View allAll Photos Tagged exploremore
The Christmas rush in Dublin City Centre, a LUAS tram sweeps by St Stephens Green shopping centre, all illuminated nicely in red for Christmas 2021.
Khwai Concession Area | Botswana
I'm not quite sure what exactly that meat is, but it's some inner parts for sure... of an elephant.
Normally on a Friday evening at this time I'm in that jubilant end of week mode as I pull my kit on for five a side football and wonder what's for dinner afterwards. It's a routine that's been going on for more than seventeen years now, and I've never been sure what I'm going to replace it with when I finally accept that I can't keep up with the youngsters any more.
At the moment football is off the agenda of course, so when Lee managed to cram Porthleven, high tide, 5:30pm and big waves all into one short and excited sentence yesterday, I immediately confirmed my availability. As soon as my day at the office (well my kitchen at the moment) had passed, I grabbed the camera bag, trusting that everything was in it, threw the tripod into the boot of the car and set off.
I've never photographed Porthleven before. I really have no idea why, as it has a reputation for exciting storms, despite being on the more sheltered south coast of Cornwall. Perhaps it's because I live just five minutes drive from the more predictably brutal north coast and its surging tides which fill so many of my evenings with contented drama. We started by the church with the big lens fixed on the cliffs to the east of town where some big waves were beating the coast with a steady rhythm, before heading up to this vantage point on the other side of the harbour. It wasn't easy with the 70-200 on the tripod and a six stop filter thrown in to add to the complications, but on the odd image that wasn't destroyed by the buffeting winds, the results were quite exciting. On this one a seagull was generous enough to stay put for a few seconds and add to the composition.
One of the best places I have experienced with a strenous hike to camping on the wilderness alpine lake with divine light during sunset and you are just grateful to be a landscape photographer
Sometimes I arrive at a location not really having much of a clue what I'm going to point the camera at. Last night, returning here for the first time in some months I sat at the edge of the dunes, gazing absently at the scene and being indecisive until I realised that the silhouettes and their shadows on the wet sand left by the outgoing tide were the subject. I hope this complete stranger and her jumping dog don't mind me putting them in front of you. I hope her friend and the second dog, who had adopted less pleasing stances don't mind me using a bit of content aware fill to airbrush them from the story. I'm forever forgetting what a wonderful lens I have in the 70-200. I need to remember to use it more often.
I've been to Gwithian so many times over almost the whole of my life, both with and without the camera bag. It's been a family favourite for body boarding, twilight barbecues and throwing frisbees as far as possible ever since childhood. At that time, money was scarce and my parents couldn't afford exotic holidays abroad, which hardly seemed to matter when this place was on the doorstep. We would always be among the last off the beach, heading back to our camping pitch, or to home if it wasn't holiday time as the dusk settled around us.
To the right of this spot lies the sea encircled Godrevy Lighthouse, which we recently discovered to our horror is dubbed "Seal Island" in summertime for the benefit of visitors from beyond the county border by the boat trip operators of St Ives. I've no idea how successful the ruse is, besides which you'll see far more seals here in winter, lolling about on the beach at nearby Mutton Cove. To the left, one can walk happily for at least two miles on unbroken sands towards the Hayle Estuary, much of it completely unoccupied. In summer the sun sinks directly into St Ives Bay, often setting the sky alight with golds, oranges and pinks as the blue hour is heralded in. For me, this has always been my Echo Beach. Even though Porthtowan and Portreath are closer, this is always the place I head for first. When I eventually summon up the courage to don the wetsuit for the first time this summer, it will be right here too.
As for the picture itself, I've been doing a little experimentation with ICM and blending to get this sort of effect. I follow a chap called Mark Tunstall who does it very well, and decided to try it myself. Still a work in progress but I like the effect - I suspect it doesn't work for everyone. I've also been intentionally reducing the colour range in each image. Whether it's a principle I'll continue to follow forever I don't know yet, but the extra free time recently has enabled further progress along the great learning curve of landscape photography. Time to experiment and try and discover a style that I'm truly content with. I'm not there yet, but life is about the journey and not the end result.
I hope those of you who have been under stringent lockdown are able with care to have a little more freedom now. I've enjoyed reworking old images over the last two months, but not as much as I'm enjoying getting outside and making new ones.
Stay safe. Stay well.
Una foto di me, proprio all’entrata del Bus del Buson, un anfratto naturale dove la roccia racconta storie antiche scolpite dal tempo e la geologia ha scritto una pagina memorabile nel nostro territorio.
Amo l’avventura e la scoperta, sia nei luoghi remoti che dietro casa. La meraviglia è ovunque, basta avere occhi curiosi per trovarla. Ogni esplorazione è sempre un’occasione per imparare e lasciarsi stupire e, soprattutto, la bellezza è ovunque, basta cercarla
Buona giornata
#BusDelBuson #NatureLover #Avventura #ExploreMore #Geologia #RockFormations #Scoperta #Wilderness #Paesaggi #HiddenGems #HikingAdventures #Meraviglia #EarthBeauty #Esplorazione #OutdoorPassion #NaturalWonders #TravelPhotography #MountainVibes #WildItaly #DiscoverNature
Taken with an iPhone 17 Pro Max while observing the northern lights from Smithville Lake near Kansas City, MO
Taken while fishing along the shore of Long Branch Lake at Long Branch State Park. Captured with an iPhone 17 Pro Max.
Caught between the earth and the storm, she walks into a world of shadow and light.
The silence is thick, the mountains breathe quietly.
There’s no clear path, only the pull of something beyond — something waiting.
www.richardfraserphotography.co.uk
An excellent weekend spent exploring S Wales with dear photography friends old and new.