HDR image of the beach at Siladen Island, Indonesia, with a lounging platform, hammock, and clear view of the open sea beyond.
On the Beach is a post from: thePhotoTourist.com.
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Feb 07, 2011 | Categories: thePhotoTourist | Tags: beach, Bunaken, Bunaken National Park, chaise, clear, hammock, HDR, high dynamic range, Indonesia, Land & Air, lounge, net, North Sulawesi, ocean, photo, Photo Tourist, PhotoTourist, platform, reef, relax, relaxing, sand, sea, shade, Siladen, Siladen Island, Siladen Resort and Spa, Sulawesi, sunny, the Photo Tourist, thePhotoTourist, tourism, tourist, tree, trees, view | Leave A Comment »
HDR exposure: Afternoon shot looking west from Lembeh Island across the Lembeh Strait to North Sulawesi, Indonesia. The view is framed by tropical plants. This shot is for all those enduring winter in the northern hemisphere — especially the central USA.
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Feb 01, 2011 | Categories: thePhotoTourist | Tags: afternoon, Indonesia, Land & Air, landscape, landscape scene, late afternoon, Lembeh, Lembeh Island, Lembeh Strait, mountain, mountains, North Sulawesi, ocean, photo, Photo Tourist, PhotoTourist, plants, scene, sea, Sulawesi, the Photo Tourist, thePhotoTourist, tourism, tourist, tropical, tropical plants, tropical view, tropics, view | Leave A Comment »
(HDR image of fence and fields at sunset, in Fincastle VA.) Yesterday evening we found ourselves in Fincastle, Virginia, rolling up near closing time at Fincastle Vineyards and Winery (also a B&B). Nancy hurried into the tasting room, hoping we weren’t too late. I had to pause. The long rays of the sunset light brought extra warmth and glow to the early fall scene, turning the white picket fence a little yellow and emphasizing the occasional fall yellow or maroon reds (not yet at full glory, but just a little more dramatic for their sudden appearance in a landscape that is still mostly green).
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Oct 13, 2010 | Categories: thePhotoTourist | Tags: 2010, autumn, B&B, barn, bed and breakfast, bright, bright & sunny, countryside, daylight, evening, fall, fence, Fences, field, fields, Fincastle, Fincastle B&B, Fincastle Bed and Breakfast, Fincastle Vineyard, Fincastle Vineyard and Winery, Fincastle Vineyards, Fincastle Winery, food, forest, forested, geotagged, grape vines, grapes, guide, HDR, IMP, In My Pocket, In My Pocket Guide, Land & Air, landscape, pasture, photo, Photo Tourist, PhotoTourist, shed, sun, sunny, sunshine, the Photo Tourist, thePhotoTourist, tourism, tourist, trees, United States, US, USA, VA, VA Wine, VA Wine In My Pocket, valley, VAWineInMyPocket, VAWineInMyPocket2010, view, views, vineyard, Virginia, Virginia Wine, Virginia Wine In My Pocket, wine, winery, wooded, Woods | Leave A Comment »
Photo taken on the back porch outside the second-floor tasting room at Sharp Rock Vineyards on a very hot and bright day in July. I loved the wood tones inside the porch. The empty old porch was to my eye beautiful and contrasty as it as lit by the sunlight washing in through the open side that overlooked vineyards, but the bright sunlight glare from outside made getting the right exposure a challenge.
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Sep 11, 2010 | Categories: thePhotoTourist | Tags: 150 wineries in 150 days, 150 wineries tour, antique, bright, deck, furniture, HDR, high dynamic range, IMP, In My Pocket, Land & Air, Nikon, photo, Photo Tourist, Photomatix, PhotoMatix Pro, Photoshop, PhotoTourist, porch, Ratcliff, shade, Sharp Rock, Sharp Rock Vineyards, Sharp Rock Winery, Sharp Rock Winery and Vineyard, Stuckincustoms, sunny, the Photo Tourist, thePhotoTourist, tour, tourism, tourist, Trey Ratcliff, tutorial, VA, VA Wine, VAWineInMyPocket, VAWineInMyPocket.com, view, vineyard, Virginia, Virginia Wine, Virginia Wine In My Pocket, wineries, winery, wood | Leave A Comment »
Every Fourth of July Nancy and I invite a group of friends and neighbors to cruise on a deckboat on Lake Thoreau at sunset, to watch the evening’s impromptu celebrations of Independence Day. Enormous, professional-grade starburst shells go off overhead as bottle rockets inscribe arcs over or between the boats. The whole thing is spontaneous and unplanned. Our music was a mashup of Sousa marches and patriotic country. This is America’s birthday, lake-style.
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Jul 10, 2010 | Categories: thePhotoTourist | Tags: 2010, 4 July, 4 July 2010, 4th, 4th of July, 7-4-2010, 7/4/2010, barge, boat, Boating, boats, Celebration, Celebration Fun, countryside, deck boat, Deckboat, fireworks, Fourth of July, geotagged, HDR, Independence Day, July, July 4, July4th2010, lake, Lake Thoreau, Lakewinds, Land & Air, landscape, lights, national day, party, party barge, Patriotic, People, photo, Photo Tourist, PhotoTourist, Reston, South Lakes, summer, the Photo Tourist, thePhotoTourist, Thoreau, tourism, tourist, United States, US, USA, VA, view, views, Virginia | Leave A Comment »
