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Open to the public for a (sizable) fee! But there's a lot to do and see here other than the house. The walkable, landscaped grounds are large, and the Garden Conservatory (glass palm house) is extraordinary. In winter it is full of magnificent orchids of all kinds, which are rotated weekly. I have an annual pass (a deal, if you visit more than twice a year) and I use it mainly to visit the Conservatory. See photos of that elsewhere on my pages.
When I visited this site two weeks earlier , the Aspens were a dense yellow wall. On this trip they had dropped their autumn attire and were doing a "full monty," which allowed a view of a whole nuther layer of beauty.
Cold Creek, Sierra County, CA
Today's image was chosen to symbolize the end ... the end of winter ... for today is the last day of what was a very long and challenging winter for many of us. Of course, the end of winter is viewed a bit differently when you live in Florida, but I can certainly understand how it might be longed for by others. :-)
As I've said before, Yellowstone NP is always special, but to visit and be part of it in the winter time is something super special. While the winter's days are shorter than in the other seasons, there's no shortage of sights to see and photographic opportunities. Come to think of it, there is a shortage of one thing ... yep, you guessed it ... crowds ... and of course, that's a good thing. While I can't promise that I'm through with my winter posts, I wanted to celebrate the passing of 2014's winter ... at least according to what the calendar says. :-)
Be sure to check out my blog for many more images from the magical winter wonderland of Yellowstone.
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The title gives away the method of post-processing. The sky was a dull grey with a glimpse of the sun. First I did basic post-processing in Adobe Creative Cloud, then finalized with NIK's Silver Efex Pro/Yellowed/Sunlight filters. A bit eerie, maybe? But, I do like to take advantage of the bare limbs of trees. The open structures of them are lovely to me.
El Valle del Río Puelo es una cuenca Binacional que nace en Argentina en el Lago Puelo y desemboca en el Oceano Pacifico en termina en el Estuario de Reloncaví, el primer gran fiordo de la Patagonia Chilena, en la localidad de Río Puelo, al oriente de la ciudad de Puerto Montt y a tan sólo 120 Km al sur de Puerto Varas en la Región de Los Lagos de Chile.
El río Puelo (mapudungún: Está en el este) es uno de los 5 rios mas caudalosos de Chile, en su curso superior, a la salida del Lago Puelo forma el Lago Inferior, en territorio chileno y recibe las aguas de los lagos Las Rocas, Verde, Totoral, Azul, del río Ventisquero. En su curso medio, recibe al río Manso, su principal afluente, y da origen al Lago Tagua-Tagua para terminar desembocando en el seno de Reloncaví.
El valle del Rio Puelo no solo es reconocido por su extraordinaria belleza sino tambien por ser valorado como una de las mejoras zonas para la pesca deportiva Fly Fishing de Trucha y Salmon, ofreciendo ademas un entorno natural ideal para otras actividades como senderismo, cabalgatas, montañismo, rafting y mountainbike
"SALVEMOS EL RIO PUELO: No a las Torres y Centrales Hidroelectricas"
Un proyecto, perteneciente a la empresa Central Mediterráneo, en fase de aprobacion por el Gobierno Chileno, pretende construir una central hidrolelectrica en la confluencia de los ríos Torrentoso y Manso, afluentes del río Puelo. Lugareños y la industria turística cercana al río Puelo, la principal fuente de ingresos del valle, temen que el ecosistema en el que viven y trabajan se vea afectado con la construcción de esta central hidroeléctrica que instalaría grandes torres de alta tensión que arrasara bosques terminando con el encanto natural y pristino del valle. Ademas esto podria ser solo el comienzo de una serie de proyectos similares en el futuro como el que pretende realizar Endesa.
La empresa española de energía tiene proyectado construir una central hidroeléctrica, represando este río con un muro de 100 m de altura, e inundando cerca de 5000 ha, la cual tendría un impacto de grandes proporciones aún no evaluadas en la flora y fauna de toda la cuenca del río Puelo y en las diferentes actividades económicas de la zona.
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Puelo River Valley is a binational basin born in Argentina on Lake Puelo flowing through the land to its mouth at the Reloncaví estuary the first great fjord of Chilean Patagonia that ends into the Pacific Ocean near the town of Rio Puelo east of the Puerto Montt city only 120 Km south of Puerto Varas in Los Lagos Region of Chile.
The Puelo River (mapudungún: It is in the East) is one of the 5 mightiest rivers of Chile its upper reaches drain out Lake Puelo forming the Lower Lake in Chilean territory and receives water from lakes Rocks Green Totoral Blue and Ventisquero River. In its middle course receives the Manso River the main tributary forming both Tagua Tagua lake to finish within Reloncaví estuary.
The valley of the Rio Puelo is not only known for its extraordinary beauty but also for being rated as one of the best areas for Fishing Trout and Salmon besides offering natural environment an ideal for other activities such as hiking horseback riding, mountaineering rafting and mountain biking.
"SAVE THE PUELO RIVER: No to pylons and hydroelectric dams "
A project from the Central Mediterranean company is awaiting to approval by the Chilean government that aims to build an hydroelectric plant at the confluence of the rivers Manso and Torrentoso Puelo River tributaries both. Locals and the tourist industry near the Puelo River the valley main income source fear about the ecosystem and how work and way of life would be affected by the construction of this power plant that will install large pylons swepting forests ending with the natural charm of the pristine valley. In addition this could be just the beginning of a series of similar projects in the future as it seeks to make Endesa.
The Spanish energy company has planned to build a hydroelectric plant, damming the river with a wall of 100 m height, and flooding about 5000 ha, which would have an impact of great proportions not yet evaluated in the flora and fauna of the whole Puelo River basin and in the different economic activities in the area.
Looking south from near Snappers Tor on route to Down Tor. In the distance, through the trees is Leather Tor.
I think trees are at their most beautiful and most interesting without their leaves. And the low winter sunlight accentuates their beauty.
Shot with Rolleiflex 3.5T medium format TLR on Ilford Delta 100 film. Developed in Caffenol-C-L (semi-stand). Negative scanned on Epson V600 scanner. Post-processing in Photoshop. Cropped 16x9.
The main river is off to the right behind the gazebo. This is a small inlet that freezes over and serves as a community ice skating rink. When I took this photo at the end of last November, the ice was not quite ready for skating and it was too far gone for paddle boats........lol.
~ Batavia, Illinois
This streetlight is at least 10 feet tall. Even then, it has fallen victim to graffiti. I'm really beginning to wonder if there is a surface in all of Fitzroy that hasn't been graffitied.
Taken on my daily dog walk. The leaves have almost gone as has the warmth of the sun but the beauty of nature starts a new cycle.
Still an old foto.
I'd be spending the weekend in Naeba ski resort, about 80 miles from Tokyo. Meaning, I'd be out of flickr and would see you my friends soon as I return back on Monday. Happy weekend to all.
Explore # 435 on Tuesday, 14 April 2009 - the 312 th
Full moons remind me of my childhood when I would prefer skipping dinners but not the child plays we do under its splendor.
This is the same as the previous posted image taken early Feb 11 showing the thick fog with snow and bare limbed trees. This version is without a mat added. The location is in the central Maine Highlands. (image M1A1650) Please also visit: acadiamagic.com.
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Taken with my new iPhone 6s+ on a foggy morning... and then massaging tone and feel in a few mobile editing apps. My previous iPhone was a 4s... as in much smaller screen, older iOS, and less capable camera. But now, oh... my... goodness! That familiar early exhilaration of shooting and editing on, and posting from my phone... a phone... is back! =)
This isn't the photographic direction or processing that I typically pursue (at least these days)... but I have to admit, my love of grit and texture and mood has been rekindled. At the very least, it will help keep things fresh and very interesting for me as I sometimes choose to leave the DSLR at home.
Another shot from the coldest morning of the year, -44.5, although by the time I was out and about it had warmed up to about -40. (Minus 40 is where Celsius and Fahrenheit meet.)
This is The Convent, on the edge of town. It opened in 1939 and for decades it was the local school, run by the Sisters of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Eventually a non-sectarian high school was built, and the convent was finally abandoned in the late seventies. A week before its demolition in the mid-nineties, Robert Ducan purchased it from the village, began renovations, and less than a year later he and his wife Mette opened it as a rustic bed and breakfast.
It's a "character place", charming, not ostentatious but comfortable, a beautifully preserved old building. For years I ran photo workshops based there; it's five minutes away from Grasslands National Park in one direction, 20 minutes to a different entry point. In between: ranches and farms. Oh, and I should add that it's now for sale.
In the warmth of summer, when the prairie cottonwoods are leafed out and the grass is green, it looks very different from this frozen scene. (The Convent is closed during winter months - no point in keeping it open, no one comes here in winter.) I'm not trying to sell the Convent for my friends, the Ducans, with this photo! I just stopped for a shot on my way out of town because I loved the light from the low, rising sun behind the old building.
Photographed in Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2017 James R. Page - all rights reserved.