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Explore #176 and #161, #166 - Apr 13, 2007 and #167.
I took this shot with my Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D.
In the late 1800s Bled Island and village, located in the middle of glacial Lake Bled, were seen as a health resort by aristocrats from around the world. Today the island and the Assumption of Mary Pilgrimage Church are known to be major tourist attractions. Bled Castle is an iconic landmark because of its location teetering on a cliff overlooking the lake.
The Assumption of Mary Pilgrimage Church was built in the 15th century and is known by visitors because of the 99 steps that lead up to the church. Traditionally, local grooms carry their brides up these steps while the bride remains perfectly silent, in order to bring them happiness in the future. The church also has bells that visitors ring for good luck. Tourists can hire boats to get to the church.
The Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus (MELH) is located in the government district of Berlin between Adele-Schreiber-Krieger-Straße and Schiffbauerdamm . It was inaugurated after five years of construction on 10 December 2003 as the third new parliament building on the Spree . The architect was Stephan Braunfels .
Some of you know where the title comes from, others don't, but oh well!!
This was taken in Rapid City, South Dakota. Which ligtning Photo is your favorite? I would love some feedback.
Here is a link to some more lightning photos!! www.flickr.com/photos/kevinaker/sets/72157609571304508/
The Tidal Basin is a partially man-made reservoir between the Potomac River and the Washington Channel in Washington, D.C. It is part of West Potomac Park and is a focal point of the National Cherry Blossom Festival held each spring. The Jefferson Memorial, the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial, the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, and the George Mason Memorial are situated adjacent to the Tidal Basin. The basin covers an area of about 107 acres (43 ha) and is 10 feet (3.0 m) deep.
Their is just something about an old tree in B&W, it is just a beautiful thing. I actually didn't see this tree while driving by, my wife noticed it, and said I should stop and photograph it. I am glad she did, because it turned out to be a beautiful photogrpah, at leaste I think it is anyway. This was taken southeast of Rapid City, South Dakota.
Zuibaichi, literally: "Drunken Bai Pond") is a Chinese garden in Shanghai's suburban Songjiang District that dates back to the Song Dynasty. It occupies an area of 5 hectares and is one of the five ancient Chinese gardens in Shanghai. The garden's name lies in the famous Chinese poet Li Bai. It is said that if Li Bai was brought back to life and had a sightseeing here, he would certainly lingered on and forgot to return, just about drunk. Actually famous men of letters usually gathered together, making various poems on the fantastic landscape. Drunken Bai Garden has an architectural style of Chinese traditional garden which was inherited from architectures in Suzhou: elegant pavilions, winding and zigzagging paves, carved beams and painted rafters. It was such a scenery of exceptional charm that it attracts an endless stream of tourists.
An elderly nun (not beggar) with white hair sat on the ground and waved her hands at Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia asking for something probably food.
Apollo the Archer in the garden of Orangery Palace, Sanssouci Park.
The Second Generation on Mount Olympus
Apollo is from the second generation of gods who ruled from the lofty heights of Mount Olympus. Apollo was the god of the sun, of music, prophecy, and archery. He was also a lawgiver and the favorite son of Zeus. Twins Apollo and Artemis lived in the realm of the intellect, will, and mind, so Zeus understood and favored them. He gave Apollo golden arrows, and Artemis silver ones to practice their archery skills.
Pollens of my home Peace Lily plants.
Fortunately, the heavier and stickier pollens that are less likely to cause allergies to me.
This woman hired a cluster of six dancers to perform and sing a prayer to Shrine Erawan in thanks for an earlier favor that devotees believe the shrine granted during a previous prayer session.
My favorite dancing tree taken from different angle. View large to see the texture and effects.
The week is half over - hang in there everybody! Thank you for all the sweet comments...
Bucking bull in Grand River Rodeo. Bull riding is a rodeo sport that involves a rider getting on a bucking bull and attempting to stay mounted while the animal attempts to buck off the rider. In this attempt, the young rider was being bucked off from the bull back after a few seconds coming out from the gate.
The Skanderbeg Square ,Albanian: Sheshi Skënderbej) is the main plaza in the centre of Tirana, Albania. The square is named after the Albanian national hero Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu. The total area is about 40.000 square metres. The Skanderbeg Monument dominates the square.
In Milan we're plenty of ugly pigeons, instead, if you live in Australia you will see a lot of small parrots like this one! I love Australia
The fortifications of Kotor (Italian: Cattaro) are an integrated historical fortification system that protected the medieval town of Kotor containing ramparts, towers, citadels, gates, bastions, forts, cisterns, a castle, and ancillary buildings and structures. They incorporate military architecture of Illyria, Byzantium, Venice, and Austria. Together with the old town and its natural surroundings the fortifications were inscribed in the list of World Heritage Sites in 1979 labelled Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor and represent the only such site of cultural significance in Montenegro.
Yasaka Shrine (八坂神社, Yasaka-jinja), once called Gion Shrine (祇園神社, Gion-jinja), is a Shinto shrine in the Gion District of Kyoto, Japan. Situated at the east end of Shijō-dōri (Fourth Avenue), the shrine includes several buildings, including gates, a main hall and a stage. The Yasaka shrine is dedicated to Susanoo in the tradition of the Gion faith as its chief kami, with his consort Kushinadahime on the east, and eight offspring deities (yahashira no mikogami) on the west. The yahashira no mikogami include Yashimajinumi no kami, Itakeru no kami, Ōyatsuhime no kami, Tsumatsuhime no kami, Ōtoshi no kami, Ukanomitama no kami, Ōyatsuhiko no kami, and Suseribime no mikoto. (八坂神社（），日本全國約有3,000多間，其位於京都的是八坂神社之總本社，因位於祇園，於是又名祇園神社)
Pórtico del cielo es una combinación de tres imágenes donde se desarrolla un paisaje que va desde una panorámica de un atardecer pasando por una nube de un claroscuro mágico hasta llegar a un cielo azul profundo con una conjunción planetaria de Venus y Júpiter engalanado por una luna que deja ver la parte no iluminada.
Porch of Heaven is a combination of three images which develops a landscape that ranges from an overview of a sunset through a cloud of magic chiaroscuro until a deep blue sky with a planetary conjunction of Venus and Jupiter adorned by a moon reveals the unlit part.
This place of worship was completed in the early-19th century and is one of the cityâs top landmarks. At the fall of communism it was the site of one of the most remarkable events in Tiranaâs recent history, when on the 10th of January 1991 10,000 people gathered to practise their religion, against the decree of the authorities who had banned Islam for almost half a century. In the end there was no police interference and the event marked a turning for religious freedom in Albania. The outer walls of this mosque are unusual as they depict idyllic scenery such as forests and waterfalls, which arenât normally permitted in Islamic art.
Along the Ljubljanica river at Ljubljana is the capital and largest city of Slovenia, the busy Central Market is on the other side of the river bank behind the old architectural structures. A young couple were spending time checking messages on her smartphone.
Stradun is the main street of Dubrovnik, Croatia. The limestone-paved pedestrian street runs some 300 metres through the Old Town, the historic part of the city surrounded by the Walls of Dubrovnik. Bell Tower is at the end of Stradun.
The Haus der Kulturen der Welt ("House of the World's Cultures") in Berlin is Germany's national centre for the presentation and discussion of international contemporary arts, with a special focus on non-European cultures and societies. It presents art exhibitions, theater and dance performances, concerts, author readings, films and academic conferences on Visual Art and culture. It is one of the few institutions which, due to their national and international standing and the quality of their work, receive funding from the federal government as so-called "lighthouses of culture."
A Brown Fur Seal was swimming backward while with its mouth widely open and eyes submerged in water.
Better angle, a true nightmare.
Washed ashore ~ Pismo Beach, California.
It was not my camera.
* I kept the camera after the shot. It was not left in the ocean.
Submitted to Outdoor Photography Contest
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Just Beyond The Sunset
Just beyond the sunset
Someone waits for me
Just beyond the sunset
Lies my destiny
Where the purple mountains
Lie in deep tranquillity
There I’ll find the treasure
Of love eternally
Just beyond the sunset
Waits someone so fair
Just beyond the sunset
All alone they wait there
Their hair is golden
The colour of the sand
Their eyes sparkle in the night
Like diamonds in your hand
Just beyond the sunset
Lies a home for me
Where the world is peaceful
Like a paradise should be
Just beyond the sunset
Someday is where you’ll find me
Written - July or Aug 1966
David Harris
Photography taken in Havelock, North Carolina. Havelock is one of eight cities in the world named after Sir Henry Havelock, a British Officer in India, who distinguished himself in 1857 during what was known as The Indian Mutiny. Originally named "Havelock Station" in the late 1850's when the Atlantic and North Carolina railroad built a depot where its right-of-way crossed what is now Miller Boulevard in Havelock. The town was the initial landing point for an American Civil War battle known as the Battle of New Bern. On March 11, Brigadier General Ambrose Burnside's command embarked from Roanoke Island to rendezvous with Union gunboats at Hatteras Inlet for an expedition against New Bern. On March 13, the fleet sailed up the Neuse River, anchored at Slocum Creek, and disembarked infantry on the river's south bank . Elements of the Rhode Island Heavy artillery came ashore near the location of the Officer's Club on Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station and also near the Carolina Pines Golf and Country Club. The Federals captured nine forts and 41 heavy guns and occupied a base. The Federals transited Havelock from New Bern on their way to the Battle of Fort Macon. Despite several Confederate attempts to reclaim the town and the surrounding area, the Federals did not withdraw until after the end of the war.