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Approximate Focus Distance : 10.0m
Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II USM Lens + Canon Extender EF 2X III
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/250 secs
Exposure Bias : -1/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 7.64m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 2000
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/125 secs
Exposure Bias : -2/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximately 11% of the total area of the country are covered with glaciers. The largest ones are to be found in the south and in the central highlands. The main reason for their location is the much greater precipitation in the South than in the North. At the time, when the country was being settled, the glaciers were small, but they grew fast, when it started getting colder during the latter part of the Middle Ages and up the turn of the 19th century. Then they started retreating until about 1988 and have remained stationary since then. Travelling across the glaciers was rare in earlier times, but nowadays hardly a day passes without someone being up there. Such trips should not be undertaken unaccompanied by the inexperienced unless accompanied by professionals.
Now the yearly average temperature in Iceland is 5°C, so there would not have to be a great drop for the glaciers to start growing and advancing again. The Icelandic glaciers are the so-called thaw-glaciers with temperatures around 0°C. Another characteristics of Icelandic glaciers is the great number of constantly moving glacier tongues. Sometimes they advance fast and then retreat gradually again until the balance between the advance and the melting has been reached. The glaciers are an important source of water for the electrical production in the country. Therefore they have been and are still being researched and monitored thoroughly.
Approximate Focus Distance : 8.45m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1600
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/400 secs
Exposure Bias : -1 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 10.8m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1600
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/40 secs
Exposure Bias : -1/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Anacortes Community Forest Lands.
"Heart Lake is located near the center of Fidalgo Island within the City of Anacortes. It is surrounded by the Anacortes Community Forest Lands with Heart Lake Road running along its eastern shore. The lake is approximately 66 acres in size with a mean depth of 9 feet and a maximum depth close to 20 feet. It has 1.5 miles of shoreline with a seasonal creek called Ace of Hearts Creek that flows out of the lake to the north and eventually goes into a culvert which terminates in Fidalgo Bay.
The Anacortes Community Forest Lands (ACFL) comprise approximately 2800 acres of forests, meadows, lakes and wetlands at the heart of Fidalgo Island, entirely within the city limits of Anacortes. The ACFL is owned by the City of Anacortes and is managed by its Parks & Recreation Department." - City of Anacortes
Approximate Focus Distance : 8.02m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
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Aperture : f/8.0
Exposure : 1.3 secs
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximately 1,200 Finns volunteered for the German Waffen-SS troops in May–June 1941.
About 400 of them had experience from the Winter War and were directly assigned to various units of the SS Wiking Division.
Among the soldiers, 256 were killed, 14 went missing, and 686 were wounded.
The men in the picture are at least from Etelä-Pohjanmaa, but unfortunately, there are no identifications for the image yet.
Photo source: Kauhajoki Veterans’ Heritage House.
Approximate Focus Distance : 9.47m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/8.0
Exposure : 1/200 secs
Exposure Bias : -1/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 9.47m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 640
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/15 secs
Exposure Bias : -1/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 11.3m
Canon EF EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM Lens
ISO Speed 640
Aperture : f/6.3
Exposure : 1/320 secs
Focal Length : 400mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 11.6m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens + Canon Extender EF 1.4X III
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/8.0
Exposure : 1/200 secs
Exposure Bias : -2/3 EV
Focal Length : 840mm
LUXOR-Habu TempleLuxor -Ramses III:s
Tempel-Medinet Habu
The temple, some 150 m long, is of orthodox design, and resembles closely the nearby mortuary temple of Ramesses II (the Ramesseum). The temple precinct measures approximately 700 ft (210 m). by 1,000 ft (300 m) and contains more than 75,350 sq ft (7,000 m2) of decorated wall reliefs.[1] Its walls are relatively well preserved and it is surrounded by a massive mudbrick enclosure, which may have been fortified. The original entrance is through a fortified gate-house, known as a migdol (a common architectural feature of Asiatic fortresses of the time).
Just inside the enclosure, to the south, are chapels of Amenirdis I, Shepenupet II and Nitiqret, all of whom had the title of Divine Adoratrice of Amun.
The first pylon leads into an open courtyard, lined with colossal statues of Ramesses III as Osiris on one side, and uncarved columns on the other. The second pylon leads into a peristyle hall, again featuring columns in the shape of Ramesses. This leads up a ramp that leads (through a columned portico) to the third pylon and then into the large hypostyle hall (which has lost its roof). Reliefs and actual heads of foreign captives were also found placed within the temple perhaps in an attempt to symbolise the king's control over Syria and Nubia.
In Coptic times, there was a church inside the temple structure, which has since been removed. Some of the carvings in the main wall of the temple have been altered by coptic carvings.
Approximate Focus Distance : 7.29m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1600
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/160 secs
Exposure Bias : -2/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Excerpt from artgalleryofguelph.ca:
In 1983, the Art Gallery of Guelph (AGG) grounds were developed into the Donald Forster Sculpture Park to be used for permanently sited sculptures, temporary installations of large-scale pieces, and an outdoor activity space for events like children’s art classes. The outdoor sculpture collection is enhanced with landscaping elements such as paved areas, lighting, berms, and plantings appropriate to the design of the park and siting of individual works. The objective is to acquire sculptures that represent the best work being produced in Canada while including some examples of historical and international works. The Sculpture Park is a unique tourist attraction for the city and region and an important educational resource for area educational institutions. Six commissions have been funded with the generous support of du Maurier Arts Ltd. The AGG Volunteer Association has also contributed to the development of the Sculpture Park by raising art acquisition funds through the annual Gardenscapes garden tour. This outstanding venue for permanent sculpture by Canadian artists ranks among the best and most diverse sculpture parks in Canada.
The Donald Forster Sculpture Park, located on two-and-a-half acres adjacent to the building, is a major curatorial project that contributes significantly to AGG’s overall programming objective to present exhibitions, research, and a dynamic collection of contemporary Canadian Art. It is the largest sculpture park at a public gallery in Canada, featuring 39 works by prominent Canadian and international artists. The Sculpture Park is open daily from dawn to dusk.
Before Flight by Janet Morton (born 1963, lives and works in Guelph, ON) was created to explore the idea of home through materiality and time. The sculpture is composed of two parts: a bronze-cast bird’s nest measuring approximately 6-feet-across perched on top of a 20-foot-tall limestone Doric column. Morton used the Doric column as a Classical motif that references Greek architecture as well as the columned porch at the entrance to the gallery. Columns are the foundation for modern architecture and symbolize stability, power, authority, and quality. In Before Flight, Morton is interested in the dichotomies of permanence and impermanence, stability and transition, the domesticated and the feral. The sculpture also combines two conceptual themes that have persisted in Morton’s work for almost twenty years: the monumental and the idea of home. This seemingly simple juxtaposition posits the tensions between natural and constructed worlds: one is a temporal structure, the other is an architectural form intended to stand the test of time.
The Harvester by Florence Wyle (1881-1968) depicts a standing male figure drinking deeply from a water jug. This representational sculpture emphasizes the physicality of the figure, particularly the dynamic upper torso. An agricultural labourer, his posture communicates strength and his gesture replenishment. He is a noble and dignified figure. Throughout her practice Wyle honoured the working class, both male and female. Wyle and her partner Frances Loring together were known as “The Girls.” They lived in the American Midwest before moving to Toronto. Both prolific artists, they were well known for their war memorials and sculptures of workers in the munitions industry. Wyle originally studied medicine; however, after taking mandatory drawing, painting, and sculpting courses, she chose to be a professional artist.
Canadiana/Begging Bear by Carl Skelton (born 1961, lives and works in Toronto, ON) references Canada’s rich and varied wildlife traditions and is inspired by the stylized art forms of Canada’s Inuit. Skelton’s sculpture stands at the bus stop located on Gordon Street in front of the Art Gallery of Guelph. Canadiana/Begging Bear is arguably the most beloved sculpture in the park and is often costumed by clandestine members of the Guelph community, who use the bear’s popularity and street presence to promote community based events or to make public announcements. Although it wasn’t the artist’s original intent for the sculpture to perform as a public forum, Skelton welcomes this kind of community interaction with his art. Canadiana/Begging Bear stands at 7.5 feet tall and weighs over 300 pounds. Posed with one paw outstretched in a pleading gesture, the sculpture is an artistic metaphor for Canada’s native animals who have been displaced by cities built on their natural territories.
Daytona Beach is a city in Volusia County, Florida, United States. It lies approximately 51 miles (82.1 km) northeast of Orlando, 86 miles (138.4 km) southeast of Jacksonville, and 265 miles (426.5 km) northwest of Miami. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, it had a population of 61,005. It is a principal city of the Deltona–Daytona Beach–Ormond Beach metropolitan area, which was home to 600,756 people as of 2013. Daytona Beach is also a principal city of the Fun Coast region of Florida.
The city is historically known for its beach, where the hard-packed sand allows motorized vehicles to drive on the beach in restricted areas. This hard-packed sand made Daytona Beach a mecca for motorsports, and the old Daytona Beach Road Course hosted races for over 50 years. This was replaced in 1959 by Daytona International Speedway. The city is also the headquarters for NASCAR.
Daytona Beach hosts large groups of out-of-towners during the year, who visit the city for various events, notably Speedweeks in early February when over 200,000 NASCAR fans come to attend the season-opening Daytona 500. Other events include the NASCAR Coke Zero Sugar 400 race in August, Bike Week in early March, Biketoberfest in late October, and the 24 Hours of Daytona endurance race in January.
The area where Daytona Beach is located was once inhabited by the indigenous Timucuan Indians who lived in fortified villages. The Timucuas were nearly exterminated by contact with Europeans through war, enslavement and disease and became extinct as a racial entity through assimilation and attrition during the 18th century. The Seminole Indians, descendants of Creek Indians from Georgia and Alabama, frequented the area prior to the Second Seminole War.
During the era of British rule of Florida between 1763 and 1783, the King's Road passed through present-day Daytona Beach. The road extended from Saint Augustine, the capital of East Florida, to Andrew Turnbull's experimental colony in New Smyrna. In 1804 Samuel Williams received a land grant of 3,000 acres (12 km2) from the Spanish Crown, which had regained Florida from the British after the American Revolution. This land grant encompassed the area that would become Daytona Beach. Williams built a slave-labor-based plantation to grow cotton, rice and sugar cane. His son Samuel Hill Williams would abandon the plantation during the Second Seminole War, when the Seminoles burned it to the ground.
The area now known as the Daytona Beach Historical District was once the Orange Grove Plantation, a citrus and sugar cane plantation granted to Samuel Williams in 1787. The plantation was situated on the west bank of the tidal channel known as the Halifax River, 12 miles north of Mosquito Inlet. Williams was a British loyalist from North Carolina who fled to the Bahamas with his family until the Spanish reopened Florida to non-Spanish immigration. After his death in 1810, the plantation was run by his family until it was burned down in 1835. In 1871, Mathias Day Jr. of Mansfield, Ohio, purchased the 3,200-acre tract of the former Orange Grove Plantation. He built a hotel around which the initial section of town arose. In 1872, due to financial troubles, Day lost title to his land; nonetheless, residents decided to name the city Daytona in his honor, and incorporated the town in 1876.
In 1886, the St. Johns & Halifax River Railway arrived in Daytona. The line would be purchased in 1889 by Henry M. Flagler, who made it part of his Florida East Coast Railway. The separate towns of Daytona, Daytona Beach, Kingston, and Seabreeze merged as "Daytona Beach" in 1926, at the urging of civic leader J.B. Kahn and others. By the 1920s, it was dubbed "The World's Most Famous Beach".
Daytona's wide beach of smooth, compacted sand attracted automobile and motorcycle races beginning in 1902, as pioneers in the industry tested their inventions. It hosted land speed record attempts beginning in 1904, when William K. Vanderbilt set an unofficial record of 92.307 mph (148.554 km/h). Land speed racers from Barney Oldfield to Henry Segrave to Malcolm Campbell would visit Daytona repeatedly and make the 23 mi (37 km) beach course famous. Record attempts, including numerous fatal endeavors such as Frank Lockhart (Stutz Black Hawk, 1928) and Lee Bible (Triplex Special, 1929), would continue until Campbell's March 7, 1935 effort, which set the record at 276.816 mph (445.492 km/h) and marked the end of Daytona's land speed racing days.
On March 8, 1936, the first stock car race was held on the Daytona Beach Road Course, located in the present-day Town of Ponce Inlet. In 1958, William France Sr. and NASCAR created the Daytona International Speedway to replace the beach course. Automobiles are still permitted on most areas of the beach, at a maximum speed of 10 mph (16 km/h).
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daytona_Beach,_Florida
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Approximate Focus Distance : 8.93m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1600
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/250 secs
Exposure Bias : -4/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Mushrooms and very tall approximately 8 feet Scottish thistles at the side of the path on Duffins trail in Discovery Bay , Martin’s photographs , Ajax , Ontario , Canada , July 21. 2020
Queen Anne’s Lace
Wild Carrot
Teasels
Pickering
Squires beach
Rotary park
Duffins Marsh
Duffins trail
Duffins creek
Wild Carrot
Queen Anne’s Lace
Lake Ontario
June 2020
Ajax
Discovery Bay
July 2020
Linden tree
American Basswood tree
Red berries
Wild red berries
Tamarack trees
cut up dead trees
Trees and cut up dead trees in the woods
Scottish milk Thistles
9 feet tall Scottish Thistles
A hike
hike in a provincial park
Martin’s photographs
1993 / 1995
provincial park
Martin’s photographs
Toronto
Cropped photographs
Ontario parks
IPhone XR
Ontario
Favourites
Clouds
Canada
Petroglyphs Provincial Park
Ontario parks
View over the wetlands from the board walk in a provincial park
View over the wetlands from the board walk
Duck weed in wetlands
Water lilies
Water lily
Goldenrod
Wild grapes
Duck weed
View over the wetlands
Boardwalk
Poppies
Poppy seed pods
Prettiness effect of a ice storm
Herb and flower garden
Beautiful sky above a building at sunset
Approximate Focus Distance : 9.47m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1000
Aperture : f/8.0
Exposure : 1/320 secs
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 19.0m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1600
Aperture : f/8.0
Exposure : 1/160 secs
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 11.6m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/160 secs
Exposure Bias : -1/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 9.53m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS III USM Lens
ISO Speed 1600
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/320 secs
Exposure Bias : -4/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 40.3m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/1000 secs
Exposure Bias : +1 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 8.93m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1600
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/100 secs
Exposure Bias : -1 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 8.45m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/1250 secs
Exposure Bias : +1/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 40.3m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 800
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/1600 secs
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 8.45m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/60 secs
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 7.64m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 800
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/250 secs
Exposure Bias : -1/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 8.22m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM III Lens
ISO Speed 2000
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/40 secs
Exposure Bias : -7/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximately 100 million Christmas Island Red Crabs (Gecarcoidea natalis) migrate to the sea at the end of each year. They literally clog the roads, many of which are closed to allow for this wonder of the world event. Image taken on Christmas Island, Territory of Australia in the Indian Ocean.
Approximate Focus Distance : 15.5m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS III USM Lens
ISO Speed 800
Aperture : f/8.0
Exposure : 1/160 secs
Exposure Bias : -5/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive
Lake Apopka is in the headwaters of the Ocklawaha River. At approximately 48.4 square miles in size, Lake Apopka is the fourth largest lake in Florida
The Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive is a one-way 11-mile drive that begins at Lust Road and ends
on Jones Road in Orange County, Fla. The drive is open Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and federal
holidays between sunrise and sunset
my youtube video of gators... here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynOSbj1LkHU
Here is a rare Sunbeam Rapier H120, reg no. FFA 86L. one of only approximately 30 left in the UK, according to the owner of this one. To produce a faster version of the Fastback Rapier, Rootes developed the H120. Based on the Rapier, the H120 had a more powerful version of the 1,725 cc (105.3 cu in) engine specially developed by Holbay Engineering. It produced 108 hp (81 kW; 109 PS) (gross) at 5,200 rpm and was fitted with a special cylinder head, high lift camshaft, tuned length four-branch exhaust manifold, special distributor and twin Weber 40DCOE carburetters. The H120 had a close ratio gearbox, a heavy duty overdrive and a high ratio rear axle.
To add to its sporty image, the H120 had wider Rostyle wheels, broad side flashes, polished sill covers, a matt black radiator grille and a new boot lid incorporating a faired-in spoiler. To further distinguish the model from others in the range, it had H120 badges on the front wings and in the centre of the grille.
Approximate Focus Distance : 10.1m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/250 secs
Exposure Bias : -2/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 9.47m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1000
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/25 secs
Exposure Bias : -2/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 8.6m
Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II USM Lens + Canon Extender EF 2x III
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/2500 secs
Exposure Bias : +2/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Fly-trap or Spreading dogbane , Apocynum Floribundum means poisonous to dogs , very fragrant bell shaped flowers on a shrub with small flowers approximately a quarter of a inch or 6 mm. or less , at Duffins trail in Discovery Bay , Martin’s photographs , cropped photograph , Ajax , Ontario , Canada , June 30. 2020
Painted turtle
vines
Closeup photograph
Purple Fodder Vetch
Waterfront trail
Spreading Dogbane
Fly-trap Dogbane
Large rock
Large rock on the beach
Beach
Bridge across Duffins creek
Floods
Willow tree
Big survivor Willow tree
Fungi
Mushrooms
Queen Anne’s Lace
Wild Carrot
Teasels
Pickering
Squires beach
Rotary park
Duffins Marsh
Duffins trail
Duffins creek
Wild Carrot
Queen Anne’s Lace
Lake Ontario
June 2020
Ajax
Discovery Bay
July 2020
Linden tree
American Basswood tree
Red berries
Wild red berries
Tamarack trees
cut up dead trees
Trees and cut up dead trees in the woods
Scottish milk Thistles
9 feet tall Scottish Thistle
hike in a provincial park
Martin’s photographs
Cropped photographs
IPhone XR
Ontario
Favourites
Clouds
Canada
Ontario parks
View over the wetlands from the board walk
Duck weed in wetlands
Water lilies
Water lily
Goldenrod
Wild grapes
Duck weed
View over the wetlands
Boardwalk
Poppies
Poppy seed pods
Beautiful sky above a building at sunset
One of the largest #necropolises in the world -- dating back to 13th century -- with a diameter of approximately 8 kilometers, #MakliHill is supposed to be the burial place of some 125,000 #Sufi #saints. It is located on the outskirts of #Thatta, the capital of lower #Sind until the 17th century, in what is the south-eastern province of Sind of present-day Pakistan.
This picture is dedicated to my dear friend Mr. Naveed Siraj who made my weekend when I was lying amuck in bed wondering what to do. We had a lovely road trip and we returned with some amazing pictures and visited some historically rich areas. Thank you, Mr. Siraj, for this take.
Approximate Focus Distance : 23.2m
Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II USM Lens + Canon Extender EF 2X III
ISO Speed 1000
Aperture : f/8.0
Exposure : 1/200 secs
Exposure Bias : -2/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm