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This is the kind of scene that drove me to plunge into nightscapes and Astro photography. I have taken/composed images I’m quite pleased with, but none have so many elements as this one. I was scouting locations proximate to Kanab, Utah where I was planning to attend the Nightscaper conference. I was a little sour on Lake Powell because the easy to reach locations are kind of “meh” at least if you are familiar. I wasn’t willing to spring for a boat rental, so I wasn’t giving it much thought. Then I learned about Alstrom Point.
Reachable with some ground clearance required. I was pretty sure my Prius wouldn’t qualify and was definitely not willing to chance it. Turns out the route is passable with a Forester if you are careful—most folks had even better clearance. As the crow flies, you are not far from Page, AZ, so despite traveling more than an hour off pavement, still sitting with full cell service.
All the nights away from home on this trip were clear, but I am glad this was the last location I visited. Having the car right there also lets me use all the hardware. I was using my tracker and telescope early in the evening to do some DSO imaging while waiting for the Milky Way to rise. I kept the tracker going for this composite - 4 landscape aspect images with the sky and land shot separately, but at about the same time.
Shot with a Canon EOS Ra and a Samyang 14mm f2.8 lens. Sky: Tracked, 20 shots, ISO 1600, 30s at each azimuth. Land: Single images, fixed tripod, ISO 1600, 300s. The 20 sky images are stacked using Starry Sky Stacker (appropriate for tracked sky). I process the sky with a modified DSO workflow that pays extra attention to color faithfulness (at least compared to earlier techniques I’ve employed!) and tries to keep the histogram from being blown out in stretching. I did emphasize the saturation of the H-alpha clouds in the Milky Way. The landscape was processed mostly in Lightroom and using Nik Color Efex mostly for contrast control and to soften some of it—very grainy from the long exposures.
May you too dream beneath the desert sky.
Peace & cheers!
I composed this image having hiked to one of the heights bordering the meandering Whitewater River, in California's Whitewater Canyon Preserve.
The Whitewater Preserve is a Wildlands Conservancy nature preserve consisting of 2,851 acres of land in Riverside County, California. It features the perennial Whitewater River flowing through a desert canyon. The preserve is located within the San Bernardino Mountains and is part of the Sand to Snow National Monument.
I composed this image of an attractive farm fence during a recent hike near Lake Koocanusa close to the town of Eureka, Montana.
Happy Fence Friday, everyone.
The classic boardwalk shot... It looks so quiet and peaceful doesn't it? At the time of taking this photo there were about 8 or 9 photographers crammed into a small area around me! Hate to spoil the illusion. Apparently a popular location which myself with friends Les Loosemore and Ricardo Benhini just happened to stumble across... just in time to catch the last (and best) of the remaining light and the rare stillness of the water.
Scarlett, my little violinist. ^.^
(i also had a photoshop graphic kinda thing of this. . . like, you know, another photo fading into it, with a whole "musical" feel. and i thought it would be either an epic touch or an epic failure, so i played it safe. .-.)
This photograph of bright red Navajo Sandstone sedimentary rock was composed from the Paradise Rim, the end-point for a number of hiking trails through Utah's Paradise Valley, not far from the city of St. George. Such landscapes are often referred to as examples of “Red Rock Country.”
As seen in this image, there is a remarkable amount of green in Utah's deserts, even in winter, related to desert plants such a Desert Sagebrush and Mormon Tea and trees such as Pinyon and Desert Pine.
The Navajo Sandstone in these rock and canyon formations contain some of the largest and most abundant iron concretions anywhere in the world.
I composed this photograph during a recent photography trip in Canada's Banff National Park. It captures a portion of a Wildlife Corridor across the Trans-Canada Highway.
When the Trans-Canada Highway in Banff National Park was upgraded from two lanes to four, steps were required to curb the high rate of wildlife-vehicle collisions on the highway. Transportation planners and scientists developed a two-fold solution: Install electrified fencing on both sides of the twinned highway to keep large animals from accessing the highway right-of-way, while constructing wildlife underpasses and overpasses to connect vital habitats and help sustain healthy wildlife populations by allowing animals to cross under or over the highway.
With a total of 44 wildlife crossing structures (six overpasses and 38 underpasses), and 82 km of electrified highway fencing, Banff National Park has the most wildlife crossing structures and highway enclosure fencing in a single location on the planet.
It took up to five years for some wary species, like grizzly bears, to start using wildlife crossing structures; however, most species are now using them to safely cross the Trans-Canada Highway. Since fencing and crossing structures were first constructed, wildlife-vehicle collisions have dropped by more than 80%.
I composed this image this summer while visiting British Columbia, Canada's Sunshine Coast. While on the B.C. mainland, this wilderness and recreational area can only be reached by boat or plane.
The image was taken from a wildly bobbing fishing boat, as I hoped to capture an example of 'water-in-action', water in a state of free fall.
I composed this image while hiking in Utah's Snow Valley Sate Park, near St. George, Utah. I was attempting to highlight the sculpting of the sandstone, and also its varied colouration.
The majority of sedimentary rocks in Snow Canyon State Park are Navajo Sandstone. As the rocks of the Navajo get progressively younger, their colors change and the cliffs and domes of "petrified" sand dunes range from orange-red, to orange, to yellow, to cream, to white. A wide array of fabrics and textures enhance the appearance of the sandstone. Time, erosion, and other forces have battered it into intensely broken and fractured zones, molded it into smooth rounded hummocks, and etched patterns resembling the skin of an alligator onto its surfaces.
The Potrerillos Dam in Mendoza, Argentina. Panoramic composed of six images with an exposure time of 30 seconds each. Taken around ten at night. With a full moon that was just outside the photo.
I composed this 'tide out' photograph while visiting Hopewell Rocks on the Bay of Fundy, in New Brunswick, Canada.
The Bay of Fundy is a remarkable place; at Hopewell Rocks, the seas rise over 50 feet at high tide. At low tide, remarkable mud flats emerge, and one can "walk on the sea floor."
This photograph was captured as the sun was rising.
I composed this image of hoodoos while visiting Writing On Stone Provincial Park in Alberta, Canada.
A hoodoo (also called a tent rock, fairy chimney, or earth pyramid) is a tall, thin spire of rock formed by erosion. Hoodoos typically consist of relatively soft rock topped by harder, less easily eroded stone that protects each column from the elements. They generally form within sedimentary rock and volcanic rock formations, and typically in hot, dry desert areas.
Hoodoos range in size from the height of an average human to heights exceeding a 10-story building. Hoodoo shapes are affected by the erosional patterns of alternating hard and softer rock layers. Minerals deposited within different rock types can cause hoodoos to have different colors throughout their height.
The name "hoodoo" is derived from Hoodoo spirituality, in which certain natural forms are said to possess certain powers, but by the late 19th century, this spirituality became associated with bad luck. For example, hoodoos in Bryce Canyon National Park were considered by Indigenous peoples to be the petrified remains of ancient beings who had been sanctioned for misbehavior.
(With help from Wikepedia.)
Une Re 8/8, composée de deux Re 4/4 II série 1, est en charge d'un train Intercité Basel SBB > Zürich HB et s'approche de Sissach.
I composed this photograph during a recent visit to Southeast Alberta, Canada, and to the ghost town of Wayne. It is of the Rosedeer Inn and the Last Chance Saloon (est. 1913) , the last functioning businesses in this ghost town with 13 permanent residents.. Examples of Alberta Badlands geology are pictured in the background.
fox regained composure having eaten
urban foxes, your questions answered
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how to plant for wildlife on a budget | RSPB nature on your doorstep
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for many years my garden was a shrubbery flic.kr/p/Lhv9ag which i loved. a picket fence covered in an ivy hedge coming down in a storm flic.kr/p/2gnCyih meant that over time changes had to happen flic.kr/p/2mn2x8a i'll be glad when the trellis is covered in honeysuckle and jasmine. that's the plan ...
www.flickr.com/groups/gardening_is_my_hobby/ helpful for ideas. thank you for sharing
My sister Grazia composed a ChatGPT interview between the two of us a few months ago. I won't throw the whole thing at you, but this part was going through my mind when I was getting dressed today.
GRAZIA: Winter’s aesthetic is what happens when a Renaissance statue discovers latex and nihilism.
WINTER: Grazia dresses like she’s auditioning to be an emotionally unavailable Bond girl in every photo.
She hasn't posted on Flickr for a bit - not sure why, I think she got tired of being outshone - but that's very true for her, especially THIS PICTURE. I was tickled by the description the AI generated for me* and felt it described this look perfectly.
Hair is No Legend by No.Match, Dark Majesty hairbase by Nuve, Vamp eyeshadow by Alakametro, Elvira contour by Suicidal Unborn, Succulent Lips by Cazimi, Sammy tattoo by Vezzo, Atlas corset by Varsity. The Vlad pants by Ersch and Antaeus Drape by Trivium are both at Alpha this round.
*We all know digital sycophancy is how the world will end; don't worry, I know. I don't use AI myself at all any more since the very early days when we didn't realise how harmful it was.
I composed this image while walking "The Bear Trail" in La Quinta, California, which at times adjoins residential streets.
I composed this image while attempting to navigate the surrounds of Utah's Dixie National Forest, and losing my way. Grimaces turned to smiles, though, when I encountered this good-looking and happy soul. I just had to park my car and get out to say hello and have an 'over the fence' conversation.
Happy Fence Friday, Everyone.
The Château de La Hulpe wonderland , is composed by a vast happy woodland and prairies , of some 220 hectares, with some beautiful natural water features here and there in forms of picturesque little lakes and streams, adding softness, brilliance, color, water life, and variety to this exceptional landscape; where many famous giant trees thrive for centuries…
Somewhere in the middle of all this Nature Beauty the Château itself reigns, the Castle, an imposing manor house of the early 19th century , having a lovely, small French style garden in front of it. All of this estate belongs to the municipality of La Hulpe, in the Walloon Brabant of Belgium, where I live. And have the big chance to visit it quite often, since it is about 15’ driving from my home. The entrance is free to the public. I call it my Open Cathedral!! Because this wonderland ushers me to unbelievably deep mystical and uplifting emotions and sensations, the moment I step in !!
Cette UM de Z2 composée des Z7504 et Z7367 est vue assurant le TER 876403 Nîmes - Perpignan peu avant de desservir Port-la-Nouvelle, au petit matin d'une belle journée estivale.
Elle passe alors au bas de l'île Sainte-Lucie.
Port-La-Nouvelle - 25.07.2018.
I composed this iPhone photograph of Limber Honeysuckle in the course of a recent golf outing. Welcome relief!
Limber Honeysuckle is a low-growing vine that’s shrub-like with arching branches. In late spring, expect a display of showy red, stalk-less flowers with yellow stamens. Afterward, it forms green fruits that mature to a vibrant red-orange color.
A deciduous plant, its glossy green leaves turn yellow in fall before falling off. The long, cone-shaped, red flowers attract hummingbirds and other pollinators, while the berries are desirable to birds.
Native to Canada and central to the eastern United States, this variety of honeysuckle is considered non-invasive, but the fruit is poisonous to humans.
...beautiful silent thoughts that warm the heart like rays of sunshine.
The famous Eilean donan castle in Scotland in the sunrise and fog....
Träume sind.... ...wunderschöne stille Gedanken, die wie Sonnenstrahlen das Herz erwärmen.
Das berühmte Eilean donan castle in Schottland im Sonnenaufgang und Nebel..
I composed this image while passing through Montana enroute to Southern Utah. Road-tripping is fun, weather permitting!
There was a mist along the seafront which gave an eerie, mysterious atmosphere. As I was composing the image this figure walked into the frame, but I think he gives added interest and scale
The Pier was designed and engineered by Eugenius Birch to attract visitors and survive in the hostile environment of the seashore. Opened in 1866, it was a simple and functional structure built using dozens of cast iron threaded columns screwed into the seabed and strengthened by a lattice of ties and girders that provide the necessary strength to support the promenade deck whilst allowing seas to pass harmlessly through.
Originally the West Pier had an open deck with only six small ornamental houses of oriental design, two toll houses and glass screens at the pier head to protect visitors from the wind and sun. In 1875 a central bandstand was added. In the 1880's weather screens the full length of the pier, steamer landing stages and a large pier head pavilion were constructed.
The final building, completed in 1916, was a graceful concert hall. The result is seaside architecture at its finest, designed to attract and entertain holiday-makers with all the pomp and frippery that is the essence of the English seaside resort. The pier was unique in being largely unaltered since that time, its proportions and style were unrivalled and its concert hall and theatre were two of the best Victorian and Edwardian seaside entertainment buildings.
On 28th March 2003the Pavilion was destroyed in an arson attack, and then on 11th May the Concert Hall, already seriously damaged in a huge storm the previous December, was also deliberately set on fire.
English Heritage was commissioned to report on whether after such damage, the restoration was still viable. It concluded that despite the significant damage, given the wealth of salvaged material from the pier and the considerable photographic and video archive, repair and reconstruction of the pier was still viable. It was therefore bitterly disappointing that at its meeting on 28th January, the Heritage Lottery Fund decided to withdraw its funding of the project.
With the loss of lottery funding the restoration of the West Pier became impossible. Deemed a public hazard, the burnt-out Concert Hall was removed in 2010. The skeletal remains of The Pavilion, however, were left to become a feature of Brighton’s seafront. Its desolate beauty makes it much discussed, wondered about and photographed. The Trust has no intention of removing the remains unless overwhelming safety issues arise. But now beyond repair, they will inevitably degenerate and be reclaimed by nature. However the Trust remains hopeful that, with the success of Brighton i360, in due course a new contemporary West Pier, reflecting the brilliance of the original, will be built.