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Panorama from Gardena pass - Dolomites, Italy.
From journey (photographic expedition) through the Dolomite mountain range, September 2016.
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Birkenkofel in snow - Dolomites, Italy.
From journey (photographic expedition) through the Dolomite mountain range, September 2016.
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Remembering Holland
Thinking of Holland
I see wide rivers
slugging through
limitless low-lying land,
lines of implausibly
gauzy poplars
like feathered plumes
in far distances stand;
and sunken away
in the formidable vastness
the farmsteads
scattered are found,
tree clumps, villages,
pollarded steeples
churches and elms
in one great design bound.
the sky hangs low there
and in grey vapours of
colour
the sun there
is slowly blurred,
and in all the regions
the voice of the water
with its eternal disasters
is dreaded and heard.
H. Marsman
Translation: Paul Vincent
After a few days in Australia, I realized the vastness of this continent.
New South Wales, Australia.
On the way between Cedar City and Hurricane / Utah via Kolob Road aka Kolob Reservoir Road, very worthwhile but a seemingly endless long stretch with a lot of variety.
Auf dem Weg zwischen Cedar City und Hurricane/Utah über die Kolob Road bzw. Kolob Reservoir Road, sehr lohnenswert aber eine endlos scheinende weite Strecke mit viel Abwechslung.
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#sliderssunday
Explored July 4, 2021
Another re-edit of an image that I'd taken during a trip to the Baltic Sea island Usedom several years ago. Duly slid for Sliders Sunday – you can find the almost SooC original upload in the first comment. In the original, un-cropped image the beach line is almost exactly in the middle, because I hadn't dared to get any closer to the person that was lying there so picturesquely (and, as an afterthought from pandemic times: perfectly socially distanced). And since I had been so far away the gulls are mere spots of white in the distance, but I think they are still easily identifiable as gulls, albeit pretty impressionistic – or even pointillistic – gulls ;)
HSS, Everyone, and have a safe and nice new week ahead!
Weiß – Blau – Gelb
Eine weitere Neubearbeitung eines Bildes von meinem Usedom-Urlaub vor etlichen Jahren (ein erneuter Ostsee-Trip ist also längst überfällig). Für den Sliders Sunday habe ich angemessen an den Reglern diverser Bildbearbeitungsprogramme (namentlich aus der Nik Collection) gedreht. Das praktisch unbearbeitete Bild findet Ihr im 1. Kommentar. Beim unbeschnittenen Originalbild war die Strandlinie ziemlich genau in der Mitte – und das war mir schon damals zu viel Strand gewesen. Dieses Mal habe ich nicht ganz so viel vom Strand weggeschnitten, aber immer noch ein gutes Stück. Auflösungsmäßig geben hier die 13,8 MP der kleinen Pen in Verbindung mit dem Lumix-Weitwinkel-Pancake nicht so viel her, ich hätte deutlich näher an die so malerisch zwischen den Buhnen drapierte Person herangehen müssen, hatte mich aber nicht getraut. Aus dieser Entfernung sind die Möwen dann auch nur noch weiße Punkte, aber ich denke, dass jeder trotzdem weiß, dass es sich nicht um expressionistisch (oder pointillistisch) hingetupfte Farbe, sondern um stets hungrige und freche Ostsee-Möwen handelt ;)
Habt einen schönen Sonntag und eine guten Start in die neue Woche, liebe Flickr-Freunde, und passt weiterhin gut auf Euch auf!
Tre Cime di Lavaredo - Dolomites, Italy.
From journey (photographic expedition) through the Dolomite mountain range, September 2016.
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Nothing can prepare you for the vastness of Arlington National Cemetery -- the final resting place for more than 400,000 souls.
From a 2012 visit; posted Memorial Day 2021.
View towards the rising sun to the mountain Kopaonik,
from the eastern slopes of the mountain Golija, Serbia.
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Doriath by Sweetgwendoline Bailey and Mondi Beaumont
Sponsored by ~*Sweet Revolutions*~ & ~*Telperion Design*~
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… a not quite typical maritime sim – shells and swans provide the dwelling for our merchants, a light realm of water and atypical plants, vastness, waterfalls and a dangerous abyss that tries to swallow the dreams of Doriath’s inhabitants….
Remembering Holland
I see wide rivers
slugging through
limitless low-lying land,
lines of implausibly
gauzy poplars
like feathered plumes
in far distances stand;
and sunken away
in the formidable vastness
the farmsteads
scattered are found,
tree clumps, villages,
pollarded steeples
churches and elms
in one great design bound.
the sky hangs low there
and in grey vapours of
colour
the sun there
is slowly blurred,
and in all the regions
the voice of the water
with its eternal disasters
is dreaded and heard.
H. Marsman
Believe it or not, this is perhaps my favourite image from the whole trip to the Outer Hebrides. 21 ducks resting in the wide expanse of Luskentyre estuary at low tide and in drizzly weather. It sums up what Luskentyre is all about for me - vastness, peace and tranquillity that allows the soul to rest.
Luskentyre sands, Harris&Lewis in the Outer Hebrides
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I took this capture after being out on the outcrop scoping areas for sunset there in Canyonlands at the Green River Overlook.
I was heading back to a spot with some reflection pools from the recent rains the day before to get a few more captures closer to sunset, then also to grab my tripod for sunset ... when by chance I looked back to the large outcrop and saw this woman out on the ledge.
Unbelievable views and vastness there in Canyonlands, and it can leave you feeling so small ... and that is the feeling I think this story tells as well in the frame.
Wonder if anyone took my photo while I was at the edge.
Today we are in southern Wyoming exploring, and had a fabulous photo session with a marmot that eventually came closer as I sheltered in place nearby :) That was a lot fun in the rocky terrain. Some of those shots and other wildlife taken on this trip will come later once we are back home in Maryland.
the remote vastness and wild beauty of iceland's immense Westfjords offer an experience which those who shared it will never forget and always yearn for repeating I guess.
Remembering Holland
Thinking of Holland
I see wide rivers
slugging through
limitless low-lying land,
lines of implausibly
gauzy poplars
like feathered plumes
in far distances stand;
and sunken away
in the formidable vastness
the farmsteads
scattered are found,
tree clumps, villages,
pollarded steeples
churches and elms
in one great design bound.
the sky hangs low there
and in grey vapours of
colour
the sun there
is slowly blurred,
and in all the regions
the voice of the water
with its eternal disasters
is dreaded and heard.
H. Marsman
Translation: Paul Vincent
Rima San Giuseppe & Macugnaga. Italy.
The valley of Sermenza river seen from the pass named Piccolo Altare, Little Altar.
The small village of Rima is visible in the green of the valley below, it's a nice and long trail from that village to this remote pass.
BTW: after 147 days, being able to drive again and go hiking wherever I want feels priceless!
Have a great weekend!
La valle del fiume Sermenza vista dal valico denominato Piccolo Altare.
Il piccolo paese di Rima è visibile nel verde della vallata sottostante, è una bella camminata dal paese a quassù, lungo una piacevole mulattiera ancora in ottimo stato.
... Dopo 147 giorni, essere in grado di guidare di nuovo e fare escursioni dove voglio non ha prezzo!
Buon fine settimana!
Formazza Italy.
From the ridge of Pizzo Stella, above Hendar Furggu pass, view toward Monte Leone, Punta Terrarossa, the Helsenhorn and Pizzo Cervandone.
Dalla cresta del Pizzo Stella, sopra il passo Hendar Furggu, vista verso il Monte Leone, Punta Terrarossa, l'Helsenhorn e il Pizzo Cervandone.
imagine the joy of having all that vast pasture and terrain to yourself without fences and around you the incredible beauty of Iceland's Snaefellsnes peninsula during the short but all the more intense and beautiful summers!! (Let's not think of winter yet! ) :)
Your packing up your sleeping bag,
Your lantern and your tent,
and you're off to find the life you lost,
But you're not sure where it went,
And I hope those mountains teach you,
How to stand both tall and proud,
That you see your life much clearer,
With your head above the clouds,
I hope you swim through rivers,
With their currents swift and fast,
That they show you must be careful,
When you wash away your past,
I hope that you are humbled,
By the vastness of the sea,
That the eagles high above you,
Make you feel like you are free,
I hope when night has fallen,
and your fire's just a spark.
That the stars shine to remind you,
That there's beauty in the dark,
But most of all I'm hoping,
That You're learning while you roam,
That no matter the distance,
You can always come back home.
~ E.H ~
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn7TwIDY3xQ
One of my wishes is that those dark trees,
So old and firm they scarcely show the breeze,
Were not, as 'twere, the merest mask of gloom,
But stretched away unto the edge of doom.
I should not be withheld but that some day
into their vastness I should steal away,
Fearless of ever finding open land,
or highway where the slow wheel pours the sand.
I do not see why I should e'er turn back,
Or those should not set forth upon my track
To overtake me, who should miss me here
And long to know if still I held them dear.
They would not find me changed from him they knew--
Only more sure of all I though was true.
by Robert Frost