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With this I conclude the series of my long walk on the route to the Parininihi (White Cliffs)
Whitecliffs Walkway New Zealand
This walkway uses the Kapuni to Auckland gas pipeline route for 11 km. The laying of the pipeline involved an immense amount of heavy construction work and these operations opened up walking access to the dramatic forest and coastal country of the region. The entire walkway is across private land.
concludes that it will also make better soup :-)
Henry L. Mencken
HGGT!!
leaf, hemlock bluffs nature preserve, cary, north carolina
this one concludes the southwest USA series... finally ;-)
thanks for all your comments on the series and keep up your outstanding photography!
To conclude a week of posting ducks, and the year, what can be better than this special and very rare visitor? These ducks visit the city infrequently and particularly this location, where they can be photographed at eye level. Admired in the company of Steve Hubbard (flickr.com/photos/30264683@N07), please check out his excellent photos. At the Pool, Central Park, New York.
This concludes the pictures I captured in the Badlands of South Dakota. Our final morning had a nice layer of fog creating some nice drama to the area.
It was nice to actually stop and spend some time in the park after just driving by so many times in the past. If you get a chance, put this one on your list of places to visit. Each season brings such a different look.
This concludes my series I've been posting for the last 3 months taking place at Quoted Memories. I want to give a huge, giant thank you to Elfi Siemens for creating this beautiful sim and supporting my work, you and I have never conversed but I'd love to get to know you one day and thank you personally for making this beautiful, inspiring place. This will not be the last shot I post from here, I'll post my outtakes later, and will continue to shoot more things here as the ideas come, this is just the end of the set and the mini-story I was telling.
Also thank you to all of you who have supported my work the last few months, I felt really inspired while shooting this set and your favs and especially your comments of encouragement mean the world to me. I feel like doing the last two sets have changed me and elevated my skillset, and I look forward to seeing what I stumble onto next.
Lastly, it's mental health awareness month, and I wanted to put it out there that the last few months of my posts have been related to this and helping people see you can go from a negative space to a positive one with the right mindset and mentality. Take care of yourselves, in the end you'll always be your own strongest support system, and do the things that make you happy in life no matter what other people think about you.
Taken at Quoted Memories.
By Paul Craig Roberts, a Top-tier Officer of the Reagan Administration,who concludes, " More than the empire is dead. The country itself is dead. " And like it or not, it is laced with Obvious Overtones :
thesaker.is/the-empire-has-collapsed/
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Elegy : Feodor Chaliapin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt3YUreCJl4&list=RDvt3YUreCJl...
Vladimir Shushlin蘇石林- The Islet (小鳥) Rachmaninov
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwlydp439cI
Nadezhda Obukhova : Glinka Romance
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE32wTArmMM
Nadezhda Obukhova : Plaisir d'Amour
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCH0DvFxUgk
Elena Obraztsova :
Tosca - Vissi d'arte
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUzXt6EbDJM
Why Is The Heart Beating So Loud
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPU8TuFRiNA
Joan Brull : 30 Portraits
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Juajk3aNNmA&list=RDCMUCWjLl5T...
Russian and Ukrainian Impressionism
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1psufJxM0t0
Lev Sibiryakov (Leopoldo Spivacchini) (Bass from Ukraine)
forgottenoperasingers.blogspot.com/2012/03/lev-sibiryakov...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhZVn7pxkUY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xvo8K9qddg
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yL4K1ifkJs&list=PL77374B4E58...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i8QNikFJYs&list=RD7i8QNikFJY...
Opera Diva, Renata Tebaldi : "Un bel di vedremo"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1woH96ROG-c
Verdi's Requiem: Confutatis by Nikolai Ghiaurov
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xD6H7mYNp4
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHQhY-NjIZ0
A Persian Song by Rubinstein, Boris Shtokolov, 1955
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcgodcP4N_g
Борис Гмиря - Зоре моя вечірняя
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPdER4zWQ-Q
袁晨野 :
《三套车》 / Troika
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDRx1XE1N9U&list=RDlDRx1XE1N9...
BEYOND【海闊天空】
A few concluding pics. I got a kick out of this Vector figure and - honestly - Predator is the only figure I could match him with at the moment as I will be moving to our new house in about 5 weeks (all toys have been boxed). Predator is actually a larger figure than Vector - hopefully not too obvious here.
Slowing it down with this moody, little track. I like songs like this where the lyrics seem to contradict what the singer is feeling. Thank you so much for looking and listening. This concludes our rainy night by the dashboard light series. I hope you enjoyed it. <3 Keep hoping. Keep dreaming…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5cVrZXx9bc
open.spotify.com/album/6gg5bYWLL6gTMaP7k2HKR5?si=BMjp2HAK... (better sound quality)
I'm concluding my BIF series with this shot of an American Avocet shortly after it took off from the shallow waters of Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Utah.
From the Cornell Lab:
"The American Avocet takes elegance to a new level. This long-legged wader glides through shallow waters swishing its slender, upturned bill from side to side to catch aquatic invertebrates. It dons a sophisticated look for summer with a black-and-white body and a rusty head and neck. During the winter the head and neck turn a grayish white, but the bird loses none of its elegance as it forages along coastal waters or rests while standing on one leg."
Concluding the album on the first leg of the 372 km Marskramerpad ( "Pedlars trail") trail. This long distance hiking trail starts at Scheveningen (The Hague) and ends at Bad Bentheim, Germany.
Wikipedia: Marskramerpad (in Dutch)
The full album can be seen through this link.
Just concluded a family vacation to a beautiful hill station in the lower Himalayan forests. The place has amazing diversity of birds and though I wasn't actively birding - still sighted several new and colorful species.
This is a very common bird in the Himalayan forests. often sighted on the ground in the forest areas and even around villages. These are plump and large birds are sometimes killed for meat. The male is very colorful and easy to id.
This one is a male and the female was a couple of feet behind it. Sighted it on the side of the road foraging while driving to a trekking point. These are popular with photographers due to their rich colors.
Thanks in advance for your views, faves and feedback. Much appreciated.
This photo concludes this series........
Kihikihi township is located in the heart of the Waipa District, 5 minutes south of Te Awamutu. Waipa District is recognised as one of the countries dairy farming powerhouses and for its sporting success in cycling, rowing and equestrian, and has a long association with speedway.
Kihikihi Speedway Club was established in 1954 when permission was granted to build a basic race track on the Kihikihi Domain. The club is still at that original location, having upgraded the venue for the benefit of spectators and competitors.
In the early years the club focused on the open wheel and bike classes. Today Kihikihi Speedway contracts Saloons, Production Saloons, Superstocks, Stockcars, Streetstocks, Youth Ministocks, Midgets, Minisprints, Six Shooters (wingless Sprintcars), Sidecars and Adult and Junior Solos.
Unlike most New Zealand speedways, Kihikihi runs predominately on Sunday afternoons. This is one of Kihikihi's greatest strengths, creating a relaxed family friendly atmosphere whilst allowing visitors from around the North Island to compete regularly at Kihikihi as most other tracks run Saturday nights.
Concluding photographs from a familiar walk around the RWY, with a couple of close-ups of the local flora.
Concluding my shots from six years ago today, CN 5425 leads the L593 out of Proctor Yard back on the evening of June 18, 2014. This train was delayed with power problems and finally departed with a single SD60 instead of the pair of IC SD40-3s it was supposed to. That worked out for me as by the time CN 5429 departed Proctor at 20:00, the sun had ducked down under the thick clouds that briefly moved in.
CN no longer runs the L593 MRF out of Proctor. The work at Keenan is currently done by L567/568 which still usually use these 5400-series SD60s between Proctor and I Falls.
Nordkirchen, Germany, 2023.
This photo concludes my series of shots from Nordkirchen Castle... at least those photos I chose to share here. To see more photos from this location, check out the corresponding post on my blog.
There's more on www.chm-photography.com.
Concluding my Alaska mini-series with this image of three horned puffins taken on Duck Island in Tuxedni National Wildlife Refuge, Cook Inlet, Alaska.
Concluding photographs from a familiar walk around the RWY, with a couple of close-ups of the local flora.
This will conclude my walk through for Friday folks but had a decent day yesterday and will start them tomorrow. This is and was the first for 2015, again not getting out much, but he looked so proud and majestic I couldn't resist.
Have a great day everyone and as always thank you for stopping by, always very much appreciated.
This photo is the last in my series on Savanna. I conclude with a photograph of Savanna's business district looking south at the west side of the 300 block of Main St. It was an early Sunday afternoon when I visited, and the motorcyclists whose bikes are parked on both sides of Main St. were congregated at the Iron Horse Social Club, shown in a previous photo, on the side of the street where I was standing.
Savanna is a river town located along the banks of The Mississippi River and picturesque bluffs of Carroll County in Northwestern Illinois. Settled in 1828 by explorers from Galena, Savanna is one of the oldest towns in Illinois.
The town began as a Steamboat stop for runs between Galena and St. Louis, and grew as a logging, shipping and, eventually, as a Railroad hub. In 1917, the U.S. Army constructed the Savanna Army Depot just north of town. From WWII thru Vietnam, Savanna Army Depot served as a munitions maintenance and storage facility for traditional, chemical, and nuclear weapons. The Savanna Army Depot closed in 2000.
Located on the Great River Road, the city is trying to become more of a weekend destination, like nearby Galena. The city's business district is full of buildings dating to the late 19th and early 20th centuries. New ornamental lighting, an example of which is shown in this photo, has been installed to complement the century-old buildings.
While the distinction of being the seat of Carroll County belongs to nearby Mount Carroll, Savanna is Carroll County's largest city (2019 population est. 2,717). It also is the only place in all of Carroll County where you will find a stoplight.
We conclude our brief tour of PENNSYLVANIA AVE Tower with this view of another eastbound rolling by. Take note the extra long sign needed to put the full name of the tower on the sign. A general order in late 1978 changed the name of the tower from PENNSYLVANIA AVE to PENN, a name the interlocking close to this location still bears today. Downsizing would hit the towers around Pittsburgh in the early 80s, and PENNSYLVANIA AVE would become just another memory a few years after this September 1976 shot.
PC 6171. Pittsburgh, PA.
September 1976. Photographer unknown.
Adam Klimchock collection.
01-September-2022: to conclude this reportage a necessary overview of the potentially lake area.
FIND the embanked part to which the previous photos were dedicated and corresponding to less than 1% of the maximum extension of the lake (see notes...)
The photos are taken from a viewpoint on the Slivnica mountain (1118m a.s.l.) overlooking the flat basin of Cerknica/Cerkniško polje (545m, a.s.l.), which was once almost always covered by the water of what was, by far, the larger lake in Slovenija (up to 38km2), especially in rainy years when it persisted for 12 months a year.
As mentioned, since 2003 the temporary lake of Cerkinca has become more and more ghost, gradually retreating, with the water covering the extensive basin (once a karstic lake bed) only in the autumn months, while in 2021 not even in those.
Now I look forward to photographing it full (alluvial phase), hopefully by late October...
Green River Overlook, Canyonlands National Park, Moab, UT
Going to conclude my shots from Moab with this gem. After driving 5 and a half hours through the Rocky Mountains and arriving in Moab, we made it to the Green River Overlook just in time for sunset. The light was spectacular as the sun dipped closer to the horizon. Just after the sun disappeared, the sky began to light up. As we were packing up to head back to the car, I saw this scene, so I framed up this shot, took a bracketed exposure and we were on our way. Once I was able to upload the image to my computer, I realized how magnificent it turned out. Moab is a spectacular place and sometimes it feels like a whole different world. Glad I get to live fairly close to this magical place. I would really like to go back one day to shoot it in the snow. For now, I'm hoping for some big snowfalls to hit the Rockies so we can get out to do some serious skiing and photography! Happy Friday everyone, have a great weekend.
Thanks for stopping!
A large boat in early morning moves slowly toward the shore after its crewmembers (about a dozen in all) finished their yet another fishing trip in the deep sea which might have taken them for several days to complete.
Captured in Subic, Zambales, Philippines.
I conclude this series of pictures at Chinese New Year with these two delightful people. They looked so proud having their picture taken at the New Year celebrations
"I conclude that the relationship between brain and consciousness is like that between two dancers who always move together, but sometimes with one and sometimes the other taking the lead." John Hick, the New Frontier of Religion and Science (2006). Fuji X-Pro3 plus Samyang tele lens at F5.6, contre-jour, reflector.
And, perhaps more importantly, why should you think of me?
Concluding my "all shook up" mini-series with this White Ibis putting on a show.
We observed this preening/bathing ibis in the shallow waters off South Padre Island, Texas.
I'll conclude the small critter series with a couple of lagomorphs. Hares, rabbits and pikas make up the lagomorph order of mammals. The largest of the order are hares represented here by the Antelope Jackrabbit, photographed in Saguaro National Park, Arizona. In the background is the trunk of a large saguaro cactus for which the park is named.
To conclude this short series of old Sydney photos, we'll take a look at the restaurant world.
Mr Wong's Cantonese Restaurant is a huge place, with dining facilities on multiple levels. It is designed to reflect two eras in a converted inner city warehouse: Shanghai prior of the invasion of the Japanese and the rise of Communists; and Prohibition era USA. You'll see some photos from the Prohibition Bar, accessible from Mr Wong's via a secret doorway (of course), in my uploaded collage today. merivale.com/venues/mrwong/
We were there for lunch and the food was as spectacular as the setting.
All these photographs today were taken with the natural lighting and handheld by the Panasonic DMC-FS7 compact camera. If you get a chance to purchase one of these lovely little 10MP pocket cameras, in good secondhand condition, I can tell you it will serve you well.
Concluding the Roman series with a look back at St Peters, one version from the crowded bridge, and the other from river level where there was absolutely no one around, I kinda felt scared because it was strange that nobody went down the steps, maybe it was a foolish thing to do on my part, maybe it was the lemming mentality that drives people to follow the hordes.
Concluding my review of the year is this Grey Phalarope which graced Cuckmere Haven for a week at the end of October.
Wishing all my Flickr friends and contacts a very happy and photo-filled 2020. Happy New Year.
....concludes my recent publication of his PoW diaries with a final sentence:
"In later life my father liked baking and used to make fruit cake, Suffolk rusks and trifle, although thankfully using more suitable ingredients than those available when he was in the PoW camps."
posted for Looking Close...on Friday! mi nombre es....(blanco y negro) /my name is....(black and white)
I wish he could know what heartfelt reviews his diary account of his experiences has engendered:
www.amazon.co.uk/Till-We-Meet-Again-Gunner/dp/154404870X
Thank you for all visits, comments and favs!
This concludes my brief wetlands birds series. From Conservation International:
"The species found in wetlands are some of the most unique in the world because they’ve evolved specifically to survive in these hydrologically changing ecosystems. Alligators, crocodiles, muskrats, nutrias, fish species and hundreds of birds, including mallards, geese and herons are all found in wetlands. More than half of the 800 species of protected migratory birds in the U.S. rely on wetlands. The vegetation found in wetlands is also unique as they have evolved to survive in seasonally flooded and saline conditions. Some examples include the cattail in freshwater wetlands and mangrove species in coastal wetlands."
One of those protected species that relies on wetlands is the endangered Whooping Crane, shown here near the gulf coast of Texas.
To conclude this series of shots in the lower Cataract Gorge in Launceston, Tasmania, not long after dawn on a late Autumn day, it is fitting to focus on the ancient origins of this place.
We have already seen how the Dolerite (volcanic) rocks here are dated by Geologists to the Jurassic era (180 million years ago). The Gorge itself was formed through massive earthquakes some 80 million years ago, causing a fault line to create the Gorge itself.
Later in its history it filled with what we now call the South Esk River. It is even possible to imagine that once small dinosaurs roamed the area some 60 million years ago.
For that reason I've opted for a brown colour tone to emphasise the ancient feel of the place.
Yesterday I concluded my mini series on warm evening light, commonly known as Golden Hour Light. I thought it would be nice to follow that up with an image that shows a transition from Golden Hour light to Blue hour Light.
Not meant to be a succession of time, as this shot was taken a few days after the previous images,
This is actually looking South West, whereas the sun would be in the North West, but the only warm tones in the sky were here, as the sun's location had completely clouded over.
I really like this one for the calmness I saw in the scene and presence of the last sliver of warmth in the sky, that would soon be taken over by clouds and darkness.
Whether this would be considered golden Hour light or Blue Hour light, does not matter in the least. To me the mix of cool and warm light is what makes the light special.
My largest bird with an insect concludes this series:
Chlamydotis undulata fuerteventurae + Blepharopsis mendica
Houbara Bustard ... with Praying Mantis
Kragentrappe .......... mit Gottesanbeterin
Kravetrappe ............. med Knæler
Hubara ...................... con Diabillo de las Flores
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The Attraction of Old Timber
I am always very grateful to the Admins of the group www.flickr.com/groups/genial_shot/ for using this image to conclude their B&W exhibitions.
This concludes my "black period", a series of dark-themed photographs from autumn 2022 to spring 2023. In the spring and summer of 2023 I will be focusing on the opposite: the main theme in my work will be white. The darker photos will no doubt return when the days get shorter again.
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Or: Bread roll nightmares (come true...)
#siderssunday
I concluded my photographic year 2024 on a humorous note with my dinosaur MM image (please see the second comment), and as coincidence would have it, today's breakfast allowed me to start my new photography year 2025 with some fun as well: Breakfast pareidolia :) We always (pre-)slice our Sunday bread rolls in the bread cutter to avoid breakfast table crumble mess and the second slice had a cute little "shocked" face. So as a warm-up for my MM shooting for tomorrow's "Keychain" theme, I decided to photograph it.
While I don't eat sweet things like marmalade, jam, honey, or hazelnut/chocolate spread for breakfast, my savoury options simply didn't look as photogenic as the homemade strawberry jam we always buy at our favourite vegetable stall at the weekly market. So butter and jam it was for the photo.
I did some dodging and burning on the "eyes" and "mouth" to highlight "the bread roll's fear of the bread spread", brightened the background, a simple wooden cutting board, and did some extra sliding in Analog Efex (frame only) and Color Efex. There were two darker spots on the cutting board which I used as pupils for the holes aka eyes.
As for the poor bread roll slice: Its inevitable fate of being eaten for breakfast has been postponed until tomorrow ;)
Wishing you a Happy, healthy, and peaceful 2025, dear Flickr friends! HSS Everyone!
La Iglesia y Convento de Santo Domingo es un templo católico levantado en el Centro Histórico de la ciudad de Quito.
Su construcción comenzó en el año 1540, con una capilla provisional. Posteriormente, el templo que persiste hasta la actualidad fue realizado a partir de 1581, concluyéndose las obras de la iglesia en 1688.
El templo está cubierto por trabajos en cedro con pan de oro, y por numerosas pinturas y tallas que adornan su interior. Junto al retablo mayor, las diez capillas laterales que completan el conjunto interior de Santo Domingo enriquecen aún más el cuerpo interno de la iglesia con bellísimos trabajos en madera y hojilla de oro.
De la antigua grandeza de la iglesia queda la espléndida techumbre mudéjar, la más hermosa de las de su clase en la arquitectura de Quito.
La más rica y conocida de las capillas de la iglesia de Santo Domingo es la Capilla del Rosario, que está ubicada hacia el lado sur del crucero, y que está construida en tres niveles diferentes. Esta capilla se asoma a la antigua calle de La Loma (hoy llamada Rocafuerte), donde para solucionar otro desnivel del terreno los arquitectos construyeron el Arco de Santo Domingo, con contrafuertes en forma de cono que evocan puestos de vigía.
The Church and Convent of Santo Domingo is a Catholic temple built in the Historic Center of the city of Quito.
Its construction began in 1540, with a temporary chapel. Later, the construction of the temple that persists to the present day began in 1581, concluding the works of the church in 1688.
The temple is covered with works in cedar with gold leaf, and by numerous paintings and carvings that adorn its interior. Along with the main altarpiece, the ten side chapels that complete the interior of Santo Domingo further enrich the internal body of the church with beautiful works in wood and gold leaf.
Of the former grandeur of the church remains the splendid Mudejar roof, the most beautiful of its kind in the architecture of Quito.
The richest and best known of the chapels in the church of Santo Domingo is the Chapel of the Rosary, which is located on the south side of the transept and is built on three different levels. This chapel looks out onto the old street of La Loma (today called Rocafuerte), where, to overcome another unevenness of the terrain, the architects built the Arch of Santo Domingo, with cone-shaped buttresses evoking lookout posts.
I conclude this Santa series with this photo of Santa enjoying his deserved rest, after all the hard work.
Also the new sleigh can be charged for the return journey. The battery does not yet have a very long lifespan, but that is being worked on.
Many, many thanks for your friendship, the kind comments and wonderful support throughout the year. I appreciated it a lot !!
Wishing you all a lovely Holidays, enjoy !!
This origami model is folded from one piece of paper (18x18cm red kami paper.) I stuck a piece of silver paper (4,5x18cm) to the spot where the sled is. If you don't do this, the sled will also be white.
Final size: height 7cm, length 10cm.
Model: origami Santa in Sleigh, resting after delivering all presents
Design: Francesco Miglionio
Diagrams in QQM-magazine #63 'Buon Origami' by Francesco Miglionico
To bring this Blue EMD Theme "Week" (more like 2+ weeks) to its conclusion, I pulled out another Alaska image, this time of the Aurora Winter Train leaving Talkeetna. Seeing two SD70MACs on a passenger train (and a short one at that) was pretty wild, and definitely not like anything I'm used to.
Talkeetna itself was also wild and not like anything I'm used to; I highly recommend visiting - both the town and the railroad are quirky and a lot of fun.