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“We live our days in the microscopic, but something within us calls us to dream in the cosmic – every one of us. And within us exists those two worlds: the world as it is and the world as we think it ought to be.”
- A.J. Darkholme
“To visualize is to see what is not there, what is not real -- a dream . To visualize is, in fact, to make visual lies . Visual lies, however, have a way of coming true.”
- Peter McWilliams
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Visualizing Dreams....
“To visualize is to see what is not there, what is not real -- a dream . To visualize is, in fact, to make visual lies . Visual lies, however, have a way of coming true.”
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An eastbound stack train negoiates the last of the 2.2% on the climb thru Partridge above the Upper Spiral Tunnel.
Mount Stephen pierces the blue sky at a lofty 10495 feet. The mountain rises 6374 feet almost straight up above the valley floor and the creek change location of Field, BC covered in the shadow (center photo).
The highway in the lower center of the photo (below the train) is where the original Big Hill was located. This was a 4.5% temporary line that operated from 1884 to 1909. The route included safety tracks, that caught more than one runaway train.
The original construction plan for the Kicking Horse Pass was the Mount Stephen Route. This would have extended the track from the location of Partridge Siding along the cliff face of Mount Stephen, then high above Field to a place near Kicking Horse canyon on a continuous 2.2% grade. Instead a cheaper solution was later chosen. A pair of Spiral Tunnels underground would lower the route down to the valley floor. It is easy to visualize in this photo there the Mount Stephen route would have gone by tracing a line from the last visible curve on the upper level of track, then going along the face of Mount Stephen.
How are you enjoying this beautiful weather? Now that it’s finally warm, we took a trip to the nearby wood preserve to relax and capture some shots. It’s the perfect time for infrared photography! If you’re interested in learning the ins and outs of this technique, let’s get in touch. Enjoy the sunshine!
Greetings Stumblers! Ahalanui, on the Puna coast of the Big Island of Hawaii is home to an incredible volcanically heated hot pool with water that is nearly body temperature. It also has some excellent coastal scenery and large breaking waves. Sunrise is the best time to see the drama at its best! No HDR.
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Settings etc.:
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Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 17-40L @25
1/6-second exposure @F10
LEE soft ND grad (100x150mm - 4x6in) 0.9 + 0.9
Lee foundation kit filter holder with Lee 77mm adapter ring
No polarizer.
ISO 100
RAW file processed with Capture One by Phase One
TIFF file processed with Photoshop
Small Slik Sprint mini II tripod
Manfrotto 322RC2 pistol-grip ball head
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It seemed like it would be an easy sunrise to shoot. Merely go around the hot pool, over the top of the rock wall blocking the ocean, and around to the cliffs and lava pools. However, the rocks are extremely slippery and you don't expect that when all of the lava is just a few decades old at most and very sharp. So, you walk along experiencing a reliable grippy surface and suddenly it is as slippery as ice! So if you go here, especially in the dark before sunrise, be careful!
The problem gets worse because I wanted to get close to the little reflecting pools in the foreground, but it was difficult to even move, let alone run from these unobstructed waves which pound this spot every 20 seconds or so.
The weather was warm and about as perfect as it can get, and this can lull you into a false sense of security. I mean, how can there be danger in such a paradise? Well, with no coral reef in front of many Hawaian beaches, it seems like every 4th wave is a sleeper wave, so be careful photographing any non-reef beach. Seriously!
Anyway, even if you do not make it to the beach during the day (the hot-pool lifeguard has a bullhorn to keep people away from the waves), definitely visit this hot pool. It has an opening for the 78 degree (28c) ocean water to mix with the 94 degree (34c) hot pool water. Suddenly, the oean water feels as cold as California! The breeze off the ocean is cool enough so that you can relax in the hot water without getting too hot. It is perfect!
Check it out.
www.hawaiiweb.com/hawaii/html/beaches/ahalanui_park.html
The map shows the exact location.
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My pictures are featured on the front page of the newly redesigned
The state Gov. of California website. Have a look! It is Flash with my pics cut into layers for a 3-d slideshow. If you are into building apps, the State has opened up lots of data to the public, so check it out!
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Google Earth
Simply the best way to scout out locations that there is. You can see sun angles and pre-visualize light under lots of different conditions. Sometimes you can actually pre-compose your shots! This has saved me many thousands of vertical feet of climbing by avoiding spots with blocked views etc.
Satellite imagery (choose 'National' for a local US region or use your fave website)
www.wrh.noaa.gov/satellite/?wfo=mtr
Tide charting and preditions: (chose your area in US, other countries have similar websites)
tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/tide_predictions.shtml?gid=235
Wave Heights (I choose 'North Pacific from Global')
polar.ncep.noaa.gov/waves/main_int.html
Or Here:
www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/shtml/RP1bw.gif
Photos of every inch of the California coastline from a small plane. Excellent for close in detailed views.
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Bay area shortest path tree, rooted at Embarcadero Station. Only BART and Caltrain are taken into account. Red is transit. Black is walking.
Testing out performance when doing gradient strokes on the lines. So far, so good. Now I need to add some colors with consistent meaning. And make it prettier.
I tried to visualize what this lock was being used for way back when it was new and shiny and not long forgotten on this dirty old windowsill in the old log cabin from the early 1800s that was recently moved to our local museum.
With kindness and appreciation to someone's inner child. I hope someday you will paint your dreams.
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Entry for the Kreative People group Treat This #203
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BiG THANKS to EVERYONE for your personal comments and also your support from selected groups.
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This is my playground too. The viewfinder eyepiece makes me capable to visualize before i hit the shutter.
This beautiful place was at hard reach. after crossing so many hills, riding over no roads path, scratching through wild grass; we reached here in sun headed afternoon just to release bounded imaginations and embrace the beautiful nature.
Singarpur, Banswara, Rajasthan, India
I was astounded by Bill Rankin's map of Chicago's racial and ethnic divides and wanted to see what other cities looked like mapped the same way. To match his map, Red is White, Blue is Black, Green is Asian, Orange is Hispanic, Gray is Other, and each dot is 25 people. Data from Census 2000. Base map © OpenStreetMap, CC-BY-SA
Copyright © by John Russell – All Rights Reserved
Kinetic Photograph made with one single long exposure shot. See more in: "The Best of Drawing with Light"
In the foreground "footer" James R Barker has just pulled into the CSX ore dock and swung out their boom to start unloading. Built in 1976 with a length of 1,004 feet (hence the thousand "footer" nickname for Lake Boats this size) the Barker has a 63,300 ton capacity. In comparison the classic Lake Boat Philip R Clarke looks considerably smaller. Commissioned in 1952 and 767 feet long it is hardly small but its 25,300 ton capacity is less than half that of the Barker. Aside from the length difference the Barker is also a much wider ship with a 105 foot beam vs. the Clarke's 70 foot beam. On the bright side, after being in long term layup for years there's word that the Clarke is fitting out and should join the active fleet in the next month or so which would be a very welcome addition to the handful of remaining "classic boats" still in service. Toledo, OH 7/4/2022
Visualization is THE most important step towards manifestation. The more of us who visualize this pandemic coming to an end and what the world will be like after ~ a positive and loving place reminiscent of the 60's ~ All We Are Saying, Is GIve Peace a Chance...
Went and revisited the beach at Willunga with the remains, which this time were in the water due to the tides...a time to do an exposure with the Lee big stopper. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your Monday;)
I came across this gorgeous and wonderful art piece being constructed for the
upcoming Art Prize in Grand Rapids Michigan. Art Prize is an amazing
art show, open to all artists from all over the world, who can showcase and
have their work voted on for large monetary prizes. It is a truly unique and wonderful
experience. :)
Link to artists ArtPrize page: Metaphorist
The official ArtPrize web page: ArtPrize
ArtPrize On Wikipedia: ArtPrize on Wikipedia
Black crows on white snow background are a tough subject. I compensated full two stops for this picture. Even then, the head was too dark. So I run it through a tonemapping Photomatix filter. That helped to bring out much more detail.
Art Journal layout encouraging me to visualize things changing in my life and making those changes happen.
Blue pictures are by locals. Red pictures are by tourists. Yellow pictures might be by either.
Base map © OpenStreetMap, CC-BY-SA
Copyright © 2017 Elizabeth Root Blackmer. All rights reserved.
This is a photographic interpretation of a mirrored installation at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston titled Endlessly Repeating Twentieth Century Modernism by Josiah McElheny. The installation can be viewed from myriad perspectives.
I was astounded by Bill Rankin's map of Chicago's racial and ethnic divides and wanted to see what other cities looked like mapped the same way. To match his map, Red is White, Blue is Black, Green is Asian, Orange is Hispanic, Gray is Other, and each dot is 25 people. Data from Census 2000. Base map © OpenStreetMap, CC-BY-SA
Visualization of Flickr geotagged photos, uploaded between 2007 to 2015 and geotagged with the highest accuracy (street-level). I generated a number of different visualizations.
Visible from 'space': the Camino de Santiago in Spain appears as a European 'highway' of photo taking!
Here is an animated version of this map
Created with ClipGeo as part of a research project (maps.alexanderdunkel.com).
Visualization of the Earth's south pole and Antarctica from NASA. This image was created by a computer using information from several satellites - if you were in orbit, you would not see this...
Image source: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003400/a003402/index.html