Hello and welcome to 2024!!
I am wishing you all a healthy, productive, stress free and happy year.
I am startting this thread on my laptop in a room in Ubeda (Andalucia, Spain), and apparently I am unable to copy/paste the usual introductions and posting/commenting guidelines and suggestions in word form.
So here is a screenshot of those usual recommendations.
You all know the drill.
CALATRAVA STANCE
We started our Andalucia travels by flying into Valencia and spending New Year's Eve and January 1 there, before renting a car and setting off on our roadtrip.
Valencia was explored by bicycle, and of course we visited the collection of Calatrava designed building in the Ciudad de les Ciences y Artes at the far end of the Parque de Turia, a long park surrounding the Ciudad Vella, basically the whole of the river bed of the Turia.
This is an image from that bike trip.
Thinking about summer in the mountains
It's a bit cold, wet and windy today; a good time to sort out some old photos :-)
Here's a pano made from 13 vertical shots back in June '22 from the top of the Hochkeil mountain, in Austria.
It's a fairly easy hike with a good view of the "Mandlwand" from the summit.
Taken with the Z7+ Z14-30/F4
The details are seen best, if you view the original image :-)
Technically, the stiching result isn't pefect, I can see some vertical lines of different brightnesses in the blue sky:-(
I might try stitching it again sometime with "Tiff's" instead of "JPG's"
Super! And I like the inclusion of the painter and his easel.
What is that thing that looks like a spider at the top, above the cyclist? 😀
David
"Jekyll and Hyde"
*Looking at Me #7*
WhyNot
Weeds at sunset, Pelahatchie Bay.
A beautiful minimalist composition. Understated in that wonderful way that invites the viewer to look longer, finding increasing beauty as time proceeds.
Rich
Yeah this is beautiful.
Dunlap Observatory near Toronto. It was built in 1935 and at that time housed the second largest telescope in the world. The Royal train with King George VI and Queen Mother while visiting the former colonies in 1939 happened to pass by and see the famous landmark. Today it's open to the public as a touring site in the summer months. I will make a point to go inside and explore further.
Included a second version since first was rather dark.
One word - magnifico!
Great catch.
I see faces...
Classic beauty.
I like the white archtectual background and the black figure. Ideal shot.
Income Keys
Rich
A really well done shot! I like the composition and dynamic lines. In combination with the bicycle this makes me feel like the cyclist is about to drive up those metal constructions… in a "everything‘s possible" kinda way! Well done.
Gorgeous gradient, beautiful simplicity - once more an impressive display of a highly skilled eye for photography!
