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History & Coincidences Filled Random Panorama View Of Paris France From Top Of Eiffel Tower - IMRAN™
The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France is not just a beautiful monument to photograph, it also has among the most fabulous views of all of Paris on all sides. Even though I have been to Paris many times since my first visit in 1987, I love visiting and rediscovering the city.
The landmarks I recognize in this view include the Émile Anthoine Stadium in the foreground, the Seine river obviously, stretching into the distance, and the famous Trocadero to the far right of the frame. I had to crop out that bridge from this panorama because it was mangled in the photo from obstructions the camera could not get around. But other interesting places are seen too.
The circular building near the center of the frame on the right of the river is Radio France. Its address is 116 Avenue du President Kennedy (whom my German Shepherd is named to honor). There is another pair of interesting twists to that address.
If you look closely, halfway across the bridge exactly opposite that is a sight familiar to Americans who have not even been out of the country. It is the French replica of the Statue of Liberty! It was unveiled in 1889, exactly 100 years before I moved to the USA to attend Columbia University. The university is located at, ironically, 116th Street in Manhattan, in New York, the city where the larger Statue of Liberty monument is.
There are many more interesting facts I could share, but I call this a random view. I was not looking at anything in particular when I captured the scene. I used the dozen-years old at that time Nikon D300 to take as many photos as I could as the people around, as well as the jutting antennae and lightning rods, permitted.
This was combined into a passable panorama in Lightroom where some of the complex light conditions made it impossible to compensate for the bright sun and white and grey clouds. My friend Erik Droutman, who was with me on that trip to the top of the Eiffel Tower, was pointing towards a neighborhood to the right side of the picture in the distance where his grandmother's apartment is and that he grew up visiting.
We both were in Paris for a Microsoft meeting, whose office, incidentally is just to the left of the sixth bridge you see in the photo. Small world, big structures, great adventures, yet greatest is my gratitude to God for having blessed me to see and do all that I have.
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On our way home from watching Star Trek: Beyond, the skies started to flash with tremendous numbers of lightning bolts. It was a reminder of why the Tampa Bay area is known as the lightning capitol!
Taken with FujiFilm FinePix S8200. All Rights Reserved.
11 frames were used to catch this single discharge. This occurred at sunset so the skies were still to bright to take a long exposure (single frame).
I like the movement of light in this one ... almost like the light was just drifting in the wind.
Lightning, 2014.07.30, 8524
Seems about the right time to start posting more often ...
Thoughts?
Lightning illuminated strom cloud with Aurora Borealis above and rain below. - Near Golata Creek, BC
Was able to capture the only lightning bolt near my home in a storm the passed through around 11pm on 7/3. Much more rain and lightning to my north and south so I was fortunate to capture this one. Note also the scud clouds in the image as well.
A crazy lightning storm is blowing through Colorado tonight!! The city of Westminster is seen at the bottom of the frame. Thanks for stopping!!! Here it is on my site shotwilliam.smugmug.com/Other/Lightning/18846519_n8znkk#!...
did everything wrong in this photograph:
1. My ISO was way too high
2. My aperture was too low
3, My exposure was too fast!
4. I did not use the tripod
It is incredible - everything that I could have done wrong I did. The only correct thing was that I switched from auto focusing to manual.
It really helps to read first before you attempt to do something that one has never done before. My problem was that the storm was going away and I had no time for research so I just started shooting the way I intuitively felt was best....
There is nothing like a learning experience......
Taken during the afternoon of 16 July 20 using Nikon P950 in video mode. Video captured 14 frames which were stacked and lightened in Photoshop.
These strikes were between 6 and 10 miles away.
A stack of 4 images was used to produce this composite. Taken near Santa Fe, New Mexico at about the time of sunset.
Oh, and that's a large spider in the upper left.
There was a long and amazing lightshow in the sky above Stoke on Trent tonight. Endless lightning with no rain and so warm. The sky and clouds lit up with sheet and fork lightning.
While I missed the Perseid Meteor Shower, I was treated to a supercell with continuous lightning for over an hour.
There was a severe lightning storm over Prince George in the distance. We had a beautiful display looking back towards it out at Ness Lake although we lost power for a couple of hours.
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A nice display of lightning from a storm passing about 10 miles away. It's a composite of six frames triggered by a Pluto remote.
- www.kevin-palmer.com - After heavy rain and many close lightning strikes, this storm moved off to the east of the Black Hills.
These Lightning Whelks were found at Lovers Key Nature Reserve and Naples Beach, Florida. Lovers Key is one of the best beaches for a wide variety of shells and wildlife. Don't forget your insect repellent if you visit Lovers Key!
The state symbol for Texas.
Large and distinctive; the lovely Lightning Whelk is found only in the Gulf of Mexico and Southeast Atlantic coast of the USA. Most spiraling shells open to the right with a rare specimen opening to the left. The Lightning Whelk' s Latin name (Busycon contrarium) indicates its contrary nature, as it normally opens left. Lightning Whelks grow to one foot in length, though 15 inches has been recorded. Strong summer storms often wash large shells ashore - if you should find a live Whelk, please put it back in the water where it belongs.
These shells have inhabited our waters for 60 million years and have been significant to cultures in our history. Indians used whelks as food, housewares and weapons; remains have been discovered in burial grounds.
#22. Reflection 115 pictures in 2015
Reflected, theme for The Creative Challenge
A cloud-to-ground lightning strike occurring in a rain curtain. The distant light comes from the nearby city.
With the forecast for thunderstoms building through the day and into the evening, I had the stormwatch radar going from lunchtime.
Sorms built over Brittany then drifted over the Channel Islands and up the Channel towards us. Until just before midninght, we just saw flashes of storms from the distance. But a massive storm settled over east Kent lighting the sky up for half an hour, before just petering out.
At the end, many flashes of lightning overhead, but no thunder.
My first lightning shot, almost from the front door. Taken in 1987 on slide film with a Nikkormat FT2 or the Nikon F3HP. not even sure anymore ;)
Location: Oakbank, Manitoba, Canada
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Beautiful storm tonight! So far, lightning but no rain, which are the best conditions for photography. I keep thinking the rain is about to hit, but so far the clear lighting bolts are going strong.
Spectacular electrical storms often spawn near the Louisiana coast. Lightning strikes the ground, above the clouds, and travels great distances through the clouds. I captured this photo with CHDK and a motion detection script (see this post for more details).
An F-35B lightning II from VMFA-211 "Avengers" takes off from MCAS Yuma for a demo during the 2017 MCAS Yuma Air Show.
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The storm was approaching, however, out of laziness and because I was afraid of ruining my equipment under the pouring rain, I did not go out and instead I waited for the storm at home.
I frame the picture and I waited, until finally, the lightning happend! I shot as soon as I saw the first ray, and kept the shutter open for the whole lightning.
Reflex: Nikon D300 - Lens: Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF ED DX - Focal length: 30mm - Diaphragm aperture: f/7.1 - Exposure time: Bulb 1.2s - ISO sensitivity: 200
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