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Another image that printed out nicely over the weekend, taken on a beautiful morning in the Mae Pam valley in the Thai Provence of Chiang Mai.
No wonder the people around this area are so active in the morning with having such beautiful light cascading over the mountains and across the valley each day. It might even be that the first kiss from the sun brings everyone out too, it does tend to get quite cold during the night and although the temperature is relatively mild in comparison to the outer hemispheres I've noted that most visitors turn up without a jacket, including myself!
I tend to travel without a sleeping bag in Thailand sleeping only on a roll up mat and was grateful for the loan of a blanket while I was here. I also learned not to leave my camera bag and boots outside the inner sleeve of the tent, they were both completely soaked from the condensation collected during the night which surprised me a little, I had not experienced this to that degree in Thailand before.
Thank you for passing through here anyway :)
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Nanfangao harbor, Su'ao town, Taiwan. The harbor is much more photogenic from above, at street level it's definitely not attractive. This spot was on my list back in July but the highway from the south was closed due a landslide caused by typhoon Gaemi.
Happy weekend to everyone.
When I'm taking a photo, I find myself trying to make it perfect. Or should I say "perfect". Get rid of dust and debris and such. Get distracting colors out of the background. When I started making serious drawings after college, I approached them the same way. I was drawing orchids, and because it was a drawing and not a photo, I COULD make them perfect. Why would I want to draw holes in leaves, brown areas, withered parts?
One day something moved me to include the tiny brown speck made by a pinhole's edges in a leaf, and then a scar up the middle. The dried brown sheath at the base of a leaf, rather than removing it. I stepped back and was surprised; they added such character! I liked it better than the sterile, "perfect" plant.
I remember when I went to shoot this spider, that dried leaf hanging there irked me, but there was no way to remove it without disturbing the spider, so I left it. But when I opened the photo to process it, I just stared at it. I love that leaf, its texture and curl, and the protective feeling it gives the image. I'd like to say I planned it, but I didn't. Perhaps this time I'll learn the lesson?
18 Arachtober 2021
Common House Spider, Parasteatoda tepidariorum
Hixson, TN • 14 August 2021
Sheltered from the wind at Eastham Ferry this morning. Quite a bit of cloud so i gave up on seeing the sun rise and took a few long exposures
Wyndham Court, Southampton
Apartment block designed in a brutalist style by architects Lyons Israel Ellis and completed in 1969.
sheltered inlet of Uig Bay on the west coast of the Trotternish peninsula on the Isle of Skye, Scotland.
Snow on the ground this morning but far too windy for the trip to the woods I was planning. It was forecast rough along the coast so I headed to Seaham instead. It was cold but knowing your locations helps, so tucked in a little corner with the cliff to my back sheltered me from the worst of the wind. Not had time to look at much yet but this was the best of the light.
The famous Aescher Guesthouse is cuddling the cliff, seemingly seeking shelter form the vastness of the universe.
When I see a great spot, I tend to immediately ask myself, if it could be used for nightscapes. Even though I have seen but one decent nightscape from the Aescher, the answer here is a definitive yes, but you need some careful planning:
Milky Way needs to be positioned almost vertically in the sky, but not yet hidden by the cliff. As the shot has to be taken from a narrow mountain trail, there is no possibility to move laterally and lighting the scene artificially is difficult and only possible from another trail that passes below the house.
The best time to take a nightscape from Aescher is therefore in August, about a week after full moon when you have time to capture the night sky and a bit later the foreground in the light of the rising moon.
That's what I did here: The night sky was photographed between astronomical dusk and moonrise and combined with the foreground that was photographed about an hour later during moonrise at a lower ISO setting.
- Canon EOS 7D mk2
- Samyang 10mm f/2.8
Sky:
- 12 x 25s @ ISO3200
- stacked with fitswork
Foreground:
3 panel panorama each consisting of:
- 5 x 60s @ ISO1600
- dark frame corrected and stacked in PS
- Stiched with PTGui
Rodeo Beach is a beach in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area located in Marin County, California, two miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge. It is characterized by a spit of around 50 meters width at the mouth of a long embayment, known as Rodeo Lagoon; for much of the year the lagoon is cut off from the ocean, making the beach spit a baymouth bar. Part of the beach is sheltered by cliffs.
Rodeo Beach is known for its dark, pebbly sand, its uses for surfing and sunbathing, and its locale as a place for collecting semi-precious stones. This beach is unique among California beaches in that it is largely made up of coarse, pebbly chert grains, both red and green in color. Its mineral composition sets it apart from every other beach in the state.
Source : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodeo_Beach
Sheltered behind the car to get this photo of Stevenson beach on XMas eve while we were having our lunch.
Testing out a Minolta 135mm lens I got in bad condition and had to bend, strip, clean....
I was wandering in hope of capturing some rainy shot. everyone in the street carried an umbrella. he was the only one standing out.
More views at Trefor Beach.
The beach is a mixture of
Sand and pebbles. It is mostly sheltered but gets winds from the North-West.
You can see a picnic area looking out to Caernarfon Bay.
I imagine these beaches get quite a battering in the winter but on this August day they were possibly the best place to be.
Excerpt from denhaag.com/en/passage:
The Passage is the only remaining example in the Netherlands of this type of covered shopping street, popular in major European and American cities during the 19th century. The new extension of the monumental construction towards Grote Marktstraat has given rise to a hypermodern indoor shopping arcade: Nieuwe Haagse Passage. A veritable shopping paradise: dry and sheltered, with the latest collections from top stores!
The old Passage
With the advent of the Passage at the end of the 19th century, it was expected that the Passage retailers would now stock the luxury goods that had previously been ordered privately in Paris. Until that time, department stores in cities such as Paris sent many of their goods to the Netherlands by mail.
The Passage is still characterized by this superior quality, specialized product range today. The Passage is the place to be for items such as tea, coffee, cookware, designer gifts and special pens. It also houses one of the biggest Apple Stores in Europe.
The new Passage
In keeping with the historical section of De Passage, the new section boasts a high, glass ceiling, but with a modern twist. Architect Bernard Tschumi has given Nieuwe Haagse Passage a very light and open design. Tschumi drew inspiration from Delft Blue for the blue and white tiled ceramic facade. The new section of De Passage creates an attractive connection between Grote Marktstraat and Spuistraat with countless unique stores.
Mullion had been a fishing cove for several hundred years but in the early 1700s a small seine fishery was set up with fish being processed at Newlyn. In 1793 it expanded with the construction of a number of large Fish Cellars for processing the fish catch.
In 1867, after a series of bad storms and resulting shipwrecks and drownings around Mullion, a public meeting was held in Mullion village with calls for both a lifeboat to be sited at Mullion and a Harbour of Refuge in the Cove itself.
The RNLI responded and funds were raised. On 13 September 1867 Mullion acquired a self-righting lifeboat named Daniel J Draper which was put into a newly built lifeboat house. However, there were many occasions when the storms were too strong for even the Lifeboat to be put to sea, and in 1908, the crew and villagers were informed that the Lifeboat was to be removed.
Work on the harbour began in 1891 and was finally completed late in 1897, at a final cost of £15,000. Lord Robartes of Lanhydrock contributed generously. It was to provide coastal protection and to provide support and an economic base for fishermen.
In 1928 the harbour, island, and fish cellars were bought from Viscount Clifden by Montague Meyer. By 1944 the harbour required extensive maintenance and repair. In 1945, 12 acres, including the harbour and Mullion island were given by the Meyer family to the National Trust, which took on the necessary repairs. The Trust still has ownership, control and responsibility for maintenance.
In October 1984 three locations within the harbour area were granted Grade 11 listed status; the two harbour walls or piers; the net loft, listed as a “harbour cottage” and the nearby Winch House
At the beginning of 2003 the National Trust indicated that “Mullion Cove may not stand the ravages of the sea much longer” and a survey in 2006 threw doubt on the future of the harbour. However, when both piers were severely damaged during the fierce winter storms of 2013–14 they were repaired and more repairs have been effected since.
They needed to be too with the current chill! Wish it'd hurry up and warm up, but at least we don't have the heavy snow and very cold weather they're experiencing on the continent currently...
Merrington Green - Shropshire (taken on Good Friday)
I got caught in the rain, yesterday, during my walk and managed to get a little shelter by the trees along this pathway!
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Taken during a trip to Temple Newsam with my Sony compact, I like the way the branches stretch out to the edges of the picture
A beautiful little bay at the end of a single track road.
This sheltered cove has a large, sandy, sloping beach (Borthwen) backed by dunes and edged by rockpools. The Anglesey/Wales Coast Path runs alongside the beach. The surrounding area is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and is home to varied flora and fauna, including spotted rock rose (the county flower) and resident choughs.
Approached by a narrow winding lane with limited space at car park by the beach; toilets, pub located on the approach road. Dogs are allowed.