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Looking up at the impenetrable defences of Edinburgh Castle on a day of equally unwelcoming weather!
Chzech swordfighter group "Fictum" at medieval market in Weil am Rhein, 10.06.2007
Nikon D80
Objektiv: SIGMA 70-300mm 1/4-5.6 D
Brennweite: 70mm
Belichtungssteuerung: Zeitautomatik
Belichtungsmessung: Mehrfeld
1/200 Sekunde(n) - 1/4
Belichtungskorrektur: 0 LW
Empfindlichkeit: ISO 100
Optimierung: Normal
Weißabgleich: Automatik
AF-Betriebsart: AF-A
Warwick Castle Entrance, i didn't notice the cheeky kid on the right until today lol.
Photographed : 2002, Hussein Yafai ©
Athletes compete during the Archery competition at Holiday Athletic Center during the 2018 Department of Defense Warrior Games at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. June 07, 2018 at the Cadet Gym. The Warrior Games are a Paralympic-style annual competition, established in 2010, to provide adaptive sports opportunities for wounded, ill and injured service members from all U.S. branches of service and this yea include teams from the United Kingdom Armed Forces, Australian Defence Force and Canadian Armed Forces. (DoD photo by John Leyba)
A few shots taken on an extremley cold and windy eve on Tywyn beach in Wales ....
Camera Canon EOS 40D
Exposure 1.3
Aperture f/16.0
Focal Length 10 mm
ISO Speed 100
Exposure Bias -2/3 EV
singh-ray nd3 reversed
A rather more attractive fence has been added in front of this utilitarian chain-link guarding the physical plant yard.
Downstream wall of the Creek. Gordinos' Site. The wall is in a bad state, with voids below. This photo was taken at high tide.
Shot of the railway line to show how difficult it is to see the Pill Boxes, the beach is on the right of the track, with the pill boxes on the left.
Andrea Meza Murillo, Deputy Executive Secretary, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Bonn; Daniela Rus, Director, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA; Dario Leandro Genua, Secretary of Innovation, Science and Technology of Argentina; David Bach, President, IMD Business School, Switzerland; Maroun Kairouz, Managing Director, World Economic Forum; Penny Low, Founder, Social Innovation Park, Singapore; Sarah bint Yousif Al Amiri, Minister of Education of United Arab Emirates; speaking in Closing Plenary session at the Annual Meetings of the Global Future Councils and Cybersecurity 2025 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 16/10/2025, 16:30 – 17:30, 13 - Madinat Jumeirah Conference Centre. Plenary Hall. Copyright: World Economic Forum / Deepu Das
So many of these fish - all defending their little corners of paradise with passions - kept flying directly at my camera, bouncing off the lens - managed to get one shot almost in focus!
Ministry of Defence, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok, Thailand.
I approached the guards on the gate seeing this for the first time many years ago. My friend with me didn’t know what it was. They told me it’s the same as the American Pentagon, The Ministry of Defence. So yes this is Thailand’s Ministry of Defence in Sanam Chai Road, Phra Nakhon District. This impressive building covers a huge area opposite the Grand Palace. It is sandwiched between the City Pillar Shrine and Saranrom Palace.
The original name was Rong Thahan Na ( front barracks ). This is the place were three palaces were originally constructed under The Royal Order of H.M. King Phra Buddha Yodfa Chulalok the Great, King Rama 1. The Ministry of Defence was also the warehouse of all arms, Beast of Burdens, Vehicles and various provisions. Chao Phraya Surasak Montri ( Choem Saeng Chu Tom ) was the controller of this construction. It was started in the year 1881 and completed in 1884, and the official opening took place on July 18th 1884. The budget of the construction and decorations were about 570,000 Baht. The buildings of the Ministry of Defence were built as a group of buildings in the late European Architectural style, and it was very popular in Thailand at that time.
The Ministry, like any other government department, is headed by the secretariat who helps the Minister and Deputy Ministers exercise their authority and administer the department. On the front lawn of the ministry is an open air museum displaying cannons down through the ages. Previously, many of the cannons were aimed at the Grand Palace opposite. However, a few years ago the cannons were re-arranged so as not to be so intimidating to such a prestigious building. The Ministry of Interior ( MOI ) is in Atsadang rd, Bangkok 10200. Very near to the rear of this building. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( MFA ) Saranrom Palace, Sanam Chai Rd, Bangkok 10200 can be found next to this Ministry of Defence.
A PhD-Defence in International Health, here at the University of Bergen. The PhD student presents his/her work and consequently is challenged by two "opponents" (as seen on the picture). In this case, the opponents were quite friendly. Sadly after the two hours of discussion the ceremony just ended WITHOUT awarding of the title. We just went home knowing "that it was OK and the committee will decide within a few weeks time. Fantastic, not even a doctoral hat after all this effort!