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Old volcanic cinder cones punctuate the horizon behind the bleak, snow covered lava fields of Iceland. The ever-setting sun provides little warmth.
Desolate, it really is one of the few single words that can be used to describe Rannoch Moor, one of the most incredible and wild parts of Scotland. This is the kind of location that makes Scotland the unique country that it is, from its very built up and densely populated central belt to the mountainous west highlands it is so diverse in so many ways. Nature really has packed an awful lot of interest into such a small country, no wonder we call it, "The Best Wee Country In The World."
Wisdom from previous masters. Bring a lens cover for your gear... I ran into a photographer that learned this lesson the hard way here. Fortunately my gear survived unscathed. Definitely go shoot. Don't try to eat your dinner... It's just going to turn out a bit crunchy and gritty.
A number of area in the northern area of the Death Valley were carpeted with beautiful yellow flowers.
View large - 'Desolation in Bloom' On Black
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A bit of abstract photography for today and another shot from Burnham on Sea.
After getting my photo of the lighthouse I just stood there on the beach for a while thinking how desolate it was. Stood there in the cold wind, it really wasn't a pleasant place to be and the feeling of loneliness and desolation really hit me. It was grey and miserable with not a lot going on, but I did see some nice patterns where the tide had gone out so I tried to find something I could make out of them.
This shot isn't going to be everyone's cup of tea but it reminds me of some kind of impressionist painting and to be honest, I think this would look nice in my bathroom lol!!
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Camera: Omfman 612 multiformat pinhole
Lens: Omfman f160 at 1/2 sek
Film: Fomapan 400
Negative scan, R09 1/40 9min
Another abandoned farmhouse in northwest Iowa. I often wonder what happened to the families that lived in these old places.
Nice on black.
Textures by Distressed Jewell, Boccacino, and Sarah Gardner.
The Valley Of Desolation is a section of Camdeboo National Park, a far away park of the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Here the erosion of the softer sedimentary beds has left dolerite pillars which rise to heights of 90-120 metres. I shot this picture during a thunderstorm, when the beautiful light enhanced all tones of green of this amazing and desolate landscape.
Camdeboo National Park - Eastern Cape, South Africa. © www.chiarasalvadori.com
There's something special about the former Rio Grande across the Utah desert and there are no shortage of ways to try to capture it in images. Standing on a small hill next to BLM road 328 with a 300mm zoom on a crop sensor camera this view of the distant La Sal mountains behind the Utah desert foreground contrasts the different scenery through this part of the west. Despite I70 being not very far away this stretch of the Rio Grande through Floy and Solitude seems especially remote. This view also makes it clear that the desert through here is far less than flat despite how it looks from some perspectives. 3/27/2016
It's April and it is raining (expected) but the cold front came and back to below season to postpone spring weather for some more. Took a break to take a coupe of photos by the beach. I ha just enough time before it started pouring before the evening and it has not let up since :|
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Taken at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park with storm clouds behind and bright sunlight from the side.
“I do not know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” – Albert Einstein.
Few places on Earth have been as radically transformed by humans within a span of a few centuries as Iceland. Prior to Norse settlement (landnám) in the late 9th century AD, the Icelandic environment was characterised by wetlands, woodlands and shrub heath in lowland areas, while much of the highlands sustained shrublands and heath. In this pristine island ecosystem, the settlers initiated a decentralised system of agriculture primarily based on animal husbandry, in which full use was made of land and resources. Paleoenvironmental studies indicate that the pastoralist agriculture, in particular the increased emphasis on sheep rearing, in conjunction with removal of vegetation, is largely responsible for the dramatic degradation of soils and vegetation that is evident in Icelandic paleoenvironmental research. Today over 42% of the surface of Iceland is classified as desert despite a relatively humid climate. A large proportion of these deserts in the interiors formed after human settlement. (Excerpts from: Landscape change in the Icelandic highland: A long-term record of the impacts of land use, climate and volcanism by Sigrún Dögg Eddudóttir, Egill Erlendsson, Guðrún Gísladóttir)