to Kirby Cove. For the long walk down, I brought a large wagon filled with two big lenses, tripod, and camera gear.
It was probably the warmest evening I have ever experienced at the Marin Headlands. We got down to the beach, and there was hardly a breeze. We set up our gear, and watched San Francisco reflect brilliant light towards us as the sun set behind us. The Golden glow from all the building's windows was amazing to watch. You could just tell with these conditions it was going to be a good moonrise! Nick Steinberg, and Stephen Boyle were set up next to us, and we waited for the moon to rise with some of the best conditions anyone could ask for.
Watching the moon ascend behind San Francisco on this evening was amazing! There were so many great moments during the moonrise, but this shot was my absolute favorite.
This is a single shot taken with a 600mm lens @ F/4 @ 1/4 second @ ISO 100.
My 600mm has no cpu chip, so my camera never records accurate exif info.
A big thanks to Tim for all his help!
Thanks for looking!
GE/Wabtec modernised C44ACM unit 7266 (ex-AC4400CW), 6293 (C44AC (GE Model AC4400CW)), 6696 (C44ACCTE (GE Model AC4400CW)) and 7491 (C45ACCTE (GE Model ES44AC)) lead a Union Pacific container train through Echo Canyon along the 1917 alignment. The winding 1869 alignment is visible in the bottom of the frame.
Castle Rock, UT.
Tuesday, 22 October 2024.
I keep being inesorably attracted by this kind of landscape views, just close to my home environment.
The edges. The light and the darkness.
The frozen land and the warm embrace of the first light.
The flat ground and the steep hills.
It's only one moment: everything just happens and lines up perfectly.
Sometimes I just feel that it was written. And I was so lucky to be at the right time in the right place, with the right mood. But when every thing lines up just perfectly, I realize that it can't be no more a matter of Chance. It's a matter of will. And the strive for the need of romance.
Suggested song: Norah Jones, Sunrise
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7pEg3KXNcs
Sigle shot, Canon 550D + EF17-40L, polarizer, tripod.
Gli allineamenti perfetti
Continuo a sentirmi inesorabilmente attratto da questo tipo di immagini, più o meno tipiche della mia terra. I confini. La luce, il buio.
Il terreno congelato e il caldo abbraccio della prima luce.
L'orizzonte piatto e le colline ripide.
E' solo un momento: ogni cosa accade e si allinea perfettamente.
Qualche volta mi sembra quasi che sia stato già scritto. E che sono stato solo fortunato nel trovarmi al posto giusto, al momento giusto, con il giusto animo. Ma quando ogni cosa risulta perfettamente allineata, mi accorgo che non è sempre frutto del caso. E' un atto cosciente. E lo sforzo per la ricerca di un po' di poesia.
Da ascoltare: Norah Jones, Sunrise
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7pEg3KXNcs
Esposizione singola, Canon 550D + EF17-40L, polarizzatore, treppiede.
A familiar view from an unusual angle. By Mark Higham. You can find more of my photos on instagram at @theartshot360 www.instagram.com/mhigham.photos/theartshot360
As we approach the Jupiter/Venus conjunction on 2 March, the Moon and the two planets align as they slip down to the south west soon after sunset.
It's not often that I manage to capture an image that exceeds my expectations.
I noticed this alignment of pine trees a couple of months ago, and wondered how it might look with the sun setting perfectly within the gap.
There are only a few days in any year where it would be possible to capture a photo exactly like this. Would the weather play along with my plans?
I've been returning to this exact spot most evenings this past week... hoping to capture my pre-visualised shot. Every previous attempt was a failure, with the sun disappearing behind the clouds before it appeared in my frame.
But then yesterday evening I got everything that I was hoping for... and more. I'm stoked! :)
M357 works up the 2% grade of Steelton Hill on the new double track alignment. At the bottom of the photo is the old single track route that curved much more than the new line.
This evening's epic afterglow!
Technical details:
Fuji X-E1 + 10-24mm
4 seconds, f/8, ISO 100
7 shot panorama
Venus, Mars and Jupiter glow brightly in the early morning sky, while the moon plays hide and seek with the clouds just to the right of the Mittens, Monument Valley.
Hope your week goes well. Thanks for stopping by and for all of your kind comments -- they mean a lot to me.
© Melissa Post 2015.
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From my post-rain photo walk last week. I've photographed this location before but the wet pavement looked too cool to pass up. This was with the TT Artisan 23mm
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Carnac stones are an exceptionally dense collection of megalithic sites around the village of Carnac, in Brittany, consisting of alignments, dolmens, tumuli and single menhirs. More than 3,000 prehistoric standing stones were hewn from local rock and erected by the pre/proto-Celtic people of Brittany, and are the largest such collection in the world. Most of the stones are within the Breton village of Carnac, but some to the east are within La Trinité-sur-Mer. The stones were erected at some stage during the Neolithic period, probably around 3300 BC, but some may date to as old as 4500 BC.
2015 07 27 151700 France Brittany Carnac 1HDR
A rare daylight NYS&W HAN-1 heads west through Franklin Lakes, NJ. The "missing link" of I-287 between Montville, NJ and Suffern, NY was still under construction in this March 1993 view. The Susquehanna main had recently been relocated to the alignment seen here due to this construction project. The original alignment roughly paralleled the far side of I-287 where the distant buildings are located and would have crossed I-287 near the head end of HAN-1. This view is not possible today due to tree growth along the right of way.
NYS&W HAN-1:
SOO 778 SD40-2
GATX 2003 SD40-2
Liencres - Bay of Biscay - Spain
Another shot from the great adventure in the company of the usual suspects Paulo Dias , Rolhas e Sergio Luis Silva .
This time in search of the North with the precious help and total collaboration of Joserra Irusta's from the North Photo Tours team.
For him, his wife Raquel Castro a huge thank you !
And for those wishing to explore the North of Spain, the answer is North Photo Tours !
Canon EOS 5D MKII + Canon EF 17-40 f/4 L @ 17 mm
ISO 100 - f/16- 129s
Lee ProGlass ND 0.9 + Lee GND 0.9 HE + Lee GND 0.3 SE