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Been awhile I do a proper waterscape without using B+W ND110.
Cheers and hope you guys like it.
Technical Details:
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: EF 17-40mm f/4 L USM
Exposure: 3.2 second
Aperture: f/18.0
Focal Length: 21 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Filter: NONE
Processing Tool: CS4 + Color Efex Pro 3.0
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Hi everyone......it's been quite awhile since my last post, alot of excitement has been happening over here. My daughter got her "wings" with Air Canada in June after finishing flight attendant school in Montreal. With just a few short days back home, we had to pack up our cars & drive 13 hours to Calgary (Alberta) to get her relocated and settled in her new apartment.
After a hectic week of scurrying around and getting everything in order, I had some downtime and made my way to Banff for some R&R. This is the balcony view I had from my hotel in Canmore, just 10 minutes outside the Banff National Park entrance. I loved spending the evenings out here after a long day of hiking and sight-seeing! :)
It's been awhile since I've made a zucchini "pasta" dish for myself but I've been craving one and today was the day to eat it. I love eating fresh, raw foods. Although this one does have ground beef on top it's still deliciously fresh. It's no exaggeration to say I feel more alive and energized when I stay on track with fresh foods. I've been doing some projects with a new client involving food photography for a family cookbook. I've really enjoyed practicing in my own time and although I rarely post food pictures (if you remember the ones I used to have up then you've been with me since the beginning LOL!) I liked this one! It makes me feel fresh and alive just looking at it. So consider this a friendly reminder to eat your veggies today or at least to RSVP a spot for lunch with me next time;) Hugs to you all - Rachel
been awhile since i have done anything with drops.. and this little yellow daisy was ready to leave today...
*need to deal with my computer tonight. it might just explode if i don't move some of my photos over to the extra hard drive. been putting it off for days.. and i just can't any longer. will catch up tomorrow...
til then... HBW!
The light shining on this bench in the Palm House at Kew Gardens made it welcoming and private at the same time.
We stopped here on the way home from Glacier. Shot sunrise, and setup camp to sleep for awhile and then woke up and took off to Rainier for sunset.
The camp host was wandering through camp so just out of curiousity, I asked her if she had seen any rattlesnakes. Sure enough, she had a couple of stories to tell :) 2 weeks ago, a woman was hiking in sandles on one of the trails and she was bitten in the leg, and they had to rush her to the nearest hospital (40 minutes away). She said by the time they got there her leg was pretty swolen.
Then Just a week ago, a couple was camping, and the women got up to use the restroom, and she stepped on what she thought was a hose... until it started moving. She was lucky that she didn't get bitten, and her husband killed the snake with a frying pan..
I usually keep my posts sort of short, but just wanted to give people a heads up that there are snakes all over this area, and if you visit, be super careful :)
Anyone that has photographed this location knows that it's a very wide seen, and if you shoot horizontal, you won't get much sky at all. I decided to stitch 4 vertical shots because I liked the cloud action up higher.. Still not sure how much I like this one, but thanks for looking!
Canon 16-35II
Polarizer - 2-stop GND
It has been awhile since our last visit to Shollenberger wetlands park. It was nice to see the return of water to the wetlands and with it the usual suspects. This Avocet was enjoying the sun as he was hunting for food. He was so engrossed in his quest for food that he hardly noticed as we snapped photo after photo. With its elegant profile and striking coloration, the American Avocet is unique among North American birds. In summer it can be found in temporary and unpredictable wetlands across western North America where it swings its long upturned bill through the shallow water to catch small invertebrates.
It's been awhile, nice to be back here in flickrland.
We went down the the beach early one rainy morning and this little swallow (please correct me if it's a swift) and its mates were swooping down and skimming the tips of the waves as they were breaking. It was quite mesmerising watching them darting in and out and passing over our heads. They'd then stop for a rest on the tidal pool railing and off they'd go again. I tried my best to get a shot of them in flight but my goodness they're so darn fast. Perhaps one day.
Thanks for stopping by, I've missed you all.
Taken awhile back while spending some winter days in the Palouse of Washington State. One of the best places to visit for winter beauty ..lot of winter rolling hills and lone trees..
Awhile ago I was running around getting groceries. I'd been rained on and hailed on but things had calmed down as I got out of my car at one stop and then the clouds broke apart and the sun sent down shafts pf beautiful light. This was my submission to the G+ Scavenger Hunt for the word: Wonder
With snow beginning to descend, a pair of BNSF Fakebonnets grind through Mazon, IL with B-LPCMIN. A nice surprise out on the former ATSF Transcontinental Mainline.
I had the idea for this shot for awhile before I was able to take it. It required a pretty clear day in winter in order to do. Vancouver almost always is cloudy in winter, and especially so around these north shore mountains. So having the time available and the weather suitable was kind of challenging for me. This day was finally good. :)
Sky Train in New Westminster BC (Metro Vancouver) crossing the Fraser River on a dedicated bridge. New Westminster is to the left, and Surrey is to the right. Golden Ears Mountain (1716m) is to the left, and Mount Robie Reid (2,095m) is in the distance to the right; part of the North Shore Mountains (Cascades Range) of Metro Vancouver. The bridge was 1.4 km from the camera, and the mountains are 35 to 40 km in the distance, but the telephoto effect compressing the distance, makes them look closer. (I used a 2x teleconverter to double the focal length to 400m, and the crop on the photo mimics DX+, so appearing as though shot by a 600 to 700mm lens).
The bridge has two 123-metre (404 ft) tall towers and carries trains 45 metres (148 ft) above the Fraser River and valley. The main span is 340 metres (1,120 ft) and the total length is 616 metres (2,021 ft). The bridge was the longest cable-supported transit-only bridge in the world from its opening in 1990 to 2019, when it was surpassed by the Egongyan Rail Transit Bridge.
The Sky Train is Vancouver's light rail transportation network which runs on several line in the metro area. This line, the 'Expo Line', runs from downtown Vancouver, through the cities of Burnaby, New Westminster, and terminates in Surrey BC (which is on the side of the bridge to the right). The transit authority has named these 'Sky Train' as they run on pylons perhaps 15m tall (mostly) for much of their routes. But even so, some of the lines run at least parts of their routes underground like traditional subways.
This was output at roughly 40% of full size. So the resolution is actually much higher. You can read the numbers on the cars in the full sized image.
Still from Shinjuku Gyoen Park! I guess the most important factor for a relationship to last is communication. Being occupied with a lot of things such as work should not be a hindrance to constant communication. Proud to be an Overseas Filipino worker, sharing and listening to one another are the tools to fight homesickness!
Can We Just Stop And Talk Awhile
by Jose Mari Chan
Fancy meeting you alone in the crowd
Couldn't help but notice your smile
While everybody else around us is going about
Can we just stop and talk awhile?
I've been often told our world's growing old
And that friends are harder to find
Do tell me more about yourself
We could share a thought or two
Now who would mind?
Maybe then we could go for a ride
Drive down to the countryside
Get away from the gray
And frenzied hurly-burly of the city life
Early yet to say what lies ahead
It's the first day of the rest of our lives
Can we just stop and talk awhile
Get to know each other
Who are we to know?
Love could be waiting at the end
'Round that bend and so
Let's stop and talk awhile
Maybe then we could go for a ride
Drive down to the countryside
Get away from the gray
And frenzied hurly-burly of the city life
Early yet to say what lies ahead
It's the first day of the rest of our lives
Can we just stop and talk awhile
Get to know each other
Who are we to know?
Love could be waiting at the end
'Round that bend and so
Let's stop and talk awhile
-Frost, "Birches"
So I have returned to campus without my camera!! It was fixed and ready to be picked up but by the time I got the message, they were closed :(. Hopefully can go back home to get it in the next 2 weeks.
So more stuff from the archives!!
Heritage revealed. We can't hid the Conrail heritage of this pup, but even further back, we have it starting its existance on the New York Central. I'd wanted to do some night photos of this for awhile, and finally got to it. Some graffiti was removed in Photoshop.
Spoiler alert - these are not "wild birds". They are rehab birds that were guests at the High Desert Museum, in Bend, Oregon, a couple of years ago. If you look closely, you can see a transmitter antenna on the lower back of the top bird.
We were able to have fun taking pics of these birds during a pre-covid half-day photo shoot with these wonderful raptors. If you ever get a chance to sign up for this event at the High Desert Museum, Just Do It! You won't be sorry. The staff is wonderful, as are the photo instructors (Hi Abbott!).
These birds are not native to Oregon, more to Mexico and the border area. However, I love the way that their colors mesh with the background of the high desert area around Bend.
Every once in awhile, one of the residents of the High Desert Museum flies off, at which point the staff members hop in their truck and track down the AWOL guest, using the transmitters that are temporarily attached to the guests while they participate in events such as the one that we attended.
Fun Times Indeed!!!
Out in the countryside this evening and spotted this family of Eastern Kingbirds .. I hung around for awhile and watched these two enjoying some nice red berries, then disaster when one of them drops their berry watching it fall into the undergrowth, but then something beautiful happened and the other Kingbird gave their berry to the unlucky Kingbird….
For awhile after the CN takeover things remained close to the same. That was soon changed with the influx of CN/IC GP's but pure WC sets were to be had for some time and trains in the Upper Peninsula operated as the had for the couple years before the buyout. These two units had a CN future(kind of) and I was kind of disappointed in not getting an SD45 or one of the other endangered species that were quickly disappearing off the former WC on this bright November 21, 2001. 6005 and 3025 head the OACTI west with 53 cars as they pass MP 450 and slow for Trout Lake. The wood on the head end was picked up at Kinross. A rescan.
It's been awhile and I'm not active these days but I decided to log-in and seen Mon Cheri is closing so I had to dust off my blog and cover this brand. Mon Cheri has been around for years and always delivered sexy appeal. Although this is a goodbye stay tuned for whats to come...Thank you Freya for giving me a opportunity to blog your brand for many years I wish you the best success.
Took this awhile ago and had initially set to family. Not sure this meets the criteria for 'happy kid friday', but I figured it was excuse enough to post today. Taken the same time as this shot.
The effect is better large.
Equipment Details:
Nikon D300
Nikon 10.5mm fisheye
1/15sec. exposure @ f/5.6
ISO 200
Handheld
No Filters
*ok, so she doesn't quite have the on-demand smile down just yet...
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It stopped raining for awhile and the sun came out. So before I missed it, I nipped over to the car park. Didn't want to risk going further in case it started raining again.
But, I did find that the Blackthorn berries have appeared, now I need a tub to collect some for the birds. Some fresh fruit to go with the seeds!
Better viewed large and thank you for your favourites. :O)
Posted this awhile ago on a "collaboration tumblr" (I'm making up phrases here).
Figured might as welll post it here.
For awhile after the IC&E took over, the UP won the Ford contract out of St. Paul. I believe it lasted til the Ford plant closed or CP took over the IC&E?
Either way, that meant CP auto trains were running on the Spineline and usually in daylight. The CP power would often come with these trains, too. Here, an auto train pulls into the siding at Manly for a meet. Scanned Slide from March 2005.
The moon is seen rising over the mountains as UP 1989 brings a problematic MSPRV over Donner Pass. The slow moving westbound was 99 cars this day which is much longer than its usual length of up to only about thirty to forty cars. However, just a handful of miles later this train would go into emergency at Blue Canyon as the train lost air. Due to this, the conductor had to walk the entire train. Meanwhile, me and some friends sat at Casa Loma only seven miles away listening to this situation over the radio. A manager ended up getting called out to their train meaning they would be halted for awhile. Due to this, we decided to head to Blue Canyon to try and get some final light photos of it. As we walked to the head end one of us caught the problem that somehow managed to go unseen, the air hose had snapped on the first car. After getting the engineer's attention we let him know about the problem so it could get fixed and it was obvious the hose had snapped due to it riding very low. The train would end up sitting at Blue Canyon until after dark before finally getting on the move again. By this point, we had already made it down the mountain to get some dinner before calling it a day.
In sunny California rain is a welcome sight. But all too seldom. I love the colors it mutes through the windows.
Taken awhile back in PA. I have another posted but tryed different variations of sat levels to increase orange while not taking away from the other unique colored Koi.
It has been awhile since we have visited Contra Loma. We were just about to leave when, out of the blue, we were surprised by this beautiful female coyote. We tracked her for about 1/2 mile watching her trot along in the grasses while once in a while stopping to drink out of a watering hole left by our recent rains. After taking numerous shots, we determined that this was the sharpest one. As coyotes are by nature avoidant of humans, she never allowed us to get too close.
It has been awhile since the last upload. I will try to upload as regularly as possible. I am planning for couple trips to Alberta and Vancouver Island as I am off for two weeks of vacation.
Since I can't travel internationally this year, I decide to spend some time exploring Canada instead. Hopefully, these upcoming two weeks will be great. The past week of so, the sunset in Vancouver was nothing but amazing. The sky was constantly burning in orange, purple, and red that I tried to go out and shoot whenever I can.
Location: Terra Nova Park, BC (Canada)
“Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.” John Muir.
Perhaps it is due to the lack of freedom caused by one confinement after another, or the numerous restrictive measures that limit what was once a natural part of our daily routines, but I increasingly miss my trips to places immersed in nature. When it is possible to travel again, I have no doubt that most of our future destinations are going to be far from the big cities.
It may be the fruit of my longing, but this photograph from 5 years ago has now seemed beautiful enough to process and share. A fairly simple image, without fanfare in the composition, taken early in the morning, after having failed with a too cloudy sunrise, in which I could not make out the mountains that were to be the protagonists of the photograph I had in mind. On my way back to the car, I couldn't help but immortalize this alpine sight, before promising myself that one day I would return to the Dolomites to once again enjoy the immense beauty of these mountains.
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“Manténte cerca del corazón de la naturaleza... y aléjate, de vez en cuando, y sube una montaña o pasa una semana en el bosque. Limpia tu espíritu. "John Muir.
Quizá se deba a la ausencia de libertad provocada por un confinamiento tras otro, o a las numerosas medidas restrictivas que limitan lo que antes era parte natural de nuestras rutinas diarias, pero cada vez echo más de menos mis viajes a lugares inmersos en la naturaleza. Cuando se pueda viajar de nuevo, no tengo dudas de que la mayor parte de nuestros futuros destinos van a estar alejados de las grandes ciudades.
Puede que sea fruto de mi añoranza, pero esta fotografía de hace 5 años, me ha parecido ahora lo suficientemente bella como para procesarla y compartirla. Una imagen bastante simple, sin alardes en la composición, realizada por la mañana temprano, después de haber fracasado con un amanecer demasiado nublado, en el que no pude divisar las montañas que iban a ser protagonistas de la fotografía que tenía en mente. En mi camino de vuelta hacia el coche, no pude evitar inmortalizar esta estampa alpina, antes de prometerme que algún día volvería a los Dolomitas para disfrutar de nuevo de la inmensa belleza de estas montañas.
Once in awhile I'm fortunate enough to witness a truly spectacular sunrise. This one occured on one of my last mornings in Glacier. Can't think of a more fitting way to end a great trip!
Once again this one is best viewed on black, so please press 'L'.