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yes flickr friends, today's my birthday :)
Firstly, I'd like to thank God for giving me another year...
...thanks everyone for the friendship... i've learned a lot from you guys (and hope to learn more). thanks for sharing your talents, too. God bless you all!
you're probably getting tired of my marina shots... i promise - this will be the last (for now,hehe)
For through me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life. - Proverbs 9:11
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Please take your time... and enjoy it large on black
Refresh yourself at the Landes National Park Region a peaceful and natural retreat. The Landes are a flat sandy low land area at the southwest corner of Aquitaine region featuring the largest European pine forest. An area of over 300 sq km - the park is somewhere to spread your wings and to get back in touch with nature. This hidden garden is the privileged territory to approach the soul of Aquitaine - France. Visitors here invariably leave with a renewed sense of peace and vitality. For active days there are lakes for boating, swimming, picnic or just observing the wildlife, and several centers for horse-riding, canoing and cycle trails. The Landes forest, also known as the moors of Gascony.
Photo taken at the Landes National Park Region of South Western of France. A misty morning at the largest European pine forest. A lovely Autumn forest with lush brown colored ferns, a majority of them grow in shade. New growth is sometimes reddish or purple, but turns green with age, yellow in autumn, and brown in winter.
Het bos van les Landes is het grootste aaneengesloten bosgebied van Europa. Het is gelegen in het zuidwesten van Frankrijk. In de 19e eeuw werd dit aangeplant en het is nu het beschermde Regionale Natuurpark van de Landes de Gascogne en strekt zich uit van het Bassin d’Arcachon tot diep in de Gers. Tot in de 19e eeuw was het gebied bijzonder dunbevolkt en begroeid met struikgewas. Het bos werd dan ook aangelegd in een poging de plaatselijke economie nieuw leven in te blazen. Hout en papier zijn de voornaamste producten van de lokale economie. Vroeger werd er ook veel hars gewonnen, maar dit product is grotendeels door kunstharsen van de markt verdrongen. Aquitaine is een regio in Frankrijk die populair is bij de Nederlandse vakantiegangers. En dat is niet zo verwonderlijk want het gebied heeft ontzettend veel te bieden. Bergen, rivieren, mooie steden, charmante dorpjes en een prachtig kustgebied vormen Aquitaine tot een heerlijke streek met veel afwisseling en voor elk wat wils.
Fancy some music? Try this - Ludovico Einaudi playing Onde Corte.
The Berliner Bloke has an exhibition at Ministract - go take a look - it's superb!
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Pushkar (पुष्कर) in Rajasthan is one of the oldest cities of India. The date of its actual origin is not known, but legend associates Lord Brahma with its creation. It is mentioned that Brahma performed penance here for 60,000 years to have glimpse of Radha Krishna. Pushkar boasts of temples, though not many can be considered very old since many were destroyed by Aurangzeb, a Mogul ruler and subsequently rebuilt. The most famous among all is the Brahma Temple, said to be the only temple in the world dedicated to this deity.
Pushkar is famous for its annual Pushkar Cattle Fair, which has over the years become one of the biggest tourist attractions in India. This is usually the quintessential colourful Indian festival which you see in all the Incredible !ndia ads. However, this year was not as joyous for the traders. The global recession combined with the drought hit hard and there were hardly any buyers. The individual stories are sad - with most traders having to leave their cows, camels and horses behind because they can't afford to feed their families, let alone the animals. Yet, the resilience of the people was touching to see - with hope for the future and welcoming to those from the outside.
Check out the whole set - Magical Rajasthan.
Pushkar, India
2009
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One who has the ability to see Beauty never grows old.
We seek to live life to it’s fullest, all the while maintaining balance and stability.
Life is not an exact science, it is an art.
Vista del amanecer en Moraira desde las Platgetes mirando hacia el Este. El Cap d'Or retarda la salida del sol en la localidad, pero compensa esa dilación ofreciendo un precioso espectáculo de luz y color en cada amanecer cuando asoma por detrás del cabo, recortando su silueta en la que se yergue, aún altiva, la figura de la torre vigía. Con sus 11 metros de altura y 26 de perímetro, ésta se construyó en tiempos de Felipe II y formaba parte de todo un sistema ideado con el fin de vigilar la costa y proteger a la población de las incursiones de los piratas berberiscos. Así, desde ella podían divisarse las torres vigía de Ifach (Calpe) y Granadella, con lo que, en caso de peligro, era posible comunicar la alerta de inmediato mediante señales.
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Click here to see this waterfall up close and personal!
This was shot on a tripod with my Sigma 10-20mm ultra wide angle lens attached to my Canon EOS Rebel T1i. Three exposures (-2..0..+2 EV @ F/22) was processed in Photomatix. Tone mapped and detail enhanced. In Photoshop, increased overall saturation, curve adjustment, and unsharp mask.
Bridal Veil Falls State Park lower trail.
Pedraza de la Sierra, Segovia.
El sol nos deja al atardecer y vuelve con el nuevo día.
Los seres queridos siempre van con nosotros.
Long exposures and minimalism doesn't necessarily mean minimalism in tones to me, only in composition... Michael Levin and Michael Kenna are true masters in this discipline and are the ones who inspire me...
I haven't been shooting new photos for weeks. Work and travelling is killing me really, I feel like I'm close to a burn out ...So here's another one from the archives. Like the previous post, and this one, and this one and this one, all shot on the same day, April 25 2009. It was a day when conditions were ideal for long exposures...
Technical info:
ND110 - 10 stops.
f/25
ISO100
30 mm
150s (2min30s) exposure
Software:
Lightroom 2.0
PS CS4 - Silver Efex Pro
One exposure, one frame. Postprocessing involved contrasts and curves corrections and lots of dodging and burning.
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Please take your time... and enjoy it large on black
The Pyrenees also spelled Pyrenées Spanish: Pirineos; French: Pyrénées; Catalan: Pirineus; Occitan: Pirenèus; Aragonese: Perinés; Basque: Pirinioak are a range of mountains in southwest Europe that form a natural border between France and Spain. They separate the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of continental Europe, and extend for about 430 km. For the most part, the main crest forms a massive divider between France and Spain, with the tiny country of Andorra sandwiched in between. The Col d'Aubisque above is a mountain pass in the Pyrenees 30km south of Tarbes and Pau in the department of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the Aquitaine region of France. The Aubisque is one of those hors catégorie cols that make the legend of the Tour de France.
We were high up in the Pyrenees at the top of the Col d'aubisque even higher at 1,750 m. The weather had been cold, cold enough for snow on the top of the mountains. The white mountain tops are reaching here higher than 2600 meters. The highest peak in the Pyrenees is 3,404 meters high.
De Pyreneeën Frans: Pyrénées, Spaans: Pirineos, Catalaans: Pirineus, Baskisch: Pirinioak zijn een gebergte, gelegen op de grens van Spanje en Frankrijk. Het gebergte strekt zich uit over ongeveer 430 kilometer, tussen de Atlantische Oceaan en de Middellandse Zee. De hoogste berg is de Aneto 3404 meter, gelegen in het uiterste noordoosten van het Spaanse Aragón. Het gebergte is ontstaan door de botsing van het Iberisch schiereiland met het Europese continent, gedurende de Alpiene orogenese, vanaf circa 50 miljoen jaar geleden tot heden. De Col d'Aubisque hierboven is een bergpas in de Franse Pyreneeën. De bergpas is vooral bekend van wielrenetappes in bijvoorbeeld de Ronde van Frankrijk.
Was a fantastic sunset a few days back. So good that I jumped away from the desk with my handy point-n-shoot (that I keep in my bag to/from work) and went into one of the unused conference rooms on the West side of the building so that I could get this shot looking over Tokyo station and the Marunouchi business district at dusk.
Tokyo, Japan
لآ أوصيك .. على حبي لآ أوصيك \ وآحرص على نفسك وروحك
آببكيك لآ شك آني بـ ابكيك ..
{~ يآعزي لـ عين مآتشوفك
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بخليك لـ اللي مآيخليك
عسى خآلق الدنيآ يصووونك
آنآ أغليك أنآ كلي .. هوى فيك .. تدري بي مآآصبر بدونك
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مآ أخفيك آلله لآ يوريك {عذآبي إذا غآبت عيونك }
بنآآديك شوووق ومآني لا قيك
من الحين وآنا \ اتحرى \ رجووعك
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آبرجيك بعدك [ لآ يقسيك .. حسآفه على الشووق وشعورك
لآ آوصيك ً ثلآثتنآ بـ آيآديك
هوآنآ
وروحي
وروحك
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Model: Canon eos 450D
Shutter Speed: .1\6
F :5.6
Focal Length: 105m
ISO : 100
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رجـآءً عدم استخدآم الصوره دون آذن
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All by : Me ..
La calma después de la tormenta de viento de la noche anterior. Terminando de rodear el cráter.
Acá un video
Volcán Chillán, Región del Biobío, Chile central.
This is the South Tufa area at Mono Lake, These spires and knobs are made from calcium-carbonate formed by the interaction of freshwater springs and alkaline lake water.
Seen on Explore:
Oct 26, 2009 #481
Las personas que viven cerca de la playa seguro que cogieron el paraguas para salir a la calle sin saber que a cinco metros del mar lucía un sol espléndido.Un curioso fenómeno que pude contemplar ayer por la mañana en el muro de Gijón.
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White Flower / White Rose / water drops / rose closeup / closeup rose / closeup / Macro / High Key / High Key / Rose white /- رز سفید - IMG_0079
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Facts About Roses (Rose Flowers)
The birthplace of the cultivated Rose was probably Northern Persia (Current IRAN), on the Caspian, or Faristan on the Gulf of Persia.
Historically, the oldest Rose fossils have been found in Colorado, dating back to more than 35 million years ago.
Roses were considered the most sacred flowers in ancient Egypt and were used as offerings for the Goddess Isis. Roses have also been found in Egyptian tombs, where they were formed into funerary wreaths.
Confucius, 551 BC to 479 BC, reported that the Imperial Chinese library had many books on Roses.
Ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia (in the Tigris-Euphrates River Valley) mentioned Roses in a cuneiform tablet (a system of writing) written in approximately 2860 BC.
The English were already cultivating and hybridizing Roses in the 15th Century when the English War of Roses took place. The winner of the war, Tudor Henry VII, created the Rose of England (Tudor Rose) by crossbreeding other Roses.
While no Black Rose yet exists, there are some of such a deep Red color as to suggest Black.
Roses are omnipresent and grown over all parts of the globe.
The Netherlands is the world's leading exporter of Roses.
The Netherlands, with about 8000 hectares of land under Rose cultivation, is the global leader in Rose cultivation. 54 per cent (about 5000 hectares) of the cultivated land in Ecuador is under Rose cultivation!! Zambia, a small nation, had 80 per cent of its cultivated land under Roses.
Classification of Roses
Broadly, Roses are divided into three classes-
From the flower Expert
www.theflowerexpert.com/content/mostpopularflowers/rose
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The Meaning of Rose Colors
Red Rose--------------Love, Beauty, Courage and Respect, Romantic Love, Congratulations, "I Love You", "Job Well Done", Sincere Love, Respect, Courage & Passion
Red Rose (Dark)-------Unconscious beauty
Red Rose (Single)-----"I Love You"
Deep Burgundy Rose----Unconscious Beauty
White Rose------------Purity, Innocence, Silence, Secrecy, Reverence, Humility, Youthfulness, "I am worthy of you", Heavenly
White Rose(Bridal)----Happy love
Pink Rose-------------Appreciation, "Thank you", Grace, Perfect Happiness, Admiration, Gentleness, "Please Believe Me"
Dark Pink Rose--------Appreciation, Gratitude, "Thank You"
Light Pink Rose-------Admiration, Sympathy, Gentleness, Grace, Gladness, Joy, Sweetness
Yellow Rose-----------Joy, Gladness, Friendship, Delight, Promise of a new beginning, Welcome Back, Remember Me, Jealousy, "I care"
Yellow Rose, Red Tip--Friendship, Falling in Love
Orange Rose-----------Desire, Enthusiasm
Red and White Rose----Given together, these signify unity
Red and Yellow Rose---Jovial and Happy Feelings
Peach Rose------------Appreciation, Closing the deal, Let's get together, Sincerity, Gratitude
Pale Peach Rose-------Modesty
Coral Rose------------Desire
Lavender Rose---------Love at first sight, Enchantment
Orange Rose-----------Enthusiasm, Desire, Fascination
Black Rose------------Death, Farewell
Blue Rose-------------The unattainable, the impossible
Single, any color-----Simplicity, Gratitude
Red Rosebud-----------Symbolic of purity and loveliness
White Rosebud---------Symbolic of girlhood
Thornless Rose--------"Love at first sight"
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Regensburg cathedral [dome] by night
Music suggestion: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziThYl6B2vw&feature=related
1 - The dome (1273): de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regensburger_Dom
2 - The old stone bridge (1135 - 1146): de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steinerne_Br%c3%bccke
3 - Salthouse (1616 bis 1620): de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salzstadel_(Regensburg)
4 - The "Sausagekitchen", first fast food restaurant of the world *g (1135 bis 1146): de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historische_Wurstkuchl
5 - Iron bridge (Architects: Auer & Weber - 1992): www.auer-weber.de/index-intro.htm
6 - Königliche Villa (1854 bis 1856): de.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%c3%b6nigliche_Villa
Albany Park in Enfield
Not the biggest or the nicest park in the UK, but this particular morning it showed off beautifully. There was this lovely ground mist hugging the floor, swirling around school boys legs as they walked to school and the sun was rising and beaming through the trees ahead of me. I was so LUCKY to catch this shot.
(ON EXPLORE)
Ruínas da Fortaleza da Arrifana
Apesar de nos meses de Verão se armar, frente à Praia da Arrifana, uma armação de pesca, só no reinado de Filipe III (1635) aí se mandou levantar um Forte para defesa dos pescadores, da praia e enseada, sendo Governador e Capitão-Mor do Reino do Algarve, D. Gonçalo Coutinho.
Com o passar dos anos, o forte foi-se progressivamente destruindo, sobretudo devido à acção do tempo e das águas do mar nas marés vivas. Reedificado em 1670, foi em 1755 atingido pelo grande terramoto, tendo ficado profundamente danificado.
Autêntico miradouro natural, daqui poderá desfrutar de uma das mais belas panorâmicas da Costa Vicentina.
On a beautiful morning I shot this image. It's a view on the german city Emmerich, this is minutes after the first rays of the sun hit the land. This was also the first day I had to scratch the ice of my windshield.
It's not a re-post, but this guy has been hanging out at the end of my photostream (one person found it) where i put a load of Getty submissions that i didn't want to clutter my daily uploads with. And seeing as today is the first day of the new cricket season for my team, i thought he now deserved a day in the sun. It will be our first game as Freshwater Cricket Club after 30 years of playing as West Island, and i'll be captain today so not a lot of flickr time, but will catch up soon enough.
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I like to photograph the kids,, this shot has been taken in the same day I shot the thunder, check out my previous post, hope you like it ;-)
Explored on Oct 18, 2009 #292
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London | Architecture | Night Photography | Guggenheim | Bilbao Set
EXPLORE # 431
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Instantly hailed as the most important structure of its time, Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum Bilbao recently celebrated a decade of extraordinary success on October 19, 2007. With close to ninety exhibitions and over ten million visitors to its credit, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao forever changed the way the world thinks about museums, and it continues to challenge our assumptions about the connections between art, architecture, and collecting.
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Collection has a unique, yet complementary, identity from the collections at the other Guggenheim institutions, featuring works by some of the most significant artists of the second half of the 20th century: Eduardo Chillida, Yves Klein, Willem de Kooning, Robert Motherwell, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, Clyfford Still, Antoni Tàpies, and Andy Warhol, among others.
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Bilbao Titanium Colors - Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
LARGE ON BLACK (press F11 for full screen view)
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Sunset in Victoria B.C's Inner Harbour.
to get into the train - doesn't matter which one
do not care about the luggage,
do not care about the ticket
and go away
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Maryla Rodowicz Wsiąść do pociągu
Explored #213 on 15-10-2009
Thank You
It is a great idea to tell the story behind the image
so this is my story
I was driving back home, passing by a small town (Wolsztyn, Poland)where once a year in first weekend of May, the steam train parade takes place. I noticed, that they have some steam locomotives standing as an open air museum and stopped to make some pictures. Then I noticed a steam locomotive warming and slowly going away. After app. 1 km it stopped at a little station. I followed the locomotive and found out, that this steam trains are still serving a small distance line. I liked the mood of a solitude, small train station and old steam train... tried to put it in this photo.....
“...Las tropillas entabladas,
los fletes bien ensillados
es legado que ha heredado
esta Patria que es sagrada.
¡Qué lujo verla rodeada,
uno por uno agarrar,
la madrina cabrestear,
pegadita a la asidera!
¡Qué orgullo pa'mi bandera
que estamos viendo flamear!”
Fragmento de “Tropilla entablada”, de Julio Secundino Cabezas
Fuente: gauchoguacho.blogspot.com
San Antonio de Areco, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Amigos, visitem: www.visiteareco.com
Click here to see this Bamboo Fountain large!
This was shot on a tripod with my Sigma 10-20mm ultra wide angle lens attached to my Canon EOS Rebel T1i. Three exposures (-2..0..+2 EV) was processed in Photomatix. Tone mapped and detail enhanced. In Photoshop, increased overall saturation, curve adjustment, and unsharp mask.
The Kakehi (Bamboo Fountain) is a waterspout consisting of a vertical bamboo pipe in which the internal part of each node (joint) has been bored out to accept a plastic hosepipe. At the head of the vertical bamboo pipe a "Komagshira" or scorched timber joint drilled out to accept the vertical and horizontal bamboo pipes, the komagashira timber top section is either square in section or round. The" Kakehi " has a number of uses, used to feed water into a stone water basin (Chozubachi) or to trickle water into the end of a Deer Scarer (Shishi-Odoshi). The Shishi Odoshi was originally used by Japanese farmers to scare off deer and boar from their rice crops, and later it has become part of the Japanese garden
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Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Exposure: 30 sec
Aperture: ƒ/8.0
Exposure Program: Manual
Focal Length: 46 mm
ISO Speed: 160
Flash: Off
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
Tripod: -------------
Taken on: October 15, 2009 | 1:10 am
Remote: Canon Remote Switch RS-80N3
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The camera was left on the road.
Don't worry, the camera safely!
تم ترك الكاميرا على الطريق
!. لا تقلقوا , الكاميرا بأمــان
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... شكراً لأنكم هنـا يا أصدقاء
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Non-hdr image.
In preparation of a free buffet lunch I thought I'd get a little exercise cycling on my wife's battery powered mamachari (bike with large baskets) and came across this unexpected wonderful sunset.
This was taken using my wide angle lense and cropped at the bottom to remove the beach from the shot.
Slightly processed to give a nice cinematic film feel.
I just returned from a road trip to Glacier, Wateron Lakes, Banff & Jasper where there were record low temps. I think the ice and snow on this bighorn sheep represents this quite well :) All in all amazing trip though. You can't beat the Canadian Rockies for breathtaking landscape. Will slowly be adding shots to my stream. Thanks for stopping by! Explored FP & highest position 2 :)
I was looking forward to October the 2nd (the Birth of a great leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi) to dedicate this picture but unfortunately work and personal life did take most of my time . So I woke up earlier than normal time and finished it just this morning. I figured, there's no time limit to dedicate something to a great man like him, right?
I'll see you all very soon in a image near you ;-)