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El Faro de Ponta da Piedade, en Lagos, fue construido entre 1912 y 1913, entrando en servicio el 1 de julio de 1913. La lámpara original era de petróleo; en diciembre de 1923 la luz pasa a ser de ocultaciones, con una cadencia de 2,5 segundos cada 69,5 segundos.
En 1953 el faro fue electrificado con grupos electrógenos, y se sustituyó la lámpara de petróleo por una eléctrica, con un alcance original de 15 millas, que aumentó posteriormente a 18 y finalmente a 20, el alcance actual
Fue completamente automatizado en 1983.
El faro tiene como peculiaridad estar flanqueado por dos enormes palmeras, y la zona en que se ubica, a unos 2 kilómetros de Lagos, es muy visitada por sus acantilados y cuevas horadadas por la acción del mar.
Espero sea de vuestro agrado
Mejor ver en grande sobre fondo negro
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Have received a few requests to post together Orvieto's and Siena's cathedral. Here they are. You can see the many similarities between one and the other. But it is still unclear which one influenced the other. What is certain form an architectonic point of view is that Orvieto's is built all in the same style while Siena's started in Florence's style (see lower part) and ended up like Orvieto's (upper part).
... I apologize in advance for bringing you yet another one!
This is #7 in the series {and that doesn't even take into account the ones I posted on Instagram}! If you are interested in seeing the Instagram versions, you can check out my Instagram gallery here: statigr.am/pixelmama I'd love to find out who else is on Instagram!!
As you can see from the SOOC in comments, I slid the heck out of this image. The originals below are the middle & under-exposed images of a 3-bracket set. The over-exposed image was totally blown out. The sky in the under-exposed image of the set is what I was going for in the sky, but the surfers were too dark and not in a good position like the middle exposure image. I started with an image blend, but it was a hand-held bracket shot and it didn't line up at all! Imagine that! *note to self: use tripod for bracketed shots*
To begin my slide, I selected the middle-exposure image and processed using my standard Photoshop edits {levels, H/S, etc.}. I then opened it in RadLab . I really like RadLab with the endless possibilities and tweaking you can do with it.
The final step was a fine-tuning in Nik Viveza. Of all the plug-ins I have, I think I use Viveza the most. The final image looks completely different, doesn't it? Sliding is so much fun!
Hope everyone is having a Marvelous & Happy Sliders Sunday!!
I know Phacelia (Scorpionweed) already a long time. Many species are cultivated as garden plants and honey plants. I love this wonderful flower which attracts bees and bumblebees.
Now I saw it for the first time planted between the wine rows and like the blue colour between the green lines. I think the wingrowers use it as green manure how I used to do in my own garden many years. This vineyard is in Kleinheppach (Region Stuttgart, Germany).
Much better in Large On Black
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..little by little one walks far..
..this is my last image of my Morocco set, I enjoyed walking with you, thanks for the great company and all the laughs.. see you in a few days for the next adventure :-)
Cruzeiro da Serra do Bode, Passira - PE, Brasil
Esta fotografia representa o choque entre as escolas do Criacionismo (Religião) e do Evolucionismo (Ciência). Os símbolos representam:
"Via Láctea": Galáxia onde se encontra o Sistema Solar. Na imagem, a 'mancha marrom-amarelada' que se vê entre as estrelas. Representa o conhecimento científico acerca do universo.
"Via Crúcis": Trajeto seguido por Jesus carregando a cruz no dia de sua paixão (Paixão de Cristo). Representa o elo entre Deus e a humanidade através do cristianismo.
A imagem sugere uma união entre as duas escolas, um "meio termo", como o "Evolucionismo teísta". Na minha opinião, uma coisa sempre leva à outra, pois não há distinção. Ambas buscam as respostas para as mesmas perguntas; "Quem somos?", "Porque vivemos?", "De onde viemos?", "Pra onde vamos?" etc... e algo sempre me soa complementar entre elas. E por que não seria? Ninguém pode estar completamente certo ou completamente errado...
Assistentes: Naelson Mello, Angélica Vidal e Tailson Oliveira
Finally finished my exam and have my freedom back once again. I should be uploading more often from now on. I'm off to visit your streams :)
Tu corri dietro al vento e sembri una farfalla
e con quanto sentimento ti blocchi e guardi la mia spalla
se hai paura a andar lontano
puoi volarmi nella mano
♪ ♫ ♪ Cara - Lucio Dalla
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Oeschinensee near Kandersteg, Switzerland
Oeschinen Lake is a lake in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, 4 kilometres east of Kandersteg in the Oeschinen valley. At an elevation of 1,578 metres (5,177 ft), it has a surface area of 1.1147 square kilometres (0.4304 sq mi). Its maximum depth is 56 metres (184 ft).
The lake is fed through a series of mountain creeks and drains underground. The water then re-surfaces as the Oeschibach. Part of it is captured for electricity production and as water supply for Kandersteg.
Single shot 300 sec exposure with canon 20d astro modified , ef 50mm f/1.8@f/4.o, iso 1600
mounted on astrotrac TT320X-AG.
Enhanced with Photoshop to show more colour.
Thanks for looking !
Taken after a walk in towards the remote and beautiful " Fisherfield Forest " Showing the mountains L-R " Beinn A' Chlaidheimh ", " Beinn Dearg Mor " and " Beinn Dearg Bheag " in Wester Ross, Scotland.
( Away up west for a couple of weeks for a spot of fishing and maybe a couple of pictures :)
... and this is just one of them!
Well, that is probably a gross underestimate ... I just wanted to use that title! :-)
I can't even tell you how many shots I took on this day {maybe not quite eight million} ... but I've purged the folder so many times ... then repurged some more ... and then yet again! It's possible I was nearing that number. I'd bet that if the shots I took were added to the shots Irene took, it would've come pretty close!! LOL!! :-)
It's just that the light was spectacular! It was hard for us to leave, to turn our back on the light, the view ... the sea. So we lingered on until well after sunset ... much longer than we should have as it had been a really long day. But I have to say, it was the perfect finale. Thank you for hanging in there with me Irene. It was so much fun shooting with you and I can't wait till we are able to hang out again!!
I'd show you the originals so you can see my 'slide' but as it turns out I purged that folder a bit too aggressively! DOH! I hate when I do that!!
~Happy Sliders Sunday~
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تؤججها نسمآت الصبآح المشرقه
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enjoy
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ISO 100
Exposure 1/125
Aperture f/4
Focal Length 70-200mm
Stockholm, June 2012.
My new article at Huffington Post:
www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-levi/the-photographic-inspir...
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I'm home from my school trip and honestly I didn't shoot much except the last day where I asked if someone wanted to go down to the river.
I had a few great days. We were in south of Norway, and the nature was so nice. I have been climbing, rafting in a 7 degrees cold norwegian river, go-kart. Really had a few days with much adrenalin! It was great :)
Now I have some catching up to do.. !
Also, thank you so much Moritz, for writing me such a sweet testimonial. <3 Please go to his stream and check him out if you haven't already, he is amazing! :)
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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.
Boats moored in St Katharine Docks getting ready for the Diamond Jubilee Pageant down the Thames.
I watched with trepidation as the two very elderly ladies you can see at the side of the boat in the foreground made their way very precariously from the jetty to the first boat as I felt sure they were going to fall into the water. They then crossed to the second boat, then to the third so I thought phew, they've made it! Oh no, they had a good look round & then proceeded to make their way back! Don't think they had anything to do with the boats, they just decided to go out there for the view! I just couldn't watch their hazardous journey back so I moved on!
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Haven't really been out catching too much over the past couple of weeks so I'm uploading a shot I have been meaning to upload for a while from Burnham-On-Sea. This shot gives me faith that despite the weather forecast for rain next weekend when I'm in Cornwall that amazing sunsets can happen. The hours leading up to this shot were covered with lots and lots of rain and very high winds however sadly the majority of rainy days in the UK don't end with this much colour and beauty in the sky.
Anyways enjoy :)
Technical Details:
Sony SLT A33 with Sigma 10-20mm F4-5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/30 seconds
Aperture: F11 (in hindsight should have gone for bigger starburst with F16+)
ISO: 100
Focal Length: 10mm
Filters: Hitech 0.9 ND Grad Hard
:> Prometheus mainframe ... log in
welcome, officer Hackett
:> info ... success
:> User id ... 234353
Earth date ...05 11 2198
Mission date ... 43 days, 4 hours, 22 minutes
:> exit
:> logged out
Three women were going home and I took my lunch in a road side Dhabba/hotel 1st I take three women pic from behind (will soonly upload the pic) just to get theit attractive Rajastani cloths. When my taxi move out to Ajmer from a road and cross by these women ! I just click from my car and excuse her ! It is rural dress up so charming !!!!!!!!!!!!! ( I never thought about the Age of my theme)
(Capture at unknown national highway from Chitodgarh to Ajmer )
Gracias a Bea por prestarnos amablemente su mano :-)))
Tengo tres más , pero las subiré de una en una y no seguidas para no aburrir..
Mi Blog - Mi caja de sueños
Muchas gracias por vuestras visitas y comentarios
Un montón de besos ¡¡
Thank you for your visits and comments
Kisses
quando l'hai detto
l'ultima volta
quando hai capito
... era cosi'
senza parole
senza nessun bisogno
hai accettato
e ti sei arreso
di vivere....
(Anonimo)
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Fairbrook Naze, Kinder Scout, Peak District, UK
Headed up onto Kinder Scout yesterday afternoon in readiness for sunset. Kinder is a plateau which is the highest point of the Peak District. Parked at Hayfield and headed up William Clough onto the plateau then around to Kinder Downfall (impressive waterfall landmark). It was really overcast with no sign of light hitting the landscape.
So after a while I set off to the Edge (the northern edge of the plateau). I knew the position of the sun would make this a good place to be if the sunset happened. Took a short cut across the the peat bog and moorland. Relatively short section. The OS map showed that the contours were dropping away from me and I had my compass. Still, you need to be very, very careful. People do get lost when the weather rolls in. And those deep peat groughs can be very disorientating.
Anyway, I reached the Edge and headed East to Fairbrook Naze. Altough there was still no light reaching the landscape, this rock was still glowing red a little. I could see a break in the cloud behind me and Manchester was being bathed in light. So I had to wait an hour and sure enough, when the sun dropped below the cloud, the light was spectacular. A fabulous sunset followed and I snapped away as I headed West eventually reaching the car in darkness.
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I had almost forgotten how it was like to go out in the water to shoot. The water is getting warmer and warmer indeed :)
Soo.. I have very little ideas right now, and mostly all of my ideas just come very spontaneous.
On sunday I will be leaving for a school trip.. And I am trying to figure out how to post when I'm gone haha..
This image depicts children in a crate hoisted on board HMAS AUSTRALIA II. The event was the annual children's Christmas party and was hosted on 6 December 1930. The girl wearing glasses on the left is Miss Rosemary Game, daughter of Sir Philip (Governor of New South Wales) and Lady Gwendolen Game. The boy next to her is possibly her brother Philip Game and the boy far right is possibly her other brother, David Game. The girl with pigtails and wearing a hat is possibly Miss Rosemary Budge, daughter of Sir Harry Budge, Secretary to the Governor, Sir Philip Game.
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic age of sail and two world wars. The photos in the collection were taken mainly in Sydney and Newcastle during the first half of the 20th century.
The ANMM undertakes research and accepts public comments that enhance the information we hold about images in our collection. This record has been updated accordingly.
Photographer: Samuel J. Hood Studio Collection
Object no. 00034838
Saw my first Mercedes ML 63 AMG W166 some days ago in my hometown. It looks absolutely cool from all sides and I am also not disappointed by the sound of this V8!
Shot taken with my 50mm F/1.8!
Der Hoppenlau Friedhof ist der älteste erhaltene Friedhof in Stuttgart, angelegt im Jahre 1626. Das Bild zeigt den jüdischen Teil von 1834.
The Hoppenlau cemetery is the oldest preserved cemetery in Stuttgart, Germany. Created 1626. The photo shows the Jewish part of 1834.
Seen this beautiful Common Brimstone (male) on the Red Campion during a wonderful walk through flowering meadows and fields in the lovely surrounding of Waren, Müritz National Park (Germany).
Thanks Mikul for the great title idea!
On the upper side the male is sulphur yellow and the female white with a greenish tinge but both have an orange spot in the centre of each wing.
The Red Campion (Silene dioica) is a herbaceous biennial or perennial plant, with dark pink to red flowers, each 1.8-2.5 cm across. The flowers are unscented.
Besides the aesthetic value of its flowers, the crushed seeds of red campion have also been used to cure snakebites. The nectar of the flowers is utilised by bumblebees and butterflies, and several species of moth feed on the foliage. (Wikipedia)
Recommended to view Large On Black
Den Zitronenfalter (männlich), dersich gerade an der Roten Lichtnelke labt, habe ich während eines langen Spaziergangs in der wunderschönen Umgebung von Waren (Müritz National Park) entdeckt.
Die Falter erreichen eine Flügelspannweite von 50 bis 55 Millimetern. Sie haben intensiv zitronengelb (Männchen) bzw. blass grünlich-weiß (Weibchen) gefärbte Vorder- und Hinterflügel. Die Weibchen können auf den ersten Blick mit dem Großen Kohlweißling (Pieris brassicae) verwechselt werden, jedoch kann man sie anhand der charakteristischen Flügelform gut voneinander unterscheiden. Alle vier Flügel der Zitronenfalter sind an den Spitzen deutlich zugespitzt. Beide Geschlechter haben je einen orangen Augenfleck auf ihren Flügeloberseiten, auf den Unterseiten sind diese bräunlich gefärbt.
Die Rote Lichtnelke wächst als sommergrüne, zweijährige oder wenige Jahre ausdauernde krautige Pflanze und erreicht Wuchshöhen von 30 bis 90 Zentimeter.
Interessantes zu der Roten Lichtnelke:
- In der Volksmedizin wurden die zu Brei zerstoßenen Samen zur Behandlung von Schlangenbissen eingesetzt.
- Die Wurzeln der Roten Lichtnelke wurden früher wie Seife benutzt.
- In den Haushalten Nordostitaliens werden in der lokalen Küche mit dem Kraut, zusammen mit Ricotta, auch Ravioli gefüllt. (Wikipedia)
© 2012 Ursula Sander - All rights reserved.
Single Raw HDR image of the Space Shuttle, Enterprise at the National Air and Space Museum in Virginia.
I was pretty much in awe when I saw the Space Shuttle, Enterprise. It has since been replaced by the Space Shuttle, Discovery but this gives me a great excuse to go back and discover, Discovery!
Feel free to leave a comment!
Backcountry lake and reflection, sunset | Kings Canyon National Park
Hope I'm not boring you too much with these High Sierra lake shots...because I have a bunch more in the queue :)
This is the long-promised view in the other direction from my photo "Horseshoe" a ways back. Also, if you're paying attention to the dates on my shots, you might notice that this was the evening before my "Leaning Towers" panorama!
This weekend was so stormy that I had to wait two hours huddled near some lonely trees (nice to not be the tallest thing around with all that lightning...) just to make it over the pass. These are the storm clouds clearing back at sunset...I woke up to crystal clear skies the next morning but the clouds quickly built back up and the storm hit even harder. The light was changing by the second. Lots of fun.
I'm headed up to the Sierras this weekend on another backcountry adventure...have a great weekend! As always, all types of feedback are highly welcome.
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Some young people enjoying a campfire and watching the sun go down on Esch road beach, Empire Bluff Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Gotta love Michigan's Great Lakes shorelines; you can walk hundreds of miles of pristine national lakeshores.
Camera - Nikon D700
Lens - Nikon 16-35mm
Exposure -1/200sec
Focal length - 28mm
Aperture - f/11
ISO Speed -200
Quality - raw processed in capture NX2
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"We are the Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile."
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
...Another submission to the "Mi-Fi" microscale LEGO contest:
www.thelivingbrick.com/2012/05/meeza-thinks-weeza-gonna-b...
Just liked the way the early morning sunlight reflected onto this Lily...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOgpT5rEKIU&feature=related
Thankyou by Alanis Morissette
This jetty is 15 mins from home, this was approx. my tenth attempt at capturing some great light at this location...Finally i got some and mighty surreal it was..
It was also a bit of an issue metering it, but this is a single shot capture..
I entered a croparama of this into the Epson Pano awards this year and came away with a Bronze Award, which for my first competition attempt i was very pleased with, gives me something to aim for next year. :-)
Many thanks for looking.
Enjoy.
Check out our blog on Hera Roberts as well as a more detailed article in the museum's publication, Signals.
The Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy) including HNLMS JAVA, HNLMS EVERSTEN and HNLMS DE RUYTER arrived in Sydney on 3 October 1930. The ships berthed at the Oceanic Steamship Company wharf and Burns Philp and Company Wharf in West Circular Quay. The Sydney Morning Herald reported on the 'unfamiliar spectacle' of the Dutch squadron arrival.
On 10 October, the squadron hosted a reception on board JAVA 'as a return for the hospitality they had received while in Sydney'. The SMH reported that distinguished guests were greeted by the Dutch Consul-General Petrus Ephrem Teppema, Madame Carmen Delprat Teppema and Rear-Admiral Kayser.
This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic age of sail and two world wars. The photos in the collection were taken mainly in Sydney and Newcastle during the first half of the 20th century.
The ANMM undertakes research and accepts public comments that enhance the information we hold about images in our collection. This record has been updated accordingly.
Photographer: Samuel J. Hood Studio Collection
Object no. 00034778
Check out our blog on naval visits to Sydney bit.ly/MTtR5H
per favore, clicca sulla foto, per vederla GRANDE e su FONDO NERO: io dico che merita!
click on it, to see it LARGE and OB BLACK, thanx: I think this is worthwhile!
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("le parole dimenticate" - 100 storie per quando è troppo tardi - feltrinelli)
tutti sapevano dove trovare le parole dimenticate.
bastava andare dietro al capanno del signor martin, e lì, proprio vicino ai sacchi di semi, potevi trovare il baule delle parole.
finivano tutte lì dentro quelle che le persone dimenticavano, così, se avevi bisogno di ritrovarne qualcuna, bastava avere la pazienza di cercare bene e sicuramente, prima o poi, la tua parola sarebbe spuntata fuori.
c'erano parole che si fermavano qualche giorno, e parole che invece erano lì dentro ormai da anni: quelle che nessuno ormai cercava più.
sparviero, lestofante, ramuncolo, palandrana e girino erano le più vecchie, e così, mentre qualcuno cercava elefante, ecco che subito lestofante si metteva lì davanti e non c'era verso di farlo spostare.
oppure, cercavi mirino e se non stavi attento finivi col ripetere: girino, girino...
però, se facevi attenzione, e non ti lasciavi incantare dalle rime, allora le potevi ritrovare tutte, le parole che avevi dimenticato.
così, se per esempio stavi raccontando a tua mamma che mentre tornavi da scuola ti era caduto il... il... allora potevi dirle di aspettare un momento e correre al capanno, aprire il baule, spostare masso e materasso, prendere quella giusta, tornare di corsa a casa e dire "compasso"!
tutti sanno ancora dove trovarle, le parole dimenticate: dal signor martin, dietro il capanno.
basta solo che nessuno perda la chiave.
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(guardatelo, per piacere: 2' 20" spesi bene - take a look, please: just 2'20" wery well spent...)