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November pink rose from our frontyard to you, my Flickrs friends!
Thanks for all your support, my dear friends!
Спасибо за поддержку, мои дорогие друзья!
Dedicated to digitalpsam, a friend who is always present...thanks Sam!
Regalo 6 preset di mia creazione" Vintage Look" per Lightroom, se siete interessati richiedete il link per il download tramite flickr mail ; )
I give 6 free presets created by me, "Vintage Look" for Lightroom, if you're interested, ask the link for download, via flickr mail. ; )
Maison Kammerzell, a medieval civil housing building in late Gothic architecture in an area formerly belonging to the Holy Roman Empire.
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I captured this amazing moment when the Sun was painting the London Centre Point in Gold...
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Centre Point is a substantial concrete and glass office building in central London, England, occupying 101-103 New Oxford Street, WC1, close to St Giles' Circus and almost directly above Tottenham Court Road tube station. The site was once occupied by a gallows.[1] The building was designed by Richard Seifert with engineers Pell Frischmann and was constructed by Wimpey Construction from 1963 to 1966. It is 117 m (385 ft) high, has 32 floors and 27,180 m2 (292,563 sq ft) of floor space and is the joint 27th tallest building in London. It was one of the first skyscrapers in London. It is a grade II listed building.
London Centre Point From wikepedia
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London Centre Point ~ Life is like a rainbow. You need both the Sun and the rain to make its colors appear.~
"... Toda distância
se perde aos poucos
rumando à estrada...
Léguas
e a gateada, ao tranco,
parece que voa,
sabe o rumo,
falta um eito,
me aperta o peito
uma lembrança dela
que andava à toa..."
Fragmento de "De lua linda", repertório de Luiz Marenco
Esteio, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
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This is the top of my uncle's 1986 Camaro, it had just rained and then the sun came out, but there were stlil drops of rain left on the roof. I figured I would take advantage of some nice bokeh with the new lens! The bokeh is the other drops of water on the car, it looked so cool!
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Took this a while ago on my first day out with the new camera.
Stuff about the Cleaven Dyke...
Cursus monuments. The largest in Scotland is the Cleaven Dyke, Perthshire. This is an unusual cross between a bank barrow and a cursus, with a 9m wide bank running midway between two ditches, which are 50m apart. The Dyke runs for over 2km, and was constructed in the late 5th or early 4th millenium cal BC. It is considered to represent some 60-80,000 hours of labour. The Dyke itself however is unlikley to have been constructed in one go.
At the NW end it appears that an oval burial mound was built first. This was partly covered by a long barrow and this in turn had the Dyke added to its SE end. The Dyke is not even in its construction, and has about 34 segments. This may indicate that it was constructed over some period of time. One of the excavators of the Dyke, comments that 'the apparent large scale of the effort necessary to construct the Cleaven Dyke may be an illusion; it and other cursus monuments may have been built over a long time period in relatively short segments... In some societies coming together over a long period to repeat some ritual activity (in this case the construction of a segment of the Dyke) may be more important than the monument eventually produced by many year's labour').
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Please take your time... and enjoy it large on black
The Parc National des Pyrénées is a national park located within the French départements of Hautes-Pyrénées and here above the Pyrénées-Atlantiques. Located along the border of France and Spain is a scenic and mountainous landscape offering a variety of outdoor activities including hiking, skiing, mountain climbing and observing wildlife. According to the Pyrénées National Park website, the park, created in 1967, is a natural heritage without barriers or fences where animals are totally free. Devoted to preserving biodiversity and landscapes, studying wildlife and plant species, the park is home to 70 different species of animals. Animals like: ermine, stoat, bear, desman, pine marten, wild boar, fox, lammergaier or bearded vulture etc. Only the bear's situation is worrying, their numbers have been steadily declining for the last 30 years only 6 individuals left today. The eastern portion of the national park forms part of the French section of the Pyrénées - Mont Perdu World Heritage Site that straddles the border between France and Spain. The oceanic influence gives the French, Northern slopes a mild and humid climate while the Southern winds give the Spanish slopes an arid look.
Photo taken at the Parc National des Pyrénées - Mountain Range of Atlantiques, France. We were high up in the Pyrenees at the mountain stream Gave de Bious above at elevation of 1241 meter. A location 3 km from the mountain pass Portalet d'Aneu and border crossing in the Pyrenees, between France and Spain.
Parc national des Pyrénées is een nationaal park in de Franse departementen Hautes-Pyrénées en hierboven de Pyrénées-Atlantiques. Dit berg- en schilderachtige landschap bevindt zich op de Frans-Spaanse grens en biedt een heel scala aan buitenactiviteiten zoals wandelen, skiën, bergbeklimmen en het bestuderen van de fauna. Volgens de website van het nationaal park Pyrénées is het park, opgericht in 1967, een natuurlijk leefgebied zonder belemmeringen en hekken voor dieren zodat ze kunnen gaan en staan waar ze maar willen. Door de toewijding om biodiversiteit en landschappen te behouden alsook het bestuderen van wilde dieren en verschillende soorten planten is het park het thuis voor 70 verschillende soorten dieren. In de Pyreneeën komen nog bruine beren voor maar flink afgenomen de laatste 30 jaar. Volgens de laatste gegevens zijn er nog maar 6 over, meestal op de rand van het hoogste punt. Dit gebied deelt de bruine beer met marmotten, Pyreneese antilopen, sneeuwpatrijzen en watermollen. De watermol wordt ook wel de Pyreneese Desman genoemd en is een nachtdier met zwemvliezen en een spitse snuit. Het is één van de zeldzame diersoorten die alleen in Frankrijk voor komen. Op hogere hoogte leven ook de gems en de steenbok. Naast de vale en de Egyptische gier is de Pyreneeën ook de woonplaats van Europees grootste gier; de lammergier. Deze roofvogel heeft een vleugelwijdte tot drie meter. Deze dieren zijn buiten Afrika alleen in de Pyreneeën te zien. Ook kunt u in het park meer dan 1200 soorten flora aanschouwen, daaronder voornamelijk de lis, de valeriaan, de affodil en de Ramunde. Dit is een bijzonder stukje wereld waar u met respect voor de natuur, naar mag kijken. Honderden kilometers gemarkeerde voetpaden komen samen bij vele berghutten waar u, tijdens uw bergwandelingen, zelfs kunt overnachten. Overal in het water van de rivieren, de bergmeren, en de beekjes ziet u bronnen van leven. Er is een informatiecentrum over het Nationale Park aanwezig, om aan het publiek de rijkdommen van de natuur te laten zien en iedereen te overtuigen dat dit alles behouden moet blijven.
After a long 500 mile train ride southeast from Krakow you have all made it to the next destination.
I welcome you all to the small town of Sinaih, Romania a place that will make everyone wish they were there....
Sinaih is a mountain resort town in the Carpathian Mountains of Transylvania along the Peles river. The city is just 44 km from Brasov which is the second biggest city after the capitol Bucharest of course.
This is Peleş Castle which was built between the years 1875-1914 and is in fact Laurie and I's fafourite Castle in Europe. Yes you read that right, this Neo-Renaissance Castle is exquisite, in the perfect sense of the word. The Peles Castle was built with stone, wood and brick and the interior has 170 rooms 30 bathrooms! the cost was estimated to be 16,000,000 gold Romanian lei (approx. $US 120 million today).
The woodwork and collections they have inside are unbelievable. Only the best/most rare and exotic woods, fabrics and marbles where used in the building. For example two different types of woods they used were golden lime-tree and nut tree wood.
If you're a lover of woodwork this is an architectural jem you cannot miss in your life time. I wish I was able to take photos inside, but unfortunately I was not allowed and they even took our cameras. Sadface.
Oh well, at least I saw it with my eyes while my jaw was hitting the floor in every room. Maybe one day you will all visit and explore the castle yourselves.
In the meantime please enjoy these views of the Castle and it's surroundings in the breathtaking Carpathian Mountains of Transylvania....
++++ On this day: November 11th, please join me in remembering all the fallen soldiers. 2 years ago I was standing in The Canadian Cemetery in Bény-sur-Mer in Normandie and I will never forget that moment and the fallen who fought for our freedom. Thank you so much!
Been working days this week so not as much time for Flickr, by Friday I should be caught with everyone streams. Have a great week my peeps! =D +++++
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Found another shot of one of these cool cannon foundations, it's the last one I promise (but you never know!=)
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"Dessine moi un mouton / draw me a sheep " Ch. 2. Hear comes the others. .No. 2020
"The Rhône Glacier (German: Rhonegletscher/ Valais German: "Rottengletscher") is a glacier in the Swiss Alps and the source of the river Rhône and one of the primary contributors to Lake Geneva in the far eastern end of the Swiss canton of Valais. Because the Glacier is located close to the Furka Pass road it is easily accessible.
Der Rhonegletscher (selten auch Rottengletscher genannt) ist ein Talgletscher im Quellgebiet der Rhone im äussersten Nordosten des Kantons Wallis in den Zentralalpen der Schweiz. Er ist knapp acht Kilometer lang, weist eine durchschnittliche Breite von ungefähr zwei Kilometer auf und bedeckt eine Fläche von ungefähr 16 km². Der Rhonegletscher war vor allem im 19. und Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts aufgrund seiner damals noch weit ins Tal bei Gletsch hinunter reichenden Zunge eine grosse Touristenattraktion. Er schmilzt seit der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts kontinuierlich. Möglicherweise wird er bis ins Jahr 2100 beinahe vollständig verschwunden sein.
Le glacier du Rhône (Rhonegletscher ou Rottengletscher en allemand) se trouve à l'extrémité nord-est du canton du Valais en Suisse. Il donne naissance au Rhône, en amont de Gletsch, qui s'écoule ensuite dans la vallée de Conches.
Le glacier s'étend sur 8 kilomètres et atteint une largeur d'un peu plus de 1 000 mètres. Sa superficie est de 17 km2. Comme la plupart des glaciers alpins, il a passablement reculé depuis le milieu du xixe siècle. Il est facilement accessible via la route du col de la Furka. Une galerie creusée dans la glace permet de visiter l'intérieur du glacier."
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Light, especially sunlight, has such a potent effect on your body's internal clock, or circadian rhythms, that you can use it to reset your sleep cycle, says Phyllis C. Zee, MD, PhD, director of the Sleep Disorders Center at Northwestern University.
"If you tend to be a night owl who can't get to sleep until 1 a.m., you may have delayed circadian rhythms. To shift to an earlier schedule -- and make it easier to get to bed and get up on time -- soak up as much sunlight as possible between 6 and 8 a.m." Force yourself to wake up early and sit in a sunny room or take a post-sunrise walk. When it's warm, try eating breakfast outdoors. Basking in early-morning rays prompts your body to suppress production of melatonin -- the sleep hormone -- during the day and release it earlier in the evening, so falling asleep isn't such a struggle.
Well I guess I start doing it :) coz frankly when I am out of city I always wake up early to catch sunrise but when I return to city :P I become a owl again :( :P I guess tr is many owl friends out tr isn't !
This was another SOOC shot pretty much the wow-est moment of sunrise, I do have lot of other shots which I tried planning and shooting will post them one at a time every morning :)
Its magical how even the boring mobile towers also merge with the landscape which looks as if taken from a Arabian Nights series, the old and new coexist and morning painter manages to paint it in such a way that you don't realize the difference and just get immersed in the morning glow :)
Good morning, Have a great Week ahead friends :)
Gear : Canon 40D, Canon 200mm 2.8 L II USM
Exposure Time:1/500 sec
Exposure Program:Aperture Priority
ISO Speed Rating:200
Lens Aperture:f/10.0
Exposure Bias:-1/3 EV
Metering Mode:Center Weighted Average
Focal Length:200.00 mm
yes flickr friends, today's my birthday :)
Firstly, I'd like to thank God for giving me another year...
...thanks everyone for the friendship... i've learned a lot from you guys (and hope to learn more). thanks for sharing your talents, too. God bless you all!
you're probably getting tired of my marina shots... i promise - this will be the last (for now,hehe)
For through me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life. - Proverbs 9:11
Pushkar (पुष्कर) in Rajasthan is one of the oldest cities of India. The date of its actual origin is not known, but legend associates Lord Brahma with its creation. It is mentioned that Brahma performed penance here for 60,000 years to have glimpse of Radha Krishna. Pushkar boasts of temples, though not many can be considered very old since many were destroyed by Aurangzeb, a Mogul ruler and subsequently rebuilt. The most famous among all is the Brahma Temple, said to be the only temple in the world dedicated to this deity.
Pushkar is famous for its annual Pushkar Cattle Fair, which has over the years become one of the biggest tourist attractions in India. This is usually the quintessential colourful Indian festival which you see in all the Incredible !ndia ads. However, this year was not as joyous for the traders. The global recession combined with the drought hit hard and there were hardly any buyers. The individual stories are sad - with most traders having to leave their cows, camels and horses behind because they can't afford to feed their families, let alone the animals. Yet, the resilience of the people was touching to see - with hope for the future and welcoming to those from the outside.
Check out the whole set - Magical Rajasthan.
Pushkar, India
2009
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One who has the ability to see Beauty never grows old.
We seek to live life to it’s fullest, all the while maintaining balance and stability.
Life is not an exact science, it is an art.
photo by:Me
model:kitty cat
location:Kuwait,Gulf Street
photo idea:Me
camera:NIKON D300
Lens:Tamron 11-18mm
ISO:100
F#:F/29
filter kit: COKIN ND8+ COKIN ND2 + COKIN Tobacco T2
edit in:Photoshop CS3 (just the levels)
edit by:Me
other:Tripod + remote control
Copyright for this gallery photo belongs solely to Talal A. Images may not be copied, downloaded, or used in any way without the expressed, written permission of the photographer
Long exposures and minimalism doesn't necessarily mean minimalism in tones to me, only in composition... Michael Levin and Michael Kenna are true masters in this discipline and are the ones who inspire me...
I haven't been shooting new photos for weeks. Work and travelling is killing me really, I feel like I'm close to a burn out ...So here's another one from the archives. Like the previous post, and this one, and this one and this one, all shot on the same day, April 25 2009. It was a day when conditions were ideal for long exposures...
Technical info:
ND110 - 10 stops.
f/25
ISO100
30 mm
150s (2min30s) exposure
Software:
Lightroom 2.0
PS CS4 - Silver Efex Pro
One exposure, one frame. Postprocessing involved contrasts and curves corrections and lots of dodging and burning.
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Was a fantastic sunset a few days back. So good that I jumped away from the desk with my handy point-n-shoot (that I keep in my bag to/from work) and went into one of the unused conference rooms on the West side of the building so that I could get this shot looking over Tokyo station and the Marunouchi business district at dusk.
Tokyo, Japan
I just learned something today. I got a very low score in one of my major exams. I have never experienced this in a very long time. I know it’s shallow, but I just feel so down and troubled… I guess I’m in the bottom of the wheel this time around. I wasn’t suppose to post anything until the first week of November because I have to study again, but I felt to sad that I needed an outlet. So please bear with this sad photograph…. And bear the site of me in it too.
Hope you guys are having a great day ☺
La calma después de la tormenta de viento de la noche anterior. Terminando de rodear el cráter.
Acá un video
Volcán Chillán, Región del Biobío, Chile central.
This is the South Tufa area at Mono Lake, These spires and knobs are made from calcium-carbonate formed by the interaction of freshwater springs and alkaline lake water.
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London | Architecture | Night Photography | Guggenheim | Bilbao Set
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Instantly hailed as the most important structure of its time, Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum Bilbao recently celebrated a decade of extraordinary success on October 19, 2007. With close to ninety exhibitions and over ten million visitors to its credit, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao forever changed the way the world thinks about museums, and it continues to challenge our assumptions about the connections between art, architecture, and collecting.
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Collection has a unique, yet complementary, identity from the collections at the other Guggenheim institutions, featuring works by some of the most significant artists of the second half of the 20th century: Eduardo Chillida, Yves Klein, Willem de Kooning, Robert Motherwell, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, Clyfford Still, Antoni Tàpies, and Andy Warhol, among others.
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a museum of modern and contemporary art designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry, built by Ferrovialand located in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. It is built alongside the Nervion River, which runs through the city of Bilbao to the Atlantic Coast. The Guggenheim is one of several museums belonging to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. The museum features permanent and visiting exhibits of works by Spanish and international artists.
One of the most admired works of contemporary architecture, the building has been hailed as a "single moment in the architectural culture" because it represents "one of those rare moments when critics, academics, and the general public were all completely united about something."The museum was the building most frequently named as one of the most important works completed since 1980 in the 2010 World Architecture Survey among architecture experts.
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Guggenheim Museum Bilbao - Smoke on the Water
Regensburg cathedral [dome] by night
Music suggestion: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziThYl6B2vw&feature=related
1 - The dome (1273): de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regensburger_Dom
2 - The old stone bridge (1135 - 1146): de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steinerne_Br%c3%bccke
3 - Salthouse (1616 bis 1620): de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salzstadel_(Regensburg)
4 - The "Sausagekitchen", first fast food restaurant of the world *g (1135 bis 1146): de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historische_Wurstkuchl
5 - Iron bridge (Architects: Auer & Weber - 1992): www.auer-weber.de/index-intro.htm
6 - Königliche Villa (1854 bis 1856): de.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%c3%b6nigliche_Villa
Albany Park in Enfield
Not the biggest or the nicest park in the UK, but this particular morning it showed off beautifully. There was this lovely ground mist hugging the floor, swirling around school boys legs as they walked to school and the sun was rising and beaming through the trees ahead of me. I was so LUCKY to catch this shot.
LARGE ON BLACK (press F11 for full screen view)
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Got out into the great British Columbian wilderness today, and hiked 4km to the beautiful Mystic Beach on Vancouver Island's westcoast. . Along the way we passed this suspension bridge that was kind of a surprise. It was my first time seeing a suspension bridge this big, and it was really fun to walk across while looking down. =D
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On a beautiful morning I shot this image. It's a view on the german city Emmerich, this is minutes after the first rays of the sun hit the land. This was also the first day I had to scratch the ice of my windshield.
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Sunset in Victoria B.C's Inner Harbour.
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Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Exposure: 30 sec
Aperture: ƒ/8.0
Exposure Program: Manual
Focal Length: 46 mm
ISO Speed: 160
Flash: Off
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
Tripod: -------------
Taken on: October 15, 2009 | 1:10 am
Remote: Canon Remote Switch RS-80N3
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The camera was left on the road.
Don't worry, the camera safely!
تم ترك الكاميرا على الطريق
!. لا تقلقوا , الكاميرا بأمــان
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... شكراً لأنكم هنـا يا أصدقاء
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.رجــاءً, لا تعــلّــق بالجــوائز أو الدعــوات
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Non-hdr image.
In preparation of a free buffet lunch I thought I'd get a little exercise cycling on my wife's battery powered mamachari (bike with large baskets) and came across this unexpected wonderful sunset.
This was taken using my wide angle lense and cropped at the bottom to remove the beach from the shot.
Slightly processed to give a nice cinematic film feel.
Just a perfect day,
Drink Sangria in the park,
And then later, when it gets dark,
We go home.
Just a perfect day,
Feed animals in the zoo
Then later, a movie, too,
And then home.
Oh it's such a perfect day,
I'm glad I spent it with you.
Oh such a perfect day,
You just keep me hanging on,
You just keep me hanging on.
Just a perfect day,
Problems all left alone,
Weekenders on our own.
It's such fun.
Just a perfect day,
You made me forget myself.
I thought I was someone else,
Someone good.
Oh it's such a perfect day,
I'm glad I spent it with you.
Oh such a perfect day,
You just keep me hanging on,
Longa expoisição, Fotografia noturna. Cores fortes, vibrantes. Verde, laranja e o lindo céu roxo. É possível ver o congresso nacional lá atrás, e obras de Oscar Niemeyer.
BRIDGE NAME: Hoffman Covered Bridge
COUNTY: Linn
STREAM: Crabtree Creek
NEAREST TOWN: Scio
STATUS: Open to traffic
BRIDGE LENGTH: 90 Feet
YEAR BUILT: 1936
ADDED TO NRHP: February 17, 1987
Other Notes: The bridge was named for its builder, Lee Hoffman.
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Excursión a Soria, noche en el Parador. Abrir la ventana por la mañana y encontar una preciosa niebla sobre el río Duero. ¿Quién puede resistirse a hacer fotos? Os dejo una serie con la hora en que tomé la foto. Increiblemente rápido, la niebla creció para disiparse con la misma rapidez.