La Fortezza di Verrucole

I replaced the picture. I am sorry toward anyone who posted a comment, (by the way i want to thank a lot Martina, Celanova, Arjan, Buntagphoto, and Arnd) but i felt (the previous post) was a little bit tilted.

a man rakes up dead corals and leaves at sunrise

just between moonrise and sunset

yes wild boar ! the little one is overtaking his mother

a wild boar found her meal in the snow, under an apple tree

small village Eremita between the clouds

Sassi like an island in garfagnana @John : Sassi is a small village of about 200 inhabitatnts located between the east side of the Apuane Alps and the western side of the Serchio Valley in the province of Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. Coordinates: 44°4'58"N 10°23'32"E Nearby cities: Lucca, Viareggio, Pisa @ Cédric : yes, the one in the background is an electricity pylon.

... or just lens distortion ?

The Church in the stone, Sambuca, San Romano in Garfagnana

@ Guido : indovinato ! ho posizionato la macchina su una pietra (visto anche il cavalletto da tavolo sarebbe stato troppo alto) e mi sono sdraiato a terra per fare l'inquadratura. Ho messo il pulsante di scatto ed impostato su esposizione multipla a 9 scatti, dopodichè ho iniziato a scattare mentre facevo cadere le foglie.

@John : we are in Val Canali Tonadico, Trento Italy. It's The Pala group, a mountain range in the Dolomites, in the eastern Trentino, northern Italy.

@Navin : It's a 2 pano shot realized with a 300 mm f/2.8 prime lens at f/22 plus an ND 6 stop filter. The rays -as well as the belfry's shadow- are coming through the misty cloud over the mountain ridge.

Rifugio F. Cavazza al Pisciadu

Little lake in the High Val di Pradidali, among the massifs of the Pala di San Martino and the Cima Canali.

@ Paolo : l'albero è distorto per via dell'ottica 12mm grandangolare. Lo scatto è singolo fatto in 30 secondi ad f/22 usando un filtro ND 10 stop.

Oia's colors

...or should i jump ?

and the size of his hunger

a green grasshopper inside a dandelion

...and shortbread nuggets

I am leaving for my yearned holidays.

Moofushi seascape at twilight

Vienna, Nel 1853 fallì l'attentato di un anarchico all'imperatore Francesco Giuseppe I. Per ringraziare per la sua salvezza si costruì la chiesa votiva in stile neo-gotico " Per il divino Redentore" (1856-1879).

"Even if you’re not religious, the chance to do a night time hike up this mountain, using torches, with the Bedouin people walking around with their camels, it’s still an experience to behold"

@Francesco: in effetti si tratta di 50 secondi di scatto ad f/22, l'albero non è mosso poichè mi trovo (sottovento) circa 200 mt. più basso rispetto al crinale della montagna.

Pieve Fosciana's bell tower

The Alpi Apuane seen from Mt. Pania di Corfino

Fosciandora, a man is clearing the olive tree grove

Sassi's bell tower

nude content

after a snow storm the north faces of the trees are covered by white stripes of snow

Palazzo Carli, Sillico

Moofushi spa complex at sun rise

@ Chris : i stitched 2 shots made with a nikkor 28/70 f2.8D Focal Lenght:28 mm Exposure Time: 30 sec F number : 10 ISO : 100

Orecchiella Natural Park

Chiesa di San Lorenzo, Sillico

Sella, Pordoi and Becè Mountains

http://www.comune.coreglia.lu.it/attachments/069_11%20-%20Il%20Giornale%20di%20Coreglia%20Giugno%202006.pdf

EIR. Hvid marmor. 285 x 130 x 100 cm. Pania di Corfino, 1300 meters højde, Apenninerne, Toscana, Italien. 1984 http://www.artguidedenmark.dk/artguidedenmark/gallery/artist.asp?id=11472

@ Claus : Yes i was fine there, but no , if i may say, i would recommend to you Forte dei Marmi, (Tuscany) close to where i live http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forte_dei_Marmi i must advertise only italian destinations ;-) @Marc: i wish i could find booze, but sadly there was just water to wash the sand off your feet !

@Raitis and Paulo : It's a PP effect. You should go in CS4 > Filter > Blur > Motion Blur

Isola Santa, Careggine

This is Villetta's bridge. Some of the left side were rebuilt after WW II bombing had destroyed part of it. (that's why the concrete looks lighter in that areas)

I conti Gherardinghi hanno fatto fabbricare la fortezza intorno all'XI-XII secolo, per risiedervi e dominare la loro area di competenza. Questo potente casato abita sulle Verrucole fino al 1285, anno in cui la costruzione viene acquistata dalla Repubblica Lucchese.

Mt. Sinai Egypt

HDR made out of a BKT (5 shots / +/- 1EV) Camera: Nikon D200 / Focal Length: 10,5 mm. / Exposure: -- / Aperture: f/13 / ISO: 100 / Tripod: Yes / Flash: no

Cima Dodici - Zwölferkofel, 3.094 mt

Lesser Town Bridge Tower

Parco del Gigante

Ss. Vito, Venceslao and Adalberto Cathedral's central nave.

a spring flowering Cherry tree

Al Cinema !

Staromestske Namesti

Mitsubishi WRC

pollen

Orecchiella National Park

I shot it by chance, I always thought this footpath in a completely different way, but, as in a “mise an scène” colors not just belong to empirical connections, but to an inner universe of the painter’s way of thinking, to a linguistic brainchild... To The Nature.

Day comes slowly - absorbing the darknesses softly. Night leaves gently - her beauty is spent, and she rises. I step into the lightness - I hear you. You're calling me out of my sadness. Your flowering wonders are calling me home. Darkness lingers - but always surrenders to loving. Darkest midnight - is swallowed in oceans of laughter. I follow into lightness - I hear you. You're calling me out of my sadness. Your flowering wonders are calling me home. Dancing along a dawn that leads to you - Singing a song that blossoms in a fugue as morning settles on Dreaming into a sky of brilliant blue - Noticing clouds are whispering that you will dance with me very soon Already been as high as Kathmandu - `Willing to go as far as Timbuktu Nowhere's too far away - I may catch up with you today - maybe today will finally be the day Flying along a dawn that leads to you - Singing a song that makes itself anew - a music magic wand Reaching into a sky of brilliant blue - eagles are calling out to say the you will dance me very soon Already been as high as Kathmandu - Willing to go as far a Timbuktu Nowhere's too far away - I may catch up with you today - maybe today we'll make our getaway! Like light from the stars made ten thousand years ago - comes love, like a gift of sight Growing stronger every moment on the way home. Music by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays Lyric by Kurt Elling

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Etna

It is a foggy day but the atmosphere well worth the visit. Just imagine the silence, the stillness.

Clouds and Carline

This is a Service Tree. A kind of tree my father loved so much

Lonubo Island

Time is endless. I see the planet we live in as a rent space, someone will take this place after us. This is Forte dei Marmi's crowded pier... looks like a space full of dark shadows.

Pieve Fosciana loc. "Al Bagno"

Dolomiti, vista sul gruppo del Sassolungo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crete_Senesi

Schusterplatte 2957 mt.

It's Show(er) Time !

Le Tre Cime di Lavaredo

garfagnana in the morning

Pradarena Pass : as sun goes down streams of wet air are coming into the valley

6 crows gather and fly west at sunset

Pontecosi

Montmartre, Paris, the artist's quarter on the butte. beyond the glass Gil is drawing a portrait of the girl. it's cold outside and it's snowing.

Dutch Renaissance style

stranded on an uninhabited island

The Belvedere is a baroque palace complex built by Prince Eugene of Savoy in the 3rd district of Vienna, south-east of the city centre. It houses the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere museum