Lago de la Ercina. / Ercina Lake.

♫ Baaba Maal & Hans Zimmer - Still ♫

Para acompañar la fotografía una canción con la emotiva voz del mejor crooner senegales, Baaba Maal.

A unos 12 kilómetros del Santuario de Covadonga, inmersos en un paisaje espectacular, al cual se accede por unas carreteras empinadísimas, se encuentran estos dos lagos de origen glaciar: el Enol y el de la Ercina, a una altura de 1100 metros.

El camino hacia los lagos está repleto de bellas panorámicas, en el Mirador de la Reina se disfruta de una vista inigualable de los Picos de Europa.

To accompany the photograph a song with the soulful voice of the best Senegalese crooner, Baaba Maal.

About 12 kilometers from the Sanctuary of Covadonga, immersed in a spectacular landscape, which is accessed by a very steep road, are the two glacial lakes: the Enol and the Ercina, at an altitude of 1100 meters.

The road to the lake is full of beautiful views, so I recommend a stop at the Mirador de la Reina to enjoy an unparalleled view of the Picos de Europa.

Two very different Lamborghinis.

السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته

اول شي اضغطو

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علشان تشوفونها بالحجم الصدقي

احلى

^_*

اممممممممممممممممممم

و ع البركة العطلة للي عطلو

و اللي ما بعد عطلو

اسمعو هالانشودة علشان تنقهرون

هع

يااي ما احلى العطة

يله عاد

لا تحرمونا كومنتاتكم العسل و فيفاتكم الحلوة

^_^

Mejor pincha aquí para ver en grande sobre negro.

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Hace aproximadamente subí una de mis mejores fotografías Windmill´s sunset, ese día hice un montón de fotografías. Y hace unos días revisando las que todavía no había procesado encontré esta, me pareció interesante porque gracias a los restos de la nube, el sol quedó marcado de una forma inmejorable y decidí subirla.

Foto tomada en el Parque eólico de Fuendetodos II (Zaragoza).

Fuendetodos, población donde nació el pintor español Francisco de Goya y Lucientes en el año 1746.

Este parque; el Fuendotodos II, consta de 56 aerogeradores de GAMESA modelo G58-850kW, estos equipos son utilizados en zonas donde los vientos son bajos, usan palas más ligeras fabricadas mediante el empleo de fibra de vidrio y preimpregnados.

English:

One year ago I taken one of my better photographies Windmill´s sunset, this day I taken more f photographies. And a few days ago checking those them, I found this one and i decided to sharing with us.

Fuendetodos is a small town in Aragon(Spain), the famous Aragonese artist Francisco de Goya was born there in 1746.

This wind farm; the Fuendotodos II, It has 56 windmills of GAMESA model G58-850kW, these equipments are used in zones with low wind.

at the end of kalalau trail, before returning home to the wonderful canadian winter

(I only hiked kalalau trail to hanakapi‘ai falls - the portion that doesn't require a permit)

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Candid shot at the MoMA museum.

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Regno Unito, Londra, Tower Bridge, Primavera 2011

Il Tower Bridge, il ponte simbolo di Londra fu costruito in stile gotico vittoriano nel 1886 su di un progetto di Horace Jones e Wolfe Barry, e fu terminato nel 1894.

Tower Bridge è costituito da due parti mobili che, in meno di un minuto, si sollevano completamente durante il passaggio di grandi navi grazie a un sistema elettronico che nel 1976 ha sostituito il vecchio impianto idraulico.

Un tempo le parti mobili si aprivano fino a 5 volte al giorno, ma oggi non vengono quasi più aperte perché le navi ormai attraccano in tutt’altra zona, più a valle, e non hanno più necessità di passare dal ponte per raggiungere le banchine.

Sul Tower Bridge sorgono le due famose torri, alte 25 m, che lo caratterizzano su foto e cartoline, e al loro interno ospitano alcune mostre e un museo: The Tower Bridge Exhibition che, attraverso percorsi interattivi, espone gli ingranaggi idraulici che hanno sollevato il ponte fino al 1976.

The Tower Bridge, symbol of London, was built in Gothic Victorian style in 1886 on a project of Wolfe Barry and Horace Jones, and was completed in 1894.

Tower Bridge is composed of two moving parts. During the passage of large ships, in less than a minute, these parts are raised completely with an electronic system that in 1976 replaced the old hydraulic system.

Once the moving parts were opened up to 5 times a day, but today are hardly opened because the ships dock is in a completely different area, further downstream

Two famous towers, 25 m tall, stand on the Tower Bridge. These towers characterize the bridge in photos and postcards and inside host some exhibits and a museum: The Tower Bridge Exhibition.

A tired baby Mute Swan with some of it's siblings at Backwell Nature Reserve, Somerset, UK.

Hope everyone has a brilliant week!!

Love Carl xxxx

Aigues Mortes

Il nome di Aigues-Mortes deriva dalle paludi e dagli stagni che si trovano tutto intorno al comune (dal latino Aquae Mortuae attraverso l'occitano Aigues Mortes; in entrambe le lingue si traducono con "acque morte").

In origine gli abitanti vivevano di pesca, caccia e della produzione del sale prodotto in numerose piccole paludi salate situate lungo la riva del mare che allora arrivava fino ai bordi della cittadina.

Nel Medioevo tutta la regione era sotto il controllo dei monaci dell'Abbazia di Psalmodie.

Nel 1240 Luigi IX di Francia, con l'obiettivo di ottenere per il suo regno uno sbocco sul Mediterraneo, ottenne dall'Abbazia, grazie ad uno scambio, il controllo del villaggio e delle terre circostanti; insieme ottiene anche il controllo delle imposte sulla produzione del sale.

Luigi IX fece costruire una strada di accesso tra le paludi ed una torre, Tour Carbonniere, con funzioni di vedetta e controllo di accesso al villaggio.

In seguito, tra il 1242 e il 1248, fece costruire una torre di maggiori dimensioni, Tour Constance,e un castello, oggi scomparso, sulle rovine dell'antica torre Metafère, con lo scopo di proteggere la città e il suo nascente porto e alloggiare la guarnigione. I lavori vennero affidati al deposto capitano del popolo di Genova Guglielmo Boccanegra, che nella città era già stato console ed era destinato a divenirne amministratore per conto del Re e nella quale aveva diversi interessi economici, ed al connazionale di lui, Andrea Cominelli.

Nel 1272 Filippo, figlio e successore di Luigi IX fece loro erigere una cinta fortificata intorno alla città, in foto un angolo della cinta muraria.

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Please no BIG glossy invites and awards!

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ادري الصور مرة رايحة فيها

لكن تحملونا شوي

كل انواع البشر و الزحمة موجودين

و اللي يدف من هنا

و اللي يدخن من هنا

و اللي يسب و اللي و اللي و اللي

لكن حاولت اطلع بكم صورة

الصور كلها بدون تعديل ما عدا الاولى شوي

و الثانية كروب

New City Neon.

New! Challenge 2.0 - It's Textual**

It’s Textual Challenge - Vivid Imagination

explored #20 FRONTPAGE :-)

Thanks all :-0, heel erg bedankt allemaal!!!

Tulip season is over for the year so here is my annual contribution. The clouds were just starting to light up when i took this. Later they parted ways so I was happy I captured them while they were still surrounding my favorite lone tree.

Thanks so much for any comments, critiques and suggestions you have. It is always extremely helpful. Happy Monday everyone!

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One more of the old APS film scans from a decade back when we were living in China. Another one which could have done with a slightly better composition to take advantage of the mad chemical fish. I have no idea if they are natural. The same market was selling luminous green and pink chicks - so I am certain there's something unsettlingly fabricated about these chaps.

The colours are as shot, bar the print/scan element of the process. I looked at playing with vibrance/saturation, but it wasn't needed and the image was so degraded that the pixels wouldn't tolerate tweaks. Really strange beasts - if anyone knows what they are, please drop me a note. I'd be really interested to know.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Seattle, with a population of 609,000, is the 23rd largest city in the United States. The 24th largest city is the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C. (or what Seattleites call “the other Washington”).

Some trivia:

Washington State is the only state named after a U.S. president, and the only state in the western US with an English name. All the surrounding states and their neighbors have names derived from either Spanish or Native American origin.

There is only one “Seattle” on the planet. No other city or town in the world shares its name.

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It was a misty and foggy evening with the moon peeking out. The light was not looking good at the beach so this was my backup plan. No HDR necessary when the scene is evenly lit!

Free wallpaper for over 100 of my images in 6 different screen sizes is now available!

You must see the super-big 800x2400 pixel version!

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Stitched with Autopano, no problems

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There are many great photographic vantage points in San Francisco. So when I'm there for a sunset,it is really hard to choose from the vast and comprehensive menu! Parking can be a bit of a challenge though, even at night.

The only difficult thing about making this picture were the sea lions that were constantly swimming by making patterns in the water. Even on these 30-second exposures, the patterns are obvious and can spoil the smooth reflections. So I waited for the wakes to calm down and shot between them since I only get about 4 minutes where the moonlight, sunset light and city lights are even. There was also a human swimmer but when he saw me he courteously stayed away with the sea lions circling him. They seem to be friendly.

Actually there is one long sea lion trail that is just below the boat in the center. I'll mark it with a note. And if you ever go to San Francisco, try the Ghirardelli Chocolate!

The map shows exactly where this is. It was taken from the Municipal pier at the end of Van Ness Ave.

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Google Earth

earth.google.com/

Simply the best way to scout out locations that there is. You can see sun angles and pre-visualize light under lots of different conditions. Sometimes you can actually pre-compose your shots! This has saved me many thousands of vertical feet of climbing by avoiding spots with blocked views etc.

Satellite imagery (choose 'National' for a local US region or use your fave website)

www.wrh.noaa.gov/satellite/?wfo=mtr

Tide charting and preditions: (chose your area in US, other countries have similar websites)

tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/tide_predictions.shtml?gid=235

Wave Heights (I choose 'North Pacific from Global')

polar.ncep.noaa.gov/waves/main_int.html

Or Here:

www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/shtml/RP1bw.gif

Photos of every inch of the California coastline from a small plane. Excellent for close in detailed views.

www.californiacoastline.org/

I get my cameras, filters, etc. here:

www.bhphotovideo.com/

or

www.adorama.com/

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do you ever go through slumps? i'm so slumpering right now.

picking up the camera and taking photos has slipped so far back on my Want To Do list. i can't sort out if it's because we're so damn busy with several large Life Things at the moment or if it's just one of those times where photography sort of naturally takes it's turn on the back burner.

i always carry my camera with me - that's still the case. but i just don't take it out as much these days. even when i see something i know could become a stellar shot. i got a macro lens about a month ago and have shamefully hardly utilized it. and taking self portraits? dear god, that sounds just full of allllll sorts of hassle and the antithesis of fun. i'd honestly rather take pictures of clouds day after day than pictures of myself. where, oh where, has my vanity gone? ;)

i suppose i can partially chalk up my lack of interest to having a parent in the hospital for several weeks and subsequent recovery, house hunting and all the stress that brings, and the fact that i'm going to have a baby in 3 months time (eeeek!!!).

but still. i miss it dammit. and this place, too. i love it when the stars align and everything you shoot looks and feels great and you can't want to get on here and post and comment and just enjoy.

i'm sure it will all return soon enough. ebbs and flows and all that jazz.

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i really, really love Explosions In The Sky. there are three great songs by them in Musically Challenged this week, including this one: Your Hand In Mine

(which is a perfect accompaniment to the above image, i've decided)

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So fixing my hair didn't work apparently :P

I was gonna write about how my hair is the result of a ton of backcombing and only 1 hairgrip, but then I realised I edited the poop out of it anyway so it wouldn't exaclty be truthful. It was pretty tall though...just not this tall...

I might add more details to this photo, 'cause I have a few more ideas for it, but I wanted to post it already.

You can probably see that Flickr sharpened the shit out of it. I don't mind...

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Texture Pack.

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If you don't know yet, Wage got a dog and life with Uglydog is fun. He eats, he jumps, he fetches, he eats, he chews on furniture, he chases squirrels, he eats. All to be expected. But there is one thing I didn't expect. Wage finally stopped saying "bite me" every time I ask him for anything. He is afraid Uglydog, who is always around, may take it literally.

Cliche Saturday Scavenger Hunt, "toys" category entry. HCS everyone!

Seen during a wonderful 20 km hike in Müritz National Park ( a really lovely landscape in Northern Germany) on the handrail of a footbridge near a lake.

The Vagrant Darter, Sympetrum sanguineum, is a European dragonfly.

The species takes it English name from its habit of occasionally appearing as a rare vagrant north of its normal range.

It is a dragonfly of the family sailing dragonflies (Libellulidae). These are a family of large dragonflies (Anisoptera). It is a medium-sized dragonfly with a wingspan of 5 to 6.5 centimeters.

The head, chest (thorax) and hindquarters (abdomen) of the animals are red in the male, the female is more brownish-yellow-red colored with black markings.

You can find the Vagrant Darter in the months from July to November at all kinds of stagnant waters, including smaller waters and garden ponds.

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Die Gemeine Heidelibelle (Sympetrum sanguineum) ist eine Libellenart aus der Familie der Segellibellen (Libellulidae). Diese sind eine Familie der Großlibellen (Anisoptera). Es handelt sich dabei um eine mittelgroße Libelle mit einer Flügelspannweite von 5 bis maximal 6,5 Zentimetern.

Der Kopf, der Brustabschnitt (Thorax) und der Hinterleib (Abdomen) der Tiere sind beim Männchen rot, beim Weibchen eher bräunlich-gelbrot mit schwarzer Zeichnung gefärbt.

Die Gemeine Heidelibelle ist in den Monaten Juli bis November an stehenden Gewässern aller Art anzutreffen, darunter auch Kleingewässer und Gartenteiche. Wikipedia

Während einer 20 km langen Wanderung im Müritz National Park sah ich viele Libellen. An dem Tag sind alle drei Aufnahmen entstanden.

If you like have a look at my Set: Insects

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"... Era lindazo el gateao

que compré allá en Lobería,

en la feria'e Barbería,

marca de un tal Maldonao.

Me quedé seco cuñao

y hasta casi me empeñé;

pretal y rastra dejé

para quedarme con él,

y pal pago'e San Manuel

anocheciendo rumbié ..."

Fragmento de "Las mentas de mi gateau", de Carlos Gioia

Fuente: gauchoguacho.blogspot.com

San Antonio de Areco, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina

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. . . hasta donde la vista llegaba, era el encuentro del cielo y el campo florido de

amapolas, en una explosión de colores y alegria que uno no lo puede describir.

Es la primavera, es la renovación de la vida . . .

Tuve el gran privilegio de estar aqui, y verlo con mis ojos.

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Holiday with the family in Paris - got a couple of moments to get out there on my own... 900 pix to sort now! Also: catching up big time! See you soon. :)

A.G. where were you!? ;-)

This was shot at 225 meter. Later I tell you more about why you better forget about Tour Montparnasse! Hehe. Btw, no photoshopping in star and beam, before you accuse/ask/wonder!

You get this with the right timing, and shutter speed around 2 seconds. The excellent Nikon 50mm f/1.4 does the (star) rest - salut!

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Net terug van vakantie met de familie in Parijs. Een paar momenten kon ik solo op pad voor wat plaatjes... nu heb ik er 900 uit te zoeken! Ook weer ff de Flickr draad oppakken, tot ziens! :)

Deze is van afgelopen woensdagavond, een prachtige dag. Geschoten vanaf 225 meter hoogte - Tour Montparnasse. Geen aanrader om diverse redenen, later meer hierover.

Uiteraard heb ik niet gefotoshopt aan ster en zoeklicht. DIt krijg je met de juiste timing en een sluitertijd van rond de 2 seconden. De geweldige Nikon 50mm f/1.4 doet de rest (qua ster). Groet!

I'm quite sure that this is an unusual view of the Golden Gate Bridge! This was taken at Fort Point and I was delighted to find the photographer's portal in the chain link fence!! I wasn't the only one using it by the way! As you can see, the omnipotent fog is present!!

Take a closer look through that hole!

HFF and TGIF and Have a Great Weekend!

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La Catedral de Burgos ó "CATEDRAL DE SANTA MARIA DE BURGOS" es un templo

que comenzo su construcción en 1221, siguiendo patrones goticos franceses.

Aunque su estilo es gotico, se aprecia en su interior elementos decorativos barrocos

y renacentistas. La construcción y las remodelaciones se realizaron con piedra

caliza extraidas del pueblo cercano de "Hontoria de la Cantera"

Fue declarada patrimonio nacional el 08/04/1885 y patrimonio de la humanidad

por la Unesco el 31 de octubre de 1984.

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#18 Done for Project 52

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Squids Ink Jetty

Sunset in Belmont, Lake Macquarie, Central Coast, NSW, Australia

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Rit Rond de Rivieren 2011

Make Your Choice

Shot at one of the stops of the event, the cars parked in the driveway of Heeswijk Castle.

- Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster

- Nissan GT-R

- Ferrari F430

- Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster

- Nissan GT-R

- Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster

- Maserati 3200GT

- Ferrari California

- Maserati 3200GT

- Aston Martin DBS

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Sempre nei pressi di Alghero, un' insenatura con dei colori d' acqua fantastici che vanno dal turchese al verde smeraldo,la particolarità del posto è data da diverse grotte, visibili anche in foto, e ancora una torre spagnola.

You see here a small section of the glass facade of the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart. The glass front includes on each side of the building 56 fields, 7 in width and 8 in height.

Anyone who wants to can see the building here Wikipedia.

The Kunstmuseum Stuttgart is the art museum in Stuttgart, Germany. It opened in March 2005.

The cubic museum building with 5000 m² of display space was designed by Berlin architects Hascher and Jehle. During the day it looks like a glass cube, and at nights the interior lighted limestone walls become visible.

The museum's collection comes from the previous "Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart". The city's collection goes back to a gift from the Marchese Silvio della Valle di Casanova in 1924. It contains one of the most important collections of the work of Otto Dix and also works from Willi Baumeister, Adolf Hölzel, Dieter Roth and others (wikipedia).

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Zu sehen ist hier ein kleiner Ausschnitt der Glasfassade von dem Kunstmuseum Stuttgart. Die Glasfront umfasst an jeder Gebäudeseite 56 Felder, 7 in der Breite und 8 in der Höhe.

Wer möchte, kann das Gesamtgebäude bei Wikipedia sehen .

Das Kunstmuseum wurde im März 2005 als „Nachfolgemuseum“ der Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart eröffnet. Im ersten Jahr nach der Eröffnung des Hauses wurden 330.000 Besucher gezählt. Damit hat das Kunstmuseum sogar die Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart überflügelt (Quelle: Stuttgarter Zeitung). Seine exponierte Lage in der Fußgängerzone Königstraße trägt ebenso dazu bei wie die außergewöhnliche Architektur eines die Ausstellungsräume umhüllenden strengen Glaskubus.

Das Museumsgebäude mit 5000 m² Ausstellungsfläche wurde von den Berliner Architekten Hascher und Jehle entworfen. Es wirkt von außen tagsüber als gläserner Würfel, der die Umgebung als Spiegel aufnimmt. Nachts werden die beleuchteten Travertinwände im Innern sichtbar (Wikipedia)

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All in camera, single exposure lighting painting drawn with one bulb torch, one CREE LED and a 77mm red filter. And a decent pair of wellingtons.

Please do check it out in Lightbox - looks more compelling on black.

It's taken in the middle of the River Colne in Mill End. Light painting in the river is actually far more relaxing than you might imagine. The main worry when light painting in desolate locations at night is the fear that some misguided nutter with a hand axe will ambush you, drawn like a moth to your flailing lamps. This spot is a hundred yards along from any accessible bank, so you are screened by vegetation on all sides, out of sight, with a sizeable moat all around. Defensible.

For light painting, or any nocturnal work, I would highly recommend it. When you don't have a river, I'd suggest an invisible dog. Initially I went with "Siegfried", but have renamed him "Totem" which you can shout with a decent military bark. Simply shout for your imaginary dog now and again, perhaps interspersed with allusions to his ferocity. For example;

"Totem - get back here this minute. If you've killed another fox/moose/commando you'll be sleeping in the kennel tonight, you hyper-aggressive, 200 lb mongrel you." You get the idea.

As regards the title, I'm trying to correct an issue identified by Gregory House MD; "Physics joke[s], don't hear enough of those."