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Can you spot the plane in the sky?

Ubiquitous high power electric lines span many miles across the eastern Colorado prairies to bring electricity to the burgeoning populations and isolated farmsteads. Low angle post dawn sunlight creates dimensionality with long highlighted ridge lines and deep shadows.

Taken from Centre Island, Toronto Ontario

Watched the sunrise create a horizon shadow line along the Front Range of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. The circular area in the foreground is a splash fountain for children during the heat of the day; in the mid ground is the lake, its boathouse, and a water jet fountain, with the Denver skyline below the Rocky Mountain peaks.

View across Douglas Bay to Falcon Cliff building above the Casino on the promenade.

This little lighthouse had considerable interest when it went up for sale last year for £10,000. The birds are Arctic Terns.

This is the Milkyway over Mount Shuksan on Picture lake. We had started at the top of Baker, but quickly realized that the Milkyway would be almost directly over the mountain. We grabed our gear and headed to the lake. There were a few clouds surounding the mountain. We decided to wait it out, and eventually the clouds began to clear. As I stood there looking around, all I could see was the darkness of the night. It was so quite, the only thing you heard was silence. It almost gave me an erry feeling being out there. But it was also so peaceful. Sometimes we get caught up in trying to get the shot, we foreget to enjoy the moment. So, next time you are out shooting at night.. take a moment and listen to the night.

As I viewed my images from the incredible weekend that I had, this particular image really stood out for me. It was the last image I took, before leaving the Alvord Desert in Oregon. We had only gotten about 3 hrs of sleep, but it was so worth getting up for. As I looked at the image, the clouds looked like a Phoenix rising up from the dry desert earth. The "Phoenix" is a symbol of a renewal or rebirth. It is a reminder to me, that no matter how far we fall, or how bad things get.... We all have the strength to rise again, and come out even stronger than we were!!

This was taken at Sparks Lake, Oregon. It was the most beautiful night I had seen in a while. There was not a cloud in the sky, and there seemed to be a million stars out. As we stood on the rocks, we noticed a campfire across the way. I thought to myself, what a beautiful night to be camping beneath the stars. Their fire seemed to make the trees glow with a brilliant orange. What an incredible night this turned out to be. We were even blessed to see the longest shooting start we had ever seeen. It was the perfect evening!!

From an interior terrace of the Chinese Imperial Palace's Forbidden City, the ancient roof lines provide an artificial horizon line for both the the modern skyline of Beijing and a new soaring white domed, Buddhist stupa.

The impending sunset dragged me down to the local estuary tonight
60sec exposure across the water

I had been to Palouse Falls twice before. The skies were always not very favorable, but this time I hit it just right. As I stood looking at the scene, there seemed to be a peacefulness about it. It was a perfect ending to a very long week.

Thought I'd go for something different than my usual flower shots

Douglas C-47 Skytrain also known as the DC-3 outside the military.

Morning ritual, taken with Mini iPad!

building constructed in 1897

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It had just rained before I took this shot, and this brief moment happened - the sky itself became a rainbow as the sun dipped below the horizon.

A very low tide day...had to walk out quite far on precarious rock outcroppings to get anything worthwhile...but it was worth it in the end.

Boats in Morro Bay Harbor
Landscape/Seascape

Sunset, ocean and surfers just seem to go together...

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Another lovely sunset at the Pismo Beach Pier...

One of the things I love most about the coastline where I live is the beautiful seacliffs...this was taken during the blue hour, just after the sun had done down and the sky went all pink and purple. Moments like these remind me why I love my camera so much.

Just a little spot by the beach at sunset

Sunsets are beautiful, but I love catching interesting additions, like this surfer and the rays of sunlight coming through the pier.

An epic sunset in Pismo Beach, California this evening.

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Quédate conmigo y mi suspiro será
El único testigo que se vestirá de fiesta
Quédate conmigo en esta noche abisal
Porque sólo tú, tú me puedes enseñar...
A volar cometas por el cielo
Como el sol, como el mar

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We all have dark roads inside of us -
places where the inevitable horizon
has no purchase on our psyches,
and we lay flat on these cold paths
looking up at a sky that tells us
to close our eyes
to defy what may be coming
to remember that getting up is the beginning

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Fire in the sky, ocean at your feet and a book in your hands...this is California.

We had scouted out earlier in the day, where we wanted to set up for sunset. I had been practicing my long exposure for the waves, so I would be able to catch them just right as the sun was setting. It was not very easy. Only being 5'3, I had a hard time standing with the waves coming at me. I even got chased away a couple of times. But, I knew if I wanted to get my shot, I had to stand my ground, and take what the ocean had to give.

This is taken at Loughrea Lake in Galway, Ireland and beside the nearest town to me.

This was extremely hard to capture. Up in a small tree above my head on an overcast misty day... Testing my limits indeed.
Two shot stack.

What is up, must come down.

CMD arete and ben nevis north face

Taken at 11pm in Ecuador Cotopaxi region, first time that I have really experimented with Astro-photography, so being my first picture I was kind of impressed and the result spurred on a passion for the night sky for when I returned to Wales.

PULLED OFF THE ROAD TO TAKE THIS SHOT ...

Same shot, same settings (close as can be with a creative aperature)
Different lenses indeed.
LB 2.0 and Canon EF 55-250mm with a polarized UV filter
The lensbaby tends to warm things, at least as far as I have noticed a shot will always be a little warmer with my LB.
There is no zoom, so naturally that affects composition. And of course the tilt, which comes from the selective focus and the bokeh as it looks is because of my aperture disc which looks like a twinkling star with some dots around it. imagine a + symbol with no center and a dot in each angle and that's pretty close. The interchangeable apertures are one of the tings that makes LB so creative!

The older something becomes, the more stories it has to tell. Memories hidden, secrets kept...these things become a ladder to the past, and we need only to climb down to remember.
Nikon D7100 Lensbaby Sweet35 f/5.6

I shot this from Kerry Park in Seattle, Washington

Same time as the other.

Dramatic sky on the road home.

Nikon D7100, a it,or 18-300mm lens, tripod
ISO 200, F/20, 30s, 18mm focal length

Nikon D7100, Nikkor 18-300mm lens
ISO 200, F/13, 15s, 18mm focal length

My favorite sunrise, sunset type pic. I was just starting photography last year when I took this one.

Awesome iconic sculpture at New Smyrna Beach.

Nikon d5100
f/3.2
1/60 sec
iso-1250
60mm

The strange things you can shoot while riding in the car! I just love this image! Sometimes I am pretty enamored with my own shots, sometimes.

California sunshine fading at close of day over a local vineyard.

The convergence of nature and production...this is the world, as created by man.
Nikon D7100 Lensbaby Sweet35 f/5.6 1/1600 ISO 100

This was SOOC, no editing.

Washington State fires smoke fills Alberta.

Nikon D7100
f/13
1/125
ISO 100
86mm

Nikon D7100
f/9
1/400
ISO 160
120mm

I've reached a frustrating point where no matter how hard I try, I can't seem to improve my moon shots. So, I thought I would try something different instead.

Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 at f/2.8, ISO 2500, 25 seconds.

Sydney, Australia

Douglas, Isle of Man. Got on one of the headlands to get almost level with the bay performance.

Sunrise over the Irish Sea. Looking almost South from attic window in winter, sunrise is late enough to be photographed.

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Loving the pink on blue compliments.
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Turkey vulture searching over the fresh cut fields for mice.

Canon EOS 7D
Exposure Time:10 sec
F-Stop:f/22.0
ISO Speed:ISO-100
Shutter Speed:10 sec
Aperture:f/22.0
Focal Length:17 mm
Lens:EF-S17-85mm

We all have our secret places...those retreats we visit when we want to forget the world. This is one of mine.

Sunflare as my ship was passing under the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. The Skyway is a massive bridge that spans Tampa Bay, connecting St. Petersburg to mainland Florida.

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

Shot from Olympic Centennial Park

Atlanta, Georgia