Barrels of wine ...

This is the historic grape press barn for Trefethen winery in Napa. We enjoy their wines quite a bit, and it was good to finally visit their vineyard on a gorgeous afternoon. Hoping to return sometime soon!

An old wooden building on the Portland, Maine waterfront. This name can be just barely read in the faded and flaking paint. HSS

The cruising life isn't for all of us. It isn't even for most

of us, but it is for some of us, and for a few of us it is essential to survival.

Jim Trefethen

Jim Trefethen, a lifelong sailor and boater, is a former technical writer and editor who for the past ten years has made his living renovating and repairing wooden boats in Marblehead, Massachusetts. His approach is single-minded: Fix the boat and get it in the water by whatever means necessary, authenticity be damned.

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From my series of the Olympic Peninsula

On the very most northwestern coast of Washington State, lies a rocky coastline that I absolutely love to photograph. This area is known as La Push and is in the Olympic National Park on the Olympic Peninsula. I captured this image after hiking down to second beach before sunrise. The light of the rising sun on the sea stacks creates a striking image that captivates you.

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For those interested: I created this shot from 9 separate, bracketed exposures into an HDR, then tonemapped and enhanced the image. In my 'digital darkroom' I use several different programs, including Apple Aperture and Adobe Photoshop to match the image with the scene I witnessed and the image as previsualized on location.

Trefethen Winery, Napa Valley, CA

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View On Black

A spectacular, dramatic sunset taken at La Push, Washington State, US. The sun can be seen setting behind James Island, part of the Quillayute Indian Reservation on the westernmost shores of Washington State and the Olympic Peninsula.

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For those interested: I created this shot from 9 separate, bracketed exposures into a High Dynamic Range (HDR) Image, then tonemapped and enhanced the image with Photomatix and Photoshop.

I just printed this image at 30"x40" on Fuji Pearl paper and it looks absolutely amazing!!! I wish I could show that here.

Background

Oia (Greek Οία, pronounced [ˈi.a]) is a community on the islands of Thira (Santorini) and Therasia, in the Cyclades, Greece. The population was 1,230 inhabitants at the 2001 census, and the land area is 19.449 km². The population and land area are distributed as follows: 962 persons on 10.150 km² in Santorini, and 268 persons on 9.299 km² in Therasia. The community shares the island of Thira with the Municipality of Thira (Santorini), and is centered in the northwesternmost part of the island.

Along the cliff of Oia, houses have been delved into the porous volcanic rock (left over from a large volcanic explosion many years ago that sunk the center of the island). Parts of these houses are visible and the scenery that results from it is generally perceived as being typically Greek. The town is noted for its picturesque architecture, unique for its blend of relatively large (for the town's space) medieval Venetian houses (dubbed "kapetanea" gr: "καπετανέα" - as they belonged to the captains) with small incave village homes, called "yposkafa" (gr: "υπόσκαφα", caved-in) which were the housing form of the rest of the town's population. This is a reminiscent of the age of Venetian rule over the island. Other attributes of this era are the large Catholic population as well as the medieval fortifications to protect from pirates. To this day laws protect the natural and architectural beauty of the town from modern manifestations, such as public electrical wires.

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View of Sunset from the beach at high tide.

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Lee 10 stop ND + Lee 0.6 Soft grad filter

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Trefethen Vineyards in Napa Valley

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For those interested: I created this shot from 5 separate, bracketed exposures into an HDR, then tonemapped and enhanced the image. In my 'digital darkroom' I use several different programs, including Apple Aperture and Adobe Photoshop to match the image with the scene I witnessed and the image as previsualized on location.

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I was back in Fort Worth last night to deliver some images to a gallery downtown - I finished up with them just in time to head down to the Water Gardens and catch the twilight as it faded on the horizon.

A lady pulled up on the road behind me interrupting my shoot, honking her horn and yelling that I had to have a permit to photograph the water gardens....I thanked her and kept right on shooting... :)

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Another image from my Greece series - from the 2008 archives.

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This image of the sun's rays through a thick temperate rain forest was captured along the trail to Second Beach, in La Push, Washington State, US. The trail leads to a spectacular beach on the westernmost shores of Washington State and the Olympic Peninsula.

Hot Air Balloon Over Trefethen Vineyards, Napa Valley.

I was sorry to hear about the earthquake in Napa Valley this morning!

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The image used here for my desktop wallpaper is a shot I took at the Fort Worth Zoo here.

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Trefethen Family Wineyards, Napa Valley.

From my recent trip to Northern California.

Napa, California, USA

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explicit permission. All rights reserved - Copyright 2013 © Serge Daigneault

Location: Trefethen Family Vineyards

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This is a picture taken in the Napa Valley of California. They grow grapes here and have many wineries. One afternoon, we visited Silverado and Trefethen and Mumm's and had wine tastings. I got some sparkling wine from Mumm's to take home for Christmas. I got a lovely bottle of Quandry from Trefethen to save for a special occasion. I was here with my family. (Yes, really!)

Location: Trefethen Family Vineyards

Location: Trefethen Family Vineyards

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Amalfi is a town and comune in the province of Salerno, in the region of Campania, Italy, on the Gulf of Salerno, c. 35 km southeast of Naples. It lies at the mouth of a deep ravine, at the foot of Monte Cerreto (1,315 meters, 4,314 feet), surrounded by dramatic cliffs and coastal scenery. The town of Amalfi was the capital of the Maritime Republic of Amalfi, an important trading power in the Mediterranean between 839 and around 1200.

In the 1920s and 1930s, Amalfi was a popular holiday destination for the British upper class and aristocracy.

Amalfi is the main town of the coast on which it is located, named Costiera Amalfitana, and is today an important tourist destination together with other towns on the same coast, such as Positano, Ravello and others. Amalfi is included in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Amalfi is first mentioned in the 6th century, and soon acquired importance as a maritime power, trading grain of its neighbors,[1] salt from Sardinia[2] and slaves from the interior, and even timber, for the gold dinars minted in Egypt and Syria, in order to buy the silks of the Byzantine empire that it resold in the West. Grain-bearing Amalfi traders enjoyed privileged positions in the Islamic ports, Fernand Braudel notes. The Amalfi tables (Tavole Amalfitane) provided a maritime code that was widely used by the Christian port cities. Merchants of Amalfi were using gold coins to purchase land in the 9th century, while most of Italy worked in a barter economy. In the 8th and 9th century, when Mediterranean trade revived it shared with Gaeta the Italian trade with the East, while Venice was in its infancy, and in 848 its fleet went to the assistance of Pope Leo IV against the Saracens.

An independent republic from the seventh century until 1075, it rivalled Pisa and Genoa in its domestic prosperity and maritime importance, before the rise of Venice. In spite of some devastating setbacks it had a population of some 70,000, reaching an apogee about the turn of the millennium, during the reign of Duke Manso (966–1004). Under his line of dukes, Amalfi remained independent, except for a brief period of Salernitan dependency under Guaimar IV.

In 1073 it fell to the Norman countship of Apulia, but was granted many rights. A prey to the Normans who encamped in the south of Italy, it became one of their principal posts. However, in 1131, it was reduced by King Roger II of Sicily, who had been refused the keys to its citadel. The Holy Roman Emperor Lothair, fighting in favour of Pope Innocent II against Roger, who sided with the Antipope Anacletus, took him prisoner in 1133, assisted by forty-six Pisan ships. The city was sacked by the Pisans, commercial rivals of the Amalfitani; Lothair claimed as part of the booty a copy of the Pandects of Justinian which was found there.

In 1135 and 1137, it was taken by the Pisans and rapidly declined in importance, though its maritime code, known as the Tavole Amalfitane, was recognized in the Mediterranean until 1570. A tsunami in 1343 destroyed the port and lower town, and Amalfi never recovered more than local importance.

In medieval culture Amalfi was famous for its flourishing schools of law and mathematics. Flavio Gioia, who is traditionally considered the first to introduce the mariner's compass to Europe, is said to be a native of Amalfi.

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much better LARGE

I was back in Fort Worth last night to deliver some images to a gallery downtown - I finished up with them just in time to head down to the Water Gardens and catch the twilight as it faded on the horizon.

A lady pulled up on the road behind me interrupting my shoot, honking her horn and yelling that I had to have a permit to photograph the water gardens....I thanked her and kept right on shooting... :)

Many thanks for your visit, comments, awards, invitations and favorites.

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For those interested: I created this shot from 9 separate, bracketed exposures into an HDR, then tonemapped and enhanced the image by using a Graduated Neutral Density filter and increasing contrast.

BACKGROUND

Hurricane Ridge is a mountainous area in Washington's Olympic National Park. It can be accessed by road from Port Angeles and is open to hiking, skiing, and snowboarding.

At an elevation of about 5,200 feet, Hurricane Ridge is a year-round destination. In summer, visitors come for views of the Olympic Mountains, as well as for superb hiking. During the winter months the small, family oriented Hurricane Ridge Ski and Snowboard Area offers lift-serviced downhill skiing and snowboarding.

Hurricane Ridge is named for its intense gales and winds. The weather in the Olympic Mountains is unpredictable, and visitors should be prepared for snow at any time of year.

Olympic National Park is located in the U.S. state of Washington, in the Olympic Peninsula. The park can be divided into three basic regions: the Pacific coastline, the Olympic Mountains, and the temperate rainforest. U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt originally created Olympic National Monument in 1909 and after Congress voted to authorize a redesignation to National Park status, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the legislation in 1938. In 1976, Olympic National Park became an International Biosphere Reserve, and in 1981 it was designated a World Heritage Site. In 1988, almost all of the Olympic Peninsula was designated as the Olympic Wilderness, further enhancing the protection of the region.

Peaks Island (in Casco Bay), Maine USA • The Trefethen-Evergreen Improvement Association, seen from the rocky beach on the north side.

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