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It is not the Moon, it is the Venus.
I took this photo from the balcony last night at 10:38 p.m. and only 10 minutes later Venus had already disappeared behind the horizon.
In addition to the 300mm I used a 1.7x teleconverter in front of the lens here.
Distance to the larger wind turbine in foreground 10km and only 45 million to Venus ;-)
Stanier '8F' 2-8-0 no.48151 powers past from Selside Cottages with Statesman Rail’s outward "Fellsman" (Lancaster-Preston-Settle-Carlisle and return). The sound of her two cylinder beat could heard for many minutes after she past, as she headed for Blea Moor.
Fichtelberg
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elevation 1,214.6 m (3,985 ft)
Location
Fichtelberg is located in Saxony
Germany
The Fichtelberg (German pronunciation: [ˈfɪçtəlbɛɐ̯k]) is a mountain with two main peaks in the middle of the Ore Mountains in the east German state of Saxony, near the Czech border. At 1,214.6 m (3,985 ft) above sea level, the Fichtelberg is the highest mountain in Saxony, the second highest in the Ore Mountains and used to be the highest mountain in East Germany. Its subpeak is 1,206 m (3,957 ft) high.
It is interesting to note what Wikipedia says about the Argyle Lake State Park located in Colchester, Illinois. "The 1,700-acre (688 ha) park is home to the 93-acre (38 ha) Argyle Lake and 5 miles (8 km) of hiking trails and wooded campsites." And this part explains why I chose the title for this image... the article also states, "There have been numerous Bigfoot sightings at the lake in recent years." I wasn't aware of such claims--and I hardly think that would keep me from camping in this beautiful park. I've been there in the evening and took some great sunset shots along a remote part of the shoreline (see one of the first posts below for an example... but you may have to click the "View x previous comments" link to see it.
As a result of processing, this image had heavy chromatic aberration all along the skyline and on the borders of the leaves and limbs (those magenta, green, purple or white color fringes that show up along the borders of high contrast areas, especially where the light is intense). While it may not be readily noticeable unless the image is enlarged on the screen, it is certainly problematic when printing the photo. In the past, I used Photoshop's clone stamp, smudge and paint tools and painstakingly brushed over the aberrations to remove them. However, that can be quite time consuming, especially in a photo like this where there is a lot of skyline and leaves in trees! So, this morning, I searched youtube and found several videos showing how to remove it quickly and easily. I tried one of the less complicated techniques on this image (using a hue/saturation layer and eyedropper to sample the colors in the chromatic aberration, see www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhrdsrHqvLk), but I also intend to try the Gaussian Blur/layers technique next. I'm also interested in trying a plugin from Power Retouch for this. If you have experience with any of these techniques, would you please let me know which you prefer and why?
I photographed this scene while I was on the way back from a business trip. It had been raining that morning (and the previous week), the water level was up, and the water itself was quite muddy. Families of geese (adults with their young) were making their way across the lake in this shot (I think they were somewhat unhappy with me because when I originally encountered them on the shoreline, I didn't have any handouts for them).
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he did a quick swim past and was gone
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A Yeti Airlines ATR-72 heads past the Himalayan peak of Gangchenpo as it returns to Kathmandu Tribhuvan International Airport following an early morning Everest sight-seeing flight. Seen from Nagarkot, Nepal.
Milk tankers are a frequent sight around these parts as they come and go from the local dairy factory at Hautapu.
After the Foden-era passed (due to non-availability, thank you Paccar!)...Fonterra went Swedish, with a predominantly Volvo fleet. Scania was also introduced subsequently albeit in lesser number. Fast forward to 2020 and Mercedes-Benz Arocs are being trialled in the fleet alongside larger numbers of Volvo's FH model.
Here we see an R-series Scania truck and trailer tanker passing through Hautapu as it heads away from the nearby factory.
Pure magic of light on Sunday, prior to sunset on Medvednica mountain, high above the inversion that wrapped Zagreb and its surroundings in fog, with a view to Pleševica (778m) in Samobor hills and 100km distant Bjelolasica (1534m) in Gorski Kotar
Posted slightly out of chronological order. Our first sight of the Pacific Ocean. We drove from Las Vegas to San Simeon this day and were determined to see sunset from the beach. The hour approaching the coast was unbelievably beautiful, and I wish I had time to stop and take more pictures. Unfortunately, this in the only picture I got of the whole drive. We made it to the ocean just before sunset (it was a 2.5 mile run/walk to get to the coast, but we made it).
Cambria, CA
Kodak Ektar
Hasselblad 500C
Description: Unidentified Flying Object sightings
Date: c.1969
Our Catalogue Reference: AIR 20/11612
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Furious seaside conditions and a view to the setting sun bring reverence to Tanah Lot Temple, Bali
Nikon D800, Nikon 14-24mm/2.8, f/22, 1/15 sec, ISO 50
A J-Tac AK-R designed to be fired from the hip, just grab it, point and let rip with some 6.8 SPC goodness!
Features a stubby QD foregrip and sling/harness point.
I've uploaded this to the J-Tac pool but not the main group.
St. Joseph, catholic church in the city quarter of Dellbrück, Cologne, Germany.
Canon T50 - Kodak Gold 200
OK, granted the little rascal is probably showing up every day now, but just not when we're looking outside the window.
Today, Chippy was spotted wa-a-ay in the back of the yard, foraging with the "big boys." The squirrels tolerated his presence for the most part but at one point they got too close, and he scampered off to safety - only to be spotted under the feeders a few hours later.
~ Two For Tuesday ~