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I am always a little ambivalent about shooting someone else’s art. It’s like trying to make art out of art, and that seems a little like cheating. On the other hand, capturing art and doing it any kind of justice is not easy. The better the art, the more difficult it is to capture it in a way that conveys what the artist was saying, but the more worthy of the effort it seems.
Dale Chihuly is a glass artist of Seattle, Washington. He is possibly the most well-recognized glass artist in the world at this time. He has had installations all over the world, and does work unlike any other that I am aware of. This year he put up multiple installations at the Biltmore in Asheville, North Carolina. His work is incredible. Seen in the house, in the conservatory, and in the gardens, all are lit so that they can be viewed at night as well as during the day. I was able to so both during a recent visit to the Biltmore. It was incredible. I have seen a few of his pieces before, but never so much of it in one place. I am aware of how far short the photographs come to capturing the power of the work itself, but did have to try. Here is one of those efforts. This is a boat filled with an awesome array of shapes and colors captured in glass, floating in a lily pond, and reflected in water.
With a maximum working distance of just 10.1 cm the Canon MP-E65mm isn't the best tool for chasing damselflies like this teneral variable bluet (Coenagrion pulchellum) as it is both difficult to fit the entire damsel in frame as well as not scaring them away as you have to get so close.
This was taken at 1.2:1 magnification which is almost as far away as you can get with this lens. As for why it didn't fly away, it is actually because this one has just crawled out of its larval stage and pumped up its wings and was waiting for them to dry before flying. I put this together from three exposures compiled nto one shot using Zerene Stacker.
Part 1 is taken a little further away (as much as the lens would allow me) and fit the entire animal in fram. This also shows how plasticky the wings appear when they have just hatched: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/50147127721/
I chose to use the purple stripe, as it matched my Cap and Jacket and I walked across with pride and respect for it's significance to all.
“Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever...” - Isak Dinesen.
why this quote? i felt that this wall and wood ballet gone through difficult times withstanding these weights and all the dust and all that, still standing and holding theirselves together. Yet, they look peaceful and beautiful. Things go in a different way inside my head, i already know that :p so thanks anyways!
Kepp sharing the love. Keep the optimism. :)
These cobra-like plants, Darlingtonia californica, are found natively in the bog areas of Northern California and Southwestern Oregon. They flower in May or June with hanging blooms of yellow and red and produce up to a dozen leaves per plant. Erect seed pods remain most of the summer. Insects are lured into the leaf opening under the hood by nectar on the colorful "petal-like" appendages and the edges of the opening. Once inside the hood the insects become confused by the many transparent areas in the upper parts of the leaves which appear as exits. Keeping a foothold on the glassy smooth upper surface of the tube is difficult, and eventually the insects are trapped in the lower tube by sharp downward pointing hairs. After falling into a pool of liquid at the base of the leaf, the captive is digested and absorbed as food through the plant's thin lower walls.
to photograph a glass of wine from above turned out more difficult than i expected. i wish i could do better
Na Pali Coast, Kauai, Hawaii
Another image of the awesome Na Pali Coast on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. It was very difficult to photograph the coast on the day I attempted to do so. First, the image was taken from a moving Zodiac boat which was not only constantly moving forward but was also rocking sideways in the waves. Second, the time of the day when the boats reach this part of the coast in mid-October is when the sun shines directly into your lens. Third, the clouds and the deep valleys and mountain ridges of the coast create a very high contrast scene. Without multiple exposures or grad filters, this coast is very difficult to photograph. Yet, because you are moving with the boat, you cannot take multiple shots of the same scene or use grad filters. I assume it would be much easier to photograph the coast in Summer because the sun would be in a different position and the ocean would be much calmer than in October.
This heavenly coast was used by Hollywood as a backdrop for numerous movies, including the first two films in the Jurassic Park series, the 1976 version of King Kong, and Raiders of the Lost Ark. It is one of the most beautiful places on Earth in my opinion.
Khalid Al Qassimi and Chris Patterson having their metal tested in the Dyfi complex, Wales rally GB 2017.
This shot has proved to be rather challenging to obtain an acceptable final image. I really like the composition, but it is shot into the light and it has proved difficult to get the right balance between the front of the train, the station buildings and the backlighting. After a number of attempts I have settled on this black and white version
East Midlands Railways 156470 is about to depart from Loughborough working 2L75, 15:39 Leicester – Grimsby, 28th September 2022.
Where I live in the Pennines, Meadow Pipits are a very common breeding bird and often settle on walls and rocks. So I'd say more than 99.9% of wall-perching Pipits will be Meadow Pipits. But the very similar Tree Pipit can also perch on walls and rocks, and Meadow Pipits can perch in trees, so we cannot rely on that. The best plumage feature to separate Tree Pipit from Meadow Pipit is the flank streaking. In Meadow Pipit the breast streaking continues boldly down the flanks towards the tail, whereas on Tree Pipit the flanks are more finely streaked than the breast, which identifies this problematic pipit as a Tree Pipit. This one called a drawn out, buzzing "speez" to confirm its identity, quite unlike the sip-sip-sip of Meadow Pipit. Tree Pipit's bill is slightly stronger, and appears to angle upwards from the face, and if you could see the hindclaw it would look normal, whereas Meadow Pipit has an abnormally long hindclaw.
The name Pipit comes originally from the Latin verb pipio, meaning to chirp, and "Tree" because their parachuting song flight usually ends with them landing on the top of a small tree, though they are not woodland birds. The scientific name is Anthus trivialis. Anthus was a grassland bird mentioned by Pliny. Trivialis literally means where roads meet (tri via), but then came to mean ordinary or commonplace (and trivial). I photographed this migrant recently in the Peak District in South Yorkshire.
Linhof Technikardan S w/6x12 back
125mm Fujinon
Polarizer and 3 stop ND
Fuji Acros 120 at ISO 100
f/22 at 1 second
Developed in Microphen 1:3 using a Jobo Processor
Spent an hour getting some shots at the iconic boat house on the swan river .... managed to make the shots look peaceful , even though there was a steady cue of tourists with selfie sticks making things difficult ha !!!
looking down on Hope Cement Works from the air, the true scale of the quarries is difficult to comprehend from the ground...
Stodmarsh, near Marsh hide.
Difficult to get onto them through the reeds but managed it a few times. The birds were stripping the seeds from the rush much the same as a penduline tit does.
the ford gt makes me use big letters for introducing it.
as a man you cannot get closer to the car without feeling the rising tension and your accelerated heartbeat.
the gt is the most macho car you can buy today.
and it´s very difficult to do a good shot of a complete gt - if you ever tried it you know what i mean ;)
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Always difficult to find a different angle at the much photographed Kimmeridge Bay so I thought I photograph it from the top of the inland ridge with the village itself in the foreground. The sun is setting over Tyneham Cap in the distance on a misty evening.
This is a tribute to my favourite wildlife artist, Zimbabwean born David Filer.
Quite a few years ago I bought one of his beautiful original pencil drawings of two dung beetles but I doubt that I could afford one now!
This is my take on his artwork "Tatenda" and the link to the original is below. His skill is such that it's difficult to distinguish his pencil drawing from a photograph. In fact I would go further and say that his drawing is more realistic and lifelike than my photo. www.manzart.com/collections/david-filer-2/products/tatenda
Punda Maria
Kruger National Park
Limpopo
South Africa
Nikon D850
Sigma 50mm F/1.4 DG HSM Art
B+W Circular Polarizer
It is difficult to express the beauty and vastness of this lake with pictures. No pictures can do justice to this. I feel like going there again and again every time I see pictures of this high altitude Himalayan lake. Pangong Tso, a massive (604 square km) high altitude (4,225 m or 13,862 ft) salt water lake with turquois blue water surrounded by mountains. Feels like a painting of dream.
These lakes are one of the proof that Himalaya actually came from the Tethys Sea. That is the reason why most of the lakes in this region are really ancient and are massive salt water bodies. The remaining of the Tethys Sea where the sea water was trapped during the uprising of Himalayas something like 200 million years ago. That is why these are very different of the other glacial lakes of Himalayas.
I believe I didn't do justice to the natural beauty of this location in my photographs. I should have spend more time there. Should have done more sunset and sunrise photographs. But this was one of my favorite images from the Pangong Tso. In this image I can see all the different colors of the lake, a bit of scattered cloud is always nice. This place being very dry; the sky is always clear and bright with no pollution and humidity to make it look pale.
I should have done some MilkyWay here. I also marked some of the sunrise locations. Maybe next time. :)
Stay safe, comply with the authority strictly, stay at home, stop the chain of the virus.
Take care and help the society to recover from the crisis.
Ok. If you have already reached till here; may be you will be interested to see Ladakh in a bit more detail!
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Have a nice weekend.
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Autobots....Roll out.
Not quite sharp on his face but very difficult with 34mm of extension tubes on the 50.
Meganeiwa is an arch-shaped rock in Katsuura City, Chiba Prefecture. Megane means glasses, but does it look like grasses?
Ramberget, Gothenburg.
Feeling philosophical.
So Mr. Obama, you have some work to do. Please be humble. There are a lot of things that have to change around here. We all hope you can make a difference! Good luck! You'll need it...
Quote by Robert H. Goddard.
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It's difficult to tell where Kingsand finishes and the neighbouring village of Cawsand begins, and many of the buildings on the far left are actually in Cawsand. The local council has given up trying, and now the sign at the side of the road simply says Kingsand-Cawsand. But until the middle of the 19th century Kingsand was in Devon and Cawsand was in Cornwall. The pretty former fishing villages are on the Rame Peninsula in the far south-east of Cornwall where they overlook Plymouth Sound. In the distance is part of Mount Edgcumbe Country Park, jointly owned by Plymouth City Council and Cornwall County Council.
In the centre of the picture the long dark grey building behind the village is the former Cawsand Fort. This was part of the 19th century naval defences of Plymouth and Devonport and was built on the site of a late 18th century battery. Like several other forts around Plymouth Sound, it has been converted into housing.
The requirement for defences in and around Cawsand Bay first became clear in 1779 when a 66 strong Franco-Spanish fleet anchored there intending to land 30,000 soldiers ashore. The invaders had planned to seize the high ground and bombard Plymouth and the Devonport dockyard. As with the earlier Spanish Armada, storms - plus the arrival of an English squadron - forced the ships to weigh anchor and depart. A battery was then constructed at Cawsand but following the end of the Napoleonic wars the threat subsided.
In the late 1850s a new threat was perceived when the French built the first heavily armoured ocean-going ironclad, "La Gloire". This immediately rendered the Royal Navy's wooden ships obsolete and prompted the British to build a ring of forts around their various dockyards, including the fort at Cawsand, which was on the site of the earlier battery. The British also responded by building their own ironclads, with HMS Warrior and its sister ship, both of which entered service in the early 1860s.
The California Lighthouse is a lighthouse located at Hudishibana near Arashi Beach and the Sasariwich dunes on the northwest tip of Aruba. This lighthouse was named for the steamship California, which was wrecked nearby on September 23, 1891.
The lighthouse has completed a recent restoration in May 2016 which coincided with the 100th anniversary of the completion of the lighthouse.
The terrain is moon-like with sharp rocks sticking out of the ground, making it difficult for people to walk on without sturdy footwear.
O Farol da Califórnia é um farol localizado em Hudishibana, perto da praia de Arashi e das dunas de Sasariwich, na ponta noroeste de Aruba. Este farol recebeu o nome do navio a vapor Califórnia, que naufragou nas proximidades em 23 de setembro de 1891.
O farol completou uma restauração recente em maio de 2016, que coincidiu com o 100º aniversário da conclusão do farol.
O terreno é lunar com pedras pontiagudas saindo do chão, dificultando a caminhada sem calçados resistentes.
El faro de California es un faro ubicado en Hudishibana, cerca de la playa de Arashi y las dunas de Sasariwich en el extremo noroeste de Aruba. Este faro recibió su nombre del barco de vapor California, que naufragó cerca el 23 de septiembre de 1891.
El faro completó una restauración reciente en mayo de 2016 que coincidió con el centenario de la finalización del faro.
El terreno es como una luna con rocas afiladas que sobresalen del suelo, lo que dificulta que las personas caminen sin calzado resistente.
De California Lighthouse is een vuurtoren in Hudishibana nabij Arashi Beach en de Sasariwich-duinen op het noordwestelijke puntje van Aruba. Deze vuurtoren is genoemd naar het stoomschip California, dat op 23 september 1891 in de buurt verging.
De vuurtoren heeft in mei 2016 een recente restauratie voltooid, die samenviel met de 100ste verjaardag van de voltooiing van de vuurtoren.
Het terrein is maanachtig met scherpe rotsen die uit de grond steken, waardoor mensen moeilijk kunnen lopen zonder stevig schoeisel.
Il California Lighthouse è un faro situato a Hudishibana vicino alla spiaggia di Arashi e alle dune di Sasariwich sulla punta nord-occidentale di Aruba. Questo faro prende il nome dal piroscafo California, che naufragò nelle vicinanze il 23 settembre 1891.
Il faro ha completato un recente restauro nel maggio 2016 che ha coinciso con il 100° anniversario del completamento del faro.
Il terreno è lunare con rocce appuntite che sporgono dal terreno, rendendo difficile per le persone camminare senza calzature robuste.
Le phare de Californie est un phare situé à Hudishibana près de la plage d'Arashi et des dunes de Sasariwich à la pointe nord-ouest d'Aruba. Ce phare porte le nom du bateau à vapeur California, qui a fait naufrage à proximité le 23 septembre 1891.
Le phare a terminé une restauration récente en mai 2016 qui a coïncidé avec le 100e anniversaire de l'achèvement du phare.
Le terrain ressemble à une lune avec des rochers pointus qui sortent du sol, ce qui rend difficile la marche sans chaussures solides.
Der California Lighthouse ist ein Leuchtturm in Hudishibana in der Nähe von Arashi Beach und den Sasariwich-Dünen an der Nordwestspitze von Aruba. Dieser Leuchtturm wurde nach dem Dampfschiff California benannt, das am 23. September 1891 in der Nähe zerstört wurde.
Der Leuchtturm wurde kürzlich im Mai 2016 restauriert, was mit dem 100. Jahrestag der Fertigstellung des Leuchtturms zusammenfiel.
Das Gelände ist mondähnlich mit scharfen Felsen, die aus dem Boden ragen, was es für Menschen schwierig macht, ohne festes Schuhwerk darauf zu gehen.
カリフォルニア灯台は、アラシ ビーチ近くのフディシバナと、アルバの北西端にあるササリウィッチ砂丘にある灯台です。この灯台は、1891 年 9 月 23 日に近くで難破した蒸気船カリフォルニア号にちなんで名付けられました。
灯台は、灯台の完成 100 周年と一致した 2016 年 5 月に最近の修復を完了しました。
地形は月のようで、鋭い岩が地面から突き出ており、丈夫な靴を履いていないと歩くのが困難です。
منارة كاليفورنيا هي منارة تقع في هوديشيبانا بالقرب من شاطئ أراشي وكثبان ساساريويتش على الطرف الشمالي الغربي من أروبا. سميت هذه المنارة باسم باخرة كاليفورنيا ، التي تحطمت في مكان قريب في 23 سبتمبر 1891.
أكملت المنارة عملية ترميم حديثة في مايو 2016 تزامنت مع الذكرى المئوية لإكمال المنارة.
التضاريس شبيهة بالقمر حيث تبرز صخور حادة من الأرض ، مما يجعل من الصعب على الناس المشي بدون أحذية متينة.
Really difficult to capture these tiny flowers clearly and sharply. I took many photos to get one that was satisfactory.
It seems difficult to imagine a steam train running up and down what appears to be a pier, but that is exactly what happened after the Stone Jetty in Morecambe was constructed in the middle of the 19th century. The train picked up passengers from ferry boats from Ireland and the Isle of Man that used to call in at the small station and ferry terminal seen on the left in the distance. The old building is now a very pleasant cafe. A new port at nearby Heysham in the early 20th century meant the end of Morecambe's ambition as a port.
Morecambe used to have two conventional seaside piers in its heyday, as well as a large station on the seafront, but these have now all gone. The Stone Jetty is now effectively the town's pier. It provides outstanding views of Morecambe Bay and the mountains of the Lake District in the distance.
The night between years caught me far away from civilization, on a mountain that is very dear to me - Ciucas;
I started climbing around 8:00 PM in complete darkness and with no signs of people whatsoever.
Although hiking during the night is pretty familiar to me, I must admit that winter night hikes are not - so it was also a challenge for me, a challenge that proved to be quite challenging :); the snow layer exceeded 2 meters on the ridge, having completely buried all the signs, including the poles, not only making orientation extremely difficult, but also slowing me down a lot (the snow was quite fresh, making me sink with every step I made).
The trail was supposed to take about 4 hours to complete (ending up on Ciucas peak) - I only managed to complete 3/4 of it in about 3.5 hours after which I decided to stop due to the incredibly difficult progress through the snow.
So instead of welcoming 2019 from the peak, I did it from the ridge (at 1700m altitude), on a huge blanket of snow, surrounded by mountains and with the stars and Milky Way as a substitute for the fireworks; the absolute silence completed the atmosphere.
Instead of the traditional glass of champagne, I enjoyed a hot cup of tea instead, letting my mind wonder freely at this (still) palpable miracle called nature.
So I ended 2018 with an amazing hike and started the new year with yet another hike (back to the car).
Having felt sorry about not taking my camera with me (the sky was amazing with the Milky Way visible with the bare eyes, and the snow covered trees and peaks would have created a wonderful nightscape), I came back in the morning and managed to capture a few frames, including this one - as it can be seen, the snow and blizzard have created amazing structures, some of which looked like nothing I had seen before. The pictures I made do not make justice to the amazing scenery that my eyes had the pleasure of seeing, but it still gives an idea :).
Happy New Year, my friends!
a very difficult composition to make cause I had the idea in my mind but I didn't know how to make it. I just played during hours with photoshop before finding a solution. It really looks like the idea I had of but I'm not entirely satisfied.
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The most difficult part of this build was to take a good photo of it as it didn't fit into my light box. I think it turned out alright. Let me know what you think. Cheers
This tiny bird calls boldly but we found it difficult to find and difficult to photograph. "The scientific name of the Pacific-slope Flycatcher, difficilis, is appropriate. It means "difficult," and this species is extremely difficult to distinguish from the similar Cordilleran Flycatcher." allaboutboids
Arles - Espace Van Gogh
Un antico ospedale che fu costruito tra il 1573 e il 1680, riunendo i 32 complessi di sanità presenti all'epoca in città. Nel 1835 tre dei corpi di fabbrica intorno al chiostro centrale furono rialzati in seguito a un'epidemia di colera. Nel 1889 vi fu ospitato Van Gogh, che raffigurò l'edificio nei suoi quadri. L'ospedale cessò di funzionare negli anni '70.
Successivamente l'edificio subì ampie opere di restauro ed ora è trasformato in centro culturale.
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This little crystal is from one of the warm snowfalls earlier this season. It’s difficult to shoot them before they melt, with the outer features fading first. The inner details however are something to marvel at. View large!
Warm snowfalls are very difficult to photograph in, but I’m out there every chance I get; You never know when something interesting and unusual is going to appear in front of you! This plate-turned-dendrite has one of my favourite forms, providing interesting fern-like branches with strong geometry in the center. The center here also has a bit extra: a snowflake inside a snowflake.
Not exactly, but it’s a fun example of a “skeletal form” type crystal. The smaller top snowflake shape has “bones” that run up the center of the branches and connect the top plate to the bottom plate. This kind of snowflake is a unique variant of the split-plate or capped column, where the stunted growth of the secondary plate (the one that lost the battle for access to water vapour) continues to grow outward, albeit at a slower pace than its bigger half. You don’t see these structures often!
This likely means that the side containing the smaller plate was facing the direction of wind, and thereby was still able to have some access to “building blocks” for continued growth. This can be backed up by the smaller rounded trapezoidal shapes on the inside of the larger plate. These indicate inward crystal growth, showing that the plate is “filling in” from thicker edges. This only happens when the inner area of the crystal is able to still receive water vapour.
Editing these snowflakes becomes a bigger challenge as well. As these subjects are so very fleeting, from the first frame to the last frame the snowflake might have completely melted. Focus-stacking is the technique used to combine multiple frames at different focus points to get the entire snowflake crisp and sharp from tip to tip… but what happens if the subject is actively changing while you shoot? The answer is a bit of a headache.
The center of the snowflake would remain largely untouched by the melting process, but the branches are tricky as they start to melt first. I usually pass forward and back across the snowflake, hoping to get as many needed images as possible in a single pass. I might make 4-5 passes across the crystal, making sure that I haven’t missed anything, as there are always images missing from the sequence due to the hand-held approach I use… it’s the missing slices that prove problematic.
If I need to take the missing slices from a second or third pass across the crystal, it won’t line up properly with its neighbouring focus slices. The later image will have degraded further; edges would be more rounded and the tips would be shorter. Making them fit together again is a manual process that takes a fair bit of time in Photoshop. On average my snowflake images take about 4 hours to edit, but these kinds of issues usually add an hour onto that process. I think it’s worth the extra time, and I hope you agree!
Snowflakes form in very interesting and beautiful ways, and understanding where these shapes come from has always fascinated me. If you like these posts, you’ll absolutely love the 304pg hardcover book “Sky Crystals: Unraveling the Mysteries of Snowflakes”: skycrystals.ca/book/ - it’s everything a science and photography geek could hope for. :)
To marvel at more of these winter wonders, check out “The Snowflake” print, which is the culmination of over 2500 hours of work with the subject funneled into a single image: skycrystals.ca/poster/ - the perfect image to make winter a little more tolerable!
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