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This tree covered trail is found along the St. Lucie Nature Trail in Stuart, Florida. See it, and more on my website at www.tom-claud.pixels.com.
I moved my trail cam to include the Spanish Peaks and my little windmill. I propped the camera against a small dead stump I dragged out of the woods. these Deer are so cautious, it took the buck 20 mins to get the courage to tiptoe around the camera because it wasn't there 2 days ago. This view is better but only for the morning light. I wish we had some nice clouds over the mountain which we always do, but not tis morning....
I'm thinking of setting up a real blind this Winter so I can use my good Canon gear. This trail cam is pretty bad for detail and resolution, although the Deer and other animals would probably never come in with a larger blind in the meadow, even if it was camouflaged well.
I'm sure he was just showing off for me. I must say I was very impressed.....
Thanks for visiting and have a good weekend. Cheers.
Weaves through cliffs of Chuckanut Sandstone, using stairs in some places, and travels below cliffs in the Chuckanut Recreation Ares.
Star trails over the state of Hawaii as seen from the summit of Maunakea. The towns of Waimea and Waikoloa are the most prominent light sources in the foreground. Behind them is the silhouette of Haleakala. Beyond that under streaks of airliners flying over the island is the light dome from Honolulu nearly 200 miles away.
This is a 2-shot panorama created by using two cameras with identical lenses pointed in slightly different directions. The cameras were synced to take simultaneous 30 second exposures for about 2.5 hours.
After reading "Wild", I wanted to experience a little of the Pacific Crest Trail. We hiked up to the trail through snow and ice from Idyllwild CA. The view was worth it!
Spring brings new growth to the spiny stems of Buckhorn Cholla (Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa) and a blossom blaze of Apache Plume. The diplay graces the foothills of the Sandias of central New Mexico at roughly 1800 meters (6000 feet) above sea level.
Best viewed on full screen.
After a couple of days of rain!
This is a hike worth taking! It's 2 miles up and you can take a different trail going 2 miles down to the trailhead.
The Cascade Falls Trail,
Pembroke, VA, USA.
Evening sunlight streams through autumn leaves along a trail in the Spencer Gorge Conservation Area, Hamilton, Ontario.
The larger rock is part of The Trident; the smaller point in the foreground is presumably related geologically. The meadows, gentle rise, and blue skies make a typical scene on the Thorofare Trail.
Headed out to Stockton Dunes to shoot some star trails with Kiall, Chris and Damien.
There was loads of light pollution from nearby Newcastle in the sky making shooting something of a challenge, but I think it worked out in the end.
The New York Central SD70ACe was the trailing motor on a westbound intermodal at CP 506 after running across Indiana on "home" rails.
It is a simple yet very classy paint scheme. Even in the trail position, the 1066 is a looker.
Star trails taken during the Perseids meteor shower. Over almost a 1 hr period, only managed to capture 3 of them in the FOV.
This is a stack of 105 images (18mm, 30s, f/3.5, iso 6400 single exposures).
Longdendale Trail, Peak District, Derbyshire
Longdendale Trail is an English long-distance trail which follows
the alignment of the former Woodhead railway line which used to run between
Manchester and Sheffield (and closed east of Hadfield in 1981). It has
shallow gradients and a smooth surface that makes it popular with families
and cyclists.
The Longdendale Trail, which opened in May 1992, forms part of the longer
Trans Pennine Trail, NCR 62, that runs from coast to coast across the UK
(Liverpool to Hull).
There are 300 kilometers of rivers and streams in the Peak District
National Park. According to locals, ghosts of Roman soldiers have been seen
wandering the area – marching straight through hillsides – and there are
regular sightings of flashing lights streaking up the valley.
On National Route 22
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I recommend zooming in with L then tapping (or just tapping the picture on an iPad) to see the detail.
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Star trails over the Pic du Midi astronomical observatory.
The technique used was to combine hundreds of 30s exposures, in order to obtain a large star trails without noise and saturation.
(Collective work with Pascal Petit)
My second star trail in Namibia however in a different region called Deadvlei.
I have treated this differently compared with the first star trail. The difference here is that the tree was "painted with light" for the master shot. I also reduced the amount of star trails as I felt that this scene deserved a more 'delicate' editing approach whereas the previous shot in the Quivertree Forest was more dramatic - silhouette and more trails and more impactful.
Information about the area from Wikipedia.
Deadvlei is a white clay pan located near the more famous salt pan of Sossusvlei, inside the Namib-Naukluft Park in Namibia. Also written DeadVlei or Dead Vlei, its name means "dead marsh" (from English dead, and Afrikaans vlei, a lake or marsh in a valley between the dunes). The pan also is referred to as "Dooie Vlei" which is the (presumably original) fully Afrikaans name. In Google there are many references to the site, its name often being translated erroneously in terms such as "dead valley"; a vlei is not a valley (which in Afrikaans is "vallei").[1] Nor is the site a valley; the pan is a desiccated vlei.
Dead Vlei has been claimed to be surrounded by the highest sand dunes in the world, the highest reaching 300-400 meters (350m on average, named "Big Daddy" or "Crazy Dune"), which rest on a sandstone terrace. However, the Wikipedia article on dunes contradicts this claim; firstly, there is room for debate on the criteria, such as whether there are higher individual dunes (the article lists at least three higher than "Big Daddy") or whether there are higher "average highest area" dunes elsewhere (the dune article lists one possibly higher area in Africa.)
The clay pan was formed after rainfall, when the Tsauchab river flooded, creating temporary shallow pools where the abundance of water allowed camel thorn trees to grow. When the climate changed, drought hit the area, and sand dunes encroached on the pan, which blocked the river from the area.
The trees died, as there no longer was enough water to survive. There are some species of plants remaining, such as salsola and clumps of !nara, adapted to surviving off the morning mist and very rare rainfall. The remaining skeletons of the trees, which are believed to be about 900 years old, are now black because the intense sun has scorched them.[2] Though not petrified, the wood does not decompose because it is so dry.[3]
Bollywood Blockbuster Ghajini was shot here in 2008.
Last night was a night of firsts for me on Mauna Kea. I visited the VLBA antenna for the first time, drove out to the Thirty Meter Telescope site for the first time (that was a rough road!), and I hiked to Lake Waiau for the first time.
Lake Waiau is a small lake near the summit of Mauna Kea. It is extremely sacred to the Hawaiian people. It is at an altitude of 13,200 ft, and Wikipedia reports that it the seventh-highest lake in the U.S.
The winds were low, so the stars reflected well off Lake Waiau, and I took a few images of the reflections. This is a stack of 5 5-minute exposures. The red lights are from my fellow photographers across the lake. This isn't the most exciting star trails photo I've ever taken, but I've never managed to get reflections this clear before, so I decided to post this.
Random trivia: stars have very different colors. Lower-mass main sequence stars have lower temperatures and appear red, whereas heavier stars are hotter and more blue. Our Sun is a mid-size star, and its spectrum peaks at green wavelengths.