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wednesday was the last day with my license for another 6 months. so i made the most of the last 4 hours i had of driving and headed out to wello point hoping for something decent and came home pretty happy with this one :
got there a little early so went looking for somethig different to shoot there. couldnt find much and then i ran into this bit o wood, after dragging it out a hundred meters or so across mud, i made it just in time for sunset :)
Gear:
Nikon d300s l Sigma 10-20 @10mm l Cokin p121 Grad l Tripod
Iso: 250 l F/.18 l 1/2 Sec
The mountains of Vancouver Island are visible from a hilltop on Pilkey Point Road on Thetis Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Trees seen from the path at Foster Point in the Washington Park Arboretum.
Canson Oil and Acrylic paper, FolkArt Matte Finish Acrylic paint, various small flat brushes. Image is 5x6.5 inches (12.5x16.5 cm).
Series of five. Splash Point is a wonderful area to view Kittiwakes. Unfortunately the winter storms have taken their toll. The white scar is a rockfall this winter, showing how unstable the white cliffs are. The Kittiwakes are having to find alternative nesting sites.
Look at him dribble. Greater Yellowlegs feeding in a tidal pool on Bolivar Flats in Galveston County, Texas.
The photography purists prefer to see the exact replication of a scene enhanced only by the photographer's skill at using the actual camera. The painter strives to eek out the essence of the scene regardless of the facts. What fascinates me about digital photography is that you can have the best of both worlds.
Here's my attempt at a digital watercolor image of the Mendocino County coastline at Point Arena.
The shot was taken from Manchester State Beach looking south at Point Arena and the lighthouse. Maybe it ain't exactly how I saw it but it's what I felt about it.
This all reminds me of the corny jokes my Grandfather used to tell me. Here's s couple.
Why can't you starve at the beach?
Because every wave comes in with a roll
Why can't you starve at the beach?
Because of all the sand which is there. (my personal favorite) Sandwiches--get it?
What did the ocean say to the land?
Nothing, it just waved.
Okay, I'm going away now.
Point Arena, CA
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A local fishing community is found at Point Pedro, the northernmost location in Sri Lanka. The 2004 tsunami carried some boats a kilometer inland.
Point Wild is an historic site on Elephant Island, which is in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. This is where explorer Ernest Shackleton's expedition ship, the Endurance, was shipwrecked. He left 22 men here to go for help and miraculously they survived for 4 1/2 months camped under overturned lifeboats. A monument of Captain Alberto Luis Pardo has been placed here commemorating the rescue of these men by Pardo. Chinstrap penguins and seals have now taken over this site. We heard a lot about Shackleton's journeys from an amazing historian on our cruise and history buffs can read about him in the link below.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Shackleton
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Point Lobos, State Natural Reserve, California
Point Lobos is just south of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California at the north end of the Big Sur coast.
I have fond memories of Point Judith. When I was a child my family would visit our grandmother who lived "across the street from the ocean." Vacation wasn't complete until we scrambled a half mile along the rock beach before reaching the lighthouse. We would work up an appetite on our trek so there was no choice but to stop at Aunt Carries on the way back.
Now her house has been replaced with a three story monstrosity (currently under construction) and the lighthouse is fenced off with a menacing sign posted by Homeland Security. The area is much busier now but its still just as beautiful as I remember it.
China Cove as seen along The Bird Island Trail at Point Lobos State Reserve.
The water really looks like this!
Park Point has three backcountry sites, two on the lake and one inland. The inland one is between this wetland (bugs!) and a meadow (more bugs!) with less breeze than the (buggy!) shoreline sites. Good wildlife viewing across the meadow, though.
There's a small ford just south of this point.
Another photo I took prior to an evening of fishing. I didn't catch anything but did enjoy the chance to take some photographs as the sunset
A very windy, blustery day spent at Crawley and Horsham Point to Point held at Parham.
Our wood burner and a hot supper were very welcome when we returned home!
These two photos were taken on two cameras. One was set up on a tripod and pre focussed on the jump in the distance (Canon 500mm with 5D with an intervalometer attached.) I also had Canon 100-400 attached to a 7D which was hand held. With the second camera I experimented with panning. I really like the impression of speed that you can obtain with panning. The results are always a surprise. Using the two cameras together meant I could maximise the opportunity of trying the two differing techniques.
Foggy morning at the Point Cabrillo Lighthouse on the Northern California Mendocino coast.
Its Third Order Fresnel lens was first lit in 1909, and has served as an aid to mariners ever since. According to the nautical charts, it casts its beam twenty-two miles out to sea six times a minute.
I used a KITE to fly the camera.
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
The tall 9-point buck stops briefly to look at me after chasing a rival out of a small wood and before pursuing him into the next stand of trees.
Ruins of Fort Crown Point, built by British and provincial troops on Lake Champlain in 1759 to guard against French invasion from Canada. A fire destroyed the fort in 1773, leaving only stone officers and soldiers barracks and earthen fortifications behind. During the Revolutionary War the fort was held first by the Americans and then by the British, who abandoned it in 1780, after which it was left to decay. Today the preserved ruins are part of the Crown Point State Historic Site in Crown Point, New York.
Will this picture take you on a trip of human invention? I sincerely hope it could. As I was walking by I could just simply have kept on walking by this view, but as soon as I sow it I got mentally engaged by thinking of purposefulness of this wooden contraption. What a simple way of getting small motorboats out of sea and away of ever forward coming waves. So there it is , will this be an “agent provocateur” for you too ?
More action from Sant Elm in Mallorca.
At Frenchman's Lake in the Sierra Valley area there are several dirt roads leading down to picnic and fishing spots. One of these roads is called 'turkey point'..less than a quarter miles after you turn onto this road on the left side is a ginormous fallen tree that that must have hundreds of woodpecker holes drilled into it hosting nesting for Nuthatches, House Wrens, Chickadees, Sapsuckers and Woodpeckers. It is just amazing! I think next time I will bring a stool to just sit and shoot!...:)
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This is as close as I can get to a Halloween-themed image in my back-catalogue!
Skeleton Point is on the South Kaibab Trail, at the top of the Grand Canyon's famous Redwall Limestone. It is an ideal location to pause after having been riding out of the Canyon from Phantom Ranch on a reasonably early morning ascent back to the South Rim. It is just over halfway in the return journey. At this point, we've travelled some 6.5 km and climbed some 830m. There's another six or so kilometres to travel as well as climbing another 630m. You can clearly see the twisting trail up the side of the Redwall in the foreground above.
The break gives the mules labouring away under us a chance to take a breather and we riders get an opportunity to see the magnificent views from the Point. Up until then we've been facing uphill and looking at the cliffs close-up, rather than looking at the grand vistas behind us. The North Rim (closed at the time) is visible in the distance.
The relatively flat terrain visible on the mid-right of the image is the Tonto Platform some 370m below us. The Colorado River is not visible, being at the bottom of the craggy gorge in the middle of the image.
The South Kaibab Trail is used by the National Park Service (NPS) to move supplies to and from Phantom Ranch, avoiding the Bright Angel Trail further west. We rode down the Bright Angel and up the South Kaibab.
The NPS currently has warnings on its website about the risks involved in mule-hiker encounters, some of which have resulted in human injuries and mule deaths, apparently from failure to follow the safety guidelines on the part of the hikers.