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Captured this image at Machrihanish Sea Bird Observatory on a very windy afternoon in poor light, but I am very happy with the end result.
As a Suburban line trains reverses east to put itself away in Metra's yard at Blue Island a train for Joliet tears west under one of at least 5 searchlight cantilevers in a 2 mile stretch. Also seen peeking out from between the twin through trusses is an outbound Illinois Central Electric Blue Island branch train.
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That is the name of the rock formation so called by Navajo legend...it has nothing to do with Marvel Comics and Spiderman..lol
The formation is in the easternmost part of the southern canyon in Canyon De Chelly, in Chinle, AZ...roughly half way between Page and Flagstaff AZ. Canyon De Chelly is a forked canyon with a southern and northern canyon, There is a winding asphalt park road that travels up both sides of the 2 canyon rims. A fairly strenuous dirt path starts several miles back and descends to the 'White House' Anasazi ruins, but other than that path, there is no other access to the canyon, except by Navajo guides at the western entrance. There are a number of Anasazi ruins here as well as a colorful historical record. It starts out on level ground near Chinle, and gets progressively deeper as it cuts through the ascending plateau...Spider woman rock is a bit over 800 feet tall...and yes, you can walk right up to the edge of the canyon...there are no safety rails or nets.
First time visiting Smith Rock in Central Oregon. I definitely plan to go back for a longer period to further explore the park, one morning doesn't really do it justice.
Pulpit Rock is coastal feature near the southern tip of the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. The artificial stack of rock was left in the 1870s after a natural arch was cut away by quarrymen at the Bill Quarry on the famous headland, Portland Bill. It was intentionally left in place as a quarrying relic
The exposed rock surface that surrounds Pulpit Rock is known as Snail Shore. The surface contains millions of snail, oyster and mollusc shells that was once a Jurassic seabed thriving with marine life around 150 million years ago
Hanging Rock (formally known as Mount Diogenes), in central Victoria, Australia, is a distinctive geological formation, 718m above sea level (105m above plain level) on the plain between the two small townships of Newham and Hesket, approximately 70 km north-west of Melbourne and a few kilometres north of Mount Macedon, a former volcano. Best known as the site where a party of schoolgirls disappeared in February 1900 in the fictional story Picnic at Hanging Rock, Hanging Rock is located within the Wurundjeri nation's territory.
Hanging Rock is a mamelon, created 6.25 million years ago by stiff magma pouring from a vent and congealing in place. Often thought to be a volcanic plug, it is not. Two other mamelons exist nearby, created in the same period: Camels Hump, to the south on Mount Macedon and, to the east, Crozier's Rocks.[citation needed] All three mamelons are made of solvsbergite, a form of trachyte only found in two or three other places in the world. As Hanging Rock's magma cooled and contracted it split into rough columns. These weathered over time into the many pinnacles that can be seen today.
Hanging Rock contains numerous distinctive rock formations, including the "Hanging Rock" itself (a boulder suspended between other boulders, under which is the main entrance path), the Colonnade, the Eagle and the UFO. The highest point on Hanging Rock is 718 metres above sea level and 105 metres above the plain below. Hanging Rock is located within the Wurundjeri nation's territory but they exercised a custodial responsibility on behalf of the surrounding tribes in the Kulin nation. It was a site of male initiation and as such entry was forbidden except those young males being taken there for ceremonial initiation. After colonial settlement the Aboriginal people of the area were quickly dispossessed and forced out of the area by 1844. However one last initiation ceremony was held there in approximately November 1851 by a Wurundjeri Elder from the Templestowe area in the Yarra Valley. This ceremony was also attended by two young settlers' children, Willie Chivers, 11, and his younger brother Tom, 7, who were being cared for on a daily basis by the tribe after their mother had died. Their father went missing after looking for their mother. (Wikepedia excerpt)
Sentinel Rock on the right with Union Point on the left emerging from the clouds with a fresh dusting of snow reflecting off of the Merced River on a cold, cloudy, snowy February afternoon, Yosemite National Park.
I love music. So much.
I wanted to try to express how much, and jumping seemed to fit. I just got the new Broken Bells CD in the mail and it's made me super happy. I had it blaring during this shoot to inspire some moves. Hear the inspiration.
Also, pretty excited about my newly painted wall. We painted our living room wall this red yesterday. I looove it!!!
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This was not easy because of the exposure difference between the upper and lower parts of the shot. I did two HDR images, balanced the exposures by eye, converted them to TIFFs and then ran the stitch in Photoshop.
See the ghost bird? It flew in on one of the upper frame exposures.
Directly above the rock is huge Celebrity Cruise ship that had just pulled out of Victoria harbor about 30 minutes previous. The 28mm wide on the G10 makes things small in the distance.
This is the thing about HDR. It gives you a better chance to convey a moment the way you enjoyed it with your eyes, adjusting exposure on the many parts of a scene, taking it all in. It is just photographic technology, not the "bastardization" some camera purists make it out to be. These same purists might be shocked to learn some of the darkroom tricks of their heroes. Photography does not end the moment the light hits film or sensor. At least, not for ME it doesn't ;-)
"WHAT'S THAT?" Danger Ted demanded, keeking out from his winter hibernation quarters in his Big Pal's jacket .
"What's what?"
"That scary thing over there with the HUGE teeth."
"Oh that, DT. that's just a rock that the people in Millport paint to look like a big crocodile."
"A rock painted like a crocodile! And why, BP, was I not informed of this?"
"To tell you the truth, DT, I was wondering why you had never demanded to see it before."
"INVESTIGATE AT ONCE!"
Once he had decided that the Crocodile Rock was not scary a all, Danger Ted insisted on enacting a daring "saving a damsel bear in distress" scenario.
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"God is one."
~ Sri Guru Granth Sahib
The Dome of the Rock (Arabic: مسجد قبة الصخرة, translit.: Masjid Qubbat As-Sakhrah, Hebrew: כיפת הסלע, translit.: Kipat Hasela, Turkish: Kubbetüs Sahra) is an Islamic prayer house, it remains one of the more popularly known landmarks of Jerusalem. It was built between 687 and 691 by the 9th Caliph, Abd al-Malik making it the oldest extant Islamic building in the world. The Rock under the Dome was the first praying direction for Muslims before Mecca. Next to the Dome of the Rock lies the congregation building of Al-Aqsa Mosque both lie within the vicinity of what Jews and Christians call Har ha-Bayit (Hebrew: הר הבית) or the Temple Mount.
(Information obtained from Wikipedia)
Whitehouse Picnic Area, Madera Canyon, Santa Rita Mountains / Pima County, Arizona
This male Red Rock Skimmer is the 8th lifer ode that I have seen and photographed on this southeastern Arizona trip that my twin brother and I began on August 18. The reflections on the rock that it chose to perch on creates an 8 wing illusion.
Put this up just to show you dont always have to shoot at dawn or dusk, this was captured middle of the day on last years trip to WA.
I liked the contrast thrown onto the rock.
It is an awesome spot...
Enjoy.
PS. Man i cant believe how much Flickr changes the colours when you upload..Bizarre sometimes,, still i think it looks ok...
Rock on the beach....shot with 120mm Hasselblad lens, Acros film and lith printed on ancient single weight Polycontrast paper
Red Rock Canyon, Las Vegas, NV.
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RI #194's train one mile east of Reinbeck, IA on 12-3-1978 coming out of the cut known as 'The Bluffs.'