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Le mauvais temps.... jamais personne ne capte la lumière du mauvais temps.
Certaines ambiances sont si dramatiques parfois....
“To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
The challenge this time is Tilt Shift..... however I do not own a tilt shift lens or a lensbaby, and I want to try something in-camera. After googling ideas, I came across a technique I had never heard of and honestly would not have thought would work. It's called free-lensing.
Literally free-lensing means detaching your lens, and holding it near the camera body. You can slightly tilt &/or shift the lens relative to the camera to alter the plane of focus. I was amazed at the outcomes. Getting the focus is difficult, especially when your point of focus is far (like mine was). Macro seems a bit easier to master as you can just gets closer to the image (I didn't feel like jumping off my balcony). Moving objects (i.e. my cats) were impossible to photograph with this technique at my current skill level. The light leaks were actually visually appealing and depending on the degree of tilt the bokeh that filled the image was lovely. The sharpness of the focal point was hard to achieve, but that may be my technique.
The hardest part is getting over the fear of dropping the lens (in this case off my 28th floor balcony)..... Note that I did not pull an accident like one of our beloved accident-prone Flickr stars (I won't name names, he knows who he is!! lol).
Moral of the story.... if you are brave enough to death grip your lens, are away from significant dust/dirt/water/etc that could damage your camera/lens, and want to try a fun new technique I recommend giving it a try!
This week, I'm taking a break from work. Time for rest, renewal, and family. I'm off to a good start.
Life's perspective - walking in the grass we will probably miss a small mushroom, however if you get down to ground level, the perspective changes and you will see a new world. Same is with life.
It's been awhile since I've posted on flickr. As I welcomed in the New Year, I took time also to reflect upon 2015. It's always a very important time for me to think about what the past years experiences were ... geographically, but more importantly spiritually, emotionally, and personally. It is at that point that one can look forward to the new year ... goals, strategies, challenges, all the while knowing that you must keep an open mind for the unexpected. More on that in just a few.
One of the most beautiful places for sunrise photography in south Florida is from Cutler Bay ... specifically the Deering Estate. It's not often that the estate grounds are open for sunrise photo shoots, so I always anticipate them. As you can see, the views are amazing ... those gorgeous royal palm tree lines landscaping leading out to the bay on the calmest of days too. Sure we could have used more of those puffy white clouds, but it didn't matter. Departing quite early in the morning to arrive an hour before official sunrise on this fall equinox, knowing that the sun should rise right in the center of lined trees, all add to the excitement. Each time I've been there for this event, it's always been very different, but always beautiful.
As I eluded to before, sometimes life throws us a curveball that we didn't plan for. It's hard to say why and often difficult to accept. We struggle to make sense of it all. We search for the right words, vow to stay strong, and offer support as best as we can. As hard as it is for me, I know that it has been immensely harder for my best friend ... since childhood. I dedicate this image to the memory of her husband and remind her and her family that new days will dawn and celebrating the happy memories of loved ones will help in the healing. RIP CLS.
To everyone who has read this far into the image story ... Life is short and our time in this world is unknown. Live life to the fullest, make happy memories with friends and family, don't be afraid or otherwise remiss in telling those whom you care about exactly how much you love them and what they mean to you. You never know when your chances to do so will run out. That being said, my flickr family and friends are so amazing and I appreciate all of you. :-)
Thanks so much for stopping by to view and for sharing your thoughts and comments.
© 2015 Debbie Tubridy / TNWA Photography
Catedral. León, Castilla y León, España.
La catedral de Santa María de Regla de León es un templo de culto católico, sede episcopal de la diócesis de León, España, consagrada bajo la advocación de la Virgen María. Fue el primer monumento declarado en España mediante Real Orden de 28 de agosto del año 1844 (confirmada por Real Orden el 24 de septiembre del año 1845).
Iniciada en el siglo xiii, es una de las grandes obras del estilo gótico, de influencia francesa. Conocida con el sobrenombre de Pulchra leonina, que significa ‘Bella Leonesa’, se encuentra en pleno Camino de Santiago.
La catedral de León se conoce sobre todo por llevar al extremo la «desmaterialización» del arte gótico, es decir, la reducción de los muros a su mínima expresión para ser sustituidos por vitrales coloreados, constituyendo una de las mayores colecciones de vidrieras medievales del mundo.
La planta es casi una réplica de la catedral de Reims aunque en formato algo menor. Tiene unas dimensiones de 90 m de longitud, 30 m de alto y 29 m de ancho. Dividida en tres naves, de la entrada al transepto, y cinco naves del transepto al altar mayor. La catedral presenta macrocefalia, es decir una cabecera de mayor tamaño que lo común (el ancho del transepto en este caso), lo que le resta algo de profundidad y perspectiva, pero a cambio le brinda mayor espacio para los fieles; por estar en el Camino de Santiago su afluencia era mayor que el de otros templos. Las naves de la catedral de León se cubren con bóveda de crucería cuatripartita en tramos rectangulares. El crucero lo hace con una bóveda cuatripartita, que sustituyó a la cúpula barroca del siglo xvii en las obra acometidas a finales del siglo xix con el fin de guardar coherencia con el resto de la construcción. En sus muros presenta 125 ventanales, con 1800 m² de vidrieras policromadas de origen medieval, siendo consideradas de las mejores del mundo en su género. De ellas, destacan el gran rosetón central situado en el pórtico central, entre las dos torres de aguja, así como las de la Capilla Mayor, el transepto norte y la Capilla de Santiago.
The Cathedral of Santa María de Regla de León is a temple of Catholic worship, the episcopal seat of the diocese of León, Spain, consecrated under the invocation of the Virgin Mary. It was the first monument declared in Spain by Royal Order on August 28, 1844 (confirmed by Royal Order on September 24, 1845).
Begun in the 13th century, it is one of the great works of the Gothic style, with French influence. Known by the nickname of Pulchra leonina, which means 'Bella Leonesa', it is located on the Camino de Santiago.
The cathedral of León is known above all for taking to the extreme the "dematerialization" of Gothic art, that is, the reduction of the walls to their minimum expression to be replaced by colored stained glass, constituting one of the largest collections of medieval stained glass in the world .
The plan is almost a replica of the Reims Cathedral, although in a somewhat smaller format. It has dimensions of 90 m in length, 30 m in height and 29 m in width. Divided into three naves, from the entrance to the transept, and five naves from the transept to the main altar. The cathedral has macrocephaly, that is to say, a headboard that is larger than usual (the width of the transept in this case), which takes away some depth and perspective, but instead provides more space for the faithful; being on the Camino de Santiago, its influx was greater than that of other temples. The naves of the Cathedral of León are covered with a quadripartite rib vault in rectangular sections. The transept is made with a quadripartite vault, which replaced the baroque dome of the seventeenth century in the work undertaken at the end of the nineteenth century in order to be consistent with the rest of the construction. In its walls it has 125 windows, with 1800 m² of polychrome stained glass of medieval origin, being considered one of the best in the world of its kind. Of these, the great central rose window located in the central portico, between the two spire towers, as well as those of the Main Chapel, the north transept and the Chapel of Santiago stand out.
It pays to look up. Admittedly, when I went to the Archaeological Museum in Istanbul (where this was taken), it was largely the exhibits I had in mind to photograph.
However, this was pretty spectacular. As I recall, there weren't any particularly dazzling exhibits in this section...but perhaps that was because they didn't want to distract from the architecture? :-)
You can see more shots of this historic city in my Istanbul set.
This is another perspective of the popular scene in the movie "Forrest Gump". Not only do you get the feel for the open distance of the highway, but you also get a feel for the wide expanse of Monument Valley.
Route 163, Near Monument Valley, Arizona.
Photo # IM7_0989-92bw.
(c) Kelly Shipp
Bee-eaters (Merops apiaster) photographed from the lowest opening in the camouflage hide in Greece.
Check out the difference from the photo of them from a higher perspective in the links below the line, and how much more interesting the lowest ones are!
(Bietere in Norwegian)
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Tetbury church.
This is one of those ones where whichever way up it is the perspective takes a bit of working out. Blame the cameraman I guess :)
I decided to rotate it to landscape, partly because that works better with Flickr, but also to avoid the "uncertainty fail" problem where something slightly out looks a mistake rather than the creative decision which it was {cough}.
I could also pretend that changing the perspective encourages us to see the textures and patterns anew. Maybe. If I were brave...
Tetbury is an interesting little town about ten miles away. It became wealthy on the wool trade and had the unusual advantage that the townspeople managed to negotiate to buy the town from the local aristocrat who owned it. Which meant they kept the profits from the wool trade. Good move.
So the church is unusually large and splendid. This is a picture of the gallery taken from below with a lovely carved balustrade.
The name Tetbury means Tet's hill in Anglo-Saxon. Who Tet was is anyone's guess but presumably he's a distant cousin of the Egyptian Pharoah Tut. Anyway the moral of the story is if an ancient Angle approaches you and professes to be about to hill you, be alarmed :)
Oh and did I mention that Prince Charles lives in Tetbury? I usually do :) (Sorry. Old joke...)
Thank you for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the image! Happy Friday :)
[Taken in dim sunlight through the church windows; handheld by contortionist.
Developed in Photolab 3 emphasising the wood textures in the fore and accentuating the colours (the stonework behind was yellow against the cyan of the wood), so that I could then control the strength of the background in the B&W conversion.
Into Affinity for sharpening (not USM; High Pass/Linear blend and a touch of Clarity).
Cropped to accentuate the gallery and get rid of distractions like spotlights in the ceiling.
Converted in Silver Efex going for a low key look with a colour filter to take down the background masonry.
Toned with Orange/Teal but lightly.
Slight dark burnt (darkened) edges.]
Mercato delle Stampe,
piazza Borghese, Roma.
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