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Highest Position - Explore #1 | 08.05.2009 (Thank u kindly always!)
(Big cheers to Frank for the ss!)
Me feeling real slow today... slow reaction & to top it up..i've got a real slow internet connection as well. Had a hard time even trying to upload this shot. I've just used up my download limit for the month :)) so i'm just connected at 64kbps which is real sad! Therefore pls bear with me while i get back my fast connection tomorrow & everything will be hunky dorey! & yes thank goodness weekend is here for me soon! HAVE LOTSA FUN everyone! Catch u on again soon! ;)
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The Singapore Sunset with the Twin Pagodas at the Chinese Garden
The Shot
Standard 3 exposure shot (+2..0..-2 EV) taken handheld using Sigma DC HSM 10-20mm lens
Photomatix
- Tonemapped generated HDR using detail enhancer option
Photoshop
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'curves' to increase the contrast
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (blues) to darken the sky
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (yellows) to slightly tone up the sunset
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (reds) to tone down the brightness of tiles
- Applied noise reduction
- Used 'unsharp mask' (as always) on the background layer
You
All comments, criticism and tips for improvements are (as always) welcome
Music
Bruce Springsteen - Secret Garden
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Durham Cathedral towering above the trees, the river and bridge.
Sigma 30mm f1.4, with a lot of vintage style processing.
Waiting for a fair wind
This photo has been on explore: Highest position: 322 on Monday, June 6, 2011
Position: This photo was taken on the Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. Solandra is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. It is named after the Swedish naturalist Daniel C. Solander. They have very large flowers and glossy foliage. Also called Cup of Gold.
Times so bad that even angels would wish to crouch and hide, others would prefer death to endless suffering, others again might wish to have never been born in the first place. So many men with guns pulling the religious traditions through the dirt. So much hypocrisy in the 'defence' of democracy; such a corrupted language defining the 'other'; so much violence masquerading as justified reactions. So little preparedness to step into the other's shoes. I could go on. However, when angels are helpless, and when violence is going to create even more violence, the foetal position is the wrong choice. We got to stand up and walk. Sony A7iii, 2x teleconverter, Helios 44M-7.
Wetland Reflections, Dawn. © Copyright 2022 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
Dawn clouds reflected in the surface of a wetland pond, Pacific Flyway, New Year’s Day 2022.
The dawn light is remarkably fleeting. The space between “too early” and “too late” can be extremely small, and on a morning like this one I might have only moments to see what is happening in the sky, find a foreground, create a composition, and make some photographs. When the light arrived and a small group of clouds appeared in the distance, I first worked handheld with a long lens in order to narrow the view and get some flexibility about positioning the tree. Then I grabbed another camera that had a wider angle lens attached, and I made a few photographs that included more sky and water than seen here.
I have photographed in some remarkable landscape, where particular objects demanded attention. But this landscape along the Pacific Flyway is not that sort of place. To be honest, often it can seem plain and even boring. Much of the area is agricultural country, and nearby there are large cattle operations — not the most scenic or pleasant of landscape subjects. But for a few months each winter the fields flood and migratory birds return, and when the conditions are just right magic may happen.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.
Highest Explore Position #432 ~ On June 1st 2008.
Telectroscope - Tower Bridge, London, England - Thursday May 29th 2008.
Telectroscope - London, England - Thursday May 29th 2008.
For all those that want to go see this...you have to get your skates on..it's only there until June 15th..so you have 2 weeks, that's on both sides of the pond...see here... www.tiscali.co.uk/telectroscope/
Telectroscope - Tower Bridge, London, England - Thursday May 29th 2008.
Believe it or not...this has to be the longest EVER shot...I took a picture of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, from Tower Bridge in London, England...It's Magic..lol...:O)))
See here... news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7415911.stm
As you can see...here in London it's raining cats n dogs...where as in the Big Apple...the sun is out and the sky's are blue....I wish I could actually walk through this Telescope, I'd rather be on the other side at the moment that's for sure..:O)))
Anyhoo....this is a picture of New Yorkers watching us...watching them..I bet they love the fact that we were getting wet lol...........They can see Tower Bridge on their side..and RAIN!!!!!.............:O(((
Of course being England...it costs £1 to view for a few mins here...and FREEEE!!! in the New York......Blinking typical!!!!...:O(((
Of course you could always be a skin flint like me and just stand behind the barrier and use a long lens...lol..:O))
This is the view from the other side.... www.flickr.com/photos/laja/2521136019/?addedcomment=1#com...
We pull up in our car alongside a train parked up, locomotives switched off. We came here last night, a train was sat here also, switched off. The crew were nervous of our presence with and our cameras and told us it had broken down. One of them leaned out of the engine room with a spanner and confirmed this. Again there are people inside, we are a little cautious but take pictures. The driver leans out of his window and shouts to us, we go over, and though he has no German or English he soon knows where we have travelled from. He signals us to wait. Shortly he leans out of the cab window again, pointing his phone down to us. It speaks through a translate app 'We will start the locomotive and you will make a video with your cameras' He waits for us to take our positions and then each unit is restated with plumes of smoke. A bus arrives and three get down out of the cab, its a crew change. The relieved crew are gone and the train restarts, uphill for a kilometre or so on the last leg up to the Bogatyr' mine.
2TE10M-2045 with transferring coal emptys from Ekibastuz 2 to the Bogat'yr' mine. May the 11th 2024.
Jane made a video and Sven took a picture:
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2020 has been my best ever year for foxes and this is one of my favourite photos of the year.
I had photographed this huge dog fox at a distance but this was the only time I had him come this close. He was feeding well grown cubs so was forced to hunt during the day.
I watched him for several minutes as he slowly made his way towards me with just the tips of his ears showing above the long grass. When he was in the perfect position I gave a tiny squeak between my teeth and he stopped an lifted his head a few inches.
I toggled the single focus point onto his eye through the gap in the grass and took a single shot, then he slowly disappeared into the hedge and that was the last I saw of him.
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Highest Explore Position #285 ~ On January 2nd 2009.
Sunrise - Colchester, Essex, England - Boxing Day 2008.
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Well, it's finally here, a shiny New Year, out with the old in with the New...:O)))
As I said yesterday, 2008 was rubbish...so I'm praying for a better 2009...:O)))
It ended pretty much the same as it started....I had a massive headache for most of the day yesterday, it seemed as though my head was going to explode!!!!, I popped soooooo many pain killers, I'm surprised I'm still here..lol, suffice to say, not one drop of drink passed my lips...so at least I am waking up in 2009 hangover free...and the headache...touch wood...seems to have gone for now...::O)))
Anyhoo...I wish all those with sore heads, or not a Wonderful Shiny New Year...2009...:O)))
Explored 16-Sep-2014 (Highest Position #4)
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Aug 20 of the summer end - Minokakeiwa and a night view of the Milky Way.
Exposure 60 seconds / iso-2500, this is 1 Raw-shot picture.
夏の天の川と蓑掛岩。
天の川を夏のうちに撮っておこうと、南の空が良好な日を待ちかまえていましたが全く晴れず。
8月20日、水平線付近には雲が残りましたが、ようやく南側だけ空が抜けました。
でも、狙っていた「蓑掛岩の真上に天の川」のタイミングは夜8時台の飛行機ラッシュで全部ボツでした。
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Taken on Aug 20, 2014, 21:17 in Ose, Minamiizu.
Gear: Nikon D7000
Lens: Sigma 10-20mm F3.5 EX DC HSM
Tripod: Manfrotto 055XPROB + #410 head
Shot on Focal @10mm (35mm format @15mm) / iso2500 / f3.5 / Exposure 60 seconds / Non filter. Develop by Lightroom 5.5, and adjustment by Photoshop CC-2014
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We made eye contact and parted ways; I was in no position to be of any assistance. :)
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My positioning for this shot, as you may have guessed from the title, was somewhat precarious. My tripod and I were perched on top of this MASSIVE, slick boulder resting along Raven Fork in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This amazing striated cascade was huge; each of the boulders you see in this shot are approximately car-sized or larger. The wide angle lens just doesn't always do justice towards capturing the immensity of objects when they are further out from the camera. Beneath me is the tumultuous water, and to my left (and down about 10 feet) is a very deep pool. I'm all for searching out the best position for the tripod and composition for the photo, but here the options were mostly limited by my location - thankfully my only option was a decent one, in my opinion! Recent rain made all these boulders very slick, also. Definitely an interesting position to be in!
Raven Fork is a large creek/stream/river that begins near Tricorner Knob on the AT and eventually flows down through the town of Cherokee, NC. Upstream from this location is backcountry site #47, while further downstream Enloe Creek enters Raven Fork and the two carve their way through a section known as 'The Gorges'. I'm trying to plan a trip exploring off-trail in this area for some not often seen shots. Backcountry site #47 is one of my favorites, if not my favorite, in the whole park. There are massive cascades/falls all through the river in the area. A brutal hike is required to get in. If you leave from Straight Fork Road, you have about 3 miles (not that long) but about 1800' up then another 1000' down. If you leave from Smokemont, it's about 8 or 9 miles including a steep climb up the Chasteen Creek Trail and down the Enloe Creek Trail. It's worth the effort though!
Explored Feb 20, 2016 Best position #15
A very small part of all the swans that were there
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This is definitely not the best photo I've ever taken of an eagle, as far as sharp details go, but I love the position that the wings are in and the way that the feathers are spread out and ruffled. Photographed at Conowingo Dam in Maryland on a drab and overcast morning 1/5/22.
Zorro can spend hours in that position monitoring what's going on in and around his territory.
On Explore June 3, 2022
Highest position: 452
Yay for creative titles! Not the best shot, but much better than the crap I posted of this a month or so ago. Looked so good in all red!
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EXPLORED with best position of 463 on 01.01. 2013
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Highest position: #199 on Saturday, May 27, 2023
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today i positioned two new arches front and centre, easy to assemble www.diy.com/departments/kingfisher-warch-decorative-garde...
the front arch had to be replaced as it was collapsing, too many fat squirrels bouncing around :) the back arch is fine and remains
i added the centre arch so that i wouldn't need the poles and wood to hang things that i had on the previous design flic.kr/p/2p6E8ND the ivy covering the tree will gradually intertwine through both arches back and centre
the honeysuckle seems to have survived the changeover and is draped over the new front arch as it used to be, time will tell
plenty of signs of life in the garden, much to look forward to ...
for many years my garden was a shrubbery flic.kr/p/Lhv9ag which i loved. a picket fence covered in an ivy hedge coming down in a storm flic.kr/p/2gnCyih meant that over time changes had to happen flic.kr/p/2mn2x8a i'll be glad when the trellis is covered in honeysuckle and jasmine. that's the plan ...
www.flickr.com/groups/gardening_is_my_hobby/ helpful for ideas. thank you for sharing