Again, continually obsessed with the Italian signage and autostrades – and then all of a sudden this landscape just cried out to me. It was so perfect, just the way I like it – sparse, remote, golden and with a hint of industry driving past. I waited, risking a small amount of life and death, waiting for the right vehicle to drive past – could not have asked for anything better as this truck with perfect streamlined graphics appeared matching perfectly with the blue sign and all. I’m done!
Often the storm chasing day ends not with the last glow of the setting sun, but with a photogenic show of pyrotechnics dancing from cloud to cloud and into the ground and lasting well into the night. This strike was captured just a few miles from my home after a long day of driving and looking for marvelous supercells and their awe-inspiring structures. Typically, any isolated cells that form during the day in western Oklahoma will race through the portions of Oklahoma that I call home, I just have to drive back ahead of the racing squall line and on such days will end the hunt with a tripod and a camera on this gravel road. It isn’t a part of my public offered storm chasing tours, but instead just my time to relax, snap shutters and enjoy my favorite hobby – lightning photography. I’ve always hoped for a dead centered strike at the end of this long gravel driveway. So many times I have closed my eyes and envisioned this very shot. Then, one night in 2006 after a long day’s work of hunting down tornadoes I ended my chase day in this fashion, opened the shutter and waited – “bang” – I had it! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Be sure to check out my company, StormTours.com. It’s a great opportunity for anyone who wants to chase storms to improve their lightning photography skills and see awe-inspiring photogenic storms. www.stormtours.com AND www.stormchase.com
This was captured after a rain storm, while we were on holidays at Lorne. The sky lit up as though it was on fire, with the clouds reflecting the late afternoon sun and the resulting water lying on the pier also mirrored the sky and the couta boat, docked there.
The delivery driveway at a local shopping centre. Others in this series:
NEW ZEALAND / FROGS / LENSBABY / INFRARED / BEACH / INDUSTRIAL / SPAM / PANORAMAS / LANDSCAPES / REAL ESTATE SERIES
Clinton, NJ – Nov 2007
Photo taken in Switzerland
Corfe Castle is a ruined castle, village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. The castle dates back to the 11th century, and commands a gap in the Purbeck Hills on the route between Wareham and Swanage. Even to this day, all road traffic to and from the Swanage area must pass below the battlements of the castle. The picturesque village of Corfe Castle lies in the gap below the castle, and is some eight kilometres (five miles) south-east of Wareham, and the same distance west of Swanage. Both the current main A351 road to Swanage, and the Swanage Railway, thread their way through the gap and the village. The civil parish of Corfe Castle stretches across the width of the Isle of Purbeck, with coasts facing both the English Channel and Poole Harbour. It therefore includes sections of both the low lying sandy heathland that lies to the north of the castle, and the rugged Jurassic Coast upland to the south. The name “Corfe” is derived from the Saxon word for gap. All photographs and artworks in this portfolio are copyrighted and owned by the artist, Anne Staub. Any reproduction, modification, publication, transmission, transfer, or exploitation of any of the content, for personal or commercial use, whether in whole or in part, without written permission from myself is prohibited. All rights reserved.
This was taken on a walk through the back streets of Nimes in France. It had so much atmosphere, you could picture horse drawn carriages and crinoline dressed ladies Featured in Full Frontal Facades Group 7/4/09
This was done by hand with a Wacom pen and pad in paint. My peoples were gathered and moved over the Trail of Tears. To this day have not returned to their origional lands. / When I think of my family past and present I remember. and hold dear their ways. Unseen / As Sophie did painting for all the tribes of the Cherokee on this day. Video / not for the light hearted Featured in Spirit of the Native American / Featured in *Music Inspired Art (M.I.A) music links/lyrics required *
Placed in the Top 10 in the Challenge Your Most Popular Blue Image in the group “Out of the Blue” in May 2009 / Featured in the group Canadiana in May 2009 / Won the Pure Canadiana Challenge in the “Canadiana Group” in May 2009 / Featured in the group Style! Class! Elegance! Excellence! in March 2009 / Featured in the group Mountains and Mountain Light in January 2009 / Featured in the group COUNTRY ROADS / Around the World in November 2008 Banff Jasper Highway at sundown reflecting the deep blue sky in the reflective surfaces and the atmosphere in the cool of the day. Taken between Banff and Jasper in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. / / /
A view of a typical city street scene from Sant Agata in Sicily. / / This was the final image captured by my much loved Sony Alpha 100 :( / I’ve since been told by a photographic repairer in Palermo that it would cost quite a bit of money to repair and it may be better to buy something new. / After a few days of contemplation (and living without a camera for the first time in God knows how long)... can you guess what i did? / / hehe! / / Of course I bought a new one!! ;p / Peace peeps! / / Art Folders… / / Entire Portfolio / Born From This Earth – Series / Hearts At War / Vehicular works / Architecture / Travel / B&W Photography / Transitional Industrial Utopian Series / Abstract / Models and Fashion Photography
On the walk up to Hooker glacier….I piked….and hung around the suspension bridge taking lots of photos. HDR – Canon 5D, 16-35mm at 16mm, f/22, ISO 100 New Zealand / Seascapes / Frogs / Lensbaby / Infrared / Industrial / Spam / Panorama / Landscapes / Real Estate Series / People
The glory and the splendor of ‘the start of the day’ at Jan Juc beach on the Surfcoast, part of The Great Ocean Road. Camera: Pentax istDS.
All work in this portfolio is © Stephanie Rachel Seely. / These materials (images and poems) may NOT be edited, copied, reproduced, printed, distributed, displayed, performed, or used in any way, in whole or in part, without my written permission. Please respect copyright and do not save or upload any images or poems to Photobucket, Flickr, Myspace, Facebook etc. These creative materials are NOT public domain. This artwork was featured in The True Beauty, Dream & Fantasy, All About Your Best Work, Music Inspired Art, Core [C.O.R.E], Made In Digital, Dimensions, #1 Artists of RedBubble, The Dreaming Tree, and Live and Let Live This artwork placed in the Top 10 for the Dream & Fantasy First New Avatar challenge Won the All About Dreams challenge – May 29, 2009 Placed 2nd in the Unearthly Dreams challenge A peaceful place within my mind… I spent an hour working with a field/mountain background only to decide that I was going in the wrong direction. Strange how the image I intend to make is never the final result. But I’m usually happier when that happens… Endless Silence by ATB ....Stock Credits…. / Sky / Model / Stock copyrights remain the property of their respective owners.
Impressionist digital painting done in Corel Painter. © 2009 Anne Hale Featured in Featured Art & Photography, Redbubble homepage June 22, 2009. / Featured in First Things group. / Fearuted in Digital Artists United /
Yesterday morning I was again moving already before sunrise, one best pics is however this when sun already high up . . / In the Salo southern Finland Canon EOS 40D / 1/90s / f/16 / ISO100 / 17mm This image are © Veikko Suikkanen. You may not use any images (in whole or in part) without written consent from artist. All rights reserved.
The Moulton Barn, Mormon Row, Teton National Park, Jackson, Wyoming, USA. I got up early for this one, I had travelled thousands of miles to see it, had only one morning to get my shot in the bag – and what did I find ? / A film crew shooting an advert ! Along with a battalion of other photographers, I was champing at the ‘bit’, since we weren’t allowed to shoot in case we captured the models – male and female – the whole darned thing was so artificial !! So, when there was a lull in shooting, I crept under a bush and hastily ‘snapped’ my shot. Maybe I should pursue a career in the ‘Paparazzi ??!!! Shot on my Canon EOS 40D with polarising filter attached, mounted very hastily on my tripod, Canon efs 18-55mm lens set at 45mm, underexposed by half a stop, f 27, 1/20 sec, auto wb, iso 100, RAW file developed as much as possible in Adobe Camera Raw, then in PS CS3, selective Levels/Curves, saturation of colours achieved with LAB colour, then the tiniest amount of Orton applied, to ‘pop’ the textures of the wood and grass. FEATURED IN / http://www.redbubble.com/groups/dimensions / AND / http://www.redbubble.com/groups/the-women-photographer / AND / http://www.redbubble.com/groups/mountains-and-light / AND / http://www.redbubble.com/groups/style-class-elegance / AND / http://www.redbubble.com/groups/rebel-group / / AND / http://www.redbubble.com/groups/postcard-style SEE MORE OF MY USA SET HERE …
Last at the weekend wanders again this old road which frequently also before I am photoraghed. Near in the Salo southern Finland Canon EOS 40D / Canon EF-S 17-85MM 1:4-5.6 IS USM / 1/250s / f/11 / ISO100 / 17mm This image are © Veikko Suikkanen. You may not use any images (in whole or in part) without written consent from artist. All rights reserved.
A wave crashes the London Arch, on the Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia, at sunrise. This was taken at the end of autumn on a very cloudy morning. I used a Canon DSLR EOS 350D camera, 18-55mm lens and a tripod. I sold a large framed print (walnut and on red bubble) to my kind sister, Nadia, that she bought as a house warming and birthday present for a lucky friend. Thanks so much Nadia.
Nikon D300 / 18-200mm / 1/400 f/13.0 ISO1600 / HDR (1 shot) in Photomatix Pro3.2 / and PP in PS CS3
Amsterdam in Autumn, October 2009 / Nikon D300 / Tamron 10-24mm, handheld on rail / HDR (-2,-1,0) in Photomatix Pro3.2 / PP in PS CS3
Post processing in Photoshop CS4. Canon EOS 40D / Canon EF-S 17-85MM 1:4-5.6 IS USM / 1/4s / f/11 / ISO100 / 17mm This image are © Veikko Suikkanen. You may not use any images (in whole or in part) without written consent from artist. All rights reserved.
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