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A nightly view of the Hu Xin Ting Teahouse (湖心亭) in Shanghai's Yu Garden area.
The Hu Xin Ting Teahouse is located in the center of a small lake and can only be reached via the equally famous Nine Bends Bridge (九曲桥 Jiuqu Qiao) - the name of the Teahouse means (literally translated): "Lake Heart Pavillion".
The Yu Yuan area is Shanghai's "China cliche" area and main tourist trap. Beautifully illuminated real (and many fake) historic buildings. Overpriced "typical" Chinese respective Shanghaiese souvenir shops everywhere. Crowded at all times....
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Shanghai's main tourist trap revisited. The Yu Yuan area is Shanghai's "China cliche" area. Beautifully illuminated real (and many fake) historic buildings. Crowded at all times....
"Tourist Trap": This area around the historic Yu Garden (豫园 Yu Yuan) and the City God Temple (城隍庙 Chenghuangmiao) is made up as a souvenir shopping district especially for tourists.
Apart from the 450 years old Yu Garden itself and the City God Temple the 3 main attractions are the Hu Xin Ting Teahouse (湖心亭), the Nine Bends Bridge (九曲桥 Jiuqu Qiao) and the Lü Bo Lang Restaurant (绿波廊, remark: you can get really excellent fried snake there...😋) - the latter also serves as venue for state dinners, e.g. during the 2001 APEC summit Bill Clinton was invited there.
The Hu Xin Ting Teahouse (left center, with the staircase towards the lake) is located in the center of a small lake and can only be reached via the Nine Bends Bridge - the name of the Teahouse means (literally translated): "Lake Heart Pavillion".
© All Rights Reserved - you may not use this image in any form without my prior permission.
L'Ordre des Odonates regroupe les Libellules et les Agrions ou Demoiselles.
Ce sont tous des insectes de taille moyenne ou grande. La plus grande libellule actuelle mesure 19 cm d'envergure, celle de son ancêtre du Paléozoïque atteignait 60 cm.
Les Odonates ont de grands yeux composés et des antennes de très petite taille.
Leur appareil buccal est de type broyeur.
Les Odonates sont des prédateurs tant à l'état larvaire qu'adulte. Les 4 ailes sont de taille égale (Zygoptères) ou peu différente (Anisoptères).
L'abdomen comporte 10 segments bien apparents et un 11ème réduit.
Les larves sont aquatiques et peuvent vivre entre 1 et 3 ans.
L'accouplement se déroule en vol, le mâle tient la femelle au niveau du cou par une sorte de pince située à l'extrémité de son abdomen, la femelle courbe alors le sien vers l'avant pour mettre en contact son orifice génital terminal avec celui du mâle situé au niveau du 9ème segment.
Il y a 5700 espèces d'Odonates dans le Monde et environ 120 en Europe.
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The Order of Odonates includes the Dragonflies and the Agrees or Demoiselles.
They are all insects of medium or large size. The largest dragonfly currently measuring 19 cm wingspan, that of his ancestor Paleozoic was 60 cm.
Odonates have large compound eyes and very small antennae.
Their mouthpiece is of the grinder type.
Odonata are both larval and adult predators. The 4 wings are of equal size (Zygoptera) or slightly different (Anisoptera).
The abdomen has 10 conspicuous segments and an 11th reduced.
The larvae are aquatic and can live between 1 and 3 years.
The mating takes place in flight, the male holds the female at the neck by a kind of forceps located at the end of her abdomen, the female then bends her forwards to bring her terminal genital orifice into contact with that of the male located at the 9th segment.
There are 5700 Odonata species in the world and about 120 in Europe.
Early morning in the dark, getting to Cavell Road - Mount Edith Cavell area. Driving the 14-km road, which is narrow and has tight switchbacks that are unsuitable for trailers and large motorhomes (eighteen bends in 180-degree 😉). Arrived the parking lot in the middle of the mountains, no cars there at all. The hiking to the glaciers at its head was not so difficult, too quiet in the early morning, bells was not enough to scare the bears away, putting on the apple music on loudly while hiking. The views of the lush Astoria Valley along Mt. Edith Cavell and Sorrow Peak were spectacular in the early morning light.
Music to scare the bears: Vassilis Saleas - Stone Age 😉
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The panoramic Kaunertal Glacier Road is 26 kilometers long with 29 hairpin bends, changes altitude by 1500 m and takes you up to 2570 meters to the world of “eternal ice”.
Along the road there are numerous trails with breathtaking views. One of the most impressive is the hike around the picturesque Lake Weiss at an altitude of 2490 m.
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Weiss lake and Kaunertal Glacier Road, Tyrol, Austria
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See my new photos in the My Travels album:
The charm of alpine fog
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Little house on a big island
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Where Andersen lived
www.flickr.com/photos/paradox_m/53196071976
On the longest fjord in western Greenland
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The magic of the ice fiord
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In the Realm of icebergs
www.flickr.com/photos/paradox_m/53148069078
House on the hill
www.flickr.com/photos/paradox_m/53083727804
Queen of the Austrian Alpine roads
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Returning to favorite places
I had a great day this week wandering up the Nedd Fechan, with very little flow, but lovely dappled sunlight. While the larger falls weren't spectacular, the smaller detail came alive. The Bends is a great Radiohead track, so is perfect.
#sliderssunday
Explored 23 May, 2021
You might wonder about the title. Well, what you see in the photo is the river Spree taking one of its many bends across Berlin, and this particular area that you can see on the opposite river bank is also called "Spree-Bogen", "Spree bend". This area used to be the home of the Meierei C. Bolle (dairy farm C. Bolle) that was founded in 1879 during one of Berlins particularly strong periods of growth. The two glass towers belong to an U-shaped building ensemble that was the (rented!) seat of our Federal Ministry of the Interior from 1999 - 2015.
This is one of the images that needed time to "develop". I've tried several different processing approaches over the past months, and I was never really happy with any of the results, because I always found the sky too blue, the image too bright, the clouds not nice enough... I once even replaced the sky in Luminar, but didn't like that, either. So back to the original sky, and just the other day, when I gave it another go, I finally stumbled upon the solution. In a first new version I had processed the image in HDR Efex, kind of liked it, but still found the image too bright. Just for fun, and for comparison purposes, I decided to also process the image in Aurora HDR, tried a few of my favourite presets that I use as starting point in Aurora, and... Bingo! In the "Dramatic" preset collection, there's a preset called "Sleepy Drama" which desaturates the blue tones and adds a darker look to any image – and that did it, at least for me. I still tweaked the preset's settings to my liking, and, in Color Efex, added some Brilliance and Warmth. I hope you like the image :)
Happy Sliders Sunday, stay safe and healthy, and take care!
Bolle reiste jüngst zu Pfingsten...
Blick auf das Spree-Bogen-Areal, gelegen an einem von sehr vielen Spreebögen durch Berlin. Auf diesem Areal wurde 1879, während einer besonders starken Wachstumsphase Berlins, die Meierei C. Bolle erbaut, deren Gründer Carl Bolle allerdings nichts mit dem bekannten (und so lustig wie hintergründig makabren) Bolle-Lied zu tun hat, dessen gesamten Text (bitte alle Strophen lesen, es lohnt sich) Ihr hier finden könnt: STRG/CTRL+ de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolle_reiste_jüngst_zu_Pfingsten. Es passt nur gerade so schön zu Pfingsten ;)
Die beiden Glastürme sind Teil des U-förmig gestalteten Spree-Bogen-Gebäudes, das von 1999 bis 2015 das Bundesministerium des Innern beherbergte (zur Miete!). Diese Bild hat sprichwörtlich Zeit zum Entwickeln gebraucht, ich habe über die Monate immer mal wieder diverse Ansätze ausprobiert, aber es hatte bislang nie richtig "Klick" gemacht, immer war mir der Himmel zu blau, das Bild zu hell, die Wolken nicht schön genug... Einmal habe ich sogar in Luminar den Himmel ausgetauscht, was mir aber auch nicht gefallen hat und sowieso nur eine Notlösung sein sollte, weshalb ich schlussendlich doch beim Original-Himmel geblieben bin.
Kürzlich habe ich dann noch einmal einen Anlauf in HDR Efex gestartet, was mir schon recht gut gefiel, mir aber immer noch zu hell war. Nur aus Spaß und auch zum direkten Vergleich habe ich mich dann noch durch meine Lieblings-Presets in Aurora HDR geklickt. Meistens nehme ich in Aurora eines der "Dramatic"- oder "Artistic"-Presets als Ausgangspunkt für die weitere Bearbeitung. Hier war es das "Sleepy Drama", das – endlich – den Knoten löste. Für den "sleepy" Look werden die Blautöne entsättigt und für das "Drama" wird die Tonwertkurve in Richtung Tiefen korrigiert. Ich habe dann noch eigene Anpassungen vorgenommen und abschließend in Color Efex etwas "Brilliance and Warmth" hinzugefügt. Mit dem Ergebnis bin ich recht zufrieden, zufrieden genug jdf., um es Euch zu zeigen. Ich hoffe, das Bild gefällt Euch auch :)
Ich wünsche Euch schöne Pfingsten, passt weiter gut auf Euch auf und bleibt gesund!
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From the south to this pass are 38 hairpin bends, Italian tornante. On the Northern side, it boasts a vertical gain of 1,808 m and 48 hairpin bends, all of them numbered on a stone by the road. Maximum gradient is 14.00 %.
And the road itself, popular with motorists and bikers from around the world, included in the list of the most spectacular and dangerous planets roads.
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The Stelvio Pass road - a route to the high mountain pass at an elevation of 2.757 m, Eastern Alps, Northern Italy
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See my new photos in My Travels album:
www.flickr.com/photos/paradox_m/32471946373
www.flickr.com/photos/paradox_m/31451599502
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www.flickr.com/photos/paradox_m/29784257215
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Tам, где красота встречается с адреналином
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С юга к этому перевалу ведут 38 крутых поворотов-шпилек, по-итальянски tornante. На северной стороне, при перепаде высот в 1808 м дорога насчитывает 48 крутых поворотов, пронумерованных на придорожных камнях. Максимальный градиент 14 % .
А сама дорога, популярная у автолюбителей и байкеров со всего мира, включена в список самых опасных и захватывающих дорог планеты.
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Дорога на перевал Стельвио (2757 м), Северная Италия, Восточные Альпы.
The lean of The Loop as seen in The Bean
Cloud Gate, Millennium Park, Chicago
Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 200, f/11.0, 78mm, 1/500s
The Gannet is surely Bempton's signature bird. Looking every bit like something from prehistory. They are however a beautiful and elegant bird.
The northern gannet is the largest of the gannet family and native to the Atlantic Ocean.
Gannet (Northern Gannet) - Morus Bassanus
RSPB Bempton Cliffs
As always I extend my sincere gratitude to all who are kind enough to comment and fave my photos or even stop by and just have a look. It is very much appreciated.
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'Light bends 2' is a color variation of Light Bends 1- both are abstract macro photographs of light refracted through glass.
Take a look at the reflection of the lowest string if you don‘t believe me. 😁
Shot with a Carl Zeiss "Sonnar 50 mm F 1.5" (Burke & James mount) lens on a Canon EOS R5.
Just love the shape of the flowers, the way it looks, the associations it wakes up. The music of nature may look like this, I think.
Had to leave the city for a week.
Thank you for all the comments and favs, my friends.
The A&O continues its southward journey at Boulder Bridge Road, near Volga. A light dusting of snow and flawless blue skies made even the grade crossing wedges remarkable on this chase.
Open Cattle Grazing is pretty common in rural Utah. This spot on the lake is a fence that is meant to keep cattle from crossing over.
When the light is right and the water is calm, it's magical.
The Great Salt Lake - GPS is not the exact spot of the shot.
No comments today – just enjoy :-)
Le col de la Bonette est un col de montagne à 2 715 mètres d'altitude, où la route de la Bonette passe pour relier la vallée de l'Ubaye à celle de la Tinée. Le col de la Bonette se situe entre la cime de la Bonette (2 860 m) et la cime des Trois Serrières (2 753 m). Une bonne partie de la route entre Jausiers et Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée est située en zone protégée du parc national du Mercantour.
Today is the first day of autumn in a strange year, panoramic stitch of the Mosel river bends, taken from the Prinzenkopf observation tower on top of a virtual "isthmus", in 2018 in Germany.
Photos replaced today (all from western USA):
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"Being sexy is not about what's on show, it's all about suggestion, or insinuation. I'm interested in the way a garment hangs on a woman's body and the way it moves when she moves..Admire, adore, and encourage the look of your woman..make her own it because she is gorgeous in every way..."
This is Brunsell Lane leading from Lylands Farm to Little Ouseburn in North Yorkshire
The yellow crop is Canola (Rapeseed)
The tower in the background of this scene is Sofitel Chicago Magnificent Mile. The reflective panels in the foreground comprise the curvy facade of the building’s entryway.
Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 200, f/10.0, 18mm, 1/320s
Shanghai's main tourist trap revisited. The Yu Yuan area is Shanghai's "China cliche" area. Beautifully illuminated real (and many fake) historic buildings. Crowded at all times....
"Tourist Trap": This area around the historic Yu Garden (豫园 Yu Yuan) and the City God Temple (城隍庙 Chenghuangmiao) is made up as a souvenir shopping district especially for tourists.
Apart from the 450 years old Yu Garden itself and the City God Temple the 3 main attractions are the Hu Xin Ting Teahouse (湖心亭), the Nine Bends Bridge (九曲桥 Jiuqu Qiao) and the Lü Bo Lang Restaurant (绿波廊) - the latter also serves as venue for state dinners, e.g. during the 2001 APEC summit Bill Clinton was invited there (remark: you can get really excellent fried snake there...).
The Hu Xin Ting Teahouse (left center, with the staircase towards the lake) is located in the center of a small lake and can only be reached via the Nine Bends Bridge - the name of the Teahouse means (literally translated): "Lake Heart Pavillion".
© All Rights Reserved - you may not use this image in any form without my prior permission.