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When I was a child, there was a drive through giant sequoia tree in Yosemite. It was known as the Wawona tree and was also in Yosemite National Park. The tunnel was cut in 1881 as a tourist attraction. It fell 88 Years later during the winter of 1968-1969. When it died, it was approximately 2100 years old, 234feet tall and 26 feet in diameter at the base.
When I decided to set up the flower shop for Brita, I didn't know that miniature flowers were so expensive and so difficult to make.
Result? The layout of the shop grows very slowly. -__-
But yesterday I thought: what if I use real flowers? Small dried or fresh flowers taken in the garden?
So here are some new flowers. I like the final effect.
These flowers are not eternal, but I am drawn to the idea of changing them every time I want to take a new photo!
The sun comes out, the plumage sparkles—high time for a thorough beauty treatment. This glossy duck visibly gets itself into shape to impress the female ducks.
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Wenn die Sonne scheint, beginnt der Glanz
Die Sonne kommt heraus, das Gefieder funkelt – höchste Zeit für eine gründliche Schönheitskur. Diese Glanzente bringt sich sichtbar in Form, um bei den Entendamen Eindruck zu machen.
Looning north just before sunset, on an exceptionally clear afternoon. Beyond the large white condo (a vacation rental) is San Simeon Point, then Point Piedras Blancas, and in the far distance the Santa Lucia range meets the sea, where Big Sur 'officially' begins.
In the foreground are Ice Age unconsolidated sands, from great dunes that spread inland during the low sea-stand when much of the ocean water was frozen into ice-sheets a mile or more thick, over Canada, New England, and much of northern Eurasia. Dry land extended to the Farallones off future San Francisco! The last Great Warming ended only about 9,000 years ago. Of course, the Earth's climate continues to warm, as does a lively debate over how much of the warming is due to humans, and how much is natural. You won't read much about the actual scientific debate, sadly, in the popular press, as this has become an item of faith among True Believers. But, geologically speaking, we're at risk of a return of the Ice -- and human CO2 emissions may help to keep that at bay. A respectable (but controversial) hypothesis.
When Vanilla Leaf starts to finish for the year they get very thin and translucent with a nice vein structure, so I placed some colored leaves as a base with vanilla leaf on top. This was a test to try the 240 mp pixelshift with a 1 x 4 focus stacked panorama but I didn't have enough ram to stack them so they had to be down sized then there was some leaf curling causing movement so that had to be cropped out but I still ended up with enough to make a 2' x 5' print.
Workflow wise using the A7rIV pixelshift I shoot the raws then assemble them in Sony Imaging Edge Desktop Viewer into .arq files then I create a profile in Rawtherapee then using the Rawtherapee-cli I convert the files to tiff, then these are stacked in Zerene Stacker, and the finished picture is edited in Photoshop.
Thank you Alyx for the lights, Fly for the music, and of course Harry and Hannignton for being here.
Visit this location at The Leonard Cohen Club in Second Life
When we saw this Icelandic lake reflection engulf the sky
Iceland sea lake Holtsós
PNT_3927-31 Lake Sky Panorama efex
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
- Henry Ford
Have a wonderful day ahead y’all
Another one of Lake Michigan finest winter moments. There’s something about the way the sun hits the ice making it glow that really brings out the true beauty of natures homemade art!
I turn to sitting here, looking over Oltrano and Florence... Brunelleschi's Dome is on the left and Santa Croce on the right...
Florence is a must-see city for any art lover, but its delights reach far beyond the museums and galleries. According to some, the city itself is a piece of art. Have you heard of Stendhal syndrome, that supposed illness that causes sufferers to grow faint at the sight of great beauty? It also goes by the name “Florence syndrome,” as it was first coined after 19th century visitors to Florence were overcome.
[from www.italylogue.com/florence/ ]
Same spotted eagle ray as an earlier post (but from this angle you can't see the spots). The eagle ray had finished searching through the sand for food and then rose in front of me to give this view of its face, with the pig-like nose. I'd say it is cute, but I know that is debatable. :-)
The opportunistic palometa is underneath, with another one barely visible behind.
The eagle ray is listed as endangered by the IUCN.
Not used these old printing blocks for a while and never thought to make vintage look new, if that makes sense.
We were driving for several hours in the early morning around Mt. Fuji, trying to get a glimpse of the Mountain. We finally stopped at a golf club parking lot to stretch our legs and WOW, the fog lifted and we got this wonderful view of the Mountain. GCFujiv2
Had a very nice visit to Zollverein Essen, Germany.
It has been a colemine and cokes factory: with an area of 100 hectares, more than 25 years after its closure, the once largest colliery in Europe is the only Unesco World Heritage Site of the Ruhr Area.
More images in my series Zollverein colliery
When the sun is going down..
Dal Rifugio Valmasque, 2233m , Francia
C'è nel giorno un'ora serena che si potrebbe definire assenza di rumore, è l'ora serena del crepuscolo
( Victor Hugo )
When we arrived in Alfriston for our summer holiday we made a beeline for this place as it was the nearest pub! A big pie and a glass of ale went down very nicely indeed
For a few brief moments each year, the sun and this solitary tree share the same path.
Long before the lavender reaches its peak bloom, the composition already exists in the mind of the photographer. The tree, the horizon, the flowering rows, and the sun's trajectory slowly converge toward a fleeting alignment.
On this evening, everything finally came together.
As the sun slipped beneath the horizon, its light passed through the trunk, turning the tree into a silhouette suspended between earth and sky. Around it, the lavender field glowed with the last warm tones of the day.
The scene lasts only a few minutes. The alignment takes months.
When I was walking along the dam embankment to the tunnel to get on the Kurobe cable car, this rainbow suddenly appeared when the dam spray and the wind direction changed. I was able to shoot quickly, but the camera and myself got soaked. It was like a big shower by the rainbow
When Prince Albert, beloved husband of Queen Victoria, she had this huge pyramid built as his memorial overlooking the Cairngorm mountains, which was his favourite spot when visiting Balmoral. It can easily be seen on the hilltop when driving along the Dee valley road. Andy, my climbing partner, decided he wanted to climb it, but didn't get very far!
When the sky is falling on our heads, when the fog invades our minds, .... it's sometimes better to travel a little to come back stronger
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Quand le ciel nous tombe sur la tête, que le brouillard envahi nos esprits, .... il vaut mieux parfois un peu voyager pour revenir plus fort
I headed out on a frosty foggy morning earlier this winter and ended up in Goombungee so I headed over to this old house as I thought it would look a treat in this light .
I headed out across the field as visibility was limited to about 100 meters , as the shape appeared out the fog something wasn`t right . I was rather disappointed as I hoped that it would be there for years to come as it is so appealing .
There was another great old house in the area which had it verandah ripped off in a storm last year so they are all disappearing unfortunately .
Heres a couple of links to previous posts when she was still standing
www.flickr.com/photos/johnfinnanimages/8189908361/
www.flickr.com/photos/johnfinnanimages/8985187525/
www.flickr.com/photos/johnfinnanimages/9437032580/
This is a four shot stitch
I took this one just after sunrise
Heres a shot taken when I got back to the car