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"I keep returning because even at its harshest, there is an ethereal, transcendent beauty to the Badlands..." ~ Lori Erickson
When the Lakota first encountered the striking, moon-like landscape, they aptly called the area “Mako Sica” or “bad land.” Early French trappers also described the area as “bad land” after difficult travels over the rugged terrain.
Wishing everyone a fabulous weekend...be safe & enjoy....and as always, thanks for all your visits & kind words. Hope to catch up soon!!!!!
Taken in Laurel, MD at what used to be known as Oak Hill Academy Youth Center; now known as The Maya Angelou Academy at New Beginnings, which is one of the Maya Angelou Public Charter School campuses; a part of the nonprofit, See Forever Foundation.
Brand new facilities have been built, but this is one of the old buildings that still remain on the property.
The mysterious Valley of Desolation is the best place to experience the plains of the Camdeboo and get the real feel of what the Karoo is about. When the sky is clear you will be able to see as far as your eye can.
An old abandoned house on the slopes of Eagle Mountain. On the right on the horizon is Inishtooskert, or better known as "the Sleeping Giant" or 'Dead Man", one of the lesser Blasket Islands.
Dunquin - Dingle - Ireland 2011
A bit of a contrast with the last photo. This is officially in Tower Hamlets, but is just a few metres from the border of the City of London.
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So its 4am so Im a bit tired and will write a description and give this a title tomorrow. I think I may write a short story to go along with this using my concept/idea for this photo too? We shall see...
So I am not in the story writing mood today- possibly another time. However the title will make more sense with a story so I guess I probably really should try to write one sometime soon.
Anyways, the colours in this are not really changed much at all to be quite honest, they were just so beautiful in my opinion. But this was taken in Colorado, where I was for the past week. It was so much fun and I just had forgotten how stunningly beautiful CO is! The mountains, the forests, the wildlife, the trees, everything! Every spare minute I had when my family would go back to the condo I would run up the mountains and shoot in the forests and along the trails and at the top! Although I never had much time because we were out and about pretty much the entire trip. Yet still I managed to squeeze in a lot of shoots in the, I believe, three times I went out to shoot. Each time was between 1-3 hours but that included hiking there and back so not a lot of time to shoot- but in all that I think I did like 10 concepts, give or take one or two. Not sure if Ill post them all because Im not sure if theyll all turn out. I was super psyched to shoot this dragonfly photo using my sister but I never got to do that! Ill have to somewhere in KS soon- I need to hunt for some good locations for that though. Not sure who I will use for it? Maybe Mikala or maybe one of the Maddies?
I also realized right after posting this it is my 3rd photo in a row where Im in a white button down shirt with a tie so HA! Im terribly sorry about that! I suppose I should take a quick break from that wardrobe. Its just that it fits so many concepts so well!
Fossil Falls area
California
The dark rocks were created by volcanic activity thousands of years ago.
(another from the archives)
(selected as a Daily Nature Conservancy photo of the day for 10/6/12)
Isolated barn on the road to Laa Vegas. California, USA.
Granero desolado en camino hacia Las Vegas. California, Estados Unidos.
On the last night of the 2008 Mono Lake Night Photography workshop we had a "free play" if you will. We split apart from the group and set out to explore whatever we could get our tripods next to.
East of Hwy 395, down the 120 east several miles, there is a burnt up forest that sits high above Mono Lake. In between the edge of the living forest and teh burnt one is a long stretch of sand. Curiously, in this sand there was one Pine tree all alone.
I couldn't resist....
SO....the scoop on the shot since that's all most people care about anyway, unless you are visiting Chaybert's photostream and then you are there for the novellas.
EXIF:
Canon 40d
Sigma 10-20mm @ 12mm
ISO 200
f/5.6 @ 20-4 minute frames (total time=4800 secs)
Stacked images in startrails.exe
Full moon and tree lit with a surefire flashlight
A little clean up was done on the foreground as an experiment.....you can see the difference in the desaturated version
The Spirit of Boston roaming the deserted early Sunday morning streets near the Waterfront. Not a soul in sight.
Corner of State and Commercial, Boston, MA
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"The car has become the carapace, the protective and aggressive shell, of urban and suburban man."
--Marshall McLuhan
prime land, where public housing used to be, gifted to developers for sale to private parties #Dublin7 #ODevaneyGardens
meanwhile, more families sleeping on the streets than at any other time
the ugliest most corrupt face of capitalism in Ireland
I keep flipping back to the news channels - CNN, BBC, Reuters, NPR, Pravda and watching as Europe slides closer and closer to war.
I watch as one of the world's super powers invades a sovereign country without provocation. Can there ever be sufficient provocation?
They are relying on their strength and the fears of the rest of Europe and the world to accomplish their goals, which to me, seem to be horrifyingly similar to those of Nazi Germany at the beginning of the second world war.
I am afraid.
I feel desolate.
The second lead on the news sites is the Academy Awards.
That makes me even more afraid.
my new playground im not finished with this beach yet , so many ideas just need good light !!
The red glow is from the powerstation lights but it adds an atmosphere i like !!
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You don't often see the Tidal Basin this desolate. But this was the scene Friday, March 6, 2015 a few minutes before sunset. The snow from the storm the day before was still fresh, with the Basin totally frozen over (Washington D.C.) [DSC_3136-C]
Desolation Sound Aug 2008
Desolation Sound Aug 2008
desolation sound aug 2008
desolation sound aug 2008
Huge boulders including an unusual "toadstool" formation are strewn amid shale hills beneath a towering sandstone mesa.
Sunrise over the White Sands National Monument casts stark shadows over the rivulets of sand atop the large sand dunes.
It was sad to walk around where life once was. My feet made crunching noises as they walked over the shells of dead molluscs, and other water life. All around were huge clumps of fossilized mussels, like from some prehistoric age. The only visible life was the odd plant (like this one) that suited the climate. (Best to look at the large size).
I don't usually do the self-portrait thing.
I love the sound of an abandoned place.
The smell of mildew and rotting wood.
Water damage.
Creaky floors.
Remnants of the past.
Sticking with the mono tree theme... These trees are perched atop a rapidly eroding clifftop on a rather desolate stretch of the Suffolk coastline. On my last visit there were three trees that looked like they'd been sculpted by the wind, but they seem to have sadly succumbed to the recent storms.
Canon 5D MkII
Canon 17-40mm f4L @ 25mm
1/15 @ f/11.0
ISO 100
Lee 0.6 ND grad
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