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Sunset at Soberanes Point, Garrapata State Park, California. This was taken about 1982 on slide film and scanned today. Converting my slides to digital images has been a great project while in social isolation.
The building was a gift from King Fahd of Saudi Arabia and took two years to build at a cost of around £5 million. It was officially inaugurated on 8 August 1997. When the building was opened there were over sixty limousines and impressive security measures.
It is the southernmost mosque in continental Europe, and is one of the largest mosques in a non-Muslim country. (wiki)
Many thanks to Dorota for this information. :-))
Plage du restaurant l'Escale.
Le lac Saint-Point, connu anciennement sous le nom de lac de Dampvauthier, fait partie des plus grands lacs naturels de France par sa superficie. Il se situe dans le département du Doubs, au sein du massif du Jura, à une quinzaine de kilomètres de la ville de Pontarlier.
Early morning walk, at this time of year the sun rises behind the lighthouse when viewed from the headland at Amlwch.
Point Clark Lighthouse is located on in a beach community, Point Clark, Ontario, near a point that protrudes into Lake Huron. Built between 1855 and 1859
We made our way down to Carnsore Point Sunday to capture the night skies around the ruin of St Vogues Church. It was nice to see the skies clearing to reveal a view Comet Neowise and a shot here at 3.45am
Another road shot from Georgia (www.flickr.com/photos/115540984@N02/49104292301/in/datepo...), although here we stepped out, and spend an hour or so to view this!
This probably is the most spectacular road pass that I saw in my whole life. The Gudauri pass is on the way to Kasbegi (more to come on that area later), but it was not an easy shot to make.
It took me awhile to figure out how to get rid of the sun that was getting into my lens, and the rather flat light that I saw on my finder.
I finally made an HDR composition (three shots with different light settings) and in 35 mm .The rest I did at home. The result is more a less how I saw it in real. The red in the mountain that is in the back came back to life.
Two months ago I came back from my journey over a part of the Silk Road to and through Central Asia. 4 months of traveling through 14 countries (Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran) before I flew home from Teheran. An impressive journey in countries that are extremely beautiful, with lovely and welcoming people and diverse cultures and history.
Intense traveling with more than 20000 kilometers in our mobile home on sometimes roads that hardly could be called that way. We saw many villages and cities (some wonderful, others very ugly), countries that are transforming from the old Soviet era into something more related to older cultures and the way people live, often funded by oil readily available around the Caspian sea. We saw the amazing mountains south of the Black Sea, the wonderful Caucasus, and the high mountains in the far east close to China with peaks over 7000 meter, and not to forget the (Bulgarian) Alps!
We crossed the great steppe of Kazakhstan. a drive of at least 5000 km, the remnants of lake Aral, once one of the biggest lakes of the world, saw a rocket launch from Baikonur (this little part is Russian owned), we crossed many high mountains passes, and drove the breathtaking canyon that comes from the Pamir, beginning at ca 4500 meter, and going down for ca. 400km to an altitude of 1300 meter, driving for 100's of kilometers along the Afghan border.
And then the numerous lakes with all sorts of different colors from deep cobalt blue to turquoise, and one rare spectacle in Turkmenistan where a gas crater is burning already for more than 40 years. And finally and certainly not the least to mention an enormous amount of wonderful, hospitable and welcoming people. The woman often dressed in wonderful dresses, and bringing a lot of color in the streets of almost of all countries we visited.
Point of Ayr Lighthouse, which I am sure leans to one side a little is located near the village of Talacre, Flintshire, North Coast of Wales/ When this was taken a while back, it was in need of a coat of paint. It is a Grade II Listed building.
Sunderland Point is a small village in the marshland to the south of Lancaster that lies on a windswept peninsula between the River Lune and Morecambe Bay. It was originally a port for cotton and other ships, but its use declined as other nearby ports opened up.
My old point and shoot camera. A Canon PowerShot SD1400 IS
For Macro Mondays theme "Photographic Equipment"
In Explore Nov 24, 2024 #251
Neist Point is a viewpoint on the most westerly point of Skye. Neist Point Lighthouse has been located there since 1909.
Neist Point is the most westerly point on the Duirinish peninsula on the Isle of Skye. It projects into The Minch and provides a walk and viewpoint.
Basalt at Neist Point is very similar to that at the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland. A steep path leads down from the road. Whales, dolphins, porpoises and basking shark can be seen from the point. Common seabirds include gannets, black guillemots, razorbills and European shags. Several rare plants, including saxifrages are found on the point.
Benzie County, Michigan. South of the lighthouse.
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Sigma 10-20
Filter: B+W ND110
Post: Lightroom CC
Rocky Point at the Sue-Meg State Park near Trinidad, CA is well-named, with the Pacific Ocean haze and fog playing its part on this day, October, 2024. My wife thought this was a black-and-white, but it was shot in color.
After hanging around the area all afternoon, CSX"s Office Car Special P001 finally rolls past the old station at Point of Rocks, MD. The F40PH's designated to pull this train were recently repainted into their Baltimore & Ohio paint scheme, and I gotta say they look pretty sharp.
Taken at sunset along the Columbia river. I'm leaving for Mount Rainier tomorrow evening and wont' be back until Monday. I hope everyone has a great weekend!
Polarizer
3-stop GND
Last weekend in North Devon, This is the path that follows the cliff edge around to the stunning baggy point , The path on the left takes you down to the rocks but with big surf hitting the rocks not a very good idea to go down there. Sadly we did not get all the way around as time was against us .
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This 9 meter lighthouse was built in 1930, is not the prettiest or imposing of lighthouses, but, it is a unique design and is now a protected structure. In the past it fell in to disrepair and the 2 tonne bell was removed for fear of it's weight pulling the structure down. The bell became lost until two ladies found it covered in rags in a warehouse. It is now on display in the town.
Still working, but the bell is replaced with an electronic siren, the white light, mounted on the square gallery at the top of the tower gives 3 quick Flashes every 10 seconds and is visible for 16 nautical miles.
Michigan has more lighthouses than any other state, with more than 150 past and present. I found this one in the town of Escanaba, Michigan, on the northern shore of Lake Michigan. It operated continuously from 1868 until 1939, when it was replaced by an automated light offshore. The Sand Point Lighthouse was restored by the local historical society between 1985 and 1990, and I’ve “restored” it even further for this image by taking out some modern electrical paraphernalia, power lines and signage, providing a cleaner look. I left in the fences, though. :-)
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Two years ago in early November I bought my current and first DSLR camera. I had not done any night shooting prior to my coming to the annual lighting of the Pigeon Point Lighthouse's Fresnel Lens. I was a nervous wreck trying to get set up, and a fellow photographer even attempted to sabotage me by telling me to do things that made my shots worse.
I came away that evening with a decent shot, but because I used a high ISO a very grainy shot. Well, it's been two years and they re-lit the lens tonight and I was able to try getting that shot one more time.
I met some wonderful people and got to hang with my friend Paul and even saw another flickr contact I haven't seen in a while.
It was a fantastic evening!
A night by Collins Pool with a tiny island view, under the dazzling rise of the Southern Milky Way and the auroras.
Just as if nature had planned it, the Aurora Australis started to paint the sky in soft waves of pink, red, and yellow.
Most people know the northern lights, but our southern auroras are rarer because of how the Earth’s magnetic field interacts down here. Without as many land masses in the south, it’s a treat we don’t often get to see as brightly in the south. In fact, I didn't even realize the #auroras were that bright until I was already into my 2nd shot of this sky's pano, had I known, I would've used a wider lens...easier to stitch.
The image is a composite, the ground was shot while the moon was out while the sky was captured on the same night after the moon had set.
Sky
Nikon D5500 (fullspectrum mod)
Nikon 50mm f/1.8
Star Adventurer Pro 2i
Hoya UV/IR Cut
40x20s, f/2.8
Foreground
Nikon D5200
Samyang 24mm f/1.4
6 shots in portrait mode at f/4