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La Plaza Abdón Calderón, known as Republic Square or Plaza de Armas, is a square located in Cuenca, Ecuador. Around the park is El Sagrario Church, better known as the Old Cathedral, and that of the Immaculate or New Cathedral. In addition, there are the buildings of the Government, the Municipality, the old seminary and the Palace of Justice, between Benigno Malo, Mariscal Sucre, Luis Cordero and Simón Bolívar streets.
The government of Eloy Alfaro named him Luis Vargas Torres. In 1920 he changed to Abdón Calderón.
In the park there is a roundabout as well as a monument to Abdón Calderón inaugurated on May 24, 1931. For the monument, the European Carlos Mayer was hired for its bronze construction on September 22, 1927.
Ralston's Cairn, Glencoe, Scotland
As I’m shortly to set off for a 2 week trip to Glencoe & Isle of Skye I thought I’d post an image I took in Glencoe a little over a year ago.
I’d seen photos of the Ralston Cairn on Flickr and saw a YouTube vlog on it a few years ago so I knew roughly where it was but had not actually tried to find it before. It’s one of those ‘honeypot’ images that divides opinions and given the main subject of the image is man-made even I wondered about shooting it. However, as I’d never shot it before I thought it was worth tracking down and seeing if there might be a nice sunset too. Alas there was nothing going on in the sky so I just fiddled around with various focus-bracketed compositions and chose this. No points for originality but it will do for me and it’s crossed off my list of Glencoe shots…..unless I’m in the area and it looks like a decent sky will be likely. Who knows, might happen this month when I’m up there although I want to seek out a few new places as well as some ‘tried-and-tested’ ones. If I’m absent until later in March you know why!
The Ralston Cairn is dedicated to Ralston Claud Muir, a train driver on the West Highland Line and avid hiker, especially within the Glencoe Glen.
Sadly Ralston fell ill on Christmas day 1999 and died 16 days later on 10 January 2000 from multiple organ failure caused by Leukaemia. He was only 32 years old.
The Glencoe Glen was his favourite place to hike and his friends and/family thought it fitting to erect an everlasting monument to his memory. His ashes are also interred at this spot. His friends and family still visit the monument, often with a wee dram of whisky to toast to his memory.
www.livebreathescotland.com/ralston-cairn-glencoe/
© All rights reserved to Steve Pellatt. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.
As Belas Flores do Cerrado
Bush flowers - that are born spontaneously, without any care or cultivation. Flowers in nature.
Flores que nascem naturalmente, sem cultivo ou qualquer cuidado. Flores na natureza.
Guabiroba ou Gabiroba do Campo
Arbusto caducifólio de rápida floração e pequenos fruto saborosas e suculentos.
Campomanesia pubescens
Família: Myrtaceae
Bioma Cerrado
Área de Proteção Ambiental
Água Mineral
Parque Nacional de Brasília
Brasília, Brasil
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~~~ Floral Art ~~~
As yesterday was the only decent day of the week (well, according to the forecast) I went back to watch the kingfishers. I had the hide all to myself for the first few hours and was rewarded with some great sightings of both the male and female. They were excavating the nest and should soon be ready to start the first brood. A wonderful experience....
"Io e te, sempre e nonostante tutto, ci siamo scelti e continueremo a sceglierci ogni giorno. Attraverso le tempeste e sotto il sole, il nostro legame resterà forte e invincibile, un faro di luce nelle notti più buie."
Winter Dawn, Panamint Mountains. © Copyright 2023 G Dan Mitchell.
In dawn light, the Panamint Mountains rise from Death Valley to snow-covered Telescope Piak.
At the current time many road (and the locations they access) in Death Valley National Park are closed as a result of earlier flooding and washouts. Before I went there this past week I was aware of some closures, but when I arrived I discovered that some of my planned destinations were unavailable. I changed plans, improvised, and still found plenty to see and do in the park, and my list of planned locations remains for my next visit.
If plans had not changed, I would not likely have come back with this photograph. I often make relatively last-minute decisions about where to photograph based on light and sky conditions, and when I noticed that the air was clearer than usual — important given the vast distances in this park — I headed to a location with a view of the first morning light on the Panamint Mountains and their snow-capped summit of Telescope Peak. To give some idea of the distances, the highest peak is perhaps roughly twenty-five miles from my camera position.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.
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Sunset colors over Capitol Peak
Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Texas, USA
Camera: Fujifilm X-T5
Lens: Tamron 18-300 mm
Settings: ISO 500, f/6.3, 1/30s, 60 mm
As the sheets danced on the clothesline, carried by a gentle breeze, and the fragrance of freshly laundered linen filled the air, I couldn't help but be transported back to a cherished memory. It was a magical spot nestled in the heart of the forest, where I spent blissful summers with my Great-Granny. In that quaint yet cozy haven, every corner held a piece of nostalgia, and every moment felt like a warm embrace. It was a place where I truly felt at home, where memories were woven into the very fabric of the landscape.
Story by Duchess
DRD - The Burrow – Building @ Wizarding fair
DRD - Salem - Laundry - clothesline
DRD - Boho Garden Party – Trees
:Fanatik Architecture: WATERFALL
HISA - Rocky heights – rocks
HISA - Aspen Trees Summer
As you can see Morston can get particularly muddy underfoot. Not only did my trainers jeans and tripod get a good coating I also managed to drop my lens cap!
Taken at Morston, Norfolk, England at low tide.
It was time to leave the Mount as we had three more locations to visit on our second day of vacation!
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As near as I can tell this is a young Cooper's Hawk. Feel free to correct me if you can make a more positive ID.
My zoom lense was very busy as I watched this New Holland honeyeater fly around the Callistemon bush and drink from the flowers. Many shots were taken but few made the cut, such as this one.
Also known as a Sand Martin, this is a very rare visitor to our Southern state though more common in North India where they winter after migrating from the Pale Arctic region. They have a wide spread across much of Europe, Asia and even North America.
The birds are pretty small - maybe 12-14 cms and have a slow erratic flight path. They tend to catch the insects in flight making them pretty hard to shoot in flight. Two birds came to a city lake, I was lucky to have spotted them close. I sat on the ground trying to shoot some birds and this one came close by giving this wonderful opportunity. The birds are solo fliers unlike other swallows like the Barn Swallow or Streak Throated Swallow which fly in small groups. The Bank swallow joined others species, but it was flying alone with no other members of its species around.
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No threads or cables, pure muscle and technique. Aya Okumura in "Don Quixote" from Dutch National Ballet/Het Nationale Ballet Amsterdam.
© 2018 Marc Haegeman. All rights reserved.
Check out my gallery from his production: www.for-ballet-lovers-only.com/donq_hnb_2018/index.html
As I was editing the image I noticed that there are small drops of water that are falling off the pelicans wings as he was taking off. I think this one is going to be printed.
Casablanca (1942)
It's still the same old story
A fight for love and glory
A case of do or die
The world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by
as seen from the West Pier
I took a lot of pictures of the beacons but this one was among the first ones.
As far as temperatures and the general weather situation are concerned, autumn has returned today.
So after yesterday's spring fever, let's carefully approach reality.
However, so that the transition doesn't feel so violent, we'll start without fog, rain or snow for the time being.
Instead, we find ourselves on an October morning in the Königsbrück Heather and admire the sight of the autumn-colored red-gold ferns on the forest floor, lit up by the newly risen sun.
Was die Temperaturen und die allgemeine Wetterlage anbelangt ist der Herbst heute zurück gekehrt.
Also tasten wir uns nach den gestrigen Frühlingsgefühlen mal vorsichtig zurück heran an die Realität.
Damit sich jedoch der Übergang nicht so heftige anfühlt, beginnen wir vorerst ohne Nebel, Regen oder Schnee.
Stattdessen finden wir uns an einem Oktober Morgen in der Königsbrücker Heide und bewundern den Anblick der herbstlich gefärbten rot goldenen Farne am Waldboden, die von der gerade aufgegangenen Sonne zum Leuchten gebracht werden.
more of this on my website at: www.shoot-to-catch.de
El lago de Puentes de García Rodríguez, también llamado lago de As Pontes es un lago artificial situado en la localidad de Puentes de García Rodríguez, en la provincia de La Coruña, España. Este lago se creó a raíz de los trabajos de recuperación y regeneración de la mina a cielo abierto que ocupaba el lugar del lago, de la que se extraía lignito para abastecer a la Central térmica de Puentes de García Rodríguez.
El lago artificial creado por Endesa para rellenar el hueco de la mina de Puentes se finalizó en abril del 2012. Tiene unas dimensiones de 5 kilómetros de largo y una profundidad máxima de 206 metros. Para su llenado, se emplearon las aguas del río Eume, que pasa por la localidad, así como la acumulación de las precipitaciones.
As Samara munched happily on her favorite sushi roll, her delight was cut short by Belle’s soft sniffling. She turned her gaze from her plate to her best friend, Belle.
“What’s wrong?” Her eyes wide in worry. “Is it musty? Are they…crusty?” Her eyes darted from her friend’s tearful face and then down to the can of Vienna Sausages cupped safely in Belle’s hand as if she were holding a delicate jewel.
Belle’s exhaled heavily. “No….” Her cheeks flushed and soaked from her somber tears. Belle gazed longingly at the can of Vienna Sausages. “I just miss him.”
Thanks for doing this photo with me. It was a treat. :D
As its name implies, the Common Darter is a frequently encountered dragonfly, about 4cm in length and span.
As every morning I wanted to read the newspaper but Pascha didn't allow;-)
Wie jeden Morgen wollte ich die Zeitung lesen, aber Pascha hatte was dagegen;-)
Wagtails at the lake near my home have one juvenile.
He is as big than mom and dad, and soooo noisy :)
Easy for the photographer to find them now
For this one I was on a bridge and the wagtails in tree over the lake or under the bridge on the ground
ps : in the shadow of big trees over the lake so very high ISO for this one
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So, as I was taking a rest from viewing other people’s images (my eyes were burning), so I closed them (yes, still trying to unsuccessfully practice Yoga) and attempted to visualize my next activity. Vacuuming was quickly discarded and so was washing the walls. After all, it’s a long weekend and those are meant to be for relaxation. I was still fuming over my failed attempts to photograph a caterpillar two days ago with the most amazing yellow, black and white color triumvirate that I had ever seen. Even in non-existent light, it looked spectacular on that little screen on the back of my camera. So, I used up roll after roll after roll of film on this little beauty. Woops, that was in a different era. I was in my glory … this was going to be really special. I finally got the stuff onto the computer and started examining the fruits of my labor. Yes, the color was awesome. But …. drats it all to hell. The absence of light had resulted in such extremely high noise that everything was useless unless I wanted to use it as a backdrop for a horror film. Instant depression … I had wasted the better part of an afternoon. It just wasn’t fair. So, I started to look for my lemon juice (when given lemons, do something useful with them), but the only thing that sprang to mind was to use it as a “learning experience”. That is such a cop-out. Krombacher, yes that would surely take the edge off things. It eventually did although a variety of additional boosters were required.
Two days later, the light returned and so did the caterpillar. We are looking at Lophocampa maculate according to Wikipedia. It’s the larva of a Spotted Tussock Moth aka Mottled Tiger aka Spotted Halisidota. Its habitat is “Canada, the western parts of the US, south in Appalachians to South Carolina and Kentucky” per Wikipedia. And that’s as learned as it gets here. My eyes started to glaze over at reading “Lophocampa…” what?
No, this does not mean that as all people were exiting, it was quiet.
"As all get out”: a Southernism that emphasizes the state of something –e.g. quiet, funny, crowded–is unusual to such a high degree so as to be worthy to talk about. For example, he is funny as all get out.
Although the streets had filled the night before with party and revelry, this early Sunday morning the downtown intersection of East Bay and Broad Street of Charleston, South Carolina was especially quiet.
Heirloom | Mensionir
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My heirloom, dreaming to hold you
High underwater
My heirloom, where have you gone to?
My knees on the altar with nothing left
My heirloom, why can't I stay here
And breathe underwater? I resist
I'm swallowing air, I'm barely breathing
I'm dying to have you here
Under the water as the light refracts
Trying to hold you, my heirloom breath
My heirloom, my lips have turned blue
Searching for treasures that don't exist
I'm swallowing air, I'm barely breathing
I'm dying to have you here
And if I could, I would stay
If I could, I would stay
If I could, I would stay
Under the water as the light refracts
Trying to hold you, but nothing is left
And I am now closer to you than death
As legend has it long before Cv-19, Lord Berkeley used to sit up on top smoking his pipe, and dangling his feet over the edge enjoying the views hence the name Lord Berkeley's Seat.
The whole face of An Teallach is undercut at this point, so the exposure is dramatic right down to the paddling pool below.
Here's to dipping our toes in the cooling waters again!
PS - special kudos to anyone who can get a bearing on my bright red tent as in "Where's Wally"? Best advice to view in double large for any tryers out there.🎪
As I wait to for you,
my heart goes *doki doki*
Will you finally notice me?
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As the sun settles over the Red Sea,
the water opens into a path of gold.
A lone boat moves quietly between horizon and light —
crossing the evening before it disappears.
Red Sea, December.
As we sailed through Doubtful Sound, low clouds and mist drifted lazily over the water and mountains, shrouding the landscape in an ethereal veil. With every turn of the boat, we seemed to slip further into a mysterious world, where the boundaries between land, sea, and sky blurred.
Punctuated only by the gentle movement of the boat, we were completely silenced by the sense of wonder, as if we had entered a hidden realm untouched by time.
As dusk approached, I photographed this adult grey fox on a tree branch scanning for prey. These animals possess unique, hooked claws, allowing them to climb trees effortlessly. They are the only canid species with this trait. A truly remarkable animal!
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as I forgot my tripod at home had to buy a new one in Reykjavik, it was still raining in the morning, when I left Reykjavik at noon th sky cleared up, cycling up to Mossfellbaer wasn't so easy as there where no signs on the bicycle paths and the main road was very busy and dangerous to cycle on with a 70kg ( total weight lugguga and bicycle)heavy loaded bicycle, but finally managed to find the road up to Þingvellir, which was much better to cycle, but after a long way up it started to rain again, didn't feel for camping in this heavy rain so found a room just a little before Þingvellir where I could dry up and have a selfmade meal, and even maintain my bicycle after the heavy rain
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