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A puddle's eye view or rather iPhone's eye view of Skogafoss ... It is hard to get an original composition at this famous waterfall, so I was glad to find the puddle and thankful to the strangers who walked into my composition ... it was not an easy shot to take with the overwhelming spray so close to the falls, it was hard to 'see' what I was composing ... (do look at it large if you have a moment)
“But even the longest day wears to sunset.”
- Marion Zimmer Bradley -
Summer solstice in Leenane at Killary Fjord, Ireland.
The forest breathes. Listen.
It answers.
I have made this place around you. Stand still.
The forest knows where you are.
You must let it find you.
From "Lost" by David Wagoner
A funny little anecdote around this shot...people will often talk to me when I sit at the foot of a staircase or escalator and inform me that the elevator is just around the corner...! ;))
Olympus OM-D E-M10 II
Olympus M.Zuiko 12/2
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Langjokull, Iceland
It was cold with powerful winds on this vast expanse of snow and ice, but incredibly beautiful, and you get the feeling that you are standing at the edge of an endless other world
Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.
Walt Whitman
Have a wonderful day today, girls and boys - HWW !!
The still waters of a lake reflect the beauty all around it.
When the mind is still, the beauty of the self is reflected in it.
B.K.S. Iyengar
“The modern world thinks of art as very important:
something close to the meaning of life.”
From the Essay: "Art as Therapy"
by Alain de Botton (writer and philosopher)
Jewish Museum Berlin
The Axis of Exile leads to the Garden of Exile, which is located outside the Libeskind building. 49 concrete stelae are laid out in a 7-by-7 square on slanting ground. The Russian olive bushes growing atop the stelae are a symbol of hope. Forty-eight are filled with soil from Berlin and the forty-ninth, at the center, with soil from Jerusalem.
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Jüdisches Museum Berlin
Die Achse des Exils führt in den Garten des Exils, der außerhalb des Libeskind-Baus liegt. 49 quadratisch angeordnete Stelen stehen auf einer schiefen Ebene. Daraus wachsen Ölweiden als Symbol der Hoffnung. 48 Stelen sind mit Erde aus Berlin gefüllt, die 49. Stele in der Mitte enthält Erde aus Jerusalem.
On Day 8 of the Tour du Mont Blanc, a magnificent walk along a ridge with vistas of Mont Blanc (right) and Aiguilles Verte and Drus (left)
Reyniskirkja Church, Vik
Apart from the amazing panorama of the village and beyond, the first thing that pops into sight as you round the corner into Vík í Mýrdal is the beautiful Reyniskirkja white church up on the hill which was built in 1929.
And then you also need to have time to just sit there and look in front of you...
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Und dann muss man ja auch noch Zeit haben, einfach da zu sitzen und vor sich hin zu schauen...
- Astrid Lindgren -
Copenhagen, Denmark
I have been traveling, and decided to share a recent image from Copenhagen. What a wonderful city and a photographer's delight. This shot is from Superkilen park, which affords plentiful opportunities for photography and having fun. I was glad to go there after having seen amazing shots from some of my friends!
Thanks for looking at my photos and your feedback. I hope to reciprocate soon!
She loved the sea. She liked the sharp salty smell of the air, and the vastness of the horizons bounded only by a vault of azure sky above. It made her feel small- but free as well.
George R. R. Martin, A Storm of Swords
Reynisdrangar are basalt sea stacks situated under the mountain Reynisfjall near the village Vík í Mýrdal, southern Iceland which is framed by a black sand beach that was ranked in 1991 as one of the ten most beautiful non-tropical beaches in the world.
Legend says that the stacks originated when two trolls dragged a three-masted ship to land unsuccessfully and when daylight broke they became needles of rock.
A repost to share the news that this photo got selected as the first prize winner for the FotoDC Faces of DC contest! Photos will be exhibited during Fotoweek DC November 2015. I am really thrilled about it!
www.fotodc.org/blog/2015/6/8/spring-contest-winners
... a split second shot as the train whizzed past a small sunlit section of a wall before disappearing into the tunnel ... sometimes we get lucky with the shot!
The Porta Nigra (Latin for "Black Gate") is an early Roman city gate built from 170 AD and is the symbol of the city of Trier.
The construction was started in 170 A.D. as the northern entrance to the city of Augusta Treverorum (Augustus city in the land of the Treverians). The dating of the gate was long disputed and ranged from the 2nd to the 4th century A.D. In January 2018, a dendrochronological examination of wooden remains of the city wall allowed the start of construction to be fixed at the year 170 A.D., as these had been cut down in 169/170.
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Die Porta Nigra (lateinisch für „Schwarzes Tor“) ist ein ab 170 n. Chr. errichtetes früheres römisches Stadttor und Wahrzeichen der Stadt Trier. Der Bau wurde 170 n. Chr. als nördlicher Zugang zur Stadt Augusta Treverorum (Augustus-Stadt im Land der Treverer) begonnen. Die Datierung des Tores war lange umstritten und reichte vom 2. bis zum 4. Jahrhundert n. Chr. Im Januar 2018 konnte der Baubeginn aufgrund einer dendrochronologischen Untersuchung von Holzresten der Stadtmauer auf das Jahr 170 n. Chr. festgeschrieben werden, da diese 169/170 gefällt worden waren.
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I took this the day before yesterday in the lobby of a large hotel.
Olympus OM-D E-M5
Olympus M.Zuiko 17mm F1.8
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A hiker gazing at the unforgettable, remote, almost mythical Kvalvika beach, Lofoten Islands, Norway - reached after a beautiful hike on grassy and rocky slopes, with vistas of the shimmering sea on all sides, and a long uphill slog to finally reach Ryten peak - with this breathtaking view over the desolate beach with waves crashing on its shores. The clouds swept in and out obscuring the view at times, but many intrepid hikers went out onto the rocky ledge on the cliff's edge to get their photos taken, not me! The hike was a bit easier by Norway standards, another bonus. The beach itself can only be reached hiking, but on the way down to it, we found that the footing was steep, rocky and treacherous, so we satisfied ourselves with the view from up above.
One of the few images taken with my DSLR!
Canon EOS 650D
EF-S 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 IS STM
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