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For several years Iain and I have discussed doing a sunset to sunrise summer shoot. On Friday we finally got around to it, choosing The Hill of the Red Fox (Sgùrr a' Mhadaidh Ruaidh) on the Trotternish ridge as our location. Access is via several miles of dirt-track so it wasn't surprising to find we had the place to ourselves - besides several trilion midges of course!! They really were awful and very nearly spoiled the whole event. I thought I would get a couple of hours respite when we finally lost the light after sunset and returned to our tents (first camping for years!!) but was horrified to find I was sharing it with many thousand of the little blighters and am covered in bites today. Anyway, though we didn't get the amazing sunset we were hoping for, there was some lovely evening light on the mountain and the small lochans were generally calm enough for some perfect reflections.
Several rivers and streams join the Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve. The Treur River joins the Blyde River at Bourke's Luck Potholes, at the top of the canyon.
Los baches de la suerte de Bourke:
En la Reserva Natural del Cañón del Río Blyde se unen varios ríos o arroyos. El río Treur se une al Blyde en Bourke's Luck Potholes, en la parte alta del cañón.
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There are several routes to Machu Picchu - the most famous is the two-day Inca Trail. But this is unfortunately very crowded and the permits are booked months in advance.
The Salkantay trek is perhaps the most spectacular alternative to the classic Inca Trail: The four-day hike is 68 kilometers - one and a half times as long as the Inca Trail. And he leads up to 4630 meters (15,190 feet) above sea level to the Salkantay Pass, which is higher than the Matterhorn and the thin air makes you quite a job from 4000 meters.
This effort is rewarded with grandiose views of snow-capped six-thousanders, one of the most beautiful mountain lakes in the Andes and a magnificent starry sky. It leads through cloud forests and past passion fruit and avocado plantations.
The photo was taken on the first day of our tour - before we reached the base camp in Soraypampa (3860 meters).
Es gibt verschiedene Wege nach Machu Picchu - der wohl bekannteste ist der zweitägige Inka-Trail. Aber dieser ist leider sehr überfüllt und die Genehmigungen sind Monate im Voraus ausgebucht.
Der Salkantay-Trek ist die vielleicht spektakulärste Alternative zum klassischen Inka-Trail: Der viertägige Fußmarsch ist mit 68 Kilometern anderthalb Mal so lang wie der Inka-Trail. Und er führt bis auf 4630 Meter über Normalnull zum Salkantay Pass hinauf, das ist höher als das Matterhorn und die dünne Luft macht einem ab 4000 Metern ganz schön zu schaffen.
Diese Anstrengung wird mit grandiosen Ausblicken auf schneebedeckte Sechstausender, einem der schönsten Gebirgsseen der Anden und einem prächtigen Sternenhimmel entlohnt. Er führt durch Nebelwälder und vorbei an Maracuja- und Avocadoplantagen.
Das Foto entstand am ersten Tag unserer Tour - bevor wir das Basislager in Soraypampa (3860 Meter) erreichten.
Several of my recurring subjects here, but the light show through the clouds was pretty inspirational.
After several days of being blanketed with thick smoke from the western U.S. wildfires we saw a bit of an improvement yesterday. This young female Belted Kingfisher looks up at the smoky sky, where you could just make out the sun for the first time in a while.
The impact of these large fires on humans is considerable, but it must be absolutely devastating to wildlife. Let's hope for a favourable change in weather to help those trying to cope with these awful fires.
Several interestingly coloured lichens in this photo, but with the exception of the one on the right - which I think maybe ochrolechia parella - I am a bit clueless about these. The orange blobs might be the apothecia (spore producing parts) of one of the caloplaca lichens, but there seem to be about 50 of those!
All knowledgeable help gratefully received.
awake early, thoughts with several dear people around the globe dealing with health challenges right now… hoping for improvements and ease in all cases ❤️
Several years ago this Rose of Sharon tree appeared in our backyard, growing next to brick wall of our house. I left it alone that summer and replanted it in the front yard that fall.
It was a "gift" from a bird or possibly a squirrel from who know where? We already had a white Rose of Sharon, but not a frilly white one like this is.
This will be its second year in our front yard and has recently started blooming. Was running an errand today and decided to grab a few shots before they wilt from the summer heat.
The interior of the 45 meter (147 ft) wide dome of the Il Duomo di Firenze (Florence Cathedral) features a sprawling mosaic decoration of The Last Judgment. Started in 1568 by Giorgio Vasari and Federico Zuccari, and several other artists, it took 11 years to finish. The upper portion near the lantern gives the illusion of three-dimensional imagery, incredibly impressive considering that it is a 430-year-old work of art.
Florence Cathedral is the main church of Florence, and is one of the largest in Italy. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. You can climb the Duomo; I counted 462 steps, but supposedly there are 467, and it’s well worth the effort. Mid-way up there is a gallery where you can walk around and see this amazing fresco a lot closer than from the cathedral floor.
For this photo, I couldn't get my Nikon D60 above the protective glass to get a shot...but my iPhone 6s+ did the job just fine. I have to say that the camera on this device is surprisingly good.
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Despite returning to the location on several occasions over the past year, I last worked an image of Millwall Inner Dock at the start of 2015. The site at the centre of the Isle of Dogs has undergone extensive construction work over the years, and when I last photographed the location, Baltimore Tower was a construction site. Now, nearly two years later, the 45-storey building dwarfs the Lotus floating restaurant beneath it and soars as high as the buildings at the centre of Canary Wharf.
Capturing the scene with a clear reflection is a challenge because it depends not only on a very low wind speed but also on minimal activity from sailing boats, canoers and the occasional paddling of ducks. On a recent winter afternoon, when the wind speed dropped to 1mph for several hours and when subzero temperatures meant no one was eager to venture outdoors unless they needed to, the right opportunity to capture the scene presented itself. The final image is a combination of photographs that I began capturing at sunset with a two-minute exposure, building on this with four-, five-, eight- and nine-minute exposures as late-afternoon turned to dusk, and finishing with an early-evening 12-minute exposure. Each exposure contributed different details, from the final traces of sunshine across the southwest corners of the buildings and a soft pink glow on the horizon to the deep chilly hue of the evening's blue hour and the cityscape lights being switched on. Two-and-a-half hours after I began shooting, I had all of the exposures I needed to create the image I wanted.
Beginning with one of the dusk exposures as my template, I blended in traces of the afternoon sunlight and the building lights in Photoshop using the Lighten blend mode, which was a gradual process using several exposures as more and more of the lights switched on. This was also a selective process because the lights inside South Quay station were much brighter than some of the apartment lights and needed to be toned down with a low-flow brush, and because I wasn't particularly interested in adding lights from the cranes, which continued operating at Canary Wharf's south dock well into the evening. After this phase, I used the Pen Tool to isolate the sky and the dock's reflection, and used a radial gradient mask to blend in the warmer tones in the sky behind Canary Wharf. Capturing a smooth progression from a gentle red to a muted orange and then to a soft pink that faded into the colder sky was important to me because it seemed like this was where viewers' eyes would immediately be drawn when they first see the image.
With the blending phase complete, colour-grading the image was a straightforward process involving Hue/Saturation, Colour Balance, Selective Colour and Gradient Map adjustments. I also applied a very low-opacity Colour Lookup set to the Futuristic Bleak preset, desaturating some of the brighter colours and playing up the more muted tones. Using Silver Efex Pro set to Luminosity, I then added a small amount of shadow and midtone structure to the buildings, as well as raising the sensitivity of the reds and yellows to gently brighten the horizon. Finally, in Colour Efex Pro, I applied a small amount of the Pro Contrast and Detail Extractor filters to give the buildings a final bit of definition against the sky and to bring out some of the finer details in the building lights.
The final image is intended very much as a companion to the sunrise at South Dock which I captured a year ago, but at the same time there were subtle differences to the scene. The cityscape had the same vibrance and energy, and the reflection conveyed the same elegance and tranquillity, but somehow there seemed to be something darker, moodier and more introspective about this vantage point. As people coming home to their apartments in the residential buildings switched on their lights and opened the doors to their balconies to take in the view, I couldn't help wondering what it must be like to see such dramatic redevelopment taking place around them, and how impermanent, but perhaps also how full of possibility, this transforming spectacle must be to someone seeing it change bit by bit each day.
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Several cardinals were in the yard yesterday; about half male and half female. I noticed how some of the females have tan feathers while others tend to be more grayish and others, like this one, have a reddish hue mixed in. I went back a few weeks to find this one I really like.
St Ives, Cornwall.
I could just do with a holiday here right now, as l've just finished decorating the entire house and feel like my body has been hit by a truck...so now l'm thinking of have a ceremonial burning of all my paint brushes and rollers...l never wish to paint anything ever again.
Several times with good weather conditions you can watch these balloons from our camping place.
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Manchmal können wir diese Ballons von unserem Campingplatz aus beobachten - gute Thermik vorausgesetzt.
I found this flowering heliconia at the edge of woodland in Khao Sok, Surat Thani, Thailand. It was one of several species of this genus that I found in the same general area.
Several generations on the beach of Arromanches-les-Bains in Normandy. Known as Gold Beach during the invasion in World War II. In the background, in the sea, the remains of an artificial harbour built by the Allies. Partly thanks to the invasion, the little girl in the foreground can enjoy a life of freedom. I like the contrast between her, playing carefree, and the old man taking pictures with perhaps his own memories.
With several hours passing while the train was loaded at the Conneaut Docks and heavy snow falling, the drifts had piled up at the Pennside Road crossing south of Albion, Pennsylvania for the southbound run. CN 8827 leads loaded ore train U702 as it slams into the drifts and sends snow flying in all directions as it cruises over the CN Bessemer Subdivision.
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CN Bessemer Subdivision
Albion, PA
CN U70262-20 (Iron Ore Loads; Conneaut, OH to URR - North Bessemer, PA)
CN 8827 SD70M-2 Blt. 2007
CN 8800 SD70M-2 Blt. 2007
(DPU) CN 8907 SD70M-2 Blt. 2010
Several Canadian National guards man the east side of Durand, Michigan if you approach. This was once the Grand Truck main line between Detroit and Chicago. New "Safe-T" signals provide the Christmas y feel.
Several newly-emerged Small Copper butterflies were seen during last week's run of good sunny weather. This individual, like most of the others, settled on Common Fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica).
Several of these about, we only saw 1 Southern Hawker and yet again no Darters. We have not seen one this year anywhere so far.
Blithfield Reservoir Staffordshire UK 6th July 2018
Who goes on holiday and sets their alarm for several hours before sunrise . . . well, I did! The purpose of the early rise, just like my visit last September, was in the hopes of selecting ‘my spot’ for my tripod to capture the sunrise at Mesa Arch before the throngs of photographers arrived. I was the only car on the road leaving Moab, everyone else was still sensibly in bed apparently. I didn’t even spot any headlights or taillights during the drive to Canyonlands National Park or even on the park roads leading to the parking area for Mesa Arch. Maybe this time I had departed at an appropriately early enough time.
I parked, grabbed my kit, flicked my headlamp on and headed on the path to Mesa Arch. My pace on the path was a bit slower this morning as I had been out the morning prior for a cloudy sunless sunrise and the path was coated in ice from freezing rain the night prior and a bit treacherous (learned by sliding into a pine tree when I was unable to stop on ice coated slick rock). Today the eastern horizon was just beginning to brighten as I arrived at the arch, where I discovered I was the first to arrive!! On my September visit there were already 15 to 20 tripods with accompanying cameras and photographers set up waiting for sunrise . . . this time I was alone for the moment. It was a joy to be able to explore and select my location without having to rush before someone else took it. I even had time to enjoy waiting for the sunrise and the crowds. The sunrise did come as expected, but the other photographers didn’t! I had Mesa Arch to myself for the sunrise.
The beauty of the sunrise here is something one truly needs to witness in person. As the sun broke the horizon the first sunburst occurs, but the best is yet to come. Initially there is a lack of reflected light on the underside of Mesa Arch. But as the sun continues to rise and begins to cross the underside of the arch, a 2nd sunburst occurs while the reflected light illuminates the underbelly of the arch turning the sandstone a glowing red. After capturing the sunrise from near the edge of the rim, with the lack of other photographers I could back up and capture the entire arch at sunrise (an earlier image). The fact I was enjoying this sunrise . . . at this location . . . alone . . . priceless!
In the distance highlighted by the rising sun is the Washer Woman (derived from its resemblance of a tall and slender woman reaching her hands into a tub) and to its right is the taller Monster Tower. Washer Woman and Monster Tower are each over 600 feet tall. Behind the Washer Woman is the Sandcastle. On the horizon are the La Sal Mountains.
A fabulous sunrise at Mesa Arch alone to begin my day, followed by a short drive back to Moab and breakfast at the Jail House Cafe before heading south to Monument Valley.
Nick Cave is a phenomenal artist for several reasons. One thing that I loved about this exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago is that there were audio pieces explaining some of the works. The main work the couple are viewing is called Speak Louder but the work above it is one of a few in his Tondo series. When Nick Cave started making Soundsuits, it was right after he heard about the police brutality and the Rodney King beatings. I posted a shot of his Soundsuits here:
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When he speaks about Tondo, he speaks about the effects of inner city violence on children. This is something that is a dear issue to me as I work with kids with disabilities in the public schools in Chicago. At one school I work at, kids come all over the city and 97% must be drawn from the highest poverty areas of the city according to the last census. So, when a parent is concerned because of a child's lack of attention or behavior and a nurse asks, "How much sleep does your child get each night?" and the parent replies "None because there are constantly gunshots and police sirens going off," you know something needs to change in this world.
As many of you know, I believe in proactive means to building better communities. As we continue to put more budgets into funding police, we actually have more crime because less is going into quality education, libraries, mental health facilities, preventing food deserts, equitable employment and low income housing. As our policing has increased, it means that there is also less of a viable public transportation system as well, at the same time that many families earning lower incomes cannot afford these astronomical gas prices and we all need to take an active role when it comes to climate change.
In my 21 years of working with children at Chicago Public Schools, I've worked at a few different schools. In 2003, I had the great honor of working with kids in the Cabrini Green neighborhood before re gentrification and racism (profit over people time and time again) unfortunately forced many people out. I've worked on the West side and lately on the North side. I love children all over the city. When I bike to the far South side to see art, some ask me if it's safe. Wherever children go, we should be willing to go. And, if we are not wiling to go there, we need to think about making it safer there. Chicago is a microcasm of the whole world in that respect. We have the ability to make a world where everyone has a basic level of human rights and a higher quality of life. We don't need little boys getting to go to space again. We don't need billionaires who have 10 homes. We need sustainability.
In all my years at Chicago Public Schools and in the hundreds upon thousands of children I've met (and hopeful helped), not one of them has ever told me he/she/they want to rob or kill people for a living. However, there was an eight year old girl who told a Speech Therapist I worked with that she wanted to be a cop "because they get away with murder." We need to be better.
I am an active voter and donate money to charity and some politicians. I wish I had more power. I wish I could also create something as beautiful as Nick Cave does when he falls into despair. Some people ask me what protesting does. Others ask me what making art does. Still, others ask me what voting does. I'll tell you I don't have all the answers (or any some days) but I can tell you this much, if we were ALL trying to make the world a better place. If we were all making decisions based on trying to be more kind, just, and human, this world would in fact change.
So, if you're kind, Speak Louder. If you're a fan of human rights, Speak Louder. If you want children of all races, religions, and socioeconomic backgrounds to grow up in a better world, Speak Louder. If you want Environmental Justice, speak louder. If you want immigration rights and body autonomy, speak louder. If you want those in the LGBTQ+ community to have the same quality of life as those who are cis gendered and/or heterosexual, speak louder. If you want an end to the For Profit Prison Industrial Complex, speak louder.
Speak Louder.
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Several years ago, during the spring, I stood at Bryce Point in Bryce Canyon National Park one morning and watched the distant storm clouds hover over the scenery, casting shadows in between points of sunlight. Using my 24-70mm lens, I zoomed in on a spot in the landscape to capture the activity going on.
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Several young Bald Eagles were hanging out on the sand bar while the Great Blue Herons were fishing nearby. This fellow managed to score one of the Herons catches and away he went. Around the corner from Blackie Spit. Immature eagle, approx 2.5 years.
Several years ago (5 to be exact) made a quick trip through Monument Valley. Last year made another trip but it wasn't as quick. Saw a lot more. This coming October making another trip through Utah. Seems like the SW calls every year about October time.
Several folks have mentioned the dark backgrounds. They're not photo-shopped - I have arranged my flowers so that they have very dark foliage behind them to give this effect with full sunlight on them in the early afternoon. I like it, but I guess not everyone does.
Tulsa, OK
Several Ex- SOO SD60's sit beside eachother in Roanoke, VA on an August evening while they wait to be painted into CITX Blue.
Several years ago, looking for a restroom in Yosemite, we came across this. It lacks privacy, but maybe its open-air style has possibilities for these times?
After several attempts at shooting "the rocks" at Rodeo Beach, today the stars finally aligned with an epic sunset, nice foreground rocks not hidden by sand, and high tide.
Amusingly there were 20+ photographers on site. The ones who were part of a photography workshop largely stood in the back since they didn't want to get wet. The legs of my tripod were intertwined with the tripod of the photographer to my left.
This was the most spectacular sunset I've seen in several months.
Nikon D7100
Tokina 11-16 mm lens
ISO-100
f/10
1 second
0 step exposure bias
11 mm
Single exposure
Lee 0.9H grad ND filter
Several hours of shooting with Allhart at Big Lake Wildlife Refuge reaped numerous images of various species of birds.
Several yellow warblers were spotted at the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge. They were foraging for food in bushes or small trees at the edge of a small forest area.
Several of us local cab-unit fans thought for certain that the arrival of NYC's final order for new U25Bs from GE at Erie meant the demise of the the railroad's "sharks" was imminent.
Fortunately, we were wrong. Most of the BLW-built cab units were retired in 1967, including the #3804 seen here. A few of others went to new owners via the second-hand locomotive market.
Several years back, dad found a Blue Beech tree on his property with a unique bend in it. Dad cut the limb from the dead tree and gave it to me for a walking stick. After being in storage for quite some time, it finally hit me while staring at it, how I could make a cool looking walking stick. After doing some research on one of the coolest looking rattlesnakes, the Eastern Diamondback, the challenge was on. It turned out to be easier than expected. I only carved about ten inches down the beech stick because I wanted to blend to scales into the natural bark of the wood. The eyes are glass and the carved section was painted with acrylics and thoroughly sealed. The walking stick is about four feet high with a stainless steel spike on the foot. On your next walk through the woods or digging through a pile of brush, keep your eyes peeled for something that you can turn into a unique piece.
Never stop dreaming
For several days I have been watching the juvenile Spotted Towhee scrambling back and forth between bushes in my backyard. I haven't been able to get a good look at it because it is doing what Spotted Towhees do best, skulk in the bushes!! Yesterday the male Spotted Towhee was actively grabbing food for the baby in the bushes. I finally was able to get a quick glimpse of the juvenile deep in the shade for one shot. You can already see it is already getting a splotch of adult rufous feathers in the chest area.
There are several pedestrian bridges in Gatineau's Lac Leamy Park which allow access to sections of the park that would be otherwise blocked. From my observations, these small bridges are used regularly by all sorts of people walking, skiing, cycling and commuting to work. They're a great public asset. My painting is based on a photo that I took at the beginning of winter. From time to time, I walk to this location from my home for exercise and inspiration.
Il y a plusieurs ponts piétonniers dans le parc du lac Leamy à Gatineau qui permettent d'accéder à des sections du parc qui seraient autrement bloquées. D'après mes observations, ces petits ponts sont utilisés régulièrement par toutes sortes de personnes marchant, skiant, faisant du vélo et se rendant au travail. Ils sont un grand bien public. Ma peinture est basée sur une photo que j'ai prise au début de l'hiver. De temps en temps, je me rends à pied à cet endroit de chez moi pour faire de l'exercice et m'inspirer.
Actually several but I only photography 2 above and 3 below. As I get close to photo they all eventually take of. Lots of Cormorants have come to Cornwall on water St. Lawrence River. I enjoy them yet many don’t and the even kill they, sad !!!
There were several Long-billed Curlews at Moss Landing chasing each other around and making quite a bit of noise!
I read that the curlew is the longest billed shorebird in North American and a 'shorebird' not usually found along shores!
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One of the several remaining lift bridges left on the Hennepin Canal in Northern Illinois.Originally conceived in 1831,the canal did not open until 1907.By then railroads were beginning to proliferate and barges were getting bigger,which made the narrow canal almost obsolete by the time it opened. It closed in the early 1950's and later became the largest state park in Illinois.It is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Some of the architects who later designed the Panama Canal helped build the Hennepin Canal.
More on the canal and its history here: