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"Once upon a time I had an important job, I'm retired now (or rusting as we call it.) I've had my day. The wooly critters are long gone from here and the hill is quiet now. Occasionally I'll see the odd hillwalker go by but they barely notice me. In my heyday though they'd need my permission to continue. I've felt the strong bite of countless freezing winds over the years and at times struggled to keep my feet and stay in a job. All that doesn't matter now. I'm enjoying my rusting years, each flake that falls binds me to my hill.. my rusting place."
The India Gate is the national monument of India. Situated in the heart of New Delhi, it was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
The monument is inspired by the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, which in turn is inspired by the Roman Arch of Titus. It was built in 1931. Originally known as the All India War Memorial, it is a prominent landmark in Delhi and commemorates the 90,000 soldiers of the British Indian Army who lost their lives in World War I and the Third Anglo-Afghan War. It is composed of red and pale sandstone and granite.
Originally, a statue of George V, Emperor of India stood under the now vacant canopy in front of the India Gate, but it was removed to Coronation Park together with a number of other British Raj-era statues. Following India's independence, the India Gate became the site of the Indian Army's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, known as Amar Jawan Jyoti ("the flame of the immortal soldier").
Porte Auguste in Nimes France is one of two remaining gateways into what once was a walled city. The six kilometer ramparts that surrounded the city were built by Augustus some two thousand years ago. nimesfrance.ca/attractions/porte-auguste.html
Nîmes, a city in the Occitanie region of southern France, was an important outpost of the Roman Empire. It’s known for well-preserved Roman monuments such as the Arena of Nîmes, a double-tiered circa-70 A.D. amphitheater still in use for concerts and bullfights. Both the Pont du Gard tri-level aqueduct and the Maison Carrée white limestone Roman temple are around 2,000 years old.
Weather: 23°C, Wind SW at 8 km/h, 45% Humidity
Population: 150,672 (2015) INSEE
Area1: 161.85 km2 (62.49 sq mi)
Cloud Gate is a public sculpture by British artist Anish Kapoor. It is the centerpiece of the AT&T Plaza in Millennium Park within the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois, and is located on top of Park Grill and adjacent to the Chase Promenade. The sculpture was constructed between 2004 and 2006 and was temporarily unveiled in the summer of 2004. Nicknamed "The Bean" because of its legume-like shape, its exterior consists of 168 highly polished stainless steel plates. It is 33 feet by 66 feet by 42 feet (10 m × 20 m × 13 m), and weighs 110 short tons (99.8 t; 98.2 long tons). The sculpture and the plaza are sometimes referred to jointly as "Cloud Gate on the AT&T Plaza" or "Cloud Gate on AT&T Plaza".
Cloud Gate has become a very popular sculpture that is known worldwide. Inspired by liquid mercury, the sculpture's exterior reflects and transforms the city's skyline. Visitors are able to walk around and under Cloud Gate's arch, which is 12 feet (3.7 m) high. On the underside of the sculpture is the omphalos, a concave chamber that warps and multiplies reflections. The sculpture builds upon many of Kapoor's artistic themes, although many tourists simply view the sculpture and its unique reflective properties as a photo-taking opportunity.
The sculpture was the result of a design competition. After being chosen, numerous technological concerns regarding the design's construction and assembly arose, in addition to concerns regarding the sculpture's upkeep and maintenance. Various experts were consulted, some of whom believed the design could not be implemented. Eventually, a feasible method was found, but the sculpture fell behind schedule. It was unveiled in an incomplete form during the Millennium Park grand opening celebration before being concealed for completion.
Source: Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_Gate)
The gate posts leading to the Sarasota, FL sculpture park have alcoves where purple Bougainvillia and other flowers bloom.
The final line of defense of the Colony, the only settlement on the planet Hell somewhere on the edge of the universe. And only those three guys are to secure the gates. They are plankheads. And they carry big guns.
This is just a front view, opening mechanisms are on the other side. It's just I tried building houses, but still got mecha in the end... Oh, and it's my new big project))
Wasn't happy with the first edit of this at all did it in a hotel room jet lagged. So I've re edited it.
Also I've been really lame on flickr recently the wifes been in hospital so not had time at all shes all better now and should be home soon. Yay.
A bit about the bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay into the Pacific Ocean. As part of both U.S. Route 101 and California State Route 1, it connects the city of San Francisco on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula to Marin County. The Golden Gate Bridge was the longest suspension bridge span in the world when it was completed during the year 1937, and has become one of the most internationally recognized symbols of San Francisco, California, and of the United States. Since its completion, the span length has been surpassed by eight other bridges. It still has the second longest suspension bridge main span in the United States, after the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York City. In 1999, it was ranked fifth on the List of America's Favorite Architecture by the American Institute of Architects.
TOKYO GATE BRIDGE
Tokyo Gate Bridge (東京ゲートブリッジ ) is a truss cantilever bridge across Tokyo Bay in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan. It opened on 12 February 2012 with an estimated total construction cost of ¥113 billion for the Stage II section of highway including the bridge.
A 2,618-meter span, officially named the Tokyo Gate Bridge, was given its nickname Tokyo's "Dinosaur Bridge" because of its shape, which resembles two dinosaurs facing each other.
The height of the bridge was limited because it is situated on the approach path to Haneda airport. It also needed to be wide and high enough for ships to pass underneath, leading to the final design that has been likened to two dinosaurs facing off.
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The Golden Gate in Gdańsk, Poland, is one of the most notable tourist attractions of the city. It was created in 1612–14 in place of a 13th-century gothic gate, the Brama Długouliczna. Wikipedia
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco CA.
Taken from the Marin Headlands. Rain had been forecasted for the next 10 days, but after diligently checking the hourly forecast I found a small break in the weather was expected just around sunset. I headed to the bridge, fully expecting to get rained on, and not expecting much in terms of good light. By the time I arrived, the rain had all but stopped, but strong 18 mph winds persisted. Anyone who has taken long exposures before knows how difficult it can be to operate in very windy conditions. As you can see the sun never peeked through the clouds, but I stayed and snapped a few exposures anyway. Let me know what you think!
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The Golden Gate of Kiev (Ukrainian: Золоті ворота, Zoloti vorota, literally 'golden gates') is a major landmark of the Ancient Kiev and historic gateway in the ancient city fortress, located in the capital of Ukraine
View from the north looking south of the Golden Gate Bridge.
HDR Techniques and tutorials:
I used a technique on this photo which I initially heard about from Trey Ratcliff. Two of my other favorite HDR photographers, Cliff Base and Brandon Watts also use this technique. You will find tutorials online from both Trey and Brandon.
Another incredible HDR photographer and one of my heroes on flickr is Artie. In every HDR photo he posts he puts details of how he did it. He also have a really good photomatix details enhancer tonemapping tutorial.
A short description of my current technique:
I start with three exposures at -2, 0 and +2 since my Nikon d5000 supports three shots with AE bracketing. I would like to do more exposures, but I am worried about bumping the camera to adjust EV to take another set.
I then open the RAW format into camera raw and set the white balance of each image. I then save out copies in jpg form. I read in Trey Ratcliff's tutorial that photomatix suggests this method.
My settings in Photomatix are usually very close to:
Strength: 100
Color Saturation: 40 - 60
Luminosity: 5-10
Microcontrast: zero or higher
Smoothing: 0-10
White Point: I look at the histogram usually and try to move the bell curve into the middle. Sometimes I will just go with what looks best.
Black Point: Same as white point, but after I adjust Black Point, I might go back and adjust White Point and repeat until the bell curve of the histogram is in the middle or it just looks right.
Gamma: 1.0
I usually don't mess with anything else because I will end up doing adjustments in Photoshop.
Sometimes I will tonemap two or three versions of the image depending on if I like the way the sky turned out or the details.
I will group up all the tonemapped versions and the original shots into a group in Bridge. I will then use the Bridge command to open up all of the shots as layers in Photoshop.
Once in photoshop, I will usually decide which of the tonemapped versions is the best overall. Then I will mask in the parts of the other tonemapped images that I like. Then I will mask in anything from the original images that I like. Along the way, I might have to apply a curve adjustment layer to individual layers that I masked in. I do this to match the overall brightness or darkness of the image.
Once I have masked everything in, I usually do a unsharp mask on the details, and a denoise on the sky. The HDR process creates a lot of noise and especially creates noise when using just three images. This is one of the reasons I would like to use more exposures. I use masks to control where the denoise and sharpening happen in the photo.
Once I am happy with the entire composition, I will try a few Topaz Adjust filers in Photoshop. Usually I just use exposure correction on the default setting. The other settings are a bit too much for my tastes. If I don't like what it comes up with, I usually will do a curves adjustment layer with the "S" curve in order to add a bit of contrast.
I might add a hue/saturation layer to take out unwanted yellows or reds. I might also bump up the vibrance a little bit if needed.
In this photo Specifically:
I masked in the 0 EV shot for the foreground. It was really windy and the details of the grasses were too fuzzy after the tonemapping.
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Golden Gate, San Francisco.
The Golden Gate is one of my favourite subjects. This morning I was very lucky that the Golden Gate Bridge was surrounded by great blue skies. This is a more abstract shot.
All the boats in the bay are fisher boats going out on the ocean in the early morning.
Canon 24-70 f/2.8