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Solitude Man wasn’t made to be alone, but there are times when the quietness of our visual surroundings feels like heaven… Shot at the end of the day, using slow shutter speed and increased in-camera saturation. José Ramos
The Cloister World / ______ Higher quality image Here ______ This photo was done during a one-day trip to the fascinating city of Évora. Classified as UNESCO World Heritage Site, one can easily get amazed at the diversity and quantity of historic buildings, including Romanesque, Gothic, Manueline, Renaissance and Baroque architecture. / ................................................................................. / This is one of those special places where, on a weekend, without the noise of cars and the crowds, you can forget present time, and feel immersed somewhere in the past, when beauty was cherished, and schedules were not a concern. / ................................................................................ / One of the places I’ve visited was the amazing Cathedral of Évora, and one of it’s strongest surprises: an exquisite and captivating cloister. / ................................................................................. / Cloisters have always fascinated me. In the past they were the place, inside a monastery, where the fusion of nature and men was strongest. Four cold stone corridors and a garden in the center, adorned with profound meditation, trying to reach the highest answers. / ................................................................................. / During the first 15 minutes I had some strong clouds in the sky, but the sun was uncovered and very strong. I tried to capture some photos, trying to properly expose both the building and the sky, but this proved to be impossible, even with ND Grads. Fortunately, mother nature helped, and the clouds finally covered the sun. Not only this helped in getting a correct exposure of the scene, but also lended a very special lightning to the whole scene, much different from the harsh light I had 15minutes before. This was the time to start shooting, and in 10 minutes I was able to cover some shooting angles I had planned beforehand. Here you can see one of them, hoping the image will be able to “capture” you into that magical place… / .................................................................................... / José Ramos
it took over 240 photo’s but i got it.
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The future of travel has found its destinations. / Capital cities have the capacity to maintain these new high-tech stations but more will follow. / Any questions please consult the information desk. / . / / . /
The future of travel has found its destinations. / Capital cities have the capacity to maintain these new high-tech stations but more will follow. / Any questions please consult the information desk. / . / / . /
80×100cm oil on canvas featured in Portugal group (24,11,2009) / featured in Impressionism Cafe (30,11,2009) / featured in First things group (30,11,2009) / featured in Lisbon and surroundings group (15,12,2009) This original is one of the most famous in Portugal.
San Jose, Costa Rica taken from the window of my hotel room in the center of town. I was staying in what most Ticos told me was not the best place for a tourist, but it was in fact the best place to get a real taste of life in this friendly and bustling city.
zapatista design in red. If you buy this than please email me a copy of you enjoying your tshirt. / desmith@svsu.edu Thank you -Please Believe myspace.com/pleasebelieveinc
“Toro San Jose” ~ Guanajuato, Mexico ~ May 2008
The Fire Lake This photo was taken on one of the islands of the magical and gorgeous Azores. I went to the S. Miguel Island on a job assignment (workshop), and free time was scarce. Fortunately, me and a group of friends managed to arrange a 4 hours car travel through the island, and what a feast for the eyes that trip was! This is, in my opinion, along with S. Jorge, the most beautiful island in Azores. Breathtaking landscapes are around every corner. One thing is for sure… I must return there soon! The depicted lake is located on the top of a volcanic mountain, and it’s called Lagoa do Fogo (Fire Lake). It’s the 2nd largest lake of the island, and it’s located 575 metres high. José Ramos / My website/portfolio – http://www.joseramos.net ________ / Photo taken on Azores – S. Miguel
“San Jose del Pacifico” ~ Oaxaca, Mexico ~ June 2008
Dark Motions Convoluted images forming in my brain, intoxicated by the mental distortions of complex visions, finely interwoven in the cadence of emotions and thoughts that I feel as being only mine, even knowing they aren’t. The sea, the elements, the strength of nature, the perfect stir that most perfectly symbolizes our inner turbulence…. A study on movement and chaos shapes…. José Ramos / http://www.joseramos.net / ___ / Azenhas do Mar – Sintra – Portugal
Abundance – The Fountain http://www.joseramos.net A different approach, shot in the same day and place where I made the “The Infinity Fountain Photo”, capturing the same essence and feeling… Once more, standing alone in front of another memory, I harvest my thoughts from the infinity fountain ahead. The cycle repeats, as I find myself pulled away from the tedious life of today, feeling I could grab the source and remain there silently… After one hour of search and 20 minutes waiting under a rock for the intense rain to stop, the skies finally opened to let the sun set in and show it’s strength. The beach was absolutely desert, and the next 30 minutes were made of pure photographic pleasure… I came home wet and cold, but my inside was warm and soothed… José Ramos / http://www.joseramos.net / ____ / Shot in Algarve – Portugal
“Windows to mystery” was featured in the groups #12 Great Feature’s and Northern California Style. Solved by Shaina!! – The Winchester Mystery House, California The Winchester Mystery House is a well-known California mansion that was under construction continuously for 38 years, and is reputed to be haunted. It once was the personal residence of Sarah Winchester, the widow of gun magnate William Wirt Winchester, but is now a tourist attraction. Under Sarah Winchester’s day-to-day guidance, its “from-the-ground-up” construction proceeded around-the-clock, without interruption, from 1884 until her death on September 5, 1922, at which time work immediately ceased. The cost for such constant building has been estimated at about US $5.5 million (if paid in 1922, this would be equivalent to almost $70 million in 2008 dollars). The mansion is renowned for its size and utter lack of any master building plan. According to popular belief, Sarah Winchester thought the house was haunted by the ghosts of individuals killed by Winchester rifles, and that only continuous construction would appease them. It is located at 525 South Winchester Blvd. in San Jose, California. Deeply saddened by the deaths of her daughter Annie in 1866 and her husband in 1881, and seeking solace, Sarah consulted a medium on the advice of a friend. According to popular history, the medium, who has become known colloquially as the “Boston Medium”, told Sarah that she had the feeling that there was a curse upon the Winchester family because the guns they made had taken so many lives. She told Sarah that “thousands of people have died because of it and their spirits are now seeking vengeance.” Although this is disputed, popular belief holds that the Boston Medium told Sarah that she had to leave her home in New Haven and travel West, where she must “build a home for yourself and for the spirits who have fallen from this terrible weapon, too. You can never stop building the house. If you continue building, you will live. Stop and you will die.” There are about 160 rooms, including 40 bedrooms and two ballrooms. The house also has 47 fireplaces, 10,000 window panes, 17 chimneys (with evidence of two others), two basements and three working elevators. Winchester’s property was some 162 acres (650,000 m²) at one time, but now the estate is just 4.5 acres (24,000 m²) — the minimum necessary to contain the house and nearby outbuildings. It has gold and silver chandeliers and inlaid parquet floors and trim. There are doors and stairways that lead nowhere and a vast array of colors and materials. Before the availability of elevators, special “easy riser” stairways were installed to allow Winchester access to every part of the mansion, to accommodate her severe arthritis. Roughly 20,500 gallons (76,000 liters) of paint were required to paint the house. Due to the sheer size of the house, by the time every section of the house was painted, the workers had to start repainting again. The house also has many conveniences that were rarely found at the time of its construction, including steam and forced-air heating, modern indoor toilets and plumbing, push-button gas lights, a hot shower from indoor plumbing and even three elevators, including one with the only horizontal hydraulic elevator piston in the United States. Source: Wikipedia
These are early days in my PhotoShop manipulation journey, but so far it’s been a tremendous adventure. All I can do at present is remove backgrounds and add the extracted part to a new background thus producing a totally ridiculous situation. But it could be real!!!!!!!!!!LOL / Robin: Sony H9 090608 untouched / Dragonfly: Sony H50 background removed, rotated & lightened with dodge tool. / Photoshop Elements 7 / Composite This is almost as much fun as finding things to photograph, and MUCH more fun than domestic stuff. This sky where we live / Is no place to lose your wings. / So love, love, love. / Hafiz حافظ Human beings are members of a whole, / In creation of one essence and soul. / If one member is afflicted with pain, / Other members uneasy will remain. / If you have no sympathy for human pain, / The name of human you cannot retain. / Saadi “Of one Essence is the human race, / thus has Creation put the base; / One Limb impacted is sufficient / For all Others to feel the Mace ” / —Saadi (1184–1283) “There is only one sacred manuscript, the sacred manuscript of Nature, which alone can enlighten the reader.” Hazrat Inayat Khan All profits from my sales will be donated to Butterfly Conservation. My Images Do Not Belong To The Public Domain. All images and writing are copyright © jesika 2005-2009. All Rights Reserved. Copying, altering, displaying or redistribution of any of these images without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited. picasaweb
On a warm, sunny afternoon recently in San Jose del Cabo, people walked slowly in the heat and searched for shae, this fellow had a much better idea!
Featured in History May 11, 2009. / Featured in ImageWriting May 10, 2009. / Featured in The Wild West Show May 8, 2009. / Featured in American Southwest May 7, 2009. / Featured in A Beautiful Blur May 5, 2009. / Featured in Imaginative Realism May 5, 2009. Best Viewed Larger National Historical Park, located in Tumacacori, Arizona, not far from Tucson. “The Tumacácori Mission was established in 1691 by Father Eusebio Francisco Kino and is the oldest Jesuit mission site in southern Arizona. The mission was originally called San Cayetano del Tumacácori and was located in a different location than the National Monument. It was established at an extant native O’odham or Sobaipuri settlement on the east side of the Santa Cruz river. The location of this Sobaipuri settlement has been identified by archaeologist Deni Seymour who excavated and reported on the original San Cayetano del Tumacacori mission site, revising the earlier opinions of Charles Di Peso as to where this settlement was located. / After the Pima rebellion of 1751, the mission was moved to the present site on the west side of the river and renamed San José de Tumacácori. By 1848, the mission was abandoned and began falling into severe disrepair. Preservation and stabilization efforts began in 1908 when the area was declared a National Monument by President Theodore Roosevelt and continue today.” The above condensed from Wikipedia and literature from the National Park Service at Tumacacori. Image taken with the Nikon D40x with the 18-200mm vr Nikon lens and cp filter on April 18, 2009, shutter speed 1/200, aperture f/8.0, exp 0.00, iso 100. Post processing included HDR in Photomatix from a single image, camera hand held, with eval at +/-2. I also added a fun sky layer, some texture from CGTextures, and a faint Vintage Effect in Photoshop.
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NIKON F75 – 28 100mm - I met them after visiting the ruin of Pisaq, near Cusco ! Both from a small village near the ruin, the same village of the Litlle Girls of Bache that l photographed a year later in the same place !
Known as the “Queen of the Missions”, this is the largest of the missions and was almost fully restored to its original design in the 1930s by the WPA (Works Projects Administration). Spanish missions were not churches, but communities, with the church the focus. Mission San José shows the visitor how all the missions might have looked over 250 years ago. info from nps.gov Camera info / Canon EOS Rebel T1i / Canon 18-55mm lens / F-stop f/8 / Exposure 180 / ISO 100 / Focus 18mm HDR data / tripod, 3 RAW images +2 to -2, Photomatrix Pro 3.2
The arches at the historic San Jose Mission in San Antonio, Texas. The mission was originally founded in 1720, shortly after the founding of the Alamo in 1718.
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