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5:35h Munich is still sleeping and this perspective is an illusion of a city lying directly at the alps.
When I first visited Munich long time ago - I was really dissappointed and asked - where are the mountains? On postcards you often see onion towers of the dome directly in front of the mountains. But this is only possible from a few viewpoints with a tele lens and the Foehn - a type of dry, relatively warm, downslope wind that occurs in the lee (downwind side) of the mountain range - in this case the alps.
5:35 Uhr München schläft noch und diese Perspektive ist eine Illusion einer Stadt direkt an den Alpen.
Als ich München vor langer Zeit zum ersten Mal besuchte, war ich wirklich enttäuscht und fragte: Wo sind die Berge? Auf Postkarten sieht man oft die Zwiebeltürme des Doms direkt vor den Bergen. Dies ist jedoch nur aus wenigen Blickwinkeln mit einem Teleobjektiv und dem Föhn möglich, einem trockenen, relativ warmen Hangwind, der im Lee (Windseite) des Gebirges – in diesem Fall der Alpen – auftritt.
All good things come in threes, as the saying goes - and now the third time it worked out with a beautiful sunrise :-)
The first time I didn't have an optimal position because I was too late and then just before sunrise a thick cloud covered the sun - no sun, no light. Literally overslept the second time because we had been shooting at the Delicate Arch the night before and now it finally worked. We were there around three hours before sunrise (4 a.m.) and had pole position. It was full moon and the first photos felt as bright as day. The moon set and so we were able to take a few star shots before the first photographers arrived around 5 a.m. Unfortunately, taking photos was out of the question then - I took some red-colored shots of the Mesa Arch - because everyone who arrived had to set their camera first - some with flashlights, many with headlamps and some even with flash - it got really crowded and God thankfully everyone was ready shortly before sunrise and so we were able to take some nice shots of this icon in the best light - including this wonderful colored glow of the Mesa Arch.
Alle guten Dinge sind drei sagt das Sprichwort - und jetzt beim dritten Mal hat es dann auch mit einem schönen Sonnenaufgang geklappt :-)
Beim ersten Mal hatte ich keine optimale Position, weil ich zu spät war und dann kurz Sonnenaufgang eine dicke Wolke vor die Sonne zog - keine Sonne - kein Licht. Beim zweiten Mal buchstäblich verschlafen, weil wir schon nachts davor Aufnahmen am Delicate Arch gemacht hatten und jetzt endlich hat es geklappt. Wir waren schon rund drei Stunden vor Sonnenaufgang dort (4 Uhr) und hatten die Pole-Position. Es war Vollmond und die ersten Fotos waren gefühlt taghell. Der Mond ging unter und so konnten wir ein paar Sternenaufnahmen machen, bevor dann gegen 5 Uhr die ersten Fotografen eintrafen. Leider war dann nicht mehr ans Fotografieren zu denken - habe einige rotgefärbte Aufnahmen vom Mesa Arch gemacht - weil jeder der ankam, erst einmal seine Kamera einstellen musste - einige mit Taschenlampen, viele mit Stirnlampen und einige sogar mit Blitzlicht - es wurde richtig voll und Gott sei Dank waren dann kurz vor Sonnenaufgang alle soweit fertig und so konnten wir ein paar schöne Aufnahmen von dieser Ikone bei bestem Licht machen - inklusive dieses wunderbaren farblichen Glühen des Mesa Arch.
Taken in Nov 2021, looking over at the east side of Manhattan from Long Island City, Queens...
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"I see my light come shining
From the west down to the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released."
--Bob Dylan, I Shall Be Released
Sunset beyond the Hudson River casts a shaft of light on the Art Students League, 257 W 57th St, Manhattan.
Single exposure with all the sliders tweaked, and curve correction to bring up shadow detail. Happy Sliders Sunday!
2/20/2022; 12:15 CST; Velvia +
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This shot is mediocre and it could be sharper.. but it is fun to try something different once in a while.. I thought of Eric Clapton's "Tears in Heaven" hence, the title.. me and my puppy (Ysabelle) are perfectly happy with each other (minus the times when i lose sleep over her crying). 😅
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One of the leading examples of Early English Gothic architecture.
Salisbury Cathedral - England, UK
En una cumbre del cordón Huemules del Parque Guaiquivilo con panorámica desde el Descabezado Grande hasta el volcán Domuyo. Abajo el valle del Melado.
Región del Maule, Chile central.
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The City of London is a historic financial district, home to the Stock Exchange, Bank of England and modern corporate skyscrapers tower.
City of London, UK
Scenery along the hike to Dream Lake.
Yes, John, I've seen it - Rocky Mountain High - YouTube - John Denver !
Wishing you all a very wonderful day!!!
PS: I saw faces in the clouds - an animal with a pointy nose in the center one and a jolly old man in the right hand side, staring at each other (see notes)! 😁
PPS: "Pikachu, I See You!" joined in for the fun, maybe I should re-title it to "Three's A Cloud". 😝
Staying with the Lawrence Collection to end the week we have a magnificent view of St. Mary's Abbey and Howth before the bay was filled in. I imagine that most people think that the Abbey is a tavern rather than an ancient place of learning and worship/
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Circa 1865 - 1914
NLI Ref: L_CAB_00856
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Intro - My life motto: killing & action brings me great erection
I never lost my precious time on election
In the youth I had a dream
To become a star in a Major League Baseball
Life path bring me to other direction
And now I am stacked in this crappy doll
I can still play with baseball bat and a ball
I can kick some jerks while listening
Metallica album Kill ‘Em All
I am a ballbreaker
The mean pain maker, I am a soul taker
Hey bitch throw the pitch
Let the fun begin
In this game I would always win
I would never become a movie star
Like Pierce Brosnan in a James Bond
But I can hit my enemies harder
Than a baseball player Barry Bonds
Bloody Baseball bring me so much excitement
I can already see against me new brutal indictment
P.s. Chucky recommend you a classic song Babe Ruth - Mexican.
The Matterhorn (4478m alt. ) the Dent d'Hérens the Z'mutt glacier.and "La Tête Blanche", (alt. 3.710 m ). . Zermatt . Canton Valais, Switzerland. No. 2257 2258 Panorama .
"The Matterhorn (German), Monte Cervino (Italian) or Mont Cervin (French), is a mountain in the Pennine Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy. Its summit is 4,478 meters (14,690 ft) high, making it one of the highest peaks in the Alps.[2] The four steep faces, rising above the surrounding glaciers, face the four compass points. The mountain overlooks the town of Zermatt in the canton of Valais to the north-east and Breuil-Cervinia in the Aosta Valley to the south. The Theodul Pass, located at the eastern base of the peak, is the lowest passage between its north and south side.
Le Cervin (Cervino en italien, Matterhorn en allemand) est un sommet alpin de 4 478 mètres d'altitude, situé sur la frontière italo-suisse, entre le canton du Valais et la vallée d'Aoste.
Le Cervin est la montagne la plus connue de Suisse, notamment pour l'aspect pyramidal qu'elle offre depuis le village de Zermatt, dans la partie alémanique du canton du Valais.
L'ascension de la face nord fut considérée comme le dernier des grands exploits de l'alpinisme dans les Alpes, avec celle de l'Eiger et celle des Grandes Jorasses qui forment ensemble les trois grandes faces nord des Alpes."
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The morning 7th of February I woke up to see Amsterdam covered in a coat of fresh snow. The snow fell in sudden flurries and gusts and turned the world white and wonderful. With the canals in the city and occasional high winds, there can be a nip in the air, but packing gloves and a scarf should keep you warm enough. There is something very beautiful about Amsterdam in the winter. It snowed for the second time this winter in Amsterdam. Because the temperature was -4 degrees Celsius the snow stayed. The real feel temperature was -11 degrees Celsius cause there was a strong wind and drifting snow. It got more than a few centimeters of snow. The best advice is to stay indoors and turn the stove up a bit. Or of course to go outside to take some nice pictures. The snow is a rare highlight in these February dark days, especially when you have small children. It is quite difficult to come up with something fun in these Covid-19 lock-down days. After a while, sitting indoors becomes quite monotonous for such a toddler. This is a welcome change. The snow also provides a lot of fun for children here in centre of Amsterdam. Snowball fight, make snowmen or go sledding. All fun activities that children do in this beautiful snowy world.
Those who think away for a while can imagine themselves in Hendrick Avercamp's world today. As one of the first landscape painters of the 17th-century Dutch school, he specialized in painting the Netherlands in winter. Some 400 years on, our image of life in the harsh winters of the Golden Age is still dominated by Avercamp’s ice scenes with their splendid narrative details of couples skating, children pelting each other with snowballs and unwary individuals falling through the ice. The snow is during the lock-down days an uninhibited winter fun in the streets of Amsterdam. Since the first snow had stuck to the ground, the neighborhood has turned out for a carefree winter entertainment. The next days it will keep on snowing. Expected more than 17 cm snow in Amsterdam. Enjoy a thick layer of snow in your own neighborhood.
Vanmorgen 7 februari werd ik wakker en zag Amsterdam bedekt met een laag verse sneeuw. De sneeuw die vannacht viel bedekte de wereld om ons heen wit en prachtig. Ik heb mijn camera gepakt en op pad gegaan in m'n buurtje. Ik geniet van het geluid van knarsende sneeuw onder mijn schoenen en het prachtige gezicht op de Amsterdamse grachtenpanden. Het is min vier graden en het blijft vandaag de hele dag sneeuwen. Met een stevige wind is de gevoelstemperatuur zelf -11 graden. Mijn handschoenen en m'n sjaal houden mij warm genoeg. Er is iets heel moois over Amsterdam in de winter. Amsterdam is bedolven onder dik pak sneeuw zoals hierboven op het Weteringstraat. Het beste advies is dan maar om lekker binnen te blijven en de kachel iets hoger te zetten. Of natuurlijk even naar buiten te gaan om wat mooie plaatjes te schieten. In Amsterdam heeft het nu voor de tweede keer deze winter gesneeuwd. Bij deze temperatuur blijft de sneeuw liggen. Er is meer dan enkele centimeters sneeuw gevallen. De sneeuw is een zeldzaam hoogtepunt in deze donkere dagen in februari, vooral als je kleine kinderen hebt. Het is best moeilijk om iets leuks te bedenken in deze Covid-19 lockdown-dagen. Binnen zitten wordt na een tijdje behoorlijk eentonig voor zo'n peuter. Dit is een welkome afwisseling. De sneeuw zorgt ook voor veel plezier voor kinderen. Sneeuwballengevecht, sneeuwpoppen maken of sleetje rijden. Allemaal leuke activiteiten die kinderen doen in deze prachtige besneeuwde wereld. Wie even wegdenkt, waant zich vandaag in de wereld van Hendrick Avercamp. De komende dagen blijft het sneeuwen. Verwacht meer dan 17 cm sneeuw in Amsterdam.
I had so much fun with the one can for macro Mondays I figured why stop. Not constrained to the 3" rule I thought I could work with the whole can. Sourcing empty cans was easier than I thought, a quick walk along a back road provided all I needed. It seems that after consuming a can of this stuff, the arm goes into motion mode that inevitably leads to the can winding up on the side of the road.
Each can was shot individually with my Nikon 55mm f/2.8 NIKKOR Micro with about a 6 image focus stack. They do seem to have a lot of potential for art. Three cans, a wavy window and yummy glow colors make this slider complete!
Happy Slider Sunday - HSS
On rare occasions, I post black and white..and dry lands. Yes, I do not live near the sea..sadly.
This is the skyline of Metro Manila. The City of Manila is just one of the 16 cities that formally make up the metro. With 13 million population in a limited space, the metro is very dense and a breeding ground for the virus. And we are on a semi-lockdown again. Just like the picture, things are looking bleak.
I'll post a beach picture next time. Let us focus on things that make us happy 😊
Vista al norte por el cordón fronterizo, en la divisoria continental Atlántico - Pacífico.
Región de la Araucanía, Chile central / Provincia de Neuquén, Patagonia, Argentina.
Just a little close-up of the new steel scouring pad that sits on the sink. The view is about 1 X 1 inch as best I can tell. For Macro Mondays, "Redux 2020" theme. A remake of the May 4 Theme "Kitchen"
55mm f/2.8 NIKKOR Micro w/PK-13 27.5mm Extension Tube
6 image stack shot at f/2.8, kitchen light, pad sitting on the edge of the sink, nothing too fancy (at all). :)
Can you see the Little Egret up there in the willow tree ? The banks of the stream are so dense with vegetation I didn't see him (or her) until he flew up from the opposite bank. This is another one taken with my iPhone 11 while out on a morning walk with Marnie very recently.
~ Edited in Topaz Studio with a lovely texture by Kerstin Frank applied in the new PicMonkey, which I'm still struggling with - as with everything else ! ~
Thanks for looking - and I hope the weather is nicer for you than it is for us here in the UK - rain, wind, flooding happening right now.
I hope you like this, anyway. Thanks for every view, comment, fave. All is appreciated very much.
A night shot trying to capture Perseids, and got more than I'd bargained for. Heading northbound, we can see part of the Milky Way, along with a couple of satellites and several meteors. I wonder if any of the visitors that know more about the night sky could identify some of the different things happening in this picture!
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Una foto nocturna en la que buscaba perseidas y me salieron muchas más cosas... MIrando hacia el norte, podemos ver parte de la Vía Láctea, algunos satélites, meteoritos y alguna cosilla más. Quizá alguno de vosotros que tenga mayor conocimiento del cielo nocturno puede identificar algunas de las cosillas que aparecen en la foto.
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The village of Leonhardsbuch beside the A9 Autobahn as seen from the air.
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Time’s marked and measured in different ways.
The colors of our lives were changing.
The vibrant greens of summer faded beneath the ever-varied canvas of sky,
replaced by the russet tones of autumn,
brown hues of harvest,
and blue-violet shades of indigo dye...
Scotland.
Starlight
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Fountain Show - Canary Wharf, London, UK
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Dorset Estate - George Loveless House, Bethnal Green, London, UK
El Mirador Massue en la esquina de Talcahuano y Tucumán (building with red cupola).
The building popularly known as Mirador Massue is located on the corner of Talcahuano and Tucumán streets, in front of Plaza Lavalle in the city of Buenos Aires. Designed in 1903 as a rental apartment building for David Costaguta, in 1989 it was partially demolished and remodeled to transform its use into rental offices, with only its well-known viewing tower surviving. Its current official name is Edificio Tribunales Plaza.
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Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Seven Dials - London, UK
“There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar:
I love not man the less, but Nature more”
― Lord Byron
apologies to my friends for i haven't been
around much this week,
been weathering a nasty stomach virus,
i promise to catch-up today!
happy sliderssunday!
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The vineyard had put on its beautiful autumn dress. A trail in front of the Roche de Solutré was waiting for my steps for a charming walk.
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Un chemin sympathique
Les vignes avaient revêtu leur belle parure d'automne. Un chemin en face de la Roche de Solutré n'attendait que mes pas pour une balade charmante.
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Solutré - Bourgogne du sud - France / Solutré - Southern Burgundy - France
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HOMELESS MAN IN A DOOR OF A BANK
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At the gates of La Paz, the Valley of the Moon is a sort of desert of rocks sculpted by the elements, with lots of fairy chimneys.
The site is well laid out with trails on which we can discover this geological curiosity.
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La Vallée de la Lune
Aux portes de la Paz, la Vallée de la Lune constitue une sorte de désert de rochers sculpté par les éléments, avec plein de cheminée de fées.
Le site est bien aménagé avec des sentiers sur lesquels on peut découvrir cette curiosité géologique.
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La Paz - Bolivie / La Paz - Bolivia
Tonight, we sleep in an Indian community on Lake Titicaca, we are at 3812 m (12507 ft) altitude .
A change of scenery guaranteed !
The comfort was rustic, and there was no heating to overcome the cold of the night at this altitude. But fortunately, big wool blankets locally made kept us warm.
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Village indien au bord du lac Titicaca
Ce soir , nous dormons dans une communauté indienne au bord du lac Titicaca, on est à 3812 m d'altitude. Un dépaysement garanti !
Le confort était rustique, et il n'y avait pas de chauffage pour pallier au froid vif de la nuit à cette altitude.
Mais heureusement, de grosses couverture en laine faites sur place nous ont tenu bien chaud.
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Lac Titicaca - Pérou / Lake Titicaca - Peru
We see bottom right of the photo :
Rock House
Built in the 1750s, Rock House is reputed to be one of the oldest houses in Edinburgh’s new town. It came to worldwide fame as the home of David Octavius Hill, the artist and pioneering photographer who in 1843 together with Robert Adamson developed the calotype process at Rock House.
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Crazy Tuesday: #NEW
Laowa C-Dreamer 7.5 F/2 | Photowalk with Sabine.R
Not taken this week, but I didn't get around to go out on a photowalk (ghastly weather, grey days, too) with my brand NEW ultra wide-angle lens, the Laowa C-Dreamer 7,5mm F/2. However, this one was taken with that new lens, so I hope it qualifies; I promise that I will take the capture in the week after a new theme will be announced the next time I participate :-)
Now for the title: You might wonder why I chose "Topless" as a title. Well, if you take a look at my capture of the Berliner Fernsehturm (Berlin TV Tower) taken from the platform of the Park Inn Hotel (please see first comment), and you take a closer look at the TV Tower's base in that capture, you will get an idea what this building is - yes, right: it's the TV Tower's base building complex which is used as an exhibition center ("Body Worlds", "Little BIG City"), it also houses restaurants and shops; the building on the right is the city hall of Berlin, known as Rotes Rathaus (Red City Hall). But where is the TV Tower? I seriously debated with myself whether I could actually dare to remove it from the capture or not. In the end I decided to upload the retouched version, as it gives the building a lighter, aerier look, almost that of a spaceship that has just landed. With the TV Tower (which you would normally see on the left upper corner behind the base building) it looked like a building on a stick from this point of view, and you wouldn't have seen much of the tower anyway. Please forgive my little Photoshop shenanigan :-) After all, photos don't lie, do they ;-) ?
And because two are always better than one, I would like to wish you all a very Happy 2019 once again, and a relaxed first week of January as well :-)
Oben ohne
Laowa C-Dreamer 7.5 F/2 | Fotowalk mit Sabine.R
Die Nicht-Berliner unter Euch werden sich vielleicht fragen, warum ich dieses Foto "Oben ohne" betitelt habe. Wenn Ihr Euch noch einmal mein Foto vom Berliner Fernsehturm anschaut, das ich von der Aussichtsplattform des Park Inns aufgenommen habe (im ersten Kommentar zu finden) und Euch dort einmal den Sockelbereich des Fernsehturms anschaut, könnt Ihr sehen, was dieses Gebäude ist - richtig: der Sockelkomplex des Berliner Fernsehturms. Der Komplex wird für Ausstellungen genutzt (u. a. "Körperwelten" und "Little BIG City"), er beherbergt außerdem Gastronomie und Läden; rechts vom Sockel ist das Berliner Rote Rathaus zu sehen. Aber wo ist der Turm? Eigentlich würdet Ihr ihn links hinter dem Sockelkomplex sehen. Ich habe lange darüber nachgedacht, ob ich ihn tatsächlich wegretouschieren soll oder nicht. Am Ende habe ich mich dafür entschieden. Aus dieser Perspektive sieht das Gebäude mit (ein ganz klein wenig) Turm wie ein Gebäude an einem Stock aus. Ohne den Turm wirkt es leichter, luftiger, fast wie ein Raumschiff, das gerade gelandet ist. Verzeiht mir meine kleine Photoshop-Schummelei. Fotos lügen doch nicht, oder ;-) ?
Und weil doppelt besser hält, möchte ich Euch an dieser Stelle auch noch einmal ein schönes neues Jahr und eine entspannte erste Januarwoche wünschen :-)
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Christmas is calling - Oxford Street, London, UK