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Eiger north face with small lake. Swizterland.
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This was taken at North Battlecreek Resevoir in (Shasta County) North Eastern California on 07/27/07. It was just as the sun was rising, and what a little bit of heaven it was! I Hope you enjoy this one. / ____ All The Materials Contained May Not Be Reproduced, Copied, Edited, Published, Transmitted Or Uploaded In Any Way Without My Permission. My Images Do Not Belong To The Public Domain. / © 2007 Joyce Dickens: Using my images for any purpose and in any way, without prior permission, may lead to legal action.
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Cape Spear is the most easterly point in North America. Standing here looking out at the ocean, you feel like you are at the edge of the world.
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Spirit of Delight ~ Chena River Autumn Colours / Tanana River Valley / Interior Alaska Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved “A gold fringe on the purpling hem Of hills the river runs, / As down its long, green valley falls The last of summer’s suns. / Along its tawny gravel-bed Broad-flowing, swift, and still, / As if its meadow levels felt The hurry of the hill, / Noiseless between its banks of green From curve to curve it slips; / The drowsy maple-shadows rest Like fingers on its lips. / A waif from Carroll’s wildest hills, Unstoried and unknown; / The ursine legend of its name Prowls on its banks alone. / Yet flowers as fair its slopes adorn As ever Yarrow knew, / Or, under rainy Irish skies, By Spenser’s Mulla grew; / And through the gaps of leaning trees Its mountain cradle shows / The gold against the amethyst, The green against the rose. / Touched by a light that hath no name, A glory never sung, / Aloft on sky and mountain wall Are God’s great pictures hung. / How changed the summits vast and old! No longer granite-browed, / They melt in rosy mist; the rock is softer than the cloud; / The valley holds its breath; no leaf Of all its elms is twirled; / The silence of eternity Seems falling on the world. / The pause before the breaking seals Of mystery is this; / Yon miracle-play of night and day makes dumb its witnesses. / What unseen altar crowns the hills that reach up stair on stair? / What eyes look through, what white wings fan These purple veils of air? / What Presence from the heavenly heights To those of earth stoops down? / Not vainly Hellas dreamed of gods On Ida’s snowy crown! / Slow fades the vision of the sky, The golden water pales, / And over all the valley-land A gray-winged vapour sails. / I go the common way of all; The sunset fires will burn, / The flowers will blow, the river flow, When I no more return. / No whisper from the mountain pine Nor lapsing stream shall tell / The stranger, treading where I tread, Of him who loved them well. / But beauty seen is never lost, God’s colours all are fast; / The glory of this sunset heaven into my soul has passed, / A sense of gladness unconfined To mortal date or clime; / As the soul liveth, it shall live Beyond the years of time. / Beside the mystic asphodels Shall bloom the home-born flowers, / And new horizons flush and glow With sunset hues of ours. / Farewell! these smiling hills must wear Too soon their wintry frown, / And snow-cold winds from off them shake The maple’s red leaves down. / But I shall see a summer sun still setting broad and low; / The mountain slopes shall blush and bloom, The golden water flow. / A lover’s claim is mine on all I see to have and hold, / The rose-light of perpetual hills, And sunsets never cold!” Poetry by John Greenleaf Whittier 1876 ~ Featured Member’s Choice Outdoors Fall Scenics October 2007 Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi /
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Featured in Dawn and Dusk Light – Feb 09 Mackinaw City, Michigan
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Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved Featured in Mountains and Mountain Light group 08 January 2009 / / Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi / 19 August 2007 22:06:27 / Tv 1/60 Av 5.6 ISO 400 The wild beauty and brilliant skies of Interior Alaska “Can you hear the gentle rippling of the shallows? / You can see by the convergence of diminutive waves and crests? This is the where the current reflects off objects in the stream, and creates the dance of light and sound. / And there, / just below the surface, / a fallen leaf waits patiently, / taking a little respite from its journey down stream. Soon enough, the water will shift again, and an upward current will likely bring it back to the surface. / Soon enough – but until then – it is art. / We call it art, / nay, / together, / we make it art. / But of course, first we must notice … “The moment one gives close attention to any thing, / even a blade of grass / it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.”—Henry Miller And what of it? / Well, listen closely. / Can you hear the notes … / the melody? / I can. / So soothing, / so moving. / As you lean back and soak up the afternoon sun, / smell the pine bows, / feel the damp soil with your hands, and smile. / Something connects. / Nothing else to do. / Nowhere else to be. / This is where you belong, right here, right now. / What of it, indeed … It’s waiting for you, / just below the surface of our work-a-day world. / There, / just below the surface, / where you are protected from the current that is trying to sweep you along, / to jostle for your attention, / to whisk your day away, / in the never ending lists, and the stuff that must be done. Listen again, more closely. / Isn’t that your song? / Don’t you recognize it? / It is in us all, somewhere deep within … / “To live content with small means; / to seek elegance rather than luxury, / and refinement rather than fashion; / to be worthy, not respectable, / and wealthy, not, rich; / to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, / with open heart; / to study hard; / to think quietly, / act frankly, / talk gently, / await occasions, / hurry never; / in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common ~ This is my symphony.” ~ by William Henry Channing
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From my collection: / Emerquinox / Spirit of Alaska ~ Alaska North Star Winter Scenics Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved Emerquinox is a word I coined when I combined the words Emerge and Equinox The Great White North I took this photo in deep winter 20 January 2008 midway between Fairbanks and North Pole Alaska. In summer this area is a peat bog. It is actually quite deep as in late Autumn I have watched a cow Moose submerge herself and swim in the pond at sunset. Near the Chena River, in winter it is used as a ‘highway’ for mushers and their dogsleds and also for snowmachines. I removed the natural blue hue with a white balance adjustment. Then I desaturated selective colours pulling down the yellow, magenta, and green. With a slight adjustment on contrast, I then used the lasso tool and selected only the sky to remove the digital noise as I had my ISO setting too high at 400 and, along with the cold, this created too much noise with the original photograph. The temperature on this day had actually warmed to about 10F. Within a week it plunged again to appx minus -47F. Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi / Shooting Date/Time 20 January 2008 16:41:50 / Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/125 / Av( Aperture Value ) 5.6 “Permafrost, perennially frozen ground that maintains a temperature at or below the freezing point for at least two years. Vast tracts of permafrost lie across Alaska, Canada, northern Europe and Asia, and Antarctica. About 80 percent of Alaska’s land area contains permafrost. In the Interior region, vegetation must adapt itself to short, warm summers and long, cold winters. Trees grow slowly, and their root systems must be shallow because they cannot penetrate the permafrost. In Alaska, permafrost occurs as a continuous sheet north of the Brooks Range, extending from a few inches below the surface down to as deep as 1,000 feet. As one goes south, however, it gets progressively thinner, the melted layer on top gets thicker, and holes or gaps begin to appear in it. Permafrost may extend to depths of more than 500 m (1,600 ft). Clues to the age of the permafrost of the Northern Hemisphere lie in the numerous discoveries of mammoth remains embedded in frozen ground. Mammoths became extinct about 10,000 to 15,000 years ago, coincident with the end of the most recent ice age. Some scientists, however, think that much of today’s permafrost may have formed as long as 120,000 years ago.” Source: Wikipedia “As with all great journeys, the vision is the beginning / Dreams of all the possibilities, / of the many paths widening to the future / Of all the great and extraordinary things our mind can imagine / The persistence of our own opportunistic souls reaching for what is yet unabridged / An unconscious decision to struggle forward yet again / And without even knowing of our focus / We start forward / All of our past, our teachings, our experience are brought into play / The trials of our past giving us the tools that we need to find our way / Our way to fulfilling this newest quest for our dream / No obstacle too great, / no argument rebuff / The journey begun, we will not allow defeat / We can only see the unfolding, as it will be / And as always, / the goal is reached / And there, / sated in the peace of our newly added thread in the web of our life / We rest / And the vision comes again” / ~ by Steve ‘Easy’ Whitacre 2005
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Featured in Appalachian State Parks on Aug. 12, 2009 / Placed 6th in Appalachian State Parks “Breathless” challenge on Aug. 12, 2009 This view is from an overlook near Pisgah Lodge on the Blue Ridge Parkway in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. / “The Smoky Mountains memories keep me strong…” / Smoky Mountain Memories is performed by Dolly Parton. Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT, Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-55mm, F/9.0, 1/160 sec, ISO 100.
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Slipping the truck into four wheel drive, we drove off the highway onto a gravel pullout, climbed and topped the hill overlooking this beautiful valley. I was so amazed and surprised as one cannot see this view from the highway. It was my first glimpse of the beautiful Matanuska Glacier. This shot was taken as it was raining. Traveling south from the Alaska interior, just before passing through the Chickaloon-K’Nik Nelchina Trail System on the Glenn Highway, one enters a fascinating vista of the Chugach Mountains and one of the largest accessible valley glaciers in Alaska, the Matanuska Glacier. Fireweed in foreground with brilliant colours. Fireweed in Alaska is nature’s seasonal gauge. When the fireweed blooms top out, and blows seed, winter is only weeks away. Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / My images do not belong to the public domain. Reproduction is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved Beautiful Art and Greeting Cards For Sale ~ Shop securely and view my collection here Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT / Shooting Date/Time 20 August 2006 20:35:46 / Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/200 / Av( Aperture Value ) 8.0 / ISO Speed 100
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Marshall, NC. Olympus E-3. Zuiko 12-60mm SWD @24mm. B+W CP. don’t tell the farmer, but i had to break down a few stalks of corn to get this shot!
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Camera Model Canon EOS 50D / Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/45 / Av( Aperture Value ) 8.0 / ISO Speed 100 / Focal Length 28.0mm Taken on August 30, 2009 as Tropical Storm Daniel passed through! For more information please visit Brian’s Homepage or on Flickr
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We spent a weeks holiday in this area, and the weather was pretty poor most days, I had a hard time pulling anything good out of my Canon 40D !! / However, on the last morning, I woke early to a glimmer of light, and planned to shoot the early morning light falling on the Summer Isle. Of course, that didn’t work out, so feeling despondant, drove around the corner to turn around. / Glad I did, for less than five minutes, the light played ball ! / I knew I couldn’t shoot for a conventional shot, far too much contrast with those sunbeams, so I settled for a three – shot , hand-held, HDR image. There wasn’t time to set up the tripod, but I didn’t need it, since great depth of field was not required on this occasion. Luckily I had my IS ( image stabilisation ) lens already fitted ! The light rapidly disappeared under a big blanket of cloud, which remained with us in the North West for over a WEEK !! / It was however, a magical moment, filled with adrenaline ! Shot on my Canon EOS 40D, Canon 17-85mm f4.0-5.6 IS USM lens set at 79mm, 0EV, -2EV, +2EV, RAW, iso 100, cloudy wb, then processed in Photomatix, and further enhanced in Adobe Photoshop CS3, where I had to do some more selective Tone Mapping, in particular the moorland, where I wanted a little ‘pool’ of light. I also helped along the sunbeams with a subtle use of ‘dodging and burning’. / LAB colour was also employed, gently. The ‘warm up ’ photo filter was also used in Layers, and eradicated from areas not required by using Layer masks and painted out. / The result was what I had in my mind when I saw the scene, and could not be described as a true record of the scene before me. / This is the Digital Age, let us enjoy it, and use it to advantage !! FEATURED IN / http://www.redbubble.com/landscape-photography / AND / http://www.redbubble.com/groups/europe-united / AND / http://www.redbubble.com/groups/the-women-photographer / AND / http://www.redbubble.com/groups/rebel-group / AND / http://www.redbubble.com/groups/northern-landscape / AND / http://www.redbubble.com/groups/style-class-elegance / AND / http://www.redbubble.com/groups/dimensions THIS IMAGE IS ON THE FRONT COVER OF MY ” NORTHERN LIGHT ” CALENDAR 2010…... How this image appears on black laminate…. SEE MORE OF MY ” SCOTTISH HIGHLAND IMAGES HERE…..
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Sunrise at Petty Harbour Newfoundland Canada. Straight from the camera! View On Black Camera Model Canon EOS 50D / Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/350 / Av( Aperture Value ) 8.0 / ISO Speed 100 / Focal Length 150.0mm / HiTech ND Grad For more information please visit Brian’s Homepage or on Flickr
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The Sound of the Sun / Embrace of the Everlasting “It makes one all right, / though you hadn’t thought of it, / A sound like the sound of the sky on fire, / like Armageddon, / Whistling and crackling, the explosions of sunlight booming / As the huge mass of gas rages into the emptiness around it. It isn’t a sound you are often aware of, / though the light speeds / To us in seconds, / each dawn leaping easily across a chasm / Of space that swallows the sound of that sphere, / but If you listen closely some morning, when the sun swells Over the horizon and the world is stil / and still asleep, / You might hear it, / a faint noise so far inside your mind / That it must come from somewhere, / from light rushing to darkness, / Energy burning towards entropy, / towards a peaceful solution, / Burning brilliantly, spontaneously, in the middle of nowhere, And you, too, must make a sound that is somewhat like it, Though that, of course, you have no way of hearing at all.” ~ The Sound of the Sun by George Bradley Sun Pillar / Sunset near Chena River Lakes Recreational Park / Wilderness of North Pole Alaska / From my collection: / Emerquinox Spirit of Alaska / Emerquinox is a word I coined when I combined the words Emerge and Equinox. Alaska North Star Winter Scenics Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / My images do not belong to the public domain. Reproduction is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi / Shooting Date/Time 12 January 2008 15:37:59 / Tv Shutter Speed 1/4000 Av Aperture Value 5.6 ISO 1600 / Lens EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
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An Alaska Winter Sunset over Fairbanks North Star Borough From my collection: / Emerquinox Spirit of Alaska / Emerquinox is a word I coined when I combined the words Emerge and Equinox. Alaska North Star Winter Scenics Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / My images do not belong to the public domain. Reproduction is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi / Shooting Date/Time 13 January 2008 16:03:36 / Tv Shutter Speed 1/1600 Av Aperture Value 5.0 ISO 1600 / Lens EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
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Clouds and Sky reflected in the pristine waters of Chena River Lakes. Reflections of Beauty / Chena River Lakes / Tanana River Valley / North Pole Alaska Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi / Shooting Date 10 August 2007
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The Hole of Horcum is a section of the valley of the Levisham Beck in the North York Moors of northern England, upstream of Levisham and Lockton. The Hole of Horcum is a vast, 400ft deep natural hollow measuring ¾ of a mile across. It has been naturally eroded over thousands of years by the action of springs, though a more romantic legend tells us that it was created when a giant named Wade, who was in fact a Saxon chief, grabbed a ‘handful’ of earth to throw at his wife, Bell – the soil missed its target and landed to form the 800ft high hill of Blakey Topping which lies about a mile to the east. Nikon D60 / HDR in photomatix / one shot, handheld / pp in PS CS3 / Lens: Nikkor 18-200m / 1/125 f/9.0 ISO200
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Camera Model Canon EOS 50D / Tv( Shutter Speed ) 10 / Av( Aperture Value ) 22.0 / ISO Speed 100 / Focal Length 18.0mm / HiTech 0.6 and 0.9 SE ND Grads “Maddox Cove” was shot at Maddox Cove, Newfoundland Canada. For more information please visit Brian’s Homepage or on Flickr
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“River Fence” personifies rural simplicity.
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upper graveyard falls off the blue ridge parkway, north carolina. Olympus E-3. Zuiko 12-60mm ED. B+W CP.
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Pisgah National Forest. Blue Ridge Parkway, NC. Olympus E-3. Zuiko 12-60mm ED.
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“Sunrise at Motion Bay” was taken at Maddox Cove, Newfoundland, Canada.
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