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Lower Antelope Canyon, Arizona. The light reflects off the canyon walls, creating beautiful soft tones.
The crew set the road for Crianlarich Lower Yard from the ground frame at Lower Crianlarch Junction.
37 408 Loch Rannoch prepares to take the thrice weekly Oban - Mossend Speedlink freight onto the spur where it will leave the tanks while it proceeds to the yard to shunt timber traffic.
The Nehalem River is a river on the Pacific coast of northwest Oregon in the United States, approximately 119 miles long. It drains part of the Northern Oregon Coast Range northwest of Portland, originating on the east side of the mountains and flowing in a loop around the north end of the range near the mouth of the Columbia River.
Its watershed of 855 square miles includes an important timber-producing region of Oregon that was the site of the Tillamook Burn. In its upper reaches it flows through a long narrow valley of small mountain communities but is unpopulated along most of its lower reaches inland from the coast. The city where the river flows into the Pacific is also used as the name for CPU manufacturing titan Intel's first-generation line of Core processors.
It rises in the northeast corner of Tillamook County, in the Tillamook State Forest. It initially flows northeast, across the northwest corner of Washington County and into western Columbia County, past Vernonia where it receives Rock Creek, it hooks to the northwest and west into Clatsop County, then flows southwest back into northern Tillamook County.
It enters Nehalem Bay on the Pacific in an estuary at Nehalem, about 70 miles west-northwest of Portland. Near its mouth on the Pacific, the river passes under U.S. Route 101.
It receives the Salmonberry River from the east in northern Tillamook County. It also receives the North Fork Nehalem River 25 miles from the north about 2 miles northwest of Nehalem, just before entering Nehalem Bay.
(Wikipedia)
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A precious moment where the sky suddenly gives off a purple tint with the sun setting behind the scene.
I haven't gotten as many fall scenes this year, so here's one I didn't post from last year. A view of Lower Elakala Falls in West Virginia.
Hope your weekend is going well and thanks for looking!
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In Lost Valley near the Buffalo River in northern Arkansas. One of my earlier efforts below from the same spot.
The lower promenade at Whitby seafront, with Sandsend Nab in the far distance
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I had read that you could catch a rainbow at Lower Yellowstone Falls in mid morning on a sunny day, when viewed from Artist Point. Sure enough, at about 10 a.m. a diffuse rainbow appeared in the cloud of mist in the waterfall basin. This overlook provided a magnificent view of the 308-foot falls and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, as it is called.
As anyone who has attended one of my courses or endured my presentation on the "Truth, Lies and Myths of Photography" (currently 2 hours, 350 slides) can confirm, I whole heartedly believe the real skill in outdoor photography lies within the darkroom.
The minute I bought my first camera and discovered the crippling limitations even when using it to its full potential, I fully understood the significance of obtaining quality darkroom skills.
Whilst there is no doubt, that turning up to the same location over and over again until conditions prove perfect, can be enjoyable and also occasionally produce beautiful images. It is however, a lottery of which you have absolutely no control. Your progress as a photographer is not in your hands.
I'm also not convinced a camera can ever really be a creative tool in the landscape, It is nothing more than a mechanical/digital device which allows you to capture an optimal amount of light.
Creativity comes from the darkroom. This is where we have the ability to create drama, alter mood, add atmosphere and eventually produce something individual and unique to ourselves. This is where good photographers of days gone by became masters. Ansel Adams was good with a camera but he was a master of the darkroom
Think of it like this –
-If you don’t post process your images - you are the guy who used to give his film to the chemist
-If you only do basic adjustments, you are still the guy who used to give his film to the chemist but might play around with different types of film
-If post processing is critical to you, you are the guy who had his own darkroom and doesn’t accept constraints or limitations. Your potential is far greater than any other type of photographer
I know which option I prefer and firmly believe that by accepting a raw file to be nothing more than the first few percent of the finished product; I am in no way constrained by weather or opportunity. Taking pictures regardless of conditions and creating beautiful, unique, distinctive images; for me, is not just “Photography”, it is "The Art of Photography".
Now By writing this blurb I am in no way stating that I am an artist, far from it. I am simply explaining that every time I pick up my camera or switch on my computer, that is the destination I am aiming for.
This was never meant to be a long winded explanation; I just wanted to say this image is a good example of the how post processing is the only tool that allows you to be truly creative and produce your own distinct interpretation of a scene. I have put the original into the comments for comparison. The raw file is “Photography”, the completed image is "The Art of Photography", big difference?
On a side note...
...for two years now I have presented my slideshow around various camera clubs and organisations all the way from Dundee right down to Liverpool.
Learning people the truth about photography through nothing more than simple facts is something I feel extremely passionate about. I am a firm believer that arming people with the truth allows them to then make up their own mind and follow their own path.
In fact I feel so strongly about this stuff I have never once requested a fee for my presentation. I simply find it very rewarding to see how enthused people become once they understand the truth as so many people have been given inaccurate information around this subject.
If you belong to any clubs or organisations interested in this type of information, just give me a shout. As long as I'm not out of pocket and we can arrange suitable dates, I don’t mind travelling anywhere to present it.
In Palouse Falls State Park, the Palouse River drops about 20' in the upper falls and about 180' feet in the lower falls into a plunge pool. The Palouse Falls is the official waterfall of Washington State.
The great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) also known as the eastern white pelican, rosy pelican or white pelican is a bird in the pelican family. It breeds from southeastern Europe through Asia and Africa, in swamps and shallow lakes.
The great white pelican is highly sociable and often forms large flocks. It is well adapted for aquatic life. The short strong legs and webbed feet propel it in water and aid a rather awkward takeoff from the water surface. In flight, it is an elegant soaring bird, with the head held close to and aligned with the body. Its flight consists of a few slow wingbeats followed by a glide. Once aloft, the long-winged pelicans are powerful fliers, however, and often travel in spectacular linear, circular, or V-formation groups.
This animal lives in the Tierpark Straubing.
Text adapted from Wikipedia
photos taken with old manual lenses;
Carl Zeiss Flektogon 25mm f4
Carl Zeiss Pancolar 50mm f1.8
Carl Zeiss Sonnar 135mm f3.5
Centon 500mm f8 Mirror Lens
This capture of the Lower Swallow Falls there in Maryland was taken about 20 minutes after sunset after hiking along the river from Muddy Creek Falls. By this time the lighting was getting very nice there ... though a bit dangerous to hike with all the trees and roots exposed still from the damage Sandy did last year.
I really liked this lighting, and the vertical comp works well I think here from the vantage point. Was not possible at all to get to a lower vantage point between the high water flow and all the trees that were down. This is basically the one clear spot to shoot the falls with all the debris that is now laying everywhere there.
Part of the Old Man's Cave area of the Hocking Hiils State Park in South Eastern Ohio. Due to drought conditions, no water flowing over the falls.
Lower Antelope Canyon, also known as Hazdistazí, is a slot canyon located on Navajo land near Page, Arizona, renowned for its stunning, sculpted sandstone walls and unique lighting effects. It's characterized by a "V" shape, narrower at the bottom, and accessed by descending ladders and navigating through winding passageways.
The Dartmouth Lower Ferry is a vehicular and passenger ferry which crosses the River Dart in the English county of Devon. It is one of three ferries that cross the tidal river from Dartmouth to Kingswear, the others being the Higher Ferry and the Passenger Ferry. The 630-mile (1,010 km) long South West Coast Path crosses the Dart on either the Lower or Passenger ferries.
Unlike the Higher Ferry, which operates somewhat to the north of the centres of Dartmouth and Kingswear, the Lower Ferry operates from slips directly in the centre of both places. This is more convenient for local traffic, but means the traffic must negotiate the narrow streets of Kingswear village.
The ferry is owned and operated by the South Hams District Council. It is operated by unpowered ferry pontoons, carrying up to 8 cars each. Each ferry pontoon is pushed and pulled by a tug boat and, when traffic demands, two such ferry/tug combinations are used in service at the same time.[1]
On 30 May 2012 one pontoon and tug was deployed as the venue for an unusual Diamond Jubilee street party.
GWT – Lower Woods.
At first glance, Spotted Flycatchers might seem a little dull, with brownish-grey feathers. It's better to think of them as beautiful in an understated way. Watch them for a short period and you'll be charmed by their fly-catching antics. Spotted Flycatchers fly from a high perch, dash out to grab a flying insect and return to the same spot. (RSPB).
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Lower Manhattan from an early morning flight into LaGuardia (LGA). I like the reflection in the East River of the rising sun off the windows of the buildings.
The One World Trade Center (Freedom Tower) can be seen towering over the other buildings. Also to the right, the Woolworth Building can be seen.
Panorama of the beautiful skyline of Lower Manhattan (also known as Downtown Manhattan or Downtown New York City). It includes the new "One World Trade Center", the tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere, as well as the historic Brooklyn Bridge.
The last daylight of the blue hour beautifully frames the city.
Individuals who operate davits (lifeboat launching apparatus) on a cruise ship are primarily certified deck department crew, such as deckhands, able-bodied seamen, or boatswain’s mates. These crew members, often part of a specialized launching team or lifeboat crew, are trained in emergency procedures to release, lower, and operate the lifeboats.