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Frontview of Het Drenkelingenhuisje (The Drowning House), Vliehors, Vlieland halfway the stairs. It was build in 1890
For full view of this house see first comment box, in case you missed it.
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Another image from our visit to the absolutely stunning Wharariki Beach, a remote beach on the Tasman Sea, west of Cape Farewell, the northernmost point of the South Island, New Zealand. I made this image around the time of the golden hour however rather than creating a traditional sunset image, I thought I'd experiment a bit shooting against the sun. Created a nice silhouette of the Archway Islands, a group of four rock stacks or small islands very close to the beach. What an amazing spot.
This fountain is the largest in Rome and the favorite of tourists, the bottom of its bowl is always glistening with coins
When cleaning the fountain, thousands of euros worth of coins are removed. The fountain was built almost 300 years ago.
It is 26 meters high and more than 20 meters wide. The facade of the fountain can be viewed endlessly and amazed by the abundance of fine details.
This bay is a favourite with the local surfers. Fascinating to watch how they navigate the waves. A gorgeous late morning with only a few of them out at the time. We love this beach, always something exciting to explore. I think the negative space creates an interesting contrast. Seconds after I made the image, they'd disappeared into the waves playing and enjoying what they love. Nice.
Another image of the same gorgeous tree from our visit to Shakespear Regional Park. This time made with my old Nikkor 180mm vintage lens for a different perspective. I also moved further back to get a better angel for a portrait image. As I was about to press the shutter a trail runner entered the scene. Perfect timing as provides a good sense of scale and additional interest I think. I have been trail running in this park several times (and also had a run earlier the same day) however this runner was on a true endurance mission. I captured him doing his last lap. Respect.
Mount Christina (2474m) is located in the Fiordland National Park in the very bottom of the South Island of New Zealand. A truly amazing and glorious place to explore. When walking part of the Routeburn Track to Key Summit we were lucky that the sun broke through the cloud cover and greeted us with a spectacular scenery. Highly contrasty low sun this time a year. Magic.
Image from another of our favourite west coast black sand beaches of Auckland. I recently rediscovered this image and never edited at the time. Going through one's image collection on a regular basis can be a good thing. Sadly far too many images just sit 'dead' on a harddrive somewhere.
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Location:Patras centre/Peloponnese/Greece.
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With Auckland in Level 4 COVID lockdown again for the forth week (and for at least another week), this image reminds me of the great time to be had in our amazing outdoors. Hopefully we can soon get back out again. Images like this keep me sane for now. Enjoy!
Anawhata Beach is another of the amazing west coast beaches of Auckland. It is a bit of a gnarly drive to get there on a windy gravel road but once there, it is all worth it. The beach is only accessible by foot which is great. Once there, you need to cross the Anawhata Stream to get to the further Parera Bay. I played around with several long exposure compositions in and around the stream but really like this point of view towards the ocean. The tide was going out at the time. A nice moment in time (and great to get out with Auckland still subject to COVID19 lockdown travel restrictions).
When walking along Te Anau Lake recently, these two young girls were getting ready with their tiny dingy to pick up a drifting bouy. It was miserable drizzly weather but that didn't deter them. Instead of my unsuccessful attempt that afternoon of making some long exposure images of the lake, I followed their (slow) journey. I think a simple composition made interesting with their white dingy against a background of dark cloudy mountains. One of those unexpected moments. Happy to report that they made out and back safely.
I had some fun recently experimenting with long exposure photography at our favourite local beach. I like the three layers of this composition, some planning but mostly luck! Simple compositions often work the best I think. I find the moody feel of the slow shutter speed fascinating, - an interpretation of a particular point in time. For a few seconds nothing else matters. Life goes on.
In my boat along Gothenburg coastline = www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB8C6jHDSSA visiting Önnered, Fiskebäck, Hinsholmskilen, Saltholmen and Långedrag.
Fiskebäck is a modern fishing harbor constructed in the 1950s. Fiskebäck is the largest fishing village in Sweden. In the harbor is an ice factory and a netfactory in barn-red, which was designed in the 1960s. Next to the ice factory is a café, which also has program activities and a fishing museum.
There is also a large marina with shipyard and naval stores, and nearby is the Fiskebäck beach.
We were very fortunate to visit Milford Sound/Piopiotahi again recently. A great day for it. Milford Sound is a fiord in the south west of New Zealand's South Island located at the top of Fiordland National Park. The scenery is hard to describe. Natural beauty: serene, tranquil, spiritual. The mountains and deep fiords commands respect. It is also one of the wettest spots in New Zealand so dramatic cloud cover and some drizzle is to be expected.
Common Long-tongued Bat(Glossophaga soricina) feeding from flower at night at the low lands of Costa Rica, Cope Wildlife
A classic Milford Sound/Piopiotahi image of the majestic Mitre Peak and the surrounding peaks. Such a humble experience being there and observing for a brief while.
The Reichstag Dome is an amazing and stunning large glass dome with a 360° view of the surrounding Berlin. The mirrored cone in the center of the dome directs sunlight into the building. The futuristic and transparent design is intended to symbolize Berlin's attempt to move away from a past to a united democratic future. Another incredible and very clever architectural feature of Berlin.
When all the 12 units are assembled, you get this origami X-cube.
(See first comment box for previous stages, in case you missed them)
Here you can see the topview of this X-Cube.
Hope that the mystery is solved and wishing you all a great start of the weekend!!
Paper: 12 rectangle (1:2) pieces of Freudenberg paper with line-pattern, 7,5x15cm
Final size: 7,5x7,5x7,5cm
Model: origami X-Cube
Design: Jeff Beynon
Diagrams in the BOS booklet #31: 'More 'igami' by Jeff Beynon
I was fascinated by this simple, yet dramatic seascape, when walking the beautiful rugged coast line towards Waihi Beach. Often beauty is found just around you when you take the time to explore and see. I like the three layers created by the sea spray, crashing wave and distant island.
Muriwai Beach is favoured by surfers for some great waves and ease of access. I watched the many surfers busy getting in and out of the water that day. A gorgeous mid winter late morning with sunny skies. I experimented with shooting against the light and attempting to capture the amazing reflections. My tribute to all Muriwai surfers for their skills and persistence. Nice one.
When walking the Lake Gunn Nature track recently I had some fun experimenting with close up's/macros images. A new playing field for me. As I discovered, not easy to get right ie find an interesting composition, get the lighting right, and consider impact of wind and weather. We found this beautiful delicate tiny alpine flower (Luzuriaga parviflora). A simple composition. Less is more. Often beauty takes time to discover. Lots of fun.
Last image from a very enjoyable afternoon of shooting at Muriwai. Often the best and most impactful images are just in front of you. I like the simplicity of this composition. The contrast somewhat challenging to manage but a soft grad filter helped a bit. Nice.
A simple minimalist composition from the shoreline of Wainui Bay by the start of the Able Tasman National Park track. An overcast afternoon. Water so clean and calm. No need to say anything more than that. just one of those nice moments.
On the outskirts of Havre, Montana are these two old, rotting cars that look like they have been parked there for many years. I finally had the courage to photograph them.
There are a lot of old, rusting cars like this scattered all over Montana. I do like photographing them. These in particular had a spirit about them.
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I have always had this fascination with lighthouses. I guess due to the fact that they are usually in locations with incredible views, designed to keep seafarers safe, and a comforting land mark. I recently made the journey to Cape Palliser Lighthouse in the Wairarapa region south of Wellington. It was built in 1897 and is one of only three New Zealand lighthouses with a distinct striped paint scheme. Fascinating.
Another image from the gorgeous tiny little settlement of Cozy Nook on the very southern tip of the South Island. Ferocious winds from the south shape much of the coastline. Natures way of creating interesting 'sculptures'.
Now for something red from Italy that's not pizza sauce or a Ferrari, but a lovely and fun little Italian roadster. Throughout the post war fifties Alfa Romeo was producing mostly sedans, and from an excitement point of view few were a match for their prewar cars. Those cars were fast, excellent handling cars built with racing in mind, and they did that quite well! But, the fifties sedans were good family cars and Alfa produced enough of them to keep the postwar doors open. And when it came to excitement, or lack of, all that was about to change in 1959 when Alfa introduced the 2000 Spider, custom bodied by Touring of Milan. The cars were beautiful to look at, true two seater sports cars, with a 2 liter, twin overhead cams 4 cylinder motor, equipt with twin carburetors, and rated at 113hp (in doing the research I've seen ratings at 115hp, and also 130hp?? so you decide! It may have to do with the difference between the US models and the European models, but that was never stated)
Regardless of which was correct, it's obvious that they weren't going to be asphalt scorchers, and that's too bad because the car is gorgeous, and deserves a little more muscle under the hood to go with it's good looks. They came standard with oversized drum brakes and an all synchromesh 5 speed transmission. But, in spite of a somewhat anemic powerplant, I'm sure they were fun cars to drive and also handled well. We also have to remember that this was 1959, and even the 1959 Porsche speedster wasn't exactly a screamer! But then there was the cost of this lovely little Italian roadster. At a little over $5700 dollars in '59, it wasn't cheap, and back then that was a lot of money! And that alone would be enough to keep the total number of units coming out of the factory down. Now consider the 1959 Corvette, also a two seater, and surely available in red, powered by a 283ci, 4.7L motor with ratings up to 290hp, and with an MSRP of around $3800 dollars, and nearly a $2000 dollar difference, hmm, let me think, what would I buy?? Yeah, maybe it didn't have the panache of an Italian roadster in red, but $2000 dollars in your pocket would buy a lot of Sunoco 260! Today, a beautifully restored 1959 Alfa 2000 Spider might sell for around $130,000 dollars at auction, and from what I've seen, they have. And I think the right 1959, well equipt Corvette, in equally excellent condition would probably garner the same paycheck for the seller.
Vince
Another image made at our favourite Auckland west coast beach. The semi long exposure captures the mood and soul of this special place I think. A windy day so plenty of wave movements. A moment in time.
I'll never tire of exploring our favourite Auckland west coast beach. Always some new point of views and subjects to explore. The lighting was very harsh on this day so it was challenging to get the feel with the long exposure I wanted. But that's what photography is all about isn't it: exploring to capture the moment telling a story at a point of time.
On a recent trip to the South Island we visited Gemstone Beach. A rough coast line shaped by winds from the Arctic. Gemstone Beach is known for its constant state of change from sand to stones with the storms and tides. Semi-precious gems such as garnet, jasper, quartz and nephrite can often be found on the beach. The erosion of the cliffs is very apparent. I walked down the beach to find some interesting compositions. The weather combined with the tide going out made great conditions for some long exposure images. I like this simple layered composition. We spend hours there, just exploring and looking for gem stones.
An image from our favourite spot, Te Anau, from the marina towards the Luxmore hills. Shot late afternoon with nice contrasty delicate lighting. A simple composition with negative space, hopefully displaying the beauty and tranquilly of this gorgeous part of New Zealand. Shot with my old manual Nikon 50mm. Love it. Enjoy.