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Carved over eons, sandstone sculptures stand aligned with the creating forces of the universe.
Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, Utah
*** Image was displayed and awarded at the 7th Annual Environmental Photography Exhibition (2016) in Golden Colorado, 2/18 to 4/30. I am honored to have this image represent the environmental issues facing us, and hope to engage you (the viewer) to consider our impact on the clear dark skies and unspoiled landscapes that hopefully can be here (in other than photographic form) for future generations to experience.
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.
Shot created for Saturday Self Challenge 08/01/2022 ----
Macro capture of a Shiny Object .
A quick caveat - while the Spitfire gets all the glory , we must not forget the under rated Hawker Hurricane which was so successful during the Battle of Britain !!
So to start with a random shot of the sky before it went all to cloud and then to the pop up oven top kitchen studio with a new keyring I have been given ( could have done for "new " last week , so glad I saved it ) . The keyring was bought from the RAF Hendon Museum online store and it is of a Spitfire . The capture of the little Spitfire was done with the Sigma 105 , and for a size comparison see the first comment box -knowing how the 105 makes avery short DOF when up close , Ihad to stop down a fair old way to keep the aeroplane in a sharp view .
I took 8 or 9 shots paying special attention to angles to create a realistic air to air style of capture. Next I put them though the cut out studio in Serif CraftArist - good job I had a selection as the cut out could not define the outline of the aircraft very well in most of them and kept taking chunks out of the plane - sorted with this one and put the two shots together for the flight of the silver spitfire . this now captures the the feeling of being up there and the sky is the limit and you are free as a bird - the pilots of the day often say " You do not get into a Spitfire , you just strap it on !! "
And the Silver Spitfire in 2019 is a story on it's own , please check out the story in the link ---------------
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And in this vein of up there in the skies with the Merlin singing it's song , this tune should should be heard on the airwaves !!
IED, improvised explosive device , are modern soldiers worst nightmare.
By the end of 2007 they have been responsible for at least 64% of Coalition deaths in Iraq.
Here is a picture of us special forces targeted by an ied during a night mission in the afghan's desert (yeah it's not in the snow). I keep exploring in the live explosions area, made with bengal fire. You stick several together, and you should get a big blow.
A big thanks to Tiny Tactical and their amazing gear to make this one possible. www.tinytactical.com
Be sure I will do some more modern military pictures !
(from the archives, taken in January 2006)
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Pain froze you, for years — and fear — leaving scars.
But now, as though miraculously, it seems, here you are
walking easily across the ground, and into town
as though you were floating on air, which in part you are,
or riding a wave of what feels like the world's good will —
though helped along by something foreign and older than you are
and yet much younger too, inside you, and so palpable
an X-ray, you're sure, would show it, within the body you are,
not all that far beneath the skin, and even in
some bones. Making you wonder: Are you what you are —
with all that isn't actually you having flowed
through and settled in you, and made you what you are?
The pain was never replaced, nor was it quite erased.
It's memory now — so you know just how lucky you are.
You didn't always. Were you then? And where's the fear?
Inside your words, like an engine? The car you are?!
Face it, friend, you most exist when you're driven
away, or on — by forms and forces greater than you are.
~ Peter Cole ~
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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
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.
Coos Canyon Falls - Coos Canyon rest area, 472 Roxbury Road (a.k.a. Maine State Road 17), Byron, Maine (44.722076, -70.632960)
It took a while, but there it is . . .
An e11even shot composite image
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".
Die aktuell weltpolitische Lage erfordert immer wieder den Einsatz von Spezial Kräften.
The current global political situation repeatedly requires the deployment of special forces.
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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)
Fort George served as the headquarters for the Centre Division of the British Army during the War of 1812. British forces included British regulars, local militia, aboriginal warriors, and a corps of freed slaves. Major-General Sir Isaac Brock served at Fort George until his death at the Battle of Queenston Heights on October 13, 1812. Brock and his aide-de-camp John Macdonell, who were both killed during the battle, were initially interred at the fort. In May 1813, the Americans captured Fort George following a barrage of artillery fire from Fort Niagara (located less than 1000 metres across the Niagara River) and ships at the mouth of the river and on Lake Ontario. The bombardment destroyed most of the fort, which was held by the Americans for 7 months.
The Americans used Fort George and the adjacent town of Niagara-on-the-Lake as a base to invade the rest of Upper Canada. However, British forces repulsed the Americans at the Battles of Stoney Creek and Beaver Dams. The British recaptured Fort George in December 1813. During the American withdrawal, they razed the town and the fort. The townspeople rebuilt Niagara-on-the-Lake following the war, and the British partially rebuilt Fort George. However, Fort George's importance diminished as a result of the construction of Fort Mississauga down river on the other side of Niagara-on-the-Lake. As a result, Fort George fell into ruin and was abandoned in 1820.
The fort has since been rebuilt to how it would have appeared during the War of 1812. The only structure that survived the war was, ironically, its most vulnerable: the powder magazine.
The blockhouses were used for storage (on the ground level) and as barracks (on the upper level).