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Outer Castle Gate in Vienna's inner city, just close to Heroes Square.
"FRANCISCUS I. IMPERATOR AUSTRIAE MDCCCXXIV" (Francis I, Emperor of Austria in 1824)
"IUSTITIA REGNORUM FUNDAMENTUM" (Justice is the foundation of the rule.)
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This gate and I are friends. It is a kissing gate that kisses itself as each person passes through and yet without a lock it keeps the sheep safe within. The Isles of Lewis and Harris have many ancient monuments set in the landscape and the continuing changes of the modern way of life go on around them as they continue to cast shadows and attract visitors to experience their hallows.
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Calanais Standing Stones
12m west of Stornoway off the A859, Isle of Lewis
www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/calanai...
A hazy day on this beautiful small island at the northernmost end of the middle chain of islands that make up the Outer Hebrides in Scotland which are renowned for their white sand beaches. Berneray is attached to the island of North Uist by a causeway.
2026 Outer Hebrides
Explored on 1st July 2026, highest position #394. Many thanks for all the comments and faves!
Reprocessing some old jpg images with Topaz. I have simplified this image slightly, but the perfect reflection was very real -- the result of a thin skim of ice over the entire harbour, which, as the sun started to melt it, made it look like a mirror.
Currituck Beach Lighthouse
Corolla, North Carolina
This is the northernmost of three major lighthouses on the Outer Banks of North Carolina; the others are Bodie Island and Cape Hatteras. Unlike the other two, the tower of Currituck Beach lighthouse is the natural color of the red-orange bricks, which I quite like -- particularly in warm sunlight. All three lighthouses were among the many venues of the Outer Banks Photography Workshop (Randall Sanger Photography & John Deas Photography).
Currituck Beach Lighthouse was begun in 1873 and its first-order Fresnel len was first lit December 1, 1875. The tower includes about one million bricks, it's walls tapering from about 5.5 feet thick at base to about 3 feet thick at top. It is about 150 feet to the top of the brick tower and 162 feet to the top of the lantern room, with a 158 foot focal plane. There are 214 stairs to the catwalk below the lantern room; I made the climb three years ago (photos in North Carolina album), but not this time. Still an active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation, the lighthouse has been automated; its grounds are now owned by Outer Banks Conservationists; the nonprofit organization spent about $1.5 million over three decades to restore the lighthouse complex, including two keepers' houses. Currituck Beach Lighthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 (73001333); boundary increases in 2000 changed the listing to Currituck Beach Lighthouse Complex.
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Just arrived back from a weeks Camper van holiday in the outer Hebrides, it was our first time in a camper van and out there, we both fell in love with it.
We found this amazing beach on the 2nd day and there was not another person in sight so we both decided to stay here for the week as you can imagine I wasn't about to complain as I could see there were some very minimalist photo opportunity's.
I hoped I could with my images show Uist with it's wild rugged, empty but beautiful landscapes that were so spell binding.
Please leave a comment if you can as they really are valued and much appreciated, critiques are most welcome and have often helped me to learn and improve an image.
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I just got back from a weeks vacation in Corolla on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Had a great time with some of my brothers and sisters.
I was able to break away a few times to take some photos. This was taken along a nature trail that ran along the shores of Currituck Sound. There were several nesting platforms for the Osprey to use along the trail. I just wish I had found this earlier than Friday.
We got a good view looking across the St. Joseph River from the south pier to the north pier's outer light. The view of this light had been blocked by the pier's inner light when we were over on that side. The outer light had a lot more ice. Somebody was taking pictures of it with a drone. I'm probably on somebody's drone footage.
The Outer Limits (1963) and The Twilight Zone (1959) two classic TV shows that used high contrast and low key lighting to add drama and suspense to the story.
This is the historical Bodie Island Lighthouse with the keeper's quarters on the Outer Banks in North Carolina USA. The keeper's quarters also serves as the visitor center.
The current Bodie (pronounced bah-dee) Island Lighthouse with a Fresnal lens is the third lighthouse that was built in 1872 on the Roanoke Sound. This area of the East Coast earned the nickname 'Graveyard of the Atlantic' due to over 2,000 shipwrecks on the ocean floor!
This coastal area is home to the site of the first English settlers called the 'Lost colony of Roanoke', and the last stand of the famous pirate known as Blackbeard!
I had fun using a rare Quantaray 24mm f2.5 vintage lens to photograph this cool vintage lighthouse just after sunrise!
I was hoping for a colorful sunrise, but when I got there it was just fog and clouds! That's why I edited them in black and white!
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