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Huayna Potosí is the closest high mountain to La Paz. Surrounded by high mountains, it is roughly 15 miles due north of the city, which makes this mountain the most popular climb in Bolivia. The normal ascent route is a fairly straightforward glacier climb, with some crevasses and a steep climb to the summit. However, the other side of the mountain -- Huayna Potosí West Face -- is the biggest face in Bolivia. Several difficult snow and ice routes ascend this 1000 meter high face.
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Other stairways lead to secondary platforms, where there are other monoliths including the famous El Fraile (priest).
Current state of the Frail Monolith of Tiahuanaco, with similar characteristics as the "Bennett Monolith".
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East of the main entrance to Kalasasaya.
The Kalasasaya dates to at least 200 BCE - 200 CE. It is located to the north of the Akapana and west of the Semi-Subterranean Temple, other structures in the complex.
North of the Akapana Pyramid is Kalasasaya, a partially reconstructed 130m-by-120m ritual-platform compound with walls constructed of huge blocks of red sandstone and andesite. The blocks are precisely fitted to form a platform base 3m high. Monolithic uprights flank the massive entrance steps up to the restored portico of the enclosure, beyond which is an interior courtyard and the ruins of priests’ quarters. Note the size of the top stair – a massive single block.
The Monolito Ponce monolith, with his turban (no doubt covering up his deformed cranium), mask, ceremonial vase and walking stick, sits at the center of the first platform. Some say the stick and the vase are symbolic of the dualism of Andean culture (nature versus nurture).
Other stairways lead to secondary platforms, where there are other monoliths including the famous El Fraile (priest).
Considerado o melhor aquário do mundo pelo Travelers’ Choice do TripAdvisor em 2015, 2017 e 2018, o Oceanário de Lisboa é um dos locais de entretenimento, cultura e lazer mais visitados de Portugal.
O Oceanário promove uma experiência única e inesquecível através da proximidade com o mundo marinho e os seus anfitriões, entre lontras-marinhas, tubarões e deslumbrantes recifes de coral.
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That Tree, which is what it is officially called (great name isn't it?), is perhaps one of New Zealand's most popular photographed views in the whole country. I would rank it in the top three most popular locations shot.
I can see why.
The tree is positioned on the edge of Lake Wanaka and only a two minute walk from the free car park. This location can also get quite busy, naturally so best to arrive early if you are wanting to photograph it at dawn. However on this particular occasion I arrived a couple of hours before dusk only to find some wonderful misty conditions which in part helped to obscure the mountains behind allowing for the tree to become so much more visible and enjoy its own time in the limelight.
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I found this wonderful abandoned crofe house on the island of Scalpay on Harris a couple of weeks ago and I could not resist pulling up and having my clients firing off a few shots before moving onto other locations.
The place was in a hell of a state but from high up on the moorland, it looked rather majestic in some outstanding scenery. I love photographing abandoned buildings and to wonder what kind of people once lived there interests me.
The sky was incredibly moody which lent a fantastic atmosphere to the scene. I hope you all like it. Feel free to share it if you wish :D
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Big and famous cities are not iconic everywhere. Leaving the metrostation, I saw these staircases by some condos. I liked their colours and shapes. Found a nice point to compose the image. Using the telephoto-lens made it possible to compress the scene, so it became more abstract.
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Enhanced image of Chacaltaya ski resort.
El Alto in the middle.
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Bolivia's largest city, La Paz, is currently enduring its worst drought in a quarter of a century. Glaciers in the surrounding Andean mountains are key to its water supply. Simon Parker visited the abandoned ski resort of Chacaltaya, where locals say they have been seeing changes in the climate for decades.
Surrounded by shards of rusty shale, sticky tufts of pampas and a few hundred hardy llamas, Chacaltaya sits crumbling next to a vast furrow in the mountainside: the site of a once mighty glacier.
We saw this super gorgeous Iguana earlier this year at a Reptile Park:
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They have Tarantulas also, and all kinds of snakes, even some baby Crocs. We had a great time, i love handling snakes. This Iguana is quite heavy actually. I also got the opportunity to hold a large Tarantula which was a beautiful,almost spiritual experience. This is a must-see place if you are ever in the Central Berg region of KZN Province, South Africa.
Ruins of the Temple of Kertassi, with two pillars of Hator, a massive architrave and four thin columns of papyrus.
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Well this is not a scene that you see very often. An abandoned piano dumped on the beach, apparently from a music video that was filmed there shortly before.
I thought that it was worth twenty minutes of my time and a shot or two while I was there. Vestrahorn just happens to be one of my favourite places in Iceland for the views are staggeringly beautiful with a million different compositions available. You could spend a week there getting to know the area better although it'll cost you around a fiver a day per person to gain access by car as the road down to the beach is a private toll road.
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Railway station Tiahuanaco is located near the archeological complex.
Tiahuanaco, an important object of pre-Columbian archaeological site in Western Bolivia.
It is true that the tropics have beautiful sunset conditions. Here I was knee-deep in the warm water. Camera with wide angle lens on the tripod. Some kelp and mangrove stems in the shallow water. A few islands in the back and to top it off some clouds in the sky. Didn't need any more......
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The back of the pyramid.
Underground duct. Made with finely cut flagstones and joined with cast copper clamps.
Climbed the hill up to Tiwanaku’s most outstanding structure, the partially excavated Akapana pyramid, which was built on an existing geological formation. At its base this roughly square, 16m hill covers a surface area of about 200 sq meters. In the center of its flat summit is an oval-shaped sunken area, which some sources attribute to early, haphazard, Spanish excavation. The presence of a stone drain in the center, however, has led some archaeologists to believe it was used for water storage.
Recent findings include craniums, assumed to be war trophies, leading some archaeologists to believe the pyramid may have been a ceremonial temple. Others think it was used for the study of astronomy.
Someone wrote on Tripadvisor, "An astoundingly beautiful golden-sand bay with an Island just offshore, and a small car park. The sea is crystal clear and fairly shallow just off the beach. Ideal for a swim. A lovely place for canoeing or picnic on the beach." And a pub at Glenuig just around the corner.
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Taken back in October 2018, this viewpoint between Reine and Sakrisroy is absolutely stunning, as is all of Lofoten to be fair but there was a panoramic feel to this scene as I drove by. So I pulled over and I, along with my six workshop clients spent some time by the water's edge capturing this wonderful scene on camera. This image consists of six vertical images stitched together in Photoshop CC.
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From the Island of the Sun:
Legend has it that the small Island of the Moon was where Viracocha commanded the moon to rise in the sky. However, its spiritual significance did not stop the Bolivian government from using this secluded outpost as a political prison for much of the 20th century.
The island is way smaller, way drier and way less touristed than its solar counterpart, and if you only have a day, you are better off heading to Isla del Sol. That said, for slightly more adventurous experiences this is a good alternative, and it’s easy enough to tack a half-day here onto your Isla del Sol trip.
Most boats arrive on the eastern side of the island, where you'll find a visitor center, hostel, restaurant and artisan stands. On the other side of the hill, the island’s main settlement has basic hostels, a soccer field and a small chapel.
It's funny when you see a photo posted by a fellow photographer of a place they recently visited and it immediately reminds you of a time when you visited it with your camera.
In this case the photographer is Phil Norton and I shall post his image below in the comment boxes. He's a Nisi Ambassador so if anyone requires any information on filters, he's a great guy to ask.
The place is the little fishing tarn of Llyn Y Dywarchen in Snowdonia. The date was Saturday 5th August 2011, the time 10pm. I visited this wonderful little place and decided that the rowing boats needed some illumination, so out came the head torch and fifteen seconds later, voilà
I hope you all like it. Have a great day guys and girls.
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I can't resist. Again I'm presenting a blue hour shot. This time from the Louvre in Paris. It might be a bit of a cliche, but I can't help it. I love these blue 'n' gold images.
I wish you all a great WE .
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It's amazing to look back through your images and find the odd gem from your early days. Take this one here for example. This was taken during a stunning evening up high on Twistleton Scar in the gorgeous Yorkshire Dales, positioned right behind Ingleton Falls and about twenty-five minute walk from the free roadside parking layby.
I remember seeing the sun slowly setting during that stunning mid-October evening back in 2009 and thinking to myself that this is what I wanted to do for life and for a living. Fast forward to the present day and how fortunate am I to be doing just that? It just goes to show that hard work, dedication to your craft and an ability to be able to point the camera in the right direction can pay off and to think that I use to work in a camera shop selling 9-5.
I hope you enjoy my trip down memory lane. Time to get back to my accounts as the new financial tax year has arrived. Sitting at my desk slaving over reams of bank statements and receipts on an Easter weekend is definitely the less glamorous side of running your own business, lol.
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Every year thousands of people venture here, in the Finnich Glen. So many are tourists, drawn by the entry on Google Maps, Tripadvisor, Instagram and by the urge to see where movie scenes from Outlander were filmed. Although the entry on Google Maps is accurately positioned, so many people never find the Devil's Pulpit. That's because most approach from the 'main' car park, which is on the wrong side of the gorge. They need to walk in from the small layby on the A809 just over the bridge over the Carnock Burn and then venture down the steep steps 200 yards into the woods. The way down is pretty challenging, a bit of a scramble, yet still the white trainer and flipflop brigade work their way to the bottom where it is totally otherworldly.
Your eyes are drawn upwards to the moss covered cliffs, the canyon walls, dripping and hanging with vegetation, the trees leaning over 80 feet above, leafless branches fracturing the patch of sky overhead. And you look into the darkness surrounding you in the floor of the gorge where the water runs red, almost blood red in the parts where it flows over the sandstone. it feels creepy and haunted. For salvation your eyes seek out the safety in light which lies up the gorge, through a narrow gap between the rock through to the cathedral nave upstream where stands a domed, carved rock in a pool of light from above: the Devil's Pulpit where it is said the Devil gave his sermon to those down in the hell amongst the washed down detritus of jumbled logs and trees at the bottom of Finnich Glen.
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Torpedownia on Babie Dołach
Torpedownia - the Polish common name of the central facility of German torpedo research centers, built in occupied Poland during World War II. Torpedownia was a torpedo assembly hall with equipment for trial shooting, built on the bottom of the basin, a few hundred meters from the shore. Connected to the shore of the pier, which was followed by a narrow-gauge railway transport of torpedo components, eventually mounted in the hall. In the German nomenclature, this building was called Schießstand.
One of the reasons why we chose Tuscany as our goal for this summer holiday was the landscape. I love the curving of the hills and the light touching it. Although it is a rural area, it looks almost as a scifi-filmlocation. So much to see. So much to photograph. Nice people. Good food and driving around in that gorgeous landscape with our rental Fiat 500. How much more Italian can it be?
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Gorgeous Sunrise over Mont Saint Michel, Normandy, France
Well, I don't mind admitting that I was not expecting any sort of colour in the sky over Saint Michel when I visited one morning last week, partly because the sun rises over my right shoulder but alas, having arrived to find nobody in-situ, I quickly set up and waited.
The clouds started rolling by as the sun rose and within half an hour or so, the colour started to build. I was absolutely delighted I can tell you and even more so because this interesting and photogenic stretch of land before me while it looks like a tidal river, is in fact rain water that has filled this wonderful shallow gully.
It had rained quite a lot recently according to the locals and this provided me with a fantastic opportunity to capture water that makes an amazing lead in line. I was certainly blessed this morning for sure and with grey skies predicted for the rest of the week (which turned out to be partly true), it might have been great timing.
Have a great day/evening everyone 😁
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I have just realised that i never shared this image on Flickr as I came across it today. I took it when in the gorgeous region of Assynt in Scotland last October with my good friend Tony Higginson.
Having spent an hour climbing up the mountainside of Stac Pollaidh, enduring rain and high winds as well as carrying a 11kg rucksack and a 5kg tripod, the weather delivered a gorgeous rainbow over Loch Sionasgaig. Thankfully I already had the 16-35mm lens on the camera and complete with a Nisi polariser, I fired off a handful of shots whilst wiping the rain off the polariser filter.
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Winter Wonderland, Festhaeltinden, Hamnoy, Lofoten, Norway
I shared an image from Lofoten the other day from my visit in 2018 and I mentioned that it felt like an eternity since I was last in Lofoten (I was last there Feb 2020) and that I cannot wait to return this November to run my final autumn workshop in Lofoten (I will be running only my winter workshops in Lofoten from 2023 onwards).
Well, here is an image that I edited this morning from my last visit in February 2020. I personally believe that Norway wears its white winter coat of snow better than anywhere else and I include Iceland in that too. Lofoten is simply stunning, especially when there's a sprinkle of the white stuff on the mountains.
This particular image was taken at midday and there was a stiff breeze, hence the slightly choppy water but the red rorbuer fishing huts look amazing when set against freshly fallen snow. It is such incredible scenery.
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The Plaza Murillo is the central plaza of the city of La Paz and the open space most connected to the political life of Bolivia. Prominent buildings on the plaza include the Presidential Palace, National Congress of Bolivia, and the Cathedral of La Paz (or more formally, the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, La Paz). It is located in the old town, or Casco Viejo, of the city and is surrounded by Socabaya Street to the west, Ayacucho Street to the east, Comercio Street to the south, and a continuation of Ingavi and Ballivan Streets to the north.
The Plaza was originally named the Plaza Mayor (Greatest/Main Plaza) after its construction. It was later known during the colonial period as the Plaza de Armas. Following independence, it was renamed the July 16 Plaza (Plaza 16 de Julio) on February 3, 1902, in honor of Pedro Murillo, captured and hung by Spanish troops in January 1810.
Shot during our first morning of my Assynt workshop here in Scotland in 2019. I decided to start the workshop at the lovely remains of Ardvreck Castle and despite the changing weather which included a little rain, this gorgeous double rainbow appeared right over the castle itself.
I made sure everyone got a shot of it for themselves at the same time. I love nature when it produces scenes like these.
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