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2013-05-19 07:51:30 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 13 +1s)

Lavender Field

Actually it was not a lavender field. I found them growing in the flowerbed in a park I visited during the photo walk we had in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan last weekend. I touched it and enjoyed its fragrance for a while. 

ラベンダー畑……と言いたいところだけれども、これは先週末の横浜写真散歩の途中、港の見える丘公園で見かけたラベンダーの花壇。ラベンダーの葉にさわると、あの独特の香りが指に付いて、しばしクンクン。ひどい雨を忘れることができた。

Place: Minato no Mieru Oka Park, Yokohama, Kanagawa
Date: May 11, 2013
Camera: Nikon D800
Lens: AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED

#GPlusPhotoWalkJapan   #Yokohama20130511  
#MTBK_Flowers  

2013-05-19 07:44:09 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

May 07th. Lunch time, low tide.   #coastalthursday +Coastal Thursday By +David Polzine +Jon Kahn #europeanphotography +European Photo  By  
+Janusz Brakoniecki +Jean-Louis LAURENCE +Michael Muraz +Susanne Ramharter +Ela Kupiec +Ugo Cei #epbirds #birds4all +Birds4All By +Walter Soestbergen  #birdsinfocus +Birds in Focus  #birdsloversworldwide    #breakfastclub  +Breakfast Club +Gemma Costa  #10000photographersaroundtheworld  +10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS By +Robert SKREINER +Walter Soestbergen  #pixelworld  +PixelWorld By +Alberto Carreras  #animals  +Animals  #naturephotography  +NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY  #naturephotographers  +Nature Photographers  #reflectionphotography  +Mirrors and Reflections  #mirrorsandreflections  

2013-05-18 23:24:15 (3 comments, 5 reshares, 45 +1s)

Schwabacher Sunset
Finally getting some time to work through some images here. This is one from the summers travels in Wyoming. If you are interested in my techniques used on this image, check out my set of image editing videos "Image Editing, Volume 1":
www.chipphillipsphotography.com/Other/Videos/21945010_GhtPKD

2013-05-18 23:23:50 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 35 +1s)

Here's one from my recent trip to California. This is Mono Lake in Lee Vining California. The image is a blend only for the highlights in the brightest clouds using techniques described in my videos: http://www.chipphillipsphotography.com/Other/Videos/21945010_GhtPKD

2013-05-18 23:23:24 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 39 +1s)

"Leigh Lake Reflections" Shot in Grand Teton National Park, one of my favorite locations for photography all times of the year.

2013-05-18 22:32:46 (4 comments, 4 reshares, 33 +1s)

Willamette Falls
42 feet in a horseshoe with a crest length of approximately 1700 feet. Due to the industrialization of Oregon City, the falls have lost most of its natural appeal. The land on both sides of the river immediately adjacent to the falls harbors, among other facilities, a hydroelectric station, a paper mill and one of the oldest set of operational locks in the United States 
Camera- Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Edited on photoshop with Nik Plugins




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2013-05-18 22:32:18 (3 comments, 2 reshares, 25 +1s)

Foggy Morning
Every morning you have two choices, continue ur sleep with dreams or "wake up" and chase ur dreams. CHOICE IS YOURS. Good Morning








Canon EOS 5D Mark III
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2013-05-18 22:31:53 (1 comments, 3 reshares, 17 +1s)

Shooted at my house , near pool #LasVegas  
Have a great day 






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2013-05-18 21:53:05 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 15 +1s)

Uluru at Sunrise, NT, Australia: http://goo.gl/sNgJl

2013-05-18 21:52:36 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 17 +1s)

Sol de la Mañana, Bolivia: http://goo.gl/8b5jr

2013-05-18 21:52:09 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 18 +1s)

Udo Island, Korea: http://goo.gl/ZVeHq

2013-05-18 21:51:37 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

King Penguin, Gold Harbour, South Georgia Island: http://goo.gl/Doihb

2013-05-18 21:51:09 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

Hanga Roa Cemetery, Easter Island: http://goo.gl/BmQmG

I used to hate them, but in the last decade I’ve become fond of cemeteries; they always remind me that life is short and to live my days well. The cemetery on Easter Island is on the edge of the town of Hanga Roa, and I’d walk past it at night taking sunset or star pictures at the Moai just beyond it. It’s a bit cheerier than most, being both colorful and lit by solar lights at night, with an outstanding view out to sea.

2013-05-18 21:50:33 (3 comments, 2 reshares, 20 +1s)

Stars over the Atacama Desert, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile: http://goo.gl/Afwy2

2013-05-18 21:50:01 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 11 +1s)

Grytviken, South Georgia Island: http://goo.gl/4ETP2

Grytviken is the largest settlement on South Georgia Island, and is the place where Ernest Shackleton organized the rescue of his men after the breakup of the Endurance and where he was later buried. Grytviken was also home to whaling operations on the island for many years and the rusting ships remain in the harbor.

2013-05-18 21:49:37 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 10 +1s)

Ruta Siete Lagos, Bariloche, Argentina: http://goo.gl/j6WAe

I bicycled for four days along the Ruta Siete Lagos (the 7 Lakes Route) in Argentina before continuing South through Patagonia. Situated in the Lakes District North of Bariloche, the road winds through spectacular scenery and, in Spring, a million wildflowers. This is the road on the edge of Lake Nahuel Huapi.

2013-05-18 21:48:54 (3 comments, 2 reshares, 28 +1s)

Traditional Houses, Zaans Schanse, The Netherlands: http://www.annedirkse.com/365/traditional-houses-zaans-schanse-the-netherlands/

Zaans Schanse is a great place to see working traditional windmills and is still an easy bus ride from Amsterdam. Visiting on a stormy day can be an unexpected blessing as the winds bring the mills into action. Strolling through the traditional houses at twilight can almost transport you to another era..

2013-05-18 21:01:59 (5 comments, 4 reshares, 34 +1s)

"Good Evening from New Zealand"

Mounts Tasman and Cook are aglow in this sunset from the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island.  A very good evening to all from New Zealand!

Jonathan
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2013-05-18 21:01:41 (4 comments, 2 reshares, 28 +1s)

"Lake Hawea Beaches"

Lake Hawea, in New Zealand's South Island, has more than its share of beautiful views - such as this vista towards the northern part of the lake and mountains beyond.

Jonathan
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2013-05-18 21:00:24 (3 comments, 3 reshares, 23 +1s)

"Hahei Dreaming"

In summer as the sun lights up the water and the Pohutukawa trees are in full bloom, the colours around Hahei Beach in New Zealand's Coromandel Peninsula are astounding.  A multi-shot panorama captures the view from above the beach...

Jonathan
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2013-05-18 20:59:53 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 21 +1s)

"Autumn Wonderland, New Zealand"

On the shore of Lake Wanaka in New Zealand's South Island I was lucky to have a day with amazing skies, just as the trees had become fully draped in their Autumn colours.  A multi-shot panorama takes in the view....

(It'll be interesting to see how this is displayed in the new Google+ stream view; hopefully panoramas work well.  If not you can click to view the image in its originally-posted size).

(Update: OK, at least for me, panoramas in the 3-column view of my stream are handled poorly by Google+.  I'll be turning back on the single column view).

Jonathan Usher
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2013-05-18 20:59:29 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 17 +1s)

"Beach Canopy"

These wonderful Pohutukawa trees drape from the bank above Hahei Beach in New Zealand's Coromandel Peninsula.

Jonathan
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2013-05-18 20:48:13 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 23 +1s)

Sunset over Verdens Ende Tjøme, from island Hvasser, Vestfold, Norway.

Best seen big!

Edited in Lightroom only, no extra plug-ins.


#norwaylandscape #norway #Norwayphotos 
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+Janusz Brakoniecki +Jean-Louis LAURENCE +Michael Muraz +Susanne Ramharter +Ela Kupiec  +Ugo Cei
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2013-05-18 20:47:44 (3 comments, 2 reshares, 16 +1s)

The path down to the sea. Moutmarka on island Tjøme,Vestfold, Norway.

Best seen big!

Edited in Lightroom only, no extra plug-ins.

#landscapephotography +Landscape Photography +Margaret Tompkins +Carra Riley +paul t beard +David Heath Williams +Bill Wood +Jim Warthman +Ben T +jeff beddow +Tom Hierl  +Vishal Kumar  +Michael Blyde  +Carolyn Lim  +Steve Gould  +Jay Gould
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+Janusz Brakoniecki +Jean-Louis LAURENCE +Michael Muraz +Susanne Ramharter +Ela Kupiec  +Ugo Cei
#PixelWorld +PixelWorld +Alberto Carreras
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+10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS

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2013-05-18 20:37:14 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 23 +1s)

Post, delete, post again... It's no more fun here to share pictures at all... Maybe time for a g+ break...

So again:
Black waters and fresh reed at lake Neusiedel.

+AUSTRIAN PHOTOGRAPHERS  #austrianphotographers  
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2013-05-18 20:36:54 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 22 +1s)

Evil eye.

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2013-05-18 17:34:53 (5 comments, 2 reshares, 43 +1s)

Denmark - Dokkedal



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2013-05-18 17:28:25 (4 comments, 2 reshares, 26 +1s)

Today I am gonna sit like a bum on a log...all day
Not gonna think about the 1200 shots I need to edit down from my Lockheed Martin shoot on Thursday, or how badly I want to go to the zoo. Or how I need to change lightbulbs on the driveway lights and front porch or any of the myriad things I should be doing. Nope. Just gonna sit until...cr*p, there's the doorbell (sigh)

2013-05-18 17:23:48 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 18 +1s)

Rainbow in a Sun Ray
Last night I caught a sun ray rainbow, just before sunset, at Topaz Lake on the Nevada/California border.  

You may have noticed that rainbows move as the sun moves.  White light contains all of the colors of the rainbow, and the rainbows we see are simply that light separated out into various wavelengths, which we perceive as colors.  This doesn't happen like it does with a prism, where the rainbow comes out the back side of the prism and that color-separated light is projected onto something.  Instead, raindrops do separate the colors of light through refraction, but instead of it escaping out the back, that light is reflected back out of the raindrop at a 42 to 43 degree angle.  So everywhere you see rainbow color is a raindrop, and if you draw lines back from that rain drop to yourself and to the light source, those lines meet in roughly a 43 degreeangl... more »

2013-05-18 17:23:26 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 29 +1s)

Goldfields
Captured April 2011 in Antelope Valley near Lancaster, California.

2013-05-18 17:10:59 (3 comments, 3 reshares, 35 +1s)

The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is the largest of the true foxes and the most geographically spread member of the Carnivora, being distributed across the entire Northern Hemisphere from the Arctic Circle to North Africa, Central America and Asia.  This kit fox was photographed on 5-5-2013 . It is one of four kits born to a pair of urban foxes, who make their home along the lakefront in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

#wildlife
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#10000photographersworldwide curated by +Robert SKREINER 
#wildlifephotography curated by +Adam Kumiszcza +Alex Lapidus +Mike Spinak +Paul Whitbread 

2013-05-18 16:56:47 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 24 +1s)

Colorful NYC. View from Brooklyn. 

Have a nice weekend!

#HQSPLandscape +HQSP Landscape by  +Rodolfo Seide +Johnny Minor +Terrie Gray +Nicolai Neijhoft and +Lani Banadera

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#colormeweekly +ColorMe Weekly by +Rosie Nixon

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2013-05-18 16:56:17 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 22 +1s)

Gotham City!

I love NYC it is one of the most interesting places I have ever visited. I would love to live there for a while. There are great vistas literally on every corner.

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2013-05-18 16:43:37 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 23 +1s)

Are You Happy To See Me?

Jerusalem, Israel

www.ucphoto.me

2013-05-18 16:43:01 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 25 +1s)

Burj Khalifa, Dubai, UAE

Think I'll share a series of high-rise building, just because vertical photos looks so much better now on G+ ;)

2013-05-18 16:42:40 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 23 +1s)

Vertical photos are more awesome on the new G+ stream they say... think I'll start shooting in portrait mode only from now on ;)

2013-05-18 03:00:46 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 51 +1s)

Distinguished and graying with age, 712M, the alpha male of Yellowstone's famed Canyon Pack, surveys his pack's domain in Hayden Valley.

2013-05-18 03:00:04 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 47 +1s)

Always in our Hearts....

It is with great sadness that I report that passing of Yellowstone's Bull Elk #10 today. Some of my fondest early memories of Yellowstone were watching Bull Elk #10 and #6 spar near Mammoth Hot Springs. From what I've read, the splendid old gentleman was between 16-18 years old when he passed. Although he was no longer battling with other bulls, I often l saw him relaxing in the shade of the aspens above Mammoth or grazing near Wraith Falls. Even though he is no longer with us, his spirit will always be alive in Yellowstone, and I know one day we will meet again over the rainbow bridge.

2013-05-18 02:53:05 (1 comments, 3 reshares, 22 +1s)

"Circle of Life"

On Sunday morning, our friends found an elk carcass nestled in the Newton Creek Picnic Area along the North Fork. My husband, Steve and I, didn't see it when we passed the area an hour prior to sunrise. We were intent on doing some tracking in the fresh snow and were on a mission to arrive at a spot further to the west before dawn. After we found our tracks, we headed towards Newton Creek, and ran into our friends Amy and Elaine who had spotted the carcass in the picnic area. They also spotted some fresh grizzly tracks in the snow. The grizzly had recently been at the carcass, crossed the road and headed into Newton Creek Campground. None of us saw the bear, but I'm almost certain he was waving to Steve and I as we drove by in the dark earlier that morning.

With a carcass around, what's a wildlife photographer to do but wait to see what appears? A... more »

2013-05-18 02:52:33 (3 comments, 2 reshares, 28 +1s)

"Winter's Last Stand"

Like most of NW Wyoming, we had quite a blast of winter weather yesterday with up to 5 inches of fresh snow near Pahaska. Steve and I went out before dawn this morning with hopes of finding some animal tracks (and hopefully the animals who made them). Only a few miles from the house, we noticed the tracks of a lone wolf following the road for more than 6 miles. The tracks were frozen in the icy snow so the wolf had passed through the area during the evening before everything had frozen solid.

We didn't see any moose today, but saw hundreds of elk during our drive. With the fresh snow, the large elk herds have come down from the mountains to graze along the roadside where the snow is much less. As we approached Eagle Creek Campground, we saw this large bison making his way towards Yellowstone. I find bison to be extremely majestic animals and am... more »

2013-05-18 02:51:19 (2 comments, 3 reshares, 17 +1s)

Expect 15 minute delays inbound on 495 to the Queens-Midtown Tunnel due to an overturned tractor trailer. Well, not exactly. Traffic jams are a little different in Wyoming.


Wyoming Rush Hour/Elk Jam. Highway 14-16-20, Wapiti, Wyoming, 04/12/13.

2013-05-18 02:50:37 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 22 +1s)

"Sibling Rivalry"

Two siblings from Yellowstone's Canyon Wolf Pack squabble over an elk carcass in Hayden Valley.

2013-05-18 02:45:57 (2 comments, 3 reshares, 15 +1s)

"The New Generation"

Early in the morning of April 27th, we ran into three junior members of the Canyon Pack. We got a fleeting glimpse of the three wolves as they were running across Swan Flats towards Quadrant Peak. We didn't expect to see the wolves again, but a little over an hour later, they popped up across from Grizzly Lake Trailhead.

We watched as the three wolves (including 831F, the mangy yearling that people have been calling "No Pants", and a larger gray) frantically dug around a log buried in the snow. We couldn't tell what they were digging for, but in the past there has been a weasel den in this area, so that would be my best guess as to what they found so interesting. After about 15 minutes, the trio gave up and continued their journey towards Norris.

In this photo, 831F runs through the snow in pursuit of her siblings. She looks a... more »

2013-05-18 02:43:16 (2 comments, 3 reshares, 25 +1s)

The Lower Falls, as seen from Artist Point, tumbles over 300 feet into the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. This view was made famous in a painting by Thomas Moran as seen during his travels through the area as part of the Hayden Expedition in the late 1800s.

2013-05-18 02:42:08 (3 comments, 2 reshares, 30 +1s)

"His Majesty"

We went to Yellowstone yesterday with hopes of seeing the grizzly sow, Blaze and her cub, but early in the morning we were treated to a sighting of this beautiful boar known as "Snaggletooth" near Mud Volcano. We hadn't seen Snaggletooth since last year and had heard he was frequenting his favorite haunt. Since we couldn't find Blaze when we arrived, we decided to take a drive towards Mud Volcano to look for Snaggletooth and surprisingly, there he was. We were lucky enough to spend over an hour with this magnificent bear until he retreated away from the road.