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Il mio cavalletto non lo abbandono, è solo in attesa.
Sempre.
So fare quel che posso, quel che posso è questo.
Quel che io ho sempre fatto in ogni caso.
Ho una grande macchina, fa più lei che me, o fa quel che so fare io con il suo potenziale che non uso al meglio.
Lo faccio per me, per uscire fuori da cose enormi che possono schiacciare chiunque.
Non è un gioco, è il mio rifugio.
E il mio rifugio è la musica, le cose mie.
La mia famiglia, lo sport...
Gio
Finally my vacation is about over had to stop and see Crisp Point lighthouse and Lake Superior, love the scenery.
Blue hour at Marshall Point Light in Port Clyde, Maine, with color removed.
The current lighthouse was built in 1858, and following a lightning strike to the original, the current keeper's house was built in 1895.
* A second shot from Spurn Point this time looking inland. Spurn is well known as somewhere to see fantastic sunsets . However this evening it was not that spectacular but still rather enjoyable to see . This was taken looking across the Humber estuary towards the East Yorkshire “ mainland “ . There is not a lot of water in the shot just some very wet mudbanks .
If you are interested in the area there is a description of Spurn Point in the text of my previous post
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Isn't it just like Heaven
When You walk into the room
There's not a thing that's hidden
When every eye is on You
Can't get enough of Your presence
It's the perfect point of view
Isn't it just like, just like
Just like Heaven?
Hmm, come a little closer, stay a little longer
Hmm, I can't get enough of You
Hmm, come a little closer, stay a little longer
Hmm, I can't get enough of You
Doesn't it sound like Heaven
When You're singing over me
There's not a voice more constant
Your melodies, they never cease
Here I will stand in Your presence
In my true identity
Doesn't it sound like, yeah, it sounds like
Just like Heaven
Photographed and toured the Long Point Lighthouse in Crow Head on North Twillingate Island off the Northeast Coast of Newfounland
Long Point Lighthouse is an active Canadian lighthouse located outside Crow Head on North Twillingate Island off the northeast coast of Newfoundland. The lighthouse, completed in 1876 and is historic to the town of Twillingate.
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Standing above the badlands which overlook the salt flat floor of Death Valley with the Panamint Mountain range in the background. Truly a spectacular place to behold in person. There are a few hikers cresting one of the ridges on the badlands which I thought gave such amazing scale to the whole frame. This is a must stop when in this National Park. A short hike up to this point gives 360 degree views of such a rugged landscape. I can't imagine being here during the summer months where the record highest temperature of 134 degrees Fahrenheit is the record for hottest place on Earth back in 1913. In retrospect, I wish I would have done this hike.
DEW POINT
The dew point is the temperature at which dew would form assuming all other conditions remained the same. The dew point is a function of the air temperature and humidy. The dew point temperature can never be higher than the air temperature. If the dew point temp and air temp are the same, than the humidity must be 100%.
DELFT Railway Station - Het nieuwe station is met twee ondergrondse eilandperrons een uniek station dat door het slimme gebruik van daglicht en kunstlicht als een open, overzichtelijke en veilige plek wordt ervaren. De spil van het station is het brede stijgpunt met de mezzanine (tussenverdieping) die toegang geeft tot de perrons, de fietsenstalling en de stationshal en een ruimtelijk geheel met deze hal vormt.
DELFT Railway Station - the new station with two underground Island platforms a unique station that through the smart use of daylight and artificial light as an open, orderly and safe place is experienced. The spindle of the drive is the wide take off point with the mezzanine level giving access to the platforms, the bike shed and the station Hall and a spatial whole with this Hall.
The last light of day on the Point Bonita Lighthouse in the Marin Headlands, California, as seen from Lands End, San Francisco.
Colony of Sea lions on Pelican Point, Walvis Bay, Namibia.
The Pelican Point Lighthouse overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, on a unique stretch of land, a long sandbar at Walvis Bay.
Late day lighting and composition of the nice lighthouse at Pemaquid Point. Closer comp of the overall reflection and scene.
Glacier's Grinnell Point framed with autumn gold.
Fall is coming, hurray. Been a hot, smoky summer. Looking forward to a few good photo safaris when the colors are turning and the wildlife is on the move.
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Have a wonderful Wednesday.
Shortly after shooting the lighthouse posted before this, and after the sun had set, I was shooting some long exposures on the water and looked up and saw this amazing sky. It only lasted a few minutes but it was one of the best I've ever seen.
Zabriskie Point, Death Valley National Park. A 3-shot panorama.
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* Given that Spurn Point is relatively close to Hull I guess it's surprising I do not go there often. It is the oddest and wildest part of East Yorkshire with huge skies. However I find it too desolate to really enjoy, though some of my friends who are serious birders love it . This shot was taken on the narrowest parts of the spit. On the left hand side is the North Sea and on the right the waters of the Humber estuary . The little wooden cabin is a shelter in case a high tide cuts you off from the mainland which is not uncommon. You can see the lighthouse which is about four miles further along the spit.
Its a hard place to describe so I will borrow some text from the Yorkshire wildlife trust .
From the Yorkshire wildlife trust website
Spurn Point (or Spurn Head as it is also known) is a narrow sand spit on the tip of the coast of the East Riding of Yorkshire, that reaches into the North Sea and forms the north bank of the mouth of the Humber estuary. It is over 3 miles long, almost half the width of the estuary at that point, and as little as 50 yards wide in places. The southernmost tip is known as Spurn Head or Spurn Point and is the home to an RNLI lifeboat station and disused lighthouse. It forms part of the civil parish of Easington.
Spurn Head covers 280 acres above high water and 450 acres of foreshore. It has been owned since 1960 by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and is a designated National Nature Reserve, Heritage Coast and is part of the Humber Flats, Marshes and Coast Special Protection Area.
The peninsula is made up from sand and shingle as well as Boulder Clay eroded from the Holderness coastline washed down the coastline from Flamborough Head. Material is washed down the coast by longshore drift and accumulates to form the long, narrow embankment in the sheltered waters inside the mouth of the Humber estuary. It is maintained by plants, especially Marram grass . Waves carry material along the peninsula to the tip, continually extending it; as this action stretches the peninsula it also narrows it to the extent that the sea can cut across it in severe weather. When the sea cuts across it permanently, everything beyond the breach is swept away, only to eventually reform as a new spit pointing further south. This cycle of destruction and reconstruction occurs approximately every 250 years. The now crumbling defences will not be replaced and the spit will continue to move westwards at a rate of 2 metres per year, keeping pace with the coastal erosion further north.
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Lowell Point recreational trailhead located in Seward, Alaska. The beginning of a awesome hike to south beach and the old military fort I have yet to take.
Played some with the purple and magenta colors to bring out more details in the Milky Way ... captured there along the coast of Maine at Pemaquid Point Lighthouse. The light here on the building there is from the lighthouse itself which I had set up the tripod next to. The orange glow in the sky to the right is most likely from Portland, Maine.
Looking back at this I wish I had used the 17mm lens versus the 24mm ... there would have been less apparent motion in the sky with the wider angle for the 30 second exposure.
It would also be nice to go back here sometime in the future and take this view with the new 14mm f/2.8 lens that I have now (a worthy reason to head back to Maine I think :))
The Point Arena lighthouse is 115ft elevation from the ground. Their is 145 steps spiral staircase with 4 landings to get to the top of the lighthouse and is the tallest lighthouse on the west coast that is open to the public.
Hexagonal in shape, Gibraltar Point Lighthouse was built of limestone from the Queenston Quarry near Niagara River and originally stood sixteen metres (fifty-two feet) tall, until it was raised nine metres (thirty-feet) in 1832 to a total height of twenty-five metres (eight-two feet). No light was shown from the lighthouse from May 30 until nearly the end of June in 1932 while the lighthouse was being modified.
John P. Rademuller was hired as the first keeper of the lighthouse, and he served until he met a tragic end, as reported in the January 14, 1815 edition of theYork Gazette:
Died on the evening of the 2nd of January, J.P. Rademuller, keeper of the lighthouse on Gibraltar Point. From circumstances, there is moral proof of his having been murdered. If the horrid crime admits of aggravation when the inoffensive and benevolent character of the unfortunate sufferer are considered, his murder will be pronounced most barbarous and inhuman. The parties lost with him are the proposed perpetrators and are in prison.
Three months later, the Gazette reported, “No conviction of the supposed murderers of the late J.P. Rademuller.” Though the details of what happened that night in January 1815 have been lost, legend has it that soldiers from the York garrison visited Gibraltar Point that night to obtain beer from Keeper Rademuller. Some accounts say the keeper refused to sell to the soldiers, and others claim he overcharged them, but all agree that the soldiers became enraged, killed the keeper, and disposed of his body.