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With origami steel (or "folded") boatbuilding, a beatifully smooth hull with long fair curves is created with much less effort, and way less welding and grinding. This is because each half of the hull is actually made from one 36' long piece of steel, so welding runs are minimize, lessening distortion from heating and cooling. Bending a long piece of thin material such a yardstick or a ruler will show you exactly the same principle on which these origami steel boats yield their fairness. Imagine peeling an orange and flattening the peel out on the table; now put the peel back together again; what do you get? An object shaped like the original orange! Origami steel boatbuilding works similarly: lay out the pattern on flat steel, cut it out, then pull the hull into shape. It yields a strong stiff hull because the steel is under tension, something we call a "stress skin" or "monocoque". For a hull, this means added strength, and it's a common and well-grounded engineering principle. Google those words to dig up more information, and have a look at my Yahoo group Origamiboats: groups.yahoo.com/group/origamiboats. Read the experiences of others who have built these boats and sailed them on extended voyages, because honestly you need to see concrete examples of other people building and using these boats to believe in the concept. Don't just take the word of one person raving on his own website about it, do some solid research. The internet is full of people selling ideas that don't work, or ideas which require an engineering degree to sort out. Building a boat is a big investment, and no one makes any kind of investment without looking at all the angles.
One of the most remarkable voyages in one of these boats is that made by Dove III, a 27 foot Brent Swain origami steel boat with a centreboard, which made a transit of the rugged Canadian arctic Northwest Passage. Crewman Len Sherman wrote a book about their single-season crossing called Arctic Odyssey, you can read the blurb on it here, and on the Amazon book site here. The confidence of sailing in a steel sailboat made their voyage seem almost normal. Perhaps some day a lot more people will be cruising that route in boats like this.
Many other Swain boats have made circumnavigations of the world, and Brent's own yearly voyages to the South Pacifc and back to the British Columbia coast over 20 years is a testament to the abilities these boats to take people where they want to go, in comfort and safety.
This is the oldest camera I've tried, from 1914. It didn't have an aperture so I had to make one out of a plastic sheet and tape it inside the lens. The shutter stopped working so I used a strong neutral density filter in order to make a long exposure and covered the lens when not in use. The lens is a Rapid Rectilinear, a 4 element design from 1866. The camera normally takes 122 film which hasn't been made for a long time, which is like 120 but almost twice as wide. I used 120 film with adapters for a panoramic shot. It has to be used on a tripod, viewfinder is the brilliant type, and having a bubble level to straighten the horizon was essential. Had some light leaks that I tried to minimize in editing, which would probably be cured by taping the camera back. My scanner's holder isn't quite wide enough for the 6x14 format, so this is around 6x13.
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This is part of my pandemic project. The project was created to minimize the number of people that I would come into contact with and to help keep my sanity. The location is a local university. From what I can tell the vast majority of classes are being held online leaving the campus empty with the exception of a few nursing students and an occasional group of Frisbee golf players.
The project started when my wife and I used the campus to walk the dog in the evening. I began to notice the architecture and interesting light fixtures. I started to return and photograph and soon had a project.
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The trio of (L to R) Saturn, Mars and Jupiter in conjunction in the dawn twilight, taken from home in Alberta on March 26, 2020.
This is a stack of 10 exposures for the ground to smooth noise and one exposure for the sky to minimize trailing with Topaz DeNoise AI applied. All 10 seconds at f/2 with the Rokinon 85mm lens and Canon EOS Ra at ISO 3200. Luminar Flex Soft Glow effect added.
The Deltoid Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza deltoidea) is a highly endangered, red-listed aster that is only found in a few places on Vancouver Island, BC. Numbering only 1600 mature flowering plants, Deltoid Balsamroot showy, large yellow flowers resemble sunflowers. It is much rarer than its cousin the Arrowleaf Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata) that covers the hillsides in the interior of British Columbia. It is important to be aware of the ecological sensitivity of a location. I stay on the trails and minimize my impact on the environment at all times. I practice wildflower-friendly photo techniques only, to prevent damage to flowers and their habitat. Copyright © Kim Toews/All Rights Reserved.
Bowman Lake (Montana) 4 photos stitched together in Affinity Photo and then further processed to achieve HDR look. Exported as medium quality jpg to minimize file size.
Last dance
Last dance for love
Yes, it's my last chance
For romance tonight
I I need you by me
Beside me, to guide me
To hold me, to scold me
'Cause when I'm bad
I'm so, so bad...
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This is the view that appears in seemingly every brochure or web site for the Blue Ridge Parkway.
The Linn Cove Viaduct was the last section of the Blue Ridge Parkway to be constructed. It was completed in 1983, using special methods to minimize the environmental impact. The only trees that were cut for the construction of this section were those directly beneath the roadway. 50-ton sections were pre-cast in concrete and lowered in place from the previously built sections.
Early that morning, as I was driving to the Parkway from our lodging, I could see a golden glow in the sky as dawn began. I could tell a wonderful sunrise was about to develop, and I was worried that I might not make it to this spot in time. Even after reaching the parking area, I had to hike about a half mile, rushing as fast as I could in semi-darkness.
I did make it to the viewpoint before the sun appeared, and had 10 minutes before I took this shot. This shot was taken in the very short time when the sun was above the horizon and not hidden by clouds. Even if I had failed to get a decent shot at all, I still enjoyed a glorious sunrise.
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Under the guise of environmentalism and conservation the powers that be want to tokenize everything, including nature. They want to “monitor, preserve, and enhance the natural world.” Just like they plan to enhance (control) humans through transhumanism, they plan to enhance (control) nature. They want to enslave both man and nature.
These elitists want to integrate blockchain technology into nature and market it as biodiversity conservation. They not only want to build the Internet of Bodies (people), but also the Internet of Forests (nature). They want everything to become part of the Internet of Things. They want to connect every living thing to artificial intelligence. This trans-human-ism and trans-nature-ism would commoditize every living thing. It would be the merging of man and machine; it would be the merging of nature and machine. It would be “a world where virtually everyone and everything is intelligently connected.” Dystopia anyone?
They are marketing this tokenization of nature as “an effort to minimize negative impacts on ecosystems and species.” Snake oil anyone? If they tokenize nature, they can use nature as a financial instrument. They can then sell green bonds and derivatives based on biodiversity data. This data would be gathered via sensors, drone fleets (“swarm intelligence drones”), and satellites. Thus all the species of the forest would be monitored and data mined. They want to build an “AI-driven neural network for our planet.” They want a global AI network that monitors everyone and everything in real-time.
This system will require datafication of biodiversity. This means that they will need to create digital representations of all species and all ecosystems on earth. They want to commoditize everything. “Almost every core function in financial services will be transformed.” It’s good for the planet and good for business…buhahaha!
The scam: Carbon Markets! “Carbon markets are critical in helping the world attain net-zero greenhouse-gas emissions.” Carbon markets revolve around the buying and selling of carbon credits. These credits allow the buyer to emit a certain amount of pollution. “Carbon justice for all!”
“Carbon markets can be a powerful tool to help advance carbon justice.” – United Nations
Carbon trading was first introduced as part of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol’s carbon trading system was a major step towards establishing a global market for carbon emissions. The Kyoto Protocol was adopted as the first addition to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Kyoto Protocol has since been replaced by the Paris Agreement.
The globalists have also been talking about “carbon emissions trading schemes under which emissions credits would be allocated to adult individuals.” To bring about a personal carbon market scheme, they must introduce digital IDs and central bank digital currencies. Then they can introduce a Chinese-style social credit score system. They will tie your “carbon footprint” to your social credit score. Therefore, you’ll own nothing, and you’ll happily eat your bugs. You won’t have enough money to buy a carbon credit to leave your 15-minute city neighbourhood prison. But then again, climate lockdowns! By the way: you may want to breathe less, because they will carbon tax your every breath.
The carbon market is being introduced through public-private partnerships, which adhere to the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. A low-carbon economy: degrowth. Degrowth is synonymous with poverty and depopulation.
Eventually, they will install a world leader over their new world order. Each individual will have to take this leader’s Mark (blockchain technology) in order to participate in his new world economic order. No one will be able to buy or sell unless they take his transhuman technology—the merging of man and Beast. If they receive his Mark, they will become one with the Beast’s AI-driven neural network. The public persona of this Skynet system will be the Image of the Beast. Those who refuse to take the Mark of the Beast and worship his Image will be enemies of the new world state. All such people will be hunted down and terminated—hasta la vista, baby. The new world surveillance state: you can run, but you can’t hide!
2 Timothy 3:1 “This know also, that in the last days perilous times will come.”
Now, for one of my favourite verses:
Psalm 42:1 “As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.”
The Thams Family Park on the Broadwater and the Gold Coast Hwy at Southport... is the first stage of the Southport Broadwater Parklands Re-Development that is sandwiched between the Broadwater and the Gold Coast Highway, has just undergone a transformation... The most interesting part of this transformation is that this park has been made energy self sufficient... harnessing the energy of the sun by means of array's of Photo-Voltaic Cells... This is the right step forward... an absolutely essential step in our battle with global warming... The widespread use of Photo-Voltaic Cells, is one of the best ways of generating electricity without producing extra heat in the process.
If we are to come to terms with... and indeed survive global warming... we must urgently phase-out all means of generating electricity that requires HEAT to generate the electricity... Only Photo-Voltaic Cells, Hydro, Wind, Wave and Tidal meets this absolutely essential requirement of generating electricity.
We congratulate the Gold Coast City Council and Mayor Ron Clarke for the foresight and leadership that they have shown in bringing this project to fruition... Hopefully, this is one of many more to come... to prove Photo-Voltaic Cell technology and make it ubiquitous... applied to every building and structure on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia... and the rest of the World...
The widespread use of this solar technology can enable us to generate five times as much energy as is currently used (all sources combined)... This energy will enable us to produce and deliver the water needed to re-establish all the vegetation that has been lost due to Man's ignorance... The vegetation that nature NEEDS to regulate Earth's temperature and climate... To store the excess solar energy, that is now heating the Earth, due to a lack of vegetation... To store the excess solar energy through photosynthesis... as nature has done in the past... Photosynthesis that produced all the stored solar energy, that we call FOSSIL FUEL'S... Fossil fuels that are NO LONGER being produced... Because, Man in his lack of wisdom, stripped the Earth of the vegetation and conditions that produced these fossil fuels -- STORED SOLAR ENERGY !!!
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It is all about the tilt of the Earth's axis. Many people believe that the temperature changes because the Earth is closer to the sun in summer and farther from the sun in winter. In fact, the Earth is farthest from the sun in July and is closest to the sun in January! The Earth's movement around the sun causes the seasons, but it does not affect the temperatures during the seasons.
During the summer, the sun's rays hit the Earth at a steep angle. The light does not spread out as much, thus increasing the amount of energy hitting any given spot. Also, the long daylight hours allow the Earth plenty of time to reach warm temperatures.
During the winter, the sun's rays hit the Earth at a shallow angle. These rays are more spread out, which minimizes the amount of energy that hits any given spot. Also, the long nights and short days prevent the Earth from warming up. Thus, we have winter!
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An image captured looking down a hallway where I had time to not just compose the image but also attempt to line it up so that I could minimize post processing with alignment. My thinking was to capture this a little lower than eye level but have the camera looking leveled-up. The idea was to use the reflection of the light in the hallway as well as capture that sense of a leading line and a focus to look straight ahead.
A view looking from an overlook to the north from a roadside pull off along Colorado Highway 149 just south of Powderhorn. What I was attempting to compose with this image was to use the hillsides, both near and far, as they seemingly crisscrossed the other while the Lake Fork of the Gunnison flowed by. Angling my Nikon SLR camera slightly downward would allow me to create a more sweeping view across this setting and also minimize what I felt was the more negative space of the blue skies above.
A setting along the main walkway from the visitors center in Mammoth Cave National Park down to the main, historic entrance into the namesake cave. Earlier that morning when I'd been heading down with a group for a cave tour, I found myself really loving this setting with the forest all around and this walkway leading off into the distance. I hadn't had the time to really compose any image during that walk with the group around me then. Afterwards though, I did find some time to take in the setting and figure out a good point to compose an image while minimizing some of the fogging that tended to happen across my lens from the fog that was all around. After doing some initial work in Capture NX2 for saturation, brightness, and contrast, I used some CEP filters (Foliage, Pro Contrast, and Polarization) which seemed to best bring out this look even with the overcast skies and off and on drizzle with fog for the final image.
Raven vultures (Coragyps foetens) feed mainly on carrion.
Highly prized as scavengers. They can smell dead animals before they see them.
Very important to the ecosystem, as they remove dead animals, they help prevent disease, minimizing the potential for the spread of bacteria and viruses.
While at a roadside pullout along Texas State Highway 54 with a view looking north to the Guadalupe Mountains and the national park. My thought on composing this image was to bring the horizon a little higher into the image, along with the mountains. That would in turn help to create more of a sweeping view across this Texas high desert landscape. I didn't see much in the skies above to really have them fill more of the image, so raising the mountains, in my mind, helped to minimize that negative space that I saw there.
While walking the Moses Spring Trail and taking in views at Bear Gulch Reservoir. The setting is looking to the southwest in Pinnacles National Park. My thought on composing this image was to focus on a portion of the waters with its reflections, but include more of the hillside to the south of the reservoir. I felt they added to the setting and helped fill up the image, while minimizing what I felt was more of a negative space with a blue skies above.
Because of the overcast skies and drizzle that morning, I decided not to get up early to catch a sunrise this day at the Big Badlands Overlook as I'd seen from another photographer and his captured images. So I angled my SLR camera slightly downward, capturing the badlands formations to my front. I could then work an angle to include the upper portions of the butte and pinnacles off in the distance and minimize any skies above. I later used a Pro Contrast and Skylight CEP filter in Capture NX2 for the final image to address what I felt was the more muted colors from the overcast skies above.
1)My favorite color fifth state of matter is pink
2)Though I have come to learn that pink food does not necessarily taste better
3)I’ve stopped eating animals for about a year
4)And I work at minimizing waste and energy use...
5)But I am very greedy for pink Blythe things
6)Since Blythe came along, the focus has shifted - to only buy things in 1/6 scale
7)Playing with dolls is what I look forward to all week
8)I sometimes feel tired, but never when a Blythe photo-shoot is on
9)I must start exercising one day, it is the right thing to do. Unless Blythe shoots are counted as exercise.
10)Taking doll pictures can be frustrating but very rewarding
11)I wish I could sew, imagine all the infinite possibilities of dolly fashion!
12)I realize I am so shallow - all I talk about are pink and dolls
13)Cesar Millan the dog whisperer is amazing
14)Flickr is also so amazing because where else can one find such a wonderful community of doll lovers!
15)I am a great admirer of rockymountainroz’s photos full of magic sun and flares!
16)Sometimes my boyfriend helps me out on shoots, he can be very patient!
17)I have a wacky sis full of crazy ideas
18)My dad is very supportive of my Blythe obsession
19)I have the best mum one could wish for
20)This is the first time I’m joining in on the tag fun! It’s not easy to come up with 20 things!
I would like to tag all my flickr friends!!! :)
A setting looking to the southwest while taking in views across mountain desert landscape at a roadside pullout along the Walnut Canyon Desert Drive in Carlsbad Caverns National Park. My thinking in composing this iMessage was to use the high ground that I was located and angle my Nikon SLR camera slightly downward to capture a more sweeping view across the hillsides leading up to the mountains off in the distance. Angling my Nikon SLR camera would also bring those mountains higher into the image and minimize what I felt was a more negative space with the blue skies.
A view looking to the southeast and slightly downward to a fragment of petrified wood while hiking to the Onyx Bridge. What drew me into this image was the wildflowers that were right next to this fragment. To compose this image, I moved about to minimize any shadow I might cast while balancing the image itself with the wildflowers and petrified wood fragment. There was also a contrast in my mind between that which had been alive hundreds of millions of years ago but was now a fragment of petrified wood with a plant that was alive at the present time.
When you're up on a high point overlooking a valley with the Bow River, you pretty much have only majestic views to take in! From this location where I was standing around the old cosmic ray station, I had a view looking across to mountain peaks of Mount Cory, Mount Louis, Mount Edith and others of the Sawback Range. What I wanted to capture with this view was just the sheer majesty of the mountain peaks off in the distance. Here and there were some areas where the sunlight was coming through the clouds; other areas were hidden in the shadows from the clouds above. What I did with this view to help minimize the clouds (which were rather blah that day), was angle my SLR camera slightly downward. That way one would look across the valley and then to the mountain peaks and they just seem to just stand out bigger.
A view looking to some of the forest around the main, historic entrance to Mammoth Cave in this part of the national park. At the time, I didn't appreciate that the fog around was also fogging up my lens at the time which cause some distortions across the image captured. I was later able to use some control points to minimize that for the final image.
So I worked on this photo for quite some time. There were a lot of different color casts, part from those lights on the right and left and part from the fireworks. I had originally walked around World Showcase earlier in the day trying to figure out framing before it got dark and actually settled on a few arches over but by the time I got back for the show, there was a family sitting there.
Now knowing where the finale goes off, I'll re-visit this shot at some point when it's less humid out to minimize the smoke that fills the right side and also to get that better framing.
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Well, here's something one doesn't see in the desert every day: A pool table in the middle of the desert. This table is complete with balls, triangle, cues, and chalk.
I decided to have some fun with this prop/trash/abstract art left behind. I gently illuminated the billiard table with an LED and then shot 15 vertical frames with my Canon 6D and Sigma 15mm EX DG lens. I then stitched the frames together in Lightroom. I had to do a bit of work in Photoshop to minimize the extremely blown out light pollution from El Centro as well as make a few other adjustments. This is the finished product.
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From a roadside pullout along the main park road with a view looking to the southwest across the New Mexico mountain desert landscape. While the view was facing kind of towards the sun as it rose in the morning skies, I was able to minimize any lens artifacts while still angling my Nikon SLR camera slightly downward to bring out more of a sweeping view across this nearby hillside leading up to more distant mountains. I later worked with control points in DxO PhotoLab 5 and then made some adjustments to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image.
I never did a lot of bad weather photography until the last couple of years, and I'm still honing my skills. But, being able to come up with visually interesting photos on just plain grubby days is a skill that, in my mind at least, separates someone who takes pictures from a genuine photographer (no offense intended against anyone). I've gotten the point where, if I have a chance to do any photography on a cloudy day, I'm hoping for rain or snow to see what I can come up with. Being that trains are my favorite photo subject, this one is of a train, of course.
On February 12, 2020, it was another in a seemingly LONG line of gray and cloudy days in Cincinnati, Ohio. I took my lunch break trackside by the NS Dayton District at CP 246 in the Cincy suburb of Sharonville, just around the corner from where I work. I did get one train going east from the yard, but it was still mostly just gray and blah. But, by the time I departed work at 5pm, it was raining nice and steady, so I figured a stop somewhere was in order to try my luck. A quick scanner listen found NS Dayton District local freight T97 waiting for a signal at nearby CP 248, holding for two opposing moves that would shortly be by. T97 usually has older EMD power, so he was a good target. I set up near Milepost CJ 250 in nearby Lockland, where there is a nice curve behind a steel plant, along with a seldom used spur into the plant. I wore two coats, a hat, and a hood to keep myself and my camera dry, and waited. I attempted a shot with one of the moves that went by before T97, but it didn't turn out due to some unfortunate lens flare. I chalked it up as part of the learning experience, and waited for T97's turn. I set up at a different angle to minimize the lens glare issue, and waited.
Within 15 minutes, with the light slowly fading into "blue hour" and the rain still coming down steadily, NS GP59 No. 4617 (now gone from the roster) glided by with one tank car for the large Proctor & Gamble facility in Ivorydale on the drawbar, and I came away with the exactly the kind of moody and interesting shot I had in mind.
THIS, this was the main reason my wife wanted to see Glacier National Park. She wanted to see the colorful rocks in Lake McDonald, and it was up to me to bring back a decent shot of those rocks.
Because this shot was SO important to me to capture I did a ton of research on it and what I saw while researching had me banging my head. I knew that to get the rocks and the mountains sharp I would need to do some focus stacking, but then that led me to another problem which was when using a wide angle lens the mountains get totally minimized. So I thought I would purchase a T/S lens, but I didn't have an extra $2500 laying around. So for months I let the problems of capturing this image cause me all kinds of headaches.
The first chance we got upon arriving on the west side of the park we drove to this spot. I tried several lenses and was actually happy with a shot I got with my 24-70 at around 35mm and using a ND filter with a polarizer. Unfortunately when I got back to the camper I was looking at the images closer and I realized that I somehow "missed focus" on the rocks. How in the "H" did "I" miss focus??!??!! so I went back the next day and tried again. Same results. That is when I realized it wasn't ME or my trusty Nikon missing focus, it was the water being slightly murky (due to the Evergreen pollen and ALL the people swimming around me). So using a slow shutter on the water was ruled out. Then upon a closer look at the images again, I didn't really like the mountains being minimized within the composition. DANG IT (I'm working on not cussing so much because my wife says it's not becoming~ *wink*)!!!!
So with my options being limited I did something that I normally don't do, I used two different lenses and manually blended the images together to create what the scene really looked like as I was there. The foreground up to the water line was shot with a wide angle, and the mountains were shot at close to 50mm. So... This is my interpretation of the colorful rocks at Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park, Montana.
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I will choke until I swallow...
Choke this infant here before me.
What is this but my reflection?
Who am I to judge and strike you down?
But you're
Pushing and shoving me.
You still love me and you pushit on me.
Rest your trigger on my finger,
bang my head upon the fault line.
Take care not to make me enter.
'cause if I do we both may disappear.
But you're pushing me,
Shoving me. Pushit on me.
Slipping back into the gap again.
I'm alive when you're touching me,
Alive when you're shoving me down.
But i'd trade it all
For just a little bit of
Piece of mind.
Put me somewhere I don't wanna be.
Seeing someplace I don't wanna see.
Never wanna see that place again.
Saw that gap again today
As you were begging me to stay.
Managed to push myself away,
And you, as well.
If, when I say I may fade like a sigh if I stay,
You minimize my movement anyway,
I must persuade you another way.
There's no love in fear.
Staring down the hole again.
Hands upon my back again.
Survival is my only friend.
Terrified of what may come.
Just remember I will always love you,
Even as I tear your fucking throat away.
But it will end no other way. - Tool
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This was at a roadside pullout while taking in views along the Colorado State Highway 92 in Gunnison National Forest. The view is looking to the south across nearby ridgelines, crisscrossing the other, and then to distant peaks of the San Juan Mountains. I decided to angle my Nikon SLR camera slightly downward in order to capture a more sweeping view across the nearby landscape. That would bring the distant peaks a little higher into the image and minimize the overcast skies present that morning. I was though able to add some definition to that though using the DxO PhotoLab 4 ClearView Plus tool.
Based on a peakfinder iPhone app, the distant peak is Storm King of the San Juan Mountain Range.
In the Hawaiian language "Pōpoki" means; Cat. It is in part for this reason I named my cat Pōpoki.
Her name is also helpful here in my elderly period to remind me what species of animal she happens to be.
On days where I strive to minimize syllables, I call her "Poki."
Cygnus olor - Mute swan
'Swans form monogamous pair bonds thats usually last for life. The classic image of devotion, with their curved necks entwined in a perfect love heart. It's part of a courtship ritual, in which pairs face each other and, with a ruffle of feathers and lifted wings, bow gracefully.
Why birds mate for life isn't as romantic as it first appears, though. Considering the time needed to migrate, establish territories, incubation, and raising their young, spending extra time to attract a mate would minimize reproductive time.'
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Hiking Path.
For I Am on My Way to Paradise
I have many hillsides to run
I have been given a course to take
And nature is my guide and company.
Another work of short poetry or prose to complement the image captured one late morning in Katmai National Park & Preserve while walking the Oxbow Overlook Trail. What drew me into this setting was the forest and woods all around with a carpet of leaves on the trail in a mixture of colors with greens and yellows. Autumn was definitely in the air! I angled my Nikon SLR camera in order to capture more of the surrounding feeling of woods all around, while minimizing any open patches of the trees and leaves. My feeling was to capture that "impact of less.”
In those early morning hours, I was heading out just shortly after sunrise based on timing to get to the Hickman Bridge when sunlight would be falling across that area. It just so happened as I entered into Capitol Reef National Park that I noticed some of the tips of the cliff walls had sunlight just starting to add a red glow. Composing the image was not difficult as it was just an amazing view to take in and was as simple as pretty much pointing my SLR camera in the right direction. Metering though, I took a little extra time using those points where the sunlight was striking because I didn't want to lose any of the highlights when processing the image later on. I knew I could later pull out the shadowed areas In Capture NX2, minimizing any color casts.
Another beautiful view from Lofoten. Scouted this location while randomly driving around. The area was little down hill and wasn't directly accessible. So I parked the car and walked down my way to this area. Spent some time here and captured few shots.
For this shot, I used two Filters stacked on the filter holder. First Haida CPL and second Haida PRO-II ND4000 (12-Stops). CPL Filter for minimizing the reflections in the foreground and ND4000 for really Long Exposure that I was planning for.
EXIF: Nikon D850, Tamron 15-30 SP 2.8 Di VC, 15mm, F/8, 230 Sec, ISO-64
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The reef forms a myriad of shallow caves and is surrounded by a deep dropoff wall that rises up from the depths of Egypt's Southern Red Sea.The caves are shallow 10m and a torch is not required. Care has to be taken not to disturb the delicate sponges and corals, especially the gorgonians that form on the sides and roofs of the caverns. Perfect buoyancy is essential to minimize damage and so is suitable for experienced divers only.There can be strong currents that run through the channels
Macro Mondays: Redux (Line Symmetry)
This is a repeat of the 2018 theme "Line Symmetry". The red objects are game pieces to a Pente game, photographed on the playing board. I shot this in a dim room to minimize reflections, then cleaned up the resulting noise in post processing.
100 mm, polarizer, shutter release, tripod (of course).
A high point along the boardwalk portion of the Cliff Shelf Nature Trail with a view looking to the southeast. Given the high point where I was located and a slight angling of my Nikon SLR camera downward, I wanted to capture that sweeping view with the prairie grass, trees and badlands while minimizing the overcast skies above. I later used a Pro Contrast and Skylight CEP filter in Capture NX2 for the final image to address what I felt was the more muted colors from the overcast skies above.
Just looking at the Glacier lake and its reflection became humble to see the beauty and tranquility of the landscaping even though there are no trees on this high altitude. Did not know what I was going to see on the top of the mountains...It was quite challenging to hike up even though I tried to minimize the weight of my camera bag as much as possible with only my tripod, one lens, the camera, two water bottles and little miscellaneous things in the bag. Worthy to do it! Hope you see and feel what I see and feel! Happy Photography :)
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*Shape, Pose/scene are my own created for this scene*
From a roadside pulloff on the Basin Road leading into the Chisos Mountains in Big Bend National Park. The view is looking down and across the Basin area to the peaks and ridges called The Window off in the distance. My thinking in composing this image was to capture a sweeping view across this national park landscape and bring the mountains higher into the upper portion of the image. In my mind, that would help to minimize the more negative space of the blue skies, while having that portion be a color contrast to the earth-tones in the lower portion of the image.
The eye of the Pantheon
A ray of light from the oculus plays across the dome of the Pantheon.
3 Fun facts about the Pantheon dome
“The Pantheon dome, which measures 43.2m, held the record for the largest dome in the world for over 1300 years until Brunelleschi (who studied the Pantheon for inspiration) built the Duomo in Florence. However, to this day it is still the largest unreinforced concrete dome in the world. Hadrian achieved this by gradually decreasing the thickness and using lighter volcanic materials such as pumice and tufa as it gets higher. The coffers in the ceiling also help to minimize the weight.
When the Pantheon was built the only source of light was the oculus in the centre of the dome. The opening measures 8.2m in diameter and is also referred to as ‘The Eye of the Pantheon’. A clever lighting trick is played out on 21 April, the founding date of Rome. At midday the sunlight hits the metal grille above the door, filling the entrance way with light. This would have illuminated the emperor in ancient times, reflecting his perceived status as a god on earth.
The [exterior of the] dome of the Pantheon was originally covered in bronze, which would have made the skyline of the city sparkle in the sunlight. However throughout the Middle Ages materials were gradually stripped away to be utilised elsewhere. Pope Urban VIII, who was a member of the Barberini family, famously took the bronze from the Pantheon’s portico in 1631 to construct cannons for the Vatican, giving rise to the saying ‘quod non fecerunt barbari, fecerunt Barberini’ (what the barbarians didn’t do was done by the Barberini).”
Source: Pasquale, Maria (March 2017). 10 Things You Didn't Know About the Pantheon, Rome. Available at: theculturetrip.com/europe/italy/articles/10-things-you-di...
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Conrail SECN heads west along the Mohawk River near Lock 10 in Cranesville, NY. The angle here minimizes the annoyance of the open door on the lead unit (well, it was a hot day). The trailing unit is a Conrail Leasing C30-7 acquired from Santa Fe.
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