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The Lego Gymnasts are doing extra conditioning to work off the 5 pieces of Halloween Candy they ate. Here they chalked up and did rope climbs in an L-position (legs extended in front). And they smiled the whole time :-)
DZA-824 leading the line towards the Basilica of Eger.
Built in 1989 for Germany, he served there until 1996, when he returned to his homeland. Since then, he's been operated by Agria Volán, and later KMKK Eger, until getting shut down recently in September of 2019.
In his last weeks, he mainly served as a reserve bus, occasionally helping out on the local lines, like on this picture.
Amtrak's daily eastbound "Pennsylvanian" rockets up the West Slope at Lilly, PA, passing under the old PRR position light signal bridge. Sadly, this signal bridge, rendered obsolete by modern rail control technology, will be retired sometime in the coming months.
Highest Position in Explore #161
So I was standing in front of this great stadium trying to take a decent shot. It was the coldest day of the year with -10C - for our friends from Siberia this might sound more like summer temperature, but I thought it was nevertheless uncomfortable. The Allianz Arena has been photographed billions of times, but if you live in Munich it is mandatory to have a shot of this great architecture in your set. I hope that you find this version nevertheless ok.
(to avoid confussion - the light cone on top is an effect and not real)
Made to Explore! Highest position: 361 on Monday, June 2, 2008
Thanks to all of YOU :-))
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fascinating ... this little glow seems to be hopping in and out of explore ... now around 460 ... thought once it'd been in and was dropped it wouldn't pop back in ... strange goings on ... :-) ... thanks to all who are viewing and liking her!!!
Just thought I'd demonstrate the correct position for my lucky student. And maybe get her a little hot and bothered along the way. 😜
I may or may not have posted this one before....I can't exactly check anymore.
By the way, in case it isn't obvious, I've had to make some changes to my account. Thanks to some people who don't like to play fair, I have deleted most of my photos, and now allow access friends and family only. But not to worry....I'm not going anywhere. In the meantime please bear with me as I try my best to adjust. Apparently I have been woefully neglectful in adding many of you lovely people to my friends list.....and it's been a bear trying to correct. Sorry!
By the way, if you know anyone who's been left out, please let me know....or have them shoot me an email and I'll add them.
Same position as last shot, only slightlyreframed. The difference apart from B&W to the last shot is the exposure. Some 4 minutes long, the cloud movement really shows the affect of updraft on the sky. Incase you wonder why the centre is bright, like the last shot the sun is in the centre with clouds shadowing the mountains. Such shots arent everyones cup of tea, but i am just expanding my portfolio.
Canon 5d
17-40
lee cpl 100mm slide
lee big stopper
singh ray 3 stop reverse grad
Been to a new spot this evening with my mate Paul. Its close to my usual haunt on the Monsal Trail but another Lime Kiln which doesn't provide much shelter from ambient light. Now the nights are finally drawing in I could take advantage of the early darkness.
Started with a bit of tent based lp (which I'll post later) and once happy with that one I wanted to use some greenery which is slowly taking back this area. Found the most photogenic piece of Ivy I could lay my hands on and attached it to my light stand. Framed and focused for the fire silhouette and then positioned the ivy to kiss the first third of the frame and refocused the Tokina @16mm. Lit the ivy from below and tested exposure. 2 seconds of exposure between lens cap and 20 degree rotations x 18. Cap on and zoomed out to 11mm and re-focused. Paul into position and cracked out the net curtain and torch set to yellowy orange to compliment the green of the foliage. Waved that about for a bit and made my way behind the camera to light the walls of the Kiln.
Home for a brew and some banana cream pie vape.
Happy days.
This is number 240 of my 365.
June 12, 2014.
Coordenadas de Torreón: 25°32′40″N 103°26′30″O
Altitud Media: 1120 msnm
CÁMARA MONTADA EN TRIPIÉ, NO SE UTILIZÓ TELESCOPIO, NO SE MODIFICARON LOS COLORES, INTERPUSE UNA PLACA RADIOGRAFICA COMO FILTRO.
Zoom digital 125 X (3000 mm equivalente) [535mm focal length]. Exif data de additional info solamente lee hasta el máximo del zoom óptico, no lee zoom digital.
It's a pity Flickr gave us this unpractical format. Among other anoyances we can´t add notes to the picture. For example in this, the clasifying code of sunspots.
Best viewed in LARGE (Contacts only, sorry).
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Explore (133) : Highest position #204
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This is my 21st upload from our trip to Paris, yes Frank still a few to come ;)
This is a view from on the bridge Pont Neuf over the river Seine, at the far left you
can see the Louvre museum.
The shot
Standard 3 exposure HDR [-2,0,+2Ev] in RAW/ISO100 at f/7 using the Sigma 10-20mm lens, on a tripod.
Photomatix
Tonemapped using the detail enhancer.
Photoshop
° Shadow & Highlights
° Curves
° Noise reduction in the sky using a mask taken from the blue channel and changed with
levels and manually touched up.
° Desaturation of the blues and an extra Curves on the blues.
° Repaired the movement of the boat under the bridge and the momevent of the car
lights by loading the 0Ev shot, adjusting it until the colours almost matched, copied it as
a layer, added a mask to this layer, made the mask black and painted the needed parts
back in using a white brush in the mask.
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All comments, criticism and tips for improvements are ( as always ) welcome.
Music
Our site was in the prime position to see this amazing sunset. It was just after a thunderstorm passed through and as the sunlight hit the wet earth, mist and fog rose and filled air. The river was just below and sleeping to the sound of the rushing water was an experience. Before we left the next day, we discovered some nice flat areas down the slope. If it didn't rain the day before, we could have put our chairs at the river's edge to relax!
See comments for iPhone 4 version!
At last the clouds and rain of the last few days cleared and I was able to take a shot of the Moon. This was taken at 5.30pm just before it got dark. It's a waxing, gibbous Moon 83% illuminated, 4 days away from being full.
Highest position in Explore: 219 on Thursday, January 28, 2010
From the Viking mountain on Ekerö...and yes you are right Bill, the darkest time and day of the year !!
Explore
# Highest position: 400 on Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Amtrak 42/NS 04T with P42DC 96 leading passes under the signal bridge in Lilly, PA. These signals have their days numbered as PTC work continues just a few miles down the line.
Highest position: #376 on Saturday, March 16, 2013
Happy Fenced Friday Everyone !!
Enjoy the last Fenced Friday of this Winter Everybody....Spring is knocking on the Door ready to be let in :0)
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Checkered White (Pontia protodice) overpositing position, 4-6-2020, The Landing's Sparrow Field, Savannah, Ga.
Covering the nose with a paw
She was in the chair, asleep at the important mission of guarding me as I napped. My nap was so deep that I thought it was Sunday!!
Ms. Essay positions herself at the edge of her living room’s L-shaped sectional sofa for a seated pose in her white long-sleeve turtleneck sweater and brown faux leather pants she wore for a February meeting convened virtually by the Missouri Historical Society and their Museum via Zoom.
In the background of this photo, the late afternoon sun cast an interesting shadow onto the sofa’s seat cushions that was created by the slats of the west facing living room window’s venetian blinds.
Some of the Missouri History Museum’s items in the ever-expanding Gateway to Pride Exhibit collection, at this moment mostly “oral histories” shared by LGBTQ+ community individuals, can be viewed on-line using the link, below:
Highest Explore Position #123 ~ On August 19th 2008.
Baby European Polecat - British Wildlife Centre, Surrey, England - Sunday August 17th 2008.
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European Polecat ~ Mustela putorius ~ A member of the weasel family (Mustelids), polecats were once widespread and common throughout mainland Britain. Relentless persecution by gamekeepers up until the late 1930's resulted in extermination everywhere except for a small population in north Wales. They have since recovered and are now found throughout rural Wales, the Border counties and are spreading across the Midlands, South and into the South-East.
They are solitary in nature and active throughout the year. They favoured habitat is woodland, riverbank and surrounding farmland. They will hunt by night or by day for small rodents, birds and insects using a keen sense of smell to locate their prey.
They emit a pungent musky odour, particularly when threatened. The polecat is the ancestor of the domestic ferret and can interbreed with them.
Origin ~ Native of the United Kingdom.
Size ~ Male length: 55 cm plus 20 cm tail. Female length: 50 cm plus 16 cm tail - about the same size as a ferret.
Description ~ Sexes alike. Fur long, almost black with purple sheen showing buff undercoat. White markings on face and ears.
Habitat ~ Favours lowland country below 500m in woodland, marsh, riverbanks, farmland and farm buildings.
Young ~ One litter of 3 -7 young born May or June after 40 days gestation. Fully grown in 3 months.
Diet ~ Frogs, water voles, trout, eels, rabbits, snakes and ground nesting birds.
Population Pre-breeding season estimated to be 63,000 and increasing.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ~ The European Polecat (Mustela putorius), also known as a fitch, is a member of the Mustelidae family, and is related to the stoats, otters, weasels and minks. Polecats are dark brown with a lighter bandit-like mask across the face, pale yellow underbody fur, a long tail and short legs. They are somewhat larger than weasels, weighing between 0.7 kg for females to 1.7 kg for males, but smaller than otters.
Range, habitat and ecology ~ Polecats are found throughout Europe. They are mainly nocturnal and are found in woodlands, farmlands and wetlands. They often make dens in stream banks or under tree roots. Almost entirely carnivorous, they feed largely on small mammals such as voles and rats and, seasonally, on frogs and toads. Small birds and insects are a much smaller component of their diet. They require a home range of about a square kilometer. The pattern of polecat predation on frogs was found to be sex selective and predation by polecats is found to influence sex ratio, male abundance and sexual conflict in a frog mating system, restricting the opportunity for multiple mating.
Reproduction ~ Though polecats are chiefly polygynous, females can show polyandry and the sexual conflict aspect of the mating system can change with environmental conditions. Sexual conflict may result in sexually antagonistic co-evolution, in which one sex evolves a "manipulative" character which is countered by a "resistance" trait in the other sex.
Hybridisation ~ Polecats (mainly dark phenotype) are able to hybridise with the rare European mink and have fertile hybrids. In some parts of England the abandoning of domestic ferrets has led to ferret-polecat hybrids living in the wild. Often hybrids have a less distinct facial mask, light throat patches and lighter fur especially on the undersides. However there are some hybrids that are almost indistinguishable from pure polecats.
The native polecat has made a recovery across much of central and southern England thanks in part to reintroduction programmes. Recent DNA studies have shown that the pure native polecats have become firmly reestablished and are not becoming greatly hybridised. It has been suggested that the hybrid animals containing domesticated ferret genes are less well adapted to life in the wild than native polecats as the hybrids tend to be distributed near or beyond the main polecat range.
Other species ~ Other species of polecat include the Steppe Polecat (M. eversmanni) and the European Mink (M. lutreola). Most zoologists believe that the domestic ferret (M. putorius furo) is descended from the European Polecat, or possibly from a hybrid of the European and steppe varieties. The Zorilla, also called the striped polecat (Ictonyx striatus), lives in subsaharan Africa.
MADE POSITION #278 IN EXPLORE 20TH OCTOBER 2011
Something I've wanted to do for a while, hasn't really worked .. but thought I might as well post it. They were taken last month with my D300S and Nikkor AF-S 300mm f/4 ED IF. All obviously taken of the same bird in 8fps quick sucession !
Taken behind my house on the common behind the coniferous forestry, Brynamman, Carmarthenshire.
Thursday 10th May 2018, saw the first day of operation of Route X99, which is a special shuttle service to transport the arriving cruise passengers at Hawes Pier, South Queensferry to Edinburgh City Centre.
Service X99 or being called CruiseLink is scheduled to operate on 26 days between the 10th May and 7th September. There are also timetables A - I with different start and finish times depending on the ships docking times.
Lothian MA468 arriving and reversing into position at Hawes pier, South Queensferry. 10th May 2018.
The only position I could get this shot from was shooting into a late afternoon sun. The two baby Barn Swallows were noisily demanding food. I was lucky enough to pre-focus on the near bird and captured the food exchange, which took a fraction of a second.
Recently I put together a gallery of echinacea images, there are so many gorgeous ones out there. But I did notice that most were of the traditional pink ones. So I just had to post some more of the white ones! And as it's tuesday, these are with butterflies...
Happy Butterfly Tuesday :-)
I have loads of shots of this butterfly, both on white and pink echinaceas, taken on the same day. Might post more of them later, I just have to spend enough time to choose...
large view of this one
on explore :: 346 on Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Portsmouth Cathedral, which started as a parish church in the 12th century, has a very unusual layout. The building is a culmination of many years of construction and is defined as two separated parts – a quire where most services are held and a nave used for major celebrations and concerts. A tunnel under the organ gallery links these two parts.
The 1861 John Nicholson organ was originally built for Manchester Cathedral with the first phase of renovation work carried out by Nicholson & Co in 1994. This phase of work involved the replacement of the structure, soundboards, action and wind system as well as a new console which was positioned en fenêtre within the 1718 Jordan case. The casework, which was in a poor state of repair, was restored by Nicholson & Co. craftsmen. The missing lower panelling was completed in solid English oak and the pipes and figures re-gilded in 24 carat English gold leaf.
In 2001 the new West Great division was added. The Nave division has now been designed and voiced to become partner of the greater instrument and the West Great blends superbly with the Swell and with the Pedal division (just behind the new division). This work included a new case of imaginative and contemporary design.
In 2017, we added an exciting new en chamade solo reed stop – the Trompete de Maris, mounted below the ceiling at the west end of the cathedral. We also completed a comprehensive refurbishment of the console, including enhancements to playing aids such as the provision of a stepper. youtu.be/CibdzsPrIkY
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----Patrick has a bed on my desk so he can help me with Flickr and various computer diversions. Otherwise he'll nag me to come in bed. Really. He says my bed time is 9.30 pm. Memories of the womb. He's too tall for the bed. Best way to show of his pink pads.---
Patrick passed away in 2009 and was my favorite!
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Explore #264 : Highest position 347
Image Details
Camera........: Canon 60D
Lens..............: Sigma 10mm fisheye
Aperture........: f/10
Focal length.: 10mm
ISO Speed....: 100
Exposures.....: -2,0 (13,3.2) and a 30s exposure of the departing train to blend in the lights, see below.
Resolution....: 5184x3456
Photoshop
° Blended the 30s exposure of the departing train into the 2shot HDR to get the lights of the train like this.
° Shadows and highlights.
° Desaturation of the lights outside the station and the ground under the trains ( too greenish ).
° Brightness with luminosity mask.
° Manual didging of the highlights on the train.
° High pass sharpening ( see below ).
About
Saturday I spent some quality time with my 12 - Soon 13 - year old daughter Caitlin.
We travelled by train to the station of Liège Guillemins (Luik), this futuristic train station
was designed by the famous Spanish architect Calatrava and it is a photographers dream, anywhere you look you wish to take another shot. Due to it's attractiveness to the camera, this station has quickly become a magnet for photographers, we didn't count the number of photographers we encounters but there sure were a lot.
While I was using my new 60D I let Caitlin use my 'old' 400D, photography is new for her but I'm sensing some talent there ;)
° My photoshop tutorial on Layers, Masks, Selections & Channels.
° Channel mixer tutorial to remove lens flare spots.
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Thanks everyone for my 264 explore entries !!!!
The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel.
— Piet Mondrian
I shot this image on my walk down from the mountain I had climbed in the dark and in a whiteout fog without coffee whilst shooting in the vinales valley. The perfection of the light was breathtaking.
I believe that light is the jewel of the photograph and approach light as if it is a solid object. That is to say that the subject is interrupting the light. Pretty light makes even the plainest, simplest thing beautiful.
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EXPLORED!!! Highest position: 51 on Sunday, January 3, 2010
This is, of course, my last upload for this year.
Time to draw some conclusions...
I'm gonna be pretty wordy here, I really want to share with you my impressions of the moment; my 'occasional' followers can skip this section and go to my usual shooting details and description!
First of all, 2009 has been, without a doubt, the explosion of my SERIOUS love for visual arts.
I realized I need a stronger knowledge about art and photography. I'm trying to read as much as I can, to broaden my culture. I made a commitment to stop caring that much about gear and spending useless time on photographic forums, serious books provide far more valuable informations.
I'm also trying to learn more and more from the Masters, having increased their 'number', too.
I'm a lot more into subtleties than before, I spend much more time thinking the shot than actually wonder around shooting.
As for my personal life, 2009 made me really stronger. I fully recovered from an important love story which ended.
This recovery made me realize how much strong I am and how much I can give to other people.
Then I fell in love again, and when I look back it's easy to see that those moments of deep pain are now so distant and far, and things are going much better than before.
Those deep changes in life are useful: they let you realize your point of view can dramatically change, much faster than you can imagine.
Now, some 2010 NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS!!! (random order)
1) More stability with work. I want to get a full time occupation and sign an official contract;
2) No laziness: I have to keep up the good work with my body I started last May - June;
3a) No intellectual laziness: Stop wasting time on the Internet (Flickr is NOT wasting time; useless forums, facebook etc.. are);
3b) No intellectual laziness: Read more (Novels, Art books, essays, etc);
4) Attend more art exhibitions;
5) Buy a full-frame camera (is it a resolution?!?);
6) Travel a lot;
Last but not least:
I really want to thank you, my dear Flickr friends. When I write this I really mean it; without you I wouldn't be here;
your constant feedback, comments, faves, notes, helped me immensely.
Many of your artworks truly inspired me, made me struggle to get better and better and open my eyes in many directions.
THANK YOU!!!!
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Una piccola eccezione per la fine del 2009... la descrizione in italiano!!!
Mi scuso con tutti i miei contatti e con i visitatori occasionali per le mancate traduzioni passate;
come ho scritto anche nel profilo la traduzione completa diventerebbe impegnativa;
Questo è il mio ultimo upload per il 2009, ed a corredo voglio inserire alcune riflessioni.
Il 2009 è stato certamente l'anno che ha segnato l'inizio del mio interesse dilagante per le arti visive.
Mi sono reso conto di quanto debba approfondire la mia conoscenza relativa sia alla storia dell'arte in generale che, più nello specifico, alla fotografia.
Mi sto applicando per leggere moltissimo, cercando di evitare di sprecare tempo girovagando in Internet senza una meta.
Cerco di trarre ispirazione dai Maestri, che, con il passare del tempo, stanno aumentando decisamente in numero!
Passando ad aspetti più personali, il 2009 mi ha reso senza dubbio più forte; mi sono completamente ripreso dalla fine di una storia molto importante, e ciò mi ha fatto intendere quanto forte sia davvero e quanto abbia da dare agli altri.
Ora, quando guardo indietro, è facile rendermi conto di come quei momenti di sofferenza siano lontani e quanto adesso le cose funzionino meglio di prima.
Certi cambiamenti radicali nella vita sono senza dubbio utili: permettono infatti di renderti conto di come il tuo punto di vista, i tuoi riferimenti possano mutare in un battito di ciglia.
Ed ora, qualche buon proposito per il 2010!!! (Ordine casuale)
1) Più stabilità lavorativa. Voglio un impiego a tempo pieno;
2) No alla pigrizia: Voglio continuare l'ottimo lavoro con il mio fisico iniziato prima dell'estate;
3a) No alla pigrizia intellettuale: Non sprecare tempo su Internet;
3b) No alla pigrizia intellettuale: Leggere di più;
4) Visitare più mostre;
5) Acquistare una full-frame;
6) Viaggiare molto.
Ultimo, ma non meno impoartante:
Voglio ringrazionare di cuore tutti voi, miei amici di Flickr. Senza di voi non sarei qui; i vostri commenti, le critiche, le preferite, mi hanno aiutato moltissimo.
I vostri lavori mi hanno ispirato, fornendomi motivazione per migliorarmi e mi hanno aperto gli occhi in molto nuove direzioni: GRAZIE!!!
Details
- CANON 400d, EF-S 10-22 @ 10mm, f/10, 1/50s, ISO 100.
- Tripod
The shot
Shot not far from where I live.
The Processing
Photoshop:
- Created 5 Overlay layers to adjust light
- Multiplied the sky and added a gradient mask
- Added a Level layer to improve contrast
- Created a Color-Balance adjustment layer to warm things up
- Improved microcontrast with Unsharp Mask
- Resized
- Sharpened (SS + More Accurate, rocks only)
- Framing and signature.
Take a look at it, LARGE on Black :
@ You all
Comments, faves and critiques are always welcomed!
It is time to wish you, your families and your loved ones the best 2010 you could ever imagine.
Luca