Cape Elizabeth, Maine.

Portland Head Light is a historic lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. The light station sits on a head of land at the entrance of the primary shipping channel into Portland Harbor, which is within Casco Bay in the Gulf of Maine. Completed in 1791, it is the oldest lighthouse in Maine. The light station is automated, and the tower, beacon, and foghorn are maintained by the United States Coast Guard, while the former lighthouse keepers' house is a maritime museum within Fort Williams Park.

Construction began in 1787 at the directive of George Washington, and was completed on January 10, 1791, using a fund of $1,500, established by him. Whale oil lamps were originally used for illumination. In 1855, following formation of the Lighthouse Board, a fourth-order Fresnel lens was installed; that lens was replaced by a second-order Fresnel lens, which was replaced later by an aerobeacon in 1958. That lens was updated with a DCB-224 aerobeacon in 1991 (Wikipedia.)

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From a wonderful Autumn walk this afternoon, the Fort to Fort trail along the Bedford Channel of the Fraser River, looking across from the Fort Langley side to McMillan Island.

Left click on the photo and/or the two way arrows in the upper right corner for a larger view.

Thank you, your views, favs and comments are greatly appreciated!

Another version of the shot my husband took of me almost falling through the elevator doors. I'm really liking the Calista+ app!

I dont believe in magic but i like the look of stuff that looks like it to me.

Looking West from the Cherry Street Bridge towards Toronto Inner Harbour

This is a close-up photo of thin ice and autumn leaves in a shallow channel beside the river.

on the swedish Göta Channel

Channel Pickering Townsley (1867-1921)

Fyero was sleepy and not in the mood to be bothered by the camera, but she lives with photographers and it's the risk of sleeping on the dining room chair in front of the Christmas tree.

She knew the risks when she settled in, but I think you can see her displeasure in her expression.

Hope everyone has had a good day.

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The main channel in the centre of Rijeka, Croatia. September 2023.

Very expired film obviously degraded a bit, but I love the look.

Taken with Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic F film camera and Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 35mm F3.5 wide-angle lens, on expired Werlisa Sport DXN 100 colour negative film.

Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 film scanner, using VueScan.

St Ouen, Jersey, Channel Islands - Sunset over the island of Guernsey. I didn't have my camera so it was the Galaxy s5 'phone that came to hand! It turnes out that this day' June 30th 2014 has been the hottest day in Jersey's history - coming in at just over 33 degrees!

A closed down steel works

The channel where the lakes system empties to the sea.

A lone fisherman in the early morning light at The Entrance.

Thanks for visiting....enjoy the weekend. :-)

This is yet another sunset photo taken in the Lemaire Channel as the "Akademik Ioffe" sailed on through this beautiful location.

In this shot, there is a little less light on the top of the mountain than there was in an earlier photo. That's because the light had finally started to fade.

I will never forget that magical 'morning' when the sun finally set, and knowing I've shared the experience with many other passengers is rather pleasing.

Now of course it's time to share what we saw that night so I hope you all enjoy what we found during the last, short summer in Antarctica.

For some unknown reason I'm unable to add tags to my photos tonight.

Sea and sky

CG print

Filled channel within the cretaceous Iron Springs (kis) formation (ca 80-100 Ma) on the steep incline between Gunlock and Veyo. The channel bottom presumably represents an old erisonal surface, with the sandstone an mudstone bands above (assumed also to be part of of the kis formation) being disconformally overlayn.

Derelict Birnbeck Island, Flat Holm Island and South Wales from Weston Super Mare.

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Incroyable avec ce vent qui soufflait !!

I love it when a plan comes together and the results are better than I expected!

I first noticed this composition near the old Knysna airfield a couple of weeks ago. This channel is only full at high tide, so I checked the tide tables to see when the high tide coincided with the sunset. Then I waited patiently, keeping my fingers tightly crossed that we would get some nice high-level clouds perfectly positioned above the heads at exactly the right moment. That all happened on Saturday evening. I even had a beautiful model to include in my photo to help convey a sense of scale. I couldn't have asked for more!

Went for a walk along the river in Fort Langley this morning. Saw this brilliant orange kayak against the autumn leaves and darkening sky.

Coastal rocks at Brancaster, Norfolk, UK. Having just bought myself some wellies and feeling confident, I went shooting the coast. Sure enough, the wellies gave me a bit too much confidence, and I ended up shooting waist-deep in freezing North Sea water a few minutes after this shot...

This is my favourite shot from the evening, although I'm not 100% happy with the composition and wonder if I should've processed it differently. I still kinda like it though :-)

The shot:

- Canon EOS 400D/Digital Rebel XTi

- Sigma 10-20mm f/4.5-5.6 EX DC HSM @ 16mm

- 6 seconds @ f/8, ISO200, Manual mode

- Cokin P-series 3-stop soft ND grad filter (P121S) and P-series circular polariser (P164)

- Manfrotto 055XPROB tripod with 322RC2 joystick grip ball head

Processing:

- Exposure adjustment and desaturation in Adobe Camera Raw

- Slight Shadows/Highlights adjustment with Luminosity blend

- Selective Curves

- Overlay Curves layer

- Curves layers with blend modes for dodging and burning

- Toned slightly with a Curves layer in Colour blend mode

- Slight vignette added

- Local contrast boost with USM on L channel

- Resized and sharpened with USM on L channel

Along the strait of St. Anthony (Croatian: Kanal sv. Ante) a wonderful hiking & biking track is made. This is the view from the highest lookout point,

Channel Z - The B-52's

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I am livin' on Channel Z!

Getting nothing but static

Getting nothing but static

Static in my attic from

Channel Z

Getting nothing but static

Getting nothing but static

Static filling my attic from

Channel Z

I don't know, I feel like something's happening

Something good is happening!

I feel love has got to come on, and I want it

Something big and lovely

I want the world to change for me!

Gotta get away

Away from Z

Living on the edge of Z

Space junk, laser bombs

Ozone holes, better put up my umbrella!

Giant stacks blowin' smoke

Politicrits pushin' dope

All I know's we've got to change what's happening

Something good could happen

I feel light has got to come through and I need it

Something big and lovely

I want the world to change for me

Gotta get away

Away from Z

Living on the edge of Z

Waste dumps, toxic fog

Irradiate, and keep it fresh forever

Good old boys, tellin' lies

'Bout time, I got wise

Getting nothing but static

Getting nothing but static

Static in my attic from

Channel Z

Getting nothing but static

Getting nothing but static

Static filling my attic from

Channel Z

Gotta tune in (Pico waves)

Gotta tune out (PCB's)

Gotta tune in (Market crash)

Gotta tune out (Polar shift)

Gotta tune in (Narrow minds)

Gotta tune out (Space junk)

Gotta tune in (Bombs)

Gotta tune out (Atomic lasers falling from the sky!)

Where's my umbrella?

Gonna shoot that static down the drain

Gonna put that static out of my brain

Gonna put up my antennae

FREE!

Hamburger ads!

Pop up in my head

On the edge of Aquarius (Secret wars!)

I'm living, I'm living on the edge (Take my money away!)

I know I feel a change is happening

Something good will happen

I feel love is coming on strong, and I want it

We can make it happen

I want the world to change for me

Gotta get away

Away from Z

Living on the edge of Z

Channel Z's all static all day forever

Time to open up your windows

Let in better weather

Channel Z's all static all day forever

Time to take disinformation

And shove it in the shredder!

(Woah!)

Market crash

Bullshit

Space junk

Narrow minds

Aaaaaaa!

Woah!

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I love Bettie Page's 50's pinup style. This Femi Set from Baetik felt very much in that same style to me as soon as I put it on. The colors and textures are fantastic! The little frilly lace bit is not overdone - just right. And the ribbon belt is a sweet finishing touch.

The fatpack comes with 12 solids and 4 prints

The mini-packs come with 4 solids or 4 prints

It's fitted for Maitreya, Slink Hourglass, and Belleza Freya, and is available at the Baetik main store.

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[AK] Camille Bento Head

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Pose by me

A beautiful summer vista from the atmospheric, mystical 2,000 year old Lordenshaws hill fort in the Simonside Hills, Northumberland National Park. Channel Rock features an ancient, long carved channel and cup and ring marks.

Beatrice meets his concern by taking a step back from it, as is becoming her habit. Freedom of will is the greatest gift God bestows, she avers, referring to more than just the capacity to make choices, but highlighting the ability consciously, gradually, and resolutely to become aware of divine life. It happens in the big moments of life, though more commonly and, in a way, more significantly, in everyday moments. The will is operative, at some level or another, all the time. It is the attention and intention brought to each situation, coupled to the desire to know more. Free will brings purpose, meaning, and clarity to life, and so can be cultivated continually…

…It also works in a sacrificial way, which is to say, that the will is supported and grows when what is received is offered back. For example, if someone shows kindness, it is good intentionally to offer kindness back. If something beautiful is seen, it is good purposefully to offer a beautiful gesture in response. This dynamic of to and fro is opening, and it can be freely chosen, moment by moment.

--Mark Vernon, Dante’s Divine Comedy, a guide for the spiritual journey

Dried leaves on a wooden dock at the Old Ausable Channel in the Pinery Provincial Park on Lake Huron and near the town of Grand Bend , Martin’s photographs , Ontario , Canada , October 27. 2022

Tall oak tree at a wooden dock on the Old Ausable Channel in the Pinery Provincial Park

Canoe boat launch site at the Old Ausable Channel

Canoe launch site

Old Ausable Channel

Oak leaves

Dried leaves

Tall oak tree

Wooden dock

picnic table

steel fire pit

Dunes at Lake Huron Beach

Campground

Dunes

Lake Huron dunes

Pinery provincial park

Pinery provincial park on Lake Huron near the town of Grand bend

trail through campground

Pinery provincial park on Lake Huron

Ontario parks

glowing

fire iron is a fireplace poker

camp fire on a campsite at the Pinery provincial park

Lake Huron

town of Grand bend

The glowing end of a fire iron just removed from the camp fire

Pinery provincial park

Camp fire on our campsite

Camp fire

campsite

Cardinal flowers and rocks in a swamp

Cardinal flowers in a swamp at Bon Echo Provincial Park

Martin’s photographs

Frog

Frogs

Water plants

Joe Perry Lake

cloudy sky

Mazinaw Rock

Mazinaw Lake

Canada

Ontario

Bon Echo Provincial Park

Bon Echo

Provincial Park

October 2022

IPhone 6

Favourites

HWY. ON. 41 , Cloyne

Martin’s photographs

Cloyne

HWY. ON. 41

clouds

Woods

Trees and roots near the shore of Mazinaw Lake

Lake shore

Trees and roots near the shore

Roots

Lake

Lake Huron beach

sandy beach

beach

September 2019

October 2019

boardwalk

stairs

Oak trees

Cedar trees

Pine tree

Dead tree

Tree roots

Moss

Tent

Evergreen trees

Long exposure of a water channel leading out from the coast. The sea surface is smooth.

Throwback Thursday

Finally out Light Painting again! thanks to Lucia for the help!

(multi long exposure light painting)

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This connects to Mitten Pond and is seen from the SE corner of Trail 10 in the Beaver Ponds and Little Cranberry Lake portion of the ACFL.

The blue channel was pulled right back during the B&W conversion

Passing Battery Point to start dredging in the channel.