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December 7, 2008
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December 7, 2008
When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
Let it be, let it be.
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.
And when the broken hearted people
Living in the world agree,
There will be an answer, let it be.
For though they may be parted there is
Still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer, let it be.
Let it be, let it be. Yeah
There will be an answer, let it be.
Let It Be
The Beatles
Today is The feast of the Immaculate Conception
Non-HDR shot taken a few nights ago after work. This is looking towards Tokyo Station on my way to the pool from the office.
So much nicer/modern looking now with the high rises dotted around the station. 18 years ago when I first started working here, most/all buildings were restricted to 10 floors or so around the Station.
Otemachi, Japan.
Explore #1 on Thursday, December 4, 2008
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In the Sapa region there are about 35,000 Black Hmong residing in the surrounding 17 villages and they account for about 50% of the area population. Most reside at an altitude of 1,600 – 1,700 meters above sea level in this stunningly beautiful region they call “the city above the clouds”. The Hmong started migrating to Vietnam from China in the last 300 years.
(2009-02-28: I just checked my 365days set and noticed that I forgot to add this one to the 365days pool)
I went to Zürich, met 12 people (most of them for the very first time), convinced them to go with me to a small bathroom to let me take a picture of them. There's nothing more to achieve.
You are a great bunch of people. It was fun to be part of this ZFD. I hope it wasn't my last. :-)
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London Architecture - A golden winter night...
EXPLORE # 60
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London (pronunciation (help·info); IPA: /ˈlʌndən/) is the capital and largest urban area of both England and the United Kingdom. An important settlement for two millennia, London's history goes back to its founding by the Romans. Since its foundation, London has been part of many movements and phenomena throughout history, including the English Renaissance, the Industrial Revolution, and the Gothic Revival. The city's core, the ancient City of London, still retains its limited medieval boundaries; but since at least the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the whole metropolis that has developed around it. Today the bulk of this conurbation forms the London region of England and the Greater London administrative area, with its own elected mayor and assembly.
London is one of the world's leading business, financial and cultural centres and its influence in politics, education, entertainment, media, fashion and the arts contribute to its status as a major global city.Central London is the headquarters of more than half of the UK's top 100 listed companies (the FTSE 100) and over 100 of Europe's 500 largest companies. The city is a major tourist destination both for domestic and overseas visitors, with annual expenditure by tourists of around £15 billion.
Greater London contains four World Heritage Sites: the Tower of London; the historic settlement of Greenwich; the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; and the site comprising the Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey and St. Margaret's Church.
London's population draws from a wide range of peoples, cultures, and religions, and over 300 languages are spoken within the city.As of 2006, it had an official population of 7,512,400 within the boundaries of Greater London and is the most populous municipality in the European Union. As of 2001, the Greater London Urban Area had a population of 8,278,251 and the metropolitan area is estimated to have a total population of between 12 and 14 million. The public transport network, administered by Transport for London, is one of the most extensive in the world, and Heathrow Airport is the busiest airport in the world for international traffic.
The surrounding East London area saw much of London's early industrial development; now, brownfield sites throughout the area are being redeveloped as part of the Thames Gateway including the London Riverside and Lower Lea Valley, which is being developed into the Olympic Park for the 2012 Olympics.
London has hosted the Summer Olympics twice, in 1908 and 1948. In July 2005 London was chosen to host the Games in 2012, which will make it the first city in the world to host the Summer Olympics three times.
A series of coordinated bomb attacks were carried out by Islamic extremist suicide bombers on the public transport network on 7 July 2005—just 24 hours after London was awarded the 2012 Summer Olympics.
London Night - Marble reflection in perspective...
Don't plan to catch up on your reading. There's too much to take in, too much to talk about on your Pan Am Jet Clipper flight.
Explore #80, Saturday November 29, 2008
Peace on earth
You are invited to add the word peace in your language
Viewed in Explore # 53 on Nov 26....thank you all ...
Big sur coast of California. while driving through US Hwy -1, you will get astonishing view of the Pacific coast and Bigsur coast is one the famous coastal beauties of southern california. Minimum editing required here as the nature takes the responsibility of painting the canvas :-)
Best viewed in LARGE with foreground details
Tech Note: Foreground HDR tone mapping, exposure f/13 @ ISO 100 with Adobe color setting in Nikon Body and 300 dpi (HD resolution).
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My favorite sound in the entire world (as of this point in my experiences) is the sound of snow crunching underfoot as you walk through it. This is because of two reasons:
1) It is snowing, and I love snow.
2) In order to hear this crunching, it has to be quiet and whenever it snows, things get really quiet. It does not matter if it is out in the Gorge or in the middle of downtown. Snowy mornings are almost always quiet mornings.
This was the case this morning a few years back. Though there were ample signs of life continuing on in the foot prints and tire treads cutting through the snow, I saw nary another soul in this hour or so I wandered downtown. Eventually I found myself on top of a parking garage, which seems to happen with alarming regularity since I got into photography. I liked the pattern in the tire marks as they cut through the intersection and got this shot with my Nikon FM2. Actually I really really like the flow of travel amongst all the trails left by both pedestrians and motorists. It is interesting to see where people turned, where they swerved, etc. Maybe that is just me.
I have few qualms about living in Portland. It rains a lot. The city is green. It is close to the mountains, the gorge and the beach. The people are ... interesting. What is not to love? Well the fact that we get one good snowfall every other year in town. If we had more practice at driving in the snow, maybe we would not all panic the moment we got half an inch of the stuff. ;-)
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To visit the Diamond and Gold Mine Cave we had to continue by feet. The cave guide took us on a one km stream bed walk, rough and at times shady. But the forestry scenery was so beautiful. Crossing the beautiful green paddy fields and continue our way through the steer limestone rocks. Here was the entrance of the cave. We all got a flashlights with battery pack. . .
This photo was taken inside the Diamond and the Gold Mine water cave nearby Vang Vieng - Laos. This friendly man was our private cave guide. Previous tourists did donate his glasses. He couldn't see clearly anymore and proudly showed us the letter of the tourist who send him his new glasses. He was happy to see clearly now.
. . .It was very slippery inside the cave and our private guide suggested us to enter the cave by bare feets. So we did. Once again the naturalness of life here in the tropics crept up and I found myself knee deep in water in a pitch black cave slowly creeping along, avoiding jagged rocks covered by water, escalating vertical mud walls, crawling for what seemed like miles through tunnels that barely fit me… slowly. My kids and wife were much faster. One hand in the mud, pulling my stomach and feet along. Trying to avoid the numerous spiders, with their jewel eyes, gleaming against the walls. These spiders are the size of my hands. I felt like I was smuggling myself through an underground tunnel into China. But our friendly guide showed us all the wonderful natural stalagmines and stalactites of this cave. it was quite an adventure to walk and sometimes the guide carried our daughter Samantha having to go across ponds, slippery rocks and sticky mud! We got out covered all in mud. We even went back to an underground river inside the cave. Just swimming and cleaning ourselves. The kids jumping in and out the water. Being there in the water in the dark was a good thrill. It was an exciting adventure but for me no more caves!!!! There wasn't any gold or diamonds either ;-)
Explore #194 on Monday, November 24, 2008
My sunrise set was done, but than I saw this…
This image was shot on this date last year in Lao Chai village near Sapa, Vietnam. The occasion was the anniversary for my friend mother passing, three years earlier. I was among the first to come to this whole day ceremony, where the Hmong believe the spirit of those gone come back to mingle among them for the day. There were several hundreds visitors coming all day long, from near and a far, bringing gifts of rice and wine. The Hmong call this “a party”.
I asked Mu, a sister of my friend So, to pose for me as the sun was rising over the Muong Hoa valley.
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Yes, here it is, a view from above the Czech town of Český Krumlov that took my breath away for hours. I could have spent days shooting from this viewpoint which is in a tower on Castle Hill, part of the Krumlov Castle which you'll see views of soon.
I have shots wider than this in which I'll be posting soon enough, I just wanted you to see this end of the city first. So make sure you see it large, please!!!
Thanks for the view, comments and faves are always greatly appreciated. :D
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Las yeguas comen la poca hierba que les dejan las ovejas en Saibigain. Por esa zona parece que acaban de pasar las ovejas y han dejado sus restos...
Porto canale di Rimini...........................mare e cielo uniti
Compiendo poi quel rito inevitabile e abusato,
corremmo coraggiosi e scalzi lungo la battigia:
di un verde di bottiglia era quel mare affaticato, l' aria una stanza grigia...
Scoprimmo che oggi il mare lascia un povero relitto,
naufragi di catrame e di lattine arrugginite:
parlare era soltanto un altro inutile delitto contro le nostre vite..
F. Guccini
Rimini 13 . 11 . 2008
We had this plan to go out and shoot today in Guelph, Ontario. But it's been raining all day, we drove to Guelph and couldn't find a single place to shoot. So we had breakfast, and drove back to Kitchener and shopped instead. Obviously the shopping trip is more like a photoshoot, it was a fun day. But now I gotta go make up some sleep, getting up at 6AM is challenging. But here's my FoB sister, Mandee! And her new hat ;)
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Highest position: 142 on Tuesday, November 18, 2008
The Avengers was a British television series featuring secret agents in 1960s Britain. It was an early example of the spy-fi genre, combining secret agent storylines with science fiction elements. Running from 1961 to 1969, it is the longest running espionage series produced for English-language television.
(Source: Wikipedia)
I always suspected that my friend flickr.com/photos/fernandoalamillo/ was a secret agent as well.
I wanna do bad things with you, bad urban pink things, but still bad things nonetheless.
I have had this song in my head since Scarlet Sunday. I have it in my head every week after Sunday, but typically not this long. This is my attempt at an exorcism. I figure if I can infect enough of you I might be healed. Either that or we'll all be humming, whistling, and singing out of tune, together!
This is pink for Pretty Pink Themed Tuesdays; Urban Pink. This is the bridge over the Kemptville Creek in downtown Kemptville. The pink building in the background is one of the local restaurants. The bokeh'ed guy at the other side of the bridge is wearing his poppy, this is also a Rememberance Day Urban Pink shot, a HBWE shot, and last but not least, a Happy Birthday wish for my sister, whose birthday I will never forget :) Happy Birthday Lori.
Mi primer HDR, y con Pinky de vacaciones. Qué bonito es ver un atardecer con buenos amigos. Sus nombres Pinto y Bicho.
- My first attempt to make HDR image!
- Lokasi adalah di Masjid Bentong ketika perjalanan pulang dari photocamp kat Lubuk Semak!
- Trima kasih tunjuk ajar semua, specially to Abe Ki yg banyak membuka minda saya tentang HDR ni...
- Jadi, komentar semua amatlah dialu²kan...
"Did you ever notice when you blow in a dog's face he gets mad at you?
But when you take him in a car he sticks his head out the window. "
~Steve Bluestone ~
"Happiness is a warm puppy." :-)
~Charles M. Schulz
Photo taken at the "Ouverture Festival", Venlo www.ouverturevenlo.nl
Taken in the wee hours of the morning . A great time ...about 15 -30 minutes before one sees the orange , yellow and red hues.
Taken on an outing with my good friend Sai.
Blue my mind away...
DRI: Digital exposure blending from 3 long exposures and some tweaks in PS ;-)
Remember yesterday, walking hand in hand, love letters in the sand... I remember you
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Fotografada por: Mônica Fadul
Modelo: Lívia Fernandes
Produção: Mônica, Lívia, Larissa
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Nelle zone rurali del Perù, l’abito è un importante elemento distintivo, frutto del sincretismo degli elementi preispanici con l’abbigliamento europeo che fu importato durante il periodo della colonia.
Il tradizionale anacu inca fu trasformato dalle donne nelle famose “polleras” (gonne). Secondo la regione, una gonna nera si abbina a una fascia di diversi colori, ornata con fiori della sierra di Piura o la Ilclla di lana colorata a Chiclayo.
Rimini 26, 10 , 2008
For Pretty Pink Themed Tuesday - Petrifying Pink Halloween!
What could be more petrifying than a chihuahua dressed as a pig... Look even the cat is petrified!!
Not the best shot - we were trying the costumes on the dogs a couple weeks ago and the light was horrible and the dogs were not cooperating at all!
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The Kidron Valley - it is traditionally believed that when the Universal Resurrection is completed , trumpets will sound and the Last Judgment will take place in that Valley. For this reason the site has been a favored burial place for thousands of years. I was told the the price for a place there is over $10,000.
The Dom of the Rock was built on the site of the First and Second Temples in 691. Moslems believe that this is the site of Mohammed's ascent to heaven. The roof was gold-plated in 1994. Tourist are not allowed in the temple, now. As I was told - in the center of the Dome of the Rock is the rock of Mount Moriah on which, according to Jewish tradition, Abraham was about to sacrifice Isaac, while Moslems believe that it was Ishmael. Here stood the ARk of the Covenant in the First Temple.
Music for today : Aeroplane by Björk
At the same place as my last shot, a large view over my valley!!
a nice place for gliders which come take the aerial streams!!
I love the view from there!!
I just want to let you profit of that view!
just let your spirit fly like that glider and ENJOY!!
have a nice day dear friends!!
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Otra postal de Brujas… la verdad es que he estado mirando las fotos de ese día y creo que hay más de una “visible”... casi podría hacer otra miniserie de postales… :)
Curiosamente hace unos días, después de la visita a esta preciosa ciudad, vi una película protagonizada por Colin Farrell que se llama “Escondidos en Brujas” y a mí particularmente me gustó bastante. Un poco lenta pero divertida y sorprendente en muchos aspectos. Os recomiendo que si tenéis ocasión, la veáis.
Al estar rodada íntegramente en Brujas se pueden ver muchos de los lugares turísticos y la verdad es que la fotografía está bastante bien cuidada.
Muchas gracias a todos por los comentarios de la anterior foto y un abrazo a tod@s.
Me gusta más como queda en grande...
Yes, another postcard from Bruges, I repeat myself, I know… but I must admit I’ve been checking pictures from that day and I believe there is more than one “acceptable”… I could almost have enough for a mini postcard series from it… :)
Curiously, few days ago, after visit to this beautiful city, I watched one of the last movies from Colin Farrell named “In Bruges” that I really enjoyed it a lot. Sometimes can look slow but it was funny and surprisingly enjoyable. I recommend it honestly.
It’s filmed mainly in Bruges so many touristic places are shown in it and photography is really good…
Thank you all for your comments in previous picture… big hug to all of you.
I like more the bigger size...
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Explore #259, Oct 16, 2008 - Thank you my flickr friends :) !!!
Sunset behind my house 11.10.2008 - 7:07 p.m.
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The sun rises over La Jolla California, only it wasn't the sun that caught my eye! No HDR....
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So, I was shooting the sunrise out at the point on the far left of this frame, pointing to the right over the ocean when I looked up and saw this amazing formation in the strato-cumulus cloud deck. I looked around for some rock formations that lined up with the clouds but saw nothing out there. So, I ran almost a mile down the beach over terrain like you see in the foreground until I finally saw what I wanted.
Fortunately the cloud formation stayed in place long enough for me to capture it here!
Then I waited for a wave to complement the scene and provide definition to the sandstone formation on the right side of the frame. I have never seen anything like
this before or after, so I was quite fortunate!
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wild horses, Rano Raraku volcan slope, (the quarry from the moais were hewn) easter island (rapa nui)
The State Railways of Thailand are easily the best way to get around and see the country. Train travel in Thailand is comfortable, safe, cheap, environmentally friendly. It's a genuine Thai experience that makes the journeys as much part of your trip as the destinations... In fact, Thailand has one of the best metre-gauge rail systems in the world. Taking the train is the best way to travel between Bangkok & Nong Khai. Hop on the Bangkok-Nong Khai train, as Vientiane is just across the river.
We took the overnight train to the Friendship Bridge border crossing to the capital Vientiane of Laos. This photo was taken from the last railway carriage.
Het reizen per trein in Thailand is vooral voor langere trajecten zeer comfortabel. De slaapwagons zijn schoon en voorzien van airco. Sinds een paar weken is de nieuwe spoorwegverbinding tussen Thailand en Laos gereed. De trein rijdt via de Vriendschap Brug over de Mekhongrivier Laos binnen. De trein vertrekt om ca. 18.10 vanuit Bangkok uur en komt aan om ca. 05.45 uur.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN
Explore #288, Oct 9, 2008 - Thank you my flickr friends !!!
"Every day when you do not smile, is a lost day." (Charlie Chaplin) - Seen on a pumpkin day in the park in Ludwigsburg near Stuttgart, Germany.
„Jeder Tag, an dem du nicht lächelst, ist ein verlorener Tag." (Charlie Chaplin) - Dieser lustige Kürbis gefiel mir .... gesehen beim Kürbisfest in Ludwigsburg bei Stuttgart.
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I have seen this beautiful art of a maple leaf created by nature on my way home from work. I love the sky reflections in the water.
Diese Herbstkunst in der Pfütze mit dem Blatt des Ahorn geschaffen von der Natur sah ich heute auf dem Weg von der Arbeit nach Hause. Mir gefiel die Spiegelung des Himmel im Wasser.
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