Here's another composition taken at El Matador state beach. My last post from here was shot from the rock just to the right of the opening.

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This is a shot taken on the 3rd night in Bisti Badlands. Wayne, Sandra Herber and Chris Wray and I ran into fellow photographers Willa Wei and creator of the Phone app "Plan It!! for photographers" Ying Wen(Wenjie Qiao). It was so exciting running into people that I follow on Flickr while out in Bisti and even better when in such a desolate place making it even more incredulous. It took a while to find the formation we where looking for, the "Alien Throne" which we did find surrounded by some seriously focused fellows and I snapped this shot while waiting for our turn at the throne.

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A little blue heron quietly wades through the shallows in beautiful morning light.

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I finally managed to sneak down the Kukui Trail and found some nice clouds here at Waimea Canyon. Then the sun broke through clouds and cast some cool and interesting light over the landscape. After reviewing this photo, I wished I had taken out the 70-200 to pick the landscape apart piece by piece, but alas, Live and learn. :)

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Just hanging out at the beach provides some great opportunities.

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I took this one on my third photoquest up the 395. This is one of my favorite formations in the Alabama Hills. Walking around it reveals many possible compositions and when shooting towards the west you'll get a nice Sierra Nevada backdrop. This sky wasn't present to the west so I chose to shoot to the south and low to the ground, changing the formation's overall look. I grabbed my favorite lens(16-35mm) to shoot my favorite formation, then set myself up and quickly found that I would have to move so close in that the foreground dominated the scene, so I switched to the 24-105, which balanced out the relationship between the background egg and the foreground base. Hope you like it!!! :)

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Every once in a while the photo gods throw me a freebie. :)

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Taken in the Dunsmuir area of Mount Shasta. After a 2 mile hike along railroad tracks this area is known as Mossbrae Falls.

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Another fine sunset at La Jolla Potholes. :) Hope you like it!!!

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Here's a blooper shot from day 5 of my southwest tour, it is the only time that Wayne turned a light on during one of my exposures, He had picked up my Brinkman 2 million candlepower torch lamp to test it's ability to reflect light. We were getting the lighting setup and he turned it on and shined it around. and said, I really like the color of this lamp and noticed I was exposing. Ooops!! No problems, we went on shooting the rest of the night.

Somehow when we arrived back at the cars later that morning it seemed like it was 4am when really it was 5:00 Then again, this was day 5 of the trip and I was already walking around like a zombie. :/ Who knows where that time went, but it was time well spent I say!!!

Funny thing is, one of the first comments I made to Wayne here on Flickr was about alien abductions. :)

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This is a random surfer that walked right through my composition on purpose. He stepped up next to me standing next to my tripod and pulled his wetsuit up over his torso. He turned and looked at me as if to say "Here I go" waited for a wave to pass and then disappeared into the surf. I think he knew I was gonna grab a shot. Thanks, "dude" :)

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I had been shut out for 5 nights in a row on this trip and was willing to shoot anything at this point. As I was running around to the different viewpoints on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon looking for some open sky, I rounded the corner along the drive and hit the brakes for a quickie. :) I set up one light panel quickly and snapped 3 shots then jumped back in and off I went. I used a cooler white balance than usual on this one at around 3200. :)

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After a disappointing couple of days in Bryce Canyon, I moved on to my next location which was to be Kodachrome Basin National Park, which is located between Bryce Canyon and the Grand Staircase Escalante Region of Utah. I found a great site in the primitive campground at the back of the park, I think I like this campground better than the front campground because of the dirt road leading in to it. This prevents most RV's from attempting access and is a much more serene environment, although the front campground has free showers but they can be used by all visitors, so I seized the opportunity. :)

This is the Bryce View Campground and is named so because its view overlooks not just Kodachrome Basin but also Bryce Canyon, which can be seen here off in the distance with a spectacular sunset in progress. Wouldn't you know it, the day I leave Bryce the sky explodes over it. Bah!! I guess a fourth trip to Bryce is on the itinerary in the future. "If at first you don't succeed try try again" is what I was taught. :)

I found this tree just off of the dirt road that leads back to some of the more remote formations in the park. It sits perched atop a red stone formation and stands only waist high. I tried to get a POV and composition that portrayed this tree as much bigger and an alternate composition capitalizing on it's stunted nature. I ended up liking this one better.

I am considering this to be an FDR image "Full Dynamic Range." Not an HDR image. HDR is usually associated with software designed specifically for that purpose. The problem with these software solutions is that by the time you get something you like, they introduce strong haloing properties and unpleasant artifacts which give it a fake unnatural look. By blending exposures manually you control what aspects of each exposure will be included in your final result, leading ultimately to a "Full Dynamic Range" image. Maybe we can start differentiating the two different types of processes. Have you ever had someone ask "Is it HDR" I like being able to say "NO", then again, if they have to ask then I'm getting close to real looking FDR photos.

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I had been waiting for this moment for a long time. In 2013 the park was closed because of the government shutdown (don't get me started). Last year, clouds rain and snow kept the Tetons hidden while we were there. This year - bingo! While the sky did not light up much, the mountains sure did! It was a sight to behold and well worth the wait and cold temperatures!

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Great Egret

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Red-bellied Woodpecker-male

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Colors of the Heart gold gallery pg #6

Kinkaku-ji "Temple of the Golden Pavilion"), officially named Rokuon-ji, lit. "Deer Garden Temple"), is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan.

The garden complex is an excellent example of Muromachi period garden design. The Muromachi period is considered to be a classical age of Japanese garden design. The correlation between buildings and its settings were greatly emphasized during this period. It was a way to integrate the structure within the landscape in an artistic way. The garden designs were characterized by a reduction in scale, a more central purpose, and a distinct setting.

A minimalistic approach was brought to the garden design, by recreating larger landscapes in a smaller scale around a structure.

It is designated as a National Special Historic Site and a National Special Landscape, and it is one of 17 locations comprising the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto World Heritage Site. It is also one of the most popular buildings in Japan, attracting a large number of visitors annually.

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Charlottenburg Palace - Berlin

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1695-1713

Schloss Charlottenburg (Charlottenburg Palace) is a Baroque palace in Berlin, located in Charlottenburg, a district of the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf borough.

The palace was built at the end of the 17th century and was greatly expanded during the 18th century. It includes much lavish internal decoration in baroque and rococo styles. A large formal garden surrounded by woodland was added behind the palace, including a belvedere, a mausoleum, a theatre and a pavilion. During the Second World War, the palace was badly damaged but has since been reconstructed.

Belted Kingfisher with a meal!

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In loving Memory. Greatly missed and forever loved.

My Mum passed away peacefully on August 3, in England, at the age of 90. I was able to see her and say goodbye through a zoom-video chat.

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Red Fox Kit

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Cooper's Hawk

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Red-bellied Woodpecker

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A close up view, about 12mm x 8mm, of the edge of a blue agate slice sitting on top of a slice of blue fluorite.

Agate is a rock consisting primarily of cryptocrystalline silica, chiefly chalcedony, alternating with microgranular quartz. It is characterized by its fineness of grain and variety of colour. Although agates may be found in various kinds of host rock, they are classically associated with volcanic rocks and can be common in certain metamorphic rocks (Wiki).

Fluorite is a colourful mineral, both in visible and ultraviolet light, and the stone has ornamental and lapidary uses (Wiki).

Macro Mondays: Rock

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A bird drinking from one of the poppies greatly distracted him!

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Barbenuta is a small town located on the left bank of the Gállego river with beautiful views of the valley. Its church is of Romanesque origin, greatly modified in the 16th century

Barbenuta es un pequeño pueblo ubicado en la margen izquierda del río Gállego con hermosas vistas al valle. Su iglesia es de origen románico, muy modificada en el siglo XVI.

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I took this photo of the male Wood Duck back in March of this year

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