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Vue sur la mer à partir de la terrasse du restaurant La Corniche au Pyla.

Shot with DxO ONE

Close to Strömstad, Västra Götaland County, Sweden

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Brighton Pleasure Pier in the waves

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Yosemite, considered by many the best National Park in the United States.

This 14-image composite captures the High Sierra, including Half Dome, Vernal Fall and Nevada Fall from the vista at Glacier Point.

I don't know that I would characterize it as best, though it is magnificent and beyond compare (as are most of the parks). It is amazing how accessible, and how diverse this park is. The High Sierra is stunning and splendid in its grandeur.

If you visit California and stay only on the coasts in one of the big cities (San Diego, LA, or San Francisco), you are missing the best part of California. Come, explore the eastern interior of the state, and catch a glimpse of heaven.

Another photo taken from Tunnel View with that redbud bush in the foreground. This one was taken from the overflow parking lot above the road.

Detail of the High Roller Observation Wheel at The Linq, Las Vegas.

... in the warm sun of a winter's day.

Waves Crashing against the rocks in Pozo de Teodoro

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The rugged foothills and surrounding environs of Pikes Peak, Colorado.

You know, I just have to tell you, the day that I visited Bamburgh was beautiful, blue skies a bit of fluffy cloud here and there, you could be forgiven for thinking it was summer, however, it was absolutely freezing and blowing a very cold northerly wind, still it did not spoil a most incredible experience visiting one of the finest castles I have ever seen.

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One of the best Cayos (in my personal opinion) of Cuba.

The Mediterranean sun reflects off the beautiful buildings in Valletta Malta !!

Another from the weekend, from the western end of Lintrathen Loch

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We finally had some blue skies for a few hours a few days ago.

Didn't last long but did help our spirits.

Smile on Saturday. Blue Skies.

Afsluitdijk Wadden Center.

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Dallas’ Renaissance Hotel stretches into the North Texas sky.

Another one from last Sunday at Shaldon beach. I took quite a few shots from those rocks already but it's always different. I really like the clefts in the barnacle-covered rocks - they also made sure that I stayed dry while I was kneeling on those rocks.

The parched desert landscape of California's Death Valley.

Flowering in the hazy mornig light.

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Taken on a three-day workshop that I ran last week in Dorset.

Arriving on the beach at Durdle Door in the middle of the afternoon during harsh light and pure blue skies have you stand and look around at what you can capture that might be even remotely interesting and unusual.

Then I spotted this lovely small cave-like indentation in the white chalky cliffs known as Bat's Head. What were the challenges in shooting from this viewpoint I hear you ask? lol.

Well, for starters, there's not much room in there and setting up a tripod is almost impossible. You certainly need a small travel tripod to even have a chance of setting it up. I had a huge tripod with me so I decided to shoot this scene handheld and furthermore I only needed to capture the scene once despite harsh contrast and a crazy depth of field issue. Saying that my Canon EOS R coped impeccably with the stabilisation of the image, the great depth of field leaving everything sharp to look at, from the rim of the cave to Durdle Door itself as well as the dynamic range coping with the varying degree of light.

The more I use the Canon EOS R, the more impressed I am with it.

Canon EOS R

Canon 16-35mm f4 @ 16mm

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1/400 sec

ISO100

Benro TMA48CXL Mach 3 Tripod

Benro GD3WH Geared Head

3 Legged Thing QR11-LC L Bracket

Mindshift Backlight 26L Bag

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Monument Valley has been featured in many forms of media since the 1930s. Director John Ford used the location for a number of his best-known films, and thus, in the words of critic Keith Phipps, "its 13 square kilometers have defined what decades of moviegoers think of when they imagine the American West." Between 1945 and 1967, the southern extent of the Monument Upwarp was mined for uranium, which occurs in scattered areas of the Shinarump Conglomerate; vanadium and copper are associated with uranium in some deposits.