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Ever get the feeling where you are not sure if you are in control of your muse, or it is in control of you?
I do sometimes. I mean, I definitely march to my own beat when it comes to photography, but sometimes that beat marches me and I am left trying to balance when to believe and when to not. I have found that it tends to be right about as often as I am, so it is a tough decision usually. ;-)
Anyway, I did not mean to post this image tonight. But my walk home from work staring at the clouds awakened something and by the time I got to the house I was convinced this was the image that had to be posted. So I went with the feeling.
These cloudscapes are a lot like my sandscapes in the sense that the practice of seeing them completely revolutionizes the way I experience the world.
I like that.
On a related tangent, I am seriously considering taking a vacation in September to Florida to witness the final shuttle launch. Something about this stirs something in me too. Maybe I have a closet astronaut in me. ;-) Anyway, this is just in the idea-kicking-around-in-my-head stage at the moment. Any Floridians out there have advice on this? I already have a good line on tickets to the causeway, but I wouldn't mind hearing other helpful info.
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Technique
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-Sony a300 w/ Tamron 10-24 wide angle lens
-Tripod
-10mm
-ISO 100
-F8
-5 RAW exposures taken @ -2, -1, 0, +1, +2 EV
-Tonemapped in Photomatix Pro 4.0
-Contrast adjustment, Vibrance Boost, and Unsharp Mask in Photoshop CS5
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The Story
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I just got my Tamron 10-24mm in the mail. I didn't know it was possible to fall in love with a lens until today. =) Despite some of the bad reviews i read about this lens saying it was unsharp. I was really impressed with the quality. I was using it at F8 though, and they say sharpness falls at a wider aperture.
Unfortunately, the sky was dull and grey, and it was quite windy outside, so I decided to get some interior shots for my first try with the super wide.This is the interior of the British Columbia Legislature's copper roofed dome.
As soon as the weather gets a little nicer. I'll be on my way back to Vancouver for a shooting extravaganza!
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Thanks for taking the time to have a look. This is the 200th HDR I've uploaded to flickr!
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Sheer granite walls rise straightup off the floor of the Yosemite Valley. They are massive, photographs do them no justice for how imposing they are.
This pic shows the difference between this Anhinga's straight as a pin beak and that of a Cormorant, a very similar water bird. The Cormorant has blue eyes, too, and the Anhinga's are red.
This female was photographed at Reed Canal Park, and was in a very advanced stage of molting when I saw her. The poor thing looked as if a dog had gotten a hold of her wings! I researched it and found that when they molt, they lose all their feathers at one time, making it impossible for them to fly. It's a very vulnerable time for these birds, and they sure look funny while it's going on! I have other photos of her in my Reed Canal Park and Its Wildlife album, and will be posting a few more eventually, too.
It is extremely rare to see the Northern Lights like we could tonight, here in southern Norway. Both straight up and to the south.
Of course the aurora corona and the Northern Lights dance is even more amazing in the north, but this is awesome to be here in the south.
"An aurora corona is the most spectacular form of the Northern Lights, occurring when the aurora is directly overhead (at the zenith), causing shimmering light rays to fan out from a central point, creating a crown-like or "exploding" effect with vibrant colors and fast motion, requiring strong solar activity and a specific vantage point directly underneath."
My album of Aurora and night images here.
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The curved inside of domes in many churches are ornately illustrated. Here the geometry stands on its own. With the main church windows completely boarded up, the only light reaching the sacristy is from about 16 smallish circular windows ringing the lower part of this dome. With the straight-up perspective of this photo, those windows are completely hidden from view.
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Named in tribute to a great Kraftwerk album that I love :)
Burns Bog Nature Preserve Richmond BC
1953 W Nikkor C 1:4 f=2.5cm LTM on A7C, slight crop on sides
Flying overhead was this seagull, so I snagged a pic of it in flight.
Nikon D800 & Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 AFS VR @ f/7.1
With the risk of becoming boring by uploading the same kind of pics all the time, here's another fisheye vertigo one. I really could not just leave it on my desktop ;-)) This one is taken only a few minutes later than the previous one......I like the more dark sky, the additional lights on the buildings and the reflections...... I hope you like it too!
4 skyscrapers out of the famous Hong Kong skyline in a different perspective. I put my fisheye lens on and put the camera flat on it's back on a beanbag. I took a whole series while turning the camera 360 degrees. The results were really cool ......
See more Hong Kong skylines here
See more Hong Kong sunsets here
A "tornado" of schooling barracudas at Sanganeb Reef, Sudan.
This school was huge. Even though it was near the surface, it was clearly visible from 45m down on a dull overcast day.
"Green meetings" and "green venues" are hot topics for the conference industry, if only because of the economic crisis, and the importance of alternative energy sources, energy saving, climate change and energy shortages. While green meetings are up to conference organisers, the onus for green venues is on conference centres themselves. Conference centres everywhere are jumping on the bandwagon - all the more reason for the Austria Center Vienna to stress its own green credentials, and those of house caterers Eurest. Sustainability, energy efficiency and waste management are the key issues, but value for money also matters to customers. The Austria Center building was designed from the ground up for sustainable energy and water supplies...
...taken on the stairs going up to Austria Center Vienna...
Vienna, Austria...
The St. Johns Bridge one foggy morning. You've seen this before I'm sure. I have. Doesn't mean I ever get tired of it though.
Saw a hint of the Lights in town, so I drove into the night hoping for a good hunt. Shot when I first stopped to look around and noticing that they were literally 360° and seemed to be radiated from a star explosion straight up.
These three shots were made with less than a minute intervals at 5 sec. exp. and sort of handheld with my car top as a stabilizer. So the stars are a bit shaky.
Yeah, and I had a jumping heartbeat ;-)
365 Project - Day 37
I finally got to go out and do some more creative portrait work, and I couldn't be happier!
This photograph is of my fiance, James. I had a lot of fun with this shoot and with putting the lights into the shot thereafter.
I hope this photo makes you stop and think for a moment, or at least makes you pause to scratch your head. ^^
Thank you so much flickr members, all who view.
A neck-busting view of the Cosmos, wedged in between two tall buildings, down on the corner of Front and Bay Streets, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 2008
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1. A star in the sky, 2. Shining flower, 3. Cupola della Cappella di Montesiepi, 4. Only three arms, 5. Oratorio di San Bernardino, 6. Duomo di Urbino, 7. Galleria Umberto I, 8. Santuario della Madonna di Barbana, 9. Casino Nobile, Villa Torlonia, 10. Casino Nobile, Villa Torlonia, 11. Grote of Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk, 12. De Passage - koepel, 13. De Koektrommel - The Sting Store
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