Fascination...

Fog

Alaska is stunning, even up close! 
The Olympus OM-D E-M5 rocks!

Mountains and clouds
Have a great weekend folks. See you on Sunday again.
Sunset over Singalila range of the Himalaya from Sikkim, India

Have a great weekend!

+Gary Crabbe started a great Friday theme entitled #fridaygetaway  . I haven't participated much, as I shoot mostly pure landscapes and nature without any people or human-made objects.

But here is one from my recent trip to The Wave permit area of the Coyote Buttes North. The lovely +kendra karr is resting in the shade of a massive sandstone wall to take a break from the desert heat. About mid-day, we had some nice clouds roll through.

#plusphotoextract  by +Jarek Klimek 

the harvest
My contribution to:
#curvyfriday  +Curvy Friday curated by +Peter From +lorena masi 
#filmnoirfriday  +Thorn Button +Kel Hayner +Paul Wright 
#breakfastclub  +Gemma Costa 
#plusphotoextract  +Jarek Klimek 

Sunflowers near Denver International Airport, Denver Colorado

Out scouting a couple of evenings ago, found this nice field of sunflowers out near the DIA.  The pointed roof of the airport's great hall and the controller's tower are seen along the horizon.  Had hoped for a better sunset, but the storm clouds were heavier than I had hoped for.

Single exposure, adjusted in Lightroom.  The clouds were pretty flat, so I masked separately and used Nik Software's Color Efex Pro to bring out some additional detail.

  #floralfriday curatrd by +Tamara Pruessner  - +FloralFriday
 +Summer Photos  #summerphotos  
 +Breakfast Club  #BreakfastClub curated by +Gemma Costa  and +Andrea Martinez 
 +Landscape Photography  #landscapephotography  by +Margaret Tompkins
 #landscape   #landscapephoto   #nature #naturephotography  
  #Colorado  #sunflower #sunflowersaturday #sunflowersunday
  #stormyfriday   +stormy sat

#longexposure   #photoplusexakt  by +Jarek Klimek  


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Mont St.Michel in the fog

Some time back I posted a similar photo, but this is rather the one I love most from a series of 3-4.

Visiting Mont St.Michel in France was a dream for many years that came true in 2006. Although it was midsummer and the place gets really crowded, we were lucky to find a decent (and not expensive) hotel as close as possible.
So after taking some nice night shots of the place you can guess that sleep was not my first priority, so I was up at around 6:00am. Had a look outside the window and could not see my own nose due to heavy fog! Wow!
Dressed ASAP and drove fast to the castle (fast is relative as I could barely see the bonnet of the car...)
After reaching at the parking (and managing not to crash on the fortress walls...) I started walking around the castle and tried to find a good angle to be ready to shoot when the fog would start to clear up. I got to this spot where I shot this photo, barely seeing the top of the church and imagining that something good would appear as the fog would get thinner.

Well as you can see here, I was not dissapointed and as the fog started to clear I was very lucky to have these Japanese girls wandering around (the very first tourists to arrive) giving the photo a sense of depth and scale.
Some wonderful memories I have to say...

Shared for #fortressesfriday by +Benjamin Dahlhoff
and also for #frenchfriday by +Peak Ness and +Noze P.
#plusphotoextract by +Jarek Klimek 

Busy today folks, but have some time to pop in and share this image of the lovely Valerie. Everyone have a great weekend!

Help me caption this in +Lotus Carroll Style
#landscapephotography , #photographyworkflow , #howtophotograph  

The best thing about G+ is the insipration one gets looking and interaction with other photographer/bloggers/artistic/Geeks/Pick_Your_Own_Category. I have always admired +Alan Shapiro stunning floral displays and +Lotus Carroll's uncanny ability to caption her posts. So here is my feeble attempt to pull of a photo like +Alan Shapiro...and I am totally lost when it comes to captioning. ;)))

How was this photograph created?
I took this photo few years ago in Rocky Mountain National Park while playing with my new Canon 180mm Macro. I used Liveview to set the focus while lying down in dirt, mud, grass...and desperately trying to avoid the poison ivy plants. Why go through all the trouble? because by getting low on the ground was able to get the background like I wanted...Spring Green. Had I taken the shot from the higher angle, I would have good dirt and ugly brown background.

#floralfriday  currated by non other than the fabulous +Tamara Pruessner 

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Holy smoke - the smoking sadhu
I met him during my trip to India where he is happily smoking the Ganja sitting under the tree to get a little high.