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Rhine-Main-Danube Canal
This lock raises and lowers the water by fifteen metres
Rhine-Main-Danube Canal (German, Rhein-Main-Donau-Kanal), artificial waterway with stretches of canalized river, Germany. The canal section joining the Main and Danube rivers stretches 171 km (106 mi) from Bamberg via Nuremberg to Kelheim, and the whole system from the Main at its confluence with the Rhine to the Danube at Passau near the Austrian border is 677 km (420 mi) long. This forms part of a waterway traversing Europe, connecting the North Sea with the Black Sea and passing through the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, and Ukraine.
From where the Main joins the central canal, to around Nuremberg, the countryside is largely hop fields and pasture, the canal reaching a high point of 406 m (1,332 ft) above sea level. Around Kelheim, the low, wooded hills become more densely forested and more dramatic as the canal reaches the Danube.
A cross-Europe canal like this has been a recurring dream of European politicians; as early as 793, Charlemagne made an aborted attempt to drain land for that purpose. In 1846, Ludwig I of Bavaria—using the labour of Italian Gastarbeiteren—laid the foundations by joining the Main and the Danube. Plans for a Rhine-Neckar-Danube canal were halted by World War I, and Ludwig's Canal was abandoned in 1950. Damage to Nuremberg meant that work only started on the Main above Bamberg in 1959, and did not reach Nuremberg until 1972. Completion dates for the canal were repeatedly revised until its opening on September 25, 1992.
Construction of the canal—costing an estimated total of DM six billion—is partly to be paid for by electricity generation at hydroelectric stations along its course. Eastern European business has been much greater than expected, though fears of damagingly cheap trading have been soothed by tariffs and restrictions that roughly equalize the flow of traffic east and west.
The completed waterway transports goods much more cheaply than by road, and some canal-side land has been bought by big oil companies. It is also popular with pleasure boats. Serious doubts though have been raised by the Bund Naturschutz, a German ecological movement—unique species of wildlife along the canal's course may be threatened and sections of canalized river choked by loss of tidal current. After a campaign working since 1965 and a petition in the 1980s, planners—backed by the pro-canal premier Helmut Kohl and defence minister Strauss—responded by high spending on ecological research and by providing, for example, alcoves cut into the canal's banks, meant to act as miniature ecosystems.
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Canon R5
Canon RF 85 F / 2 MACRO IS STM
There is no better painter than nature. There is no better equalizer than nature. There is nothing more beautiful than nature. There is nothing more peaceful than nature. There is nothing more dangerous than nature. There is nothing more violent than nature!
At the end, the older civilizations were worshiping nature for a reason. They were not idiots. I feel they were way more cleverer than us modern idiots; who are consuming the exact same nature that gave us the home to live!
Anyway; I hope I started with something that will let you think and contribute your piece to reduce the destruction of nature. Every pieces count. If you even go twice a week to office with public transport or on a bicycle or by walk. Or remember to switch off that light or that screen or that heater when you don't need that. They all count and if we all 7.9 billion do little of our bit; we would probably see the snow coming back to my town; which was lost since last 5 years. Maybe we can see that lost glacier of Iceland coming back.
I am still hopeful on the humanity. Maybe I am wrong! But this is one thing where I would love the most to be right than anything else.
So do your pieces. Please do your pieces to not leave a rotten and dying (or maybe dead) planet for our next generation!
Now this image; late autumn and early winter only for few days only before the sun comes out the temperature and the dewpoint stays in a perfect symmetry to produce these unbelievable spectacle. A lots of time people ignore them. But if you just turn around and stop for a moment; you can see that the painting is better than Picasso. And if you have a Macro where you can to very close, you will know what I am talking about.
It is hard to take such images as even slightest of wind moves those little grass branches and you can't get a sharp image. So I had to wait for the perfect day and time. After few attempts; I got the right condition on a day where the condition was perfect with the snow and the wind. And finally I managed to capture this spectacular visual; which I call as the perfection of nature.
youtu.be/qqQnJOpgqgEClick here to see the short film documenting the beauty of the region as I have experienced it. Please have a look and you may like it.
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Take care and help the society to recover from the crisis.
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Nowrūz (Persian language: نوروز [noʊruːz]), meaning 'New Day') is the traditional ancient Iranian festival and also the start day of Iranian "New Year".
Nowruz is celebrated and observed by Iranian peoples and the related cultural continent and has spread in many other parts of the world, including parts of Central Asia, South Asia, Northwestern China, the Crimea and some ethnic groups in Albania, Bosnia, Serbia and the Republic of Macedonia.
Nowruz marks the first day of Spring and the beginning of the year in Iranian calendar. It is celebrated on the day of the astronomical vernal equinox, which usually occurs on March 21 or the previous/following day depending on where it is observed. As well as being a Zoroastrian holiday and having significance amongst the Zoroastrian ancestors of modern Iranians, the same time is celebrated in the Indian sub-continent as the new year. The moment the Sun crosses the celestial equator and equalizes night and day is calculated exactly every year and Iranian families gather together to observe the rituals.
The term Nowruz in writing, first appeared in Persian records in the second century AD, but it was also an important day during the time of the Achaemenids (c. 648-330 BC), where kings from different nations under the Persian empire used to bring gifts to the emperor also called King of Kings (Shahanshah) of Persia on Nowruz.
The UN's General Assembly in 2010 recognized the International Day of Nowruz, describing it a spring festival of Persian origin which has been celebrated for over 3,000 years.In 2009 Nowrūz was officially registered on the UNESCO List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Since 2010, the United Nations General Assembly recognizes March 21 as the "International Day of Nowruz".
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowruz
A view of Pastel Canyon in Wash #5, Valley of Fire State Park near Las Vegas, Nevada. I am amazed at the differences in the color and tones between the striations in direct sun and shadow! The contrast becomes apparent as the shadows are lightened to equalize the tones of the image.
Spring is coming: melting snow and ice in munich on the isar. Far in the distance you see the Maximilians-church.
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3 shots hdr, hugin, qtpfsgui.
Qtpfsgui 1.9.3 tonemapping parameters:
Operator: Mantiuk
Parameters:
Contrast Equalization factor: 0.3
Saturation Factor: 1
Detail Factor: 1
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PreGamma: 0.8
While ruminating on the lessons and experiences of attending my first photography workshop, the La Push Collaboration Workshop, I keep returning to one thing. The most valuable aspect of the workshop did not lie in any technical skills learned (though there were many of those). The greatest value was in moments like these, with everybody transfixed by the glow from the embers of the great equalizer--the fire.
The surprisingly many hours spent shooting the shit around the fire helped to provide a more complete picture of the creatives whose artwork and lifestyles are of great inspiration to me. It also solidified a hunch that those of us with a love of both photography and the outdoors share a great commonality, making for effortless conversations and forging of friendships.
Another view towards Suomenlinna. This is from same trip as
I did a G+ post on this too, text is copied below
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A tone mapping exercise with pfstools. I have extensively used Mantiuk06 contrast equalization in +Luminance HDR 2.0.2 but unfortunately since that particular version the algorithm has not produced correct result. For this image I used the Pfstools with
pfsinexr imagename.exr | pfstmo_mantiuk06 -e 1.0 -s 1.0 -v | pfsgamma -g 2.2 | pfsout imagename.png.
The result produced with the previous command is almost exactly the same as the result I use from LuminanceHDR 2.0.2 with contrast factor 0.8 and saturation factor 1.2. Luminance HDR 2.0.2 produces a bit more saturated image which I corrected in +GIMP by increasing the saturation by 25. Also the contrast of the Luminance HDR tonemapped image is a bit higher but that is negligible since in most cases some adjustment is made in any case.
Final image below has several the tonemapped images with different white balances combined. Combination processed in +G'MIC with anisotropic smoothing and overlaid over Hugin fused image with 66 percent opacity. In addition some local sharpening, contrast enhancement etc. edits were applied.
Now as HDR scenes go there probably are several potential points of HDR related discussion here.
1. Why would you use HDR on a scene like that?
2. It is way overdone and does not look natural!
Both of these statements are true for this image, please do not get offended :-) Overdone painterly look is intentional and desired effect for this image. Album has also the original for comparison. It gives a good impression of how the scene actually looked.
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For complete post with the album images see
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50 mm, f/5.6, ISO100
Three exposures with base exposure at 1/500 and +/-2 EV steps. Camera EV bracketing was -1EV, -3EV, +1EV. This leads to a very dark frame in any scene but especially so with this scene.
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This so was so good and well written. This guy will always be the Equalizer to me.
Photoleap
This nebula is located at around 7500 lights years from the Earth and extend over 165 lights years.
On the upper right part you can see the Fish Head Nebula (IC 1795).
On the left it is a part of the Heart Nebula (IC 1805) and you can see Melotte 15 in the middle of the Heart Nebula, a little star cluster with a lot of dust
Starless version: flic.kr/p/2mA2B1y
One exposure 300s : flic.kr/p/2mwYXX5
-Equipment-
Scope: TS-Optics 94/414 EPDH (414mm focal)
Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro at -15°C
Guiding: ZWO OAG
Guiding camera: ZWO ASI 120MM
Mount: Skywatcher NEQ5
Filter: Optrolong L-eXtreme
-Acquisition-
Light :218x300s ( 18h ) at Gain:101 Offset:49
Dark-100x300s Flat-50 Bias-100
Date : Take on 5 night 29, 30 september 2021
and 7, 8, 9 october 2021
Location : France-Alsace Bortle 4/5
-Software-
Carte du Ciel, N.I.N.A, Phd2 , PoleMaster and PixInsight
I use the ForaxX palette for HOO combination
ForaxX website : thecoldestnights.com
And the Ez Processing Suite from darkarcon
darkarcon website : darkarchon.internet-box.ch:8443/
-Pre Processing in PixInsight-
Image Calibration
Cosmetic Correction
Debayer
Subframe Selector
Star Alignement
Local Normalization
Drizzle x2
Dynamic crop
-Processing
Split the master_LRGB into L, R, G, B layer
DynamicBackgroundExtractor each layer
___RGB layer___
Split RGB channels for build Ha and Oiii
Ha=R Oiii= B*0.3+G*0.7
EZ_Soft Stretch
HOO combination with Foraxx formula
R=Ha
G=((Oiii*Ha)^~(Oiii*Ha))*Ha + ~((Oiii*Ha)^~(Oiii*Ha))*Oiii
B=Oiii
Starnet++ for remove stars and build a mask nebula
Color Saturation
Curves Tansformation (K,saturation,hue)
Saturate stars for push up stars color
SCNR with star Mask for remove green in stars (OSC camera)
Bring back the stars with PixelMath
___L layer___
Ez_Deconvolution
Ez_Denoise
Ez_Soft Stretch
Ez_HDR
Local Histogram Equalization with nebula mask
UnsharpedMask with nebula mask
___LRGB___
Final Curve Transformation
DarkStructureEnhance script
EZ_Star Reduction
Save as BMP 32bit file
Clear skies !
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The Tibi is Ladakh’s cultural equalizer. Worn by men, women, and monks, this wool cap is a masterpiece of year-round utility: its ear flaps shield against winter winds or fold up under the summer sun. Unlike the turquoise Perak—a heavy heirloom reserved for ceremony—the Tibi is the garment of the everyday. It is a singular, unisex silhouette and a shared identity that has defined the people of these high-altitude valleys for generations.
Frame/Fork: TETZ-ONE
Headset: Transition Bike
Stem: Thomson
Handlebars: NS Bike
Seatpost: Thomson
Saddle: Fi'zi:k Arione
Cranks: Sugino 75
Chainring: Sugino Zen
Chain: Izumi Super Toughness V
Cog: Grunge
Pedals: Odyssey Twisted PC
Toe Clips: Starfuckers
Toe Straps: SAGlife
Hubs: BORED x Starfuckers Unity 32h
Front Rim: SUNringlé Equalizer
Rear Rim: W-Base Durcus One
Tires: Continental City Contact (Front) / Vittoria Randonneur Hyper (Rear)
Gear Ratio: 42T x 17T
Total Weight : 9.31kg
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I met her before once in poetry and heard her name a lot of times from friends. She's an Angel. While I was wandering alone at WEDCOT Disney Park last night she suddenly appeared and was talking to her baby daughter in the nearby chat. I said hi and she responded and we met up for a snap. While I was taking the shot her daughter, Madi asked who am I and she replied, "She and mommy had the same guy before... a very BAD guy!" and Madi replied, "His big loss!" (copy paste) I shook my head, because they were chatting in the general chat. Checked my radar and saw Patch Linden and sim-creator Trevor Sleydon nearby preparing and waiting for people for the start of the Procession of Lights. I blushed and my face turned red! Yeah, face palm moment indeed! I took them to the event and Madi's daddy Warren came in afterwards. Ended the evening with baby Madi got to greet and introduce herself to Patch and Trevor after the program. ♥
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Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
The very next day, you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day, you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
Once bitten and twice shy
I keep my distance, but you still catch my eye
Tell me, baby, do you recognize me?
It's been a year, it doesn't surprise mе
Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
The vеry next day, you gave it away (You gave it away)
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
"Merry Christmas" I wrapped it up and sent it
With a note sayin', "I love you", I meant it
Now I know what a fool I've been
But if you kissed me now, I know you'd fool me again
Last Christmas, I gave you my heart (I gave you my heart)
But the very next day, you gave it away (You gave it away)
This year, to save me from tears
I'm giving it to someone special
Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
The very next day, you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I'm giving it to someone special...
There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast. --Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers
Camera:Konica Minolta DYNAX 5D, AF DT 18 - 70mm kit
Exposure:5
Aperture:f/5.6
Focal Length:30 mm
ISO Speed:100
Model & Photographer: Me
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In our garden, here in Grimsby, Ontario, there are dependably self-seeding pink, double pink poppies that bloom, fade, drop their petals, dry out, provide seeds and then rustle until it is time to do some garden clean up. I find the patterns formed by the dried out poppies interesting. The Boss, not so much. Then I have to listen to exhortations to get those damn things out to the compost heap. This time, however, I balked and saved them until my Zinnias were in full bloom. That was what I was waiting for to put together this still life with a ‘Find the different thing’ theme. Not too challenging a search, though. Lit by daylight coming in from a large sliding glass door. And then I did as The Boss said. – JW
Date Taken: 2025-08-27
Date PP: 2026-01-27
(c) Copyright 2026 JW Vraets
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Tech Details:
Taken using tripod-mounted Nikon D800 fitted with a Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8 AF-D lense, ISO100, Daylight WB, Spot metering off the Zinnia, Aperture Priority Mode, f/9.0, 3.0 sec with an EV-0.33 exposure bias. PP in free Open Source RAWTherapee from Nikon RAW/NEF source: set final image size to 9000px wide, crop a little off the top and right side to get the left and right sides with similar clearance from the poppies, apply Tone Mapping and Dynamic Range Compression at default levels, use the Tone Equalizer tool to push the background to a featureless black, slightly increase Contrast and Chromaticity in L-A-B mode,use the Graduated Filter to slightly darken the right side of the frame to better balance its tonality with the rest of the frame, boost Vibrance a bit, sharpen, save. PP in free Open Source GIMP: create a Threshold-based mask to allow me to select the lightest parts of the image and then use it to selectively darken those highlights, add a non-destructive dodge/burn layer and use it to slightly brighten the centre of the Zinnia, create a new working layer from the visible results, sharpen, save, scale to 6000 px wide, sharpen, save, add fine black-and-white frame, add bar and text on left, save, scale image to 3200 px wide for posting online, sharpen very slightly, save.
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Blessings & Beauty, Breathtaking Sunset Tampa Bay Florida Panorama - IMRAN™ (SOOC)
Even though it was tempting to brighten and equalize the dark blue shades and hues of the water, I chose to present this breathtaking sunset on Tampa Bay, Florida, as a stitched image from 11 magnificent Nikon D850 photos straight out of camera, with ZERO color editing or tweaking of any kind. The image had to be straightened because I seem to always tilt my camera to the right in portrait orientation photos, and the top edge had some content aware fill artifacts cleaned up to fill blank white spaces. But, the tones, the shades, the colors, the hues, the magic, are all as I saw them and as the Nikon faithfully captured them. What a blessing to experience this moment at my blessed home in Apollo Beach while I am alive and able to, by God's blessings. These sunsets and ends of the days will continue long after the end of our days on earth. But, what better way to have lived than to have appreciated every moment, every blessing, every experience, and having been fortunate enough to capture some of those magical glimpses into the beauty of nature for posterity. Thank you for the love and prayers, always, as I bow my head in prayer to the Almighty Allah, the One God of all creation, and heaven and earth.
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It's Saturday and I don't have to go into work (yeah!) and it looks like it is going to be a beautiful sunrise. So I jump in the car and head up to the foothills east of Idaho Falls just 15 minutes late! Even though I reached the top too late for predawn color, first light on the rolling foothills was gorgeous and there was still plenty of color in the sky and fields!
This image a manual digital blend of two bracketed shots to produce a "graduated neutral density filter" effect. I decided not to do hdr because in this case I didn't want the pinwheel effect you get as the windmills turn. to equalize the sky and ground even more I used the "multiply through a mask" technique which I promised to illustrate when I get a minute.
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Renald, « le coureur des bois », est un de mes plus anciens et plus fidèles amis sur flickr. Il m’a toujours accompagnée et soutenue, avec beaucoup de gentillesse et d’humour.
Son monde en images est un enchantement et ses paysages dans la brume sont de purs joyaux. Il vous montre le monde comme personne d’autre ne le voit, avec beaucoup d’intensité, de douceur, de candeur et d’humour. Chacune de ses photos est un chef-d’œuvre dont on a du mal à se détacher. Il est le modèle que je rêve d’égaler peut-être un jour, dans très très très longtemps. :-)
Renald, si un jour je le pouvais, j’aimerais vraiment découvrir tes lacs et tes bois en ta compagnie (A condition de ne pas courir bien sûr ! :-D )
Allez découvrir son monde de merveilles là :
Renald, "the wood runner ", is one of my oldest and more faithful friends on flickr. He always accompanied and supported me, with much kindness and humour. Its world in images is an enchantment and its misty landscapes are pure jewels. He shows you the world as nobody other sees it, with much intensity, softness, frankness and humour. Each of its photographs is a masterpiece from which you can’t be detached. He is the model I dream to equalize perhaps a day, in a very very very a long time.
Renald, If one day I could, I would really like to discover your lakes and your woods in your company (Providing not to run of course! )
Discover his world of wonders there:
Gauges and equalizer mounted in a 240, found in the junkyard left the equalizer but grabbed the voltmeter set up
CS2 manipulated, equalized the sky, totally de-speckled & un-sharpened to give a CGI look.
Original image is a 60sec exposure using ND110 10 stop ND filter.
Reflections on the "bonnet" of an expensive Bentley automobile remind me that COVID-19 strikes rich and poor alike. We must remember that we are all in this together. We can use this period of time to reconsider our hopes, aspirations, and concerns and come closer together as we are physically distanced.
Luminance HDR 2.3.1 tonemapping parameters:
Operator: Mantiuk06
Parameters:
Contrast Equalization factor: 0.26
Saturation Factor: 1.74
Detail Factor: 8
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PreGamma: 1
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