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And maybe a lap dog too. However, almost anytime I walk past this certain yard, and look over the low fence, I see this guy watching back, just enjoying the parade of the day. And always, on his table.
Daisies, family Asteraceae, often have fluorescent pollen. Sunflowers are a part of that family and are no exception. Glowing yellow under an ultraviolet light, the pollen coats the flower petals with illuminated points of light like a field of stars. UV fluorescence photography is really easy to explore, you only need darkness and a UV flashlight!
UVIVF. Let’s break that down: Ultraviolet-induced visible fluorescence. This happens when UV light strikes a subject and is able to excite the electrons in certain atoms. Those electrons rise to a higher orbit, but instantaneously decay back to their original location. This spends a small amount of energy, so the light that is re-emitted from the subject now has less energy. UV light then transforms into visible light, and you can use your ordinary camera and lenses, so special equipment or filters required. The UV flashlight / torch I most commonly recommend is the Convoy S2. It’s all you need to start exploring this wonderful unseen world.
Sunflowers hold a special place in my heart because they tend to fluoresce blue and yellow, while simultaneously being the national flower of Ukraine. Today marks 150 days since the Russian Federation decided to destroy the sovereignty of the largest nation in Europe. They have not succeeded. I am continuously amazed at the resolve of the Ukrainian people, and I am thrilled to continue to support them in any way we can. Most recently we have contributed funds to purchase a surveillance drone for citizen soldiers, and we have two solar generators on order for use near the front lines. The people of Ukraine are the strongest that I have ever seen in my lifetime, and I’m glad that the world is coming to their aid.
It's also a great example of leadership, good and bad. Corruption runs deep in many Eastern European countries (probably all countries?) and this war has allowed for the discovery and dismantling of significant Russian influence. While Russia regroups for their next move, Ukraine uses the most precise and damaging weapons to erase countless enemy ammunition depots. The war is in one of the most peaceful moments, where weapons of intense destructive and terrorizing force are being systemically ruined.
Putin’s methodology for forward progress is sinister. He is forcibly conscripting Ukrainian men in occupied regions to fight for Russia – holding their families for ransom in the process. “Referendums” loom in various regions where the population will vote to be annexed by Russia. The Russian forces interview the population and if you say you’d vote for Ukraine, you are deported by force. This isn’t just a fight for some big country in Eastern Europe you’ve never visited, it’s a fight against the tyrannical actions of one of the most powerful countries on the planet. Putin’s Kleptocracy allows for these deceitful strategies, but it is also what has left his military weak and untrained.
Through this series of images supporting Ukraine, I have encouraged many ways to help. We heard of a Ukrainian restaurant that just opened up here in Varna earlier this month, Stefania: www.facebook.com/stefania.rest/ - the food was marvelous and it’s staffed by Ukrainians. It reminded me of the food being served today at my own Ukrainian family reunion taking place in Canada this very day. It’s important to support those around you affected by this conflict.
It also reminds me of the simple act of being kind to strangers. Around me, there are many people who have seen the terrors of this war. You never know what story someone is simply not telling you. As with all images in this series, I deliberately place “Starfield” into the Public Domain. More to come. Sorry for my absence in posting, life can get busy. I’ve used the proceeds from some of my own professional activities recently to further support Ukraine, and I would hope that world does not turn away from this continuing tragedy. There’s always more we can do.
...there is SUCH a short window of time to catch the sun at certain places at certain times! We were happy to find the sun here today...while cyclists and runners went around me...looking at me rather strangely, sprawled out on the path taking pictures of La Mer! :D
Promenade il y a quelques jours dans l'une des plus petites réserves naturelles de France aux portes d'Amiens. Certains endroits ont été aménagés pour circuler au-dessus de l'eau dans cet endroit riche en faune et en flore des terrains tourbeux calciques.
San Francisco - 2017
Hasselblad 500
Porta 160
A little foray with film and that certain stillness in the night. This has been a project of mine for the last 3-4 months...we'll see where the old school film takes me.
À mesure que les plans d'eau se dégagent plus au nord, les oies poursuivent leur route. Certaines vont passer l'été près de Montréal.
Merci beaucoup pour votre visite, les gentils commentaires et les favoris. / Many thanks for your visit, kind comments and favs.
Instead of eating a beautiful sweet, take a picture of it. The pleasure you get is more certain, lasts longer and is less fattening!
Sunrise this morning at Downhill Beach looking towards Mussenden Temple.
Mussenden Temple is a small circular building located on cliffs near Castlerock in County Londonderry, high above the Atlantic Ocean on the north-western coast of Northern Ireland.
It was built in 1785 and forms part of the estate of Frederick Augustus Hervey, the 4th Earl of Bristol, Bishop of Derry. Built as a library and modelled from the Temple of Vesta in Italy, it is dedicated to the memory of Hervey's cousin Frideswide Mussenden.
Over the years the erosion of the cliff face at Downhill has brought Mussenden Temple ever closer to the edge, and in 1997 the National Trust carried out cliff stabilisation work to prevent the loss of the building.
The inscription around the building reads, "Suave, mari magno turbantibus aequora ventis e terra magnum alterius spectare laborem." "Tis pleasant, safely to behold from shore / The troubled sailor, and hear the tempests roar." The quotation is from Lucretius De Rerum Natura, 2.1-2
Now part of the National Trust property of Downhill Estate & Mussenden Temple, the grounds encompassing Mussenden Temple, and its manor house (Downhill Castle) are open to the public all year, from dawn to dusk. The temple itself is open on certain days, and admission is free. The Temple offers views westwards over Downhill Strand towards Magilligan Point and County Donegal and to the east Castlerock beach towards Portstewart, Portrush and Fair Head.
The temple obtained a licence to hold civil wedding ceremonies in 2007.
Le jour, on m'appelait Denis. J'étais un écrivain qui connaissait un certain succès et qui avait la dent dure, comme critique. Certains soirs, on m'appelait Denise. Bon, je dansais dans un cabaret.
Par bien des côtés, il s'agissait d'une situation assez pénible, qui compliquait singulièrement ma vie, mais je n'aurais pas changé pour une autre. Cette existence me convenait.
Philippe Djian, Chéri-Chéri.
Another shot taken with my vintage Canon FD 55mm f1.2 SSC lens connected to my 5DmkIII digital - the focal length is greatly reduced because of the adaptor, allowing me to get right up close almost like a macro lens, except that I can open the aperture right up to f1.2 (which is where this image is).
I've always been a big fan of the FD lenses and still use them on my old Canon FD bodies, but i'm enjoying using these on digital bodies now.
So i've been walking around my house and in the yard looking for things to get close to, things that don't mind being bokehed. Not just this lens either, but my 135mm f2.5 and 85mm f1.8 vintage FD lenses.
I'm sure it's just a phase, please bear with me :)
A storm passes eastwards over Swithland, in the Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire, and thankfully not over Woodhouse where I was standing!
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From my set entitled “Roses”
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In my collection entitled “The Garden”
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A rose is a perennial flowering shrub or vine of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae, that contains over 100 species. The species form a group of erect shrubs, and climbing or trailing plants, with stems that are often armed with sharp thorns. Most are native to Asia, with smaller numbers of species native to Europe, North America, and northwest Africa. Natives, cultivars and hybrids are all widely grown for their beauty and fragrance. [1]
The leaves are alternate and pinnately compound, with sharply toothed oval-shaped leaflets. The plants fleshy edible fruit is called a rose hip. Rose plants range in size from tiny, miniature roses, to climbers that can reach 20 metres in height. Species from different parts of the world easily hybridize, which has given rise to the many types of garden roses.
The name originates from Latin rosa, borrowed through Oscan from colonial Greek in southern Italy: rhodon (Aeolic form: wrodon), from Aramaic wurrdā, from Assyrian wurtinnu, from Old Iranian *warda (cf. Armenian vard, Avestan warda, Sogdian ward, Parthian wâr).[2][3]
Attar of rose is the steam-extracted essential oil from rose flowers that has been used in perfumes for centuries. Rose water, made from the rose oil, is widely used in Asian and Middle Eastern cuisine. Rose hips are occasionally made into jam, jelly, and marmalade, or are brewed for tea, primarily for their high Vitamin C content. They are also pressed and filtered to make rose hip syrup. Rose hips are also used to produce Rose hip seed oil, which is used in skin products.
The leaves of most species are 5–15 centimetres long, pinnate, with (3–) 5–9 (–13) leaflets and basal stipules; the leaflets usually have a serrated margin, and often a few small prickles on the underside of the stem. The vast majority of roses are deciduous, but a few (particularly in Southeast Asia) are evergreen or nearly so.
The flowers of most species roses have five petals, with the exception of Rosa sericea, which usually has only four. Each petal is divided into two distinct lobes and is usually white or pink, though in a few species yellow or red. Beneath the petals are five sepals (or in the case of some Rosa sericea, four). These may be long enough to be visible when viewed from above and appear as green points alternating with the rounded petals. The ovary is inferior, developing below the petals and sepals.
The aggregate fruit of the rose is a berry-like structure called a rose hip. Rose species that produce open-faced flowers are attractive to pollinating bees and other insects, thus more apt to produce hips. Many of the domestic cultivars are so tightly petalled that they do not provide access for pollination. The hips of most species are red, but a few (e.g. Rosa pimpinellifolia) have dark purple to black hips. Each hip comprises an outer fleshy layer, the hypanthium, which contains 5–160 "seeds" (technically dry single-seeded fruits called achenes) embedded in a matrix of fine, but stiff, hairs. Rose hips of some species, especially the Dog Rose (Rosa canina) and Rugosa Rose (Rosa rugosa), are very rich in vitamin C, among the richest sources of any plant. The hips are eaten by fruit-eating birds such as thrushes and waxwings, which then disperse the seeds in their droppings. Some birds, particularly finches, also eat the seeds.
While the sharp objects along a rose stem are commonly called "thorns", they are actually prickles — outgrowths of the epidermis (the outer layer of tissue of the stem). True thorns, as produced by e.g. Citrus or Pyracantha, are modified stems, which always originate at a node and which have nodes and internodes along the length of the thorn itself. Rose prickles are typically sickle-shaped hooks, which aid the rose in hanging onto other vegetation when growing over it. Some species such as Rosa rugosa and R. pimpinellifolia have densely packed straight spines, probably an adaptation to reduce browsing by animals, but also possibly an adaptation to trap wind-blown sand and so reduce erosion and protect their roots (both of these species grow naturally on coastal sand dunes). Despite the presence of prickles, roses are frequently browsed by deer. A few species of roses only have vestigial prickles that have no points.
Roses are popular garden shrubs, as well as the most popular and commonly sold florists' flowers. In addition to their great economic importance as a florists crop, roses are also of great value to the perfume industry.
Many thousands of rose hybrids and cultivars have been bred and selected for garden use; most are double-flowered with many or all of the stamens having mutated into additional petals. As long ago as 1840 a collection numbering over one thousand different cultivars, varieties and species was possible when a rosarium was planted by Loddiges nursery for Abney Park Cemetery, an early Victorian garden cemetery and arboretum in England.
Twentieth-century rose breeders generally emphasized size and colour, producing large, attractive blooms with little or no scent. Many wild and "old-fashioned" roses, by contrast, have a strong sweet scent.
Roses thrive in temperate climates, though certain species and cultivars can flourish in sub-tropical and even tropical climates, especially when grafted onto appropriate rootstock.
Rose pruning, sometimes regarded as a horticultural art form, is largely dependent on the type of rose to be pruned, the reason for pruning, and the time of year it is at the time of the desired pruning.
Most Old Garden Roses of strict European heritage (albas, damasks, gallicas, etc.) are shrubs that bloom once yearly, in late spring or early summer, on two-year-old (or older) canes. As such, their pruning requirements are quite minimal, and are overall similar to any other analogous shrub, such as lilac or forsythia. Generally, only old, spindly canes should be pruned away, to make room for new canes. One-year-old canes should never be pruned because doing so will remove next year's flower buds. The shrubs can also be pruned back lightly, immediately after the blooms fade, to reduce the overall height or width of the plant. In general, pruning requirements for OGRs are much less laborious and regimented than for Modern hybrids.
Modern hybrids, including the hybrid teas, floribundas, grandifloras, modern miniatures, and English roses, have a complex genetic background that almost always includes China roses (R. chinensis). China roses were evergrowing, everblooming roses from humid subtropical regions that bloomed constantly on any new vegetative growth produced during the growing season. Their modern hybrid descendants exhibit similar habits: Unlike Old Garden Roses, modern hybrids bloom continuously (until stopped by frost) on any new canes produced during the growing season. They therefore require pruning away of any spent flowering stem, in order to divert the plant's energy into producing new growth and thence new flowers.
Additionally, Modern Hybrids planted in cold-winter climates will almost universally require a "hard" annual pruning (reducing all canes to 8"–12" in height) in early spring. Again, because of their complex China rose background, Modern Hybrids are typically not as cold-hardy as European OGRs, and low winter temperatures often desiccate or kill exposed canes. In spring, if left unpruned, these damanged canes will often die back all the way to the shrub's root zone, resulting in a weakened, disfigured plant. The annual "hard" pruning of hybrid teas, floribundas, etc. should generally be done in early spring; most gardeners coincide this pruning with the blooming of forsythia shrubs. Canes should be cut about 1/2" above a vegetative bud (identifiable as a point on a cane where a leaf once grew).
For both Old Garden Roses and Modern Hybrids, any weak, damaged or diseased growth should be pruned away completely, regardless of the time of year. Any pruning of any rose should also be done so that the cut is made at a forty five degree angle above a vegetative bud. This helps the pruned stem callus over more quickly, and also mitigates moisture buildup over the cut, which can lead to disease problems.
For all general rose pruning (including cutting flowers for arrangements), sharp secateurs (hand-held, sickle-bladed pruners) should be used to cut any growth 1/2" or less in diameter. For canes of a thickness greater than 1/2", pole loppers or a small handsaw are generally more effective; secateurs may be damaged or broken in such instances.
Deadheading is the simple practice of manually removing any spent, faded, withered, or discoloured flowers from rose shrubs over the course of the blooming season. The purpose of deadheading is to encourage the plant to focus its energy and resources on forming new offshoots and blooms, rather than in fruit production. Deadheading may also be perfomed, if spent flowers are unsightly, for aethestic purposes. Roses are particularly responsive to deadheading.
Deadheading causes different effects on different varieties of roses. For continual blooming varieties, whether Old Garden roses or more modern hybrid varieties, deadheading allows the rose plant to continue forming new shoots, leaves, and blooms. For "once-blooming" varieties (that bloom only once each season), deadheading has the effect of causing the plant to form new green growth, even though new blooms will not form until the next blooming season.
For most rose gardeners, deadheading is used to refresh the growth of the rose plants to keep the rose plants strong, vibrant, and productive.
The rose has always been valued for its beauty and has a long history of symbolism. The ancient Greeks and Romans identified the rose with their goddesses of love referred to as Aphrodite and Venus. In Rome a wild rose would be placed on the door of a room where secret or confidential matters were discussed. The phrase sub rosa, or "under the rose", means to keep a secret — derived from this ancient Roman practice.
Early Christians identified the five petals of the rose with the five wounds of Christ. Despite this interpretation, their leaders were hesitant to adopt it because of its association with Roman excesses and pagan ritual. The red rose was eventually adopted as a symbol of the blood of the Christian martyrs. Roses also later came to be associated with the Virgin Mary.
Rose culture came into its own in Europe in the 1800s with the introduction of perpetual blooming roses from China. There are currently thousands of varieties of roses developed for bloom shape, size, fragrance and even for lack of prickles.
Roses are ancient symbols of love and beauty. The rose was sacred to a number of goddesses (including Isis and Aphrodite), and is often used as a symbol of the Virgin Mary. 'Rose' means pink or red in a variety of languages (such as Romance languages, Greek, and Polish).
The rose is the national flower of England and the United States[4], as well as being the symbol of England Rugby, and of the Rugby Football Union. It is also the provincial flower of Yorkshire and Lancashire in England (the white rose and red rose respectively) and of Alberta (the wild rose), and the state flower of four US states: Iowa and North Dakota (R. arkansana), Georgia (R. laevigata), and New York[5] (Rosa generally). Portland, Oregon counts "City of Roses" among its nicknames, and holds an annual Rose Festival.
Roses are occasionally the basis of design for rose windows, such windows comprising five or ten segments (the five petals and five sepals of a rose) or multiples thereof; however most Gothic rose windows are much more elaborate and were probably based originally on the wheel and other symbolism.
A red rose (often held in a hand) is a symbol of socialism or social democracy; it is also used as a symbol by the British and Irish Labour Parties, as well as by the French, Spanish (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party), Portuguese, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Brazilian, Dutch (Partij van de Arbeid) and European socialist parties. This originated when the red rose was used as a badge by the marchers in the May 1968 street protests in Paris. White Rose was a World War II non violent resistance group in Germany.
Roses are often portrayed by artists. The French artist Pierre-Joseph Redouté produced some of the most detailed paintings of roses.
Henri Fantin-Latour was also a prolific painter of still life, particularly flowers including roses. The Rose 'Fantin-Latour' was named after the artist.
Other impressionists including Claude Monet and Paul Cézanne have paintings of roses among their works.
Rose perfumes are made from attar of roses or rose oil, which is a mixture of volatile essential oils obtained by steam distilling the crushed petals of roses. The technique originated in Persia (the word Rose itself is from Persian) then spread through Arabia and India, but nowadays about 70% to 80% of production is in the Rose Valley near Kazanluk in Bulgaria, with some production in Qamsar in Iran and Germany.[citation needed]
The Kaaba in Mecca is annually washed by the Iranian rose water from Qamsar. In Bulgaria, Iran and Germany, damask roses (Rosa damascena 'Trigintipetala') are used. In the French rose oil industry Rosa centifolia is used. The oil, pale yellow or yellow-grey in color, is sometimes called 'Rose Absolute' oil to distinguish it from diluted versions. The weight of oil extracted is about one three-thousandth to one six-thousandth of the weight of the flowers; for example, about two thousand flowers are required to produce one gram of oil.
The main constituents of attar of roses are the fragrant alcohols geraniol and l-citronellol; and rose camphor, an odourless paraffin. β-Damascenone is also a significant contributor to the scent.
Quotes
What's in a name? That which we call a rose/By any other name would smell as sweet. — William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet act II, sc. ii
O, my love's like a red, red rose/That's newly sprung in June — Robert Burns, A Red, Red Rose
Information appears to stew out of me naturally, like the precious ottar of roses out of the otter. Mark Twain, Roughing It
Hearts starve as well as bodies; give us bread, but give us roses. — James Oppenheim, "Bread and Roses"
Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose — Gertrude Stein, Sacred Emily (1913), a poem included in Geography and Plays.
In response to certain criticism that my photographic interests tend toward the fairer sex, I decided to even the score. While my photos of women may outnumber those of men, let me point out that this man is topless, well perhaps shirtless - which is not something I can say for the women in my photostream.
You should also observe that he is posing. Well, maybe not, but he was holding the board well aware that I was photographing him. His one stipulation was that if I sold the image to Playgirl, he wants a royalty. However I didn't get his name, so if someone from this construction crew reads this, go to my profile page and send me a message.
And yes, my wife knows I photograph good looking guys also.
Photographed in our garden, I can't say for certain that I've ever seen one of these pretty bees before.
"Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. " ~Joseph Addison
“I'm certain that most couples expect to find intimacy in marriage, but it somehow eludes them.”
~ Dr. James C. Dobson
...some funny kitchen utensils my mom has. I had them pose for a portrait together...
Collecting a certain Mr W from Rhyl station proved a blessing today seeing as his train was followed shortly afterwards by leaf-busting duo, Colas Grids 56113 and 56096.
The rail-head treatment train they are working is the 9.20pm (on the 7th) Shrewsbury Coleham - Shrewsbury Coleham (3S71), a journey that will take it via Machynlleth, Craven Arms, Crewe, Chester, Holyhead and back via Crewe. Good for a few hundred miles on the clock for sure.
My first visit to this LNWR heritage station too, well other than passing through back in the 1970s, so it felt appropriate to frame the train around the excellent infrastructure. Of course Mr Gull had to get in on the act.......
8th November 2017
... Francis C. Lupus, for Working Towards a Better World!!!
... lo importante no es cómo te ve El Mundo... lo importante es cómo lo ves Tú!!!
... the important thing is not how The World sees you... what matters is how You see it!!!
... Series: "The Grey Zone" / "Oscuridades - Darks" / "Espacio Negativo / Negative Space" - "Alter Ego"
... salud, buenas luces y muchas gracias a todos / as!!! ... Feliz Viernes!!! ... xo♥ox ...
... health, good lights and thanks so much to all!!! ... Happy Friday!!! … xo♥ox ...
... Music: "Light and Shadow" by Vangelis ..................... enjoy it!!!
... www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xPPyCE0-6w ... 03.35 ...
Certains matins, il est aisé de comprendre comment la Nature a fait naître le sentiment religieux en l'homme…
The covered bridge was built in 1862 by a certain David I Wood, who used to charge teamsters to travel across the bridge. The bridge was built using wood from Mr. Woods's lumber mill in Sierra County, California. There is a plaque on the northern side of the bridge that commemorates this.
This bridge was built to replace an 1850 bridge that washed away in a storm. At 251 feet (229 feet after the end walls were removed) it is thought to be the longest single-span covered bridge in the United States. As with all such bridges, the cover serves mainly to keep the rain off the load-bearing structure, which would otherwise soon rot from the moisture. Some said covers also made the bridge look like a barn so horses wouldn't be frightened to cross, but this was not universally accepted by teamsters of the day.
This road in the late 1800s was part of the Virginia Turnpike, a link between Marysville and the Comstock Lode silver mines in Virginia City, Nevada. Wagon teams, horsemen, buggies and livestock were charged a toll to cross the bridge. The Turnpike ran 14 miles from Anthony House (submerged under Lake Wildwood) to North San Juan.
The main visitor center to the South Yuba River State Park lies just to the south of the bridge.
from certain angles the telephone poles / garage combos you see throughout Chicago's "bungalow belt" remind me of sailboats docked in a harbor
A certain cat has been using the paving slabs to cool down. She was a bit under the weather last week but has now recovered and full service has resumed. I liked this shot because it looks like she has her arms folded in defiance, but she's actually just relaxing in the shade.
I’m fairly certain that this is near Dufur, but I could be wrong.
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The New Zealand dotterel (Anarhynchus obscurus) is a species of shorebird found only in certain areas of New Zealand. It is also called the New Zealand plover or red-breasted plover, and its Māori names include tūturiwhatu, pukunui, and kūkuruatu.
New Zealand plover are usually found in two disjunct populations in New Zealand, usually on sandy beaches and sand spits or feeding in tidal estuaries. The northern population occurs on the North Island and the southern population occurs at the southern end of the South Island and on Stewart Island/Rakiura.
This image was taken at Otehei Bay, in the Bay of Islands, on the North Island of New Zealand
There are certain places that you go that you have to take THE shot…you know, the same one they use for their “come visit” posters, brochures and web-based marketing. Here is the one of the more often used for Yosemite. Some will zoom in or out, others may wait for more cloud cover, but I don’t wait well for landscape shots…so here is what it looked like in the 2.3 minutes that we stopped on the overlook once this picture came into view.
Looking at it now, just over two weeks later and at home on the computer, my mind still cannot comprehend the scale of this place. Only now do I understand why John Muir, also known as “John of the Mountains” fought so hard to protect this place. I truly thank him for his foresight and depth of understanding of the human condition. It was an honor to have lunch in the same room that he and Theodore Roosevelt met in while discussing the development of our National Parks System.
In this shot you see (L-R) El Capitan, the largest exposed single piece of granite in the world. At 3,593 feet tall it is a fantastic reference point when trying to determine direction. In the center of the shot with clouds mimicking its shape is Half Dome. To the right is Bridalveil Falls, a 616 foot tall waterfall that flows year round and provided the rainbow shot previously posted.
We’ve had a few days this winter with the right conditions to create a certain kind of magic. Cold temperatures and calm air allows the creation of soap bubbles that quickly freeze into solid orbs of frost. During the freezing process, they become something magical. View large!
Last night I spent a few hours experimenting with these. Some complex lighting was done from behind, using a narrow-beam flashlight and a Fresnel lens to place the light exactly where I wanted it. The bubble was blown just above this location and gently placed on the snow. Most of the time, bubbles will burst on impact unless you use a more hardy formula in their creation. The recipe used is:
6 parts water
2 parts liquid dish soap
1 part white corn syrup
It’s the corn syrup that thickens the bubble solution to withstand impact with the snow. It doesn’t work all the time, but when a snowflake lands intact, the game is on.
Freezing usually starts quickly, and there are two different scenarios you’re likely to encounter:
Warm bubble liquid: You can prolong the time you have to get the camera in the proper location by heating up the bubble solution in the microwave. This can give you a few extra much-needed seconds to get everything aligned, and it creates stable growth. In this scenario, the bubble will start to grow frost from the point of contact with the snow, and usually somewhere near the top of the bubble. These frost fronds will continue to grow until they reach, closing in the bubble.
Cold bubble fluid: If you’re using cold bubble fluid, right near the freezing point, you’re in for a show. Particles from your breath that are pushed inside the bubble will collide with the wall of the bubble, sometimes freezing on impact and creating nucleation points for frost. These swirl and grow around the freezing sphere almost like snowflakes, eventually freezing together. That’s what you’re seeing here. The freezing process usually has already begun by the time the snowflake has landed, and very little time is available to get the camera to the proper angle and focus point.
Like my snowflake images, this was shot entirely handheld. Speed is very important for such subjects, and a tripod only gets in the way. The entire bubble is frozen solid in a matter of seconds.
It’s amazing what falls from the sky, created by the randomness and beauty of nature… but it’s astounding what the right ingredients in the right order can create with the intent of creating something beautiful here on earth.
If you’d like to see more of my work with snowflakes, check out my book Sky Crystals (304pg hardcover) here: skycrystals.ca/book/ or my “The Snowflake” print, which embodies the beauty of sky-borne crystals in a way never before seen: skycrystals.ca/poster/
Lots of osprey in SW Florida. There are certain places where the town sets up a high pole with a platform at the top for Osprey or Eagles to build their nests...and they do. These are often situated along highways. Nice to see they are recognized as welcomed residends.
I am certain Flynn thinks that this bench is HIS bench - or, well, our bench, anyway! I never normally ask him to get up & sit on the seat itself but it's the only bench in the entire wood, so whenever we come this way, we almost always stop here & have a break.
At this time of year, while the undergrowth is still tall & dense, I have to call Flynn back to walk with me well before we reach the seat - just in case it's already occupied! Otherwise Flynn would probably automatically run over & have plonked himself down on their feet, before he registered someone had already claimed the spot! I also have to be somewhat aware of who is walking past the bench, once we're sitting down. Flynn is fine with strangers we walk past in the woods, fields or on the street but here, at The Bench, he can get a little bit naughty, wanting to make sure anyone passing by knows to keep walking & not try to steal the seat! Haha, it's not only people who get informed that this bench is not for sharing either - he'll warn off any owls, deer or foxes who happen to pass by. It's not uncommon to hear an owl hoot in those nearby trees & Flynn has a loud grumble back at them, just to let them know they're not welcome to perch here!
Je ne vais certainement pas contredire ce fameux décérébré de forum : "rien n'est plus facile que d'aligner quelques photos faites avec un distagon" ...
Encore faut-il, avant d'en parler avoir au moins une seule fois approché un distagon, LOL hahahahahaha !!!
Le pauvre type ne sait pas de quoi il parle, peut-être un jour fera t-il des photos ... Commencer par s'acheter des yeux et un cerveau me paraîtrait un excellent début ...
GP3 "old stock" péremption 2014, hasselblad 500C/M + distagon 50 C. La GP3 est un excellent film, à l'époque aux alentours de 2 euros le roll ... Elle a un peu augmentée mais cela reste raisonnable par grosse quantité en importation directe, sachant que la new GP3 est encore très supérieure à l'ancienne ... Il y a un peu plus de grain qu'à mon habitude car je pense que le tandem révélateur utilisé/GP3 n'est pas optimum ;o)
J'ai en général de très bons résultats avec ce film mais certains révélateurs et mode de traitement fonctionnent mieux que d'autres ...
Une chose est certaine, c'est que contrairement aux détestables fomapan, la GP3, ELLE, fait très largement la sensibilité indiquée hahahaha !!! Pour presque 2 fois moins cher, elle est très très supérieure aux abominables "fomapan" au niveau contraste, définition, gamme de gris et grain !!
Après ceux qui pensent que les forums photos, les boutiques adjacentes, et les administrateurs, ne se gavent pas sur leur dos sont certainement des crétins crédules haha !!
Pas de posemètre, pas de prélavage, pas de bain d'arrêt, pas de recette exotique de forum dits "argentiques" à la "concon"... juste des résultats acceptables ... et surtout pour le plaisir d'en faire sans prétention .... Pendant que d'autres font salon, ont réponse à tout, mais on ne voit jamais leurs photos parce qu'ils n'en font pas !! Je suis complètement mort de rire !!!
A bientôt sur flickr pour partager, apprendre, transmettre ..... possibilité d'obtenir des exifs par flickr mail pour mes amis :o))
A return via the archives only , but a return none the less to
Knole and just a section as seen from the deer park .
A tiny section of Knole just to show the concentration of building work within it's itself .
Knole feels almost weighed down by its own history – six centuries of it. People are often impressed by all the absolutes of Knole: its enormous size, the number of rooms, its completeness. But those who live, work and visit here love its quiet dignity, its almost melancholy feel – the grandeur has passed but its old, glinting beauty remains.
What we see today is a remarkably preserved and complete early Jacobean remodelling of a medieval archiepiscopal palace. From an even older manor house, it was built and extended by the Archbishops of Canterbury after 1456. It then became a royal possession during the Tudor dynasty when Henry VIII hunted here and Elizabeth I visited.
From 1603, Thomas Sackville made it the aristocratic treasure house for the Sackville family, who were prominent and influential in court circles. Knole's showrooms were designed to impress visitors and to display the Sackville family’s wealth and status.
Over more than 400 years, his descendants rebuilt and then furnished Knole in two further bursts of activity. First, at the end of the 17th century, when the 6th Earl acquired Stuart furniture and textiles from royal palaces, and again at the end of the 18th century, with the 3rd Duke's art collection.
The Sackvilles gradually withdrew into the heart of the house, leaving many rooms unused and treasures covered. This helps to explain the relative lack of modernisation at Knole (central heating was never installed in the showrooms, for example) and the survival of its collections.
Knole has been welcoming visitors to see its splendours and curiosities for centuries. We know that visitors have followed the same route as you do today for at least the last 400 years.
There's a popular myth that Knole is a calendar house - with 365 rooms, 52 staircases, 12 entrances and 7 courtyards. While fascinating, the reality is that it all depends on how you count the rooms and Knole is such a large, rambling estate that it would be impossible to say for certain.
When the National Trust acquired the house in 1946, the majority of the rooms were leased back to the Sackville family, with the Trust retaining the more formal spaces. The 7th Baron Sackville and his family still live at Knole today in private apartments.
Now, visitors can experience so many different parts of Knole, from the grand showrooms to the cosy Gatehouse Tower, the tranquil Orangery to the sweeping parkland. Discover the vast estate and all it has to offer, home to a world-class collection of portraits and furniture, a state-of-the-art conservation studio and a wild deer herd. There really is something for everyone at Knole.
info taken from NT webpage on Knole .
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L'île de la Désirade est certainement l'île la plus méconnue des îles de Guadeloupe, mais c'est aussi la plus authentique et la plus attachante .
Seule une bande côtière est habitable, dominée par un haut plateau parcouru par une piste défoncée et culminant à 275 mètres.
Quelques plages, un habitat diffus, des pointes exposées à la fureur des éléments et ces vues extraordinaires depuis le plateau.
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Manakara (Madagascar) - Même si on a réservé ses billets la veille, il est toujours recommandé d’arriver bien avant l’heure du départ officiel du taxi de brousse, même si je n’ai jamais vu un taxi de brousse partir à l’heure. En étant l’un des premiers au pied du véhicule on est certain d’avoir la place réservée. Il est important de bien choisir son siège car dans un taxi de brousse, on est serré comme des sardines. Les meilleures places sont devant où il y a un peu plus d’espace pour ne pas avoir le menton sur les genoux. Ça a son importance quand on part pour un périple de 6 à 15 heures voire plus.
Les taxis de brousse fonctionnent comme des charters. Ils ne partent que lorsque tous les sièges ont été vendus. Il faut aussi savoir que deux sièges seront partagés par trois passagers. Si vous êtes deux, achetez trois places pour ne pas voyager avec un inconnu à moitié sur vos genoux.
Bush taxi station
Manakara (Madagascar) - Even if you booked your tickets the day before, it is always recommended to arrive well before the official departure time of the bush taxi, even if I have never seen a bush taxi leave on time. Being one of the first at the foot of the vehicle means you are sure to have the reserved seat. It is important to choose your seat carefully because in a bush taxi, you are packed in like sardines. The best seats are in front where there is a little more space so as not to have your chin on your knees. This is important when you are leaving for a journey of 6 to 15 hours or more.
Bush taxis operate like charters. They only leave when all the seats have been sold. You should also know that two seats will be shared by three passengers. If there are two of you, buy three seats so as not to travel with a stranger half on your lap.
Bonjour à tous, pour la saison touristique 2024, la 140C27 du GADEFT de Nîmes assure la traction de certains trains spéciaux du Train à Vapeur d'Auvergne de Clermont-Ferrand.
Ce fut le cas en ce samedi 20 avril 2024 avec cette circulation entre Clermont-Ferrand et La Bourboule.
Malgré le temps plus que mitigé, la chance fut globalement présente aux côtés des spotters.
La machine et sa rame historique sont vus sur la commune de Pulvérières (63).
Je remercie encore une fois les différentes associations présentes sur ce train pour leur implication et leur sympathie.