C/G ratio 4.03

3rd Place , Heart Awards contest " From Up Above" , Mar 2016

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On Explore , #474 , Dec 1 , 2015

Nature curves, twists and turns to reveal the perfect golden ratio.

The UK's favourite bird - with its bright red breast it is familiar throughout the year and especially at Christmas! Males and females look identical, and young birds have no red breast and are spotted with golden brown. Robins sing nearly all year round and despite their cute appearance, they are aggressively territorial and are quick to drive away intruders. They will sing at night next to street lights. (RSPB)

Spiral staircase at the Schadau Castle

Thun

Switzerland

PB_M9027-2 - 16-35mm

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Boekentoren Gent

The Swedish flag is a light blue field with a yellow or gold Nordic cross. The cross extends to the edges of the flag, with the vertical part closer to the hoist. The flag's ratio of width to length is 5:8. ......

C/G ratio 3.92

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Detail of an old demonstration-style hand-cranked electrical generator

The smaller gear has a diameter of about a half-inch (1cm)

The larger gear has a diameter of about two inches (4cm)

When the operator (via the hand crank) turns the larger gear one revolution, the coil of wire (connected via an axle to the smaller gear) spins four revolutions, and the faster the coil spins, the more voltage is produced by the generator.

HMM!

While exploring Copenhagen, we found this walkway bridge to Amager Strandpark (Amager Beach Park). Still a bit sunny but a nasty storm on the horizon creating a good contrast.

Added a little grain for texture and an Xpan crop ratio (2.70:1) to the image.

Nature by Numbers

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkGeOWYOFoA

The reward/work ratio of Pinnacle Peak Trail is on par with Winchester Lookout. For a short amount of work, you get spectacular 360 degree views.

Part of the album Autumn Days at Vallée de la Hoëgne

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So this past week we were to practise Balance and Golden Ratio. Honestly not so easy to do... you have to truly look at your scene and dig deep to do this. I imagine as time goes it will get easier ... Learning the rules of photography is fun and challenging.

Thank you for the lovely setting it was taken at ✈️ : Vox Populi

Part of the album So Dutch!, a little tribute for the beauty of our small country

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Rainy day here in NE Texas but it doesn't stop the birds from getting out and about.

The Carolina chickadee was often placed in the genus Parus with most other tits, but mtDNA cytochrome b sequence data and morphology suggest that separating Poecile more adequately expresses these birds' relationships. The American Ornithologists' Union has been treating Poecile as distinct genus since 1998. Although it and the black-capped chickadee most likely diverged about 2.5 million years ago, the birds still hybridize in the areas where their ranges overlap. The offspring of mated pairs of hybrid chickadees suffer from lower hatching success, and a male bias sex ratio, consistent with Haldane's rule.

Part of the album Woods and Trees

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That Gd, what an Artist

A rural farmhouse in the lee of a Virginia hillside while low clouds and rain beset the Appalachian Mountains in the distance

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Lighthouse tower staircase -

Cana Island Lighthouse, Wisconsin, United States

This tree caught my attention during my walk in N.P. Loonse en Drunense Duinen, and on the way back I was able to shoot it against the sun, it turned out to be the star of the day:)

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Part of the album More Iceland

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Part of the album So Dutch!, a little tribute for the beauty of our small country

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Funny how the right circumstances can elevate a very ordinary local patch to something a bit more special.

Close up of the same area:

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Il Razionalismo di Sabaudia

Part of the album More Iceland

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Central Park Violin recital. DP1Q handheld, crop to XPAN ratio in RT

Incredibly wintry conditions these past few days! A great opportunity to try something different with this selfie :)

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Further down the road I found another scenery, where the harsh light turned out really beneficial. The sun was shining just over the hillside and provided beautiful backlighting on the autumn leaves. With the tele I was able to fully zoom in on the golden diagonals of the landscape, that stood out even more on the very dark ground they were growing on. With a 16:9 aspect ratio I got rid of the last distractions in the frame and this gave an even more abstract approach of the landscape. I always get a lot of fulfilment out of this, often not so obvious, photographs. And despite most of them never make it through my own selection, I do like the way this one turned out.

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Union Pacific SD40 series EMDs No. 1820, 3269, 1897, and 1598 pull the LUL57 local on the Sharp Subdivision between Spanish Fork and Payson, Utah on Aug. 29, 2014.

A Savannah Sparrow hiding in the grass besides a flooded field. Fairy Hills, Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada. 28 April 2022

archives, 2010 (Mexico)

A child tries to catch rain water in a bottle from a seaside jetty, Yucatan coast.

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