An early morning view of the Glasshouse Mountains. Pentax *ist DL , Sigma 18-200mm DC lens @ 26mm. Aperture priority f/14, 0.3s, ISO 200, spot metering, 2.00eV. Photo taken in RAW processed in ACDSee Pro.
Another from the pine forest in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, Sunday 20 April. With the picturesque shack, lichen covered pine trees, red mushrooms, and then the mist rolling in, I was torn in so many directions – in the end I made an attempt to get all elements in the one shot! / / Margo has kindly provided me with the following info on the red mushrooms – glad I didn’t taste any – I could have flown like Santa’s reindeers!!! / / (1) The Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria is the famous white-spotted red toadstool beloved of children’s book illustrators. They are widely known as one of the few poisonous fungi in the UK, but it is not generally realised that this is because they are in fact strongly psychedelic. Eaten raw, they cause stomach cramps, hallucinations1 and, possibly, death. In some parts of Europe they have long been associated with magic and legend. In Lapland, reindeer regularly get high on them and are seen to leap around, giving rise to the story of Santa’s flying reindeer. Lapps have a custom of deliberately feeding them to their deer, and then collecting and drinking the urine because most of the toxins are filtered out by the reindeer’s digestive system. 1 They are not the same thing as ‘magic mushrooms’. (2) Also, ‘toad-stuhl’ is a German name meaning ‘seat of death’. _ / Landscapes Trees Cards EOD Rusty Flowers Architecture Macro CatchAll DM / /
From skystudiohawaii’s YOUTUBE minimovie / “King Ludwig and Chasing Rainbows” Rolling back down the mountain to Munich / We passed the village of Oberau / On the left side of the train / There glowed a sunset / Rainbow on right / Perfect end to / A perfect / Day
Sunset on the Yosemite Valley.
Mount Robson Provincial Park This is MountRobson…The peak of Mount Robson is the highest in the Canadian Rockies, towering 12,972 feet (3954 m) over the western entrance to the park. As well as occupying a portion of the Main (Park) Ranges of the Rockies, the park, one of the oldest in British Columbia, also contains the headwaters of the Fraser River
A lake high in the mountains of Utah
Vernal Falls -Located in the beautiful Yosemite National Park, California – USA tour 2008 WARNING / ©2008 Globalphotos All rights reserved. / All photographs, text and images by Globalphotos are the exclusive property of Globalphotos – protected under Australian and international copyright laws. / These images may not be reproduced, copied or manipulated without written permission. / No use for Public Domain. / Use of any image for another photographic concept or illustration is a violation of copyright.
The early morning sun and fog move on and around El Capitan.
Yosemite National Park, USA 2008
Kootenay River, (National Park) B. C., Canada.
Strong backlight on the slopes of the Tatoosh range and rising low clouds among the fir trees give this an air of mystery.
Wild and truly wonderful, a chilly but beautiful morning ! / The Icefields Parkway has to be one of the most incredibly beautiful places I have ever seen !! Shot on a CANON EOS 20D with polarising filter attached, f22, mounted on tripod. RAW file processed in PS CS3 FEATURED IN / http://www.redbubble.com/groups/style-class-elegance / http://www.redbubble.com/groups/collage-and-landscape-photography
The edge of Wombat Tarn with the Pencil Pines reflecting starkly in the dark waters. / Cradle Mountain National Park, Tasmania Someone please correct me if they are King Billys instead of Pencil Pines. Nikon D40 / Nikkor 18-200mm VR lens @ 38mm / ISO200 / F/4.5 / 1/15th of a second 502+ views
March 30, 2009 / Callaway Gardens / Pine Mountain, Georgia Inspired by Claude Monet’s Water-Lily Pond, Symphony in Green 1899 A suggested crop of the previous shot with a Monet style effect added using CS3. Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi / Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM Featured work in Exceptional Ekphrasis group.
At this time of the year the Amanita muscaria (also known as fly agaric) grow in profusion in the pine needles of this forest in the Blue Mountains (NSW, Australia). I believe they have magic qualities if eaten (I can imagine!!) ... there must be some very happy little creatures around as a lot of the mushrooms have holes in them! This time last year, I shot Persistence in the same area. Featured in Retired and Happy Group in May 2009 Landscapes Trees Cards EOD Rusty Flowers Architecture Macro CatchAll DM
Growing pine on a rock Ai-Petri / Welcome!
19×25 pastel on Sennelier La Carte paper FEATURED IN C.O.R.E., FRIENDS OF RED BUBBLE, FIRST THINGS, THE PATCHWORK, AND THE SISTERHOOD / She has been sitting on my easel for the longest time. I finally got inspired to finish her. I made her a lot bigger than the others in the series, so that should appease her for me taking so long on her. / She is the Spirit of the North Wind. It is the wind of Winter and of death, but also of rebirth. She gives us the wisdom to overcome death and to know it is not the end. We must walk through the Northern gate at the end of this life and she will be the one to usher us through. Listen to cold Winter wind, and let her help you release your fears into the darkness of the night. Also from the Series
Twin Lakes located in Utah near Brighton Ski resort.
Devil’s Castle is located in the Albion Basin located in Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah.
WINNER of the State flowers and/or State birds of Pacific Northwest challenge in the Pacific Northwest Group Featured in “Live and Let Live” November 2009 / Featured in “Top Shelf Wildlife& Nature Art” November 2009 / Featured in “Canon DSLR” November 2009 / Featured in “Pacific Northwest ” November 2009 The Steller’s Jay is named after the German naturalist Georg Wilhelm Steller who discovered them in 1741. It is the provincial bird of British Columbia and primarily lives in coniferous forests, although can be found in many forested areas and is also common in residential and agricultural areas with nearby forests. / Their range is primarily west of the Rocky Mountains, reaching as far south as Central America and as far north as Alaska. / The Steller’s Jay is closely related to the Blue Jay found in the rest of the continent, but has a black head and upper body. It is also known as the Long-crested Jay, the Mountain Jay, and the Pine Jay and is the only crested jay west of the Rocky Mountains. / This pair were playfully pecking each other whilst I photographed them in north Nanaimo, BC, Canada. Canon 40D / 1/1600sec f6.3 ISO 400 / 500mm lens + 1.4x converter
Infrared image New Zealand
The Glasshouse Mountains, about 70 kilometres north of Brisbane in Queensland. Volcanic plugs dot the landscape, the cores of extinct volcanoes that formed 27 million to 26 million years ago. The outer pyroclastic exteriors long worn away. Captain James Cook on his voyage in 1770 gave them this name, because it reminded him of huge glass furnaces (glasshouses) back in his native Yorkshire, UK. You can just see the Bruce Hwy in the bottom left of the shot. Huge Pine plantations cover most of the bottom of shot, and stormy skies the top. Taken 5pm, 29th November 2009. Glasshouse Mountains, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. Canon 5D Mk II, 2 x Stitched 35mm shots, displaying about 150 degrees view. Actual print size about 3 metres long. Best viewed Large!
Besides eagles, black cockatoos would have to be my favorite birds, they are so majestic. I’m instantly alert when i hear their call. These 2 were in a large flock of about 20, landing in the trees around where I was photographing the Glasshouse Mountains. Stirred up by the storms passing through, they were more chirpy than usual. Glasshouse Mountains, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. Canon 5D Mk II, 35mm. Available large, and best viewed Large!
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