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I cannot tell you how scary having a powerful, 23in collie running at you full pelt when you're sitting on a steep hill holding a camera is! Mostly when Barney runs to me, he either stops or turns off at the last second, but sometimes well, he just keeps running! My reactions have got pretty quick, I usually manage to put a hand out, to stop him but in this case I realized too late so he crashed straight into me... much to my dad's amusement (blurry person in the background is my dad)
The hardiness of my little camera is remarkable, it has been bitten (by the dog - not me!), dropped, bounced off the pavement, run into on many occassions, taken out in the rain and slung in my bag or coat pocket everyday for weeks on end... it may be a little point and shoot but it still does a fantastic job even after nearly 4 years of serious abuse :) yep its a good little camera!
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The real attractions of the area of Vang Vieng are the sceneries, steer limestone cliffs, rice paddies and cascading rivers. On deviously swift streams, nimble families leave for distant fields never seen by infrequent visitors. Here and there, other natives, singly or in pairs, bathe quietly in waist-deep water near tilting, tree-shaded banks. In Laos, a significant number of Hmong people live in the mountainous regions. The Hmong support themselves with their small vegetable gardens here along various rivers in the forestry nearby Vang Vieng. Although they live in some of the most beautiful scenery imaginable, Laos's ethnic minority communities are among the poorest people in Asia.
We followed a 2 km stream by feet, the bed walk was rough and at times shady. But the forestry scenery was so beautiful. Along the way to the cave we met mother and son having a bath in the clear cascading river.
The terms Hmong and Mong both refer to an Asian ethnic group in the mountainous regions of southern China. There, they remain one of the largest sub-groups in the Miao minzu. Beginning in the 18th century, Hmong groups began a gradual southward migration due to political unrest and to find more arable land. As a result, Hmong currently also live in several countries in Southeast Asia, including northern Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar-Burma.
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To get rid of poverty, the farmers have started cultivating fish on their paddy fields to maintain their livelihood. Fish breeding in paddy fields encouraged. Considerably raising the per-hectare yield of rice and fish production In the rainy season throughout this region many small fish can be caught in the paddy fields and small ditches: an environment highly familiar to the Lao people. The small fish are used to make a dish called Pa dek. It is a kind of fermented salted fish, and to the people of Laos, this food is second only to rice in importance. The dish is made by mixing together rice bran, fish, and the salt harvested from the earth. The mixture is allowed to stand for over three months and is then ready to eat. A specialty of this region and an extremely important element of the culture.
I think the best way to explore Laos is by bicycle or feet. Meeting friendly Lao people in the small villages along the way and enjoying its countryside. I had to stop many times to make a photo. A beautiful scenery of rice fields next to the limestone hills. This woman was working in the paddy fields nearby Vang Vieng.
Om armoede van de hand te doen, zijn sommige boeren begonnen met het kweken van vissen op hun rijstvelden. Zo hebben de boeren aanzienlijk meer opbrengst per hectare van rijst en vis productie. In het regenseizoen worden in dit gebied vele kleine vissen in de rijstvelden en de kleine beekjes gevangen: De kleine vissen worden gebruikt om een schotel te maken genoemd Pa dek. Het is een soort vergiste gezouten vis. Naast rijst is deze schotel van groot belang voor de inwoners van Laos. De schotel wordt gemaakt door rijst, vis en het zout samen te mengen. Het mengsel moet drie maanden gisten en is dan is het klaar om te eten. Een specialiteit van dit gebied en een uiterst belangrijk element van hun cultuur.
You may want to see this in XXL.
Shot from Banzhangshan ( 板樟山, Banzhang Mountain), the highest mountain in urban Zhuhai at about 290m above sea level, reachable via a 2,000-step staircase. Looking south (for north view click here). Unfortunately spoiled by a forest fire (smoke right) that broke out just as I reached the top... - the smoke does not improve the visibility.
Left and center left foreground is Zhuhai's Jida district, center rear is Zhuhai Gongbei and the border to Macau. Macau in the distance with the prominent Grand Lisboa Casino and the Macau Tower just visible through the smoke. The road in the center is Yingbin Avenue, one of the main traffic arteries of downtown Zhuhai, leading to the Macau border gate.
Stitched panorama from 10 shots, handheld in portrait format, Nikon D100 with a Sigma 2.8/24mm lens attached. Horizontal field of view is roughly 180°.
Another "reactivated" archive shot.
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Porto canale di Rimini...........................mare e cielo uniti
Compiendo poi quel rito inevitabile e abusato,
corremmo coraggiosi e scalzi lungo la battigia:
di un verde di bottiglia era quel mare affaticato, l' aria una stanza grigia...
Scoprimmo che oggi il mare lascia un povero relitto,
naufragi di catrame e di lattine arrugginite:
parlare era soltanto un altro inutile delitto contro le nostre vite..
F. Guccini
Rimini 13 . 11 . 2008
We had this plan to go out and shoot today in Guelph, Ontario. But it's been raining all day, we drove to Guelph and couldn't find a single place to shoot. So we had breakfast, and drove back to Kitchener and shopped instead. Obviously the shopping trip is more like a photoshoot, it was a fun day. But now I gotta go make up some sleep, getting up at 6AM is challenging. But here's my FoB sister, Mandee! And her new hat ;)
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Título da Foto: "Sois o que vou e serei o que retornarás"
Informação: Foto antiga, das minhas saídas com a minha câmera antiga, registrando pôr-do-sol como de costume e curtindo o velho e bom açaí logo em seguida.
Local: Morro do Cristo, Avenida Oceânica, Barra
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Il Castello di Donnafugata
Il Castello è situato nell’omonima contrada del comune di Ragusa a 308 metri s.l.m.
Donnafugata deriva dall’arabo “ayn as-jafaiat” che vuol dire “fonte della salute” giustificato dalla presenza di una sorgente di acqua purissima.
Le sue origini documentate partono dal 1628 con un atto di vendita, con cui la famiglia Cabrera vendeva il feudo comprensivo di una tenuta di caccia, con antica torre di avvistamento Arabo-Normanna, alla famiglia Arezzo, che ne terrà la proprietà per tre secoli, fino al 1982 quando verrà acquistato dal comune di Ragusa.
La famiglia Arezzo avviò una lunga opera di trasformazione del nucleo originario, che culminò alla fine dell’800, quando il Barone Corrado Arezzo de Spucches (1824.1895), diede alla struttura l’attuale immagine di Castello con la sua varietà di stili dal gotico-veneziano al tardo.rinascimentale. La struttura occupa una superficie di 2500 mq, circondato da otto ettari di parco. Conta in tutto 102 stanze, anche se quelle visitabili sono quelle del piano nobile (circa 28). L’eclettismo degli stili che caratterizza la facciata del Castello, si riflette anche negli ambienti interni e nei mobili che per la maggior parte datano metà ‘800 e ‘900.
Nel giugno 2002 è stato aperto riaperto al pubblico dopo cinque anni di lavoro di restauro.
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Altri scatti del Castello sono qui sul mio sito
The Avengers was a British television series featuring secret agents in 1960s Britain. It was an early example of the spy-fi genre, combining secret agent storylines with science fiction elements. Running from 1961 to 1969, it is the longest running espionage series produced for English-language television.
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I always suspected that my friend flickr.com/photos/fernandoalamillo/ was a secret agent as well.
I wanna do bad things with you, bad urban pink things, but still bad things nonetheless.
I have had this song in my head since Scarlet Sunday. I have it in my head every week after Sunday, but typically not this long. This is my attempt at an exorcism. I figure if I can infect enough of you I might be healed. Either that or we'll all be humming, whistling, and singing out of tune, together!
This is pink for Pretty Pink Themed Tuesdays; Urban Pink. This is the bridge over the Kemptville Creek in downtown Kemptville. The pink building in the background is one of the local restaurants. The bokeh'ed guy at the other side of the bridge is wearing his poppy, this is also a Rememberance Day Urban Pink shot, a HBWE shot, and last but not least, a Happy Birthday wish for my sister, whose birthday I will never forget :) Happy Birthday Lori.
Mi primer HDR, y con Pinky de vacaciones. Qué bonito es ver un atardecer con buenos amigos. Sus nombres Pinto y Bicho.
- My first attempt to make HDR image!
- Lokasi adalah di Masjid Bentong ketika perjalanan pulang dari photocamp kat Lubuk Semak!
- Trima kasih tunjuk ajar semua, specially to Abe Ki yg banyak membuka minda saya tentang HDR ni...
- Jadi, komentar semua amatlah dialu²kan...
"Did you ever notice when you blow in a dog's face he gets mad at you?
But when you take him in a car he sticks his head out the window. "
~Steve Bluestone ~
"Happiness is a warm puppy." :-)
~Charles M. Schulz
Photo taken at the "Ouverture Festival", Venlo www.ouverturevenlo.nl
The Mekong is one of the world’s major rivers. It is the 11th-longest river in the world. Its estimated length is 4,909 km and it drains an area of 795,000 km2. From the Tibetan Plateau it runs through China's Yunnan province, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. The biodiversity of the Mekong mountains is one of the richest in the world. More than 1200 species of fish have been identified and there could be possibly as many as 1700. Fishing is a very important part of the economic activities in the area and a vital source of protein in the local diet. Even the rare species of freshwater dolphin, the Irrawaddy dolphin can be seen at the Lower Mekong. Irrawaddy dolphins have been documented participating in cooperative fishing with humans using cast nets by driving the fish towards these fisherman in response to acoustic signals from them.
Photo of a local fisherman at the Mekong river in Vientiane taken just before sunset. Somehow I was a little diligently with the colors of PhotoShop ;-)
De Mekong is een rivier in Zuidoost-Azië. De rivier is 4909 kilometer lang en wordt beschouwd als één van de belangrijke rivieren in Azië. De rivier loopt achtereenvolgens door de landen China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodja en Vietnam. De Mekong ontspringt in het Tanglhagebergte in China en mondt met een delta (Mekong-delta) uit in de Zuid-Chinese Zee. In de rivier leeft de grootste soort meerval ter wereld. De biodiversiteit van de Mekong bergen is één van rijkst aan de wereld. Meer dan 1200 soorten vis zijn geïdentificeerde en misschien nog wel meer. De visserij is economisch zeer belangrijk en een essentiële bron van proteïne in het lokale dieet. In het lage gedeelte bij de Mekong-delta komen zelfs nog de bezondere irrawaddydolfijnen voor. In sommige gebieden werken de twee samen: de dolfijnen drijven vissen de netten van de vissers in, en de vissers belonen de dolfijnen met een klein deel van de vangst. In deze gebieden worden deze dieren vereerd.
Remember yesterday, walking hand in hand, love letters in the sand... I remember you
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Fotografada por: Mônica Fadul
Modelo: Lívia Fernandes
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EXPLORE #370, Oct 29, 2008 - Thank you my flickr friends :) !!!
I want to show you another view at the mountains and the landscape where I live now since 4 years. The photo is taken in Strümpfelbach (Region Stuttgart, Germany) and about 10 km from me. I love the soft mountains and now especially the colourful vineyards!
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Gern möchte ich noch einen anderen Blick in die Landschaft zeigen wo ich jetzt seit 4 Jahren lebe. Die Aufnahme habe ich in Strümpfelbach (Region Stuttgart) gemacht. Ich liebe die sanften Berge und jetzt besonders die farbenfrohen Weinberge!
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Nelle zone rurali del Perù, l’abito è un importante elemento distintivo, frutto del sincretismo degli elementi preispanici con l’abbigliamento europeo che fu importato durante il periodo della colonia.
Il tradizionale anacu inca fu trasformato dalle donne nelle famose “polleras” (gonne). Secondo la regione, una gonna nera si abbina a una fascia di diversi colori, ornata con fiori della sierra di Piura o la Ilclla di lana colorata a Chiclayo.
Rimini 26, 10 , 2008
Fall visit to Japanese Gardens.
This is another photo of the famous Japanese Maple.
I think one of the appeals besides the aesthetic quality, is that it gets good light most of the day. There are other wonderful maple trees, but they don't get the same light.
For Pretty Pink Themed Tuesday - Petrifying Pink Halloween!
What could be more petrifying than a chihuahua dressed as a pig... Look even the cat is petrified!!
Not the best shot - we were trying the costumes on the dogs a couple weeks ago and the light was horrible and the dogs were not cooperating at all!
Here is my parents dog, Marley. She is soooooo spoiled she stinks! :o)
(one more photo in first comment box)
The Banks of the St-Lawrence River in Autumn - Les berges du Fleuve Saint-Laurent à l'automne
- Brossard, Québec, Canada
- Parc Saint-Laurent
- Fleuve Saint-Laurent
- Pont Champlain (Bridge)
Format: Silver gelatin photograph
Notes: In a series of routine wedding photographs, a freak gust of wind floating the dress is captured by the photographer
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Here is a vertorama I constructed from shots taken when myself and Flickr friend Daniel Cheong did an outing to Porkkala last Friday.
“...Sabe quien tenga memoria
que ha quedado en el camino,
más de un jinete argentino
por una porción de gloria...
Homenajear su memoria
es gaucho deber creciente,
su hazaña es siempre vigente
símbolo de argentinidad,
pués cambió su integridad
por aplausos de la gente...”
Fragmento de “Romance del montador”, de Abel Wenceslao Ayastuy
Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay
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The Kidron Valley - it is traditionally believed that when the Universal Resurrection is completed , trumpets will sound and the Last Judgment will take place in that Valley. For this reason the site has been a favored burial place for thousands of years. I was told the the price for a place there is over $10,000.
The Dom of the Rock was built on the site of the First and Second Temples in 691. Moslems believe that this is the site of Mohammed's ascent to heaven. The roof was gold-plated in 1994. Tourist are not allowed in the temple, now. As I was told - in the center of the Dome of the Rock is the rock of Mount Moriah on which, according to Jewish tradition, Abraham was about to sacrifice Isaac, while Moslems believe that it was Ishmael. Here stood the ARk of the Covenant in the First Temple.
Music for today : Aeroplane by Björk
At the same place as my last shot, a large view over my valley!!
a nice place for gliders which come take the aerial streams!!
I love the view from there!!
I just want to let you profit of that view!
just let your spirit fly like that glider and ENJOY!!
have a nice day dear friends!!
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Explore #259, Oct 16, 2008 - Thank you my flickr friends :) !!!
Sunset behind my house 11.10.2008 - 7:07 p.m.
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The sun rises over La Jolla California, only it wasn't the sun that caught my eye! No HDR....
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So, I was shooting the sunrise out at the point on the far left of this frame, pointing to the right over the ocean when I looked up and saw this amazing formation in the strato-cumulus cloud deck. I looked around for some rock formations that lined up with the clouds but saw nothing out there. So, I ran almost a mile down the beach over terrain like you see in the foreground until I finally saw what I wanted.
Fortunately the cloud formation stayed in place long enough for me to capture it here!
Then I waited for a wave to complement the scene and provide definition to the sandstone formation on the right side of the frame. I have never seen anything like
this before or after, so I was quite fortunate!
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wild horses, Rano Raraku volcan slope, (the quarry from the moais were hewn) easter island (rapa nui)
Nuraghe Nolza è uno dei più grandi nuraghi della Sardegna. La sua costruzione risale al Bronzo Medio (1600 ac). Nolza è un grande nuraghe a pianta quadrilobata, formato da quattro torri angolari unite da bastioni rettilinei e da un mastio centrale, che conserva ancora un'altezza di 13 metri; è molto simile, quasi speculare, al complesso nuragico di Barùmini ( Su Nuraxi ). Il sito si trova in cima a un rilievo (740mt), denominato "Cùccuru Nolza", a circa 8 Km dall'abitato di Meana Sardo, nel cuore montuoso dell'isola, precisamente nella Barbagia di Belvì.
Gli scavi proseguono tuttora, non sempre con continuità; ma c'è da scommettere che là sotto si nascondono ancora molti segreti ...
"Nurake Nolza", very ancient megalitic construction built on Bronze Age ( 1600 BC ca ). Territory of Meana Sardo (Nu), Mandrolisai, Sardinia.
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" Thats life " To Sabine, Itala&Cinzia and my Flickr's friends :.. : Take good care ! (Did i have alraedy asked you to please forgive me ... ? -;) )...
The State Railways of Thailand are easily the best way to get around and see the country. Train travel in Thailand is comfortable, safe, cheap, environmentally friendly. It's a genuine Thai experience that makes the journeys as much part of your trip as the destinations... In fact, Thailand has one of the best metre-gauge rail systems in the world. Taking the train is the best way to travel between Bangkok & Nong Khai. Hop on the Bangkok-Nong Khai train, as Vientiane is just across the river.
We took the overnight train to the Friendship Bridge border crossing to the capital Vientiane of Laos. This photo was taken from the last railway carriage.
Het reizen per trein in Thailand is vooral voor langere trajecten zeer comfortabel. De slaapwagons zijn schoon en voorzien van airco. Sinds een paar weken is de nieuwe spoorwegverbinding tussen Thailand en Laos gereed. De trein rijdt via de Vriendschap Brug over de Mekhongrivier Laos binnen. De trein vertrekt om ca. 18.10 vanuit Bangkok uur en komt aan om ca. 05.45 uur.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN
Explore #288, Oct 9, 2008 - Thank you my flickr friends !!!
"Every day when you do not smile, is a lost day." (Charlie Chaplin) - Seen on a pumpkin day in the park in Ludwigsburg near Stuttgart, Germany.
„Jeder Tag, an dem du nicht lächelst, ist ein verlorener Tag." (Charlie Chaplin) - Dieser lustige Kürbis gefiel mir .... gesehen beim Kürbisfest in Ludwigsburg bei Stuttgart.
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