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Lebanon, Ohio
This image is part of a project to photograph the Historical Markers in Lebanon, OH. Check out the album for the series.
The downtown commercial district of Lebanon is on the National Register of Historic Sites as are a of couple specific buildings. There are about 30 sites with markers out front placed by the Rotary Club. My goal of the project is to include one image of each marked site in the album. It could be a full image or some detail. I'm also trying (to the best of my ability) to make a good, interesting photograph and not just a snap shot or just "documentation" of each site. That is one reason it is taking me so long. It has taken me much longer than planned to finish the project.
Lebanon Commercial District National Register of Historic Places Ref# 84000429. Link to application catalog.archives.gov/id/71986380
Taken at the beginning of golden hour.
Historical Marker:
"The city building is Colonial Revival in style and was modeled after the chapel at Dennison University. It was dedicated in May of 1934. Two years earlier, the Opera House, built here 1878, burned down on Christmas morning. this is also where the county's first courthouse was constructed in 1805."
Staldzene – an old fishing village with some homesteads surviving from the 19th century, lies to the North of Ventspils on the way to the Kolka point. Here fishermen can still be seen going out to sea, and on calm evenings the scent of dry-cured Baltic plaice wafts through the air.
Staldzene is popular with both townsfolk and tourists alike for its walking paths, swimming beach and its dramatic steep coastline. Staldzene steep coast is the highest in Latvia.
It is a typical abrasive-type coastline 4 to 8 m high, where deposits of various stages of the Baltic Sea development are exposed for approximately 400 m.
As a result of the erosion of the sea, the steep coast is washed away. Based on marine coastline monitoring data, the annual deviation of the coast is estimated at 1 m, because of which the area of the natural monument is reduced and is currently about 6 ha. Therefore, this outcrop has a limited lifetime, reports the information source of the Specially protected nature territory of Ventspils City. Its height has also decreased in the last decade. In the 70s of the last century, the height of the steep coast reached 12 m. Washing away of the steep coast is determined by the combination of several factors, including specific meteorological conditions – wind speed and direction, air temperature, sea level height, currents, waves, ice formation, etc. The Ventspils Port Piers and the deep fairway channel still have a significant impact, which completely stops the natural movement of sediments past the port to the north.
Staldzene steep coastline contains protected habitats of European and Latvian importance: wooded seaside dunes, boreal forests, calcareous sand meadows and gray dunes covered with herbaceous plants. There are also 8 specially protected plant species in the territory of the nature monument. Some plants are found only in Ventspils and Pape area in Latvia.
www.visitventspils.com/en/activity/staldzene-steep-coastl...
I had a specific hope from this sunrise shoot of the Buttercross in Brigg, North Lincolnshire, and that was to capture the sun rising at the end of the street on the left (Wrawby Street). But unfortunately there was an annoying slither of cloud on the horizon and by the time it cleared, the sun had moved too far to the right. Maybe I’ll be luckier another time.
Shot as a 5 shot panorama (each bracketed) with my Tilt Shift, and stitched in Lightroom. The highlights on the front of the building are due to spotlights above the upper windows.
The Buttercross, historically was the Brigg Town Hall, but is now used as a tourist information centre and as an events venue.
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Oudemansiella mucida, the Porcelain Fungus, is specific to beech wood. It appears in autumn on dead trunks and on fallen branches, and occasionally it also grows on dead branches high up in living trees. Common and widespread in Britain and Ireland, Oudemansiella mucida occurs throughout northern Europe, but in southern Europe where Beech is not found the Porcelain Fungus is also absent.
Provided that the skin is thoroughly washed (or peeled from the caps) to remove the mucus, these mushrooms are edible, although their slimy covering is probably enough to put most people off. Only larger caps are worth collecting, because the flesh is thin and insubstantial.
The common name of this species of fungus that typically appears as a round piece of black coal-lik ball attached to a dying or dead tree trunks and branches is King Alfred’s cakes. This name originates from legend that King Alfred (who ruled in 9th century) was mistaken for a soldier by a peasant woman in the house were he was seeking a refuge after the battle. She asked him to look after cakes baking on the fire but he fell asleep…, well, another name for these fungi are coal fungi. Whether this story is true or not difficult to say because it was first told 100 years after the King lived, but the name sticks to the fungus forever.
The scientific name of this common and widespread saprotrophic fungus is Daldinia concentrica. The genus Daldinia is named in honour of Agostino Daldini, a Swiss clergyman and botanist. The specific epithet ‘concentrica’ is self-explanatory if you look at the image above showing concentric rings of the fungal body. This is where black spores are matured and then driven up to the surface and expelled outside through tiny openings. The concentric rings are thought to reflect seasonal growth like tree rings - so it is likely to be about 12 years old. Majority of trees were planted here in 2000. This fungus, when dry, can be used as tinder to light fires, hence another name the tinder bracket.
This specimen was neatly sliced in half by a chainsaw I think when this ash tree trunk was fell down and cleared of branches; a cut through the branch seen on the left. Massive clearance is taken place in this Community Woodland as part of removal ash trees infected with dieback fungus, as well as general maintenance. Primrose Hill Community woodland. Bath, BANES, England, UK
I saw this dead tree on the way to Thurne and thought it looked pretty good out there all on its own
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These critically endangered white-backed vultures are a joy to be able to observe/photograph in any situation since there’s no telling how much longer they’ll still be around in the wild. In this specific shot, the birds are somehow managing to look affectionate and very intimidating all at the same time.
After being shut out the night before by a stubborn storm that refused to break up over Jasper National Park, we had our fingers crossed as we headed back to Maligne Lake the following morning. We all seemed pretty happy with our blue hour shots, but as sunrise approached, it really began to look like we might not see the sun at all that day. I think we had all resigned ourselves to the fact that we were looking at another completely gray day when I glanced up an noticed the faintest wisp of pink on one of the clouds. Sure enough, the sun broke through just enough to throw some fleeting color across the the clouds that were continuing to roll in from the West. I think Tom and I are the ones in our group who really have a problem standing still during moments like this. Both of us went off in all directions at once, and both of us had two camera bodies for just such an occasion. Leaving my D800 on the tripod, I took off running with my D750 and cranked up the ISO a bit while I looked for other comps in addition to what I was getting down at the lakeside.
As I was racing back to my spot in front of the boat house, this puddle caught my eye and I spent the next few minutes trying to shoot if from several different angles with the 14-24. There have been times where I have doubted my run and gun approach, but I usually reserve it for situations where I feel like I've got a decent shot on the tripod before setting of to see what I might be missing maybe just a few steps away. If I had stayed camped out where I was I would have missed this particular shot along with quite a few others. We ALL gave in to temptation two nights before when we had a perfectly good view of the late afternoon sun up at the Opabin Prospect, but curiosity got the better of us and we full out RAN back up the trail to get more shots of the larches behind us. So I think there is something to be said for making sure you KEEP MOVING once you believe you have a decent shot...especially when you might only have another few minutes of good light.
This being said, it helps to be able to TRUST the guys who you are shooting next to. Maybe leaving the camera on the tripod while you run like a maniac in all directions should be reserved for those times when you actually know the people around you...or you might not have a camera when you get back. :)
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I do every year a calendar with shots from around a year ago to a specific topic. The topic for 2019 is "water".
So this view encompasses the feeling of spring in the mountains. Snow is just gone, the grass is brown, but already first flowers coming through. When you're at a good place the water is crystal clear though it is snow smelting. So this will be most likely my choice for Mai 2019.
Eastbound on the Kankakee Belt off the Streator Connection bangs across what was at that time the SPCSL. Without getting to specific the B&O style CPL signal is a holdover from the line's Alton Route heritage once being owned by the B&O years ago.
The ghostly webs covering specific trees in Orwell Country Park alerted me to the presence of these Small Ermine Moth caterpillars!
The webs hide hundreds and sometimes tens of thousands of caterpillars of the Small Ermine moths. In the UK there are eight species of Small Ermine Moths, but only the Orchard Ermine (Yponomeuta padella), Spindle Ermine (Y. cagnagella) and Bird-cherry Ermine (Y. evonymella) tend to produce such extensive webbing, the former mainly on blackthorn and hawthorn, the others on spindle and bird-cherry respectively.
The Bird-cherry Ermine tends to have a more northern distribution compared to the other two and occasionally whole trees can be covered by their webs, the leaves stripped bare giving the tree an eerie appearance. Sometimes these webs are so extensive that they can cover nearby objects such as benches, bicycles and gravestones.
The Royal Guards of Gyeongbokgung Palace, located in Seoul’s Jongno District, are part of a ceremonial reenactment that brings to life the traditions of the Joseon Dynasty (1392–1897). Historically known as "Sumunjang" (수문장), these guards were responsible for protecting the main palace gates, particularly Gwanghwamun, the palace’s most iconic entrance.
Today, the Royal Guard Changing Ceremony is a meticulously choreographed cultural performance held several times a day in front of Gwanghwamun Gate. The guards wear vibrant traditional uniforms, historical armor, and period hats, all crafted with impressive attention to detail. Each costume reflects specific ranks and roles, and includes authentic replicas of traditional weapons such as halberds and Korean swords (geom).
The ceremony blends traditional music, formal movements, and a solemn atmosphere, allowing visitors to experience a vivid glimpse of Korea’s past. Although the participants are not actual soldiers but trained performers and cultural staff, the commitment to historical accuracy is strict, offering an immersive portrayal of the palace's former security system.
Beyond its visual appeal, the ceremony stands as a symbolic reminder of Korea’s enduring cultural heritage and the central role Gyeongbokgung Palace once held as the seat of royal authority.
Gyeongbokgung Royal Palace, Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea
NS 539 clears CP-C with a trio of SD60E's leading. These 3 specific SD60E's are adapted to be used inside Talen's Strawberry and Montour Ridge Plants. These locomotives have notched snowplows, low-profile PTC equipment and an alerter cutout.
Showcasing distances to major points along UP's North West network, a unique sign found at Multnomah Falls along the Portland Sub
Be specific ship onion pacific
You know that feeling when you go out to photograph at a specific location for a specific subject ... but then something like this comes along ... Priceless to me! As we were scanning the landscape in the distance, this beautiful red fox enters the scene. The light was fabulous and the fox was hunting for voles or whatever it could find. Winter comes early for it, so it must score tasty morsels while it can more easily find it. So as no to interrupt its behavior, we grabbed images for a few moments, thanked it, and went on to see what else we could find. :-)
Just got back from some time away visiting with our granddaughter (now 4-1/2) in the mountains of CO. Such fun times ... and it was wonderful to feel the colder temperatures. Hang on everyone, it's not too far off. :-)
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A return to Aqueduct Cottage in a slightly unrealistic and non-specific time of spring (just sort of 'spring' in general :) )
Over the last two decades, Geelong-born artist Rone has built an exceptional reputation for large-scale wall paintings and immersive installations that explore concepts of beauty and decay. Rone’s latest site-specific installation transforms a room within Geelong Gallery in response to the architecture and history of the building, and the Gallery’s collection.
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My favorite image.
A deliberate photo planned out and executed with meticulous intent towards an specific goal....
No. Definitely not. The gallic wasp with her specific long legs hanging around during flight.
Looks a little bit oversized with the artifical clouds. Without the ivy in the image one might think of the end of the human world. Canons 300L Non-IS in combination with 3 Kenko Extenders on the Sony A7R with Metabones V isn't a perfect choice to track an half inch sized Insect during a flight. This was the best catch I could do.
Churches in England are often aligned in a specific direction, typically with the altar at the east end and the main entrance at the west end, a practice known as orientation.
All Saint's church Walcott in the foreground aligned with St Mary's Church in Happisburgh some 2km distant.
A snapshot from a walk around local lanes recently.
The little grebe, also known as dabchick, is a member of the grebe family of water birds. The genus name is from Ancient Greek takhus "fast" and bapto "to sink under". The specific ruficollis is from Latin rufus "red" and Modern Latin -collis, "-necked", itself derived from Latin collum "neck". Grebes are aquatic diving birds in the order Podicipediformes. They are widely distributed birds mainly in freshwater, with some species also occurring in marine habitats during migration and winter. The order contains a single family, the Podicipedidae, which includes 22 species in six extant genera.
If you have been wondering where exactly is the back of beyond I can confirm for you that I drove through it on my trip to the US recently and if you need specific directions just send me an email.
So this shot was taken on the road from Mexican Hat in Monument Valley on my way to St. George, Utah. Nothing and nobody for miles and miles and miles and miles on end ....until this appeared . I was so excited to have something, anything, appear that I skidded the mustang to a halt to have a look. Initially I thought it was a 'bus' stop (!!) , a shelter perhaps - however no shade . Then it had the 'viewing' window which looked out on to a whole load of more nuthin' . It then occurred to me that perhaps it was the viewing area for some 'experiements' in the desert...am I going out a limb in the back of beyond to even suggest this ???? Any ideas ?
Location: Highlands of Pahang, Malaysia
Toxicity: Venomous
Distribution: Southern Thailand and Malay Peninsula
Wide-angle lens-testing mode
It was raining heavily last night! The rain makes this snake look so shinny and wet.
Just one snake and that was also a lucky break.
Specific epithet:
Named after the Latin adjective fucatus, that could be translated by “with make-up”. It was used in classical Latin language to describe the red and white hues harboured on their cheeks by actors of the ancient Latin theater, and was chosen here in allusion to the bicolor white and red postocular streak present in some males of this species.
15 years ago, the North Pole Express ran up the former New York Central Saginaw branch from Owosso to Chesaning. The train was much smaller in those days, and most of the trip was between 10 and 20 mph. The Saginaw County fairgrounds in Chesaning hosted the North Pole. A few years later, the decision was made to move the North Pole over to Ashley and run up the ex Ann Arbor mainline instead, somewhat due to deteriorating track conditions on the branch north of Oakley. SRI volunteers actually invested a lot of time and money into track work between Oakley and Chesaning in order to continue running 1225 up there, but eventually it became more than they could feasibly do. While the ex AA line is nice, the old NYC was more straight north/south and offered some interesting photos, like the classic Michigan Bean Co elevator in Henderson.
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Speculating on the Blue
Flaka Haliti
2015
Sand, Metal, Light
56th Venice Biennale, Kosovo Pavilion
«Speculating on the Blue is a site specific installation conceived by Flaka Haliti for the Kosovo Pavilion at the Biennale Arte. With this work she addresses the topos of borders that are not only part of her personal history but also our everyday global reality. The artist specifically examines the features of the borderland, often deserted and seemingly decaying within a short period of time. Barriers are manmade manifestations of political decisions made about territories, which are often drawn with little regard for natural and ethnical boundaries. Haliti aims at de-militarizing and de-familiarizing the aesthetic regime that is embodied by physical borders through the creation of a counter image. In doing so she transforms the former into a sign of optimism. Her approach is one of recontextualizing global politics through disconnection from its regime of appearance. The metaphor of the horizon, simultaneously emblem of possibility and enigma of our limitations is woven into the fabric of our past and present.
By drawing on the universal meaning of this metaphor, the artist removes the image economy of the horizon from any specific spatial-temporal context and speculates on its validity as an eternal truth.»
Had a chance to take a bike ride to the Cape Canaveral Beach on Christmas day. I am looking for a very specific shot of the ocean coming in, I wasn't able to get what I wanted, however this gull was nice enough to come visit with me for a while.
I got this feeling he was trying to tell me that this was his beach and I should just back off.
X is for Xenopus
This tiny frog is the closest thing I have to a xenopus, which apparently is a specific type of African frog. Bella had fun, as she loves being centre of my attention. It was a difficult letter & the most difficult photo of this challenge so far. Though it was also the one where Bella made me laugh most.
Specific feelings.. smells that remind you of someone or that brings back memories...
© Please don't use this image without my permission. -.2013
Thought I'd try to capture some spring colors. Mostly about the color pallet and not a specific subject. Would this be better with a larger depth of field?
This we found near Elk Rapids at the Walk of Art Sculpture Gallery. This specific art is called Blue Dragon. 15 acre outdoor gallery on East Grand Traverse Bay, where 35 sculptures grace the forest and beach. Never seen the likes and pretty darn cool.
Presumably, terns target a specific fish when they initiate their dive but their success rate is somewhat lower than their Osprey counterparts at less than 50%. This bird (from the previous post) emerged from the water with an empty beak on Horsepen Bayou.
There's no specific blog post for this photo, so here are your credits!
Body: Maitreya
Head, LAQ Gaia Bento Mesh Head
Skin: The Plastik, Elvenne Skin, Sunshula
Hair: Magika, Solace
Makeup: Alaskametro, Black Magic
Eyebrows: Queen of Ink, Definite Eyebrows
Ears: Swallow, Pixie Ears
Eyes: Arte, Galaxy Eyes
Tank Top: Goth1c0, Kath Loose Dress, Goth (At Trick Or Treat Lane)
Trousers: The Annex, Rae Skinny Pants, Orange Tartan (for Spookzilla)
Boots: Sweet Lies, Ragnarok Boots
Environment:
Backdrop: WeArH0uSE, Platform
Trolley: WeArH0uSE, Harry Props
Owl: Hextraordinary, Snowy Owl
Pose: Infiniti, Blowing Smoke
Sculpture by: Lucy Humphrey
Artist statement: Infinity is a site specific sculpture that explores our relationship to the world around us. Designed using a single piece of stainless steel plate, the work explores the geometries our bodies share with nature, concepts of circularity and balance, and using light and reflection as sculptural materials.
Hair Ice
Hair ice is a rare type of ice formation where the presence of a particular fungus in rotting wood produces thin strands of ice which resemble hair or candy floss.
One of the first records of the phenomenon was made by Alfred Wegener (the discoverer of continental drift) in 1918. He observed a strange ice forming only on wet dead wood and proposed a theory that a specific fungi must be the catalyst for the smooth, silky hairs of ice.
How does hair ice form?
The conditions required for the formation of hair ice are extremely specific, hence the relative scarcity of sightings. To form, moist rotting wood from a broadleaf tree is required with the presence of moist air and a temperature slightly below 0 °C. It is generally confined to latitudes between 45°N and 55°N.
In 2015 the scientists Hofmann, Mätzler and Preuß determined the exact cause of the hair ice phenomenon, linking its formation to the presence of a specific fungus called Exidiopsis effusa.
They discovered that the presence of the fungus led to a process called 'ice segregation'. When water present in the wood freezes it creates a barrier that traps liquid between the ice and the pores of the wood. This creates a suction force which pushes water out of the pores to the edge of the ice surface where it freezes and extends outwards. As this repeats it pushes a thin 'hair' of ice out of the wood which is around 0.01 mm in diameter.
It is believed that an inhibitor present in the fungus allows the strands of ice to stabilise allowing the formation of the beautiful phenomena and allows the hair ice to keep its shape often for several hours.
Z TO ZOOM
Sand dune patterns in evening light, Death Valley.
Sand dune patterns in evening light, Death Valley.
first photographed this specific subject in Death Valley well over a decade ago, and perhaps close to two decades. I “discovered” it by accident while driving a short dirt road back from an entirely different feature. I had stopped in this location to photograph other things, and as I scanned the landscape I noticed this section of almost pure sand dunes. I went here again at the end of February when the light on my planned subject died early, and I thought I might be able to work with the soft light in this location.
Because I have photographed here for some time, I have watched — at times with some concern — as this location started to become another “icon” of Death Valley photography. One positive development of this, perhaps, is that the many photographs can look quite different, revealing the way that the ambient light “paints” the landscape of the desert. (Well, OK, also revealing the role that post-production interpretation plays in such photographs.)
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” (Heyday Books) is available directly from him.
This morning on Skye was one to remember. I was going to title this image 'My favorite morning', but I decided that was too specific. The changing light throughout the sunrise was special, yet as I remembered other sunrises on Skye; two gorgeous sunrises at The Old Man of Storr and several colourful sunrises in the Quiraing I could put this morning among my favorites but not THE favorite. Actually I'm hoping my favorite morning on Skye is one that has yet to happen. But here is some background on one of my favorite mornings on Skye . . .
As it was September, the alarm before sunrise was at a more sensible time than during my May visits to Skye. A glance out the window, where the skies seemed to have potential, had me in the car for a quick drive to the Quiraing. I enjoyed the drive from Kilmuir to the Quiraing parking with never seeing another car on the single lane road. Leaving the car in the empty parking area I headed along the path to begin setting up for sunrise. This was a very enjoyable morning at the Quiraing with the constantly changing views. The low clouds would move over the ridge hiding and then revealing various portions of the ridge, while simultaneously the light would shift highlighting sections of the ridge. I remained in place and enjoyed the morning from this location.
From my location at the Quiraing this was the view of the Trotternish Ridge, visible is Cnòc a Mhèrlich, Cleat while Bioda Buidhe is barely discernible in the cloud cover. In this image the shifting light is only highlighting the base of Cleat and portions of Cnòc a Mhèrlich. In the distance the sunlight can be seen highlighting the clouds that are hiding the Trotternish Ridge On the far right of the image is a curve of the Staffin-Uig road as it climbs the Trotternish Ridge.
Those interested in seeing how the shifting light changed that morning can view the Shifting Light Series album where the images are in chronologically order.
Another image from the early morning walks on an abandoned road in the middle of wildly overgrown fields, southeast of Ottawa. This butterfly is really neat, not least because of its enormous variability in design. There are at least thirteen subspecies across the United States (we are near the northern limit of its range), and each has specific patterns. The key to identification is the pair of rings on the forewing - the number of rings on the hindwing is variable regionally. But there again regional differences are significant: the two rings are surrounded by a yellow patch on the dorsal (upper) side of the wing in some parts of the US, and the yellow patch can be on both the dorsal and the ventral (under) side in other areas. The dorsal side is typically brighter and more intricate, and is used to attract mates; the ventral side, seen here, is for camouflage or warning of toxic consequences if ingested. Let’s hope it was aiming for the latter, because camouflaged it is not!
The Wood-nymph is part of the Nymphalidae family of butterflies, also known as the brush-footed butterflies. They are so-named because they only use four legs, with their front legs very tiny or even hard to see, with brush-like endings instead of feet. They are used to taste and smell. This butterfly has tucked them away, as it is just getting ready to head off for the day.
EN:: Best photographed at night when there are no background distractions, this art installation in a pond in the Tiergarten, Berlin. spoke to me of the adjustments societies had to make to the advent of shopping trolleys in supermarkets.
The very functional trolley that came after the advent of self service shopping coupled with carparks, meant that shoppers able to walk the trolley out of hte shopping centres and leave them strewn around the environs. Then came the temptation for anti-social individuals to take the trolleys further, dumping them in ornamental ponds, lakes even rivers.
Artistically this appealed because of the duplication by reflection, the waterline not immediately apparent.
The visible memory has remained, but the artist, the gallery and the specific location have all faded from memory. However, we would be most pleased to have any of that information, if there is any viewer who recognizes or recalls this installation.
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D:: Diese Kunstinstallation lässt sich am besten nachts fotografieren, wenn es keine Ablenkungen im Hintergrund gibt. Sie befindet sich in einem Teich im Tiergarten in Berlin. Es sprach mir von den Anpassungen, die Gesellschaften an die Einführung von Einkaufswagen in Supermärkten vornehmen mussten.
Der sehr funktionelle Einkaufswagen, der nach dem Aufkommen des Selbstbedienungseinkaufs in Verbindung mit Parkplätzen auf den Markt kam, ermöglichte es den Käufern, den Einkaufswagen mit dem Wagen aus den Einkaufszentren herauszunehmen und ihn in der Umgebung verstreut zurückzulassen. Dann kam die Versuchung für unsoziale Menschen, die Karren weiter zu transportieren und sie in Zierteichen, Seen und sogar Flüssen abzuladen.
(Explore: 4 June 23)
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Our back story::
On our very first day in Berlin, we had so enjoyed many significant landmarks and encounters with people, that we just had to do some more exploring that night. As the night settled and the traffic quietened we were prepared to take our car into this unfamiliar city (driving on the other side of the road from what we are familiar with!) so quieter places like the Tiergarten seemed wise. We found it full of surprises - this art installation being one of them.
I am investing a great part of my domestic quarantine in rummaging through my archives to unearth some forgotten, hopefully worthwhile shot to process. When this bracketing resurfaced from a stray nook of my hard disk, it struck some chords deep in my soul (most assuredly my brain was somehow performing an on-the-fly processing of those rather flattish, unassuming untouched RAW files). For a fleeting, precious moment I felt strongly the heartwarming sensation to be free to hug and cuddle again my wife, Laura, albeit at some indefinite time when Covid-19 will allow us to relish such an invaluable moment. Please do not ask me why on Earth this specific scene stirred this specific emotion inside me, so I will not be forced to admit that I have not the faintest idea. Rather, allow yourself the freedom to feel whatever emotion this scene will stir in your soul. I have got my own gift. I hope that this picture will gift you with the emotion you need most.
This picture comes from a sunrise session at the beautiful meanders of the river Adda, just a handful kilometers downstream the Eastern arm of Lake Como, dating from April 2016. That morning I arrived at the location a lot earlier than the earliest hints of dawn, so I took shooting the river by night - admittedly a whole bunch of utterly worthless bracketings, at least until proven otherwise (never say never). And I did a thing I do only in exceedingly rare occasions: I raised my sensor gain to a maddening 640 ISO. Of course, being used to shoot at a constant 100 ISO, I foolishly forgot to restore the usual setting as the light was growing and took my precious exposure bracketings at such high ISO till 8:00 AM. As a result of this sloppy attitude I had to fight a monster amount of chroma noise (I viscerally hate it)*. I found no way to get decently rid of that noise by using the rich armoury of denoising tools offered by Darktable - quite possibly because of my qualified failure to set them properly in such a demanding situation. Luckily, by mere trial and error, I got an almost decent denoising using DFine 2 and blending the denoised images with the original ones by the LCh Lightness mode (hope that my memory is not deceiving me); this, rather suprisingly, allowed me to retain most of the details while taking the greatest possible advantage of the denoising itself.
Incidentally, this picture has a closely related fellow image in my photostream, Awakenings: the same location, the same morning, just taken some 10 minutes after this one, some 20 meters downstream - ah, and one of the handful of bracketings of that session taken at 100 ISO, after I realized my mistake ;-)
* I am afraid I am being a bit unfair here, because the worthy sensor of my Nikon D5100 is quite less noisy than those of many other APS-x sensor cameras (and the in-camera management of thermal noise on long exposures is really good). The problem is, the less light you get from your subject, the more noise you get in the sensor data, the ISO gain magnifying an unfavourable signal-to-noise ratio. Of course an early, partly cloudy morning shooting session neatly falls into that sort of context.
I have obtained this picture by blending an exposure bracketing [-1.7/0/+1.7 EV] by luminosity masks in the Gimp (EXIF data, as usual, refer to the "normal exposure" shot), then I added some final touches with Nik Color Efex Pro 4 and a selective bit of Orton effect as a final garnish to get the desired ambiance. RAW files has been processed with Darktable. Denoising has been a vexing issue; I got the best results by courtesy of good old DFine 2 and the Gimp.
I was fortunate enough to be interviewed recently about my (bizarre) start in photography, my life before photography, how my book deal happened, and how social media helped build my career.
Part 2 of my interview just just went up! It's a long interview! This part is about who my photography clients are, how I make a living, how I do my snow photography, and my all time favorite photo I have taken in the snow .
Excerpt from Part 2 of the interview (full interview: Full Interview Here )
Favorite photos, Vivienne’s approach to capturing ‘fantastical’ images...
Dave: Are there a couple of favorite photos of yours that you could talk about how they came about, or what were you thinking and what your process was in making them? We’re kind of interested in your process in general. Do you set out on a photo walk with a mission to find something specific? Or is it more that walk and just let the muse dictate, kind of follow your emotion or thinking at the time?
Vivienne: I am absolutely in love with New York City at night in the snow! I started doing a lot of snow images a few years back. I just started going out every single snowstorm and trying to capture how I felt every time I walk around in the snowstorm. [The images] just sort of took off online. A lot of them went super viral. So now I’m super into that project.
I really love it; I think that there’s this sort of really magical quality at night in New York City when it snows, that just can’t be replicated anywhere else.
So with that I’m definitely on a mission. There are certain themes that I try to capture that are iconic for me in my memory. One photo that I did was a direct homage to...
Continue reading the full (very LONG interview) here:
Our favorite photographers: A conversation with Sony Artisan, Vivienne Gucwa: Part II
Hope you enjoy!
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Excerpt from Wikipedia:
The Rockwood Conservation Area has a rich and unique geological aspect. A few specific features that are a part of the environment at the Rockwood conservation area include glacier bluffs, potholes, caves and some of the oldest dated trees in Ontario.
The cave system includes a series of 12 caves, which is one of the most extensive networks in Ontario. Within the caves is a prominent feature called flowstone, which over many years is created by flowing water that deposits a type of calcium carbonate called calcite.
Another feature at Rockwood are the potholes. Within the conservation area, there is over 200 potholes that all vary in measurements. These potholes are also known as giant's kettles, which are large cavities that have been drilled by flowing water carrying stones and gravel.
As well, glacial bluffs are seen at Rockwood. These have been formed over thousands of years after the earth’s most recent ice age ended. They can be relatively small and get as large as 30 meters deep and 200 meters wide.
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Site-specific sculpture, Jan Hendrix
Hoja, Proa, Brújula (Leaf, Bow, Compass)
There is that specific times of the year when I think you have elements and touches of all seasons in the landscapes. The greys of winter, the greens of summer, the reds of autumns and the yellows of spring! I do love nature
This image was was captured in the corner of a wild desolate field near the forest with some rocks and stones left to decay.
There are at least two specific crosses located in the woods above the River Hodder, near Stonyhurst College: Hague's Cross (the one pictured)and Woodward's Cross.
These crosses are part of a local "Stonyhurst Crosses Walk" and are said to be memorials for young Jesuits who drowned in the river.
Hague's Cross stands above the River Hodder in the woods close to the former preparatory school, Hodder Place. A new cross was fixed to an ancient base in 1910.
Artist Tsedaye Makonnen's performance art "Astral Sea" The Need for Collective Refuge" at the Met Museum
From the Met Museum's website "Ethiopian-American multidisciplinary artist Tsedaye Makonnen, whose Astral Sea textiles are displayed as part of The Met's Africa & Byzantium exhibition, activates the textiles with The Need for Collective Refuge, a new site-specific performance that journeys through the history of the Byzantine Era's African diaspora. Join us for this unique processional meditation on resilience, memory and migration, which merges spiritual, ceremonial, and performative elements of the Astral Sea series and explores the power of collective action and the potential for a better future."
Excerpt from Wikipedia:
The Rockwood Conservation Area has a rich and unique geological aspect. A few specific features that are a part of the environment at the Rockwood conservation area include glacier bluffs, potholes, caves and some of the oldest dated trees in Ontario.
The cave system includes a series of 12 caves, which is one of the most extensive networks in Ontario. Within the caves is a prominent feature called flowstone, which over many years is created by flowing water that deposits a type of calcium carbonate called calcite.
Another feature at Rockwood are the potholes. Within the conservation area, there is over 200 potholes that all vary in measurements. These potholes are also known as giant's kettles, which are large cavities that have been drilled by flowing water carrying stones and gravel.
As well, glacial bluffs are seen at Rockwood. These have been formed over thousands of years after the earth’s most recent ice age ended. They can be relatively small and get as large as 30 meters deep and 200 meters wide.
Dans le domaine photographique, le terme crawler peut avoir une signification différente et spécifique. Il désigne généralement un outil logiciel ou un script automatisé utilisé pour rechercher et collecter des images sur Internet ou dans des bases de données.
Certains logiciels photo, comme Adobe Lightroom ou Google Photos, utilisent des algorithmes qui fonctionnent de manière similaire à un crawler pour analyser, organiser et indexer les photos dans une bibliothèque. Ils explorent les métadonnées, les balises et les emplacements des fichiers pour aider à organiser les collections.
Les photographes professionnels peuvent utiliser des outils basés sur des crawlers pour rechercher des utilisations non autorisées de leurs photos sur Internet. Cela peut être utile pour vérifier les violations de droits d’auteur !
En résumé, dans la photographie, un crawler est principalement utilisé pour explorer, collecter et organiser des images, ou encore surveiller leur utilisation en ligne …
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In the field of photography, the term crawler can have a different and specific meaning. It generally refers to a software tool or an automated script used to search for and collect images on the Internet or within databases.
Certain photo software, such as Adobe Lightroom or Google Photos, use algorithms that work similarly to a crawler to analyze, organize, and index photos in a library. They explore metadata, tags, and file locations to help organize collections.
Professional photographers can use crawler-based tools to search for unauthorized uses of their photos on the Internet. This can be useful for detecting copyright infringements!
In summary, in photography, a crawler is mainly used to explore, collect, and organize images, or to monitor their usage online …
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