Published photos on Flickr

This is an image from my new book "Harris In The Spring" which I received this week. The book has been published by Kozu Books as number 3 in their Landscape Editions series. Having purchased the previous editions I was very pleased to be featured alongside top photographers John Irvine and David Baker.

The book is a limited edition of 100 copies (with a free print) and there are still some available through this link

www.kozubooks.com/product/landscape-editions-volume-three...

There are also a few shots of the book on my blog christopherswan.co.uk/blog/2016/8/21/harris-in-the-spring...

I've Been Published by Sue Thompson

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I've been published several times but never for "Our Canada"

the red gate: 89/365 by helen sotiriadis

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better on black

taken for our group, don't fence me in.

on the blog: toomanytribbles.blogspot.com/2009/03/red-gate.html

Take me to the moon! by Mike Hankey

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Outcast: Atanas Djonov

A sred rocket made from recycled drums and solar panels. Seen at the La Lune: Energy Producing Art festival at Long Reef.

All sculptures generate their own energy through wind or solar power, and light up from sundown each night.

Lighting for this shot is entirely ambient moonlight.

Some of my photos in my local newspaper. by soxstripy Joe 1954

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Published Friday 18th May 2018

Published by Isha Shukla

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Lonely Planet India - March 2010

ORIGINAL

publish (2) by Eva Erica Aigle

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VI by Sey 9

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Published in JPG magazine, issue 12

The Messier 101 Supernova SN2023ixf ~3 Hrs in LRGB - Yet Another Supernova Shot - But This One Is Mine! by Patrick Cosgrove

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Hi Folks,

I just published a new imaging project on my website.

Messier 101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy with the recently discovered supernova - SN2023ixf!

This target is located 21 Million light-years away in the constellation of Ursa Major.

This was about a 3-hour exposure in LRGB using my widefield Askar FRA400 Platform.

Everybody and their brother seems out there shooting images of this galaxy with its supernova.

And who's to blame them? Supernovae are amazing events. At the end of its life, a star explodes, releasing as much energy in one second as our Sun will emit in its entire lifetime!

This does not happen every day, and to have one in a galaxy as beautiful as the Pinwheel is worth shooting.

But with so many images of this out there - why should I shoot it tool. Do I think I can do better than everyone else? Hardly!

This is such a cool event that I did want to have one captured in my portfolio.

But during my last imaging session, my widefield Askar FRA400 Platform was the only scope that was untasked. During galaxy season, there are relatively few large targets to shoot. So I pointed it at M101 and decided to go for it!

My expectations were very low, though:

- A widefield scope shooting a galaxy - that will be a problem!

- I was only able to get 3 hours of integration - my last shot of M101 had 11 hours - so that's going to be a problem

- I am shooting with some thin smoke from the Alberta Wildfires in the air - that IS a problem.

So why shoot it at all?

- Supernovae are one the coolest events in our night sky - I wanted to capture an image of that - even a poor one!

- I saw this as an opportunity to dive into what supernovae were all about and describe that in my web write-up

- I have the twisted part of my personality that likes the challenge of getting a better image out of compromised data

I drizzle processed, then cropped like mad, and took advantage of BlurXTerminator and NoiseXTerninaor to help improve a dicey image.

The final result is not wonderful, but it is not horrible either!

The full story of this imaging project, and some cool info on supernovae, can be found here:

cosgrovescosmos.com/projects/m101-sn2023xif

Thanks,

Pat

Signs of Autumn... by AnneliesW

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Continuing yesterday's walk...and enjoying every aspect of nature.

(David & Goliath LOL, the little toadstool and the big one)

This photo is published in "The Many Faces of the mysterious Mushroom" in Japan!

"The Many Faces of the Mysterious Mushroom" Exhibition Venue: INAX Gallery 1 & 2 Schedule: From 2009-06-04 To 2009-08-08 Address: INAX Ginza 2F, 3-6-18 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo/JAPAN

"A mushroom cannot be classified as either a plant or an animal. It is a fungus. There are 20,000 to 30,000 kinds of mushrooms which have scientific names, and in many cases, their biological nature is not fully understood. Because of their mysterious nature, mushrooms are used as a metaphorical reference in philosophy and in expressing one's worldview. This exhibition introduces you to the mysterious world of mushrooms."

このイベントは終了しました。

INAX ギャラリー1 & 2にて

メディア: イラスト・写真

キノコは植物でも動物でもない、菌類という微生物です。学名があるキノコだけで世界に2〜3万種もあり、科学的に解明されていないことも多いのです。人間界にも通じる哲学や世界観など、様々な表情と可能性を秘めたキノコ。

その不思議と魅力に満ちた世界をご紹介します。

Matthew Parker, Archbisop of Canterbury, former chaplin of Anne Boleyn by Ann Longmore-Etheridge

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by Remigius Hogenbergh,print,published 1572

Matthew Parker (6 August 1504 – 17 May 1575) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1559 until his death in 1575. He was also an influential theologian and arguably the co-founder (with Thomas Cranmer and Richard Hooker) of Anglican theological thought.

Parker was one of the primary architects of the Thirty-Nine Articles, the defining statements of Anglican doctrine. The Parker collection of early English manuscripts, including the book of St. Augustine Gospels and Version A of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, was created as part of his efforts to demonstrate that the English Church was historically independent from Rome, creating one of the world's most important collections of ancient manuscripts.

The eldest son of William Parker, he was born in Norwich, in St. Saviour's parish. His mother's maiden name was Alice Monins, and she may have been related by marriage to Thomas Cranmer. When William Parker died, in about 1516, his widow married John Baker. Matthew was sent in 1522 to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge,[1] where he is said to have been contemporary with William Cecil, but Cecil was only two years old at the time. Parker graduated BA in 1525, was ordained deacon in April and priest in June 1527, and was elected fellow of Corpus in the following September. He commenced MA in 1528, and was one of the Cambridge scholars whom Thomas Wolsey wished to transplant to his newly founded "Cardinal College" at Oxford.

Parker, like Cranmer, declined the invitation. He had come under the influence of the Cambridge reformers, and after Anne Boleyn's recognition as queen he was made her chaplain. Through her, he was appointed dean of the college of secular canons at Stoke-by-Clare in 1535. Hugh Latimer wrote to him in that year urging him not to fall short of the expectations which had been formed of his ability. In 1537 he was appointed chaplain to King Henry VIII. In 1538 he was threatened with prosecution, but the Bishop of Dover, however, reported to Thomas Cromwell that Parker "hath ever been of a good judgment and set forth the Word of God after a good manner. For this he suffers some grudge." He graduated DD in that year, and in 1541 was appointed to the second prebend in the reconstituted cathedral church of Ely. In 1544, on Henry VIII's recommendation, he was elected master of Corpus Christi College, and in 1545 vice-chancellor of the university. He got into some trouble with the chancellor, Stephen Gardiner, over a ribald play, Pammachius, performed by the students, which derided the old ecclesiastical system.

On the passing of the act of parliament in 1545 enabling the king to dissolve chantries and colleges, Parker was appointed one of the commissioners for Cambridge, and their report may have saved its colleges from destruction. Stoke, however, was dissolved in the following reign, and Parker received a generous pension. He took advantage of the new reign to marry in June, 1547, before clerical marriages had been legalized by parliament and convocation, Margaret, daughter of Robert Harlestone, a Norfolk squire. During Kett's Rebellion, he preached in the rebels' camp on Mousehold Hill, without much effect, and later encouraged his secretary, Alexander Neville, to write his history of the rising.

Parker's association with Protestantism advanced with the times, and he received higher promotion under John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland than under the moderate Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset. At Cambridge, he was a friend of Martin Bucer and preached Bucer's funeral sermon in 1551. In 1552 he was promoted to the rich deanery of Lincoln, and in July 1553 he supped with Northumberland at Cambridge, when the duke marched north on his hopeless campaign against the accession of Mary Tudor. As a supporter of Northumberland and a married man, under the new regime Parker was deprived of his deanery, his mastership of Corpus Christi, and his other preferments. However, he survived Mary's reign without leaving the country – a fact that probably aggravated more ardent Protestants who went into exile and idealized their fellows who were martyred by Queen Mary. Parker respected authority, and when his time came he could consistently impose authority on others. He was not eager to assume this task, and made great efforts to avoid promotion to the archbishopric of Canterbury, which Elizabeth designed for him as soon as she had succeeded to the throne.

He was elected on 1 August 1559 but, given the turbulence and executions that had preceded Elizabeth's accession, it was difficult to find the requisite four bishops willing and qualified to consecrate Parker, and not until December 19 was that ceremony performed at Lambeth by William Barlow, formerly Bishop of Bath and Wells, John Scory, formerly Bishop of Chichester, Miles Coverdale, formerly Bishop of Exeter, and John Hodgkins, Bishop of Bedford. The allegation of an indecent consecration in the Nag's Head Fable seems first to have been made by the Jesuit, Christopher Holywood, in 1604, and has since been discredited. Parker's consecration was, however, legally valid only by the plentitude of the royal supremacy; the Edwardine Ordinal, which was used, had been repealed by Mary Tudor and not re-enacted by the parliament of 1559. The Roman Catholic Church asserted that the form of consecration used was insufficient to make a bishop, and therefore represented a break in the Apostolic Succession, but the Church of England has rejected this, arguing that the form of words used made no difference to the substance or validity of the act.

Elizabeth wanted a moderate man, so she chose Parker. There was also an emotional attachment. Parker had been the favourite chaplain of Elizabeth's mother, Anne Boleyn. Before Anne was arrested in 1536, she had entrusted Elizabeth's spiritual well-being to Parker. A few days after this, Anne had been executed following charges of adultery, incest and treason. Parker also possessed all the qualifications Elizabeth expected from an archbishop except celibacy. He mistrusted popular enthusiasm, and he wrote in horror of the idea that "the people" should be the reformers of the Church. He was not an inspiring leader, and no dogma, no prayer-book, not even a tract or a hymn is associated with his name. The 56 volumes published by the Parker Society include only one by its eponymous hero, and that is a volume of correspondence. He was a disciplinarian, a scholar, a modest and moderate man of genuine piety and irreproachable morals. His historical research was exemplified in his De antiquitate ecclesiae, and his editions of Asser, Matthew Paris, Thomas Walsingham, and the compiler known as Matthew of Westminster; his liturgical skill was shown in his version of the psalter and in the occasional prayers and thanksgivings which he was called upon to compose. He left a priceless collection of manuscripts, largely collected from former monastic libraries, to his college at Cambridge. The Parker Library at Corpus Christi bears his name and houses his collection.

Parker avoided involvement in secular politics and was never admitted to Elizabeth's privy council. Ecclesiastical politics gave him considerable trouble. Some of the evangelical reformers wanted liturgical changes and at least the option not to wear certain clerical vestments, if not their complete prohibition. Early presbyterians wanted no bishops, and the conservatives opposed all these changes, often preferring to move in the opposite direction toward the practices of the Henrician church. The queen herself begrudged episcopal privilege until she eventually recognised it as one of the chief bulwarks of the royal supremacy. To Parker's consternation, the queen refused to add her imprimatur to his attempts to secure conformity, though she insisted that he achieve this goal. Thus Parker was left to stem the rising tide of Puritan feeling with little support from parliament, convocation or the Crown. The bishops' Interpretations and Further Considerations, issued in 1560, tolerated a lower vestiarian standard than was prescribed by the rubric of 1559, but it fell short of the desires of the anti-vestiarian clergy like Coverdale (one of the bishops who had consecrated Parker) who made a public display of their nonconformity in London.

The Book of Advertisements, which Parker published in 1566, to check the anti-vestiarian faction, had to appear without specific royal sanction; and the Reformatio legum ecclesiasticarum, which John Foxe published with Parker's approval, received neither royal, parliamentary nor synodical authorization. Parliament even contested the claim of the bishops to determine matters of faith. "Surely," said Parker to Peter Wentworth, "you will refer yourselves wholly to us therein." "No, by the faith I bear to God," retorted Wentworth, "we will pass nothing before we understand what it is; for that were but to make you popes. Make you popes who list, for we will make you none." Disputes about vestments had expanded into a controversy over the whole field of Church government and authority, and Parker died on May 17, 1575, lamenting that Puritan ideas of "governance" would "in conclusion undo the queen and all others that depended upon her." By his personal conduct he had set an ideal example for Anglican priests, and it was not his fault that national authority failed to crush the individualistic tendencies of the Protestant Reformation.

Enjoy Coca-Cola by Pam Morris

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© This photograph is copyrighted. Under no circumstances can it be reproduced, distributed, modified, copied, posted to websites or printed or published in media or other medium or used for commercial or other uses without the prior written consent and permission of the photographer.

published with the permission of my dear friend jenny by thomsayver/ dragon

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Thank you so much for allowing my dear friend jenny

I love you my dear friend

Per i nostri Amici Italiani... by Michele

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Please, be warned that this end of week, there'll be particular captures !! They call them « humorous » or « second degree humour » or « laughing stock » or nasty or very bad taste... It's very different …. I don't know if you'll like them ...But I want to show you surprising exhibitions, not always become by me, but many persons have liked them and many papers have published about them....

Yersterday, you had a crude bus, to day a special tasty car, the day after....sausages ! And we'll finish with toilet that had interested and intrigued many Asiatics !! And I will spare you all sorts of macro captures of damaged teeth !!!!

If you're not too busy, give me your opinion....

Cattelan, spaghetti in salsa BMW

Arte moderna

Pensi ad Arles e ti viene in mente uno dei più importanti appuntamenti con l'arte di Francia, Les Rencontres d'Arles - Festival of Photography - punto di incontro delle giovani generazioni di artisti e fotografi del vecchio continente e non solo. Proprio qui ad Arles - anche se si sarebbe ritirato dalle scene nel 2011 - è tornato a far parlare di se Maurizio Cattelan, forse una delle voci più alte dell'arte contemporanea del nostro Paese. E lo ha fatto a suo modo, sovvertendo ogni regola, presentando in mostra una "spaghetti car", una BMW i3, realizzata insieme con il fotografo Pierpaolo Ferrari.

Pezzo unico da distruggere

L'auto - che la stessa società bavarese ha confermato non essere un a BMW art car come quella disegnata nel 2010 da Jeff Koons e che ha gareggiato nella 24 Ore di Le Mans ma che nelle intenzioni dovrà essere distrutta dopo il 25 settembre quando terminerà la kermesse provenzale - è stata creata dall'artista padovano nell'ambito di un progetto denominato "Toilet Paper", ricoprendo un modello di i3 con una speciale pellicola.

Parola d'artista

Presentando l'opera Cattelan ha scherzato: "Questa è di gran lunga la spaghetti-car più buona che abbia mai assaggiato. I miei sforzi per preparare una salsa per la pasta gustosa sono sempre falliti, nonostante abbia iniziato a cucinare 37 anni fa".

(copia)

BMW has been on a roll recently, launching interesting projects with a cadence never seen before. Earlier this year, we met the BMW i8 Futurism Edition only to be greeted by another unique i model this week, the BMW i3 Spaghetti Car. However, this latest creation is not a BMW Art Car, as its creator wants to make this loud and clear.

The artist behind the Spaghetti Car is Maurizio Cattelan who worked with photographer Pierpaolo Ferrari and BMW to bring out a special vehicle for the opening of this year’s Rencontres d’Arles Festival of Photography that takes place between July 4 and September 25. As per Cattelan’s wishes, the car’s design will be destroyed after the venue is over.

Maurizio Cattelan has officially retired from “art” since his 2011 retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum, in New York, although he only recently created a toilet bowl made of solid gold for the Upper East Side institution. All of which did not stop his auction results to climb to over 15 million dollars earlier this year, creating doubt of how long precisely he can keep up with mounting pressure from many sides not to create “art.”

“This is by far the best Spaghetti Car I have tasted! All those years of perfecting definitely paid off! Totally awesome! “I have been disappointed in my efforts to make a good spaghetti sauce since I started cooking 37 years ago,” said the Italian artist about his creation, jokingly.

Serge Naudin, President of BMW France, was also delighted to collaborate: “The long-term cultural commitment of BMW France evolves around photography. It comes natural to count us among the admirers of Maurizio Cattelan. As for creating “art,” we love what he does and we love it just as much when he does not do anything.”

Cotyledon orbiculata ‘Fukumusume’ by Hiro.Morison (Tokyo, JAPAN.)

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コチレドン ‘福娘’

コチレドン・オービクラタ ‘福娘’

Cotyledon orbiculata L., 1753 ‘Fukumusume’

First published in Sp. Pl.: 429 (1753)

This species is accepted.

Confirmation Date: 10/02, 2023.

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Family: Crassulaceae (APG IV)

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Author:

Carl von Linnaeus (1707-1778)

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Publication:

Species Plantarum

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Collation:

1: 429

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Date of Publication:

1 May 1753

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The native range of this species is SW. Angola to Cape Prov. It is a succulent subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

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Distribution Native to:

Angola, Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland

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Introduced into:

California, Dominican Republic, France, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Portugal, Spain, St.Helena, Tasmania, Tunisia

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Homotypic Synonym:

Sedum orbiculatum (L.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 85 (1898)

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Publications:

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Jalas, J., Suominen, J., Lampinen, R. & Kurtto, A.(eds.) (1999). Atlas Florae Europaeae. Distribution of vascular plants in Europe 12: 1-250.

Lambdon, P. (2012). Flowering plants & ferns of St Helena: 1-624. Pisces publications for St Helena nature conservation group.

de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census.

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Kew Backbone Distributions:

(2019). doi.org/10.2436/20.1502.01.18. epublication.

Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Jalas, J., Suominen, J., Lampinen, R. & Kurtto, A.(eds.) (1999). Atlas Florae Europaeae. Distribution of vascular plants in Europe 12: 1-250.

Lambdon, P. (2012). Flowering plants & ferns of St Helena: 1-624. Pisces publications for St Helena nature conservation group.

de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census.

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SONY α7 (ILCE-7)

Carl Zeiss S-Planar T＊ 60mm F2.8

050716 - Wray Colorado Tornado (B&W) by NebraskaSC

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May 7, 2016 - Hwy 365 North / North of Wray Colorado

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It has been an excellent start to the 2016 chase Season. Bonus was, that I had the day off and no commitments except for storm chasing. I was set for an Epic Day!

I ended up with well over 700 pic from this storm chasing event, but I've skimmed it down to about 100+. Truly this will become some of my best severe weather photography to date...

I was seriously late the game on this storm. But I was never out of the game. I had now positioned myself just to the North of Wray Colorado.

Strategically, you want to be to the south east, southwest for the best light... It's all about timing, and I thought it wouldn't produce till it was well west of my location. Giving me that perfect view of the backside rotation of the storm.

In my opinion, I found a perfect view, looking due south southeast. I ended up on the northwest side of the rotation. Dangerous yes...but this will eventually give me one excellent view of this tornado and all her glory.

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Petronas Towers by d.r.i.p.

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Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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HDR in Sheep Meadow, Jul 2009 - 02 by Ed Yourdon

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Note: this photo was published in a 2009 Squidoo blog titled "Sunscreen." It was also published on Wikimedia Commons, with the same caption that I used, on Jan 30, 2010. And it was published in a May 12, 2010 blog titled "Free camping in Central Park this summer: NYC deals." It was also published in an Aug 18, 2010 blog titled "Why Introverts Like to Be Alone." And it was published in an Aug 20, 2010 blog titled "Très Trivia! Are You in the Know?"

Moving into 2011, the photo was published in a Jul 19, 2011 Matador blog titled "Camp for free in a New York City park this summer." And it was published in an Aug 19, 2011 blog titled "Going solo in NYC." It was also published in an undated (late Dec 2011) blog titled "セントラルパークは、南北に4キロメートル、東西は800mの広大な公園。"

Moving into 2012, the photo was published in an Oct 24, 2012 blog titled "Przekazał 100 mln dol. na Central Park."

Note: A large percentage of my "landscape" photos (including the ones in this set) are now copyright-protected, and are not available for downloads and free use. You can view them here in Flickr, but if you would like prints, enlargements, framed copies, and other variations, please visit my SmugMug "NYC HDR" gallery by clicking here.

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I tried an HDR (high dynamic range) photo once a year ago, but for some reason never pursued it. But it seems that more of and more of the "interesting" photos that I see on Flickr are HDR shots, so I decided to give it another try. The first of these HDR shots were taken from the rooftop of my apartment building at sunset, on the Sunday evening of 4th of July weekend. Subsequent shots (including this one) have been taken out on the street, from the terrace of my apartment at night, and walking through Central Park at mid-day...

This photo is one of a group of ten that I took in the "Sheep Meadow" area at the south end of Central Park. I knew that the trees, the grass, the buildings, and the sky/clouds would be stationary, and I figured that I could pick a time/scene where most, if not all, of the picnickers and sunbathers were reasonably stationary. But there were always a few people in motion, especially the young kids; and though the "ghosting" effect of their movement is sometimes interesting, I think I've concluded that it gets annoying after a while. But aside from that, it is possible to take these HDR sequences (which, in the case of these Sheep Meadow shots, involve the merging of 5 separate images into one composite) in a handheld fashion, without a tripod.

I still have a *lot* to learn about this stuff, but even as a first attempt I'm staggered by what the tonal-mapping software programs (Photomatix, in my case) are capable of doing...

Smooth waters by Mike Hankey

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Boat Harbour, Gerringong

Lesser Redpoll (Carduelis cabaret) by Clare Ward

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Published in the Bird Atlas 2007-11

Abell 61 (PLN 77+14.7) by Peter Goodhew

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Published in Astronomy Now magazine August 2019.

Published in Hampshire Sky September 2019.

A rarely-imaged planetary nebula in the constellation of Cygnus. It is expanding at 30 km/s.

39 hours 30 mins total integration (34x1800s OIII bin 3x3, 21x1800s Ha bin 3x3, 31x600s Luminance bin 1x1, 13x600s Red bin 1x1, 13x600s Green bin 1x1, 15 x600s Blue bin 1x1)

Image captured on my dual rig at EyE, Extremadura, Spain

APM TMB 152 F8 LZOS, 10 Micron GM2000HPS, QSI6120ws8

Sweep by Mike Hankey

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The ebb and flow of full tide created some wonderful flows across the rocks, reflecting the colour from the early morning light.

Palm Beach Saturday morning.

IMG_2326 by Phil

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Published in Fort Worth Schmap Visitors Guide - 2009

Cheshire Lines, Bridge over the River Alt. by Martin (Marty) Dowling

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Seen by Switch Island, Netherton.

(Slight HDR effect)

2016-01-18_05-14-29 by Tekapa walking around the city .....

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The Kelpies At Dusk by Stevie Clarke

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Using a low wide angle at dusk to capture these colossal 30 metres high creations.

Sculpted by Andy Scott, The Kelpies are a monument to horse powered heritage across Central Scotland.

The Kelpies by the numbers :-

• 300 tonnes each

• 30 metres high

• 1200 tonnes of steel-reinforced concrete foundations per head

• 990 unique stainless steel skin plates

• Built on site in 90 days

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( Published as the "Picture Of The Week" in the Kilmarnock Standard - May 16, 2014 )

Anchor Steam Brewery, San Francisco by screaming_monkey

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"Lousy Service Since 1934" by Bill Herndon

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Casino Cocktail Lounge (closed) -

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States

by rachelakelso

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Yay! 5x5 came today!

(psst I'm on page 51 :D)

I think I am actually more excited to see all of the other people who are in it. So many talented people and wonderful friends!

5x5photomag.com/

2016-01-15_05-24-36 by Tekapa walking around the city .....

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published by Nathan Congleton

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Five Seagulls by Andy Brown

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(Published in Advanced Photographer, December 2012)

(Explore #21, Front Page)

Black and white photography is (as you may have guessed) by far the most compelling medium for me (although I have a near-complete colour version of this image which I was tempted to post as an alternative!), and typically the advice when shooting is to seek out strong, contrasting colours and tones that convert well to shades of gray for a balanced tonal range. I am of course simplifying things greatly, but those of you who regularly shoot with the intent to convert to mono - and I understand there's something called 'film' too which apparently comes in black and white, what will they think of next? - will I'm sure have by now trained your eye to see in a grayscale colour space. Of course, this is easier said than done - there are scores of awful looking flat, washed out black and white photos created by those who give no consideration to their craft. I met another photographer whilst out on a shoot recently who expressed an interest in what I was taking, so I showed him some of my work via my iphone. He was (or claimed to be!) impressed and told me he'd previously thought of black and white shots in terms of what I've just described; wishy-washy and lacking the impact of their more colourful and vibrant cousins. Step forward anyone who converts to mono simply by just tugging at that little saturation slider - hang your head in shame...

This image was shot on the same foggy morning as 'Something In the Way', and I incurred similar decision making issues during post production (I'll ignore my capture process for the purpose of my point) with both shots, due to the effect of the foggy weather conditions. Don't misunderstand me - fog and mist are a photographer's dream, but I think because of the dampening effect they have on contrast, detail, pattern, texture and line, I believe it's perhaps easier to produce a pleasing picture in colour. As with 'Something In The Way', my challenge then was to try and introduce enough in the way of contrast to the scene to warrant the mono conversion. Some of you are very good at injecting punch into landscapes captured during these conditions, and for my personal preference I enjoy photographs where this level of contrast has been created subtly, so as to allow the poor atmospherics to still take precedence in the image. I'm not entirely sure I succeeded at this with either of these shots (and I might yet post a third from the same morning), but the challenge was an enjoyable one at any rate.

...What do you mean, you can only see four seagulls?!

Published in Involuntary Sculptures by designwallah

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In Flickr Explore 2025-01-15

Delayed by the Canada Post strike, a package from Finland finally arrived today. The excellent Involuntary Sculptures bookzine includes two of my photographs. Thanks so much to Lorenzo “SerraGlia” Servi and The City Is Ours for including my photography. Olen todella iloinen tänään. Kiitos.

My Photo Published by Jack

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I finally picked up a copy of the National Geographic - Complete National Parks of the United States. I sold them my photo of the North Bridge in the Minute Man National Historical Park. It's quite cool to see my photo and name in the book!! :)

oh, I will NOT quit my day job. LOL!

Here's the history: North Bridge

Must view large on black!

Toward Carina by Julien Looten

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During this night at the VLT, most of the images taken were focused on the galactic bulge and the creation of celestial arches (photos already published). But this exceptional site also allows for exploring other compositions…

Thanks to the extremely low light pollution, objects close to the horizon remain perfectly visible, making it possible to create alignments between terrestrial elements and celestial objects 😃

In this image, one of the auxiliary telescopes of Cerro Paranal (number 3) appears to be pointing directly toward the Carina Nebula, which looks immense behind it. The photograph is a focus stacking of two images, allowing both the telescope and the nebula to be perfectly sharp. There is no stacking, no tracking, and no change of focal length, unlike what is often seen in deepscape photography (this type of image combining landscape and deep-sky objects).

Unlike the four large telescopes of the VLT, these more modest auxiliary instruments, equipped with a 1.8-meter mirror, can move on rails to change their position around the giant telescopes. Their role is crucial: they work together with the larger instruments to form the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI). By combining the light collected by several telescopes, they create a “virtual telescope” the size of the entire plateau, capable of revealing much finer details than each instrument on its own

The Carina Nebula, visible above the telescope and located about 7,500 light-years from Earth, is one of the largest star-forming regions in the Milky Way. Many structures there are sculpted by the intense radiation and stellar winds of very massive stars. Visible only from the Southern Hemisphere, the nebula displays different hues in the image corresponding to ionized gases, mainly hydrogen. These colors are invisible to the naked eye but revealed through astrophotography!

See you soon 😊

Canon Ra — 85 mm — 5 s — ISO 4000 — f/1.4

Peregrine Falcons by Stevie Clarke

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Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus

Over the last few weeks, I have greatly enjoyed watching a pair of Peregrine Falcons who have set up home at the University of Glasgow.

I really wanted to try and photograph them mating.

The female L7 perched high up one of the buildings and whined loudly to attract the male’s attention. The tiercel flew in and landed slowly and carefully on her back with his talons and toes curled inward so he would not hurt her.

After much fluttering and both falcons making a lot of noise it was over.

What an amazing experience seeing and photographing these stunning birds.

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( Published as the "Picture Of The Day" in The Glasgow Herald – April 11th, 2025 )

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1x Magazine Sept 2015 by Jim Cumming

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Very cool to be published in the 1x magazine for Sept/15

by Various Divers

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Resistance by Mike Hankey

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Shapes and textures of the harbour.

A low tide rock shelf at Balmoral, looking towards the Harbour entrance

Deflated by Mike Hankey

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A small neglected dingy in Berry's Bay.

Berry's Bay as a whole was a collection of waterfront industries related to timber yards and shipbuilding, with simple waterfront structures and wharfage. It is now abandoned and awaiting redevelopment.

... by Tekapa walking around the city .....

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published on HBL by Tomas Salinka

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Today 14.01.2016 my photo was published on HBL newspaper in Finland. Very Happy !!!

Vassar B. Carlton Historic Titusville Courthouse, 506 South Palm Avenue, Titusville, Florida., USA / Built: 1912 / Builder: Lightman, McDonald and Company / Architectural Style: Classical Revival by Urban Florida Photographer

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The Old Brevard County Courthouse, renamed in 2006 as the Vassar B. Carlton Historic Titusville Courthouse, is a historic courthouse building located at 506 South Palm Avenue in Titusville, Florida. Designed in the Classical Revival style, it was built in 1912 by Lightman, McDonald and Company to serve as Brevard County's first courthouse building erected in Titusville.

Because of its long, narrow shape, Brevard County has centralized its governmental services in Viera, with a North Branch in Titusville and a South Branch in Melbourne. Titusville, however, still remains the official county seat. Today the Old Brevard County Courthouse is still used for some functions but is an annex of the North Brevard Government Center located at 400 South Street in Titusville.

In 1989, the Old Brevard County Courthouse was listed in A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture, published by the University of Florida Press. It was renamed in February 2006 in honor of the late Vassar B. Carlton (1913-2005), who served as a County Judge and then as a Circuit Judge in Brevard County from 1941 until his election to the Florida Supreme Court in 1968.

Credit for the data above is given to the following website:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Brevard_County_Courthouse

PUBLISHED!!! by Ronald Campbell

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Summer in Portnahaven, Islay

This was used as the cover for this month's Scottish Field Magazine. Who'd have thunk it?

www.scottishfield.co.uk/magazine/

incidental snap by helen sotiriadis

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Narrabeen Cenrtal by Mike Hankey

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Photographers galore this morning down at Narrabeen pool.