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A 9 shot stitched panorama with my 720nm converted Nikon D80, taken at the beautiful Bodiam Castle in East Sussex. Processed with Lightroom, Photoshop SC6 and converted to B&W with Nik Silver Efex.
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For how can one know colour in perpetual green, and what good is warmth without cold to give it sweetness.
-John Steinbeck
Leica M-P & Elmarit-M 28mm
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Al Ain Central Market, at the end of the day.
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Leica M-P & Summilux-M 35mm
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16 images stitched together in CS4 to form a panorama of the Milky Way capturing approximately 160 degrees of the sky. NNE to SSE in the early August 10th evening. Additional adjustments with Nik Define and LR4.
Bandon, Oregon. Captured May 27, 2015. Captured with Canon EOS 5DIII, Canon EF24-105mm f4L IS USM at 60mm, f 11 @ 1 minutes, 46 seconds ISO 100. Tripod. B+W 10 stop Neutral Density Filter plus B+W 3 stop Neutral Density Filter. Post Processing with LRCC2015, PSCC2015, NikSoftware ColorEfexPro 4.0 (Image Borders, Brilliance/Warmth), Viveza 2.0 and SilverEfexPro 2.0
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Concierto de la Soledad
The sunlight filters through the late afternoon overcast in Bandon, Oregon USA. Bandon is well known for it's fantastic sea stacks.
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better in LARGE
A couple of fisherman push out into the Illinois River at daybreak. Five exposure HDR processed with Nik HDR Efex Pro 2
The last part of our visit of the Romanesque churches in Le Puy-en-Velay (central France) now takes us to the one that is possibly the most moving, and certainly the most spectacular of them all: the Saint Michael Chapel, perched on top of the Aiguilhe Rock, an enormous, 82 meters high geological dike made of hard basalt and left standing like a finger sticking out of the plain below by the erosion of all the sediment that once surrounded it.
There is only one way to get there: climb the hard, tall and uneven 268 steps carved out of the basalt, and in doing so, you will be following in the exact footsteps, not only of the millions of Compostela pilgrims that came here over the centuries, but also of innumerable historic figures, among which the Kings of France Charles VII, Louis XI and Charles VIII, who ascended the rock to pray under the humble vaults of the chapel.
According to persistent legends, the first edifice built on top of the rock of Aiguilhe (notice how close the name is to the French word aiguille, i.e., needle) was a Roman temple dedicated to Mercury. No trace of such a sanctuary was ever found by archæologists. The chapel that one can see today was built in two successive phases. First, the initial and very small square chapel, probably with three apses but only two remain today. This was built soon after 950, either by bishop Godescalc (who had been the first French pilgrim of Compostela in 950–51), or more probably by Truannus, dean of the canons of the cathedral chapter, duly authorized by Godescalc. I have not been able to find any definitive evidence pointing to one rather than the other. What is documented, however, is that the finished chapel was consecrated by the said bishop in 961. It was a pre-Romanesque monument.
Secondly, during the late 1000s, the primitive oratory was “surrounded” and augmented by a Romanesque chapel built on the flattened top of the dike. In the process, the probable third apse of the oratory was destroyed to open a way of access between the newly built “nave” and the square space of the oratory, repurposed as “choir”. The best way to understand the layout if to have a look at the floor plan drawn by architect Mallay in the 19th century, here: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plan_de_la_chapelle_Saint.... The imposing bell tower was also built at the same time.
A telephoto shot of the chapel emphasizing its stunning and unique natural location. When you see this rock in real life, you understand why men, since the dawn of time, wanted to build something on top of that to honor their god(s)...
Cannon Beach,Oregon. Captured May 29, 2015. Captured with Canon EOS 5DIII, Canon EF24-105mm f4L IS USM at 45mm, Long Exposure f 16 @ 1 minute, 18 seconds ISO 100. Tripod. B+W 10 stop Neutral Density Filter plus B+W 3 stop Neutral Density Filter. Post Processing with CS5, NikSoftware ColorEfexPro 4.0 (Image Borders), Viveza 2.0 and SilverEfexPro 2.0
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My previous work has won a Merit Award in Black and White Magazine 2013 Portfolio Contest, Single Image Award in Black and White Magazine 2014 and Excellence Award in Black and White Magazine 2014 Portfolio Contest. I have also been honored with other local, national and international awards.
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Jazz Trio
The Piano is playing'
the drummer is brushin'
and the Bass Man is strummin'
The joint is Alive.
The last part of our visit of the Romanesque churches in Le Puy-en-Velay (central France) now takes us to the one that is possibly the most moving, and certainly the most spectacular of them all: the Saint Michael Chapel, perched on top of the Aiguilhe Rock, an enormous, 82 meters high geological dike made of hard basalt and left standing like a finger sticking out of the plain below by the erosion of all the sediment that once surrounded it.
There is only one way to get there: climb the hard, tall and uneven 268 steps carved out of the basalt, and in doing so, you will be following in the exact footsteps, not only of the millions of Compostela pilgrims that came here over the centuries, but also of innumerable historic figures, among which the Kings of France Charles VII, Louis XI and Charles VIII, who ascended the rock to pray under the humble vaults of the chapel.
According to persistent legends, the first edifice built on top of the rock of Aiguilhe (notice how close the name is to the French word aiguille, i.e., needle) was a Roman temple dedicated to Mercury. No trace of such a sanctuary was ever found by archæologists. The chapel that one can see today was built in two successive phases. First, the initial and very small square chapel, probably with three apses but only two remain today. This was built soon after 950, either by bishop Godescalc (who had been the first French pilgrim of Compostela in 950–51), or more probably by Truannus, dean of the canons of the cathedral chapter, duly authorized by Godescalc. I have not been able to find any definitive evidence pointing to one rather than the other. What is documented, however, is that the finished chapel was consecrated by the said bishop in 961. It was a pre-Romanesque monument.
Secondly, during the late 1000s, the primitive oratory was “surrounded” and augmented by a Romanesque chapel built on the flattened top of the dike. In the process, the probable third apse of the oratory was destroyed to open a way of access between the newly built “nave” and the square space of the oratory, repurposed as “choir”. The best way to understand the layout if to have a look at the floor plan drawn by architect Mallay in the 19th century, here: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plan_de_la_chapelle_Saint.... The imposing bell tower was also built at the same time.
One last majestic view of this unique and memorable chapel. If you are ever in Le Puy-en-Velay, I urge you to go visit it, even though the climb may be strenuous to some people —it was to me, to some extent, but there are benches and places to rest along the way, so the ascent really remains manageable, unless you have a serious heart condition, I suppose. Anyway, believer or non-believer, the place truly deserves the effort, especially if you like Mediæval frescoes.
Beautiful Spring Day at Lock 8 along the I & M Canal. Five exposure HDR processed with Nik HDR Efex Pro 2
I cannot claim credit for coming up with this idea. The cosplayers were already posed in these positions when I walked by but I *got* what they were trying to accomplish: using the pillars and lights to look like they were on display.
Not the first time I've seen cosplayers look like they were part of a display or collection (the Shatner/Star Trek and Barbie cosplayers in their toy boxes comes to mind) but the first time I've seen someone use this location for this purpose.
UPDATE: I was totally surprised to find that this image make it on to Flickr's Explore page (No. 425 out of 500). A big THANK YOU goes out to everyone who commented and liked my image!!
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From my most recent (hopefully not my last) trip to Cuba
I was just walking down the street and being taken by a one moment of another beings life, when a little boy was playing hide and seek and zipped around the corner to see if he was being followed. He did not see me because he thought I was too busy seeing something else. He took me alrifgt. I slowed down to the peed of life and let him hide in my camera where he took the shot by taking me.
Shot with the Amazing Nikon Z50 70-250mmDX Z mount Nikkor lens
#Nikon100 #nikonlove #lexar #kelbyone #photography#onOne @NikonUSA #mirrorless #Nikonz50 #70-250mm #cuba #cats #PBPW #NikonNoFilter #niksoftware#nikonUSA #Epson #wacom #xritephoto #onone #sunbounce#fineartphotography #DxO #iamgenerationimage #iamnikon #B&H #PhotogenicbyBenQ #lexarMemory #nikonLOVE @lexarmemory elite photographer #lexarmemory #nikonnofilter — with Niamh Ebony O Reilly
UPDATE: I was out-of-town when this hit Flickr's Explored page (no. 446 out of 500). Thank you all for the love and comments!!