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A lovely sunrise shot taken over the Medway in Kent, UK
JimyhendrixExperiance / Purple haze all in my brain / Lately things just don’t seem the same / Actin’ funny, but I don’t know why / ‘Scuse me while I kiss the sky Purple haze all around / Don’t know if I’m comin’ up or down / Am I happy or in misery? / Whatever it is, that girl put a spell on me Help me help me / Oh no no… no Yeah / Purple haze all in my eyes / Don’t know if it’s day or night / You’ve got me blowin, blowin my mind / Is it tomorrow or just the end of time? No, help me aw yeah! oh no no oh help me… / Lyrics copyright jimi hendrix
Late evening street scene in Aswan, Egypt, 1985
What do you call the light that permanently imprints itself into the deepest corner of your cerebral real estate? Just a memorable one, divine, sublime? The star was going down fast, as it was just a matter of ‘to get it over and done with‘ a daily sunset routine – until that moment. Like it was switched on by some all powerful hand residing somewhere in the center of a kingdom of light, the sunbeam reached across the valley, bringing all the associated attributes with it, like joy and warmth, just for a few moments, before disappearing altogether. The blue cold haze drowned the beautiful Hawkes Bay valley, but not before the last ray of sun got there first. I was standing in awe … for a while in fact, still in disbelief. Review button and LCD screen confirmed it did happen. Sweet. I’ll treasure selfishly the melody of breeze passing through the treetops, the smell of golden grass and feel of fallen leafs under my feet. Not to worry, I left something to share with you. Here it is.
Featured in “Trees” group 6 months ago (Aug08) / Featured in “Atmospheric Optics” Feb 09 / Featured on RedBubble Home Page June 09 / (Thank you RedBubble) Taken in the last lot of bushfires near Somerset last year.
It was another beautiful summer morning with some haze a few days ago which made me go out on my bike early. I am glad I did push myself up and out.! The forests here near Hilversum are such a good cycling area! Near Laage Vuursche, 24 July 2008, 6.45 am / Nikon D80, Nikkor 18-200 mm at 150 mm / F 8, 1/25, ISO 200 Featured in “Your Magic Place”.
Second in a series of dandelion seeds. Enjoy!
The light on that November day had a special quality to it, due to the wonderful morning haze. This normally is just a little path for cyclists and horseriders here near Hilversum, with nothing special about it. But the veil of light changed it into an enchanted path, full on unknown mysteries. Would there perhaps be some fairy bringing happiness and health? Hilversum, 3rd November 2007, 10.31 am / Nikon D80, Nikkor 18-200 mm at 170 mm / F 14, 1/60, ISO 500
Taken on the grounds of the country-house Groeneveld at Baarn in the Netherlands Groeneveld, 9th April 2008, 8.03 am / Nikon D 80, Nikkor 18-200 mm at 170 mm / F 14, 1/60, ISO 200
After your wonderful response to my “Veil of morning light” once again a shot from the hazy morning two days ago. The sunbeams are so strong on this picture that you have to look rather closely to see the winding course of the cycling path. It is the path from Hilversum to the paradisical forests near Laage Vuursche. You still have to cross a railway line and a motorway (yes, we have them too, though you never see them on my shots!), and then you are in foresty dreamland. But this bit of the path is already a lovely start, is it not? Near Hilversum, 7th October 2008, 933 am / Nikon D80, Nikkor 18-200 mm at 34 mm / F 4, 1/25, ISO 400
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Taken at sunrise from Boroka lookout, Grampians National Park, Victoria, Australia. Shot with a Nikon D200, 18-35mm lens @ 18mm, 1/3 sec, F/11, 100 ISO, polarizer, .9 ND grad filter. Only minor adjustments (levels, sharpening) made in Photoshop. BEST VIEWED LARGER Shot a few minutes after ‘Fire Rising’:
I wonder what it would have been like in the forest this morning … Unfortunately I did not manage to go. So I treat you on an older shot from December, taken on a wonderful morning in December which had that enchanting mixture of haze and bright sunshine. Near Laage Vuursche, 2nd December 2008, 10.24 am / Nikon D80, Nikkor 18-200 mm at 120 mm / F 20, 1/50, ISO 400
hazy sunrise above an undercast
And remember, no matter where you go, there you are. Confucius (551 BC – 479 BC)
Another shot from the old box, as I have taken no new pictures since 19th November. Fortunately there are quite a few shots still worth showing to you in that box. This shot was again taken in the forests near Hilversum in early October when the trees were still green and a lovely haze gave a mysterious touch to the world. Near Hilversum, 7th October 10.08 am / Nikon D80, Nikkor 18-200 mm at 200 mm / F 11, 1/40, ISO 400
Taken in the afternoon haze as clouds roll over the mainland from the Southern Ocean, looking toward the Eastern members of the twelve apostles.
This was taken at the coast at the end of our summer, heading into fall. A very lazy and quiet day, with nothing but the sounds of the ocean and seagulls.
Today we had one of the great mornings again when you have both: haze and sunshine. A great opportunity for a lovely February walk and also for another atmospheric shot here in the forests near Hilversum. Near Hilversum, 11th February 2009, 10.35 am / Nikon D80, Nikkor 18-200 mm at 200 mm / F 18, 1/50, ISO 400 Featured in “Your Magic Place” and in the “Feature Fraternity”.
Shot with a macro lens. Featured in Flowers in Macro:
This was another great spring morning in the hazy forests near Hilversum/The Netherlands. Alas the weather has changed by now, so probably there will be no more misty morning-mystery here this month. Near Hilversum, 24th April 2009, 7.19 am / Nikon D80, Nikkor 18-200 mm at 70 mm / F 5, 1/60, ISO 200
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