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Glow (Explored)

Glow (Explored)
By: Fredrik Lindedal
Swedish summer evening at the coast, sun was saying goodbye with its magic warm glow, wonderful earth , have a nice weekend everybody on flickr!!

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Kiev,Olympic Stadium

Kiev,Olympic Stadium
By: Alexandr Tikki
On the concert of RHCP
06.07.2016

Black and White dream

Black and White dream
By: Halil SopaoÄŸlu HN I Photography
Osmangazi Bridge, the third day of the opening I took this photo.I went with my car to 120 km (round-trip) route took this photo .Is it worth? It's my passion Photography...

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I am an amateur and I intend to stay that way for the rest of my life.

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Lindau Lighthouse B&W

Lindau Lighthouse B&W
By: Inky-NL
Explore 07-07-2016

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Bosphorus traffic

Bosphorus traffic
By: Halil SopaoÄŸlu HN I Photography
Views of the Bosphorus from European side Ortakoy.

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I am an amateur and I intend to stay that way for the rest of my life.

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The Edge

The Edge
By: Philocycler
The world before you, the wind at your back.

Sailing to NYC

Sailing to NYC
By: shane.taremi
Happy 4th!
Blend of several exposures including few long exposures with ND3 filter on.

Sunset After Shower 斜日穿雲雨乍晴

Sunset After Shower 斜日穿雲雨乍晴
By: Sharleen Chao
The weather has been afternoon thunder shower type for a couple of weeks. Thus it is hard to tell whether there is sunset or not in advance. I only could shot it from the roof of my apartment.
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PS. 標題出自宋代,陸遊的「新晴」。

~世界山莊, 文山區, 台北市
Vision City Community, Taipei, Taiwan
- ISO 100, F16, 1/4~2.5 sec(2 sets of HDR shots merged), 16 mm
- Canon 5D Mark III with EF 16-35 mm f/2.8 L lens
- Sunset @ 6.48pm (296º) / Shot @ 6.46pm
- Visibility 20 km @ 5.45pm / Humidity 87%@ 6.45pm

Let The Sky Fall

Let The Sky Fall
By: Anna Kwa
Try to stand …. don't try to flee

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBwiKHP94IQ

Infinite possibilities
And none of them matter


What matters is here and now

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Miami Skyline View From Key Biscayne - Florida

Miami Skyline View From Key Biscayne - Florida
By: Andrea Moscato

"kowloon peninsula"


By: hugo poon - one day in my life
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Viewing from North Point, Hong Kong

Gotham City

Gotham City
By: Christian_from_Berlin
The New York City skyline close to Times Square.

This photo was taken from "The Press Lounge", located at the roof top of the Ink48 Hotel on 11th Avenue and 48th Street. I was very impressed with the view of the city. It was taken with a small Sony RX100 M2. Be aware, tripods are not allowed.....

Bangkok Loop

Bangkok Loop
By: peter stewart photography
Overlooking the expansive network of overlapping freeways leading into and out of the centre of Bangkok's city centre.

This high resolution image was created using a total of 27 frames for exposure blending and panoramic perspective.

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Sailing to Boston

Sailing to Boston
By: shane.taremi

skyscraper.

skyscraper.
By: Johannes P.

•Malibu Pier Extended•

•Malibu Pier Extended•
By: Wilkof Photography
I spent most of my first 2 weeks in California splitting my time between the Malibu Coast and Mulholland Drive. While I had a lot of difficulty shooting Mulholland because I had very little experience with hazy conditions, Malibu Pier was always a winner for me.

As I've mentioned a few times I think, I knew nothing about this place at the time and for most, it's probably an afterthought. There's no real beach area at the pier but past it is the lagoon portion which is where most of the beachgoers end up. The pier itself is very short and in the bottom 5 in California in length. There's a really calm, serene feeling whenever I've been here and standing on the rocky embankment gives you just enough height to get an interesting perspective.

Since arriving here in late December, I've probably taken over 1,000 shots from about here to a similar distance on the other side and never get tired of it. For a few months, this entire area was closed off and under heavy construction and I really missed shooting here. It did however, give me a good chance to explore a bit more in both directions and helped me find a few of my other favorite locations.

This was a 2 frame horizontal panorama and I was lucky to match these up at all. I shot 4 or 5 frames of the right side of the pier and the surf and just 1 of the actual pier for some reason. Fortunately I found a decent match from the set. Scotch was with me this day and since we left at sunrise, he was sleeping by my feet during the majority of this trip. It was also the last time I dragged him along for a shoot. After this, we headed up into Topanga Canyon in the dense fog and rain and I think he finally decided he'd rather retire and hang out at home.

Malibu Pier
Malibu, California
January 19th, 2016

SETTINGS:
Canon T4i
2 shot horizontal panorama
EF-S18-135mm IS STM
@35mm
ISO 100
f/5
4.6 seconds
ND1000
CPL

Porto's midnight tale

Porto's midnight tale
By: Pietro Faccioli
Night view of downtown Porto from Terreiro da Sé
[panorama merge]

The Awakening (Explored)

The Awakening (Explored)
By: Fredrik Lindedal
Morning in Sweden the morning is awakening, the sound of silence is fading away ....One With Nature

Across Lisbon's waters and sky

Across Lisbon's waters and sky
By: Pietro Faccioli
River Tagus, 25th of April Bridge and Cristo Rei at dusk - Lisbon

•Reflecting Back On Venice• [EXPLORE #2: 6/29/16]

•Reflecting Back On Venice• [EXPLORE #2: 6/29/16]
By: Wilkof Photography
During that amazing day back in late January at Venice Beach, I spent nearly the entire time focused on long exposures and reflections at the shoreline. I hovered between the pier and the rocks that separate Venice Beach from Santa Monica Beach.

I don't practice panoramas much and as a result, the process always feels very cumbersome. Shooting vertically on a tripod feels like writing left handed and since my viewfinder doesn't seem to rotate with the camera, all the manual settings and focus had to be done sideways. Normally, I seem to shoot about a half dozen sets of shots that I hope will merge later when I go out, and it's never a focus for me. This day wasn't much different and of the 270 or so images I shot, maybe 20 total were shot with panoramas in mind.

The light, sky and tide were great all afternoon but the light kept getting more and more vibrant with each passing minute as the sunset got closer. I pretty much stayed right about here for over an hour before focusing on that crimson sky seen in a few other of my posts.

My original plan for this was to find a shutter speed that would keep a lot of the details in the sky but get rid of the waves so I could match the photos easier. I shot 3 horizontal panels and while all 3 did line up, the 3rd panel was just not right so I ditched it. In retrospect, a longer exposure time and a few more shots at each frame would've been helpful but I was pleased with the results. One of these days I need to just head out with the sole intention of practicing panoramas until it clicks for me.

Venice Beach Pier
Venice, California
January 27th, 2016

SETTINGS:
Canon T4i
2 shot horizontal panorama
EF-S18-135mm IS STM
@18mm
ISO 100
f/7.1
8 seconds
ND1000
CPL

Amaranthine

Amaranthine
By: ∤ Esther ∤

•Last Light Of Venice• [EXPLORE: 6/28/16]

•Last Light Of Venice• [EXPLORE: 6/28/16]
By: Wilkof Photography
The previous post was from my favorite night of shooting in California (and perhaps anywhere) and this was is as well, only about 16 minutes later and facing the other direction.
I was thrilled after arriving when I realized the long sloping shore and low tide made for perfect reflections. I had never shot a reflection before and didn't have much to go on so I did a mix of both long and short exposures for the next few hours.

As I shot, the sky became more and more vibrant and the intensity of the sunset was unlike anything I've ever seen. The colors changed rapidly and the concentrated crimson sky in the previous post seemed to appear out of nowhere and faded not too long after. For about a half hour, people slowly gathered around the area I was shooting, watching the sky and taking videos and photos with their phones.

After the crimson began to fade away, the people left and I was all alone on the beach again, shooting until the last dot of color was gone from the sky. A bit of that fiery red is still visible in the far right and the colors were still very bold at this point, but it wasn't long after this that the only light between me and the pier was the the flashlight on my phone and the planes overhead.

I arrived here in no hurry and with very little expectations other than the hope for a nice sunset and a new place to shoot. I ended up being the last person to leave the beach and I returned a half dozen times over the next month hoping for a repeat sky that never came.


Venice Beach Pier
Venice, California
January 27th, 2016

SETTINGS:
Canon T4i
EF-S18-135mm IS STM
@24mm
ISO 200
f/10
10 seconds
CPL

Festa Major de Sant Joan (explored 2016/06/28)

Festa Major de Sant Joan (explored 2016/06/28)
By: Fnikos
Vilassar de Mar

•Bursts Of Sunset•

•Bursts Of Sunset•
By: Wilkof Photography
My last trip to Point Mugu featured an amazing sky and I ended up trying to figure out the best ways to capture the impressive sunbeams bursting through the clouds. I had been here for hours shooting both horizon and shoreline long exposures and was hoping to get a mixture of both long and short captures at sunset.

Long Exposure is what I find to be the most relaxing type of photography for me. I really enjoy framing and focusing the shot how I want and then sitting back to enjoy the view while the bulb is open. I end up having to spend very little time looking at the incredible surroundings through the viewfinder.

Conversely, [attempts at] panoramas drives me crazy. I've tried to figure them out on my own through trial and error like everything else, but it just hasn't clicked for me yet. I hate shooting on a tripod in portrait and I hate that the manual settings on my viewfinder won't tilt to portrait. When I shoot in portrait for panoramas, I typically end up panning each frame too close together and making the the focal length a bit too short as well. When I shoot in landscape, I end up with the opposite problems (not enough zoom and too many frames) which creates an ultra wide panorama.

This photo is actually a 4 shot vertical stitched panorama even if maybe it doesn't look like it. I was having a lot of trouble from this vantage on a cliff lining up the camera in vertical and keeping it level enough to match up later in post. I shot one series in portrait and one series in landscape and went back to the long exposures.

Point Mugu Beach
Malibu, California
June 11th, 2016

Canon T4i
4 shot vertical panorama
EF-S 18-135mm IS STM
@27mm
ISO 100
f/5.6
1/200th second
CPL

St Paul's Cathedral - London Suprise Party (On Explore 24th Jun 2016)

St Paul's Cathedral  - London Suprise Party (On Explore 24th Jun 2016)
By: Simon & His Camera
Fri 24th June - UK Independence Day
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Brickell Key - Miami, Florida

Brickell Key - Miami, Florida
By: Andrea Moscato

B&W+Long Exposure

B&W+Long Exposure
By: Halil SopaoÄŸlu HN I Photography
I took this photo in Florya Beach,Istanbul.I edit photos in black and white in Adobe CC.

Red Sky 照眼紅雲鬥晚霞

Red Sky 照眼紅雲鬥晚霞
By: Sharleen Chao
We had great sunset yesterday afternoon. However I did not have vehicle at home to go shooting. Sometimes we do need luck to get great shots.
聽說昨天傍晚大燒,我沒車子可以衝景,拍大景,有時真的是需要一點運氣啊!
PS. 標題出自宋代,楊時的「荷花」。

~ 拇指山無極皇帝岩, 四獸山步道, 台北市
Mt. Mutsu, Taipei, Taiwan
- ISO 100, F16, 13 sec(3 vertical shots merged), 75mm
- Canon 5D MarkIII with EF 70-200mm f/4 L lens
- Sunset @ 6.40pm (295º) / Shot @ 7.01pm
- Visibility 40km @ 5.30pm / Humidity 57% @ 7.00pm (Shinyi Area)

Downtown Manhattan, NYC. (EXPLORE 22.06.2016)

Downtown Manhattan, NYC.                                                                   (EXPLORE 22.06.2016)
By: Fern Blacker
F13, 278s, ISO100
Lee Super Stopper

Bayfront Park - Miami, Florida

Bayfront Park - Miami, Florida
By: Andrea Moscato

Roundtrip to Europe

Roundtrip to Europe
By: Halil SopaoÄŸlu HN I Photography
Thanks for the visit comment and faves……. Get plenty of Light!

Perspective

Perspective
By: Halil SopaoÄŸlu HN I Photography
Black Sea from the Rumeli Castle.Shades of blue...
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I am an amateur and I intend to stay that way for the rest of my life.

Andre Kertesz

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A storm is brewing

A storm is brewing
By: NikolajAlexanderPics
While visiting the TV Tower in Kuala Lumpur we could see a storm approaching. On the right side of the picture it was already heavily raining. However on the left side the sun was still shining. Within a few minutes the Petronas Towers were covered completely with clouds and it started heavily to rain. Luckily we decided to stay a bit longer to see the storm from the top. Great experience.

•The Point Of My View• [EXPLORE: 6/19/16]

•The Point Of My View• [EXPLORE: 6/19/16]
By: Wilkof Photography
Both times I headed to the beach side of Point Mugu, I was treated with cloudy skies, varying winds and different sunsets. When I use the 10 stop filter during the day at the ocean, I seem to slightly underexpose the shot, regardless of exposure time. This isn't always intentional but helps me keep details in the sky I might otherwise lose.

I still play around with the 10 stop using both a circular polarizer on the end or without and while it's tougher to color correct when I use both (actually, I have trouble with color correction on a lot of the longer exposure water shots), I think the results are often interesting.

On this trip, the waves were smaller and the tide a bit lower so I shot much closer to the sea than I originally intended. When I returned the second time, this rock was getting battered by waves and I most likely would've been washed off it along with my gear had a lifeguard not told me to stay a bit farther back than I was when she first found me.

There is still one area I haven't climbed down to yet and perhaps next time I'll finally make my way there. The cove that's visible in a few previous posts is the area and as long as the tide level is manageable, I intend to do it.

Point Mugu Beach
Malibu, California
June 6th, 2016

SETTINGS:
Canon T4i
EF-S18-135mm IS STM
@18mm
ISO 100
f/14
47 seconds
ND1000
CPL

Light trails (Explored)

Light trails (Explored)
By: shutterbug_65
It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness. Charles Spurgeon

Thank you for your visit, kind comments and fave. Always greatly appreciated.*_^


Have A Great Weekend My Friends :)

Venezia - 2016

Venezia - 2016
By: Enzo D.
my facebook page - my site

Pano View of Taipei 晚霞千變繪虛空

Pano View of Taipei 晚霞千變繪虛空
By: Sharleen Chao
This was shot from the roof of my apartment last year. The pano view there can cover Taipei 101 and the sunset glow. Love the colors of sky.
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PS. 標題出自宋代,方回的「次韻謝洞霄俞仲囦」。

~世界山莊, 文山區, 台北市
Vision City Community, Taipei, Taiwan
- ISO 800, F14, 30 sec(2 shots merged), 25 mm
- Canon 5D Mark III with EF 16-35 mm f/2.8 L lens and CPL
- Sunset @ 6.25pm (284º) / Shot @ 6.52pm
- Visibility 25 km @ 5.45pm / Humidity 67%@ 7.00pm

Spotlight on the Flatiron

Spotlight on the Flatiron
By: LJP40
Another image from my recent trip to New York.

AT A SNAIL'S PACE

AT A SNAIL'S PACE
By: Irene2727
San Francisco feeling blue

Copenhagen Summer Sunset....

Copenhagen Summer Sunset....
By: tvedepigen

A taste of Miami

A taste of Miami
By: Ocean Gypsy 69
Miami Skyline shot from Key Biscayne
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Dinner For One - Tower Bridge London by Simon & His Camera

Dinner For One - Tower Bridge London by Simon & His Camera
By: Simon & His Camera
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•The Beautiful Frustration•

•The Beautiful Frustration•
By: Wilkof Photography
I've made it no secret that I started manual photography from complete scratch less than 2 years ago and took the same approach to photo editing starting not long after. I like to think my photostream shows both my growth and stumbles in an organized, mostly chronological progression.

Learning through trial and error has always felt like the most enjoyable approach, though being unprepared for some situations has obviously cost me many shots I can't get back. I see shots from the past that have absurd setting choices, mainly because I didn't know better nor what each component to a shot was. I imagine it's very similar to trying to learn a musical instrument before you can read music. At that point, it's all memorization without learning. Often I got lucky with results, though my technique was tedious. Once I had my subject, it was more quantity vs quality. I figured i was more likely to get the result I wanted with a large group to choose from rather than take the time to try and properly shoot a small handful of well composed shots.

I'd almost argue that the photo editing process has been more of a challenge than photography for me. Without any understanding of lightroom and photoshop, many of the most basic tasks are either too complicated or completely unknown. Photoshop Elements 10 was my first purchased software and I remember how foreign it seemed. Then I transitioned to lightroom and photoshop CC which was night and day to my old copy of Elements and most recently, started to incorporate some of the NIK software now that it's available for free.

For me, the biggest joy is when I get home to review a shoot and think "wow, that's straight out of the camera". The feeling of getting a mostly technically correct image and knowing it won't take much to get it to what my eyes were seeing. My biggest frustrations though through this journey have been the roundabout way I edit and the issue of getting what I see in lightroom or photoshop to be how it looks on the internet. More often than not, the clean finished project I see turns into a bit of a mess. The colors don't match, the smoothness in the long exposure seem like they've been switched with color noise and banding. Images I think are wonderful become drafts I don't feel I can post.

Because of this, I end up agonizing over my process, essentially doing a few tiny edits at a time before I save the image as a draft and upload to a flickr edit album to review and compare and then repeat again and again until dozens of drafts later when I'm either finally satisfied with how it looks on my screen, iphone and tablet or I move on to the next image frustrated. Each time I figure something out, there's a wave of excitement as I think of all the images I stashed away for when I knew how to edit them correctly.

This image isn't perfect but it represents the solution for another simple error I didn't understand how to fix or even what the issue actually was. I've asked some people why many of my long exposures don't look the same on flickr and a few other online destinations as they do in lightroom and photoshop, and it's often hard to explain the issues since I don't know a lot of the terminology or how to accurately convey the problem. Different monitors, auto glare dimmers, incorrect color profiles. It often feels like the draft that I like in lightroom looks to contain 10% of the clarity and correctness everywhere else.

On my editing screen, the colors seemed great, I didn't have any of the horrible banding or patches of irregular color but on flickr, it was an absolute mess. My photoshop defaults on "CMYK" under proof setup so I switched it to "monitor RGB". Next, I saved an image as a draft under the default save settings and then resaved the same draft but unclicked the default checked box for "embed color profile" and hit save. The first saved draft, as expected, seemed like a low quality version of my finished image (like watching an HD channel on TV but getting a SD picture instead). The second draft with the embed color profile unchecked was much much closer to being correct. The weird patches of color often in shadows or color transitions were truer and nearly gone. I honestly don't know what the settings before really meant and I'm not quite sure why it's working better from a technical point, but it is. It's really frustrating that there would be default settings that would have such a major negative impact on my work, especially since photoshop is so complicated with no background in it. It feels like I'm trying to learn something totally new to me in a foreign language I don't know.

Learning photography from scratch has been an amazing process for me so far, both in terms of seeing my skill and post improve but also my ability to to understand why I'm doing something instead of just getting lucky. The harmony between my photography skill level and editing skill level are rarely in sync and sometimes I end up with a cache of images that i set aside for when the editing catches up. Everytime I refine or learn a new and/or substantial editing skill, my first move is to go back to some of the old images and see if I finally solved the problems I was having. Sometimes they're resolved, other times they're closer but still not to my satisfaction.

Anyway, just wanted to share this story and experience since it seems there's an awful lot of people out there like me who are in the process of learning from scratch and come across obstacles that are both frustrating and frustratingly simple fixes. I still have a lot of anxiety when something doesn't immediately click or what felt like a successful shoot turns doesn't end up that way upon review. I'd love to hear some experiences and stories from other self taught photographers in regards to these hurdles and/or breakthroughs both in terms of shooting and editing.


Mugu Point
Malibu, California
June 11th, 2016

SETTINGS
Canon T4i
18-135mm IS STM
@18mm
ISO 100
f/16
172 seconds
ND1000

surfing in Tel-Aviv beach

surfing in Tel-Aviv beach
By: Lior. L

Simple but Beautiful Fence

Simple but Beautiful Fence
By: Haytham M.

surfers at sunset - Tel-Aviv beach

surfers at sunset - Tel-Aviv beach
By: Lior. L

Sultanahmet Mosque

Sultanahmet Mosque
By: Halil SopaoÄŸlu HN I Photography
Another photo taken with HDR technique.....

Thanks for the visit comment and faves…….

Get plenty of Light!

I am an amateur and I intend to stay that way for the rest of my life.

Andre Kertesz

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Light Trails Through the City

Light Trails Through the City
By: Rebecca Ang (AWAY)
Los Angeles, California, USA
April 2016


The LA skyline is fantastic, as seen from the very popular Mulholland Drive overlook. This was captured at the morning blue hour, before sunrise - lovely watching the city awaken to the dawn.

I will be away for work and vacation - will be off Flickr from June 14 to around July 20. Catch up with everyone when I get back.

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Do not copy, reproduce, download or use in any way without permission.

Pillar of Light

Pillar of Light
By: Pietro Faccioli
The white circular church of the Mosteiro da Serra do Pilar (dedicated to Our Lady of the Pillar), Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto

Dockland Light Trails - Morning Blue Hour

Dockland Light Trails - Morning Blue Hour
By: Aleem Yousaf

Maiden's Tower

Maiden's Tower
By: Halil SopaoÄŸlu HN I Photography
Maiden's Tower, sunset is a unique place for photography.Maiden's Tower, Istanbul is one of the most important photo locations .

Thanks for the visit comment and faves…….

Get plenty of Light!

I am an amateur and I intend to stay that way for the rest of my life.

Andre Kertesz

………………..

San Francisco from Alcatraz

San Francisco from Alcatraz
By: Darren LoPrinzi
A view of the San Francisco skyline from Alcatraz, with birds swirling around in the foreground.

•Looking For Perspective• [EXPLORE: 6/11/16]

•Looking For Perspective• [EXPLORE: 6/11/16]
By: Wilkof Photography
My trip to Point Mugu on Monday was much more interesting than the first time, in large part to me being on the other side of the rock. I entered from the beach and climbed down the rocky embankment towards the sea, doing my best to stay just out of reach of any ocean spray. I mainly focused on the areas that were partially submerged but after about an hour, I decided I wanted to see what was on the other side of the rock formations.

The slab of rock I had been standing on gently lowered into the water by my feet but it was pretty shocking and confusing when I backed up about 20ft and found myself at the edge of a cliff high above the crashing water below. My brain expected to see the same rock angle into the sea but my eyes saw something much different. I'm not very comfortable in the ocean nor a fan of heights (the former being a gross understatement). From my position, it felt like an optical illusion. One side I was sea level and the other side a dramatic drop high above the water.

When I was getting ready to leave just as the overcast sky began to set, I decided to climb up above where I was to get a better understanding of my surroundings. At the top of a ridge that wrapped around Point Mugu, I could see how far of a drop there was and a bit more of the topography. I immediately thought of those scenes in movies where a tight camera crop on someone seems normal until the frame pans out to show them in a very precarious place. I snapped a few long exposures a few feet from the edge with an unsettling breeze swirling around me and decided I was ready to go. Of course, the area I was standing on is out of frame just to the right and that's OK with me.

Point Mugu Beach
Malibu, California
June 6th, 2016

SETTINGS:
Canon T4i
EF-S 18-135mm IS STM
@20mm
ISO 100
f/13
71 seconds
ND1000

Porto and the stars

Porto and the stars
By: Pietro Faccioli
Night view of Porto, Gaia, the river Douro and the Dom Luís I Bridge from the belvedere of the Mosteiro da Serra do Pilar
[panorama merge with separate sky exposure]

Dramatic Sky Firing 瓊樓玉宇紅雲擁

Dramatic Sky Firing 瓊樓玉宇紅雲擁
By: Sharleen Chao
After the dramatic sunset sky firing in June 1st, the sky has been calm for a a couple of weeks. The great sunset will not have everyday. That is why it is so precious.
台北自從6月1日的火燒雲之後,就熄火多日了,大景無法天天有,才更顯珍貴,讓人回味不已!
PS. 標題出自元代,王冕的「宣和殿畫驢圖」。

~ 拇指山無極皇帝岩, 四獸山步道, 台北市
Mt. Mutsu, Taipei, Taiwan
- ISO 100, F16, 0.4, 0.5, 2 sec(3 shots merged), 70mm
- Canon 5D MarkIII with EF 70-200mm f/4 L lens
- Sunset @ 6.40pm (295º) / Shot @ 6.50pm
- Visibility 40km @ 5.30pm / Humidity 57% @ 7.00pm (Shinyi Area)

Last rays of the day.

Last rays of the day.
By: grace.morgan100
Sunset over Vilnius.

the ball over the night

the ball over the night
By: K.H.Reichert
Berlin - Germany - Cityscape

Vielen Dank für die zahlreichen Favs und Kommentare.

Many Thanks for the lot of comments, which are high appreciated.

The image was taken from Park Inn Hotel.
For more info look here:
www.parkinn-berlin.de/aussichtsterrasse/

Blue Hour at Guilford Point

Blue Hour at Guilford Point
By: Bob Gundersen
The view from Guilford Marina towards Guilford Point just before sunset.
See my other Guilford scenes at flic.kr/s/aHsjsx3xaz.
This image was in Explore for 6/9/16.

pierre loti istanbul

pierre loti istanbul
By: alp34dr
The famous cafe entitled with the name of Pierre Loti, a famous French writer, is reached on getting to this ridge on which the perfect view of Golden Horn can be watched.
The real name of Pierre Loti, who lived in Istanbul for long years and was a real Istanbul lover, was Julien Viaud.The historical cafe is the most ideal place to watch this mentioned view.
It is said that, in those years Pierre Loti used to come this cafe often, named as “Rabia Kadın Kahvesi” in those years, and write his novel “Aziyade” overlooking Golden Horn.Today, this district, still kept as an original Turkish settlement by being restorated, consists of many spaces serving as a tourist facility.The district is also mentioned in Evliya Çelebi’s Seyahatname ( travel book) as “Idris Köşkü Mesiresi”. There are many historical artifacts and building in Pierre Loti, commonly visited by tourists and travelers who come to Istanbul in 19th century. Double-epigraphed, wooden “Kaşgari Tekkesi”, dated 1813 and located on the way from the tourist facility to Eyüp Mosque, is one of these structures.Another important Persian-epigraphed building, at the right corner of the service area and located at a trivium, is “Çolak Şeyh Hasan Türbesi.” A part of this building is çilehane(çilehane is a place in which a dervish undergoes and suffers to strength his patience.) and Çolak Hasan Dede’s grave is here too.The historical building, on the same way with “Çolak Şeyh Hasan Tekkesi”, is “Sıbyan Mektebi” or a nursery school in today’s context. (Today, that school is used as a prayer room that belongs to the service area.)The grave of a whirling dervish called “Iskender Dede”, passed away in 1589,takes place in Pierre Loti Tourist Facility located forefront Sıbyan Mektebi that was built by Ottoman history writer İdris-i Bitlisi.One of the two water wells infront of Iskender Dede is the famous “Dilek Kuyusu” (a water well for wishes) Evliya Çelebi writes about this water well in his Seyahatname and says: the people who look in to the well, can see their own wishes they keep in their hearts. There is also a drinking fountain next to the frontage of Sıbyan Mektebi.In addition, a cistern, supposed to be built in Byzantine period, survives in the middle of the garden area in the tourist facility.

Vivid Sydney Harbour

Vivid Sydney Harbour
By: Robert Casboult
Sydney Harbour Bridge & city buildings lite up for Vivid.

Sunrise Light over Beacon Hill and Charles River with Downtown Boston Skyline

Sunrise Light over Beacon Hill and Charles River with Downtown Boston Skyline
By: Greg DuBois - Sponsored by LEE Filters
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The addition of the Millennium Tower really pulls this angle together. I've also been really enjoying telephoto work lately. I feel more like a master of the scene really, and the result always ends up being unique.

What's really made my new telephoto work possible are the tight blend lines on the new LEE Filters "Very Hard" graduated filters. At telephoto lengths having a tighter blend line is crucial for accurate positioning. I did something interesting with the filters to take this image. I reversed one of the two graduated filters to darken the water from the bottom up, both grads blending to clear in the center. The filters I used for this 6 minute exposure are listed below.

LEE Filters Big Stopper (10-stops)
LEE Filters Very-Hard 1.2 GND (4-stops, from top down)
LEE Filters Very-Hard 0.9 GND (3-stops, from bottom up)

thunderbolt

thunderbolt
By: akimesto

04:35 AM - Time check wih Ben

04:35 AM - Time check wih Ben
By: Aleem Yousaf

Morning Fog SF

Morning Fog SF
By: Matt Grans Photography
The ultimate apex of Saturday morning's sunrise.

Rush hour in Istanbul

Rush hour in Istanbul
By: Halil SopaoÄŸlu HN I Photography
Asian side of the end overpass.City that never sleeps.Sürekli bir yerlere yetişmeye çalışan şehir!

Especially,I wanted to take this photo shorter exposure.I liked it short and continuous lines.I hope you'll like too........


Thanks for the visit comment and faves…….


Get plenty of Light!

I am an amateur and I intend to stay that way for the rest of my life.

Andre Kertesz

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The Future Is Bleak

The Future Is Bleak
By: Tim van Zundert
Or, "All for Nothing # 7".

One last shot from that same vantage point at the 'Canton Tower'. This time using my 55mm instead of my usual 21mm. It makes a difference!

...Just a wee bit nerve-wracking; changing lenses in the wind, 488 metres up...

My last shot reminded someone of Blade Runner. I had that same connection here- it's the darkness and the contrast between that and the millions of neon lights. Gorgeous.

Next time... a different view from a different place, finally.

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China, April 2016: A trip of a lifetime that turned into a nightmare. A pre-flight check of a miserable birthday and feeling sad about my ex. A terrible flight with a panic attack. Finally, 12 days in China filled with missed opportunities and crippling depression.

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Casino Royal

Casino Royal
By: ProfShot

Autoportrait

Autoportrait
By: Alex Aimé Photography
Manhattan, New York
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The disappearing act....

The disappearing act....
By: Aleem Yousaf

Surf's up!

Surf's up!
By: BAN - photography
The huge, dangerous surf has subsided somewhat after the 2000klm storm that buffeted our part of the east coast on Saturday. It's still creating havoc in NSW and Victoria and is reaching as far as Tasmania.

More Than Meets The Eye

More Than Meets The Eye
By: Tim van Zundert
Or, "All for Nothing # 6".

Another shot from the very top of the 'Canton Tower'.

For a time, it was only me and my best mate at what felt like the top of the world. It was pretty thrilling- although I wasn't able to enjoy it 'in the moment', as I felt that I needed to take these photographs quickly before anyone got in the way or the cloud rolled in. Boo. Looking at these shots now brings me some warmth, however.

I had wanted to start at the top (from up here) and work our way down to get different photographs from different heights and angles but, it turned out that we had used all of our time at the very top. It was quite depressing, missing out on everything else.

Then... A very, very long walk home feeling sad. And getting sore feet. It wasn't the start of a good time in Guangzhou...

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China, April 2016: A trip of a lifetime that turned into a nightmare. A pre-flight check of a miserable birthday and feeling sad about my ex. A terrible flight with a panic attack. Finally, 12 days in China filled with missed opportunities and crippling depression.

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Sydney Harbour Reflections - Vivid 2016

Sydney Harbour Reflections - Vivid 2016
By: Simon (SDL Photography)
8 panel panorama of Sydney Harbour from Kirribilli.
Vivid Sydney 2016

#vividsydney

sdlphotography.com.au

•A Mugu Point Of View•

•A Mugu Point Of View•
By: Wilkof Photography
Here's another shot I took at Point Mugu Beach at the very end of Malibu, California right off of the Pacific Coast Highway. I could see this rocky group from my GPS map and immediately made my way over here after I parked.

The light outside was brighter than it seemed though perhaps it was just the angle it was hitting me from this position. I figured the 10 stop neutral density filter would be dark enough to allow me to stretch shutter speeds out longer though it became a bit uncessessary to get the effects I wanted. I was wedged high between the surf below and a cutout of rocks beneath the cliff above and while I kept the gear dry (shielding it a few times from ocean spray) I didn't want to spend too much time in this spot. I had to time getting from the beach to this point to avoid the tide and it felt like I was encouraging nature to wash me out to sea.

Point Mugu Beach
Malibu, California
May 29th, 2016

SETTINGS:
Canon T4i
EF-S 18-135mm IS STM
@18mm
ISO 100
f/7.1
4.2 seconds
B+W 10 Stop ND filter

Wildwood Sunset

Wildwood Sunset
By: HJharland5
An image taken at Wildwood Yacht Club (Cleveland, Ohio)


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Porto's midnight tale, is by far my favorite one. So intimate and beautiful. A pal of mine was at that same RHCP show as well! Small world. Thanks for the pretty shots to wake up to.

It is very unusual! But the article is very long. I would have smashed it to pieces. Thank you.