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What better time than December to say Thank You to all the bloggers who choose to make their blog photos at Frogmore and have done so for 3 years!! See all the Rewards details here ---> www.flickr.com/groups/frogmore/discuss/72157721915496301?new
One of the rewards of getting up in the middle of the night shooting a city is being able to scout a perfect location that will have a subject and composition for the sunrise using one of the many available phone tools for determining in which direction and when the sun will rise.
Captured here in the early light is the Castello di Trani or Castello Svevo the defensive fortress built by the Swabian Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II who dotted the Adriatic and Mediterranean coastline with defensive fortresses to protect his Sicilian empire, today it is a small museum and event location as well as the subject of many photo’s.
The castle is a design you would find in the Holy land as a Crusader fortress and itself was based on Roman castrum designs, the courtyard clock tower was added in a 19th century conversion to a prison which remained its function until the 1970’s when it was taken over to be used as a museum.
I took this on Sept 18, 2016 with my D750 and Nikon 24-85 f3.5-4.5 Lens at 52mm 1/25 sec f/9 ISO 200 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, Topaz , and DXO
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress
Echeveria flowers take different forms, this type would fit in the shepherd's crook style due to the distinctive shape.
I have 2 with yellow flowers,
This one was from 3 years ago taken with my Nikon D80, Nikkor f/1.4 50mm lens.
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You get times when getting up early has it's own rewards and this is one of those occasions, a flock of Canada Geese flying right passed the sun one of natures bonuses for me! a bit to do in PS with the contrasts though!
I had been driving all day and was tired so drove past the turn off to the Trestle Bridge because I couldn't be bothered. I metaphorically kicked myself up the butt, turned around and got the camera out.
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view from Hwy 62 between Lawton & Cache (Oklahoma)
Note: Brightness edit in Flickr Photo Editor
A nice reward for taking the dogs out for a walk. We arrived just in time at our turn around point for a gorgeous sunset.
So very much worth the effort of the drive - especially as it was chucking it down on the way there!
Blair outfit bought mostly with 400L$ Rewards giveaway at Vision. Picture taken at Angel Manor, The Rose Theater
"What do we look for as reward?
Some little sounds, and scents, and scenes
A small hand darting strawberry-ward
A woman's aprons full of greens.
The sense that we have brought to birth
Out of the cold and heavy soil,
The blessed fruits and flowers of earth
Is large reward for our toil."
- Ruth Pitter
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Here is another photo from the Tops of 2018 folder that I'm just now adding to FB. This is the caption I wrote at the time:
After getting the photos in this post:
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After getting those shots the whole gang of Doug Boudrow, John Kittredge, Tyler Varnum, Vincent Colombo, and whoever else I'm missing moved down to the Ludlow area to shoot the foliage train from Chester coming up the hill. We did the same, but then made the risky decision to chase east a bit cause there was one shot I really wanted with the last Green Mountain painted geep on the rear.
We weren't sure if we could get it and then still double back west before the 263/slurry freight started down hill.
Well, as you can see, we did.
This shot posted a while ago if you missed it: flic.kr/p/2i5muQ4
But if we hadn't and missed the shot of 263 round the curve at Okemo in perfect storm light I think Doug would have lost it!
This is the shot I took the risk for. Green Mountain GP9 804 rides the rear of the 10 AM foliage train heading back east downgrade on the former Rutland mainline to Bellows Falls. The old Rutland bridge over the Black River in the village of Proctorsville just east of Depot St is so cool to frame a train in with its build date cut out in the top of the truss frame.
Cavendish, Vermont
Saturday October 20, 2018
At sunset a regal dairy barn sits empty like a king without a kingdom. After retirement, many people look back on years of travel and sacrifice for their career and regard their hard work for a company only as a reminder of family loss.
One from last winter, a rewarding visit to Langley Park.
Processed in Lightroom and NIK Collection Silver EFEX Pro 2.
Image info:- Nikon D750 with Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8 @ f/6.3, ISO 400, shutter 1/1250th focal length 24mm. Hoar frost in the trees along with mist made for a chilly December morning.
“Life isn't as magical here, and you're not the only one who feels like you don't belong, or that it's better somewhere else. But there ARE things worth living for. And the best part is you never know what's going to happen next.”
― O.R. Melling
So... if you read what I wrote with my most recent clown photo... I did just that. I put on a long sleeved shirt (in 90 degree heat with 90% humidity... and later (when it was already too late) realized it was one of those COLD Gear shirts.... designed to keep you WARM in cold winter weather... it was thin and lightweight... I didn't know.... can you say "heat stroke"? UGH!!) and went out with a machete and pruning shears to bushwack a trail to the abandoned section of the farm where I took the clown photos... and then proceeded to cut away the weeds and trim a tree that was covering another window there. My reward for my misguided prioritization was uncovering TWO new windows to shoot (and sweating off a few pounds... yey!) I won't bother to list all the things that I SHOULD have been doing, that are ... STILL ... undone. So, I can now cross "yard work" off of my "To Do" list ... afterall, I never did specify that the work had to be done in MY yard.
Works for me!
And this morning… I was rewarded for all of my hard work in getting this wreath up. I woke up to a light coating of snow…. the icing on the cake !!! I stopped on my way to work to snap a quick cell phone shot before the snow melts. I wait every year for this! My heart is happy! ❤️❄️❤️
After 75km of hiking during a 5 days Trek, it could have been easy to miss sunrise. But battling my tiredness was rewarded with this amazing morning glow!
" A Break Between Takes...(see the photo' shoot below)..."
" I Found That This Grey Squirrel Would Climb a Tree ? Situated On A Small Island In' Fairy Glen ', Sefton Park and Would Leap Across The Glen Stream ( Spooking All The Faries In The Process) To a Large Conifer Tree On The Main, Park Land...It Would Then Scurry Down The Trunk Of The Conifer To Collect Some Of The ' Monkey Nuts ' (Peanuts) That I Distribute In That Area For The Surrounding Squirrels (About a Dozen) To Eat / Collect..."
" Sciurus carolinensis, Common Name Eastern Gray Squirrel or Grey Squirrel depending on region, is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus...It is native to Eastern North America, where it is the most prodigious and ecologically essential natural forest regenerator....The eastern grey squirrel in Europe is regarded as an invasive species..."
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my bonus for picking up garbage along the highway. it's in french so i'm imagining some canadian exhausted his prayers, then thoughtfully gave us americans the same opportunity by tossing it out the window. must have worked because my kids didn't get hit by an 18 wheeler.
two old Chevy trucks
next to a makeshift living space in a small commercial building
Arcata, California
With everything completed so I can get a tick under FM6. I am now ready to see what is needed for tier 10.
Having spent a whole afternoon @ the lake, the result was rewarding. No filters, or processing. A photo as served by nature!
Coming down from Goodale Pass (10,997'), we crossed over the Silver Divide into the eastern Sierra, with magnificent views of Lake of the Lone Indian (left), Papoose Lake (right), and Mt. Izaak Walton the high point at right.
Pano stitch of 6 vertical photos.
One from a couple of weeks back.
What was supposed to be a 90 minute journey to Spurn ending up taking nearly 3 hours due to 2 crashes on the way. This, followed by hiking with my mountain bike across sand for 20 mins, and finally a 10 mins bike ride to the lighthouse, meant it was a bit of a mission to get there.
At least i was rewarded with some lovely evening light.
Sometime recently, I uploaded a photo of a friend of mine signing the "Rachel's Challenge" banner at my school. Rachels Challenge is a beautiful program that really touched my life in so many ways. For those of you who dont know, Rachel Scott was the first victim of the Columbine Massacre back in 1999. She led an incredible life of helping others and seeing the light in a dark world. Shortly before her death, she wrote an essay titled "My Ethics, My Codes of Life". In this essay she explains her "codes of life" that she lives every day by.
Last saturday while taking pictures, I happened to notice this. Im not sure how, but this saying was written on the side of a train car. Seeing this inspired me to do what Rachel did, and to share my own "codes of life". My new set, titled "I Believe..." is all about this. "I Believe" is going to be my own Flickrnal (journal on Flickr) that I will use to explain to all of you just what my own codes of life are.
This is my first entry:
Everyone on this planet is beautiful in their own way. Never let anyone change who you are, because youre causing the rest of the world to miss out. Staying yourself, and not falling to the powerful influence of others, may be a very difficult challenge, but it is one that, when you succeed, you are met with the greatest of all rewards: happiness.