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Life is for those who are smart. Those who can pretend, those who can smile, and even smile at people they do not like. Life is for those who want something, those who have other goals than just to die. Life is a game, and I have no plans to play with.
I haven't been feeling so good with photography as I would like. I don't have a lack of inspiration, just that its bad weather, no colors nothing here now.
I have felt really desperate and taking this shot was a big relief for me.. I hope people don't find the watermark so distracting, I'm still trying to find a good way to watermark my photos.
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Mit solchem Gemüse ist der Start ins Wochenende perfekt!
Gewaschen und geschnibbelt kommt es gleich in die Pfanne :)
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Panorama of water village (Kampung Air) in Tanjung Aru Sabah Malaysia during sunset.
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Taken out of the archives. A maternity shoot for my friend back in the fall. I had all these shots tha probably would have never seen the day of night again since the last time I had given them the photos.
Love is in the air, so I'd thought it'll be nice to look back at an example of true love from someone very close to me :) Happy Valentine's Day!
PS: Their 'soon to be' is now a 4month old little precious named Reet :D
Happy Valentine's Day!
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Early morning symmetry over another flawless backcountry lake, Kings Canyon National Park.
First things first; yes, the water really is that color. Some of the lakes in this area do have that gemlike look, making them even more beautiful. I’m not sure why, but I’m quite curious! The breeze was beginning to pick up, creating small ripples in the water – I had to wait for a few brief moments of calm to get this shot.
Taken in the middle of a 19-day, 275-mile backpacking trip last summer. Good times. :)
My tent shared this vantage point – can you say waterfront property?
note: sorry about my weeklong disappearance from the flickr world -- lame excuse, I know, but I've been busy beyond belief with midterms and projects. I will stop by your streams and try to catch up ASAP! As always, thoughtful feedback is highly appreciated.
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In winter, Amsterdammers watch the falling thermometer readings with the same focus as people in Aspen and Chamonix. When the temperature drops low enough for long enough, the lakes and the canals become sparkling highways for the skaters. Little kiosks are set up on the ice to dispense heart-warming liqueurs. I really love this part of our culture. Almost everyone, young or old, likes to skate and is smiling and friendly. We already have one week of ice and wednesday 8 Februari I took a day off to skate on natural ice. According to Richard van Ammerzoden, a skater from Rotterdam, skating in Holland originated as a poor man's sport. Isolated by mud and water in the damp winters, rural farmers prayed for ice. When it came, just like Hans Brinker, they strapped on their wooden skates with leather thongs, and traveled great distances to visit friends and relatives they hadn't seen in months. Then they skated home. Perhaps that explains the origin of the Elfstedentocht or "Eleven Cities Tour", a 200-kilometer mega-tour in the province of Friesland known as "the mother of all skating tours." In the 1890s, some Frisian farmer with well-developed leg muscles tried to skate through all eleven cities of Friesland in a single day. He succeeded, and the rest is history.
Photo taken in Holysloot at the Holysloter Die nearby Amsterdam. Father and son skating from pittoreske village to pittoreske village having a skate-break at "Koek en Zopie". A little kiosk which is set up on the ice to dispense heart-warming liqueurs and warm soup. I really love this part of our culture. Almost everyone, young or old, likes to skate and is smiling and friendly. Dutch skaters enjoying the natural ice. Today I enjoy the natural ice too. I did skate a tour from Amsterdam - Zunderdorp - Ransdorp - Holysloot - Uitdam - Zuiderwoude - Monnickendam - Broek in Waterland -Zunderdorp and back to Amsterdam - about 40km. This photo I took on my way home to Ransdorp.
Eindelijk weer een hele week waarin Waterlanders de ijzers konden onderbinden. Ideale condities want de het meeste sneeuw is netjes weggeschoven. Overal is het ijs dik genoeg meer dan 20cm en het heeft maar liefst -20 graden Celcius gevroren de afgelopen week. De bomen en weilanden zijn wit, de sloten bevroren en de adem komt in kleine grijze pufjes uit mijn mond. Handen op de rug. Rustig ademen. Ik geniet van het geluid van de ijzers over het ijs en het prachtige uitzicht over de besneeuwde weilanden. Vandaag op 8 februari 2012 een lange schaatstocht gemaakt van Amsterdam - Zunderdorp - Ransdorp - Holysloot - Uitdam - Zuiderwoude - Monnickendam - Broek in Waterland -Zunderdorp en terug naar Amsterdam - ongeveer 40km. Jong en oud staan hier op het ijs. Het is min zeven, het is onbewolkt. Koek en zopie is present in de pittoreske dorpjes. Wat betekend nu eigenlijk zopie. zopie komt van soope en betekend borreltje. Er werd namelijk vroeger op het ijs nogal alcohol gebruikt. Tegenwoordig betekend koek en zopie: warme chocomel, koek, gluhwein, erwtensoep en een borreltje. Vader en zoon rusten even uit tijdens hun toertocht langs de leuke dorpjes van Waterland. De warme chocolademelk smaakte mij heerlijk met een beetje rum erbij. Ik ben blij dat ik vandaag geweest ben, het was fantastisch. Een winter tafereel die stamt uit dezelfde vervlogen eeuw als waarin de Amsterdammer Hendrick Avercamp begon met het schilderen van zijn vermaarde winterse schaatstaferelen. Wie even wegdenkt kan zich vandaag in Avercamps wereld wanen.
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Mont Blanc (French) or Monte Bianco (Italian), meaning "White Mountain", is the highest mountain in the Alps, Western Europe and the European Union. It rises 4,810.45 m (15,782 ft)[2] above sea level and is ranked 11th in the world in topographic prominence. It is also sometimes known as La Dame blanche (French for "the White Lady") or Il Bianco (Italian for "the White One").
The mountain lies between the regions of Aosta Valley, Italy, and Haute-Savoie, France and the location of the summit is on the watershed line between the valleys of Ferret and Veny in Italy and the Arve Valley in France.
The two most famous towns near Mont Blanc are Courmayeur in Aosta Valley, Italy, and Chamonix in Haute-Savoie, France—the site of the first Winter Olympics. A cable car ascends and crosses the mountain from Courmayeur to Chamonix.
Begun in 1957 and completed in 1965, the 11.6 km (7¼ mi) Mont Blanc Tunnel runs beneath the mountain between these two countries and is one of the major trans-Alpine transport routes.
The Mont Blanc massif is popular for mountaineering, hiking, skiing and snowboarding.
The summit of Mont Blanc is a thick, perennial ice and snow dome whose thickness varies, so no exact and permanent summit elevation can be determined. But accurate measurements have been made. For a long time its official elevation was 4,807 m (15,771 ft). Then in 2002, the IGN and expert surveyors, with the aid of GPS technology, measured it to be 4,810.40 m (15,782 ft 2 in).
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Courmayeur is an Italian town and comune in the autonomous region of Aosta Valley, in northern Italy. It is located at the foot of Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in western Europe, in the Graian Alps range, and is crossed by the Dora Baltea. Courmayeur shares the summit of Mont Blanc with its neighboring commune of Chamonix in France, and owns the title of highest commune in Italy.
We only said goodbye with words
I died a hundred times
You go back to her
And I go back to black…
Back To Black, by Amy Winehouse.
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Secondhand bookseller stall .On the banks of the Seine .Paris.France.
Etal de bouquiniste sur les quais de Seine .Paris .France
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Reading is like thinking, like praying, like talking to a friend, like expressing your ideas, like listening to other people's ideas, like listening to music, like looking at the view, like taking a walk on the beach.
-Roberto Bolaño ;Chilean writer
-There is no friend as loyal as a book.
--Ernest Hemingway
-You cannot open a book without learning something.
--Confucius
-Reading while listening to music is a bliss
--fifichat1 ( unknown author _ born19 ?? // still alive :)
(With a good cup of tea,its even better :)......or maybe with an old single malt Scotch :))))))
AND .....AND with a purring cat on my knees -:) WOAHHHH !!!
When I go for a walk along the Seine-banks,I can never resist to the temptation to buy an old book
Wow,no more room in my flat :(( :))))
If you want,you can listen to Keith Jarret,Perfect with a good book :)
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Il n'est pas d'ami plus fidèle qu'un livre
-Hemingway
Vous ne pouvez pas ouvrir un livre sans apprendre quelque chose
-Confucius
Lire tout en écoutant de la musique est un pur bonheur
-fifichat1 ( auteur inconnu :))))
( avec une bonne tasse de thé,c'est encore mieux :))
Quand je me promène le long des quais de Seine,je ne peux jamais résister à la tentation d'acheter un vieux bouquin ......wow,je n'ai plus de place :(( :)))))
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The Øresund Bridge connects Danish capital city of Copenhagen, and the major Swedish city of Malmö. This shot is taken from Swedish side.
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This is probably the weirdest fence I've ever posted! First I had a snowstorm fence, then I had a picnic in the park fence, then I had a beach fence. But as I was looking through my archives, I came across a 'heart' fence. This being the month of love and all, I immediately yanked it from the archives and dusted it off (I know, it looks like a missed a few spots)!
Seriously folks; this looks NOTHING like the original! I took a beautiful, pristine digital image and systematically destroyed it. And it was so much fun! I really shouldn't be doing this, I have SO MUCH to do before I start my road trip next week. Been up since 3:00 am getting Jack off on her flight to San Diego. So what I'm really doing right now is procrastinating. And when I procrastinate, you can usually find me in Photoshop ... or on Flickr! I decided to 'do something different.' I ran the image through a plugin called Retrographer. It does a whole bunch of fun neat retro camera effects!! I like how this looks like a rumpled Valentine's Day card found in a musty box in the basement.
Happy Fence Friday Everyone!!
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Hey guys, its cold and i don't like it. Really wanted to do something simple and i think this really hits the spot to me. Don't have a lot of time since i have work soon, so ill have story time tomorrow. Love you all and ill catch ya on the flip side! Facebook
Brand spanking new, and a snip at £360 - this is the Vulcan Demonstration Van. Its chassis could take 20-25 cwt., and it was distributed by B.T. Lambert Ltd., 3 Cornmarket, Dublin.
From examining shots of the van from other angles, what we thought was the reg. no. seemed to be 0010 YI (definitely YI, but 0010 didn't sound right). Thanks to Bob Montgomery 2012 who explained that it was a trade plate rather than a registration plate...
I've transcribed the full text from the carving over the door of Reginald's Tower behind the van below...
Date: Saturday, 9 February 1924
NLI Ref.: P_WP_3151
PLAY ♥ The Beatles ♥
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Beautiful Lucky! I love when he is still long enough for me to get a shot like this one so everyone can see how beautiful he is. Like seriously look at those eyes and stripes and whiskers. He works hard every day shining himself - sometimes interupting other tasks to tackle a leg or a toe - and not to mention getting plenty of beauty sleep inbetween too.
Sure 'tis a tough life
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عودني والدي في صغري أن يڪـون لدي حيوان صغير .. على الرُغمِ من أنه يُعاني من وسواس النظافة
!.. وعلى الرغمِ من ڪـرهه للحيوانات
..في ڪـل مرة يموت الحيوان , يأتي لي ب آخر جديد
?!..سألته مرة .. بعدما ڪـبرت .. لماذا ڪـنت تأتي لي بحيوانات
!..آجابني : حتى أعودڪِ على الفقد
..تنبأ لي والدي .. بفقد الأحبة منذ الصغر
!.. لڪـنه لم يُدرڪ بأن الانسان لا قدرة له على اعتياد الفـقـد
بقلم : أثيـر عبدالله
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The Rolls-Royce Ghost is a luxury saloon from Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. The "Ghost" nameplate, named in honour of the Silver Ghost.
This shot was taken at Qatar Motor Show.
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The island drifts amongst the snow-capped mountains surrounding the Lake Maggiore.
Isola Bella, meaning "Beautiful Island", really does live up to its name. It is one of the Borromean Islands (Isole Borromee) of the Lake Maggiore in northern Italy. Until the beginning of 1600s, the island was a small rocky cliff occupied by a tiny fishing village. In 1632 Carlo III of the influential House of Borromeo began the construction of a palazzo with luxuriant baroque gardens dedicated to his wife Isabella, from whom the island takes its name.
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Anche qui si parte da un libro. Nel secolo XIII nel Canon Episcopi furono raccolte varie disposizioni di malefici e magie risalenti al X secolo. Ma fu con la bolla Summis desiderantes di papa Innocenzo VIII del 1484, in pieno Rinascimento, che iniziò la vera caccia alle streghe, quella metodica e senza pietà. Appena due anni dopo venne pubblicato il “Malleus maleficarum”, il testo ufficiale della Chiesa sulla stregoneria.
L’inquisizione fece capolino nel mondo e si impossessò delle paure peggiori dell’animo umano.
A farne le spese furono soprattutto le donne. Tante donne. Vecchie, giovani, vedove, mamme, nubili o sposate… ma anche uomini e persino alcuni bambini.
Spesso si partiva da delle voci. Un sussurro poteva bastare. Voci di una donna che accudiva un gatto, ad esempio. Si era infatti diffusa la bizzarra opinione che i gatti fossero una incarnazione di Satana e che le streghe, delle volte, si originassero proprio dai felini. Per questo, si praticava una incisione a forma di croce sulla pancia dei mici appena nati. Si pensava inoltre che le donne molto anziane di notte prendessero le sembianze di grossi gatti neri per andare a succhiare il sangue dei bambini… o magari del bestiame lasciato incustodito.
Un sussurro, quindi… magari due testimoni anonimi e potevi ritrovarti davanti un inquisitore disposto ad ottenere da te le risposte “giuste”… ed un inquisitore otteneva sempre le risposte giuste. La cosina più banale era il buon vecchio ferro rovente, ma quella era l’epoca della “tortura creativa”. Credetemi, le risposte non tardavano ad arrivare. Si. Sono una strega. Si. Parlo con il demonio. Certo. Ho fatto bere pozioni velenose al mastro ferraio. Perché? Perché sono cattiva. Sono la schiava di Satana… e dopo la confessione ti poteva capitare di finire rinchiusa in un canestro di vimini e poi sospesa sopra il fuoco… o il canonico rogo. Il fuoco purifica ogni cosa. E’ un fatto.
Il mondo andò avanti comunque e verso la fine del secolo XVII e l’inizio del XVIII i processi inquisitori cominciarono a diminuire fino a esaurirsi. Le società europee si resero conto di aver provocato un disastro sociale e fecero “Ops!”. Le condizioni economiche migliorarono e si perse interesse nella superstizione applicata.
Ma non è detto. Personalmente mi piacerebbe stare con una strega. Con qualcuna ci sono andato molto vicino, credo. Oggi ho tenuto d’occhio a lungo la mia gatta nella speranza che si trasformasse in strega… ma non è successo. Non ancora. Io non dispero.
(Daniele D., “La strega e il gatto”, Lyon, Sauveterre-de-Guyenne, Francia, 2012)
Capturing memories has been a lifetime pursuit for me really. I bought m first SLR when I was in eighth grade and I soon set up a darkroom in our basement. It has been a passion for me ever since. Photography is my craft.
Teleidoscope Theme: Memory
February Challenge: Passion
ODC: Craft
Marostica è nota in tutto il mondo per la partita a scacchi che si svolge ogni due anni (anni pari) con personaggi viventi nella piazza cittadina.
Marostica is mostly famous for its living chess event (every even year, in September).
HDR from a single RAW file
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The Historic Columbia River Highway is an approximately 75-mile (120 km) scenic highway in the U.S. state of Oregon between Troutdale and The Dalles, built through the Columbia River Gorge between 1913 and 1922. As the first planned scenic roadway in the United States, it has been recognized in numerous ways, including a listing on the National Register of Historic Places as a National Historic Landmark, designation as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers, and considered a "destination unto itself"] as an All-American Road by the U.S. Secretary of Transportation. The historic roadway was bypassed in by the present Columbia River Highway No. 2 (Interstate 84) from the 1930s to the 1950s, leaving behind the old two-lane road. The road is now mostly owned and maintained by the state through the Oregon Department of Transportation as the Historic Columbia River Highway No. 100 (still partially marked as U.S. Route 30; see Oregon highways and routes) or the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department as the Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail.
A polar bear cub (child) jumping around in the ice.
Archive picture, taken some time ago.
Picture of the month february 2012 in the group Adorable Critters
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Exam next Friday. Potentially going camping afterwards so I should get some more interesting shots there I assume! I have 1-2 more photos to upload from this day at the beach. I'll get around to that sooner or later.
My first explore! Woohoo! Thank you to all my lovely contacts! Kind of fitting that my 100th upload is my first explore, no? Please feel free to browse through some of my other beach work!
On another note, I hope you're all well. Thanks for your kind comments all.
Take care,
Ben
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While on a photowalk around Westminster with Siany, we walk around the back of Westminster Abbey and she found this little entrance. We wandered in and found this fantastic little cloister and many other churchy-type things. We also found the oldest door in England, dating back to around 1050.
The interior of this, I believe it's called a chapter house, is modelled on the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris. I loved the sense of perspective that this corridor gave, plus the wonderful ceiling and the bright sunlight shining in through the cloister windows.
This looks much more lovely large on black. I've also just realised that my Flickr stream has just passed over a million views, so thank you everyone who as visited and continues to visit my photos!
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Decided this would be a great place to explore, see how close to the bridge we could get. I was in awe standing under this giant structure, hope you enjoy the view too! Opinions of this one and how to improve it would be appreciated.
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Nearly the same place like last week in Stuttgart, Germany. The Television Tower is the world's first TV Tower and was built between 1954 and 1956, 217 m high.
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