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Crescent Beach after sunset, Surrey, BC, Canada.
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Dark days -
Well as the second day without heating progresses - it's time to start wearing a hat indoors.
Fortunately the UK is undergoing a "warm" spell and the outside temperature is 12C, indoors it has dropped to 14C (mainly as a result of having open and close doors as we go about the day to day business of life).
My 99 year old mother-in-law feels the cold badly and normally has her part of the house at 30C has been complaining about the cold. She doesn't seem to remember that the heating is broken for more than about 30 minutes - so she is repeatedly asking me to "turn the heating up", (An electric fan heater is no substitute for a couple of big central heating radiators).
Hopefully the engineer will get the heating back on soon.
I love this old tree. It has so much character. I hope they leave it standing for a good while.
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A bronze sculpture in bronze of a warrior of the Greek hoplite type with an Attic helmet, cuirass and lance, and a woman dressed in Greek style in chiton and himation and an offering in her hand.
Dated to around 430 B.C. and found in the Northern necropolis at the Etruscan town of Kainua (today's Marzabotto, Italy).
At the museum at the site of Kainua (where they are still excavating). The label was not so informative as to try to guess if it was a Greek import or an Italic production.
It feels like a lifetime,
A thousand days have passed by
Since I held you close to me
If I could see that smile from my friend
I know that I could live again
I need you here with me
Heaven knows what to say
Even though for right
Nw you're so far away
I hope and I pray
Somewhere in your heart I'll always stay
Girl, lately my sun doesn't shine without you
Never noticed what it feels like to be without you
Feels like I took my last step
And my last breath in my life ending
Had to say just what I was feeling, girl
'Cause my sun doesn't shine,
Sun doesn't shine without you
Without butterflies, the world would soon have few flowers. There is enough room in the sky for all flyers. Trina Paulus
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"A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache."
- Catherine the Great
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FGR asked what vice we can't live without. For me, it is Coke Zero.
At one point, I drank two Double Gulps of the stuff each day. My current Coke habit of one can a day is relatively good!
The Steamships S/S Mariefred, S/S Ejdern and the steam powered tugboat S/S Robert at the pier in Mariefred on Ångans dag (the Day of Steam) 2011.
You can can read the history about these three boats in my blog! You can also see another HDR-picture of S/S Mariefred arriving from Stockholm.
See more HDR-picture from Ångans dag here!
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Without Mo's intervention and processing I'd come home with nothing. This the first effort with the a9+RedCat 51.
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I loved to make this photo. I needed something difficult enough to make myself feel challenged and doing this shot really was a challenge! I did the bodypaint all by myself, though I used a very useful tutorial I found on youtube. In particular I spent a lot of time doing the facial make-up in order to give my face a very doll-like look. I'm happy with the result and I wish you will like it too ^_^
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Shoni & her new doggy Emma
Shoni really loves animals and has been wanting a puppy or any kind of animal for that matter since forever so she is SO Happy now that she has Emma !
Look at that SMILE !!!
Miss Emma was abandoned in our neighborhood by her owners that moved away
So Chris has decided we should adopt her !!
Emma is the most perfect , quiet , peaceful dog I've ever seen
Half the time you dont even notice she is there - she is just that quiet & still
And I'm not a huge fan of dogs but she has won me over by far
She's gentle & sweet
and even lets you bathe her with NO problems - she just stand perfectly still until she's all clean
I especially love that she is super protective of Shoni
Shot taken -Mother's Day weekend
May 08
The World Without Us
Part 3
So much went into this shot that I don't even know where to begin with explaining the editing process. Essentially I just used composite after composite, using a variety of brushes and blending modes to get everything just right.
I decided to go in a slightly different direction with this shot compared to the previous two, and used less Urban Exploration composites and used more texture layers. The birds, hanging light, and some of the debris on the Peace Tower are UrbEx composites, the rest is various composites of greenery, rust, and peeling paint.
The most difficult part of this project at the moment is that it is currently winter in Ottawa, and while I do have an idea or two for a winter decay photo, I have a very limited supply of potential composites for a winter shot. As soon as the snow melts, I'll get out and start taking more general street photos.
Using the "Threshold" layer has very simply allowed me to delete the background hill, emphasising the main feature the foreground trees, painting grey on the Layer mask at the foreground enabled me to pull the shadow details back into the picture.
At 5708 views 197 Faves which equates to 3.45 Faves per 100 views Apathy rules.
Here's another photo that I captured recently of some spotlit redwood trees.
I've been actively taking landscape photos for over 2-dozen years now, and I can say (without a shadow of doubt) that forest photography is one of the most challenging sub-genres of landscape photography that I've ever attempted. After walking the trails of the Knysna forest with my camera for the past five years, I feel that I'm only now starting to get to grips with the subject matter.
So how do we go about capturing interesting photos in a forest? Here are my top-10 tips for taking better photos in any natural forest...
1) Take Your Time
There's no rush to go anywhere. There is so much to see in a forest that if you walk the trails at a regular walking pace, you're likely to miss at least 90% of the interesting stuff. But you don't want to be looking around you while walking. Keep your eyes on the path when you're moving, stopping every few metres to look for interesting stuff.
2) Finding The Most Interesting Stuff
Based on my walks and experiences in the Knysna forest, I can confirm that everything here always looks amazing. You could point your camera in any direction at any time of the day or night, and still capture a photo that captures the essence of the forest. But I feel that every photo needs at least one primary subject, usually the most interesting thing, and always the reason why you stopped to take the photo. If we can't figure out why you took your photo, then it will most likely be a boring photo to most people.
3) Shooting Small Stuff Is Easier Than Capturing Grand Scenes
I seldom (if ever) use my ultra-wide angle lens in the forest. It simply captures too much. Zooming in on the small stuff (or using a macro lens) helps us to exclude everything except the most interesting stuff (why you took the photo), with as few distractions as possible.
4) Composition Is (Still) King
All the compositional rules apply with forest photography, namely... simplicity, balance, rule of thirds, leading lines, etc., etc. The most important consideration is that everyone should always immediately understand why you took your photo. Although I feel that it's acceptable for me to remove some dead twigs and branches to remove the most obvious distractions, I will never damage any living plant, tree, mushroom, etc.
5) Light Is Everything
No photo would be possible without light. You'll never get pink light in a forest, so the dawn and dusk hours so appreciated by most landscape photographers will generally not produce better photos here. Early morning dappled light is the most magical, but it is also the most difficult to accurately capture. Misty conditions are the easiest to capture, followed by overcast conditions. If you're doing macro or close-up photography, it's often better to block the sunlight and use artificial light instead (torch) to illuminate your primary subject.
6) Try To Exclude The Sky
The sky will always be the brightest part of any forest photo. Correctly exposing for the shadow areas of the forest floor, the sky will always be much too bright for most cameras to accurately capture. The sky also adds zero visual interest on misty or overcast days, so I recommend to try and exclude it from your compositions whenever possible.
7) Getting Perfect Exposures
Most of us would agree that pure black shadows with perfectly exposed highlights are more visually pleasing than the other way round. With forest photography, it is critical to expose for the highlights, making sure that nothing is overexposed. Bracketing (taking multiple differently exposed photos) and blending might be an option on perfectly windless days, but with the billions of leaves fluttering with just the tiniest of a breeze, this is usually not an option. Always shoot in RAW, and ALWAYS use your camera's histogram to ensure that you don't blow out any highlights.
8) Always Use A Tripod
Although I might be able to capture acceptably sharp photos in a forest when hand-holding my camera, that would always require a compromise to my ideal aperture and ISO. While tripods will always tend to slow us down when we're composing our photos, they do allow us to use slower shutter speeds, and also to carefully tweak our compositions until they're as strong as possible.
9) Post-processing Skills Required
Unless you're taking your photos in misty or overcast conditions, it's unlikely that your camera will be able to accurately capture the full dynamic range of your scenes. This is where your post-processing skills can make the difference between a nice photo and an amazing photo. YouTube is still free, and there are thousands of video tutorials out there that you could watch to hone your editing skills. Understanding "luminosity masking" should be a top priority if you want to improve your forest photography.
10) Continue To Challenge Yourself
If forest photography was easy, I probably wouldn't be doing it. What's the point of only doing the things that you're already good at? The more difficult something is, the fewer other people will be doing it well. I would rather be the only photographer capturing mediocre images of the most challenging subjects, than to always try and capture the best-ever images of all the most photographed subjects.
That's it. My top-10 tips. If you can think of anything that I've missed which might help someone to take better photos in a forest, then please feel free to comment below.
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...oggi anche sul terreno della via Pal si erge una malinconica costruzione a quattro piani, piena d'inquilini,nessuno dei quali forse sa che quel campo aveva rappresentato la giovinezza di un gruppetto...
...now on the ground as Paul Street stands a lonely building with four floors full of tenants, none of whom may know that that field had represented a group of youth ........
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Je publie cette série complète sur le sterne pierregarin, prise lors d'un affût surles bords de la rivière Allier.
J'ai eu la chance d'assister au mode de pêche du sterne, à quelques mètres de moi.
Bonne journée à tous.
Merci pour vos visites et commentaires
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I publish this complete series on the common tern, taken at a lookout on the banks of the river Allier.
I had the chance to attend the fishing mode of the tern, a few meters from me.
Good day to all.
Thank you for your visits and comments
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Ich veröffentlicht die komplette serie auf der flussseeschwalbe, während ein lauer aufdie ufern des flusses Allier.
Ich hatte das glück, zeuge im modus für die fischerei tern, nur wenige meter von mir entfernt war.
Guten tag an alle.
Danke für eure besuche und kommentare
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Voy a publicar esta serie completa en el charrán, tomado en un mirador a orillas del río Allier.
Tuve la oportunidad de asistir a la modalidad de pesca de la golondrina de mar, a pocos metros de mí.
Buen día a todos.
Gracias por sus visitas y comentarios
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Ik publiceer deze complete serie op de visdief, genomen op een uitkijkpunt aan de oevers van de rivier de Allier.
Ik had de kans om te wonen op de visstand van de stern, een paar meter van mij.
Goede dag allemaal.
Dank u voor uw bezoeken en opmerkingen
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Pubblichiamo di questa serie, la sterna comune, presa in un belvedere sulle rive del fiume Allier.
Ho avuto la possibilità di partecipare alla pesca modalità di sterna, a pochi metri da me...
Buona giornata a tutte.
Grazie per le vostre visite e commenti
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Que eu publicar esta série completa em comum, andorinha-do-mar, tirada em um mirante de onde se nas margens do rio Allier.
Eu tive a oportunidade de assistir o modo de pesca da andorinha-do-mar, a poucos metros de mim.
Bom dia a todos.
Obrigado por suas visitas e comentários de
Ideas take my mind
without meaning,
The body forsakes me
and leaves me to wander,
Heart is a waterfall that
is followed by rapids,
And the only vessel that
could dare it is lost
in a maze of mirrors.
I only see reason as
liquid formed from
questions drowns out my headache,
The flowing waterfall
now a giant headstone,
Hardens to ice and
is surrounded by a web
of fears,
And there I stay,
Encased in a tomb of
silence,
Drowning off a
chorus of thoughts.
Troy Clark
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A picture of a watch without anything else is at worst an image of someone else’s art and at best can be a showcase for the photographer’s expertise at exposure and composition. This image has more meaning to me than you may grasp at first glance so I’ll complete the story here. SPOILER ALERT: It’s a bit long so if you’d like to skip it ... that’s Okay. Just remember to enjoy Today.
The title may attract the attention of a few people already familiar with the acronym. More later ... I purchased the timepiece pictured some 50 or more years ago and it has always been a disappointment ... it still looks almost pristine! It’s promise was that it was self-winding, that is by some engineering magic once it was wound and put on my wrist it somehow was supposed to stay wound enough to keep “good time”. Well, here’s the basic truth; if I wind it up and let it lay on the shelf it will keep perfect time until it runs down in a couple of days. If put it on my wrist it will randomly stop for 5 or 10 minutes at a time from the first hour on ... making it functionally useless!
In the mid-80s after a life changing event I learned that I can only live One Day at a Time (ODaaT). I realized this independent worthless timepiece is in fact a constant reminder that I only have today ... yesterday is history and tomorrow is not yet in play.
It has no other numbers than today’s calendar number and day ... today ... if I keep it wound. My every attempt to use it for my purposes by wearing it ... my actions ... screws up it’s basic time keeping function so if I let go and let it do it’s thing on the shelf all works just fine. I’m some 16 years into retirement and I removed my “working” watch the day I retired ... I know where time is being kept and I can freely live TODAY. If you got this far Happy Macro Monday ... and enjoy today. HMM Everyone.
[ E x p l o r e d ] [ Best Position #321 ] on 19 Oct, 2010.
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SpeedLight : SB-600.
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We always have a choice
Or at least I think we do
We can always use our voice
I thought this to be true
We can live in fear
Extend our selves to love
We can fall below
Or lift our selves above
Fear can stop you loving
Love can stop your fear
Fear can stop you loving
But it's not always that clear
I always try so hard
To share my self around
But now I'm closing up again
Drilling through the ground
Fear can stop you loving
Love can stop your fear
Fear can stop you loving
But it's not always that clear
I'd love to give my self away
But I find it hard to trust
I've got no map to find my way
Amongst these clouds of dust
Fear can stop you loving
Love can stop your fear
Fear can stop you loving
Love can stop your fear
Fear can stop you loving
Love can stop your fear
Fear can stop you loving
But it's not always that clear
Morcheeba
fear and love
Capture taken during recent London visit. Had british weather on the first evening...but at some Point, the rain stopped and pictures without umbrella were possible..have a good weekend ahead! Cheers, Udo
If you can't come up with characters, don’t waste your time and leave them alone. It is always possible to create a story without minifigures in the frame. This is exactly what I did when I took a vacation-themed photo to support a contest on @brickcentral
Never be afraid to give the viewer the opportunity to dream up and finish the plot on their own. Build the scenery and place hints with parts and accessories. Who are these people who rest here? What are they talking about behind the scenes? Can you smell the pool water still churning after someone's jump? Just imagine a relaxing saturday evening by the pool.
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Similar with Postman Butterfly (Heliconius melpomene), I'm not sure the ID.
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Parque del Retiro, Madrid, (Spain).
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Canon EOS 450D | Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 DC EX HSM + Hitech ND 0.9 filter @ 10 mm | f/11, 2.5s, ISO 100.
HDR/DRI from 3 exposures on a tripod Manfrotto 055XPROB + 322RC2 Joystick Head @ [-2 EV .. 0 .. +2 EV ]
Processing:
Lightroom for catalog > Photoshop to generate HDR file> Tonemapped with Photomatix 4 > Hue/Saturation + Color Efex Pro + Noiseware + High Pass filter Sharpening technique with Photoshop CS5.
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