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A dalt del pi
la tórtora
enamorada
amb el seu cap
marró i rosat
hi construeix
la llar d’infants
per complaure
el seu estimat.
“Aquí els teniu
-diu la tórtora-
sou ben semblants”.
Poesia: Maite Muns Cabot
Llibre: La pesolera : contes petits per a infants +3 anys. 2022
I may not be a tree-hugger, but I have started showing some worrying signs…
Behind Koukounaries beach there stands a pine forest which separates a lagoon from the Mediterranean. The forest is in a conservation area and is known for its stone pines. The name of the place Κουκουναριές means stone pines. Unfortunately, the more common Aleppo pine is becoming more dominant here.
While wandering the trails through the forest I came a cross this one standing isolated in the middle of several paths. I’m pretty sure this is an Aleppo pine, though. It’s certainly a very tall and graceful tree with a very interesting bark.
It’s rare to find a tree in a wood that is standing alone like this so I just had to dance around it with my camera in true Pep Ventosa ‘In the Round’ style. This is a ten-image in-camera multiple exposure (no intentional movement in the shots - sorry to disappoint!) using the Average blend mode. To be fair if this was a true composite like the photographer Pep then average blend wouldn’t cut it but each image would be separately and creatively blended - maybe I’ll do another one like that.
This is converted to mono in Nik Silver Efex with light selenium toning.
Thanks for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the image. Happy 100x, Donnertagsmonochrom, and tree dancing :)
El pino de Valdenavarro , el mas grande del pinar de Zuera, al menos en circunferencia del tronco .
Se salvo de un incendio en 2008 y tuvo que aguantar una poda severa para aliviarle del parásito de muérdago, pero hay esta, esperando tu visita. Tiene fácil acceso.
An ancient fishing machine (trabucco) sits along the Gargano coast during the morning twilight.
Thanks again for all the favorites and comments I've received recently. I've been a bit overwhelmed, and I apologize if I've done a terrible job of thanking everyone.
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From the highest point of the Boboli Gardens where the old town wall of Florence separates the Pitti Palace and grounds from the surrounding countryside, one can enjoy this typical Tuscan scene to the West. The grand aleppo pine at the heart of this estate seemed like a benign protector over this somewhat wild and happily overgrown place. The olive trees were shining in the afternoon sun on the first real Spring day of the season.
[Information about Boboli Gardens - the expansive gardens south of the Arno River in Florence - here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boboli_Gardens ]
Curieuse excroissance sur une branche de pin d’Alep dans le massif des Alpilles. Cette excroissance fait penser à un petit qui a poussé sur la branche d'un grand pin.
Le phénomène est du à un champignon (Melampsorella caryophyllacerum) qui provoque un développement excessif du rameau, une sorte d’arbre nanifié qui ressemble à un bonzaï.
Cette maladie se nomme (rouille-balai de sorcière) elle ne porte pas préjudice à l’arbre. Il y a au moins 3 phénomènes identiques dans le même secteur sur une distance de 500 m.
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Curious outgrowth on a branch of Aleppo pine in the Alpilles massif. This growth is reminiscent of a small one that grew on the branch of a large pine tree.
The phenomenon is due to a fungus (Melampsorella caryophyllacerum) which causes excessive development of the twig, a kind of dwarfed tree that looks like a bonsai tree.
This disease is called (witch's broom rust) it does not harm the tree. There are at least 3 identical phenomena in the same sector over a distance of 500 m.
Not as good a balance in the lighting of moon and sky as last evening, but that's be expected so close to the full moon (only 20 minutes away).
RAW file processed with RAW Therapee/NIK Collection.
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Mirror mirror on the wall
Whose the master of them all?
Mirror Mirror split in two
Look at me, who are you?
I swim in my reflection
Mirror answer my question
Tell me what I want to hear
I see a perfect creature
Contracted human feature
I'll drown you with your vanity.
Mirror Mirror on the wall
Whose the sickest of them all
Mirror Mirror split in two
Look at me - who are you?
Mirror mirror By Helloween
4800 dpi scan of Kodak PlusX negative photos by Mary Lou Yashica TL 35mm SLR with Yashinon DX 50mm f/2.0 lens
Continuing my current series of images of trees....here's a repost of one of my favorite photos. It was taken in the gardens of the Ephrussie de Rothschild Villa on a beautiful peninsula that juts out into the sea, near Beaulieu, along the French Riviera. It was too early in the year for flowers, but the trees.....they made up for it all!!
I fell in love with this one as it caught the soft, slightly misty afternoon light by the sea.....of early spring. A silvery leafed olive tree in the foreground sparkled in the soft wind and a deeper leafed pine contrasted with both.
C'etait l'apresmidi pres de Beaulieu, dans ce beau jardin qui fait partie maintenant d'un musee et ou je pensais faire des photos d'un jardin fleuri. Mais c'etait encore trop tot dans l'annee. Les arbres par contre etaient merveilleux!! Celui-ci m'a emporte' dans une autre epoque! On aurait dit une peinture du 18 eme. siecle! Vous pouvez rechercher l'histoire du Villa d'Ephrussie de Rothschild sur l'internet: www.wikipedia.com
Here's an excerpt of ancient - and modern - history of this lovely spot, as explained in Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
"Known to the ancient Greeks as Anao, the site of present day Cap-Ferrat was first settled by Celto-ligurian tribes, then by the Lombards at the end of the 6th Century. Sant'Ospizio (or Saint Hospice), a hermit friar, is said to have inhabited a tower on the Eastern part of the peninsula. In the 8th Century, the Saracens occupy the site and use it as a base for pirating until the 11th Century.................."
.............In 1905 Béatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild also chooses Cap-Ferrat to build an opulent and exquisite Tuscan style palazzo, now known as Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild museum."
I LOVE TREES and truly fell in love with these Aleppo pine trees along the French Riviera at Beaulieu!! The soft version of the photo I took of this tree reminded me so much of something one would see in an 18th century painting ............and here in THIS version - treated in Photoshop - one gets another feeling entirely. I wasn't familiar with these beautiful trees.....grand in the afternoon light along the Mediterranean! They have a softness and graceful way of growing. Their growth pattern is very lyrical, unlike the conifers I've grown accustomed to seeing in the American West like the Ponderosa pine, Bishop pine, Beach pine which have a classic straight and regal look.
Please see the description and the other version here: www.flickr.com/photos/44548980@N00/298518662/
Vous pouvez lire la description et voir l'aurtre version de cette photo ici:
www.flickr.com/photos/44548980@N00/298518662/
Je crois que finalement ce sont les arbres avant tous que j'adore dans cette photo. Meme s'ils etaient presente's en noir et blanc je pense que je serais heureuse. - Signe' par une devotee des arbres, depuis longtemps! :-)
Ancient Corinth, Acrocorinth behind.
Panorama from three images made in Lightroom.
The buildings are from Roman times. The prominent tree is the same Aleppo pine which features in this photostream a few shots back. I couldn't face the work of removing these fences this time round, even though they are so ugly, but I have removed a CCTV camera on a pole.
Ancient Corinth, Acrocorinth behind.
I have removed a CCTV camera on a mast and a prominent electricity distribution pole.
Possibly the Aleppo Pine cone. This tree is usually found in the Mediterranean region but is used on ornamental gardens around the world.
Anyone who has tried virtual reality (VR) applications knows about its many possibilities: from immersive video games and 360-degree movies, to virtual museum tours, meetings, or journeys to space – all from the comfort of your home.
ESA’s extended reality (XR) lab at the European Astronaut Centre goes one step further and uses virtual, augmented and mixed reality to train astronauts for missions to the International Space Station and beyond. This includes virtual tours of the Space Station to familiarise astronauts with its modules and learning how to operate a robotic arm.
Lora-Line Faure applied her background in cognitive sciences to prepare training for the Moon. During her internship at the XR lab, she developed MIRAGE, or Mixed Interactive Rendering with Gesture recognition for Enhanced hand-tracked LUNA augmented experience.
This application uses a hand-tracking system to visualise and interact with objects in mixed reality. Mixed reality allows users to interact with both digital and physical objects. Users wear a virtual reality headset and see a menu displayed on their hand, allowing them to place and interact with various objects, such as a lunar lander or rover projected directly in front of them.
Landing on and exploring our Moon, as planned with the ESA-powered Artemis missions and the construction of the Gateway station in lunar orbit, will help us understand the formation of life on Earth and the Universe as a whole. Discovering resources like water or minerals on the Moon can also provide valuable insights for sustainable and long-distance space missions to Mars and beyond in the future.
Currently, MIRAGE aims to be used on Earth for visualisation and training in the ESA-DLR LUNA analogue facility, which is currently being built next to ESA’s Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany.
LUNA will be a testbed for rovers and astronauts to determine the best systems, tools, and operations for working and living on the Moon. The facility recreates the lunar surface and will be filled with simulated Moon dust, called regolith, and can recreate lunar day and night cycles, as well as reduced gravity through a suspension system. The level of gravity on the Moon is about one sixth of Earth's.
In the future, Lora-Line’s interactive system could also be applied to hand tracking for surface operations using mixed reality displays for astronauts on the Moon.
Engineers and scientists could use it to visualise models or run simulations without the need for building real size models, making quick and low-cost adjustments possible.
Astronauts could benefit from more immersive training and simulations, combining a real environment with virtual elements. It is also valuable for showing 3D models to help users get a better sense of proportion, as with the Argonaut lunar lander.
For Lora-Line, a challenge of this new approach was to accurately track the real world with the headset and to introduce hand tracking to people unfamiliar with the technology.
“I'm happy to have had the chance to learn, experiment, and develop such an innovative and stimulating application,” she reflected. For her, the internship was a full success, and she plans to continue the path of turning virtual concepts into reality.
Click here to see a video demonstration of MIRAGE.
Credits: ESA - L.-L. Faure
Although Malta is not normally associated with woodland scenes, a few areas such as Mizieb sustain some beautiful woodland terrain, such as that featured in this picture
Botanical name: Pinus halepensis
Common Name: Aleppo pine [En], Pi blanc [Cat], Pino carrasco [Cas]
Season: March
Habitat: Very common on coast and hills
Location: Capocorb