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I hope you smiled! If just one person smiles i have done well... if you all smile, then I have created an epidemic of smiles throughout the globe :) LOL...here is a good love quote to make up for the title :)
"Love is everything it's cracked up to be… It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for." ~ Erica Jong
"...Esses campeiros,
talvez rudes na figura,
almas gêmeas
do sem fim das amplidões...
Esses homens
com destinos definidos
desde o ventre,
sob quinchas de esperança...
Esses campeiros,
humildes, servidores,
campereando
realidades e razões,
São o pago
renascido nos galpões,
pais-de-fogo,
preservando seus valores..."
Trecho de "Esses campeiros", de Lauro Antonio Corrêa Simões
Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
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/
Dear people, I'm Max, a Stabijhoun. The Stabyhoun or Friese Stabij is a rare dog breed that originates from Friesland, a province in the North of the Netherlands.
Today I write a few words to this photo, because my owner is too busy.
Saturday morning we leave to the Alsace in France. Holiday call you that.
I have my 10 tennis balls and other toys ready, so they are not forgotten.
As you see, I have just taken a dive, so I clean departure.
Beste mensen, ik ben Max, een Stabijhoun, meestal Friese Stabij genoemd.
Vandaag schrijf ik een paar woorden bij deze foto, omdat mijn baasje te druk is. Zaterdagmorgen vertrekken wij naar de Elzas in Frankrijk. Vakantie noemen jullie dat.
Ik heb mijn 10 tennisballen en overige speelgoed klaargelegd, zodat ze die niet vergeten. Zoals jullie zien, heb ik even een duik genomen, zodat ik schoon vertrek.
Evimize Sude hanımda katıldı :)
Sude Bade'nin öz kızkardeşidir :)
bade gibi doğal olarak bu da iran chincilla ırkındandır. bi gözü mavi diğeri yeşil ama vanla alakası yok.
ikiside aynı anda kafesteydi ben önce gidip Bade'yi aldım
Babamda sonra Sudeyi ve 2 kardeş buluştular.
evdeki son hayvan durumu
2 kedi :)
1 papağan
1 hamster :(.
1 akvaryum
1 ben
1 de bebek hahahahahahaha :)))
artık hayvan alımı durmuştur..
bu hayvanları tanıdıkça cidden insanlardan soğuyorum.
iyiki varlar!
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Sude my new kitten. I have 2 kitten now.. they r sisters.
I lovem them....
My animals total :
2 kitten :)
1 parrot
1 hamster :(.
1 aquarium
and me :)
The clouds that day were really incredible and i was lucky enough that the sun just came out from behind the clouds as i stepped out of my door :)
View On White to see the rain drops on the poppies.
No HDR processing - just flashed the poppies and the field separately3
#1 on explore 09/06/09 - thanks!
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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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...
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It's time to say goodbye to Vienna and Austria.
When we visited last summer we had a quick two days in the city, but let me assure you, it was enough to get a lasting impression. This is a wonderful European city. No wonder it was named first in a survey of 127 world cities for quality of life.
We say farewell with a photograph of the Karlskirche (German for St. Charles's Church). This is one of the most magnificent baroque churches we witnessed on our journey. It's oval shaped dome is massive at 70 meters high and 141 meters in diametor. The church was completed in 1737 and designed by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach. I've seen many of domes and this one was a amazing, but what I really loved were the two flanking columns. The columns, crafted by Lorenzo Mattielli look much like the historic Trajan's Column in Rome which was designed in 113.
I hope you all enjoyed my little tour through Vienna. I've missed a few incredible buildings, like the St. Stephen's Cathedral, but at this point it's time to move on. Maybe someday I'll post some more from here.
Now it's time to Czech out another country.
If you didn't see all my photos from our quick two days in Vienna you can see the set here.
I hope everyone had a great weekend. Let's get this week started! =)
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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/
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"Sometimes you just get lucky":
I’ve mentioned before how the light was relatively poor while I was photographing the Baha’i House of Worship in Wilmette. There was no sunrise and I missed the five seconds of great light by being on the wrong side of the building. Despite these setbacks, I came away with a few great images, predominately because the temple is simply stunning. I was taking a few photographs from whatever vantage points weren’t blocked off by a winter’s worth of deep freeze, trying for something specific. Sometimes when you’re trying really hard to do one thing (get a shot of the white stone temple silhouetted against a pitch black sky) you luck out and get something that is quite the opposite, but better than you could have hoped for. A low cloud ceiling, sodium vapor lights, tungsten white-balance, and a rather nasty bit of lens flare coming off the ridiculous front element of the 14mm all intersected to create some very beautiful colors and shapes in the sky behind the temple. This would be an all-time favorite of mine were the foreground to be more interesting. Perhaps I should drop it to black with a little photoshop magic …. :)
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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.
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
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.
Show me a white balance slider...
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Assignment: Earth, Wind & Fire
Earth, Wind & Fire - Let's Groove
- www.last.fm/music/Earth,+Wind+&+Fire/_/Let's+Groove
About:
Still in the week of the Earth, Wind & Fire assignment and still shots from my early morning trip on Saturday.
This shot was not really blue nor was it really orange/yellow/red, so I wanted to play around on the white balance a little. I ended up on this greenish look :))
In the sky you'll see a trail. Thor, the great Thunder God, ride the sky at this hour to chase those deadly Jötnar away! This is the trail he leaves behind!
Thor is the protector of all good Vikings. Just to bad that those f**** neo nazis are using the old Norse mythology in there campaign! They are giving the old Norse mythology a bad name in Norway :(
Trond thinks that Thor is looking for his dinner candles :))
I'm still hoping that Thor one day will stop his chariot drawn by the goats Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr and share a meal with me at the camp fire.
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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!)
Best viewed Large on Black.
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
84/365
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.
Please view Henny’s site: www.flickr.com/photos/mamihenny/
Thank you very much all my dear friends for your visits, comments and faves!
Please NO MULTIGROUP invites!
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
#148/365 Talking about cutting it close! I didn't have a shot so I went in my daughter's bedroom turned on the light and sat her up and ask her to smile for me (the things my kids put up with!). The kids are going to Disneyland tomorrow (luckty them) with the grandparents. My daughter wanted her hair wavey...so my wife braided it for the first time. The shot is a tad overexposed but I kind of like it. Happy Snapshot Thursday!
Strobist: Rayring flash mounted on a SB-800 on camera.
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Explore #169 on May 26, 2009.
thanks to buttha for suggesting the title!
taken in rome, just behind the colosseum.
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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.
Building Details
Client: Chinese Olympic Committee, 2008 Summer Olympics
Cost: 3.5 Billion Yuan
Area: 250,000 square meters
Height: 69.2m
Length: 330m
Width: 220m
Program seating for 100,000 spectators at the 2008 Olympic Games.
#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
I feel so blessed witnessing such a magnificient gift from nature. Nature never disappoint me. This sunrise in Kuala Lumpur took my breath away, the sun was emitting some serious "drop dead gorgeous" tones across the sky.
That's why it is so hard letting go of my S5 IS. It has amazing capabilities to take nature shots coupled with its megazoom and versatility. My DSLR can not even deliver me a focus of the sun's yolk. Either that, or I'm just no good? =(
I need to travel so bad! I'm thinking of an island-hop this July, maybe to Langkawi followed by Terengganu and Penang, how bout that?
Explored |May 25, 2009 #86
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Taken at Guanlan Mountain and Lake Garden Farm
Guanlan, Shenzhen China
Have a wonderful and "stress free" weekend to all!!!!