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The brightly colored pieces of cloth that you find
hanging in some of the trees along the Tower Trail
and elsewhere in the Monument are referred to as
prayer cloths, prayer bundles, prayer ribbons, prayer
ties, and prayer flags. They are physical, symbolic
representations of prayers and are here by American
Indian people as part of their religious ceremonies.
Please do not touch, take, or disturb these prayer
cloths in any way. It is considered culturally
insensitive to photograph these items and we request
that you do not do so.
Today we headed to the Australian Reptile Park in Somersby.
It had been on the agenda for a while, and in my case, it had been 12 years since my last visit.
The harsh daylight (in which I normally do not shoot) made photography difficult and ultimately unsatisfying, but I did manage to land a pleasant enough portrait of this cute Tasmanian devil.
It is sure different to shooting in the wilds of Africa during warm morning/afternoon light!
Devils Tower rises above the surrounding grassland and Ponderosa pine forests like a rocky sentinel. Northern Plains tribes have worshipped near this remarkable geologic formation for thousands of years. Fur trappers, explorers, and settlers alike were awed by the tower's majesty. In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt established Devils Tower as our nation's first national monument. Many have gazed at the Tower and wondered, "How did this amazing formation form?"
This is sunrise behind the Devils Kitchen from Llyn Idwal. On a morning like this there are not many places more bleak and desolate.
day 78 : 03.22.09
yet another appearance of the gusbuster on 365, snuggling on the bed with us for a bit before we go to sleep... he can't ever get up on the bed without bringing a toy, and this time the lucky comfort object of choice was his bad cuz, which we refer to simply as the "devil ball". it's definitely one of his favorites.
explore #424. :)
President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed Devils Tower America's first national monument on September 24, 1906.
Cute little baby Tasmanian Devils
Photo Tools Used
Nikon D90
12.3 million Effective pixels
Image sensor
CMOS sensor, 23.6 x 15.8 mm; total pixels: 12.9 million; Nikon DX format
Image size (pixels) 4,288 x 2,848 [L], 3,216 x 2,136 [M], 2,144 x 1,424 [S]
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50mm f1.4
18-55 f3.5
70-300 f3.5
The Post Processing Tools
Aperture 3
Photoshop CS
Color Efex Pro
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Some stunning Nikon D90 time lapse photography
After a wait of 5 hours(!) for a westbound, UP 4028 leads a westbound stack train across the bridges at Devils Slide, Utah.
4 October 2014
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I visited Featherdale Animal Park today along with my daughter and grandchildren. It is always a fun day out.
The Devil's Marbles are made of granite, which surfaces like a little geological island in the desert, surrounded by incredible amounts of sandstone. The granite is thought to be formed about 1.7 billion years ago as a result of the hardening of magma within the earth's crust. Thick layers of sandstone on top of it put a lot of pressure on this granite. After the folding of the earth's crust, which lead to the lifting of the granite, and the erosion of the sandstone the granite came to surface. The pressure was gone which caused the granite to be able to expand; cracks formed, and it fell apart in big, square blocks.
The second phase of the formation of the Marbles started when these blocks got exposed to water. The surface of the blocks began to decay under the influence of the water, and a layer of loose material surrounded the individual blocks. When they came to the surface completely, this layer was flushed away by water and blown away by wind.
The roundening of the granite blocks is a result of both chemical and mechanical weathering. Firstly, exfoliation plays a part. Chemical processes cause the surface of the blocks to expand and/or shrink. Thin layers of rock come off the boulder. This rounds the granite block, because the chemical processes have more effect on areas with edges. These processes cause the rock to look like it is made of layers like an onion. In effect, only the outer few centimeters are affected by chemical weathering. This process is called spheroidal weathering. Secondly, the boulders are suffering from solarisation. Because the temperature differences between day and night are so great, the rocks expand and shrink a little bit every 24 hours. This causes some rocks to crack, sometimes even splitting them in half.
The area is located near Wauchope, approximately 114km south of Tennant Creek, in the Northern Territory. The site is known as Karlu Karlu to the land's Aboriginal traditional owners. The ‘Devil’s Marbles’ or ‘Karlu Karlu’ with its gigantic, rounded granite boulders, some spectacularly poised, is a remarkable landscape. Scattered clusters of these ‘marbles’ are spread across a wide, shallow valley. The Devil’s Marbles is a nationally and internationally recognised symbol of Australia’s outback
Devil's Courthouse Overlook, Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina. I purposly exposed this shot for the cloudy sky which put the mountain into almost a silhouette. I thought the feature would still be recognizable. If you view large you can see two hikers standing on top of the overlook at middle edge left.
We camped on a site just below the Tower. We had just finished dinner when the storm began. It was so bad that we literally had to hold the tent down. By morning the air mattresses were floating in the tent.
Taken on a particularily well-lit afternoon walk on Devils Peak - think it was the combination of late-afternoon sun and the brisk, clear air.
Livingstone Island, Zambia
Devil's Pool is adjacent to the famous Livingstone Island situated on the edge of the Victoria Falls.
During the drier months of the year, May to October, it is possible to walk along the lip of the falls. This can only be done from the Zambian side. After thousands of years of erosion, many rock pools have formed and one of them has formed right on the very edge of the sheer drop.
Over 500 million litres of water a minute cascade over the almost 2km wide falls, causing a deafening and spectacular explosion of spray which can be seen 30 miles away. This is why it is known locally as Mosi-oa-Tunya, or The Smoke that Thunders.
You can find guides who will take you on the Zambian side, at the entrance to the Falls.
A tribute to my friends at Devil's Canyon Brewery in Belmont, CA.
I took one of their glasses and mounted it on my sliding glass rig. The rig stops abruptly splashing the beer.
Strobist info;
- The rig is sound activated using a Quaketronics flash controller.
- SB-800 flash set behind a custom built acrylic diffusion screen.
- Used two posterboard screens in front to highlight the logo (I only had one flash at the time).
Amber brew this time -- looks like an ear (huh?).