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In the late afternoon incredible light greeting in the Ferret Valley inside Larches wood at the foot of majestic Mont Blanc.
Unforgettable.
Nel tardo pomeriggio, Incredibile il saluto di luce ricevuto nel Lariceto della Val Ferret, ai piedi del massiccio del Monte Bianco.
Indimenticabile !
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Witnessed a great sunset on the beaches of santa cruz. One of the most photographed feature on the California Coast Line.
...clear case of stress before havin a vacation. =)
Quem + Skor
THE CTA + KTM
god bless the Sede!!!
thanx to Zeus40 WB, propz to Dosher + Opium
peace
Shot from a flight over Monument valley.
Another 2 photographs from the valley and time are in my landscape set.
A notch-horned cleg biting my finger. I let this one live for allowing me to take a photo, and the bite isn't painful or itchy.
Iron Range, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
Why is World Parrot Day so important to this cockatoo?
In late 2021, the rare and striking palm cockatoo had its conservation status reclassified from least concern to endangered following a recent population drop. Major habitat loss has been cited as the primary cause of the species’ decline. Australia’s palm cockatoos are found only in the rainforests of Cape York Peninsula, at the northern tip of Queensland. Land clearing due to mining and worsening bushfires due to climate change are shrinking the species’ already limited viable habitat.
Making matters worse, the palm cockatoo has an unusually slow rate of reproduction. Females lay only a single egg every two years. Research suggests that chick loss to due predation results in palm cockatoo pairs only producing—on average—a single offspring every ten years. There are thought to be fewer than 1,500 birds remaining in the wild. (Source: www.aviculturehub.com.au/)
While photographing in the Cape York Peninsula in November 2022, we went out five nights in a row to look for these birds as they came in from a day of foraging. We were lucky to watch this particular male on several nights when he called loudly to claim his territory and bring in his mate. See flic.kr/p/2oEf6eG for a photo of the pair.
It was incredible being able to watch these birds on multiple evenings and witness a wide range of behaviors including the famous drumming they do with sticks and hard nuts; this behavior has earned them the nickname "Ringo Star."
Looking through a kaleidoscope-like scientific toy at Universum, Museo de las Ciencias (National Autonomous University of Mexico).
Returning from our hike to the top of 2nd highest waterfall in the world in South Africa, the clouds that dogged us the whole day began to melt away.
It was a long climb up to the top of Tugela Falls in the Drakensburg Mountains close to the border between Lesotho and South Africa. We had enjoyed the views every time the fog and mist cleared away but these moments were far too rare and it was only midway through our walk back that we started seeing blue sky.
The wait was worth it though! There were several layers of craggy mountains in the foreground and a towering wall of mountains at far horizon as well. In between them there were hills, meadows and a river glistening in the sunlight. Amidst these features fog, mist and cloud roiled, tossed in dancing spirals by winds swirling around in different directions at different distances from us.
We took several photos but soon realised that we couldn't capture the dramatic event that was happening around us and simply... watched. Much of what we do as landscape photographers is witness grand spectacles that happen all the time in quiet and untravelled parts of our world. Spectacles that nobody sees but us in the moment and the people who see the images we make.
Inspired by the views that clear evening, we redid the entire hike the very next day since the weather was more promising. While the views were grander, the photos weren't as they missed the play of light and shadow with the clouds.
I took two videos at the very top of the waterfall, one on the cloudy day and the other on the clear day. You can see how much more cautious I am around the edge when I can see all the way down!
Cloudy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf28Tytik5c
Clear: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wALt-xLP32g
Canon EOS 5D Mark II with Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS
Royal Natal Park, Drakensburg Mountains, South Africa, 2011
I've not reached the research part of my project yet, so it feels odd to share this without doing my homework, but here it is anyway.
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'Witness'
Camera: Chamonix 45F-2
Lens: Steinheil München Anastigmat Actinar 4.5; 135mm
Film: Agfa CP-BU M X-Ray Film; 50iso
Exposure: f/6.3 1/100sec
Process: HC-110; 1+90; 7min
Kentucky
July 2024
Whirling Dervishes, Sema Seb-i Arus, The Wedding Day
Sema is part of the inspiration of Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi as well as of Turkish custom, history, beliefs and culture. It is what we do as a form of remembrance of God.
From a scientific viewpoint we witness that contemporary science definitely confirms that the fundamental condition of our existence is to revolve. There is no object, no being which does not revolve and the shared similarity among beings is the revolution of the electrons, protons and neutrons in the atoms, which constitute the structure of each of them. As a consequence of this similarity, everything revolves and man carries on his live, his very existence by means of the revolution in the atoms, structural stones of his body, by the revolution of his blood, by his coming from the earth and return to it, by his revolving with earth itself.
However, all of these are natural, unconscious revolutions. But man is the possessor of a mind and intelligence which distinguishes him from and makes him superior to other beings. Thus the "whirling dervish" or Semazen causes the mind to participate in the shared similarity and revolution of all other beings… Otherwise, the Sema ceremony represents a mystical journey of man's spiritual ascent through mind and love to "Perfect". Turning towards the truth, his growth through love, desert his ego, find the truth and arrive to the "Perfect", then he return from this spiritual journey as a man who reached maturity and a greater perfection, so as to love and to be of service to the whole of creation, to all creatures without discrimination of believes, races, classes and nations.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhUm1XcBEWI
UNSECRET ft. Fleurie - Be a Witness
"We're gonna take the streets
Marchin for a bigger dream
Shout til the blind can see
It's time for us to be free
We're gonna bring the rain
We're gonna light the flame
Stand till we see the change"
Gracias a todos por vuestras visitas y comentarios.
Thank you all for your visits and comments.
Milky way taken at the Silent Witness Memorial in Gander. Still practicing Milky way photography techniques and editing flow.
I've witnessed Sparrowhawks bathing many times before, but, usually from the side of a pond or stream. But, this one dived into the middle of my garden pond and did a fairly good impression of a duck. Finally climbing out onto a Lilly pad before flying off.
Wednesday 15th November 2017. Stevenage, Hertfordshire garden
An early morning at the Grand Canyon's. Lucky to find the two gentlemen standing on a butte admiring the beauty of the curvy Colorado carving the canyon.
I switched to my telephoto and took a series of shots to make a panorama, a way to show what they are seeing!
GAU_3515-Pano
It was one of the most spectacular sunsets I have witnessed to date. The sky turned so many different hues of oranges and pinks as the sun set over Yellowstone National Park. And it lasted and lasted for what seemed like an eternity.
And I almost missed it.
We were driving back from our day's trip into Yellowstone. Looking at the sky I could tell something amazing was going to happen. But I had planned poorly as the stretch of highway we were on offered nothing but the bare trunks of trees that had burned back in 1988 in the massive wildfires of that summer. We drove on and watched as the sky lit up, hoping to find a location that would allow us to capture the gorgeous sky above us. As the colors began to fade we came to Lewis Lake. My wife stopped the jeep and I grabbed my gear and ran towards the shore hoping to find something I could frame into a photo. Luckily the moon cooperated and I was able to squeeze off a few frames before the sky faded into night.
When I now look at this image it I am reminded that planning is such a huge part of getting the photographs we want and dream about. But I will also never forget the beauty of the sky we saw and experienced that night. Isn't that even more important?
Thanks for your views and comments!
A scanned image and one of my earliest (taken about 25 years ago). This was a long exposure shot on a misty night .The factory on the opposite bank is now an eponymous supermarket and apartments. The river (Trent) has been a slient witness to all the change.