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- Strong wind and beautiful, breaking waves created a subtle mist along the shore which created a nice, diffusing effect, even if I had to clean my filters every 2 or 3 shots.
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As the high tide quickly advanced I got soaked by this wave, leaving camera, filter and myself all wet and surprised.
Canon 5D, 17-40mm f/4, polarizer, gnd filter.
- Fine art prints: www.leeseungkye.com
- Blog: seungkyelee.wordpress.com/
- Perfectly still water at Tyrifjorden and a silk-like reflection.
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This was shot at the most colorful moment that evening and it lasted only around 5-8 minutes before the red and yellow disappeared and cold fog rolled in.
Canon 5D, 17-40mm f/4, polarizer, gnd filter.
- Fine art prints: www.leeseungkye.com
- Blog: seungkyelee.wordpress.com/
I just read the sad news. After an extended battle with cancer, the Founder of Luminous-Landscape, Michael Reichmann, has passed away. I had emailed him in the past about my app. He not only bought my app right away but also mentioned it on his lula site to show his encourgement. My condolence to Lula team and his family. This photo is for you, Michael.
Worth viewing large on white... - view the entire Lightning set
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Another from the lightning series I took, and I got more...
See some other killer strikes in my previous post or just below in the comment section.
More about lightning on this Wikipedia page.
Explore #97 on 2009-08-21
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Large on white looks is worth a look - view the entire Lightning set
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Tonight it was Mother Nature steeling the show completely. It just couldn't be missed or overlooked. Oh boy, I've got a great series out of this thunderfest! I knew it was coming and I waited for these moment whole day long. Pure excitement and pure visual violence as storm gathered overhead, sideways and in front or me. No shelter in these open fields but the car, which is quite typical in this part of the Netherlands. Multiple exposure times were made, varying from 10 to 100 seconds, and most of them are filled with big fat lightening bolts.
However, the excitement changed into the urge for precaution because this stuff should be taken seriously. More so because I heard on the radio that a woman got struck and killed by lightning of today. For this reason I want to dedicate this one to her and her family.
Also I guess I saw some shorter form of a ball lightning this evening, but I'm not sure because I have no reference, unfortunately. I guess that would be the ultimate goal to capture such a scarce event. The only reference of a ball lightning - or fireballs if you like - I know came from a a student back in 1987. However, I've heard and seen several stories along with some evidence of fireballs entering houses, schools and churches and craters in gardens caused by this yet unknown event.
Anyway, if you ever decide to go outside shooting lightning, here's an informative site about 1.21 Gigawatts!": The Real Facts About Lightning
More about lightning on this Wikipedia page.
Explore #8 on 2009-08-20 Thank you so much.
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I love lots of things in my life. Even if there's no bluebonnets this year, I'll always have my pretty Red Clover by my side!! Taken last year~
So today is my first Flickr anniversary. After being tagged numerous times, I figured this would be as a good a time as any to get this over with.
I also think it's a good time to thank all of you for the time you spend viewing and commenting on my work. You are an enormously talented group and I never cease to be amazed by the quality of the images I get to see in my contacts streams every day. I count you all as friends and I value that friendship immensely.
Anyway, enough of the sappy stuff. Here are ten random things you probably have no interest in whatsoever...
1. I was born in Blackpool England. It was a dirty old seaside town where the working classes took their boozy, bawdy vacations. It rained almost constantly. It's heyday was a hundred years earlier and it had been deteriorating ever since. It was probably the greatest place in the world to grow up.
2. When I was 15, my best buddy and I got a one day gig with Eric Clapton's road crew when he played in my hometown. We worked so hard loading and unloading the gear and setting up the stage that they wanted to hire us full time. It was the beginning of Clapton's world tour and we could be a part of it. It was either that or finish school. I'm still kicking myself.
3. When I was 16, I was in a rock band. We played heavy progressive rock stuff - Led Zeppelin and the like. We hadn't had a haircut in years. One day our guitarist showed up to our practice wide eyed and pale and visibly shaken. He put the Sex Pistols "Never Mind The Bollocks" on the turntable and things were never the same again. We spent the next 24 hours ripping up our tee shirts and safety pinning them back together. And we all finally got a haircut.
4. When I was 19, I came to the States with a group of friends. It was Summer and we headed straight to the beach. We charged into the warm waters of the Pacific, yelling and screaming with excitement. About 15 minutes later we were puking seawater on the beach after the lifeguards pulled us out of the rip current that almost drowned us. Lesson learned.
5. I went to college with Luminous Landscape. We took a photography course together. We lost touch for almost 30 years. Thanks to the the internet and pure dumb luck, we reconnected. After all that time, he inspired me to pick up a camera again. I don't think I will ever be able to thank him enough for that.
6. About 10 years ago my wife and I had a trip planned with another couple. We were to visit their home towns on the East Coast. They grew up in Cape Cod and the Hamptons and we had never been. At the last minute some work issues arose and they had to cancel. We decided there was no point in going without them so we postponed the trip. The return flight that we were booked on and miraculously had to cancel was American Airlines Flight 11 from Boston to Los Angeles, on the morning of September 11th. 2001.
7. Food - Italian. Wine - Californian. Cars - German. Women - American (preferably born and raised in San Francisco, of English and Dutch ancestry and with an amazing ability to put up with my bullshit)
8. I trust most dogs more than I trust most people. This is of course a very broad generalization and there are some very notable exceptions to the rule. Jack Russell Terriers, for example. I learned that one the hard way.
9. I think that the sport of boxing is the purest and most admirable expression of athletic skill, inner strength and raw courage. The officiating, of course, is another matter entirely.
10. I've recently learned that I am substantially less comfortable in front of the camera than behind it. I've also discovered that trying to come up with 10 facts about yourself that you are not too embarrassed, paranoid, ashamed or self-deprecating to share is way more difficult and time consuming than it sounds. I will therefor not be tagging anyone in particular but I would extend an open invitation to any and all of you to give it a shot sometime. No pun intended.
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Coming empty-handed, going empty-handed -- that is human.
When you are born, where do you come from?
When you die, where do you go?
Life is like a floating cloud which appears.
Death is like a floating cloud which disappears.
The floating cloud itself originally does not exist.
Life and death, coming and going, are also like that.
But there is one thing which always remains clear.
It is pure and clear, not depending on life and death.
Then what is the one pure and clear thing?
- 대선사
Zen Master Seung Sahn, 1927- Nov. 30, 2004.
- About the image:
Ice layer on the water, clouds low in the horizon and fog diffusing the light
making the whole scene kind of surreal at Tyrifjord, Norway.
As the heavy clouds and fog came drifting silently and
sky turned gold over perfectly still water,
I suddenly came to think of this poem by the late korean Zen Master Seung Sahn.
With the poem in mind, I wanted to shoot an image giving a sense of space,
impermanence and the feeling of presence in the fleeting moment.
Canon 5D, 17-40mm f/4, polarizer, gnd filter.
- Fine art prints: www.leeseungkye.com
- Blog: seungkyelee.wordpress.com/
中橫公路
Taiwan 2007
A short break in Taiwan, Jim and I went to the mountains
To feel
Its Emptiness
橫看成嶺側成峰，遠近高低各不同，不"識"廬山真面目，只緣身在此山中
A Chinese poem from Song Dynasty (AD960~1279)
From 蘇軾 題西林寺壁
對我而言, 台灣的山景本來就饒富詩意.
多年前 在霧社的山間住了一個禮拜, 每天雲來霧往
只可惜當時沒有好好紀錄整個歷程
這次回到台灣, 時間很短
帶著美國友人花了十二個小時龜速橫越山間
只想讓他見識台灣的美好
台灣美的地方很多
不堪的也不少
所以我嘗試從友人的眼中重新認識台灣
重新認識我生長的土地
- The colors are how they came out of the camera, due to the long expo. (30 sec.) and
an incredibly colorful sunset earlier that evening.
I wanted the best positioning of the powerful elements as possible and chose this one to be the best out of 3 exposures.
All rights reserved. © copyright by Seung Kye Lee
- Fine art prints: www.leeseungkye.com
- Blog: seungkyelee.wordpress.com/
Larger on white - view the entire Lightning set
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Chasing thunderstorms last night and Pfew... What a thrill!. Particularly when you're in the middle of nowhere, far from the safety of a building, surrounded by kilometers of flat landscape, near coast and surrounded by hundreds of bolts: big, long, bright and scary ones.
Most definitely the heaviest thunderstorm I witnessed in 20 years or so. The weather condition was a heaven for any thunderstorm junky. Changes that you were able to photograph even some beautiful strikes in a row were almost a 100 percent. And yes, I got more nice shots from this series, I'm not finished yet...
However, the experience of photographing thunderstorms with a DSLR is relatively new for me and it has already taught me a couple of lessons for the next time. Apart from technical stuff in regards to exposure and maybe better not mounting an ultra-wide angle again, I learned that when things go really insane a prober shelter is all you need. Fortunately my car provided some immediate and effective safety from being struck by multiple bolts.
After a hot day, 33 degrees, the change was 100% that we'd have some huge thunderstorms yesterday almost covering the entire country, starting in the afternoon somewhere in the Southern provinces of the Netherlands.
Tech info: 30s at f/4, 24mm, ISO 100.
Location: In the middle of nowhere, somewhere in the province of Groningen, the Netherlands.
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Came back to the same tree where I took some photos the year before last year. They did not look different, but I am not the same.
Worth viewing large on white - view the entire Lightning set
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Another from the lightning series I took, and I got more...
See some other killer strikes in my previous post or just below in the comment section.
More about lightning on this Wikipedia page.
Explore #484 on 2009-08-22
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The sun leans gently into the horizon, painting the dunes in liquid gold. A woman stands still, rooted like an ancient tree, yet light as wind. Her silhouette dances with the fading light, a quiet hymn to the setting day. The sand cradles her steps, tracing stories soon to be swept away by the whispers of the evening breeze.
In this fleeting moment, time dissolves. The mountains bow in the distance, and the sky hums softly, wrapping the earth in warmth. The delicate lace that adorns her moves like petals in the air – fragile, yet woven with strength. She stands not against nature, but with it, becoming a thread in the vast, eternal fabric of land and sky.
This is not merely sunset; it is a symphony of stillness. In the heart of Florianópolis, where the dunes stretch like ocean waves, the ordinary melts into the extraordinary. The dance of shadow and light leaves behind an unspoken truth – that beauty exists in the quiet, the pause, the breath between one step and the next.
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O sol repousa suavemente no horizonte, pintando as dunas com ouro líquido. Uma mulher permanece imóvel, enraizada como uma árvore antiga, mas leve como o vento. Sua silhueta dança com a luz que se apaga, um hino silencioso ao dia que se despede. A areia acolhe seus passos, traçando histórias que logo serão apagadas pelos sussurros da brisa noturna.
Nesse instante fugaz, o tempo se dissolve. As montanhas se curvam à distância, e o céu canta baixo, envolvendo a terra em calor. A renda delicada que a veste se move como pétalas no ar – frágil, mas tecida com força. Ela não está contra a natureza, mas com ela, tornando-se um fio no vasto e eterno tecido entre terra e céu.
Este não é apenas um pôr do sol; é uma sinfonia de quietude. No coração de Florianópolis, onde as dunas se estendem como ondas do mar, o ordinário se dissolve no extraordinário. A dança de luz e sombra deixa uma verdade não dita – a beleza existe no silêncio, na pausa, na respiração entre um passo e o próximo.
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[Digital Diary]
On my way back from Dane county regional airport in the early morning, I stopped by the west shore of the chilly (14F) Lake Mendota for the sunrise. In about a month, the lake will be frozen and most birds will be gone. Though it was very cold, I love the peaceful feeling that warmed up my heart.
Larger view is highly recommended
Larger on white - view the entire Lightning set
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Chasing thunderstorms last night and Pfew... What a thrill!. Particularly when you're in the middle of nowhere, far from the safety of a building, surrounded by kilometers of flat landscape, near coast and surrounded by hundreds of bolts: big, long, bright and scary ones.
Most definitely the heaviest thunderstorm I witnessed in 20 years or so. The weather condition was a heaven for any thunderstorm junky. Changes that you were able to photograph even some beautiful strikes in a row were almost a 100 percent. And yes, I got more nice shots from this series, I'm not finished yet...
However, the experience of photographing thunderstorms with a DSLR is relatively new for me and it has already taught me a couple of lessons for the next time. Apart from technical stuff in regards to exposure and maybe better not mounting an ultra-wide angle again, I learned that when things go really insane a prober shelter is all you need. Fortunately my car provided some immediate and effective safety from being struck by multiple bolts.
After a hot day, 33 degrees, the change was 100% that we'd have some huge thunderstorms yesterday almost covering the entire country, starting in the afternoon somewhere in the Southern provinces of the Netherlands.
Tech info: 30s at f/4, 24mm, ISO 100.
Location: In the middle of nowhere, somewhere in the province of Groningen, the Netherlands.
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Last night we were invited to a dinner party to celebrate a special friend's birthday. The hosts are big on entertaining and never hold back on pouring a lot of very good wine. They are also big on karaoke and their parties inevitably culminate in some full-throated vocal performances. Personally, I tend to avoid participating in favor of shooting some pool, leaving early or faking a sore throat. Last night, the wine was so good and plentiful and the coaxing from the other guests so intense that I was convinced to perform Anarchy in the UK by The Sex Pistols.
None of this of course has anything to do with this photograph. My friend Luminous Landscape however, pointed out in his comments that I had forgotten to add the "on black" link and he feared that I might be ill. Since I posted it in the wee hours of the morning after drinking so much that I willingly destroyed a punk rock classic in front of a large group of wealthy, middle aged Malibu wine connoisseurs, I think I can safely say yes, I was ill.
The moral to the story is that you should moderate your alcohol intake, check out the amazing and inspiring work of Luminous Landscape www.flickr.com/photos/luminouslandscape/
and yes, view on black...
This was really fun to see, although I'm surprised they did the show in February. Seems to me that a lot more people would have seen it if was done in spring or summer. It been a while since i have seen so many photographers in one place. It was like a Flickr convention.
A cut and paste from the City of Chicago website:.....Over 10 days, more than 65,000 Chicagoans and out-of-town visitors traveled to Millennium Park to see Luminous Field, the interactive, site-specific video and sound installation created by Chicago-area artists, Luftwerk. Each evening from February 10-20, Luminous Field illuminated Cloud Gate – known by Chicagoans as “The Bean” – and the AT&T Plaza on which it sits with dramatic images and spectacular colors set to music composed by Owen Clayton Condon of Chicago’s Third Coast Percussion.
A small tree hanging to life on the edge of a cliff face in Glen Etive, Scottish Highlands
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Larger on white - view the entire Lightning set
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Chasing thunderstorms last night and Pfew... What a thrill!. Particularly when you're in the middle of nowhere, far from the safety of a building, surrounded by kilometers of flat landscape, near coast and surrounded by hundreds of bolts: big, long, bright and scary ones.
Most definitely the heaviest thunderstorm I witnessed in 20 years or so. The weather condition was a heaven for any thunderstorm junky. Changes that you were able to photograph even some beautiful strikes in a row were almost a 100 percent. And yes, I got more nice shots from this series, I'm not finished yet...
However, the experience of photographing thunderstorms with a DSLR is relatively new for me and it has already taught me a couple of lessons for the next time. Apart from technical stuff in regards to exposure and maybe better not mounting an ultra-wide angle again, I learned that when things go really insane a prober shelter is all you need. Fortunately my car provided some immediate and effective safety from being struck by multiple bolts.
After a hot day, 33 degrees, the change was 100% that we'd have some huge thunderstorms yesterday almost covering the entire country, starting in the afternoon somewhere in the Southern provinces of the Netherlands.
Tech info: 30s at f/4, 24mm, ISO 100.
Location: In the middle of nowhere, somewhere in the province of Groningen, the Netherlands.
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At the Festival Gardens, Otterspool, Liverpool. With the theme of the toxic earth with mutant plants and animals and crazy scientists everywhere. A nice stroll on Friday night with the family, and the lanterns were brilliantly brought to life by the Lantern Company and actors.
Now converted into offices.
With extra floor(s?) inserted.
www.flickr.com/photos/luminouslandscape/4308978998/in/set...
Note the pub on the right, since closed.
Created for the "Luminous Landscapes" tutorial published in the Summer 2014 issue of The Polymer Arts.
Copyright © 2014 by Ginger Davis Allman The Blue Bottle Tree, all rights reserved.