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Approximate Focus Distance : 8.02m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/13 secs
Exposure Bias : -1/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
After approximately 100 years under Arab control, Palermo was named the capital of Kingdom of Sicily. The Norman leaders appreciated the artistic qualities found in the Muslim script and incorporated it into the interiors of their architecture, including in this church. The Church of St. Mary of the Admiral or La Martorana was constructed from 1143 until approx 1151. The Church bears witness to the Eastern religious and artistic culture with its Byzantine style still present in Italy today, further enhanced by the Albanian exiles who took refuge in southern Italy and Sicily from the 15th century under the pressure of Turkish-Ottoman persecutions in Albania and the Balkans.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Santa_Maria_dell%27Ammira...
The church is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
X Oh dear not precisely sure where this . Taken on the Pennines in the Oldham area . It was back in October when the colours of the trees were beginning to turn. Struck me as quite attractive wherever it is
THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT HAVE A GREAT DAY
Approximate Focus Distance : 9.47m
Sony ILCE-7RM4 +
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1000
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/320 secs
Exposure Bias : -0.3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximately three weeks ago my back up camera body decided to quit working, and so I began researching the various Canon bodies available. After much thought I chose the Canon 5d Mkiv full frame body.
Yesterday the weather was ideal for a nice photo outing and an opportunity to give the new body a good testing.
The following images some of the results. I must say I was impressed with it...
Approximately 1,200 metres (0.75 mi) from the dam is the reservoir's straining tower. Standing only 30 metres (98 ft) from the shore, its purpose is to filter or strain out material in the water with a fine metal mesh, before the water flows along the aqueduct to Liverpool.
Its architecture represents Gothic revival, built at the same time as the dam. The tower as a whole is 47 metres (154 ft) tall, 32 metres (104 ft) of which is above water, and is topped with a pointed copper-clad roof, coloured light green.
Approximate Focus Distance : 13.2m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS III USM Lens + Canon Extender EF 1.4x III
ISO Speed 1000
Aperture : f/9.0
Exposure : 1/400 secs
Exposure Bias :-1/3 EV
Focal Length : 840mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 7.29m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1600
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/60 secs
Exposure Bias : -1 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 10.1m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 800
Aperture : f/8.0
Exposure : 1/400 secs
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 16.8m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1600
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/10 secs
Exposure Bias : -1/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 19.1m
Canon EOS 5DS +
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM III Lens
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/6400 secs
Exposure Bias : -1 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 7.54m
Canon EOS 5DS +
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM III Lens
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/8.0
Exposure : 1/60 secs
Exposure Bias : -2/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 8.93m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 640
Aperture : f/5.0
Exposure : 0.5 secs
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 7.29m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/500 secs
Exposure Bias : -1/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Litchfield National Park, covering approximately 1500 km2, is near the township of Batchelor, 100 km south-west of Darwin, in the Northern Territory of Australia. Each year the park attracts over 260,000 visitors.
Proclaimed a national park in 1986, it is named after Frederick Henry Litchfield, a Territory pioneer, who explored areas of the Northern Territory from Escape Cliffs in Van Diemen Gulf to the Daly River in 1864.
Flora
The Central sandstone plateau supports rich woodland flora communities dominated by species including Darwin woolybutt and Darwin stringybark, as well as banksias, grevilleas, terminalias and a wide variety of other woodland species.
Remnant pockets of monsoon rainforest thrive along the bottom of the escarpment, and in the deep narrow gorges created over thousands of years by the force of the waterfalls cutting into the escarpment walls.
They are significant because of their size and lack of disturbance. Here visitors will find lilies and slender ground orchids growing among Pandanus, paperbark and swamp bloodwoods.
Fauna
Common wildlife species include the antilopine kangaroo, agile wallaby, sugar glider, northern brushtail possum, fawn antechinus, black and little red flying foxes and the dingo. The caves near Tolmer Falls are home to a colony of the rare orange leaf-nosed bat and the ghost bat.
Litchfield is a habitat for hundreds of native bird species. Black kites, and other birds of prey are common during the dry season. The yellow oriole, figbird, Pacific koel, spangled drongo, dollarbird and the rainbow bee-eater inhabit the sheltered areas close to waterfalls. A species of marsupial mouse (the northern dibbler), the rufous-tailed bush-hen, a frog (the pealing chirper) and the primitive archerfish, occur in the Wangi Falls area.
Wangi, Tolmer and Florence falls and Buley Rockhole, are popular with visitors and tour groups. The falls have large pools that attract birds and reptiles such as monitors. Orange-footed scrubfowl, honeyeaters, figbirds and Torres Strait pigeons share the fruit and berries in the areas with nocturnal mammals like the northern quoll, northern brown bandicoot and northern brushtail possum. Frill-necked lizard are common throughout the park, but will not be seen as frequently during the cool dry season months. The Finniss River area also hosts a number of large saltwater crocodiles, commonly abbreviated as "salties".
The magnetic termite mounds are a popular tourist attraction. These wedge-shaped mounds are aligned in a north-south direction as a response to the environment. The termites which build them feed on grass roots and other plant debris found in plains which are seasonally flooded. Therefore, the termites are forced to remain above the water, in the mound. The alignment of the mound acts as a temperature regulator, and allows the temperature to remain stable.
Dealey Plaza, a generally rectangular and approximately 3-acre park, was formed in 1934-40 from several blocks of Dallas founder John Neely Bryan's original land grant. The Plaza replaced residential and commercial buildings on the tract. The land was acquired by the City of Dallas during the 1930's to create a major gateway to the city from the west, and to relieve traffic congestion at the Union terminal railroad tracks which passed north-south at the western edge of the city. Originally called the "Elm-Main-Commerce Subway", the gateway was conceived as a "triple underpass" of streets, which afforded access to the western edge of Downtown Dallas beneath the Union Terminal company tracks. To build the underpass, engineers regraded the area to slope gently down toward the west. All plans for the Plaza showed a rectangular park traversed by three streets rearranged in a bisected triangle - Commerce to the south, Main in the middle, and Elm to the north converging to the west in the Triple Underpass.
The plaza and roadway were designed by city engineers, with assistance in the final plan from E.F. Mitchell, chief engineer for the Texas & Pacific Railroad and Union Terminal Company. The joint federal-city-railroad project was supervised by the Texas Highway Department. The park was named Dealey Plaza in 1935, in honor of George Bannerman Dealey (1859-1946), an outstanding civic leader who had advocated city planning for Dallas for decades already, publisher of The Dallas Morning News, crusader for improvements to the Trinity River corridor, and president of West of Commerce Realty Company, which had donated most of the right of way west of the underpass. The Plaza was dedicated in 1936, the same year the park was placed under the administration of the City of Dallas Park Board, which still maintains jurisdiction over it.
In addition to Dealey Plaza (its features and the streets that run through and adjoin it), the buildings, structures, and lands adjacent to Dealey Plaza, except for the Sixth Floor Visitor Center and the Kennedy Memorial and its Plaza, were all part of the scene in 1963. Two of the buildings (the former Texas School Book Depository and the Dallas Textile Building), like others in the West End, began as early 20th-century Dallas warehouses for Chicago farm implement companies. Like their main commercial tenants, their architecture reflects the influence of Chicago in this case, that city's early skyscraper construction. The other buildings (like the one above) have had governmental functions and reflect more traditional architectural styles.
The Dallas County Criminal Courts Building (aka "Old Criminal Courts Building") was designed in an eclectic Renaissance Revival style by Dallas architect A.H. Overbeck. It was constructed in 1913-15 on the northeast corner of Main and Houston streets. The 124-foot-tall building faces Main Street, with a secondary facade occupying 90 feet along Houston Street on Dealey Plaza. The steel and brick structure, eight stories over a basement, is trimmed with granite and terra cotta in elaborate Classical motifs. The building was constructed to house two Dallas County criminal courts, the offices of the Sheriffs Department, and the County jail. The building retains its exterior details today, which were restored by Komatsu Associates of Fort Worth in the mid-1980's. The building was still in its original use and occupancy in 1963 but was later only occupied by the County Sheriffs Department who continues to use the space today with prisoners being housed in the included jail spaces.
On April 19, 1993, the Dealey Plaza Historic District (including Dealey Plaza and as many as eight 'other' builidngs and numerous other sites/structures/objects) was named as a National Historic Landmark (NHL) and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). All of the information above was found on the original documents submitted for consideration of listing as a NHL and on the NRHP. There is much more included on these documents that can be viewed here:
npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/88315def-c6a9-408b-ac2a-b...
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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Approximate Focus Distance : 7.64m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1600
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/250 secs
Exposure Bias : -1/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 19.0m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/1600 secs
Exposure Bias : -1/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 6.97m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/6.3
Exposure : 1/60 secs
Exposure Bias : -1/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 10.1m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/250 secs
Exposure Bias : -1/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 9.47m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1600
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/50 secs
Exposure Bias : -1 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 12.6m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/1250 secs
Exposure Bias : -2/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 6.69m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/100 secs
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 7.24m
Canon EOS 5DS +
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM III Lens
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/500 secs
Exposure Bias : -2/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
At about approximately 0200 on May 21, 1998 I was taking a lunch break with engineer Sean Ford on the nightly NECR Palmer, MA switcher number 606. We were hanging out on the back porch awaiting train 324 coming in from Brattleboro, VT, when we heard a loud crash and ran out to the parking lot to see Conrail train TV-13 on the ground at speed. Then came the rear end crashing into the head-end sending the consist of double stacks on the front off to the east side of the tracks. The cinderblock wall of Rte 32 overpass in Palmer literally caved in, and onto the right of way directly in front of TV-13. Engines 6176-6516-5650 all derailed along with the head 4 five wells of the train. The fuel tanks of all the engines ruptured and it was a plain mess, thankfully the crew was safe and the 911 call placed by the crew on the touchtone pad of the engine radio brought the Boston Line to a halt and the necessary help. I can't even image how the crew must have felt seeing this all transpire in front of their eyes. Needless to say, our day was over, and as the sun came up the carnage was incredible. The photo shows the scene from the now closed bridge at about 0900 that morning before the arrival of RJ Corman. Later that day, the crews constructed a shoo-fly around the area and traiffic was moving later that evening after 11pm. It was quite a day that didn't include much sleep for me. Thankfully in the end nobody was hurt.
Approximate Focus Distance : 7.86m
Canon EOS 5DS +
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM III Lens
ISO Speed 1600
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/200 secs
Exposure Bias : -2/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximately 12 percent of the world’s population relies upon fisheries and aquaculture for their livelihood, and over half of the world’s people get a significant source of their animal protein from fish and seafood. In Southeast Asia, this proportion is significantly higher. The region’s seas not only serve as a major source of food and livelihood for hundreds of millions of people, they generate several billion dollars in GDP for the region.
Approximately 60 x 30 second exposure combined in photoshop (would have liked more but the clouds came in)
Approximate Focus Distance : 12.6m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 800
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/1250 secs
Exposure Bias : -1 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 8.45m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1600
Aperture : f/5.6
Exposure : 1/15 secs
Exposure Bias : -4/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 16.8m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1600
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/250 secs
Exposure Bias : -1/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
I'd read about St Edwards Park and the trail system a few years ago but with travels to other national parks out west, I'd just never found that extra time to wander the trails in this part of north Austin. So one morning my golden and I headed out to enjoy a walk and stroll to enjoy that walk in nature, receiving far more than I sought as John Muir so eloquently wrote. This is at a small creek spillway for Bull Creek and a view looking south. Here I decided to focus on a balance of the trees above with the various colors with that of the reflections on the still creek below.
Since I'm working on learning more with Lightroom while going through Jason Odell's book, I decided to use this to practice and see what I might bring out in an image. I typically use Capture NX2 and love the control points NIK came up with. Now it was time to at least learn how to use brushes to approximate that same effect and look. That's the story behind both the image capture and setting.
Approximate Focus Distance : 8.93m
Canon EOS 5D Mark III +
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM III Lens + Canon Extender EF 1.4x III
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/6.3
Exposure : 1/160 secs
Focal Length : 840mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 6.97m
Canon EOS 5DS +
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS III USM Lens
ISO Speed 1600
Aperture : f/8.0
Exposure : 1/80 secs
Exposure Bias : -1/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 5.75m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 2000
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/320 secs
Exposure Bias : -1/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
The Moon in total eclipse, on January 20, 2019, in a multiple exposure composite showing the Moon moving from right to left (west to east) through the Earth’s umbral shadow.
The middle image is from just after mid-totality at about 10:21 pm MST, while the partial eclipse shadow ingress image set is from 9:15 pm and the partial eclipse shadow egress image set is from 11:15 pm.
I added in two images at either end taken at the very start and end of the umbral eclipse to add a more complete sequence of the lunar motion. However, on those images the lunar disk is darkened mostly by the penumbra.
All images are with the Canon 6D MkII on a Fornax Lightrack II tracking mount to follow the stars at the sidereal rate, to keep the stars fixed and let the Moon drift from right to left against the background stars.
Thus, the Moon images are where they were in relation to the background stars and therefore show the Moon’s motion through the umbral shadow, with the shadow edge on the partially eclipsed Moons defining the shape of the large and circular umbral shadow of the Earth, approximately three times bigger than the Moon. At this eclipse the Moon moved across the north edge of the umbral so we are seeing the top of the shadow circle drawn here in the sky.
At this eclipse the Moon was also shining beside the Beehive star cluster, Messier 44, in Cancer. This was the unique sight at this eclipse as it can happen only during total lunar eclipses that occur in late January. There was one on January 31, 2018 but the next will not be until 2037.
The central image of totality includes a 1-minute exposure at ISO 800 and f/2.8 for the stars, which inevitably overexposes the Moon. So I’ve blended in three shorter exposures for the Moon, taken immediately after the long “star” exposure. These were 8, 4 and 2 seconds at ISO 400 and f/4, and all with the Canon 200mm telephoto.
The two partial eclipse phases are stacks of 7 exposures each, from very short for the bright portion of the lunar disk, to long for the shadowed portion. They are blended with luminosity masks created with ADP Pro v3 panel for Photoshop, but modified with feathering to blend the images smoothly. This sort of “HDR” blending is necessary to depict the eclipsed Moon as your eye saw it, as while the eye can encompass the great range of brightness across the eclipsed Moon’s disk the camera cannot. Even the totality image is a blend of exposures, as the top part of the Moon was quite bright at this eclipse due to the Moon’s path across the northern half of the umbra.
The timing of the partial eclipse images about 1 hour before and 1 hour after the central image places the lunar disk against the stars so those disks don’t overlap. But ….
….The images aren’t quite symmetrical for shadow placement and phase, because as luck would have it, the drive of the Fornax tracker, which has a limited travel, decided to run out of travel right at mid-eclipse at 10:15. All is needed was another 10 minutes of travel, but no!
This required resetting the drive, then reaiming and reframing the camera right at the worst time, and taking time. So the timing and orientation of the latter images were compromised, requiring a little fudging on my part to place the egress set. However, the overall placement of the Moon and shadow is close to reality and the composite serves to illustrate the concept.
These were taken from a site near Lloydminster, in Saskatchewan, where skies proved clear all night, better than the prospects back at home 500 km farther south in Alberta. It was worth the drive north the day before the eclipse.
Approximate Focus Distance : 25.7m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1600
Aperture : f/5.0
Exposure : 1/20 secs
Exposure Bias : -2/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm