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Inside the Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba
This heritage site is amazing the blending between Islam and Catholic art and architecture is so well blended that makes us forget everything outside and feel a true peace of mind. Makes one think what is going wrong with the world? For sure GOD as an entity of good, just want every one to coexists in peace and do good, no matter what any religion says.
Please, I don't intend to offend in any way any one's belief, or start any kind of ideological discussion, this is just my point of view.
This is were the famous adventures of Don Quixote started, the attack on the windmills that he believes to be ferocious giants.
One curiosity is that each windmill has it’s one name, and the same happens with it’s windows.
And to celebrate Portugal victory nothing better than the iconic Tower of Belém on the bank of the Tagus River in Lisbon, Portugal.
View of the Adraga beach and Horse beach during sunset.
Praia da Adraga
Praia d Cavalo
Sintra, Portugal
I was taking photos of the windmills of Consuegra, when suddenly these cloud formation formed and start dropping some large drops of scarce rain, although it was very hot, I run to another position to try to capture the forming rainbow which didn't form completely because the sun was mostly gone in the opposing horizon.
La Torre is a castle near Buonconvento and dates back to the thirteenth century and once belonged to powerful families of Siena.
The castle was completely restored in the second half of the 800, taking on its current appearance: it is made up of two buildings that overlook a large courtyard surrounded on two sides by walls surrounded by a moat.
Now they are doing new restorations who knows, maybe it will turn into a luxury resort.
Alhambra is really an amazing place where one can appreciate ant once the beauty of at least three different civilisations and Era's. It's just like an cultural overload...
Taken at the Castle of the Moors in Sintra.
This is the large water cistern that provided water to the entire castle built in the 8th century.
Probably the oldest and most iconic monument of Lisbon, the São Jorge Castle is a historic landmark of the Portuguese Nation that was the scene of many battles for the independence of Portugal.
Today this monument is a wonderful place to pass an afternoon and has fantastic views over Lisbon.
Santa Maria della Salute or Saint Mary of Health as an amazing story that can be easily associate with it the famous masks of the doctors of the black plague.
The Torcal of Antequera Natural Park in Spain, is an amazing place totally sculptured by the water and wind during thousand of years, forming all this corridors and strange forms that sometimes it can become a real labyrinth.
The Sentinel, a 7157' peak on the West Rim of Zion Canyon, catches the first rays of the sun as it rises above the eastern Zion Plateau.
The resultant glow of the brilliant light on the sandstone reflects in the Virgin River near the Sand bench Trail, some 3,000' below. On this winter morning, the temperatures along the Floor of the Valley were hovering around 27°F, with icy roads and fresh snow along the river and surrounding area. Fresh animal tracks from deer, turkey, and bobcat indicated that there was quite a bit of activity earlier in the morning than our time here.
The temperatures kept most tourists at bay until later in the morning, though sunrise on January 2 occurred around 7:45 AM - convenient for this preferably late rising landscape photographer. As the day wore on, with no shuttle service in Zion National Park during this time of year, the roads became thick with cars parked alongside regardless of the multitude of signs telling people to park in designated spots only.
Scenes like this, though, tell me that spending much more time in this park is warranted - though come early and explore before the crowds arrive.
In Genesis, it is said that God created the grass, and herbs, and trees on the third day, and on the fourth day He created the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night.
Perhaps this is what the fourth day looked like, before there were animals and people and all that we know today.
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The Hungarian Parliament Building, also known as the Parliament of Budapest for being located in that city, is the seat of the National Assembly of Hungary, one of Europe's oldest legislative buildings, a notable landmark of Hungary and a popular tourist destination of Budapest. It lies in Lajos Kossuth Square, on the bank of the Danube. It is currently the largest building in Hungary and still the tallest building in Budapest.
For over 4,000 years Mother Nature has thrown everything she had at this tree... Unbearable cold, blizzards, gale force winds, drought, searing heat, earthquakes, and unrepentant tourists, and The Guardian has weathered every storm, every threat, every challenge and remained standing, though it succumbed to inevitable mortality over 500 years ago.
This ancient bristlecone pine, situated with one other tree on the edge of a steep slope in the White Mountains has been the subject of countless photographs under a variety of conditions. I was here with a group for an astrophotography workshop, and although I am pleased with some of the images I captured later that night, this one is the one that stands out above all others.
During the last weekend in August, the daytime high temperatures - even at 9,000' elevation - were above 80° F, and at nearly 8 PM, still holding in the upper-60s, while Bishop and Big Pine in the Owens Valley below, roasted in the 90s and 100s. The heat of the valley combined with the cool air crossing the ridge tops above the Sierras to the west create interesting weather and clouds in the late afternoon, which seemed daunting initially, but cleared soon after sunset to allow for clear skies when it was time to capture the galactic core of the Milky Way above.
Recognition:
Excellent Merit - NOV 2025 Professional Photographers of California (PPCA), Nature category
Honorable Mention - 2023 Southern California Association of Camera Clubs (SCACC) Annual competition
Excellent Merit, Nature/Landscape category - NOV 2023 PPPSDC Image Competition
People's Choice Award - 2023 San Diego County Fair, International Exhibition of Photography
Sponsor Award, Large Print - JUN-JUL 2023, International Exhibition of Photography, San Diego County Fair, Del Mar Racetrack and Fairgrounds, California
1st Place, Other - 2022 Image of the Year. Darkroomers Photographic Club, San Diego, California
Accepted for Display - SEP 2022 Darkroomers Photographic Club, and can be found in the Photographic Arts Building in Balboa Park, San Diego, California
One of the most iconic formations around Sedona, Courthouse Butte reaches an elevation of 5,454' - though, it is only about 1,000' above its surroundings.
A prominent geologic feature in the Coconino National Forest, this butte is very accessible for hikers with well-marked trails, and nearby parking. And, yet, as it appears here, the nature is relatively pristine and seemingly remote.
In fact, from this vantage, atop Baby Bell near sunset during Spring Break - one of the most popular times to visit Sedona, there were no people to be seen, and there is no ground or city lighting in the vicinity to interfere with the evening or night skies.
Sedona is a great place for people who want to commune with nature, take photographs, hike, or go off-roading. If you haven’t already been, I highly recommend taking a trip to visit Sedona and the surrounding area.
Despite low-flow, this set of waterfalls remained very impressive. As the lighting on the far wall indicates this is near the height of the sun on a very warm afternoon, when October temps reached 83 degrees, even in these canopied glens. The unseasonably warm weather in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States has delayed the peak autumn color change. Before today this region has had very little rainfall, so the falls are not roaring at their full grandeur, but I was quite pleased with what I was able to capture.
ift.tt/1uGTkJi: The sunlight shines from the other side of the gate in the wall surrounding the medieval old town of Tallinn, Estonia. - ift.tt/2aLv8QN //
The sun will eventually break through these clouds and bring a beautiful spring day to coastal Maine. For now, it will be quiet and peaceful, with only a few fishermen working and the town of Port Clyde beginning to stir.
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ift.tt/1uGTkJi: Sunlight shines through the old gate on the medieaval wall surrounding the old town of Tallinn, Estonia. - ift.tt/1YMzCpS //
Just as a heavy downpour ended, the sun burst through a hole in the cloud cover. As the sun set behind the Marin Headlands, I captured this image of the Golden Gate Bridge. I enjoyed the storm and it's aftermath from Pier 39 of San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf.
It is said, that the castle have built in just a month during a transit by Archduke Maximilian of Austria. However, this legend could be refuted by historians insofar as the construction took significantly longer than a month.
Arches National Park in Moab, Utah is full of unique and photogenic geologic formations. Beyond the park's namesake formations, there are several reefs, buttes, balanced rocks, and otherworldly sights.
This rock. precariously balanced on a spire atop one of the reefs along the main park road is not, to my knowledge, a named formation, but it is approximately a half-mile from the three closely grouped spires known as the gossips. To my eye, this formation has the appearance of a proper, though somewhat stiff, woman looking off into the distance as if annoyed by the gossipy sisters down the road.
The second park I visited (though my day in Canyonlands National Park was photographically tangential at best) among Utah's vaunted Mighty 5 National Parks, Arches is the spot that spurred my interest in travel and landscape photography. If you get the opportunity to visit Moab, I absolutely recommend several days here.
ift.tt/1uGTkJi: A medieval alley leading to the old town of Tallinn, Estonia. This gate is in the wall of the town and a gateway to a beautiful park. - ift.tt/1sJvxJa //
Le port de Nice sur la Côte d'Azur
Le Port de Nice, le plus beau chemin vers la Corse et la Sardaigne !
There are few places in the United States where one can view feral horses in their natural habitat. The beautiful (and protected) horses that freely roam Assateague Island National Seashore, along the Atlantic Ocean, are tough enough to survive scorching heat, mosquitoes, stormy weather, and the remote windswept barrier island's poor quality food.
Velvet reflections on ice as Seurasaari, Helsinki, Finland. Sun was setting and sky suddenly opened. Reflections from ice was beautiful and vibrand.
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