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A view of the Minnesota State Capitol from Cass Gilbert Memorial park on a cold evening - shows off the backside of the Capitol building with the Cathedral of Saint Paul off in the distance
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The Oostvaardersplassen is a nature reserve in the Netherlands. Despite its young age, it is in a polder which was only created in 1968, it already has international importance as a European wetland. The Oostvaardersplassen can be divided into two areas: wet and dry. Before the establishment of the reserve, the dry area was a nursery for willow trees, and in the first year hundreds of seedlings could be found on each square metre. This led to concern that a dense woodland would develop, significantly reducing the value of the habitat for water birds. To avoid this, the park's managers brought in a number of large herbivores to keep the area more open, including Konik horses, Red deer and Heck cattle. These large grazing animals are kept out in the open all year round without supplemental feeding, and are allowed to behave as wild animals without, for example, castrating males. The ecosystem developing under their influence is thought to resemble those that would have existed on European river banks and deltas before human disturbance. Twelve hundred of the estimated thirty-six hundred cattle, horses, and deer have perished from today's winter starvation. Scientists and managers have deemed the deaths normal. People are not very happy that the government is letting the animals die. They see the Oostvaardersplassen as more of a zoo than a wild space. Well, I think the managers are doing the right thing to maintain a healthy population within the park’s carrying capacity.
A bokeh photo of Red Deer in the harsh winter taken at the Dutch nature reserve Oostvaardersplassen between Almere and Lelystad. I did enter the park at the Kottertocht entrance. It is hard to survive the winter. All animals are kept without supplemental winter feeding. Many Red deer and Konik horses already crossed the frozen water in search for food. Some horses were stucked due to their weight did crush the too thin ice. These konik horses where consuming the fibres of tree trunks, because food is very hard to find, although it is not there daily nutrition. Especially when there is deep snow, lack of food causes starvation among the weak and the strongest will survive . So the survival of the fittest keeps the herds strong and healthy. Also Foxes, which are quite common in this reserve, profit from carcasses of deer, cows and birds in winter. Maybe in future a pack of Wolves could do a great job as natural predators in this part of Holland.
Een bezoek aan de Oostvaardersplassen is een kennismaking met het Nederland van duizenden jaren geleden. Een ongerept moerasgebied, met uitgestrekte plassen en woeste graslanden. De natuur mag er onbelemmerd haar gang gaan. Uniek in Nederland én in Europa. Natuurliefhebbers komen hier helemaal aan hun trekken. Vogels kijken op de plassen, een excursie naar de edelherten, een fotosafari naar de grote grazers. Of maak een rustige wandeling naar een van de vogelobservatiehutten. De Oostvaardersplassen zijn het grootste moerasgebied van Nederland. De weidsheid is ongekend en de natuur heeft er vrij spel. Ontelbare vogels hebben bezit genomen van het gebied. Vooral in de winter is dat een spectaculair gezicht. Het witte besneeuwde winterlandschap is indrukwekkend kaal en stil. De natuur is er nog jong. Toch is het nu al een natuurgebied van internationale allure. De bomen, struiken en bossen zitten vol vogels, zoogdieren en insecten. Grauwe ganzen grazen in het moeras. En de honderden Heckrunderen, konikpaarden en edelherten geven het gebied een haast on-Nederlandse aanblik. Staatsbosbeheer verwacht dat door de strenge winter dit jaar 30 procent van de edelherten, heckrunderen en konikpaarden in het natuurgebied de Oostvaardersplassen dood gaan. Het gaat om ongeveer 1200 dieren. Op zich is 30 procent niet meer dan in voorgaande jaren", aldus Staatsbosbeheer. ,,Maar de kuddes zijn door de zachte omstandigheden van de afgelopen jaren flink gegroeid. In absolute cijfers is het aantal dieren dat dood gaat daarom wel hoger dan normaal." Voor de winter liepen er in het natuurgebied ongeveer 570 heckrunderen, 1140 konikpaarden en 2320 edelherten. In de winter is de sterfte, vooral onder jonge dieren, groot. In de Oostvaardersplassen worden ernstig verzwakte dieren die toch zouden sterven afgeschoten. Zo wordt hen nodeloos lijden bespaard.
My beautiful daughter Sophie Lu (she's my angel).... Here I used Florabella "Cosmopolitan" action & "Honeychild" overlay. ♥
My first on Getty - Repost on Flickr
This panorama of San Diego Skyline has to be Viewed Large On Black
Good morning "San Diego Sunrise" is taken entering San Diego Bay
This image is dedicated to all my Flickr Friends in the US
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the city in California. For the metropolitan area, see San Diego metropolitan area. For other meanings of "San Diego", see San Diego (disambiguation).
San Diego
— City —
City of San Diego
From top San Diego Skyline, middle left - Coronado Bridge, middle right — museum in Balboa Park, bottom - Hotel del Coronado
Location of San Diego
within San Diego County
San Diego is located in the USA
San Diego
Location in the United States
Country United States
State California California
County San Diego
Demonym San Diegans
Founded July 16, 1769
Incorporated March 27, 1850
Area
- City 372.1 sq mi (963.6 km2)
- Land 324.3 sq mi (840.0 km2)
- Water 47.7 sq mi (123.5 km2)
Elevation 72-400 ft (22 m)
Population (January 1, 2010)[1]
- City 1,306,300 (8th In US)
- Density 4,174.8/sq mi (1,611.9/km2)
- Urban 2,880,000
- Metro 3,053,793
Demonym San Diegan
Time zone PST (UTC-8)
- Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
Website www.sandiego.gov/
San Diego (pronounced /ˌsæn diːˈeɪɡoʊ/), named after Saint Didacus (Spanish: Diego de Alcalá), is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California, after Los Angeles, with a population of 1,306,300 (Jan 2010) within its administrative limits on a land area of 372.1 square miles (963.7 km2). The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California. The urban area of San Diego extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 2,880,000. San Diego is also the county seat of San Diego County[2], the 5th largest county, by population, in the United States.
The city is the economic center of the San Diego–Carlsbad–San Marcos Metropolitan Area considered congruent with the county. The city was rated the fifth-best place to live in the United States in 2006 by Money magazine.[3] According to Forbes magazine, San Diego is the fifth-wealthiest city in the United States and the 9th safest city in the top 10 list of safest cities in the U.S.[4] San Diego's top four industries are manufacturing, defense, tourism, and agriculture.[5] San Diego's economy is largely composed of agriculture, biotechnology/biosciences, computer sciences, electronics manufacturing, defense-related manufacturing, financial and business services, ship repair, ship construction, software development, telecommunications, wireless research, and tourism. The presence of the University of California, San Diego, (UCSD) with the affiliated UCSD Medical Center promotes research in biotechnology.[6] San Diego is also designated as an iHub Innovation Center by Gov. Schwarzenegger’s Office of Economic Development.[7][8]
Explore #4: January 17, 2010
A high mountain hairpin turn makes for a neat setting to shoot the starry night sky in winter. Glow from Denver's lights appears on the left (from 50 some miles away!) while the darker sky on the right reveals the Milky Way (woohoo!). This long exposure image (102 seconds) was taken near the top of Berthoud Pass in Colorado.
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Just a little break from the ocean stuff.....I hope you enjoy this dramatic scene.
no HDR
Do we humans pass by time which is fixed, or does time pass by us. That has been debated for centuries. I don't know the answer, but I do know a place ...where the present meets the past.
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I was starting to get cold after seeing so many winter photos, so I decided that we all could use some warmth these days.
I made this shot during my South East Asia travels. This shot was made in Thailand on the island of Ko Samet.
Koh Samed is one of the Eastern Seaboard Islands of Thailand. It is located in the Gulf of Thailand it’s approximately 220 kilometers (140 mi) southeast of Bangkok. Ko Samet is the largest and westernmost of a cluster of islands not far from the coast.
The island derives its name from the cajeput tree found throughout the island, as the Thai language word for cajeput is samet. In the past, this island has also been referred to by its colloquial name, Ko Kaew Phitsadan.
Technique:
1/160 exposure
f/8.0
ISO 100
70 mm
I focused on the person to get a sharp silhouette and set the aperture on f/8.0 to get as much details on the fire as possible. The longer I look at the fire the more things I’ am starting to see.
So let you imagination run wild.
HaPPY BoKeH WiNTeR
It was a fantastic day yesterday, outside walking on the river rhine and bokeh wonderland was everywhere.
The sun was shining and the girls walking………………
HBW!
Let it snow and……..
Here we have bad hit again of winter
Too much snow everywhere
So it was good to be out yesterday……….
Machine and objective: Canon EOS 450D, Sigma 18-200mm DC OS.
Locale: España, Sevilla.
Photographer: todoUNtipo
Velocidad: 1/200s
ISO: 800
Apertura: f8,0
Focal: 96mm
…No hay peor soledad que la que se siente estando rodeado de gente, ni mejor compañía que la de uno mismo…
…There is no loneliness worse than it feels to be surrounded by people, no better company than yourself…
Rodéate de gente buena, rodéate de tu gente, disfruta de ellos, vive momentos con ellos y ve donde ellos, sin preocuparte de nada más que ellos estén disfrutando de ti, viviendo maravillosos momentos junto a ti y yendo donde sea pero con ellos…ah! No olvides sacar del cajón tu mejor sonrisa para ellos.
(F. Martínez Ledesma)
Dedicada a vosotros que seguro que os rodeáis de gente buena.
Como llueve..siempre están las gotas…nueva edición.Saludos
Huecco & Hanna – Se acabaron las lágrimas
…Nunca me han interesado ni el poder ni la fortuna lo que admiro son las flores que crecen en la basura…
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I am back from amazing, wonderful, mind-blowing, fantastic, indescribable Thailand. I had such a wonderful journey, met fantastic people, had wonderful new impressions, saw so many amazing places, spent the days on the islands at the sea and soooo much enjoyed life.
I started off in Bangkok, stayed there for 4 days, then continued traveling to the south, took the catamaran to Koh Tao, continued after some days to Koh Phangan, partied on the beach on christmas, took the plane on Koh Samui up to the north to Chiang Mai, stayed there until new years eve, continued to Sukkothai, then to Cha-Am, went to Phetchaburi and had the last days on the Beach at Hua Hin before flying back from Bangkok again… these 3 weeks went by so amazingly fast…
Now I have 50 GB of images and video to process so you can guess I am rather busy… this is why this shot is a post and run, will have a look at your fantastic pictures in some days.
I am in love… with Thailand!!
"Dan ada pun orang-orang yang takut pada kebesaran Tuhannya dan menahan diri dari (keinginan) hawa nafsunya, maka sungguh, syurgalah tempat tinggal(nya)."
Al-Quran | An-Naazi'aat | Ayat 40 & 41
INFO:
Pada sahabat2 yang ada kelapangan petang Jumaat ini, mari kita sama2 mencerap fenomena Gerhana Matahari Separa yang akan berlaku mulai jam 3:01pm sehingga jam 5:38pm (Waktu KL). Waktu kemuncak gerhana adalah pada jam 4:26pm. Info lanjut berkenaan fenomena ini bolehlah tuan2 baca di Falak Online ini. Kat Langkawi peratus matahari terlindung oleh bulan pada waktu puncak adalah paling tinggi di Malaysia pada waktu itu, orang utara beruntung hangpa noo ;)
About The Shot: PHOTOGRAPHING A SUNDOG!
From my archive; this was captured last year during my sunrise chasing with Buyie at Balok Beach, Kuantan. Feel free to see what we got earlier that morning HERE! Something that amazed me a lot!
Canon EOS 500D + Kitlens:
Auto WB, ISO-100, f/22, 1/32 seconds at 18mm, handheld.
Location, Date & Time:
Pantai Bacok, Kuantan | 25 November 2009 | 7:39am (+8GMT)
Photomatix:
- Tone mapping from single RAW.
Photoshop CS3 LITE:
- Add layer mask; Saturation (master) adjusted to 21,
- Watermark & framing editing.
You:
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Explore Front Page 10. Jan. 2010
Blick vom Berg Zwölferkopf (1480m) bei Pertisau auf den Achensee / Österreich
View from the mountain Zwoelferkopf (1480m) near Pertisau at the Achensee / Austria
Angalica
Only by one shot (None Composite )
Picasso and Braque which created "Cubism"!!.
The trial of their beginning.
A desire that the invisible side wants to watch it.
They took in multiple viewpoints in a picture.
I respect them.
I tried their imitation without using the composition processing.
I added one new work to conventional technique.
The camera turns to the ground first.
The LED lights up the front of the flower.
I point a camera to the sky next.
The LED lights up the back of the flower.
I focus on the stars and change a position of Aperture ring from F22 to F2.8.
The Milky Way exposes it afterwards for 60 seconds.
This shot may resemble early Cubism.
Perhaps this photograph resembles still life of the Cezanne.
He told a lie with the picture of the apple a little.
How do you think of this technique?.
Will this be composition processing? .
This place is a Mount Kirigamine .
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kirigamine.
From my home, it is 20 minutes by car.
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Heavy snowfall hits Amsterdam. Winter arrived in the Netherlands. It snowed continuously in Amsterdam for over 3 hours and other parts of the country. It was sticky snow so lots of snowmen and beautiful trees coated in snow! The children and adults were all out playing in the snow most of the afternoon and the street. Besides the joy there was irritation. The whole ring highway of 32km were totally jammed during rush hour. All cars were driving slowly step by step. Most cars don't even have winter tires here. Schiphol airport closed all except 1 runway and many planes were cancelled. Some people hoped that the snow and chill would permit the Elfstedentocht the famous Eleven Cities, 125-mile ice-skating canal race, the weather must remain cold long enough. We'll have to see about that. The Weather hasn't permitted that to happen in many years. Tomorrow extreme low temperature of -15 degrees Celsius is expected.
Last evening I did walk around the canals and made some photos of the snow in of my neighborhood. When it snows it’s light dusting and really beautiful. The steep bridges over the canals in Amsterdam are really slippery. ...especially for cars. The best way to travel in the snow is by bicycle, tram, walking or better by sleds like these kids. Tonight extreme temperature of -15 degrees Celsius is expected. The heavy snowfall is too bad for ice skating. Photo taken here at the corner of Brouwersgrachtand and Keizersgracht in Amsterdam. More snow expected these is coming weekend. It's a handheld streetshot at 1/10s, ISO800 and F2.0 .
Amsterdam zat helemaal vast door zware sneeuwval. Het KNMI gaf woensdag 6 januari 2010 begin van de middag een weerswaarschuwing af voor extreem weer in Noord-Holland en Zuid-Holland maar vreemd genoeg geen alarm. In korte tijd viel er 10 tot 15 centimeter sneeuw. In combinatie met de avondspits was daar geen sneeuwschuiver of strooiwagen tegen opgewassen. Door de hevigheid was ook nog sprake van verminderd zicht zodat er erg langzaam werd gereden op de rijkswegen. Heel Nederland werd afgelopen week getrakteerd op een dik pak sneeuw. Dit leverde voor het verkeer de nodige overlast op, maar er was ook veel plezier zoals hier in Amsterdam. Kinderen inde Jordaan grepen de kans met beide handen aan en gingen sleetje rijden. In en rond de hele stad stonden woensdag lange files door zware sneeuwval. Ook het openbaar vervoer ondervond zware hinder. De hele ringweg Amsterdam stond vasy met een file waarvan de langste 32 kilometer was. In de stad reden auto's stapvoets. Op sommige plekken kwamen automobilisten zelfs helemaal niet meer vooruit. Het vliegverkeer op Schiphol wordt ernstig gehinderd door sneeuwval. Volgens de luchtverkeersleiding was er slechts één baan beschikbaar. Nee, we zijn het niet meer gewend? We zijn de afgelopen 10 jaar gewoon sufgeluld door klimaat terroristen die ons voorgespiegeld hebben dat er nooit meer winters zullen komen en ook nog eens dat dat allemaal onze eigen schuld is ook nog.En nu één klein beetje zonne-inactiviteit en húp het is ineens gewoon weer winter...
There it goes all alone, it continues to fall
With it, it takes the emotion, the emotion of all
Wait, can you hear it?..A sob has broke free...
Echo Beach Canggu, Bali, Indonesia
Canon EOS 50D + EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
EXIF: 10 sec • f/13 • 10 mm • ISO 100
Exposure Mode + White Balance: Manual
Filter: HITECH Filter 2stops SE
Software: Digital Photo Pro + Adobe Photoshop CS3
Honest comment/critique are welcome, thanks guys :)
A long exposure of a reflection with reflections of more reflections.
Some of you may remember my picture called “Space Dock” - www.flickr.com/photos/31246066@N04/4139298285/ - and the picture I had enclosed with it. It looked very similar to this one. I conducted a night photo shoot inside the top of the Oregon City Municipal Elevator because of all of the cool reflections. This version is from the other side of the “saucer”. I think I like this one even better. You can see the traffic passing over the Oregon City Bridge to the right.
Well, looks like you'll be seeing an awful lot of Suki this year! I've joined a group called 52 Weeks for Dogs: One picture a week of one dog till 2011. Here goes!
Nikon D300s + Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 VC + SB-900=>Cam right, through umbrella, triggered by on camera pop up
(Blog)
Attempting to capture an image that has been taken so many millions of times, takes a lot of thought and preparation. Reaching this area on the Marin Headlands, is not the difficult part; however adding my personal touch was somewhat harder.
Observing for about an hour before shooting, I noticed a couple of fairly large boats pass under the bridge. My thought was that if a boat or ship would pass through the frame at the right moment, it would create a motion of the water. This in-turn would cause the light reflection of the bridge to move in the water, and thus spreading the glow and reflection out just far enough to be a defining part of the image.
Well, about 30 minutes after sunset, it happened. Combined with a 30 second exposure, this was the result.
While, I didn't get much sleep bundled up in my vehicle that night, I really enjoyed this experience, and am looking forward to returning to the area with the hope of capturing more of it's beauty.
Grazie della Vostra Amicizia.
Questa è una piccola barca, che il suo proprietario con tanta cura mantiene.
Questo suo grande sacrificio gli porta qualcosa ( tempo permettendo )...
Forse durante la Vostra visita in Sardegna, avete visto delle barche più belle ( io le chiamo barche .... ).....
Aspettiamo la Vostra visita in Sardegna... e questi saranno i posti che Vi faremo conoscere...
Piccole barche e grandi Pescatori....
Fleet No.: 7008
Manufacturer: Almazora Motors Corp.
Model: '10 Tourist Star RE
Chassis: MAN 753 (16.290 HOC-SKD)
Engine: MAN D2866TOH
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Today I received my 3rd Dan Black Belt for Batto. The art of Japanese Sword Cutting. Today I used only a wakizashi (Short Sword) One handed cutting.
The temp was -1C and as you can see it was snowing. This was held at a very old shrine. More photos later.
My wife took these nice photos at 6 frames per second.
Cropped in a hurry. Sorry about bottom left. :-).
Video da queima de fogos:
www.youtube.com/user/dircinhawel#p/a/u/0/F60-_2OOlQI
Amigos.. mais uma vez desejo-lhes um feliz 2010, estou sem tempo para visitas, mas na proxima semana estarei de volta.
Abraços a todos.
Friends .. once again wish you a happy 2010, I have no time for visits, but next week I'll be back.
Abraços.
Amici .. ancora una volta, vi auguriamo un 2010 felice, non ho tempo per le visite, ma la prossima settimana sarò di ritorno.
Abraços.
This is the view from where I stayed in Sungei Dua, Penang Island.
Picturenaut3 HDR 6 frames
See my first comment box for the morning shot!
The ladybug still wonders whether to jump from the nettle or better prefer to fly ;-)) ..
Der Marienkäfer überlegt noch, ob er von der Brennessel springen oder vielleicht doch lieber fliegen soll ;-)) ...
* Happy New Year * Frohes Neues Jahr * Bonne année * Feliz Año Nuevo *
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Coccinellidae is a family of beetles, known variously as ladybirds (UK, Ireland, Australia, Pakistan, South Africa), ladybugs (North America), or lady beetles (preferred by some scientists). Lesser-used names include ladyclock, lady cow, and lady fly.
They are small insects, ranging from 1 mm to 10 mm (0.04 to 0.4 inches), and are commonly yellow, orange, or scarlet with small black spots on their wing covers, with black legs, head and antennae. A very large number of species are mostly or entirely black, grey, or brown and may be difficult for non-entomologists to recognize as coccinellids (and, conversely, there are many small beetles that are easily mistaken as such, like tortoise beetles).
Coccinellids are found worldwide, with over 5,000 species described, more than 450 native to North America alone.
A few species are pests in North America and Europe, but they are generally considered useful insects as many species feed on aphids or scale insects, which are pests in gardens, agricultural fields, orchards, and similar places. The Mall of America, for instance, releases thousands of ladybugs into its indoor park as a natural means of pest control for its gardens.
A common myth is that the number of spots on its back indicates its age. (Wikipedia)
By the way the ladybugs in Belgium look the same like in Germany ;-) ....
Der Marienkäfer gilt als Himmelsbote der Mutter Gottes und ist ein Glücksbringer. Er soll die Kinder beschützen und die Kranken heilen, wenn er ihnen zufliegt. Man darf ihn jedoch niemals abschütteln oder gar töten, weil man sonst das Unglück anzieht.
Die Marienkäfer (Coccinellidae) sind eine weltweit verbreitete Familie halbkugeliger, flugfähiger Käfer, deren Deckflügel meist eine unterschiedliche Anzahl von auffälligen Punkten aufweisen. Viele Arten ernähren sich von Blatt- und Schildläusen.
Die Marienkäfer sind bei der Bevölkerung beliebt und tragen die unterschiedlichsten Namen in der jeweiligen lokalen Umgangssprache. Die Beliebtheit begründet sich unter anderem darin, dass sie im Gartenbau und der Landwirtschaft nützlich sind, da sie allein in ihrer Larvenzeit je nach Art bis zu 3.000 Pflanzenläuse oder Spinnmilben fressen. Sie sind in ihrem Aussehen variabel, was ihre Bestimmung erschwert. Dieselbe Art kann in dutzenden Mustervarianten auftreten. Manche, wie etwa der Luzerne-Marienkäfer, erreichen sogar über 4.000 gezählte Varianten. Früher wurden diese Varianten innerhalb derselben Art mit eigenen Namen belegt, beispielsweise beim Zweipunkt-Marienkäfer (Adalia bipunctata) mit über 150 Bezeichnungen, die allerdings heute nicht mehr verwendet werden und wissenschaftlich bedeutungslos sind. Bei manchen Untergruppen – etwa innerhalb der Unterfamilie Scymninae – kann eine Bestimmung schwierig sein und zuverlässig nur aufgrund einer Untersuchung der Genitalorgane erfolgen. Neben den Genitalien sind die Kopfkapsel, der Kopfschild und die Fühleransätze oft zuverlässige Unterscheidungsmerkmale ähnlicher Arten.
Die Käfer können gut fliegen und erreichen 75 bis 91 Flügelschläge pro Sekunde. Die Anzahl der Punkte gibt entgegen einem weit verbreiteten Irrtum nicht das Alter des Käfers an, vielmehr ist die Zahl der Punkte charakteristisch für jede Art und ändert sich während des Lebens des Käfers nicht. (Wikipedia)
Übrigens sehen die Marienkäfer in Belgien genauso aus wie in Deutschland ;-) ....
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Here's Vancouver harbour at daybreak shot from the balcony of our room in the Westin Bayshore. Very similar shot to the last one I posted, taken at night.
I'm looking forward to the best year ever, continuing my commute between Victoria and Vancouver and hopefully opening another office in Washington, DC by the end of the year.
Happy New Year everyone! Have a fun and safe night tonight and prosperous 2010.
"Here's to the Bright New Year, and fond farewell to the old;here's to the thing that are yet to come,and to the memories that we hold."
Wish you a Happy New year friends.
Mallard Duck with full winter green colours tilting head back after a quick drink.
Few more days left in the year, I really hope 2010 is simply a better year.
There sadly comes a day, when you just won't pay
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More from my night of reflections.
Hope everyone had a good Christmas etc, the weather here in Brisbane has been poor, might get a shoot in later today, but .... yeah I'll be looking for rainbows ;)
Enjoy.
- Canon 50D.
- ISO 100, f9, 1/30, 10mm.
- Sigma 10-20mm lens.
- Tripod.
Processing
- Saturation and Contrast in Photoshop 6.0 and Lightroom 2.2.
About Reflections
Reflection is the change in direction of a wavefront at an interface between two different media so that the wavefront returns into the medium from which it originated. Common examples include the reflection of light, sound and water waves. The law of reflection says that for specular reflection the angle at which the wave is incident on the surface equals the angle at which it is reflected.
Reflection of light is either specular (mirror-like) or diffuse (retaining the energy, but losing the image) depending on the nature of the interface. Furthermore, if the interface is between a dielectric and a conductor, the phase of the reflected wave is retained, otherwise if the interface is between two dielectrics, the phase may be retained or inverted, depending on the indices of refraction.
”... Já ramalhei muito laço
nas reculutas que fiz
e, hoje, o tempo me diz
do pouco que aprendi
campereando por aí,
sons de milongas nos dedos
nas estâncias e varzedos
da costa do Piray... “
Fragmento de “Entre as frestas do tempo”, de Eron Vaz Mattos
Pelotas, Rio, Grande do Sul, Brasil
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The Jordaan is a district of the city of Amsterdam in The Netherlands. The Anne Frank House, where Anne Frank went into hiding during World War II, is located on the edge of the Jordaan, on the Prinsengracht canal. Rembrandt spent the last years of his life in the Jordaan, on the Rozengracht canal. He was buried in the Westerkerk church, at the corner of Rozengracht and Prinsengracht, just beyond the Jordaan. The most common theory on the origin of the name is as a derivation of the French word jardin, meaning garden. Most streets and canals in the Jordaan are named after trees and flowers. Built in the first half of the 17th century to house the working class, the Jordaan is now one of the most expensive, upscale locations in the Netherlands. In the Jordaan it's more easy to have a bike or red Vespa scooter since car parking is the most expensive in the world. Daily unsecured parking in the Amsterdam Jordaan cost 5 €/hour or 7.10 US$/hour.
Believe it or not: many Dutch people don’t mind the winter in Amsterdam. Probably because the city is built for it! Ever heard of the Dutch word gezellig? A real translation doesn’t exist, but the English word cozy comes pretty close. In the Netherlands we put a lot of effort in making a place look and feel gezellig. A lot of cafés in Amsterdam use wood and warm colours for the interior combined with dim light, sometimes comfy couches and nice little corners. Since the houses are very old, it’s exceptional to get a license for a fireplace. Some places have one though. Just because nothing beats a glass of red wine in front of the fire after a whole snowy day of strolling around in Amsterdam !
Last weekend it snows and it was -6 degrees Celsius. The heavy snowfall is too bad for ice skating. So I had walk around the canals of my neighborhood. Photo taken here at the Brouwersgracht in Amsterdam. A image of a classic red Vespa scooter. This smallframe Piaggio PK range was made in the early '80s. The largeframe Vespa scooter known as the PX range were manufactured in the late '70s. The Vespa was the first globally successful scooter. This red one is not mine. My red scooter is in my basement free of snow. In Amsterdam center it's more easy to have a bike or scooter since car parking in Amsterdam is the most expensive in the world. Daily unsecured parking in Amsterdam Jordaan cost 5 €/hour or 7.10 US$/hour. Not a lot of people can effort or want to sponsor our local authorities! So whenever I go abroad I'm always smiling about the cheap parking fees compared with Amsterdam.
De Jordaan is een wijk in Amsterdam. Tijdens de bouw van de Jordaan in de eerste helft van de 17e eeuw heeft men het patroon van de oude poldersloten gevolgd, dit in tegenstelling tot de grachtengordel Herengracht, Keizersgracht en Prinsengracht, met tot gevolg dat de straten in de Jordaan vaak scheef en schuin op de overige straten en grachten staan. De Jordaan was met zijn kleine huisjes van oudsher een typische arme volksbuurt. Er waren ook veel ambachtslieden en kleine bedrijven gevestigd. Maar tegenwoordig is het er hip om er te wonen en zijn de huizenprijzen hier hoog. De naam Jordaan komt van het Franse woord Jardin wat tuin betekend. Er zijn ook veel bloem namen van de straten en grachten in de Jordaan. Er zijn overigens meerdere theorieën over het ontstaan van de naam Jordaan. De afgelopen nacht is er zo'n tien tot vijftien centimeter sneeuw gevallen. Dit zorgde ervoor dat de stad er prachtig bij lag. De sneeuw bezorgt plezier, maar ook overlast en hinder. De hevige sneeuwval heeft het verkeer in Nederland zondag grotendeels platgelegd. De Jordaan is bedolven onder dik pak sneeuw zoals hierboven op de Brouwersgracht. Geen weer om op je rode Vespa te gaan rijden. Een klassieke scooter uit de jaren '80. Piaggio is een Italiaans merk dat vanaf 1946 beroemd werd met de productie van scooters die de naam Vespa wesp kregen. Dit is niet mijn scooter. M'n rode scooter staat lekker droog in de kelder.
Last night I went the Heathrow Airport with my friends. On that day, one of my friend was going to Bangladesh for holiday. We went there only for him not for photography purposes. But I don't forget to put my camera inside of my bag. When my friend was busy with his check-in process, i went to out side of heathrow airport for smoking with my another friend. I noticed colours, colours and colours. I liked those a lot and did not forget to have a shot of the modern architecture. And this is the architecture that I took from there.
Heathrow Airport, Twickenham, England.
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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. Today it's the first day of ice skating on natural ice at Ransdorp nearby Amsterdam. Dutch skaters enjoying the kilometers of natural ice. During the month January and February thousands of geese can be found here in Waterland. The geese are migratory, moving south or west in winter. The greylag geese fly in V- formation to save themselves energy. The next days extreme low temperature of -6 degrees Celcius expected. Too bad it started snowing yesterday which makes it very hard to go skating.
A fast snapshot of a Dutch ice-skate girl taken while I was skating too. A photo of Waterland at the Bloemerdalergouw towards Holysloot - nearby Amsterdam. As temperatures plunge across Europe, many are cursing the cold. But not in the Netherlands. There, many are hoping for further frigid conditions. It was my first time on skates again in this early winter of 2009. It was a cloudy day but at the end of the day the sun came through which gave a beautiful glow. Look at the thousands of geese flying in the background. At this time of year they are easy to find in Waterland. Too bad it started snowing yesterday which makes it very hard to skate. Waterland in the winter is a real skater’s paradise.
Eindelijk weer een weekend waarin Waterlanders de ijzers konden onderbinden. Nog geen ideale condities, maar geen wakken. Op de Ransdorper Die is het ijs nog niet dik genoeg, maar hier op de bloemendalergouw tussen Ransdorp en Holysloot kan er al aardig geschaatst worden. De Grauwe gans, grijsbruine gans met forse oranje snavel en roze poten is hier heel veel te zien in Waterland. Duizenden ganzen vliegen altijd in V-formatie waardoor de krachtsinspanningen over de groep worden verdeeld. 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. Het is min zes, het is bewolkt maar aan de horizon komt uiteindelijk de zon nog door die een prachtige gloed geeft aan de horizon. Het is ijs is door de sneeuw helaas te dof om het licht te weerkaatsen. In de verte kan je de flats van Amsterdam IJburg zien en steekt de wonderlijk stompe toren van Ransdorp uit het landschap. 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.
“There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again.” - Elizabeth Lawrence.
I recently finished reading this Amazing book by Khaled Hosseini. When I was scourging for what to upload , i saw this and was immediately reminded of "Laila" & "Tariq", the two childhood friends from it. There is another equally important third protagonist, and the story is about , how the never ending Wars in Afghanistan Affect their Lives . . .
here's a conversation between these two . . .
"You changed the subject."
"From what?"
"The empty-headed girls who think you're sexy."
"You know."
"Know what?"
"That I only have eyes for you."
— Khaled Hosseini (A Thousand Splendid Suns)
"Behind every trial and sorrow that He makes us shoulder, God has a reason."
— Khaled Hosseini (A Thousand Splendid Suns)
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