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POLITIKA, EVIA ISLAND GREECE.
ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΑ, ΕΥΒΟΙΑ, ΕΛΛΑΣ.
Taken on June 1, 2015, while my beloved English wife Theresa Jane Brown and I were visiting friends on the beautiful island of Evia, Greece.
EVIA ISLAND, GREECE.
The island of Evia lies along the Eastern coast of Central Greece, and is accessible to the mainland via two bridges, an old wooden bridge and a contemporary suspension bridge. There are also frequent ferries to several parts of the island. It is 175 km long and is the second largest island in Greece, and the third largest in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Thanassis Fournarakos - Θανασης Φουρναρακος
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Athens, Greece.
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Gypsum Mine Lake is a beautiful hidden gem of rich aqua blue waters against white gypsum cliffs all surrounded by lush green forests. The lake is at the end of the Gypsum Mine Trail, roughly a half hour hike. When arriving at lake, hike short path up to left to get stunning high views. (La Prairie, Nova Scotia, Canada)
This short hike follows an established trail/ATV track that leads to a beautiful swimming spot near the Acadian village of Cheticamp. From the trailhead take the trail toward the foot of the Highlands and at the intersection, you will see big outcrops of gypsum. Go straight through the intersection and the gypsum mine lake is behind the sheer gypsum cliffs.
The trail ascends gradually and rewards you with views of the Gulf of St Lawrence. At the top of the ridge you go in between two small hills and into the old gypsum quarry that water has filled to create a lake. There are sheer walls of gypsum on some sides and spots to dive in from different heights. The water from the gypsum mine lake is considered medicinal from its high calcium content as well as ability to detox heavy metals. The gypsum outcrops give the water a turquoise colour.
Enjoy all the color and excitement of Moroccan folklore entertainment and a delicious meal at the evening Fantasia Moroccan Dinner and Cultural Show in Marrakech. Travel to a picturesque palm grove and settle inside a cushion-strewn Berber tent to enjoy a succulent Moroccan dinner serenaded by exotic singers, musicians and belly dancers. Afterward, sit around a sand arena to watch electrifying displays of tribal horsemanship, fire-eaters, acrobats and dancers, all culminating in a breathtaking flying carpet act.
Read more about Fantasia Moroccan Dinner and Show 2020 - Marrakech - www.viator.com/en-CA/tours/Marrakech/Fantasia-Moroccan-Di...
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saints Vitus, Wenceslaus and Adalbert is a Roman Catholic metropolitan cathedral in Prague, the seat of the Archbishop of Prague. Until 1997, the cathedral was dedicated only to Saint Vitus, and is still commonly named only as St. Vitus Cathedral...This cathedral is a prominent example of Gothic architecture and is the largest and most important church in the country. Located within Prague Castle and containing the tombs of many Bohemian kings and Holy Roman Emperors, the cathedral is under the ownership of the Czech government as part of the Prague Castle complex.
Bran Castle is known outside Romania with the name of Dracula’s Castle due to the legend. This castle became known abroad owing to the Irish writer Dracula novel Bram Stoker. The name Dracula comes from the surnames of Vlad the Impaler’s father, the Dracul, he was the member of the Dragon Order. This is the one of the most beautiful medieval castles in Romania.
Carrying on the head is a common practice in many parts of the world, as an alternative to carrying a burden on the back, shoulders, head and so on. People have carried burdens balanced on top of the head since ancient times, usually to do daily work, but sometimes in religious ceremonies or as a feat of skill, such as in certain dances. This woman in Bali, Indonesia was transporting fruits in basket on her head in temple while still busy texting on her smartphone. It is a combination of old and new techniques.
A marble relief in the south part of the arcade is the last work of the sculptor Christian Daniel Rauch. It shows "Moses in prayer, supported by the high priests Aaron and Hur". The Protestant Church of Peace (German: Friedenskirche) is situated in the Marly Gardens on the Green Fence (Am Grünen Gitter) in the palace grounds of Sanssouci Park in Potsdam, Germany.
The terraced grounds originally had mostly grapevines for wine making, and there are still some low-climbing grape vines, but the terraces now feature 168 windowed niches planted with fig trees, alternating with trellised vines from Portugal, Italy & France. However, it was the season that we we vistied the palace to see the grapevines.
The lowest level had a more formal, Baroque, park-like setting of fountains, statues, boxwoods, ornamental gardens an parterres, all based on the gardens of Versailles. This image was shot from the other side of the fountain with steps toward the Palace.
Staroměstská (Czech pronunciation: [ˈstaromɲɛst.skaː]) is a Prague Metro station on Line A, completed in 1978.
The station is located under Kaprova street in the Old Town (its name means 'Old Town' [station]). There is currently one entrance through an escalator tunnel from the corner of Kaprova and Valentinská streets (with the Old Jewish Cemetery, Municipal Library and Rudolfinum within one or two minutes walk). There were also plans to build a second escalator tunnel with an entrance from the northeast corner of the Old Town Square which would use and show to the public a preserved cellar of a medieval house (like the ruins of a medieval bridge at Můstek station), but this has been postponed indefinitely due to financial constraints.
Pleasant Bay is a community on the western coast of Cape Breton Island, on the shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Inverness County, Nova Scotia. The community is located on the Cabot Trail and is known as the whale watching capital of Cape Breton and marks the center of the Cabot trail. ----- Pleasant Bay (Scottish Gaelic: Am Bàgh Toilichte) is a community on the western coast of Cape Breton Island, on the shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Inverness County, Nova Scotia. The community is located on the Cabot Trail, 141 kilometres (88 mi) from Port Hawkesbury. The federal electoral riding is Sydney—Victoria. Pleasant Bay is known as the whale watching capital of Cape Breton and marks the centre of the Cabot trail.
The classic red-and-white lighthouse is still operated by the Canadian Coast Guard, and is situated on an extensive granite outcrop at Peggys Point, immediately south of the village and its cove. This lighthouse is one of the most-photographed structures in Atlantic Canada and one of the most recognizable lighthouses in the world. I captured the image of this lighthouse with reflection onto the water pot hole between its giant rocks.
Northern Ireland 2007
Carnlough Harbour
typical irish weather rain and sun
canon 350d
canon 10-22mm
iso 100
f-11
1/30s
cokin polarizer and grey 121
RAW & Photoshop
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A small village about a six minute drive from the Town of Lunenburg. The little community of Blue Rocks is advertised as “Lunenburg’s answer to Peggy’s Cove”. Still a working fishing village with blue slate rocks on the edge of the ocean making it an artisan and photographers muse. The fish shack sitting in the water is the most photographed building in the county. Blue Rocks is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Lunenburg Municipal District in Lunenburg County. It stands to seaward of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, somewhat to the east. For many years a fishing village, it was discovered by many artists and photographers (including Joseph Purcell, William E. deGarthe, Jack L. Gray, Wallace R. MacAskill, E. Earle Bailly and others) beginning in the 1940s. Today the village boasts many artists, and there are also numerous guest houses to be found among the fishermen's dwellings.
Looking for the classic postcard shot? Just head down to Esplanade – Theatres of the Bay and walk along its idyllic waterfront. Within minutes, you will find an unobstructed view of Raffles Place with the historic Fullerton Hotel taking center stage. On the left, the Esplanade Bridge was built to provide faster vehicular access between Marina Centre and the financial district of Shenton Way.
A pano view of Jemaa el-Fnaa was captured from the top of a cafe/restaurant by multiple shots and stitched in PS.
Jemaa el-Fnaa is a square and market place in Marrakesh's medina quarter (old city). It remains the main square of Marrakesh, used by locals and tourists. The origin of its name is unclear: jemaa means "congregation" or "mosque" in Arabic, probably referring to a destroyed mosque on the site. Fnaʼ or fanâʼ can mean "death/extinction" or "a courtyard, space in front of a building". "finâʼ in Arabic commonly means "open area"; a straight translation would be "the gathering/congregation area". Other meanings could be "The assembly of death," or "The Mosque at the End of the World".
FOR A THOUSAND YEARS, JEMAA el-Fna has served as a gathering place and market at the heart of Marrakesh. Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers come to entertain the crowds, helping to create an intoxicating atmosphere whose cultural importance inspired UNESCO to create its “Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.”
Today, the square attracts the entire spectrum of life in Marrakesh: locals of varying social and ethnic backgrounds, and tourists from across the world. In the morning, stall owners set up their stands selling orange juice, spices, traditional medicines, mint leaves, and snails. The flutes of snake charmers drift across the square, monkey trainers entertain the crowd, and tooth-pullers ready their pliers to pluck out the aching teeth of passersby.
Once the sun sets, Jemaa el-Fna really comes alive. Restaurants around the square start serving hungry customers as they stroll around the plaza. Berber musicians and Gnaoua dancers begin their nightly performances, acrobats and slapstick comedians start performing all across the square, and henna tattoo artists vie for customers as storytellers, and poets pass on the oral traditions of Morocco.
Painting at house wall at Baysville, ON Canada - With the addition of eight murals, the town of Baysville now completes the Gallery circuit around Huntsville and the Lake of Bays. Baysville is located at the southern end of Lake of Bays, where the Muskoka River winds its way through town. Enjoy a walk through town. You can start anywhere you like.
The beautiful Mount Fuji is a symbol of Japan, with an altitude of 3,776 meters. It is the highest mountain in Japan. The Japanese regard it as a sacred mountain and Mount Fuji. It has been the subject of praise by Japanese writers and artists for many years. In Japan, people think that climbing to the top of Mount Fuji is a hero, which echoes the Chinese saying that if you don't reach the Great Wall, you are not a hero.
Mount Fuji is divided into ten stations from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. Starting from the foot of the mountain to halfway up the mountain is called the fifth station. Climbing up from the fifth station is the sixth station, the seventh station, and the tenth station at the top of the mountain.
Many people are proud to climb Mount Fuji. For this reason, we specially arrange for you to take the bus to the fifth station at 2,305 meters to witness the spectacular scene of Mount Fuji in person. The landscape of Mount Fuji changes with the seasons throughout the year. Sunrise, sunset, and climate changes will cause Mount Fuji to appear different instantly. , in various poses! 美丽的富士山是日本的象征，海拔3776米，是日本的最高山峰，日本人奉它为圣岳、不二山，多少年来一直是日本文学家、艺术家们讴歌的主题。在日本，人们认为登上富士山顶是英雄，这和中国的不到长城非好汉遥相呼应。
富士山由山脚到山顶分为十合，由山脚下出发到半山腰称为五合目，由五合目再往上攀登，便是六合目、七合目，直至山顶的十合目。
很多人都以登上富士山为荣。为此我们特意安排您乘坐巴士上到2305米的五合目，亲自目睹富士山的壮观景象，富士山一年四季随季节变化而景观不同，日出日落，气候变化，都会令富士山瞬间呈现不同的身影，千姿百态！
This is a short trail in Minden and runs on either side of the Gull River. I recorded it when I was out for a bike ride but this is really better suited to a walk/hike than it is for cycling. Adjust your time accordingly. Parking is available near the start point and several other places along the way. Bridges are at either end, one bridge has vehicle traffic, one is pedestrian only.
There are several interesting wood carvings and on a sunny summer's day you'll see people swimming or even floating down the river on tubes.
Shiraito Falls (白糸の滝, Shiraito-no-taki) is a waterfall in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, near Mount Fuji, Japan. It is part of Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park and has been protected since 1936 as a Japanese Natural Monument.
The falls were regarded as sacred under the Fuji cult. Another waterfall, the Otodome Falls is approximately a five-minute walk away.
The Shiraito Falls is listed as one of "Japan’s Top 100 Waterfalls. Shiraito Falls (白糸の滝, Shiraito-no-taki) is a waterfall in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, near Mount Fuji, Japan. It is part of Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park and has been protected since 1936 as a Japanese Natural Monument.[1]
The falls were regarded as sacred under the Fuji cult. Another waterfall, the Otodome Falls is approximately a five-minute walk away.
The Shiraito Falls is listed as one of "Japan’s Top 100 Waterfalls.
白絲瀑布（日語：白糸の滝／しらいとのたき）是位於日本靜岡縣富士宮市上井出的一處瀑布。和其附近的音止瀑布並為當地著名的觀光景點，被選入日本瀑布百選，也是日本的名勝和天然紀念物，並被劃入世界文化遺產名錄當中。水量每秒約有1.5噸。寬200米，從高約20米的山崖注入河中。因其外觀似白線從山崖垂下，因而得名。
The courtyards at Museum Island close to Friedrichs Bridge, I shot this image through the column to catch Fernsehturm. The Friedrichs Bridge (German: Friedrichsbrücke) is a bridge in Berlin, one of several crossing the Spree between Museum Island and the mainland portion of Mitte.
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As soon as we entered the small town of Peggy’s Cove we knew we would be delighted. Charming and colorful buildings surrounded us. Although this house is not color attracting like others but it shows that the house was built and raised up above the sea level by 10+ layers of huge wood logs.
I almost didn't make it here. There was no time on my initial schedule for a trip to Fitz Roy & Cerro Torre. But for whatever reason, I met this kiwi guy in Peru and chating about random things eventually we got to our itineraries and I mentioned that I'd be heading to Patagonia after the Inca Trail. I gave him information about the route I'd be doing, and I mentioned that I had 2 big priorities in Patagonia: 1-Complete the Torres Del Paine Circuit 2- See the Perito Moreno Glacier.
Having said that, he mentioned that his priority in Patagonia was Fitz Roy / Cerro Torre, and the next few words he said would become the trigger for a big and massive change on my initial plans. He said: "But, what a shame you are going to miss Fitz Roy" ... those words hit me baddly, and even not showing that I was felling a bit sad because of the idea of 'missing' these places, I just could not take my thoughts away from it.
Day after day, during the Inca Trail ... there was not a single day I didn't get myself wonddering, is there any way I can manage to go to Fitz Roy / Cerro Torre? I kind of knew the answer for it, but at that point I wasn't believing that it could be done, and trying hard to fight against my own thoughts eventually that issue went away for a while.
Once the Inca Trail was finished, on my way down to Patagonia, whilst on the plain I grabbed guides, maps and notes I had written months, weeks and even days before I set off to Peru. And started to re-do again my trip-plan for Torres Del Paine which was already audacious. By the time I got to Punta Arenas I had drawn a new plan which consisted of finishing the Torres Del Paine Circuit + Side Trips in nothing more than 5 days, 1 day less than the original plann.
With that extra day I would have the time I needed to go and see Fitz Roy / Cerro Torre. So I had to 'work hard' to stick to this new crazy schedule.
Something was making me believe that if nothing goes wrong i.e: get stucked on the John Garner Pass because of rough weather or whatever, I could do it. And all of the sudden just 5 days after having started one of the most amazing hikes on hearth I was again at the Hosteria Las Torres, where it all began.
From there, took the bus to Laguna Amarga and from there back to Puerto Natales, where the next day I would start my trip towards El Calafate in Argentina, and of course straight to El Chalten.
On the 6th of January at 5 in morning I started the last hike for this trip (Fitz Roy & Cerro Torre), where again I basically covered a 2 days hike in 1 (more or less 27kms). The path is very easy compared to what I faced in Torres Del Paine just a few days before. Not to mention I was just carrying my camera gear, all other stuff I had left behind at the hostel where I spent the night.
And this is the epic I went through to get to this place. I have to admit, I would have regret it so much if I haven't at least tried. Specially because I am so far from South America and I have no idea when I will be down there again.
Cerro Torre is one of the most spectacular mountains of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in South America. It is located in a region which is disputed between Argentina and Chile, west of Cerro Chalten (also known as Fitz Roy). The peak is the highest in a four mountain chain: the other peaks are Torre Egger, Punta Herron, and Cerro Stanhardt.
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In a very poor lighting condition, those frogs rested inside a cell. I shot this image with flash point up with minimum power through the glass panel in order to get catch light on its big eye and added just a little fill light.
Interior of Reichstag dome, Berlin, Germany - The clear glass dome includes a helical ramp around its outer edges leading to a public observation deck with a 360-degree view of the city. Skylights at the base of the cupola open into the parliamentary debating chamber directly below, allowing natural light in by way of an inverted cone of mirrored panels. This blocks direct sunlight which would cause solar gain and glare, and enables natural ventilation, exhausting hot air through the top of the cupola.
Named after a kind of common plant in the area Huangguoshu (黄果树, Huangguo Tree), the Huangguoshu Waterfall is the third largest waterfall in the world second to Niagara Falls and Victoria Falls. Consisting of 18 waterfalls of diversified styles stretching 20 kilometers, the whole Huangguoshu Waterfalls Scenic Area is magnificent with grand remarkable interlinked waterfalls, fantastic karst caves and underground lakes, and the superb beauty of ambient. It is a waterfall with a height of 77.8 meters and a width of 101 meters, of which the main waterfall is 67 meters high and 83.3 meters wide. Being a typical karst falls, the 5A national scenic area of Huangguoshu Waterfall present a amazing karst landscape with waterfall groups, a string of caves, overlapping steep peaks, dense vegetations, and countless stone forest, cliffs and gorges. 黄果树瀑布，即黄果树大瀑布。古称白水河瀑布，亦名“黄葛墅”瀑布或“黄葛树”瀑布，贵州民间自古以来就流传有黄果树瀑布的神话故事，黄果树瀑布的名称就来自这个神话故事中结“黄果”的树。 位于中国贵州省安顺市镇宁布依族苗族自治县，属珠江水系西江干流南盘江支流北盘江支流打帮河的支流可布河下游白水河段水系，为黄果树瀑布群中规模最大的一级瀑布，是世界著名大瀑布之一。以水势浩大著称。瀑布高度为77.8米，其中主瀑高67米；瀑布宽101米，其中主瀑顶宽83.3米。黄果树瀑布属喀斯特地貌中的侵蚀裂点型瀑布。
Scaenae frons of the Teatro Olimpico. The large arch in the center is known as the porta regia or "royal arch" - The three-dimensional stage of the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza. The Teatro Olimpico ("Olympic Theatre") is a theatre in Vicenza, northern Italy, constructed in 1580-1585. The theatre was the final design by the Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio and was not completed until after his death. The trompe-l'Åil onstage scenery, designed by Vincenzo Scamozzi, to give the appearance of long streets receding to a distant horizon, was installed in 1585 for the very first performance held in the theatre, and is the oldest surviving stage set still in existence. The full Roman-style scaenae frons back screen across the stage is made from wood and stucco imitating marble. It was the home of the Accademia Olimpica, which was founded there in 1555.
strobist:
softbox camera right. Nikon SB28 on about 1/16 power. There is second light underneath the structure. It is set to 1/4 to light up the large area. The funny thing...I had the 2nd light in case I wanted some back light. I did not even think of lighting the structure at the time. I looked in my camera's view finder and said, "wow! It looks great!"
triggers: cyber sync - I have been having some problems with my triggers lately. Not sure if it is the triggers.
Photographer: slinkygenius.com michael thompson
location: medellin, colombia