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Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II + 16-35 mm @ 16 mm - 30.0 sec at f/2.8, ISO 400
Manual mode @ 0 EV E.C - Pattern metering - no flash
Subject Distance: unknown
This was actually my test exposure to get a baseline for a smaller aperture. When I saw it come out of the camera, I really liked what the clouds were doing, but, try as I might for an hour or so, I couldn't replicate it. Interesting how fast things can change.
47°56'23.72" N 124°38'54.52" W, 17.6 m
Rialto Beach, 3283 Mora Rd, Forks, WA 98331, USA
Forks, Washington, USA
Taken on 08.12.2011, uploaded on 09.07.2011.
©2011 Adam James Steenwyk. Please contact me at ajamess [at] gmail [dot] com if you would like to use this photo. Blog: www.f128.info
El Ayuntamiento se halla frente a la fachada principal de la catedral. Tiene su origen en el siglo XIV, en tiempos de los Reyes Católicos.
No siempre existió esta plaza. Su origen se halla en el año 1339 cuando a instancias del cardenal Gil de Albornoz, se derribaron unas casas del cabildo catedralicio para dar esplendor al templo.
A finales del siglo XVI se inició el actual edificio sobre otro mudéjar allí existente. Este proyecto es obra del arquitecto Juan de Herrera. Consta de nueve bóvedas, donde se instalaron las escribanías. Este cuerpo bajo, el primer piso y la terraza se construyeron bajo la dirección de obras de Nicolas Vergara.
Muerto Vergara, tomó en 1612 las obras en sus manos José Manuel Theotocópuli, hijo del Greco, quien levantó el segundo piso cambiando los arcos por aberturas adinteladas, coronando el edificio con un pequeño frontón triangular donde colocó el escudo de la ciudad.
Posteriormente, entre 1690 y 1703, el arquitecto Teodoro Ardemans realizó la última y definitiva reforma. Añadió otro piso a las torres, que había quedado chatas, y las coronó con los actuales chapiteles barrocos, también cubierta de pizarra. En la de la izquierda, se halla instalado el archivo municipal, con importantes documentos para el estudio de la ciudad y de España.
A quelques enjambés du Lac Pavin, la commune de Besse et St Anastaise
révèle ses verts pâturages tapissées de forets qui font le bonheur des amateurs
de ski de fond une fois l'hiver venu. Quelques vaches, paissent tranquillement en profitant du charme et de et de la vue imprenable de l'endroit. Au loin se dresse le Puy de Pertuyzat du haut de ses 1304m, témoin de quelques activités d'une terre de feu ayant pour notre plus grand bonheur laissé place a de somptueux océans de verdures.
#Remerçiements : Bernard Demoncuit
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A propos
#Puy de Pertuyzat, Commune de Besse et St Anastaise, Auvergne,France
Assemblage
- Assemblage de 2 vues horizontales, par projection « Rectilinéaire ».
Développement
- Recadrage en 1x1.
- Conversion en Noir et Blanc
- Correction du gamma, par ajustement des niveaux.
- Corrections localisées du contraste avec un réglage luminosité/contraste .
- Correction des les hautes et basses lumières avec un réglage courbe.
- Correction de la ‘saturation’ (Bleus), un peu plus de saturation moins de lumière pour correction des tons Bleus.
- Correction de la ‘saturation’ (Jaunes), moins de lumière, plus de saturation pour augmenter la densité des tons Jaunes.
- Accentuation de la netteté, pour corriger le flou de l'objectif.
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Tout commentaires, critique et astuces pour amélioration sont les bienvenus.
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Dimanche 3 Février après-midi, le DAL (Droit Au Logement) a occupé un gymnase rue du Renard pendant quelques heures. Après la promesse d'un rendez-vous avec Delanoë la semaine prochaine, les 150 à 200 militants et familles ont quitté les lieux vers 20h30, après une brève manifestation jusqu'à la place de l'Hôtel de Ville.
Dans le gymnase, les enfants passent le temps en jouant, sautant des espaliers sur les matelas.
Merci de lire les explications en début d'album / Please read the explanations at the beginning of the set
Part of Droit Au Logement (Recommended as a slideshow)
Here is a recent image to break up my recent Tahoe photos. I had to go tonight and see the impending storm that is making its way down the Pacific coast. Early this morning we had hail, which is unique since we live right on the beach. I ran up the coast just North of Santa Cruz. The whole way up all I could do was keep my eyes on these crazy sun beams. Seriously the whole ocean was lit up by isolated beams hitting the surface North, South and West of Santa Cruz.
As I ran down the cliff to the beach I watched the beams disappear. I just missed them. I am sure that up North they were going off, but I was already down at the site by that time, and it would take 30 minutes to run up the hill and find another site.
Here is my version of the approaching storm, that is sure to bring a week of power outages, flooding and more snow and hail.
Nikon D300
Tokina 11-16mm @ 11mm
ISO 100
f/11 for 2s
Singh-Ray 3 stop reverse
Lee .6 soft GND
Explored - Feb. 16, 2009 - Thank you all so very much!
Thanks Donna for the explore update!
Where:
Barrington Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
When:
Near midnight after a snow storm last month
What:
Roaming the streets downtown just after a snow storm last month. I've tried shooting these street lamps with the lit wreaths around them a couple times. Once from the pedway above the street but never really liked the PoV I got. Anyway a couple buddies wanted to go downtown to get some snow shots. I crossed the street here with the camera setup on the tripod and just plunked it down, fired off a shot and ran before the truck ran over me! :-)
I mentioned it before but I just can't get over the cool starburst from this cheap "nifty-fifty" lens. If you own a Nikon, Canon or Pentax (maybe the others too?) go out and spend the $100 and pick up one of these lenses!
After always posting up pictures of fishing boats and villages I thought I should show you a little bit of the city for a change :-)
What I learned:
Wear a big coat to protect your camera from the snow when you aren't shooting. Also bring lots of little lens wipes.
You:
I appreciate all comments, tips, questions & faves! No need for glitzy awards, your "real" comments are much better!
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Nikon D90 : Nikkor 50mm 1.8D lens : 3s @ f/22 : ISO 400
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It snowed today. At 8 degrees (Celsius). It was very strange. But now it's melted. It's supposed to snow more tomorrow, hopefully I can catch it with the camera before it melts!
old world charm in the neighborhoods of nafplion, greece.
above, ring, ring. below, knock, knock.
i've added this image to the map.
on the blog: toomanytribbles.blogspot.com/2009/06/is-anybody-home.html
Mosteiro Santa Maria da Vitória, more commonly known as the Batalha Monastery, is a Dominican monastery in the Portuguese town of Batalha, in the District of Leiria, Portugal. It is one of the best and original examples of Late Gothic architecture in Portugal, intermingled with the Manueline style.
The Batalha Abbey was added in 1983 by the UNESCO to its list of World Heritage sites: whc.unesco.org/en/list/264
Yashica Electro 35 GTN
Ilford HP5+ (at 400 ISO)
Canon CanoScan 8400f
Have you ever had someone look at one of your photos and comment "Gee, you must have a really nice camera"?
A friend sent me an email the other day wanting to know if he should spend (a fortune) to buy a laundry list of new camera equipment because he wanted to "take better photos".
In response to that, I wanted to post this shot taken with a $199 "point and shoot" 3-megapixel digital camera. I keep it in my briefcase when I'm traveling on business and can't take my D90.
Would this shot have been better with my Nikon? Sure.... there is some noise in the sky due to using a high ISO on a cheap camera and the optics can't match a $1200 lens.... but the basic image would have been the same.
Becoming a better photographer is about learning to see differently, experimenting, learning, challenging yourself - not about how much equipment you purchase.
Key West, FL
Looks best Viewed Large On Black
Photo taken this past weekend at a local farm photo walk. It was nice to get back out and take some pictures again!!
HDR created from 3 auto-bracketed exposures (-2,0,+2) with Nikon D90 and my Sigma 10-20mm wide angle lens. Processed HDR with Photomatix 3.1, and made final adjustments in Photoshop.
© Angela M. Lobefaro - Explore -
taken in Koh Yao, Thailand. June 2008
My Most interesting photos for a guy called Isaias
Ko Yao (Thai: เกาะยาว) is a district (Amphoe)
Ko Yao (เกาะยาว), sometimes written Koyao, is a group of islands between Phuket and Krabi. There are two main islands, Ko Yao Noi ("Small Long Island") and Ko Yao Yai, with Noi being the more developed of the two.
Ko Yao Noi remains a beautiful island, where most people still believe that the island should be preserved from human degradation.
Sea Gypsies (Moken people) were inhabiting the Bay before anybody else, except maybe other nomadic people like forest hunters and collectors (Sakai, Negritos). The 3,500 or so inhabitants of Koh Yao Noi are thought to be recent migrants from the Malay Peninsula (Satun, Trang).
The Mon population, linguistically and culturally belonging to the Khmer ethnolinguistic group, did settled in peninsular Thailand since ever, ruling maritime states like the one of Ligor (Nakhon Si Thammarat). They melt continuously with Southern migrants from Malaysia and with Northern rulers (Thai), over centuries of commercial exchanges and political conflicts. Most probably the Mon stock remains prevalent for most of the people living nowadays in Southern Thailand, including people of Koh Yao.
Numerous cave paintings hidden in the many islands of the bay, extending from 2000 years ago to last century, attest the influence of distinct communities in the emergence of a mixed origin population, living now in the provinces of Phang Nga, Phuket, Krabi and Satun.
The most recent migrations (17th-18th century) from Satun and Trang to Ko Yao Yai and Koh Yao Noi is attested by the fact that the particular dialect spoken on the island still bear obvious Malaysian lexical traces, particularely regarding toponyms and vernacular names of the flora species.
The main industries on the island are fishing and rubber planting. A little rice farming and some fruit, palm and coconut plantations are evident. Boat building and farming techniques here have been passed from father to son and, while some of the youngsters leave Ko Yao to seek the bright lights of Phuket, most return to their tight knit community
From: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphoe_Ko_Yao
A very special place with no one in sight, kind of scary and surreal.
To see large… a must!
Palette of the autumn sun!
On the marshland ferns!
A beautiful day!
Palette de soleil d’automne!
Sur les fougères du marais!
Une belle journée!
Visit the Giverny spirit, a tribute to Monet:
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View On Black and Large Explore #147, 6/10/09
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Candidate for my 52 weeks for Dogs project. What do you think? Another to follow soon.
Jake and I send you greetings from our NC mountain vacation. Here we are at about 4600 ft.- and are above the clouds below us. Often there are beautiful inversions- where the top of a mountain is in sunshine above the clouds covering the valleys below. This moment is one of those magical ones. Jake is a 9 month old standard poodle puppy- he has been hiking with me in the woods- and running through the woods. I just comb out the dirt. Poodles are actually fairly easy to keep, in spite of their bad rep.
Limited computer access- so will catch up sometime.
Taken 6/8/09, posted 6/10/09
For a richer experience this image is best when you View On Black
Even an ugly ship wreck belched up from the belly of the sea can look beautiful under the right set of circumstances. All of the conditions and elements for making this image memorable were present at this moment (sun, fog, wet sand, surf, scenic background and reflections of both the wrecked sail boat and the shimmering sun in the wet sand). I'm delighted with the way this image and several others in the set turned out.
Nikon D60 Tamron 18-250 mm lens. Focal length 35 mm Exposed at 1/200 of a second at f7.1 ISO 100. As shot in the camera. No HDR or Photoshop and only some very minor post processing with Picnik to control the contrast level.
This image is copyrighted and owned by me. It cannot be used, modified, or reproduced for any purpose without my express permission. Prints may be available for purchase.
Thank you all for the many comments, awards and faves. I'm overwhelmed (pleasantly so) by the response this image is receiving.
Must See It On Black and... Large !!!
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Nikon D90 | Sigma 18-200 | 18mm | f/11 | 1/500s | ISO200 | -0.7 Exp. | Cokin P.121 Grad Filter | Handheld | ACR Post Processing
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Monemvassia (Greek: Μονεμβασία, Μονεμβάσια, Μονεμβασιά), and known by the Franks as Malvasia, is a well-known medieval fortress with an adjacent town, located on a small peninsula off the east coast of the Peloponnese in the Greek prefecture of Laconia. The peninsula is linked to the mainland by a short causeway 200m in length. The ruins include the defensive structures and many Byzantine churches. The town's name derives from two Greek words, mone and emvassia, meaning "single entrance". Many of the streets are narrow and fit only for pedestrians. The bay of Palaia Monemvassia is to be found to the north. Monemvassia's nickname is the Gibraltar of the East or The Rock. The rock is 300 m tall and 1.8 km long.
From Wikipedia
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i believe that there are still mysteries and wonders out
there in the world. ones to be kept hidden, and some
we will discover within the palms of our hands.
today was blah. cold. wet. damp. and boring.
i had off of school today, and sadly, tomorrow i go back.
jon, stop being sick. get better, dearest. <3
(3 in comments)
Gulf of Kemang(PD)
71050, Negeri Sembilan
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The 38-foot dome in Preston Bradley Hall is thought to be the world's largest Tiffany dome, valued at an estimated $35 million. The many patterns in the ornately decorated room are influenced by nature. Among the organic shapes and textures are the scales of fish, which may be found in the dome and hanging Tiffany lamps. At the top of the dome are symbols of the Zodiac. The supporting arches are adorned with mosaic scrolls and rosettes bearing the symbols of 16th century master printers. The hall's east and west wings are accessible through large, graceful arches which bear the names of great writers of the western world. Inscriptions in ten languages extol the wisdom found in books.
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During our vacation in the Ardennes, we had a great time at this side of the river in the beautiful picturesque city called Durbuy in the Belgium area of the Ardennes. My daughter and I spend quite some time playing and walking in this part of the river, searching nice little polished stones, watching small fishes come by and just enjoy the cold crystal clear water...
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Original exposure: + 1/160s . f/16 . ISO 400 . 28 mm
Pre-processing: basic image adjustments, pre-sharpening and white-balancing in Lightroom.
Post-processing: extensive use of Photoshop's Art History brush with a handful of different brushes. I probably used more then 10 layers and masks for the paint-job. Two mild-crunchy textures used for a finishing touch.
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From Wikipedia:
Yoyogi National Gymnasium is an arena in Yoyogi Park, Tokyo, Japan. (It) is famous for its suspension roof design.
It was designed by Kenzo Tange and built between 1961 and 1964 to house swimming and diving events during the 1964 Summer Olympics.
The arena holds 10,500 people and is now primarily used for ice hockey and basketball.
Details:
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mk II
Lens: Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM
Exposure: 5 exposures (-2.-1,0,+1,+2 EV)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Post Processing:
Imported into Lightroom
Exported to Photomatix
Tonemap generated HDR using detail enhancer option
Exported tonemapped image to CS5
Curves layer for contrast adjustment
Hue/Saturation layer
Noise reduction layer
Unsharp mask filter
Spot removal layer
Crop tool
Re-imported back into Lightroom
Added keyword metadata
Exported as JPEG
A story of conflict from Lands of Classic Castle.
DISCLAIMER: No offense meant to my Loreesi builder friends...but you been talkin’ smack, and it’s time for your smack-down!
Sir Caelan Munro looked out from the shadows at the approaching invaders with a mixture of anger and regret. He did not want to do this, but it was both his duty and was absolutely necessary. The Loreesi army was neither justified nor welcome. Lenfald had sought peace, even as the opening battle began, but driven by a lust for power the Loreesi would not listen. At the Battle of Ainesford, Lenfald had fought the Loreesi’s game out in the open, and had been destroyed by his war elephants and cavalry. Now it was time to fight the Lenfel way, with brains instead of brawn. Today was payback time.
Caelan looked around at his own Scout Snipers, well-hidden in their green-dyed leather armor, with a mixture of pride and concern. He had trained them hard, they had done exceptionally well, and now he was about to put them in harm’s way for the very first time. He had formed them only three months ago along with his wily and highly-capable chief archer, Tavish. The King had just been murdered, and all the evidence pointed to the power-mad Loreesi. Their own prince had declared he could “be king in a fortnight”. Not likely, so long as Lenfald opposed him. And so Lenfald was targeted.
The invading army was forced to use this road, for it bypassed a boggy marsh and skirted a thick forest. That made this road a “choke point”. The forest was now at the Scout Snipers’ backs and would allow a quick escape through hidden paths which the desert-soldiers of Loreos would not easily find.
The lead army elements came and passed by their position, completely unaware of the two dozen Scout Snipers waiting to strike. Then the main target came into range: the first war elephant, all dressed up in flashy Loreesi gold and red trappings. Finery would not save it.
Caelan did not give the order to fire. That would be decided by Flannery, formerly of Lenfald’s logging industry. He knew how to cut a large tree so that it barely stood with just enough trunk left, waiting for the final blows. And Flannery timed it perfect. The moment his enormous axe struck the first hit, every archer, including Caelan, let fly. They had each been tracking a selected target, and Caelan had sought a burly Loreesi marching right by the elephant. Out of the corner of his eye he watched his men strike their targets suddenly out of nowhere, shocking their victims even when they missed, which was rare. Tavish shot a knight right in the neck and the nobleman tumbled backward off his horse. But not Caelan. He shot wide and to the left...archery was never his strong suit.
For the Loreesi, shock and dismay spread as seconds flew by in chaos. That chaos got much worse as Flannery’s second blow brought the great tree down. It came crashing down on the elephant, which tried to avoid it by lumbering to the right, only to crash into another tree and trample several men in the process. Flannery’s tree still nailed it squarely in the back, after crushing two of the four men riding it. The great animal was down, and despite it’s struggling would clearly never rise again. It would also never be used again to crush Lenfels under foot.
Three shots. That was Caelan’s rule, and then mandatory rapid withdrawal into the forest. He hated it; he far preferred a stand-up fight with his longsword and dirk, but with thousands of Loreesi here, it would be suicide. He aimed and took his second shot at one blindly charging their position. And missed. Meanwhile Tavish felled another knight. Caelan’s third shot was at the same man as before and he so close now that the young Lenfel knight could make out his eye color...finally a hit, yet only in the leg!
Caelan quickly glanced around and saw that some of his men were still shooting. “NOW!” he yelled at the top of his lungs and they turned in unison and quietly faded into the paths they had used to arrive. Behind them he could hear the Loreesi charging. They crashed into thickets, vines, and thorny bushes to no avail, their eyes not used to the low-light of the forest. For all their frustration they could find nothing, except Flannery's axe and his message left on his implement of destruction: "You want our trees? Here is how you get them". By the time they stumbled onto anything that looked like a path, the Scout Snipers were already at their horses and mounted, having seen their first action. Not a single Sniper was wounded. Over three dozen of the invaders would not live through the night.
Postscript.
While riding to their next ambush site, Tavish looked at Caelan and stated, “Sir, your archery has not improved in spite of much practice. How is it that a leader of archers is such a bad shot?”
Caelan returned the stare. “How is it your arrows only find noblemen?”
Aware of how sensitive this issue was in their society, Tavish merely grinned, “Only Loreesi knights. They hardly count anyways.”
2nd DISCLAIMER: No real elephants were harmed in the making of the MOC.
Previous Caelan stories:
Esplanade des Invalides: a new anti-CPE demonstration on the 23 turned even more violent than the 18. A couple of photographers have been beaten up by provovateurs, a few cameras stolen, and large riots erupted in different places of this huge esplanade. At least 3 cars have been burnt as well as part of a building.
Here, a fireman is trying to extinguish the fire still burning under the car. He won't suceed, and shortly after, the firemen will have to flip the car on its side to expose the reservoir.
Part of Demonstrations
HDR image processed from 5 exposures with Photomatix Pro.
Seen and captured (this time with tripod :-) ) in Berne ... the lovely town where I was born. Showing Kramgasse in the medieval old town with the famous Zeitglockenturm in the background.
Explore 17/06/2010 #424
Thanks so much my friends!
Please don't use this image on any media without asking for permission.
© All rights reserved.
This is my entry to the LCC Global Contest #6, Unrestricted category (AxB > 32x32).
Show your character preparing for rebellion against the Queen’s forces. This can be stockpiling/forging weapons, gathering intelligence on the enemy, secretly assembling troops, etc.
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The SEAL team split up. Wolfgang headed north to his father's lair to fetch the silver that Sir Caelan paid them. The rest of the gang bought some supplies in the nearby city of Grahnhaven and then moved to Uncle Woolsey's cave. They were supposed to meet Wolfgang here but he did not show up on the due date.
Four days passed by... The gang became concerned so they decided to head north and meet Wolfgang half way. They encountered some really depressed travellers on the road; all of them were complaining about the new Queen's forces who apparently started to gain control of this outlying area in southern Garheim too. A new patrol enforces the taxation orders of the Queen (which is basically "shut up and give us all your money").
The forest turned slowly into a rocky countryside. As they got around a huge boulder they ran right into the Queen's patrol.
"Halt! In the name of Queen Galainir, we demand that you pay the taxes!" said a black knight, the supposed commander of the patrol.
"But we are outlaws, good Sir knight! I thought her Highness had a we-charge-no-outlaws policy! Can't we just carry on? asked Söndör.
"None shall pass until you payed us!" the black knight looked at his troops and nodded towards the gang. The soldiers drew their weapons and started to surround them...
"As you wish, good Sir. How much do we need to pay?"
"Let's start with all your money! And the wagon... If we take the wagon, we also take the supplies on it, so you don't have to carry those heavy goods. Just to show you how generous I am, I let you keep your weapons.
There was nothing to do. The team was outnumbered, their weapons were on the wagon and the soldiers were just waiting for a suspicious movement to storm them. The gang handed over all their possession and hit the road followed by the laughter and taunts of the soldiers.
"That is just great!" said Zlorf. "Wolfgang won't be thrilled. He was not fond of the Queen till now, but he will be enraged, especially when we tell him that not only our supplies have been confiscated but Oinky and Porky too!"
"I agree, let's find him for starters." said Letz.
To be continued...
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This MOC was built for the “Lands of Classic Castle” (LCC) project over at www.classic-castle.com/.
For those interested in the LCC project, check out our Flickr group and the LCC forum “General Info”.
Come over and join the fun!
La primavera de Vivaldi - Els Pinyons
Ayer paseé por primera vez por un lugar de ensueño...
El Jardín Botánico-Histórico de La Concepción de Málaga...
Es un paseo espectacular viajas a través del mudo por su flora...con auténticas selvas tropicales, bosques y jardines de todo tipo...con una temperatura increíble en algunos de ellos....
El Espectáculo por antonomasia en estos días es la floración de la Glicinia una maravillosa planta que en su floración -solo dura 15 días al año- da unos ramilletes de flores moradas absolutamente preciosos, que envuelven el ambiente con un suave aroma a vainilla...
El cenador de la imagen te transporta a otro mundo es un sueño total y fantástico...
también puedes ver como la planta trepa por las palmeras llegando a alcanzar en algunos casos los 20 metros de altura....
El espectáculo de la naturaleza en estado puro..
Buen Fin de Semana & Feliz Semana Santa a Todos..
Gracias & Besos
I took a walk yesterday for the first time by a dream place…
The Botanical-Historical Garden of the Conception of Malaga…
It is a spectacular stroll you travel through dumb by his flora. with authentic tropical forests, forests and gardens of all type…with an incredible temperature in some of them….
The main Spectacle in these days is the flowering of the Glicinia a wonderful plant that in its flowering - it only lasts 15 days to the year- gives branch of absolutely precious mulberry flowers, that surround the atmosphere with a smooth aroma to vanilla…
The cenador of transports you to the image to another world is a total and fantastic dream…
also you can see as the plant climb by the palms arriving to reach in some cases the 20 meters of height….
The Epectacle of the Nature in pure state....
Good Weekend & Happy Easter to All. ..
Thanks & Kisses
nonostante tutto... è di nuovo primavera
distagon 25mm f2,8
www.flickr.com/photos/zappacosta/3549563202/
People watching is always an interesting pastime, especially when viewed in a puddle of water.
This image and those below show a steady stream of tourists hurriedly walking past and through a puddle of water on their way into a roadside restaurant ( Happy Bar & Grill) with an outdoor patio with seated patrons.
I, of course, clicked and flipped their reflections to create this series of otherworldly "underwater" scenes. Hope you find them as fascinating as I do.
Have a wonderful Wednesday and thanks for visiting.
This is a close crop of a photo I took of Chihuly's glass art exhibit at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona. I used the Photoshop filter "Fractalius" to enhance the photo and focus on the beautiful colors and shapes. These colorful glass globes are presented stacked in a rowboat in the desert landscape!
Dale Chihuly's glass art exhibition at the Garden is named "Chihuly: The Nature of Glass" and Chihuly's work is displayed from November 22, 2008 to May 31, 2009. The Nature of Glass exhibit features new and unique works of glass artfully located throughout the Garden. Dale Chihuly is known for his innovative glass sculptures, and his work is immediately recognizable for its grand scale and vibrant colors. This is Chihuly's first exhibition in an outdoor desert environment.
“The artist permits and encourages photography of the artwork in this exhibition for educational and non-commercial use only.”
INFORMATION ON ARTIST DALE CHIHULY:
Dale Patrick Chihuly (b. September 20, 1941 in Tacoma, Washington, United States) is an American glass sculptor. Chihuly graduated from high school in Tacoma. Supported by his mother, after his brother George's death in a flight-training accident in Florida and his father's death of a heart attack, he enrolled at the College of the Puget Sound (now University of Puget Sound) in 1959.
In 1967, he received a Master of Science in sculpture from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Chihuly lives and works in his 25,000 square foot (2300 m²) studio, nicknamed "The Boathouse" for its former use, on Lake Union. Since losing the vision in one of his eyes in a car accident in 1976, Chihuly (who wears an eyepatch) no longer has the depth perception necessary to handle the molten glass himself. Instead, he conceptualizes each project with paint and canvas and then employs a team of artists to do the work.
About his work: His fascination with abstract nature forms comes from his mother's garden in Tacoma, Washington. One of his sculptures would be prominently displayed on the sitcom Frasier, which is set in nearby Seattle. His love for the ocean and its creatures is also reflected in his art.
Over the past forty years, Chihuly's glass sculptures have explored color, design, and assemblage. Although his work varies in size and color, he is best known for his multipart blown masterpieces. Also interested in Irish culture, he has produced a sizeable volume of "Irish cylinders," which are more modest in conception than his blown glass works.
Some of Chihuly's works cover whole ceilings of casinos and hotels, while others are hand-sized abstract flowers. Chihuly uses intense colors to bring his work to life. He is also known for using neon and argon.
Chihuly uses nature as a setting for his pieces, and tries to create his pieces as though they are part of nature. He sometimes entwines his pieces around tree branches and trunks. He also suspends them in space and floats them in water. Although it is not widely known, some components of Chihuly's installations (for example, the stacked aqua-colored chunks that decorate the Tacoma "Bridge of Glass") are made of an acrylic-type material rather than glass.
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Taken with a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi.
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SEE Tree - 2012 - #3 Large On Black
Check www.lucacesari.com and its totally new layout!
Dear Flickr friends,
I can't believe it's more than THREE months without any upload from me. I'm concentrating on many different projects, and I am spending less and less time online these days.
I have finally completed the project I was working on since last September.
It evolved substantially by what I had in mind when I first started, and I am definitely happy with it.
You will see the images in the next months; meanwhile I will be uploading these other ones, that have been sitting forgotten on my hard drive for too many months.
Moreover, I have many important announcements which will be made public in these next weeks/months.
Anyway, this image is one of those coming from my (many) studies on trees.
It will not be included in my 'final' series, but I still think it's worth sharing.
It was shot last November, before winter arrived and made all the leaves on this black puplar fall.
p.s. Those who also follow me on Google+ have probably seen this, but I'm sure many here haven't!
Details
- CANON 5d Mark II ir, EF 17-40@19, f/9, 64 s, ISO 50
- Mirror Lockup, Remote Shutter
- Lee Big Stopper (10 stops ND filter)
- Tripod
The shot
Italy
The Processing
Photoshop:
- Added many soft light layers to adjust the light;
- Added some custom gradients to equalize the light;
- Added a few curves to improve contrasts;
- Applied Noise Reduction
- Resized for the Web (1200px);
- Applied an Unsharp Mask to slightly improve contrast;
- Smart Sharpen + More accurate (On luminosity 'blending mode', with the sky masked off);
- Framing and Signature.
@ You all
Comments and faves are always welcome!
Hope you're doing great! I will try to get back to your latest works on the next days
© Angela M. Lobefaro Explore
taken on the longtailboat boat towards Bamboo Island, Koh Phi Phi, Thailand.
June 2008
The Phi Phi Islands (Thai: หมู่เกาะพีพี) are located in Thailand, between the large island of Phuket and the western Andaman Sea coast of the mainland. Phi Phi Don, the larger and principal of the two Phi Phi islands, is located at [show location on an interactive map] 7°44′00″N, 98°46′00″E. Both Phi Phi Don, and Phi Phi Leh, the smaller, are administratively part of Krabi province, most of which is on the mainland, and is located at [show location on an interactive map] 8°02′30″N, 98°48′39″E.
Ko Phi Phi Don ("ko" (Thai: เกาะ) meaning "island" in the Thai language) is the largest island of the group, and is the only island with permanent inhabitants, although the beaches of the second largest island, Ko Phi Phi Lee (or "Ko Phi Phi Leh"), are visited by many people as well. There are no accommodation facilities on this island, but it is just a short boat ride from Ko Phi Phi Don. The rest of the islands in the group, including Bida Nok, Bida Noi, and Bamboo Island, are not much more than large limestone rocks jutting out of the sea.
Phi Phi Don was initially populated by Muslim fishermen during the late 1940s, and later became a coconut plantation. The Thai population of Phi Phi Don remains more than 80% Muslim.But the actual population if counting laborers, especially from the north-east, from the mainland is much more Buddhist these days.
Ko Phi Phi Leh was the backdrop for the 2000 movie The Beach. Phi Phi Leh also houses the 'Viking Cave', from which there is a thriving bird's nest soup industry. There was criticism during filming of 'The Beach' that the permission granted to the film company to physically alter the environment inside Phi Phi Islands National Park was illegal. [1] The controversy cooled down however, when it was discovered that the producers had done such a decent job of restoring the place that it finally looked better than it had done before.
Following the release of The Beach, tourism on Phi Phi Don increased dramatically, and with it the population of the island. Many buildings were constructed without planning permission.[citation needed]
Ko Phi Phi was devastated by the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004, when nearly all of the island's infrastructure was wiped out. Redevelopment has, however, been swift, and services like electricity, water, Internet access and ATMs are up and running again, but waste handling has been slower to come back online.
My Most interesting photos for a guy called Isaias
Anthurium Lily, one of my favourite exotic blooms.
Anthurium (pronounced /ænˈθjʊəriəm/)[1] (Schott, 1829), is a large genus of about 600- 800 (possibly 1,000) species, belonging to the arum family (Araceae). Anthurium can also be called "Flamingo Flower" or "Boy Flower", both referring to the structure of the spathe and spadix.
TROPICOS lists 1901 types, although some of these are duplicates. It is one of the largest and probably the most complex genus of this family; certainly it is one of the most variable. Many species are undoubtedly not yet described and new ones are being found every year. The species has neotropical distribution; mostly in wet tropical mountain forest of Central America and South America, but some in semi-arid environments. Most species occur in Panama, Colombia, Brazil, the Guiana Shield and Ecuador.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthurium
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Where: Sweden, Skåne, Söderåsen: google maps.
When: 20100515, on a photo trip top Skåne
How and why: Love water under long exposure, but this river wasn't very fast and didn't ogger any great falls that I could find, so to capture an image like this it was a matter of finding a nice little rapid that wasn't disturbed with too many twigs and other things, and try to isolate the scene.
Editing: Cropping, added contrast, minor adjustments.
One of my dearest memories from my time at the film school in Cuba (between September 2002 and July 2004) has to do with this, exactly...
The school, in the middle of the countryside, surrounded by nothing but nature, sported an olympic size swimming-pool, that you could access 24/7. Million stories around there, both day and night... both fun and sad... even some of them sexy in a way...
But my absolute favorite was every month, when the full moon was at its brightest, I would get my towel, swimming trunks and flip flops, and get down from my room to the pool area. Sometimes with some friends, other times by myself... And you might have started with the swim wear on... but not a few minutes would go that everything would go away... and I would feel that MAGIC (in capitals) of being free in the water, under that orange /silver light... feeling one with nature, with the night, with life itself...
Shall I remind you that I am an island person (born in one, lived in different ones ever since), and that my horoscope is Cancer? Therefore... water + moon = Paradise...
I hadn't been able to relive that feeling in a very long time....
Until my recent trip to Spain.
House in the countryside... no sound but the sheep and the crickets... and a big full moon shinning from above in the night... I felt ALIVE... again.
Taken in Majorca.
Spain.
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CAT:
El Palau del Marqués de Dosaigües és un dels edificis civils d'estil barroc i rococó més significatius de la ciutat de València i seu del Museu de Ceràmica.
La construcció de l'antic edifici del palau es deu a la família Rabassa de Perellós, qui des del 1496 ostentava la baronia de Dosaigües. Segons el plànol de València del Pare Tosca del 1704, es tractava d'una construcció gòtica amb tres cossos disposats al voltant d'un pati amb una torre emmerletada en el cantó nord-est. La façana es coronava amb una galeria correguda.
ESP:
El palacio de los Marqueses de Dos Aguas sito en la calle Rinconada Federico García Sanchiz de la ciudad de València, es producto de una radical reforma llevada a cabo sobre la antigua casa solariega de los Rabassa de Perellós, titulares del marquesado de Dos Aguas, en la década de 1740 en un acusado estilo rococó.
De planta cuadrangular irregular, organizado en torno a un patio y con torres en las esquinas, sus fachadas se alzan con planta baja y dos alturas, y en un lateral se abre la puerta principal, realizada en alabastro por Ignacio Vergara sobre diseño de Hipólito Rovira. Presidida por la imagen de la Virgen, desde ella descienden dos caudales de agua en alusión al título de los marqueses, con dos atlantes a los lados que simbolizan dos ríos, todo con aspecto de desbordante voluptuosidad.
En esa época toda la fachada estaba decorada con frescos de Rovira, pero en 1867 el palacio sufrió una nueva remodelación, y en ella desaparecieron las pinturas, que estaban en mal estado por la humedad, siendo sustituidas por estucos en tonos grises y rosas imitando mármoles, y además se realizaron también los balcones de sabor francés, con barandillas ondulantes.
En su interior aún podemos observar hoy las carrozas del siglo XVIII y los salones decimonónicos con su decoración original, recientemente restaurada, mientras que la segunda planta acoge el Museo Nacional de Cerámica González Martí, con una importante colección de piezas desde la Antigüedad a los más modernos diseños.
KDD València 06-06-2009.