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*** Explored #71 on 3/18/2013! ***
I thought I would post something a little different ... and perhaps surprising today. Despite having a number of fairly "epic" photos in my queue I wanted to touch on a topic that I've been thinking a lot about lately. All too often I find that we landscape photographers get numbed by the amazing beauty we see every day. We see so many beautiful sunrises, amazing landscapes and stunning vistas that we forget about the lesser but still beautiful scenes. In our search to find the "perfect" scene we tune out all the other beautiful things we see. What may be a beautiful sunrise to most we consider "boring" if there wasn't a burn with huge textured pinks, reds, oranges, and yellows in the sky. If the fog is too high we call it "skunked". If the clouds only have color in one part of the sky we say that it's dull. Sometimes we get so caught up in capturing the "perfect" photo that we end up focusing solely on the bad parts of the image. So what if the lower right of the image is boring, as long as the remaining 3/4 of the photo is still beautiful? So what if the fog was a bit high today? And so what if the photographer super saturated the sky to make it more colorful, left the bridge colorless, or chose the wrong white balance? Perfection in landscape photography is rare -- if it ever occurs. We are not studio photographers - there are forces we cannot control and we should not overly criticize photos because Mama Nature didn't answer our phone call (but please, feel free to provide constructive criticism on my photos)!
On this particular morning there could have been a number of things "more perfect". The fog was higher than I would have liked. Cars only drove up to Marin Headlands; none drove down to give me beautiful red taillights in my photos. The deck of the Golden Gate Bridge wasn't visible and the glow of the lights in the fog was minimal. San Francisco could barely be seen and a huge dark black hill sat in the middle of my photo wasting tons and tons of pixels. But there were high clouds and high hopes.
What I came home with wasn't perfect but it *was* a great morning. I shared the beautiful sunrise with a number of photographers, several of which I call my friends even though we only hang out for an hour when we randomly show up at the same spot. I witnessed the fog roll up and down. I avoided work. I had a nice hike. I enjoyed a wonderful pink and purple sunrise. And I came home with so many photos I was excited about that I didn't even know where to start!
At one point I looked to my right and saw the fog shrouding one of our other favorite spots to photograph the fog, Hawk Hill. The pink clouds had started streaking towards it. I temporary gave up on shooting the Golden Gate Bridge and took a couple photos of the fogged in hill. Sure, the right portion of the sky is boring and there's a big empty spot in the lower right that has no subject, but it's the *rest* of the photo that I wanted to show you all. And it's the feeling that I felt while up here that I hope you get when you look at this hill, isolated in a sea of fog. And sure enough, a couple minutes later the other photographers thought I was onto something because before I knew it everyone was running with tripods to take a few snaps of their own! I know that Joe Azure, Jim Patterson, Alan Chan, Jared Ropelato, and all the other photographers who I'm forgetting all enjoyed this morning!
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Explore 13.06.2015 HP #110
There was a great light in the west last night after sunset. Taking this my feet where in Monaghan, the trees are in Fermanagh and the furthest mountain, Cuilcaigh, is in Cavan.
Have a great week!
Red Rose
Mar de las Pampas, Argentina
Feliz semana!!
And yes this one was a Explore that disappeared LoL was there and now is not LoL that's Explore and that is why we love Flickr - for the friends and not Explore!!!
Explore 78 on Tuesday, March 3, 2009
I took a drive through the Island Beach State Park in New Jersey.. It's over 10 miles of pure white sand beach. The island is a short strip of land between the Atlantic ocean and Barnegat Bay. With temps in the 20's and storm clouds all around, I was pretty much alone on the beach. Shortly after taking this shot the surf covered my shoes, so it wasn't fun trudging back to the car with cold squishy shoes.
ARCH-540
Assignment 3: 1000 Words
Requirements:
Using different images, overlay or overlap them to create a descriptive composition.
Media:
Photoshop CS5
1. The Swan, 2. Hurt, 3. Femunden 2007 #11, 4. Shades of Green, 5. Eidsvoll bygdetun #2, 6. No. 1 Selector, 7. Bus Stop (IR Effect), 8. OM Zuiko lenses #2 (Retouched version),
9. Ireland #17, 10. Old factory (B&W version), 11. Point of return (B&W version), 12. Misty landscape (B&W version), 13. Playboy Caravan, 14. The real thing (edited version)
Created with fd's Flickr Toys.
Explored, in at #275
Abandoned Victorian Pumping Station
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Visited with sophos9 <3, Critical Mass. & Rusty
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Thanks so much to everyone for the well wishes on Explore. The volume of the response prevented me from replying individually but it is very appreciated. <3 Bec
Explored
Highest position: 206 on Saturday, July 12, 2008
For my flickr friend Skyler who's been helping me photoshop my macros, please hop over to her page and have a look, she rocks macros ;)
And she has a hot one there right now
A Song for you guys
Explored at # 34 on Aug 19, 2013
Alone at Guest House on World Photography Day.. Tried putting some ideas together..
EXPLORED!
restará poder das flores
na república dos favores?
Lisboa, pela Avenida,
25 de Abril 2005
CAnon G3 Powershot
(EXPLORED)
New year , new destination and new project... I hope I can finish it this time! It shouldn't be so hard after trying the 365.
Not too happy with this start though. I'll try to make it better in the future ;)
On our way to a small water ecosystem, we passed a community pond with a fountain. Found this Mama & babies out for a walk of their own. It's fun doing nature exploring with my grandson.
Mama Mallard with babies (Anas platyrhynchos)
Forney, Tx
My photos can also be found at kapturedbykala.com
Looking close...on Friday: Look twice
Bear-shaped stress ball...you make his head pop so yours won't. :)
Explored 17 May 2024 at No. 140.
The Story
This mother and cub (child) was passing by while we was doing some climatic research in the Fram Straight. I think the scene was a bit interesting with the birds in the background. The colors up here is really special. The Polar Bear is the biggest of all bears. This day we saw 19 of them. This mother and cub was close to a big male bear. That is unusual to see. The male Polar Bear is known of killing the cubs so he can get the mother interested in him. But nothing happened, not as long as we was there.
EXPLORE September 19 2011 #284
PRIZES, AWARDS
The best picture in 2011 In the group Ice Age Icefields, Glaciers, Icebergs, The Blue Ocean And Ships
Rank 4 in Best of the year 2011 at FlickrDiamond
Rank 5 in Best of the year 2011 at The Best Bravo
1st prize "Picture of the month" for September 2011 contest at My Gear And Me
1st prize "Picture of the month" for September 2011 contest at Flickr Diamond
1st prize "Picture of the month" for October 2011 contest at Damn I Wish I'd Taken That
1st prize in October 2011 in Are You Ready - Wild Animal contest
1st prize Frontpage contest at It's a wonderful world
1st prize ◕‿◕SONIAGALLERY◕‿◕
2nd prize October, November 2011 contest at Artist of the Year
2nd prize September 2011 contest at Colors Of the Heart
Jury prize for November 2011 at ROYAL Gr☮up
Picture of the month in "Polar Bear International" and published on the frontpage of their e-letter PBiNews (10 000 subscriptions each month.)
Admins Choice October 2011 at The World Through My Eyes and featured in their blog
Picture of the week November 2011 at Great Images
Picture of the week October 8 2011 at The best nature shots on Flickr
Special choice award Nominated to the "Picture of the year." at the group Passage to Beauty
Admins Choices of the week At the group Nature's Prime
Admins Choices of the week At the group Outstanding Pictures
Featured in the blog at breathtaking group
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5 aug, 2012, # 105 on Explore
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