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“...En la estancia del ensueño,
fué su encanto y maravilla
una mentada tropilla
que seleccionó mi enpeño...
Fui yo sin jactancia el dueño
de esa tropilla que fuera
la mejor que conociera
el pago de mis pasiones...
Y había allí sin pretenciones
del pelo que usted pidiera..."
Fragmento de “La tropilla”, de Clodomiro Perez
Tacuarembó, Tacuarembó, Uruguay
I'm starting to see a few odes flying around here. This is another one from the archives, cropped a little tighter to show more detail.
Taken this spring at the Genius Preserve in Winter Park, Florida.
March 2008
Canon Digital Rebel and Canon 75-300.
Honestly I LOVE THIS CITY.
Every detail of it is painted with this special touch. Everything is found a world city needs and you feel the fresh taste of new life everyday!
Ha I am getting poetic and this with my bad English. I am sorry :)
I think you will understand if you ever live there!
Ben
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The jumping spider is typically found in tropic regions. The tropic regions that they are found in are very different, anywhere from the rain forest to the Himalayas. The jumping spider can be found anywhere in these climates, if its day the spider can be found on the ground, on rocks, in the grass, or on trees. At night or if it is raining, the jumping spider will hide under rocks or a small web.
*Taken during the 2nd Anniversary Celebration of Pinoy Macro Group at Matabungkay, Lian, Batangas - February 20-21, 2010.
Thanks to Dr. Alfred Tan and Dr. Roland Perez
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Earlier today, we attender another fortheloveofbrooklyn meet up in Gowanus. I was really surprised that there was about 20 people that turned out, compared to about 6 last month. So I wanted to try something new and do a pano of the entire group. Not sure how great the results are but hey, its something.
I've tagged everyone I know, so if you want to help out and tag yourself/someone I don't know, be my guest.
Day 60 - March 1, 2010
Tonight I met up for the first time with long-time Flickr contact Dux and his future best man Mark. It was actually my first Flickr meet up with someone from the Philippines, my third of all time.
My first Flickr meet was with Adrian, Amanda and Stephanie back in November of 2009 when I visited Guam. The second this January with Ron when Adrian visited the Philippines.
Tonight's photo walk was very brief and more time was spent talking than shooting photos but it was alright, in fact that was all I really wanted to do tonight.
The cool thing about tonight is that even from this brief three-hour meet I could already sense that Dux & Mark are going to end up being really good friends, just like Adrian and the Guam gang have become to me. Flickr hasn't got it wrong yet!
Who wants to meet up next? And if you could meet up with any Flickr contact who would it be and why (you don't have to say me)?
PHOTO NOTES:
This is my first strobist attempt, but don't know if it counts since Dux set it up for me and even told me what the best camera settings would be. Here's the strobist info:
1. 430exII on lightstand with shoot through umbrella @1/32power; 50mm
2. Triggered via ctr-301p's
EXPLORE #113 - (March 1, 2010)
"Lord Jesus, be the King and Ruler of my heart, mind, life, and home. May my life reflect your meekness and humility that you may be honored as the King of glory!"
King of GLORY Live by Third Day
Copyright© 2010 Kamoteus/RonMiguel RN
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After the Thurs-Fri snowstorm. I think the full moon washed out the reflection on the water a little bit. Going to find something else to study now. Last Brooklyn Bridge shot for a while.
Single exposure, 18mm, 78s, ISO 200, f/13
Today I have been driving back to my hometown, the places where I have grown up. There comes a time in the year when I can really smell in the air the taste of spring coming up, and this was the day. I went there to take pictures of the sunset (which actually I did some), but on the other side of the horizon, I hesitated in front of an unexpected moonrise. It looked gorgeous, as the air was very clear. That awesome moon, floating on the top of my long-known hills, still lit by the last sunrays, started to pour a river of memories into my mind. I could not stop the superposition of fragments of those memories, just at random… the cans of cheap beer barely hidden and the first cigarettes stolen from our parents, the many dreams about our future lives and what we would have become, the first challenges of love, no worries about tomorrow and the uncertainty about the present time.
Tonight, for a handful of minutes, I felt again the same, just until the sun faded finally behind me.
Dedicated to all of those who look in depth at the details
PS: By the way, I don't smoke (anymore) but still like beer :) It helps to remember...
Oggi sono tornato nella mia città natale, i luoghi dove sono cresciuto. Arriva un momento, durante l’anno, in cui riesco veramente a sentire il profumo della primavera, nell’aria, e oggi era proprio quel giorno. Sono andato a fare fotografie del tramonto (e qualcuna in effetti l’ho scattata), ma dall’altra parte dell’orizzonte ho esitato davanti ad un inatteso sorgere di luna. Era impressionante, per l’aria molto tersa. Quella fantastica Luna, che galleggiava sopra alle mie colline note da sempre e illuminate ancora dagli ultimi barlumi di sole, mi riversava nella mente un fiume di ricordi. Non potevo arginare la caotica sovrapposizione di frammenti di memorie… Le lattine di birra a basso costo a malapena celate e le prime sigarette rubate ai genitori, i molti sogni sulle nostre vite future e su quello che saremmo diventati da grandi, le prime sfide dell’amore, la spensieratezza per il domani e l’incertezza del presente.
Stasera, per una manciata di minuti, ho provato esattamente quelle stesse cose, ancora una volta, fin quando il sole è finalmente tramontato dietro di me.
Dedicato a tutti coloro che guardano i dettagli in profondità
A proposito, non fumo (più) ma non dico di no ad una birra :) aiuta a ricordare...
Petite Princesse
Tu écoutes chanter les vagues
Pour rendre heureuse ton Ame
Pour ne pas que ton esprit divague
Tu penses qu’ un jour tu seras Femme
Là-bas ! Tout au loin
Ton Avenir …
De Toi, prends toujours bien soin
Le Soleil se décide à venir
Prêt de Toi
Pour réchauffer ton Coeur
Tu as tout le temps, et l’Avenir devant Toi
Je te souhaite que du Bonheur
Domi
Little Princess
You listen to the waves sing
To make your soul happy
To do that your mind wanders
You think that one day you'll Male
There! Far away
Your Future ...
You, always take good care
The sun decided to come
Ready for You
To warm your heart
You have all the time, and the Future to You
I wish you Happiness
Domi
This is what makes me happy, moments like this
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Dear Friends and Contacts I will be away AWAY from March 31st for about a week !!
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West Dennis Beach, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA, 2009
Panorama of two shots made with the old Panasonic FZ50, stitched in Photoshop. Cokin 2-stop GND Filter has been used to capture more dynamic range.
Have a great weekend!
~Explore# ...agora eu posso ter o que eu sempre quis pra mim
Agora que o tempo passou, agora é fácil ver o que eu posso corrigir ♪
Conheço por borboleta 88, a borboleta da sorte! ;)
Não obriguei ela a ficar na minha mão!
até pq sou contra isso de machucar para conseguir uma boa foto!
ela estava sobre um balcão, coloquei a mão do lado e ela subiu!
Acho que eu estou doce ultimamente! hehehe
My luck has changed, now I can have what I always wanted me
Now that time has passed, now it's easy to see what I can fix
Golden Gate Bridge from the Marin Headlands - Marin County, California
This morning I had planned on uploading something completely different, but when I saw the foggy conditions over the bay, I decided to head out to the same old spots along the Marin Headlands. As I have said before, I will never get sick of this view. It will never get old to me, and it will never be the same view twice. Sure... Some elements stay the same. The bridge will always be where it is. The places to stand and watch the fog roll in or out will stay the same, but the light, and fog will always change.
This morning the fog was a bit unusual. When I arrived up at the first turnout along the headlands, the fog was flowing east to west just underneath the center section of the bridge. The fog started to surround the north tower, which normally starts to clear as the air warms with the rising sun. Within minutes, the south tower started to become engulfed in the misty haze. The odd thing for me to see was the fog building inside the bay rather than rolling in from the Pacific. I know this has happened before, I have just never seen it in person.
So this is not exactly what I had planned for the day, but its a special view to me, and always will be.
Thanks for the views, comments, nice notes, bad notes, criticism, or whatever else you all can come up with....
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Canon 5D MarkII
Lens: EF 70-200 f/4 L
No filters
Exposure: 200
Aperture: f/13.0
Focal Length: 149 mm
ISO Speed: 50
caught me off guard.
14 Feb 10.
I was strolling down the beach and chanced upon this odd looking tree. At that moment, I knew I found love. It is truly special that I spotted this on Valentine's Day although I don't celebrate it.
Explored | February 14, 2010 #14
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Would appreciate not having large/animated multi invite codes
This is a repost, dedicated to (Neil Armstrong) , first man on the moon
The first song I could think of was: Rocket Man
Have you ever imagined how our satellite would show up from the window of a spaceship? This picture shows how the naked eye would see from just a few dozen thousand kms instead of the usual 380,000. A Newtonian telescope with 2500 mm focal length has been used
Gruppo Astrofili Conegliano
La luna al naturale (Dedicata a Neil Armstrong)
Questa foto è un repost, dedicato a (Neil Armstrong) , primo uomo sulla luna.
Mi viene in mente questa canzone...: Rocket Man
Avete mai immaginato come apparirebbe affascinante il nostro satellite dal finestrino di un'astronave? Questa immagine mostra quello che l'occhio nudo vedrebbe ad alcune decine di migliaia di km invece dei normali 380.000. Per questa foto, è stata utilizzata una focale di 2500 mm di un telescopio Newton.
Gruppo Astrofili Conegliano
Marin Headlands - Marin County, California
Searching, and cleaning the hard drive, I found this one... I made this on the last day of 2009, but forgot it even existed. The color wasn't that great out on this sunrise, so I decided to go minimal.
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Canon 5D Mark II
Lens: EF 17-40 f/4L
B+W ND110 (10 stop solid ND)
Lee .9 hard edge GND
Exposure: 541
Aperture: f/13.0
Focal Length: 40 mm
ISO Speed:100
Straight from the camera. Done in collaboration with missmoody. Big thanks to my friend Tom, who made it possible for us to shoot at the movie theatre!
آنآ مسـآفـر فديتـك ، بس قلي مسمـوح
مآني مطـوّل ، كلهـآ آسآبيــع وبـرجـع
رآيح لـ ديــرهـ تذعـذع خيآلـي وتفـوح
وآنآ مقـدر آخآلـف آلنفــس زود وآمنــع
بـشيـل غـــلآك في صـدري وبــآروح
فـلآ ينشغـل بـآلـك علـيّـآ ، ولآ تجــزع
آحـبـك يآ نظـر عينـي ودفــآ هـ آلروح
وقلبـي على غيـرك ، مستحيــل يقـنــع
آهديتنـي آلسعــآدهـ بعد هآك آلجــروح
وحميتنـي من صدمـآت عليلـه وتلسـع
آنآ روحي معـك ، لآ تبكي ولآ تنـوح
وبكون حآضر لك بـ آلجهـآت آلآربــع
بس دخيلك , أمـي زينه حريـمـ آلدوح
تركتهـآ وعينهـآ بعـدي سكيبــه تدمـع
مقـدر آنآظـر عينهـآ ودمعـي مدمـوح
آوصيـك عليهـآ وآنت طآلعهـآ وإسمـع
رآح تكون دخلآتي قليلـهـ بـ حكـمـ آلسفــر لكن إن شآء آللـه آحآول آتوآجـد قدر آلإمكآن ، نشوفكـمـ على خيــر (F)..
جميع الحقوق محفوظة © 2010 مـحــد شـراتـــي . All Rights Reserved © 2010
Dear friends, yesterday in the late afternoon my friend Angelo and I went to Vallette, a small suburb of Sant' Ambrogio di Zoagli, Italy, where you may find a great panoramic view of Tigullio Gulf. I hope this shot may enjoy your blue Monday!
Digitally developed with Raw Therapee and enhanced with GIMP.
Absolutely to View Large On Black for better details, I appreciate the additional time you'll spend for this!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaQOxy-3B1U&feature=related
Dieser Link ist in Deutschland nicht mehr gültig - daher ein spanischer :-)
www.goear.com/listen/f0948fc/island-bonnie-tyler
Manchmal begeben wir uns auf eine einsame Insel - in unser Innerstes. Schön, diesen Ort zu kennen und immer wieder zu finden.
XLIII
Wie ich dich liebe? Laß mich zählen wie.
Ich liebe dich so tief, so hoch, so weit,
als meine Seele blindlings reicht, wenn sie
ihr Dasein abfühlt und die Ewigkeit.
Ich liebe dich bis zu dem stillsten Stand,
den jeder Tag erreicht im Lampenschein
oder in Sonne. Frei, im Recht, und rein
wie jene, die vom Ruhm sich abgewandt.
Mit aller Leidenschaft der Leidenszeit
und mit der Kindheit Kraft, die fort war, seit
ich meine Heiligen nicht mehr geliebt.
Mit allem Lächeln, aller Tränennot
und allem Atem. Und wenn Gott es gibt,
will ich dich besser lieben nach dem Tod.
Rainer Maria Rilke, 1908 (Übersetzung)
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Sonnets from The Portuguese - XLIII
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love thee with a passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints, --- I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life! --- and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.
Elizabeth Barret-Browning, 1850
Ex #3 Thanks for all the views and comments ! :)
This is a bracketed HDR
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St Mawes is a lovely little town in Cornwall, opposite Falmouth. It lies on the east bank of the Carrick Roads, a large waterway created after the Ice Age from an ancient valley which flooded as the melt waters caused the sea level to rise dramatically, creating an immense natural harbour, often claimed to be the third largest in the world.
St. Mawes has a lovely festival in August every year where they light up the town and have music, local events etc. I was on the pier that evening and shot this, which came out remarkably well considering I'd only just had this camera for a few days and hadn't shot anything in literally 20 years!
I'd thoroughly recommend this town for an afternoon's stroll if you're down in Cornwall for the Summer holidays - the icecream shop is to die for and my kids love crabbing off the pier in the early evening.
From a technical perspective this photo came out nicely - I shot at night just as dusk was falling so I managed to retain some of that blue graduation in the sky and on the reflection, which is rather nice. The boats in the foreground make the picture really - a perfectly tranquil scene in a gorgeous Cornish town.
122 sec. @ f5.6.... full-moon, -12C, barely a breeze, so the temperatures were not too bothersome.... more with the fisheye and a trace of a moon halo....
Val and I had the honour of meeting up with Renée and Tracy in Erieau at the PIER.... a couple of enterprizing young ladies with a studio in Chatham.... its always fun shooting with other people, looking forward to going 'out' with them again.....
Check this out on B l a c k M a g i c
I first would like to say thanks to Aaron M. for getting my Timberland boot out of the mud that was like quick sand. Aaron, just make sure you don't tell anyone that I had to drive home in my ballerina tights.
Also to all the photographers that were at Badwater this morning, the guy that was all the way out in the middle of the salt flats, in the water, that was me. So if I was in any of your frames, I do apologize, but the early bird catches the worm!
The title of the image speaks for itself. The salt flats were under water. The further I went out the deeper the water got. It was strange, but it was pretty cool seeing water out there. And a rare sight also.
Oh, and before I forget, to my co-worker Jim R., you missed out on an amazing sunrise, so I hope that Sizzler dinner you had last night was good!
no HDR
Pas très loin de ma rivière sauvage …!!!
Un safari photo impressioniste au quotidien concentré essentiellement (ou presque) sur un petit morceau de planète de 55 000 pieds carrés ...!!!
Une démarche "waldennienne" à la Thoreau …!!!
Near my wild river …!!!
An impressionnist photo safari concentrated mainly on a daily basis (or almost) on my small piece of planet of 55 000 square feet …!!!
A Thoreau "waldennienne" approach …!!!
Donde quema el azul,enarbolado.
Cúmulo de la mar,mar en el aire,
escalinata de seguir subiendo
a los altos abismos de la luz,...
Enrique Badosa
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A view of the Minnesota State Capitol from Cass Gilbert Memorial park on a cold evening - shows off the backside of the Capitol building with the Cathedral of Saint Paul off in the distance
Camera: Nikon D3X
Lens: Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8G
Focal Length: 17mm
Aperture: f/18
Shutter Speed :120 sec
ISO: 50
Exposure: Manual
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Garretstown Beach, Cork, Ireland.
Today, I would like to present to you another of my contacts -She Said Unprintable Things, I am sure you wil enjoy her photographs as much as I do.
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Angalica
Only by one shot (None Composite )
Picasso and Braque which created "Cubism"!!.
The trial of their beginning.
A desire that the invisible side wants to watch it.
They took in multiple viewpoints in a picture.
I respect them.
I tried their imitation without using the composition processing.
I added one new work to conventional technique.
The camera turns to the ground first.
The LED lights up the front of the flower.
I point a camera to the sky next.
The LED lights up the back of the flower.
I focus on the stars and change a position of Aperture ring from F22 to F2.8.
The Milky Way exposes it afterwards for 60 seconds.
This shot may resemble early Cubism.
Perhaps this photograph resembles still life of the Cezanne.
He told a lie with the picture of the apple a little.
How do you think of this technique?.
Will this be composition processing? .
This place is a Mount Kirigamine .
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kirigamine.
From my home, it is 20 minutes by car.
هلآ بش }..
حيّ ~ من عآكس إتجاه الريح وجابش
هلآ بش }..
قـد ماســوّى الــوله فـيني بـ \ غيابش
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علامش يا بـعد كـلّــي عـلـيّه .. ومآمش غـيـر أنـا وانتي {هـنـيّه
تـداري نظـرتش ليه مستحيّه!?
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مآشآء الله
: )
Say masha allah plz ..
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رجـآءً عدم استخدآم الصوره دون آذن
Please do not use image without my knowledge ..
All by : Me ..
Attempting to capture an image that has been taken so many millions of times, takes a lot of thought and preparation. Reaching this area on the Marin Headlands, is not the difficult part; however adding my personal touch was somewhat harder.
Observing for about an hour before shooting, I noticed a couple of fairly large boats pass under the bridge. My thought was that if a boat or ship would pass through the frame at the right moment, it would create a motion of the water. This in-turn would cause the light reflection of the bridge to move in the water, and thus spreading the glow and reflection out just far enough to be a defining part of the image.
Well, about 30 minutes after sunset, it happened. Combined with a 30 second exposure, this was the result.
While, I didn't get much sleep bundled up in my vehicle that night, I really enjoyed this experience, and am looking forward to returning to the area with the hope of capturing more of it's beauty.
The ladybug still wonders whether to jump from the nettle or better prefer to fly ;-)) ..
Der Marienkäfer überlegt noch, ob er von der Brennessel springen oder vielleicht doch lieber fliegen soll ;-)) ...
* Happy New Year * Frohes Neues Jahr * Bonne année * Feliz Año Nuevo *
© 2009 Ursula Sander - All rights reserved.
Coccinellidae is a family of beetles, known variously as ladybirds (UK, Ireland, Australia, Pakistan, South Africa), ladybugs (North America), or lady beetles (preferred by some scientists). Lesser-used names include ladyclock, lady cow, and lady fly.
They are small insects, ranging from 1 mm to 10 mm (0.04 to 0.4 inches), and are commonly yellow, orange, or scarlet with small black spots on their wing covers, with black legs, head and antennae. A very large number of species are mostly or entirely black, grey, or brown and may be difficult for non-entomologists to recognize as coccinellids (and, conversely, there are many small beetles that are easily mistaken as such, like tortoise beetles).
Coccinellids are found worldwide, with over 5,000 species described, more than 450 native to North America alone.
A few species are pests in North America and Europe, but they are generally considered useful insects as many species feed on aphids or scale insects, which are pests in gardens, agricultural fields, orchards, and similar places. The Mall of America, for instance, releases thousands of ladybugs into its indoor park as a natural means of pest control for its gardens.
A common myth is that the number of spots on its back indicates its age. (Wikipedia)
By the way the ladybugs in Belgium look the same like in Germany ;-) ....
Der Marienkäfer gilt als Himmelsbote der Mutter Gottes und ist ein Glücksbringer. Er soll die Kinder beschützen und die Kranken heilen, wenn er ihnen zufliegt. Man darf ihn jedoch niemals abschütteln oder gar töten, weil man sonst das Unglück anzieht.
Die Marienkäfer (Coccinellidae) sind eine weltweit verbreitete Familie halbkugeliger, flugfähiger Käfer, deren Deckflügel meist eine unterschiedliche Anzahl von auffälligen Punkten aufweisen. Viele Arten ernähren sich von Blatt- und Schildläusen.
Die Marienkäfer sind bei der Bevölkerung beliebt und tragen die unterschiedlichsten Namen in der jeweiligen lokalen Umgangssprache. Die Beliebtheit begründet sich unter anderem darin, dass sie im Gartenbau und der Landwirtschaft nützlich sind, da sie allein in ihrer Larvenzeit je nach Art bis zu 3.000 Pflanzenläuse oder Spinnmilben fressen. Sie sind in ihrem Aussehen variabel, was ihre Bestimmung erschwert. Dieselbe Art kann in dutzenden Mustervarianten auftreten. Manche, wie etwa der Luzerne-Marienkäfer, erreichen sogar über 4.000 gezählte Varianten. Früher wurden diese Varianten innerhalb derselben Art mit eigenen Namen belegt, beispielsweise beim Zweipunkt-Marienkäfer (Adalia bipunctata) mit über 150 Bezeichnungen, die allerdings heute nicht mehr verwendet werden und wissenschaftlich bedeutungslos sind. Bei manchen Untergruppen – etwa innerhalb der Unterfamilie Scymninae – kann eine Bestimmung schwierig sein und zuverlässig nur aufgrund einer Untersuchung der Genitalorgane erfolgen. Neben den Genitalien sind die Kopfkapsel, der Kopfschild und die Fühleransätze oft zuverlässige Unterscheidungsmerkmale ähnlicher Arten.
Die Käfer können gut fliegen und erreichen 75 bis 91 Flügelschläge pro Sekunde. Die Anzahl der Punkte gibt entgegen einem weit verbreiteten Irrtum nicht das Alter des Käfers an, vielmehr ist die Zahl der Punkte charakteristisch für jede Art und ändert sich während des Lebens des Käfers nicht. (Wikipedia)
Übrigens sehen die Marienkäfer in Belgien genauso aus wie in Deutschland ;-) ....