Tongariro National Park

A mountainous national park in the center of New Zealand's north island that is dominated by volcanoes and craters. It is the oldest national park in New Zealand (the fourth worldwide), an UNESCO world heritage area, and the stage for many scenes in the Lord of the ring movies.


Recommended links: Department of Conservation, newzealand.com, tongariro alpine crossing, tongariro national park, wikipedia

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TrioPod

The TrioPod is the core piece of an interchangeable leg tripod (ILT) system from Novoflex. Legs of different sizes as well as any kind of tripod head can be attached. With the QP RED 1/4'' plate, any kind of tripod leg can be (irreversibly) converted to be used with the TrioPod.


Recommended links: antarktis-arktis.de, nature-images.eu, novoflex.com (TrioPod), novoflex.com (accessories; QP RED 1/4''), panorama-blog.com, photoscala, Stativfreak.de, youtube

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Türlersee

A small lake in the canton of Zurich where one can hike, camp and swim. It is part of a nature reserve and a popular recreation area close to Zurich.


Recommended links: myswitzerland.com, tuerlersee.ch, Türlersee Strandbad, Wanderungen.ch, Wikipedia (english), Wikipedia (german), 

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Tulip

Tulips ( the genus Tulipa) are bulbous plants that belong to the lily family (Liliaceae) and occur in the wild from Iberia all the way to China. In the wild, over 70 different species exist, but hundreds of cultivars of all kinds of colors and flower shapes have been bred.


Recommended links: Encyclopedia of life, florealpes.com (French), gerbeaud.com (French), infoflora.ch (German), Pacific bulb society, Plants for a future, Tela Botanica (French), Tulipa sylvestris ssp. australis (Spanish), Visoflora (French), Wikipedia (Tulip), Wikipedia (Liliaceae), Wikipedia (German).

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Ticino

The southern-most Canton in Switzerland, where Italian is the official language and of which Bellinzona is the capital. Ticino is characterized by high mountain summits (Pizzo Campo Tencia is the highest), deep valleys and fjord-like lakes.


Recommended links: About.ch, Lonely Planet, swisscommunity.org, Ticino.ch, Wikipedia

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Tourmaline Sunangel (Heliangelus exortis)

A greenly colored hummingbird that occurs in Ecuador and Colombia. The males exhibit a flashy colored blue-violet throat.


Recommended links: Avian web, Avibase, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Internet Bird Collection, Ray Wilson Photography, Wikipedia


Blog posts:

• Ray's birds: Hummingbirds

Tyrant flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

The most species-rich family of birds (432 species) that belongs to the passerines and exclusively occurs in North and South America. 


Recommended links: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Internet Bird Collection, Wikipedia


Blog posts:

• Ray's birds: Hummingbirds

Töss

A river that originates in the mountainous region of the canton of Zurich, in Switzerland, and after 57 km flows into the river Rhine.


Recommended links: Wikipedia (english), Wikipedia (german)

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Tilt and shift photography

A type of photography that involves tilting or shifting the lens relative to the film or sensor plane.


Recommended links: Cambridge in Colour (shift), Cambridge in Colour (tilt), Luminous Landscape, MOPS Werk (shift), MOPS Werk (tilt), Oopoomoo, Peter Hill, Wikipedia

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- Lens shift perspective correction for MFT
- Tilt-shift: "Not guilty building" tilt
- Tilt & shift adventure