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Happy New Year all. Here is a new one from close to home. California’s rain-a-thon has taken a break but before it did, I nabbed a shot of this cool scene at high flow.
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Autumn sunset light fills the cloudy sky over the Monterey Bay along the scenic coastal landscape of Natural Bridges State Park in Santa Cruz, California. Known for its rock arch standing in the Pacific ocean and home to resting seagulls, cormorants and pelicans, the lone natural bridge remains against the pounding surf.
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Taken about a year ago in the remote Alvord Desert, where I am as I am sending this in! :) Even got lightning today too!
Another photo from the archives that I processed recently. It comes from the sand dunes near town of Cervantes in Western Australia, where we spent an evening shooting the dunes at sunset and dusk.
In moments like this, as one gazes at the stars away from civilisation, it is hard not to think of our existence on this planet and in the universe at large. At the time I was trying to imagine what celestial forces shaped the life and universe as we know it and standing under the starry sky really emphasised to me how small we are in the grand scheme of things.
Overriding Forces.
Harmonien vergilben Komplementärfarben erstaunliche Sonnenlicht zarte Farbtöne warme Töne Symbolist lieben erhabenen lavabewussten Realismus,
formes tangibles symphonies essentielles idées efficaces travaux brillants préoccupations obsessionnelles plaisirs arts extravagances orgiaques irisation des ombres,
deslumbrantes texturas pesadas exageros brutais puras alegrias canvas contemporâneas traços robustos ensinamentos precisos fantástico ouro resplandecente tempos luminosos,
rectilinear impasto whakaponohia rangahau poutoko io, ruia nga puawai taonga taiao hainga nui kare kaha greens matotoru,
piktybiškai raudonos niūrios mėlynos neurotinės staigmenos svaiginantys įspūdžiai aistringi sapnai,
笑顔の表情明るいクロームイエローミックスパープル素晴らしい雄弁の無敵の力燃えるアーティストの創造的な謎かなりの努力の思い出が描かれています描かれ.
Steve.D.Hammond.
"This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy."
— George Bernard Shaw
Day 47 - Best Viewed Large On Black
I spent the weekend with some amazing landscape photographers and we had great light throughout (which never happens!).
Yesterday, the wind was immense, blowing sand across the beach and causing spindrift as the waves crashed into the rocky outcrops of the Gower peninsula. Very occasionally the clouds would part at the right time for the light to catch.
I’ve never had the chance to capture waves like this before, and who can help but be inspired by Rachael Talibart's Tides and Tempest series? I mean, it helps that she was one of the people I was hanging out with all weekend!
Anyway, this is my interpretation of some seriously epic waves.
We interrupt our regularly scheduled Iceland landscape programming to bring you recent footage of an event in Death Valley California, where the desert dunes at Mesquite seemingly summoned forth the mighty forces of howling wind and apocalyptic rain to scour themselves clean of all traces of human intrusion. This buried branch of some once mighty Mesquite tree crooks its withered arm to conjure up forces of power beyond imagining (well actually, I stuck around to watch from the safety of my car, so I can now imagine them pretty well).
All fictional allegories aside, I managed to free up a late afternoon from a conference in Vegas and I was trying to decide where to go shoot, but we'd been surrounded by some crappy weather for several days and it looked to me like the only hope of an opening was to the west over Death Valley, so that's where I headed, dreaming of finally getting that burning sunset over some water-filled polygons on the Badwater basin. However, when I crested the road near Furnace creek and could see the basin stretched out, I saw a distinct cloud of sand dust over what I guessed would be Mesquite Dunes and so changed my plans to head in to the heart of the sandstorm. Having seen many great windswept dune pictures over the years but never having managed to get one myself, I figured I had a chance at doing both that AND sunset over at Badwater. Sometimes I get greedy as a photographer and my eyes grow wider than my mental scheduler and reasonable speed limits can deliver. In any case, I arrived at Mesquite pleased to find the wind whipping up a frenzy of sand and that the wind had erased what are normally an army's worth of footprints all over the dunes. So glory be, I had a chance. Many shots (and mouthfuls of grit) later, I did come away with some interesting pics, as well as with more lessons in shooting in windy conditions.
Unfortunately my sunset plans were blown (pun intended) by a layer of cloud that popped up right at the last minute to obscure the sun. However, these terrific storm clouds coming in from the north over the Funeral mountain range provided an interestingly gloomy backdrop to the late afternoon sun rays illuminating the dust clouds. Heck, I didn't even have to make up fictional names to go with my fire-and-damnation title, Death Valley is full of grim sounding names already!
An International Security Assistance Force Special Operations Forces sniper is in position overlooking the Tagab Valley while a Road Maintenance Team checkpoint is being built in Tagab, Afghanistan, Nov. 26, 2010. Afghan civilians, RMT members, International Security Assistance Force Special Operations Forces and Afghan National Police-Provincial Response Company members all helped to build the checkpoint.
This is the first time I've walked along this stretch of beach, on the north side of a county park. I noticed this 10x10 inch post half buried in the sand. Nothing in the immediate area uses that size post (other than the pier several hundred feet down the beach), so I'm guessing this was driven there by the storm surge during Hurricane Harvey in August 2017. I don't know if the wind is currently eroding the dune away from it, or if the wind is slowly burying it in the dune, although I suspect the latter. In either case it showcases the forces of wind and water. For 120 pictures in 2020 #43 "Forces of nature".
Abkhazia. A country at war. In many places where there are people who hang posters like "Special forces require youl" The proposed salary for this dangerous service - 9000 rubles, about 300 U.S. dollars.
This poster is still the slogan "Just do what should be and that would be" courageous people.
In this case, photographed a poster hanging on the door of the shop. I liked how it formed the sun's rays.
Абхазия. Страна, находящаяся в состоянии войны. Во многих местах, где бывают люди, висят подобные плакаты "Ты нужен спецназу" Предлагаемая зарплата за эту опасную службу - 9000 рублей, около 300 долларов США.
На этом плакате есть еще лозунг "Делай что должен и будь, что будет" Мужественный народ.
В данном случае сфотографирован плакат, висящий на дверях магазина. Мне понравилось, как на него легли солнечные лучи.
The Urag forces I used in my vignette. From left to right: Engineer, Juggernaut(Inspired by Legohounds awesome one), and an Urag Grenadier.
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House: Unsplash by graham-meyer-nV1phwYx3J0-
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Die aktuell weltpolitische Lage erfordert immer wieder den Einsatz von Spezial Kräften.
The current global political situation repeatedly requires the deployment of special forces.
National Memorial Arboretum . Staffordshire.
The service men and women of the British Armed Forces ,who have been killed on duty or terrorism after the Second World War, are remembered here.
No where else records 16,000 names of those fallen. Names are on the walls in date order.
We found Gareth W. Poole, Welsh Guards, our friend’s son died 1982 FALKLANDS, ON SIR GALAHAD.
The bronze sculptures are of loss and sacrifice.
Shown in next photos.
So thought I'd snap a quick pic of these together now I have these new helmets, they complete my models for sure. Just used what I had at hand, photo ain't great..camera phone mixed with shooting white and black vehicles on limited time! I will swap it for better later all being well. Anyways another UN vehicle is in the works to add to this collection ; )
Swiss Special Forces Command (Kommando Spezialkräfte - KSK) during 2022 Axalp shooting event
Perhaps helpful information for users of the Canon 1D series APS-H format cameras:
For some of Canons more modern EF-S lenses there are replacement EF mounts available to buy. The DIY mount conversion is easy, as there are only 6 small screws (4 for the bayonet; 2 for the contacts) holding the EF-S bayonet.
Additional advantage is the now metal mount, as there was always criticism for the plastic lens mounts.
I have successfully converted following EF-s lenses to EF mount:
Canon EF-S 10–18mm f/4.5–5.6 IS STM (covers APS-H from ~12mm and even full frame from 14mm upwards)
Canon EF-S 18–55mm f/3.5–5.6 IS STM (covers APS-H from ~22mm)
Canon EF-S 55–250mm f/4–5.6 IS STM (covers APS-H at all focal lengths)
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