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Just outside Flagstaff..31 degrees storm moving through. Check out my Facebook page here...(like and share) www.facebook.com/SteveBondPhotography
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I’m back visiting family in my hometown of Forster for my grandmothers 90th birthday and took the opportunity of a rainless morning to get outside for a shoot before this weekends forecasted big wet.
I grasped the artistry of photography many years ago by committing to countless mornings standing on rocks with rushing water around me and it's been with me since.
Today, with many more shots behind me, I still regard seascapes as one of the most challenging yet rewarding breeds of photographic expression. With so many variables at play at any one time seascapes demand careful attention and are immensely enjoyable.
It’s been a while since I’ve been out for a seascape so climbing around the rocks on Burgess Beach at Forster in the dark this morning was a good change and brought back some nice memories of times I've spent here before. A lot has changed since then and I think I'm slowly accepting that.
Shot with the new Nikon D810 and a Carl Zeiss 15mm Distagon T* with a B+W circular polariser.
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It's been a little over 3 months since Scotch and I left the Washington, DC area for California. Beginning about a month before we left, Scotch and I started taking longer and longer daily roadtrips around Pennsylvania and Maryland to prepare for the incredibly long drive across the county. I still don't know how long we will stay here. This was the first winter Scotch didn't get to play in the snow and my first New Years Eve not on the East Coast. Can't say I miss home too much but it's nice to look back through my photos and remember some of the places Scotch and I went to frequently before we left.
Outside New Windsor, MD**
November 12th, 2015
5:10pm ET
SETTINGS:
Canon Rebel T4i
EF-S 18-135mm IS STM
@22mm
ISO 100
f/8
1/50th second
CPL
**i should note that this might not be New Windsor, MD but some other fraction of a town somewhere between New Windsor and Frederick. It's one of those areas that I'd aimlessly end up in after muting my GPS and just taking random roads wherever they go looking for higher ground a round sunset. there's about a dozen towns I've wandered through and while I know how to get there, I don't know where it is.
Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park Santa Cruz Mountains Felton, California.
Feels a little like as its dropping to 40 degrees for a raw night, like the end of what's been coming with a long but not brutal run up to the edge of what could be very final or no. Whos to tell.
Here we go it's time to say goodbye and I've reached the other side, I did things I never dreamed of, explored the world of wonder in Patagonia where the magic never ends.
Time to go out and make your moment, make a few memories on the way, life is unfolding, it's happening right before my eyes, on the road to paradise
Inside we feel the fire blazing, take me outside and I feel so amazing, rain or shine, I won't give up the fight, the light is just another step away
You will capture things you never dreamed of, get to explore the world of wonder, where the magic never ends
Here we go it's time to say goodbye and I've reached the other side, life is unfolding, it's happening right before my eyes, on the road to paradise.
(Vosges)
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One of the roads to the southside of Mono Lake off of Highway 120. It was zero degrees outside, but that wouldn't keep me from taking photos. A cloudy morning with snow falling made for some nice photos ops. I was the only one crazy enough to be in the area or out at this time of day and I loved it!!! The spots are snowflakes dropping.
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About twenty feet wide.....the type where you'd see water sprites hanging out...maybe in the spot of sun on the mossy rock...
It was my little corner of the world for awhile.
Thanks for your visit, enjoy your weekend!!!....Pat...xo
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Snow on the ground and cold temps, about 20+ degrees during the day.....but I'm enjoying an almost daily walk outside..
I had been watching the weather reports for Yosemite Valley for over a week in anticipation of a Winter Storm that was due to arrive last Wednesday night. I had been hoping for an opportunity to drive up to the park and grab a shot of a clearing rainstorm with low clouds scattered across the valley floor. I've shot from the tunnel several times, but I have never been able to get a shot with steamy low clouds rolling through the trees.
So early last Thursday morning, I made what was going to be a 12 hour, 3 tank full gamble to make a one day dash up to the park trying to make it to the tunnel just as a break in the clouds was due to arrive. I drove through scattered rain showers on my way up hwy 99, and by the time I arrived in Oakhurst at 1:30, low clouds had moved in over the Sierras and it looked like I might have wasted an entire day trying to get my shot. But after driving up hwy 140 for a while, the clouds broke up and suddenly I began to worry that ALL of the clouds would be gone and I would be left with just another cloudless afternoon up at the tunnel.
But as I entered the park, the low clouds moved in again and it began to rain in earnest. As I arrived at the tunnel, there was a small but determined group of photographers camped out hoping that the clouds would lift and that the rain would let up. I took a spin around the park just to pass the time, and by the time I had returned, the rain had stopped, the clouds were breaking up, and there was only one photographer left. And best of all...my low clouds were scattered across the valley floor! The lone photographer (Dave) and I shot for about 90 minutes straight before it started raining again. People came and went, but as it began to pour and the clouds moved in again, I was the last photographer to head back to my car. The above shot was taken in the pouring rain just as the rain clouds began to turn orange behind me. I kept shooting as the end of the valley lit up in a bright topaz blue before all the light was gone.
After stopping to see some friends of mine in Mariposa, it was time for the long drive back, which was not without its own adventures. I hit some serious fog just outside of Bakersfield and you literally couldn't see two feet in front of the car. After the fog broke up, I made it through the grapevine only to discover that the entire Southbound 5 freeway was closed due to construction and had to take a detour through downtown LA. I didn't get home until 1:30 AM. All in all, a very crazy day and a bit of a gamble...but I will definitely be trying that again.
A sunset in Leh, Ladakh, India, with the roayal palace and the town hit by the last rays of light of the day and the typical ladakhian sky over them.
Over the past several years, I've visited Banff National Park many times on my trips to Canada. But it was Yoho National Park that I first enjoyed and appreciated the beauty of the rivers and mountains in British Columbia. I had a chance a few years prior to visit but wasn't as knowledgeable on photography having just bought an SLR camera. Years later, I was so looking forward to this chance to not only capture images but to soak in these beautiful views that I've recalled from so many years ago. That's the story behind this image of Natural Bridge. The waters of the Kicking Horse River are flowing by with large rocks boulders all around. All around are the towering and sweeping spires of evergreen trees. And then far off in the distance were mountain peaks with blue skies and clouds above.
I did the initial work with Capture NX2 and then exported a tiff image into Color Efex Pro 4 and used a recipe that I've come up with earlier that did a few things with structure, contrast and tone adjustment. Overall, it brought out a slightly lower exposure feel even though the image was captured in the mid afternoon sunlight.
Another image from a summer trip up to the North Cascades. I really was hoping for a few colorful sunsrises/ sets, but only found a bit of color. No matter, it was great to be back in one of my favorite ranges in the lower 48's.
Here's another shot from that stormy, rainy afternoon and evening in Venice last Saturday. As I mentioned, the day began mainly how it ended: wet, windy, and gross but there was enough of a break in mid afternoon to convince me it was worth checking out. The last time I came here when it was extremely overcast, there was a more consistent cloud cover that wasn't as interesting as this. It was a solid sky of gray and bluish clouds and the light that poked through was extremely bright and poured through the openings with very little shape. It also remained dry that day and there was virtually no wind at all. Saturday was the opposite.
It's been rare that I've come here to shoot and the clouds behind me on the shore have been dark enough to affect the overall reflection but that happened this time. The storm at sea wasn't isolated just in front of me. Winds and rain pushed in all directions and made the trip a lot more difficult than any of the other visits here. The rain seemed to actively avoid whichever direction I aimed the umbrella and wiping the lens constantly messed up the flow I normally have. I chose this exact spot for the reasons visible in this shot: it was the largest burst of light and color out to sea and also the biggest stretch of undisturbed reflective shoreline. The higher than normal tide wiped away many of the areas I typically set up by and I wasted some of the precious little light wandering down the beach towards Santa Monica in search of reflections.
The light on the day shifted between bluer skies and golden yellow/orange hues more in the direction of the Santa Monica mountains (to the right and out of frame of this) but was darker here and East towards the direction of the Venice Pier and Marina Del Ray which was further and further away from the little sunlight. Most of the shots I took were either right here in this spot or facing the mountains because it simply got too dark to use faster shutter speeds anywhere there wasn't visible sunlight. This is probably the first time I've been here and didn't take a single shot of the Pier and I also didn't stick around until after dark like usual.
This is a 2 frame panorama which has become my favorite way to present a scene of cloudy Venice. As always, I had the tripod about 18 inches off the ground and tried to incorporate as much of the reflection as I could. I would've benefited probably from moving a little to the right so the perspective would be a tad better but I was thrilled these shots came out pretty well. On the day as a whole, about 30% of my images were entirely out of focus (from what seems to be an issue with my image stabilization) and many more were either too dark or not timed as well as I would've liked. Outside the images that were trash, I ended up with about a dozen captures that I was happy with and showed the full scope of my very weird, quick 1 hour at a completely empty beach.
WHEN & WHERE
Venice Beach
Venice, California
November 26th, 2016
SETTINGS
Canon T4i
EF-S 18-135mm IS STM
@18mm
f/6.3
1/13th second
CPL
We have snow! It's 14 degrees outside and the hopefully the snow is here to stay. It brightens things up so much that even on a cold and stormy day it seems warm and wonderful.
A happy and healthy New Year to all my flickr friends and contacts ! May most of your wishes came true.
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Ein Frohes und Gesundes Neues Jahr für alle meine Flickr-Freunde und Kontakte!
Mögen die meisten Eurer Wünsche sich erfüllen.
The fog rolled in last night. I woke up this morning and stayed outside for a long while in it.
p.s. bet you can't spot all three butterflies....
Looking east as first light dawns over the Swiss Alps. Taken from the Forbes Arête on the Aiguille du Chardonnet, France.
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Keeping with my posting some of my Trucks on Thursday:
Found in small town Iowa - not even sure if the place behind is still in business - the N in the name was faded - but it was certainly a great set-up for this old blue truck parked outside. I guess they fixed tractors and small engines and the tow truck is used for hauling that equipment.
This is located in Bankhead National Forest and is the outflow of Caney Creek Falls. This is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been. Photos of the Falls will follow.
UPDATE: (Aug. 20, 2006) - I submitted this photo, along with two others, to Outdoor Photographer Magazine's online editor and it was selected to be displayed on their site in the Alabama section. You can see it here:
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Heron and coots.
Juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron.
These birds stand still at the water's edge and wait to ambush prey, mainly at night or early morning. They primarily eat small fish, crustaceans, frogs, aquatic insects, small mammals and small birds. During the day they rest in trees or bushes. N. n. hoactli is more gregarious outside the breeding season than the nominate race.
The American Coot (Fulica americana) is a bird of the family Rallidae, inhabiting wetlands and open water bodies.
The American Coot measures 34–43 cm (13–17 in) in length and 58–71 cm (23–28 in) across the wings. Adults have a short thick white bill and white frontal shield, which usually has a reddish-brown spot near the top of the bill between the eyes. Body mass in females ranges from 427 to 628 g (0.94 to 1.38 lb) and in males from 576 to 848 g (1.27 to 1.87 lb).
Balboa Lake.Los Angeles. California.
...And for the record...Those birds were actually there!
Mahone Bay is a bay located on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, Canada along the eastern end of Lunenburg County.
Opening south directly onto the Atlantic, its eastern shore is formed by the Aspotogan Peninsula and its western shore is formed by the First Peninsula (of Lunenburg). The Chester Peninsula juts several kilometres into Mahone Bay at roughly its midpoint.
The bay's geological history differs from its eastern neighbour, St. Margarets Bay, in that Mahone Bay shows a greater variety of soils and bedrock. Numerous glacial drumlins on the western shore near the towns of Mahone Bay and Lunenburg have resulted in small-scale farming operations.
Mahone Bay also differs from St. Margarets Bay in that it is dotted with innumerable small and medium-sized islands throughout its waters. The shelter provided by these islands, along with the summer southwesterly flow, led to the scenery around Mahone Bay becoming a tourist attraction in itself. Today the towns of Chester and Mahone Bay have become a destination for cruising in pleasure yachts. A scenic provincial park at Graves Island just east of Chester is a popular camping destination.
The view across the harbour of its three prominent churches (Anglican, Lutheran, and United) has appeared on many postcards and calendars.
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At the cemetery outside the old church of Dädesjö - the iron cross probably dates to the (late) 19th century.
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Grey Wagtail - Motacilla Cinerea
May 29, 2015
"Things do not happen. Things are made to happen." - John F. Kennedy
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It was a busy day away from the office and if I'm going to be honest I didn't manage to get through half of what I had wanted to do.
There was a point during the day that I sort said "meh" to myself about the list and went out to sit in the sunshine and enjoy the day.
Rumour has it that tomorrow is supposed to be gray and rainy, so I figured it would be wiser to spend as much of today outside as possible and work my way through the chores tomorrow.
Anyway, hope everyone has had a good day.
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10/52
1# lost in focus
I wish I could control time, and don´t lose it. That I could replay the great ones, delete the bad ones and save the precious ones. But that is impossible, or is it. I have the gift to save them, and remember them through pictures.
Guess what, guess what!! Yesterday my new lens came, my new 50mm f1.4..omg..omg. I LOVE IT. He and Bernt (my camera) is getting along so well <3 I have named him Mockinglens..hehe :P
So I have thought about doing something outside the 52, and here it is. I love taking pictures like thÃs :)
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