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..it was Saturday, about 7am, i'd been on the streets since 3am ...and I found myself on Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, the day was just breaking and two young guys passed by ... on their way home from a Friday night out .. they stopped for a chat, they were friendly, knowledgable around the camera and genuinely interested in what I was doing.
Hope you like the pic guys ...
A visit to the Elan Valley in the spring is a fine day out. The surrounding hills are remote, wild and very soggy at the best of times, so after a thaw and then a lot of Spring rain the water pours down from the hills and fills the reservoirs to the point of spectacularly overflowing. Graig Goch is the top dam of the Elan Valley series, and is perhaps the finest with its elegant curve and arches - the best example of Birmingham
Baroque! The dam is 156m wide and 36m (118 feet) high, so when the water is overflowing it is a sight to behold.
I know it is a bit of a postcard shot - but when the view is this good, why not? For anyone going to photograph the dams in full flow, the morning is best to catch the sun on the water.
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Landscape photography from Ayrshire, Scotland.
Captured on a public access coastal path that crosses Trump Turnberry and leads to Turnberry Lighthouse. The putting green of the 9th hole is in frame.
Ailsa Craig is an island in the Firth of Clyde where microgranite is quarried to make curling stones. This magmatic intrusion was once inhabited and is a part of the North Atlantic Igneous Province, a system of magmatic rocks that formed during the initial opening of the North Atlantic Ocean.
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Beautiful shades of blue across the ocean today after heavy rain had fallen in the morning. Ailsa Craig looked unusual with that cloud over the top and the mist below.
Another from a fine day out in the Elan Valley. The surrounding hills are remote, wild and very soggy at the best of times, so after a thaw and then a lot of Spring rain the water pours down from the hills and fills the reservoirs to the point of spectacularly overflowing. Graig Goch is the top dam of the Elan Valley series, and is perhaps the finest with its elegant curve and arches. The dam is 156m wide and 36m (118 feet) high, so when the water is overflowing it is a sight to behold particularly when the morning sun is lighting up the falling water.
The valley of the Colorado River, in the midst of the island of Mull, is of breathtaking scenic beauty
Das Tal des Coladoir River, inmitten von der Insel Mull, ist von atemberaibender landschaftlicher Schönheit
The now uninhabited island is formed from the volcanic plug of an extinct volcano.
Did you know: Ailsa Craig produces two types of granite for curling – Blue Hone and Common Green.
The pink light of early morning as the sunlight is filtered by the mist of the dawn horizon. You can just see the tops on the right breaking into the clear light of morning.
Craig yr Aderyn, also known as Bird's Rock, is a hill rising to a height of 258 metres (846 ft) above sea level on the south bank of the River Dysynni near Llanfihangel-y-Pennant in the county of Gwynedd, north-west Wales. Craig yr Aderyn has been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest because of the choughs, cormorants and other birds that breed there.
Sunset on the rocks of Craig Arthur yesterday.
Triple 888 ~ Caltex Vortex VF Commodore of CRAIG LOWNDES in practice at the Winton round of Australian Supercars on a very wet Friday practice.
Winton, Victoria, Australia.
Yesterday's tasking was to the Ailsa Craig lighthouse with some cargo and stores. The lighthouse was completed in 1886 and although automated like all others it still requires regular maintenance.
Isnt photography just magical. I had a day out a while back to photograph the milky way and found a few issues so armed with a little more kit we set off to the Elan Valley in Wales. It has been so frustrating waiting for clear skies and no moon but here it is. The foreground is half a dozen frames taken as darkness fell the sky is made up of around 30 90s exposures at 800 iso. I made mistakes and the stars have trailed a little but its still only a short night here in the uk so no chance to redo. Im really unsure how to edit this picture. its at night so should be in total darkness but then there would be no foreground. I love these old valve towers on the dam with their copper sheet roofs. A really enjoyable night. i used a really cheep little tracker by a company called MSM. all you need is something that turns the camera at 15 degrees an hour to counter the earths rotation. It helps a lot to keep the iso down and get a lot more colour in the milky way.
A view of Ailsa Craig from further south on the SW Scottish Coast.
Another two minute exposure using the Canon 5D Mk III and 16-35mm canon lens.
Craig Goch, the highest upstream of the series of dams in the Elan Valley, is often referred to as the 'top dam'. It is located at a height of 1040 feet (317m) above sea level. As with all the dams, work started with the arrival of the railway line at the site. In the case of the top dam the line had the farthest to go and a rocky outcrop had to be blasted and dug through on the route to the site. Work on excavating the foundations for a secure base for the structure started in July 1897, some three years after the start of work on the lowest dam at Caban Coch.
In 1874 the first meeting of the North Wales Quarrymen's Union was held on the large rock reflected in the lake. The quarry owners had forbidden meetings to be held on their time or property. As they owned most land in the locality this was effectively prohibiting the Union.
Lord Newborough, who wasn't a quarry owner but possibly liked to stir it a little on occasion, allowed circumvention of the prohibition by granting permission to hold meetings here, on land which he owned.
Passing underneath is the old road to Llanberis, now a pleasant footpath and cycle track.
Top reservoir in the Elan Valley covers an area of more than 200 acres (1 sq kilometre ) and holds approx. 7.5 million tons of water.
Craig Goch (red rock), Elan Valley, Powys, Wales
6.0 sec exposure @ f/16 ISO 100
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