“...Del golpe de una lunanca

nunca me podré olvidar...

La viera usté disparar

desparramando el recao

con el marlo enarbolao

relinchando a reventar...”

Fragmento de “Entre viejos”, de “El Viejo Pancho”

Jinete Juan Eduardo Colomba, de Santa Fé

Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay

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I'm back on HBW... this one straight from Goa!

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.

Squall...!!!

My wild river reflection…!!!

An impressionnist photo safari concentrated mainly on a daily basis (or almost) on my small piece of planet of 55 000 square feet…!!!

A Thoreau "waldennienne" approach…!!!

Reflet de ma rivière sauvage…!!!

Un safari photo impressioniste au quotidien concentré essentiellement (ou presque) sur un petit morceau de planète de 55 000 pieds carrés…!!!

Une démarche "waldennienne" à la Thoreau…!!!

HDR from 3 exposures - f/5,6 - 1/30s - ISO 110 - 18mm

Nikon D80 with 18-200 VR

I processed this picture very light, only HDR and sharpening

#1 in explore interestingness (12->2->16->2->3->2->3->2 and finally 1 :)

- 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...

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Mi sono perdutamente innamorata del Madagascar e vorrei tanto tornarci.

E' una terra ricca di tutto e mi ha colmato di colori e atmosfere, di sorrisi e profumi di terra e di mare.

E' difficile spiegare a parole l'infinita malinconia che mi attanaglia quando penso a ció che ho vissuto.

Cercando nel mio archivio rivivo esattamente ogni attimo e... provo davvero una sorta di dolore misto a gioia.

Sono molte le persone che mi chiedono quale in dei Paesi che ho visitato tornerei subito. Non ce n'é uno che tralascerei. Ma dopo l'ultima estate ho una certezza. In cima alla lista c'é senza ombra di dubbio il Madagascar, mon amour :)

"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 ~

~Charles M. Schulz

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Hope you had a great week-end :-))

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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.

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!

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an old/unfinished work. to Bahar for the new spring of her life.

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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)

But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day.

~ Indian Proverb

This is a long overdue dedication, I've gotten so much appreciation & compliments for my bokeh shots & I would like to dedicate this shot to the person who inspired me to get into bokehs and hopefully this will answer your question as well; that, "How I got into this bokeh thingy?" Well this ones for v1nz, look what youv'e done to me! =P... Thanks for the addiction! =)

Happy Gorgeous Green Thursday & HBWH ;)

Visualize this!

P.S: Ya ya ya! I know I've been posting too many water drops lately... what can I do! I love em =)

Explore #120, Thanks everyone! *hugs*

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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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“...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 colors of autumn are amazing.

Explore: #50

Weinberg in Herbstfarben / Vineyard in autumn colors

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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

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Otra postal de Brujas… la verdad es que he estado mirando las fotos de ese día y creo que hay más de una “visible”... casi podría hacer otra miniserie de postales… :)

Curiosamente hace unos días, después de la visita a esta preciosa ciudad, vi una película protagonizada por Colin Farrell que se llama “Escondidos en Brujas” y a mí particularmente me gustó bastante. Un poco lenta pero divertida y sorprendente en muchos aspectos. Os recomiendo que si tenéis ocasión, la veáis.

Al estar rodada íntegramente en Brujas se pueden ver muchos de los lugares turísticos y la verdad es que la fotografía está bastante bien cuidada.

Muchas gracias a todos por los comentarios de la anterior foto y un abrazo a tod@s.

Me gusta más como queda en grande...

Yes, another postcard from Bruges, I repeat myself, I know… but I must admit I’ve been checking pictures from that day and I believe there is more than one “acceptable”… I could almost have enough for a mini postcard series from it… :)

Thank you all for your comments in previous picture… big hug to all of you.

I like more the bigger size...

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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)

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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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Dedicated to dear Mrs. Shahireh

We miss you all..

" Thats life " To Sabine, Itala&Cinzia and my Flickr's friends :.. : Take good care ! (Did i have alraedy asked you to please forgive me ... ? -;) )...

Bohol has 3 municipalities which are substantial seaweed producers in the region: Jetafe, Talibon and Bien Unido. Traditionally, the most productive is Bien Unido, specifically the island of Hingutanan which sits on the nutrients-rich Danahon reef.

freshly harvested seaweed deliveries at a drying platform in Hingutanan island, Bien Unido, Bohol, the Philippines

tales and photos of seaweed farming in To the Northern Islands of Bohol in colloidfarl.blogspot.com/

I have seen this beautiful art of a maple leaf created by nature on my way home from work. I love the sky reflections in the water.

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Diese Herbstkunst in der Pfütze mit dem Blatt des Ahorn geschaffen von der Natur sah ich heute auf dem Weg von der Arbeit nach Hause. Mir gefiel die Spiegelung des Himmel im Wasser.

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The Rosenlaui Glacier is a 5 km long glacier (2005) situated in the Bernese Alps in the canton of Berne in Switzerland. In 1973 it had an area of 6.14 km². (Source: Wikipedia )

This photo was taken 2005 with my Minolta SLR in the near from the entrance of Rosenlaui Glacier Gorge.

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Reichenbachtal: Rosenlauigletscher mit Klein und Gross Wellhorn. Links der Dossen, rechts das Wetterhorn

Der Rosenlauigletscher liegt am Nordostende der Berner Alpen südlich von Meiringen, im Kanton Bern, Schweiz. Er hat eine Länge von 4.5 km bei einer durchschnittlichen Breite von 1 km und bedeckt eine Fläche von ungefähr 6 km². Zu erreichen ist dieser zu Fuss von Rosenlaui.

Seinen Ausgangspunkt nimmt der Rosenlauigletscher im Wetterkessel an der Nordostflanke der Wetterhorngruppe auf einer Höhe von etwa 2800–3500 m ü. M. Der Rosenlauigletscher fliesst in einem etwa 600 m hohen Eisfall aus dem Wetterkessel nach Nordnordosten. Die Gletscherzunge befindet sich derzeit auf einer Höhe von 2000 m ü. M. (Quelle: Wikipedia)

Aufgenommen 2005 mit meiner damaligen Minolta Spiegelreflex in der Nähe vom Eingang zur Gletscherschlucht Rosenlaui.

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Il sole visto dalla terrazza della casa dei nonni.

Bovalino Marina (RC-Italia).

Agosto 2008.

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Explore #309, Sept 27, 2008 - Thank you my flickr friend :) !!!

Zauberhafte Efeu Blüten

Der Gemeine Efeu (Hedera helix) ist eine Kletterpflanze und der alleinige mitteleuropäische Repräsentant der Familie der Araliengewächse (Araliaceae).

Die immergrüne Pflanze ist fähig mit ihren Haftwurzeln an Bäumen und Mauern bis zu einer Höhe von 20 Metern emporzuklettern. Efeu ist der einzige einheimische Wurzelkletterer in Mitteleuropa und kann bis zu 450 Jahre alt werden.

Die unscheinbaren, kleinen, gelbgrünen Blüten stehen in halbkugeligen Dolden und erscheinen in den Monaten September bis Oktober. Mit dieser späten Blütezeit ist der Efeu eine Besonderheit innerhalb der mitteleuropäischen Flora, die hauptsächlich in den Frühjahrs- und Sommermonaten blühen.

Zudem ist er aufgrund dieser späten Blüte und des hohen Nektargehaltes eine wichtige Nahrungsquelle für Bienen, Wespen und Schwebfliegen. Von den Schmetterlingen besucht der Admiral die Blüten. Die Efeu-Seidenbiene (Colletes hederae) hat sich sogar auf Efeu-Pollen für die Aufzucht ihrer Brut spezialisiert. (Quelle: Wikipedia)

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The common ivy (Hedera helix) is a twiner and the only Central European representative of the family Araliaceae.

The evergreen plant is able to climb up to at least 25 meters to trees and walls with their roots. Ivy can reach the age of 450 years.

The small, yellow-green blossoms are umbels and appear in the months of September through October. With this late flowering ivy is a specialty within the central European flora with their mainly flowering in the spring and summer and an important food source for bees, wasps and hoverflies. Of the butterflies, the admiral visited the blossoms. The silk ivy-bee (Colletes hederae) has even exclusively specializing on ivy pollen for rearing their broods . (Source: Wikipedia )

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El Charco de los Clicos es también comúnmente conocido como el Lago Verde. Lógicamente, este lago situado en la localidad de El Golfo, al suroeste de Lanzarote, debe este nombre al color de sus aguas. Está situado junto al borde del Parque Nacional del Timanfaya, con lo que el entorno es muy volcánico, con playas de arena negra. En cambio, es una de estas playas de arena negra hace acto de presencia este lago con ese color verde tan intenso. Los expertos dicen que es debido a un alga muy especial que habita en sus aguas y que las tiñe de ese verde.

Desde este punto Pedro Almodovar vio a una pareja dandose un abrazo y penso en esa pareja y ese pensamiento fue punto de partida para su pelicula "Los abrazos rotos" ambientada en la propia isla de Lanzarote.

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Notes: First cars and trains across Sydney Harbour Bridge. Taken for the Sam Hood News Service. Official opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

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