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This image was shot from the left hand side of the Zabriskie Point Overlook in Death Valley National Park. I wanted a different take on the location having mostly seen pictures that include Manly Beacon in their composition. So upon arriving before sunset, I plopped down my tripod and gave the area a once over for unique framing options. The textures in this particular area popped as the last bit of the sun’s rays danced over the tops of the formations.
I’ve been mulling over the concept of visual density recently. Surely, I’m not the originator of the concept but haven’t come across a definition so I’ll elaborate as I have come to understand it. Visual density is quality of perception. Each of us have our own tolerance level for how much visual information in a given scene we can process. Training or constant exposure to a larger volume of information allows someone to increase their visual density tolerance, consider how someone going into the FBI or law enforcement is trained to cut through all the varied visual stimuli to remember details. As a personal example, we are moving and were looking at new schools for my son Fane last week. While comparing the top two options, one of the things that came to mind was the structure of the classrooms in terms of visual information. One was full of color and literally drew the eye to the ceilings before you could hit a visual break. The other was more muted. The composition of shelving and toys was mostly wooden with nothing taped/tacked onto the walls. You visually stop at the waist as an adult. My wife and I made a decision based upon what we thought would be less distracting thus more conducive to concentration and learning. Another child might be able to process the plethora of information in the first school. So, individuals have unique tolerance levels.
As it applies to photography, black and white has less visual density than a like color image. Perhaps this is why so many architectural images are converted to black and white so the eye can move across and around without the added distraction. In this shot of Zabriskie Point, my first inclination was a black and white version that focused on the linear zig-zags of the formations. It didn’t come close to succeeding without the pull of color. Color in this case was necessary to the image’s visual density or the structure would fall apart. The eye didn’t know where to go. Maybe as a modern art expression this might work but certainly it would fail to convey the natural beauty of the scene.
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.
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.
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!...:)
Member of the Nature’s Spirit
Good Stewards of Nature
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.
HO scale S13 model built from a long out of production Point One Models kit. I found this buried in an Athearn box at an estate sale a few years back, and still don’t know who built the kit
Pointe du Toulinguet . Cf www.crozon-bretagne.com/tourisme/decouverte/camaret/point...
Anse de Pen Hat . La plage, dangereuse ! Extrémité de la pointe .
Camaret, Presqu'île de Crozon, Finistère, Bretagne, France .
Photographies J-P Leroy, droits réservés .
Was a morning when the sky was just plain, rain clouds were making their way in. Thought I would try a 6 shot pano of the lighthouse. Edited:- work done to the horizon, Thanks Muz for some advise :-)
Taken in 2009, at Nash Point in Wales. Weather and life in general has meant I have not got out with my camera, so decided to dig through the archives in hunt for something new.
Signing off now as feel like crap, I have got that cold that everyone seems to have at the moment. Catch up with you all soon :-)
The Montauk Point Light is a lighthouse located adjacent to Montauk Point State Park, at the easternmost point of Long Island, in the hamlet of Montauk in the Town of East Hampton in Suffolk County, New York.
I visited this favoured site with the dual purpose to check out the reno work that has been undertaken and to find some waders. A little disappointed on both counts. Very little work undertaken since the clean-up last year. The few waders we found were a little too far away for decent pix. But I did come across 5 of these.
A shot from the sunset on thursday the 3rd of Feb at Woody Point near Redcliffe. With Bernie.
We were pretty lucky to get some pretty awesome colours this evening. Shame there wasnt much around to shoot except for the jetty. None the less, it was an interesting shoot.
Point Reyes is a prominent cape and popular Northern California tourist destination on the Pacific coast. It is located in Marin County approximately 30 miles (50 km) west-northwest of San Francisco. The term is often applied to the Point Reyes Peninsula, the region bounded by Tomales Bay on the northeast and Bolinas Lagoon on the southeast. The headland is protected as part of Point Reyes National Seashore.
Point Arena Light is a lighthouse in Mendocino County, California, two miles north of Point Arena, California.
It is approximately 130 mi north of San Francisco, in the Fort Point Group of lighthouses. The lighthouse features a small museum and gift shop.
Address: 45500 Lighthouse Rd, Point Arena, CA 95468
Sometimes we get bogged down in the details and forget the intent. Love and mercy, not vengeance. Choose God.
Snapped at the Junípero Serra rest stop. Not the most beautiful piece of artwork, but it has been a landmark for decades. The statue is quirky I know, but the view of Crystal Springs Reservoir and the coastal range is beautiful.
Father Junípero Serra founded 9 of the 21 California Missions the Spaniards built to claim the land of Alta California. Each mission was designed to be about a day's journey from the next (approx. 30 miles) and today, you can still visit replicas of these original missions as you drive on highway 101, then called El Camino Real ( The Kings Highway) that largely parallels the Pacific Ocean along its route north and south. The most southern Mission is in San Diego.... the northernmost and last one built is in Sonoma.
Because the construction of the missions utilized locally available materials such as adobe brick, there are only a few mission remnants (walls, cornices, towers, etc.) from the original structures that have survived devastating earthquakes and neglect. The replicas of the original missions, however, provide experiences that allow children and adults to relive the California mission era that began in 1769 and ended not long after the last mission was built in 1823.
Dan and I took a road trip to parts of Northern California and parts of Oregon.
We visited the Point Arena Lighthouse. This was on my list of places to see.
A closer view
The lighthouse at this site was constructed in 1870. The brick-and-mortar tower included ornate iron balcony supports and a large keeper residence with enough space to house several families. In April 1906, a devastating earthquake struck the light station. The keeper's residence and lighthouse were damaged so severely they had to be demolished.
The United States Lighthouse Service contracted with a San Francisco based company to build a new lighthouse on the site, and specified that it had to be able to withstand any future earthquakes. The company chosen, normally built factory smokestacks, which accounts for the final design for the new Point Arena Lighthouse; featuring steel reinforcement rods encased in concrete. This was the first lighthouse built this way.
The new lighthouse began operation in 1908, nearly 18 months after the quake. It stands 115 feet (35 m) tall, and featured a 1st Order Fresnel Lens, over six feet in diameter and weighing more than six tons. The lens was made up of 666 hand-ground glass prisms all focused toward three sets of double bullseyes. It was these bullseyes that gave the Point Arena Lighthouse its unique "light signature" of two flashes every six seconds. This incredible optic, that held an appraised value of over $3.5 million, was set in solid brass framework, and was built in France. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Arena_Light