Captain Hook

@ the 'Houtrib' lock, Lelystad, Flevoland, The Netherlands: More from this location: https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/58401379

Datacenter Vista? Yes, really! :-) Every few years the media tower in my hometown is opened for a few hours and you can visit the vista platform @ 120m high above the Flevo polder. A small elevator ...

WHAT? WHAT DO YOU SAY? I CAN'T HEAR YOU. :-) :-) Yes, when all 4 engines are running, the entire building is vibrating and earplugs are essential...

Try MS ICE. (for free) I use PTGui for pano stitching and then you could choose your own projection method and/or warp the different angles/viewing/etc. You could use use Photoshop to warp the ...

Yep. All the images in this album: https://www.flickr.com/photos/chasa-imago/albums/72157658422087958/with/29735035361/# are GEO meta tagged. So you can exactly see where it is! (I live just around ...

Ok, here we go. Some indoor panos of an industrial heritage landscape. ;-) 1 of 4 7-cylinder diesel engines @ local pumping station. Console of this diesel engine. No touchscreens here! 3 of the 4 ...

Not bad this PP, but too much imho. Also the standard side effect of tonemapping/HDR are the halos. :-( Tip: try to isolate the sky and avoid the tonemapping halo effect on the edge of sky/rest of ...

Thanks. Yes, it's a part of diesel engine driven pumping station for keeping the polder dry. This is how the flywheel + motor/gear coupling looks, when it is running hot: :-D :-)

A nice image. But I can't see the connection with Berlin? :-O

Almost abstract. Bit of long-time-ago-atmosphere. :-) But I would lose the frame... it's distracting imho.

...in action: Spinning at almost full speed @ 220RPM. Location: local pumping station 'Gemaal Wortman' , Flevopolder, The Netherlands. Operational since 1956 Stationary: More images of this ...

...from the same location:

Ok, you've convinced me. :-D Final version:

Thanks. I left those dots (there are several) in. These are the small insects crawling over the water surface, causing the wrinkles on the water. This is much clearer, when viewed @ full resolution!

Thanks all for the comments! :-) Ok, here we go again. I've added some yellowish/greenish to the center of the image. I've transplanted some sky from the mirror in the water into the 'real' ...

Slightly lifted the shadows: Like this?

[update] Today, it was the last and only day, this piece of Dutch water research/delta planning outdoor lab was open to the public. 'Deltagoot' Delta Flume @ Waterloopbos , Flevoland, The Netherlands.

I shot this one today. Just a simple tranquil piece of a local forest: WITH a vignette + slightly blurred border... or WITHOUT the border? What do you think? Which one is more pleasing? And/or any ...

Thanks for the comments Ken! You're right. That prickly thing sticking out, should be cut off. But unfortunately, I forgot my nippers. ;-) BTW: the bokeh is created with some radial blur tools from ...

Not bad at all. Although.... I see a lot of ghost people... ;-) Lots of people have twins with exactly the same clothes. :-) Nevertheless, it's amazing that Photosynth can do this.