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Si appresta ad entrare a Castelvetro un classico Piadena - Terni di CFI, alla cui trazione si trova una 494 GTS.
This weekend in San Francisco, CALTRANS is closing and demolishing Doyle Drive, the ancient and crumbling freeway approach to the Golden Gate Bridge. Last December I approached the contractor with my work shot in the Presidio Pet Cemetery underneath the new freeway, and asked for access to shoot the freeway construction. Much to my surprise, they said yes!
Walking up the new roadway towards the brand new Battery Tunnel. The elevated freeway on the right, Doyle Drive, will be demolished this weekend–with the traffic transferred to this new surface.
Composite of bracketed exposures for balancing the varied volumes of light in the scene. HDR in concept, but hand crafted in execution. Full moon and ambient man-made light only. No light painting here.
Romanian postcard by Casa Filmului Acin, no. 16. Photo: publicity still for Cuando tú no estás//When you are not here (Mario Camus, 1966).
Raphael (1943) is one of the most important singers in the Spanish language of the second half of the 20th century. Twice, he represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest. He opened the door and paved the way to the flood of Spanish singers that followed on the wake of his enormous success. Raphael is also a television, film and theater actor, who appeared in a popular series of Spanish film musicals during the late 1960s.
Raphael was born Miguel Rafael Martos Sánchez in Linares, Spain, in 1943. He is nicknamed both ‘El Ruiseñor de Linares’ (The Nightingale of Linares) and ‘El Divo de Linares’ (The Divo from Linares) but is also known as ‘El Niño’. His family moved to Madrid when he was nine months old, and he started singing when he was just three years-old. He joined a children's choir at age four. When he was 9, he was recognized as the best child voice in Europe at a contest in Salzburg, Austria. Raphael began his professional career by signing with the Dutch record label Philips. To distinguish himself, he adopted the ‘ph’ of the company's name and christened himself 'Raphael'. His first singles were Te voy a contar mi vida and A pesar de todo’. Raphael adopted his own peculiar singing style from the beginning; he is known for acting each one of his songs while on stage, emphasizing his gestures with high dramatic effect. It is not unusual for Raphael to ad lib lyrics as to localize a song depending on the venue he's singing at, wear Latin American peasant costumes and dance folk dances within a song, kicking and demolishing a mirror, or doing the moves of a flamenco dancer or a bullfighter onstage. He also possesses a wide vocal range, which he often used in the beginning of his career as to evoke a choirboy approach to some songs. When he was nineteen, he won first, second and third awards at the Benidorm International Song Festival, Spain, 1962. He signed contract with Hispavox recording company, and began a long artistic relationship with the musical director of this label, the orchestrator Waldo de los Ríos and intensify the partnership with songwriter Manuel Alejandro. In 1966 and 1967 he represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest, singing Yo soy aquél and Hablemos del amor and placing both 7th and 6th position. This served as a turning point in Raphael's career, making him an international star. He traveled and performed worldwide in Europe, Latin America, the United States, Russia and Japan.
Raphael also had a lucrative film career. He made his film debut as a singer in Las gemelas/The Twins (Antonio del Amo, 1963). As an actor he had his breakthrough in the musical Cuando tú no estás/When you are not here (Mario Camus, 1966). In the film's first half Raphael plays himself, trying to find fame and fortune as a popular singer in Spain until he teams up with an up and coming Spanish composer (based on Raphael's real life composer Manuel Alejandro) and becomes a popular singer. Alan Bobet at IMDb: “This is the first and best in my opinion of the Spanish musical films starring Spanish singing sensation, Raphael in his first starring role and the first of 3 Raphael film musicals directed by Mario Camus, who would be one of Spain's top film directors in the 1970's.” The other two were Al ponerse el Sol/At Sunset (Mario Camus, 1967) and Digan lo que digan/Let Them Talk (Mario Camus, 1968), which was filmed in Argentina. Other popular films were El golfo/The Gulf (Vicente Escrivá, 1969), with Shirley Jones, El ángel/The Angel (Vicente Escrivá, 1969) with Anna Gaël, Sin Un Adiós/Without a goodbye (Vicente Escrivá, 1970), with Lesley-Anne Down and partially filmed in England, and Volveré a nacer/I will be born (Javier Aguirre, 1972) with Héctor Suárez. In 1975, Raphael began his own successful program on Spanish Television called El Mundo de Raphael (The World of Raphael), where he sang with international stars. He also had a radio program, where he and his wife spoke with and interviewed outstanding personalities, and he starred in soap operas, starting with the Mexican production Donde termina el camino (1978). Raphael succeeded in the early 1980s with songs such as ¿Qué tal te va sin mí? and Como yo te amo. During 1984 and 1985 he recorded two albums with songs written by José Luis Perales. In 1987 he left Hispavox and signed a contract with Columbia (now Sony Music). In 1991 he had a hit with Escándalo in Spain, Latin America, and in Japan, where it reached number one. At the end of the 1990s, after ending a contract with PolyGram, he went back to EMI. In 1998 the artist published the first part of his memoirs titled ¿Y mañana qué?, from his childhood until his marriage in 1972. In 2000, Raphael took the title role in the Spanish version of the stage musical Jekyll & Hyde, with great success. Recently, he returned to the screen in the dark comedy Mi gran noche/My Great Night (Álex de la Iglesia, 2015). Since 1972, Raphael is married to aristocrat, journalist and writer Natalia Figueroa. They have three children: Jacobo, Alejandra and Manuel.
Sources: Alan Bobet (IMDb), Wikipedia and IMDb.
1st May 2018. Hunslet 0-6-0ST No.7 [works no.2705 from 1945] Beatrice emerges from the A59 bridge with a Bolton Abbey to Embsay service train. The railway is part of the Embsay And Bolton Abbey Steam Railway.
art002e024232 (April 6, 2026) - This photo of the Moon was captured by the Artemis II crew aboard the Orion spacecraft a few hours before the lunar flyby. During the flyby, the crew captured critical science observations as they traveled around the farside of the Moon, traveling farther than any humans ever before. Credit: NASA
Approaching Lavender by Gordon Lightfoot. Post your images inspired or accompanied by music to the Jukebox Junkies.
SOOC ... what I liked most about this was the soft pastel colours ... there were a few bees about but quickly disappeared once I was set up and focused - perhaps I don't smell as sweet as pollen :)
If you’d like to spend the afternoon approaching lavender
You’ll feel just fine but one thing’s sure
You’ll never be the same
If you’d like to try your hand at understanding lavender
Then you must be very sure
That life is not a game
You might even learn a thing or two approaching lavender
You’ll soon be on a one night tour
Forgetting your own name
You won’t need a reason just to be alone with lavender
For the light so warm and pure
Will draw you like a flame
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Pacific National's PN007 approaches the Bruce Highway at Bowen with the intermodal service heading to Cairns on 20-10-11
An airplane approaches the runway at National Airport. The big ball of light in the middle is the moment the airplane's lights were pointing directly at my lens. 30 sec. exposure.
Another approach and landing.
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The odd Hawaiian shirt amongst less interesting school uniforms.
Canon T90 SLR with Canon FD 50mm f1.8
Rollei Retro 80s film
The Southbond Signal for the Mainline at CP Wann on the UP (ex-SP, ex-GWWR, ex-ICG, ex-GM&O, ex-C&A, etc.) Springfield Sub shows "Approach" in anticipation of the arrival of Amtrak #21 The Eagle in E Alton, IL on February 6, 2015. This is one of the last remaining B&O era signals on this line from St. Louis to Chicago who's days are numbered.
Wheeling and Lake Erie (WLE) westbound manifest with WLE 7012 leading and 7024 and 7014 trailing. 7024 is the Operation Lifesaver commemorative unit.
This semaphore signal is frozen in the approach indication position. It sits in New Castle, Indiana, on a former Nickel Plate Road branch line.
...Barrow...Cumbria, UK.....could have done with a slightly slower shutter speed....
Scenes from my dog walk this morning...
The drifting exhaust indicates that the driver of Class K1 No. 62005 has just shut-off steam ahead of the tight curve that leads onto Glenfinnan Viaduct. This view is taken from across the valley at Glenfinnan on 7th October 2006 during a photographers charter; the train is running from Fort William to Mallaig. Copyright Photograph John Whitehouse - all rights reserved