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A hidden mystery in the woods near Roche Harbor on San Juan Island, WA is the John S. McMillin Mausoleum.
John McMillin - a mason by trade - brought a lot of this skill into the architecture of the mausoleum which you'd imagine was plucked from some sort fantasy novel/mythical tale.
less about making a good picture, more about recognising conditions in which your phone will cooperate...
This weekend was Mum and Dads birthday, Mum who was a year younger - would catch up to Dad for one day each year in a Brigadoon kind way.
We lost them both a few years back and normally I'd go home to Werri Beach and say G'day to them at the ocean - like eveything else this year lockdown has stolen that chance as well.
So I went to the place I feel most at peace - Lake Illawarra, for the sunset today and remembered you pair and hope you had a great birthday up there.
Happy Birthday Mum an Dad.
A black and white version of an earlier shot of the log storage lagoons on the River Clyde. About 2 acres of these are found in the shallows near Port Glasgow, used extensively during the Clydes ship building period the area stored a vast amount of logs to be used in the ship building process.
Keeping the cobwebs off the 200/3.5 Tak. It takes some patience (& some luck TBH) but it really delivers when the planets line up.
Shot wide open
The next day we boarded the boat that would take us iceberg hunting. We found a few and were amazed at how cold it would become the closer we got. As we circled the behemoth, I noticed the thin cloud above and aligned the two as we rounded it again.
I stopped to catch a few shots of this Red Tailed Hawk in the snag.
As luck would have it, I quickly realized the moon was right there and I only had to move a few feet to line it up behind the hawk. My luck was further compounded when I shot a short burst right as it took off.
Explore June 5th, 2021
Second edit of this at Arnos Grove
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The core of the Milky Way with the Carina nebula and the Southern Cross. This is a panorama taken using a Nodal Ninja rotator, stitched and edited in Lightroom. I cut the ends down a bit due to light pollution and sky glow. I didn't have the rotator properly lined up so the Milky Way isn't as straight as it should be, tricky to do when it is nearly overhead, and dark! The shots were taken north of Port Wakefield, SA. The comet Linear is in the top left quarter in this shot too!
The Kermario Alignment consists of 1029 stones in ten columns, about 1,300 m (4,300 ft) in length. This alignment is also called the "House of the Dead."
The granite structure in the foreground is a dolmen -- or burial chamber -- and was originally completely covered by an earth mound. The menhirs -- standing stones -- in the background are generally smaller than those in the Ménec alignment and were installed later.
One theory is that the alignments are a giant necropolis, with each stone representing a leader. Each row could represent a different tribe. The dolmen could have been the burial site of a very important person, perhaps a religious figure. Although archeologists have not been able to prove that human remains and artifacts found around dolmens date from the time when the stones were originally set in place, it is a story that appeals to the imagination.
Hope you have a good start to the new week. Thanks, as always, for stopping by and for all of your visits, comments, awards and faves.
© Melissa Post 2016
Low Fog Sunset at Golden Gate Bridge, taken from a small airplane.
The sunset burn w/low fog was predicted by Yiupai sunrise/sunset forecast service.
At last the days are more spring-like and the crocuses are getting a chance to open. I have seen one or two pollinators around so they would get a treat if they visited my crocus pots.
Super wide angle view. I likie the way the palm tree points to the darker line in the clouds towards the top.
Not necessary to be the highest, but the best it can be ....
The view is looking out across Conwy Bay to the Isle of Anglesey.
At it's furthest point east in this photo is Penmon Point - an ancient holy site with the remains of the 6th century priory, St Sieriol's well, a church, Trwyn Du lighthouse, an impressive dovecote and a superb view across the water to Puffin Island and mainland Wales.
According to legend, Seiriol and Saint Cybi were good friends and would meet weekly near Llanerchymedd, at the Clorach wells. Saint Cybi would walk from Holyhead, facing the rising sun in the morning and setting sun in the evening. Saint Cybi was known as Cybi Felyn (Cybi the Tanned), as he was tanned during his journey. Seiriol, travelling in the opposite direction, from Penmon, would have his back to the sun.Thus, he was known as Seiriol Wyn (Seiriol the Fair). -
(Source - Wikipedia)
The Langdale Pikes, Bow Fell and Crinkle Crags photographed from Side Pike.
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In camera editing. - - - love that bouncing light
But I should have used the "500 rule"
The 500 rule for a full frame camera requires you to set your camera to ISO 3200 or 6400, Aperture to f/2.8 (or as wide as possible) and your shutter speed to 500 divided by the focal length of your camera. For example, if you are shooting with a 50mm lens, your shutter speed would be 10 seconds (500 / 50 = 10).Jan 28, 2020. That would have avoided those elongated stars..