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One of my photographic goals has been to take pictures of individual snowflakes. This has been a particularly difficult goal to achieve due to a number of reasons. First, the temperature and weather conditions need to be JUST right to create visible snowflakes, worthy of photographing (this is not often). Second, it doesn't snow every day (even if it has snowed often). And third, most of the times it has snowed, it was during a time that I could not get out with my camera. Either it was night time, during school hours, when I had an appointment, or when I was sick (and I was sick for six weeks straight this year, so this was often). I figured I would just have to wait until next year to get the shots I so desired. But winter wasn't done with us yet, even if it was the first day of spring! (After all, I was born in a blizzard at the end of March!) A friend of mine out in West Jersey posted a picture on Facebook of an individual snowflake which got me ALL EXCITED!!! I saw her picture during the school day and could not WAIT to get home to my camera and these snowflakes that seemed to be so well-formed! I just had to hope the temperature and conditions were the same by me, after school. I finally got home, and was THRILLED to see they were! My sister and I had a great time looking at and photographing these snowflakes! I'm sure we looked ridiculous sitting in the snow on our front lawn with blankets and towels. I was using a macro lens. The lens has a VERY narrow depth of field. So, if the flakes weren't completely flat and parallel with my lens, only part of the flake would be in focus. This was frustrating. And despite using a macro lens, it was still very difficult to get the flakes in focus. These that I am posting were the best of the crop. More pictures to come! I'll post a few each day. I'm not thrilled with the red background, but maybe someday I can figure out how to change the color in Lightroom.
I had been out early to meet a few friends but ended up finding my way around the Missabe sub on my own before work. I had made the mistake of letting my Trainmon 5 run overnight - now it was all out of sync; on a different planet than what was reality on the CN, and I had missed a train because of it. I was about to do a U turn at Munger when I noticed another railfan parked there, standing trackside with a camera slung over their shoulder, so I pulled up behind and asked what they were waiting for.
"Ore loads, should be the last thing for a while."
Okay then. So, I myself get up and stand there with them. About three minutes later, a horn is heard in the distance, and in the frost, pellets steaming, an IC Deathstar leads two orange BLE motors southbound towards Proctor.
“O silêncio não é a simples ausência de ruídos ou
a interrupção da comunicação com o mundo exterior,
mas o processo de atingir um estado de tranqüilidade.
A solitude silenciosa faz nascer o verdadeiro discurso.
Não falo de isolamento físico; solitude aqui significa
está sozinho com o Só, experimentando o Outro
transcendente e crescendo na percepção da própria
identidade como alguém amado”.
Brennan Manning
Acredito que todos nós precisamos, de vez em quando, nos recolher para nos reencontrar. Bom reencontro a todos!
A New Year's present I guess!!! LOL!!!
Explore #479, 28th December 2008
1. Looking in from the outside......, 2. It was springtime in Alentejo......., 3. White, blue and yellow..........., 4. Mariza's concert at the Alcázar de Jerez (Spain), 5. The joy of flight at sundown.........(Estremoz, Alentejo), 6. A place with a view....., 7. The Color Purple........, 8. Viela de Alfama......,
9. Night was falling......, 10. Today in "Punta Paloma" near Tarifa....., 11. Breaking through......, 12. It was time to gather, as the sun was setting....., 13. I must be dreaming......., 14. The Niesen......., 15. Skimming the surface......, 16. The mist was never far away........,
17. The Brienzersee (Lake Brienz), 18. Mürren (and I), looking up at the Eiger in wonder........, 19. The Explorer....., 20. Room with a view....., 21. A crazy snowboarder..........;o) (not me), 22. Reflections and snowflakes......, 23. What am I seeing............;o), 24. A house is not a home.....,
25. Andalucía, 26. Vielas de Alfama, rua da Lisboa antiga..., 27. Another option.......
She smiles sometimes, I swear.
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This is a portion of a jigsaw puzzle titled "Ocean Life" by Tim Jeffs. An octopus tentacle forms a golden ratio.
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First attempts. Should use same liquids (with different collrs) next time. Different liquids have different viscosity so behave different.
Sound triggered with 80ms delay.
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Explored on february 3rd 2011
new try with more colours and better fixed glasses:
The annual 1940s weekend at Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway.
Some re-enactors and some characters turn out to celebrate everything that is 1940s
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This majestic waterfall is the highest in southwest Oregon, plunging 272 feet over the edge of a basalt lava flow.
The secret side of me , I never let you see .. I keep it caged but I can't control it [ I'm missing YOU ]
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Camera model * Canon
ISO speed * ISO-800
F-stop * f/4.5
Exposure time * 1/25 sec.
Flash mode * No flash , using soft box
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Karimabad (Urdu: كريم آباد) is the capital of Hunza in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Karimabad is also known as Baltit. It is named after Prince Karim Aga Khan, the spiritual head of Shia Ismaili Nizari community. It is one of the most beautiful places in Pakistan and it swarms with tourists from all around the world during summers. It provides spectacular views of many beautiful mountains like Rakaposhi. The Guardian ranked it as the 4th Best Tourist Site in Pakistan.