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Widepolle, Barle valley Exmoor;
On a bright & misty morning, the 19th November 2004. I drove down to Tarr Steps with Rintin. It was quiet & peaceful; a respite from the two fiery arguements at the crack of dawn.
On the front cover of the Guardian, an open letter from a U.S war correspodent. A whistle blower; he had witnessed the cold blooded murder of an elderly Iraqi citizen. Shot by U.S forces as he lay unarmed & sleeping on the floor.
Rintin had vanished, she had been sitting outside as I read; with the car door open. She had barely reached a year, born stone deaf & followed me like a shadow.
After walking awhile across the open moor, a lady explained she saw Rintin crossing the river Tarr, heading west following two walkers. Some desperate 13 hours later of searching, I drove again to the steps & from a hill I began to flash the car lights over the moor in the same way I would call her home on the farm. In under an hour Rintin came back & met me at the steps across the Tarr.
We had only driven a mile or so when the car ran out of petrol. It was less than 10 miles to walk home & even at midnight it was not so cold. It was good to have her at my side.
We reached this bridge at Widepolle after seven miles. Our lives were about to change forever. We crossed the bridge, passed the old inn, & began to take the deathly quiet winding lane, that lead to home. There I came upon two men, both tall & thick set. They called out softly. Their car was parked a few metres behind them, with the lights & engine off. Indeed our lives changed forever, halfway down that pitch black road. I cannot say why life turns a cruel page for you sometimes.
in July this year I returned with Rintin & visited the things we never meant to leave behind.
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First advent - I hope you are all well. I wish you a contemplative Advent. Try to protect you as much as possible from the hectic season.
La Défense, en région parisienne, est le premier quartier d'affaires européen par l'étendue de son parc de bureaux1. Il est situé dans les Hauts-de-Seine sur les territoires de Puteaux, Courbevoie et de Nanterre dans le prolongement de l'axe historique parisien qui commence au musée du Louvre et se poursuit par l'avenue des Champs-Élysées, l'Arc de triomphe de l'Étoile, et au-delà jusqu'au pont de Neuilly et l'Arche de la Défense2.
Érigée dans les années 1960, la Défense est majoritairement constituée d'immeubles de grande hauteur, regroupant principalement des bureaux (environ 3 millions de m2). La Défense est cependant un quartier mixte : elle accueille 600 000 m2 de logements et l'ouverture du centre commercial des Quatre-Temps en 1981 en a fait un pôle commercial majeur en région Île-de-France. En 2009, le quartier compte 2 500 entreprises, environ 180 000 salariés et 20 000 habitants3 répartis dans 71 tours.
Le quartier s'étire à l'intérieur et à l'extérieur d'un boulevard circulaire à sens unique. Il s'étend sur 160 hectares et a été divisé en 2011 en quatre grands secteurs (Arche Nord, Arche Sud, Esplanade Nord et Esplanade Sud) qui remplacent les 12 anciens secteurs numérotés. Le quartier s'étend sur une vaste dalle piétonne de 31 hectares3 surélevée par rapport au sol naturel. L'espace public de la dalle, essentiellement minéral, est également composé de jardins suspendus et de bassins. Sur la dalle, une soixantaine d'œuvres d'art font de la Défense un musée en plein air.
La Défense n'est pas un centre d'affaires isolé, mais se situe dans une vaste zone de l'ouest parisien où l'activité tertiaire est particulièrement puissante4. Malgré son dynamisme, le lieu peine à séduire les investisseurs. L'opération de reconquête a été lancée: rénovation, construction, et surtout regroupement des pôles financiers de la capitale.
L'aménagement du quartier de la Défense a été confié par l'État en 1958 à l'établissement public pour l'aménagement de la région de la Défense (EPAD), dont le périmètre d'intervention a été réduit en 2000, puis élargi en 2010, devenant l'Établissement public d'aménagement de la Défense Seine Arche (EPADESA) afin de mettre en œuvre un projet cohérent de la Seine à la Seine, sur l'un des territoires majeurs du Grand Paris5. Le périmètre d'action de cette entité créée en 2010 dépasse largement le boulevard circulaire de la Défense et s'étend désormais sur les communes de Puteaux, Courbevoie, Nanterre et La Garenne-Colombes. Depuis 2009, le quartier d'affaires est exploité par Defacto, qui entretient les espaces publics, et qui s'occupe de la promotion et de l'animation de la Défense (mission conduite jusqu'alors par l'EPAD).
La Défense est souvent présentée comme étant « aux portes de Paris », mais la Grande Arche est aussi proche des Yvelines que de la ville de Paris6.
This is another version of the same scene, taken some minutes earlier and from another position. The post processing was a bit different (I have used an enhancer). What I like about it, are the different mountains.
BTW: There is a nice restaurant and beer garden behind that church. We have been there many times.
Part of my Flickr "cafe racers" set www.flickr.com/photos/dave_kepcove/sets/72157626680331268/
Norton frame
Triumph engine
Beautifully crafted
If you like this kind of thing, please feel free to check out my "brit bike" set on Flickr.
One of the few of my photos to have made Explore - 25th November 2011
I really enjoyed this amiable chap ... out hiking in this beautiful forest.
I hope everyone had a wonderful turkey day!! Stay out of them stores today, and go hiking instead!!
Happy Fence Friday!!
-Esa niña se ve muy feliz
-Cómo lo sabes si no puedes ver su rostro?
-Porque sonríe con el cuerpo
-That girl looks very happy
-How do you know it? You can´t see her face
-Because she is smiling with her body
With new full-frame gear in-hand (well, new to me that is) and a thin moon in the forecast, I headed out for a little testing. As it turned out, the low valley fog at the foot of the Sangre De Cristo Mountains made for quite a foreground against the starry skies. This 15 second single exposure was taken above the little mountain town of Westcliffe, Colorado - a great location with some of the darkest skies in the state.
And yes, I'm happy to say that I shot this with my new D700 and 24-70mm f/2.8 lens. After renting (and loving) this camera some 18 months ago, I'll admit that I'm very excited to be able to start applying some of the creative techniques I've learned about since then. To be honest, I'm hoping to reach a level of quality even higher than what I show here and I look forward to sharing it with my friends here on flickr.
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In astronomy, the Pleiades, or Seven Sisters (Messier object 45), is an open star cluster containing middle-aged hot B-type stars located in the constellation of Taurus. It is among the nearest star clusters to Earth and is the cluster most obvious to the naked eye in the night sky. Pleiades has several meanings in different cultures and traditions.
The cluster is dominated by hot blue and extremely luminous stars that have formed within the last 100 million years. Dust that forms a faint reflection nebulosity around the brightest stars was thought at first to be left over from the formation of the cluster (hence the alternate name Maia Nebula after the star Maia), but is now known to be an unrelated dust cloud in the interstellar medium that the stars are currently passing through. Astronomers estimate that the cluster will survive for about another 250 million years, after which it will disperse due to gravitational interactions with its galactic neighborhood.
Source wikipedia.
This image was taken with canon 5d mark ii , not modded, lens ef 200mm f/1.8 @1.8, iso 800. Mount Astrotrac Travel System
40 frames X 20 sec calibrated with Images Plus and final processing with Ps5.
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I always love a symmetrical shot but rarely process one just for the fun of it :) The original shot for this is so-so & looks rather boring to me therefore this is one great chance to do a flip for a more visual impact. Bet you guys can't really tell the difference rite even tho i've left some parts the way it is so you can see :D
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The Moana Beach in Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia
The Shot
1 exposure shot (0 EV) in RAW with tripod
Camera :: Canon 5D Mark II
Lens :: Canon EF 17-40mm F/4L USM
Tripod :: Manfrotto 055XPROB with 322RC2 Head
Filter :: 0.6S GND Lee Filter
Photoshop
- Added 2 layer mask effect of 'curves' for contrast in sky & water
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'level' to lightly lighten & enhance the flow
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (blues) to whiten the water
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (blues) to brighten the sky
- Duplicated & horizontally flipped another layer mask of the poles to create symmetry effect
- Applied 'healing brush tool' & 'spot healing brush tool' on the poles to make them look different
Music
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you know Christmas is coming when the puddings are in the making :)
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The Capilano Suspension Bridge is a simple suspension bridge crossing the Capilano River in the District of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The current bridge is 136 metres (446 ft) long and 70 metres (230 ft) above the river.
Il "Capilano Suspension Bridge" è un ponte sospeso sopra il Capilano RIver, vicino a Vancouver. E' lungo 136 m e alto 70 m.
Nikon D5000 Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 VR
EXIF: 1/250 sec • f/4 • 10 mm • ISO 200
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Le 20 novembre 2011 au matin :
Sceaux est célèbre pour son immense parc (parc départemental de Sceaux, dessiné par André Le Nôtre, comptant 181 ha dont 120 sur la commune de Sceaux), vestige du domaine personnel de Colbert dont l'imposant château fut détruit sous le Consulat.
Ce château fut la résidence de la duchesse du Maine, bru de Louis XIV.
Le château de Sceaux actuel, beaucoup plus petit, édifié par le deuxième duc de Trévise, fils du maréchal Mortier, sous le Second Empire, est de style néo - Louis XIII.
Le château actuel abrite le musée de la région Île-de-France. Ce musée possède l'une des plus importantes collections d'œuvres de peintres français figuratifs de l'Ecole de Paris et notamment de Maurice Boitel (quatre œuvres) et de Charles Forget.
Le musée est complété par un centre de documentation spécialisé sur l'histoire, l'architecture et le patrimoine de la région.
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Sceaux is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 9.7 km (6.0 mi) from the center of Paris famous for the Château of Sceaux, set in its large park (Parc départemental de Sceaux), designed by André Le Nôtre, measuring 2 km2 (0.77 sq mi).
The original château, demolished during the Revolution, was built by Jean-Baptiste Colbert, the minister of finance to Louis XIV and purchased by Louis' illegitimate son, the duke of Maine in 1699. His duchesse held court in a glittering salon at Sceaux in the first decades of the eighteenth century.
The present château, rebuilt 1856-62 in a Louis XIII style, is now the museum of Île-de-France open for visits.
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Vitesse ISO 200
Détection du degré d'exposition +0.3 EV
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a very nice parked car from east switzerland :-)
12mm @ paradeplatz
Boat-trip in gondola on the Grand Canal
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On the right of the picture, we see : Exhibition " Future Pass - From Asia to the World "; - Biennale 2011 - PinchukArtCentre
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To the left of the picture, we see : Palazzo Michiel delle Colonne
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In the center of the photo, we see : Palazzo Michiel del Brusà
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I love the different seasons in the forest and like watching the cycle of nature. Autumn in a beech forest is always very nice and special for me.
Seen in the forest between Strümpfelbach and Aichwald (Baden-Württemberg, Germany).
Love it Large On Black
Ich mag die verschiedenen Jahreszeiten im Wald und beobachte gern den Kreislauf der Natur. Der Herbst im Buchenwald hat für mich etwas Spezielles und ist immer besonders schön.
Dieser Wald ist zwischen Strümpfelbach und Aichwald.
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La gota de rocío del cielo se cayó,
y en ella el amor mío la carita se lavó.
Pero era tan temprano que no salía el sol,
y se helaron las manos y mejillas de mi amor.
Creí que las estrellas la iban a buscar,
y que en su cara bella se ponían a jugar.
Me dijo ''tengo frío, acércame calor'',
y fuí con tanto brío que encendí su corazón.
Y mientras la besaba me dijo en un temblor:
''esto es lo que faltaba para que saliera el sol''.
¡Oh! gota de rocío, no dejes de caer,
para que el amor mío siempre me quiera tener... (Silvio Rodriguez)
Before I left for my Yosemite trip, I captured a sunrise over Lake Michigan. The sun wavered in and out of a dense layer of clouds on the horizon. I really loved this fabulous, dilapidated beach fence, silhouetted against the sky.
I'm still going through the 'one or two fence shots' I managed to capture on my California trip and can't decide which one to post ... so I'm pulling this one from the archives. Caught a bit of a cold at the tail end of my trip so I'll be rummaging through the fence group later this afternoon ... from the comfort of my couch.
Happy Fence Friday and hope everyone has an awesome weekend!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUYzkqrns5o - Mom cat hugging her kitten after C-section. Very cute!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLfCBxXw5nk - Cat Conflict. Greedy mother. Cute!
youtu.be/BWxWM9wqxyY - Super cute! Mom cat helps her kitten to escape.
aka Common Peafowl, Blue Peafowl, Peacock
Those of you who have lived in the Orlando area for many years probably went to see the peacocks on Genius Drive in Winter Park at some point. The property is now closed to the public but the peacocks are still roaming free there. I help out with monthly bird surveys on the property and I took this photo during one of our counts.
Indian Peafowl are not native to North America but they do breed at Genius Preserve and many other places in Florida and the U.S. If they continue to maintain or expand their populations, it is possible that they would eventually be accepted as "countable exotics" by the Florida Ornithological Society.
Canon Rebel XSi and Canon 75-300.
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SYDNEY, NSW AUSTRALIA
The storm that followed the build up of thunderous cloud in the previous photograph " Brewing ".
It absolutely scared the crap out of me it was that close.
Sydney Airport, Australia.
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مظلتي السوداء حلقي بي إلى البياض..
إلى أعماق السحاب إلى حيث لايدركون..
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هُناك ..
سأكون في تلك السماء
وذاك الإزدحام من السحاب
سأتنفس النقاء واكون بكُل عفوية
وارسم البراءة على السماء
وأداعب رذاذ المطر المُداعب لنسمات الهواء..
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وحــدي وظلــي
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Landscape.© M.Al khaled 2011
Si deve pensare oltre che a se stessi anche agli altri e oltre che al presente anche al futuro.
( Vittorio Foa )
L’uscita di scena di Berlusconi segna la fine di un’era e l’avvio di una nuova stagione. Ora l’Italia ha disperatamente bisogno di nuova linfa
( Charles Kupchan, ex consigliere di Clinton )
In questi tempi difficili non possiamo perdere di vista i più colpiti dalla crisi: i poveri, il pianeta, i giovani, le donne. I meno responsabili stanno pagando il prezzo più alto.
( Ban Ki Moon )
"Non siamo noi a trovare la Verità. È la Verità a trovare noi. Dobbiamo solo prepararci".
"Si può invitare un ospite che non si conosce? No. Ma si può mettere la casa in ordine, così che, quando l'ospite arriva, si è pronti a riceverlo e a conoscerlo".
( Tiziano Terzani )
Questo è un altro aspetto rasserenante della natura: la sua immensa bellezza è lì per tutti. Nessuno può pensare di portarsi a casa un'alba o un tramonto.
( Tiziano Terzani )
L'Amico Francesco_43 mi manda questa bella citazzione !!
" Sotto un involucro di sorriso e di bonomia, l'Italia è diventata il paese d'Europa più duro da vivere, quello in cui più violenta e più assillante è diventata la lotta per il denaro e per il successo. "
Guido Piovene, Viaggio in Italia, 1957
Se avete tempo guardatela in ________View large______Grazie
Scattata a San Leo ( rimini ) 8 novembre 2011 alle 17.33
postata il 13 novembre 2011 alle 22.18
A San Leo con AMICI Nadia Alessio Franco & Amos stava arrivando
San Leo (San Lé in dialetto romagnolo) è un comune italiano di 3.041 abitanti della Provincia di Rimini in Emilia-Romagna.
That's how I feel..when I am hiding in a stress-free place, where the only sounds you can hear are the morning owls or your own steps in the layer of fallen golden leaves. It is quite cold, outside, but the Nature looks so enchanted that no one cares. :) PS: Another great morning trip with my friend Max.. more photos to come :) One (of myself) is below
Congelare il tempo...
Ecco ciò che sento accadere, quando mi nascondo in un luogo lontano dallo stress.. quando l'unico suono che si può sentire è quello dei gufi al mattino o il rumore dei propri passi sulle foglie cadute. E' freddo, fuori, ma la Natura sembra così incantata che a nessuno importa più.. :) PS: Un'altra grande uscita mattiniera con l'amico Max... altre foto in arrivo :) Una (di me) è qui sotto
No... it was spectacular! This was taken from the Berkeley Pier looking through the Golden Gate - truly red sails in the sunset (now THERE's an oldie - most of you weren't even born yet when this was popular!). It was so pretty but my photo wasn't doing it justice, so I did a "little" sliding, applied a little Photoshop paint, and NOW it looks like I remembered it that magical Sunday night last week. HSS!
Seen in a forest in the near of Aichwald (Baden-Württemberg, Germany). Loved the little waterfalls and vortices - showing water power. It is very idyllic and hid in the wood. I could find him only by the gurgle.
If you have time view View On Black
Diesen kleine Bach habe ich im Wald bei Aichwald endeckt, es ist der Strümpfelbach. Für einen so kleinen Bach entwickelt er an einigen Stellen ganz schöne Kräfte. Er liegt sehr idyllisch und im Wald versteckt. Ich konnte ihn nur anhand des Plätscherns finden.
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#45 Done for Project 52
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Lake Brienz (German: Brienzersee) is a lake just north of the Alps, in the Canton of Berne in Switzerland. The lake took its name from the village Brienz on its northern shore. Interlaken and the villages Matten and Unterseen lie to the south west of the lake. The shores are steep, and there is almost no shallow water in the entire lake.
Lake Brienz is the first lake in which river Aar (German: Aare) expands. When it leaves Lake Brienz, it soon joins Lake Thun.
The lake lies in a deep hollow between the village of Brienz on the east and, on the west, Bönigen, close to Interlaken. On the south shore are the Giessbach Falls and the hamlet of Iseltwald. On the north shore are a few small villages.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Brienz
The Alps (French: Alpes; German: Alpen; Italian: Alpi; Romansh: Alps; Slovene: Alpe) is the name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east, through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west. The word "Alps" was taken via French from Latin Alpes (meaning "the Alps"), which may be influenced by the Latin words albus (white) or altus (high) or more likely a Latin rendering of a Celtic or Ligurian original.
The highest mountain in the Alps is Mont Blanc, at 4,808 metres (15,774 ft), on the Italian-French border. All the main peaks of the Alps can be found in the list of mountains of the Alps and list of Alpine peaks by prominence.
The Alps are generally divided into the Western Alps and the Eastern Alps. The division is along the line between Lake Constance and Lake Como, following the Rhine. The Western Alps are higher, but their central chain is shorter and curved; they are located in Italy, France and Switzerland. The Eastern Alps (main ridge system elongated and broad) belong to Austria, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovenia and Switzerland.
The Alps are a classic example of what happens when a temperate area at lower altitude gives way to higher elevation terrain. Elevations around the world which have cold climates similar to those found in polar areas have been called alpine. A rise from sea level into the upper regions of the atmosphere causes the temperature to decrease. The effect of mountain chains on prevailing winds is to carry warm air belonging to the lower region into an upper zone, where it expands in volume at the cost of a proportionate loss of heat, often accompanied by the precipitation of moisture in the form of snow or rain.
Bologna, P.zza S.Stefano - di fronte alle sette chiese,
con qualche lacrima di pioggia ed alcune vite vissute e vivende, nello (s)fuoco.
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♬ ♪ ♩ ♭ - ♫♪ - R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts (live! is always better)
Well, everybody hurts sometimes,
Everybody cries.
And everybody hurts sometimes
And everybody hurts sometimes.
So, hold on, hold on
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
Everybody hurts.
You are not alone