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i actually got to shoot at 800 iso throughout the whole show! thank you 7 venue for actually having okay lighting for once.
not only is it Christmas this month, and not only did we just have halloween and fireworks night ... but this month we also have madvent. The guys said there's actually some kind of religious reason for this, but as far as I'm concerned, it means inch-square pieces of chocolate from a foil box with numbers on ... e-v-e-r-y day, brilliant! Only this time, Jeff finally carried out her threat of making a madvent calendar. This one doesn't have foil, its made out of felt pouches and hangs from our shelf, check me out i'm the present today. AHAHAHAHaaaa. Apparently she's filled it with all sorts of things ... i'll keep you posted.
Actually took it on Easter Sunday, little joke for you there ;)
Interesting play about with Macro Photography in a shady passage, using my sigma 105mm Macro, 12mm Tube and Flash gun. Not sure if it's any good let me know what you think, Im still learning macro.
Canon 7D | Sigma 105mm Macro & 12mm EX Tube | iso 200 | Flash Gun
This was actually tough because I have so many -- thus the stack of DVDs. When I was a very little girl my favorite was Mickey's Christmas Carol... these days it's probably Love Actually, for the entire family it's While You Were Sleeping, but most of these get re-watched at some point in December.
Al-Khazneh, the Treasury, is actually a tomb-temple but the local Bedouin speculated a grander purpose. Historians believe it may have been the tomb of the Nabatean king Aretas IV who reigned between 8 BCE and 40 CE when many of Petra’s monuments were constructed.
The Treasury appeared in the movie "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" in 1989.
[David Roberts arrived here 7 March 1839 www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002717537/ The broken column he found was not restored until fairly recently.]
Although Petra is believed to have been settled as early as 9000 BCE, its apogee was as the capital of the Nabatean kingdom which ruled much of present-day Jordan from the 3rd century BCE to the 1st century CE. The Nabatean’s expert water engineering created a lush oasis that became a major trade crossroad for desert caravans. The reign of King Aretas IV from 8 BCE and 40 CE saw the construction of many of Petra’s monuments. In 106 CE, the Roman emperor Trajan annexed the Nabatean territories to create the province of Arabia Petraea with its capital as Bostra (present-day Busra ash Sham), reducing Petra’s importance. When the Eastern Roman Empire (also known as the Byzantine Empire) split off in the 4th century CE, Petra was made a provincial capital. With the Muslim conquest of the area in the 7th century CE, Petra ‘disappeared’ and fell to ruins after a series of earthquakes. Petra existed only as a secret stronghold of the Bedouin.
Petra was ‘rediscovered’ in 1812 by Swiss scholar and Arab expert Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. He had disguised himself by wearing Arab robes and pretending to be a Muslim pilgrim from India who had come to fulfill a pious vow. His Bedouin guide was fooled into bringing the first European in centuries into Petra.
Petra was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985.
On Google Earth:
The Treasury 30°19'19.32"N, 35°27'5.79"E
Not actually vandalism, some people went to great lengths to obtain a souvenir less than 24 hours before the old Holte End at Villa Park was demolished! The new stand, seating around 13,500 is in my opinion one of the best designed stands in the country.
actually, this one is new. but it looks like the old one. and it's where i spent 90% of my time in high school.