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Bretaña Francesa - French Brittany
Recordaré para siempre como tomé esta foto. Esta parte de la costa Francesa es muy agresiva, con enormes acantilados. Ese día el viento soplaba muchísimo y tuve que tomar la foto agarrado a una valla!. A pesar del viento hice una buena composición.
I will remember for ever how I took this photo. This part of the France's coast, is very aggressive with a huge cliffs. This day the wind was blowing so much and I had to take the photo seized in a fence!. In despite of the wind I made a good composition.
Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah
Dead Horse Point State Park is a state park of Utah, USA, featuring a dramatic overlook of the Colorado River and Canyonlands National Park. The park is so named because of its use as a natural corral by cowboys in the 19th century. The "dead horse" part of the name is that the corral was abandoned, but the horses did not leave the corral, even after the gate was left open, and died there :(
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The Point-class sealift ships are the result of the Strategic Defence Review and are designed by Houlder Ltd for the strategic transport of military cargoes and vehicles in times of need. The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has purchased a 22-year charter from Foreland Shipping (previously named AWSR Shipping), who own, operate and crew the ships, utilising them as merchant vessels when they are not required for military service.
This was one of my last shots of this sunset. I really liked the way that the lighthouse was silhouetted against the orange sky. I zoomed in with my lens and got a closer view. This gave me nice lines and gave me a contrast between the sky and silhouette.
This is the Lower Falls in the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, on a rainy day. The area is referred to as "Artist Point", but apparently there were some mistakes made in the naming of it, according to this link: www.yellowstonepark.com/artist-point/ . A beautiful location, regardless of the name :)
The Point Judith Light is located on the west side of the entrance to Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island as well as the north side of the eastern entrance to Block Island Sound. The confluence of two waterways make this area busy with water traffic and the waters around Point Judith are very cold and dangerous. Historically, even with active lighthouses, there have been many shipwrecks off these coasts.
Three light structures have been built on this site. The original 35-foot (11 m) tower, built in 1810, was destroyed by a hurricane in 1815. It was replaced in 1816, by another 35-foot stone tower with a revolving light and ten lamps. The present octagonal granite tower was built in 1856. The upper half of the tower is painted brown and the lower half white to make the light structure a more effective daymark for maritime traffic. In 1871, ship captains asked that Point Judith's fog signal be changed from a horn to whistle. This change distinguished the Point Judith light from the Beavertail Lighthouse, which used a siren to announce fog. A whistle could also be heard more distinctly over the sounds of the surf in the area. Point Judith Light was automated in 1954, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
Lune Estuary, Lancashire
Sunderland, commonly known as Sunderland Point, is a small village among the marshes, on a windswept peninsula between the mouth of the River Lune, and Morecambe Bay, in Lancashire, England. It was used as a port for slave ships and cotton ships but its importance declined as other ports such as Lancaster were opened up.
The village is linked to the neighbouring Overton some 1½ miles away by a single-track road crossing a tidal marsh, which is flooded at high tide.
Looking north along Point Reyes beach, from just north of Point Reyes proper. Much the same shot as "Point Reyes Beach 1", but a little different angle which gives a better perspective on the breaking waves.
A beautiful morning along the California coastline with the Pigeon Point Lighthouse keeping vigil.
Pigeon Point CA
Architects: Colin Lucas, Philip Bottomley et al. at the LCC/GLC, c.1964. One of two high-rise point blocks erected on the Canada Estate, along with several groups of four-storey maisonette blocks. Surrey Quays, London Borough of Southwark.
Prise de vue :
Leica M3, Summarit 5cm f/1.5.
Kodak : Trix 400@1600 Asa.
Développement :
Kodak : D76 1+1 (13,25 mn) @ 20°.
Scanner :
Epson 1650.
Rawley Point juts out into Lake Michigan (there's a lighthouse here.). Its main feature is a series of beach ridges formed as the lake dropped and paused from higher glacial levels over thousands of years. A beautiful place to be at any time, but especially pretty during sunrise.
Cold day at Dead Horse Point. Colorado River, San Juan County, Utah.
The legend of Dead Horse Point originates around the turn of the 19th century when cowboys would round up the wild mustangs that roamed the mesa. It is said, a herd was driven down the neck of the peninsula, its sheer cliffs forming a natural corral, and the 30-foot-wide entrance was fenced off with branches and brush. For reasons unknown, the herd was left or forgotten. After a period of time with no food or water, they succumbed to the harsh desert elements, with the Colorado River in view 2,000 feet below. It is rumored those horses can be seen and heard still roaming the area.
FROM WIKIPEDIA:
West Point is a cape and an unincorporated community located in the southwestern corner of Prince Edward Island, Canada.
West Point Lighthouse, a square tapered tower, was built in 1875 by the federal Department of Marine. The West Point Lighthouse Inn, Museum and Restaurant was established in 1984.
The West Point Development Corporation, a non-profit organization, maintains the lighthouse as a navigational aid beacon, although the living quarters of the lighthouse are now used as a unique country inn and museum.
This lighthouse was first lit on May 21, 1876.