Uploads from Philipp Klinger Photography, tagged north, with geodata

Smoo Cave II

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:58:00 -0700

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Had to make a HDR, because the differences in exposure between the sky and the cave

In The Middle of Nowhere

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:35:00 -0700

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Almost at the most north-western end of Scotland...

Loch Eck Reflections

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:03:00 -0700

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Loch Eck is a loch located on the Cowal peninsula, north of Dunoon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is seven miles long. Apart from Loch Lomond, it is the only naturally occurring habitat of the powan.

The loch is also an impounding reservoir with a concrete dam measuring 0.870 metres high. The dam was completed in 1973.

Eilean Donan Castle

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:12:00 -0700

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Unfortunately, we only had time to visit the castle during day time (and at low tide), so I didn't get the blue hour shot, that I wanted...

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Eilean Donan is a small island in Loch Duich in the western Highlands of Scotland.

It lies about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from the village of Dornie, and is dominated by a picturesque castle which is familiar from many photographs and appearances in film and television. Eilean Donan is part of the Kintail National Scenic Area, one of 40 in Scotland.

In 2001, the island had a recorded population of just one person.

Eilean Donan (which means simply "island of Donnán") is named after Donnán of Eigg, a Celtic saint martyred in 617. Donnán is said to have established a church on the island, though no trace of this remains. The castle was founded in the thirteenth century, and became a stronghold of the Clan Mackenzie and their allies the Clan Macrae. In the early eighteenth century the Mackenzies were involved in the Jacobite rebellions, which led to the castle's destruction by government ships in 1719. The present buildings are the result of twentieth-century reconstruction of the ruins by Lieutenant-Colonel John Macrae-Gilstrap

Two Bridges

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:00:00 -0700

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From Tuscany to Scotland :-)

Long Exposure of 30 seconds, using a 1000x gray filter.

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The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge over the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, to the east of the Forth Road Bridge, and 14 kilometres (9 mi) west of central Edinburgh.

It was opened on 4 March 1890, and spans a total length of 2,528.7 metres (8,296 ft). It is often called the Forth Rail Bridge or Forth Railway Bridge to distinguish it from the Forth Road Bridge, although it has been called the "Forth Bridge" since its construction, and was for over seventy years the sole claimant to this name.

The bridge connects Scotland's capital city, Edinburgh, with Fife, leaving the Lothians at Dalmeny and arriving in Fife at North Queensferry; it acts as a major artery connecting the north-east and south-east of the country. Described by the Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland as "the one immediately and internationally recognised Scottish landmark", it is a Category A listed building and was nominated by the British government in May 2011 for addition to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Scotland.

The bridge was begun in 1883, took 7 years to complete, cost the lives of 63 men and nearly 3.5 million pounds of metal and used 10 times as much steel as the Eiffel Tower. It was deliberately chosen to look strong, due to the collapse 4 years earlier of the first Tay Bridge.

Until 1917, when the Quebec Bridge was completed, the Forth Bridge had the longest single cantilever bridge span in the world. It still has the world's second-longest single span. The bridge and its associated railway infrastructure is owned by Network Rail Infrastructure Limited.

Neist Point

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 10:27:00 -0700

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No upload for a long time - much work... I hope to upload the next one earlier ;-)

Neist Point is a popular viewpoint on the most westerly point of Skye. It has had a lighthouse since 1909.

Smoo Cave

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 09:45:00 -0700

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Smoo Cave is a large combined sea cave and freshwater cave in Durness in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland.

I didn't flash - the light on the rocks is ambient lighting.

One more from New York City

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:54:00 -0700

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Daytime for a change. Panorama stitched from 5 handheld shots

Château Fontenac

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 10:03:00 -0700

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The Château Frontenac, currently known as Fairmont Le Château Frontenac, is a grand hotel in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It was designated a National Historic Site of Canada during 1980. Prior to the building of the hotel, the site was occupied by the Chateau Haldimand, residence of the British colonial governors of Lower Canada and Quebec.

The Château Frontenac was designed by American architect Bruce Price, as one of a series of "château" style hotels built for the Canadian Pacific Railway company (aka CPR) during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. CPR's policy was to promote luxury tourism by appealing to wealthy travelers. The Château Frontenac opened in 1893, five years after the Banff Springs Hotel, which was owned by the same company and similar in style.

The Château Frontenac was named after Louis de Buade, Count of Frontenac, who was governor of the colony of New France from 1672 to 1682 and 1689 to 1698. The Château was built near the historic Citadelle, the construction of which Frontenac had begun at the end of the 17th century. The Quebec Conference of 1943, at which Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt discussed strategy for World War II, was held at the Citadel while much of the staff stayed nearby at the Château Frontenac.

Although several of Quebec City's buildings are taller, the landmark hotel is perched atop a tall cape overlooking the Saint Lawrence River, affording a spectacular view for several kilometers. The building is the most prominent feature of the Quebec City skyline as seen from across the St. Lawrence.

When Canadian Pacific Hotels was renamed Fairmont Hotels and Resorts in 2001, the hotel became Fairmont Le Château Frontenac. Fairmont sold the hotel on October 31, 2000 to Legacy Hotels REIT, for $185 million Canadian. However, Fairmont has a long-term management agreement with Legacy Hotels.

During 1953, this hotel was used as filming location for the Alfred Hitchcock's movie I Confess, featuring Montgomery Clift and Anne Baxter as main actors.

The Golden Hall

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 11:20:00 -0700

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Only On

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 12:37:00 -0700

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Yup, another one from NYC :)

Handheld @ 1/15s, no HDR just one shot.

New York City - Grand Central Terminal

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:27:00 -0700

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I reprocessed the photo you can see in the comment below, because i somehow didn't like that one from the beginning. I like the new version much better now...

The Lost Photo

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Mon, 30 May 2011 11:17:00 -0700

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As i titled it: I've completely forgotten about a batch of photos I had waiting on an external HDD.

You should've seen my face, when i plugged in this hard drive today and found them :-)

It's 1200px wide, so you should really see it large... Just press 'L' :-)

Brooklyn Bridge Sunset IV

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 14:58:00 -0700

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Another find, while roaming through the archives...

See below for no. I - III

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The Brooklyn Bridge is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States. Completed in 1883, it connects the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn by spanning the East River. With a main span of 1,595.5 feet (486.3 m), it was the longest suspension bridge in the world from its opening until 1903, and the first steel-wire suspension bridge.

Originally referred to as the New York and Brooklyn Bridge, it was dubbed the Brooklyn Bridge in a January 25, 1867 letter to the editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and formally so named by the city government in 1915. Since its opening, it has become an iconic part of the New York skyline. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964 and a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1972.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Bridge

Woolworth Building

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 13:10:00 -0700

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Something from the archives again. The Woolworth Building after a thunder storm.

No perspective correction here, as it looked really strange when fixed...

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The Woolworth Building, at 57 stories, is one of the oldest—and one of the most famous—skyscrapers in New York City. More than 95 years after its construction, it is still one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States as well as one of the twenty tallest buildings in New York City. The building is a National Historic Landmark, having been listed in 1966.

The Woolworth Building was constructed in neo-Gothic style by architect Cass Gilbert, who was commissioned by Frank Woolworth in 1910 to design the new corporate headquarters on Broadway, between Park Place and Barclay Street in Lower Manhattan, opposite City Hall. Originally planned to be 625 feet (190.5 m) high, in accordance with the area's zoning laws, the building was eventually elevated to 792 feet (241 m). The construction cost was $13,500,000 and Woolworth paid all of it in cash. On completion, the Woolworth building overtook the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower as the world's tallest building; it opened on April 24, 1913.

With splendor and a resemblance to European Gothic cathedrals, the structure was labeled the Cathedral of Commerce by the Reverend S. Parkes Cadman during the opening ceremony. It remained the tallest building in the world until the construction of 40 Wall Street and the Chrysler Building in 1930; an observation deck on the 57th floor attracted visitors until 1945.

The building's tower, flush with the main frontage on Broadway, is raised on a block base with a narrow interior court for light. The exterior decoration was cast in limestone-colored, glazed architectural terra-cotta panels. Strongly articulated piers, carried—without interrupting cornices—right to the pyramidal cap, give the building its upward thrust. The Gothic detailing concentrated at the highly visible top is massively scaled, able to be read from the street level several hundred feet below. The ornate, cruciform lobby has a vaulted ceiling, mosaics, and sculpted caricatures that include Gilbert and Woolworth. Woolworth's private office, revetted in marble in French Empire style, is preserved.

Engineers Gunvald Aus and Kort Berle designed the steel frame, supported on massive caissons that penetrate to the bedrock. The high-speed elevators were innovative, and the building's high office-to-elevator ratio made the structure profitable.

Tenants included the Irving Trust bank and Columbia Records. Columbia Records had moved into the building in 1913 and housed a recording studio in it. In 1917, Columbia made a recording of a dixieland band, the Original Dixieland Jass Band in this studio.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolworth_Building

Sahara

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:00:00 -0800

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V, multiplied

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:05:43 -0800

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Me & My Shadow

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 09:26:46 -0800

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Waves

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 09:39:48 -0800

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I really loved the color contrast between the afternoon sky and the deeply green water.

Pigeon

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 12:38:00 -0800

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From the archives...