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In the morning at the blue hour and incoming flood (acqua alta) in Venice.
Morgens zur blauen Stunde und ankommendem Hochwasser (acqua alta) in Venedig unterwegs.
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Duoyishu terraced landscape in the north of the Yuanyang County (Southwest of China) is known for its breathtaking sunrise.
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In the pre-Christmas period, the city of Traben-Trarbach on the river Moselle is particularly attractive:
The Trarbach Moselle shore with its art nouveau buildings is illuminated next to the underground Christmas market around the themes "wine, enjoyment & culture", which takes place in large wine cellars.
The image is a 16: 8 section of a panorama of 8 vertical shots a' 70 mm, total size 27265 x 6761 pixels.
In der Vorweihnachtszeit ist die Stadt Traben-Trarbach an der Mittelmosel besonders attraktiv:
neben dem unterirdischen Weihnachtsmarkt rund um die Themen "Wein, Genuss & Kultur", der in großen Weinkellern stattfindet, ist das Trarbacher Moselufer mit seinen Jugendstil Bauten illuminiert.
Das Bild ist ein 16:8 Ausschnitt eines Panoramas aus 8 vertikalen Aufnahmen a' 70 mm, Gesamtgröße 27265 x 6761 Pixeln.
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For a few minutes, the uprising sun came through the withdrawing mist and illuminated the Duoyishu terraced rice fields with light and warm colors.
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Owl butterflies live in rainforests. This is the most home-like place in the Butterfly Atrium that Hershey Gardens has, an artificial little stream surrounded of green vegetation. You can see the eggs close to her. (Best in large)
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#sliderssunday
When summer makes way for autumn, all that is left of it are memories of colours, sunshine, warmth... memories that can sparkle like stardust. Or so ;) Anyways, that's what I thought when I noticed the colourful light reflections on a few petals of a bunch of purplish rose coloured Asters that stood next to my living room window two and a half weeks ago. The enchanting light play caused by a decorative glass element in the shape of a huge diamond that I keep on my window sill instantly caught my eye, and it also felt like a farewell greeting of summer, so I grabbed the LX100 and took a few captures. Slide-ified for Sunday in Analog Efex where I used the Zoom Blur filter, a vignette and one of the Photo Plate "Concrete" filters to create a dreamy, starry, outer space like effect. I also did some dodging and burning in PS and highlighted the colours and details on the illuminated petals in Luminar AI.
Wenn der Sommer Platz macht für den Herbst, dann bleibt uns nur noch die Erinnerung an warme, sonnige, entspannte Tage. Erinnerungen, die aber funkeln können wie Sternenstaub. Oder so ähnlich ;) Jedenfalls waren das in etwa meine Gedanken, als ich vor gut zweieinhalb Wochen ein zauberhaftes Lichtspiel auf den Blättern eines Sommerastern-Straußes am Wohnzimmerfenster entdeckte. Auf dem Fensterbrett liegt auch ein Glasdekoteil in der Form eines riesigen Diamanten, der immer sehr schöne Regenbogen-Lichtspiegelungen an die Wand zaubert – und dieses Mal auch auf den Strauß Blumen (die sonst immer auf dem Tisch stehen). Und so habe ich mir dann auch gleich die LX100 geschnappt, um ein paar Fotos vom Abschiedsgruß des Sommers 2021 zu machen :)
Canada's Largest Fishing Harbour
Steveston is a charming fishing village that is situated in Richmond BC, on the Mighty Fraser River
Canada
Featuring: KU'ULAKAI Tugboat c. 1944 - Presented in her 'Golden Years'
(Ku'ulakai meaning: Hawaiian Fishing God of Fisherman)
Her history: as per online sources: (Unverified)
Built:1944
Length: 111.9
Gross Tonnage: 301
Used as a Tugboat all along the West Coast of BC
Ku'ulakai is said to be the only intact Miki tug in Canadian waters.
Builder: Northeast Shipbuilding, Quincy Massachusetts, USA
According to onlines sources, this tug was built as a wooden Miki US Army Tug - LT465, and used by the U.S. navy during the Second World War to tow damaged ships from the Pacific back for repair.
Online information also reports that later on in life, she was used by drug runners in the South Pacific and that in 1988 was seized by the Canadian Coast Guard for smuggling drugs out of China.
She was originally named: Lloyd B. Gore, decommissioned & sold 1946.
Please note* All information has been taken from online sources and has not been verified to be accurate.
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I am currently away, and expect to return next week.
Sea Master fishing boat moored on the Fraser River, along side the historic, 'Gulf of Georgia Cannery'
The scenic, Steveston Heritage Fishing Village is a charming & ever so romantic fishing village that is situated in Richmond BC on the Mighty Fraser River
Canada
Definitely one of British Columbia's best kept secrets.
I 💖 Steveston
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False Creek _ Blue Hour
Vancouver
British Columbia,
Canada
Night reflections of the big city and harbour
False Creek is a short inlet in the heart of Vancouver. It separates downtown from the rest of the city. It was named by George Henry Richards during his Hydrographic survey of 1856-63. George Richards named False Creek during his survey of the coast in the mid-19th century. While traveling along the south side of the Burrard Inlet, he thought he was traversing a creek; upon discovering his error, he gave the waterway its modern name. Wikipedia
Burrard Street - Left
Granville Street - Right
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Romantic atmospheric conditions surrounded Stevenson Harbour as the sun neared the horizon.
The scenic, Steveston Heritage Fishing Village is a charming & ever so romantic fishing village that is situated in Richmond BC on the Mighty Fraser River
Canada
I 💖 Steveston
Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.
~Christie by the River
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'Why be a copy, when you were born an original'
Happy New Year to all Flickr friends! May 2021 be full of happiness and sunshine, always! Most of all, please stay safe and healthy!
Ein frohes Neues Jahr allen Flickr Freunden! Möge 2021 immer mit Glück und Sonnenschein gefüllt sein. Aber am wichtigsten, bleibt sicher und gesund!
Location:
Coyote Buttes North (Wave - area), TopRock plateau.
panorama of eight vertical shots from the alcove behind the sand dune. I had never seen such indirect light.
original: 14571 x 6757 Pixels, 48,5 MB jpg.
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#macromondays
#foil
A rather straightforward take on the foil theme. Since my origami folding skills are virtually zero, and an idea I had to put differently shaped small things underneath aluminium foil and then kind of sculpt the foil around these items so the foil would eventually mimic that shape didn't work out, because the foil either broke or the shape looked as if I had simply crinkled the foil (a resistant beast, that foil!), I decided to make the aluminium "aroma" lid of a freshly opened tin (containing chocolate chips for drinking chocolate) look as good as possible. When I pulled the aroma lid off the tin, the edges got nicely creased, so that was a starting point (amongst others). Since metal (I've used the matte side of the lid) takes on coloured light so nicely, I've captured different versions with different colour combos, and this rather fiery mix of red, blue, and yellow looked best.
The image is a focus stacking made of 15 images, combined in Helicon Focus (method A, radius 12, smoothing 4). Illuminated with two LED lamps and a handheld flashlight all equipped with my makeshift colour filters. In DXO, I did some minor sharpening and increased micro-, fine and general contrast. Nik Filters used: Classic Camera 5 (Analog Efex), tweaked to my liking, and Skylight Filter for that extra glow (Color Efex). The detail of the foil is 2,5 cm wide and 2 cm high (0,98 x 0,78 inches).
Happy Macro Monday, Everyone!
Mal was trotz der runden Form ganz Gradliniges für MM. Meine Origami-Faltkünste tendieren gegen null und da sich meine ursprüngliche Idee – verschieden geformte kleine Dinge unter Alufolie zu legen und dann die Folie so herumzudrapieren, dass diese die Formen annimmt – nicht realisieren ließ, weil entweder die Folie gleich riss (ein widerspenstiges Biest, diese Folie!) oder das Endergebnis wie ein beliebig zerknülltes Etwas aussah, habe ich mich dann dem Alu-Aroma-Deckel einer Trinkschokoladendose gewidmet und einfach versucht, ihn so ansprechend wie möglich zu präsentieren.
Nach dem Abziehen der Folie von der Dose hatte sich der Folienrand in recht attraktive Falten gelegt. Das war quasi der Ausgangspunkt – und ein paar dieser eingestanzten Quadratformen wollte ich auch mit auf dem Bild haben. Und weil Metallisches (hier die matte Rückseite der Folie) farbiges Licht so gut annimmt, kamen wieder meine improvisierten Farbfilter zum Einsatz. Ich habe verschiedene Farbkombis ausprobiert, und dieser Mix aus Gelb, Blau und Rot gefiel mir am besten.
Das Foto ist ein Fokus Stack aus 15 Bildern, die ich in Helicon Focus kombiniert habe (Methode A, Radius 12, Smoothing 4). Entwickelt in DXO (minimales Nachschärfen sowie leichte Verstärkung von Mikro- und Fein- sowie allgemeinem Kontrast), dann weiterbearbeitet in Analog Efex (Ausgangspunkt Klassische Kamera 5 mit kleinen Änderungen meinerseits) und abschließend in Color Efex (Skylight Filter für extra Leuchtkraft).
Ich wünsche Euch eine schöne neue Woche, liebe Flickr-Freunde!
Harbour Authority vessels, fishing boats, sailboats, yachts and various other water craft, including Kayaks, canoes and paddleboards share the waterway that runs along the banks of the Fraser River in Ladner, BC.
This small section of the River is lined with colourful float homes.
Ladner is a part of the City of Delta, British Columbia, Canada, and a suburb of Vancouver, British Columbia. It was created as a fishing village on the banks of the Fraser River.
Named for Thomas and William Ladner, who came to the area in 1868 and began large farming and fishing operations, it developed as a centre for these operations. A series of ferries, culminating in the Ladner Ferry, allowed for access across the river to Richmond. The George Massey Tunnel provided a permanent connection in 1959.History
Like many areas around the Fraser River on what is now Greater Vancouver the area on the south side of the south arm of the Fraser was named for the original Europeans to settle there. First called Ladner's Landing, the area was settled by Thomas Ellis Ladner (1837–1922) and William Henry Ladner (1826–1907).[1] They had travelled from their home in Cornwall, UK to pursue the gold rush in California and later on the Fraser River. Settling on the area of the Fraser River Delta either side of the Chilukthan Slough in 1868, both turned to farming and fishing.
Wikipedia
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Explored July 4, 2023
#MacroMondays
#Feather
Plume grass is an extremely rare type of grass that can only be found in the deep sea in light-flooded caves (illuminated by the just as rare but permanently glowing deep sea rainbow) or above the clouds. I couldn't verify the origin of this specific bunch of plume grass, because it had materialized itself on my photo (aka living room) table out of nowhere. OK, joking aside, "nowhere" is a small paper bag that I keep in my original MM box (numerous boxes have followed since) in which I've carefully stored this feather ever since I found it on the ground in front of an outdoor owl cage/compound at the Tierpark Berlin back in 2017. The owl inhabiting said cage had eyed me suspiciously all the time plus its plumage colour and pattern were very similar to that of this feather, so it was pretty sure that owl's feather.
The feather, or rather the part of it I'd found (it looks as if it had broken off because the quill is missing), is very fluffy and delicate, and it has a white/light brown zigzag-like pattern. The entire length of the feather is 6,5 cm/2,5 inches, and the (upper) part of the feather that you can see in my image has a length of 2 cm/0,78 inches and a width of 4 cm/1,5 inches..
Since a feather is all about airiness, freedom, and a creature soaring the sky up above I thought I'd use a bright blue backdrop for a change. I still didn't know how to add a little more vivacity to the feather itself, since while beautiful it isn't exactly colourful with its muted tones that suit a predator well as camouflage. My makeshift colour filters didn't work too well for the scene I had in mind because they coloured the backdrop as well. But the sunshine came to my rescue. I keep all sorts of stuff on the window sill, like a sundial, and also rocks and crystals, and among these "dust collectors" also is a huge, diamond-shaped glass crystal. Its facets conjure lovely rainbow-coloured light reflections onto the wall and the window sill when hit by the sunlight at the right angle. And when I noticed the sparkle, I thought "That's it, hooray!" :) Not that it is easy to direct the rainbow sparkles to a specific subject, it was a lot of hit-and-miss, but in the end, I once again had a few images to choose from. I also took a few images of a plain white feather that actually reflects the rainbow light much better, but since I had to make a choice, this image made it mainly because of the white bokeh balls in the upper right corner (probably light reflections from the glass crystal as well) because they reminded me of sunlight shining through a very clear water surface (or of a small fleecy cloud), illuminating a beautiful "underwater scape".
HMM, Everyone, and have a nice week ahead!
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Finally dug this out of the library for You...Vinnie. Have a good weekend., My Friend.!
Sun slipping behind the mountain....day's done
Pitt River
British Columbia
Canada
A special thanks to all my Flickr friends and visitors, for taking the time to view and acknowledge my photography.
I would also, like to extend my thanks, to all those who place my images in their beautiful galleries, or use my images for their covers.
Additionally, I am truly humbled to receive so many thoughtful and generous testimonies. I cannot express how deeply touched and honoured I am, to find such caring and beautifully written words left on my behalf.
~Christie
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