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RKO_3803. How extraordinary is it to watch these beautiful and colorful little birds doing their diving act!
This male Common Kingfisher achieved its goal and had a wonderful, though relatively small, meal!
It was a challenge (and objective) to get some nice shots of the diving Kingfisher and I guess I too achieved my objectives.
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Don't limit yourself.
Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do.
You can go as far as your mind lets you.
What you believe, remember, you can achieve.
~ Mary Kay Ash ~
No I'm not an elephant... ☺
but this is Based on THIS PICTURE
Taken on the beautiful Elvion
Novigrad na Dobri castle (14th ct.), Croatia
(trying to achieve a moody film look by manipulating curves, levels and colors from the RAW file)
I just love lilies! They're so bright and beautiful! This is taken from my archives back in 2016. I've entitled it, "in hopes of things to come," because here in Wisconsin, even in April, we have snow flurries! ...and yes, it's the week of Easter, but we still have snow flurries! ha! Hope you enjoy!
Spanaway, Washington
060716
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This photograph has achieved the following highest awards:
DSLR Autofocus, Hall of Fame (7)
Super Six, The Academy
This image of the center of a chicory flower reminded me of some of the graphics I've seen of a nuclear fusion reactor, like this one:
www.nationalgeographic.com/content/dam/news/photos/000/60...
if you don't, you have achieved half your failure :-)
David Ambrose
HFF!!
rose, 'Dream Come True', little theater rose garden. raleigh, north carolina
Quechee, VT
10-15-2019
Photographed from the covered bridge over the river right as the three balloons from Quechee Balloon Rides begin their ascent.
I have in recent times been experimenting with a much 'looser' approach to my landscape photography, by going out and shooting images without a tripod. For this image I was lying on the ground to achieve a low angle. I wanted a low point of view so that I could photograph the daffodils, but to also include the local landmark of the clock tower from the University of Nottingham's Trent Building. Setting an aperture of f1.4 meant that I could focus on the flowers and throw the building nicely out of focus, yet still retain it as an instantly recognisable background and a crucial part of the whole composition.
Sieben kecke Schnirkelschnecken
saßen einst auf einem Stecken,
machten dort auf ihrem Sitze
kecke Schnirkelschneckenwitze.
Lachten alle so:
"Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho!"
Doch vor lauter Ho-ho-Lachen,
Schnirkelschneckenwitze-Machen,
fielen sie von ihrem Stecken:
alle sieben Schnirkelschnecken.
Liegen alle da.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
Josef Guggenmoos
Thank you very much for all your nice visits, comments and favourites! ❤
PS: to +/- achieve the desired abstractions for a subject i usually choose the camera and (expired) film of batches i somehow know what to expect from. But i have to confess, that i have know idea what happened here. ^.^
[Agfa Iso Rapid I with reversed lens / ORWO NP 22 / Adonal stand dev. / February 2017]
CP 7018 and UP 6310 guide Canadian Pacific train 286 South passed all the Milwaukee artifacts at Rondout Tower. Two heritage units from different era's.
Rondout, IL
2020.08.15
To achieve this image I first took a photograph of raindrops on a gold 'wrapped' car.
I then created the diamond effects in post processing.
I then overlaid a photograph of a fern overhanging a waterfall which I had 'coloured' gold.
"A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others." -Ayn Rand
This is a bit of an older image, but I feel so distanced from flickr I am really going to try to post/comment on a more regular basis.
Model: Jennica Beltron
Wardrobe Stylist: Crystal Stamps
This Brown Pelican was seen at Malibu Lagoon State Beach. It took a while to achieve take-off, but it was worth it.
On one of our outtings earlier this year, Jannie was encouraged to "go find a stick" in the nearby woods. This is what he found...
Taken in April 2007.
We had one night on our road trip this year when the sky was clear, the moon wasn't up and we found a whale-watching lookout away from town lights that at night was pitch black. So having got the (near) perfect conditions all I had to do was take a decent shot. This didnt turn out to be as as easy as I'd thought! However, I did manage to get one or two acceptable ones.
I read somewhere that it's useful to use a high ISO for such shots - certainly seemed to work for me and only really achievable because of my new 80D camera!
These morning glories were also photographed in our own garden last year. This is a hanging basket. My husband has such a green thumb when it comes to tending our garden! I love it! I get to take all the pictures, while he does all the work! Hope you all enjoy!
Township of Holland
Holmen, Wisconsin
072023
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This photograph has achieved the following highest awards:
DSLR Autofocus, Hall of Fame (10)
DSLR Autofocus, MASTER of Photography (7)
C GP 031223 IMG_2373_edited
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Thank you very much for your interest in my creations based on my photographic work !
Very sincerely, I appreciate your visits, your kind comments, your additions to your favorites and your invitations to groups and to your exhibitions !
This means a lot to me and I pay a lot of attention to it every day.
My Flickr photo site has grown to an extent that I never imagined thanks to all of you with more than 46 million albums, galleries and photos viewed !
Please note, however, that my physical condition is deteriorating more and more and that this physical handicap bothers me considerably... However, my passion for photography remains based on what I can still achieve and it accompanies me every day for my happiness in share my photos and discover yours !
After L134 passed we'd achieved our goal but a quick check revealed there was another train not too far off so we hung around for it, our 7th here at Doswell and 17th of a fabuloud day, before heading down to Richmond town for some fabulous food and adult beverages. Amtrak regional train 95 from Boston to Norfolk slams south over the Buckingham Branch diamonds on Main 3 of CSXT's RF&P Sub at about MP CFP21.7. The train is framed between HN tower at right which was built in 1929 and has been closed since 1958 and the passenger station at left built in 1927 and now home to BB offices.
To learn much more about this photogenic and historic junction and see some older photos here are three sites worthy of a look:
www.thedieselshop.us/Doswell.HTML#:~:text=In
www.piedmontsub.com/Doswell.shtml
railfanguides.us/va/doswell/index.htm
Unincorporated Doswell
Hanover County, Virginia
Friday March 31, 2023
being is not doing
being is not achieving or aspiring
being is not growing
nor is it receding
not ebbing nor flowing
being is not becoming
being is not transformation
being is not the result of some positive fixation
nor is it the consequence of any particularly negative experience
it’s not static
nor dynamic
not passive
not active
being is not existing simply ‘because’
it's not autonomic
not rote
not step by step by step by step
not part of an incomprehensible process
being is not grand
nor is it insignificant
being is not an outward and visible sign
nor is it a higher order of consciousness
nor the zen of zen-ness
being is not egocentric
nor is it selfish
nor is it gracious
it’s not inclusive
nor is it exclusive
it’s not existential
nor is it nihilistic
being is not a method
not a path to connection
nor connection itself
nor disconnection
nor isolation
being is not anti anything
nor is it pro anything
nor is it any thing, really, at all
there is no sadness
there is no joy
no silence
no noise
no color
no shape
there is no light
there is no shadow
no desire
no longing
no brief interruption
no expectation
in being
littletinperson
I've been a fan of _alariko's stuff o Instagram for a while now, and this one really caught my eye. So I thought hey, why not have a go at making it. So I did, and a month (or more, I lost track) later here we are.
I'm actually really proud of it ngl, I feel like I've really achieved something. I used a whole variety of techniques I'd never normally use, and I think it really pays off. Blender was a pain as always, but I learned some new things, so that was nice.
I should also thank the folks from MemeLUG, a discord server I'm in. They helped a lot with various bits, it's always good to have a second, third etc opinion when building something like this.
I'm fully prepared for this to flop, as it's probably not what you'd expect from my account, but it made me happy while I was building it (not rendering it, that was a thankless task) and that's what counts.
strobist: sunpak 120J on a 48" silver umbrella camera up-left 1/8 power, 430ex on a 36" shoot through umbrella up-right at 1/2 power. small black cardboard inside the glass as backdrop to achieve no glass highlights on background.
thanks to dincordero for the kenko tubes. =)
The Dead Tree
Its certainly a learning curve trying work out how to achieve the results I want to get when doing infrared photography. I am still going through the thought process that it is not perhaps my kind of photography...we will see.
Great Salkeld, Eden Valley, Cumbria
Sony A6000 (converted IR720nm)
Sony FE24-70mm f2.8 GM
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© Brian Kerr Photography 2017
The dramatic gardens of the Belsay Hall estate are listed Grade I in the Register of Parks and Gardens. They surround a superb medieval tower house, to which a later Jacobean manor was added in the early part of the 17th-century. Belsay Hall itself is early 19th-century, it was built by Sir Charles Monck following a two year sojourn in Greece, where he was much impressed with the Temple of Theseus he had visited in Athens. The Hall, built in the Greek Revival style is of immense detail with much that is of architectural interest. His dream was to create a comfortable English home, that would resemble an ancient Neo-classical temple, and this he achieved in full measure, it is an eye catching building from all sides.
Hello all, here is my last entry into the Colossal Battle Contest, into the Naval Warfare category. Only a few entries for that so far but they are impeccable, may the best MOC win. This build is one I really like, both ships and the base all being purist, with brick-built sails, LEGO rigging, and some brick-bending to achieve correct shapes. The sails also can be removed and the brig has both sides built, so more pictures will be forthcoming. Hope you like it!
Like nearly every wildlife species, eagles are not into posing for photographers.
But if you observe them over a few years, you become familiar enough with them to catch them in moments of action that show unique movements.
When a large bird either arrives to perch or is leaving their perch, there are always some things going on that are difficult to catch without a closer look.
When eagles land, they often go through last second balancing acts before they find branches strong enough to hold them.
Much of their balance is achieved through deft movement of their wings.
(Photographed near Cambridge, MN)
For the people who were wondering, why I wasn't taking pictures anymore...
I was very busy in the last 3 months with the writing of my phD-Thesis.
Today I finally submitted it!
Now I have to prepare my disputation...
and in 6 weeks from now it will be the end :) !
I normally set the focal length to 40mm when photographing these kinds of sunsets but I was curious about what I could achieve with the focal length set to 17mm
I am quite pleased with the effect.
Vincent Van Gogh's La méridienne, also known as La sieste, d'aprés Millet was painted from December 1889 - January 1890.
The Siesta was painted while Van Gogh was interned in a mental asylum in Saint-Rémy de Provence. The composition is taken from a drawing by Millet for Four Moments in the Day. To justify his act, Vincent told his brother Theo: "I am using another language, that of colours, to translate the impressions of light and dark into black and white". Van Gogh often copied the works of Millet, who he considered to be "a more modern painter than Manet". Remaining faithful to the original composition, even down to the still life details in the foreground, Van Gogh nevertheless imposes his own style upon this restful scene which, for Millet, symbolized rural France of the 1860's. This highly personal retranscription is achieved primarily by means of a chromatic construction based on contrasting complementary colours: blue-violet, yellow-orange. Despite the peaceful nature of the subject, the picture radiates Van Gogh's unique artistic intensity.
The Musée d'Orsay (The Orsay Museum), housed in the former railway station, the Gare d'Orsay, holds mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1914, including paintings, sculptures, furniture, and photography, and is probably best known for its extensive collection of impressionist masterpieces by popular painters such as Monet and Renoir. Many of these works were held at the Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume prior to the museum's opening in 1986.
Explore: September 15, 2007
From their website:
Estate of the Art
Can a winery elevate the craft of winemaking to a fine art? Of course it can. Can a winery dedicate itself as a temple to works of fine art? Why not? But can a winery that does one also achieve the other? Good question. Now, if you were to put that question to Bacchus, god of wine, mischief-maker and generally acknowledged originator of the practice of horsing around, we know just where he'd send you: straight to the horse's mouth.
And not just any horse. He'd send you to Pegasus, the winged horse of ancient myth whose hooves brushed against the earth, unleashing the sacred spring of the muses. Lucky earth. That spring gave life to grapevines, and the wine that flowed from them inspired poetry and art in all who drank it.
In that spirit, a couple of millennia later, we set out to create a place where the wellspring of wine and the muses of art could live together -- a sort of temple to wine and art. Not a museum or a sacred shrine way up in the clouds, but a haven here on earth. The kind of place we know Bacchus would approve of, where art and vines seem to spring from the same fertile soil, where smiling is encouraged, and pleasure and serendipity are all around you.
And in tribute to those fateful hoofbeats that started it all, we called that place Clos Pegase. Clos being the French word for an enclosed vineyard -- an estate winery, where every wine is made from that vineyard's own grapes. Which is what we are. And Pegase being the French word for "Pegasus." Which sounded nicer with clos.
Can wine and art come together to create an experience as lofty as Olympus and as lusty as the rascal Bacchus? We think so. Here's our story.
The Making of a Winemaker
Now, if you were to ask the wise-acre, Bacchus, "how do you make a small fortune in the wine business?" chances are he'd reply: "start with a large fortune."
In the case of Clos Pegase, that large fortune came from -- of all places -- the Japanese publishing industry. In 1955, our founder, Jan Shrem, who was studying for his Master's degree at UCLA, took what he thought was going to be a little vacation in Japan. He fell in love with the place -- and with a woman named Mitsuko -- and he decided to stick around. For the next thirteen years.
To support himself, Jan began importing English-language reference and technical books to a market hungry for all things Western. He was in the right place at the right time. Building on his success, he began translating and publishing books in Japan as well, and, by the time he sold his company in 1968 to elope with Mitsuko to Europe, it had grown to some 50 offices and nearly 2,000 employees.
In 1980, after 25 years in the publishing business, Jan found himself at a crossroads. He had built a publishing empire. And, in the meantime, Mitsuko had introduced him to the mysteries and pleasures of wine -- an interest that had quickly turned into a consuming passion. He decided the time had come to listen to his "inner Bacchus" and devote his life to winemaking.
Jan enrolled in the enology program at the University of Bordeaux, where he soon became fascinated with the idea of combining ancient winemaking practices with emerging technologies. Nowhere was this combination more vital and exciting than in California, so, armed with the Napa Valley address of the dean of American winemakers, Andre Tchelistcheff, Jan headed west.
With Tchelistcheff's help, Jan eventually created a unique wine estate -- and an equally distinctive style of winemaking. He began by purchasing a 50-acre vineyard in Calistoga in 1983. Later, he would add more than 400 additional acres in the northern and southern ends of the Napa Valley.
A Temple Among the Vines
By the mid-1980s, it became clear that Jan's new wine estate would need an anchor -- a building to serve as its base of operations. But Jan was thinking bigger than a mere roof and walls. He envisioned a place designed to showcase his extensive art collection in a way that made it accessible to everyone; a focal point that could match the majesty of the rocky knoll that rises above the valley from the center of the vineyard; a place of celebration, education and pleasure; and a visible, visit-able symbol of his winemaking philosophy.
Working with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Jan sponsored an architects' competition. From a field of 96 entrants, the judges selected renowned Princeton architect, Michael Graves. He was commissioned to build a "temple to wine and art" at the base of the knoll and a home for Jan and Mitsuko at its summit, with sweeping views of the Napa Valley below. Within the knoll itself, 20,000 feet of aging caves would be excavated, including the breathtaking Cave Theater, a dramatic setting for celebrations, presentations and special events.
Construction was completed in 1987. The spectacular structures Graves created -- and the surrounding sculpture garden that includes some of the world's greatest twentieth-century works of art -- have won international awards and generated great excitement in the wine industry. The national press has been generous in its praise as well, describing Clos Pegase as "a place of pilgrimage" and "America's first monument to wine and art."
And, just as Jan had hoped, the stately symmetry of the building reflects his own winemaking ethos. "In architecture, as in our wines," he says "I believe we have achieved balance, harmony and symmetry in the classical Greek sense, avoiding the baroque concepts of high oak, high alcohol and high extract to create food-friendly wines of quiet elegance. These are the hallmarks of what has come to be known as the 'Clos Pegase style.'"
The Clos Pegase Style. It's there as you walk through the grounds. It's there in the cool stillness of the caves. You find it when you round a corner in the vineyard and come face to face with a sculpture that's both beautiful and as disarmingly irreverent as Bacchus himself. And it's there on our label, in Jan's favorite painting from his collection. There, depicted by the great 19th-Century French artist Odilon Redon, is the winged horse, Pegasus, his front hooves rearing toward the heavens, his back hooves firmly planted right here on earth.
From my hotel window in Singaraja I see this lush green and a backdrop of the calm sea north of Bali. A fine view. It's very different from what we would have seen on June 28 and 29, 1846. The Dutch colonial power based on Java decided that it was time to bring Bali to heel. So a campaign was launched that's known as the Bali-Dutch War 1846-1848. On that day in June, Buleleng and Singaraja (a kilometer or so east) were bombarded by a Dutch fleet commanded by rear-admiral Van den Broek more or less where I took this photo. Much of the towns was destroyed and the rajah and his forces had to retreat to the hills just south. Reading about this campaign is thrilling but at the same time chillng: the Balinese were subjugated to The Netherlands, and Indonesia increasingly became a Dutch colony. Independence was only achieved after a bloody war in the aftermath of WWII, a century after that Dutch assault beneath my window.
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Sony ILCE-7RM5
Train momentum arises from the interest of the Clark brothers to achieve a better route for trade between the peoples of the interior of Argentina with the Chilean port of Valparaiso prompted to undertake this project. Besides that, by then, they themselves had tended in 1871 the first telegraphic service through mountain range between Santiago and Mendoza (Argentina).
The Trans-Andean Railroad, metric and gauge steam traction, ran from 1927 rack section between White River (Chile) and Las Cuevas (Argentina). In 1953 the tour reached Los Andes.
The tunnel of this photograph is an Argentine section from Las Cuevas to Mendoza.
In June 1984 it was out of service for freight transportation following avalanches produced in high mountain areas on both sides of the Cordillera. While the Argentine section was rebuilt, it was not the same with the Chilean stretch. Seven years later, in 1991, the last trip with passengers who arrived in the town of dust was performed.
www.mdzol.com/nota/532999-tren-trasandino-las-vias-que-qu...
Very happy that this photograph was in the FLICKR EXPLORE on May 29th.
El impulso del tren surge del interés de los hermanos Clark por lograr una mejor ruta para el intercambio comercial entre los pueblos del interior de Argentina con el puerto chileno de Valparaíso los impulsó a emprender este proyecto. Además que para ese entonces, ellos mismos habían tendido en 1871 el primer servicio telegráfico a través de la cordillera entre Santiago de Chile y Mendoza (Argentina).
El ferrocarril Trasandino, de trocha métrica y con tracción vapor, recorrió desde 1927 la sección de cremallera entre Río Blanco (Chile) y Las Cuevas (Argentina). En 1953 su recorrido llegó hasta Los Andes.
El tunel de esta foto corresponde a un tramo argentino que va desde Las Cuevas hasta Mendoza.
En junio de 1984 quedó de fuera de servicio para el transporte de cargas a raíz de los aludes producidos en zonas de alta montaña de ambos lados de la Cordillera. Si bien el tramo argentino fue reconstruido, no pasó lo mismo con el tramo chileno. Siete años después, en 1991 se realizó el último viaje con pasajeros que llegó a la localidad de polvareda.
www.mdzol.com/nota/532999-tren-trasandino-las-vias-que-qu...
Muy contento de que esta fotografía estuvo en EXPLORE DE FLICKR el 29 de mayo.