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I've composed a short slideshow of me and Amy V. at a public swimming pool in Florida USA. See youtu.be/OAul-nPxcYs
In between endless teleconferences, I've found bits of time to cobble shows like this together.
Please understand, I'm not a pro, but also be assured I'm not a con either.
Enjoy!
Nora
... you can't keep the birds from flying over your head, but you can sure keep them from building a nest in your hair.
Composed for the Shock of the New ~ New! Shock Woman Challenge ~.
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Panic attacks, also known as anxiety attacks, are periods of intense fear or apprehension of sudden onset accompanied by at least four or more bodily or cognitive symptoms (such as heart palpitations, dizziness, shortness of breath, or feelings of unreality) and of variable duration from minutes to hours. Panic attacks usually begin abruptly and may reach a peak within 10 to 20 minutes but may continue for hours in some cases. Panic attacks are not dangerous and should not cause any physical harm.
The effects of a panic attack vary. Some, notably first-time sufferers, may call for emergency services. Many who experience a panic attack, mostly for the first time, fear they are having a heart attack or a nervous breakdown.Common psychological themes associated with panic attacks include the fears of impending death or loss of sanity; depersonalisation is relatively common.
Another photo from Rome. I was playing with the concept of motion on the background of the ancient and relatively static architecture. This is the fountain in front of the pantheon, and a few birds were playing in the waters. I composed this shot then waited for about 20 minutes before a bird cooperated and did this. I was therer long enough that an older tourist tried repeatedly to convince me that the other side of the fountain was prettier in broken english. I did (eventually) move to the other side of the fountain so he could take photos of the 'ugly side' standing exactly where I was perched. But, he only took less than a minute for his shot before leaving so I could continue my bird stalking.
Dinamarca - Kvaerndrup - Castillo de Egeskov
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ENGLISH
Egeskov Castle (Danish: Egeskov Slot) is located near Kværndrup, in the south of the island of Funen, Denmark. The castle is Europe's best preserved Renaissance water castle.
Egeskov was first mentioned in 1405. The castle structure was erected by Frands Brockenhuus in 1554.
Due to the troubles caused by the civil war known as the Count's Feud (Danish: Grevens fejde), general civil unrest, and a civil war introducing the Protestant Reformation, most Danish noblemen built their homes as fortifications. The castle is constructed on oaken piles and located in a small lake with a maximum depth of 5 metres (16 ft). Originally, the only access was by means of a drawbridge. According to legend, it took an entire forest of oak trees to build the foundation, hence the name Egeskov (oak forest).
Outside, the castle is a Late Gothic building. Inside the original elements already show Renaissance design.
The castle consists of two long buildings connected by a thick double wall, allowing defenders to abandon one house and continue fighting from the other. The double wall is over one meter thick and contains secret staircases and a well. Defenders were able to attack an enemy's flanks from the two round corner towers. Other medieval defences include artillery ports, scalding holes and arrow slits. The bricks composing the castle are of an oversized medieval type sometimes called "monks bricks". The conical towers are constructed in a series of separate panels.
The architecture includes depressed and round-arched windows, round-arched blank arcading within the gables, and a double string course between the high cellar and the ground floor. The structure contains some of the early indoor plumbing design first used in Europe with vertical shafts for waste. The thick double wall also contains a water well which is accessed from the servants kitchen in the east house. Several of the large rooms have massive parallel exposed beams with some end carving.
Contents of the castle include a massive iron chest from at least as early as the 16th century, which derived from Hvedholm Castle, a property earlier owned by the Egeskov estate about ten kilometers to the west.
Numerous oil paintings are found within the castle including a large painting in the great hall on the first floor of Niels Juel, who defeated the Swedish force in the Battle of Køge Bay in the year 1677.
Other buildings belonging to Egeskov include Ladegården, a thatched half-timbered building which is now part of the museum. Other buildings are used by the museum and for farming. Surrounding the castle is an old park, covering 20 hectares (49 acres) of land. The park is divided into a number of gardens. The renaissance garden features fountains, a gravel path and topiary figures. The fuchsia garden, one of the largest in Europe, contains 104 different species. Other gardens near the castle include an English garden, a water garden, an herb garden, a vegetable garden, and a peasant's garden (bondehave). The gardens also feature four hedge mazes. The oldest is a beech maze several hundreds of years old. This garden is trimmed every year to prevent the trees from dying. The newest maze is the world's largest bamboo maze. It features a Chinese tower in the centre, and a bridge from the tower provides the exit from the maze. The parks feature a three-meter-tall sundial designed by Danish poet and mathematician, Piet Hein.
The estate includes an additional eight square kilometres; 2.5 square kilometres (0.97 sq mi) is forest, with the rest being farmland. The estate has belonged to the Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille family since 1784. In 1986, a full-sized replica of the castle was built in Hokkaidō, Japan, to hold an aquarium. This was constructed with the permission of the Egeskov's owners at the time, Count Claus and Countess Louisa Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille.
Egeskov is home to the following museums.
- A vintage automobile collection
- A vintage motorcycle collection
- A collection describing the history of agriculture
- A collection of flying vehicles
- A collection of Falck and other emergency vehicles
Most of the castle is open to the public, except for the areas used by Count Michael and Countess Caroline Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille. The museum of agriculture and the horse wagon collection is located in the building Ladegård mentioned previously.
Three large modern buildings are occupied by the vintage automobile collection, the vintage motorcycle collection, the Falck collection, and by a collection of airplanes and helicopters. The Falck collection is a collection of vehicles from the Danish rescue company, Falck, emergency vehicles such as fire trucks, ambulances, rescue boats, and other assorted emergency vehicles.
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ESPAÑOL
El castillo de Egeskov (en danés Egeskov Slot) es un castillo que se encuentra localizado en el sur de la isla de Fionia, en Dinamarca. El castillo es el castillo de estilo renacentista mejor conservado de Europa, por lo que se refiere a castillos que se encuentren rodeados de agua. Aunque la historia de Egeskov se remonta al siglo XV, la estructura del castillo actual fue erigida por Frands Brockenhuus en 1554.
Debido a los problemas e inestabilidades causados por la Guerra Civil Danesa en 1534-1536 (conocida por la historiografía anglosajona y danesa como Guerra del conde, en danés Grevens fejde), una guerra civil que introdujo en Dinamarca la Reforma Protestante, la mayor parte de la nobleza danesa construyó sus residencias planificándolas como auténticas fortalezas. Así, el castillo está construido sobre un lugar pilotes de roble y localizado en un pequeño lago con una profundidad máxima de cinco metros. En un primer momento, el único acceso desde el exterior al castillo era a través de un puente levadizo. Según la leyenda, se necesitó un bosque entero de robles para construir los cimientos del edificio, y de ahí derivaría el nombre de Egeskov (bosque de robles).
El castillo consiste en realidad en dos edificios distintos alargados y conectados entre sí por una pared de doble grosor, permitiendo así a los defensores del mismo abandonar una de las casas y seguir luchando en la otra. La pared doble posee más de un metro de espesor, y alberga escaleras secretas y un pozo. Por otra parte, estaba diseñado de modo que los defensores podían atacar por ambos flancos a los asaltantes desde las dos torres redondas de las esquinas. Otras defensas de tipo medieval incluyen portones para la artillería, matacanes o saeteras. Los ladrillos con los que se edificó el castillo son de un tipo medieval de gran tamaño, a veces llamado ladrillo de monjes. Las torres cónicas están construidas en una serie de paneles separados.
La arquitectura incluye ventanas en arco rebajado, en arco de medio punto y otros, rematadas algunas de ellas por gabletes, así como un doble cordón de arquillos ciegos entre la primera y la segunda plantas, además de un cordón entre el sótano levantado y la planta baja. La estructura incluye una primitiva fontanería, una de las primeras usadas en Europa, incluyendo ejes verticales para el desagüe de las aguas sucias. La gruesa pared doble también contiene canalizaciones de agua limpia que desembocan en la cocina de los criados, situada en la casa oriental.
El contenido del castillo incluye un peto o pectoral macizo de armadura, de hierro, con una antigüedad de al menos el siglo XVI, procedente del castillo de Hvedholm, una antigua propiedad de Egeskov, que se encuentra aproximadamente a diez kilómetros al oeste del castillo de Egeskov.
Igualmente, dentro del castillo existe una amplia colección de pintura, que incluye un gran cuadro situado en el largo pasillo de la primera planta, representando a Niels Juel, quien derrotó a las tropas del Imperio sueco en la batalla de la bahía de Køge, el 2 de julio de 1677, en el marco de las Guerras Escandinavas.
Otro edificios que forman parte de Egeskov es Ladegården, un edificio con armazón de madera que se encuentra cubierta con paja, y que actualmente forma parte del museo. Otros edificios auxiliares están en uso, bien sea por el museo bien para labores agrícolas.
El castillo está rodeado por un antiguo parque, que abarca una superficie total de 200 000 metros cuadrados de terreno. El parque se encuentra dividido en un elevado número de jardines. El jardín renacentista destaca por sus fuentes, un camino de grava y figuras de arte topiario.
El jardín de fuchsias, uno de los más grandes de Europa, contiene 104 especies diferente. Otros jardines inmediatos al castillo incluyen un jardín inglés, un jardín acuático, un jardín de hierbas, un jardín de verduras, y un jardín campesino. En los jardines también destacan cuatro laberintos de seto. El más antiguo es un laberinto que incluye un haya de varios cientos de años de edad. Este jardín es ajustado cada año para prevenir la muerte de los árboles. El laberinto más moderno es el laberinto de bambú, el mayor del mundo de dichas plantas. Destaca en él una torre en estilo chino en su centro, a la vez que un puente que parte de la torre proporciona la salida del laberinto. Existe también un reloj de sol diseñado por el poeta y matemático danés Piet Hein.
La propiedad incluye otros ocho kilómetros cuadrados más, de los que 2,5 son forestales, estando el resto formado por tierras de labranza. La finca perteneció a la familia de los Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille desde 1784. En 1986 se construyó una réplica de tamaño natural del castillo en Hokkaidō, Japón, para albergar un acuario, con el permiso de quienes por entonces eran los dueños de Egeskov, el Conde Claus y la Condesa Louisa Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille.
En la actualidad, el castillo de Egeskov acoge diversos museos o colecciones:
- Colección de automóviles antiguos.
- Colección de motocicletas antiguas.
- Colección museística sobre la Historia de la Agricultura y colección de coches de caballos, en el Ladegården.
- Colección de aparatos voladores.
- Colección de vehículos de bomberos y otros vehículos de emergencias, de la empresa danesa Falck.
La mayor parte del castillo se encuentra abierto al público, con la excepción las áreas reservadas para el uso privado por el conde Michael y la condesa Margrethe Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille, actuales propietarios.
El Museo de agricultura y la colección de coches de caballos se encuentran localizados en el Ladegården, mientras que la colección de automóviles antiguos, la de motocicletas antiguas, la de vehículos de la empresa Falck y la de aparatos voladores (incluyendo aeroplanos y helicópteros) ocupan tres grandes edificios de factura moderna. La colección Falck es una colección de vehículos de la empresa danesa de rescate Falck, vehículos de emergencias como camiones anti-incendios, ambulancias, barcos de rescate marítimo, y otros vehículos variados de emergencias.
2ЭС4К (2ES4K) is a 3 kV D.C. electric locomotive the Donchak composed of 2 units was produced by Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant (NEVZ) at 2006-2018 yy. The 3-unit 3ЭС4К model having one booster B-unit in production from 2014. They are the successors of VL10 (VL11) family, the mass-produced DC electric locomotives built in Soviet Georgia by TEVZ and in Russia at NEVZ. In most mechanical parts they are unified with the Е5К (E5K) and 2/3/4ЕС5К (ES5K) The Ermak ("Ермак"), a family of new 25 kV AC mainline freight electric locomotives with four-axle sections equipped with collector traction motors. The number of sections can be from one to four (internal - boosters without cabs). This model of AC locomotives is named in honour of Russia's national hero Ermak, conqueror of Siberia in the times of Ivan IV The Terrible. They are the next evolutionary stage in the development of ВЛ80 (VL80) freight electric locomotives and are positioned as their main replacement. Like the VL80, they were developed by the All-Russian Research Institute of Electric Locomotive Building (VELNII) in Novocherkassk and have been produced since 2004 at the Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant, a part of the CJSC Transmashholding concern, currently being the most mass-produced family of Russian electric locomotives. More than 2200 ones have already been built, including 1500 three-section 3ES5K. Production of DC eclectric locomotives is more limited with 148 of 2ES4K and 78 3ES4K were built to 2022 consequently.
Locomotives have a steel wagon-type body with a main frame, on which a plastic block control cabin and a set of equipment are mounted. The running gear is designed with axle-axle suspension of traction electric motors with motor-axle plain bearings. The bogies of the low-production 6-axle freight-passenger (Bo'Bo'Bo') electric locomotive ВЛ65 (VL65) are used, this bogie differs from the bogies of VL80 and VL85 by the absence of leaf springs (flexicoil suspension is used), and from the bogie of ВЛ80, in addition, by the absence of kingpins, the force transmission is through the central inclined link. The AC locomotives are equipped with advanced 850 kW collector traction motors НБ-514Д (NB-514D; in new modification ES5S is used asynchronous motors ДТА-1100 and IGBT transistors), as well as a microprocessor control system that provides manual and automatic motion control, diagnostics of motion parameters and operation of all locomotive equipment, electric regenerative braking. Its DC counterparts use different 800 kW DTC-800 traction motors and have a dynamic brake in addition to regenerative braking.
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Much of the time, when I am composing flower photographs, I do so
with the thought of converting a color image into a black and white
format. I realize that this look is not for everyone, but on my site I
get to set the standards......so I will choose this look for now :)
I hope everyone has a wonderful rest of the week!
Note; I posted this last night, but flickr was painfully slow, so
I decided to repost this morning.
A composing of a 30 seconds long exposure and the sky replacement tool from Luminar4. Made the long exposure with a ND1000 filter to remove almost everybody from the place in front of the townhall.
Composed and processed in the iPhone. Silhouette is a modified royalty free image and is not original by me. All other elements are.
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FR Rudbeckie hérissée - EN Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta L. (floraison)
Friche (alt. 250 m)
Modave (province de Liège, Wallonie, Belgique)
Néophyte (Canada, États-Unis)
UNE MACHINE MONUMENTALE
Composé d'acier, de bois sculpté et de cuir c'est la plus lourde et longue bestiole mécanique réalisée par "la machine" dont la particularité est une mobilité inspirée de la motricité des reptiles. Il est très expressif, crache du feu, de la fumée et de l’eau sous différentes formes. De la brume s’échappe de son corps par une trentaine d’évents.
Ses yeux, ses paupières, ses oreilles, sa bouche, sa langue, ses nageoires sont mobiles. Il peut se coucher, se lever, courir jusqu’à 4 km/h et battre de ses ailes en toile épaisse. En dehors du spectacle, il devient Machine de ville*. Cinquante passagers accèdent à son dos sur une terrasse couverte grâce à un escalier intégré dans sa queue.
Hauteur : 10 à 15 m
Largeur : 5 à 17,5 m ailes déployées
Longueur : 25 m
Poids : 72 tonnes
Vitesse : 0 à 4 km/h
Propulsion hybride
Fluides : eau, air, électricité, hydraulique
Matériaux : bois, métal, cuir, toile, cuivre
Effets : respiration, fumée, flamme, jet d’eau, son
Manipulation : 4 à 17 personnes (spectacle)
Capacité : 50 à 60 personnes transportées
Source:
www.cote-dopale.com/agenda-cote-d-opale/dragon-de-calais
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Translation / Traduction 🇬🇧 UK
A MONUMENTAL MACHINE
Made of steel, carved wood and leather, it is the heaviest and longest mechanical bug made by "the machine" whose particularity is a mobility inspired by the motor of reptiles. It is very expressive, spits fire, smoke and water in different forms. Haze escapes from his body by about 30 vents.
Her eyes, eyelids, ears, mouth, tongue, fins are moving. He can lie down, stand up, run up to 4 km/h and beat his wings in thick cloth. Apart from the show, it becomes City Machine*. Fifty passengers reach their back on a covered terrace thanks to a staircase built into its tail.
Height: 10 to 15 m
Width: 5 to 17.5 m wings deployed
Length: 25 m
Weight: 72 tons
Speed: 0 to 4 km/h
Hybrid propulsion
Fluids: water, air, electricity, water
Materials: wood, metal, leather, canvas, copper
Effects: breathing, smoke, flame, water jet, sound
Handling: 4 to 17 people (show)
Capacity: 50 to 60 people transported
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La Compagnie du Dragon
Although Venice is composed of islands and canals, the Grand Canal is the only really large one. It's shaped like a backwards letter S, and is approximately two miles long. At its widest point, at the Salute/San Marco (southern) end, it is roughly 350 feet wide; the normal width is about half that. The Grand Canal was traditionally the high-rent district in Venice; houses were larger, and decoration was on a much grander scale. This makes sense when you consider that the Canal offers much greater opportunities for everyone to see the buildings facing it. Further, the Grand Canal, affording easier transport and access to shipping, tended to favor the kind of residents who were large-scale merchants--the very ones likely to have more money. For more information, please visit www.bellereti.com/jzimm/Venice/Gcanal.html
Venice (Italian: Venezia [veˈnɛttsja] ( listen), Venetian: Venexia [veˈnɛsja]) is a city in northeast Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region. In 2009, there were 270,098 people residing in Venice's comune (the population estimate of 272,000 inhabitants includes the population of the whole Comune of Venezia; around 60,000 in the historic city of Venice (Centro storico); 176,000 in Terraferma (the Mainland), mostly in the large frazioni of Mestre and Marghera; 31,000 live on other islands in the lagoon). Together with Padua and Treviso, the city is included in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area (PATREVE) (population 1,600,000).
The name is derived from the ancient Veneti people who inhabited the region by the 10th century B.C. The city historically was the capital of the Venetian Republic. Venice has been known as the "La Dominante", "Serenissima", "Queen of the Adriatic", "City of Water", "City of Masks", "City of Bridges", "The Floating City", and "City of Canals". Luigi Barzini described it in The New York Times as "undoubtedly the most beautiful city built by man". Venice has also been described by the Times Online as being one of Europe's most romantic cities.
The city stretches across 117 small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy. The saltwater lagoon stretches along the shoreline between the mouths of the Po (south) and the Piave (north) Rivers.
The Republic of Venice was a major maritime power during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and a staging area for the Crusades and the Battle of Lepanto, as well as a very important center of commerce (especially silk, grain, and spice) and art in the 13th century up to the end of the 17th century. This made Venice a wealthy city throughout most of its history. It is also known for its several important artistic movements, especially the Renaissance period. Venice has played an important role in the history of symphonic and operatic music, and it is the birthplace of Antonio Vivaldi.
Please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice for further information...
Sèneçon anguleux - Creeping groundsel - Suzón trepador
Senecio angulatus L.f. (inflorescence)
Falaise en bord de route (alt. 320 m)
Afur (Ténériffe, Canaries, Espagne)
Néophyte (Ouest de l'Afrique du Sud)
The former Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau. English: Hospital of the Holy Cross and Saint Paul) in the neighborhood of El Guinardó, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, is a complex built between 1901 and 1930. It is one of the most prominent works of the Catalan modernisme architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner. The complex was listed as a Conjunto Histórico in 1978. Together with Palau de la Música Catalana, it is declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1998.
Being composed of 12 pavilions connected through long underground galleries within its large green space, Sant Pau is the largest complex built in Art Nouveau style. It was a fully functioning hospital until June 2009, when the new hospital opened next to it, before undergoing restoration for use as a museum and cultural center, which opened in 2014.