Taken with my first digital camera, an Olympus C-700 UZ. Developed in Lightroom.

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Taken with my first digital camera, an Olympus C-700 UZ. Developed in Lightroom.

Tags:   Italia Italy Pisa Toscana Tuscany Olympus C-700 UZ UNESCO World Heritage Site

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Taken with my first digital camera, an Olympus C-700 UZ. Developed in Lightroom. The 'Ultra Zoom' does bring out details, despite the low native resolution. I rather like the attempt to hide the lightning conductors behind the statues.

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A panorama made in Photoshop from seven images taken with an Olympus C700UZ. Spot the birds that appear twice!

Michaelmas Cay is a great day-trip from Cairns! It is part of the Great Barrier Reef, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The trip which I took comprised perhaps 20 people, of whom fewer than half had interest in the birds; I didn't note any behaviour from the birds which would point to their being disturbed in any way, they seemed accustomed to human presence at the distances marked, as is evident in this photo.

"Michaelmas and Upolu Cays is a national park in Queensland, Australia . . . 33 km east of Cairns. It comprises two small cays on Michaelmas Reef . . . within the Great Barrier Reef.

Michaelmas Cay is important as a breeding site for several species of terns. It has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it supports over 1% of the world populations of greater and lesser crested terns. Sooty terns and common noddies also breed there." (Wikipedia)

"Der Cay erodiert fortlaufend und entsteht an anderer Stelle neu, abhängig von Wind- und Wasserströmung. Auf diese Weise wandert Michaelmas Cay jedes Jahr um etwa einen Meter." (Wikipedia - the German Wiki is more informative than the English)

parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/michaelmas-upolu-cays/about
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michaelmas_and_Upolu_Cays_National_...
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michaelmas-und-Upolu-Cays-Nationalpark
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Barrier_Reef
whc.unesco.org/en/list/154

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Olympus C-700 UZ, developed in Lightroom.

Wikipedia (edited): "The Angel of the North is a contemporary sculpture by Antony Gormley, located in Gateshead. Completed in 1998, it is believed to be the largest sculpture of an angel in the world and is viewed by an estimated 33 million people every year due to its proximity to the A1 and A167 roads and the East Coast Main Line. The design of the Angel, like many of Gormley's works, is based on Gormley's own body. The COR-TEN weathering steel material gives the sculpture its distinctive rusty, oxidised colour. It stands 20m tall with a wingspan of 54m. The vertical ribs on its body and wings act as an external skeleton which direct oncoming wind to the sculpture's foundations, allowing it to withstand wind speeds of over 160 km/h."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_of_the_North
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Gormley

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