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Suffering from the Black Dog its all a struggle at the moment , so many great images from my contacts, I need to buck up and get out there.
Canon EOS-1D X
EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x
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The June full moon rises adjacent to Ferns Nipple in Capitol Reef National Park.
One of the best kept secrets of the National Park System, Capitol Reef is full of unique sights, stunning vistas, and spectacular landscapes. About as far away from any metropolitan area you can find, this is a great location for dark skies and great images.
Recognition:
Merit Image - JUN 2023 Professional Photographers of California (PPC) State Image Competition - Landscape category
Merit Image - MAR 2023 Professional Photographers of San Diego County (PPSDC) - Nature/Landscape category
I am very honored that the image made it to second place in the "Taken March 2021" contest of Flickrology. Thanks for organizing the contest, the great images participating and the many insightful and constructive comments !
The Mahamuni Buddha Temple also called the Mahamuni Image is a Buddhist temple and major pilgrimage site, located southwest of Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) (Myanmar).The Mahamuni Buddha image (lit. 'The Great Sage') is deified in this temple, and originally came from Arakan.] It is highly venerated in Burma and central to many people's lives, as it is seen as an expression of representing the Buddha's life.
Ancient tradition refers to only five likenesses of the Buddha, made during his lifetime; two were in India, two in paradise, and the fifth is the Mahamuni Buddha image in Myanmar.] According to the legend, the Buddha visited the Dhanyawadi city of Arakan in 554 BC.King Sanda Thuriya requested that an image was cast of him. After casting the Great Image, the Buddha breathed upon it, and thereafter the image became the exact likeness of the Mahamuni.
Fallow Buck - Dama Dama
Fallow deer have four main variations of coat:
Common – tan/fawn, with white spotting on flanks and white rump patch outlined with black horseshoe shaped border. Coat fades to a general grey colour during the winter
Menil – paler colouration with white spots year-round and a caramel horseshoe shape on rump
Melanistic – black, almost entirely black or chocolate coloured
White – white to pale sandy-coloured turning increasingly white with age (this is a true colour and not albino).
Fallow deer often have a distinctive black inverted horseshoe shape on their rumps, and a black stripe on their tails which are the longest of all British deer.
The Fallow deer is the only species in Britain with palmate antlers. These become full-sized after the deer are three/four years old and can reach up to 0.7m in length. Facially, their head is more elongated than some species with large angular ears.
Does and their young give short barks when alarmed. Bucks groan loudly during the breeding season.
Fallow deer leave large hoof prints (slots), about 6cm long in soft ground. Their feet are more elongated than Roe deer and are heavier, creating deeper prints.
No one needs the lifebuoy ring
I finally managed to escape down to the coast for a much needed fix
I'd set the alarm for sunrise as waves were forecast up at Seaham.
Having had not an awful lot of sleep, partly due to our little visitor, the clock was switched off and I descended back into the land of Zzzzzzzzzzz's
Gutted I'd missed out when I saw the great image posted by a fellow Flickr contact (Malc)
I looked up when the next tide was due and hoped the wind wouldn't subside
We got there at four and I was amazed how high the waves already were. Yeah you guessed, the Benny Hill moment yet again
I really wish it was in my nature, to slow down a bit.
Many, many hours later, four in fact, we decided to head home
After all I'd only told Ken "One last image" a multitude of times.
And by this time we were both feeling the cold
I'm elated at what I came away with, as it was made all the more special, having not been out for so long
I'll post the usual lighthouse images a little later but for now, here is something a little different and a break in my Curvacious series for the time being
Die Sonne ist noch nicht ganz aufgegangen als ich auf dem Heimweg von meiner Milchstrassenexkursion war, als sich mir diese wunderschöne Szenerie bot. Hellweiss schimmernder Bodennebel in der sich eine Gruppe Pferde wild tobend vergnügte. Welch ein tolles Schauspiel..
The sun wasn't quite up yet when I was on my way home from my Milky Way excursion when I saw this beautiful scenery. Bright white shimmering ground fog in which a group of horses were romping wildly. What a great spectacle..
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Scavenger of human sorrow.
Original title by Death. One of my favorite metal band. One of my best concert!
Original song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2kGJZEVI1Q
Drum cover: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cqWg8WixaQ
VOLUME: 11
hahaha \m/
As I arrived at Durdle Door to take a sunset shot I saw this man painting the scene and thought it would make for a great image. It was a challenging shot to take because of the low sun shining almost directly into the camera, but I use 2 ND grad filters on the left hand side to bring it down by one and half stops.
Happy Bokeh Wednesday!
This shot is completely unprocessed, uncropped. No artificial light. No adjustments what so ever!! No zoom, no filters. Just me, my camera, and a Macro lens.
I say this only to prove, that great photographic imagery starts with a great image.
All those neah sayers that believe processing is just about fixing a poor image and the digital age requires no thought or skill. So not true...great processing always begins with a great image.
Explore #8
I think I am like most photographers, at least like most who came into photography through the digital era. When I am planning to go someplace where I plan to do some real shooting, I do research. What time of year is best? What are the icons of the location? What is unique about the location? And, yes, what have others shot at that location?
A lot of this research is to see what worked for others, but its also to be sure you shoot it differently. Well, the family was planning a trip to Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. So I hit the web. The park is a tough one because its awe inspiring to be there, amazing to experience, but very hard to shoot. The rocks all tend to blend together, and depth and scale are very hard to convey. The Stature of Liberty can fit in the Canyon after all, but you can't see that scale in the images.
However, while I was looking I stumbled across one image that took my breath away. A local of the area shot an image of the sun hitting a crack in a canyon wall (a reflection of the light actually) that made the rock look just like Fire Falls at Yosemite- but without the water. The photographer was Vince Farnsworth and I give him full credit on this one. I am just ridding his coat tails.
We planned the whole trip around being there when the sun would work for this image. We planned to stay overnight very close to the site. The time of year was perfect. Everything was perfect. Then the weather.
We got there and the Canyon seemed to fight back. I would say it was raining but that would be an understatement. It was more like a monsoon. Not odd for this part of the State, but I had hoped to avoid it. First, the rain gets all over your gear. Second, you have to perch yourself on a cliff edge to get this image. Not a place you want to be in high winds. In fact I got another great image in a different section of the park of a full rainbow, but it was very hard, shoot, wipe, shoot, wipe, I felt like I was back home in Oregon shooting waterfalls in the spring. I will probably post that image later.
I got to the parking area in the pitch dark and the rain was crazy. I waited it out for a while, after all, the window to get the light right was not too small, so I had some wiggle room. In the end, fortune did smile on me, because the rain stopped when the sun rose and I made it to cliff edge ok. I was greeted a short time later with the Dragon's Tongue (Vince's name).
I don't want to give too many more details about where and how to find this magical location. I had to do some serious sleuthing to find it myself. I don't want it to get trashed. If you really want the details you have to buy me a soda here in Keizer and I will tell you more.
Let me know what you think.
Sorry, I've not been active on Flickr lately due to life - will try to catch up with all your great images as soon as I am able...
MYANMAR,burma , die Mahamuni-Pagode(mit Gold-Buddha-Statue) in Mandalay.
Blattgoldkleben ist in der Mahamuni-Pagode reine Männersache
Es dürfen sich nur Männer der Statue nähern und sie mit Blattgold bekleben. Der Reiseleiter besorgt mir solch ein Blättchen. Bei der Sicherheitskontrolle wird schließlich strengstens darauf geachtet, dass sich keine Frau unter die Gläubigen schummelt. Zugleich darf nur an die Buddhastatur herantreten, wer auch nachweislich Gold bei sich trägt. Andernfalls wäre der Andrang wohl noch größer als ohnehin schon.
Man klebt das Stück Blattgold auf, wobei das gar nicht so einfach ist wie man meint. Denn die Goldblättchen sind hauchdünn, sodass sie sich sofort an die Haut haften, sowie man sie in die Finger nimmt. So werden viele der Blättchen mehr auf die Statue geschmiert als tatsächlich geklebt. Ein spannend Ritual ist es aber dennoch.
MYANMAR,burma , the Mahamuni Pagoda(with Gold Buddha Statue) in Mandalay.
In the Mahamuni Pagoda, gluing gold leaf is a men's business
Only men are allowed to approach the statue and cover it with gold leaf. The tour guide gets me such a leaflet. Finally, at the security check, strict attention is paid to ensuring that no woman cheats among the believers. At the same time, only those who can prove that they are carrying gold are allowed to approach the statue of the Buddha. Otherwise, the rush would probably be even greater than it already is.
You stick the piece of gold leaf on, which is not as easy as you think. Because the gold leaves are wafer-thin, so they immediately stick to the skin as soon as you pick them up. So many of the leaves are smeared onto the statue rather than actually glued. But it is still an exciting ritual.
My dear Flickr friends, Happy New Year to you and your families !!
I wish you all the best, peace & love, & great images for the New-Year - 2016 !!!
Greetings from Tel-Aviv :)
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Ok Ok Ok, I know, you have probably seen this location before. Yes, its a bit cliche, I know, but I had to do it. See, I am a landscape photographer, mostly. We just went on a vacation to NYC and Boston. Just not many landscape opportunities on a trip like that. So I had to get in some high quality night images where I could. When you are camped out in a City for a few weeks you can scout and get some real original compositions, but I did not have that much time there. So if you want to be sure you come back with some great images, you almost have to follow the footsteps of those before you. Thats where this came from. In doing research on Boston night images, this comes up over and over. So I throw my hat in the ring, this is my version of the classic location. I love the work of Bill McIntosh, his images are always so dark, so this follows that vain.
Thank you to Tom Wilson and Wilson (my Son, the tripod monkey) for joining me on the evening shoot. And to the other photographer who was there and kind enough to let us steal his tripod location (very cool of you dude).
Let me know what you think.
We had been to Lower Downing before. We even got a great image there that sits on the living room wall right now. However, something about this place makes you want to go again and again. Its not a check-it-off-forget-abut-it kind of place. Its also nice because its off the map so our dog could join us (he does not do well with crowds).
I did want to get in the water though, something we did not do last time. I did not get a chance to get in as far as I wanted. It is still winter after all, even if the lack of snow here in the Pacific Northwest seems to mask that fact. In the summer I am going to try to get an image here from the other side. Hard to do though, because the moss is the beauty and its hard to scramble over there without damaging the moss. For now, this image will do. Enjoy!
This was just a test, I know this isn't a great image! I took this with my phone, linked my phone to my computer and uploaded, This is an amazing leap for an old guy like me!
(Agalychnis callidryas). I am now back from my trip to Costa Rica and look forward to catching up with all your great images!
Landscape photography is a fleeting love, at least the subjects are that is. Iconic trees die, idiots tag rocks, and arches collapse. I went looking for Windstone Arch in Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada expecting to see that same iconic scene I have seen in many other great images. Found the cave, found the odd rock face inside the cave, did NOT find the arch. Why? It was not there anymore. Poof. Gone. Erosion or some dummy with powertools, I don't know, but the actual upright of the old arch was not there anymore. The cave is still as stunning and still totally delivered in the image though. I was just surprised to find it missing.
I visited this cave late in the day because conventional wisdom says to visit it in the morning. Naturally I try to steer clear of wisdom (actually I try to steer clear of crowds). This way I got the cave to myself. I shot it tight, I shot it wide, I tried several angles, but in the end I liked this wide shot best. I thought the wide perspective pulled the viewer into the scene. I also shot this in a focus stack, but I actually preferred the foreground a little soft, again, so it pulled the viewer in.
We found that this specific cave was interesting but by no means the only cave with these neat wind-swept qualities and strange internal formations. I shot a few others that might get posted, but you should know that if you head out there to shot this cave and can't find it, there are plenty of other great caves to shoot. I almost feel bad going with this super popular spot instead of using another lesser-known cave. I feel the same way when I go to the Portland Japanese Garden and try NOT to shoot 'that' Japanese Maple Tree. But, I end up shooting that darn tree every time (after you wait in the line que that is). I guess it was my way of knowing I could get one portfolio image in the can without that much effort. You know it delivers.
Now I made myself feel bad. I am going to go process the other neglected images from other caves. Teach this popular cave a lesson. He is so arrogant.
Let me know what you think.
inspiriert von Sigi Sunshine, entstand dieses Bild an gleicher Stelle. Straßburg hat seinen eigenen Flair, den ich sehr mag, es ist immer ein Gefühl von Urlaub in dieser Stadt.....
This is a snapshot, photographed in RAW format to see how far can a cellphone go in post process, and its amazing for a smartphone, not even close to a DSLR, but it delivers great image quality.. Thanks :)
Especially for my mom - mám tě moc ráda!!! ;-)
And a little bit of publicity ;-) Thank you my friends for joining and participating in a new group You made my day! I created!
Not a great image perhaps, but it was an interesting cloud formation. Seeing it, I hoped it would develop into something specacular. It didn't! The ISS got in shot too...
I walked my favorite butterfly trail in Elk Island National Park today during a late afternoon sunny break. I was happy to find these four beauties. I thank mattbpics for his great images of Moths and inspiring me to pay more attention to them.
Top L - Silver-bordered Fritillary. Top R - Tawny Crescent
Bottom L - Spear-marked Black Moth. Bottom R - Canadian tiger swallowtail
Elk Island National Park. Strathcona County, Alberta.
Did not have the opportunity to capture Mr Rainbow this season. Managed to improve the PPing of these shots to get decent IQ. The shooting condition was very dim and shaded. Shot handheld with 1/8 sec. That's why I am hanging on to my Oly system for dear life - the great image stabilisation and Pro Capture feature.
Thank you my friends for popping by.
I really appreciate your visits, comments & favourites.
Wishing all my Flickr friends a Beautiful Day
Take care and stay safe everyone
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(Alcedo atthis) This will be my last post for a few weeks now until the end of February. I'm off on a long planned trip to Japan so hope to have some great images when I get back!
I could not help to think about the calm morning thirteen years ago tomorrow when all those innocent lives were lost on 9/11 and how precious life is as I walked around the lake. Do something nice for yourself and family for we never know if it is our last act. Blessings to all those who are suffering. Thanks for all your great images that certainly have gotten me through some low times my friends. All the best! ~Sam
An image of a juvenile male Yellow Bellied Sapsucker taken at Kirk-Cousins Management area just south of London.
Thanks for viewing and wishing you all a new year that is happy, healthy and full of great images!! :)
As we cross over from one year to another, I'd like to say thanks, Flickr friends, for your friendship and support in 2017, and for all of the inspiration that you provide with your great images every day.
HSS, and my best to you for a happy and creative 2018!
On the way to dropping off the eye-roller this morning for her first VCE exam (English) she was feeling nervous and sick -as to be expected. I asked her what song she'd like to listen to so we could have it blaring in the car to take her mind off things. She chose Eminem "Not Afraid"
"I'm not afraid (I'm not afraid)
To take a stand (to take a stand)
Everybody (everybody)
Come take my hand come (come take my hand)
We'll walk this road together, through the storm
Whatever weather, cold or warm
Just letting you know that, you're not alone
Holla if you feel like you've been down the same road"
It obviously provided her with the comfort and distraction she needed and before long we were singing at the top of our voices and I was embarrassing her with my rap gesticulations.
Not a great image but I wanted to post it anyway. Taken outside her study window and as always, Harpo has to be in on the action. One of the main reasons we got another dog when we did was because she wanted one to get her through VCE. He has delivered in spades, despite being a madman. He couldn't be any more loving.
Season's Greetings and wishes for a safe 2021 to FLICKR friends, acquaintances and viewers. I am grateful for interest shown in my pictures and have enjoyed seeing many great images and interesting species posted by other FLICKR members.
"Dancing in the mirror; great image." (Elliot MARGOLIES / www.flickr.com/photos/elliotmar/)
"Des reflets géniaux ! Excellent." (SOPHIE C. / www.flickr.com/photos/sophie-clb/)
With the sun causing a huge glare, JJFET, John and his three collies are seen making their way up the flank of Ill Bell. In the background Yoke can be seen engulfed in swirling spindrift.
This is technically not a great image but does convey the conditions during our hike last Sunday.
Image taken in the port of Siglufjörður. Iceland 2015. Wish you all a happy week filled with making great images my flickr friends!!
EXPLORE # 389 - 17.01.09
Not taken a photo of molly for some time , got some great images from this walk however , ever tried getting your dog to pose for 3 exposures and keep them perfectly still - i took so many photos and deleted so many - Good Girl Molly !!!!!
Anyone watching me or even listening to me would have thought i was NUTS !!!
Coastal scene along the spectacular north west coast of Scotland.
Landscape Photography is easy......anyone can give it a try, it's so accessible. Head out the door with your smart phone and start shooting. You don't need tripods and filters to get great shots. There's so many locations where you can grab great shots just by sticking your camera out the window of the car.
Landscape Photography is hard....and mastering it can take a lifetime. There are technical issues that must be learned like compositions rules, camera settings and exposure triangle. You need an artistic vision to tell a story. However, if you take on these challenges you will be rewarded with great images and a deep sense of satisfaction that will keep you wanting more. It doesn't hurt to be lucky either.
Whichever of the above is true, if you catch the bug, spending time in the Great Outdoors into interesting locations promotes a more active lifestyle with virtually no downside and your overall wellbeing will be increased.
The setting sun imparts a deep warm glow to the sandstone cliffs of Kiwanda. This image will be treasured above most all others as I worked fiendishly for it! I literally clawed and crawled and was pulled by my dear hubby up the steep, deep sand cliffs to reach this vantage point.
I wish you all a Happy New Year, my dear Friends!!!
Einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr!
Happy New Year!
Bonne année !
¡Feliz Año Nuevo!
Buon anno nuovo!
Feliz ano novo!
Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku!
С новым годом!
Many thanks for your great support, motivation, tips and tricks, nice and constructive comments. I learned a lot from you, your great images, ideas and experience and your passion was very motivating for me.
Thanks a lot! See you next year,
Werner
Vielen herzlichen Dank für Eure tolle Unterstützung, Motivation, Tipps und Tricks, nette und konstruktive Kommentare. Ich habe eine Menge von Euch, von Euren tollen Bildern, Ideen, und Erfahrungen gelernt und Ihr habt mich mit Eurer Begeisterung angesteckt!
Vielen herzlichen Dank.
Bis im nächsten Jahr,
Werner
Many thanks to everyone who views, faves or comment son my picture.
I wish you all a healthy and fulfilling year, with plenty of great images to share.
My first successful shot using the Lee Big Stopper. I had some issues before where light would enter through the viewfinder and distract the image - so I "closed" the viewfinder and ended up with great image quality.
Bad thing about this photo: I forgot my remote control at home and had to stick to 30' exposure time (that's why I used ISO 500 and f/9). 5 minutes later the light was low enough to expose 30' without the stopper, another picture will follow.
Processed in Camera Raw, no local adjustments.
Looks better in [L]ightroom, thanks for viewing/commenting, faving!
While I wait for the spring migratory bird migration to pick up steam, a look back to last year at approximately this time. The Ring-necked Pheasant is a year round resident, some years seen in abundance, other years - not. Last fall my filmmaker friend George and I counted 75 of them in a single field, but it wasn't a photographic situation: we were looking into glaring light, and they were extremely skittish.
Single birds are often easier to photograph. This male was hanging out beside Hwy 18, along my usual access route to Grasslands Park, and when I stopped and exited the car in beautiful morning light, he posed nicely for me. It wasn't a "perfect" situation by any means; we were on a hill, and I was on the high side, looking down, therefore I couldn't do much to minimize the background. I had driven past him to get on the right side of the light, which was the more important consideration.
The background detail doesn't detract too much, despite not being ideal. But I do want to make the point that backgrounds are really important. I've seen a lot of great images ruined by lack of attention to background detail - including some of my own. I remember meeting a Famous Canadian Photographer at the counter of a film lab many years ago, and I was telling him about a recent encounter with some cow elk that got into a dispute right in front of me. They were up on their hind legs, lashing out at each other with front hooves. His first question: "How was the background?" Unfortunately, it wasn't great.
That one comment increased my awareness of backgrounds, so that today I always take them into consideration when assessing a scene or a shot. When I slow my vehicle down to try for a bird-on-post or bird-on-boulder or bird-on-sagebrush shot, I'm watching not only the light on the bird, but how the bird aligns with the background as I roll to a stop. I don't want to find "unlucky overlap" in my images. A foot or two can make a huge difference!
Photographed near Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2021 James R. Page - all rights reserved.