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A quick tutorial as to how this picture evolved. I posted a similar shot in bw awhile back without the clouds, birds etc.
Below you will see the three images that comprise the main image. Often a shot is really great but lacks something. Something that can make it dramatic and eye catching.
Here I also used the burn tool in Photoshop and overlay layer to get the desired effects in the dune and clouds. The birds are a brush from Skeletal Mess.
This image took about an hour to produce from start to finish. This obviously excludes going on location(s) which is entirely another matter.
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This is one of my own favorite; I think I am so lucky to find such a view and surroundings specially the twin tree standing so bluntly striking a shadow on the river. I had two shots of this scene, the one which I accidentally deleted in my camera was perfectly framed and it had more detailed shadows and texture. 2nd one is this one, which I had to heavily edit in photoshop to put everything in right order. In this process the boat got longer and few ghosting effect of the foliage can be seen if you make it large.
I have experimented with light and shadow here. Below or over this point the picture loses its dramatic appeal.
This picture depicts a mood of the constant struggle of life through it’s various paths in darkness, light and obstacles.
Feel free to tell me your feelings.
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Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Location: Marishya, Khagrachori, Chittagong, Bangladesh
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Sunset at Cottesloe, Western Australia. There are some very photogenic rock formations here. I will definitely re-visit this spot when the tide is lower. I like this one for its dramatic impact thanks to the water movement and the gloomy cloud.
The soundtrack to this one is one of my all time favs in classic music. – I only feel the need to listen to it in winter when it is really cold and snowy and stormy outside because to me it sounds like a perfect “translation” of deep deep dark cold winter in all its dramatic beauty into music. And at the same time it includes this wonderful idea of spring at the end. If you find the time to listen to the link above this final part starts at 9’:12’’ – feels like a little butterfly enters the room and lightness comes back again. – Utterly beautiful and like a reminder that every winter, even the darkest one, follows a new spring, always.
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que la tristeza algún día se irá
y así será la vida cambia y cambiará
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Dunluce Castle on the North Antrim Coast is located in its dramatic position close to a headland which plunges straight into the sea. First records of its existence date back to 1513 when it belonged to the MacQuillans though it was built in the 13th century. A village surrounding the castle was destroyed by fire in 1641. It is famous for part of it falling into the sea one stormy night in 1639, it was abandoned shortly afterwards.
Badlands National Park is in South Dakota. Its dramatic landscapes span layered rock formations, steep canyons and towering spires. Bison, bighorn sheep and prairie dogs inhabit its sprawling grasslands. The Badlands Loop Road (Highway 240) winds past scenic lookouts. Several trails begin near the Ben Reifel Visitor Center. The Fossil Exhibit Trail is a boardwalk with displays on fossils uncovered in the park.
Los urros es una formación petrea de la costa de cantabria entre liencres y la virgen del mar. Sus espectaculares cortados y paredes practicamente perpendiculares erosionadas hasta el límite por el mar hacen de este paraje un espectáculo de ocres, grises y azules cuando se combinan con el azul cielo y mar.
The rock formation is a urros the coast of Cantabria between liencres and the virgin of the sea. Its dramatic cut and eroded walls almost perpendicular to the edge of the sea make this place a show of ochres, grays and blues when combined with the blue sky and sea.
Durante el paseo en el que hice esta foto conté con la fantástica y agradable compañía de jcruiz.
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Donegal County offers some stunning and dramatic coast that is constantly shaped by powerful Atlantic Ocean. Some of its formations are just pure pleasure to photograph and enjoy the powerful results of nature, although it might be rather challenge to discover them as this one surely was.
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White Sands National Monument is in the northern Chihuahuan Desert in the state of New Mexico. It's known for its dramatic landscape of rare white gypsum sand dunes. Trails through the dunes include the raised Interdune Boardwalk and the Dune Life Nature Trail, dotted with interpretive exhibits on wildlife and other features. Dunes Drive is a looped road from the White Sands Visitor Center to the dune field.
Guilin’s most renowned feature is its dramatic karst terrain. The peaks are made of limestone. Limestone is formed in part from the shells and skeletons of marine animals. Our reptilian marine reptiles are with us still today, still soaring above that ancient ocean floor upon which Guilin is now situated, looking down from the peaks that are their final resting place.
Lanzarote, a Spanish island, is the easternmost of the autonomous Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 125 km off the coast of Africa and 1,000 km from the Iberian Peninsula. Covering 845.9 km2, it stands as the fourth largest of the islands. The first recorded name for the island, given by Angelino Dulcert, was Insula de Lanzarotus Marocelus, after the Genoese navigator Lancelotto Malocello, from which the modern name is derived. The island's name in the native language was Titerro(y)gatra, which may mean "the red mountains".
Lanzarote is situated at 29°00' north, 13°40' west. It is located 11 km north-east of Fuerteventura and 1 mile from Graciosa. The dimensions of the island are 60 km from north to south and 25 km from west to east. Lanzarote has 213 km of coastline, of which 10 km are sand, 16.5 km are beach, and the remainder are rocky. Its dramatic landscape includes the mountain ranges of Famara (671 m)[1] in the north and Ajaches (608 m) to the south. South of the Famara massif is the El Jable desert which separates Famara and Montañas del Fuego.
The mountainous area of Lanzarote is called Timanfaya National Park. The tallest mountain is Peñas del Chache elevating 670 m above sea level. The "Tunnel of Atlantis" is the largest submerged volcanic tunnel in the world. Lanzarote is the easternmost island of the Canary Islands and has volcanic origin. It was born out of fiery eruptions and has solidified lava streams as well as extravagant rock formations.
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ultra PeakWhile not one of the highest peaks of the Karakoram, Ultar Sar is notable for its dramatic rise above local terrain. Its south flank rises over 5,300 metres (17,388 feet) above the Hunza River near Karimabad, in only about 10 km (6 miles) of horizontal distance. Combined with its strategic position at the end of the Batura Muztagh, with the Hunza River bending around it, this makes Ultar a visually striking peak.
Ultar Sar also gained fame in the 1990s as supposedly the world's highest unclimbed independent peak. This was incorrect, as Gangkhar Puensum in Bhutan is higher, and remains unclimbed (and off-limits) in 2007. (Two other higher peaks are also reputedly unclimbed and of independent stature.) However that perception did add to the appeal of the peak, and a number of expeditions attempted to climb it. During the 1980s and 1990s over 15 expeditions made attempts, resulting in no success, but in a number of fatalities; the peak proved to be quite difficult. The first two ascents were made in July 1996 by two separate Japanese expeditions, the first (from the Tokai section of the Japanese Alpine Club) led by Akito Yamazaki (who summitted, but died on the descent) and the second led by Ken Takahashi. The first summit team comprised Yamazaki and Kiyoshi Matsuoka (who died one year later on the nearby peak Bublimotin). They climbed the peak from the southwest in alpine style, doing much of the climbing at night to avoid danger from falling rock and ice. After their successful summit, they faced strong storms and bivouaced several days without food before returning to basecamp. However, Akihito Yamazaki died at basecamp of an internal disease due to the severe stress of climbing.
The second summit team comprised Takahashi and four others: Masayuki Ando, Ryushi Hoshino, Wataru Saito, and Nobuo Tsutsumi. They climbed the south ridge. Since 1996, there have been no recorded ascents of the peak.
Hunza Peak
lies in the westernmost subrange of the Karakoram range along with the Ladyfinger Peak (Bublimating). It lies on the southwest ridge of the Ultar Sar massif, the most southeasterly of the major groups of the Batura Muztagh. The whole massif rises precipitously above the Hunza Valley to the southeast.
Wasdale and Waswater with its dramatic mountain backdrop is seen by many as the most spectacular part of the Lake District. It is a difficult area to access which has helped keep the area unspoilt. The Wasdale Screes fall dramatically straight into one of the areas deepest lakes. Scafell is the Lake Districts second highest mountain but for many is the regions quintessential climbers peak surounded as it is on three sides by sheer cliffs with a host of classic climbs and scrambles. This shot was a lucky break in an otherwise cloudy and dull evening. A polarising filter allows reflection on the water surface to be reduced so revealing the rocks below.
Mule deer are on edge after a thunderstorm had just passed.
Badlands National Park is in South Dakota. Its dramatic landscapes span layered rock formations, steep canyons and towering spires. Bison, bighorn sheep deer, and prairie dogs inhabit its sprawling grasslands. The Badlands Loop Road (Highway 240) winds past scenic lookouts.
The Grand View Overlook Rim Trail is a 1.8 mile hike that runs along the edge of the rim of the Island in the Sky, a peninsula 6,000" above Monument Valley. Canyonlands National Park in southeastern Utah is known for its dramatic desert landscape of canyons, mesas, and buttes carved by the Colorado River and its tributaries. Print Size 13x19 inches.
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From the bridge at Southington, Overton today.
"The River Test in the Test Valley is one of Hampshire's finest chalk streams, world famous for its superb trout fishing. Most of which can be enjoyed along the Test Way, a 44 mile long distance trail that will take you from its dramatic start, high on the chalk downs at Inkpen, to Eling where its tidal waters flow into Southampton Water.
The crystal-clear waters of the little streams, or bournes, are ideal for watercress growers and the numerous water meadows and tidal marshes are thick with wildlife, flora and fauna. Many wild birds and plants can be spotted along the River Test such as kingfishers, marsh harriers and litlle grebe, green-winged orchids and butterbur."
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Explore May 4, 2011 #62
This Passion Vine (Passiflora vitifolia) grows along fences, over shrubs and garages here in South Florida. The leaves are glossy green and grape-leaf like. But what will simply knock your socks off are its dramatic, outrageous flowers! Surely they come from another planet! But no, they're from South America.
"Legend and romance surround the passion flower... legend because of historical associations with Christianity. And romance because of its suggestion of romantic passion. Early explorers and missionaries to the Southern hemisphere named these dramatic vines Passiflora or Passion Flower to help in their conversion of native Americans to Christianity. They used the beautiful intricate flower parts to tell the story of the death of Jesus, making the story more memorable to listeners. The family name, Passifloraceae, means Flower of the Passion or Flower of the Cross.
The color symbolized the blood shed on the cross; the 10 petals and sepals represented the 10 apostles present of the crucifixion; the 5 stamens, the 5 wounds, the 3 styles, the 3 nails ( or, in some versions, Christ and the 2 thieves crucified with him); the vine tendrils, the ropes and scourges; the 3 secondary leaf bracts, the holy trinity. The flower is usually open 3 days representing the 3 years of Christ's ministry on Earth."
Source: "Florida's Fabulous Flowers, Their Stories" by Winston Williams.
See my sets Passionate Passion Vines and Tantalizing Flowers and Blossoms for more images of this exotic, erotic flower.
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Candlestick Tower is a isolated pinnacle of Wingate sandstone surrounded by open plains. Shot from the top of the mesa. Canyonlands National Park is located in southeastern Utah and is known for its dramatic desert landscape of canyons, mesas, and buttes carved by the Colorado River and its tributaries. Print Size 13x19 inches.
This picture with its dramatic sky shows the the rapid changes in our climat.It goes from nice, sunny weather to wind and rain in only minutes. Unfotunately this picture have to be the last of my landscape pictures for some time, because my bad ankle is in a poor condition due to athrosis that causes swelling and pain, so now i have to be satisfyed with what i can capure from our porch and from my car.
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Explore May 2, 2010 #41
This Passion Vine (Passiflora vitifolia) grows along fences, over shrubs and garages here in South Florida. The bronzy green leaves look like grape leaves. But what will simply knock your socks off are its dramatic, outrageous flowers! Surely they come from another planet! But no, they come from South America.
Legend and romance surround the passion flower - legend because of historical associations with Christianity. And romance because of its suggestion of romantic passion. Early explorers and missionaries to the Southern hemisphere named these dramatic vines Passiflora or Passion Flower to help in their conversion of native Americans to Christianity. They used the beautiful intricate flower parts to tell the story of the death of Jesus, making the story more memorable to listeners. The family name, Passifloraceae, means "Flower of the Passion" or "Flower of the Cross."
The color symbolized the blood shed on the cross; the 10 petals and sepals represented the 10 apostles present of the crucifixion; the 5 stamens, the 5 wounds, the 3 styles, the 3 nails ( or, in some versions, Christ and the 2 thieves crucified with him); the vine tendrils, the ropes and scourges; the 3 secondary leaf bracts, the holy trinity. The flower is usually open 3 days representing the 3 years of Christ's ministry on Earth. Source: Florida's Fabulous Flowers, Their Stories by Winston Williams.
See my set Passionate Passion Vines for more pictures of this amazing exotic, erotic flower.
Biscayne Park, FL
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Hope everyone is well! I've been busy getting prepared for my holiday next week :) & i'm so ready for it! Still a lot of stuffs to do here so will catch up with you soon again! Another re-processed shot once again but with a good touch of blue for this Monday blues! a happy one i mean ;) cheers!
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The Spectacular Sunset at the Adelaide Hill
The Shot
Standard 3 exposure shot (+2..0..-2 EV) taken handheld using the Canon kit lens EF-S 18-55mm lens and polarized light filter
Photomatix
- Tonemapped generated HDR using detail enhancer option
Photoshop
- Added a layer effect mask of 'curves' to slightly increase the contrast
- Added a layer effect mask of 'saturation' (yellows) to enhance the tone of sunset
- Added a layer effect mask of 'saturation' (blues) to adjust the lightness of the sky
- Added a layer effect mask of white to enhance the sun ray
- Applied spot healing tool to remove stained spots from the lens
- Applied noise reduction to the field
- Used 'unsharp mask' (as always) on the background layer
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All comments, criticism and tips for improvements are (as always) welcome
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I took another quick dash out to Dunnet Beach, Caithness as the cloud structure looked promising. I was glad I made the effort. This view never fails to impress me with its dramatic skyscapes and sunsets. The river flowing down the beach makes for a fabulous reflection to.
I chose two images from a shoot at an abandoned quarry in Pennsylvania. I cropped the image in very tight and then extracted it and composited it in a background from Rockefeller Preserve. I just wanted a more open sky to make it dramatic. Textures are by Shadowhouse Creations and Dirk Wuestenhagen.
The first landscape I shot in Nationalpark Gesause is probably my favourite. Our first day of hiking started with a hot uphill trek to Ennstaler Hutte. We were enjoying a well earned beer whilst overlooking this outstanding view of Reichenstein and Sparafeld when a thunderstorm moved across the scene, bringing with it dramatic lighting.
The High Desert of Southern California can, on rare occasions, reveal its dramatic winter colors.
Shot with an old lens, the Sigma Zoom 28-70mm f/2.8
Positano & the Amalfi Coast, a 100% Mediterranean Inspiration
A vertical town where instead of roads visitors explore along steep flights of steps.
Spiaggia Grande is the heart of sea edge Positano. 300 meters long, the beach is one of the largest on the Amalfi Coast,
and one of the most glamorous too, attracting a fashionable crowd of artists, actors and celebrities such as:
Escher, Steinbeck, Picasso, Klee, Zeffirelli and Liz Taylor:
the list of artists who have fallen helplessly in love with the beauty of Positano's land and seascapes is endless.
"Willing prisoners of a legendary landscape" as they used to define themselves...
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the UNESCO Committee decided to inscribe the Amalfi Coast as a The World Heritage Site, considering that the Costiera Amalfitana is an outstanding example of a Mediterranean landscape, an area of great physical beauty and natural diversity, with exceptional cultural and natural scenic values resulting from its dramatic topography and historical evolution.
Lanzarote, a Spanish island, is the easternmost of the autonomous Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 125 km off the coast of Africa and 1,000 km from the Iberian Peninsula. Covering 845.9 km2, it stands as the fourth largest of the islands. The first recorded name for the island, given by Angelino Dulcert, was Insula de Lanzarotus Marocelus, after the Genoese navigator Lancelotto Malocello, from which the modern name is derived. The island's name in the native language was Titerro(y)gatra, which may mean "the red mountains".
Lanzarote is situated at 29°00' north, 13°40' west. It is located 11 km north-east of Fuerteventura and 1 mile from Graciosa. The dimensions of the island are 60 km from north to south and 25 km from west to east. Lanzarote has 213 km of coastline, of which 10 km are sand, 16.5 km are beach, and the remainder are rocky. Its dramatic landscape includes the mountain ranges of Famara (671 m)[1] in the north and Ajaches (608 m) to the south. South of the Famara massif is the El Jable desert which separates Famara and Montañas del Fuego.
The mountainous area of Lanzarote is called Timanfaya National Park. The tallest mountain is Peñas del Chache elevating 670 m above sea level. The "Tunnel of Atlantis" is the largest submerged volcanic tunnel in the world. Lanzarote is the easternmost island of the Canary Islands and has volcanic origin. It was born out of fiery eruptions and has solidified lava streams as well as extravagant rock formations.
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Almost an optical illusion. We loved that garden.
Beautiful flowers at Reford Gardens.
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Ripples in water. Concentric circles in water.
MAKING CIRCLES IN THE WATER (2011)
Faire des ronds dans l'eau (2011)
Balmori Associates, New York, USA.
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Balmori Associates is an international urban and landscape design firm founded by Diana Balmori. Balmori Associates is recognized across the globe for its creative interfacing of landscape and architecture and expanding the boundaries between nature and structure. As distinguished leaders in the field of urban design and the design of innovative public spaces Balmori Associates gives form to the processes of sustainability, producing ‘green infrastructures’ while revealing the constructed and natural operations of a site.
Balmori Associates strives to achieve the highest standards of environmental responsibility by rooting our work in two basic sustainable design principles: Low-Impact and Regenerative . Low-Impact to reduce potential detrimental effects of local and project-related construction, development or consumption and to minimize environmental impacts, while sustaining the health and resilience of ecological systems. Regenerative Design to integrate building systems within landscape for resource renewal and the restoration of constructed landscape.
Our diverse portfolio includes executed projects at all scales, and award-winning competitions and has garnered numerous awards for design excellence; and sustainability is a central concern in all our work. In 1998, Balmori Associates’ Master Plan won the international competition for the waterfront development of the Abandoibarra district of Bilbao, Spain. We provided design leadership on the greenroof at Silvercup Studios in Queens, New York, the largest scientifically monitored green roof in the United States. In the fall of 2012 Korean Prime Minister and several ministries moved from Seoul to Sejong, South Korea new multifunctional administrative city, a zero-waste urban plan designed by Balmori Associates. (Info from Balmori's website)
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LES JARDINS DE MÉTIS | REFORD GARDENS
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Elsie Stephen Meighen - born January 22, 1872, Perth, Ontario - and Robert Wilson Reford - born in 1867, Montreal - got married on June 12, 1894.
Elsie Reford was a pioneer of Canadian horticulture, creating one of the largest private gardens in Canada on her estate, Estevan Lodge in eastern Québec. Located in Grand-Métis on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, her gardens have been open to the public since 1962 and operate under the name Les Jardins de Métis and Reford Gardens.
Born January 22, 1872 at Perth, Ontario, Elsie Reford was the eldest of three children born to Robert Meighen and Elsie Stephen. Coming from modest backgrounds themselves, Elsie’s parents ensured that their children received a good education. After being educated in Montreal, she was sent to finishing school in Dresden and Paris, returning to Montreal fluent in both German and French, and ready to take her place in society.
She married Robert Wilson Reford on June 12, 1894. She gave birth to two sons, Bruce in 1895 and Eric in 1900. Robert and Elsie Reford were, by many accounts, an ideal couple. In 1902, they built a house on Drummond Street in Montreal. They both loved the outdoors and they spend several weeks a year in a log cabin they built at Lac Caribou, south of Rimouski. In the autumn they hunted for caribou, deer, and ducks. They returned in winter to ski and snowshoe. Elsie Reford also liked to ride. She had learned as a girl and spent many hours riding on the slopes of Mount Royal. And of course, there was salmon-fishing – a sport at which she excelled.
In her day, she was known for her civic, social, and political activism. She was engaged in philanthropic activities, particularly for the Montreal Maternity Hospital and she was also the moving force behind the creation of the Women’s Canadian Club of Montreal, the first women club in Canada. She believed it important that the women become involved in debates over the great issues of the day, « something beyond the local gossip of the hour ». Her acquaintance with Lord Grey, the Governor-General of Canada from 1904 to 1911, led to her involvement in organizing, in 1908, Québec City’s tercentennial celebrations. The event was one of many to which she devoted herself in building bridges with French-Canadian community.
During the First World War, she joined her two sons in England and did volunteer work at the War Office, translating documents from German into English. After the war, she was active in the Victorian Order of Nurses, the Montreal Council of Social Agencies, and the National Association of Conservative Women.
In 1925 at the age of 53 years, Elsie Reford was operated for appendicitis and during her convalescence, her doctor counselled against fishing, fearing that she did not have the strength to return to the river.”Why not take up gardening?” he said, thinking this a more suitable pastime for a convalescent woman of a certain age. That is why she began laying out the gardens and supervising their construction. The gardens would take ten years to build, and would extend over more than twenty acres.
Elsie Reford had to overcome many difficulties in bringing her garden to life. First among them were the allergies that sometimes left her bedridden for days on end. The second obstacle was the property itself. Estevan was first and foremost a fishing lodge. The site was chosen because of its proximity to a salmon river and its dramatic views – not for the quality of the soil.
To counter-act nature’s deficiencies, she created soil for each of the plants she had selected, bringing peat and sand from nearby farms. This exchange was fortuitous to the local farmers, suffering through the Great Depression. Then, as now, the gardens provided much-needed work to an area with high unemployment. Elsie Reford’s genius as a gardener was born of the knowledge she developed of the needs of plants. Over the course of her long life, she became an expert plantsman. By the end of her life, Elsie Reford was able to counsel other gardeners, writing in the journals of the Royal Horticultural Society and the North American Lily Society. Elsie Reford was not a landscape architect and had no training of any kind as a garden designer. While she collected and appreciated art, she claimed no talents as an artist.
Elsie Stephen Reford died at her Drummond Street home on November 8, 1967 in her ninety-sixth year.
In 1995, the Reford Gardens ("Jardins de Métis") in Grand-Métis were designated a National Historic Site of Canada, as being an excellent Canadian example of the English-inspired garden.(Wikipedia)
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LES JARDINS DE MÉTIS
Créés par Elsie Reford de 1926 à 1958, ces jardins témoignent de façon remarquable de l’art paysager à l’anglaise. Disposés dans un cadre naturel, un ensemble de jardins exhibent fleurs vivaces, arbres et arbustes. Le jardin des pommetiers, les rocailles et l’Allée royale évoquent l’œuvre de cette dame passionnée d’horticulture. Agrémenté d’un ruisseau et de sentiers sinueux, ce site jouit d’un microclimat favorable à la croissance d’espèces uniques au Canada. Les pavots bleus et les lis, privilégiés par Mme Reford, y fleurissent toujours et contribuent , avec d’autres plantes exotiques et indigènes, à l’harmonie de ces lieux.
Created by Elsie Reford between 1926 and 1958, these gardens are an inspired example of the English art of the garden. Woven into a natural setting, a series of gardens display perennials, trees and shrubs. A crab-apple orchard, a rock garden, and the Long Walk are also the legacy of this dedicated horticulturist. A microclimate favours the growth of species found nowhere else in Canada, while the stream and winding paths add to the charm. Elsie Reford’s beloved blue poppies and lilies still bloom and contribute, with other exotic and indigenous plants, to the harmony of the site.
Commission des lieux et monuments historiques du Canada
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.
Gouvernement du Canada – Government of Canada
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Full of colors and contrast...of beauty and madness...
SUNSET in SABANG
In my journey around pagsanjan and its neighboring towns, never ive seen a sunset more dramatic than sabang. Located in magdalena, sabang is also known as a quarry site. Rich in rivers rock filled...I tried capturing its dramatic sunset at a location i just discovered.
I would like to share...the drama in the sunset of Sabang.
I thought the colour original of this Port Meadow shot, shown below, would make for a good mono conversion due to its dramatic sky. I'm not entirely convinced as the colours were just so good in the original.
Lanzarote, a Spanish island, is the easternmost of the autonomous Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 125 km off the coast of Africa and 1,000 km from the Iberian Peninsula. Covering 845.9 km2, it stands as the fourth largest of the islands. The first recorded name for the island, given by Angelino Dulcert, was Insula de Lanzarotus Marocelus, after the Genoese navigator Lancelotto Malocello, from which the modern name is derived. The island's name in the native language was Titerro(y)gatra, which may mean "the red mountains".
Lanzarote is situated at 29°00' north, 13°40' west. It is located 11 km north-east of Fuerteventura and 1 mile from Graciosa. The dimensions of the island are 60 km from north to south and 25 km from west to east. Lanzarote has 213 km of coastline, of which 10 km are sand, 16.5 km are beach, and the remainder are rocky. Its dramatic landscape includes the mountain ranges of Famara (671 m)[1] in the north and Ajaches (608 m) to the south. South of the Famara massif is the El Jable desert which separates Famara and Montañas del Fuego.
The mountainous area of Lanzarote is called Timanfaya National Park. The tallest mountain is Peñas del Chache elevating 670 m above sea level. The "Tunnel of Atlantis" is the largest submerged volcanic tunnel in the world. Lanzarote is the easternmost island of the Canary Islands and has volcanic origin. It was born out of fiery eruptions and has solidified lava streams as well as extravagant rock formations.
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Comprising 88 refrigerator-sized 7,000-watt xenon searchlights positioned in two 48-foot squares that echo the shape and orientation of the twin towers.
Please note, that the Tribute in Light which is produced by the Municipal Art Society of New York (MASNYC) is seeking funding since it's that very exact funding which allows them to shine these magnificent lights into the sky each year.
As part of this campaign, the organization has invited everyone who values “Tribute in Light” and counts on its dramatic presence every September 11 to help guarantee its future by giving small donations. Through Text2Give, an innovative fundraising tool, anyone with a cell phone can donate $10 by texting the word TRIBUTE to 20222 (message and data rates may apply).
Alternatively, donations of any denomination can be made via MAS.org, or by calling (212) 935-2075.
When 18th-century industrialist Walter Barton May thought his wife was having an affair with a local farmer, he wanted to be sure she would never escape his sight. His excessive solution can still be seen today: a 64m tall observation tower that soars above the surrounding Kent landscape like a gothic space rocket – from it he could survey the entire village!
While the jealous origins of Hadlow Tower may be the stuff of local legend, its dramatic physical presence can't be denied. The tallest folly in the UK, it climbs into the air with telescopic ambition. That it stands here today, honey-coloured in the winter sunshine, is thanks to a £4.2m restoration by the Vivat Trust, which has now transformed the long-derelict tower into a rentable holiday home.
Set in the village of Hadlow, near Tonbridge, Barton May's folly is the work of naval architect George Ledwell Taylor, who built the dockyards at Woolwich and Sheerness, and brought his marine expertise to bear here in 1838. While it looks like stone from a distance, it is in fact a brick structure, rendered in Roman cement – a hard-wearing clay and lime mix that Taylor had used on his dockside buildings for its durability in the abrasive sea air. It was also the cheap option for a man with aspirations, but not much cash.. If Barton-May was around today, he would be the guy that wants bling.
I've been wanting to photograph the tower for ages and finally got round to fulfilling that wish. It's not open to the public at the moment but you can access this point via local footpaths and rights of ways.
Tripod mounted, 7 exposure hdr -4 to +2 pp with acr, photomatix, photoshop, topaz clarity & de-noise. Nikon D700 with 24-70 f2.8 at 55mm, f13, 1/60 average sec's, ISO 100.
A site looking over the valley of Kilmartin Glen in Argyll on the west coast of Scotland and opposite another site of rock art above Cairnbaan (aside the Crinan Canal - a shortcut at the top of Kintyre built from around 1794). Petroglyphs are everywhere around the Glen which is also known for its linear cemetry of large cairns and its dramatic compositions of stone rows - some decorated with cups. Cairns, crannogs and standing stones watch over.
The Archnabreac site was discovered in 2008 and is thought to be from around 5,000 ybp. This is just a portion, and the photo is from an angle that maybe best shows how the surface rock undulated down to the Glen. For the photograph, modern houses and fences were removed to simplify the reading (there were very few, and the whole valley area seems to be well managed). The image itself is a montage, with a layer set to expose structure and a second remembering colour - so, in effect a black and white tint. There is almost a sense of rain water ripples in the monolithic surface. Natural cracks are integrated into some of the designs.
For its sheer scale, this is probably one of the most important sites of cups and rings in the whole of the British Isles. With the variety of forms in adjacent sites, it is another factor that gives Kilmartin Glen a place of special importance to persons with an interest in prehistory, archaic land art, spiritual places and stone.
The site is managed by Forestry Commission Scotland so is under the Scottish Outdoor Access Code.
AJ
Red-backed shrikes are carnivores they like to perch on the tops of bushes where they have a good view of their prey ( insects small mammals and birds etc). They are about the size of a house Sparrow . Its dramatic decline to virtual extinction as a UK breeding species make this a Red List bird. Around 200 to 250 birds pass through the UK each year . I was lucky to see this one in the dessert at Dungeness NNR (Found by Dave)
Mesa Arch is a pothole arch at Canyonlands National Park in southeastern Utah. The park is known for its dramatic desert landscape of canyons, mesas, and buttes carved by the Colorado River and its tributaries. Digitally painted from my photo. Print Size 13x19 inches. Happy Slider Sunday
A double rainbow over Haworth, West Yorkshire.
The last instalment of my short Yorkshire adventure last summer is now on the blog. Find out how wet I got! Despite the bad weather I have always loved this part of the world. From it's ruined abbeys to its dramatic landscape, rolling hills and waterfalls, it's a wonderful area! Folk and food are wonderful too!
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Cathedral Peak, Yosemite National Park, Ca.
Twilight over Upper Cathedral Lake after a clearing afternoon thunderstorm. We had afternoon thunder storms all week here but they usually cleared up right before sunset. This was definitely clearing too but there was still enough lingering clouds to make it dramatic.
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Seen from Los Gigantes, the cliffs of Masca on the northwestern side of the Canary Island of Tenerife.
The Masca Gorge is a narrow valley situated within the Teno Massif. The gorge is a popular tourist destination due to its dramatic scenery and unique geology. An eight-kilometre long walking trail begins at Masca village and continues for the length of the gorge to finish at Masca beach, approximately ten kilometres from the north-west tip of Tenerife.
On the photo the second cliff formation is the 'end' of the Masca Gorge, behind it there is Masca beach and the bay.
Scenes of the film 'Clash of the Titans' (2010) with Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes was filmed here.
Here is the sunset at Burien, WA from last night. Huge rain clouds was creeping in from the right side. For fun, I used 4 photos to create a panorama. So I gave it a HDR effect to make it dramatic. Not bad.
The Majestic Ultar Peak and LadyFinger are bathed in full moonlight - Hunza Valley Pakistan.
Ultar Sar (also Ultar, Ultar II, Bojohagur Duanasir II) 7,388 metres (24,239 feet) is the southeasternmost major peak of the Batura Muztagh, a subrange of the Karakoram range. It lies about 10 km (6 miles) northeast of the Karimabad, a town on the Karakoram Highway in the Hunza Valley, part of the Gilgit District of the Northern Areas of Pakistan.While not one of the highest peaks of the Karakoram, Ultar Sar is notable for its dramatic rise above local terrain. Its south flank rises over 5,300 metres (17,388 feet) above the Hunza River near Karimabad, in only about 10 km (6 miles) of horizontal distance. Combined with its strategic position at the end of the Batura Muztagh, with the Hunza River bending around it, this makes Ultar a visually striking peak.
Bublimotin, Bubli Motin, Bublimating or Ladyfinger Peak, is a distinctive rock spire in the Batura Muztagh, the westernmost subrange of the Karakoram range in Pakistan. It lies on the southwest ridge of the Ultar Sar massif, the most southeasterly of the major groups of the Batura Muztagh. The whole massif rises precipitously above the Hunza Valley to the southeast. Bublimotin, while having little prominence above the saddle with nearby Hunza Peak, is particularly notable for being a sharp, relatively snowless rock spire among snow peaks. This, combined with its height above the valley, makes it quite eye-catching; hence the distinctive name. It provides a 600m (1830 ft) rock climb (with a very serious alpine approach) and has been the scene of some notable paragliding.
(Source: Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultar_Sar)
The ferns which populate the area so extensively in all their varieties have finally exploded in an outburst of green, signaling the long-delayed start of the spring season. There is nothing quite as fresh and vibrant...and to my way of thinking, nothing which signifies rebirth as much as these plants arising majestically from the bare ground, each frond clean and perfect in its dramatic unfolding.
A sandstone fin was gradually worn away by wind and water erosion, eventually leaving this surreal looking formation perched on the edge of a cliff,,. Many other arches and natural bridges found in Arches National Park were formed the same way but none are as famous as Delicate Arch,,,,,due to its dramatic placement and unique shape,,.