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Working toward qualified attempts of self portraits. Actually, working toward a project using me. But reducing me, in order to reveal other information as dominant and my variance of appearance as signifier for visual text.
I admire the brazen spirit within you to show yourself as the focal point of the work. It is taking a while to lower the guard. Thus, the limited shadings of my likeness.
Thank you for taking the time to view this work.
The unique steel diagrid design of the Hearst Tower in the west end Manhattan, just south of Columbus Circle on 57th Street is a remarkable building in many aspects. It was the first skyscraper to break ground after the events of September 11th, 2001. The original design of architect Joseph Urban whose fame had been made designing theaters in New York was completed in 1928 and called the International Magazine Building as the proprietor publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst owned many publications. Randolph Hearst had envisioned the six story International Magazine Building as the base of a tower. The stock market crash of 1929 and the great depression put those plans on a long hiatus. The building was given landmark status in 1988, so how was the Hearst Company able to build this tower in a landmark? Simple, as I just stated, the original design was for a tower to be built on the six story base, so the Hearst Company was able to leverage this loop hole to get the variance it needed to greatly expand its corporate headquarters.
Renowned architect Norman Foster designed a most unique structure, linking past with present. The 46 story tower rises out the marvelously preserved International Magazine Building which is the only vestige of the past that can be seen in this structure. The building is a marvel of modern engineering, starting with the unique triangular diagrid design, creating a building with symmetrically jagged silhouette where the triangulated steel frame uses 21% less steel than a traditional skyscraper. Another amazing fact is of the materials where 85-90% of the 10,480 tons of steel were derived from recycled material. When the Hearst Tower opened in 2006, it became the first building in New York to achieve the designation of US Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certified Skyscraper. Amazingly its air conditioning and heating equipment utilizes outside air for cooling and heating 9 months a year, which accounts for 25% energy savings over a comparable size conventional office building. In this image, peering up at the entire length of the Hearst Tower from across the street, the glass and steel tower nestled on the 1928 structure that houses publications like Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Marie Claire, Good Housekeeping, Seventeen and Harper’s Bazaar.
Taken with an Olympus E-5 with a 12-60mm F/2.8-4.0 Olympus Zuiko Digital Lens using the cameras internal dramatic effect filter, processed in Adobe Lightroom.
A scene on the Snake River as it wound around Hell’s Canyon. We traveled 60 miles down the river by jet boat and then returned. The natural variances were incredible.
Office WIP taken in the boardroom Dec 3.
This is a big challenge for me. I don't build "real" things, almost everything I do is set in or inspired by Star Wars. The issues I had to tackle here aside from determining scale were the curved glass front which spans both floors, making the second floor and roof removable (you can see the separation between floors inbetween the windows on the left side of the building), and dealing with the variances between the masonry brick outer wall, and the regular brick inner wall, which is SLIGHTLY longer over a 62 stud span than the interior of the masonry wall. A couple times the building literally shattered while it was being handled.
Actual building can be seen here:
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December 18, 2021
Taken at 8:55 PM CST
Cook County, Illinois USA
100% Illumination (It is usually 99% Illumination the day before becoming full.)
*The color variance in this series is being caused by the clouds passing over the moon and in the case of this shot, by adjustment of contrast, but not adding any color.
The Supertrees in Singapore are a real treat. On my way back to the hotel I noticed the walkway, it reminded me of a monorail. I love the way it is lit up and the futuristic feel.
December 31 was not only the coldest day of the year in our area, but in the entire province of Saskatchewan, bottoming out at -44.2C (-47.5F). Against my own better judgement, I did a long solo drive through the park, punctuated by very brief excursions outside (leaving the engine running). This was brutal cold: grim to the brim. Undeniably beautiful, though!
And my camera kept working. Today's DSLRs are not as rugged as the old film cameras (I'm specifically thinking of Nikons now, especially the old Nikon F) - don't ever drop one - but I find them surprisingly reliable, in terms of functions, even in extreme weather.
A side note: nearby Val Marie, where I live, also had the hottest temperature recorded in Sask last year, 38.5C (101.3F). A temperature swing of 148.8 Fahrenheit degrees - the most extreme climate variance I've ever experienced in one place. It was just as cold in Whitehorse during my one Yukon winter, but summers didn't get as hot. I must add, however, that it's a dry heat... and a dry cold, too. Does that make it bearable? No.
One night last summer I hiked - at midnight - up to a high ridge in the park and had a nap under the stars, fanned by cool breezes. I woke up, checked my pant legs for rattlesnakes, and hiked back, my path lit by the moon. These days I go to bed with a book and a heating pad, under a pile of quilts and blankets, and sleep very well. We adapt. The benefits of living here outweigh the discomforts, by far.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2017 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Part of a textured (square/cubic knobs) metal disc/plate (a manhole cover).
Whether this is a monochrome image might be a matter of opinion: some might see brown, orange and yellow present, while others might see brown with some slight variance to orangey-brown and yellowish-brown spots. (I have not included it in my "Monochrome" album of photos.)
Copyright J.R. Devaney
The breathtaking view from atop the Outeniqua Pass with the mountains in front and the Town of George on the Atlantic Ocean in the distance. The sun was bright and the sky was blue which meant multiple attempts to get the exposure as best I can as the harsh & bright conditions made for very challenging photography
The Outeniqua Pass is a relatively modern pass, connecting the coastal town of George with Oudtshoorn and the Little Karoo. It was first built in 1942 - 1951 to provide an alternative to the narrow and steep Montagu Pass. It has been widened and modernized several times since then and today carries the bulk of the traffic flow between the two towns and the Langkloof. Rockfalls and trucking accidents close the pass from time to time. The higher reaches of the pass are subject to heavy rainfall and dense mountain mists which can reduce visibility to a few metres. Under such conditions, this pass is dangerous especially due to the volume of commercial traffic that it carries.
It contains 40 bends,corners and curves, many of which exceed 90 degrees. The road is well engineered, but it is advisable to stick to the speed limits have which have been carefully calculated to get you safely over the pass. For south-bound traffic there are several excellent view-sites and the third one from the summit is particularly impressive, which is marked as "The 4 passes". From this vantage point all four passes still be seen, one of which dates back almost 200 years.
The pass has an altitude variance of 581m and is long at 13,3 km, producing an average gradient of 1:23 with the steepest sections being at 1:10.
It's that time of the year, when I bombard photos from my latest trip to Tasmania. But how can I not when there are places like this to share with you all. I took this while on a cruise down the Gordon River. The water was like a mirror. via 500px ift.tt/1ZsP27q
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One of my favourite locations to shoot in Western Australia, Wyadup rocks always has lots of interesting compositions to explore. Sunrise didn't provide any colour but the fast moving clouds drifting north lent themselves to some long exposure work.
Nikon D800 & Nikkor 16-35mm, HiTech Firecrest 16 stop IRND filter. PP in PS CC using Nik Software and luminosity masks.
In this captivating frame taken near Lago Tarapoto, Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia, the Neotropic Cormorant, or Nannopterum brasilianum, becomes the protagonist of a story told in silence and stillness. The photograph captures the bird mid-flight, an embodiment of grace and agility. The contrast between the cormorant's sleek, black plumage and the soft, diffused background of the lake creates a compelling focal point. The use of natural lighting accentuates the texture of its feathers and the striking orange facial skin, bringing to life the bird's focused demeanor and the subtleties of its form.
From a technical perspective, this shot is a result of patience and an understanding of avian behavior. The challenge was not just in waiting for the perfect moment of flight but also in mastering the exposure to ensure the intricate details of the cormorant's features were not lost against the variances of natural light. As a photographer, my aim was to not only capture the physical beauty of the Neotropic Cormorant but to convey the sense of freedom and poise inherent in its flight. This image is an invitation to appreciate the oft-overlooked elegance of these birds, an encouragement to observe and preserve the beauty that flies in our skies.
©2023 Adam Rainoff
sometimes the light just Hits Me and I catch it at a slight variance to what I normally see. nothing makes me more excited.
I know I need to pay more attention. I have turned my back on it in recent months.
thankfully, it smacks me awake once in a while and reminds me that I am a photographer.
:)
Fort Langley, BC Canada
Fort Langley is a village community forming part of the Township of Langley in British Columbia, Canada. It has a population of 3,400. It is the home of Fort Langley National Historic Site, a former fur trade post of the Hudson's Bay Company. Lying on the Fraser River, Fort Langley is at the northern edge of the Township of Langley.
In recent years, many of the village's old buildings have been restored. The restorations, combined with its rural setting, access to the river and mountain vistas, local amenities and the old Fort itself, make it a thriving tourist centre.
Outdoor recreation includes canoeing, fishing, hiking and horseback riding. The town has served as a filming location for commercials, TV shows and movies, with its striking yellow community hall usually featured prominently.
Many new buildings in the area have been constructed in Fort Langley in the past few decades. All new buildings must follow strict style guidelines to match the heritage appearance, unless a variance is granted by the local government.
A recent example of this style of architecture is the Fort Mall (pictured). Additionally, there are few franchises in the village and this has raised its profile as a tourist and independent retail destination with hundreds of thousands of annual visitors.
(Wikipedia)
Image best viewed in Large screen. Thank-you for your visit and thank-you David Kracht for your invite to the group “In Explore”. I really appreciate it! ~Sonja
Bacchus, originally Saint John the Baptist, is a painting in the Musée du Louvre, Paris, France, by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci and Francesco Melzi, while in Leonardo's workshop. Sydney J. Freedberg assigns the drawing to Leonardo's second Milan period. Among the Lombard painters who have been suggested as possible authors are Cesare da Sesto,[a] Marco d'Oggiono, Francesco Melzi, and Cesare Bernazzano. The painting shows a male figure with garlanded head and leopard skin, seated in an idyllic landscape. He points with his right hand off to his left, and with his left hand grasps his thyrsus and also points down to earth.
The painting originally depicted John the Baptist. In the late 17th century, between the years 1683 and 1693, it was overpainted and altered to serve as Bacchus.
The model for the John the Baptist / Bacchus / Angelo incarnato series was Salaì.
Cassiano dal Pozzo remarked of the painting in its former state, which he saw at Fontainebleau in 1625, that it had neither devotion, decorum nor similitude, the suavely beautiful, youthful and slightly androgynous Giovannino was so at variance with artistic conventions in portraying the Baptist – neither the older ascetic prophet nor the Florentine baby Giovannino, but a type of Leonardo's invention, of a disconcerting, somewhat ambiguous sensuality, familiar in Leonardo's half-length and upward-pointing Saint John the Baptist, also in the Louvre.
The overpainting transformed the image of St. John into one of a pagan deity, by converting the long-handled cross-like staff of the Baptist to a Bacchic thyrsus and adding a vine wreath. The fur robe is the legacy of John the Baptist, but has been overpainted with leopard-spots relating, like the wreath, to Bacchus, the Roman god of wine and intoxication.
Pato de la Florida, Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors)
Status Migrante Comun (Mc)
pato de Florida o yaguasa aliazul, también conocida como pato media luna, pato de alas azules, barraquete aliazul, es una especie de ave anseriforme de la familia Anatidae nativa de América.
Es pardo manchado y punteado de negro, con diseño alar como el del pato pico cuchara sudamericano, cabeza y cuello ceniciento oscuro, notable medialuna en la cara y mancha blanca en los flancos, en los machos. La hembra no tiene la medialuna en la cara, pero tiene una leve ceja loreal clara.
sta especie de pato vive en lagunas, lagos y pantanos de agua dulce. No teniendo preferencias durante el invierno habita aguas salobres. Se alimenta de vegetación, insectos, y crustáceos acuáticos. Complementa su dieta con semillas, incluyendo las de campos cultivados.
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The blue-winged teal (Spatula discors) is a small dabbling duck from North America. The scientific name is derived from Latin Anas "duck", and discors, "variance", which may refer to the striking face pattern of the male
The adult male has a greyish blue head with a white facial crescent, a light brown body with a white patch near the rear and a black tail. The adult female is mottled brown, and has a whitish area at base of bill. Both sexes have sky-blue wing coverts, a green speculum, and yellow legs
Blue-winged teal inhabit shoreline more often than open water and prefer calm water or sluggish currents to fast water. They inhabit inland marshes, lakes, ponds, pools, and shallow streams with dense emergent vegetation.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Anseriformes
Family:Anatidae
Subfamily:Anatinae
Genus:Anas (disputed)
Species:S. discors
Binomial name
Spatula discors
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Southern Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa). Crocodile Bridge, Kruger National Park, South Africa.
An example of osteophagy in Giraffes. From Wiki:
Giraffes rely solely on browsing to maintain their diet, which consists primarily of leafy material. However, they are commonly observed supplementing their diet with bones.
Although the exact purpose of this behavior is unknown, it is hypothesized that the ingestion of bones serves as an additional source of calcium and phosphorus. While leaves usually serve as a sufficient source of these nutrients, calcium and phosphorus concentrations in the leaves vary seasonally with rainfall; the giraffes' osteophagic behavior has been observed to parallel this variance in mineral concentration.
Three Little Fishing Boats. While staying in Strahan it was my job to fetch the coffees in the morning (Happy wife, happy life) smile emoticon On the way back from the bakery I stopped to get some images of the fishing boats that were scattered all around the harbour. There was a light mist over the water to enhance the mood. And although you are taught not to shoot in to the sun, by doing so I got a cool silhouette effect. Happy weekend people.
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The source of heat in this pool/spring is toward its center and the further the water is from that source, the cooler it becomes. This temperature variance allows different temperature-dependent thermophiles (heat loving organisms) to thrive in different areas of the pool creating a color spectrum corresponding to the temperature variance.
This panorama was created using Photoshop CS6 to stitch together horizontally two landscape images captured from the boardwalk near the spring.
Pictured: Radar-equipped Sōden of the 1st Kōkūtai, 602nd Sentai, aboard the carrier Eiryū(永龍), piloted by Lieutenant Saeko Ishida(冴子 石田), leading INNAS ace with 77 kills claimed.
Replacing the A6K, which couldn't quickly reach the standard altitude of CSAAF "superbombers", the Sōden was capable of a 21m/s sustained climb, but arrived too late to blunt the bomber streams. No intact airframes were captured during the mainland occupation, the only surviving units are two squadrons aboard the Eiryū, which continues to operate as a pirate vessel.
Lightweight(at ~8,100lbs loaded) for its size, it has few conventional control surfaces, instead using a combination of chord-variance flaps and cyclically-pitched propellers. The placement of these propellers(resulting in improved control and slightly higher speeds than an early prototype's pullers) and the resulting sound gave it the name Sōden(Noisy Lightning). Armament is 4x20mm Type 05 cannon with 300 rounds each, though the bulk of the radar computer in this example lowers ammo to 200/ea in return for auto-convergence.
Another shot in Glacier National Park. What attracted me to take this image was the many contrasts and color variances of the nearby and receding mountains.
Smile on Saturday :-) - Room with a view
Samango Monkey
The youngster made himself comfortable between the glass pane and the burglar bars.
Those two eyes were staring intently at the fruit and vegetables on the kitchen counter.
Not widespread or common in South Africa, occurring only in the coastal forests north of St Lucia estuary in KwaZulu-Natal, and in the Afro-montane forests of Mpumalanga. The range extends into similar habitats in neighbouring countries. Another, more southern subspecies, is found in Afro-montane and coastal scrub forests of central and southern KwaZulu-Natal, extending into the Eastern Cape to just north of the Knysna forest. Higher population densities occur at the north coast. The two South African subspecies are only distinguished by colour variances.
Quote from: www.krugerpark.co.za/africa_samango_monkey.html
Mount Sheba
Mpumalanga
South Africa
So much has been given to me, I have not time to ponder over that which has been denied. - Helen Keller
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Have a great, refreshing, relaxing and fun weekend!
This photo was taken at Cape Woolamai Beach on Phillip Island. The wind was blowing a gale, which meant I could get a nice smooth cloud effect, using my Lee Filters. via 500px ift.tt/1l6RHk4
Looking very much like a Coaching Inn it is situated on the old Coventry to Leicester road. Notable is the variance in the eaves on the left indicating inclusion of an earlier building from the previous century.
Skies above Palos Verdes
01-30-23
I shot this closeup of swirling clouds in the skies above Bluff Cove in Palos Verdes Estates on the 30th of January. I surmised, although I didn't know, that in a few days from then, when I began my trip up to Utah, I'd be experiencing possibly snowstorms. I missed by a day a snowstorm on the 15 on the way up through Utah. And the snow clouds were pretty interesting.
I'm always amazed at cloudscapes. We see shapes and shadows, identifiable animals and dragons, and all manner of depth and wonder within them. Some cloudscapes move slowly and some advance so rapidly we find ourselves wet and freezing before we even realize what's happening.
The opposite of cloudscapes are skies filled with solid, almost otherworldly blues. I love the blues, and the variance of skyful colors, but I I still love clouds more. My favorite are of course the big fluffy cumulonimbus clouds against a solid blue. But I also love the swirls and shadows of storm clouds.
Excerpt from metronews.ca:
Torontonians will flock this weekend to an attraction that has no relationship to Canada Day at all: a giant rubber duck.
Whether people are drawn by the idea that the massive toy bird figuratively transforms Toronto Harbour into a giant bathtub or the novelty of a record-setting duck, its call beckons.
Here are eight things to know about the plus-sized mallard:
Because it's a maritime vessel, the duck receives "she" or "her" pronouns.
The duck is actually something of a fake. She is a facsimilie of a project by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman that has been underway for more than a decade. This duck has been around since 2014.
The duck is big. She is six storeys, which is tall enough to require a zoning variance in most Toronto neighbourhoods. Along with the supporting barge that makes the duck float, she weighs 30,000 pounds.
This duck, created by Ohio public relations specialist Ryan Whaley, is the world's biggest–just a few feet taller than Hofman's. As Whaley told Metro, when you make a giant duck, it may as well set the record.
The duck is high maintenance. She takes two-and-a-half hours to inflate, and requires constant air from up to three pumps. Sometimes there's a worker inside the inflated duck to maintain the pump; there is a giant zipper entrance in the duck's butt.
The duck requires eight to 10 people to manage, unload and inflate it. The duck also requires a crane to remove it from its transport truck.
It cost $120,000 to bring the giant duck to the Redpath Waterfront Festival, which pays for things like transportation and maintenance. Whaley says that the cost to initially build the duck was $150,000.
The duck can be seen for free from July 1 to 3 at HtO Park along the waterfront. The duck will then make her way to Owen Sound, Sault Ste. Marie and Midland.
An Old Man and his Grandson is a ca. 1490 tempera painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Domenico Ghirlandaio. One of Ghirlandaio's best-known works, it is considered notable for its emotional poignancy. Its realism has been described as unique among the portraits of the Quattrocento.
The picture portrays an older man in a red robe, embracing a young child who is also wearing red. They sit in an interior, illuminated against a darkened wall. Behind them at right is a window through which can be seen a generalized landscape, its uneven terrain and winding roads typical of Ghirlandaio's backgrounds. Although the man's fur-lined robe and cappuccio and the boy's elegant doublet and cap indicate a noble heritage, and despite the traditional assumption that the subjects are grandfather and grandson, their identities are unknown. It is possible that the painting was commemorative in purpose, and that the child was a narrative invention intended to emphasize the man's beneficence. The poignancy of the image is dramatized by the contrast between the man's weathered and wise face, and the child's delicate profile. While the composition is thematically related to portraiture from the Netherlands, by the mid-15th century the motif of a portrait in an interior with a landscape seen in the distance was common in Italy.
An extraordinary feature of the painting is the deformity of the man's nose, evidence of rhinophyma. Ghirlandaio has presented the portrait in a naturalistic and sympathetic fashion, at variance with physiognomic theory of the era, which maintained a connection between external appearances and internal truths. Rather than implying a defect of character, An Old Man and his Grandson invites appreciation of the man's virtuousness. The painting depicts a moment of intimacy between an old man and a child, underscored by the placement of the child's hand on the man's chest, and the man's gentle expression. This show of affection endows the picture with emotional qualities beyond those expected from a traditional dynastic portrait. In the words of art historian Bernard Berenson, "There is no more human picture in the entire range of Quattrocento painting, whether in or out of Italy."
The painting's provenance is uncertain until 1880, when it entered the Louvre, and then only after it was rejected by the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin out of concern for its condition. Several commentators in the late nineteenth century reported that the picture had been abraded by overcleaning, and there were disfiguring scratches on the man's face. In 1996 the scratches and areas of discolored inpainting were removed, and the painting was cleaned and retouched.
A drawing by Ghirlandaio entitled Head of an Old Man, once owned by Giorgio Vasari, portrays the same man as in the painting. The drawing may have been made while the sitter was asleep, or after his death, in which case it would have served as a graphic death mask.
This image is of an interior wall in Louisa Russell's 500 ft square log cabin, built in the mid-1880s in Grafton, Utah. Visiting the Grafton Ghost Town caused me to reflect on how difficult it must have been for pioneers to build such homes. Here is what they had to do:
Plan to face the cabin to the south for sunlight and to be faced away from the west wind. Consider building the home as a housebarn to house livestock in the lower level and people in the upper level. This will have advantages: animal warmth will rise up to the second level, only one structure has to be built for both human and beast and feeding and caring of livestock will not require going out in the frigid cold.
Chop down 50-70 tall trees. Then hitch a horse or mule to each log and drag it miles to the home site. Then notch out the ends for the interlocking corners and chop and plane off the limbs. Remove all the bark because it holds moisture and invites rotting and insects.
Gather tons of stones dug up from the prairie, woods and stream beds to build a stone foundation. And while carrying stones for the foundation, move several additional tons of field stone for the fireplace and hearth. Then gather clay, dirt, sand, and carry water to mix it for mortar. Now mortar the heavy stones together to build a fireplace.
When the chimney walls are about two or three feet from the floor, insert an iron, oak, or chestnut bar into the mortar across the hearth from which to hang pots and Dutch ovens to cook over the fireplace fire. While building the chimney, build a ladder from tree limbs, to stack the rocks to a height of at least 8-12 feet.
Begin building the log walls setting the largest logs on a stone foundation so they don’t sit in moisture and rot at the bottom. Lift each log into place, piling each one higher and higher and fitting the ends into the alternating “saddle notches.” The logs—usually 8-10 inches in diameter and 14-18 feet long—will be pine, fir, spruce, or tamarack for their straight, lodgepole shape. An 18-foot log might weigh 500 pounds, so will be difficult to lift and maneuver into place. Logs will never be perfectly round, and will have limbs and knots, and will be thicker at one end than the other, so they will have to be pieced together like a puzzle for a snug fit. Do not fit the wall logs too tightly together, since wood will expand or constrict with variances of heat and moisture from season to season.
Build the walls solid, then cut out the openings for the doors and windows. Use greased paper or canvas as windows to allow in a little light, and build shutters to be kept shut during winter. Hang doors with leather hinges until an area blacksmith can forge door hinges.
Once the walls are up, build the gable ends for the roof and lay rafters running crosswise between the gables. The steeper the gables, the dryer the roof and the longer it will last because water will run off quickly.
Make a roof with shingles cut from logs. Use cedar if available because the natural resins in the wood will protect it from moisture. If flashing isn’t available, use tar to waterproof and plug gaps.
Use chink to fill in gaps between logs, stone and window openings. This will keep out the cold, but also insects, vermin, and snakes. A wide variety of materials can be used for this process, from small sticks or pebbles, to clay, mud, grass, swamp moss, oakum, livestock hair, corn cobs, leaves, or all the above. Chinking will provide some flexibility in movement and enable the cabin to withstand changes in wood or flexing from tornadoes or earthquakes.
It was a monumental accomplishment for pioneers to carve even the most humble home out of the wilderness. It was hard work, but there was honor in it, shared by family and community.
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The source of heat in this lake/spring is toward where the blue hues are and the further the water is from that source, the cooler it becomes. This temperature variance allows different temperature-dependent thermophiles (heat loving organisms) to thrive in different areas of the pool creating a color spectrum corresponding to the temperature variance.
This panorama was created using Photoshop CS6 to stitch together horizontally four landscape images captured from the boardwalk next to the lake.
This is not a sunset shot but reflection is picking up colours of a moored Coast Guard Marine Vessel
Greater Scaup GRSC (Aythya marila)
Patricia Bay
North Saanich BC
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Field Mark Cues ^i^
Front hen shows classic profile - peak at front and sloping back with a bit of a flat spot... if only they were all that easy
some general notes below
Head shape generally...keeping in mind variance in individuals , as well as postures and 'wetting' after diving etc.
GRSC head length is proportional to height
GRSC usually has and/or giving comparative appearance of an overall (larger) rounded head
GRSC - highest point of head is above or in front of the eye..impression is slopes toward back
(and at times even gives impression of a bit of a flat spot,top of head)
365: The 2021 Edition
Day 28/365
Was nice to get blue sky today for some nice highlight and variances.
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One of my favourite locations to shoot in Western Australia, Wyadup rocks always has lots of interesting compositions to explore. Sunrise didn't provide any colour but the fast moving clouds drifting north lent themselves to some long exposure work.
Nikon D800 & Nikkor 16-35mm, HiTech Firecrest 16 stop IRND filter. PP in PS CC using Nik Software and luminosity masks.
I am not sure I could re-create this hue of blue in this place. The color is a result of the darkness within the room, outside lighting, with variance of temperature, reflections and shadows. Hope you like it! ( :
This photo was taken at Cape Woolamai Beach on Phillip Island. The wind was blowing a gale, which meant I could get a nice smooth cloud effect, using my Lee Filters. via 500px ift.tt/1HvI046
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One of my favourite locations to shoot in Western Australia, Wyadup rocks always has lots of interesting compositions to explore. Sunrise didn't provide any colour but the fast moving clouds drifting north lent themselves to some long exposure work.
Nikon D800 & Nikkor 16-35mm, HiTech Firecrest 16 stop IRND filter. PP in PS CC using Nik Software and luminosity masks.
While I'm on a death motif, I call this guy the Grim Cleaner. He cleans the public fountains. His facial expressions are always a variance between shock and disgust.
Extreme same, fountain cleaner man! Extreme same...
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This is six photos of this tree stitched together. Pardon the color variances. These trees are so huge that it is difficult to get the tree in one shot. The original file is 116 MB so I paired it down to upload it. Hopefully it did not hurt the quality too much. If you view this in the original size you will get some sense of its immense size.
This is a 25 megapixel panorama, made from a 4x4 lattice of 16 individual shots. The equivalent FoV is approx. 10mm on DX (15mm FX).
This shot was completely unplanned. I just noticed that on this particular evening, the sky had a yellowish colour cast. I grabbed my D90 and ran up to the terrace. As I was getting ready to shoot, my glasses fell and the lens for the right eye came off!
That's my viewfinder eye, so I couldn't really figure out the focus. I also found the 16mm lens too narrow to capture the vibrance and variance of colours and shapes in the cloud.
I quickly burst a matrix of shots across the sky -- 45 total, since I covered the entire scene twice. The 16 shots used for this panorama were picked from the first pass.
Stiching was done with ArcSoft Panorama Maker 5. Excellent tool for Panos. 1:1 pixel quality is a bit low because I forgot to switch to Manaul focus after setting it at infinity. Some of the shots making this panorama were out of focus :(
Exposure settings: Manual, 1/50s f/8, ISO 200, WB Daylight, Vivid Picture Mode. Individual shots were batch converted to Jpegs in ViewNX before being stitched in APM5. Panorama generated as a TIFF file and finished in Capture NX2
A recent trip on the auto tour loop around the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge offered a view of lots of geese at rest. I loved the variance in color as the layers shifted from the darker White Fronted Geese to the white of the Snow Geese.
on this Individual Hybrid Wigeon Drake,
now nick named
"Caddy GH" short for Cadboro Bay ,Gyro Park Hybrid
Male
Eurasian Wigeon EUWI (Anas penelope)
X American Wigeon AMWI (Anas americana)
Gyro Park near
Cadboro Bay, Saanich, British Columbia
DSCN9413
just some more to show variance of appearance of this same individual...