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Here’s another view from the observation deck at the Rockefeller Centre in New York City, this time looking across Central Park to Uptown Manhattan.
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The National Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of Ta’ Pinu sits just outside the village of Gharb on Gozo, the island next to Malta. This Roman Catholic parish church and minor basilica is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin of Ta’ Pinu. The church that stands here now was built between 1922 and 1932, when it was consecrated, but there was a chapel on the site dating back to at least the 16th century. The sand coloured buildings of Gharb can be seen in the background, behind Ta’ Pinu. This photo is a stitched panorama, created from five shots which I took at sunset one day during the week we spent in this quiet, picturesque village in the summer of 2008.   Nice stuff Ian, i could´nt find your FB page,but i´m adding you to my blogroll on my wordpress blog 🙂 Thanks a lot Adrian – I see you’ve found it now. 🙂
Todays shot was taken on the ferry from Whidbey Island to Port Townsend, as the sun was setting. We had spent the day on Whidbey Island and had a lovely lunch with a friend in Coupeville, before catching the late afternoon ferry to Port Townsend. I liked the way the light from the setting sun was catching the side of the ferry and the sunset was reflected in the windows. This image was created from a single raw file and processed using Perfect Effects 4 from OnOne Software. 
This abstract black and white long exposure was taken on the first Google Plus European Photo Walk in Berlin. The theme of the weekend was architectural long exposure photography, using neutral density filters. This is a style of photography that I hadn’t tried before at the time, so this is one of my earliest experiments. The metal frame is an ornamental structure in the garden of an apartment block in Berlin and I was attracted by the way the light from the afternoon sun was catching the metal and making it shine. The broken clouds gave me some good movement during the one minute exposure. Black and white conversion was made using Nik Silver Efex Pro 2, with separate conversions for the metal frame and the sky. 
The Dôme des Invalides, in Paris, is the most prominent of the complex of buildings known as the Hôtel National des Invalides. Les Invalides was built during the reign of Louis XIV, as a home and hospital for aged and unwell soldiers. The royal chapel, which contains the tomb of Napoleon Bonaparte, was completed in 1708. The golden dome, which was inspired by St Peter’s Basillica in Rome, is 107 metres (351 feet) high, making it one of the tallest landmarks in Paris.  |
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by Ian Good