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Greetings again my flickr friends. It's great to be back. Be prepared to see many images from the beautiful desert Southwest. I personally captured well over 1000 images all the way from Eastern Oregon, Southern Idaho, Central and Southern Utah, Northern Arizona, and Southern Arizona. Of course I will not be posting all of them, just the ones I feel are worthy enough to post. :) We drove over 4,000 miles on this photo expedition. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. :)
These first series of images were leading into Zions National Park.
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Just over a week ago, the radar showed a potential break in the storm that was raining up and down the west coast of California. So what does any self respecting seascape photographer do? I made my way to one of my favorite local spots and enjoyed the stormy light at the beach.
This is the infamous "hole" in Hole in the Wall beach. I've passed through here hundreds of times, often running from the waves that wash through here. The tide was pretty low on this evening, and the arch was taller than usual as the storms had scoured out a lot of sand. The low tide did allow for some nice sunset reflections vs. having water movement in the foreground. I'd like to try this composition again with more waves, but the sand has already started to build back up and the interesting rocks along the bottom are starting to get covered up.
This image easily had too much dynamic range for a single exposure and is a result of double processing a single RAW file and blending it with a bracketed "fused" image using the Exposure Fusion function in Photomatix. I am keen to try more advanced image blending techniques for shots such as this where traditional filter use and single exposures just don't work.
Anyway, hope everyone had a great weekend and as always, thanks for stopping by, I appreciate it!
Nikon D300
Nikon 12-24mm @ 12mm
-bracketed exposures at f11, ISO 200 fused and blended with a single RAW file
-Tony Kuyper's luminosity masks and color tools used extensively to better balance the image
Victory Gateway to Angkor Thom.
The gate is called "Victory Gate" according to the assumption that it was this gate through which King Jayavarman VII sent his army into battle against Champa, the Khmer empire's mighty enemy to the east. Parades on the "Victory Avenue" could have been launched at the Royal Square, or ended there. The very same gate may have been the place where the king welcomed his returning victorious warriors, when they entered the capital.
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Gateway to Chinatown in Liverpool, Lancashire, England.
Dark ethereal type composition. Is the lure of the temptress safe or is the gateway a one way journey?
The Gateway to the monastic city of Glendalough is one of the most important monuments, now totally unique in Ireland. It was originally two-storied with two fine, granite arches. The antae or projecting walls at each end suggest that it had a timber roof. Inside the gateway, in the west wall, is a cross-inscribed stone. This denoted sanctuary, the boundary of the area of refuge. The paving of the causeway in the monastic city is still preserved in part but very little remains of the enclosure wall.
Gateway to Na Pali. Spirits from Polihale. Rich with local lore, probably one of the most mystical places on Kauai.
It's the Gateway Arch! I thought the clouds above this shot look pretty neat, what wasn't neat was the downpour that followed! St. Louis, MO
I've taken this gate before, but don't think I've managed with the Trumpet Vine in flower as well.
My guess is that the gateway was there well before the house was built.
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Position: Gate of the town walls, Alcudia, Mallorca, Spain. The historic centre of Alcúdia is enclosed by Mallorca’s only entirely preserved town wall, builded in the 14thcentury by King Jaume II to protect Alcúdia’s inhabitants.
70808 at Gateway West junction working the 6M57 0900 Lindsey Oil Refinery - Kingsbury Oil sidings in a later than usual path for this working (Pole)
Instead of running all the way to Fabyans as in prior fall seasons, this year the Conway Scenic ran two daily round trips between North Conway and Crawfords with the addition of a third 'bus train' for passengers arriving by motor coach from Portland off a cruise ship as a day shore excursion. That meant that one some days there were six trains running through the Notch with a scheduled meet at Bartlett and Sawyers River....truly an astonishing sight and a joy to see this line so busy!
The 9 AM Mountaineer is coming off the siding in the process of running around their train which is parked beside Crawford Depot at MP 85 on the old Mountain Sub as they pass the old section men's shanty at Gateway, the east end of the 1800 ft long siding. I couldn't help but wonder where the old drawbar laying in the foreground came from? How many years has it been laying here? Was it ripped out as an RY-2 crested the summit on its way to St. J. from Rigby? What is the story and how was it resolved? Are any of the railroaders who had to deal with that event still with us and do they recall that day? Or has the memory been lost to time leaving those of us in the present to ponder?
Crawford's is the summit of the line at 1900 ft, and they will descend some 1400 ft in the 25 miles back to North Conway on grades as steep as 2.2% through the Notch. Crawford Notch station existed was to serve the Crawford House Hotel which had been built nearby in 1859 (for the second time) and was the largest of all the great 19th century New Hampshire resort hotels at the time it was erected. The Crawford House outlasted most of the other grand White Mountain hotels of that era, but it ultimately closed in 1975, nearly 120 years after the building was constructed. It was destroyed by a fire two years later, on November 20, 1977, and the property was subsequently acquired by the Appalachian Mountain Club, which constructed the Highland Center on the site in 2003 in a style that pays homage to the grand inns that once dotted the White Mountains.
Leading the train are GP38s 255 and 252 which are right at home here having been built in November 1966 for the Maine Central Railroad as part of an order of 13 of the model which were the first batch of second generation diesel locomotives purchased by the road. They both regularly operated here for the first 17 years of their lives until the last thru freight ran in 1983 after Guilford purchased the MEC and shuttered the Mountain Sub. In fact 252 had the ignominious duty of leading the final YR-1 from Saint Johnsbury on September 2, 1983.
255 came to Conway Scenic in 2022 and wore her Vermont Rail System red paint until just this past June when she received this new 'old' dress. The VTR red was from her nearly two decade second career as Clarendon & Pittsford 203 after having being sold by MEC successor Guilford Transportation in the early 1990s. 252 meanwhile was the last of her class in service on Guilford, lasting more than three decades, and having seen her other dozen siblings retired and scrapped or sold. She came to Conway Scenic in March 2010 along with GP35 216 in a trade with Pan Am Railways for FP9s 6505 and 6516 that would become Pan Am's OCS power.
Crawford Notch State Park
Hart's Location, New Hampshire
Saturday October 11, 2025
Bourtange is a village with a population of 430 in the municipality of Westerwolde in the Netherlands. It is situated in the region Westerwolde in the east of the province of Groningen near the German border. Fort Bourtange was built in 1593 during the Dutch Revolt and was used until 1851. Between 1967 and 1992 the star fort was gradually restored to its mid-18th-century state and it is currently an open-air museum
The name Bourtange comes from the Dutch word tange (sand ridge), because the settlement is situated on a strategically important sand ridge in the marshes of the Bourtange Moor.
Fort Bourtange was initially built during the Eighty Years' War (circa 1568–1648) when William I of Orange wanted to control the main road between Germany and the city of Groningen which was controlled by the Spanish. This road followed a sandy ridge (tange) through the marshes (the Bourtange Swamp).
Later, around 1594, Bourtange became part of the fortifications on the border between the northern provinces (Groningen, Friesland, Drenthe) and Germany.
Bourtange was a separate municipality until 1822, when it was merged with Vlagtwedde.
In 1851 the star fort was given up and Bourtange became a normal village.
Around 1960 living conditions in the village deteriorated and it was decided that Bourtange would be rebuilt to its state of 1740-1750. Today it is an open-air museum. [Wikipedia]
Scouts en route vers de nouvelles aventures.
Scouts on the way to new adventures.
La porte d'Arroux ou porte de Sens est une des portes d'entrée d'Augustodunum (Autun) dans le département de Saône-et-Loire. Construite sous le règne de l'empereur romain Auguste (27 av. JC / 14 ap. JC), comme l'ensemble de l'enceinte de la ville, elle commande le passage au nord vers Auxerre.
The Porte d'Arroux or Porte de Sens is one of the gateways to Augustodunum (Autun) in the department of Saône-et-Loire.
Built during the reign of the Roman Emperor Augustus (27 BC / 14 AD), like the entire city wall, it commands the passage north to Auxerre.
Lydiard Street Ballarat. view through the vehicle access to the former Ballarat Post Office. On right, former Bank of New South Wales, on the left, former FW Niven & Co printing and engraving works.
66702 'Blue Lightning'
Gateway West Junction, 28/9/24
4M01 0144 Felixstowe South to East Midlands Gateway container train
We got up very early and headed to the Shirahige Shrine, located south of Takashima on Lake Biwa in Japan. The shrine has a Torii standing in the lake as a gateway. A busy road passes between the shrine and the lake shore, and it was undergoing repair. Construction workers did not let us cross the road at the construction site, so we walked further down to cross the road, then back up again on the other side to see the Torii. I first took long exposure shots of the Torii. At night the water was illuminated by the orange lights of the road that passes by the lake, which gives the scene this blue and orange look.
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The Gateway Arch
Main article: Gateway Arch
The Gateway ArchThe Gateway Arch is known as the "Gateway to the West". It was designed by Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen and structural engineer Hannskarl Bandel in 1947 and built between 1963 and 1968. It is the only building in the world based on the catenary arch, making it the iconic image of the city. It stands 630 feet (192.024 m) tall and 630 feet (192.024 m) wide at its base. The legs are 54 feet (16.46 m) wide at the base, narrowing to 17 feet (5.18 m) at the arch. There is a unique tram system to carry passengers to the observation room at the top of the arch.
The timing of this one had to be perfect and after almost two years in the planning this is the shot I've had in my head since the last time we visited Arches National Park.
We headed up this short but strenuous hike during the heat of the afternoon sun. When we arrived, there were a good couple of hundred people all waiting for the sunset as this is one of the most iconic sights in the whole park.
Some just sitting and watching and some frantically running around trying to get the best spot for a photo. There was one group of Japanese guys who just couldn't make their mind up and were backwards and forwards with all their gear pretty much non stop. Inevitably the outcome of all this faffing around was that one guy, who obviously hadn't attached his camera to his tripod properly the previous time he moved all his gear, managed to drop his camera a good 150 feet down a steep rock face directly in front of us, it made an awful sound as it tumbled towards its death in the bushes below. The ironic thing about it was that his whole camera body and lens were covered in a camouflage housing meaning that he couldn't find it when he went down to retrieve it!
After sunset most people started to head off back down while we took up our pre-determined position carefully calculated using the photopills app many weeks beforehand.
We knew we then had to wait until 10pm when the moon had just dipped below the horizon and the Milky way had appeared directly above the Arch.
Lots of people were shining lights at the arch taking their own shots while we sat patiently waiting.
Just before 10pm there was just 3 of us left so I set up my manfrotto lights on their lowest setting, one about 150 feet away to the right and one about 60 feet to the left, both with 1/2 CTO filters.
And there it was, the shot I'd had in my head for nearly two years came to life on the back of the camera.
This is a six shot vertical panorama of the stunning Delicate Arch in Arches National Park, Moab. My spiritual home!
Enjoy!
From a high overlook and view down upon the River Styx while walking the Green River Bluffs Trail and the many other network of trails to the west of the Visitor Center in Mammoth Cave National Park. While not planned, I love the way the nearby trees added a framing of sorts to the river flowing by. While I could have kept all the nearby in silhouette originally captured, I used some control points in Capture NX2 to bring out some of the shadows but not enough to distract from the view of the river and leaves down in that open area.
Through the gateway and over the wall can be glimpsed the M1 motorway, basking in a few rays of autumn sunshine breaking through the cloud cover as it passes close to Strelley, 19th November 2021
Technical Details:
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
Exposure: 1/5000 seconds
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 45 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Filter: NONE
Processing Tool: CS5 + Silver Efex Pro
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Originally made as a gateway to a since destroyed palace, the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel now stands outside the Louvre.
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