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The name "vaseux" is French, meaning muddy or murky, which is descriptive of the lake's silty water. The lake was likely named by French Canadian fur traders.
Vaseaux Lake features a variety of wetland and foreshore habitats that support large populations of migratory bird species along the inland portion of the Pacific Flyway. Bird species of note include trumpeter swan, great blue heron, western screech-owl, yellow-breasted chat, and the red-listed Lewis's woodpecker. It is for these reasons that the Canadian Wildlife Service designated the lake and its foreshore a Migratory Bird Sanctuary in 1923.
The semi-arid grasslands and forests surrounding the lake are also of ecological importance, and are protected within several different national and provincial protected areas. In 1956, the provincial government established Vaseux Lake Provincial Park at the northeastern end of the lake to providing space for recreation while also ensuring the ecological integrity of the lake's foreshore in this area is preserved.
In 1979, the Canadian Wildlife Service established Vaseux-Bighorn National Wildlife Area to protect winter rangeland for California Bighorn Sheep.[6] The provincial government added on to this nature preserve by establishing Vaseux Protected Area in 2001. (Wikipedia).
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Looking down the length of Vaseux Lake. It doesn't seem murky to me. We did see plenty of birds, though :-)
Vaseux Lake Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. June 2022.
Fan palm as a descriptive term can refer to any of several different kinds of palms (Arecaceae) in various genera with leaves that are palmately lobed (rather than pinnately compound). Most are members of the subfamily Coryphoideae, though a few genera in subfamily Calamoideae (Mauritia, Mauritiella and Lepidocaryum) also have palmate leaves. 23335
“Color is descriptive. Black and white is interpretive.” - Eliot’s Erwith
This is another attempt to do a black and white image. The wonderful play of light and shadow on the snowy hill seemed to lend itself to a monochrome edit. Happy Monochrome Monday!
Many of the formations are given descriptive names – sculpted by the harsh desert winds into weird shapes which constantly change over time. There are ‘monoliths’ and ‘mushrooms’, ‘ice cream cones’, ‘tents’ and ‘crickets’, as well as the majestic conical flat-topped ‘inselbergs’, to name but a few of the formations.
Beyond this in the ‘New Desert’ which is only accessible by 4WD or camel, the landscape becomes even whiter. The boulders crowd together, are higher and larger and everywhere weird shapes appear that might remind you of a chicken or a hawk, a troupe of dancers or an old men wearing a hat. The shapes change constantly as the light changes and you move around them and as the sun begins to set they turn a softly glowing pink.
“Plicata” is a descriptive term for irises that have patterns of stitched, stippled or banded colors contrasting with the base color. I think that's a great description for this cattleya orchid. Seen at the 2017 San Francisco Orchid Exposition.
Hope you have a great weekend ahead! Thanks, as always, for stopping by and for all of your visits, comments, awards and faves - I appreciate them all.
© Melissa Post 2017
Very descriptive title there! I managed to make it to the Drune party today, and I am glad I did because...I won something in teh photo contest there!
This picture also featuring Sparkles name and lotsa random, half rezzed butts!
Very descriptive title, but well, it is in case someone is curious watching the thumbnail and theydont want to go all the way to the description.
Select one descriptive word here:
List A
1. Striped
2. Jagged
3. Delicate
4. Curved
5. Metallic
Select one object to photograph:
List B
1. Pottery
2. Insect
3. Stone
4. Brush
5. Basket
Metallic brush : Found in my husband's hobby workshop ! :-)
Pity that collembola do not belong to the insect group, otherwise there would certainly have been a springtail here !!!
Zerene stack : 50
"Sapsucker," is an appropriate descriptive name for this woodpecker. It consumes insects, arthropods, fruit and seeds, but its usual and main source of food is the sap of a tree. This is attained by drilling shallow holes in a tree called "sap wells," and using its specially adapted, brush tipped tongue, to lap up the syrup.
The Sapsucker is highly territorial of its sap tree and often nests in or near the tree. I have seen maple trees with so many Sapsucker holes in it that portions of the tree above the holes were dying because of the loss of sap. Josephine Co., OR
Castildetierra is the descriptive name of an incredible geological formation of the type known as Cabezo that is part of the semi-desert landscape of the Bardenas Reales Natural Park and Biosphere Reserve, located southeast of Navarra.
Castildetierra es el descriptivo nombre de una increíble formación geológica del tipo conocido como cabezo que forma parte del paisaje semidesértico del Parque Natural y Reserva de la Biosfera de Bardenas Reales, ubicado al sureste de Navarra.
a descriptive medium, one which in a single picture can give certain kinds of description in a way that is wholly beyond the power of words :-)
Ralph Evans
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chrysanthemum, 'Shizu Aki', sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
A descriptive term used to identify small pieces of iceberg ice. This one could be an aggregate of large chunks of pack ice. It was lodged close to shore at Bauline, NL
This is probably the best descriptive word I can think of when being in the mountains. You feel small. In comparison, everything around you is so much bigger and towers above you, leaving you breathless and small. This is one of those moments where I truly understand when the Psalmist writes, “What is man that You think of him and a son of man that You are concerned of him.” (Psalm 8:4) Creation is so big, so vast, and if you look out on the stars and galaxies, they go beyond what the eye can see or the heart can imagine. We are less than a spec in comparison to the universe, yet God cares for you more than any other part of creation! He cares for mankind, the people He made in His image, above all other aspects of His creation. What a marvelous truth that we can dwell on for all of eternity and still never fully grasp!
The descriptive term morro is common to the Spanish (e.g. El Morro in Havana), Portuguese and Italian languages, and the word is part of many place names where there is a distinctive and prominent rock formation. Note that the similar Spanish descriptive word "moro" indicates a bluish color rather than a shape. Morro Bay is on the Central California coast.
The descriptive name stems from the cliff's distinctive multitudinous check lines in cross-bedded white sandstone which give the impression of a checkerboard. The horizontal lines are caused by cross-bedding, a remnant of ancient sand dunes. The vertical and sub-vertical lines formed by the contraction and expansion of the sandstone caused by temperature changes, freezing and thawing cycles, in combination with wetting and drying.
Health is but a victim of it's own success
that cauldron of foreboding recess
withering for all the world aspires to -
it's surely not too soon to hope for what is due
aggravated by the fire burning away my Soul
I'm at pains to understand this far-flung goal
challenging me in a bid for it's own gold
when I feel bronzed at best, for my medal's already sold
giving strength at every peaceable endeavour
I'm now as weak as the days call, 'whenever'
a case of what the hell for the mismatch
made in Heaven that left the gates off the latch
and that's where a glimpse crept in and saw
something so incredibly pure even pain couldn't ignore
the trial of it's hindering contempt of well-being
resulting in hurts own admission of defeat in foreseeing
the restoration of the right of way to vigour
in the role of duty to survive this life of rigour.
by anglia24
15h15: 21/04/2008
©2008anglia24
"Color is descriptive. Black and white is interpretative." - Elliott Erwitt
My husband has been doing some amazing black and white images and the ones that truly surprise me are the ones he does of flowers. I am always drawn to the colors of the blooms but he has shown me that the patterns and textures are more visible when done in B&W. This is going out of my comfort zone to try a purple Iris in monochrome. Although the original color is beautiful, I was mainly enticed by the speckled lower petal on this bloom. By taking away the color, that pattern shows up much better. Thanks to my hubby for the inspiration and a few tips to try. I shall need some practice. :)
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Descriptive label from a 1.5 lb jar of white sand that is in my collection of props for table-taop photography.
Focus stack (18 images) Shot with single off-camer strobe (Godox AD200Pro/Godox XPro II L trigger), round head, camera right 30 degrees 45 degrees bove table aimed at 8 x 10 inch white reflector camera left, angled toward front of subject, 4 x 5 inch mirror on table surface in front of jar. Reflectors used to minimize hot-spots on label.
Shot for Macro Mondays - "ONE WORD"
subject area 25 mm (h) x 53.5 mm (w)
I know the name is descriptive but I mean really - is this the best we can do? Such a tidy attractive little bird.
The was taken on board a coach travelling along Zion Mount Carmel Highway after passing the East Entrance and Zion Tunnel. The off-white peaks beyond the chocolate-brown sandstone mounts is called the Beehives. The glass of the window gave the image a bluish-grey tint. Against a clear blue sky, these mountains peaks looked austere, surreal and indescribably beautiful. At this point in time, the beauty is clinical.
Bee Hive is located north of the park headquarters at the south entrance to Zion Canyon. The east face of Bee Hive, named The Streaked Wall, rises 2,900 feet (880 m) above the floor of Zion Canyon. Neighbors include Altar of Sacrifice and Meridian Tower to the west, and The Sentinel to the northeast. The peak's descriptive name is for the beehive shape of the summit. This name was officially adopted in 1934 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.
Zion National Park is an American national park located in southwestern Utah near the town of Springdale. A prominent feature of the 229-square-mile park is Zion Canyon, which is 15 miles long and up to 2,640 ft deep. The canyon walls are reddish and tan-colored Navajo Sandstone eroded by the North Fork of the Virgin River. The lowest point in the park is 3,666 ft at Coalpits Wash and the highest peak is 8,726 ft at Horse Ranch Mountain. Located at the junction of the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin, and Mojave Desert regions, the park has a unique geography and a variety of life zones that allow for unusual plant and animal diversity. Numerous plant species as well as 289 species of birds, 75 mammals, and 32 reptiles inhabit the park's four life zones: desert, riparian, woodland, and coniferous forest. Zion National Park includes mountains, canyons, buttes, mesas, monoliths, rivers, slot canyons, and natural arches. (Wikipedia)
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Not the most descriptive title....anyone want to help me out on what buildings these are? I liked the vast difference in their architecture up there.
Thanks Zoltaan and CB804! These are: 333 North Michigan - Aon Center - Two Prudential Plaza - London Guarantee Building
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Trametes betulina has a number of colloquial names but perhaps the most descriptive is “gilled polypore”. The word polypore simply means many pores which most polypores have. Unlike other fungus in this family, the T. betulina has gills on its underside resembling most other fungus. Another common name is false turkey tail which it surely resembles with its concentric colored rings. This specimen is among the most colorful I have found of this species.
Again, forgive me for flora descriptive errors if any here… the State Flower of Oregon! An evergreen shrub that thrives in shaded gardens. Reaches three to six ft (90-180 cm) and spreads two to five ft (60-150 cm). The holly-like leaves emerge bronze-red in spring, mature to glossy dark green by summer, and turn deep burgundy in fall. In spring, it produces racemes of cheerful, bright golden-yellow flowers. After flowering, clusters of dark blue-purple, edible berries appear in late summer, attractive to birds and wildlife but can also be used to make excellent jellies!
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This photographic story of mine, with descriptive text, was created in Novara di Sicilia (ME) on August 15th of this year, on the occasion of a suggestive traditional religious and popular celebration, that of the Apotheosis of the Assumption (in Heaven), which takes place every 5 years, however due to the bans issued during the Covid, it was not celebrated in 2020, so this celebration had not been held for 10 years. I would like to tell the origins of this ancient tradition, which began with the arrival of the Normans in Sicily around the year 1000. At that time, Southern Italy was a coexistence of peoples, religions, and languages, the most diverse. The majority were the Lombards. There were also the Greeks, with the Greek population of Calabria and Salento (i.e., the Byzantines), with the Greek Church based in Constantinople. It was not a foreign Byzantine domination, but rather the people of those lands for centuries. Then there were the Arabs who had conquered Sicily, and even under the Arabs in Sicily, Greeks, Latins, and Jews coexisted; the populations coexisted with each other, and the leaders waged war against each other. Then, in southern Italy, the Normans arrived, seeking adventure and fortune. They were French from Northern France, and the descendants of the Vikings from Scandinavia. the Norman Roger 1st of Sicily (known as the Great Count Roger) together with his brother, conquered Puglia, Calabria, subsequently they allied themselves with an Arab emir reigning in Sicily, who asked them for help because he was fighting against another Arab emir present in Sicily, Roger landed in Messina in February 1061 managing to occupy the eastern part of Sicily, thirty years after his landing in Sicily, in 1091 Roger could say he was master of all of Sicily; Ancient literature credits Great Count Roger with initiating the celebrations of the Assumption, whose banner featured the image of the Our Lady Ascending to Heaven. Under his patronage, the process of "re-Christianization" of the island began. Devotion to the Virgin was strengthened in the territory of Novara di Sicilia in the 12th century with the arrival of the French abbot Hugh (also proclaimed a saint), sent to Sicily by Bernard of Clairvaux, of the Cistercian Order, which has the figure of the Assumption as a cornerstone of its religious institution. This celebration-feast has seen mixed fortunes. Before the Second World War, the float with the Assumption was carried in procession along with approximately 15 floats of various saints. After that conflict, the bishop banned carrying statues of saints alongside the Assumption. With the Great Jubilee of 2000, the ancient tradition was revived with the Saints preceding the Assumption's exit. They arrive in the town's main square, forming a semicircle, awaiting the arrival of the Assumption, which in the meantime has been carried in procession through the town's streets. Upon her return to the square around midnight, the Assumption of Mary is reunited with all the Saints, giving life to the supreme expression of the Apotheosis of Mary Assumed into Heaven, amidst songs, litanies, and prayers. This, in short, is a great, heartfelt procession that begins in the afternoon and continues late into the night, with the many floats of saints preceding that of the Assumption of Mary, characterized by having their arms raised high, and the presence of more than 150 candles being lit. The official logo of the Solemn Apotheosis of the Assumption encloses the presence of the 15 saints as if they were 15 roses, arranged in a crown around the monogram "M - A" (Our Lady Ascending to Heaven): for Dante Alighieri in the Divine Comedy the "Mystical Rose" is "the Love of God", a symbol of divine perfection, peace, and the beauty of Paradise, linked to the figure of Mary, the Mystical Rose par excellence. Thus the Apotheosis is nothing other than the Embrace that God, through Mary and the Saints, addresses to all men.
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Questo mio racconto fotografico, con testo descrittivo, è stato realizzato a Novara di Sicilia (ME) il 15 di agosto di quest’anno, in occasione di una suggestiva celebrazione tradizionale religiosa e popolare, quella della Apoteosi dell’Assunta (in Cielo), che prende vita ogni 5 anni, purtuttavia causa i divieti emanati durante il covid, nel 2020 non venne celebrata, sicchè questa celebrazione era da 10 anni che non veniva svolta. Desidero raccontare le origini di questa antica tradizione, essa nasce con l’arrivo dei Normanni in Sicilia attorno all’Anno Mille, in quel periodo nell’Italia Meridionale c’era una convivenza di popoli, religioni, lingue, le più diverse, la maggioranza era data dai Longobardi, c’erano i Greci, con la popolazione greca della Calabria, del Salento (ovvero i Bizantini) con la Chiesa Greca che faceva capo a Costantinopoli, non era una dominazione bizantina straniera, ma erano i popoli di quelle terre da secoli, poi c'erano gli Arabi che avevano conquistato la Sicilia, ed anche sotto gli arabi in Sicilia, convivenao Greci, Latini, Ebrei, le popolazioni convivevano tra loro, erano i capi che si facevano la guerra tra di loro; poi nel meridione d’Italia arrivarono i Normanni, in cerca di avventura e di fortuna, essi erano francesi della Francia del Nord, essi erano i discendenti dei Vichinghi provenienti dalla Scandinavia; il Normanno Ruggero 1° di Sicilia (detto il Gran Conte Ruggero) insieme al fratello, conquista la Puglia, la Calabria, successivamente si allearono con un emiro arabo regnante in Sicilia, che chiedeva loro aiuto perché in lotta contro un altro emiro arabo presente in Sicilia, Ruggero sbarcò a Messina nel febbraio del 1061 riuscendo ad occupare la parte orientale della Sicilia, dopo trent'anni dal suo sbarco in Sicilia, nel 1091 Ruggero poté dirsi padrone di tutta la Sicilia; l’antica letteratura indica il Gran Conte Ruggero promotore dei festeggiamenti dell’Assunta, sul cui stendardo campeggiava l’immagine dell’Assunta, sotto la cui protezione ebbe inizio il processo di “ricristianizzazione” dell’isola, devozione verso la Vergine che si rafforza nel territorio di Novara di Sicilia nel XII secolo con l’arrivo dell’abate francese Ugo (anch’egli proclamato Santo), inviato in Sicilia da Bernardo di Chiaravalle, dell’Ordine Cistercense, che ha come pilastro portante la figura dell’Assunta nella sua istituzione religiosa. Questa celebrazione-festa ha visto alterne fortune, prima del secondo conflitto mondiale la vara con l’Assunta veniva portata in processione assieme a circa 15 vare di diversi santi, dopo tale conflitto ci fu il divieto vescovile di portare le statue dei santi insieme all’Assunta; col Grande Giubileo del 2000 l’antica tradizione riprese vita coi Santi che precedono l’uscita dell’Assunta, giungendo nella piazza principale del paese, disponendosi a semicerchio, aspettando l’arrivo dell’Assunta che nel frattempo è stata condotta in processione nelle vie del paese, al suo rientro in piazza verso mezzanotte Maria Assunta si ricongiunge con tutti i Santi, dando vita alla massima espressione dell’Apoteosi di Maria Assunta in Cielo, tra canti, litanie e preghiere. Questa, in sintesi, è una grande, sentita, processione che inizia nel pomeriggio, per proseguire a notte fonda, con le tante vare di santi che precedono quella di Maria Assunta, caratterizzata dall'avere le braccia rivolte in alto, e la presenza di più di 150 candele che vengono accese. Il logo ufficiale della Solenne Apoteosi dell’Assunta racchiude la presenza dei 15 santi come fossero 15 rose, disposte a corona attorno al monogramma “M – A” (Madonna Assunta): per Dante Alighieri nella Divina Commedia la “Rosa Mistica” è “l’Amore di Dio”, simbolo della perfezione divina, pace, bellezza del Paradiso, collegata alla figura di Maria, Rosa Mistica per eccellenza, ecco che l’Apoteosi altro non è che l’Abbraccio che Dio, tramite Maria ed i Santi, rivolge a tutti gli uomini.
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Some butterflies have very descriptive names. This is a male Mexican bluewing (Myscelia ethusa), also known as the blue wing and it is mainly found in Mexico though strays can be found quite far north in Texas and as far south as Costa Rica. The "blue wing" part, I'm sure you agree to be very obvious.
This was, as most of my shots from the Haga Ocean butterfly house, shot using a tripod and a wired remote shutter to allow for longer exposure times without blur. Me and Mr. Bluewing here had a little trouble syncing our movements so it took a while before I got an acceptable shot.
Once I had set my rig up and gotten focus just right on the eyes, he decided to sit with the wings closed for a while - or simply move a bit, forcing me to start over.
It came out fine in the end though.
Not really South Bank but on the way. This is Cargo Fleet. Does Cargo Fleet still exist anymore? Abandoned steel sheds, last remains of the ironworks which once were here, just before these, A Mcdonalds and a filling station by a traffic interchange, the dualed A66 through road well, descriptive, it passes through, bordering the area to the South against North Ormsby. Smiths Dock, shipbuilders on the rivers edge up against South Bank, a name past...No need for a station anymore then. That closed in January 1990. The tall office block representing the commercial district in the centre of Middlesbrough, empty. The 37 has done ok, it's a runner at the East Lancs Railway, Bury. Pick the date right and you can ride behind it.
If you look down from this bridge now it is a Birch lined railway, straight through, two tracks towards the tallest office block.
37109 with a steel carrier tripper for Lackenby, June the 27th 1989.
One descriptive word
1. Striped
2. Jagged
3. Delicate
4. Curved
5. Metallic
One object
1. Pottery
2. Insect
3. Stone
4. Brush
5. Basket
The chapel features, on its three walls, frescoed scenes relating to the Universal Flood, the Entrance of the Animals into the Ark, the End of the Flood and Noah's Drunkenness. The compositions are characterised by outdoor visions marked by the presence of human figures and animals, both depicted on a small scale. The painter's attention seems to be focused on the description of the variety of animals and birds, without, however, failing to dwell on the more intensely dramatic scenes, such as the cases of those who drown, going as far as the cold analysis of the corpses strewn on the ground after the Flood. The stories of the Flood are linked to the fresco of the Baptism of Christ that faces them in the cloistered church, as a foreshadowing of that moment of salvation, according to what St Peter makes clear in the First Epistle (3:20-21): "God in his longsuffering waited in the days of Noah for the ark to be built, in which eight people in all found escape from the water, a figure, this one, of the Baptism that now saves us".
Historical-critical information: In these frescoes, Aurelio Luini displays an unprecedented propensity for storytelling and narration for its own sake, which results in a smug amusement directed above all at the descriptive rendering of the various animal species, rendered with an almost lenticular meticulousness. As the son of Bernardino Luini, who was active for many years in San Maurizio, Aurelio showed undisputed talent for painting, which led him to collaborate with his older brother Giovan Pietro from 1555 onwards. Here, as in other cases, Aurelio exhibits the peculiar characteristics of his painting, sustained by an exuberant expressive emphasis that is fully in line with contemporary 'Mannerism'. The naturalistic taste manifested in the frescoes of the Noah's Ark chapel also reflects the interest that Aurelio, a member of the Accademia della Val di Blenio (run by Giovan Paolo Lomazzo), had always shown in Leonardo's research.
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Descriptives already used include: magical, fairytale like, dreamscape, otherworldly, mystical, enchanted, beautiful and mysterious.
Yes, in other words, this would be Panther Creek Falls, a place that ranks (currently) in my top four for waterfalls of the Pacific Northwest. It's not an easy place to shoot, despite all that crazy beauty, and I was quite pleased to come away with this shot, which showcases some of the amazing details this falls has and yet manages (I think) to avoid looking too "busy".
Taken with my Nikon FM.
This was one of the last photos from my last trip to Midway back in 2012. I had such a hard time leaving this beach to catch the flight back to Hickam AFB in Honolulu. I will be honest. I welled up and shed a few tears during this sunset.
I have so many memories from this very beach from back when I lived at Midway. I was stationed there for two years back when I was young, full of P&V and thought that I was invincible. I was just out of high school and the world was my oyster, Midway was my pearl and I was ready for adventure.
This beach provided so many days of swimming, body surfing, snorkeling, water skiing or just lazy days bagging rays. Barbecuing fresh fish or lingusta that we caught during the day - mahi mahi, trevali, yellowfin and marlin were always available. There were beautiful nights poking coals of a fire talking story with friends, some turning into campouts in the sand. Midway's night skies were the most incredible that I've experienced, and I've been to some pretty remote locations. Swimming in the lagoon at night with fish nibbling at our toes. Bioluminescence giving the waves coming up onto the shore a mystical blue color as well as illuminating our footsteps as we walked along the water's edge. Simple moments of meditative reflection and thought at sunset and realizing just how small that you are while considering that the nearest civilization was thousands of miles away out toward that horizon in front of you.
I was a true beach bum stranded on a remote Pacific island. :D
I have so, so many memories that I will always treasure and those who never experienced them could never understand no matter how descriptive I am in explaining. You'd have to have been there. I'm blessed to still have great friends from back then that understand. They were there so they can verify my outlandish tales.
I had a real job too. I worked hard working on and around the aircraft that were stationed at Midway as well as Trans-Pac squadrons that were travelling across the Pacific that would stop to refuel... but when I wasn't working I was partying in Paradise.
When I needed to take a break from the stressful island life I'd fly in to Honolulu and stay at Waikiki Circle Hotel for R&R or hang with friends at Haleiwa trying not to die surfing the north shore curls. :D
I've returned to Midway three times over the last 20 years under extraordinary conditions. I've been honored to be a guest at two Battle of Midway anniversary ceremonies. I always hold out hope for another trip back to Midway but sadly I don't think that it will ever happen again.
I thank God for such incredible memories and the absolute privilege that it was for me to be able to experienced them. I wouldn't be me otherwise.
The title is pretty self-descriptive. Balanced Rock, Arches National Park, Utah.
Once again, I had a wonderful time with some amazing people. You know who you are. Thank you!!
Not much to report from this location. It's a stunning drive through Arches National Park and Balanced Rock is right off the road but just because it is, does it make it less worth shooting than other locations which require some hiking to get to? No, definitely not, but it requires some extra effort to get something new, something that has not been done a million times before, but only 3729 times.
I am not claiming there was no Photoshop involved. So there, purists! Blend of two exposures. One for the foreground: 15 seconds, f/2.8, ISO 400. One for the Milky Way: 20seconds, f/2.8, ISO 800.
Morro Bay State Marine Reserve
Morro Bay is a waterfront city located along California State Route 1 on California's Central Coast.
The town's most striking feature is Morro Rock, a 576 foot (176 m) high volcanic plug which stands at the entrance to the harbor. Originally, it was surrounded by water, but the northern channel was filled in to make the harbor. In 1968, it was designated a Historical Landmark. ohp.parks.ca.gov/ListedResources/Detail/821
The descriptive term morro is common to the Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian languages, and the word is part of many place names where there is a distinctive and prominent hill-shaped rock formation. (Note that the similar Spanish descriptive word "moro" indicates a bluish color rather than a shape.)
A portion of Morro Bay is also designated as a state and national bird sanctuary. It is also a state and national estuary. In 2007, the California Fish and Game Commission designated Morro Bay as a marine protected area named the Morro Bay State Marine Reserve. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morro_Bay,_California
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I propose here, on Flickr, a photographic story, with descriptive text, of a traditional Sicilian popular festival that is always highly anticipated, it takes place in the town of Fiumedinisi (Messina), in the last 18 years what is called the "Great Feast" has been celebrated only 3 times, always on the second Sunday of August, it was celebrated in 2007, in 2016, this year 2025, in all three editions I took photographs, those that I now present are almost all of the "Great Feast" of this year 2025. The town of Fiumedinisi is inextricably linked to her patron saint, Our Lady of the Annunciation, every year a traditional procession is held on March 24th and 25th, on the 24th the procession is made by the faithful on their knees, they carry a large lit candle with which they help themselves to support themselves, it takes place along a straight path in what is called "street of float" (it joins two churches), the next day there is another traditional procession, the two "Sacred Float," that of the Our Lady of the Annunciation and that of the Archangel Gabriel, are carried on the shoulders, followed by the faithful, through the narrow streets of the town. Then comes the "Great Feast" in August, also linked to the Annunciation, which occurs every year after many years. It is on Christmas Eve that it is announced whether that year will be the year of the Great Feast. At Christmas, "the Son of Man" is born, incarnated in Mary's womb. It is the Archangel Gabriel who announces to Mary the conception of the Son of the Most High. The iconography of the Sacred Representations depicts him kneeling before her, offering her a lily, a symbol of Mary's purity. The "Great Feast" in August has ancient origins dating back to the 16th century, the period of Spanish rule in Sicily. It was initially celebrated on March 25th, the religious feast of the Annunciation of the Lord. Later, towards the end of the 19th century, it was moved to August to allow the many emigrants from all over the world to attend. In short, the "Great Feast" includes a "morning procession" led by three young men who will impersonate the three main characters on the "living float"—the Mary, the Archangel Gabriel, and the Eternal Father. Around 11:00 a.m., the "Great Living Float," a very heavy object carried on shoulders, will make its first journey along the "street of float" (the one traveled on one's knees in March, but also on the eve of the Great Feast) with the barefoot bearers in ordinary clothing. In the afternoon, many boys and girls dressed as angels take their places on special seats on the "Great Living Float", the "three characters" (the Mary, the Archangel Gabriel, and the "Eternal Father" at the top) take their places. Now the Great Float will make the same journey in reverse, carried on the shoulders of devotee-bearers dressed entirely in white, barefoot, thus arriving in the square in front of the church-sanctuary dedicated to Maria SS Annunziata. Once the journey has finished and the Float has been placed on the ground, the ceremony includes, and ends, with an ancient dialect song sung by the children, with microphones, who dress up as Mary and the Archangel Gabriel. A curiosity, this "Great Float", an enormous metal and wood structure, extremely heavy, requires perfect coordination between the bearers. It is essential to raise and lower it in perfect synchrony, with all its "inhabitants" atop it. It is therefore crucial to avoid any oscillations that would be transmitted to the children seated at various heights, and to the Eternal Father, seated very high up. The moments preceding the float's departure, and those following its arrival, are of great concentration, silence is absolute, the launch occurs at the third blow of the hammer, all the devotee-bearers rise in perfect synchrony and "the magic comes to life"...! The Great Machine travels the "street of float" upon its arrival, there is maximum silence, and at the third blow of the hammer the devotee-bearers lower themselves, placing the incredible Living Float on the ground, renewing before our eyes an event of beauty and absolute wonder, the unique magic of an ancient Sicilian feast tradition.
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Propongo qui, su Flickr, un racconto fotografico, con testo descrittivo, di una festa tradizionale popolare siciliana sempre molto attesa, si svolge nel paese di Fiumedinisi (Messina), negli ultimi 18 anni quella che è chiamata la “Festa Grande” si è celebrata solo 3 volte, sempre la seconda domenica di agosto, è stata celebrata nel 2007, nel 2016, quest’anno 2025, in tutte e tre le edizioni ho realizzato fotografie, quelle che ora presento sono quasi tutte della “Festa Grande” di quest’anno 2025. Il paese di Fiumedinisi è indissolubilmente legato alla sua santa patrona, Maria SS. Annunziata, ogni anno si tiene una tradizionale processione il 24 e 25 marzo, il 24 la processione viene fatta dai fedeli in ginocchio, essi recano una grossa candela accesa con la quale si aiutano nel sostenersi, si svolge lungo un percorso rettilineo in quella che è chiamata “strada vara” (unisce due chiese), il giorno dopo si ha un’altra processione, classica, le due “Sacre Vare”, quella di Maria SS. Annunziata e quella dell’Arcangelo Gabriele, vengono portate in spalla, seguite dai fedeli, nelle stradine del paese; poi la “Festa Grande” di agosto, legata anch’essa all’Annunciazione, che avviene ogni volta dopo molti anni: è la notte di Natale che si annuncia se quello sarà l’anno della Festa Grande, a Natale nasce “il Figlio dell’Uomo” incarnatosi nel ventre materno di Maria, è l’Arcangelo Gabriele che annuncia a Maria il concepimento del Figlio dell’Altissimo, l’iconografia delle Sacre Rappresentazioni lo raffigura inginocchiarsi al cospetto di Lei porgendole un giglio, simbolo della purezza di Maria. La “Festa Grande” di agosto ha origini antiche che risalgono al XVI secolo, periodo della dominazione spagnola in Sicilia, essa inizialmente veniva celebrata il 25 marzo, con la ricorrenza religiosa dell’Annunciazione del Signore, successivamente verso la fine del XIX secolo venne spostata ad agosto, per consentire ai molti emigrati, provenienti da ogni dove, di potervi assistere. In maniera sintetica, la “Festa Grande” prevede una “processione mattutina” con in testa i tre ragazzi che impersoneranno sulla “vara vivente” i tre principali personaggi, la Maria, l’Arcangelo Gabriele ed il Padre Eterno; verso le ore 11:00 la “Grande Vara Vivente”, pesantissima, portata in spalla farà un primo viaggio lungo la “strada vara” (quella che viene percorsa in ginocchio a marzo, ma anche la vigilia della Festa Grande) con i portatori scalzi, in abiti comuni; il pomeriggio sulla “Grande Vara Vivente” prendono posto su appositi seggiolini tanti bimbi e bimbe, vestiti da angeli, prendono posto i “tre personaggi” (Maria, l’Arcangelo Gabriele, in alto prende posto il “Padre Eterno”), adesso la Grande Vara farà lo stesso percorso inverso, portata sulle spalle dei devoti-portatori vestiti completamente di bianco, scalzi, così giungendo nella piazza davanti la chiesa-santuario dedicata a Maria SS Annunziata, terminato il percorso e deposta a terra la vara, la cerimonia prevede, e termina, con un antico canto dialettale intonato dai ragazzi, microfonati, che vestono i panni di Maria e dell’Arcangelo Gabriele. Una “curiosità”, questa “Vara Ranni” (dialettalmente, Vara Grande), enorme struttura in metallo e legno, pesantissima, necessita di una perfetta coordinazione tra i portatori, è fondamentale alzarla ed abbassarla in perfetto sincronismo, con sopra tutti i suoi “abitanti”, importantissimo quindi evitare qualsiasi oscillazione che si trasmetterebbe sui bimbi seduti a varie altezze, ed al Padre Eterno, seduto molto in alto: gli attimi che precedono la partenza della vara, e quelli che fanno seguito all’arrivo sono di grande concentrazione, il silenzio è massimo, la partenza avviene al terzo colpo di martello, tutti i devoti-portatori si alzano in perfetta sincronia e “la magia prende vita”…! La Grande Macchina percorre la “strada vara”, al suo arrivo, silenzio massimo, al terzo colpo di martello i devoti-portatori si abbassano deponendo a terra quella incredibile Vara Vivente che rinnova davanti ai nostri occhi un evento fatto di bellezza ed assoluta meraviglia, magia unica di una antica tradizione popolare Siciliana.
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To see in colour is a delight for the eye but to see in black and white is a delight for the soul.
Andri Cauldwell
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Color is descriptive.
Black and white is interpretive.
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Sometimes even the most simple descriptive titles sound like a Dr. Seuss poem.
This shot is from mid-February during the very early part of the “superbloom” that is taking over many of the desert areas out west. Bluebonnets are a type of lupine. Compared to the lupines we have here in Maine and New Hampshire they are quite a bit smaller, but just as beautiful when they cover an otherwise barren desert. This was my first time seeing flowers in the desert, and it was quite a sight.
The Milky Way didn’t really get up above the hill here until just after astronomical twilight started before sunrise, so the sky is very blue from the scattered sunlight (like daytime) since it was not full darkness.
Nikon Z 6 with FTZ adapter and NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8 lens @ 14mm. Blend of 12 total images. The sky is from 10 exposures at ISO 3200 @ f/2.8 and 10 seconds each, star stacked with Starry Landscape (Mac only) for pinpoint stars and low noise. On Windows you can use Sequator for star stacking with landscapes. Photoshop can do it but it’s a manual pain in the butt and doesn’t always work. The foreground is from 2 exposures, both at f/11 and 30 seconds, but one was at ISO 800 and the other was at ISO 100. I pulled in focus to get the very close bluebonnets in focus in one of the shots. The scene was getting bright quickly as the sun was approaching the horizon, and in the 6 minutes that passed between the foreground shots that I ended up using (I was taking another foreground shot in between and checking out previous shots, etc) there was enough light that I could do ISO 100 at 30 seconds instead of 800 at 30 seconds. I kept the foreground exposures to 30 seconds to minimize any movement in the flowers from the wind, but I was lucky and it was just about dead calm, which was almost eerie in a very dark place in the middle of nowhere without any noise other than my own movements.
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In recognition of the end of the 2013 Limacodid caterpillar season here in Yunnan,this is a repost of my favourite and indeed Flickr's favourite (based on interestingness) capture of a Limacodid Slug Caterpillar.
Cup Moth larvae are often highly ornamented and brightly colored. Two main types can be distinguished: larvae armed with rows of protuberances bearing stinging spines called nettle caterpillars, or non-spined forms where the surface of the larvae may by completely smooth, called gelatine caterpillars. The larvae of this family bear no prolegs on their abdominal segments. The larva attaches itself to the substrate by means of an adhesive ventral surface. The movement is like a slug hence their generic name.
A stinging slug caterpillar (like this one) generally bears warning colouration and stinging hairs. These hairs can inject a venom from poison sacs carried at their base that are used as defensive weapons. Reactions can range from a mild itching to a very painful sting.
These caterpillars are custom built with every conceivable self-protection device imaginable. Bright, garish colors which are like danger signs in nature saying "I taste awful" or "I am loaded with poison; multiple stinging barbs which inflict painful and persistent burning rashes (on humans anyway); false eyes pointing in every direction to say " I see you, you can't surprise me"; a head end that looks the same as the rear end so there can be no potential surprise attack from behind; and specific to the Limacodid caterpillars (who actually have no true legs, hence the slug in their name), a sticky adhesive underside that makes them very difficult to prise off their food plant. With that in mind, stinging nettle caterpillars are often not hard to find. They don't conceal themselves day or night and will often be in the most conspicuous of locations. Basically, they have little to fear.
View my other images of Limacodid Caterpillars from China (Beijing and Yunnan) in my photostream, HERE.
You will notice I have given each individual a descriptive superhero-style name in the title of the image. This variety is aptly nicknamed "The Clown" for its garish theatrical decoration. There is a green version presumably of the same genus that I have dubbed "The Jester". These are for my own reference mainly because practically none of these caterpillars are identified (maybe even ever formally) and this will allow me to group the growing number of images I have into their like-kinds including the various instars I have captured. The names will be included as tags.
Pu'er, Yunnan, China
Very descriptive of my mood today and although Halloween is over a month away it just seemed appropriate to start decorating, if that's what I would call it.
With the rain and the storms, cabin fever, and turmoil it does seem as if the walls are closing in on me. I hope sunnier days are ahead. I wish I could stop the rain.