Walking in Buckinghamshire
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Our guide roused us from our tents at "0-dark-thirty," a time of day that usually shouldn't exist outside of military drills or deep-seated regrets. Before the caffeine could even attempt a rescue mission, we were bouncing along what the locals charitably called a road, but what felt more like a two-track animal trail.
In the distance, strange, glowing lumps pulsed against the Serengeti dirt like luminous mushrooms. As we rattled closer, the mystery was solved: these were hot-air balloons, being blasted into submission by propane torches. What began as sluggish, silken heaps soon swelled into towering giants, straining against their tethers as if they were as eager to leave the ground.
The scene at the launch site was one of organized chaos. Each flight captain acted as a sort of aerial sheepdog, corralling the disoriented tourists spilling out of Land Rovers. We were ushered into wicker baskets that looked--to a cynical eye--like they had survived several decades of both the elements and gravity's occasional victories.
After a safety briefing that we all listened to with the wide-eyed intensity of the doomed, the captain opened the valves. There is a peculiar, eerie magic in watching the earth simply… give up. As we pushed into a sky bleeding with the reds and golds of dawn, the world below shrank into a silent, miniature kingdom.
We floated in a cathedral of air, suspended over a sea of grass while hundreds of animals roamed beneath us, blissfully unaware of the humans dangling in a laundry basket above them. Save for the occasional whoosh of the burner, the Serengeti at dawn is a masterpiece of quiet.
For those of us who survived the "harrowing" vertical commute, the reward was a champagne brunch served in the middle of the wild--a civilized touch in a raw landscape. We eventually piled back into the trucks, clutching our cameras and our mercifully unused barf-bags, and headed for camp. It was, by all accounts, a day worth remembering.
When I step into a wilderness on foot, it feels as if Ihave been transported back to a primeval world, untouched by human hands. This one lies in Montana--a designated wilderness where nature endures in its purest form. There are no roads, buildings, or machines here--only raw landscapes shaped by wind, water, and time. We are merely passing through, brief visitors in a realm that remains as it has for centuries, protected so its beauty and solitude can outlast us and be treasured by generations to come.
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The mountain Ra Gusela on top of the Passo Giau in Italy. And if it looks like a lake, it´s only a puddle where it reflects in :)
There are times when this unspoilt raw landscape scares me. It is so harsh and hard to cross it is easy to become trapped, or lost or devoured by it and the elements. Here I had gone to the furthermost islet I could get to without swimming in anticipation of a stunning sunset. Having climbed up the granite rocks to the highest point, I patiently waited for the sun to lower and the colours to explode, confident that low tide was going to be late this evening. But as I sat there, the concern started to gnaw at me. Wasn't the water surrounding me was getting deeper. Surely not? It couldn't be. It doesn't get deeper as the tide ebbs.
My nerves started to jangle. Getting here hadn't been easy in the first place, but if I was now cut off by the tide......Memories of being stranded when I first came to this part of the world, and at Crammond Island still haunt me. I decided I better retreat.....sod, the sunset, it wasn't looking good, and in the end it didn't happen either. Newton of Ardtoe, you were a dud.
Late summer 2021, silhouettes at the 3 Cime di Lavaredo. Very early morning, I couldn't resist to press the shutter!
“To honor used writing ustensils for the service they rendered”
ACCentaury is the work of Haveit Neox, an RL and SL artist.
This room features art by Silas Merlin.
Past exhibit: vimeo.com/131254248
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Schönen Abend euch allen :)
heute hab ich es endlich fertig bekommen , ein Bild einer in etwa 4-7 mm großen Kugelspinne (steatoda triangulosa) .
also ich kann euch eines sagen ich habe schon sehr viele schreckliche kleine Tierchen gesehen aber so unruhig und agressiv wie diese kleine Spinne mein objektiv in Augenschein genommen hatte ist mir vorher noch nie unter gekommen 😅😅
nach der Angst sie könnte ins Objektiv wandern saß sie dann noch für 3 Schüße still und verkroch sich danach wieder hinter den Kühlschrank 😁
ich fragte dann aber nicht nach einem 2 Date versteht sich
eigenes Blitz-Setup 90mm Tamron Sp (die alte scheibe)
Iso 320 1/200 und einiges an Geduld :D
it was a wild and crazy surf over the rocks from the trail, just 'round the corner from Whaler's Cove, Point Lobos state natural reserve.
Once more must see...
Thanks to Bamboo Barnes - Artist.Com for sharing ! Let's quote her : “Since 1st time I accidently made tp to there,
it is most greatest accident to me.
This amazing sim, I was like a kid catching moon in her hands, unbelievable, so out of ordinary [...] ”
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VAL PELLICE-PIEMONTE-ITALY ( Natura strana)
Non ho capito, se sono radici o rami di un albero, il tronco è sparito, forse sradicato e trascinato a valle dalla corrente del fiume in piena.
I don't understand if they are the roots or branches of a tree, the trunk is gone, perhaps uprooted and dragged downstream by the current of the swollen river.
Looking across buttes in Valley of the Gods towards Monument Valley with the early morning light filtered by a light cloud cover. This region exudes a spiritual grace, not surprisingly as a place of habitation by indigenous peoples for at least the last 12,000 years as well as a popular destination for many seeking peace in the empty raw landscapes of the Colorado Plateau.
Valley of the Gods is likely to be formally reincorporated into the Bears Ears National Monument with recent actions by President Biden, reversing the previous administration's drastic shrinking of the monument established by President Obama.
Architektur / Interior / Landschaft
Der ruhige Innenraum öffnet sich über das große Fenster zu einer klaren, ikonischen Vulkanform. Die Kombination aus glatten architektonischen Flächen, dem dunklen Naturstein und den beiden runden Kakteen schafft einen spannenden Dialog zwischen gestalteter Umgebung und der rauen Landschaft draußen. Das Zusammenspiel von Licht, Form und Material erzeugt eine stille, präzise Atmosphäre, die typisch für Manriques räumliche Handschrift ist.
The calm interior opens toward a striking volcanic shape framed by the large window. Smooth architectural surfaces, dark natural rock, and the two round cacti create a dialogue between designed space and the raw landscape outside. The interplay of light, form, and material evokes the quiet, precise atmosphere characteristic of Manrique’s spatial language.
Cliff Edge in Sunlight. © Copyright 2021 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
DescrSun shines on the sharp edge of a sandstone cliff, Zion National Park.iption
Many years ago I was on a two-week backpacking trip through a long section of the Southern Sierra Nevada, covering some of the highest portions of the range on foot. The hike took me across a series of very high passes that were close to 12,000′ hight. In other words, I spent a lot of time in some very rugged and alpine places. I distinctly recall pausing on one of the higher passes to look around and realizing that the entire visible landscape consisted of rock and snow, with not a bit of forest visible to me. That vision of such a raw landscape stuck with me, and I’m always on the look out for such things.
While Zion Canyon is certainly not a place without forests and trees and rivers and lots of other comfortable things, it is possible to find a few ways of viewing this country that reinforce how much of its landscape is built on rock, in this case layers of sedimentary rock laid down, transformed, twisted and tilted over the millennia. This photograph catches the sun-lit edge of a closer buttress (yes, with a few plants!) juxtaposed with another more distant wall in shadow.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.
Man O'War Cove, Dorset
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Driven by a desire to capture the raw, unyielding character of Lake District peaks under heavy skies, this project explores the intersection of geological form and atmospheric mood. Shot with an emphasis on texture and tone, the image highlights the stark contrast between the vibrant green bracken of the lower slopes and the dark, forbidding scree leading to the cloud-shrouded peaks above.
Processed utilising advanced demosaicing and denoise technologies to preserve the finest details of the rocky terrain, the artistic concept relies on a restricted, cold palette to evoke a sense of isolation, permanence, and the quiet grandeur of the fells when the weather closes in. It is a visual study of a landscape defined by grit, shadow, and shifting mist.
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After several days of heavy rains and gray skies, the skies finally cleared enough to present us with a spectacular sunset over the lake and Mount Konocti, California
Misty Serenity
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