Selected Photos: Oaken ataraxia by Emerald watcher And not far from the place,…

Oaken ataraxia by Emerald watcher And not far from the place, there appeared another giant from my memories. A thousand years old companion, enduring the beating of the thunders and the greedy hunger of the woodcutters.

“There it stands, close enough to take a look at our impatience, yet aeons far with its own lessons. It is just a tree, make no mistake.
Yet, we cannot deny the life in it; a life that is still defying time, unaffected by praise..or blame.
It doesn’t scream or run when one of us violates its isolation.
The more you understand its silence, the sooner you’ll find the protection you seek. From your thoughts, to begin with.”

somewhere in southern Italy..

project: Solitudo Meridionalis / Southern Solitude

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Selected Photos: The Lone Cypress Tree by Stuck in Customs This is kind of a…

The Lone Cypress Tree by Stuck in Customs This is kind of a famous tree, I think. Well, I guess it’s famous if you’ve heard of it, otherwise it’s completely unknown. It’s one of those things you find out is famous, and then every time you see it, you think, “Oh that is the famous tree.”

It’s kind of like when you play trivia games with annoying people. You know the ones. Every now and then, a question comes up that is INCREDIBLY TRIVIAL and some annoying person will guffaw, “Oh My God, that is sooooo easy!” Of course it is easy if they happen to know this incredibly small piece of arcane information! Either you know it, or you don’t.

– Trey Ratcliff

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Selected Photos: default-440 by SQSUN2008 ps textured. http://flic.kr/p/5Ph9Rd

default-440 by SQSUN2008 ps textured. http://flic.kr/p/5Ph9Rd

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Selected Photos: Drought- Explore by TARIQ-M View On Black instagram \ Getty…

Selected Photos: Waves by alonsodr ♫♪Crave (Nuno Bettencourt)♫♪ Calas de Roche …

Waves by alonsodr
♫♪Crave (Nuno Bettencourt)♫♪

Calas de Roche (Cádiz – Andalucía)

Sigma 10-20mm + Cokin filter : GND8

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Selected Photos: Solar Storm – Reykjanesviti, Iceland by orvaratli I know I am…

Solar Storm – Reykjanesviti, Iceland by orvaratli I know I am bit late with the solar storm the other day. It´s been 9 days since now but I have luckily been very busy photographing other things and not had much time to do much editing and posting.

This solar storm and the conditions to photograph it where perfect. Lots of snow on the ground, no wind, clear skies, no moon and lots of Aurora. Its is a once a year combo. http://flic.kr/p/bmJPVn

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Selected Photos: Rift – Thingvellir, Iceland by pas le matin view on…

Rift – Thingvellir, Iceland by pas le matin view on black

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Paysage Islandais près de Þingvellir, Islande.

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Paysage Islandais près de Þingvellir, Iceland. http://flic.kr/p/7LpRch

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Selected Photos: Landmannalaugar, Iceland by Xindaan Very difficult to convey in…

Landmannalaugar, Iceland by Xindaan Very difficult to convey in one picture, but the one single thing next to the glacier lagoons that impressed me the most about Iceland’s wonderful nature are the mountains consisting of rhyolite or liparite, which you can find in several places, but in a very concentrated form at Landmannalaugar. If you ever get to Iceland (if you live there, you know it anywaY), get a 4WD car and head there, you will not ever regret it.

The colors you see there are just otherwordly. That’s why I chose this picture instead of a panorama shot, because the focus are the colours. This is no editing, nothing, that’s how it looks like. All around.

The highland road (we went on the F208) just opened a few days before we got there, so it was still quite empty, resulting in a great round trip hike, passing Brennisteinsalda, the “burning mountain”, a name not that far away from the truth.

I chose my Nikkor 16-85/3.5-5.6 at 65mm, f8 for this shot for optimum optical quality. The picture then got put into square format, which I found quite fitting for this scenery.

If you are interested, feel free to check out my whole Iceland set at my homepage, or rather the current state it is in. My favorites from there will get here onto flickr. Yes, I take proposals. 🙂

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Selected Photos: Iceland – Gulfoss by Mathieu Noel © mathieu noël…

Iceland – Gulfoss by Mathieu Noel © mathieu noël http://flic.kr/p/8RRjRM

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Selected Photos: Im Hohen Venn by Dyrk.Wyst 500px l FACEBOOK l Twitter…