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Taken on a trek to 4 Waterfalls with a friend from work Tony its his first visit to the amazing waterfalls in South Wales
No HDR for this shot was taken 7.05am as the skies were changing colour and yes ive desaturated it in CS2
Never been happy with anything from this place
Its one awesome waterfall and one hard trek - The issue is here its a head on shot for the best angle .We did park up by The Angel pub to go to Ddwli & Gwladys but at the last minute i changed my mind :-) Note to self when you go next time purchase a torch
Taken with my 450d as my 5D Mark II is still in the repair shop at Canon
Another note to myself below this waterfall is a series of small waterfalls that require a visit soon :-)
One Of Many Exhibits At The Annual Lantern Parade Held In Liverpools' " Sefton Park " ~
A Pleasant Change From All My ' Wild Life ' Photography ~ The Organisation Of The Main Arena Left A Lot To Be Desired !
However...One Of The Routes,' Red ' , Led By " Batala " Was A Joy To Watch And Be Part Of !
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Happy St. Patrick's Day! I don't really celebrate it much, but how can I deny any chance to wear bright green eye makeup and insane lime lashes? =^_^= Oh and my eye ball is magically delicious, awesome hehe...
Be safe and if you're drinking, don't be an idiot and drive, get a cab...
**Also for FGR's Lucky Charms and The Rogue Players Images mostly green in colour**
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Mom - Lemon Dropper (thanks for the extra hand!)
HaPPY BeaCH TueSDaY, No PiNKS
Here I am, my friends
Wishing you a wonderful week and a pink Tuesday
Back soon so miss me, guys
Ready for a beachwalk?
This one is exactly the beach, Leonardo was for his movie “the beach”.
One of the most visited places in thailand, before the tsunami
After it, the people stayed away of Phi Phi island, which was damaged very much from the monster wave.
The name of the island means ghost island, and more then ever it is one.
But he, don´t be afraid and please go there, the natives have only the tourists making money
And a day in paradise?
Why not there
Hope you have all a wonderful time without me
Put on the sunglasses and …………
sorry guys
I am away
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. . . these lovely little flowers actually "smell" like chocolate!!! . . . wonder if it tastes like it?? (the flower bokeh effect is SOOC . . . only the frame has been added) . . .
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much better large size and on black - molto meglio in grande e su sfondo nero
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Sometimes you feel so sad, that the blue flows into you, and you can’t stop it
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qualche volta la tristezza (blue) si impossessa di te, da fluirti dentro, e non sai come fermarla
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Highest position in Explore # 1 & Featured at Explore Front Page on 2nd June'09
The shot was taken in the early morning hours before sunrise at Punggol. When light was low and long exposure yielded this smooth effect of the water. No filter was applied and the blue tone truely compliments the blue hour at dawn.
Almost same shot from same location after sunrise
This is freshly baked shot, one long exposure of 10 secs to flatten the water and another exposure of 5 secs for the sky. Exif is not 100% correct here. As per editing is concerned nothing done except playing with its curves and bit sharpness.
Ven a conocer el Cerrato... te encantará
Para YessJM
Caminos que unen las poblaciones de Soto de Cerrato y Cevico de la Torre, en Palencia (Castilla y León, España).
Saludos. Oscar L.P.
Fastnet Rock (Irish: An Charraig Aonair, meaning Rock of Solitude or Lonesome Rock) is a small clay-slate island with quartz veins and the most southerly point of Ireland, 6.5 km southwest of Cape Clear Island (Oileán Chléire) in County Cork, which is itself 13 km (8 miles) from the mainland. It lies in the Atlantic Ocean 11.3 km south of mainland County Cork, at latitude 51.37°N. It rises to about 30 m above low water mark. Study of the documentary record suggests that the name is from Old Norse Hvastann-ey 'sharp tooth island'.
Divided into Fastnet Rock proper and the much smaller Little Fastnet to the south by a 10 m (30 ft) wide channel, it also had the nickname 'Ireland's Teardrop' as it was the last part of the country seen by Irish emigrants to the United States in the 19th century as they sailed past it.
Characteristics of the Fastnet Rock Lighthouse
Position
51º 23.3’ North 9º 36.1’West
Light
Fl W 5s White Flash every 5 seconds, also exhibited by day when the fog signal is sounding: nominal range 27 nautical miles.
Radar Beacon
Morse ‘G’ on vessel’s radar display.
Fog Signal
4 blasts every 60 seconds
Height of Tower
54 metres
Height of Light above mean high water springs
49 metres
FASTNET ROCK
I write a logbook in this lighthouse,
Autumn waning, winter coming
Wind from the North
Gelid blowing;
Sun cloud-shadowed,
shortening days.
ships wave battered,
ploughing ocean,
And every night
migrant birds calling.
Spindrift sprayed.
The tower windows;
A time of change
That's my log.
D.J O'Sullivan (From Fastnet to Inishtrahull)
Our workshop group hiked the 1.5 miles upward to the Delicate Arch for a sunset shoot. The hike at 5600 ft was not easy but I was rewarded with this incredible scene.
The Lasal Mountains are on the horizon.
For composition, I did not place the arch in the center of the frame but slightly off-center. I moved back and forth until I got the mountain peaks just where I wanted them through the arch. I also included some of the formation on the left. The sandstone plateua slopes gently downward to the right, giving some nice diagonal lines to the composition.
The far side of this arch is a shear drop into the canyon beyond, which is why you never see any images of the arch from that side.
It is difficult to get the scale of this arch. I will post an image next with a person in it for scale. When you get up close to this arch, it is anything but delicate. It is massive and the western leg is very thick. I guess it was named Delicate Arch because it looks that way from a distance.
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Soria: Album/Set
Gracias a tod@s por los comentarios. Thanks to @ll for the coments.
Paz a todos en estos días. Peace to @ll peopele in these days.
Explore: 27 Dec 2010 in # 12 [Frontpage]
Canon 450D + CANON EF24-105 4L IS USM, @24mm, 1/500 sec, f/6,3, ISO 400
No Tripod, Date 12/05/2010 14:06:20
Foto tomada en el final del cañón del río Lobos, justo donde nace el río Ucero.
Era domingo por la mañana, con bastante frío... y qué mejor que ir a la Ermita de San Bartolome de Ucero, claro con la nevada.. el camino estaba completamente blanco. Decir que no fui el único valiente que decidió caminar por la nieve, había bastantes paseantes. Primer paso fue dejar el coche a la entrada del cañón y subir andando, ya que la pista estaba completamente blanca e incluso helada en alguna zona.
Río Ucero: El río Ucero nace en el Manadero de "La Galiana", también llamado "Manantial de la Galiana", "Fuente de la Galiana" y "Nacedero del río Ucero", que se encuentra situado a la salida del Cañón del río Lobos.
El río Lobos, que nace en la provincia de Burgos, recoge las escorrentías y drenajes subterráneos de los materiales no permeables y de alguna pequeña fuente kárstica.
Al llegar a la Sierra de Cabrejas se encuentra con materiales calizos del Cretácico y se encaja en un angosto y magnífico cañón que se prolonga hasta el Nacedero del río Ucero.
Se estima que la velocidad del agua al recorrer el acuífero es baja, aproximadamente 10 kms. a la semana (60m/h). En el Nacedero el caudal medio es de 650 l/sg, la temperatura del agua de 10º C, y posee 8,3 cm3 de oxígeno disuelto por litro de agua.
English:
Photo taken at the end of the river Lobos Cannyon at the point where the Ucero river springs up to life.
It was a cold Sunday morning ... and there was nothing better than hiking in the snow to the San Batolome de Ucero hermitage. The road was completely covered in snow. I wasn't the only brave one to venture in the snow though - there were a lot of other hikers around. First, I had to leave the car at the beginning of the cannyon and then climb up, since the road was clomplety covered in snow and even ice in some parts.
Ucero River: The source of the river is in "La Galiana", also known as "Manantial (spring) de la Galiana", "Fuente (foutain) de la Galiana" and "Nacedero (source) del río Ucero", and is located at the end of the Lobos river cannyon.
The Lobos river, which begins in the province of Burgos, sweeps non-permeable materials from the undercurrents and runoffs as well as some karstic debri.
When it runs trhough Sierra de Cabrejas, the river collects chalk sediments from the Cretaceous period and runs through a narrow but magnificent cannyon until it reaches the source of the Ucero river.
The speed of the water is estimated to be low, aprox. 10km per week (60m/h). The average flow at the source of the river is 650l/sec/, the temperature of the water, 10º C and contains 8,3 cm3 dissolved oxygen per litre of water.
Take yourself the time and view the picture in large
Puente nuevo
Construido sobre el río Ter hacia el s. XII, con modificaciones en los XVI y XVII, permitía el acceso a la villa y formaba parte de la vía que conducía hacia la Cerdanya.
The settlement of Camprodon was in 1118, when Ramon Berenguer III allowed the building of a market near the monastery of Sant Pere de Camprodon, which is located the present-day city. In 1252 Camprodon reached the title of royal city and left the jurisdiction of the abbot of Sant Pere.
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Teruel: Album/Set
Explore: 21 Oct 2010 in # 1 [Front Page]
Canon 450D + CANON EF24-105 4L IS USM, @32mm, 1/60 sec, f/11, ISO 100
Tripod, Date 05/08/2010 7:47:00
Eran las 6:00 AM del 5/08/2010 cuando despertaba y tras vestirme raudo y veloz tomaba el coche y partía hacia Albarracín, en el camino al pasar por Calamocha (Conocido en España por ser uno de los lugares que marca mínimas en invierno, alguna vez los -25ºC), observe que el coche me daba una temperatura de 10ºC(baja para ser España en Agosto), había algo de bruma ya que el día anterior llovió por la tarde. Antes quise pasar por Peracense, donde hay un castillo muy particular por lo camuflado que queda con el entorno. Y puede realizar algunas fotos antes pasar por Albarracín (di una vuelta entera por los exteriores del castillo).
Imagen desde una de las rocas que se situan al lado del castillo. Panorama compuesto por dos tomas horizontales.
Peracense
Situación: La fortaleza de Peracense se halla colgada sobre un apartado risco de la sierra Menera, en el municipio de Peracense, a unos 45 kilómetros de Teruel.
Historia: El origen de este castillo no está nada claro. Según parece, por los restos arqueológicos hallados en sus proximidades, debió de ser la defensa de un pequeño poblado medieval, conocido por los lugareños como la Villeta, lugar del que procedería la imagen medieval de la Virgen con el Niño que se conserva en la iglesia parroquial de la localidad. Según información manejada por Cristóbal Guitart ya existía en 1284, pues fue utilizado por las tropas reales como punto de partida para la conquista de Albarracín. No obstante, también se han encontrado restos celtíberos y romanos, lo que da idea de lo ancestral de su origen. La fortaleza propiamente dicha, y que podemos ver hoy día, fue edificada hacia la primera mitad del siglo XIV para uso estrictamente militar.
A pesar de su situación, ya que se encuentra mucho más próximo a Teruel que a Daroca, y justo en el límite que durante la Edad Media separaba los territorios de ambas comunidades, el castillo de Peracense estaba administrado por alcaides nombrados por la comunidad darocense. El castillo se encuentra ubicado junto al monte o peña de San Ginés, todo un hito geográfico ya señalado al citar los límites espaciales de Teruel, comunidad que se forma con parte del territorio ya conquistado a los musulmanes por las tropas de Daroca, para que quede claro hasta dónde se extienden una y otra.
La construcción del castillo de Peracense, como la de otros castillos vecinos fue fruto de la rivalidad medieval entre los reinos de Castilla y Aragón. Su misión era la de controlar uno de los posibles puntos de acceso por los que las tropas castellanas podían penetrar en Aragón en momentos de conflicto, y evitar así su llegada a todo el Valle del Jiloca y a localidades tan importantes como Santa Eulalia, Villafranca, Monreal del Campo o la propia ciudad de Teruel. No obstante, parece que el acceso de las tropas castellanas podía hacerse desde otros puntos cercanos y de más difícil defensa, de manera que este castillo apenas fue atacado ni asediado.
Una de las razones de la relativa falta de uso de este castillo es que siempre se encontró adecuadamente protegido por otros elementos defensivos del entorno, por un lado la torre de planta rectangular que se levanta en el ya citado cerro de San Ginés, el principal punto de control visual por su ubicación en una elevación del terreno dentro de un entorno eminentemente llano, y por otro el castillo de Ródenas, un gran desconocido de la castellología que sin embargo le sirvió de pantalla protectora. La más clara prueba de ello es que del de Ródenas apenas quedan los restos de algún muro en la parte superior, mientras que en el de Peracense los restos han tenido siempre mayor importancia, aun antes de la reciente restauración. Como el castillo de Ródenas sí que pertenecía a la Comunidad de Teruel, se plantea otra posibilidad, que ambos castillos se mantuvieran para proteger las posesiones de sus respectivas comunidades ante posibles conflictos entre ellas, más que dedicarse a defender Aragón de la amenaza de incursiones por parte de los castellanos.
Como ya se ha dicho, no existen citas importantes que atestigüen asedios de este castillo por parte de tropas enemigas durante la Edad Media. Hay que esperar a los episodios bélicos de la primera guerra carlista para documentar de nuevo su utilización parcial.
Descripción: El castillo de Peracense se mimetiza con el paisaje de manera que parece formar parte de él como si de un fenómeno geológico se tratara. La forma que adquiere es la de un espolón de un barco varado en la montaña del que destaca la torre principal por su altura y rotundidad.
La fortaleza es de planta curadrada irregular, ocupa unos 4.000 metros cuadrados, se divide en tres recintos concéntricos y está situada sobre una escarpada peña, siendo inexpugnable por varios de sus flancos. El recinto interior es la plaza de armas, de unos 60 x 40 metros, y en ella se puede observar una especie de nichos que debieron ser utilizados para almacenar víveres y para que los guerreros se resguardasen del frío.
Sus laderas norte y este son inexpugnables, y en el sur y oeste se levantó una muralla en forma de ángulo recto de unos 3 metros de espesor, reforzada por tres torreones rectangulares.
La entrada al castillo es un estrecho portillo al borde del precipicio. Hay saeteras y subsisten bastantes almenas. Sólo queda la pared frontal de lo que fue la Torre del Homenaje.
English:
Peracense
Situation: Peracense's strength(fortress) is hung on an isolated crag of the saw Menera, in Peracense's municipality, to approximately 45 kilometres of Teruel.
History: The origin of this castle is not not clear at all. As it seems, for the archaeological remains found in his(her,your) proximities, it was necessary to to have been the defense of a small medieval settlement, known by the villagers as the Villeta, place from which the medieval image of the Virgin would come with the Child who remains in the parochial church of the locality. According to information handled by Christopher Guitart already it existed in 1284, since it was used by the royal troops as point of item for Albarracín's conquest. Nevertheless, also they have found Celtiberian and Roman remains, which gives idea of the ancient of your origin. The strength in strict sense, and that we can see today, was built towards the first half of the 14th century for strictly military use.
In spite of your situation, since he is much more near to Teruel than to Daroca, and I joust in the limit that during the Middle Ages was separating the territories of both communities, Peracense's castle was administered by wardens named by the community darocense. The castle is located close to the mount or San Ginés's rock, the whole geographical milestone already indicated on having mentioned the spatial limits of Teruel, community that is formed by part of the territory already conquered from the Muslims by Daroca's troops, in order that it(he) remains clear up to where there spread one and other one.
The construction of Peracense's castle, since that of other neighboring castles was a fruit of the medieval rivalry among the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon. Your mission was it of controlling one of the possible points of access for which the Castilian troops could penetrate in Aragon in moments of conflict, and avoid this way his(her,your) arrival to the whole Valley of the Jiloca and to localities as important as Holy Eulalia, Villafranca, Monreal of the Field or the own city of Teruel. Nevertheless, it seems that the access of the Castilian troops could be done from other nearby points and of more difficult defense, so that this castle scarcely was attacked not besieged. One of the reasons of the relative mistake of use of this castle is that always was protected adequately by other defensive elements of the environment, on the one hand the tower of rectangular floor that gets up in San Ginés's already mentioned hill, the principal point of visual control for your location in an elevation of the area inside an eminently flat environment, and for other one the castle of Ródenas, a great stranger of the castellología who nevertheless used him as protective screen. The clearest test of it is that of that of Ródenas scarcely they stay the remains of some wall in the top part, whereas in that of Peracense the remains have had always major importance, even before the recent restoration. As Ródenas's castle yes that concerned to the Community of Teruel, Another possibility appears, that both castles were kept to protect the possessions of your respective communities before possible conflicts among them, more than to dedicate to defending Aragon of the threat of incursions on the part of the Castilians.
Since already it has been said, there do not exist important appointments that testify sieges of this castle on the part of enemy troops during the Middle Ages. It is necessary to wait to the warlike episodes of the first war Carlist to document again your partial utilization.
Description: Peracense's castle changes color with the landscape so that it seems to form a part of it as if about a geological phenomenon it was treating itself. The form that it acquires is that of a spur of a ship beached in the mountain of which the principal tower stands out for your height and rotundity.
The strength is of floor curadrada irregular, occupies approximately 4.000 square meters, divides in three concentric enclosures and is placed on a steep rock, being impregnable for several of your flanks. The interior enclosure is the square of weapon, of approximately 60 x 40 meters, and in it it is possible to observe a species of niches that they have should to be used to store provisions and in order that the warriors should protect themselves of the cold.
Your hillsides north and this sound impregnable, and in the south and west a wall got up in the shape of right angle of approximately 3 meters of thickness, reinforced by three rectangular towers.
The entry to the castle is a narrow gap at the edge of the precipice. It is saeteras and enough battlements survive. Only the frontal wall stays of what was the Torre del Homenaje.
A ria de Aveiro estende-se, pelo interior, paralelamente ao mar, numa distância de 45 quilómetros e com uma largura máxima de onze quilómetros, no sentido Este-Oeste, desde Ovar até Mira.
A Ria é o resultado do recuo do mar, com a formação de cordões litorais que, a partir do século XVI, formaram uma laguna que constitui um dos mais importantes e belos acidentes hidrográficos da costa portuguesa.
Abarca onze mil hectares, dos quais seis mil estão permanentemente alagados, desdobra-se em quatro importantes canais ramificados em esteiros que circundam um sem número de ilhas e ilhotes. Nela desaguam o rio Vouga, o Antuã, o Boco e o Fontão, tendo como única comunicação com o mar um canal que corta o cordão litoral entre a Barra e S. Jacinto, permitindo o acesso ao Porto de Aveiro, de embarcações de grande calado.
Rica em peixes e aves aquáticas, possui grandes planos de água, locais de eleição para a prática de todos os desportos náuticos. Ainda que tenha vindo a perder, de ano para ano, a importância que já teve na economia aveirense, a produção de sal, utilizando técnicas milenares, é, ainda, uma das actividades tradicionais mais características de Aveiro.
pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ria_de_Aveiro
The Aveiro Lagoon (Ria de Aveiro) is a coastal lagoon in Portugal. It is located on the Atlantic coast of Portugal, south the municipalitiy of Espinho and north of Mira (to the north of the Cape Mondego). Its average area covers approximately 75 km². It is named after the city of Aveiro, which is the chief urban centre located nearby the lagoon. Other urban centres near the Ria de Aveiro are Ílhavo, Gafanha da Nazaré, Estarreja, Ovar and Esmoriz. Some beaches nearby include those of Barra, Costa Nova, Torreira, Vagueira, Furadouro, Cortegaça and Praia de Mira. There are also beaches in the São Jacinto Peninsula.
www.fotorevista.com.ar/Portfolios/10/100822-DiazDeVivar/i...
A menudo, al tratar cuestiones medioambientales, se centra la atención únicamente en las especies animales o en los ecosistemas en peligro de extinción, pero dejamos al margen o prestamos menos interés a los árboles, que son la base de los ecosistemas y tienen un papel fundamental en la naturaleza.
Algunos de los árboles más emblemáticos de la Tierra también son algunos de los que se encuentran en mayor riesgo de extinción. Merece la pena dar la voz de alarma y apoyar los esfuerzos para su conservación.
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Often, when dealing with environmental issues, the focus is solely on the animal species or ecosystems at risk of extinction, but we left on the sidelines or pay less attention to trees that are the foundation of ecosystems and play a key role in nature.
Some of the most typical trees of the Earth are also some who are at greater risk of extinction. It is worth sounding the alarm and support conservation efforts.
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This is the intersection of the spillway with the Mississippi River. The spillway was opened this year due to the very high river levels to keep from flooding the New Orleans area,. Up river the Morgnza Spillway was also opened to relieve flooding of Baton Rouge and New Orleans. If they had not opened both spillways these cities and other nearby areas would have had massive flooding!!!! The Bonnet Carre' Spillway is now closed and mostly drained but the lower road has been damaged and repairs will soon be made. The Morganza Spillway was closed a few weeks ago.
It seems fairy lights give you a very unusual facial structure, all the photos looked so funny. I had to run outside at 11.30 when I got home after realizing the photos I'd initially taken hadn't worked out, sorry it's a rush job :( I seemed to spend the entire day sleeping, or streaming tv, it's been one of those miserable days when you don't feel like dealing with anything and sit round eating vast amounts of chocolate instead :P I've now run out of House, NCIS, Castle & How I Met Your Mother - it's traumatic! I have nothing left to watch, any suggestions of good stuff are very welcome.
Inspired by anyone with a love of fairy lights :)
Anyhow I'm desperate for sleep as I'm up at 6 again for work, 4.5 hours sleep - hoorah. Night flickrites!
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i could take some of my own advice there.. or, rather, bobby mcferrin's advice
i have a little break from classes and work now
spent this first day well- with friends and sun and i'm taking a trip in a few days. i plan to take a lot of photographs
this is ancient- from the petrichor shoot. the rest of the beautiful em can be found here.
well, guess this month is basically done. wow.
19/20
might have to wait for day 20 on the first of april because the cousins are coming.. but we'll see
on a separate note, anyone want to buy me pro? it's about to expire. i would literally love you
I was laughing so hard at him.A big bee flew at him so he swung at it. Then he watched the bee go into the hole in the wood. Next thing you know he is poking it. Just like a little boy! He is too cute
The CGT flags during the demonstration.
Merci de lire les explications en début d'album / Please read the explanations at the beginning of the set
Part of Régimes Spéciaux (Recommended as a slideshow)
A Great Egret on a Cloudy day.
Around today and then off to the Beach tomorrow and places unknown. Hopefully hot spots for sunscreen and a camera.
Have a great weekend!
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Where: Sweden, Östergötland, Norrköping google maps
When: 20110121
How and why: Remake of an old image. Improved the composition a bit and had better light (been there a few times to look for it! And the sun disappeared five minutes later). Just love the old red brick industry and the power of the water fall.
Editing: HDR tone mapped and some added contrast adjustments, desaturared a bit.
i am not perfect.
i never said i was will never say i am.
but i will be yours.
and if all of me i give, can you make my somethings whole?
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:::: We woke-up with a surprise !, Abitibi, Québec, Canada
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A new series following Another Day in Capital City. I rarely go to London these days, but this is my third visit with camera in hand during the past 12 months… and the atmosphere, the city noise, the r-u-s-h hits me like a tidal wave every time.
I seem to be finding myself inexorably drawn towards the potentially darker images in this series, at the moment!
Now, those that know me will know that I am not in the habit of blowing my own trumpet, but I am so delighted with the fact that I have had a photograph of Loch Ard published in Outdoor Photography magazine, that I wanted to let you know that this would not have been possible without the support of my flickr friends and contacts who have supported, critiqued and given me the confidence to believe that I could have got to this stage, so to all you guys and lasses out their who are just starting or trying to improve all the aspects of this wonderful art, my message is , dont give up... I didnt know one end of a digital SLR from the other three years ago, but I asked hundreds of questions of my friend on flickr and learned that they are only too willing to help and encourage... So this is for them!!.... many thanks!!
The Rice Fields of Longsheng are about a two hour drive from the Chinese city of Giulin (Li River fame). This was taken from one of the many lookouts in the mountainside village of Ping'an. Although we didn't have the best of weather the rain did stop long enough for a few nice photo opportunities, like this one.
With the recent activity of rowdy Flashin' Dan (the male Rufous Hummingbird that thas taken over as lord of the feeders) I was afraid that Victor may have left for more tranquil grounds. While I was out this evening under clouded skies, a sudden buzz, followed by a brillant flash of pink let me know that he was still about.
One of the many ground squirrels (aka marmots or groundhogs) of the Grand Canyon. Taken on the South Rim trail with a 55mm (equiv. 82mm), no crop. Despite the signs, the cute furry balls are clearly fed by the hords of tourists, otherwise they wouldn't display this behaviour (and size !).
Part of my US West Coast set.