Auggie W's favorite photos

Yosemite Valley, El Capitan (left) and almost dry Bridalvail Fall below the hanging valley on the right, Merced River in the foreground, October 1985. This is "federal land", I hope the new administration will not sell it to Exxon, Disney, Sony or the like. El Capitan in 2 hours 45 minutes huberbuam.de/de/alpine-hoehepunkte/details/speed-el-capitan.html?11&slide-11

Racetrack - Death Valley National Park, March 1980 The mystery of wandering rocks: Racetrack

Panoramio R.I.P. This was one of my first uploads to Panoramio in 2007 and my top scorer there (for whatever reason). In nine years it collected 220.406 views and more than 1.000 comments. In times it served as a communication platform. All gone and down the drain. I have finally deleted all but 6 of 2.102 photos with a total viewcount of about 13,7 million :-/ www.panoramio.com/user/865394

Kniepsand is not a beach but a slowly drifting sandbar, which made landfall about 100 years ago on the west coast of the island of Amrum. Der Kniepsand ist eine extrem langsam wandernde Sandbank in der Nordsee. Sie liegt westlich der schleswig-holsteinischen Insel Amrum und nimmt eine Fläche von rund 10 km² ein. Da das Gebiet gewöhnlich nicht überflutet wird, handelt es sich um einen Hochsand. Mehr in Wikipedia: Kniepsand Best on black!

HFF August 5th - Happy Fence Friday everyone and have a peaceful and enjoyable weekend. And now find the fence (Note ;-))) . Best on black and full screen Processed with Silver Efex Pro 2

This panorama has been compiled from 72 portrait shots in two rows with Panarama Studio 2.6. EOS 70D with EF 70-200mm / f4L at 200 mm, f/9 - 1/400 - ISO 100, manual focus, 2 sec. timer, live view and tripod. The original jpg is 35.745 px wide and has about 100MB, this one is reduced to 20.000 px (and 40,4 MB). Stunning details, must view in full resolution, may take a while to load, however! I always wanted to shoot the valley in spring colors, something on my mind for years. This is my second attempt, I replaced the one taken yesterday because the sky was a bit clearer today.

HFF - Happy Fence Friday to all of you 3 weeks ahead of the Hamburg Meeting. Cross your fingers for nice weather like last year. Look for fences with thousands of love-padlocks Best on black ... of course ;)

TSC - The Sunday Challenge Oct. 25th, 2015 - some type of Halloween shot, so get the creative juice flowing.. no restrictions this week.. From a visit to Professor Gunther Stilling's artists workshop - Atelierbesuch bei Prof. Gunther Stilling Gunther Stilling

Restaurantponton (bretonisch) im Nikolaifleet bei Niedrigwasser.