Flying and falling objects in August night sky
Around 300 pictures were shot tonight for a total of 120 minutes. Falling stars (Perseids), airplanes (dotted lines) and satellites (thin white segmented lines) fly across the sky. Can you distinguish them? Click to enlarge
Below, at least 10 falling stars are present in this hi-res composite image of only 10 shots (airplanes almost excluded): can you find them? Click the picture to enlarge it (takes some time to download it, it is big), then click on the magnifying lens to zoom in!
Finally, a single shot of the brightest falling star tonight. On its left, the galaxy of Andromeda the Pleiades, click to enlarge
Pictures shot with D800 on a tripod mounting a 16-35 mm f/4 – ISO 1200-2000, exposure time 25 secs.
Climb up to Rigi, the Queen of the Mountains, with Europe’s oldest mountain railways
Europe’s oldest mountain railways were built in 1870 on mount Rigi. With its red wagons, Rigi Railways bring you up to 1,798 m.s.l. from Viznau, at the shores of Lake Lucerne. The gauge rack railway reaches the highest peak, Rigi Kulm, through galleries, bridges and awesome scenarios.
Rigi raylway turntable linking station and depot at Viznau terminal
Once the train is positioned, everything is ready to climb up to Rigi Kulm!
Train and landscape reflections and viceversa
After Kaltbad middle-station, the snow still covers the landscape
Leaving behind the rail-junction at Rigi Staffel
Hikers and skiers, all up by train.
Here we are, the massive Pilatus by Lucerne as background, ready for the hike downhill in the snow! All pictures shot with Nikon D800 + 50 mm f/1.4G – click each picture to enlarge.
Meucci gold runner at Zürich Marathon 2014: homage
The Italian Meucci won the EM-Marathon 2014 in Zurich! Forty-two kilometers of awesome running (2:11:08) through the city of Zürich. ARTborghi celebrates it with an interpretation of Meucci race across the Münsterbrücke: 5 different shots composed to give out the idea of Meucci’s movements at one crucial point of the marathon.
Below one of the original pictures. All pictures shot with D800 1/2000 sec, f/5.6, SB-700 and Nikon 70-200.
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The prestidigitator and the crystal ball of Corso Vittorio Emanuele, Milano, Italy
How I liked this prestidigitator. He could make this crystal ball flying on his body like water drops on a duck. His very British profile and his red T-shirt made him a very interesting subject for photography.
The red prestidigitator 1
The red prestidigitator 2
The red prestidigitator 3
The red prestidigitator 4
The red prestidigitator 5
The red prestidigitator 6
The red prestidigitator 7
The red prestidigitator 8
All pictures shot with the crystal clear 70-200 VRII on my D800