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Rough waves triggered by strong wind prevent a fisherman aboard a paddle boat from having an easy and smooth journey towards his destination.
Captured in late afternoon off a village seashore in Subic, Zambales, Philippines.
The never ending struggle of keeping up with making content publicly available.
M503 is back up to speed after hanging back at Woodland Jct, waiting on a motive power plagued L375 here at Milford. The local is finally in the clear and the C&EI towards Evansville is finally open for southbound movement again. Afternoons tend to be busy on this leg of the C&EI and this 1st of December is no different. I195, M500, L375, M503 and I129 all ran in daylight between Woodland Jct and Danville.
Love does not stand firmly in one place demanding it's own way.
It bends like a tree in the wind giving all it has to give........
The village is known for the custom of painting huts. The custom of decorating rural rooms with floral paintings dates back to the end of the 19th century, when village women began to decorate the interiors of cottages with flowers made of tissue paper, cutouts and straw spiders hanging from the ceiling, and flowers painted on the walls. Paintings were also made on the external walls of buildings, wells and fences. There are currently about twenty painted houses in Zalipie
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Wieś jest znana ze zwyczaju malowania chat. Zwyczaj ozdabiania wiejskich izb kwiecistymi malunkami wywodzi się z końca XIX wieku, kiedy to mieszkanki wsi zaczęły dekorować wnętrza chałup kwiatami wykonanymi z bibułki, wycinankami i pająkami ze słomy wiszącymi u powały oraz malowanymi na ścianach kwiatami. Malowidła wykonywano także na zewnętrznych ścianach budynków, studniach i płotach. W Zalipiu znajduje się obecnie około dwadzieścia malowanych domów
I've learned to take everything someone says with a grain of salt. They will tell you what they want you to believe, but in reality the truth is usually in focus, they just forget that it's been shown. Have the courage to speak the truth, rather than avoiding the situation.....
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35mm Rollei RPX 400 film.
Nikon F4, 20mm, red filter.
Developed and Scanned at home.
De nuevo Atxabiribil, Sopelana (Bizkaia), en esa tarde de nubes grises potentes, viendo otro angulo de los posibles. Utilice un filtro ND 1.2 de Tiffen y un degradado 0.9 de Lee para dar ese aire de "fin del mundo" en el cielo. Con Photoshop aumente contraste y toque los niveles un pelin ya que estaba bastante bien de luz para mi gusto. Aumento de nitidez y filtro ruido para el cielo.
This is a close-up photo of sunlight refracting through water patterns in a shallow stream flowing across Clam Harbour Beach.
The swift flowing river current is bifurcated into wake patterns by a protruding river grass, conjuring pareidolia entities.
We are currently holidaying on Anglesey and it is hard to prepare new photographs for flickr since we are out and about all days. So here an archive shot of my favourite lighthouse: Eilean Glas lighthouse on Scalpay, Outer Hebrides. The lighthouse is automatic like all lighthouses and has been lovingly restored by the Scottish authority, while all the surrounding buildings are in private hand and badly rotting away. This is such an incredible place and setting, a pity that the owner of the land appears bound to let it crumble until there is nothing left.
Excerpt from beyondarizona.com:
The former Church of St. Laurentius, next to the castle, was first mentioned in 761-62, when the patronage rights over the church were given to Ettenheim Monastery in Breisgau. The church was one of the twelve Lake Thun churches in the Strättliger Chronicle. The current early Romanesque building was built during the 7th or 8th century, while the crypt dates from about 1000. Outside the church, a number of graves from the 7th and 8th centuries have also been discovered. It was the parish church for a parish that included Spiez, Spiezwiler, Einigen, Faulensee and Hondrich. When Bern adopted the new faith of the Protestant Reformation in 1528, the church became the center of the new Reformed parish.
Spiez Castle is a small romantic castle with lovely gardens, a fine Romanesque church, and spectacular views of Lake Thun and Alpine peaks of the Berner (Bernese) Oberland region of Switzerland. The castle has a history going back to at least the twelfth century.
'LF' Spitfires had engine superchargers optimized for low level flight and it was found that removing the wing tips (which could easily be done in the field) allowed a faster role rate at those lower altitudes. Confusingly, not all LF Spitfires flew with 'clipped' wings, and not all clipped wing Spitfires are LF models. A captured FW-190 was found to outperform the then current Mk V Spitfire in most important repects which led to the hasty redesign of Mk Vs to MK IXs with a more powerful engine which went some way to addressing the deficit.
Among Kraków’s most well-known landmarks, this sculpture in the western corner of the market square is a popular meeting place and at some point serves as a photographic backdrop for almost every tourist who visits the city.
Affectionately referred to as ‘The Head’, the bronze body part’s official title is ‘Eros Bendato’ (Eros Bound) and is the work of Polish artist Igor Mitoraj (1944 - 2014).
A student of Tadeusz Kantor at the Kraków School of Art, an exhibition of 14 of Mitoraj’s monumental works dressed the Rynek from Oct 17, 2003 to Jan 25, 2004, during which the artist gifted this work to the city, sparking controversy over what to do with it. Initially, the sculpture was designated for the square in front of Galeria Krakowska, but the artist was indignant about having his work in front of a commercial building.
Despite protest from historians and many locals, the sculpture eventually found its current place near the Town Hall Tower, where it has become an unexpected tourist attraction.
Kraków, Poland
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Sixth image in my current Ice and Snow series...
We regularly have Canada geese and Mallard flocks that overwinter at our city's lakeshore, often swimming among the ice floes and freezing water. And sometimes we have surprising visitors that join the regulars, in this case a Trumpeter Swan!
As I often do in the wintertime, I went down to the lakeshore at sunset a couple days ago to photograph the ducks and geese and I discovered this beautiful, white swan. It was hanging around the geese.
I didn't get many shots of it before 50 geese decided to lift into the air and fly away, which triggered this swan to do the same. I was disappointed but was glad I got at least this nice capture to share with you.
What appears to be dirt and debris floating on the water surface here in the foreground is actually small bits of ice. How ANY of these birds can comfortably swim in such cold water is beyond me. But they don’t seem to mind and they carry on as if it were summer.
I love the pure white of the swan bathed in the reflected colors of the sunset here. Enjoy!
even though i took these photos a few weeks ago, the title still applies. still snowing.
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Just found the reason for those slabs on either side of the river:
The Mountain Quarry Cement Bridge, later known as "No Hands Bridge," was completed on March 23, 1912, by 600 men working on the Placer County side and 200 more on the E1 Dorado side to the tune of $300,000. At the time of its construction the bridge was the longest concrete arch bridge in the world. The building of this structure proved that concrete was practical for building long bridges. Although it was plagued by various problems during construction , the span was considered a great piece of railroad bridge engineering.
The old cement bridge stands today as a proud monument to early-day engineering and the men who built it. The bridge has withstood the tugging of the American River currents for over 80 years and stayed on its footings when the Hell Hole Dam broke in December 1964 and took out two modern bridges upstream. It also withstood the so-called "Valentines Day Flood" of 1986, which submerged the bridge before destroying a 250-foot earth-filled coffer dam two miles down river.
The cement bridge has served as a landmark since the railroad went out of service in the 1940s. It did, however, serve a purpose shortly after the Hell Hole dam flood. The dam, located some 40 miles upstream, brought millions of tons of thundering water down the Middle Fork. The force of the water tore out the newer concrete-and-steel highway bridge nearby that linked Auburn with Cool and Georgetown. But the cement railroad bridge survived and was quickly pressed into temporary service to restore vehicle traffic between the two counties.
The rail route's 15 trestles and lines of tracks were removed in the 1940s: the metal and other materials were used in the war effort.
Today, a portion of the old rail route is designated as the Western States Pioneer Express Recreation Trail, in accordance with the National Trails System Act. It is primarily used by horsemen, runners and hikers. The name "no hands" came from veteran rider, Ina Robinson, who would drop her reins to ride across the then guardrail-less bridge. The bridge now stands as the "gateway to Auburn" and the final American River crossing of the Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run.
Common Goosander (female) - Mergus Merganser
River Nidd Pateley Bridge - Yorkshire
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I have been in hospital since 10th April 2022 after a fall. It looks like I will be in hospital for at least 2 - 4 more days.
To my sponsors, I will try to make up for it after I get out.
A close up of Evergreen Current (Ribes viburnifolium) San Diego County variety of native shrubs useful as a fire resistant plant.