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Loretto Chapel, Santa Fe, New Mexico by Bob Bohmer

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From the Loretto Chapel Website:

When the Loretto Chapel was completed in 1878, there was no way to access the choir loft twenty-two feet above. Carpenters were called in to address the problem, but they all concluded access to the loft would have to be via ladder as a staircase would interfere with the interior space of the small Chapel.

Legend says that to find a solution to the seating problem, the Sisters of the Chapel made a novena to St. Joseph, the patron saint of carpenters. On the ninth and final day of prayer, a man appeared at the Chapel with a donkey and a toolbox looking for work. Months later, the elegant circular staircase was completed, and the carpenter disappeared without pay or thanks. After searching for the man (an ad even ran in the local newspaper) and finding no trace of him, some concluded that he was St. Joseph himself, having come in answer to the sisters' prayers.

The stairway's carpenter, whoever he was, built a magnificent structure. The design was innovative for the time and some of the design considerations still perplex experts today.

The staircase has two 360 degree turns and no visible means of support. Also, it is said that the staircase was built without nails—only wooden pegs. Questions also surround the number of stair risers relative to the height of the choir loft and about the types of wood and other materials used in the stairway's construction.

Over the years many have flocked to the Loretto Chapel to see the Miraculous Staircase. The staircase has been the subject of many articles, TV specials, and movies including "Unsolved Mysteries" and the television movie titled "The Staircase."

VT-IGV IndiGo Airbus A320-232 by Sriram Hariharan

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"IFLY 445" taxiing to the gate after landing on Runway 09 at Bengaluru International Airport arriving from Thiruvananthapuram.

Sky. by Sergey Bidun

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Homemade Bread by Jenny

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An uninvited guest in my garden by Magda Banach

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Untitled by Nicholas Scarpinato

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. by Anna Doshina

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Italy - Tuscany - Pisa - Strike a pose 04_mono_DSC8870 by Darrell Godliman

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Can anyone guess what these tourists are doing ? Are they a) embarassing themselves in public, b) pretending to be classical statues or c) attempting to push over the Leaning Tower of Pisa........

If you've been before then you'll know that as most of the grass is roped off people line this particular bit of path to get their perfect Pisa photo. Most people were content with the classic 'pushing the tower over / propping it up' shot but if you wanted to get into the perfect position then you had to be prepared to wait until a 'plinth' became available..

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From Wikipedia "The Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italian: Torre pendente di Pisa) or simply the Tower of Pisa (Torre di Pisa) is the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of the cathedral of the Italian city of Pisa, known worldwide for its nearly four-degree lean, the result of an unstable foundation. The tower is situated behind the Pisa Cathedral and is the third-oldest structure in the city's Cathedral Square (Piazza del Duomo), after the cathedral and the Pisa Baptistry.

The height of the tower is 55.86 metres (183.27 feet) from the ground on the low side and 56.67 metres (185.93 feet) on the high side. The width of the walls at the base is 2.44 m (8 ft 0.06 in). Its weight is estimated at 14,500 metric tons (16,000 short tons). The tower has 296 or 294 steps; the seventh floor has two fewer steps on the north-facing staircase.

The tower began to lean during construction in the 12th century, due to soft ground which could not properly support the structure's weight, and it worsened through the completion of construction in the 14th century. By 1990 the tilt had reached 5.5 degrees. The structure was stabilized by remedial work between 1993 and 2001, which reduced the tilt to 3.97 degrees."

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Rabari Community (Rajasthan - India) - Communauté Rabari (Rajasthan - Inde) by  Jean-Yves JUGUET 

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Mushroom by Magda Banach

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Winter Wonderland at Blaise Estate by Jeremy Fennell

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Dunstanburgh by Graeme Kelly

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What a sorry dejected thing I was. Wandering around the Northumbrian coast, traipsing between Bamburgh, Holy Island and Embelton Bay, muttering to myself “why am I here?” or “what a waste of time this is!” It wasn’t until the morning on the third day of the trip that I had a two minute window of light and colour in which I quickly rattled off a few exposures of Dunstanburgh Castle, including this shot.

That two minute window got me thinking of how I gauge the success of a trip-was it all worth it? This image took 3 days, half a tank of fuel and two nights sleeping in a freezing van with condensation dripping from the roof. I don’t make anything from photography, in fact it’s probably one of my biggest outgoings when you think that it was the main reason for my trips to Iceland and the Faroes. This all sounds like a bit of a whinge, but the fact was that during those two minutes when that small patch of sky lit up and reflected on those wet stones, I had a big smile on my face and wasn’t muttering “why am I here?”

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London Couple by Jenny

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Panoramica dalla schiena dell'asino by Andrea Rapisarda

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Panoramic view of the new south-east crater and valle del bove on Mt. Etna, Sicily

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South Stack Lighthouse - Anglesey by Simon Howlett

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Championnat de France Espoirs d'Athlétisme 2022 (U23) by  Jean-Yves JUGUET 

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PZL TS-11 Iskra by Michał Banach

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120 seconds by datamath

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Millennium by Vulture Labs

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My next upcoming B&W long exposure photography workshop will take place in London on the 29th and 30th of August, and September 5th and 6th

Please email vulturelabs@gmail.com for more information

I have an upcoming 7 day workshop to Iceland in September, where I will tour the whole country, If you would like to attend, then please drop me an email, vulturelabs@gmail.com places are extremely limited.

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Pink rose by Magda Banach

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WMM website II by Marielle de Valk

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www.akacorleone.com by Pedro Campiche AKACORLEONE

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Scharlachlibelle - small red damselfly (Ceriagrion tenellum) ♀︎ by Hardy-Bernd Wagner

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. by Anna Doshina

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RDV2017 DRI I by www.jeansurprenant.com

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My technique is alway the same:

Three exposures -2EV, 0, +2EV and then temperature adjustement using Lightroom and layering with luminosity mask using photoshop. Removal of distracting stuff with the stamp tool or patch tool. High pass filter to enhance details. Then saturation, contrast selectively control, dodge and burn where need...

DRI stand for Dynamic Range Increase. Three RAW files are used to achieve this. Rather than using a software like Photomatix for instance, I simply use mask to blend, my own way, the light, dark and normal shot with Photoshop and Lightroom.. To me, It looks more natural than the usual HDR treatment that I would normally applied.

Merci pour les visites, commentaires, récompenses, invitations et favoris. S.V.P. n'utilisez pas mes images sur des sites web, blogs ou autres médias sans ma permission.

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Ma technique est toujours la même:

Trois prises de vue -2EV, 0, +2EV. Ensuite ajustement de la température de couleur avec Lightroom et usage de calques et masques de luminosités avec Photoshop. Retrait d'éléments de distraction avec l'outil tampon. Filtre High pass pour le rehaussement des détails. Ensuite saturation et contraste ajustés de façon sélectives et locales. Dodge and burn là où requis...

DRI vient de l'anglais Dynmic Range Increase, qui pourrait se traduire par étendue dynamique améliorée. Les même 3 fichiers RAW entrent dans la composition d'un DRI. Plutôt que de se servir d'un logiciel comme Photomatix qui fait tout le travail, je me sers plutôt de masques pour filtrer l'éclairage dans photoshop et Lightroom. De mon point de vue, cette façon de faire donne une image plus naturel que le traitement HDR que j'employais auparavant.

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Zlin 50LS - Grupa Akrobacyjna Żelazny by Michał Banach

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Pierres Vives - Domaine départemental à Montpellier by  Jean-Yves JUGUET 

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Munkholmen, Skansen and Ilakirken in Trondheim night by Aziz Nasuti

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Early morning by An Le

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Monday, back to work by Jörg Schubert

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Mountain Flowers by Benjamin Glatt

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Marsh Marigolds cluster alongside the shoreline of this large lake at the base of the Snowy Range in Wyoming. The cool, crisp morning breeze dies down for a brief second. The lake calms and the flowers remain still. Further exploration revealed many large animal tracks in the distant snow bank.

Everyday, i have the Blues by Theodora Kalavesis

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Tanya. by Sergey Bidun

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D-ABYN Lufthansa Boeing 747-830 by Sriram Hariharan

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"LUFTHANSA 754" holding briefly for few seconds, while I let my camera do the work of freezing her, before taxiing to the gate after landing on Runway 09 at Bengaluru International Airport.

. by Anna Doshina

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Overworked and tired ;) by Magda Banach

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