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If I held in my hand
Every grain of sand
Since time first began to be
Still, I could never count
Measure the amount
Of all the things you are to me
If I could paint the sky
Hang it out to dry
I would want the sky to be
Oh, such a grand design
An everlasting sign
Of all the things you are to me
You are the sun
That comes on summer winds
You are the falling year
That autumn brings
You are the wonder and the mystery
In everything I see
The things you are to me
Sometimes I wake at night
And suddenly take fright
You might be just fantasy
But then you reach for me
And once again I see
All the things you are to me
You are the sun
That comes on summer winds
You are the falling year
That autumn brings
You are the wonder and the mystery
In everything I see
The things you are to me
All the things you are… to me
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I keep telling myself to get out and get more sunrises and sunsets so this morning I set the alarm and went for it.
I almost didn't get out of bed and went back to sleep for 10 more minutes, very naughty.
Got out of bed, got ready and headed for Beachy Head but not to jump off oh no, to try and get some colours in the morning sky.
The colour was hidden behind this band of moody clouds which ran along the horizon but the rest of the sky was clear so I zoomed in to crop out the bland part of the sky and capture all the sunrise colour.
I used my Lee 0.6 Hard ND grad to darken those clouds and bring out the colours, to enhance this more I underexposed as well.
I really like how the tankers are along the horizon and lit by all that orangey goodness with the Beachy Head lighthouse warning them not to come any closer.
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►Nikon D300s
►Nikon 16-85@85mm
►Lee 0.6 Hard Grad ND filter
►Tripod + Cable release
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... and bye, says Livia, Mickey Mouse is waiting for me :-DDD
... i zbogom, kaže Livija, Mickey Mouse me čeka :-DDD
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Lake Manyara National Park is a national park in Arusha Region, Tanzania. The park consists of 330 km2 of arid land, forest, and a soda-lake which covers as much as 200 km2 of land during the wet season but is nearly nonexistent during the dry season.
Lake Manyara National Park is known for the flamingos that inhabit the lake. During the wet season they inhabit the edges of the lake in flocks of thousands but they are not so present during the dry season.
More than 400 species of birds inhabit the park and many remain throughout the year. Because of this Lake Manyara National Park is a good spot for bird watching. Visitors to the park can expect to see upwards of 100 different species of bird on any day.
Leopards, lions, elephants, blue monkeys, dik-dik, gazelle, hippo, giraffe, impala, and more inhabit the park and many can be seen throughout the year. There is a hippo pond at one end of the park where visitors can get out of their cars and observe from a safe distance. The leopards and lions are both known to lounge in the trees while not hunting for prey.
I recall this morning vividly. How breathtakingly beautiful the sky was, all lit up with the morning sun coming up behind me. When I opened up the images at home ... I was a bit underwhelmed to say the least. See the SOOC in comments.
Instead of tossing the images, I pulled out my digital paint palette and set to work painting a dream ... painting what I 'thought' I saw!!
Happy Sliders Sunday Everyone!!
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P.S. Going offline in 5 minutes! Doing a big move today! Will catch up tonight at the new place!
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Monterosso is one of the five villages in Cinque Terre. The Cinque Terre have come to be among the most popular areas of Italy among tourists. The coastline, the five villages, and the surrounding hillsides are all encapsulated in a national park by the same name. The Cinque Terre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It's most picturesque, fun and quaint at the same time, very accessible, and terrific for swimming. Monterosso al Mare is actually two towns—a bustling, character-filled old town built behind the harbor. Narrow and winding streets, colorfully-painted buildings, unique shops, people at work and play - similar to most Italian towns. Somehow, though, it just never gets old. The medieval Torre Aurora or Dawn Tower separates the old part of Monterosso from the new part. It is located on a headland, jutting out into the sea. The tower is the only one remaining of an original 13 towers which surrounded Monterosso in the 16th century. In addition to the spectacular scenery, Monterosso’s beaches are favorites with tourists because they provide easy access to the culinary delights for which the region is so famous. The grapes and olives cultivated on terraces carved into the surrounding mountainside are turned into award-winning wines, liqueurs, and olive oils. Anchovies are a local specialty, as is the pesto sauce, made from locally produced basil, garlic, pine nuts, and pecorino cheese.
Clothes drip dry from washing lines above the restaurants, the narrow streets are clad in stone, and in the evenings, the sea gentle tumbles the shoreline's boulders. Monterosso may be the busiest of the Cinque Terre towns, with the most hotels, restaurants, and bustle, but calling it "busy" is a relative thing. The town remains little more than an oversized fishing village, with all the attendant charms.
Monterosso is het meest noordelijke dorp van de Cinque Terre en het enige met een zandstrand. Het dorpje wordt in twee gesplitst door een uitstekende rots, met bovenop een kasteel. Het havengebied is rijk aan oude steegjes, typische smalle kleurrijke straatjes van Ligurië, waar je wijnbars, restaurants, focaccia en ijssalons kunt vinden. Het oude stadsdeel ligt achter de spoorlijn en in de kleine straatjes liggen talrijke winkeltjes en eetgelegenheden.Monterosso heeft een leuke boulevard en pleintjes. De restaurants in de oude binnenstad zijn van goede kwaliteit, het slimste is van te voren te reserveren anders is er wellicht geen plaats meer. Het dorp ligt in het natuurpark Cinque Terre, een groene, bosrijke en heuvelachtige omgeving met authentieke dorpjes en hoge rotskliffen. Langs de kust loopt een wandelpad die de Cinque Terre met elkaar verbindt, nl. van Monterosso al Mare via Vernazza, Corniglia en Manarola naar Riomaggiore. Je kan op verschillende manieren de prachtige omgeving bekijken, wandelen, trein en boot.
Spaziergang auf der herbstlichen Neckarinsel in Tübingen
Walk on the autumn Neckar Island in Tübingen / Germany
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The recent storm brought exceptional clouds to San Diego. The sunrises and sunsets have been fantastic!!! Hope everyone is having a wonderful week!
Happy Tuesday!!
Well, if this scan doesn't sell me on large format, nothing will.
After I scanned this negative and pulled up the file on my iMAC, I was blown away by the depth of detail in this image. There is a broken piece of rope hanging (I made a note on the image) on the tree in the middle of this frame. When I zoomed in on this area of the negative, the detail in the rope amazed me. Even when I zoom in on the background trees in the distance, the detail on the tree trunks are impressive. And I didn't even scan this at a really high rez setting !
16 Mile Creek meanders through a valley and is surrounded by some beautiful wooded scenes. Initially I thought that I would focus my compositions on the creek itself but clearly the depth, detail and beauty of the surrounding woods will be worth exploring with the ShenHao 4x5.
Oh yeah ... I dog ran through the frame while I was exposing this frame. I guess at 15 seconds of exposure time, it didn't register.
Shot at f45 @ 15 second exposure.
ShenHao HZX45-IIA + Fujinon-W 135mm f5.6 + Arista EDU Ultra 100 @ 50 iso + D-76 1:1 @ 9 min (Tray developed, 1 min initial agitation followed by every minute)
Muchas gracias por vuestras visitas y comentarios
Un montón de besos ¡¡
Thank you for your visits and comments
Kisses
According to Wikipedia, biochemist Robert Shapiro summarized the "primordial soup" theory of Oparin and Haldane in its "mature form" as follows:
1.The early Earth had a chemically reducing atmosphere.
2.This atmosphere, exposed to energy in various forms, produced simple organic compounds ("monomers").
3.These compounds accumulated in a "soup", which may have been concentrated at various locations (shorelines, oceanic vents etc.).
4.By further transformation, more complex organic polymers – and ultimately life – developed in the soup.
Yup - I can go with that! Happy Slider Sunday, HSS!
aka Banana Spider, Golden Orb Weaver, Golden Orb-Weaving Spider, Calico Spider, Golden Silk Spider
Arachtober snuck up on me this year. I'm a couple days late. This beautiful arachnid was photographed this summer at Lake Lotus Park in Altamonte Springs, Florida.
Canon Rebel XSi and Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
The sun came out for 3 minutes today, but what a great 3 minutes!
I love Nikon's D600. It's fast, amazing at low light, and has some great new features. If only Adobe would provide an update so I can process RAW!
Son1 at Lake Macquarie, Belmont wharf, NSW, Australia.
I've been up since 2:30 AM. A disgruntled dude was walking up and down the road cursing at his woman on his cell phone. I won't repeat what he said! It was BAD!!
So naturally, I was wide awake when I noticed the moon coasting in high over the beach. I had plenty of time to grab my gear {unlike yesterday, this morning I actually had my camera with me ... but that is another story}!
The dawn patrol was in full force. The waves have been spectacular these past few days. I took hundreds of shots ... waiting for the perfect moment ... for the waves to curl, and a bird to fly over the moon. I've always wanted to capture a scene like that!
Since it was Sunday, thought I'd do some sliding!
Happy Sliders Sunday Everyone!! Hope everyone is enjoying their day!
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Just came back from my trip to Russia.
Southern Siberia.
Mountains of Ergaki
The mountain range Ergaki is one of the most amazing corners of nature in the West Sayan Mountains. Exceptional in its beauty and greatness chisel-shaped granite peaks, full of rapids cold rivers, the deepest surrounded by virginal taiga and unapproachable rock walls lakes, polished by glaciers till high lustre trog valleys, magnificent waterfalls and rocky rivers of kurums - these are the things which attract tourists to this magic place of the Sayan Mountains.
Nikon D800E + Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8
Aiai, foto meio velhinha, mas que eu gosto dela e da edição básica também =P
Ótima segunda pra todos, e obrigado por tudo =)
In this photo, it is obvious that the raw bull power has over come the fine art of guidance and control by the bull racers. The hapless team of 3 has given up the race and and are trying desperately to control the run away bulls as they seem to be jumping over the embankment in one fine move.
The racer in the red cloth is the one who should have controlled the bull on his side to turn him around to do a 360 degree turnaround.
The dark spot of splashing water in the middle is the jockey who rides a thin plank of wood and he is the only one still going strong but now he seems to have gathered the futility of his jockeyship and seems about to abandon the the platform in the face of imminent danger of running on to the embankment.
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Adoor in Kerala holds its famous Bull Races every year around the time of Onam. It is a celebration of agrarian existence and is carried on without any grants or aid from the Government. This is a spectacular fiesta of rural Kerala. There are 2-3 other such events that are held in Kerala.
Two racing bulls are hitched together and three men come into action. Two racers with lead ropes on either side of the bulls who try to control the direction and speed if possible and one often obscured by sprays of mud and water, a jockey who rides on a small flat strip of wood.
The bulls race ahead with the men keeping desperately abreast of the thundering hooves. At the end of the racing track there is a 4-6 feet embankment of earth which acts as a protection and a marker for the bulls. The embankment gets totally crowded with onlookers. The bull racers need to turn the bull around and do a 360 degree here but most times that effort fails as the bulls in their racing frenzy would be uncontrollable.
I have no idea on the current status of the bull races. There are enough organisations howling to stop such races but the Supreme Court of India in a judgement a few months ago allowed bull/bullock cart races to go on in Punjab. So chances are that the tradition may still live on.
Dates
Taken on August 15, 2007 at 1.16pm IST (edit)
Posted to Flickr September 22, 2012 at 9.32PM IST (edit)
Exif data
Camera Nikon D70
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Aperture f/4.0
Focal Length 70 mm
ISO Speed 200
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash Off, Did not fire
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Adoor in Kerala holds its famous Bull Races every year around the time of Onam. It is a celebration of agrarian existence and is carried on without any grants or aid from the Government. This is a spectacular fiesta of rural Kerala. There are 2-3 other such events that are held in Kerala.
Two racing bulls are hitched together and three men come into action. Two racers with lead ropes on either side of the bulls who try to control the direction and speed if possible and one often obscured by sprays of mud and water, a jockey who rides on a small flat strip of wood.
The bulls race ahead with the men keeping desperately abreast of the thundering hooves. At the end of the racing track there is a 4-6 feet embankment of earth which acts as a protection and a marker for the bulls. The embankment gets totally crowded with onlookers. The bull racers need to turn the bull around and do a 360 degree here but most times that effort fails as the bulls in their racing frenzy would be uncontrollable.
I have no idea on the current status of the bull races. There are enough organisations howling to stop such races but the Supreme Court of India in a judgement a few months ago allowed bull/bullock cart races to go on in Punjab. So chances are that the tradition may still live on.
Dates
Taken on August 15, 2007 at 1.16pm IST (edit)
Posted to Flickr September 15, 2012 at 4.50PM IST (edit)
Exif data
Camera Nikon D70
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Aperture f/4.0
Focal Length 70 mm
ISO Speed 200
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash Off, Did not fire
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The walking encyclopedia on Nanga Parbat and Northern Pakistan
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Nikon D800,
Nikkor 24-120@98mm,
f/4, 1/125s, 200 ISO
Subject distance from Focal Plane mark: 3m
GP-1 coordinates
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Chianti is a red Italian wine produced in Tuscany. The first definition of a wine-area called Chianti was made in 1716. The earliest documentation of a Chianti wine dates back to the thirteenth century when viticulture was known to flourish in the Chianti Mountains around Florence. Discover the most celebrated region of Tuscany. The vineyards of this area produce one of the best wines in the world: Chianti Classico. This Wine represents a major source of wealth for the Chianti area, no wonder then that this product has been particularly looked after and protected, in order to distinguish its quality from other wine productions. This is why a rigid legislation has been introduced to regulate the production of Classic Chianti. The first limit obviously regards the geographical area where the grape must grow. But not only the vineyards must be cultivated in the prescribed area: the whole process of wine-making, storage and bottling must take place inside the protected zone. The grape variety from which Chianti is produced is Sangiovese. The alcoholic strength must not exceed 12 %. In addition to this, there are other requirements that must be followed, regarding the average amount of dry product (24 g/l); the acidity rate (4,5 g/l), the colour (intense ruby red), the smell (fruity, with nuances of wildflowers, berries, cherries or plums) and taste (harmonious, dry, strong and with respectable tannin).
We drive on the glorious wine roads of Tuscany. We visit the farms and cellars and of-course taste the great Chianti wine. Here we visit Casale Dello Sparviero. Harmoniously set in the hills of Castellina in Chianti, in the Siena's Classico area, the estate is spread 380 hectares. The vineyards are set on the altitude of 250 metres and encircled by woods and self vegetation. The Casale dated back to XVI century. The building houses the wine cellars, where wine continues its precious evolution in large oak barrels for quality wine.
Denk je aan Toscana, dan zie je stadjes op heuveltoppen, wijngaarden omzoomd door cipressen zover het oog reikt. Liefhebbers weten dat je overal tussen die landerijen. wijnhuizen kunt vinden waar je ook nog eens kunt proeven... het idee alleen al doet je toch bijna het water in de mond lopen. Ook als je weer thuis bent en je neemt een slok van je meegebrachte wijn, ben je er in je gedachten weer helemaal: op dat zonovergoten terras in Castellina in Chianti of bij dat fantastische restaurant met die truffelgerechten in Monteriggioni. Zeg je wijn in Toscana, dan zeg je Chianti, een wijn die zich in de laatste 30 jaar tot Classico heeft ontwikkeld. Chianti is de bekendste en populairste van alle Italiaanse wijnen. De wijn wordt gemaakt van de alom aanwezige Sangiovese-druif, die graag veel zon heeft en goed bestand is tegen grote temperatuurschommelingen. De belangrijkste Chianti-zones worden gevormd door de streek Chianti Classico gelegen rond Castellina. Zoals met zoveel in Italia, is ook de wijnbouw begonnen in het zuiden, maar hebben de noorderlingen het later overgenomen. Na de Romeinse tijd kwam de zuidelijke wijnbouw in de versukkeling. De oudste ononderbroken wijntraditie. In de Renaissance kwam de productie weer helemaal terug en wel in...Toscana. Rijke handelaars en bankiers zoals de families Frescobaldi en Antinori namen druivenrassen mee uit Frankrijk en legden daarmee de basis voor het feit dat Toscana tegenwoordig de oudste onononderbroken wijntradities van Italië kent.
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A) Roman penannular brooch. Made of copper alloy with red enamel decoration depicting fish and birds. This type of brooch is believed to come from Ireland in the third and fourth century A.D. Found at the excavation of the sacred spring in1979.
B) Celtic bow brooch of the so-called 'Colchester B' type, dating to 50-70 A.D. It is made of copper alloy. Found at the excavation of the sacred spring in 1979.
C) Celtic bow brooch made of copper alloy. It is a so-called 'Nauheim derivative', a British version of a common type of brooch on the continent. It dates to the early to the middle of the first century A.D. Found at the excavation of the sacred spring in 1980.
D) Roman ear ring with twisted silver and bronze. Found at the excavation of the sacred spring in 1980.
E) Roman rings of copper alloy. Found at the excavations of the sacred spring in 1979-80.
(I haven't been able to find any additional information on the other ear ring.)
The waters at Bath were very popular already in Roman times, and they in their turn took after the Celts who had built a shrine dedicated to the goddess Sulis. The Romans built both temples and baths and called the town Aquae Sulis (the water of Sulis).
According to the Anglo-Saxon chronicle the baths were destroyed in the 6th century. But not totally - the spring continued to draw attention to its healing powers, and it is now housed in a 18th century building, one of the central features of Bath. And extensive archaeological research to the Roman remains has also been made.
Another three in one photograph.
From the banks of the of the Potomac River you can get a great view of the Arlington Memorial Bridge, The Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument all in one frame.
The Arlington Memorial Bridge not only links the state of Virginia with the District of Columbia, but also the Civil War era North and South.
On one end you have the Union’s Lincoln Memorial and across the Potomac on the Virginia side you have the Confederacy’s Robert E. Lee Memorial.
Some of you have commented on the recent watermarks on my photos. It’s there for a reason. People have been using my photos without my permission or compensation. If you want to use my photos please let me know and I would be more than happy to share them with you. Just drop me an email.
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