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Long-exposure of a group of wooden poles standing on the shore.
Made with Sony A99MII, Sony Zeiss 85mm f/1.4, LEE 150 Big stopper. NIK SilverEfex Pro
Exposure 122 sec. f/22 ISO 50
We left Queenstown to make our way to Milford Sounds. Stopped in Te Anau for morning tea and to buy some lunch for our day trip. We we will be staying at Te Anau for the night.
Arrived at Milford Sounds just in time for our boat trip on the 'Milford Sound Nature Cruise" on the 'Milford Marner': For More Info: www.realjourneys.co.nz/en/experiences/cruises/milford-sou...
Day five of our fast trip around the South Island with my friends from the UK. November 5, 2013 New Zealand.
Milford Sound (Māori: Piopiotahi) is a fjord in the south west of New Zealand's South Island, within Fiordland National Park, Piopiotahi (Milford Sound) Marine Reserve, and the Te Wahipounamu World Heritage site. It has been judged the world's top travel destination in an international survey (the 2008 Travelers' Choice Destinations Awards by TripAdvisor) and is acclaimed as New Zealand's most famous tourist destination. Rudyard Kipling had previously called it the eighth Wonder of the World.
Milford Sound is named after Milford Haven in Wales, while the Cleddau River which flows into the sound is also named for its Welsh namesake. The Māori named the sound Piopiotahi after the thrush-like piopio bird, now extinct. Piopiotahi means "a single piopio", harking back to the legend of Māui trying to win immortality for mankind - when Maui died in the attempt, a piopio was said to have flown here in mourning.
Milford Sound runs 15 kilometres inland from the Tasman Sea at Dale Point (also named after a location close to Milford Haven in Wales) - the mouth of the fiord - and is surrounded by sheer rock faces that rise 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) or more on either side. Among the peaks are The Elephant at 1,517 metres (4,977 ft), said to resemble an elephant's head, and The Lion, 1,302 metres (4,272 ft), in the shape of a crouching lion.
Milford Sound sports two permanent waterfalls all year round, Lady Bowen Falls and Stirling Falls. After heavy rain however, many hundreds of temporary waterfalls can be seen running down the steep sided rock faces that line the fiord. They are fed by rain water drenched moss and will last a few days at most once the rain stops.
With a mean annual rainfall of 6,813 mm (268 in) on 182 days a year, a high level even for the West Coast, Milford Sound is known as the wettest inhabited place in New Zealand and one of the wettest in the world. Rainfall can reach 250 mm (10 in) during a span of 24 hours. The rainfall creates dozens of temporary waterfalls (as well as a number of major, more permanent ones) cascading down the cliff faces, some reaching a thousand metres in length. Smaller falls from such heights may never reach the bottom of the sound, drifting away in the wind.
Accumulated rainwater can, at times, cause portions of the rain forest to lose their grip on the sheer cliff faces, resulting in tree avalanches into the sound. The regrowth of the rain forest after these avalanches can be seen in several locations along the sound.
Taken From and for More Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milford_Sound
Any one interested in following our trip around the South Island.. here is a map: <a href="http://www.wises.co.nz/l/lewis+pass/#c/-41.801671/172.516537/8/"
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Fotografie: Irene Vijfvinkel - zie-hier.nu/
Getting closer helps - and so does changing the angle a bit. Try crouching down near your subject and pointing up for a different viewpoint.
(7M DSC; 02.08.2009; 1/20 at f/2.8; ISO 50; white balance: Manual; focal length: 6.2 mm).
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You know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you're down there..
(George Burns, 1896 - 1996)
a funny angle of her as she grows bigger.
i'm pretty much out of a couple of part types now and waiting on the shipments to arrive in. (pardon the pun)
WATER CALLIGRAPHY
dopo la beer calligraphy (http://www.flickr.com/photos/_misterg_/3034918576/)
,il nuovo gioco dell' estate che vi farà impazzire!!!allenati a diventare il mejo bomber,velocizza la tua traccia prima che l' acqua scompaia!!!
total freestyle con pennelli scrausi.ma c e di peggio in questo periodo ma a noi non c interessa perche tanto abbiamo i mondiali,,,,,,,,..................................
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Tourists get information from police at Plaza de Armas in Cusco, Peru November 3, 2015. Photo by Tim Chong
A quick lil meme I came up with in response to the Cheerios controversy.
I really want to commend Cheerios and their agency Saatchi and Saatchi for not only having the courage to produce this honest and touching ad, but also for having the strength in their convictions to stand behind it.
I recently had the pleasure of traveling from London to Newcastle with Mike Hodges - the writer and director of Get Carter - to recreate the opening title sequence from that iconic film with two young filmmakers from Northern Stars at the Tyneside Cinema. Here's my still of Mike a la Michael Caine in the opening shot - Caine reads Farewell My Lovely and here Hodges reads the published copy of his screenplay for the film.
"Sometimes getting lost is the only path to finding your true purpose. Just follow your bliss.=)
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Akron Railroad Club member Paul Vernier gets an image on his point and shoot digital camera of Lake Superior & Ishpeming 2-8-0 No. 33 on the turntable of the Age of Steam Roundhouse.
Photos from the 3rd annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals in Norwalk. This is me getting ready in the staging lanes before my semi-final run in my Sanyo A Fuel Dragster.
My good wife gifted me with a new golf bag and a new electric golf cart for my Christmas ... wasn't I lucky!! Anyway, getting my bag in order and obviously I have to put new balls in my golf bag!!
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