The delicate fronds of this plant, and the purple of the thistles behind it, remind us that even the prickly things (including people) can have beauty.

...es como una mala Propaganda ,con est@s me iba a subir ISO al fin del mundo...

Pues nada, nos sumamos a ell@s...

No dudeis de subir ISO antes de perder una foto...más Rock&Roll hace falta aquí...

Donostia San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain.

Post Processing with GIMP 2.9.6 + Nik Collections

Preferred this in black and white, using Silver Efex Pro 3 as a plugin in Photoshop. The late afternoon sun produced a nice shadow on the sand and highlighted the fence on the right.

... for a Happy Blue Christmas Monday !

Chrysanthemum, still blooming in our front garden, Frankfurt-Nordend

Helios 44 58mm f2, modifié

John Michael Montgomery - The Little Girl

Donostia San Sebastián, Basque Country.

Playa de La Concha.

Just love these odd shapes, broken and beaten by the waves, slowly turning into parts and pieces of the islands that they protect.

Technical Info

D800E with 24-70 f/2.8 lens

13 stops and a 3 stop soft grad of Formatt-Hitech ProStop IRND filters

Processed with Silver Efex Pro 2 and Adobe Photoshop CC

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Irgendwo im Dschungel...

Mein Beitrag zur Gruppe #FlickrFriday und dem Thema dieser Woche: #Alien (Außerirdisch)...

Eigentlich war dieser Upload nicht geplant - aber ich konnte nicht widerstehen, als ich die kleine Eierschale im Garten fand... :))

This is my contribution to #FlickrFriday and this week's theme #Alien...

Actually this upload wasn't planned - but I couldn't resist as I found that small eggshell in our backyard... :))

Tools: Aperture, Analog Efex Pro 2, Viveza 2.

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Quel que clicher du coucher de soleil de cette superbe soirée, il en reste quatre.

Le terrain récréatif de la Grève Morency

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Malarrifsvítí Lighthouse - AKA Lóndrangar.

The light is right at the southernmost side of the western end of Snæfellsnes Peninsula. The tower stands about 20m in height and replaced the first (built in 1917) around 1947.

The station takes its name from the abandoned farm of Malarrif.

We had been stooging around the foreshore - another smooth pebble beach called Sandvík - having lunch when the sun broke through the clag and lit up the lighthouse for only a few moments. A lucky break!

Fuji X-Pro2, XF55-200/3.5-4.8 R, 1/950th sec at f/8.0, ISO 250.

Smoke and light.

Salzgitter-Ringelheim

Schloss Ringelheim

ist ein ehemaliges Kloster aus dem 10. Jahrhundert, das 1803 säkularisiert wurde. Die barocke Klosterkirche St. Abdon und Sennen ist bekannt für ihre wertvolle Orgel und das Kruzifix aus der Werkstatt des Bischofs Bernward von Hildesheim. Wahrscheinlich in der Regierungszeit des ostfränkischen Königs Heinrich I. und Mathildes von Ringelheim 919–936, wurde ein königliches Jungfrauenstift an der Innerste errichtet, möglicherweise auch erst 940 unter Otto I. durch Graf Immat aus dem Geschlecht der Immedinger. 1152 wurde die Abtei in ein Benediktinerkloster für Männer umgewandelt und dem Bistum Hildesheim unterstellt. 1523–1641 braunschweigisch und damit protestantisch, wurde das Kloster 1803 säkularisiert und ging in den Besitz des preußischen Feldmarschalls von der Schulenburg-Kehnert über.

Schlossmühle

Friedrich von der Decken kaufte 1817 das Gut Ringelheim und baute es zu einem Herrensitz um. Das ehemalige Konventsgebäude, dessen Neubau auf das beginnende 18. Jahrhundert zurückgeht, wurde zum heutigen Schloss und erhielt eine klassizistische Fassade. Der Bibliotheksflügel östlich davon wurde abgerissen, ebenso der Kreuzgang zwischen dem Konventsgebäude und der Kirche.

Lungenheilstätte

Schloss Ringelheim wurde 1942 samt Park an die Landesversicherungsanstalt Braunschweig verpachtet und von dieser als Lungenheilstätte genutzt. Später befand sich im Schloss eine Fachabteilung des Niedersächsischen Landeskrankenhauses Königslutter. Ende der 1990er Jahre zogen die Schlossbewohner ins Ortsinnere um. Es haben sich seitdem mehrere Investoren für das Schloss interessiert, darunter eine Baubetreuungsgesellschaft, eine Musikakademie sowie ein Investor, der für wohlhabende Senioren eine luxuriöse Residenz schaffen wollte. Das Schloss wurde 2002 an einen privaten Investor verkauft und blieb seitdem weitgehend ungenutzt. Bis heute (2017) ist über die weitere Zukunft des Schlosses noch nicht entschieden.

Park

1848 ließ Adolphus Graf von der Decken auf dem Gelände der alten Fischteiche der Mönche den heutigen Schlosspark als englischen Landschaftsgarten anlegen. Etwa 21,7 Hektar groß (110 Hektar mit umgebenden Grünanlagen), wird er von einem verzweigten Seesystem durchzogen, das von mehreren Brücken überquert wird, z. B. der romantischen Sandsteinbrücke mit Blick auf das Schloss (Foto). Den Park betritt man durch ein vasenbekröntes Tor am Westeingang. Unweit des Schlosses befindet sich eine künstliche Ruine.

Ferner ließ von der Decken auf einer Insel einen Obelisken errichten. Abseits der Wege, entlang des Sees, geht der Park nach Osten hin in ein kleines Waldstückchen über. Zwischen Park und Wald und Innerste schließen die Sportstätten der Ringelheimer Vereine an die Grünanlagen an.

I couldn't quite decide if this photo should be black and white or its original colors. At first I thought it would be perfect for b&w. And it actually looks very good in b&w. But I finally opted for color since the wall actually had this gritty texture and feel which does come across in this version.

This was a fabulous find while walking back from Helvellyn towards Glenridding.

Perfect time for a dip & cool off after a long walk

Helvellyn. Ullswater, Lake District. UK

First image I'm posting from #MendoPixelsTrip2013 with friends. This is after sunrise with a beautiful golden light on the Point Cabrillo Lighthouse in Mendocino, CA.gzg

"A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?" - Khalil Gibran

This image was chosen as an Honorable Mention as part of the Court of Honor - a bonus component in the Columbia Photo Walk. Captured during Scott Kelby's Annual Worldwide Photo Walk that took place in Columbia, Tennessee on October 3, 2015. The Court of Honor will be in an exhibition which will include 15 top images (as selected by a noted Nashville photographer) and will be held December 2015 at the Williamson County Library in Franklin, TN. Plans are being finalized for the Court of Honor to also be displayed at the Chamber of Commerce in Columbia, TN in early 2016. I'm grateful to be part of the Court of Honor, 2nd year in a row now!! ;D

Title: The Old Columbia Dam

Location: Riverwalk Park & Duck River

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smc Pentax-A 24-50mm f4.

Berkeley Aquatic Park

Two pintail ducks are dwarfed in size by the tundra swans they have joined in flight. Tundra swans have wingspans up to 5' and they are real beauties!

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Some archived summer green for 7DWF: Flora, and Fence Friday. HFF, everyone ;-)

Have a nice weekend, dear Flickr friends!

This shot was right around dusk when it wasn't pitch dark yet but the sky had that dark blue, almost violet hue. Barcelona is so pretty with so many plazas, fountains, trees and interesting architecture that there is a great potential shot in every corner.

Kudos to the Sony a6000 which did a marvelous job at 3200 ISO but I still had to work a good amount in post edit to get to this result. After adjusting the basics with Lightroom, I had to go to Photoshop to remove unwanted objects including a very prominent pedestrian on the bottom right corner of the shot.

I used Nik Collection Dfine to further reduce high ISO noise and Color Efex Pro to improve contrast and detail. But the overall look, feel and color balance is pretty much the same as the original RAW image.

Wandeling Rondje Montfort.

Magdeburg / Germany

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Here you can see the large panorama and the original size of the panorama

(12 single shots)

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I came upon this fallen Ponderosa as I walked along Snow Creek. It is about 80 feet long, covered with names and initials. I wonder if Fred imagined that Yosemite would be infested with a culture of corruption, intimidation, conspired bullying, harassment, stalking and mobbing?

•The truth about Yosemite: www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Sexual-Harassment-Common-in...

Gang Staking, Community Stalking and Workplace Mobbing are thriving in Yosemite National Park. These immoral and illegal acts are carried out by employees, residents and contractors. They are allowed by Yosemite’s Law Enforcement and Superintendent.

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Back to what I love most. A bit of street photography.

I've posted shots of these three trees at Bronte Harbour before taken during the changing seasons.

This is a quick shot taken with my phone camera and post processed in Lightroom and Google's Nik Collection.

When the waters of the marina go still, the reflections are intriguing.

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Hólar Farm on Route One (hringevegur) just outside Höfn with Bergárheiði (443m) lurking in the gloom behind. We had been driving in heavy rain for around 4 hours when the sun broke through and picked out the farm. The air was still really quite misty from all the moisture in the air.

Southeast Iceland, September 2015.

This frame was taken back before I understood Auto ISO and sadly wasn’t the sharpest pic of the day due to slow shutter speed. I've added a teeny bit of Orton to compensate.

Fuji X-T1, XF55-200/3.5-4.8, 1/20th sec at f/18, ISO 200 FL~180mm

Parkanlage Vogelgesang

Magdeburg / Germany

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House on the hillside in North Hatley

Gebirgsstraße

...beruflich in der Schweiz gewesen und mal kurz vom Weg abgekommen. ;)

...occupational activity in Switzerland didn't prevent me from getting off the path. ;)

Tools: Aperture, Analog Efex Pro 2, Pixelmator.

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