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a winter detail in black and white ---for this picture is it colorfull enough.
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Ein Winter Detail in schwarz /weiß -- für dieses Bild ist es Farbe genug .
Leaving Mont St. MIchel (France) in August 2007 with my three kids, Camille, the little one, stopped suddenly facing the sunset while standing on the still damp sand of the low tide. With my bigger Olympus DSLR already packed, the only choice was to grab my point-and-shoot. Here's the result.
Panasonic DMC-LX2
Aperture Priority Mode
f/5.6
ISO 100
1/1600 seconds
Metering: Matrix
White Balance: Auto
No Photoshop
No HDR
DCPT-July2011 This is the front side (opposite of the side that most people take pictures of) of the John Moulton barn on Mormon Row in Grand Teton National Park. It is one of the most photographed barns in the country if not the world. This is the side that faces the Teton mountains. Most people photograph this barn from the back side to include the Teton mountains. This was very late in the afternoon after a rain shower when the sun came out just before sunset.
This is an enhanced version using several layers including black and white and infrared versions blended with the original color shot.
Olympus E-3
ZD 12-60mm f/2.8-4.0 ED SWD
Aperture Priority Mode
f/5.6
ISO 200
51mm
1/250
Metering: Matrix
White Balance: Cloudy
No HDR
Exercise on light behaviour.
Front light without window intervention.
Manual exposure mode.
Matrix metering mode.
WB Direct sunlight fine-tune -3
to Janoid's twins...
It's a special birthday....
yes, they grow so fast....
you remember it like yesterday, when they were small rascals...
there is always one, who is more the go-getter...
there is always one , who is more modest...
there is always one who is in the sun for the moment and one who is in the shadow...
but if they keep together...like the family...
If you watch sheep for a while, their behavior and voices seem to be human-like...
I do admire their patience, social net and pacifism...
gracefulness seems to be their only weapon...
wish them so much light and warmth in their life...
The receding Breiðamerkurjökull glacier has left behind a stunning lagoon filled with icebergs, Jökulsárlón ("glacier lagoon").
This photo was taken after sunset, with moonlight providing the frontlighting.
I went back the next morning to catch the icebergs at sunrise ...
Inch Beach (resp. Inch Strand) by the wayside of the Wild Atlantic Way near the village of Inch on the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland
Some background information:
Inch Beach on the Dingle Peninsula is an impressive beach alongside a wild and wind swept dune system. Dunes and beach form an amazing sandspit that reaches out into Dingle Bay towards Rossbeigh Beach and the northern shores of the Iveragh Peninsula. The sandspit is almost five kilometres (three miles) long and creates a majestic panorama. Rising up behind Inch are the Slieve Mish Mountains which form the backbone of the Dingle Peninsula.
Popular with adventure sports enthusiasts such as wind, wave and land surfers, anglers and swimmers there are life guards during summer season with surf schools, water sports equipment and wetsuit hire available on the beach. However, Inch Beach is never crowded, not even during the high season. There’s also a small car park with public toilets and a café adjacent to the beach, but as you can see on my photo, some visitors prefer to park their cars right on the beach and that is explicitly allowed.
The Dingle Peninsula is the northernmost of the major peninsulas in County Kerry. It ends beyond the town of Dingle at Dunmore Head, the westernmost point of Ireland and arguably Europe. The Dingle Peninsula is named after the little port town of Dingle, which is the major settlement in the area.
The peninsula exists because of the band of sandstone rock that forms the Slieve Mish mountain range at the neck of the peninsula in the east, and the Brandon Group of mountains, and the Mountains of the Central Dingle Peninsula further to the west. Ireland's highest mountain outside MacGillycuddy's Reeks, Mount Brandon at 951 m (3,120 feet), forms part of a high ridge with views over the whole peninsula and North Kerry.
Conor Pass, which runs from Dingle on the south-western end of the peninsula towards Brandon Bay and Castlegregory in the north-east, is probably the most famous of the Irish mountain passes. It’s a narrow, twisting road that weaves its way around the sharp cliff faces and past the high corrie lakes. In many tourist shops in Kerry you can buy stickers labelled "I survived Conor Pass", but in my opinion, Conor Pass is far away from being the most dangerous Irish mountain pass. The way I see it, that is Priest’s Leap Pass at the border of the counties Kerry and Cork, a little known steep and narrow single-lane gravel road, which makes you say a quick prayer – particularly in rain and fog, even if you don’t believe in god. In bad weather Priest’s Leap is a nightmare, and I know what I am talking about, because we crossed this pass.
But back to the Dingle Peninsula: The Blasket Islands lie off the peninsula’s west coast. They are known for the literary and linguistic heritage of the former inhabitants. However, these remote islands have been uninhabited since the 1950s following an evacuation. The western end of the peninsula is a Gaeltacht (an Irish-speaking area) that has produced a number of nationally notable authors and poets. Several local areas were used for filming of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" including Dunmore Head and Slea Head where replicas of the Clochán huts on Skellig Michael were built.
In the village of Ballyferriter there’s a museum with exhibitions detailing the archaeology and history of the peninsula. Some of the exhibitions include Ogham stones, artefacts from the excavations at the nearby monastic site of Reask and objects on loan from the National Museum of Ireland. In April 2021, Irish archaeologists from the National Monuments Service and Ireland's National Museum announced the discovery of an untouched Bronze Age grave, skeletal remains, fragments of human bone and a large semicircular slab in the underground passageway.
Other places of interest on the Dingle Peninsula are the MV Ranga, a Spanish cargo vessel that wrecked on the coast in 1982, Gallaunmore, a standing stone and National Monument as well as the 15th-century Rahinnane Castle, which is built on a medieval ringfort.
Last evening during lawnmowing I saw this blade of grass - I decided not to cut it down, today I took my camera to preserve it.
Das zwischen 1848 und 1854 errichtete Gamperlgraben-Viadukt (hier im Gegenlicht und gegen den Semmering) ist mit 7 Bögen auf der zweiten Etage eines der eindrucksvolleren Viadukte entlang der Ghega-Bahnstrecke zwischen Klamm und Semmering. Doch davon sieht der Wanderer freilich deutlich mehr als der Bahnfahrer. 😛
At the Gamperl trench Viaduct
The between 1848 and 1854 erected viaduct crossing the Gamperl trench (here in backlight and against the Semmering mountains), with 7 arches on the second level, is one of the more impressive viaducts along the Ghega railway line between Klamm and Semmering. But of course the hiker sees much more of it than the train rider. 😛
Citybus 6576
Alexander Dennis Enviro500MMC 12.8m
Cityflyer 6836
Alexander Dennis Enviro500MMC 12.8m
China Motor Bus DS1 (Preserved)
Dennis Jubilant
Citybus 2305 (former New World First Bus 1204)
Dennis Trident III 12m
MTR Corporation 543
Alexander Dennis Enviro500MMC 11.3m
New World First Bus 5668
Alexander Dennis Enviro500MMC 12m
Citybus 2311 (former Citybus 2211)
Dennis Trident III 12m
New World First Bus 2501
Alexander Dennis Enviro200MMC 10.7m
Bus Rally 2018 at Citybus Tuen Mun Depot
Another vegetable shot from my CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) share . This is celeriac, a truly ugly vegetable (you eat the bulb that I've cut off). I didn't notice the figures in the shadows until on the computer. Cave wall shadows cast by a tribe dancing around the fire?
#72 - "Shadows" for 116 pictures in 2016
"The North Point Light Station has a long history of guiding mariners to Milwaukee. Its location was chosen to mark the north point of Milwaukee Bay. Erected in 1887 and first lit in 1888, the 39-foot octagonal cast-iron tower replaced an 1855 cream-city brick lighthouse built too close to the eroding bluff. The Queen Anne - style keeper's dwelling was built at the same time. In 1912 the tower was almost doubled to its present height of 74 feet by lifting the existing tower atop a new structure. This resulted in a light source 154 feet feet above the level of Lake Michigan visible up to 20 miles away."
[The lighthouse was deactivated in 1994.] "In 2003 the two-acre property was transferred to Milwaukee County. The North Point Lighthouse Friends and Milwaukee County completed restoration of the light station on 2007."
- Quoted text from plaque erected in 2010 by the Wisconsin Historical Society.
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Locale: Lake Park - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Year & Season: 2017 ; Mid spring
Time of Day: Late afternoon
Global Ambient: Dark overcast
Scene Illumination: Front-lighting sun through clouds
Illumination Aids: (none)
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Camera: Sony Alpha a7R II Mirrorless
Sensor: Full-frame
IBIS: On ; OIS: (n/a)
Support: Hand-held
Lens: Zeiss "Classic" 15mm f/2.8 Distagon T* ZE
Lens: Adapter: Metabones ("Canon EF Lens to Sony E Mount T Smart Adapter (Mark V)")
Filter: (none)
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Exposure Program: Aperture priority
Metering Mode: Spot
Drive/Focus Mode: Single-shot/Manual focus
Focus Region: Focus magnifier
Exposure Quality: Raw (Lightroom DNG)
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Processing: Lightroom 6.10.1 (CR 9.10.1)
Lightroom Presets: (none) ; Processing Plug-Ins: (none)
Original File Aspect & Size: 3:2 ; 42.2MP (7952 x 5304)
Cropped Aspect & **Size: 2:1 ; 22.2MP (6661 x 3330)
**Size is prior to downsizing and JPG conversion using Lightroom.
JPG Size: 4.72MP (3072 x 1536)
File ID: NorthPtLighthouse1 Nom(Clr)V01R00 Milw.Prk.Lake.20170518-01-01 StdShrp.jpg
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Image Basis: Tree branches and foliage.
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Locale: Estabrook Park - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Year & Season: 2017 ; Mid summer
Time of Day: Late afternoon
Global Ambient: Partly cloudy
Scene Illumination: Front-lighting sun
Illumination Aids: (none)
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Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mirrorless
Sensor: Micro 4/3
Support: Hand-held
Lens: Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 75mm f/1.8
Filter: (none)
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Exposure Program: Aperture priority
Metering Mode: Average
Drive/Focus Mode: Single-shot/Auto focus
Focus Region: Spot
Exposure Quality: Raw (Lightroom DNG)
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Processing: Lightroom 6.10.1 (CR 9.10.1)
Lightroom Presets: (none) ; Processing Plug-Ins: (none)
Original File Aspect & Size: 4:3 ; 15.9MP (4608 x 3456)
Crop: (none)
JPG Size: 3.15MP (2048 x 1536)
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Tech Note 1: The image consists of a single, highly processed photographic exposure. (There is no superposition of elements from other exposures.)
Tech Note 2: The image results from inverse-linear processing ("ILP") in Lightroom. ILP begins with inverting the Tone Curve (by setting it to fall from the upper left-hand corner to the the lower right-hand corner). In ILP the sense of most, but not all, Lightroom controls invert. Proficiency in ILP requires patience and experimentation, but the results can reveal extraordinary imagery hidden in otherwise lackluster exposures.
Auto Union from the collection of the Polish government. It was part of the Independence Day demonstrations. Beautifully patinated, preserved in a way that shows its entire long road life.
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Tech:
Leica M 246
Carl Zeiss C Sonnar T* 50 mm f/1.5 ZM
orange filter
Olympus E-3
ZD 50-200mm f/2.8-3.5 ED SWD
Aperture Priority Mode
f/5.6
ISO 100
108mm
1/500
Metering: Matrix
White Balance: Cloudy
B+W UV MRC filter
No Photoshop
No HDR
East and west wing of the Château de Villandry, Loire Valley, France
Some background information:
The Château de Villandry is a large château located in the village of Villandry, in the French department of Indre-et-Loire. The palace sits in the Val de Loire in the former Touraine region, about 15 km (9.3 miles) to the southwest of the city of Tours. Both village and Château de Villandry are also situated on the Cher River Cher and Villandry is the last commune before the Cher River issues into the Loire River.
In medieval times, a stronghold named Colombier stood on the spot of today’s Château de Villandry. It was built in the 12th century and in 1189, it was that fortress, where the English King Henry II Plantagenet signed the Peace of Colombier after his defeat by King Philip II of France. In the early 16th century, the estate was acquired by the nobleman Jean Le Breton. He was the minister of finance of the then French King Francis I and also the Controller-General for War.
After having bought the lands, De Breton had the old Gothic castle torn down. Only the foundations and the former donjon from the 14th century remained. Around this keep the new palace and its gardens were built and finished in 1536. The Château de Villandry is one of the last châteaus in the Loire Valley that were constructed in the Renaissance style. Its architecture lacks both any Italian influence and decorative medival elements like turrets or murdering holes. Hence, the architectural style is very French, already foreshadowing the architecture of the châteaus d’Anet and Fontainebleau, which were built later during the reign of King Henry IV of France.
The mansion remained in possession of the family De Breton for more than two centuries, but in 1754, Michel-Ange, Marquis de Castellane, bought the estate. He had the palace rebuilt according to the standards of the 18th century and even the beautiful Renaissance gardens were converted into an English-style landscaped garden, which met the taste of the time.
As a consequence of the French Revolution, the Château de Villandry was confiscated. But at the beginning of the 19th century, the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte acquired it for his brother Joseph Bonaparte. In 1823, the estate was bought by the noble family Hainguerlot, who kept it for almost a century. In 1906, Joachim Carvallo purchased the property and poured an enormous amount of time, money and devotion into repairing it and creating what many consider to be the most beautiful gardens anywhere.
These formal Renaissance gardens, restored according to original plans, include a water garden, ornamental flower gardens, and also vegetable gardens. The gardens are laid out in formal patterns created with low box hedges. In 1920, both castle and gardens were opened to the public and in 1934, the estate was designated a national historic monument.
Today’s owner is Henri Carvallo, the great-grandson of Joachim Carvallo. Since 2000, the Château de Villandry and its gardens belong to the UNESCO Word Heritage Site "The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes" with its many breathtaking châteaux. Altogether there are more than 400 of them in the Loire region.
A Happy New Year 2023 to all of you!