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And old sad song…”
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Explore position: 104 on Monday, February 3, 2025
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Front Page + Explore #22 (highest position) - Thanks to v1nz` for heads up & Mayumi for explore rank. Thank you everyone for your lovely comments & visits, really appreciate them all *hugs*
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Explorer : Highest position: 75 on Thursday, November 27, 2008
Against a violence daughter of obscurantisme
Contra una violencia filla del obscurantisme
Dia Internacional contra la Violència de Gènere.
International Day for the Elimination of gender Violence
Main texture original by Pareeeica
Happy New Year 2024. Believe it or not, I took this photo in October of 2023 on the streets of San Terenzo, Italy. She looked so retro that I thought for a moment that she had just walked off the set of a film directed by Federico Fellini in 1954.
This photo has been in Explore on January 1, 2024. Highest position = #51. This is my 203rd photo in Explore.
It was caught changing direction here - thus the unusual leg positioning.
These are still considered "rare" in this locality, but they have been numerous around my place for years now.
North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains, California
October 20, 2025
The Castle of Levizzano is located in a dominant position on the wonderful hills of the homonymous village in the municipality of Castelvetro. Its structure consists of a city wall in the centre of which there is the so-called Torre Matildica - Matildic Tower.
Starting from the 12th century, the fortified complex was restored and enlarged. In particular, next to the tower that was placed to protect the entrance to the Castle, a part of the feudal palace was erected and an underground tunnel was built, which still joins the Palace to the Tower.
Around the 16th century the buildings underwent important transformations: dating back to this period is the so-called "Stanza dei Vescovi" or Bishops’ Room, which has a ceiling with ancient wooden structures and a cycle of Renaissance frescoes. On the main floor, you can enter the charming loggia overlooking the hills dotted with vineyards from the main hall. Campo San Rocco and the ancient former Napoleonic cemetery stand in the immediate vicinity of the Castle.
Explore #43 highest position 03/11/2016 ...many thanks to everyone for your favs and comments, it's much appreciated.
This was taken on my way through North Dorset.
Autumn driveway with a canopy of trees lit by the sun capturing the beauty of Autumn.
The sun was not out much that morning but managed this at the moment the sun showed itself showing the beauty of autumn colours....
We went to visit the Point Bonita Lighthouse for sunset. The National Park Service offers monthly sunset walks at the Point Bonita Lighthouse in the Marin Headlands, north of San Francisco. The tour is limited to 50 people and fills up quickly, so make your reservations early if you'd like to go.
Ahead of time, I calculated good spots to witness the moonrise somewhere in the San Francisco Bay Area. Moonrise was at 20:03 at 95°, 45 minutes after sunset. The Point Bonita Lighthouse turned out to be the best choice - you can walk along the trail to position yourself so that the moon aligned with the south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge.
I processed a balanced and a photographic HDR photo from three RAW exposures, merged/blended them selectively, carefully adjusted the color balance and curves, and desaturated the image. The dynamic range is extremely large on this shot - there are 11.3 stops between the bright bracket exposure (for foreground) and dark bracket exposure (for moon). I welcome and appreciate constructive comments.
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Highest Position - Explore #12 | 29.10.2008 (wow! truly appreciate your kindness!)
Not sure if the title makes any sense haha! oh well! not much brain juice in me this morning to think too much :) This shot was taken a long time back as usual.. however re-processed recently. Hope this sunset does not make u feel like going home if you are at work now.. this shot sure did it for me esp since my day just started not long ago :'( have a happy thursday!
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The Sunset & the Glenelg Town Hall
The Shot
Standard 3 exposures shots (-2..0..+2EV) with tripod using the Canon EF-S 18-55mm lens and a polarized light filter
Photomatix
- Tonemapped generated HDR using detail enhancer option
Photoshop
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'curves' to increase the contrast
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (yellows & blues) to tone up part of the sky
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (reds & cyans) to correct ghost artifacts
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' to decrease the tone of the building
- Applied noise reduction
- Used 'unsharp mask' (as always) on the background layer
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All comments, criticism and tips for improvements are (as always) welcome
Music
my all time favorite song for this romantic sunset :D
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Highest position: #21 on Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex
(from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Stairs to the museum inside the Visitor Centre
(former Kohlenwäsche/Coal Washing)
The Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex is a large former industrial site in the city of Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has been inscribed into the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites since December 14, 2001 and is one of the anchor points of the European Route of Industrial Heritage.
On its 25th session in December 2001, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared both the sites of the shafts 12 and 1/2 and the cokery a World Heritage Site.
for more information:
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Very happy today because Canon Spain has choose my picture for his IG gallery like TopCanon Image of this week.
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Fourteenth picture of the series Delta Dreams.
(For this time in vertical, reverse the roles on the boats.
The sun was out and you can be appreciated just to the right of the boat in the background, all those pixels you see are hundreds of flamingos feeding in these lands so good for them.
From my position I listened to them perfectly, but due to fog were almost imperceptible)
My dreamed sunrise in the Delta of the river Ebro -Tarragona-.
The previous day, a local man explained to me a perfect location for enjoy the photograph of this beautiful land.
I consulted the parameters that night and everything was correct to travel there.
The truth is that I was impressed to get to that place, I put on my waders running to get me asap and do not lose the time.
The sun had not yet risen, the water reached my waist, good temperature, soft wind, a lot of clouds and fog surrounding the horizon, made the conditions were the best.
Many photos I've seen of this place is that in photoshop blur the horizon line with the clone tool, but there was fog and with long exposure, completely erased.
It seemed that I was doing a photo shoot in the same heaven.
I think for many more times to return to this place, I can never find anything so perfect.
This is the photo shoot I most enjoyed in recent years, have a set of at least seven impressive images.
On the technical side, say that I only used a neutral gradient three steps filter.
I hope you like it. Have a nice Friday. :)
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I will try to stop uploading more and more pictures of allways one and the same lighthouse... tomorrow ;-)
Explored - Highest position: #128 on Saturday, December 26, 2020.
Andenes fyr (Andenes lighthouse) is a coastal lighthouse located at the northern end of the island of Andøya, in the village of Andenes. It was established in 1859, automated in 1978 and listed as a protected site in 1999. The lighthouse is managed by the nearby Andøy Museum, which offers guided tours during the summer season.
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Are you in for a tip? It was really cloudy this past weekend and we were out early in the morning trying to capture some wintry landscapes. At 5am it was cold but I really wanted to capture one image showing the sun and the moonlight collide over this old barn while covered in snow. The sun glow was already showing on the horizon but the barn was in complete darkness. To mimic the moonlight in the frame I attached the lights on the drone and I positioned it on the few spots to light paint the barn. Camera was fixed while capturing these frames so I can blend that light in post. What do you think?
WOW! Never expected to see this one on the street. Insane car.
Explored 12-04-2010 highest position #87
Explore Frontpage | 10.11.2008
(Many thanks everybody! | Big thanks to Lynnie for initial explore link too! :D)
Highest Position - Explore #8
I thought i will post something that has greens & blues this morning...in an attempt to feel a bit more refreshed haha! Not that this shot is that refreshing as a morning sunrise shot :P... Just thought the overall colours look vibrant enough for me to feel more alive right at this moment. i reckon i'm half asleep as i'm typing this. Have a great Tuesday & catch you soon!
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The Strong Metal Murray Bridge at Murray River
The Shot
Standard 3 exposure shot (+2..0..-2 EV) taken handheld using Sigma DC HSM 10-20mm lens
Photomatix
- Tonemapped generated HDR using detail enhancer option
Photoshop
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'curves' to increase the contrast
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (yellows) to slightly enhance the muddy water
- Added 1 layer mask effects of 'saturation' (blues) to tone up & darken part of the sky
- Applied ‘free transform’ to align the angle of the bridge
- Used 'unsharp mask' (as always) on the background layer
You
All comments, criticism and tips for improvements are (as always) welcome
Music
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The Church of Saint Lawrence in Prague is a church of the Old Catholic Church of the Czech Republic. It is located on Petřín hill, next to Petřín Lookout Tower and the Hunger Wall.
Located on the site of a Romanesque church dating back to the 10th century, this Baroque church was restored in the mid-1700s. This restoration project has formed the basis of the church that can be seen today and was designed in all probability by Kilian Ignaz Dienzenhofer and built by Ignazio Palliardi and his nephew of the same name. The dominant features of the church are undoubtedly the three towers, with the side towers standing at 24.5 meters and the central tower measuring 22.7 meters high.
There are several different sights within the church that people from around the region regularly come to see, such as the sculpture. of St. Lawrence by J. Lederer and the altarpiece, which is painted by J.C. Monnoto and shows the Martyrdom of St. Lawrence. Although closed between 1784 and 1840, the church has been re-consecrated since the middle of the 1800s.
Since 1994 the church has been leased to the Old Catholic Church, and in 1995 it was raised to the position of the cathedral.
Highest position in Explore: 111 on Friday, December 21, 2007
1st position in VisualArtsContest - Il fuoco e le sue forme: Dal mondo rurale alle turbine dei jet, riscalda le case e muove il mondo. Mille forme e colori in attimi da catturare
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This image is included in a gallery "Coast to coast" curated by Radoslav Besenyi.
The prevailing winds have molded the trees on top of the cliff in a slanting shape.
Australian's European history has numerous stories of shipwrecks, and one of the worst tragedies was that of the Loch Ard, wrecked on Mutton Bird Island reefs in 1878, just off the Shipwreck Coast in Victoria, Australia.
The Loch Ard was an iron-hulled three masted clipper ship, whose name came from a lake just west of the village of Aberfoyle in Scotland. It was on a non-stop voyage from London to Melbourne with passengers that included members of the Carmichael family. Three months out from London, after days of fog and haze, Captain Gibb had trouble calculating his position for the critical pass into Bass Strait's western entrance (a 90 km passage between the coast and King Island). On the 1st June, 1878, the captain tried to take evasive action when he saw how close they were to the cliffs. This was to no avail when the ship struck the reefs of Mutton Bird Island, just off the coast.The mast and rigging smashed, some of it onto the deck and trapping some people, others were washed overboard, then the ship began to roll. It took only fifteen minutes for the Loch Ard to sink. Of the 54 passengers and crew, there were only two survivors, Tom Pearce, a member of the crew and 18 year old Eva Carmichael, who was travelling with her family. Tom, clinging to a overturned lifeboat, was washed into a deep gorge, that now bears the name the Loch Ard Gorge. Eva, who could not swim, managed to cling to some wreckage from the ship, which drifted through huge twin cliffs into a small bay of the gorge. She was very exhausted, and Tom saw her in the waves and despite being exhausted himself, swam out to rescue her, and after an hour long struggle managed to bring her safely back to land. Tom took Eva to a cave at the end of the gorge, then climbed the cliffs to get help, not seeing the steps that were already cut into the cliff face. He ran into a party from nearby Glenample Station who returned with him to rescue Eva. After their recovery they never saw each other again, as Eva returned to Ireland and later married. Tom eventually became a ship's captain.
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2. (of writing, speech, etc.) strikingly graphic or vivid; creating detailed mental images
3. having pleasing or interesting qualities; strikingly effective in appearance
Picturesque Solitary Tree, Nicolet, Quebec, Canada.
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Highest position: 16 on Friday, March 27, 2015
Delighted to say that this image won the first position in this year's HIPA awards in Dubai, in 'Life in Colour' category. Details - www.hipa.ae/en/life-in-colour-2014-2015/winners
A monk’s maroon robe is often deemed as a symbol of asceticism and a sober life devoid of zest. But these young monks in richly coloured robes manifest the true essence of practice, about living in the moment with fullest exuberance and oblivious to everything else, much unlike the greyness of the walls behind them.
This photograph was made in Ki Gompa, a monastery of Tibetan Buddhist traditions in the Indian Himalayas, where I was staying and documenting the way of life of the monks. Every evening, young monks were allowed a time off and gathered at an open ground to play. One such evening, these boys began giggling and chasing each other, some of them climbing over a platform about 5 feet high, when this image was made.
Explore highest position #29, February 10, 2016.
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Needed a little colour in my day so found this image from a past Autumn. Unfortunately when I tried to return this past fall, they had my regular entrance blocked due to a fire at the plaza beside it.
An fast genau der gleichen Position habe ich vor 7 Jahren ein Foto gemacht, ebenfalls im Januar und ebenfalls im Nebel. Baum und Umgebung haben sich seitdem nicht sonderlich verändert, was ja zur Abwechslung auch mal schön zu wissen ist.
I was at the nearly same position 7 years ago, in January 2011. It was also a foggy winter day.
The tree and it´s environment have only change a little, a fact what is nice to know in this fast changing time.