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Waipio, Oahu, Hawaii
The Milky Way framed between 2 Pine Trees with lots of light pollution thrown in, lol :)
Two-spectrum conversion with Astronomik OWB filter.
Taken in Acadia National Park, this is along the Schooner Head.
Low tide allowed me to get down between some of the large rock formations onto the smaller cobble stones - they are of many colors there. Extended the shutter here to smooth out the ocean waves and swells there along the shore.
I also took a capture of this long exposure capture being taken here ... and that may show up in my 'if they can see what we can see series'. To get that shot I was back up against some other large rocks ... a tight spot there. Also had to make sure no large swells came in during this long exposure ... every several minutes larges ones came in father into the rocks. Had to abort this capture more than once ;)) That involved grabbing the camera and tripod before the ocean decided to take them away from me ...
Castel Meur, a famous little house at the coastal landscape of Le Gouffre des Plougrescant (in English: "The Abyss of Plougrescant"), Brittany, France
Some background information:
Le Gouffre de Plougrescant is a coastal landscape in the very north of the French department of Côtes-d’Armor. It is located on the western edge of the Côte de Granit Rose (in English: "Pink Granite Coast") on a little peninsula. Le Gouffre de Plougrescant is world-renowned for a tiny residential home, which was built right between two huge rugged rocks. This residence is known as "Castel Meur" (in English: "Large Castle") resp. "La Maison du Gouffre" (in English: "The House at the Abyss"). Well, at the latest when you see the house, you realise that its first name is ironical while its second name isn’t.
Built in 1861, this little house embedded in the granite turns its back to the sea to protect itself from the wind and waves. In front of the house there’s some sort of natural basin that fills with seawater at high tide, which is why some photographers have the chance to take a picture of both the house and its reflection. However, we were there at low tide, which is why I didn’t get the reflection. But in compensation we had a rather beautiful sky.
160 years ago, people didn’t need building permits or licenses to build a house. Hence, they could build their house anywhere, even between two jagged rocks that protect it against storms coming from the sea. Castel Meur has been passed down from generation to generation and is still privately owned. Currently it belongs to the great-granddaughter of the first owner and she uses it at least as her temporal domicile.
Until some years ago, the house was accessible for visitors and people could even walk up to its door. However, some tourists couldn’t resist climbing up the rocks and even climbing on the roof, just to get some extraordinary portrait photos. But by doing that they damaged the roof and it had to be repaired. I guess, that was the moment when the owner was fed up with all those thoughtless and irresponsibly acting visitors, who respected neither her privacy nor property.
So she commissioned a low stonewall to be built around her plot and prohibited tourists to set foot on her property. If you ask me, this step is not only a blessing for the house owner, but also for photographers, who have no problems with other visitors spoiling the view since then.
The owner also had a legal dispute with the tourist authorities of the department of Côtes-d’Armor and all Brittany. The reason was that the authorities used pictures of the house to promote holidays in Brittany without prior agreement. Due to that, more and more tourists visited the house. Hence, she refused the authorities the permission to make use of photos of her house and finally won the case. Since then, the local tourist authorities cannot apply images of Castel Meur any longer.
Nevertheless, the house has become a world-renowned sight and the favourite photo subject as well as the most famous landmark of Brittany. But contrary to what I had expected, the area of Le Gouffre de Plougrescant was not overcrowded. When we were there only a view visitors explored the coastal scenery and the rather small parking area wasn’t anywhere near its capacity limit.
The seacoast of Le Gouffre de Plougrescant derives its name from a huge split rock in the proximity of Castel Meur. If you look through the gap, there’s an abyss of about ten metres and you can look down to more rocks near the surface of the water. These rocks form a little basin that fills with seawater, in particular at high tide.
But it’s not only the house between the rocks and the abyss that makes Le Gouffre de Plougrescant a very special coastal landscape. The whole scenery with its cliffs and rocks at the shoreline is really spectacular and different footpaths make it easily explorable. It seems to be impossible for bigger ships to steer clear of the rocks and even for fishermen with smaller fishing boats it seems to be a difficult task to find a navigational route through the rocks. So I guess, fishermen really have to know their way around.
Plougrescant is a village in Brittany in the department of Côtes-d’Armor in northwestern France. It has less than 1,200 residents. The little peninsula, where Plougrescant is situated, is bordered by the English Channel to the west and the mouth of the River Jaudy to the east.
The area of Plougrescant was already inhabited in the Bronze Age: In 1845, a farmer found a bronze sword while cutting furrows, which dates back to 1700 to 1550 BC. In the 20th century, numerous male citizens of Plougrescant died during the wars: 76 during World War I, 28 during World War II, two during the Algerian War and another three during the Indochina War.
But this loss of human life is not the main reason for the demographic decline since the beginning of the 20th century. Instead, it’s most likely the lack of jobs contingent on the segregated location of the village. Many people have moved away, although some others have moved to Plougrescant thanks to its breathtaking scenery.
This was a serene moment to capture an inner city image, a moonrise and calm reflection on a still pond, as I stood observing for a few minutes I wondered if a static recollection was what I was really experiencing. Ultimately I decided the traffic passing by as many were driving home from work was the balance between madness and nature's rest. I no longer felt static.
*Textures courtesy of Skeletal Mess
Curves Between Ledges is a photograph taken at the Cleveland Metroparks Hinckley Reservation. This was taken just before sunset at Whipps Ledges.
On Explore January 2, 2024
Most of the Christmas week was (very) wet and windy. This picture was taken between showers, but the wind was bad enough. Sunset was at 3PM this day, but there was no sunlight anyway.
Winter is such a great time from this perspective with the direction of the sunset across Middle River. Looking forward to that time again and the colorful sunsets that can occur.
V-shaped gap between the trees, across the entrance road to the south side of the Brezovica castle. September 2025.
Taken with Zenza Bronica GS-1 6×7 medium-format film camera, with Zenzanon-PG 65mm F4 lens, on Fomapan 100 Classic film. Developed with Adox FX-39II developer, 1+19 dilution, at 22.5°C.
Scanned with Canon CanoScan 8800F flatbed scanner, using VueScan.
Spent yesterday afternoon at West Witterings Beach, although only 40 minutes away I had never been there before.
Have a great week end my friends!
Spotted near Wat Arun, Bangkok, Thailand.
Please have a look at the whole Thailand Set.
One of Conrail’s former Erie/EL E8’s escaped the fate of its roster mates, who gave up their prime movers to the DeWitt Geep RS3 re-engine program. Shortly after the consolidation, Conrail’s management elected to institute a business train, and the motive power department chose former Erie/EL 833 to be the streamlined face of the corporate conveyance. Several office cars and the 4022 emerged from the paint shop in Conrail blue, and remained that way until the office car train was expanded and painted dark Pullman green in the early 1980’s. Between OCS assignments, the 4022 frequently spent time on the New York & Long branch commuter line in New Jersey. Here the blue streamliner descends the ramp to the South Amboy engine house.
Laona & Northern Railway 2-6-2 No. 4 (Vulcan, 1916) pulls the "Lumberjack Steam Train" during the summer months between the depot west of Laona, Wisconsin, and the Camp 5 Logging Museum complex. The train run over the original L&NRy tracks, a common-carrier railroad that was owned by the Connor Land & Lumber Company.
Two towers, wildly rise
Up towards the moving skies
Look between them and you will see
In the distance another tree
Filled with hopes, fears and love
Spreading out and rising above
Up towards the floating skies
Where the wooden towers, try to rise
A gorgeous mural collaboration between Manda Lane and Viki Murray featuring eucalyptus and Currawongs.
Hebe, Greek Goddess of Youth between classical columns in the Greek garden at the International Peace Gardens, Salt Lake County, Utah for the Crazy Tuesday group, topic: In-between.
Between the shorter days and regular work at the autoport L516 is seldom seen in the daylight here these days. So it was today by the time they got here. It was a really nice night so when I heard them preparing to switch the siding I went out to sit on the deck and watch. There were 10 empty tie cars to retrieve off the siding, I watched them go about the pickup in the dark. Once they backed down the main the headend lined up precisely with the backyard when they made the joint. I figured it was worth attempting a shot with the power spotted so well. I grabbed the camera out of the house while the conductor was walking back up to the point and set up the Canon on the seat of the old Allis Chalmers B, trying a few test shots. It wasn't long before the conductor climbed up and settled in to update his paperwork. A minute later the highbeams were back on and L516 back underway for Stevens Point.
October 2, 2021.
In a way I think my mom's mind is between heaven and earth ,lost in a fog of her own mind .
Goodnight.....
I watched this little bird for ages waiting to see if I could get him in motion. Delighted to catch him mid air as he moved between branches.
Golden Headed Cistacola
- www.kevin-palmer.com - A supercell thunderstorm passes between the Pryor Mountain and the Bighorn Mountains. I wanted to get closer but there are no roads at all in that direction.
Dec 20, 2009~ 16:30
Exposure: 1/200 sec
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: -0.7 EV
Lens Type: Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* DT 16-80mm F3.5-4.5 ZA
DSLR Color Mode: Sunset
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