For #MonochromeMonday  curated by +Hans Berendsen, +Jerry Johnson, +Manuel Votta, +Steve Barge, +Nurcan Azaz. 
"Hitchin' a ride" 
Masai Mara, Kenya

#WholeWildlifeWeek  
#WildKenya by +Guy Dekelver

#monochromemonday  curated by +Manuel Votta +Steve Barge   +Jerry Johnson +Nurcan Azaz +Hans Berendsen 

Maybe some of you noticed my absence here. I've been travelling through Northern Ireland and Donegal for one week and I really had some great photo opportunities.

Here's a photo I took during a memorable sunset at Giant's Causeway in County Antrim. This was maybe the best sunset I have ever witnessed. The day had been all cloudy and rainy and there was no sign of change till two hours before sunset when finally the sun got through. But after a short stay it went off behind some clouds again and the sunset seemed to become very grey. Anyway we went to the Causeway since it was the only evening left in Antrim.

It started out grey. Me and the other photographers present were a bit sceptical if  there would be some color. Then finally the sun peaked through again and what came after was nearly one hour of insane color. Really insane, it looked photoshopped even before I took the photos. And I took many :-)

I used a lee 0.6 soft and hard gnd here for the sky and also used Focus Stacking to get everything sharp in the picture.

I think the other photos will have to wait. I need some time to find out which photos to process. All together I took over 100 different comps during the 7 days, which makes 800 photos in total. I always do some focus stacking and bracketing while on vacation so one photo always means between 3 and 10 raws. Who knows when again I'll be there and I don't take chances ;-) I'm now going through the shots and delete what I don't need. Stay tuned

PS: also on 500px -> http://500px.com/photo/10746261

cheers

Lion Portrait (Kruger National Park)
#monochromemonday (+Monochrome Monday ) by +Hans Berendsen +Manuel Votta +Jerry Johnson +Charles Lupica +Steve Barge +Nurcan Azaz and #monochromeartyclub  (+Monochrome Arty Club ) by +abhishek chamaria and #hqsppromotion  (+HQSPPromotion ) #breakfastclub  

Raffles Place



#POTD   #blackandwhitephotography   #blackandwhite   #monochrome    #leadinglinesmonday  #MonochromeMonday #MonochromeArtyClub #ArchitecturalVisions   
#BWFineArtLE #FineArtPls #BreakfastClub  

My take on #shoesmonday, curated by the ab fab team: +Laura Harding  +Olga Kafka  +Terry Fabre  +Bernd Schaefers  +Pablo Luis Gonzalez  and coughs +Paul van de Loo  .
P.S. This week our friend Mee is our guest curator :) Thanks +Mee Ming Wong !

Sweet cherry

Rockabilly Picnic Pin-up Girl Session 

Model: Anca Cipariu 
Make-up: Roxana Fulop
Hair: Mihaela Goia
Outfit: dystyle.ro
Photo/Concept/Edit: Laura Balc 
Light: natural
Location:Cluj, Transylvania (my mothers garden)

Tones of thanks to all the women that made this possible. 

#PlusPhotoExtract
#exposedphoto

I was going through some old pictures this weekend and found a few that I never got around to processing. Good thing, because I have learned so much from this community since taking this one. Definitely applied some of my new skills. Have a blessed week y'all!!!

My submission for
  #architecturalvisions  curated by +Julia Anna Gospodarou  and +Joel Tjintjelaar 
#plusphotoextract  curated by +Jarek Klimek 

National Park "De Hoge Veluwe" Netherlands

"Storm Clouds over Sunflower Fields"
Denver, CO 80211

One of my favorite months in Colorado is August. Why? Not only are Sunflowers in bloom, but Denver typically gets some pretty amazing afternoon summer storms. Last year I remember nearly 10 days in a row where I had epic sunsets because of afternoon showers. This particular sunflower field went on for miles and miles. I can't wait to start looking for the new fields once I get back to Denver this weekend.

On another note, I am one of the keynote speakers at the Colorado Photography Festival. There will be talks, lightroom classes and photo workshops as part of the event. Entry is only $150 and it is August 11th-13th. http://www.coloradophotographyfestival.com/

Camera Info:
Camera: Canon 1D Mark IV
Lens: Canon 24-70 2.8L
ISO: 200
Exposure: f/11 at 1/250 second

Photo Editing Info:
In Adobe Lightroom I slightly increased the vibrance and saturation for the entire image. I then used the graduated neutral density feature to pull out some of the shadows detail in the foreground. I then cloned out a few dust spots that were visible in the blue sky above the storm.

Fall Like A Waterfall

#waterfallwednesday curated by +Eric Leslie
#wetwednesday curated by +Susanne Schweiger
#landscapephotography curated by +Margaret Tompkins
#waterscapeartwednesday #plusphotoextract #waterfall #pixelworld