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Otherwise known as the Chinese New Year, it is celebrated for 15 days, the 15th day being 12 February 2025. I will be posting pics of the decorations here in Kuala Lumpur until then....
Otherwise known as Sather Tower.
Sather Tower, completed in 1915 and opened to the public in 1916, is a bell tower with clocks on its four faces on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley. It is more commonly known as The Campanile for its resemblance to the Campanile di San Marco in Venice. It is a recognizable symbol of the university.
Given by Jane K. Sather in memory of her husband, banker Peder Sather, it is the third-tallest bell-and-clock-tower in the world. Its current 61-bell carillon, built around a nucleus of 12 bells also given by Jane Sather, can be heard for many miles and supports an extensive program of education in campanology.
The God Of Thunder
NGC 2359 otherwise known as Thor’s Helmet and Sharpless 2-298 in the constellation of Canis Major at a distance of 15,000 light years from earth and spanning 30 light years, The central star is the Wolf-Rayet star WR7, a very hot star thought to be in a pre-supernova stage of it's life.
Photographed using broadband filters in channels RGB together with narrowband filters H-Alpha mapped to the red channel and OIII mapped to the blue channel using the Sky-Watcher Esprit 150ED Triplet Super APO Refractor (which we have on loan for testing thanks to Sky-Watcher USA) together with the QHY163M Monochrome CMOS
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Total acquisition time 21.13 hours.
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Captured and Processed by Kim Quick and Terry Hancock
Location: GrandMesaObservatory.com Purdy Mesa, Colorado
HA 280 mins 40 x 420
OIII 280 mins 40 x 420
RED min 192 mins 32x360
GREEN 258 min 43x360
BLUE 258 min 43x360
Filters by Optolong
Camera: QHY163 Monochrome CMOS
Calibrated with Dark, Dark Flat and Flat Frames
Optics: Sky-Watcher 150 Esprit (courtesy of Sky-Watcher USA)
Image Scale: 0.75 arcsec/pix
Field of View: 1.37 degrees
EQ Mount: Paramount MEII
Image Acquisition NINA, Pre Processing in Pixinsight Post Processed in Photoshop CC
Thor (from Old Norse: Þórr) is a prominent god in Germanic paganism. In Norse mythology, he is a hammer-wielding god associated with lightning, thunder, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, the protection of humankind, hallowing, and fertility. Besides Old Norse Þórr, the deity occurs in Old English as Þunor, in Old Frisian as Thuner, in Old Saxon as Thunar, and in Old High German as Donar, all ultimately stemming from the Proto-Germanic theonym *Þun(a)raz, meaning 'Thunder'.
This delightful yet otherwise unremarkable cottage in the village of Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, South Oxfordshire, is a place of pilgrimage for devotees of Bach Flower Remedies from all over the world. Anyone seen wandering 'lost' in the village is almost certainly searching for this, the Bach Centre.
In the years leading up to his death aged 50 in 1936 this cottage was the home and workplace of Dr Edward Bach, where he produced his famous 'flower remedies'. The commercial production and worldwide distribution of the Remedies - a mix of flower tinctures, water and brandy - is now done elsewhere, though the cottage, Mount Vernon, is still maintained as the world centre for education and information on Dr Bach's work. Visitors are made very welcome, even more so since the recent introduction of a tea room.
Reading and Nortern OSJT, otherwise known as the Autumn Leaf Excursion, crosses Peacock's Lock Viaduct shortly after departing Reading Outer Station. The viaduct bridges the Reading Railroad across Schuylkill River from Reading into Leesport. The 425 was already putting on quite a show early on into the trip to Jim Thorpe.
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......image salvage my otherwise uneventful Texas trip with bad weather and bad luck. (Lost my filled 16GB memery card.)
Image taken at Bentsen Rio State Park in Mission, Texas.
This is a Code 2 N.American bird meaning "uncommon".
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Separate from my canada pictures, i will show also the normal routine (otherwise i will show that material for at least 2 years). This cuckoo I shot while she was chased by a male, but not a dentist. I never had seen a cuckoo before so I was glad i could enjoy the hunt that lasted more than an hour, wherein she sometimes posed gracefully, and sometimes she almost fell from a branch hiding into the canopy from her male perceiver.
another one from Sunday - the one short period of brightness in an otherwise dull day
Velvet Underground - Who Loves The Sun
Otherwise it is just a document :-)
René Burri
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prunus mume, pink japanese flowering apricot, 'Bonita', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
An evening at Dumbarton Castle. Dumbarton Castle otherwise known locally as "The Rock" and the men born in the town as "sons of the rock"
We were in the mountains after spending a long day exploring and enjoying nature. We stopped in a small campground clear off to give the kids some time for necessary relief (*ahem - otherwise known as potty break lol) The sun was setting but we were surrounded by dense forest so there wasn't too much light. As I walked through the forest edge waiting on a few stragglers I saw the way the sun was setting through the trees and it was illuminating this tiny patch of tall grass. I knew I had to get it. And the sun was setting rapidly enough I didn't have time to switch out my lens from my 85mm. What I wanted was to get the light coming through the tops of the trees but the scale between the tiny patch of grass and the tall tree tops was pretty dramatically different. The only way I could get it was turning my camera vertical and setting it on the ground. Literally a belly shot! ;) The kids loaded back into the van and I emerged from the forest dirty and smiling. My husband doesn't even ask anymore why I'm dirty, he just smiles and says "Did you get what you wanted?"
Haha!
This particular trip was one of my favorites of the Fall season. Why is it that mid fall the sunlight seems more rich, more vibrant? It's a different sunset than a summer one. Maybe it's the autumnal colors that it's shining through... I don't know, sometimes I don't care what the explanation is. I love believing it's just another magical touch of the Autumn season. :)
On another note can you believe it's November already? At last it's beginning to feel as if Autumn is really truly about to be gone...:( We had a lot of snow hit us on the 31st. It really looked like a Winter Wonderland! Currently stocking up on firewood and making plans to celebrate with most of my family for Thanksgiving. And trying to slow time down and take every day as the treasure it is regardless of seasons...
Oh, oh I almost forgot! For a Winter project I've been working on my graphic design degree online. This has taken me into a lot of fun and interesting direction. As I had many of my photographer friends asking for logos and watermarks I decided to make some up. The majority of people buying them are portrait and wedding photographers. I would love input on what would make a good design for more landscapes? More of a watermark and not a logo I guess? I'd love to expand and I would love your feedback on the link below.
Alright, my coffee is cold and other responsibilities are calling. Coming here is like talking to old friends, it's hard to stop. Thank you for always listening to me! <3
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Rachel
Otherwise known as Misten beach. At first I thought there were young Highland cows on the beach. Two years ago I was lucky to go to the beautiful and dramatic Lofoton Islands. This time we decided to go to a quieter spot on the mainland.
Impromptu wedding decoration or memorial on a beachside pole. The interesting colour combination looked nice on an otherwise dreary day.
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I am investing a great part of my domestic quarantine in rummaging through my archives to unearth some forgotten, hopefully worthwhile shot to process. When this bracketing resurfaced from a stray nook of my hard disk, it struck some chords deep in my soul (most assuredly my brain was somehow performing an on-the-fly processing of those rather flattish, unassuming untouched RAW files). For a fleeting, precious moment I felt strongly the heartwarming sensation to be free to hug and cuddle again my wife, Laura, albeit at some indefinite time when Covid-19 will allow us to relish such an invaluable moment. Please do not ask me why on Earth this specific scene stirred this specific emotion inside me, so I will not be forced to admit that I have not the faintest idea. Rather, allow yourself the freedom to feel whatever emotion this scene will stir in your soul. I have got my own gift. I hope that this picture will gift you with the emotion you need most.
This picture comes from a sunrise session at the beautiful meanders of the river Adda, just a handful kilometers downstream the Eastern arm of Lake Como, dating from April 2016. That morning I arrived at the location a lot earlier than the earliest hints of dawn, so I took shooting the river by night - admittedly a whole bunch of utterly worthless bracketings, at least until proven otherwise (never say never). And I did a thing I do only in exceedingly rare occasions: I raised my sensor gain to a maddening 640 ISO. Of course, being used to shoot at a constant 100 ISO, I foolishly forgot to restore the usual setting as the light was growing and took my precious exposure bracketings at such high ISO till 8:00 AM. As a result of this sloppy attitude I had to fight a monster amount of chroma noise (I viscerally hate it)*. I found no way to get decently rid of that noise by using the rich armoury of denoising tools offered by Darktable - quite possibly because of my qualified failure to set them properly in such a demanding situation. Luckily, by mere trial and error, I got an almost decent denoising using DFine 2 and blending the denoised images with the original ones by the LCh Lightness mode (hope that my memory is not deceiving me); this, rather suprisingly, allowed me to retain most of the details while taking the greatest possible advantage of the denoising itself.
Incidentally, this picture has a closely related fellow image in my photostream, Awakenings: the same location, the same morning, just taken some 10 minutes after this one, some 20 meters downstream - ah, and one of the handful of bracketings of that session taken at 100 ISO, after I realized my mistake ;-)
* I am afraid I am being a bit unfair here, because the worthy sensor of my Nikon D5100 is quite less noisy than those of many other APS-x sensor cameras (and the in-camera management of thermal noise on long exposures is really good). The problem is, the less light you get from your subject, the more noise you get in the sensor data, the ISO gain magnifying an unfavourable signal-to-noise ratio. Of course an early, partly cloudy morning shooting session neatly falls into that sort of context.
I have obtained this picture by blending an exposure bracketing [-1.7/0/+1.7 EV] by luminosity masks in the Gimp (EXIF data, as usual, refer to the "normal exposure" shot), then I added some final touches with Nik Color Efex Pro 4 and a selective bit of Orton effect as a final garnish to get the desired ambiance. RAW files has been processed with Darktable. Denoising has been a vexing issue; I got the best results by courtesy of good old DFine 2 and the Gimp.
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The highlight of an otherwise very quiet day in south Monterey County was finding California Condors in a group. Eleven of the big birds were circling, standing on the hillside, hopping, squabbling or just basking. There was no apparent carrion or feeding - perhaps something had been there but was already consumed. They are sociable beings and do like just hanging together, but the Turkey Vultures and Ravens at the edge of the group suggested scavenging. The Condors were at a fair distance - we felt lucky to have noticed them at all.
CP H19 thunders their way east bound for Oshawa with empty racks for a pick-up of trucks fresh from GM.
A variety pack of power makes for some interest, having to use the small section of sorta south facing track to capture an otherwise backlit train.
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(Or: Why you shouldn't take your camera out in rainy weather.)
Both me and the camera got quite wet - and this was with an umbrella, and just at the edge of the typhoon (otherwise I would have been smart enough to stay indoors). We both eventually dried up.
Last week the theme of Macro Mondays has been "PushPull". I decided to split it and create two single images. One for "Push" and another one for "Pull" ! The 1st one called "Push" already has been released. So here is the 2nd one for "Pull". The tiny little helper better doesn`t pull the pin of the grenade - otherwise KABOOM :)
And of course his adjutants are warning him very harsh!
Thank you for visits, comments and favs!
Vielen Dank für Eure Besuche, Kommentare und Sternchen!
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Otherwise known as Whisky Jacks, I awoke to their scratching around my table picking up peanuts before dawn. I quickly got up and tossed some more nuts on the table and hoped they would return upon sunrise so I could get some photos. They hung around in the pre-dawn hour and stayed until the sun came up. They disappeared not long after that.
An otherwise splendid Valesina form Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia) has suffered significant damage to her left forewing, partially hidden here by a convenient leaf. She's grabbing some supper near the central crossroads (crossrides?) of Cloud Wood nature reserve in North West Leicestershire.
This was my first visit to these woods, just a hasty late Sunday afternoon reconnaissance really, so seeing a beautiful Valesina for the first time was a big bonus even if she is no longer perfect.
Pacific City to Newport. 50 miles with one grueling painful climb due to a missed turn. But a wonderful sunny day otherwise.
„The ravages of time gnaw at an iron post. The otherwise stable plastic cover is also powerless against the resulting rust.
Nevertheless, the resulting opening has something positive - after all, a little eight-legged friend has found a safe and dry home..."
„Der Zahn der Zeit nagt an einem Eisenpfosten. Gegen den hieraus resultierenden Rost ist auch die sonst so stabile Kunststoffhülle machtlos.
Dennoch hat die hieraus entstandene Öffnung durchaus auch etwas positives - hat doch ein kleiner achtbeiniger Freund ein sicheres und trockenes Zuhause gefunden…“
„I would like to take this opportunity to thank all followers, all new followers, and all those who just stop by. I say thank you for all previous and for all the new fav's and comments. 🙏“
„Ich danke an dieser Stelle allen Followern, allen neuen Followern, und all jenen die einfach so mal vorbeischauen. Ich sage Danke für alle bisherigen und für all die neu hinzukommenden Fav‘s und Kommentare. 🙏“
My personal challenge for 2022 - I'll try - and do my very best...
Meine persönliche Herausforderung für 2022 - ich werd's versuchen - und mein Bestes geben…
3D Printing
When repairing vintage cameras, I often use a 3D printer to design and fabricate replacement parts that are otherwise unavailable. Even after all this time, the intricate movements and precision of this machine fascinates me. I was printing a tiny 5mm wide hollow bushing for a camera I was servicing. I sat watching the printer form the part, layer by layer. I suddenly thought … “I need to photograph this because it’s something many have never seen!” I grabbed a camera and captured this image in the final seconds, just as the hot end of the printer withdrew from the finished print.
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Peter Forsgard's 52 Challenge - Week 5 I have never photographed this before
I'm in my 11th year of 365ing and as you can see from the title, I was supposed to photograph something I haven't photographed before. And yes, there are still a gazillion things I haven't photographed, but most are not all that interesting, otherwise they'd have made my 365 by now.
However, I'm fairly sure this boat is a new arrival in the harbour, so that'll do, plus the light is always changing.
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On Sunday May 23rd I flew to Spokane, WA for a Monday photo workshop with one of the northwest great photographers Chip Phillips...nicest guy you'll ever meet. I arose from bed the 24th at 2:45am and was on the road traveling south out of Spokane for an hour or so drive to meet up with Chip. As I was driving, I looked east and noticed the first glimmer of light from the sun and guess what ... it was only 3:30am!!! I arrived at our scheduled meeting location at 4:30a. Within a short time Chip drove up and we took off to our first location to set up for our photo shoot. Believe me, he knows his 5D MII inside and out and histograms...if you don't know how to use them (or get to them on your camera) you definitely will !!! After the first round of shots, we moved further south for a 2nd location and by noon we stopped for lunch at a nice cafe and critiqued photos and discussed photo tools and techniques. Afterwards, we headed to our final shooting location - Palouse Falls and what a beauty it was! We shot here until a little after sunset and finally finished around 9pm. What a great day it was! This is one photo of many resulting from my photo workshop with Chip. And lastly...Chip...I'll always be thankful for the wealth of knowledge I gained that day from you.
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The Goldfinch is a colourful finch with a bright red face and yellow wing patch. It's a very sociable bird, often breeding in loose groups. It has a delightful twittering song and call. Their fine beaks allow them to extract otherwise inaccessible seeds from thistles and teasels. Increasingly, they are visiting bird tables and feeders. In winter, many UK Goldfinches migrate as far south as Spain. (RSPB) taken on a very wet late afternoon in the garden.
Some images taken in October 2016 which I didn't include in the original collection so posting for posterities sake.
Diary note: After spending 5 days in the remote mountains of the Ben Alder Estate, we broke camp early on Friday morning. The Highland ponies watched us as we moved on out and one of them crossed the river to see me. I guess she was after seeing what food I had left, but we'd eaten the lot - otherwise we'd probably still be staying in there! These Highland ponies are free roaming on the estate and are used for carrying red deer off the hills when they are culled during the hunting season. They're tough, strong ponies and I couldn't help but be stirred by a pang of sadness as I said goodbye to them and their homeland on that Friday morning. I think it was knowing that I will probably never pass this way again - so many other wild places left to explore in the Highlands.
Sometimes, otherwise ordinary scenes are transformed by spectacular light. This image was captured from the car park of a café in Brittany just as the low evening sun poked through the cloud. The real challenge was trying to conceal my shadow by standing in from of a tree.
Otherwise know as a Chinese Water Deer standing in the dew soaked meadow.
Taken pre-dawn on Sunday. We stood there for quite a while observing each other.
Didn't have much choice going to ISO 8000 due to the light levels (and the lens being F11!).
Like a vast lump of clay on a potters wheel, the Peña de Arties (1642m) marks a dramatic form for the otherwise open and sun filled Cinqueta valley high in the Spanish Aragon region. Seen from some angles, the mountain is like a giant's grave, and it is perhaps not surprising to find that witches are reputed to have lived watching over its northern wall from the village of Sin, and that multiple bronze age cromlechs rose high above its indubitable presence (witches as varied pagan expressions and not necessarily close to any modern caricature or medieval stigma).
Like a 'roche moutonnée that decided to be a small mountain', the land aside is perfectly pastoral and open to sun - an invitation to strong minded peoples. Just after the Peña de Arties are the well known open villages of Plan and Gistain.
The view is from the dirt track that rises and dog-legs behind the village of Saravillo.
AJ
"The past is never there when you try to go back.
It exists,
but only in memory.
To pretend otherwise is to invite a mess."
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What a beautiful day to be with my friends!
How's everyone been?
Great, I hope!
Mabuhay to you all!
~ Ge
Pagudpud bicycle
Sepia
Nikon D700
Nikkor 50mm f1.4
2012
Saud Beach
Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte
Philippines
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Otherwise known as the beast that holds my hair up ! Whattt? Ok so I was bored..bahaha
I am sooooo thankful it's Friday !! Just getting over a bug so I will finally be able to play some comment catch up today ! ;)
Vault Of Life
The Heal Institute’s next part is a DNA vault, which is named the Library of Life. Here, you’ll find more than 2000 species locked in glass jars where you can see even the minute details, which otherwise are hard to see. These glass jars are illuminated by some light which makes the sight even more beautiful.
Aktuelle Sonderschau im Leitzpark: 70 Jahre M-Kameras. Viele Exponate, die sonst im Werksarchiv lagern, sind fürs Publikum zugänglich.
Current exposition at Leitzpark: 70 years of M-Kameras. Many items that otherwise store in the factory archive are active for the public.
This is the Lesser Yellowlegs - Tringa flavipes - which is a medium-sized shorebird, it is similar in appearance to the larger Greater Yellowlegs but its bill is shorter (visually about the same length as the head) and the tail is more patterned. They mainly wade around in shallow waters of ponds, lakes and the shore eating insects, small fish and crustaceans. Breeding in North America and Canada, they nest on the ground, usually in open dry locations then they migrate to the Gulf coast of the United States, the Caribbean islands and South America. This one was seen from the bridge at the nature area behind the Playa Costa Verde Hotel in Guardalavaca, Cuba
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