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Highest Explore Position #339 ~ On March 23rd 2009.
Grey Wolf - Wildwood, Kent, England - Sunday March 15th 2009.
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Well, I'm still in Colchester....so sorry for my lack of visits yesterday, if I didn't make it to your wonderful streams..:(
I'll try and catch up tomorrow..:)
Well, as I said on Friday....I spent the day at Southwold in Suffolk yesterday, where I went on a 3 1/2 hour speed boat jaunt up the coast to Lowerstoft and surrounding areas....we did indeed see a load of seals sunbathing on a sand bank out in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, the only trouble was we didn't get in close enough for me to get a good shot...as I've said before, I soooooooooo need a 400 to 500 mm long lens..:(
We did get close to the wind farm though...ironic Yahhhh...lol
Anyhoo....I think out of the 500 or so images I took yesterday I may have one or two decent ones to show you...so stay tuned tomorrow..:)
I'm off to Explore the Essex coast line again today...as so far anyway, it's a lovely sunny and warm spring like day..:O))
So I hope everybody is having an awesome and relaxing Sunday, see you all on tyhe morrow...:)))
This is my favorite photo of Smokey!
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Highest position: 303 on Sunday, July 20, 2008 ~ Explore
"Notre ambition : positionner La Vélodyssée comme un itinéraire d'excellence du tourisme à vélo en France et à l'étranger." (sic) .
Source : La Vélodyssée.
(La Vélodyssée est un projet porté collectivement par 3 Régions et 9 Départements) .
Quelle honte!
From Wikipedia:
"The word is used to describe the sensation of having glimpsed oneself in peripheral vision, in a position where there is no chance that it could have been a reflection."
"In September 2006, it was reported in Nature that Shahar Arzy and colleagues of the University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland, unexpectedly had reproduced an effect strongly reminiscent of the doppelgänger phenomenon via the electromagnetic stimulation of a patient's brain. They applied focal electrical stimulation to a patient's left temporoparietal junction while she lay flat on a bed. The patient immediately felt the presence of another person in her "extrapersonal space." Other than epilepsy, for which the patient was being treated, she was psychologically fit.
The other person was described as young, of indeterminate sex, silent, motionless, and with a body posture identical to her own. The other person was located exactly behind her, almost touching and therefore within the bed on which the patient was lying.
A second electrical stimulation was applied with slightly more intensity, while the patient was sitting up with her arms folded. This time the patient felt the presence of a "man" who had his arms wrapped around her. She described the sensation as highly unpleasant and electrical stimulation was stopped.
Finally, when the patient was seated, electrical stimulation was applied while the patient was asked to perform a language test with a set of flash cards. On this occasion the patient reported the presence of a sitting person, displaced behind her and to the right. She said the presence was attempting to interfere with the test: "He wants to take the card; he doesn’t want me to read." Again, the effect was disturbing and electrical stimulation was ceased.
Similar effects were found for different positions and postures when electrical stimulation exceeded 10 mA, at the left temporoparietal junction.
Arzy and his colleagues suggest that the left temporoparietal junction of the brain evokes the sensation of self image—body location, position, posture etc. When the left temporoparietal junction is disturbed, the sensation of self-attribution is broken and may be replaced by the sensation of a foreign presence or copy of oneself displaced nearby. This copy mirrors the real person's body posture, location and position. Arzy and his colleagues suggest that the phenomenon they created is seen in certain mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, particularly when accompanied by paranoia, delusions of persecution and of alien control. Nevertheless, the effects reported are highly reminiscent of the doppelgänger phenomenon. Accordingly, some reports of doppelgängers may well be due to failure of the left temporoparietal junction."
always nice to find some shade when the sun beats down on Edmonton 😎
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Colas Tug at Worlaby.
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It was kind of hard to find a spot where this train would pass with a good sun position as we kind of failed a day earlier near Thorne because the choosen location wasn't suitable anymore because the fast growth of bushes near the railway. Lucky we found a second chance if we would move some further east the next day.
Colas Rail 56087 & 56105 shatter the peace as they pass through Worlaby working the 6E32 from Colas Ribble Rail to Lindsey Oil Refinery just in time to catch a bit of sunlight on the front. Class 56 locomotives were build between 1976 and 1984 with a total of 135. Only 10 of them is currently owned by Colas and being serviced at Washwood Heath.
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*Nederlands*
Het viel in de regio waar we verbleven niet mee om deze trein goed voor de zon op foto te krijgen en bij de eerste poging faalden we ook hopeloos omdat de gewenste locatie weg viel door de aanwezigheid van hinderlijk ver doorgegroeide struiken. Gelukkig bleek er na wat research wat oostelijker gelegen wel wat mogelijk te zijn wat we dan ook voor de volgende dag inplanden.
Colas Rail 56087 & 56105 verstoren de rust en vrede wanneer ze passeren ter hoogte van Worlaby als trein 6E32 onderweg van Colas Ribble Rail naar Lindsey Oil Refinery nog net op tijd om wat zonlicht op het front te krijgen. De reeks van 135 locomotieven Class 56 werd gebouwd tussen 1976 en 1984 waarvan er slechts 10 in eigendom zijn van Colas Rail. Deze machines worden onderhouden in Washwood Heath.
EXPLORED!!! Highest position: 450 on Tuesday, July 6, 2010
My friends, I'm back and I'm sure I will update this page a lot more in the next weeks: I finally made the jump into the full-frame world!!!
I know I mentioned this long time ago but now things are getting better in my professional life, I have a steadier income and can make better mid-term projects;
I also placed orders to replace my flash trigger system; now I don't have excuses not to extend my researches in portraiture!!!
I can't wait to get the new programmable remote-timer, too: I would like to try the 5d2 great ISO performances in night long exposures!!!
I think my next purchase will be a geared head (probably the 410 by Manfrotto) since now I use a ball one and sometimes I would prefer to have a slower but more precise and fine-tunable system.
This morning I woke up at 4.45 and got out shooting; here it's really hot and sooo humid: what you see here is an example of early morning fog.
I was able to see the sun only 1h+ after sunrise.
Hope things get better soon!!!
Details
- CANON 5d MarkII, EF 70-200 @ 97mm, f/13, 1/8 s, ISO 100.
- Tripod
The shot
Shot at Sunrise, not far from where I live
The Processing
Photoshop:
- Switched to LAB color space to pull out some colors.
- Back to RGB, added a Color Balance adjustment to equalize colors.
- Multiplied the sky and blended in at 35% Opacity
- Resized
- Improved microcontrast with Unsharp Mask
- Sharpened (SS + More Accurate)
- Framing and signature.
Take a look at it, LARGE on Black :
@ You all
Comments, faves and critiques are always welcomed!
Processing has been really quick and easy: RAW files are so full of details, color rendition is superb! See it Large on Black!
I wish you a splendid weekend!!!
MY 50th UPLOAD IN EXPLORE!!! Highest position: 362 on Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Yesterday I had some real fun while shooting long exposures!
I'm coming across one of the 400d limits: its high ISO performance.
I'm sure this will be one of the fields where the 5d2 will make the difference.
Even if it may appear fake, the road sign is real!! I just tilted the arrow to point towards the Milky Way (and of course changed its label).
The orange light inside of the car comes from the radio.
One small note: today I received a call from the shop where I ordered the IR filter: they don't know when it will be available (at least 4+ weeks), so I decided to cancel the order.
It's pretty difficult to find it here in Italy, so I think I will try IR Photography next year!
ISO 1600, f/3.5, 39sec, EF-S 10-22 @ 10mm
The shot
I found a really pretty location, I parked on one side of a road, in one hour just one car passed by!
You'll see more shots from there in the next days.
The Processing
Photoshop:
- Cleaned the foreground
- Used Free Transform to rotate the sing
- Wrote a new label in the sing (Text Tool)
- Brightened the sing a little
- Used the Color Balance tool to cool the sky
- Created a Hue/Sat layer to change the tints inside the car
- Applied some Noise Reduction with Noise Ninja
- Used the Unsharp Mask to improve microcontrast
- Blurred the clouds a little
- Resized
- Framing and signature.
Take a look at it, LARGE on Black :
Road to the Milky Way, on Black
@ You all
Comments, faves and critiques are always welcomed!
I'm pretty satisfied on how it turned out. Getting more and more involved with night exposures!
Have the best week ever, my friends!
I am doing the 2011 strobist class on Flickr, and here is the assignment result for Strobist L102 1.1 Position: Angle.
Handy Manny and Philipe kindly dropped in to model for me here on white seamless (A3). Lit with a 580EXII triggered by Cactus v4s. Light positions as indicated on the diagram. Exposures were kept the same for each shot using a Sekonic light meter.
If you are reading this, and have no idea what Strobist is... Check out Strobist 102 lessons. This exercise is specifically for 1.1 Position: angle lesson which is all about observing how things look different when you get your flash off the camera and hitting your subject from different angles.
Which one makes Manny look best do you think?
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Explored : Highest position 207
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Image Details
Camera........: Canon 60D
Lens..............: Canon 16-35mm f/2.8 II USM @ f2.8/16mm
ISO Speed....: 100
Exposure.....: 5 exposures (-4,-2,0,+2,+4 ev) using Magic Lantern
Resolution....: 5184x3456 without frame.
Photoshop
° Straightened the horizon.
° Some desaturation on the blue snow.
° Extra gaussion blur in the sky.
° High pass sharpening (see below).
About
Unfortunately I haven't been finding any time for photography lately, yesterday I managed to sneak out for a quickie after I put the chicken in the oven, but
I just arrive 5 minutes too late to be able to see the sun before it disappeared.
Finally a shot made with Magic Lantern, 5 exposures to begin with...
Got disturbed by a bunch of big dogs that seemed eager to join in the fun but they spoiled it a bit for me, they were quite friendly and good humored !-)
° My photoshop tutorial on Layers, Masks, Selections & Channels.
° Channel mixer tutorial to remove lens flare spots.
You
All tips, tricks & criticism and honest opinions are highly appreciated.
I had an interview in Lenexa, KS today and have high hopes of landing the position. As with all of my other interviewing trips, I try to leave some "buffer time" prior to the interview just in case of traffic issues. Buffer time sometimes equals "Get The Shot." This local crew probably got some chuckles out of the guy in a suit taking pictures of their job.
I was astonished to find all green fore-and-aft as the 3443 & 2740 were shoving north with another green "waycar" protecting the shove. 3443 was originally a Frisco switcher so she continues to work on "home" rails. Other than the stored 3400 in Springfield, I'm not sure I can remember seeing a switcher on the BNSF in years. I've seen other KC area fans have shots of this job or passing trains with the parked equipment and I was happy to stumble into this scene. I'm hoping catching all of this cascade green goodness was a good omen as I felt I did well with the interview. Keeping finger crossed!
Tim - don't even start about my Q speak, high sun or shadowy side!
08-16-2012
Clear signal; ready for the highball, at Barber Station in the North Carolina Transportation Museum at Spencer, North Carolina, May 3, 2021.
Explore Highest position # 445 on Monday, June 23, 2008
This one is from my garden.:) Compare to the different color treatment below, which one do you like?
鲜花 "الزهور " 鮮花 цветя květiny blomster bloemen bulaklak kukkien fleurs Blumen λουλούδια פרחים virágokat blóm bunga bláthanna fiori 花 꽃 blomster گل kwiaty flores цветы blommor çiçekler квіти hoa
WALNEY LIGHTHOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1790, AND POSITIONED AT HAWS POINT ON THE ISLAND. ITS PURPOSE WAS TO IMPROVE THE NAVIGATION OF THE RIVER LUNE AND ACT AS A GUIDE FOR CARGO SHIPS FROM THE WEST INDIES BOUND FOR THE GLASSON DOCKS. THE LIGHTHOUSE WAS NOT BUILT TO BENEFIT BARROW, AS IT WAS ONLY A SMALL FISHING COMMUNITY AT THIS TIME.
THE LIGHTHOUSE WAS BUILT OF STONE QUARRIED FROM OVERTON IN LANCASHIRE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE SITE BY SHIP. THE OCTAGONAL TOWER IS 70 FEET HIGH AND RESTS ON A CIRCULAR FOUNDATION 20 FEET 6 INCHES IN DIAMETER. THERE ARE 91 STEPS UP TO THE TOP OF THE LIGHTHOUSE. THE ORIGINAL LIGHT WAS AN ARGENT BURNER, A TYPE OF PARAFFIN LAMP.
IN 1909 AN ACETYLENE GASLIGHT SYSTEM WAS INSTALLED WHICH FLASHED AT ONE MINUTE INTERVALS. IN 1953 THIS WAS REPLACED WITH AN ELECTRIC LIGHT WHICH FLASHES AT 15 SECOND INTERVALS. THE NEW LIGHT IS 30 TIMES MORE POWERFUL (450,000 CANDLE POWER) AND HAS A RANGE OF 18 MILES COMPARED TO 13 MILES OF ITS GAS PREDECESSOR. THE ELECTRIC LIGHT WAS FIRST POWERED BY ITS OWN GENERATOR, NOT BEING CONNECTED TO THE NATIONAL GRID UNTIL 1969. THIS GUIDING LIGHT CAN EVEN BE SEEN FROM BLACKPOOL.
ATTACHED TO THE LIGHTHOUSE ARE TWO HOUSES IN WHICH THE KEEPER AND STAFF LIVE. THESE HOUSES WERE ORIGINALLY ONE HOUSE, WHICH WAS BUILT FOR THE FIRST FULL-TIME KEEPER. THE HOUSE WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY. AT THIS TIME THE LIGHTHOUSE’S ONLY WATER SOURCE CAME FROM THE RAIN AND THE ONLY LIGHTING CAME FROM CANDLES.
DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, THE HOUSE WAS USED AS AN OFFICERS' MESS WHEN 170 SOLDIERS WERE ENCAMPED AT THE LIGHTHOUSE AS PART OF THE COASTAL DEFENCE NETWORK. IN 1946 14 PRISONERS OF WAR WERE MOVED INTO THE CAMP. THEY DID ODD JOBS AROUND THE LIGHTHOUSE IN RETURN FOR CIGARETTES AND FOOD. THE REMAINS OF THE BARRACKS ARE STILL VISIBLE.
TODAY THE LIGHTHOUSE IS RUN BY THE PORT OF LANCASTER COMMISSIONERS AND CONTAINS A RADIO BEACON FOR TRINITY HOUSE, FORMING A MAJOR LINK IN THE BRITISH COASTGUARD SYSTEM. ALTHOUGH THE LIGHTHOUSE IS NO LONGER OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, IT CAN BE VIEWED FROM THE OUTSIDE.
I have been in the unique position of having been on the receiving end of a FBI search. The agents were courteous and matter of fact. They present their papers and proceed with their jobs in a orderly and legal manner.
The fact that the MAGA crowd likens them to storm troopers and fascists only points to the widening gaps in our education system. To paraphrase “Those with no knowledge of history will be repeating it”
The MAGA crowd loudly supports “American Value’s” in much the same way as a pedophile supports the rights of children. Their apparent willingness to give up their rights to the rule of a class of oligarchs that this country was founded to oppose baffles me.
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FRONT PAGE!!! Highest position: 31 on Sunday, November 28, 2010
Please see it LARGE ON BLACK!!! Early morning glow - Islas Cies, on Black
This comes once again from one of my session while I was staying at the Islas Cies, hope you're not tired of these.
After walking about ten minutes to get here, I realized the foreground wouldn't have been good a few minutes after, so I run to get to the beach before the sun appeared, since the clouds you can see in the upper
left corner got close and became pink/orange.
I could get a few decent compositions from there, but I do like this one, too.
As you can see, I set the ISO to 400 and exposed for 20 sec: the light was still pretty low.
Since the overall exposure is good, even in the original RAW file noise is barely visible.
The lights you can see on the right come from Vigo.
Details
- CANON 5d Mark II, EF 17-40 @ 17 mm, f/10, 20 s, ISO 400
- Mirror Lockup, Phottix TR-90 Remote Shutter
- Lee 0.9 (3 stops) soft GND
- Tripod
The shot
Shot on Islas Cies.
The Processing
Camera Raw
-Tuned White Balance
Photoshop:
- Added a Color balance layer to improve tones;
- Resized for the Web (1200px);
- Applied a slight noise reduction (on the sky only) with Noise Ninja;
- Applied an Unsharp Mask to slightly improve contrast;
- Smart Sharpen + More accurate (On luminosity 'blending mode' with the sky masked off);
- Framing and Signature.
Take a look at it, LARGE on Black :
Early morning glow - Islas Cies, on Black
@ You all
Comments, faves and critiques are always welcomed!
Thanx a lot for the positive feedback on my last upload.Have the best weekend ever!
A pair of SD80mac's lead by 7201 creep up to wing to wait a double stack train to clear before getting the signal to cross over to the Port Perry Branch.
Explore - Highest Position #195
Clever title, huh? It's a gift.
So yeah, I actually got out and did some shooting! Shocking I know. Despite all the rain and mosquitoes I managed to get some pretty damn cool shots! This is probably my favorite, as the colors were just unreal! This is HDR BTW, something I haven't done much of lately.
You missed out Tony!!
Explore : Highest position: #301 on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
This little guy spent the whole day relaxing in a Big Tree in our Backyard, took the pics looking through the window.
Oklahoma Brown Tarantula (Aphonopelma hentzi) reared up into its defnesive position. They detect vibrations of things that might be close and in this case it was me that bent down to photograph this spider straight on. Image taken in the Comanche National Grassland of Colorado.
Lesson 39, part 1. Drawn from a reference. The bottom left one took about 1hr 12min. I didn't record how long the other ones took. These are old drawings I finally finished.
BNriughton Lover's Walk Depot on 6th June 1977. Class 73s Nos. 73006 & 73121 are stabled on the nearest road, with classmates Nos. 73119 & 73003 on the next road back. Ex 4-Sub No. 055 Instruction Unit is positioned next to the main line. Copyright Photograph John Whitehouse - all rights reserved
Rochester Castle stands tall on a cold end of February day.
English Heritage gives the following description of the castle - "Strategically placed astride the London Road, guarding an important crossing of the River Medway, this imposing fortress has a complex history of destruction and rebuilding. Today it stands as a proud reminder of the history of Rochester, along with the cathedral and cobbled streets.
Its Norman tower-keep of Kentish ragstone was built about 1127 by William of Corbeil, Archbishop of Canterbury, with the encouragement of Henry I. Consisting of three floors above a basement, it still stands 113 feet high. Attached is a tall protruding forebuilding, with its own set of defences to pass through before the keep itself could be entered at first floor level.
In 1215, garrisoned by rebel barons, the castle endured an epic siege by King John.
Rebuilt under Henry III and Edward I, the castle remained as a viable fortress until the sixteenth century".
Advantage of working with another photographer: you end up getting pushed into taking better photos.
Laura and I had both been shooting Katie for a good few minutes, when Laura had herself a brainwave, positioned Katie just right and started shooting away. We both knew these were gonna be some awesome shots, you can just tell, knowing how good Laura is, knowing how the poses are gonna look because we know how she shoots, how Katie looks under certain circumstances.
Sometimes you can just see the pictures ahead of time.
And they were gonna be oh so nice.
Damn her!
I was well into a calm groove that day, nothing special, just enjoying the park, all the various places we could shoot there, the great grey weather.
But after that, I started looking around, just a wee bit frantically, looking for inspiration.
Because now I had to come away with something special.
And that is a great place to be, with my mind actually working on the "problem".
This shot...oh man, it's early, so forgive me, this shot was my Solution.
I crack myself up.
Another advantage of working with another photographer (as well as Laura At Work) up on the blog: blog.louobedlam.com/post/75870987/another-advantage-of-sh...
The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket is lowered into a horizontal position to refresh and reload the final cargo into the Cygnus resupply spacecraft, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, at launch Pad-0A of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Northrop Grumman’s 13th contracted cargo resupply mission with NASA to the International Space Station will deliver more than 7,500 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory and its crew. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)