Archive for the ‘river’ Tag
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“Frozen Capital” – Vilnius, Lithuania – Laimonas Ciunys – Featured Photographer
Yup! It is as cold as it looks. I am curious to know how many people are reading this post and are thinking that this looks like a typical winter’s day. Here in Southern California we are pretty wimpy when it comes to weather. I don’t really care for anything under 60 degrees Fahrenheit and my brother Tom in coastal Carolina complains about anything under 50 degrees. What is your threshold? In the meantime read the “chilling” story below and then be sure to check out the rest of Laimonas’s beautiful portfolio at http://www.laimonofoto.lt .
Here is Laimonas:
This was a very cold winter morning in Vilnius, capital of Lithuania. I went to work and I saw a beautiful vapor over river. I always have my camera with me and I decided to take few shots, but very quickly, because it was very cold -25°C (-13 F) ! So I did a few quick shots and ran back to my warm car. When I published this photo to Internet I was pleasantly surprised about great the success!
Canon EOS 5 Mark II settings were:
Shutter speed – 1/400 sec
F-stop – 8
ISO 100
Focal Length – 140 mm
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“The Polar Express” – Aizu, Japan – Hideyuki Katagiri – Featured Photographer
This has got to be one of the most spectacular winter photos I have ever seen. Is that train bound for the North Pole? I knew Japan was beautiful, but my mind would have a hard time dreaming up a more beautiful winter wonderland. So please, take another sip of hot coco, warm up by the fire, and enjoy Hideyuki’s amazing photo. Once you have soaked it all in please visit his site at http://500px.com/hideyuki-5.
Take it away Hideyuki:
This photo was taken two years ago. This is the first bridge over the Tadami River in Mishima, Fukushima, Japan and famous for the Japanese railroad. By the way, Fukushima divides into three areas – Aizu, Hama dori, and Naka dori. Here in the Aizu area the nature is very special. In winter, Aizu receives the heaviest snowfall in almost all of Japan. This photo was taken in February during an extremely heavy snow season. I shoved away snow and climbed to the top of this large mountain. On the top, I was impressed by the perfect snow world! I waited until the train passed and took this with my Canon 5D and 24-70mm lens.
I photographed all four seasons of Aizu for a few years. I will hold a photo exhibition on 24th-30th,May,2012 in HCL photo gallery Shinjuku-Gyoen.. Please come here if you can!
YOROSIKU ONEGAISIMASU!
Merry Christmas Eve! Virgin River – Zion National Park
Zion National Park is Utah’s oldest national park and by many accounts its most beautiful. However, the spectacular canyons would not have been possible without the Virgin River carving out the sandstone cliffs over millions of years. While I was there we had a dusting of snow that made the valley that much more spectacular. Zion truly lived up to its Hebrew name of being a place of relaxation. What are some of your favorite national parks and why? You have 58 to choose from so don’t be shy. Also feel free to attach some of your national park images to the comment section.
Horseshoe Bend – Colorado River, AZ
This place is as amazing in person as it is in the photograph. This is how I always pictured as a kid the great west would look. Great rivers and canyons have a way of making the world seem vast and endless. Ironically, this place is very easy to reach. You have a short hike in through desert scrub. Then you can walk right up to the edge and look down into the abyss. The cliff is about 1,000 feet high and with no guard rails to block your view it is very tempting to walk up to the edge. This isn’t advised since the cliffs are unstable and a tourist lost their life in 2010 by falling off the cliff. To get this shot I shimmied on my stomach to the edge and took three exposures to later combine in Photomatix and create an HDR image. I used a very wide lens to take it all in and give the perspective of being in the photo. One day I would like to print this out and hang on the wall, but I order to do it justice it would have to be very big.
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