A beautiful morning after a very stormy evening! This sunrise sure came as a beautiful surprise after that night of rain, wind, thunder and other loud things heard from my tent. Luckily I was able to capture some of the electrical storm over the mittens for a later post. This photograph is 5 exposures hand blended together for dynamic range. Hope you all enjoy and thanks for taking time to look or for any constructive comments.

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High above the Big Sur cliffs.

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Wherevere I can enjoy the sea and have roof above my head, that’s my house.

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I had to take this shot down and reprocess it. It had some small issues here and there I didn’t notice before. It looks better to me now.
So, here it is again. Taken early in the morning in Patagonia Argentina.
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One of the most impressive peaks of the Dolomites surrounded by dark clouds just before a very stormy night. Not the dream weather for landscape photographers, but the mood was incredible for me and I could not miss the chance of capturing it. The night was crazy, we were in our tents while a big thunderstorm was passing on our heads…Call me crazy but It was amazing! I will never forget that night.

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Una delle cime più spettacolari delle Dolomiti circondata da nuvole temporalesche. Sicuramente non la situazione preferita dai fotografi di paesaggi, ma l’atmosfera era stupenda per me e non potevo lasciarmi scappare l’occasione di catturarla. La notte è stata una vera avventura, con tuoni e fulmini per ore mentre ero rifugiato nella mia tenda ad attendere una schiarita. Datemi pure del pazzo ma è stato davvero emozionante, non mi dimenticherò mai quella notte.

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I see this place at least once a week when I make some walks with our dog in the woods. And during the last few years I witnessed how this place changed with the seasons of the year. And I must admit that this area looks like garbage … not very pleasing most of the time. There is literally a mess of twigs, fallen tree trunks, grasses and flowers. But for only some very short time in the year this place turns as kissed by a frog prince into something wonderful and fascinating. During this time in the year the leaves have grown big enough to cover the ground with the ugly things and miraculously this affects the entire area, as if a new floor emerged from nowhere. Last year I had the chance to be here exactly when the weather was the right one for this place and I could make this shot here!

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“Il tramonto perfetto della luna”, così ho voluto intitolare questa foto.
Uno scatto programmato da diverso tempo, atteso e sperato.
Un tramonto della luna piena esattamente dove volevo, perfettamente al centro del pontile di Torregaveta, mentre alle mie spalle sorgeva il sole.
Era ancora buio quando sono arrivato sul posto, ahimè le nuvole coprivano tutto il cielo fino all’orizzonte, della luna a malapena si capiva la posizione grazie alla sua forte luce riflessa che filtrava fra le nubi, il contesto lasciava in me ben poca speranza di successo.
Vento forte, tanto da agitare il mare ma per mia fortuna utile a spazzare via le nuvole quasi all’ultimo momento!
Ecco spuntare la luna più bella e grande che mai, di un colore giallo intenso, quasi come quando sorge.
Cala velocemente come se cadesse dal cielo mentre alle mie spalle la luce del sole iniziava ad invadere il buio della notte, la luna iniziava a cambiare magicamente colore trasformandosi di un rosa tenue e, guardando continuamente la linea al centro del pontile, attendo il suo allineamento perfetto, quello che tanto volevo.
È stato tutto così veloce, una manciata di secondi prima che si spegnesse e sparisse dietro l’orizzonte.
Attimi magici che purtroppo non sempre siamo abituati a vedere.
Spero, con questa foto, di farvi vivere in qualche modo il momento.

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And then the crowd parted and one figure remained…

I waited ages, days it felt like, for the crowds of people to leave this extremely popular spot to grab this lone figure agains the epic falls. The weather was just about to turn and moments after I took this shot I had to make a mad dash for shelter as it started to HAIL. Oh Icelandic weather… You can never be too prepared.

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Bergen, Norway
September 2010

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The Devil’s Bridge built in 1826 is located in the park “Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe” (UNESCO) in Kassel and part of the famous water feature which is taking place for two times a week.
The water is coming down for around 20 minutes only and hundreds of people are staying around and watching this. So I’ve waited there fore some time until everyone was gone and combined two shots to remove all people and to create a really unique photo.

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