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Since moving to Arizona in early June, I am experiencing a very hot summer and my first monsoon season. With that brings a lot of desert lightning. I was exhausted and in bed half-asleep, but decided I would try my first attempt at capturing lightning. I think I got lucky...
Saw this coming home from Harper's Ferry last Sunday. I found it interesting that it has both an antennae and what looks like a satellite dish but no sign of anyone living or working there. Unfortunately Anita and I are not riding out and about today. Seems I picked up a Covid bug somewhere last Sunday. This makes 2x for me. Happy to say it's a bit like a bad cold so Much Much milder than the first go around. Time to dig into those photo files and do some deleting and processing! Have a great rest of the weekend everyone!
“Bittersweet October. The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect pause between the opposing miseries of summer and winter.”
Carol Bishop Hipps
Mogadore Reservoir - Portage County, Ohio
Shot was taken in Robberg Nature Reserve near Plettenberg Bay in South Africa. When we headed towards Plettenberg Bay the weather forecast said there will be heavy thunder storms - however we were lucky - no rain so we could do the walk. Luckily we had some major clouds and this wonderful fog heading up the cliffs from the sea - made the pictures more interesting than blue skies :-). It was one of the most wonderful walks of this journey.
The Charles Bridge is an historic bridge that crosses the Vltava river in Prague, Czech Republic. Its construction started in 1357 under the auspices of King Charles IV, and finished in the beginning of the 15th century
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This is Black Tor from our fantastic day hiking on Dartmoor last Saturday. The approach was rocky and would have been perfect for a Lord of the Ring's scene! The first part of our hike was pretty windy and drizzly but upon reaching the tor the weather started to change. I got some pretty nice conditions for a photo with sunlit rocks and dark clouds in the back. There's some terrific views from up there - both, into the distant countryside as well as towards Black-a-Tor Copse (see previous upload). As we just visited another tor called Black Tor the week before I wonder how many granite stacks carry the same name...
Yesterday we visited the fabulous double stone circle of Grey Wethers. This Bronze Age site features 2 large stone circles close to each other, the centre of both circles is almost perfectly North-South oriented. When the circles were excavated they found large amounts of charcoal in the centre. The reason for erecting 2 stone circles next to each other remains a mystery only Bronze Age folk would be able to answer.
I took this one on our way from Pew Tor towards Windy Post Cross (see previous upload). We had a really lovely and sunny picnic up at Pew Tor but the weather was quite volatile last Saturday and the dark clouds moved in quickly. We followed the Grimstone and Scortridge Leat, a little stream crossing the open moorland in between the tors. There were Dartmoor ponies and sheep scattered around in the landscape. While we approached this lovely couple I noticed a patch of bright sunshine moving towards us so I quickly got the camera ready and waited for the ponies to be in the sunshine for my photo.
Something I've noticed about piers. No matter the weather or the time of day, there is always somebody fishing on them.
Sunset at Cooks Beach, a secluded beach in Freycinet National Park, facing towards the sheltered Great Oyster Bay on the east coast of Tasmania, Australia.
Camera: Ricoh KR-10 Super.
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Fujichrome slide film.
Scanner: Nikon LS-5000 (by jetzt-digital).
Edited with GIMP.
On a stormy afternoon in Jasper, Alberta, a westbound Canadian National freight departs Jasper yard into a moment of sunshine on September 18, 2002.
this is a shot of tynemouth longsands it is a five shot panorama taken in portrait. thank you for taking the time to look. in the sand, anouk
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The nature around Aachen is really worth seeing. There are hills and the forest area is extensive. Add to that the beautiful meadows and a walk there will certainly do you good. This photo I took at a green open field where I walked barefoot in the grass with my shoes in the hand. For me that is freedom and I felt one with the earth.
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De natuur rondom Aken is echt de moeite waard. Er zijn heuvels te vinden en het bosgebied is uitgestrekt. Voeg daarbij de prachtige weilanden en een wandeling daar zal je zeker goed doen. Tijdens de wandeling liep ik een groot deel op blote voeten met mijn schoenen in mijn hand in het heerlijke licht vochtige groene gras en op zulke momenten kom je dan echt tot rust.
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Mixed Light Series
The time of day that draws me in where electric light and natural evening light meet creating a few moments of a special blend that alters both.
I processed the image with a painterly abstraction expressing my impression of the moment.
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Hraunfossar is a series of waterfalls with water flowing below a lava field and right out of rocks. There are a couple of observation decks from where you can get good views and photographs.
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful - Hebrews 10:23
Thank you friends for trying to identify the flower in my previous post. It is San Marzano tomato flower from my garden. God's creations are wonderful !
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It's eight miles around Mackinac Island on this narrow bicycle/horse carriage road. On a cold, rainy, foggy October day, the entire road belonged to me.
Another take from the fascinating Grey Wethers double stone circle. A few standing stones of the first circle are in the foreground, the second stone circle in the background.
This was the last photo I took here before we continued our walk back into the forest. Ironically, after about 3 min walk small gaps in the clouds opened up and for a brief moment the stone circles were illuminated against a dark grey background - would have been epic lighting for this location! At least I could feast my eyes on it but we were too far away for me to take any good photo at that point.
To quote Arnie: I'll be back!