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期待了近一年，終於完成了。
最感謝團長Max的策劃與高山美食家美枝，夜夜共眠的冠穎，還有其它一眾朋友們，大家都好棒，這趟行程真是太讚了！
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Brianne and Magic Surprise competing at the Syracuse International Horse Show, 2014.
Happy Slider Sunday - HSS
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This little fellow was hard at work cleaning my eavestroughs from the maple "keys" that had fallen into them yesterday. I have a few cute pictures of him peeking over the edge down at me, but he remained while I balanced on the rail of my deck to provide the shooting angle I wanted. The amazingly small DOF of 200mm and f/2.8 at this distance really gives amazing subject isolation. I did almost nothing to this, other than a minor crop and a couple of minor saturation tweaks to bring the somewhat flat RAW image to visual spec. Enjoy! P.S. While the Tamron version has minutely slower AF and doesn't play with TC's as well, its image quality and bokeh rendering is, IMO, actually better than the might Canon MKII version. If you want an amazing lens at a great value for this class, I wholeheartedly recommend it.
Technical information Canon EOS 6D, Tamron SP 70-200mm f/2.8 Di VC USD, Processed in Adobe Lightroom 5
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● Le château des ducs de Bretagne est un ensemble architectural situé à Nantes, constitué d’un rempart du xve siècle et d’édifices divers bâtis du xive au xviiie siècle, classé monument historique depuis 1840.
● Après avoir été résidence ducale sous le duc François II et la duchesse Anne, le château est devenu une forteresse royale, siège du gouverneur de Nantes et prison royale, puis caserne à partir du xviiie siècle.
● Devenu propriété de la ville de Nantes en 1915, le château est affecté à un usage touristique et muséal depuis 1924, notamment sous la direction de Joseph Stany-Gautier, conservateur jusqu’en 1969. De 1990 à 2007, le château a bénéficié d’une rénovation de grande ampleur et est depuis le siège d’un nouveau musée consacré à l’histoire de Nantes.
● Conçu comme une forteresse dans le contexte de lutte pour l'indépendance du duché de Bretagne, le système défensif du château est composé de sept tours reliées par des courtines et un chemin de ronde. Sur cour, un ensemble de bâtiments résidentiels construits en pierre de tuffeau contrastent par leur blancheur et leur raffinement sculpté avec les murailles extérieures.
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Château_des_ducs_de_Bretagne
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● The Château des ducs de Bretagne (English: Castle of the Dukes of Brittany) is a large castle located in the city of Nantes in the Loire-Atlantique département of France; it served as the centre of the historical province of Brittany until its separation in 1941. It is located on the right bank of the Loire, which formerly fed its ditches. It was the residence of the Dukes of Brittany between the 13th and 16th centuries, subsequently becoming the Breton residence of the French Monarchy.
● The castle has been listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1862. Today the castle houses the Nantes History Museum.
● Starting in the 1990s, the town of Nantes undertook a massive programme of restoration and repairs to return the site to its former glory as an emblem of the history of Nantes and Brittany. Following 15 years of works and three years of closure to the public, it was reopened on 9 February 2007 and is now a popular tourist attraction.
● The restored edifice now includes the new Nantes History Museum, installed in 32 of the castle rooms. The museum presents more than 850 objects of collection with the aid of multimedia devices. The castle and the museum try to offer a modern vision of the heritage by presenting the past, the present and the future of the city. Night-time illuminations at the castle further reinforce the revival of the site.
● The 500-metre round walk on the fortified ramparts provides views not just of the castle buildings and courtyards but also of the town.
We see Grand Canal, Riva del Vin, Riva del Ferro and Vaporetto station
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We see Campiello dei Reimer, Palazzo Querini Papozze and Palazzo Emo
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Desde la cumbre del cerro Poike la vista de casi toda la Isla de Pascua.
Parque Nacional Rapa Nui, Chile.
This Red-shouldered Hawk was in my neighbor's front yard. The photo was taken from my car this spring.
Altamonte Springs, Seminole County, Florida, USA
March 2014
Canon Rebel XSi and Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
Docks overlooking Kinvara village, County Galway, Ireland
Kinvara is situated in South County Galway, Ireland, just on the edge of the world renowned "Burren" on Galway Bay. Often described in tourist guides and other publications as a "Picturesque Seaside Village", this is a description that not many will argue with. I'm sure you will agree!
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Left to right: The IFC twin towers (HSBC Tower and 2IFC), Pearl of the Orient Tower, Bank of China Tower, BoCom Financial Tower.
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Le pont de Manhattan est un pont suspendu de la ville de New York au-dessus de l'East River, qui relie la partie inférieure de l'île de Manhattan à l'arrondissement de Brooklyn. Les travaux du pont commencèrent en 1901, le 31 décembre 1909, le pont fût ouvert au public, mais sa construction (d'un coût de 31 millions de dollars de l'époque) n'était pas encore achevée. Il sera complètement terminé en 1912.
Le pont possède deux niveaux de circulation. Le niveau supérieur offre quatre voies pour les véhicules, deux dans chaque sens. Sur le niveau inférieur, on trouve 3 voies pour les véhicules, quatre voies ferrées pour le métro et une allée pour les piétons. À ce niveau, le sens de circulation peut être modulé selon les besoins du trafic : les trois voies dans le même sens, ou deux voies dans un sens et une à l'opposé.
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pont_de_Manhattan
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The Manhattan Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the East River in New York City, connecting Lower Manhattan (at Canal Street) with Brooklyn (at Flatbush Avenue Extension). It was the last of the three suspension bridges built across the lower East River, following the Brooklyn and the Williamsburg bridges. The bridge was opened to traffic on December 31, 1909 and was designed by Leon Moisseiff, who later designed the infamous original Tacoma Narrows Bridge that opened and collapsed in 1940. It has four vehicle lanes on the upper level (split between two roadways). The lower level has three lanes, four subway tracks, a walkway and a bikeway. The upper level, originally used for streetcars, has two lanes in each direction, and the lower level is one-way and has three lanes in peak direction. It once carried New York State Route 27 and later was planned to carry Interstate 478. No tolls are charged for motor vehicles to use the Manhattan Bridge.
I was out walking on Monday and the farmer had left a wide swathe of land untended for walkers, with the green on either side my active imagination compared it to the no mans lands of France and Belgium. The wind whistled through the grass on either side and the lack of life in the middle, it just seemed unnatural. A tribute on this anniversary year to all the poor souls lost.
Mark
"... A los moros entablados
ya los vendió en el remate,
porque era un disparate
también tenerlos parados.
Los viajes se han cortado,
las tropas están escasas
por eso su tiempo pasa
donde se fue aventajando
cuarenta años tropiando
pa Ferrante y a Pablaza ..."
Fragmento de "Al Vasco Isa", de Horacio Otero
Fuente: gauchoguacho.blogspot.com
San Antonio de Areco, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Kinvara Docks overlooking Dunguaire Castle, County Galway, Ireland
This was the most unexpected sunrise I’ve ever witnessed. Luck was certainly on my side this particular morning. I looked out from my motorhome window at 6.15am and seen the sun rising from behind the historic Dunguaire Castle casting this golden light across the entire bay. I wasted not a single moment and in my bed clothes I grabbed my camera, stumbled out the door half asleep and ran onto the pier to capture this image
This image always reminds me on why I love Landscape photography so much and why I dedicate so much time, effort and money into it..... Because moments like these are worth everything to me
"If you ever go across the sea to Ireland,
Then maybe at the closing of your day,
You will sit and watch the moon rise over Claddagh
And see the sun go down on Galway Bay"
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Near Scuola Grande de San Rocco
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Welcome to the magical world of LegOz!
[Built with Lego, we tried to capture the beauty of this classic movie with a mosaic and forced perspective]
We actually built this early on, and had hoped to save it for the final week of
Iron Builder against Tyler (Legohaulic) and Michaela (Littlehaulic) - but they have forced our hand to post it early ;) The seed part is the yellow rounded 1x2 slope, and is used in the yellow brick road, the sun, and the hot air balloon.
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Anhingas are really stunning birds in their spring breeding plumage.
Anhinga is also known as Snake Bird and Water Turkey.
This was taken at the Click Ponds just north of Viera Wetlands, Brevard County, Florida, USA
Canon Rebel and Canon 75-300
Palazzo Labia - Salone del Tiepolo ; view from guglie bridge
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We see Hotel Bellini and the vaporetto station Ferrovia
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A drop of rain has passed in front of the camera lens
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Silhouette of a fisherman & perfect evening for fishing in Blekinge, Sweden (March 2014).
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“The answer is dreams. Dreaming on and on.
Entering the world of dreams and never coming out.
Living in dreams for the rest of time.”
― Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart
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Sunrise at 05:48 behind the Pudong skyline.
Technicalities: PP was PC and crop. The colours are created "in camera" - the result of using a Cokin no. 197 "Grad Sunset" filter and setting the camera WB to "Shadow" while shooting.
Explore #157 on Sunday, April 13, 2014
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***UPDATE*** Beth has a clearly defined vision, and its actually coming together now... a room with some serious chops! This one adds even more beauty.
Alright y'all. I'm giving major props to my bud Josh (who owns an amazing Usonian house) for saving this beauty. I brought this one back to life with thunder cat grey woven upholstery that I dialed up lean and mean. Thin to win!!! (Thanks, Josh!)
SPRING has sprung - Der Frühling ist angekommen.
... trees get green or/and are flowering
.. die Bäume werden grün oder blühen schon
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-TZ 41,Panasonic, Lumix, DMC-TZ41, TravelerZoom,Travelzoom, Traveler Zoom, ReiseZoom, TravellerZoom,TZ41,TZ40,ZS30,
A sirocco from Sahara blowing dust over Europe.
Dust concentration near ground 299 ugr/m³.
Der Himmel milchig-trüb.
Ungewöhnlich viel Saharastaub geht gerade über Deutschland nieder.
Nur sehr kurze fernsicht. statt 50-60 km nur 5-6 km.
Je nach Ursprungsort setzt sich der Staub aus verschiedenen Mineralien und Nährstoffen zusammen. Im Schnitt wehen 1,8 Millionen Tonnen davon Jahr für Jahr als Luftfracht nach Deutschland, meist nur im Süden Deutschlands.
Diesmal breitet sich der Saharastaub hingegen bis zur Ostsee aus.
Taken on April 3, 2014 at 5.37 AM
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F11 ENJOY
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just uploaded - no groups, but on Explore
<THE Mysterium > of flickr´s EXPLORE Algorism
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ON EXPLORE
2014-04-02
Highest position: 189 on Thursday, April 3, 2014
#189 #203
Make: Panasonic
Exposure Program: Manual
TZ41 Reference shot: Manual, night-shot, Nachtaufnahme, Langzeitaufnahme.
Self Timer: 2 s
Model: DMC-TZ41
Exposure: 4 sec, long shutter
+ 0,3 EV
Aperture: f/5.3
ISO Speed: 100 - Focal Length (35mm format): 115 mm
Focal Length: 20.6 mm
One of the oldest homes in the Louisiana Purchase, Destrehan was constructed beginning in 1787 and completed in 1790. Robin de Logny contracted with a free man of color, Charles Pacquet, to build the house and outbuildings to support his indigo plantation. Pacquet was given the use of six slaves to build the house. He was paid the grand sum of "one brute negro," a cow and a calf, 100 bushels of both corn and rice, and $100 in cash upon completion. This building contract, still on file at the parish courthouse in Hahnville, LA, makes Destrehan Plantation the oldest documented house in the Lower Mississippi Valley.
Building NRHP- #73002132
I have some loquat trees in my back yard in Central Florida, USA. During late winter and early spring, the Cedar Waxwings come in large numbers to eat the fruit. I have seen over 200 in my yard in the past few weeks. The waxy red tips on the wings identify this bird as an adult.
This was taken out an open bedroom window from about 15 feet away.
Canon Rebel XSi and Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
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Sorry for hardly being on here recently - really struggling with time! I'm catching up...
Series of the route in the last comment
Serie de la ruta en el último comentario
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Liñares es la típica aldea de montaña ubicada en lo alto de la Serra do Suído.......todo el núcleo es lo que se ve, casas apiñaditas protegidas de los vientos por las montañas y con sus prados al borde del río Xesta.
Desde aquí también se accede a la famosa Cascada de A Freixa, de una altura tal que a mi llevando a las perras me pone muy nerviosa, se ponen a nadar al borde mismo de la cascada :-) asi que yo con ellas no vuelvo por allí.....
Pertenece a la parroquia de Xesta (San Bartolomé) en el ayuntamiento de A Lama y tiene un maravilloso puente llamado Ponte Liñares, por el que pasa uno de los Caminos Reales.
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Estos Caminos Reales eran utilizados entre los siglos XIV y XVII por los Arrieros, que eran los encargados de transportar el vino, en este caso desde Ribadavia hasta Pontevedra, donde lo cambiaban por productos tipicos de la costa, como la sal y el pescado.
Iban en grupos de 7 a 15 personas, con carros tirados por mulas o caballos, por lo que estas vias estaban empedradas.
The basilica of the "Annunciation" is located in Esslingen (southern Germany next to Stuttgart). It is the largest Greek Orthodox church in Europe outside Greece.
The three-aisled basilica was completed in 1995. The massive concrete structure was elaborately revetted and painted in a classic, orthodox manner.
For the Greek Orthodox faithful of Esslingen, the basilica is more than just a religious place. Here, the Greek life takes place, the church means their home.
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Taken after the sunset on a windy and freezing day in Gaspesie, Quebec, Canada. Temperature was around -25 Celcius, but only god knows the windchill factor. By the way, a project might be on it's way to save this lighthouse by restoring it. I'm keeping my fingers crossed :)
Cap d’Espoir, a promontory at the north-east entrance to Chaleur Bay, Gaspesie, Canada, was noted on English charts and even by the Department of Marine as “Cape Despair,” a phontic sounding of the French name, which is totally opposite of its translation, “Cape of Hope.”
This Canadian lighthouse was proposed as early as 1868 to enable the fishermen, when coming from Miscou Bank in thick weather, to find safe harbour. Parliament voted $1,000 in 1871 for a lighthouse on the cape, but the funds were deemed insufficient, and construction was delayed until a sufficient additional sum could be obtained to build and equip a good sea light.
You can rent 2 houses on this site in winter, spring, fall and summer. It's well worth it. Capdespoir, Quebec, Canada