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Roppongi Hills' Mori Tower. This 54 storey high skyscraper is probably the most famous building in Roppongi - finished in 2003. It is now the home to shops, offices, an art museum and restaurants, and quite the landmark.
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Always my old favourite: Tokyo Tower.
Built in 1958 and designed by Tachū Naitō (内藤 多仲), this 332.5 metres tall tower is heavily inspired the Eiffel Tower in Paris - you just have to ignore that it's painted in bright orange and white due to air safety regulations. But it is, of course, taller than the Eiffel Tower. If you are inspired by something you have to beat it too, by a whole 2.5 metres. It's main purpose is to house TV antennas and to be a tourist attraction offering a great view of the city.
The Crown Casino Tower.
Barangaroo, Sydney.
Photographed at sunset yesterday in Sydney.
Tuesday, 25th July, 2023.
The photograph was taken from High Street, Millers Point.
This is the first series of images (from my city & harbour sunset trek after work yesterday) with my brand new Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM lens, which replaces my 16-35mm f/4L lens.
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom and PhotoPad Pro by NCH software.
With a lot of difficulty in the Lightroom processing to make the buildings look straight, having been taken with a wide-angle lens so close to Barangaroo.
And they're still not entirely perpendicular!!
No filter. That was the sunset.
We must remember that trees are our best friends. They are
always by our side to hug us with their caring branches like that of
open arms.
~ Munia Khan
Zoom in and see if you can climb it :)
The glass from a skyscraper reflects the light from a nice sunrise in downtown Chicago. I also liked the round building to the right - the lower floors are a parking garage - the cars show up well from this angle. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_City
I've been busy this evening so I won't have time to visit your photos...tomorrow with luck.
I still haven't dug out my gone to seed parsnips as you can see -I'll be able to save the seed for planting next year.
There actually was no fire, but it ended up looking to me like one. I shot this while walking down by the Lonsdale Quay in North Vancouver. It's an apartment building just across from the Quay.
This is an ICM, and I used a 3 stop Breakthrough Photography ND filter.
HSS!
“Of all man’s works of art, a cathedral is greatest. A vast and majestic tree is greater than that.”
- Henry Ward Beecher
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Custer State Park has impressive views of granite spires, mountains and forests. Seen in the background on the right of this photo is Black Elk Peak's fire tower. At an elevation of 7,242 feet it is the highest point eastward between the Rocky Mountains in the US and the Pyranees in France.
Custer State Park is in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
Attempt at showing the size of one of the big virgin red pines in the Lost Forty forest.
This section of forest lies within the Chippewa National Forest near Bigfork, Minnesota. A Minnesota DNR Scientific and Natural Area, the 32 acre Lost Forty SNA, is also part of this beautiful site.
Due to a surveying error back in 1882, this 144 acre section was never logged. As a result, there are numerous 300-400 year old magnificent old-growth red and white pines in this special place.
The sight of these incredible trees isn't the only thing you experience here. The smell of this forest is unique. The sound is also unique. The breeze blowing through the crowns of these old pines make this piece of the north woods sing a totally different tune than most other sections of forest up here. You have to experience it to understand what I am saying.
For more information about the Lost Forty, go to the Chippewa National Forest's Lost Forty Website or the Minnesota DNR's Lost Forty SNA Website.
Yet another from yesterday. Initially ignored this shot, but went back to it and actually, I think it works.
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Nikon Z6, FTZ, Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5
Exposure X7, Color Efex Pro 4, Silver Efex Pro 3
This modern sculpture can be found alongside the Thames in the North Greenwich area and as can be seen here, provides a nice juxtaposition to the Emirates Cable Car which operates nearby.
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Being in Mount Athos, you inevitably seek to shed light into the most dark corners of your own existence...
Location, Iviron monastery, Mount Athos (Agio Oros), Hellas.
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The '59th St.' Bridge, also known as the Queensborough Bridge, and Ed Koch Memorial Bridge...behind the tram tower.
Roosevelt Island, NYC.
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Tasmania is brimming with so many places of natural beauty. This little gem is Dove Lake, which I have been lucky enough to visit twice now. I asked Chat GPT to tell me about it and here is what it said:
Dove Lake Walk, located in the stunning Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park in Tasmania, is considered one of Australia's most beautiful nature walks. It offers a 6-kilometer, 2–3-hour circuit around the glacially carved Dove Lake, nestled directly beneath the towering Cradle Mountain.
The walk takes hikers on a journey through diverse landscapes. As you navigate the undulating path, the walk offers both intimate and epic views of Cradle Mountain and immerses you in the surrounding vegetation. The track undulates around Dove Lake, traverses beneath the mountain, then returns through magnificent rainforest taking you through some of Tasmania's special vegetation, from buttongrass to myrtle, sassafras, fagus and King Billy pine.
Sound tempting? I must correct the narrative though, taking a camera with you extends the time from 2-3 hours to "how long am I allowed to spend taking photos before my companions leave without me"