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Explore position April 11, 2008: #39
It was sooooo pretty outside. Pretty cold, but absolutely beautiful. Totally worth it! This is probably my favorite shot from the set. I'm not exactly sure why, but it reminds me of the opening scenes of The Passion, when Jesus was in the Garden.
EXPLORE - Highest position: 442 on Sunday, October 21, 2007
HDR from 10 exposures taken from 3 RAW's
Brickwork dividing wall
This 9 inch brick wall that I’m building in one of the new apartments will be the dividing wall between the kitchen (where I’m stood taking the photo) and the lounge; The bathroom and bedroom are off to the right through the existing doorway.
At the moment the wall is about half of its completed height.
The grey / blue stanchion to the left of the image holds up a series of girders (these are out of shot). My new wall will hold one of these girders in position, the stanchion will then be removed.
Waterfoot
Lancashire
I heard a loud bang on the dining room window and found a dead dove lying on the ground with a sparrowhawk standing on it. I don't know whether the sparrowhawk had killed the dove and flown into the window with it, or the dove flew into the window, was stunned and then killed by the sparrowhawk.
I rushed to get my camera, and on returning , the sparrowhawk had gone. So I went outside to take a photo of the dove. The sparrowhawk returned , and I was able to take photos from less than 3 yards through the window. It was very exciting to see the process of first plucking the dove and then eating it. Having eaten half the breast, the sparrowhawk flew away, and I was able to photograph the dove from outside.
Although the action seems horrific it is what happens in nature, and it is unusual to see it so close-up, especially in suburban surroundings
Explored on Tuesday, January 29, 2019. Highest position: 35
Taken on a cold, grey, and windy day in December...mist is seen rising from the falls, one of the most photographed sites in th country. There is very little grass as such in Iceland due to the volcanic nature of the country. There is moss that grows and covers the red volcanic rock...the moss can take up to 100 years to cover the areas completely. My photo does not do justice to the falls, there are far better ones on Flickr, but I experienced a sense of wonder and awe in this magnificent place that needed to be shared.
Gullfoss (Golden Waterfall) is an iconic waterfall of Iceland offering a spectacular view of the forces and beauty of untouched nature. Gullfoss is part of the Golden Circle tour, located in South Iceland on the Hvítá (White) river which is fed by Iceland´s second biggest glacier, the Langjökull. The water plummets down 32 meters in two stages into a rugged canyon which walls reach up to 70 meters in height. On a sunny day shimmering rainbow can be seen over the falls.
SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST A PRETTY WATERFALL
Gullfoss is more than just a pretty waterfall, it has a story to tell. In the early 20th century foreign investors wanted to harness the power of Gullfoss to produce electricity. In 1907 Howells, an Englishman wanted to buy Gullfoss from Tómas Tómasson, a farmer who owned Gullfoss at this time. Tómas declined Howells´ offer to buy the waterfall but later he leased it to him. The farmer´s daughter, Sigriður Tómasdóttir who grew up on her father´s sheep farm sought to have the rental contract voided. Sigriður using her own saving hired a lawyer in Reykjavik to defend her case. The trial lasted years and Sigriður went several times barefoot on traitorous terrain to Reykjavik to follow up on her case. She even threatened to throw herself into the waterfall if the construction would begin. Her attempts failed in court but before any damage was done to the waterfall the contract was disposed due to the lack of payments of the rent fee. The struggles of Sigriður to preserve the waterfall brought to people´s attention the importance of preserving nature and therefore she is often called Iceland´s first environmentalist. There is a plaque of her profile on site.
In 1940 the adopted son of Sigriður acquired the waterfall from Sigriður´s father and later sold it to the Icelandic government. Gullfoss and its environs was designated as nature reserve in 1979 to permanently protect the waterfall and allow the public to enjoy this unique area.
With the positioning of the final Lufthansa A380 from Frankfurt to Teruel in Spain for storage on the 14th September 2021, D-AIMH would end A380 operations with the airline & the end of some supersized photos, especially around Frankfurt.
This was just a grab shot, but I liked the positions of the birds. Not sure what the lead duck was doing, perhaps, got caught in a wind gust, or showing off her undercarriage or maybe just trying out some new banking techniques. It was quite windy, so that may have had a bearing on it.
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Another photo from the spider in the park. I just like that I got him right at the side of the picture and with this treatment, his tiny hairs stand out more.
The Mk IX was the second most numerous of any Spitfire version manufactured after the Mk V.
It was rushed into production over the slightly better Mk VIII as a short-term counter to the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, which was superior in most ways to then current Spitfire Mk V.
Externally, the Mk IX can be differentiated from earlier Spitfire versions by having a four-bladed propeller, and unlike the Mk VIII, does not have a retractable tail wheel. This particular Spitfire dates from 1944 and has a supercharger optimized for lower level performance, making it an 'LF' model. It is fitted with the 'e' wing which eliminated the four outer machine gun positions. This machine only has two of the remaining four inner positions fitted with either cannons or heavy machine guns. Despite being painted in large red letters, the squadron codes of QJ are surprisingly hard to make out!
Highest Position - Explore #44 | 19.08.2008 (Thank You! :))
This was a casual shot which I walked past, shot it & quickly moved on to the food mall to feed my hungry stomach! Just thought the colours are pretty attractive!
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The Southgate along Yarra River in Melbourne
The Shot
Standard 3 exposure shots (+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 effect of 'curves' to increase the overall contrast
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (reds) to decrease the overall harshness
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (blues & cyans) to slightly increase the ceiling glass
- Used 'unsharp mask' (as always) on the background layer
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All comments, criticism and tips for improvements are (as always) welcome.
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Sailing Into the Morning Sun
While it is beneficial to photograph during either side of sunrise times, some of the best images can be made for a time not long after the sun has completely risen. The three river boatmen in the Zhejiang province of China had set off about an hour after sunrise. Heading out, they sailed/poled out towards a fog bank that was glowing brightly caused by the sun’s backlighting. I had to position myself carefully to eliminate distracting elements to achieve a minimalist feel for the composition. You will note that not even the riverbank can be seen.
The Victoria Falls Bridge was opened in 1905, it crosses the Zambezi River that forms the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia. Originally a railway bridge, it was raised, widened and a road added in 1929.
Trains still cross this bridge regularly as it forms part of the railway linking South Africa's ports with Zambia and the Congo. Nowadays, these trains are diesel operated.
I arranged this train as part of a railway steam enthusiast tour. The spray in the background is from the famous Victoria Falls, in May every year the river is in flood and this is the greatest sheet of falling water in the world. At that time of year, the sun rises in the optimum position to back light the spray and bridge with a golden glow.
The greatest challenge getting the image was making arrangements with the railway to get the locomotive to Victoria Falls, and then making sure that the train arrived at the bridge on time! The fun part is that the photo was taken from the lawn of the five star Victoria Falls Hotel with silver service coffee available.
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Red Deer - Cervus elaphus
Hinds scrapping for herd position?
London Royal Parks
The red deer (Cervus elaphus) is one of the largest deer species. The red deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Asia Minor, Iran, parts of western Asia, and central Asia. It also inhabits the Atlas Mountains region between Morocco and Tunisia in northwestern Africa, being the only species of deer to inhabit Africa. Red deer have been introduced to other areas, including Australia, New Zealand, United States, Canada, Peru, Uruguay, Chile and Argentina. In many parts of the world, the meat (venison) from red deer is used as a food source.
The red deer is the fourth-largest deer species behind moose, elk and sambar deer. It is a ruminant, eating its food in two stages and having an even number of toes on each hoof, like camels, goats and cattle. European red deer have a relatively long tail compared to their Asian and North American relatives. Subtle differences in appearance are noted between the various subspecies of red deer, primarily in size and antlers, with the smallest being the Corsican red deer found on the islands of Corsica and Sardinia and the largest being the Caspian red deer (or maral) of Asia Minor and the Caucasus Region to the west of the Caspian Sea. The deer of central and western Europe vary greatly in size, with some of the largest deer found in the Carpathian Mountains in Central Europe.Western European red deer, historically, grew to large size given ample food supply (including people's crops), and descendants of introduced populations living in New Zealand and Argentina have grown quite large in both body and antler size. Large red deer stags, like the Caspian red deer or those of the Carpathian Mountains, may rival the wapiti in size. Female red deer are much smaller than their male counterparts.
The European red deer is found in southwestern Asia (Asia Minor and Caucasus regions), North Africa and Europe. The red deer is the largest non-domesticated land mammal still existing in Ireland. The Barbary stag (which resembles the western European red deer) is the only member of the deer family represented in Africa, with the population centred in the northwestern region of the continent in the Atlas Mountains. As of the mid-1990s, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria were the only African countries known to have red deer.
In the Netherlands, a large herd (ca. 3000 animals counted in late 2012) lives in the Oostvaarders Plassen, a nature reserve. Ireland has its own unique subspecies. In France the population is thriving, having multiplied fivefold in the last half-century, increasing from 30,000 in 1970 to approximately 160,000 in 2014. The deer has particularly expanded its footprint into forests at higher altitudes than before. In the UK, indigenous populations occur in Scotland, the Lake District, and the South West of England (principally on Exmoor). Not all of these are of entirely pure bloodlines, as some of these populations have been supplemented with deliberate releases of deer from parks, such as Warnham or Woburn Abbey, in an attempt to increase antler sizes and body weights. The University of Edinburgh found that, in Scotland, there has been extensive hybridisation with the closely related sika deer.
Several other populations have originated either with "carted" deer kept for stag hunts being left out at the end of the hunt, escapes from deer farms, or deliberate releases. Carted deer were kept by stag hunts with no wild red deer in the locality and were normally recaptured after the hunt and used again; although the hunts are called "stag hunts", the Norwich Staghounds only hunted hinds (female red deer), and in 1950, at least eight hinds (some of which may have been pregnant) were known to be at large near Kimberley and West Harling; they formed the basis of a new population based in Thetford Forest in Norfolk. Further substantial red deer herds originated from escapes or deliberate releases in the New Forest, the Peak District, Suffolk, Lancashire, Brecon Beacons, and North Yorkshire, as well as many other smaller populations scattered throughout England and Wales, and they are all generally increasing in numbers and range. A census of deer populations in 2007 and again in 2011 coordinated by the British Deer Society records the red deer as having continued to expand their range in England and Wales since 2000, with expansion most notable in the Midlands and East Anglia.
Explore Highest position # 134 on Sunday, September 7, 2008
Butterfly in Bangkok, Thailand. Don't know the name, I'm still practicing for a nice butterfly macro one.:)
ผีเสื้อที่สวนรถไฟ กทม.
Exposure: 1/180, Aperture: f/27, Focal Length: 105 mm, ISO: 400
Nikon D80, Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR Micro
Explore highest Position: 90 on Dec 6, 2007
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A perfect sunset on the one and only (Straight from the camera - no Photoshop)
Perfeito pôr do sol no famoso e único, Taj Mahal
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Photos are not allowed inside the monument so this link to a virtual tour is worth it.
This for a virtual tour: www.taj-mahal.net/
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My female cat, Freja is always on guard, looking for bugs and lizards to hunt through every window she can! God help them if they get in, too, as she will make fast work of them!
Here, she's watching a Brown Anole Lizard that posed outside the porch slider on a sandbag. (Yes, I left the sandbags out there from last year's hurricane! It's at that point anymore. Saves having to get someone to help me dig a ton of dirt and carry the things!) the textural looking thing in front of Freja is a pillow with a trash bag over it, one of two positioned under the 72" cat tower in case one of the cats gets knocked off during a particularly wild play session! Rags has taken a tumble a couple of times, but Freja usually leaps to the sofa. It's not exactly lovely decor, but it keeps my kitties a little safer! No, they don't always land on their feet, as Klutzy Ragnar would tell you if he could talk, and it helps keep the vet bills away!
Lizards are everywhere here in Florida, and provide hours of viewing enjoyment for my little hunters.
Highest position: 460 on Monday, October 23, 2023
Highest position: 459 on Monday, October 23, 2023
no groups -first
Taken this morning from Canazei
On Explore. Highest position: 377 on Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Obtained from three raw files processed with Photomatix
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In the second scene / Martha will stand in the / lower right corner / while Caroline and Jessy / walk over in oblique line / aiming to pass Martha / on her left side. // Keep about 2 meter distance.
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When you get what you want in your struggle for self,
And the world makes you long for a day,
Just go to the mirror and look at yourself,
And see what THAT man has to say.
For if it is not your father or mother or wife
Whose judgment upon you must pass.
The fellow whose verdict counts most in your life
Is the one staring back in the glass.
Some people might think you are a
straight shootin' chum and
call you a wonderful guy,
But the man in the glass says you're only a bum,
If you can't look him straight in the eye.
He's the fellow to please, never mind all the rest,
For he's with you dear up to the end. And
you have passed your most dangerous, difficult test
If the guy in the glass is your friend
You may fool the whole world down the pathway of
years, and get pats on the back as you pass.
But your final reward will be heartaches and tears
If you have cheated the man in the glass.
by Peter "Dale" Wimbrow Sr.
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Have a PEACEFUL day my friends!!!
Standing on the Precipice (JHWatkins)
Standing on the precipice-
balanced at junctions,
space and time-
there are no excuses here
no explanations or rhymes.
Locked in lavish rhythm
far beyond the brink-
hid from help or rescue-
on jagged edge distinct.
Weighty voices-
tomorrows bearing-
form forces by the day...
Wound tight
in folds of failure-
by faltering historic foray.
Naked standing truth-
whirl winded and filleted-
open now -
body bleeding-
clean by choice-
ruthless rights parlayed.
Ring round the
restless righteous-
tormented tongues
twisted and advanced.
Weapons trained-
fitting filled-
hopelessness entranced.
New toys
for large little boys-
clicking clocks
in finest fashion.
Positioned perspective-
poisoned possessive power-
from places unimagined.
Whining women-
worn-out white wheezers-
talking days on end-
endless hours
of wasted words-
useless air-
precious spent.
Children torn
apart at seams-
families drugged
and drenched...
Callous toned
nightmares
running wild-
seeds scattered
in the wind.
Lost a generation dark,
aflame the fearless world-
tossed aside by
hellish schemes-
now rampant-
flags unfurled.
Gone-by green
and yearning years-
foundations
fairly laid-
Priceless pearls
in wisdom grown,
crown jewelry
on parade.
But new
the turning earth begins-
choice
once again delayed.
Come cold and calm
courageous men-
run boldly
to your fate.
And stand in earnest errand bare,
an era at the end-
Bind up yourselves
betrothed and braced-
to finish
without fear.
(James Watkins 2004)