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Photography from a flight over the North American prairies: the journey was from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan into the province of Alberta. A snow-covered landscape shows an interplay of light and shadows.
Photography from a flight over the North American prairies: the journey was from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan into the province of Alberta. A snow-covered landscape shows an interplay of light and shadows.
"Like a glowing jewel, the city lay upon the breast of the desert. Once it had known change and alteration, but now Time passed it by. Night and day fled across the desert's face, but in the streets of Diaspar it was always afternoon, and darkness never came. The long winter nights might dust the desert with frost, as the last moisture left in the thin air of Earth congealed - but the city knew neither heat nor cold. It had no contact with the outer world; it was a universe itself.
Men had built cities before, but never a city such as this. Some had lasted for centuries, some for millennia, before Time had swept away even their names. Diaspar alone had challenged Eternity, defending itself and all it sheltered against the slow attrition of the ages, the ravages of decay, and the corruption of rust.
Since the city was built, the oceans of Earth had passed away and the desert had encompassed all the globe. The last mountains had been ground to dust by the winds and the rain, and the world was too weary to bring forth more. The city did not care; Earth itself could crumble and Diaspar would still protect the children of its makers, bearing them and their treasures safely down the stream of time."
prologue from 'The City and the Stars' by Arthur C. Clarke (1956)
Amtrak 663 leads a westbound Keystone train over Dock Bridge into Newark Penn station. This was pretty much the only spot of sunlight that I saw that day...
The elevated Loop railway structure through and around the Loop area in Chicago. Amazing steel work and pillars supporting the public transport system built above the roads and traffic.
I hope everyone has a great 4th of July weekend, I will be spending on the Lake in Michigan! This is from last week's wedding when we did some rooftop portraits. Hope to get up here again soon for evening shots.
I had wanted to take this shot of the SF skyline for quite some time. No matter how much research I did I couldn’t figure out exactly how to get to this spot. After looking through maps and such I figured the only true way of getting there was to hike from the tourist areas of Treasure Island and descend down a steep slope to the shooting location.
This shot is actually the second attempt at this location. A week ago Aaron and I headed to this spot hoping to catch the holiday skyline with the Transamerica beacon lit. Despite seeing a beautiful sunset we were disappointed as the Transamerica light was not yet lit. Bummed we didn’t catch the ideal shot we decided to come here a second try after making sure the Transamerica light was lit via webcams. It seems like the light is lit at different times year to year for the holiday season. I had shot the skyline with the Transamerica light lit the previous year much earlier. On top of that I had shot this scene the previous week using my 24-70mm f/2.8 lens and I must say it produces some of the worst light stars. Therefore this time I used my 17-40mm f/4 lens that produces quite photogenic light stars but surely not as magnificent as the legendary 16-35mm light stars.
As blue hour approached we began firing off shot after shot. Then, much to our frustration, an incredibly slow tugboat began making its trek through the bridge and then just sat there waiting for a large freight ship to arrive during the best of the blue hour sky. Luckily the freight ship arrived quickly and moved much faster through the bridge and out of my framing. I fired off a long exposure shot and captured the traffic going across the top of the Bay Bridge as well. Though the sky was not as stunning as last week’s shot the lights were definitely more spectacular this week.
Happy holidays to all!
Canon 5D Mark II
EF 17-40mm f/4L
... bueno, y mientras trato de ponerme al día, una pregunta: ... y tú, dónde perdiste tú el tuyo? ... ah, no, me refería al pasaporte!!! ... LOL!!!
... well, and while I try to catch me up, a question: ... and you, where you lost yours? ... ah, no, I was referring to the passport!!! ... LOL!!!
... salud, buenas luces y toneladas de amor!!! / ... health, good lights and tons of love!!! ... xo♥ox ... =:o))))
... Music: a) "Ain't No Sunshine" (Bill Whiter) great cover by japanese Soul Bossa Trio + b) "Summer in the City" by The Lovin' Spoonful ............................................... enjoy your friday!!!!