View allAll Photos Tagged CONSTRAINTS
The English Lake District is a self-contained mountainous area in North West England of some 2,292 square kilometres. Its narrow, glaciated valleys radiating from the central massif with their steep hillsides and slender lakes exhibit an extraordinary beauty and harmony. This is the result of the Lake District’s continuing distinctive agro-pastoral traditions based on local breeds of sheep including the Herdwick, on common fell-grazing and relatively independent farmers. These traditions have evolved under the influence of the physical constraints of its mountain setting. The stone-walled fields and rugged farm buildings in their spectacular natural backdrop, form an harmonious beauty that has attracted visitors from the 18th century onwards. Picturesque and Romantic interest stimulated globally-significant social and cultural forces to appreciate and protect scenic landscapes. Distinguished villas, gardens and formal landscapes were added to augment its picturesque beauty. The Romantic engagement with the English Lake District generated new ideas about the relationship between humanity and its environment, including the recognition of harmonious landscape beauty and the validity of emotional response by people to their landscapes. A third key development was the idea that landscape has a value, and that everyone has a right to appreciate and enjoy it. These ideas underpin the global movement of protected areas and the development of recreational experience within them. The development in the English Lake District of the idea of the universal value of scenic landscape, both in itself and in its capacity to nurture and uplift imagination, creativity and spirit, along with threats to the area, led directly to the development of a conservation movement and the establishment of the National Trust movement, which spread to many countries, and contributed to the formation of the modern concept of legally-protected landscapes.
Pepperoni fork and shadow. Dada, Dadaism, Surrealistic movements.
Dada or Dadaism was an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century, with early centres in Zürich, Switzerland, at the Cabaret Voltaire (1916). New York Dada began in 1915 and after 1920 Dada flourished in Paris. Dadaist activities lasted until the mid 1920s.
Developed in reaction to World War I, the Dada movement consisted of artists who rejected the logic, reason, and aestheticism of modern capitalist society, instead expressing nonsense, irrationality, and anti-bourgeois protest in their works. The art of the movement spanned visual, literary, and sound media, including collage, sound poetry, cut-up writing, and sculpture. Dadaist artists expressed their discontent toward violence, war, and nationalism, and maintained political affinities with radical left-wing and far-left politics.
There is no consensus on the origin of the movement's name; a common story is that the German artist Richard Huelsenbeck slid a paper knife (letter-opener) at random into a dictionary, where it landed on "dada", a colloquial French term for a hobby horse. Jean Arp wrote that Tristan Tzara invented the word at 6 p.m. on 6 February 1916, in the Café de la Terrasse in Zürich. Others note that it suggests the first words of a child, evoking a childishness and absurdity that appealed to the group. Still others speculate that the word might have been chosen to evoke a similar meaning (or no meaning at all) in any language, reflecting the movement's internationalism.
The roots of Dada lie in pre-war avant-garde. The term anti-art, a precursor to Dada, was coined by Marcel Duchamp around 1913 to characterize works that challenge accepted definitions of art. Cubism and the development of collage and abstract art would inform the movement's detachment from the constraints of reality and convention. The work of French poets, Italian Futurists and the German Expressionists would influence Dada's rejection of the tight correlation between words and meaning. Works such as Ubu Roi (1896) by Alfred Jarry and the ballet Parade (1916–17) by Erik Satie would also be characterized as proto-Dadaist works. The Dada movement's principles were first collected in Hugo Ball's Dada Manifesto in 1916. Source Wikipedia.
TD : 1/2000 f/2.8 400 ISO @50 mm
Simply colour photography and certainly not selective colour, for those who might think so :))
What exactly the author wanted to say with this image, a passerby who saw this mural for the first time can only guess. An empty wall of a house, even if the house is 100 years old, is not very attractive, but personally I would like to see something more meaningful on it. Author's name Nunca ("Never" in Portuguese) is an affirmation of his determination not to be bound by cultural or psychological constraints. I think the residents of Podol will Never know or understand why there is such an image on the ancient street of Kyiv. The argument that the author “united Brazilian and Ukrainian cultures using traditional Brazilian painting style” is clearly “far-fetched” by the organizers who invited the artist.
«Mural on the Spaska Street – was created in 2015 by the famous Brazilian avant-garde artist Francisco Rodrigo da Silva, known as Nunca. The picture unites Ukrainian and Brazilian cultures. The picture depicts a Ukrainian Cossack, on whose face and neck was applied a make-up with ornaments at once by a few dark-skinned hands. In the process of creating a mural, there was a conflict with the residents of the house who were against the appearance of a picture on the wall of the building, arguing that the house is more than 100 years old and it is an architectural monument.»
The six-story building on Spasskaya 6a is an architectural monument in the Art Nouveau style (1910-1911). This was once a tenement house.
Найдивовижніше, що у жовтні 2023 року було проведено суб'єктивне опитування (village.com.ua) про найкращі мурали Києва. В опитуванні взяли участь понад 2500 осіб і до десятки найкращих, під №5 потрапив саме цей мурал «Козак». Щоправда, мені здається, в даному випадку учасники, які назвали цей мурал одним із найкращих, проголосували лише за історичний контекст – якщо це український Козак, то це наш символ і бути йому серед найкращих. Але ж, окрім «оселедця» на голові і назви, у цьому образі немає нічого козацького. Ба більше, якщо глянути на інші роботи Nunca, то на кількох можно впізнати риси «нашого козака».
.
I've been posting a fair amount of images lately that had been captured using the iPhone's Hipstamatic app. Some from years ago when I had first started using it and some from very recently.
It's been a lot of fun, working within the app's constraints of aspect ratio and filters, and then seeing what else might be done in Photoshop. El Rancho de las Golondrinas seems a perfect setting for the combination of Hipstamatic and Photoshop as the apps can enhance the feel of a time past.
Kim and I had wandered around the grounds, and down a hill to where a smithy had been set up. There was a small crowd at the smithy and the smith was talking about smithing in the era of the original settlement. I was able to get to the side of the open face of the smithy, sneak my arm in and grab a couple shots.
The rain that had started the day had passed. The sun was getting strong and hot. We were running out of gas at this point so didn't stay. By the time we made it back up the hill we were ready to head home.
It’s impossible to not notice the large grounded ship at Governor's Beach. This vessel, the Mega One Triton, was washed ashore during Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
Formerly an oil rig service vessel, after it was decommissioned it started a new life as a cargo ship with a route between the Dominican Republic and Grand Turk.
Attempts have been made to remove the vessel, but due to its size and budget constraints efforts continue to be unsuccessful.
A year ago, we weren't wearing masks, we saw people's faces, their smiles, their attitude. We were outside freely, breathed freely, walked freely. Able to wait in the street, without authorization, without the constraint of the mask, the duration, the place, the reason ...
Maybe today we should think about the value of these freedoms ?
If we have to fight this f.... disease, we have to wake up to define what we want for the world after....
In France, a country of human rights, laws are currently being passed to restrict these freedoms well beyond the Covid fight.
The government is passing laws (global security law) during this lockdown to silence our freedoms, to silence us. these laws have nothing to do with the Covid.
They are made to silence journalists, citizens, prevent them from testifying to the excesses of certain members of the police.
Our freedom is our first security and not the other way around.
Blue Eyes Lacewing eggs
Nymphes myrmeleonoides
I didn't measure these at the time but they are very small so I'm sure they easily fit within the size constraints.
Macro Mondays: Symmetry
Looking down the River Trent with the remains of Newark Castle on the left hand side. In Newark On Trent, Nottinghamshire.
The River Trent is the third-longest river in the United Kingdom. Its source is in Staffordshire on the southern edge of Biddulph Moor. It flows through and drains most of the northern Midlands around and east of Birmingham. The river is known for dramatic flooding after storms and spring snowmelt, which in past times often caused the river to change course.
The river passes through Stoke-on-Trent, Burton-upon-Trent and Nottingham before joining the River Ouse at Trent Falls to form the Humber Estuary, which empties into the North Sea between Hull in Yorkshire and Immingham in Lincolnshire. The wide estuary is a traditional boundary between northern England and the Midlands.
Like the River Seven, the Trent exhibits a ʻtidal boreʼ known as the Trent Aegir. When conditions are right the Aegir produces a 5ft (1.5m) wave which travels inland as far as Gainsborough. Without modern constraints, the Aegirʼs effect would have been felt as far as Nottingham.
The River Trent, like most rivers and other natural features, derives its name from the earliest recorded language in Britain. It is believed that the name is formed from two Celtic words – ʻtrosʼ (over) and ʻhyntʼ (way) producing ʻtroshyntʼ (over-way). Because of the riverʼs tendency to flood and alter its course, this has been interpreted as meaning ʻstrong floodingʼ or more directly ʻthe
trespasserʼ.
Information partly gained from
nottinghamhiddenhistoryteam.wordpress.com/2013/05/23/spot...
An entrant in the Dog Agility Trials conducted at the Thurlow Sports Fields in May / 22. This event was scheduled by the Belleville & District Kennel Club and gives dogs and their handlers a challenge to negotiate an obstacles course under set time constraints. The purpose of the trials is to increase the bonds between the handlers and their dogs.
Thank you very much to everyone who visits and leaves comments and congrats! Much appreciated !
738 Niuzhuang Rd., Shanghai
Due to the account capacity constraints, this account will cease to be updated after 28 June, 2024.
I'm sorry to tell you friends that my new account (www.flickr.com/photos/runen3) was instantly cancelled just as I posted my first photo. I have written to enquire as to the cause. There is little hope of a resolution though. Maybe I will say goodbye to Flickr forever.
Good luck to all of you!
Not so long ago, this same storefront was a hardware and tool shop.
The paper sign says:
Watermelons grown in the sand, free to taste!
Alagna Valsesia. Italy.
Finally had a weekend in the mountains, while waiting for a surgery which should save my right wristle from the consequences of an old fracture that never healed.
I have already been waiting for seven weeks because of the delays coming from the Covid pandemy (and looks like another wave, even if mitigated by the vaccine, is coming!)
I went hiking alone and with my family, my six years old son cannot stop from lamenting while going up, but he is already quicker than me.
This one is from Zube pass, at 2900m. On the left the Pyramid of Punta Straling, on the right the massif of the Testagrigia. Went up there alone, on Sunday, with my right hand immobilized by an orthopedic constraint.
I had absolutely to catch one of the few chances I had to hike this summer.
As I wrote in my last post, I am not able to operate a camera by using only my left hand, therefore this one is a panorama taken with the ultra wide camera of my cheap Samsung phone.
Do not look for crisp details here, but I love the wide view and I wanted to post a memory from an happy day.
Got to try a 12mm (16 or 18 equivalent on full frame) lens on my Sony soon or later.
The quality of the photos taken by the phone (at least my phone) is miles behind that of my 11 years old Nex-5, but this ultra wide lens is a lot of fun.
Stay healthy!
Do not take your health and your time for granted, Guys and Ladies.
BTW: this is straight out of the camera... ops, of the phone :)
Non potevo stare lontano da qui per troppo tempo...
Finalmente un weekend in montagna, in attesa di un intervento che dovrebbe salvare il mio polso destro dalle conseguenze di una vecchia frattura mai rimarginata.
Sono già sette settimane che aspetto a causa dei ritardi derivanti dalla pandemia di Covid.
Ho fatto un paio di escursioni, da solo e con la mia famiglia, mio figlio non riesce a smettere di lamentarsi mentre sale, ma è già più veloce di me.
Questo è dal passo Zube, a 2900m. A sinistra la Piramide di Punta Straling, a destra il massiccio dei Testagrigia. Sono salito da solo, con la mano destra immobilizzata da un tutore ortopedico.
Ho assolutamente dovuto cogliere una delle poche possibilità che mi sono capitate per fare un'uscita seria in montagna quest'estate.
Come ho scritto nel mio ultimo post, non sono in grado di utilizzare una fotocamera con una sola mano, quindi questo è un panorama ripreso con la lente ultra ampia del mio telefono Samsung, roba da 140 euro.
Non cercate dettagli nitidi qui, ma adoro l'ampia visuale e volevo postare un ricordo di una giornata felice.
Prima o poi devo provare un obiettivo da 12 mm (18 equivalenti) sulle mie Sony. La qualità delle foto scattate con il telefono lascia a desiderare, ma questo obiettivo ultra grandangolare è molto divertente.
State in salute e divertitevi. Non date per scontata la vostra salute e il tempo di cui potete godere!
Le bâtiment qui abrite le musée de la Banque nationale de Belgique (BNB) est un joyau architectural niché en plein cœur de Bruxelles. Inauguré par la BNB en 2010 après des travaux de rénovation, il a été imaginé en 1872 par l’architecte bruxellois Désiré De Keyser (1823-1897) pour le compte de l’Union du Crédit de Bruxelles (UCB).
Cette banque est créée à l’initiative d’entrepreneurs et d’hommes d’affaires bruxellois qui, au lendemain de la crise bancaire de 1848, décident de collaborer pour créer leur propre banque. Il s’agissait donc d’une banque coopérative : les actionnaires étaient également les clients de la banque. L’UCB proposait des services bancaires, en particulier des crédits à court terme, pour lesquels les entrepreneurs ne pouvaient à ce moment-là plus se tourner vers les grandes banques commerciales. Ce bâtiment est racheté en 1969 par la United California Bank pour entrer dans les années 1980 en possession de la Banque nationale. Différents éléments sont classés en 1984 tels les salles des guichets avec leurs verrières ainsi que le couloir d’entrée et la cage d’escalier, ce qui imposera des contraintes lors de la restauration minutieuse du bâtiment achevée en 2009.
Pour y amener une source de lumière suffisante, Désiré De Keyser avait choisi, en s’inspirant des galeries Saint-Hubert toutes proches, de surmonter l’édifice d’une verrière. Celui-ci se compose de deux grandes coupoles rectangulaires : l’une recouvre la grande salle des guichets et l’autre trône au-dessus d’une seconde salle des guichets, plus petite. Techniquement et esthétiquement, ces toits de verre culminant respectivement à 18 et 14 mètres constituent une véritable prouesse. Ils sont supportés par une structure d’acier formant une voûte en berceau. L’association du fer et du verre, caractéristique de l’époque, confère au bâtiment une grande élégance.
The building which houses the museum of the National Bank of Belgium (BNB) is an architectural gem nestled in the heart of Brussels. Inaugurated by the BNB in 2010 after renovation work, it was designed in 1872 by the Brussels architect Désiré De Keyser (1823-1897) on behalf of the Union du Crédit de Bruxelles (UCB).
This bank was created on the initiative of Brussels entrepreneurs and businessmen who, following the banking crisis of 1848, decided to collaborate to create their own bank. It was therefore a cooperative bank: the shareholders were also the bank's customers. UCB offered banking services, particularly short-term credits, for which entrepreneurs could no longer turn to large commercial banks at that time. This building was purchased in 1969 by the United California Bank and entered into the possession of the National Bank in the 1980s. Various elements were classified in 1984, such as the ticket office rooms with their glass roofs as well as the entrance corridor and the stairwell, which will impose constraints during the careful restoration of the building completed in 2009.
To provide a sufficient source of light, Désiré De Keyser chose, taking inspiration from the nearby Saint-Hubert galleries, to surmount the building with a glass roof. This consists of two large rectangular domes: one covers the large ticket hall and the other sits above a second, smaller ticket hall. Technically and aesthetically, these glass roofs peaking at 18 and 14 meters respectively constitute a real feat. They are supported by a steel structure forming a barrel vault. The combination of iron and glass, characteristic of the period, gives the building great elegance.
www.formspring.me/rayan666 أسأل اي حاااااااااااااجه---- Explored ---- © All rights reserved to RaYan Al ShReeFريـان الشريف
--[أكسبلــور]--
134 Xiangde Rd., Shanghai
Due to the account capacity constraints, this account will cease to be updated after 28 June, 2024.
I'm sorry to tell you friends that my new account (www.flickr.com/photos/runen3) was instantly cancelled just as I posted my first photo. I have written to enquire as to the cause. There is little hope of a resolution though. Maybe I will say goodbye to Flickr forever.
Good luck to all of you!
"The photograph is an undeniably powerful medium. Free from the constraints of language, and harnessing the unique qualities of a single moment frozen in time."
Steve McCurry
A tornado warned supercell churns eastward across Kansas in the vicinity of Hollyrood in the early evening. We hoped this storm would produce, but instead just gave us beautiful structure.
Other storms to the west did put down tornadoes, but due to time constraints we couldn't get all the way over there. We didn't leave too late, but I had to stay within 2 hours of Kansas City in case I was called to work; and was first out. The joys of working for the railroad.
Either way, we didn't want to miss out on the first halfway promising setup of the season for this region, and were still glad we made our way over.
5-26-21
Hollyrood, KS
© Leanne Boulton, All Rights Reserved
Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Colour re-edit of a shot from March 2015.
Deeply unhealthy ultra-processed food should never be cheaper than healthy alternatives. We live in a sad state where this is the case and such disparity creates health inequality.
Such poor nutrition food should always be personal choice and never forced upon anyone by financial constraint.
Holy Friday and what better place to look for the holy grail that the fantastic beach of Adraga.
Additionally, a BIG thanks to Lucroit for sending me the new version of their 100mm Filter Holder.
My first impressions are very positive over the previous model, now it allows me to use the Lee filters without any constraint or limitation.
Another note is the perfect fit of the square neutral density filters and their sponge in the slot's, as well the precious help of the flaps that prevent the entry of side or top light.
Once again, an excellent product by Lucroit !
Nikon D800 + Nikkor AF-S 16-35mm f/4.0G ED VR @ 16 mm
ISO 100 - f/11 - 1 sec
Filters Used:
Lucroit 100mm Filter Holder + Formatt-Hitech 0.9 Reverse
Press L to see it Large
My Site | 500px | Google Plus | FaceBook
19 Jiangyin Rd., Shanghai
Due to the account capacity constraints, this account will cease to be updated after 28 June, 2024.
I'm sorry to tell you friends that my new account (www.flickr.com/photos/runen3) was instantly cancelled just as I posted my first photo. I have written to enquire as to the cause. There is little hope of a resolution though. Maybe I will say goodbye to Flickr forever.
Good luck to all of you!
Sea Life Bangkok Ocean World is the largest aquarium in South East Asia and proud to have a marine-themed park that houses sharks and rays. The small aquariums and coral displays by the entrance are very impressive. They have plenty of good scheduled shows such as the sea lions and penguins feeding. Didn’t get the chance to see other live shows due to time constraint but would love to come and visit again some other time. Shark feeding is entertaining and fun to watch. It was a great way to end the day. Surely, the kids who were sitting next to me definitely enjoyed it too.
Massive 'thank you'! This video made it to in explore!!
I'm pretty obsessed with this emulsion, though I feel like I can never quite nail it consistently. Sometimes it's perfect (or perfectish, like this one, sort of), and sometimes it's wonky. Sometimes there are dev issues. Sometimes it's an emulsion issue. Obviously, this stuff has some quality control issues and I think it's pretty susceptible to moisture and condensation.
It's a shitty artist who blames the tools, and that is sort of what I'm doing here. But then, tools can also be an issue. It's our job as artists (or whatever) to work within the constraints of our tools to create art (again, or whatever).
That said, I love the look of this stuff, basically always.
.
.
.
'Hold Fast'
Camera: Folmer & Schwing RB Cycle 4x5 (c1907)
Lens: Zeiss Kodak Anastigmat f/6.3
Film: Arista Ortho Litho 3.0; 3iso
Exposure: f/6.3; 1/10sec
Process: PMK; 1+1+100; 6.5min
Douglas County, Washington
March 2021
93 Jiangyin Rd., Shanghai
Due to the account capacity constraints, this account will cease to be updated after 28 June, 2024.
I'm sorry to tell you friends that my new account (www.flickr.com/photos/runen3) was instantly cancelled just as I posted my first photo. I have written to enquire as to the cause. There is little hope of a resolution though. Maybe I will say goodbye to Flickr forever.
Good luck to all of you!
I've photographed this guy last summer: flic.kr/p/2oS4xTM
Beautiful swirling mist around the famous landmark at dawn
Mont-Saint-Michel is one of the most fascinating heritage sites in Europe. It is a tidal island with a fortified medieval village that developed beneath a beautiful Gothic-style Benedictine abbey,
Mont-Saint-Michel, Normandy, France
In Explore 2 July 2022 - # 12
Thank you all for taking the time to view and comment on my image. Unfortunately, due to time constraints, I cannot answer them all personally, but they are so much appreciated.
History-England-Magnificent Wells Cathedral.
The Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew, commonly known as Wells Cathedral, is an Anglican cathedral in Wells, Somerset. The cathedral, dedicated to St Andrew the Apostle, is the seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells. It is the mother church of the diocese and contains the bishop's throne (cathedra). It was built between 1175 and 1490, replacing an earlier church built on the same site in 705. It is moderately sized among the medieval cathedrals of England, between those of massive proportion such as Lincoln and York and the smaller cathedrals in Oxford and Carlisle. With its broad west front and large central tower, it is the dominant feature of its small cathedral city and a landmark in the Somerset countryside. Wells has been described as "unquestionably one of the most beautiful" and as "the most poetic" of English cathedrals.
The cathedral's architecture presents a harmonious whole which is entirely Gothic and mostly in the Early English style of the late 12th and early 13th centuries. In this respect Wells differs from most other English medieval cathedrals, which have parts in the earlier Romanesque style introduced to Britain by the Normans in the 11th century.
Work commenced in about 1175 at the east end with the building of the choir. The historian John Harvey considers it to be the first truly Gothic structure in Europe, having broken from the last constraints of Romanesque. The stonework of its pointed arcades and fluted piers is enriched by the complexity of pronounced mouldings and the vitality of its carved capitals in a foliate style known as "stiff leaf". Its exterior has an Early English façade displaying more than 300 sculpted figures, described by Harvey as "the supreme triumph of the combined plastic arts in England". The east end retains much ancient stained glass, which is rare in England.
Unlike many English cathedrals of monastic foundation, Wells has an exceptional number of surviving secular buildings associated with its chapter of secular canons, including the Bishop's Palace and Vicars' Close, a residential street that has remained intact since the 15th century. The cathedral is a Grade I listed building.
Contribution to MM challenge for 11/3/18, theme: Timepiece.
A recurring problem for me with many of the challenges is that I now live between 2 homes and not very much stuff has made its way north with me yet. So I have no clocks in the house (other than my digital alarm which isn't interesting in the least!) Also I haven't worn a watch for a great many years and while I still have watches they are all still in Londinium. But then I had the idea for an egg timer/hourglass but again i didn't have one. Fortunately I had an appointment in York this morning which gave me the opportunity to skive and hunt a little!
Not quite the image I had envisaged but given my time constraints it's not actually a million miles off. Some laziness is evident in that the glass managed to get dirty quite quickly and I just left it!
Strobist bit: 2 x SB200 units. one set to manual at 1/100 to the right, slightly behind the glass. The other on TTL with -0.7 EV aimed at the background. Both(!) firing on rear curtain.
Tower Bridge
London, England
03-20-25
I left for England on March 18th and returned March 28th at around 2:30pm (although my personal clock, still on UK time told me it was 8:30pm). I'm in the process now of transferring all my images taken in London, along the coast of Cornwall, and through the counties of Gloucester and Kent to my hard drives. I filled about 7 128GB SD cards with images on the nine day trip. Even had to purchase two of them in the town of Bath because I knew I was going to run out of storage cards the rate I was going.
For my first image, I chose a view of the Tower Bridge (often confused with London Bridge, the original which was installed in Lake Havasu, Arizona in 1971, and the new one farther along the Thames River.)
On the day I took this, the sky was glorious, as you can see. The Good Lord blessed London and the Southwest with wonderful weather for my visit, and although some of the Cornish coast was a bit overcast it didn't stop any of the areas I photographed from still being instantly photographable.
My full itinerary after spending three glorious days in London was as follows.
315 miles from London to Sennen Cove
86 miles from Sennen Cove to Saltash
143 miles from Saltash to Bath and the Cotswolds
184 miles from Wotton Under Edge to Canterbury
62 miles from Canterbury to London
Those are the distances I drove, braving hedgerows and roundabouts (not to mention driving on the left side of the road and signage that is COMPLETELY foreign to an American {good thing I familiarized myself by downloading the U.K Driver's manual before leaving on the trip}).
Towns and areas I photographed included:
London, Stonehenge, Sennen Cove, St. Ives, Pendennis Castle (in Falmouth), Saltash (in the farm country near the Cornwall and Devon dividing line), Newquay, Padstow, Port Issac (Cornwall fishing villages), Bath, Castle Combe, Bibury, Bourton-On-The-Water, Stow-On-The-Wold, Wotton-Under-Edge (Cotswolds villages), Dover Castle, and Canterbury.
I missed Penzance, St. Mawes, Tingagel and Launceton Castles, because of time constraints or the fact the castles were closed. All in all I made good use of my time. I didn't get tired (much) or frustrated (much) and I'll be showing you some utterly amazing architecture and countryside images from around the south of England over the next few months.
Parfois, la créativité du photographe ne se limite pas au cadrage, mais s’exprime aussi dans l’ingéniosité du matériel et de l’installation. Poser un trépied sur un bureau, c’est transformer un espace de travail en studio improvisé, une astuce parfaite quand on manque de place ou que l’on veut stabiliser son appareil à hauteur idéale sans encombrer le sol. Cette approche rappelle le concept du Tripod Desk, un bureau mobile construit sur un trépied, qui allie mobilité et stabilité pour travailler ou shooter partout. Ici, le photographe fait preuve d’une belle capacité d’adaptation : en combinant stabilité et hauteur contrôlée, il surmonte les contraintes d’espace tout en gardant une maîtrise parfaite de la composition. Une belle illustration que la photographie, c’est aussi savoir détourner les outils et l’environnement à son avantage, avec un brin d’imagination et beaucoup d’astuce !
°°°°°°°°
Sometimes, a photographer’s creativity isn’t limited to framing, but is also expressed in the ingenuity of their equipment and setup. Placing a tripod on a desk turns a workspace into an improvised studio—a perfect trick when you’re short on space or want to stabilize your camera at the ideal height without cluttering the floor. This approach brings to mind the concept of the “Tripod Desk,” a mobile workstation built on a tripod that combines mobility and stability for working or shooting anywhere. Here, the photographer demonstrates great adaptability: by combining stability and controlled height, they overcome space constraints while maintaining perfect composition. It’s a wonderful illustration that photography is also about repurposing tools and environments to your advantage, with a touch of imagination and plenty of resourcefulness !
The Ishtar Gate was the eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon. It was constructed in about 575 BC by order of King Nebuchadnezzar II on the north side of the city. It was excavated in the early 20th century and a reconstruction using original bricks is now shown in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin.
Dedicated to the Babylonian goddess Ishtar, the gate was constructed using glazed brick with alternating rows of bas-relief mušḫuššu (dragons) and aurochs.
The roof and doors of the gate were of cedar, according to the dedication plaque. Through the gate ran the Processional Way, which was lined with walls covered in lions on glazed bricks (about 120 of them). Ishtar Gate depicts only gods and goddesses which include Ishtar Adad and Marduk. Statues of the deities were paraded through the gate and down the Processional Way each year during the New Year's celebration.
Originally the gate, being part of the Walls of Babylon, was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the world until it was replaced by the Lighthouse of Alexandria; in the 3rd century BC.
A reconstruction of the Ishtar Gate and Processional Way was built at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin out of material excavated by Robert Koldewey and finished in the 1930s. It includes the inscription plaque. It stands 47 feet high and 100 feet wide (14 meters by 30 meters). The excavation ran from 1902 to 1914, and, during that time, 45 feet of the foundation of the gate was uncovered.
It was a double gate; the part that is shown in the Pergamon Museum today is the smaller, frontal part. The larger, back part was considered too large to fit into the constraints of the structure of the museum; it is in storage.
Pergamon Museum, Ishtar gate
Parts of the gate and lions from the Processional Way are in various other museums around the world. Only three museums acquired dragons, while lions went to several museums. The Istanbul Archaeology Museum has lions, dragons, and bulls. The Detroit Institute of Arts houses a dragon. The Röhsska Museum in Gothenburg, Sweden, has one dragon and one lion; the Louvre, the State Museum of Egyptian Art in Munich, the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Oriental Institute in Chicago, the Rhode Island School of Design Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, Connecticut, each have lions. One of the processional lions was recently loaned by Berlin's Vorderasiatisches Museum to the British Museum
A smaller reproduction of the gate was built in Iraq under Saddam Hussein as the entrance to a museum that has not been completed. Damage to this reproduction has occurred since the Iraq war (see Effects of the U.S. military).
@Cosmopolitan 7th - 19th July
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/No%20Comment/133/136/40
Perfect for your summer outings — introducing the Rattan Frame Clutch with its softly rounded silhouette 🌿
It comes with 15 main color options via texture change HUD, plus customizable rattan frames and metal parts.
Includes 7 hold poses (left & right hand) to match any style or mood.
Due to time constraints, this item is available as FATPACK only —
but we've priced it very affordably, and it's 20% OFF during the event!
Make it your go-to clutch this season 👜✨
- In a crowded room, my eyes will always search for you.
!!! New secret at Next Up Secret Garden :
- Noble Creations Aphrodite Outfit Set
- AtmosDesign [AD] Arrow Outfit Set
(Full sets in comment section)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In stores:
- Les Encantades Jeweled Scarf Basics
- Constraint Zephyr Diadem with hud
- KMH - Hair F195
- TLG - Furniture from Weekend Sale
There aren't many situations that make me rush these days - but this would be one.
The alcohol licensing laws of the United Kingdom regulate the sale and consumption of alcohol.
Some long-standing traditions (indeed, legal requirements) have disappeared as a consequence. First, "permitted hours" gained a new meaning. Until the 2003 Act came into force on 24 November 2005, permitted hours were a standard legal constraint: for example, serving alcohol after 23:00 meant that a licensing extension had to exist—either permanent (as for nightclubs, for example), or by special application from the licensee concerned for a particular occasion. There was also a customary general derogation permitting a modest extension on particular dates, such as New Year's Eve and some other Public Holidays. Licensees did not need to apply for these and could take advantage of them if they wished without any formality. Now, permitted hours are theoretically continuous: it is possible for a premises licence to be held which allows 24-hour opening, and indeed some do exist.
Most licensed premises do not go this far, but many applied for licences in 2005 that allowed them longer opening hours than before. However, as in the past, there is no obligation for licensees to use all the time permitted to them. Premises that still close (for commercial reasons) at 23:00 during most of the week may well have licences permitting them to remain open longer, perhaps for several hours. Staying open after 23:00 on the spur of the moment is therefore legal at such premises if the licensee decides to do so. The service of alcohol must still cease when the licence closing time arrives. Only the holder of the comparatively rare true "24-hour" licence has complete freedom in this respect.
Taunton, Somerset, UK.
"The digital society of control makes intense use of freedom. It is only possible thanks to voluntary self-ilumination and self exposure. It exploits freedom. The society of control achieves perfection when its inhabitants do not communicate because of external constraint but of inner need-that is when the fear of giving up a private and intimate sphere yields to the need to put oneself on display shamelessly."
The Transparency Society, Byung-Chul Han, 2015.
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Details: bluekleinsl.wordpress.com
Location: L'Maison
The "Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland" is a Unesco World Heritage. The area is dominated by a vast limestone plateau. Human beings have lived there for some five thousand years and adapted their way of life to the physical constraints of the island. As a consequence, the landscape is unique, with abundant evidence of continuous human settlement from prehistoric times to the present day. The flat landscape made the area very suitable for wind mills. The post mill is the most common type of mill on the island Öland. The entire mill is turned on the post to face the wind.
Unesco World Heritage, dossier 968.
MOVIE of the event : www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6WszYgplkE
Surreal is a large-scale collaborative project highlighting eight artists with entirely different worlds.
Set within a surreal environment imagined and built by Carolyn Handrick, with decorations by Aeala, each creator was given full freedom to share whatever they wished.
The only constraints: a maximum of 300 prims and limiting sound to the inside surface of each bubble.
The result? A constellation of immersive installations where each 40-meter bubble becomes a surprising and singular universe.
This project continues the spirit of collaborative work initiated with the Banksy Museum & Gallery, celebrating the power of shared creation in Second Life.
Each bubble is an invitation to travel: be curious, move, fly, click… interactivity reveals itself through movement.
🎨 Artists
Marea Praga – Sculptor and fashion creator, she blends paintings, drawings and photographs from real life with virtual shapes and garments. Her surreal works blur the boundaries between tangible art and avatars.
MarVayu Anante – Photographer and poet, she explores identity between real and virtual. Her often monochrome images transform exhibition spaces into places of contemplation and emotion.
Völva aka Morlita Quan– Sound and visual artist, she composes intense and personal worlds where musical experimentation and imagery intertwine, creating unique sensory journeys.
Shiny Starchild – Creator of soundscapes, DJ and performer, he weaves immersive and vibrant atmospheres, inviting both inner and collective exploration.
Matou Diesel – Photographer and creator, he works with images from SL and AI. His art merges visual aesthetics with social critique, often within collaborative projects.
Carolyn Handrick – Artist and organizer, she combines reworked photography, scripted installations and strong aesthetic choices, while orchestrating large-scale collective projects.
Zahra aka Saro – Visual artist, she sensitively explores SL’s imagery and textures, creating works that move between poetry and abstraction.
Wan Laryukov – Multidisciplinary artist, she expresses herself through immersive builds and images, shaping universes where imagination takes form.
Aeala – Emerging SL artist, she creates intuitive and experimental visual works, inviting audiences to feel rather than explain.
Landmark : (opens at 12pm) maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Secret%20Sanctuary/116/133...
💡 To fully enjoy the experience
Use the sim’s windlight setting
Activate PBR mode for optimal rendering
Keep ambient sounds turned on
Media is not required
It's the Birthday round! With GIFTS! Don't miss it!
Now at We Love Roleplay from 4th until 28th May:
- UNA. HeraLong PBR
- UNA. HeraCape
- Constraint [CON] Dark Fae Wings pbr, tecture chenge hud Flutter speed control
- VENGE - Mystralis Zephyr Flyer V1 Sound and Particle effect while flying with hud
- Raindale - Slatewhisper gazebo in different colors
- Raindale - Starglimmer lantern (light, PBR) limited gift
- Raindale - Blossomfall flower (moon) - limited gift
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In stores:
- IKON Triumphant eyes
- Pure Poison - Emma Nails - Maitreya
- WINGS-EF1112 hair
- Simply Shelby Wildflower Field - Butterfly Blues
Cheetah cub following his mom in pursuit of a springbok. The chase is initiated by the mother cheetah and the cubs follow only after she had sprinted off. This constraint on their part is essential for her to achieve success in bringing down prey.
Auob riverbed in an unusually green Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa
Copyright © Gerda van Schalkwyk 2022 - All Rights Reserved
Eine der vielen Kirchen, welche ich aus zeitlichen Gründen nicht aufsuchen konnte.
One of the many churches, which I could not visit due to time constraints.
HSS...... so today, while post processing, i learned three things:
1.) you can clone out random things to make a picture more pleasing,
2.) i really should practice more with my BGC cause this dear little canon870 p&s just doesn't like long distance,
and 3.) if i am going to shoot through my windshield, it needs to be a lot cleaner!!
ANSH scavenger2 "Natural framing"
ODC framed
I think young people are having the hardest time with the constraints of social distancing-- they miss their friends, they miss their sports seasons, and they're missing a big chunk of the HS/college experience- learning and being social.
A very cold morning brought a huge problem with my filter fogging up , no sooner had I wiped it than it fogged up again, I only took a few shots but time a constraint too as I was on my way to work
El canal de Castilla es una de las obras de ingeniería hidráulica más importantes de las realizadas entre mediados del siglo XVIII y el primer tercio del XIX en España. Recorre parte de las provincias de Burgos, Palencia y Valladolid en la comunidad autónoma de Castilla y León (España) y fue construido para facilitar el transporte del trigo de Castilla hacia los puertos del norte y de allí a otros mercados. Sin embargo, ante la llegada del ferrocarril, quedó obsoleto.
Originalmente concebido como una red de cuatro canales que unirían Segovia con Reinosa, debido a sus enormes dificultades técnicas e ingentes recursos, solo se llegaron a construir tres ramales (Norte, Sur y de Campos). Con una anchura que varía entre 11 y 22 metros, el canal discurre a lo largo de 207 kilómetros, atravesando 38 términos municipales, y uniendo las localidades de Alar del Rey (Palencia), donde tiene su nacimiento, con las de Valladolid y de Medina de Rioseco, situadas respectivamente al final de los ramales Sur y de Campos (el Canal tiene forma de Y invertida). Tiene un desnivel total de 150 metros.
La provincia de Palencia es la que más longitud de canal tiene (ramal Norte). Algunos kilómetros al norte de la capital palentina el canal se divide en dos grandes ramales que se dirigen uno a Medina de Rioseco (ramal de Campos) y otro a Valladolid (ramal Sur).
El canal de Castilla, el proyecto más importante de ingeniería civil de la España Ilustrada, tenía por objetivo principal servir como vía de comunicación y transporte que solucionase el problema de aislamiento que sufría la meseta castellana, debido a un relieve complicado y una deficiente red viaria, que hacía casi imposible el transporte de los productos agrarios de la región.
La navegación comercial de granos por medio de barcazas fue el principal recurso hasta 1860 en que se inaugura la línea ferroviaria Venta de Baños–Alar del Rey. El ferrocarril Valladolid–Medina de Rioseco supone, por último, el colapso del tráfico de mercancías. El aprovechamiento de la fuerza motriz en las esclusas (molinos harineros, batanes, etc.) y la utilización de agua para riego agrícola (23 000 hectáreas) serán las principales utilizaciones desde la segunda mitad del siglo XIX.
Actualmente el principal uso económico directo es el regadío, habiéndose abandonado la navegación en 1959.
Otro recurso comienza a ser la promoción turística.
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal_de_Castilla
The Canal of Castile (Canal de Castilla in Spanish) is a canal in the north of Spain. Constructed between the last half of the 18th century and the first half of the 19th century, it runs 207 km through the provinces of Burgos, Palencia and Valladolid, in the Autonomous Community of Castile and León. Width ranges between 11 m (36 ft) and 22 metres, depth between 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) and 3 metres.
It is protected by a heritage listing, having been declared Bien de interés cultural in 1991. Parts of it are still in use, although there are now only limited possibilities for navigation: it irrigates 48 municipalities.
The canal was planned by the Marques de la Ensenada during Fernando VI's reign. Its purpose was to boost trade by allowing Tierra de Campos’ wheat grain production to be transported from Castile to the northern harbour of Santander and to other markets from there; vice versa, the canal was also meant to facilitate the inflow of products from the Spanish colonies into Castile.
The Spanish War of Independence, budgetary constraints and the difficult passage of the Cantabrian Mountains hampered and eventually reduced the initial plan of a 400 km so the canal never reached the Bay of Biscay as initially planned. Overall, its construction took almost 100 years (from 1753 to 1849) and was eventually halted when railroads were built in northern Spain in the nineteenth century, superseding the project.
The canal was most used during the 1850-1870 period, when up to 400 barges plied the canal towed by beasts of burden. Later on, the canal evolved into the spine of a huge irrigation system due to its relative inefficiency vs. railfreight as a means of transport. The locks on the canal were decommissioned in the twentieth century.
Similar to an inverted 'Y' in layout, the canal stretches 207 km (129 mi), linking the towns of Alar del Rey (Palencia), considered the beginning of the Northern Branch, Valladolid and Medina de Rioseco, lying at the end of the Southern Branch and Campos Branch respectively.
紅 KURENAI FINAL-ROUND
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/utakata/221/115/21
--------------------------------------------------------
You can get prizes
if you play this game and earn points.
このゲームでポイントを集めると
景品が受け取れます。
--------------------------------------------------------
To start GAME → Please touch the panel of the HUD in the station and start it.
ゲームをはじめるには→駅の中にあるHUDのパネルをtouchしてスタートしてください。
・Give permission to the "experience" dialog for this game. The permission will be asked only at the first time of your game play.
・You must not attach more than 34 objects. The game will automatically add 4 attachments to you.
・The game system might not work properly if you use a unique shape.
・Please disable camera constraints from the advanced menu of your viewer.
・駅の中にあるHUDのパネルをtouchしてスタートしてください。
・送られてくる「体験」を許可してください。初回のみダイアログがでます。必ず許可してください。
・装着オブジェクト数を３４個以下にしてください。４つのオブジェクトが自動で追加されます。
・特殊なシェイプをつかったアバターは、うまく表示されない場合があります。
・カメラの距離の制限をOFFにしてください.
I was going to attempt a Lady of Shalott theme but was not successful due to Time constraints. So for now this is unfinished.. maybe as Time allows I will return to the concept...
Dans un monde encore marqué par bien des tabous, l’image de ces deux femmes qui s’embrassent est un puissant symbole d’émancipation.
Elle incarne la liberté conquise par de nombreuses jeunes femmes aujourd’hui : aimer sans contraintes, revendiquer leur désir et leur identité au-delà des normes patriarcales et sociales.
Myriam Boulos saisit ici un instant d’intimité et de résistance, où l’amour devient aussi un acte politique et un cri de visibilité.
Un témoignage fort de cette nouvelle génération, fière et déterminée à s’affirmer telle qu’elle est, avec douceur et courage …
°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°
In a world still marked by many taboos, the image of these two women kissing is a powerful symbol of emancipation.
It embodies the freedom achieved by many young women today: to love without constraints, to claim their desire and identity beyond patriarchal and social norms.
Myriam Boulos captures here a moment of intimacy and resistance, where love becomes both a political act and a cry for visibility.
A strong testament to this new generation, proud and determined to assert themselves as they are, with tenderness and courage …
__________________________________________PdF____
448 N. Guangxi Rd., Shanghai
Due to the account capacity constraints, this account will cease to be updated after 28 June, 2024.
I'm sorry to tell you friends that my new account (www.flickr.com/photos/runen3) was instantly cancelled just as I posted my first photo. I have written to enquire as to the cause. There is little hope of a resolution though. Maybe I will say goodbye to Flickr forever.
Good luck to all of you!
I went with a hiking group to Chichengxian in the Zhangjiakou area to hike 29 km at an altitude of 1.000 - 1.500m. We arrived there by bus at 11 am. Before 6 pm we had to finish the trail to avoid having to climb the steep path in the dark. Unfortunately, we had a lot of fog in form of heavy air pollution, which made wide views nearly impossible. Taking photos was also quite a challenge due to time constraints. We were almost running the trail to finish in time with only very short breaks.
See more on my blog gerrit-worldwide.de
Due to budgetary constraints the traditional Town Crier has become a thing of the past in most places. However, there is still a legal requirement to tell people what is going on in certain instances.
I spotted this notice this morning and was amused by the archaic legalese in which it had been written.
"Whereas by virtue of the provisions of the above enactment ... the Council is empowered on days appointed for Carnivals or similar occasions to direct the passage and stoppage of vehicles or persons ...
Now therefore the City Council do hereby order that the roads listed in the Schedule hereto shall be closed ..."
In English, that means this road will be closed for a bit, so don't even think about parking or driving down it. Or else!