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An image captured during a partial lunar eclipse in mid September from a parking garage view in Austin, Texas. The view is looking to the east-southeast. The moon is seen above a nearby condo building that had scaffolding on the top portions of one area. Some clouds that were moving in and out of the image and at other times, partially obscuring, the moon itself. One can see the partial lunar eclipse in the upper portion of the moon. In metering the image, I used the LCD screen on my Nikon Z8 Mirrorless Camera, dialing down the exposure so that I could bring out more details on the surface. It was as I later worked on the image that I remembered the building side and worked with DxO PhotoLab 8 to bring out those shadowed area. I found that the colors were very off and there was a lot of processing that I had to overcome to bring it out properly. I chose to perform a conversion to black & white, along with some grain in locations to minimize banding artifacts.
As for the composition, what drew me into this image was the feeling like I had seen something like this in a Hollywood movie before some horror or scary setting was about to happen. That's what I worked for the look in the two software programs I used.
As if on cue, two geese paddled through my frame as I was photographing the sunset the other night. How nice of them! This and the previously uploaded photo were taken (by mistake, to be truthful) at a higher ISO than i normally prefer. But at least on my computer screen, I think it looks okay. And the higher ISO allowed me to use a litle bit faster exposure time, minimizing the blurring of the geese who were moving slowly from right to left. This is my favorite shot of the night. Shortly after this was shot, the sun dipped behind the clouds and the colors quickly faded. Taken at 6:37 pm.
This set was taken during the golden hour in an area NW of town known as Burrs Spur. (and old rail spur). Im trying to minimize my processing so, only crop and orientation. tweeking the light, and removal of sensor dust. Its not easy editing through the binoculars. The colors are provide from above so enjoy
At an exhibit pullout along the Pinto Basin Road in Joshua Tree National Park. The view is looking to the southwest across a varied open plain of desert plant-life with yucca plants, cactus and creosote bushes. Taking advantage of some high ground that I was located on, I decided to angle my Nikon SLR camera slightly downward and create more of a sweeping view across this national park landscape. I also wanted to minimize what I felt was more of a negative space with the overcast skies.
While researching places to explore, visit and hike in Cuyahoga Valley National Park, I came across this image in the National Park Service site along this walk of the Ohio and Erie Canal Path. The view was looking to the south through a break in the trees to the Cuyahoga River with the Station Road and the Brecksville-Northfield Bridge off in the distance. While it would have been nice to have enjoyed some blue skies and clouds that day, I was able to minimize the overcast skies present and focus the image mainly on the greens of the nearby forest, the Cuyahoga River, and bridges for this setting and final image.
This is a stack and blend.
Sky 10 x 15", iso8000, 14mm, f2.8,
Foreground 1 x 240", iso800, 14mm, f2.8,
Stacked in Sequator and blended in Photoshop CC, then applied star minimization. Final edits in Lightroom CC.
Great blue herons rarely venture far from bodies of water, but are occasionally seen flying over upland areas. They usually nest in trees or bushes near water's edge, often on islands (which minimizes the potential for predation) or partially isolated spots.
It has been recorded as a vagrant in England, Greenland, Hawaii, and the Azores.
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In the background are the Olde Almonte Flour Mill (redeveloped into condo units) & the Enerdu Waterpower generating station
Enerdu Power Systems Ltd. opened the redeveloped Enerdu Generating Station in Almonte, Eastern Ontario, on 27 April 2018.
« The project had a significant heritage component. The new generating station was built next to the existing station and efforts were made to minimize impacts on the adjacent flour mill and other heritage properties. The building that houses the existing powerhouse was built in 1842 as the Wylie Flour Mill. Although the Mill has been reconstructed several times, the powerhouse function has been in existence since at least 1905. »
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Ao longo do trilho PR14 – A Aldeia Mágica, que decorre entre Covelo de Paivó e Drave, concelho de Arouca, revela-se um vale agrÃcola encaixado na Serra da Freita. A paisagem, marcada por modelação fluvial em terrenos xistentos, exibe socalcos que evidenciam a adaptação da atividade agrÃcola ao declive acentuado, permitindo o cultivo em patamares junto a cursos de água como o rio de Paivô, visÃvel ao fundo. O contraste é notório entre o verde intenso dos socalcos, que minimizam a erosão, e as encostas com vestÃgios de incêndios florestais, problema recorrente na região. A vegetação autóctone em recuperação demonstra a resiliência do ecossistema. A paisagem integra ainda o património edificado tÃpico das aldeias serranas, testemunho de um povoamento rural que moldou a região.
Along the PR14 - A Aldeia Mágica trail, which runs between Covelo de Paivó and Drave, in the municipality of Arouca, you can see an agricultural valley embedded in the Serra da Freita. The landscape, marked by fluvial modeling in schist soils, displays terraces that show the adaptation of agricultural activity to the steep slope, allowing cultivation on levels next to watercourses such as the Paivô river, visible in the background. The contrast is striking between the intense green of the terraces, which minimize erosion, and the slopes with traces of forest fires, a recurring problem in the region. The recovering native vegetation demonstrates the resilience of the ecosystem. The landscape also includes the typical built heritage of the mountain villages, testimony to a rural settlement that shaped the region.
Griffon vultures have been used as model organisms for the study of soaring and thermoregulation. The energy costs of level flight tend to be high, prompting alternatives to flapping in larger birds. Vultures in particular utilize more efficient flying methods such as soaring. Compared to other birds, which elevate their metabolic rate to upwards of 16 times their basal metabolic rate in flight, soaring griffon vultures expend about 1.43 times their basal metabolic rate in flight. Griffon vultures are also efficient flyers in their ability to return to a resting heart rate after flight within ten minutes.
As large scavengers, griffon vultures have not been observed to seek shelter for thermoregulation. Vultures use their bald heads as a means to thermoregulate in both extreme cold and hot temperatures. Changes in posture can increase bare skin exposure from 7% to 32%. This change allows for the more than doubling of convective heat loss in still air. Griffon vultures have also been found to tolerate increased body temperatures as a response to high ambient temperatures. By allowing their internal body temperature to change independently of their metabolic rate, griffon vultures minimize their loss of water and energy in thermoregulating. One study in particular (Bahat 1995) found that these adaptations have allowed the Griffon vulture to have one of the widest thermal neutral zones of any bird.
It declined markedly throughout the 19th–20th centuries in much of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, mainly due to direct persecution and "bycatch" from the poisoned carcasses set for livestock predators (Snow and Perrins 1998, Ferguson-Lees and Christie 2001, Orta et al. 2015). In some areas a reduction in available food supplies, arising from changes in livestock management practices, also had an impact (Ferguson-Lees and Christie 2001, Orta et al. 2015). It is very highly vulnerable to the effects of potential wind energy development (Strix 2012) and electrocution has been identified as a threat (Global Raptors Information Network 2015). Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) used for veterinary purposes pose a threat to this species. One case of suspected poisoning caused by flunixin, an NSAID, was recorded in this species in 2012 in Spain (Zorrilla et al. 2015). Diclofenac, a similar NSAID, has caused severe declines in Gyps vulture species across Asia.
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The Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus), also known as the white fox, polar fox, or snow fox, is a small fox native to the Arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere and common throughout the Arctic tundra biome. It is well adapted to living in cold environments. It has a deep thick fur which is brown in summer and white in winter. Its body length ranges from 46 to 68 cm (18 to 27 in), with a generally rounded body shape to minimize the escape of body heat.
The Arctic fox preys on any small creatures such as: lemmings, voles, ringed seal pups, fish, waterfowl, and seabirds. It also eats carrion, berries, seaweed, insects, and other small invertebrates. Arctic foxes form monogamous pairs during the breeding season and they stay together to raise their young in complex underground dens. Occasionally, other family members may assist in raising their young.
The conservation status of the species is in general good and several hundred thousand individuals are estimated to remain in total. The IUCN has assessed it as being of "least concern". However, the Scandinavian mainland population is acutely endangered, despite being legally protected from hunting and persecution for several decades. The estimate of the adult population in all of Norway, Sweden, and Finland is fewer than 200 individuals. As a result, the populations of arctic fox have been carefully studied and inventoried in places such as the Vindelfjällens Nature Reserve (Sweden), which has the arctic fox as its symbol.
The abundance of the Arctic fox tends to fluctuate in a cycle along with the population of lemmings and voles (a 3- to 4-year cycle). The populations are especially vulnerable during the years when the prey population crashes, and uncontrolled trapping has almost eradicated two subpopulations. (wikipedia)
We were very fortunate to see many Arctic Fox across the Svalbard archipelago this summer. They are such a charismatic species and I always got very excited to see them. One of the highlights of my recent trip to the Arctic with Lindblad Expeditions. This pair were seen at Camp Millar, Svalbard.
A setting looking to the east while taking in views across a snowy landscape with Joshua Trees and other desert plant-life. This is at a roadside pullout along the main park road in Joshua Tree National Park. In capturing this image, I decided to keep a balanced, leveled-on view with the horizon. I was able to use the plant-life and Joshua Trees to add some interest to the foreground. While I did feel that the overcast skies were something to minimize, I also felt it helped to bring more of a focus to the snow and Joshua Trees.
All photographers experience it, frequently in some cases. You see that once in a moment situation and you shoot without taking the time to check your settings and it does not quite work out as well as you hoped.
I spotted this Ring-necked Pheasant on top of a mound of mulch as I drop past. I stopped and turned around on a narrow road and went past it a ways and turned around again so that I could shoot from the window of the truck. It gave me plenty of opportunity to photograph it. I turned off the truck's motor to minimize vibration and did not check my camera's setting. Most of the shots were slightly out of focus. This was as best as I could do and I share my story to remind myself to go over the camera before shooting.
Griffon vultures have been used as model organisms for the study of soaring and thermoregulation. The energy costs of level flight tend to be high, prompting alternatives to flapping in larger birds. Vultures in particular utilize more efficient flying methods such as soaring. Compared to other birds, which elevate their metabolic rate to upwards of 16 times their basal metabolic rate in flight, soaring griffon vultures expend about 1.43 times their basal metabolic rate in flight. Griffon vultures are also efficient flyers in their ability to return to a resting heart rate after flight within ten minutes.
As large scavengers, griffon vultures have not been observed to seek shelter for thermoregulation. Vultures use their bald heads as a means to thermoregulate in both extreme cold and hot temperatures. Changes in posture can increase bare skin exposure from 7% to 32%. This change allows for the more than doubling of convective heat loss in still air. Griffon vultures have also been found to tolerate increased body temperatures as a response to high ambient temperatures. By allowing their internal body temperature to change independently of their metabolic rate, griffon vultures minimize their loss of water and energy in thermoregulating. One study in particular (Bahat 1995) found that these adaptations have allowed the Griffon vulture to have one of the widest thermal neutral zones of any bird.
It declined markedly throughout the 19th–20th centuries in much of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, mainly due to direct persecution and "bycatch" from the poisoned carcasses set for livestock predators (Snow and Perrins 1998, Ferguson-Lees and Christie 2001, Orta et al. 2015). In some areas a reduction in available food supplies, arising from changes in livestock management practices, also had an impact (Ferguson-Lees and Christie 2001, Orta et al. 2015). It is very highly vulnerable to the effects of potential wind energy development (Strix 2012) and electrocution has been identified as a threat (Global Raptors Information Network 2015). Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) used for veterinary purposes pose a threat to this species. One case of suspected poisoning caused by flunixin, an NSAID, was recorded in this species in 2012 in Spain (Zorrilla et al. 2015). Diclofenac, a similar NSAID, has caused severe declines in Gyps vulture species across Asia.
Taj Mahal, Agra, India.
I got to this spot about ten minutes after sunrise. I couldn’t have asked for more. The light was fantastic, and the Taj Mahal was glowing. It is very unforgiving when photographing a highly symmetric structure such as this one. Nothing short of perfect centering is needed to exploit the symmetry and to minimize the distortion. There is no tripod allowed inside the Taj Mahal. I found it very difficult to balance the camera and find the center of symmetry, while perfectly aligning in all three axes. This perspective, a nicely balanced static composition, is the classic image of the Taj Mahal.
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I became infatuated with orchids and wildflowers long before I picked up my first digital camera. They are scarce and unmatched in beauty, vibrant, and vary drastically in physiology. It is important to be aware of the ecological sensitivity of the place. 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.
The rain drifted down in a fine mist. I spent half an hour crawling around on the hillside with macro lens and tripod. Of the small scale miracles I witnessed, this was the most other-worldly: a fallen leaf. I stopped the lens down, aligned the plane of my sensor parallel to that of my subject, and locked the tripod head tight. Made sure, too, that the tripod feet were on something solid. Finally, I locked up the mirror for each exposure, to minimize vibration.
Photographed in Metchosin, Vancouver Island, BC (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2011 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Archibebe claro ( Tringa nebularia) en formación de alta velocidad minimizando el rozamiento con el aire
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) in high speed formation minimizing friction with air
They're a few things that drew me into this image: one was just the the crossing with the signs. It just added something to the image, especially with the station as a backdrop and the people gathered to go bicycling off on one of the paths. The station itself was definitely something I found myself wanting to include in this image. The last thing was just forested backdrop for this entire setting. As the skies were overcast, it kind of added of blah element to this area and day. But I was able to minimize that and focus more on the trees and this setting around the train station and railroad crossing.
A setting looking to the east-northeast while taking in views across hoodoos and other eroded formations present in Bryce Canyon National Park. This view is located at Sunset Point and just around sunrise. My thought on composing the image was to time an image captured around the point of sunrise, but some low clouds were present to minimize that look. I chose to work with HDR Efex Pro 2 to better bring that complete color setting in the image. I later exported a TIFF image to DxO PhotoLab 5 where I did some final adjustments with contrast, saturation and brightness for the final image.
Have tried to minimize dog content, but just had to post something from latest roll of Kodak TX400. Captured on Nikon FM with 50mm f/1.8. Digitally scanned with Nikon D5300 and macro lens. Processed with Negative Lab Pro.
I captured this image at the Lower River Platform with a view looking to the southwest at the waters of Brooks River while observing brown bears in Katmai National Park. As I stood at this overlook and chanced to look down into the waters, I was able to catch this gathering of sockeye salmon. The rest of composition was a matter of angling my Nikon SLR camera along with my position to minimize the reflections off the waters while capturing a large enough group of the salmon.
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.
The project is to examine the lights and architecture of the empty Campus at night.
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With some work Capture NX2, I was able to minimize the reflections off the window seat as well as color distortions. I was then able to bring out a better accurate view of the mountain landscape with the thin wisps of clouds that seemed to float in the valleys below.
A colorful ILBG4 coasts past the Nation Museum of Transportation just before going through a MoW zone after getting the authority from the Forman to head past the Maintenance of Way at minimized speed with horn and bell around Milepost 15, meanwhile the G4 train splits through the fully sprung greenery around the Jefferson City Subdivision
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From my early morning yesterday along the Grand River. Thought the black and white worked well to minimize the colours actually giving more mood to the image...
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Back in the days of film, you didn't have the option of boosting the ISO to extremely high values when light levels dropped low. You had to improvise. This may have led to more creative approaches to problem solving (there being more problems to solve). One evening in New Mexico, as the cranes flew in after sunset, I had pushed my roll of Fujichrome one stop (to ISO 200!) but my shutter speeds were still very slow. Rather than quit, I just kept shooting, hoping I would get a lucky image using motion blur.
I resisted the temptation, during scanning and processing, to remove or minimize the grain in this shot. I like it. To me, the cranes look ethereal, almost like angels.
Photographed at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico. Scanned from the original Fujichrome Provia 100 slide (with a 1-stop push). The camera body was a Nikon F100, the lens a Nikon 300 mm + 1.4x teleconverter. Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2003 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
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Even though the reflections off Howard Lake were captivating that afternoon, I did remember to look around and take in view of the nearby mountains. With the clouds being slightly overcast at times, I tried to minimize that, bringing more of a focus to the mountainside and peaks above.
CSX Grafton WV based local L154 drifts through the interlocking at MO Tower in Clarksburg, WV passing by some remains of the PSR era a few years prior. When CSX went on their all out blitz to minimize their trackage footprint throughout the system, the small yard in Clarksburg was among those removed. Even years after the work was completed, much of the remains are still sitting off to the side of the mainline. Dwarf signals stand in place, protecting removed tracks.
This was another chance to practice different techniques of capturing that milky look to a waterfall. Around the Mount Rainier National Park area, I tried a technique of using multiple exposures on one single capture. Here I closed down the aperture and adjusted the exposure compensation to slow down the shutter speed, carefully metering to minimize blowing any highlights.
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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Even if I have my series of Words of Significance. This word is not part of it.
This image will take me to make a future graph, according to dates and effects.
I will emphasize... Intimacy in the current era will be completely minimized.. ( =nothing to say, or express ) for obvious reasons. Includes personal photos that must be uploaded in absolute privacy, and to my eyes only.
With a certain connection to write above... and in general,
The morning started for me with the last image from a live dream.. the meaning is exciting and obviously, I won't be able to delve into the subject in a public way.
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Succulents along the sidewalk on our walk in Goleta, California.
As individuals with unique talents, personalities, and backgrounds come together in a united cause, progress and success are multiplied, not just added upon. Think of the good that can come in the current crisis and future challenges as we minimize contention and maximize unity.
I bet you wondered what this looked like on the inside …… you would have thought this was Bonnie & Clyde’s truck.
Single shot, no HDR and played around with the tools to produce this tonal range. Hint for using super wide angles, keep your camera as perpendicular to the horizon as possible. This will minimize distortion. More to come tomorrow since I did sort of a photo study at this sight.
With other images at this point, I'd focused most of my attention on the bridge with the Ohio Turnpike that goes over a portion of Cuyahoga Valley National Park. It was only later that I realized there was so much more of the national park to capture in images at this point. That's the story behind focusing on this one section of forest with the Cuyahoga River flowing by. Given the overcast skies, I wanted to minimize any of the skies above and include mainly just the forest and river to my front. I decided to add a Foliage and Sunshine CEP filter in Capture NX2 to give that little bit extra for the final image.
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