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The Royal Imperial Palace of Schönbrunn, Vienna, as seen from behind the Neptune Fountain, which was built at the command of Empress Maria Theresia. Excavation began in 1776 and the fountain was completed in 1780.
Captured with what is currently my favourite lens - the very quirky XR Rikenon 1:2.2 55mm. In certain situations it behaves as a soft-focus lens (see my other images). But have a look at those bars - as sharp as one could want...
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Nobody knows for certain how the Buddha head became entwined in the roots of the tree. One theory suggests that the tree simply grew around the Buddha head during the period when the temple lay abandoned and overgrown. Another theory is that a thief moved the Buddha head away from the main temple to hide it.
It was rather difficult to find any information about the person who gave their name to Camellia japonica 'Lavinia Maggi' (or just 'Contessa Lavinia Maggi'). It appears that a certain Onofrio Maggi cultivated this camellia some time in the middle of the 19th century. We know this, because the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) awarded it a First Class Certificate (FCC) in 1862. I believe, after some searching, that this was Onofrio Maggi di Gradella (1809 - 1880). This Onofrio had a daughter Lavinia (1862 - 1935), of whom all I know that she was married to two men of the local nobility, Carlo Guaineri and Francesco Dionisi Piomarta, and had one son with her second husband, the marchese Ottavio Dionisi Piomarta. None of these seem to have had any greater historical significance.
Ellis Island est située dans le Hudson River. Cette île est un des lieux les plus importants de l’histoire de l’immigration des États-Unis. Elle doit son nom à son ancien propriétaire : Samuel Ellis, ancien colon des années 1770. Elle a ensuite été rachetée par l’Etat de New York.
De 1892 à 1954, environ 12 millions d’immigrants venant principalement d’Europe sont arrivés sur l’île, dans l’espoir de passer la porte d’entrée et de vivre « l’American Dream » à New York City.
Ellis Island était alors le centre d’accueil de ces nouveaux arrivants. Les immigrés débarquaient après des dizaines de jours de voyage dans des conditions souvent assez compliquées. Ils devaient ensuite passer un examen médical, répondre à des questions administratives et légales ou encore prouver leur capacité à lire afin de pouvoir traverser « la Golden Door » (la « Porte Dorée ») et commencer à vivre leur nouvelle vie.
Au total 2% des arrivants ne passaient pas à cause de maladies ou car ils avaient commis des crimes, des vols ou autres activités compromettantes à la sécurité de la population.
L’île était d’ailleurs surnommée « The Island of Tears » (l’îles aux pleurs) à cause de ces quelques personnes qui soit mourraient sur place soit étaient obligées de retourner chez eux car ils ne remplissaient pas tous les critères pour devenir un immigré officiel aux États-Unis.
Sur l’île, il n’y a pas grand chose à voir sauf le musée national de l’Immigration – qui vous chamboulera très certainement.
Ce musée « Ellis Island National Immigration Museum » retrace toute cette partie de l’histoire du pays. Vous y découvrirez le parcours des immigrants à travers des photos de familles, des documents, objets personnels, les salles d’accueil et les salles d’examens restaurés…
Depuis 1990, ce musée permet de comprendre comment les américains accueillaient les candidats à l’immigration en filtrant en fonction de différents critères (sanitaires, intellectuels ou juridiques…)
Au premier étage se trouve les anciennes salles d’enregistrement. C’était ici que les immigrés se faisaient questionner et inspecter leurs documents. Les américains faisaient des contrôles médicaux pour s’assurer qu’ils n’avaient pas de maladies contagieuses. Ils vérifiaient leurs origines, s’ils avaient assez d’argent pour vivre, s’ils savaient lire… Les contrôles pouvaient prendre des heures.
Au deuxième étage, vous verrez principalement les dortoirs. En effet, l’entrée aux États-Unis ne se faisaient pas forcément en une journée. Les plus aisés qui étaient venus en 1ère ou 2ème classe et qui n’avaient pas de problème de santé passaient au maximum 5 heures à Ellis Island. Pour les plus pauvres, ils devaient parfois y passer des jours voire des semaines pour s’assurer qu’ils ne seraient des dangers pour la population américaine.
"For me, becoming isn’t about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. The journey doesn't end."
Il est certain que les lunettes peuvent transformer un visage. Elles apportent une touche d'élégance, de mystère ou de sophistication. Le choix de la monture est crucial pour sublimer le regard. On peut jouer avec les formes, les couleurs et les matières pour créer un style unique. Les lunettes sont devenues un véritable accessoire de mode.
KODAK Digital Still Camera
une bogue est l'enveloppe hérissée de piquants de certains fruits dont les châtaignes
One thing's for certain
I need you right here in my arms
Baby, I'm yearnin'
But I think I got a bone to pick with you (you)
Lately, I been wondering what's with you (you)
I need you to hear me, baby
Wake up, love (wake)
These sheets won't comfort me
Please wake up love (wake up)
I might just comfort me
But I just need you holding me
Show me some attention
I want you to wake up, love (wake up)
Hear me, baby
It's like a turban
I can wrap my head around this shit but
I need your brown skin
I'm like India when I'm not pissed with you
But how to keep it sane, it's you
I want you to wake up, love (wake)
These sheets won't comfort me
Please wake up, love (wake up)
I might just comfort me
But I just need you holding me
Needed your affection
Wake up, love (wake up)
Hear me,…
A wall of water quickly approaches this piece of coral as I await its certain doom via IMJ Productions
Après un certain temps sans avoir fais des grosses sessions spots, ce 14 février 2023 annonce le retour des photos ferroviaires donc pour cette première session de l'année, allons à Saint Martin de Crau où après le passage d'un FRET, un TER brise le silence de la fameuse Plaine de la Crau.
C'est donc en s'apprêtant à desservir la halte de SMDC, que cette belle UM de BGC Zou!, composée des B81787/788 et B81803/804, est saisi sous les toutes dernières lueurs du jour, alors qu'elle assure le TER N°876562 Marseille Saint Charles - Narbonne, sa destination finale.
14 février 2023, 17:05 au PK793 de Saint Martin de Crau (13).
C'est certainement une de ses premières sorties pour cette jeune bergeronnette dont la famille avait niché sur le toit de ma maison, sous le panneau du capteur solaire. Après avoir fait la toilette dans la rivière juste en-dessous du perchoir, c'est l'essorage par trémoussements à défaut de sèche-cheveux ou plutôt sèche-plumes !
Par manque de lumière j'ai dû travailler à une vitesse assez lente et un diaphragme ouvert au maxi d'où l'effet de flou en arrière du cou.
1935 Mercedes 540K Special Roadster.......an OMG design for certain, and my first experiment with layers on Photomater. Big learning curves ahead.....
In the 1930s, Mercedes-Benz dominated the market segment of the international luxury class with its eight-cylinder supercharged cars. The "Type 500 with supercharger", 500 K for short, came out in 1934 as a sporty and elegant top model of the Mercedes-Benz passenger car range and was available in eight different body versions. The crowning glory of all variants was the especially elegant and luxurious Special Roadster. With a price tag of initially 26,000 and later 28,000 Reichsmark (which could also buy a villa at Wannsee), it was also the most expensive version of the 500 K, with only 29 units being produced. The 500 K and its successor, the 540 K, became legends not just because of their superior power delivery, but also because of their ravishingly beautiful, luxuriously finished coachwork bodies. They were built under the direction of Hermann Ahrens in the special car construction department, which was newly founded in 1932 at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Sindelfingen. With their elegant, flowing lines and extensive individualisation options, the bodies made in Sindelfingen were so highly esteemed by customers that, out of the total of 760 customers who purchased a 500 K or 540 K, fewer than 10 percent opted for coachwork from one of the renowned coachwork builders in Germany or abroad - an exceptionally low proportion for a luxury vehicle in those days.
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Roskilde, première capitale du Danemark, conserve de très jolies maisons dont certaines sont classées.
....Certains brassent de l'argent , d'autres de la bière.
....Certains essaient de gagner de l'argent en vain, d'autres essaient en vin.
....Certains sont des artistes du faux billet, d'autres du faubourg.
Je pense que l'on doit pouvoir en faire d'autres comme cela, alors n'hésitez pas à laisser libre cours à votre imagination !
Certains y verront peut-être un poisson, mais ce qui lors de mon passage a attiré mon regard sur le tableau des racines mises à nu le long du talus, c'est l'apparence quasi humaine de cette trace dans le bois. Comme une incription au creux d'une caverne ici ouverte aux rayons tamisés du soleil, un naturel et étrange tatouage sur la peau rugueuse du bois.
"Thinking about Portreath Friday." The message was accompanied by a screenshot of a weather forecast that promised some bracing conditions for anyone who was prepared to get wet and risk a certain amount of seawater coming into contact with their camera if they didn't keep their wits about them. It took me about half a second to consider my options before replying that I would be there.
The previous conversation on Whatsapp with my daughter Nicky had centred on the relative merits of varying brands of vegetarian chorizo style sausages, so this was a bit of a departure. Probably a good thing because seascape photography is surely a broader subject with a more enduring conversation potential than meat substitute products.
I hadn't been to Portreath recently, even though it's so close to home, passing the summer crowds and heading along the coast in favour of the wilder and more open Gwithian and the increased opportunities for solitude that it brings. But when there's weather like this, Portreath Monkey Hut at high tide becomes a magnet to me. As the nights close in it's also one of only two places I can really get to after work now. Another week or two and I'll be limited to weekends unless I want to try some more astro-photography on a freezing cold night.
Surprisingly, and to our relief in this era of social distancing we had the place to ourselves, hiding behind the big wall that protects us from the elements here, occasionally popping up like meerkats to scan the horizon and hastily steal a shot from the driving elements that were coming straight at us. At one point a man stood on the quay below us, and before we could say anything a huge roller dumped its contents all over him, chasing him back along the yards to the relative safety of the inner harbour area. Every so often a substantial plume of spray and foam would rise into the air, giving us a split second to turn our backs and guard our precious camera equipment as it landed all over us. At least we were in a safe place, despite what misgivings the scene might be offering you.
And so for a while we watched the light fade as Storm Alex, the first of the season and named by our friends from across the Channel in France, battered the coast. As ever I couldn't resist trying a slightly longer exposure despite the rain and seaspray coming straight at us on the back of a fierce wind. With the trusty shower cap resting on top of the camera I dialled in my settings and tried my best to compose the image. Choosing the moment to expose the camera to the world and take a shot before quickly replacing the shower cap was one of pure chance, although I did manage to grab a small collection of images that I could barely see on my screen. Processing the RAW files also proved difficult and this is one of many versions of the same shot that I'm still struggling with.
But what I love is the drama, with the ever photographed monkey hut almost disappearing into the white water around it. I can't think of a better way to spend a Friday evening than trying to capture an image of the elemental fury around me. This is the Cornwall I love. Wild, brooding and ever changing in its moods where every outing brings challenges and my waterproofs are always in the car. The winter months are often seemingly endless, but if they bring out a passion you can completely lose yourself in, then what's not to love about them?
Some old beech leaves. Beech has marcescence, a fancy name for keeping your leaves on when other plants have let their fall. There's a certain stateliness about these.
Thanks for looking. Isn't God a great artist.
They're back. Sigh. So am I. Our Internet was out for over 24 hours. Evidently, the beetles are hurrying to make sure that there will be more of them.
A macro of a couple of Japanese beetles, mating on a rose flower that they, or their companions, have chewed up seriously. I think that's Japanese beetle poop on the petal in the upper right. I don't know what kind of beetle that is at the bottom. Whatever it is, it's not a baby Popillea japonica. Japanese beetles are an unfortunately introduced species. They have no important predators in Eastern North America, as they do in Japan.
God allowed these insects to exist, and I guess they have a certain beauty. Thanks for looking!
These were the biggest bags of garlic or shallots that I have ever seen. I'm really not sure the quantity she was pointing at but I was certain it was bigger than my usual little bag.
you can be certain... when our barn swallows left... summer is definitely over :( they migrate via Washington to Central America and Mexico. They nested under the eaves and in the garage. I love to have these birds around...because they hunt for mosquitos, large flies, aphids, moths and other creatures. ... and they are very "chatty" :-))
Its not the best picture... but they were just sitting there when I came home from work.....
fly agaric
fly amanita
Certain researchers have speculated that the stereotypical image of the witch "flying" astride the broomstick of a besom may derive from traditions concerning the use of broomsticks or other staves by women to apply psychotropic ointments to their vaginal or anal mucosa.
Before exploring Lüderitz and Kolmanskop, we drove all the way south to the second largest canyon in the world: Fishriver Canyon. I didn't even know about this canyon before this trip, and since we still had a few days left after our initial rough planning, we both agreed to go there. We looked at the possible accommodations and found a government-run campground on the south side and a lodge on the north rim. As we hadn't read the best things about government-run campsites and were planning to camp most of the time anyway, we opted for the lodge and didn't regret it.
The drive there changed from paved roads to gravel roads, which had some sandy sections the further we got. At one point, we had to drive up a small hill and back down a steeper section that led to a narrow gravel road that crossed a dried up river a few times. We drove on and on, wondering if we were still on the right 'road', but a glance at the offline GPS map showed that we were heading in the right direction. After driving through some really impressive wide open landscapes, we crossed an “airfield” (which was basically a flat gravel field) before finally reaching the parking lot of Fishriver Lodge after a little over 3 hours of driving. As we entered the main building, we noticed the really beautiful glass façade which gave a breathtaking view of the canyon as the lodge is situated right on the canyon rim. We were then asked onto the terrace where we were given a welcome drink, enjoyed the view and thought about using the pool, but we both felt it wasn't quite warm enough (as it was winter there, the temperatures were moderate).
We then checked in, got the keys to our cabin right next to the rim and carried all our stuff from the car to our room (which was quite funny as we had all our stuff in cardboard boxes covered with plastic bags to protect it a bit from the sand that got into the back of our car during the drive, unlike all the other guests who arrived in fancy clothes and with normal suitcases). We then made ourselves a coffee and enjoyed it on our terrace while taking in the stunning views. I then wandered around the area a bit looking for possible sunset compositions, but as the sun got lower, I realized that its angle was far from optimal as the sidelight left most of the canyon in shadow and only illuminated a small upper portion.
At a certain point, I noticed that the colors on the side facing away from the canyon began to explode. I quickly ran to our cabin and told my girlfriend to get her camera. In the rush, we even forgot our tripods, ran around like headless chickens (as Mads Peter Iversen would put it) looking for compositions and found this lone quiver tree. The colors became more and more intense, and I can tell you: I have never seen colors like these before. Apart from one cloud that I cloned out as it was right behind the tree, I didn't edit this image at all (which is quite rare as raw files are usually very flat and require some contrast adjustments). The show went on for quite a long time as there were no mountains in the distance that could block the sunlight, but eventually we went to dinner and enjoyed one of the best meals we had on this trip. After dinner, we went back to our room and realized that the curtains were different than when we left. We thought that someone might have broken into our room, but when we went to bed we realized that the staff had brought warm water bottles as it can get chilly at night (which they hadn't told us). With that, we ended our day and couldn't be happier as we stood right on the edge of the second largest canyon in the world and witnessed one of the most colorful sunsets we had ever seen. I hope you like it!
Certains bateaux ne restent pas longtemps au port, à peine arrivés, tout de suite déchargés et déjà repartis !
Some boats do not stay long in port, barely arrived, immediately unloaded and already left !
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I’m not 100% certain where this is, apart from being within a block or two of The Guild Church of St. Katherine Cree. I was walking from the church to Liverpool Str. Station when I saw and snapped the scene. I loved the monochromatic effect of the stone used for these buildings. There’s even a modern building in this frame which I think has been quite sensitively designed and fits in well with the surrounding architecture.
Although there is quite a lot of info online about the church, I can’t find anything about St. Katherine Cree herself, so I have no idea how the church came by this dedication.
I must remember to use my phone for pics as well as my camera because it provides location data I often miss when just using my camera.
"Certain branches cut
certain leaves fallen
the grapes
cooked and put up
for winter"
- Denise Levertov
"The grape gains its purple tinge by looking at another grape."
- Decimus Junius Juvenal
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Emberiza melanocephala (Bruant mélanocéphale) - Zadarska county, Croatia
In Eurasia, Croatian territory marks a transition in the distribution of birds across the continent, and here lies the western limit of distribution for certain species nesting further east, towards southeast and eastern Europe, in Turkey, the Middle East, and as far as Central Asia.
Spending a few days in Croatia, I sought to observe those species that are not found in the west of Europe, the Black-headed Bunting being one of them, a bird of the scrubland. During my first hours in the country, whilst arriving to a place where I thought individuals should nest, one reacted unexpectedly to my coming, flying like a bumblebee from bush to bush all around me, constantly singing with its sweet voice typical of buntings. This is how I was able to photograph it. Buntings in general seems to be territorial, hence the habits to sing like this and the development of their elaborate songs.
It turned out that this bird is not rare in the area, but I was happy at that moment to have had the chance to see it already. I love buntings and this one has the beauty of those you don't see at home.
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En Eurasie, le territoire croate marque une transition dans la répartition des oiseaux sur le continent, et ici se trouve la limite occidentale de distribution de certaines espèces nichant plus à l'est, vers le sud-est et l'est de l'Europe, en Turquie, au Moyen-Orient et jusqu'en Asie centrale.
Passant quelques jours en Croatie, j'ai donc cherché à observer ces espèces que l'on ne trouve pas à l'ouest de l'Europe. Pour ce faire j'ai pour la première fois utilisé les données de localisation précise sur Ebird, car le voyage depuis le France étant assez long, je ne voulais pas me rater.
Connaissant l'emplacement des récentes observations d'une espèce donnée, je me rendais sur place en essayant de lire au mieux l'habitat pour trouver l'oiseau recherché. Une fois au meilleur endroit présumé, je jouais alors le playback pour attirer un individu.
C'est une technique un peu controversé, mais je dois dire que cela a très bien fonctionné. Dès mes premières heures dans le pays je trouvais ainsi l'incroyable Fauvette épervière, plutôt rare en Croatie, puis la Fauvette orphéane, a l'extrême limite de son aire de répartition en Croatie.
Le Bruant mélanocéphale est la troisième espèce recherché que j'ai trouvé, utilisant la technique citée plus haut, à laquelle elle a réagi de façon inattendu, en volant comme une abeille de buisson en buisson tout autour de moi, chantant sans cesse de sa douce voix typique des bruants. C'est ainsi que j'ai pu le photographier.
Il s'est avéré que cet oiseau n'est pas rare dans les environs, mais j'étais content à ce moment de mon premier jour en Croatie d'avoir eu la chance de déjà l'observer. J'adore les bruants et celui-là à la beauté de ceux que l'on ne voit pas chez soi.
In certain parts of eastern Texas and western Louisiana, Small-mouthed Salamanders have large lichen-like blotches along the dorsum and tail. Some individuals can be so heavily marked that they are almost a solid silvery or reddish-brown color. This particular salamander was found under a 2x4 near a vernal pool on the outskirts of Houston, Texas.
Visite de La Russie et de la Sibérie.
L’Oie de la toundra était auparavant une sous-espèce de l’Oie des moissons (Anser fabalis). Elle est devenue une espèce à part entière en 2007 avec deux sous-espèces, « serrirostris » et « rossicus ». Les deux races se reproduisent dans la toundra nordique de la Russie et de la Sibérie. Elles hivernent plus au sud en Europe et en Asie.
La race « rossicus » a actuellement une population stable. En revanche, la race nominale semble décliner dans certaines de ses aires de reproduction
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Avant de devenir une bastide, Saint-Sulpice a été une commanderie de l’ordre des Hospitaliers, appelé aujourd’hui ordre de Malte.
Une bastide (de l'occitan bastida) est le nom désignant trois à cinq cents villes neuves, fondées majoritairement dans le sud-ouest de la France entre 1222 et 1373, réparties sur 14 départements. Entre la croisade des Albigeois et la guerre de Cent Ans, ces fondations répondent à un certain nombre de caractéristiques communes d'ordre politique, économique et architectural, correspondant à un essor urbain exceptionnel en Europe à cette époque.
Cette photo a été prise a l'occasion d'un tour de France en 2014
Taken at the Flower Show in Victoria Park, Hong Kong
A little gem way back in time:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR-n-QUNP8o
Explore #198 (2021-11-24) - Thank you for stopping by and for your encouraging comments and favorites!