Tuesday, May 5, 2015

On the way

Photograph by

Hakan Balcı

On the way

i like the colors od the nature

Mountain view from Machu Picchu.

Photograph by

Hakan Balcı

Mountain view from Machu Picchu.

Love mountains

Rose Fur in Rose City

Photograph by

Nadene Lam Sam

Rose Fur in Rose City

People watching from her front door.

catching stars using those nets

Photograph by

pradeep raja

catching stars using those nets

fishing net is open for catching stars at night

going for work

Photograph by

pradeep raja

going for work

fishermen used to go to their nets early morning to catch prawns.

fishermen at work

Photograph by

pradeep raja

fishermen at work

fishermen used to lower their net to catch fish,ever few minutes they raise the net to collect the fish

The Storm and the tuk tuk

Photograph by

Wladimir Olguin Bazaes

The Storm and the tuk tuk

esta fotografia la hice en el amazonas de Perú mientras comenzaba una tormenta, la gente buscaba refugio mientras la arena golpeaba sus rostros ,un tuk tuk cruza la aldea a través de la tormenta.

Golden Gate Bridge, California

Use Astronomy Software to Plan AheadYou can hope for that lucky night when the moon rises unexpectedly, or you can plan for it. Planning works better. A glorious moon rising over the Golden Gate Bridge with moonlight on the bay was what I wanted to capture—and with the help of an app, I knew when it was going to be there.
There are plenty of apps that will tell you when to expect the event you want to shoot. Head and shoulders above the crowd is the Photographer’s Ephemeris . Odd name, great app. Available for all major platforms, it gives you the time for moonrise and moonset for any date (even years in the future) and from any position on Earth. But it will also lay it out for you on a satellite photo, so you’ll know exactly where to stand when the moon comes up.
For information on the Milky Way you’ll want to get one of the available astronomy software programs or smartphone apps, which are great for trip planning. They can tell you exactly where any celestial object will be in the sky, seen from any point on Earth at any give date and time. Powerful stuff. I like SkyGazer 4.5, but there are many options available. —Jim Richardson

Nightscape, American Samoa

Gear Up, Then ImproviseGear won’t solve every problem, but there is a threshold for doing night-sky photography. A point-and-shoot camera just won’t get the shot. But most DSLR cameras can pull it off. My best advice is to get an f/2.8 or faster lens. The wider the better, but a 24mm, f/2.8, fixed focal length lens can do worlds of good.
Of course you need a tripod, the solid kind that doesn’t wobble if you touch it. A cable release is good—and pretty much essential if you want to go beyond 30-second exposures. A cable release that comes with a built-in timer is mighty handy.
And then learn to improvise. The night I shot this picture in American Samoa, my tripod was off in the belly of a plane somewhere. So I set my camera on the ledge of my balcony and propped it up with a small pebble. Rock solid, so to speak. —Jim Richardson

Man and Bird

Caption This: Man and Bird

Last week we asked you to caption this photo of a man sitting on a surfboard with a bird perched on his arm in Teahupoo, Tahiti taken by Your Shot member Leonardo Neves for our series on the National Geographic Facebook page.

And the editors’ favorite caption is…
“The only real way to surf and tweet…”—Rory Heffernan
Thanks for captioning this! Try your hand at writing captions this week on National Geographic’s Facebook page. New “Caption This” photos are posted on Monday, and the captioning closes Friday at noon.
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Lake Wanaka, New Zealand

Photograph by Daniel Ernst, National Geographic Your Shot

The rising sun sets Lake Wanaka on fire early one morning on New Zealand's South Island. Popular for boating, fishing, waterskiing, and swimming, the lake is backed by snow-topped mountains that offer skiing in winter.

Johor, Malaysia

Aerial picture of mangroves in Johor, Peninsular Malaysia

Johor, Malaysia

Photograph by Justin Guariglia

Mangroves fringe the tip of Peninsular Malaysia, in Johor, the southernmost reach of mainland Asia. Separated from its globalized island neighbor by a mere half-mile causeway, Johor is the second largest and most varied of the 11 states that make up Peninsular Malaysia, a crossroads realm crammed with both ecological and ethnic diversity

Ladakh, India

Photograph by Chalongwong Manakit, National Geographic Your Shot

Stretching from the Himalaya to the Kunlun Mountains, Ladakh is a high-elevation desert crossed by razor-sharp peaks. This isolated and starkly beautiful area is a refuge of Mahayana Buddhism.

Lavaux Vineyards

Photograph by Susan Seubert, National Geographic

The picturesque Lavaux vineyards, some of the steepest in Europe, cling to the shoreline of Lake Geneva. Nestled in their midst are beautifully preserved villages, where the vintners live and press their grapes.

Loch Ness, Scotland

Photograph by Jan Michael Hosan, fotogloria/LUZphoto, Redux

Thousands of tourists flock every year to the banks of Loch Ness, the most famous loch in the world, hoping to catch a glimpse of its resident monster. Even without the legend, the loch itself is stunning. It's one of four lochs inside the 60-mile-long series of valleys known as the Great Glen.

Meroë, Sudan

Photograph by Andrew McConnell, Panos Pictures

Keepers of ancient secrets, pyramids built two millennia ago ring Meroë, the onetime capital of Sudan’s fabled Kush kingdom and one of Traveler magazine's 2015 Tours of a Lifetime. Today Sudan has more pyramids than Egypt—or any other country in the world.

St. Petersburg, Russia

Photograph by Эдуард Гордеев, National Geographic Your Shot

Calm for a moment, Vitebsk Station cuts a striking figure in St. Petersburg, the Russian city often considered the country's most beautiful. Peter the Great built the city at the beginning of the 18th century as a showcase for the powerful Russia of the tsars.

Barton Springs in Austin, Texas

Photograph by Dan Westergren

National Geographic Traveler magazine's Dan Westergren recently headed to Austin to photograph some of the quirky city's highlights. This image was taken at Barton Springs, the town swimming spot. "We got here right before sunrise, so the beautiful pink color of the sky was reflected in the water," Westergren says in a video about his trip. "When she lifted up her hands to adjust her goggles everything came together and click, there was the shot."

Picture of swimmers at sunrise in Barton Springs in Austin, Texas

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Lemon Shark, Bahamas

Photograph by Jorge Hauser, National Geographic Your Shot

Your Shot community member Jorge Hauser took this photo of a lemon shark while free diving in the Bahamas, close to Tiger Beach. A stippling of islands, cays, sand flats, and coral reefs make the Bahamas an ideal setting for sharks.

Picture of lemon shark in shallow water, Bahamas