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Pioneer Park is a city park located in St. George, UT. It is a City of St. George park that has been left in a natural state. The sandstone cliffs remain as they would have millions of years ago. There isn't any grass or non-native planting. Lastly, the park overlooks the city of St. George. If a photographer were to carefully photograph this location it could be mistaken for a remote sandstone cliff in the middle of the southern Utah desert. For that reason, I like to photograph this location when I need to get a little photography practice in.
I can read as many books about photography theories or read about a certain location as much as I want but if I never get out to actually do photography I would never be able to perfect my craft. For that reason, I have kind of made Pioneer Park one of my go to spots for practice. It's easily accessible, it has many natural features and offers many grand vistas that are perfect for landscape photography. The ease of access to Pioneer Park offers me the chance to actually do photography instead of being an armchair photographer.
I know my portfolio is filled with mainly U.S. southwest images. In particular, my portfolio consist of many sandstone images. Don't blame me for that because that is what is around me. I wouldn't mind visiting the U.S. Pacific northwest or even certain locations on the U.S. east coast for photography but having a young family and a limited budget makes traveling very difficult.
This is a “practice” image shot at Pioneer Park. The image shows a natural sandstone arch that is perched on top of a sandstone cliff. I happened to have shot this image the day the Venus occultation occurred, which was Monday, December 7th. It's an unusual celestial event thats occurs when the moon passes in front of Venus. It was visible during the early morning hours as the sun was rising. Venus appeared as a bright dot adjacent to the moon.
It's not very visible but in my image you will see a bright speck next to the moon. That is Venus. I had to enhance Venus a little bit to make it appear brighter. I actually didn't know the Venus occultation event was occurring. I decided at the last minute to get up early before work to get photography practice in. Had I lived somewhere else and didn't have ease of access to a great photography location; I would not have captured this event.
I've embraced the natural beauty around my hometown and shot many locations that aren't very familiar to many people. Practice makes perfect. I'm far from perfect but at least I can try as close as possible to attain that level. If I actually do photography now and practice, then when I get the chance; I can make those beautiful images of those familiar scenes. Besides, why would I not want to embrace the natural beauty of Southern Utah. Trust me. Many photographers would die to be based from St. George and have an entire portfolio consisting of mainly southern Utah and U.S. southwest photography.
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Created for the 41st Weekly Contest on Man Ray: Antique European Globe
Thanks to Paul Grand for the Globe.
- www.kevin-palmer.com - For the past couple months Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina) has been visible from Northern Hemisphere skies. As the comet rounded the sun it became brighter at about 6th magnitude. Because of bad weather, this was only my 2nd time observing and photographing this comet. Subzero temperatures pretty much guaranteed a clear sky. Moonlight will soon drown out the comet as it gets farther away from earth, never to return again. I caught a lucky satellite moving through the frame. The two bright stars Mizar and Alioth are the handle stars of the Big Dipper. This is a single 2.5 minute exposure with a Takumar 135mm lens at f/4, ISO 1250. An iOptron Skytracker was used to track the stars.
A dramatic panorama of storm clouds over San Diego, rendered in black and white for bold tonal contrast. The dark silhouettes of trees anchor the horizon while radiant shafts of light break through the skythrough.
One day I realized two celestial goddesses were celebrating their reunion in my living room... Sybarites Dawnstar and Faun
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A date was set; it only depended on the weather now.
We couldn’t believe our luck, what an opportunity!
From then on, our ears were glued to radio weather forecasts, several times a day!
How unnecessary! The sea speaks for itself, if you know the listening code.
The old fishermen could tell you with great accuracy, their information so much juicier.
OK, so what, some tall stories thrown in for good measure, but what raconteurs!
You certainly left with a smile and more knowledge.
How impersonal, our electronic gadgets!
…The skipper steered the boat with a steady hand.
We gently rocked towards the ends of the two piers, people on both watching and waving.
I remembered the many times I stood there, doing the same and dreaming of adventure. M, (*_*)
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Flanders, Ostend, Belgium, North Sea, pier, day, sky, CLOUDS, WATER, morning, fishing, boat, fun, colour, horizontal, "NikonF4", "Magda indigo"
The music of the spheres ....
Watching a blazing, rippling Aurora in a dark starry sky, I hear the soaring harmonies of one of Johann Bach's great organ fugues .....
September 7, 2010, on the beach at Kluane Lake, Yukon.
This is an image from 28 months ago, taken on the 10th anniversary of the 911 attacks. This location, on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River, was teeming with people, each with their own camera. Many a tear was shed. I wanted to revisit this special night.
A mesmerizing star trail composition capturing Earth's rotation above this ancient lavoir (washing place). Long exposure photography reveals the graceful arcs of starlight streaming across the night sky, framed by silhouetted trees standing sentinel over the weathered stone basins below.
Technical Details:
- Long exposure star trail photography
- Night photography with ambient ground lighting
- Natural framing using surrounding foliage
Shot on Olympus OM-5
Yesterday the sky was amazing, I hope you like it ;)
I tried an HDR but I prefer this single photo than the other version.
The view of the sunset from the snow on the roof of my truck...I am still amazed even today at the incredible beauty of yesterday's sunset..Love how the sky looked like sherbet..and how it danced off the snow..
Cala celestial
Y esta para Paz-Rivendel, para que se recupere pronto y bien, que se pone celosa cuando os dedico flores que considera suyas :-)
Aprovechando el cielo nublado y el flash de relleno (voy aprendiendo) :-)
Learning to use the filing flash and taking profit from a beautiful sky.
Captured on the Evish Road, Strabane, County Tyrone Ireland.
Its not every day you get to see a beautiful sunrise in Ireland, as you all know Ireland is famous for its rain and overcast sky's but just by pure luck I got up this morn at 6:40 and looked out and seen the sky starting to erupt so I ran grabbed my camera, jumped in the car and sped up the road to find this freshly cut field. I think it really captured the true Ireland and just at the end of summer to.