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There's an immense gulf between my persona as a photographer and that of a photo processor. I liken it to the Victorian tale of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The Jekyll in me is the image processor. A meticulous man, he concerns himself with histograms and pixels, clarity and contrast. The Hyde in me (the photographer) cares little about such things. He wanders about with his camera, acting something like a cross between a psychic medium and someone witching for underground water wells with a divining rod. My Jekyll is a meticulous man who spends untold hours in front of his computer, trying to manipulate and extract meaning from the tons of raw material that Hyde dumps on him. Meanwhile time means nothing to Mr. Hyde; he can complete his work in three hours or three minutes. While Dr. Jekyll sees only the pixels on his monitor, Mr. Hyde seems to see everything but the pixels; in many cases he's responding to things he can neither hear nor see, let alone capture with his camera. Yet as divergent as these two are, they are co-dependent. One cannot complete his work without the other. I've thought about bringing Dr. Jekyll with me on location by means of connecting the camera to a tablet and being able to study compositions as they are being captured. While that might work in some situations, it sounds to me like a good way to kill off the spontaneity on which Hyde thrives. One way I've discovered to appease Jekyll without placing undue restraint on Hyde is to shoot multiple angles and bracket heavily. Nothing pisses off Jekyll more than having limited choices when selecting images to process. Even minute changes of camera angle and exposure can make or break an image. This small figurine is a case in point. Jekyll recognized the potential for a good image, but could not comprehend in the moment how to compose it, or critically in this case, determine the most effective camera height and angle. So he tried multiple angles and brackets, and is so often the case, didn't even bother to review them. He just walked off leaving the final decisions to Dr. Jekyll. Quite a pair these two.
That immense art-deco building is amazing. When it was built in 1930 for the sale of wholesale goods it was the largest building in the world. It measured 372,000 square metres and was so big it had its own postal zipcode. Its architect was Alfred P. Shaw (1895-1970).
The bascule Franklin Street Bridge (1920) is now open for repairs.
Despite the immense machine of the First Galactic Empire, it still came down to boots on the ground and highly trained soldiers to carry out the will of the Emperor. They were even trained to miss targets when called on to. Forward Scouttroopers were the last of the "Light" world soldiers before you would be recruited into the "Shadow" soldiers ranks. FST's could work independently and with over sight for extended periods of time. Two man fire teams would search for insurgents for months on end with minimal support. They were extremely efficient and effective.
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Africa
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Photograph the immense power and beauty of Victoria Falls, one of the largest waterfalls in the world. The thundering water and mist create a dramatic and awe-inspiring landscape.
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I had the immense pleasure to attend the opening ceremony of the Paralympic games 2012 based here in London.
The stadium is based in East London, and was built specifically for the Games. After the Games have finished, the top tier will be removed and the Stadium reduced to a 60000 capacity before the rented out to a successful bidder.
This was one of the last opportunities to see the stadium in it's full splendour and what a spectacle it was. I won't bore you all with all the firework pictures I took (unless you guys like them??) but I thought I'd start the ball rolling with this one - just as the Queen stated the Games open.
An immense star, 13 times more massive than our sun, 220,000 times brighter and surface temperature is 18.6 times hotter.
12,000 light years from us this star, WR 7, sends it's intense solar winds to excite intersteller gases. These gasses create a bubble like shape crisscrossed with bright streams of gas
The horned like shape it wears gave it it's name.
Taken from a bortle 3 site and stil missing the luminence channel
TS-Optics 125mm, ZWO ASI2600MM, Antilla RGB filters
The immense and convoluted wilderness of rock in the heart of The Needles district is one of the most strange, fascinating and shockingly beautiful places I've ever visited. A person could disappear for weeks, if not forever, in a place like this. It absolutely begs to be explored - Canyonlands National Park, Utah
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It was too darn windy and couldnt get to focus stack these flowers but nevertheless it was a great scene to capture the wild flowers and the east bay hill of the bay area..
The immense and convoluted wilderness of rock in the heart of The Needles district is one of the most fascinatingly weird places I've ever visited. A person could disappear for weeks, if not forever, in a place like this. It absolutely begs to be explored. Bonus points if you can find the arch in this photo - Canyonlands National Park, Utah
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The immense complexity of Tokyo unfolds beneath a sky heavy with evening cloud from the vantage of the first deck of the Tokyo Skytree, Japan.
Our family had never visited Japan and we opted to stay for a week tacked on to a family visit to Hong Kong, splitting our time between the mountains near Nagano and the incredible human hive that is Tokyo. The Tokyo Skytree is the second highest building in the world and still quite a bit shorter than the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. My youngest son is oddly fascinated with the world's tallest buildings, so we made time to ride the ridiculously fast elevator up to the eyrie above the city. It ascends 350 vertical meters in approximately 50 ear-popping seconds. There is a shorter, faster-moving queue maintained for foreign tourists, which is a very thoughtful gesture. However, the crowds packing the observation deck make one feel as if bees actually have quite a spacious arrangement. On this particular evening, the full moon was rising on the eastern side of the tower and the sun was setting on the western side. I had thought to photograph both phenomena but this proved impossible as the humanity was so dense and viscous that I could not navigate from one side to the other quickly enough to capture both photographs.
It was difficult for me to comprehend the reality of this many people in the same place. As of 2014 Tokyo is the largest city in the world with over 38 million people calling the greater megalopolis home. That's over 2,600 people in every square kilometer. The numbers simply transcend meaning to my mind.
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Planet Impero
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I fall asleep enchanted by the immense landscape of a distant universe. There are no words to describe the deep peace I felt in front of this view. In front of this magnificent view, I forget that I am even alive. It's like I'm not alive. It's like there's no time. I am in deep silence.
These are my last days on this planet that I'm exploring. I started making preparations for my next space trip. Soon I will be traveling through deep space again to discover a new planet and find the plunonians.
Keep following me.
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
quand les immenses vagues rejoignent les nuages sombres et menaçants , quand la nature dans toute sa puissance dévoile sa beauté sauvage.
when the immense waves join the dark and threatening clouds, when nature in all its power reveals its wild beauty
The tunnels of Củ Chi are an immense network of connecting underground tunnels located in the Củ Chi District of Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam, and are part of a much larger network of tunnels that underlie much of the country. The Củ Chi tunnels were the location of several military campaigns during the Vietnam War, and were the Viet Cong's base of operations for the Tết Offensive in 1968.
The tunnels were used by Viet Cong soldiers as hiding spots during combat, as well as serving as communication and supply routes, hospitals, food and weapon caches and living quarters for numerous North Vietnamese fighters. The tunnel systems were of great importance to the Viet Cong in their resistance to American forces, and helped to counter the growing American military effort.
The 75-mile (121 km)-long complex of tunnels at Củ Chi has been preserved by the government of Vietnam, and turned into a war memorial park with two different tunnel display sites, Ben Dinh and Ben Duoc. The tunnels are a popular tourist attraction, and visitors are invited to crawl around in the safer parts of the tunnel system. The Ben Duoc site contains part of the original tunnel system, while the Ben Dinh site, closer to Saigon, has tunnel reconstructions and some tunnels have been made larger to accommodate the larger size of Western tourists. In both sites low-power lights have been installed in the tunnels to make traveling through them easier, and both sites have displays of the different types of booby traps that were used. Underground conference rooms where campaigns such as the Tết Offensive were planned in 1968 have been restored, and visitors may enjoy a simple meal of food that Viet Cong fighters would have eaten.
Nearly 2km southeast of Moulay Ismail's mausoleum, Heri Es Souani, the king's immense granaries and stables, were ingeniously designed. Tiny ceiling windows, massive walls and a system of underfloor water channels kept the temperatures cool and air circulating. Incredibly the building provided stabling and food for 12,000 horses, and Moulay Ismail regarded it as one of his finest architectural projects. The giant vaults are impressive and atmospheric – particularly in the darkest corners – with original cedar wood doors leaning against the walls.
Meknes is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco, located in northern central Morocco and the sixth largest city by population in the kingdom. Founded in the 11th century by the Almoravids as a military settlement, Meknes became capital of Morocco under the reign of Sultan Moulay Ismaïl (1672–1727), son of the founder of the Alaouite dynasty. Moulay Ismaïl turned Meknes into an impressive city in Spanish-Moorish style, surrounded by high walls with great doors, where the harmonious blending of the Islamic and European styles of the 17th century Maghreb are still evident today. The city recorded a population of 632,079 in the 2014 Moroccan census. It is the seat of Meknès Prefecture and an important economic pole in the region of Fès-Meknès.
Le Colisée (Colosseo en italien), à l'origine amphithéâtre Flavien, est un immense amphithéâtre ovoïde situé dans le centre de la ville de Rome, entre l'Esquilin et le Cælius, le plus grand jamais construit dans l'Empire romain. Il est l'une des plus grandes œuvres de l'architecture et de l'ingénierie romaines.
Témoignage monumental de la propagande flavienne, sa construction, juste à l'est du Forum Romain, a commencé entre 70 et 72 apr. J.-C., sous l'empereur Vespasien, et s'est achevée en 80 sous Titus. D'autres modifications ont ensuite été apportées au cours du règne de Domitien (81-96)2. Le nom d'amphithéâtre Flavien dérive du nom de famille de l'empereur Vespasien et ses fils Titus et Domitien.
Pouvant accueillir probablement 50 000 spectateurs (les estimations plus anciennes de 80 000 spectateurs, soit un douzième de la population romaine, étant exagérées), le Colisée, témoin de l'évergétisme impérial, a été utilisé pour les venationes (combats d'animaux sauvages), les munera (combats de gladiateurs) et autres spectacles publics, tels que des exécutions de condamnés à mort, des reconstitutions de batailles célèbres et des drames basés sur la mythologie romaine. Il est resté en service pendant près de 500 ans, les derniers jeux se prolongeant jusqu'au vie siècle. Pour l'inauguration du Colisée, en 80 apr. J.-C., Titus donne une naumachie dans le Colisée transformé en bassin reconstituant la bataille navale de Corinthe contre Corcyre. Le bâtiment a finalement cessé d'être utilisé au cours du haut Moyen Âge. Il a plus tard été réutilisé pour des usages variés tels que des habitations, des ateliers d'artisans, le siège d'un ordre religieux, une forteresse, une carrière et un sanctuaire catholique chrétien.
The Colosseum (Colosseo in Italian), originally a Flavian amphitheater, is a huge ovoid amphitheater located in the center of the city of Rome, between the Esquiline and the Cælius, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire. It is one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and engineering.
A monumental testimony to Flavian propaganda, its construction, just east of the Roman Forum, began between 70 and 72 AD. BC, under the emperor Vespasian, and ended in 80 under Titus. Further modifications were then made during the reign of Domitian (81-96)2. The name Flavian Amphitheater derives from the family name of the emperor Vespasian and his sons Titus and Domitian.
Possibly accommodating 50,000 spectators (older estimates of 80,000 spectators, or a twelfth of the Roman population, being exaggerated), the Colosseum, a witness to imperial euergetism, was used for venationes (wild animal fights ), munera (gladiator fights), and other public spectacles, such as executions of death row inmates, reenactments of famous battles, and dramas based on Roman mythology. It remained in use for almost 500 years, with the last games lasting into the sixth century. For the inauguration of the Colosseum, in 80 AD. BC, Titus gives a naumachia in the Colosseum transformed into a basin reenacting the naval battle of Corinth against Corcyra. The building eventually ceased to be used during the early Middle Ages. It was later reused for various uses such as housing, artisan workshops, the seat of a religious order, a fortress, a quarry and a Catholic Christian sanctuary.
A group of tourists take in an endless lava field at Leirhnjukur, Iceland. I was standing a good 300+ metres away from the folks in my frame and the expanse of desolation beyond those people was immense. A truly inhospitable landscape.
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This is an immense sea of clouds, somehow distributed into levels of height, photographed at dawn on September 28th 2012 from the summit of Mount Rocciamelone (3,538 m), Italy.
Yes, this is not the view from an airplane, but from the top of a very high mountain, after spending the night up there.
I have seen countless times clouds from above, anyhow that morning I was struck by the geometric distribution of the elements (different types of clouds) and colors... all aesthetically brought me back to some paintings, mostly abstract.
I think it's a good way of understanding landscape photography, despite no land can be seen here :-)) given the height of the clouds and my vantage point.
Nevertheless, It's always nice to find something out of the usual cliché... and above all to have the privilege of being able to see it, with my own eyes... that's what really matters! Absolutely.
Then if a photograph can be taken, oh well, why not!
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A woman trudges up the immense dunes; tracks of a large animal to her immediate left. The desert is darkened by the clouds generated by the cold South Atlantic current of the ocean in the background. Ships wait to enter the port of Walvis Bay. Walvis is an English corruption of the German Walfisch = whale. Namibia was originally the German colony of Southwest Africa. From a slide.
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Little lamb leaning onto this immense and old tree for company, protection, maybe a good tale of the old times ... Happy Tree-mendous Tuesday!
Yes, tall, immense, big, wow...those were a few of the adjectives and expressions that came to mind standing at this overlook to Chimney Rock. Later that afternoon I'd hike some switchbacks up the side and on top of the bluff with some amazing overlooks. For now though, I was just savoring the moments and trying to adjust the exposure as best I could, given the bright sunlight from the early afternoon hours.
Agra, India.
(From the archives)
An immense mausoleum of white marble, built in Agra between 1631 and 1648 by order of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favourite wife Mumtaz Mahal, the Taj Mahal is the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage.
Agra, Inde.
(Dans les archives)
Immense mausolée de marbre blanc, construit à Agra entre 1631 et 1648 sur ordre de l'empereur moghol Shah Jahan à la mémoire de son épouse favorite Mumtaz Mahal, le Taj Mahal est le joyau de l'art musulman en Inde et l'un des chefs-d'œuvre du patrimoine mondial universellement admiré.
Traverso RABe526 209/109 unterwegs als IR 26 "Treno Gottardo" Olten - Locarno (Immensee, 19.07.2022).
Foto © Roger Gerber.
The backdrop to the wonderful Mill Garden, Warwick. The immense castle looming on my right.
Spanning the River Avon (I think there are about 5 Avons in England, this is the one that a few miles downstream flows past Stratford.)
This is the remains of the of the medieval bridge, south of the town that carried the Banbury road, not important in itself but linking the county towns of Warwick, Oxford and Buckingham, the centres of power and influence in the area before they declined in the onslaught of the vast wealth and 'new money' of the industrial revolution.
It is not clear exactly when the bridge was built, but references to it have been found from as early as 1208. Now three of the arches survive in this picturesque state of ruination.
A little too picturesque perhaps as the bridge seems to have just been left to decay, the further two arches swamped by greenery and the stonework that I can see looks ready to collapse in places.
The shallows were full of small fish, larger than minnows, I don't know what they were.
A wonderful backdrop to the the 'must visit' charity garden of Mill Garden. Entrance £3.
(Wish I'd toned down a little the pesky over saturation that Pentax cameras are known for. Its all a bit spiky.)
It is an immense pleasure to announce [Chris Two Designs] #1 Freedom NFT, now available at OpenSea opensea.io/assets/0x495f947276749ce646f68ac8c248420045cb7...
Do you know what NFTs are? NFT stand for Non-Fungible Token. Trying to simplify as much as possible, it is a certificate of authenticity to digital assets, for the first time, giving creators, artists, designers, and more a chance to be discovered and earn real money for their creations online!
This immense waterfall plunges to the vast canyon below - although barren, this landscape still looks wonderful with an array of colours and shapes running through it in southern Iceland.
Der Bahnhof Immensee ist immer wieder für einen kurzen Trainspotting-Trip bestens geeignet. Mir gefällt insbesondere die Hintergrund-Kulisse mit Blick auf den Wildspitz/Gnipen sowie über den Zugersee.
An immense valley of karst peaks spread over hundreds of miles through the terrain of Hunan province in Southern China.
Zhangjiajie national forest is one of China's finest natural attractions, and a clear inspiration for the movie 'Avatar'.
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Steller's Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus pelagicus
An immense and rare bird, the Steller’s Sea eagle is a true behemoth, weighing almost double that of the Bald eagle. It’s unmistakable with its handsome black and white plumage and tremendous orange beak. There are just 5,000 or so Steller’s Sea eagles left in the wild, so where do they live?
Steller’s Sea eagles have a very small distribution range. They breed only in eastern Russia, along the coasts and islands of the Sea of Okhotsk and Bering Sea. Most breed in the remote Kamchatka peninsula, on Sakhalin island, and in Amurland, at the Russia-China border.
In the winter, these eagles head south to the Kuril Islands, Russia, and Hokkaido island, Japan, particularly Shiretoko and Furen-ko. Some wintering birds end up as far south as Korea and Taiwan, though this has become exceptionally rare in the past two to three decades.
This is a captive one seen at Noah's Ark Bristol
Picauville, Normandie, Manche, France
Dès octobre, l’abondance des pluies hivernales fait déborder les rivières. Le territoire devient alors un immense plan d’eau.
C’est un phénomène naturel et profitable puisque le lit des rivières se répand sur les champs pour les fertiliser. Au printemps, ils redeviennent des pâturages riches pour les chevaux et les vaches.
L'expression que les « marais sont blancs » est attestée depuis le 18e siècle. On utilise aussi l'expression « blanchie ».
From October, abundant winter rainfall causes the rivers to overflow their banks. The territory then becomes an immense body of water.
It is a natural and profitable phenomenon since the river beds spread over the fields to fertilize them. In spring, they once again become rich pastures for horses and cows.
The expression that “the marshes are white” has been attested since the 18th century. We also use the expression “bleached”.
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Immense coast redwood trees in an old growth forest, Humboldt Redwoods State Park.
On an early June day our long driving loop took us out to the Lost Coast on a narrow, winding, somewhat lonely, and very scenic road. After dropping precipitously from coastal mountains to an isolated beach it followed to coast south for several miles before again turning inland. The route eventually passed though small hamlets (with the tell-tale plastic covered greenhouses in abundance) and began to climb drier, inland ridges. Finally it once again dropped steeply, entering one of the quietest and most still redwood forest groves I have been in.
After the long drive it was time to stop and this seemed a perfect place. Before long we decided to get out camera equipment and simply wander for a while in the still forest of giant old-growth trees. Even after years of visiting the coastal redwoods, it still surprised me to see how dark it is along the forest floor — little light makes it down from the crowns of the trees hundreds of feet above. This photograph looks off into the forest, and if you inspect it closely you may notice that, aside from the foreground ferns, the entire scene is comprised of the trees.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.
A blustery day at the coast, Haven Brow stand majestic as the first one of the Seven Sisters range of chalk cliffs
You can scale the height of the cliff by the person in red on the beach and the others standing on top.
Had to be careful with camera as so much sea spray in the air.
Cuckmere Haven, East Sussex - UK
I like tilted landscapes. I think the tilt helps me to capture the feeling of vertigo that I experience when faced with the immense task of capturing such grandeur. To seek the art in such a sky is not to document but to interpret -- to express. Here the picture is incomplete, allowing the mind to imagine what else might lay beyond the frame. There is something about how the clouds and the bridge line up -- the tilt connects them in a sweeping ark.
If you want to see this picture in a panorama without the tilt, you can look in my timeline. Compare them, and you will see what I mean. They are completely different viewing experiences.
My friend told me that it takes her a while before she sees tilted landscapes as acceptable. She usually likes them eventually, but it takes a certain perspective. I think most Flickr users agree, as my tilted landscapes don't get as many favs. That's okay, it's not like I get paid for my Flickr.
Central in Miraflores is this immense archeological site, Huaca (=Sacred) Pucllana (=Games). The adobe-bricked structure was used in succession - bascially for religious and funereal purposes - by three pre-Incan cultures: Lima, Wari and Ychsma. It's a fascinating place, though dry and hot (wear a hat). Archeological digging is going on. Fascinating, too, is a large vegetable garden that cultivates plants purportedly used for food and rites in those cultures. One of the plants in flower this morning was this Golden Berry, Aguaymanto in Spanish and Physalis peruviana in great Carolus Linnaeus's scientific Latin. The Berry is great for vitamins.
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Cet oiseau est immense et son plumage absolument magnifique. Ce fut une belle découverte dans le Parc aux Oiseaux de Villars Les Dombes, nous étions dans leur volière superbement construite dans la nature avec des arbres, un plan d'eau , des gros rochers desquels ils s'envolent en nous rasant la tête littéralement.
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This bird is huge and absolutely beautiful plumage. It was a great discovery in the Park of Birds to Villars Dombes, we were in their aviary built superbly in nature with trees, a pond, large rocks which they fly in us literally shaved head.
An immense, desolate view across the Atlantic Ocean. If you kept on going in a straight line from here for 1000km or so you'd hit the Portuguese mainland.
Like all migratory shorebirds, this kōlea lives in an immense world. Kōlea migrate to Hawaii after a five-month summer breeding season in arctic Alaska. The trip spans approximately 3,000 miles of open ocean requiring an exhaustive 3 to 4 days and nights of nonstop flight. Incredibly, some will continue their marathon semiannual migration to oceanic islands of the southern Pacific resulting in an annual round trip total of about 15,000 miles. Their fledglings set off from the tundra searching for an island and a suitable territory a month or two after the adults have departed. Many first-year birds probably miss landfall and perish at sea. Survivors are superb navigators with territorial fidelity, using the stars and the earth’s magnetic field to find their way over the featureless ocean to the same small patch of land every year. They may use the earth’s magnetic field visually with the magnetoreception molecules of cryptochrome in their retina.
Lake Titicaca - Uros floating islets 20221123
In the immense Andean highlands is where you can find Lake Titicaca, the largest high-altitude lake in the world. Its waters are home to mysterious and fantastic floating Uros islands that contain a unique cultural wealth. Of course, this is because their predominantly indigenous inhabitants still maintain their traditions coming from many centuries ago, even before the Incas. That is why many scholars consider Lake Titicaca as the cradle of the Sun and the Inca Empire and the floating islands are proof of it.
The Uros islets are several craft-floating islands made of aquatic reeds called Totora, where Andean inhabitants live since immemorial time, maintaining their costumes, traditions, and lifestyle, completely isolated from the world, floating eternally in the waters of Lake Titicaca. The islands are around 60 to 70 in total. However, the quantity may change every year, because each island can merge with another or disappear and its inhabitants moving to another larger island and join other islanders.
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