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St. Anthony's hermitage, built inside 3 caves in c. 1782 AD or earlier. The 3-storey hermitage was restored in 2005 after a fire in 1970. It contains a basilica on its top floor. One can still see the oldest wood & rope ladder hanging…
Pyxari leaning rock is located close to “Bádovas” or “Kofinás,” at walking distance from Kastraki village.
Cave-dwelling asceticism in Meteora was an early form of monasticism, practiced by hermits or recluse monks. In Greek Orthodox church, such dwellings are known as “sketes” or small friaries, owned by (or dependent on) some neighboring Monastery (Holy Trinity monastery, in the case of this hermitage).
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image contains a veritable mix of different galaxies, some of which belong to the same larger structure: At the middle of the frame sits the galaxy cluster SDSS J1050+0017. The gigantic mass of this cluster creates the fascinating phenomenon of strong gravitational lensing. The gravity of the cluster bends light coming from behind it in a similar way to how the base of a wine glass bends light. The effects of this lensing can be clearly seen as curved streaks forming a circular shape around the center of the frame. Astronomers can use these distorted galaxies to calculate the mass of the cluster — including the mass of the dark matter within it — and to peer deeper into the universe than otherwise possible. Gravitational lensing not only distorts the views of galaxies, it also enlarges their appearance in the sky and magnifies their light.
Image credit: ESA (European Space Agency)/Hubble & NASA; acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt
Soapwort contains soap-like chemicals called saponins, that create a lather when crushed. In Europe, soapwort was grown near woolen mills and used to wash the wool. Because it is a gentle detergent and contains fungicides that aid in the preservation of cloth, it has been — and still is — used to clean delicate fabrics and tapestries, most famously the Shroud of Turin. Early American colonists brought soapwort from England to clean clothes, pots and pans, hair and skin, and even wash away poison ivy oils. [Source: www.seacoastonline.com/story/lifestyle/2008/07/30/soapwor...]
Presumably, if you know you have a nut allergy you're sure to dash out, buy a bucket of not-for-human-consumption peanuts & scoff them down if you're not explicitly warned !
A booklet containing a set of 12 high quality public relations slides for distribution to the media at the occasion of the encounter of the European comet probe "Giotto" at comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup in July 1992 ... 31 years ago.
This was still at the start of the digital age. Some of the images in the slides had been created digitally, but were then photographed off a high-resolution colour CRT screen with a 35 mm camera on slide film, which was then professionally reproduced. This means that the number of existing copies of these slides must be very limited by now, especially in such mint condition.
I received them back then, stored them in my cupboard and forgot all about them, until now. I think I will have the slides scanned.
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Although air contains 20.9% oxygen at all altitudes, lower air pressure at high altitude makes it feel like there is a lower percentage of oxygen. At 12,500 feet, where I was standing for this photo, the "effective oxygen percentage" is about 13%. Looking down into the Taylor Valley.
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This snowflake has a lot going for it, with strong and solid outer lines containing dainty details in the branches, what’s not to love? It gets better when you view large, so do just that!
This is an asymmetric crystal, but you might not see it at first. The bottom branch is growing out further than the others, and the top branch is making a slight effort to do the same. It’s hard to say why, and could likely be because of the way the snowflake was falling. The aerodynamic properties of a snowflake are one of the reasons for strange thee and two-fold symmetry. The image was positioned so that this top-to-bottom difference still filled a square crop perfectly.
This is also a great example of a “button”. My term, but others are free to use it! The center of this snowflake contains another crystal that was originally part of a column that grew two plates. The bottom plate gained more momentum and eventually formed branches, and the top plate was forced into slow, stable growth. It grew small but thick, creating a jewel-like center to this snowflake.
Much of the “dainty” feel of the thick inner branches is caused by bubbles forming in the ice, appearing almost like lace along this part of the snowflake. The patterns and details on the outer parts of the branches are caused by changes in surface thickness, revealing the contours on the ice. One can also see contours on the reverse of the crystal, in the form of inward crystal growth. See the semi-circular dark areas reaching about a third of the way up each branch? These are indentations in the ice, but on the opposite side of the crystal. Ice is transparent, after all!
It’s a simple snowflake, but that by no means diminishes its beauty. This design has fewer flaws that break the rules of symmetry, so even with some obvious asymmetric features it still feels remarkably balanced. Snowflakes of this configuration are rare, and I seek them out whenever possible.
We’re in the middle of our first big winter storm of the year here in Ontario. Unfortunately, high winds, tiny crystals and massive volume of snow make it very difficult to isolate anything interesting… and those that are interesting are hardly “perfect” specimens. That didn’t stop me from shooting a few tonight, and I hope to feature one of them tomorrow!
To get a better understanding of the photographic process, and the science behind how snowflakes are formed, pick up a copy of a book that you wish was under your Christmas tree: Sky Crystals – skycrystals.ca/book/ - 304pg hardcover book dedicated to the physics and photography of snowflakes.
Take the joy of winter a step further with “The Snowflake”. This print took 2500 hours to produce, and you’ll see why once you check it out: skycrystals.ca/poster/ - worth every minute of time spent on it.
this stitch contains of 4 pictures.
I planned to take 3 but when I finished the third, I thought a further picture wouldn't hurt. when I triggered the shutter and turned around, the sky was lit as if from a lightning. I turned my head up and saw a shooting star. "wow that was bright..."
and after 2 seconds: "IT IS IN THE FRAME!!!"
Shot of the forceps of an Earwig ( Dermaptera sp.♂)
Earwig forceps contain hardened material made of chitin, the same material as the exoskeleton and usually a darker chitin means that the shell has hardened.
Tech info | 133 exposures stacked, exp.time 2sec, ISO200, ~5x magnification,Stacking soft / Zerene Stacker - Bugslabber
The scene lit by two IKEA Jansjö led lamp and diffused with a foam cup
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Let’s start off the New year with something a little different. This post contains two images of the same snowflake, but photographed from different angles. It was my first attempt at something like this, and I learned a few things. View large!
I doubt these two images would make a proper stereoscopic pair for 3D viewing. I tried, and the angles seem wrong – however if someone out there wants to experiment further, be my guest! Even still, it reveals a few fun possibilities and some neat ideas about the volumetric nature of snowflakes; they aren’t flat. Some are quite 3D, creating columns, plates, and columns again to form sculptures in the sky.
These types of snowflakes usually form during warmer temperatures during stable conditions aright around the point where columnar growth shifts to plate-like growth. If the variables (temperature and humidity primarily) waffle back and forth along this line, you can get a snowflake that doesn’t know which way to grow. Columns to plates, back to columns (in the form of “scrolls”), followed by needle-like growth at the corners. These are truly remarkable crystals, and last such a short period of time.
Photographing these fleeting crystals is a challenge in and of itself. Photographing them twice, from two different angles? That’s kicking things up a notch. Taking a series of images using my handheld focus-stacking techniques, I was able to capture the essence of this crystal for a processing marathon… but the ground temperatures were relatively cold, and I had an interesting opportunity. For these 3D crystals, the angle of approach isn’t as important as it is for flatter snowflakes. So by rotating the camera around the subject as the center of rotation, I took another series of images of this snowflake from a uniquely different angle.
There might be some slight differences in these images, partly because of sublimating and melting over time, and partly because of editing decisions to put everything together… but you get the idea. I’m not sure if this technique would lend itself to creating a stereoscopic “hyperstereo” image set, because I think the angles required need to be calculated and not simply guessed at. That said, it gives me some ideas for pushing this project further. It should be a goal of mine to create a proper stereoscopic 3D image of a snowflake at some point. I’m not sure if I have the right equipment or knowledge to make that happen, but I know research is being done in this area.
In November of 2014, I was featured in an episode of The Nature of Thins with David Suzuki. I was lucky enough to open and close the episode with two separate segments, and those of you in Canada can watch it here: www.cbc.ca/player/play/2599057449 (those of you outside Canada… find a creative way around geographical restrictions). While I was featured for my work with snowflake and winter photography, a lot of other experts and adventurers were also featured. One of them is Tim Garrett (University of Utah). He and his team developed a rig to photograph snowflakes in freefall in 3D which always interested me, but I don’t think the same approach can be applied to my methods. I might need to find some other way to do it. Tim and his work is also featured in the documentary just passed the half-way point. It’s a great show to watch!
There are always ideas bouncing around in my head to push this project into new directions. Look forward for a few more to surface before the end of winter! :)
To understand exactly how these snowflakes form, and all of the techniques I use to photograph them, pick up a copy of Sky Crystals: skycrystals.ca/book/ - not only would you be preparing yourself for some magical images of your own, but you’d be helping support this yearly series.
To see what these series have been able to produce so far, with thousands of hours of work across half a decade, you need to look at “The Snowflake” print: skycrystals.ca/poster/ - it contains everything your imagination can comprehend about a snowflake, and very much beyond that as well.
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This 3 story building contains a Broward County Branch Community Library on the 1st floor, which includes a collection of 100,000 items, multi-purpose room with capacity for 100 people, tutoring rooms, quiet study room, conference room, 100 computer stations, wireless hot-spots, storytelling/program room, drive-up book return, Friends of the Library space and public art by Robert Calvo.
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Cathedral (noun).
1. any large and important church
2. the principal Christian church building of a bishop's diocese
3. relating to or containing or issuing from a bishop's office or throne; "a cathedral church"
Last May as usually I’ve been in Europe. At this time my way began in West Germany: Essen, Dusseldorf, Cologne...
I was so delighted by Cologne Cathedral, the music imprinted in stone lace of this giant. So ...I took this image for defining of word CATHEDRAL.
Cologne Cathedral (German: Kölner Dom, officially Hohe Domkirche St. Peter und Maria) is a Roman Catholic church in Cologne, Germany. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne, and is under the administration of the archdiocese of Cologne. It is renowned as a monument of Christianity, of German Catholicism in particular, of Gothic architecture and of the continuing faith and perseverance of the people of the city in which it stands. It is dedicated to Saint Peter and the Blessed Virgin Mary. The cathedral is a World Heritage Site, one of the best-known architectural monuments in Germany, and Cologne's most famous landmark, described by UNESCO as an "exceptional work of human creative genius".
Construction of Cologne Cathedral began in 1248 and took, with interruptions, until 1880 to complete. It is 144.5 meters long, 86.5 m wide and its towers are approximately 157 m tall. The cathedral is one of the world's largest churches and the largest Gothic church in Northern Europe. For four years, 1880-84, it was the tallest structure in the world, until the completion of the Washington Monument. It has the second-tallest church spires, only surpassed by the single spire of Ulm Minster, completed 10 years later in 1890. Because of its enormous twin spires, it also presents the largest facade of any church in the world. One of the Treasures of the cathedral is the High Altar which was installed in 1322. It is constructed of black marble, with a solid slab 15 feet long forming the top. The front and sides are overlaid with white marble niches into which are set figures, with the Coronation of the Virgin. There is a lot of great wooden sculptures and other art treasures inside the interior of CATHEDRAL.
Much better viewed large View On Black
Explore #367, 08/27/2010
"The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the Americas. Its permanent collection contains over two million works, divided among 17 curatorial departments. The main building at 1000 Fifth Avenue, along the Museum Mile on the eastern edge of Central Park on Manhattan's Upper East Side, is by area one of the world's largest art museums. A much smaller second location, The Cloisters at Fort Tryon Park in Upper Manhattan, contains an extensive collection of art, architecture, and artifacts from medieval Europe.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded in 1870 with its mission to bring art and art education to the American people. The museum's permanent collection consists of works of art from classical antiquity and ancient Egypt, paintings, and sculptures from nearly all the European masters, and an extensive collection of American and modern art. The Met maintains extensive holdings of African, Asian, Oceanian, Byzantine, and Islamic art. The museum is home to encyclopedic collections of musical instruments, costumes, and accessories, as well as antique weapons and armor from around the world. Several notable interiors, ranging from 1st-century Rome through modern American design, are installed in its galleries.
The Fifth Avenue building opened on March 30, 1880. In 2021, despite the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, the museum attracted 1,958,000 visitors, ranking fourth on the list of most-visited art museums in the world.
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over 300.46 square miles (778.2 km2), New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States. The city is within the southern tip of New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area – the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous megacities, and over 58 million people live within 250 mi (400 km) of the city. New York City is a global cultural, financial, and media center with a significant influence on commerce, health care and life sciences, entertainment, research, technology, education, politics, tourism, dining, art, fashion, and sports. New York is the most photographed city in the world. Home to the headquarters of the United Nations, New York is an important center for international diplomacy, an established safe haven for global investors, and is sometimes described as the capital of the world." - info from Wikipedia.
The fall of 2022 I did my 3rd major cycling tour. I began my adventure in Montreal, Canada and finished in Savannah, GA. This tour took me through the oldest parts of Quebec and the 13 original US states. During this adventure I cycled 7,126 km over the course of 2.5 months and took more than 68,000 photos. As with my previous tours, a major focus was to photograph historic architecture.
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Pigeon Key is a small island containing the historic district of Pigeon Key, Florida. The 5-acre (2.0-hectare) island is home to 8 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places, some of which remain from its earliest incarnation as a work camp for the Florida East Coast Railway. Today these buildings serve a variety of purposes, ranging from housing for educational groups to administrative offices for the non-profit Pigeon Key Foundation. The former Assistant Bridge Tender's House has been converted into a small museum featuring artifacts and images from Pigeon Key's colorful past. It is located off the old Seven Mile Bridge, at approximately mile marker 45, west of Knight's Key, (city of Marathon in the middle Florida Keys) and just east of Moser Channel, which is the deepest section of the 7-mile (11 km) span.
The island was originally known as "Cayo Paloma" (literally translated as "Pigeon Key") on many old Spanish charts - said[by whom?] to have been named for large flocks of white-crowned pigeons (Columba leucocephala Linnaeus) which once roosted there. During the building of Henry Flagler's Overseas Railroad Key West Extension between 1908 and 1912, there were at times as many as 400 workers housed on the island. While these workers built many bridges along the route through the lower keys, the Seven Mile Bridge, spanning the gap between Knight's Key and Little Duck Key remains the largest and most impressive component of what was once referred to as "the 8th Wonder of the World". A number of buildings from the Flagler era remain on the island and are now part of the Pigeon Key Historic District.
Pigeon Key was one of the locations for the "Bal Harbor Institute" in the 1995 series of Flipper. It was seen in three episodes during season one including the pilot episode. It was also the site of the Finish Line of The Amazing Race 18 "Unfinished Business" in 2011.[2]
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Large sprawling branches of some snowflakes contain untold details. When you view large, you’ll get a glimpse into the “universe” contained within each snowflake!
This snowflake contains at least three uniquely independent crystals, as well as many new crystal formations that began their life while attached to the main snowflake. How does this happen?
Aside from the main crystal, there are two “adornments”, smaller snowflakes that are probably not attached to this the main one, but are nonetheless on top of it. These can be very hard to see when identifying a snowflake, and sometimes I try to brush them off with a small paintbrush. These two however, seemed to add to the overall beauty. One is very near the center, and the other is off to the upper left of center. These little beauty marks add a little extra depth and dimension to the crystal.
The other crystal formations can be seen on a much smaller scale. Particularly near the outer areas of the branches, you might find a few small hexagons almost “built in” to the snowflake structure. These are the result of super-cooled water droplets colliding with the snowflake and freezing on impact. This creates a small bump on the surface of the snowflake that slowly starts to grow. This bump grows in the same way that a snowflake does, by collecting water vapour. It changes from a spherical bump into a hexagonal shape as the crystal matures, but it will never full develop into its own snowflake.
Along the upper left branch, if you really zoom in (here is the full-res file to do so: donkom.ca/gplus/DKP_9241.jpg ), with a trained eye you might see one of these newly-hatched crystals actually forming into a branch. It was probably “seeded” at the very tip of the branch at an earlier stage of growth, given it a greater potential to collect water vapour. One of the lower-left side-branches also shows something similar, growing far broader than the side-branch itself. As I said at the beginning of this post, there are untold details! The closer you look, the more interesting these snowflakes become. :)
The “main” snowflake is growing on at least four separate layers, or planes. To understand the physics of this, and to get the full photographic tutorial on how to make this image, check out Sky Crystals: Unraveling the Mysteries of Snowflakes – skycrystals.ca/book/ - I promise you this book will be more than you expect it to be!
To see the full magnitude of this snowflake project across five years and thousands of hours, you need to check out this single image, titled “The Snowflake”: skycrystals.ca/poster/ - worth a look, and always gets a conversation started when it’s on your wall!
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Bryce Canyon contains the world's greatest concentration of irregular rock spires known as "hoodoos". Composed of limestone, the formation of these structures began 50 million years ago as solid rock. In winter, water in the rock cracks expands. The expansion breaks them apart first into walls, then windows, then fully formed hoodoos. Chemical weathering is another force that carves the hoodoos. Water dissolves the limestone rock forming carbonic acid that shapes and smooths the formations. Sadly, it also erodes the formations about two to four feet a century.
Today, the spires stand like closely packed sentries still being shaped by wind, water, and ice erosion. A small break in the storm clouds highlighted the hoodoos filling the amphitheater while shadowing the rest of the site like a naturally occurring vignette creating an epic visual mood.
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park contains Mauna Loa and Kilauea, two of the world’s most active and accessible volcanoes where ongoing geological processes are easily observed. This property serves as an excellent example of island building through volcanic processes. Through the process of shield-building volcanism, the park's landscape is one of relatively constant, dynamic change. Source: whc.unesco.org/en/list/409
The building's residences contain floor to ceiling windows.
Units in this high-rise offer spectacular views over the Atlantic Ocean, downtown Miami, and Biscayne Bay.
The 29th floor is was designed for amenities, including a health spa and gymnasium.
This residential tower contains one to four bedroom floorplans.
The unit prices range from about US $500,000 to $8,000,000 as of summer 2005.
The building contains an impressive four story lobby.
The tower was designed with laminated glass windows in order to protect residences from extreme atmospheric conditions.
All of the glass used in the construction of the tower underwent wind tunnel and missile impact tests.
This structure surpassed La Gorce Palace in 1997 as the tallest building in Miami Beach, and was the city's tallest until completion of Blue and Green Diamond in 2000.
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so set a fire down in my soul,
that I can't contain,
that I can't control..
I learned a whole lot today while shooting with Jobi at the river. I, for the first time, spent some serious time in front of someone else's camera and let me tell you - if you haven't done it, you should. It's humbling. I began to understand what it is to be in front of my camera; How it feels and how confusing or easy we can make it with the words we use and the way we approach a shoot. I find, now, that I have words for why I love photography.. just from spending time in front of one. I partook in the vulnerability and sometimes awkwardness that can occur and It got me thinking. I love photography because it's a portal to the soul. I love that when you put someone in front of a camera you get a glimpse into who they are - and that is special. I feel privileged to be able to see people the way others may not get the chance to. I gained words to be able to express that I want people to be who they are in front of my camera. I have never liked posing people.. because it defeats what I see as the purpose of photography. To capture who someone is at that moment in time. We have enough masking in this life, can we, if not just for one moment, be raw and true to who we are? even if it's awkward?
This shot is a milestone for me. I have been wanting to do a real conceptual piece with someone besides myself (this is what happens when two photographers go out for a shoot and can't find any available models..) for a long time now and we finally had the chance. It was freeeeeezing out there, but totally worth it. I love how it turned out and I love how this photo even speaks to who Jobi is. One of my favorite things about art is that it can be so many things to so many different people. This photo for me is a lot of things. It speaks to the Wild in me, the fierce and passionate flame that burns in my soul. It's also a reminder of sorts. To me it represents a sacrifice, a marking point, an alter for all the things God has done in me over the last year. I hope you too find meaning in the depths of this image.
you can check out the behind the scenes & post processing by clicking here
Five wildfires – the biggest of which are the Palisades and the Eaton fires – are still currently burning (as of 10 January 2025) in areas of north Los Angeles. At least 10 people are known to have lost their lives and many more properties have been burnt to the ground.
This image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission on 9 January 2025, shows the Palisades fire at lower left and the Eaton fire at upper right, with smoke seen reaching Catalina Island and the Santa Barbara reserve to the south of the fires.
See also the image of 7 Jan just after fires broke out.
Copernicus Sentinel-3 measures Earth’s oceans, land, ice and atmosphere to monitor and understand large-scale global dynamics. It provides essential information in near-real time for ocean and weather forecasting.
Credits: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2025), processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
NGC 1068 is a relatively nearby spiral galaxy containing a black hole at its center that is twice as massive as the Milky Way’s. NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory shows a million-mile-per-hour wind is being driven from NGC 1068’s black hole and lighting up the center of the galaxy in X-rays.
X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical/IR: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI (HST and JWST); Radio: NSF/NRAO/VLA; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/J. Schmidt and N. Wolk
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Late Gothic church containing an altarpiece of absolute value and a series of interesting frescoes. These include an important depiction of the Battle of Lepanto, which can be compared with a representation of the same event in the beautiful Collegiate Church of Casei Gerola, the neighbouring village.
Just outside the town of Munduberra is a property which contains quite a few ex. Queensland Railways wagons, coaches and this former 2000 class railcar. The site was purportedly a collection area for vehicles for what appears to be an aborted preservation scheme on the old Monto Loop railway.
Here is my shot from 14 years ago. flic.kr/p/5NxZKF
Have been unable to identify the number of the railcar and seems I am not the only one. If anyone knows, please let me know too. It is slowly sinking in the weeds.
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Wimpole Estate is a large estate containing Wimpole Hall, a country house located within the Parish of Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, England, about 8 1⁄2 miles (13.7 kilometres) southwest of Cambridge. The house, begun in 1640, and its 3,000 acres (12 km2) of parkland and farmland are owned by the National Trust and are regularly open to the public. Wimpole is the largest house in Cambridgeshire.
Sited close to the great Roman road, Ermine Street, Wimpole was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086. At that time there was a moated manor house set in a small 81 hectares (200 acres) deer-park. Situated to the north and south of this were three medieval villages: Bennall End, Thresham End and Green End.
The house was held by the Chicheley family for over 250 years.The last of this family to hold the house was the politician Thomas Chicheley, who was responsible for the "new" house that was completed in 1650.He enjoyed the house for 36 years until, weighed down by financial problems, he was forced to sell to Sir John Cutler.In 1689, Sir John gave it as a marriage settlement to his daughter Elizabeth and her husband Charles Robartes, 2nd Earl of Radnor. On the death of Elizabeth in 1697, without an heir, the estate passed to Edmund Boulter, nephew of Sir John Cutler. In 1710 it was in the possession of John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, who left it to his daughter Lady Henrietta Cavendish Holles upon his death the following year.Upon Henriettas marriage, in 1713, it became the possession of her husband Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer.In 1740, Edward sold Wimpole to the Earl of Hardwicke, to pay his debts. The Earls of Hardwicke held it until it passed into the hands of Thomas Agar-Robartes, 6th Viscount Clifden,and then his son, Francis Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden.
In 1938, Capt. George Bambridge and his wife Elsie, daughter of Rudyard Kipling, purchased it, after having been tenants since 1932. They used the inheritance left to them by her father for the long needed refurbishment of the house and grounds. The final chapter of Wimpole as an owner-occupied residence was closed in 1976 when Elsie died, leaving the property to the National Trust.
Over the centuries many notable architects have worked on it, including, James Gibbs (between 1713 and 1730), James Thornhill (1721), Henry Flitcroft (around 1749), John Soane (1790s), and H.E. Kendall (1840s).
"Salt & Light" is my new monograph softcover book, containing the first installment of my "Mojave Monochrome" Project.
These are often called, "Zines." However, calling this publication a zine sells it a bit short. This is a genuine softcover portfolio book, or "monograph." What is a monograph? A monograph is a collection of images and writing from an artist that strives to tell a cohesive visual story through art and writing. It is usually a "project," or series of images created around a central theme.
Why would you want to buy something like this? You view images all the time for free on the internet. However, they rarely fit together to tell a story, much less through creative art. The writing that accompanies most online images is rushed and very brief. This writing is long-form literary prose and is designed to be read slowly and in print. Likewise, my images are created to be seen in person, not on a screen. There is no substitute for holding a printed work of art in your hands in real life. Further, none of the nearly 6000 words of writing in this book is available online, as it was all authored specifically for print. All the images were made on black & white medium format film using the camera in this picture, specifically for this project.
If you would like to join in on my adventures or see a little behind my creative process, this book is an easy and affordable way to do that, and support my work in the process. It is an inspiring, uplifting, and beautiful piece of work that can become a part of your personal library and art collection. I hope you will consider buying one for yourself, and for anyone in your life who may appreciate art and literature.
I'm asking you to please consider enriching your life and supporting my artwork by purchasing one today for just $14.99 for the print edition, or only $7.99 for the digital eBook edition, at lowerylandscapes.com/saltandlight. You know you will enjoy it!
Vivía con miedo al mañana y un día aquello que tanto temía cobró vida... con el tiempo pensó que necesitaba de él para vivir. La costumbre se convirtió en necesidad y la necesidad en obsesión. Permaneció sumisa, sujetando los temores que en cualquier momento pudo apartar. Era una acumulación de miedo que terminaría por estallar.
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She lived in fear of tomorrow and one day what she feared came to life ... over time she thought needed that to live. Custom became necessity and necessity became obsession. She remained submissive, holding the fears that at any moment she could push away. It was an accumulation of fear that would eventually explode.
The Vittoriale degli italiani (English translation: The shrine of Italian victories) is a hillside estate in the town of Gardone Riviera overlooking Lake Garda in province of Brescia, Lombardy. It is where the Italian writer Gabriele d'Annunzio lived after his defenestration in 1922 until his death in 1938. The estate consists of the residence of d'Annunzio called the Prioria (priory), an amphitheatre, the protected cruiser Puglia set into a hillside, a boathouse containing the MAS vessel used by D'Annunzio in 1918 and a circular mausoleum. Its grounds are now part of the Grandi Giardini Italiani.
The house, Villa Cargnacco, had belonged to the German art historian of the Italian Renaissance Henry Thode from whom it was confiscated by the Italian state, including artworks, a collection of books, and a piano which had belonged to Liszt. [2][3] d'Annunzio rented it in February 1921 and within a year reconstruction started under the guidance of architect Giancarlo Maroni. Due to d'Annunzio's popularity and his disagreement with the fascist government on several issues, such as the alliance with Nazi Germany, the fascists did what they could to please d'Annunzio in order to keep him away from political life in Rome. Part of their strategy was to make huge funds available to expand the property, to construct and/or modify buildings, and to create the impressive art and literature collection. In 1924 the airplane that d'Annunzio used for his pamphleteering run over Vienna during World War I was brought to the estate, followed in 1925 by the MAS naval vessel used by him to taunt the Austrians in 1918 in the Beffa di Buccari. In the same year the bow section of the protected cruiser Puglia was hauled up the hill and placed in the woods behind the house, and the property was expanded by acquisition of surrounding lands and buildings.
In 1926 the government donated an amount of 10 million lire, which allowed a considerable enlargement of the Villa, with a new wing named the Schifamondo. In 1931 construction was started on the Parlaggio, the name for the amphitheatre. The mausoleum was designed after d'Annunzio's death but not actually built until 1955, and d'Annunzio's remains were finally brought there in 1963.
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Sometime in 2014, I created Flickr album for photos that I had started taking with my iPhone5s; and a year later, in the fall of 2014, I started a new Flickr album for photos that I’ve begun taking with my iPhone6, and iPhone6+. But progress doesn’t stop (at least with Apple): as of October 2015, I’ve upgraded once again, to the iPhone6s and 6s+ (yes, both of them) and this new album contains photos created with those camera-phones
In last year’s Flickr album, I wrote, “Whether you’re an amateur or professional photographer, it’s hard to walk around with a modern smartphone in your pocket, and not be tempted to use the built-in camera from time-to-time. Veteran photographers typically sneer at such behavior, and most will tell you that they can instantly recognize an iPhone photo, which they mentally reject as being unworthy of any serious attention.
“After using many earlier models of smartphones over the past several years, I was inclined to agree; after all, I always (well, almost always) had a “real” camera in my pocket (or backpack or camera-bag), and it was always capable of taking a much better photographic image than the mediocre, grainy images shot with a camera-phone.
“But still … there were a few occasions when I desperately wanted to capture some photo-worthy event taking place right in front of me, and inevitably it turned out to be the times when I did not have the “real” camera with me. Or I did have it, but it was buried somewhere in a bag, and I knew that the “event” would have disappeared by the time I found the “real" camera and turned it on. By contrast, the smart-phone was always in my pocket (along with my keys and my wallet, it’s one of the three things I consciously grab every time I walk out the door). And I often found that I could turn it on, point it at the photographic scene, and take the picture much faster than I could do the same thing with a “traditional” camera.
“Meanwhile, smartphone cameras have gotten substantially better in the past few years, from a mechanical/hardware perspective; and the software “intelligence” controlling the camera has become amazingly sophisticated. It’s still not on the same level as a “professional” DSLR camera, but for a large majority of the “average” photographic situations we’re likely to encounter in the unplanned moments of our lives, it’s more and more likely to be “good enough.” The old adage of “the best camera is the one you have with you” is more and more relevant these days. For me, 90% of the success in taking a good photo is simply being in the right place at the right time, being aware that the “photo opportunity” is there, and having a camera — any camera — to take advantage of that opportunity. Only 10% of the time does it matter which camera I’m using, or what technical features I’ve managed to use.
“And now, with the recent advent of the iPhone5s, there is one more improvement — which, as far as I can tell, simply does not exist in any of the “professional” cameras. You can take an unlimited number of “burst-mode” shots with the new iPhone, simply by keeping your finger on the shutter button; instead of being limited to just six (as a few of the DSLR cameras currently offer), you can take 10, 20, or even a hundred shots. And then — almost magically — the iPhone will show you which one or two of the large burst of photos was optimally sharp and clear. With a couple of clicks, you can then delete everything else, and retain only the very best one or two from the entire burst.
“With that in mind, I’ve begun using my iPhone5s for more and more “everyday” photo situations out on the street. Since I’m typically photographing ordinary, mundane events, even the one or two “optimal” shots that the camera-phone retains might not be worth showing anyone else … so there is still a lot of pruning and editing to be done, and I’m lucky if 10% of those “optimal” shots are good enough to justify uploading to Flickr and sharing with the rest of the world. Still, it’s an enormous benefit to know that my editing work can begin with photos that are more-or-less “technically” adequate, and that I don’t have to waste even a second reviewing dozens of technically-mediocre shots that are fuzzy, or blurred.
“Oh, yeah, one other minor benefit of the iPhone5s (and presumably most other current brands of smartphone): it automatically geotags every photo and video, without any special effort on the photographer’s part. Only one of my other big, fat cameras (the Sony Alpha SLT A65) has that feature, and I’ve noticed that almost none of the “new” mirrorless cameras have got a built-in GPS thingy that will perform the geotagging...
“I’ve had my iPhone5s for a couple of months now, but I’ve only been using the “burst-mode” photography feature aggressively for the past couple of weeks. As a result, the initial batch of photos that I’m uploading are all taken in the greater-NYC area. But as time goes on, and as my normal travel routine takes me to other parts of the world, I hope to add more and more “everyday” scenes in cities that I might not have the opportunity to photograph in a “serious” way.”
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Okay, so now it’s October of 2015, and I’ve got the iPhone 6s/6s+. The the camera now has a 12-megapixel lens (instead of the older 8 MP version), and that the internal camera-related hardware/firmware/software is better, too. Obviously, I’ve got the newer iOS9, too, and even on the “old” phones, it now supports time-lapse videos along with everything else.
I’ve still got my pocket camera (an amazing little Sony RX-100 Mark IV, which replaces the Mark III I had last year), and two larger cameras (Sony RX-10 II, and Sony A7 II), but I have a feeling that I won’t even be taking them out of the camera bag when I’m out on the street for ordinary day-to-day walking around.
That will depend, obviously, on what kind of photos and videos the iPhone6s/6s+ camera actually capable of taking … so I’m going to try to use at leas one of them every day, and see what the results look like …
Like I said last year, “stay tuned…”
ELL 193 243-3 mit einem Containerzug nach Hamburg Altenwerder auf der KBS 110 zwischen Lüneburg und Winsen in der Nähe von Sangenstedt
ELL 193 243-3 with a container train to Hamburg Altenwerder on the KBS 110 between Lüneburg and Winsen near Sangenstedt
die bunte Vielfalt der Container auf den dicken Pötten gefällt mir immer wieder sehr ... hier mehrfach doppelt gelegt ... bis zur Fotokunst ... (für mich ;-))
Limestone containing many fossilised 'Promicroceras Planicosta' an extinct ammonite that lived in the Jurassic period approximately 200 million years ago. From Marston Magna in Somerset, the rock occurs in nodules revealing the tiny crowded fossils when broken open.