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FLICKR EXPLORE - Jun 13, 2009 #389
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Copyright © 2009 by Hector G Lincz All rights reserved. Use without permission is illegal. If You Want To Use Contact Me hlincz@hotmail.com
A shot taken in the morning looking out over Lake victoria,
Decided to post this today as were heading into the city and going to do the hop on hop off water taxi around Manhattan, one of the things I have meant to do for years but never have
Fingers crossed the weather stays nice
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For anyone interested in the subject of water, a visit to Holland will be attractive. Holland is a country of water. As the French put it: ‘God created the world, but the Dutch made Holland’. A quarter of Holland is below sea level. Tourists arriving at Schiphol Airport are more than four meters below sea level. The many canals, lakes, dykes, bridges and polders give the Netherlands its special character. The country is an extensive network of waterways, all sorts of accommodation on and near the water, many maritieme museums, picturesque old towns and many attractions and events on the water like here in Marken. The IJssellake is an enormous freshwater lake and perfect for swimming, water sports and fishing. A former island Marken is now a peninsula in the IJssellake. The famous lighthouse of Marken called The horse of Marken, given its name due to its shape ('paard' means 'horse' in dutch). The original was built in 1700, then reconstructed on top of the early foundations in 1839. It's still in use today for the recreational watersportsmen and woman. Generated by electricity now, it gives 6 seconds of light, then 2 seconds in the dark.
Photo taken in Marken, a peninsula in the IJssellake. An ideal place for a relaxing day soaking up typical Dutch scenery.
Nederland en water zijn nauw met elkaar verbonden. We vormen een waterrijke natie, waarbij een flink deel van het land op of onder de zeespiegel ligt. Water is van oudsher zowel onze vriend als onze vijand geweest. Onze vriend, omdat de ligging van Nederland aan zee altijd een bron van handel en dus van welvaart is geweest. Een vijand, omdat diezelfde zee soms ineens een flink stuk van het land terugnam. Onze dijken, polders, de Deltawerken en het IJsselmeer zijn getuigen van onze verbondenheid met het water. Een vriend als het gaat om recreatie zoals hier bij het Paard van Marken - vuurtoren van Marken. Wat is er heerlijker dan op een warme zomerdag lekker naar IJsselmeer te gaan. Recreëren op, aan en in het water is voor veel mensen een belangrijke manier van vrijetijdsbesteding. De vuurtoren is ontworpen door J. Valk en gebouwd in 1839 en staat op de oostelijke punt van het eiland. De toren heeft een hoogte van 16 meter en een lichtbereik van 16,7 km. De toren is begonnen als een vierkante vuurbaak in 1700. Later werden er gebouwen aan de vuurtoren gebouwd. Het beroep van vuurtorenwachter was ooit bijzonder zwaar omdat het voornamelijk bestond uit het voortdurend de hoge toren opslepen van hout of kolen, om het vuur op de juiste wijze brandend te houden. Vuurtorenwachters woonden vaak vlakbij de toren, eventueel zelfs in een aangebouwde woning zoals hier bij het Paard van Marken en het beroep ging over van vader op zoon. Pas met de komst van olielampen en dan met name de Argandse lamp in de achttiende eeuw kreeg de vuurtorenwachter het wat lichter.
Het beroep vuurtorenwachter bestaat niet meer. Er zijn nog een paar vuurtorens bemand, maar de mensen die daar zitten zijn eigenlijk verkeersleiders voor de scheepvaart. Zij hebben nog wel de functie van uitkijk, maar hebben geen bemoeienis meer met het licht. In de volksmond heten zij echter nog wel vuurtorenwachter. Het Paard van Marken geeft 6 seconde licht en is 2 seconde donker. Meer info op: www.thijsvandetoren.nl/
EXPLORED #290 -- Doesn't this look like it has a painted background / texture? My baby is sick ... does anyone know what to do about an r25 error message on a Nikon D200!!
LAST TIME YOU'LL be seeing this, I promise!! I will only be commenting and fav'ing from my photo's to reciprocate for those who have marked me as a contact, follow my work and are genuinely interested in commenting and fav my images. You can also find me on the new Flickr group Applauding Talent Around the World and hope to see you there too. I will also be taking weekends off to be with my children who are feeling like they are 2nd fiddle to Flickr!! I hope that I don't loose any of my Flickr friends but I must do what I must do - until I can't stand it anymore of course and coming running!!
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Il porticciolo di Bardolino (Verona)...Lago di Garda...Italy
"LOVE FOR THE LIFE"
Molte grazie a tutti per la vostra preferenza!!!.....
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Explore #133 - 09.06.2009
Come, and trip it as ye go
On the light fantastic toe,
And in thy right hand lead with thee,
The mountain-nymph, sweet Liberty;
And if I give thee honour due,
Mirth, admit me of thy crew
To live with her, and live with thee,
In unreproved pleasures free;
To hear the lark begin his flight,
And singing startle the dull night,
From his watch-tower in the skies,
Till the dappled dawn doth rise;
Then to come in spite of sorrow,
And at my window bid good-morrow,
Through the sweet-briar, or the vine,
Or the twisted eglantine;
While the cock with lively din,
Scatters the rear of darkness thin,
And to the stack, or the barn door,
Stoutly struts his dames before;
Oft list'ning how the hounds and horn
Cheerly rouse the slumb'ring morn,
From the side of some hoar hill,
Through the high wood echoing shrill.
From L'Allegro by John Milton (1608 - 1674)
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* More detail on this and other photos at my new Blog - Raven's Flight
Life is so hectic. I envy those who make a living doing what they love. My days belong to my very very not fulfilling job... All I have is the night...
This is my hometown...San Francisco CA
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I hate repeating myself... I need to go out and take some fresh shots... not in the best mood....
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Cropped... following mzappafreak's advice... thanks...
I am posting a black swallowtail next to a Spicebush Swallowtail so the observer can see the differences. The dorsal views are in the comment section. Notice the Black has seven orange spots on the inner ring of orange spots. It is also possible to see the eye spot with pupil.
Here is a link which describes key differences between the black butterflies of North Carolina: www.flickr.com/photos/drphotomoto/4200650680/
Music: The Fray - You Found Me
This photo is almost a month old. I edited it month ago also. But I never felt comfortable to upload it. I have already uploaded a lot of shot from that shoot. So today this is probably the very last one :-)
In that room I took a self portrait with the light coming through the window casting some shadows. But before I could set up everything I found those pidgeons all over the room. I saw them sitting on the floor. I but my f1.8 50mm on and was walking carefully closer and closer to the window - looking through the cam the entire time!
It was quite dangerous because every now and again there was a whole in the floor down to the lower level :-)
Anyway, I am glad that I managed to have hit the shutter in pretty much the right time.
I never liked the overexposed first pidgeon, but the more I look the better I like it, because it melts so nicely with the outside (white) world - coming from the dark inside.
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This is one of a series of photos I took yesterday at a really cool alpaca ranch near Vermilion, Ohio. These lovely creatures are quite sociable and seemed to enjoy our company. This particular one came up and rubbed its nose on my arm.
Please read the information on my photo posted here: www.flickr.com/photos/don-iannone/3599156436/ Thank you so much.
Speed / action photography practice using seagulls and bits of bread.
To high of an ISO caused grain while using a good depth aperture of f/8, a brighter day would worked better, but it's what I got. Corrected the look using TopazLabs and made it into something other than another deleted pic.
Have a great day.
:-)
Shine On, just, shine on!
Close your eyes and they'll all be gone.
They can scream and shout that they've been sold out,
But it paid for the cloud that we're dancing on.
So shine on, just shine on!
With your smile just as bright as the sun.
'Cause they're all just slaves to the Gods they've made,
But you and I just shone.
♫ You'll be in my heart - Phil Collins
Canon EOS 50D
EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
0.8sec • f/5 • 13 mm • ISO 100
HITECH Filter ND Grad
RAW proccessed with Digital Photo Pro
TIFF proccessed with Adobe Photoshop CS3
Mt. Tamalpais ( facing west) Marin County, California
Most of the coast in N. California has been covered in fog these past few weeks, so I decided to take the advice of one of my contacts and head above the fog. Around here there seem to be few places high enough to get above the fog, one of them being Mt. Tamalpais. So Monday evening I made a trip out around the coast and into Stinson Beach and up the west side of the mountain. I have spent very little time in this area so I found a little trail and followed it until I had a nice view of the rolling hills with fog in the background.
Five image stitch processed in CS3.
Canon 5D Mark II
24-70 f2.8 L
Lee 0.3 & 0.9 hard edge ND grads
EXPLORE, June 2, 2009, #206
Estava vindo de Saquarema e voltando para a minha casa, quando essa cena bucólica me capturou... o sol estava se pondo e os pescadores aproveitando a última luz do dia.
Was trying to get a refraction shot on the weekend on the roses and irises in our garden without much success i might add, but inbetween trying that I got this shot which I quite like for its semi abstract feel
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You will see this Norman style tower as you drive down into Uig from the Portree road. This is not an early Norman Tower it is a much more modern ruin. The Uig Tower was built by Captain Fraser, a notorious landlord of the Kilmuir Estates during the period of the Highland clearances, and was indeed originally used to collect rents from the local crofters.This building was used to house a family in Uig into the 1950s.
Photo of Fraser's Folly or Uig Tower taken Uig - Isle of Skye - Scotland
U ziet deze ronde toren als u rijdt naar Uig via de Portree weg. Dit is niet een oude Noormannen Toren maar een veel moderne ruïne. De Uig Tower werd gebouwd door Captain Fraser, een beruchte huisbaas van de Kilmuir landgoederen en werd oorspronkelijk gebruikt voor het verzamelen van de huurprijzen van de lokale boeren. Dit gebouw werd gebruikt als huis van een gezin in Uig in de jaren 1950.
Beinn an Eòin and Beinn Mhòr Chòigich, seen across Loch Bad a' Ghaill. The name of this loch translates as 'loch of the place of the stranger'.
(Note to potential photographers - the midges were unbelievably bad here!)
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This little duckling didn't want to hang around to have it's picture taken!! I still got a nice shot though as it fled back to it's family! :-)
Another re-post, i hope you like!
Hope all my friends have a wonderful week...... be happy! :-)
Love Carl xx
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Explore on 1 June 2009. Highest position #9.
This image is dedicated to my Dad and my Dear Friend Henny. Happy Birthday to both of YOU. Wishing You a lot of Health, Peace and Happiness.
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Thank you very much all my dear friends for your visits, comments and faves!
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Music: Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
Enough of those black and white for now ;) I am a fan of colours and so I decided to put some colours up again. Since it is already the beginning of the summer (at least that's what the meteorologists say) I was almost forced to put some nice summer colours up!
Today Marko and me were driving around our hometown in search of one field or the other :-) (So more cheesy flower pictures to come)
10 / 6 / 2003 .....10 / 6 / 2009.....dedicata alla Dott.ssa Maria Teresa N .
Ho cercato ed aspettato un po di tempo per fare due scatti da dedicare a questa Grande donna . secondo scatto , " Tracce di vita " scattata sulla spiaggia di Rimini !!!
.....Perché non esistono scorciatoie a nulla: non certo alla salute, non alla felicità o alla saggezza. Niente di tutto questo può essere istantaneo. Ognuno deve cercare a modo suo, ognuno deve fare il proprio cammino, perché uno stesso posto può significare cose diverse a seconda di chi lo visita.
Tiziano Terzani
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Notizie
Venerdì 12, sabato 13 e domenica 14 giugno 2009, si tiene a Rimini la seconda edizione di “Mare di Libri”, il Festival riservato alla letteratura per adolescenti.
Mare di Libri è un festival dedicato al divertimento culturale, un luogo di appuntamento per tutti i ragazzi che amano i libri e la lettura, che così hanno la possibilità di incontrare altri coetanei che condividono le loro passioni. Il festival è anche un’occasione di riflessione per tutti coloro che si interessano dell’adolescenza e della letteratura per ragazzi.
Rimini 30 . 5 . 2009
Just to let you all know that I'm back from my trip & I'll be visiting you all as soon as I possibly can but please be patient as it looks as though you have all been busy with your cameras so I have lots of lovely photos to view :))
TRNC meadow
Explored 29/05/09. Thanks for spotting it Len.
About the photo:
A spike and rail road track.
About the process:
I wanted to do a lot with this photo. I tried B&W, I tried sepia, but in the end I decided it was just better off left alone. I added an overlay to heighten the contrast and I added a selective high-pass filter. No cropping
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giusto per divertimento... / just for fun
William Blake : The Fly
Little fly,
Thy summer’s play
My thoughtless hand
Has brushed away.
Am not I
A fly like thee?
Or art not thou
A man like me?
For I dance
And drink and sing,
Till some blind hand
Shall brush my wing.
If thought is life
And strength and breath,
And the want
Of thought is death,
Then am I
A happy fly,
If I live,
Or if I die.
William Blake (1757-1827)
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The Pannonian Plain is a large plain in Central Europe that remained when the Pliocene Pannonian Sea dried out. It is a geomorphological subsystem of the Alps-Himalaya system.
The river Danube divides the plain roughly in half.
The plain is divided among Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine.
The plain is roughly bounded by the Carpathian mountains, the Alps, the Dinaric Alps and the Balkan mountains.
Although rain is not plentiful, it usually falls when necessary and the plain is a major agricultural area; it is sometimes said that these fields of rich loamy loess soil could feed the whole of Europe. For its early settlers, the plain offered few sources of metals or stone. Thus when archaeologists come upon objects of obsidian or chert, copper or gold, they have almost unparalleled opportunities to interpret ancient pathways of trade.
The precursor to the present plain was a shallow sea that reached its greatest extent during the Pliocene, when three to four kilometres of sediments were deposited.
The plain was named after the Pannonians, a northern Illyrian tribe. Various different peoples inhabited the plain during its history. In the first century BC, the eastern parts of the plain belonged to the Dacian state, and in the first century AD its western parts were subsumed into the Roman Empire. The Roman province named Pannonia was established in the area, and the city of Sirmium, today Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia, became one of the four capital cities of the Roman Empire in the 3rd century.
#146/365 Before Voltron and GI-Joe there was G-Force (aka Battle of the Planets). I remember watching this cartoon everyday after school...oh the memories. I debated whether to use these figures or something more well known ones like (legos or star wars) but in the end the bird customs & nostalgia won out. Happy Strobist Toy Tuesdays!
Strobist: I decided to post a setup shot ala Dustin Diaz style. Basic strobist setup then processed it with more of a retro tone. Click here for the setup
Explore # 405, 25. Mai 2009
Feld-Sandlaufkäfer (Cicindela campestris) gesehen in den Weinbergen
Green tiger beetle seen in the vineyards
EXPLORE: Highest position: # 10, may 26, 2009
Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica.
F/Sttop F/22
Shutter Speed 1/2 sec
iso 100
EXPLORE #1 FP and by tomorrow who knows - hehehe.
Thank you for your daily visits, your kind and supportive comments and fav'ing my photographs. Your comments are exciting to receive and appreciated.
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We had an unusual, clear and very dark sky last night. We are about 3000km from the closest city light... I do not often get this opportunity and had to use it! I tried my best to find the celestial southpole and by analyzing the milkyway for a moment, composed this shot.... and waited......and waited.......!
This is about a 23min exposure at f2.8 with the Nikkor fisheye.
Winter is creeping in on the island and with cold nights I was kind of worried about my baby, standing out there in the cold for so long, but we both survived, there was some condensation on the "eye" which I thought would spoil the shot, but we got lucky...It was worth it!
Enjoy the weekend!