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Bound for Chicago, a Metra train sprints through Wheaton on a wintry Sunday morning. My intention had been to continue with my Thai agricultural series but, with the recent onslaught of arctic air here in the Upper Midwest, I decided to temporarily put the rice on ice :) Stay warm friends! Or, if you live in a warm climate, ice versa :)
Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 720, f/6.3, 300mm, 1/1000s
è la frase che in cuor mio (o nella mia mente ? ...
non ricordo ...) ripeto quando mi trovo in quella condizione di luce e di tempo che ....vorrei non finisse mai ...
e invece, purtroppo (o per fortuna ??? ) l'attimo fuggente, mentre ci penso, è già passato ...
buon week end
Dolomiti - Val di Funes
San Giovanni in Ranui e le Odle
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Stair Maze - Dorset Estate - George Loveless House, Bethnal Green, London, UK
Happy New Year To All. Better late than never ;-)
Santa Margherita di Belice (Santa Margarita in siciliano) è un comune italiano di 6 322 abitanti della provincia di Agrigento, in Sicilia.
da: it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Margherita_di_Belice
Fondata nel 1572 dal Barone Antonio Corbera, antenato dello scrittore Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, sorge nella zona sud-occidentale della Sicilia, tra i fiumi Belìce, Senore e Carboj, alla confluenza delle province di Palermo, Trapani e Agrigento. Confina, con i comuni di Salaparuta (TP), Contessa Entellina (PA), Sambuca di Sicilia, Menfi e Montevago (AG).
Nel suo territorio si trovano testimonianze di insediamenti sicani, greci, romani e arabi. Nel 1610 il Re Filippo III autorizzò il barone Girolamo Corbera, nipote del fondatore, a dare al paese il nome di Santa Margherita. I Principi Filangeri, succeduti ai baroni Corbera, diedero impulso al paese con la costruzione di diversi edifici e facendone aumentare la popolazione. Tra i Filangeri di Santa Margherita di Belìce si annoverano tre vicerè di Sicilia: Alessandro I, Alessandro II e Nicolò I che nel 1812 ospitò nel Palazzo di Santa Margherita, per circa tre mesi, il Re Ferdinando, la regina Maria Carolina (la Donnafugata) e il principe Leopoldo di Borbone.
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A sinistra:
Palazzo Filangeri di Cutò, meglio conosciuto come Palazzo Gattopardo. Quasi completamente distrutto durante il terremoto (si salvò solamente la facciata), è stato in seguito parzialmente ricostruito ed oggi è la sede del Municipio, del Museo del Gattopardo, dell'Istituzione Parco Letterario Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa e del Teatro Sant'Alessandro.
Museo del Gattopardo. Vi si trovano le riproduzioni dell'originale manoscritto e dattiloscritto del romanzo, donate da Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi. Sono esposte anche altre teche contenenti le lettere, gli appunti, la documentazione e le foto d'epoca dello scrittore; ci sono postazioni multimediali che fanno rivivere i saggi critici e i film dedicati all'opera. Si possono anche vedere e ascoltare le interviste a Claudia Cardinale e Alain Delon, indimenticabili interpreti del film di Luchino Visconti, così come lo stesso manoscritto, la sua stesura, le correzioni apportate. Pagina dopo pagina, bozze e correzioni, fino alla stesura finale. Vi è anche la rappresentazione, attraverso un piccolo museo delle cere, di una scena del “Gattopardo” viscontiano.
A destra:
Museo della Memoria Si tratta di uno spazio realizzato utilizzando i ruderi dell'ex Chiesa Madre restaurati, un tempo luogo di ritrovo e punto di incontro e di riferimento delle attività religiose e sociali del paese e poi rovinosamente distrutta dalle scosse sismiche. Al suo interno centinaia di fotografie guidano il visitatore alla scoperta della Valle del Belìce e dei suoi nove paesi (Gibellina, Montevago, Salaparuta, Poggioreale, Santa Margherita di Belìce, Santa Ninfa, Sambuca di Sicilia e Vita) prima di quella sconvolgente notte del 15 gennaio 1968. Decine e decine di scatti fotografici che immortalano volti di uomini, donne e bambini, di case distrutte, di paesi stravolti e in particolare di macerie. E poi tutte le fasi dei primi soccorsi, gli aiuti, le baracche, fino ad arrivare alla ricostruzione urbanistica, ma anche alla rinascita umana di tutta quella gente che si ritrovò protagonista di quel tragico evento.
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London Transport Museum - London, UK
Although she seems not to be happy, at least her healthy, strong feet are free and can connect to the ground as nature intended.
Una bellissima coppia di Gingerbreads decorano un ottimo cupcake: prima la foto poi l' assaggio:-))))))!!
Evening view towards Hout Bay and Table Mountain from Kommetjie near Slangkop tented camp, taken during our Hoerikwaggo Trail hike. South Africa
Explored #4
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Christmas is calling - Oxford Street, London, UK
Julie Bishop, Member of Parliament of Australia during the Session "Opening Plenary: Globalization 4.0" at the World Economic Forum, Annual Meeting of the Global Future Councils 2018. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Benedikt von Loebell
The day before the arrival of the Arctic cold front.
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Canons PowerShot SX70 HS, der Nachfolger der in die Jahre gekommenen SX60 HS ist mittlerweile (seit 4. Dezember 2018) bei Amazon bestellbar.
Mit der Auslieferung des Superzooms ist unseren Informationen zufolge voraussichtlich ab der dritten Novemberwoche zu rechnen, konkret ab dem 22.11.2018.
Real ab 4. Dezember 2018.
Ultra Weitwinkel und Ultra Superzoom:
Power Zoomer with IBIS
IBIS - In Body Image Stabilisation - a Image Stabilizer (IS) with a 5-axis stabilizer for stills and Video
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The SX70 HS also gets a handy eye sensor to automatically activate the EVF when you raise the camera to your eye, while there's now a useful zoom Switch on the barrel of the lens.
Canon PowerShot SX70 HS is an ideal all-in-one camera.
: • New Features:
: • Zoomwippe Zoom button -
Bedienelement am Griff von Zoomobjektiven zur Wahl des Bildausschnitts. Die Zoomwippe steuert das Objektiv über einen Elektromotor, den so genannten Servomotor, und lässt eine Beeinflussung von Richtung und Geschwindigkeit der Zoomfahrt zu.
zoom lever - zoom rocker - zoom switch - Zoom-Wippe
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: • Zoom Frame Assist Lock function - d.h. Ausschnitt frei wählen nachdem der Fokus mit einem Objekt (z.b. Bergsteiger) verbunden ( Lock function ) wurde.
Framing Assist Lock button
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Introducing the PowerShot SX70 HS
Zoom Framing Assist - Helfer (Assistenz-system) bei der Bildkomposition, inklusive Autofokus Steuerung
Die Zoom-Assistent-Funktion unterstützt während der Aufnahme mit hohem Zoom die Beibehaltung des Bildausschnitts, was ideal für die Aufnahme von schnellen Sportarten oder Wildtieren ist.
A Zoom Framing Assist button on the side of the lens barrel enables quick adjustments of the view angle, which is especially useful during telephoto shooting.
The Zoom Frame Assist Lock function
helps maintain framing when taking super-telephoto images, suitable for capturing fast-moving sports or wildlife.
Featuring cutting-edge technology to produce high-resolution images and 4K Ultra HD Video.
: • smaller and lighter Body and lens System:
Abmessungen und Gewicht :
127 x 90,9 x 116,6 mm; - 608 g
capable of handling all types of shooting scenario, without the need to carry multiple lenses.
- equivalent to a 21-1365mm focal length - Ultra-Wide-Lens
21-1365mm - 2730mm
a wide-angle to super-telephoto focal length range
- The PowerShot SX70 HS’s 65x zoom extends to an impressive 2730mm equivalent focal length with Canon’s ZoomPlus functionality (2.0x converter built in), ideal for capturing distant scenes from afar.
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„Organic Light Emitting Diode“ = OLED
a high-res OLED electronic viewfinder
with high-resolution 2.36-million dot electronic viewfinder
(EVF).
With the addition of a new eye sensor, the camera automatically switches to the EVF display simply by bringing the camera up to the eye.
Organische LEDs (OLED) bieten Ihnen helleres Leuchten, ein wirklich schwarzes Schwarz und geringere Response-Zeiten als herkömmliche LEDs.
Check out our extensive hands-on gallery of photos of the Canon Powershot SX70 HS super-zoom camera.
www.photographyblog.com/reviews/canon_powershot_sx70_hs_r...
: • THE SX70 is the first Canon point-and-shoot camera compatible with the latest RAW format (.CR3).
: • The DIGIC 8 processor enables the PowerShot SX70 HS camera to achieve five stops of IS with dual-sensing image stabilization (IS).
: • The DIGIC 8 processor also powers the cameras 4K Ultra HD Video capabilities, including 4K time-lapse and 4K frame grabs,
so stunning landscapes or special memories can be captured and preserved in the highest of resolutions.
: • 4K frame grabs = • 4K-Videoaufnahmen mit Einzelbild-Extraktion (8MB)
PS - a high speed 120 fps mode is available at Full HD Resolution
: • The autofocus is highly responsive and adaptive, even in low-light.
: • - The camera’s enhanced 20.3MP 1/2.3-type CMOS sensor delivers a 25 per cent increase in resolution,
compared to the Canon PowerShot SX70 HS predecessor, the SX60 HS at 16.1MP, bringing a new level of detail and vividness to images.
: • Together, the sensor and processor
also produce clean image quality and enhanced sensitivity with minimal noise for working in difficult lighting conditions.
: • This sensor upgrade also means that large photo prints look beautiful when taken on the camera, doing justice to precious family memories as they take pride-of-place on the wall.
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Thamudic and Nabataean inscriptions, depicting camel caravans, hunting warriors and various animals, are common throughout the Wadi Rum area. The Alameleh inscriptions, near the Seven Pillars of Wisdom and on the edge of the Diseh district, are some of the most comprehensive and best preserved.
The desert trips with the jeeps are well organised and I would recomend the 4 hour jeep trip, any excursion will be organised for you by Mr khaled.
My journey was long and dark, but after a precarious trek, I found myself on a faraway shore where a new Boneyard lay wait. Cautiously, I approached these so called “twilight beasts” and found them somewhat different from those that I have encountered from past travels. Covered in sharp bark like scales and writhing about with long tails, they clawed at the moon while slithering along the sandy coast. Wearily, I collected my nerves. Gently, I reached out with my mind, only to encounter a piercing howl that sent my head spinning. These creatures are suffering and I am the first person to hear their pain. And so, I decided to stay and listen so that one day I could tell their story.
It's time to get back to my stories of the boneyards in "Boneyard Journeys." With a long exposure of almost two and a half minutes, a rising tide and fogging lens, I wasn't sure this shot was going to work. This is an introduction to a short series at the Boneyard Beach on Big Talbot Island, Florida. Wishing everyone a wonderful day ahead. Thanks for the favs and kind comments, they are much appreciated!
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Glass And Steel (II) - La Défense, Paris, France
Twilight time on Zermatt, Taken from Rotenboden, Canton of Valais . Switzerland. izakigur 20.07.10, 19:43:14 .No. 1204.
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Shadow and Light - King's Cross Tunnel, London, UK
The Bent Pyramid and the king's wife (the small one and the first one on your view) on the left;
The Red Pyramid (by himself) in the back and middle - it is the third on size in all whole Egypt);
The Black Pyramid on the right.
There were 11 pyramids here.
the picturesque depression castle in the Loch Laich, served about 1320 the clan MacDougall as a Towerhouse and Today is in the private possession.
die malerische Niederungsburg im Loch Laich, diente um 1320 dem Clan MacDougall als Towerhouse und ist Heute im privaten Besitz.
It's still warm here and some flowers are still blooming.
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2018. #Finland #Autumn #Bokeh #Nature
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Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner passing through the foot of Gemini. After what seemed like weeks of clouds, some morning clearing finally occurred.
Discovered in 1900, comet 21P/Giacobini–Zinner is a periodic comet with an orbital period of 6.6 years and an estimated diameter of 2km. With a minimum orbit intersection distance of 0.035 AU, it's classified as a potentially hazardous object.
Two open clusters (M35 and NGC 2158) and a super nova remnant (IC 443) are also visible in the field of view. 21P approx. mag 7.1.
20180916 - 4:20-4:59 AM EDT
Nikon D5500
300mmmED MF f/4.5 @ f/4.5
38 x 60s exposures, 800iso
iOptron SkyGuider Pro
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Regim Sig1.6 - stars aligned
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AffinityPhoto stretch and overlay
Full frame - 33% reduction
Size:3.88 x 2.58 deg
wirtanen.astro.umd.edu/46P/46P_status.shtml
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Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa, io non credea
Tornare ancor per uso a contemplarvi
Sul paterno giardino scintillanti,
E ragionar con voi dalle finestre
Di questo albergo ove abitai fanciullo,
E delle gioie mie vidi la fine.
Quante immagini un tempo, e quante fole
Creommi nel pensier l'aspetto vostro
E delle luci a voi compagne! allora
Che, tacito, seduto in verde zolla,
Delle sere io solea passar gran parte
Mirando il cielo, ed ascoltando il canto
Della rana rimota alla campagna!
E la lucciola errava appo le siepi
E in su l'aiuole, susurrando al vento
I viali odorati, ed i cipressi
Là nella selva; e sotto al patrio tetto
Sonavan voci alterne, e le tranquille
Opre de' servi. E che pensieri immensi,
Che dolci sogni mi spirò la vista
Di quel lontano mar, quei monti azzurri,
Che di qua scopro, e che varcare un giorno
Io mi pensava, arcani mondi, arcana
Felicità fingendo al viver mio!
Ignaro del mio fato, e quante volte
Questa mia vita dolorosa e nuda
Volentier con la morte avrei cangiato....
...O speranze, speranze; ameni inganni
Della mia prima età! sempre, parlando,
Ritorno a voi; che per andar di tempo,
Per variar d'affetti e di pensieri,
Obbliarvi non so. Fantasmi, intendo,
Son la gloria e l'onor; diletti e beni
Mero desio; non ha la vita un frutto,
Inutile miseria. E sebben vóti
Son gli anni miei, sebben deserto, oscuro
Il mio stato mortal, poco mi toglie
La fortuna, ben veggo. Ahi, ma qualvolta
A voi ripenso, o mie speranze antiche,
Ed a quel caro immaginar mio primo;
Indi riguardo il viver mio sì vile
E sì dolente, e che la morte è quello
Che di cotanta speme oggi m'avanza;
Sento serrarmi il cor, sento ch'al tutto
Consolarmi non so del mio destino.
E quando pur questa invocata morte
Sarammi allato, e sarà giunto il fine
Della sventura mia; quando la terra
Mi fia straniera valle, e dal mio sguardo
Fuggirà l'avvenir; di voi per certo
Risovverrammi; e quell'imago ancora
Sospirar mi farà, farammi acerbo
L'esser vissuto indarno, e la dolcezza
Del dì fatal tempererà d'affanno...
G. Leopardi
This was one of those evenings that we dream of.
Good night, lovely sun! 💙💛💚
This photo taken after sunset.
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2018. #Finland #Autumn #Sunset #Lake #Evening #Reflections #Sysmä #Päijänne #pier #QuietWater
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Setup: Main: Godox AD360 with Phottix Para-Pro 1.5m;
As we descend from Sgor Mor, the clouds lift from the mountain tops, clearly revealing The Devils Peak, Cairn Toul, Sgor an Lochain Uaine and Braeriach. The deep valley of Glen Dee leading to the Lairig Ghru marches into the distance. To give a sense of scale, a walkers bothy can just be made out at the foot of Devil's Peak deep in the Glen.
At a height of 2667 feet (813 meters), Sgor Mor doesn't quite qualify as a Munro as it's 333 feet (111 meters) short, but it is a Corbett and offers some great views of the Cairngorms.
The Perseids are a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Swift–Tuttle. The meteors are called the Perseids because the point from which they appear to hail (called the radiant) lies in the constellation Perseus.
The stream of debris is called the Perseid cloud and stretches along the orbit of the comet Swift–Tuttle. The cloud consists of particles ejected by the comet as it travels on its 133-year orbit. Most of the particles have been part of the cloud for around a thousand years. However, there is also a relatively young filament of dust in the stream that was pulled off the comet in 1865, which can give an early mini-peak the day before the maximum shower. The dimensions of the cloud in the vicinity of the Earth are estimated to be approximately 0.1 astronomical units (AU) across and 0.8 AU along the latter’s orbit, spread out by annual interactions with the Earth’s gravity.
Some Catholics refer to the Perseids as the "tears of Saint Lawrence", suspended in the sky but returning to earth once a year on August 10, the canonical date of that saint's martyrdom in 258 AD. The saint is said to have been burned alive on a gridiron, and this tradition is almost certainly the origin of the Mediterranean folk legend that the shooting stars are the sparks of that fire and that during the night of August 9–10 its cooled embers appear in the ground under plants, and which are known as the "coal of Saint Lawrence". The transition in favor of the Catholic saint and his feast day on August 10 and away from pagan gods and their festivals, known as Christianization, was facilitated by the phonetic assonance of the Latin name Laurentius with Larentia.
7DWF, Monday: Anything Goes
Surprisingly empty upper platforms at Berlin Hauptbahnhof (Central Station) on a beautiful summer evening. Believe it or not, Berlin Hauptbahnhof is the largest train station in Europe, with approximately 300 000 travellers per day, making it the 4th most frequented train station in Germany (after Hamburg, Munich, and Frankfurt/Main). Or the least frequented, at least on a Saturday evening at 19:39 o' clock. Well, the next train to Zurich from platform 13 wasn't due until 21:04. At least there was a lonely dove, an employee of the Deutsche Bahn AG (in the red hat), shuffling along the platform, and a guy who organized his luggage. And us: Sabine.R, marionrosengarten, --Conrad-N-- and H. Roebke :-)
Bemerkenswerte Leere am ehemaligen Lehrter Bahnhof (seit 2006 Berlin Hauptbahnhof) an einem sonnigen Samstagabend um 19:39 Uhr. Der nächste Zug nach Zürich ging von Gleis 13 aber auch erst um 21:04 Uhr. Immerhin schlurfte ein Mitarbeiter der Deutschen Bahn auf Gleis 13 entlang, ein einsamer Passagier ordnete sein Gepäck, und die nicht minder einsame Taube hatte somit den Bahnsteig fast für sich. Aber wir waren ja auch noch da: Sabine.R, marionrosengarten, --Conrad-N-- and H. Roebke :-)
Vega de Brañagallones, 1.215 m. de altitud.
Con el refugio y algunas de las cabañas en la lejanía.
Al fondo se ven la Sierra de la Canalina y la Sierra de Brañapinueli.
El corazón del Parque Natural de Reres.
(lat. 43º 6' long 5º 18')
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Thanks everyone for the visits, comments and favorites.
Merci à tous pour les visites, les commentaires et favoris.
Grazie a tutti per le visite, commenti e favoriti.
Herring (Larus argentatus) and Bonaparte's (Larus philadelphia) Gull feeding frenzy on a "Herring Bait Ball" in the marine waters off Dundas Island along the west coast and northwest of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada.
No. 4 Explore August 8.
15 July, 2018.
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Punta Giglio è un promontorio calcareo che assieme a capo Caccia racchiude la baia di porto Conte. Impropriamente viene chiamata "punta", poiché in realtà ha le caratteristiche di "capo" per la sua altezza sul livello del mare. Deve il suo nome per la presenza di numerose piante di giglio. È compreso nel territorio della Area naturale marina protetta Capo Caccia - Isola Piana Dalla sommità è possibile ammirare il panorama circostante. Per la strategica posizione dominante tra Porto Conte e Alghero era un importante base antiaerea dell'esercito durante l'ultima guerra, di cui esistono ancora le strutture con caserma, piattaforme di posizionamento cannoni antiaerei, casematte e deposito esplosivi, costruiti con pietre di calcare del posto e mimetizzati alla vista dal mare.
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... in the beauty of nature
Discover Switzerland Part III
It was not an easy climb to this little jewel of the Swiss Alps, but it compensated us in the form of this magnificent view that we were allowed to enjoy there. What could be better than experiencing and enjoying the uniqueness of creation together on a sunny summer's morning? The serenity and peaceful atmosphere in this place filled our hearts with new strength and joy. This summer day was an unforgettable experience for us in the beauty of our beloved homeland.
I would like to express my gratitude to all my friends here for the nice and sweet words for my little work of love. It means having so many friends with whom I can share my joy in photography around the world. What a pleasure, what a gift, what a blessing. I wish you all a lot of joy and happiness out there in the world and beautiful nature that gives us so much.
Only when you love every thing will the mystery of God reveal itself in the things.
It is sweet to be absorbed in the great silence and to become one with nature.
Every being in nature, in man, in love must wait, be patient, until his time comes to bloom.
Please enjoy with me my beautiful homeland – SWITZERLAND. I love it.
Swiss Beauty -
The Land of Mountains and Lakes
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