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... another iphone shot, from one of my favorite alleys that I walk past very often ... it's a lot easier (for me at least) to get these low pov shots with the iphone
(alternate title: waiting for the wind)
Ok....starting to get a feel for this. I liked how this one kinda looked painterly. Four images stitched in PSD.
Day 7 - June 7, 2012
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The Arroyo Seco is not a dry wash especially in Spring. The relatively unknown river begins in the eastern Ventana Wilderness in the heart of Big Sur.
From days of yore, when Lost Lagoon had its beautiful fountain. Looking through an archived file, I plucked this one out 'cuz it looks COOL - just the thing following a brutal heat wave!
Drove down to the lake between thunderstorms and got a few photos with constant rumbles in the background, before it started raining again.
similar to a picture I used to have but not quite the same
just playing with stuff from the archives
This was yet another case where one minute I'm running an errand, the next finds me deep in some old cemetery. It's all quite spontaneous. Typically I'm driving along when something such as this pops into view and I simply pull over. I love the spontaneity of these moments. In an instant, all of my mundane concerns are temporarily put on hold as I begin exploring the {whatever}. I've visited this cemetery many times, but I never seem to view it in quite the same light. Either the place looks different, or my reaction is different (or both). It felt sort of closed in on this autumn day. I was struck by the rather orderly spread of fallen leaves. It was almost as if someone had spilled a box of cereal or tossed a deck of cards, figuratively speaking. It was just a precursor of the more disorderly look of a typical autumn that would soon follow. But in this instant, I was able to photograph this very delicate and confined moment of disorder marking the change of season. The many leaves hanging on seriously overhead completed the visual effect. All of this because I heeded instinct to pull over and get out of the car. That's always a difficult bit of inertia to overcome. But I'm always glad when I do. Soon enough I was on my way, and it was if the whole episode had occurred whole within my imagination. Except for these photos...
Australia has approximately 11,500 km2 of mangroves, primarily on the northern and eastern coasts of the continent. Areas where mangroves occur include the intertidal zone of tropical, subtropical and protected temperate coastal rivers, estuaries, bays and marine shorelines. Less than 1% of Australia's total forest area is mangrove forest. Although mangroves are typically found in tropical and subtropical tidal areas,there are occurrences as far south as Millers Landing in Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, Barker Inlet in Adelaide, South Australia and Leschenault Inlet (Koombana Park), near Bunbury, Western Australia. Nearly half of Australia's mangrove forests are found in Queensland (44% of Australia's total), followed by the Northern Territory (37%) and Western Australia (17%). In Western Australia, populations of mangroves are scattered down the coast; the population of the Abrolhos Islands is 300 kilometres south of the nearest population of Shark Bay, and the population at Bunbury is even further south than this (500 km). The Bunbury colonisation may have occurred relatively recently, perhaps only several thousand years ago, with propagules transferred by the Leeuwin Current. The most inland occurrence of mangroves in Australia is a stand of grey mangroves in the Mandora Marsh, some 60 km from the coast. Mangroves protect coastal areas from erosion, storm surge, and tsunamis. The massive root systems of mangroves are efficient at dissipating wave energy. Mangroves retard the tidal movement of water, allowing sediment to be deposited as the tide comes in, and leaving all except fine particles when the tide ebbs. Mangroves therefore build their own environment. The commercial and recreational fishing industries are prime beneficiaries of mangrove forests, which provide breeding and feeding grounds for fish and prawns. About 75% of the fish and prawns caught for commercial and recreational purposes in Queensland spend at least part of their lifecycles in mangroves. In some coastal communities, boardwalks and bird-viewing areas in mangrove forests provide attractions for the eco-tourism industry, for example, at Boondall Wetlands. 23321
A hazy day with high cloud, it was one of those unpredictable ends to the day. In terms of composition it wasn't easy, a random scattering of rocks and no beach to talk of, I decided upon this. I liked the reflected, undisturbed water in the foreground hoping it would add some reflection to strengthen the overall composition and a low viewpoint to emphasise it. I hope you like it, thanks for looking:-)
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The Maly Rynek (Little Market Square) in the morning when the haze from the night slowly disappers out of the town of Kraków. The square gets cleaned up with lots of water each morning. The hazy sunlight created a very special atmosphere.
Kraków, Poland
There's an old saying that when cows lay down it's going to rain. Fortunately, those lying down got it wrong today - HFF!
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