Look up, waaaaay up
Above/featured: Men at work: Sydney Opera House, Australia – 12 April 2013 (450D).
I see a tower or a mountain, and like most, I’ll want to go up for a panoramic view of the landscape below. Even at street- or ground-level, it’s sufficiently important to listen to that “inner voice,” when it gives a gentle nudge and says: “Hey. You might wanna look up, right now.” I’m certain someone will have a perfectly good explanation why this works, how all my senses work together to form a complete picture, and how my subconscious will alert me to something specific if I’m not paying full attention.
All photos below between 2009 and 2018 were with the following: 450D for Canon 450D, C6D for Canon 6D, and X70 for Fujifilm X70; alle Fotoaufnahmen sind mit Wasserzeichen versehen worden. This post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins.com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-cwH.
Miminka (babies) on the television tower: Prague, Czech Republic – 14 March 2009 (450D).
Telescope domes on Mauna Kea, over mid-level clouds, over grazing cattle: Kohala Mountain Road, Big Island of Hawaii, USA – 7 December 2009 (450D).
Telescope dome for Gemini Observatory South (left), facing north-northeast to Orion (centre) and Canis Major (right). Región de Coquimbo, Chile – 24 October 2010 (450D, 30 seconds handheld).
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial: “Out of the Mountain of Despair, a Stone of Hope”. Washington, DC, USA – 19 April 2012 (450D).
The urban jungle: King’s Road, Quarry Bay. Hong Kong – 8 June 2012 (450D).
Franz Josef Glacier (Ka Roimata o Hinehukatere), accessible from temperate rainforest. For scale, two white ovals mark the presence of other visitors. Westland Tai Poutini National Park, South Island, New Zealand – 20 July 2012 (450D).
Lufthansa D-AIDO Airbus 321-200(231), on final approach to TXL airport runway 26R (8L): Berlin, Germany – 7 December 2014 (C6D).
West rock face of Zugspitze in afternoon light: Ehrwald, Austria – 25 February 2017 (C6D).
A suspended seat in the sky: “Spirit of Mozart”, by Marina Abramovic. Salzburg, Austria – 21 May 2018 (X70).
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8 Responses to “Look up, waaaaay up”
Great choices. Really loved the opera house photo!
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Thank you, Tina. I’m sure you won’t be surprised to know that many of these shots came about very fortunately, because I happened to look first without the camera. 🙂
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That hand-held long exposure is impressive, and beautiful
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Hi there, and thanks! Even though the image is clearly not in focus, I still got what I wanted: one can clearly see the outline of Orion, the three “belt” stars, Betelgeuse, and Rigel, as well as Sirirus in Canis Major. Fortunately, there was a big solid wall behind me near the telescope’s entrance, where I tried a few 30-second exposures. Thanks for stopping by and your comment!
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An excellent series which I enjoyed looking up at, despite having a sore neck now 🙂
Really like the Martin Luther King inscription
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Thank you for your comment and for stopping by, Abrie!
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Very amazing captures these are indeed 🙂
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Hammad, thanks for stopping by and for your comment!
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