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Delicate Arch is the most iconic sandstone arch in the Arches National Park and it requires medium difficulty and 3 miles hiking both ways. It’s challenging and intimidating at some slopes where these photos were taken but visitors were undaunted and really enjoyed the breathtaking views. But unfortunately, the day after we visited, on 11/29/2019, two tourists from California fell to their death near this site. It was bad weather last Friday as we visited the Canyonland NP next door and had to withdraw due to heavy fogs, which might had contributed to the tragic accident. So do make sure the weather is favorable before you take up the hike and exercise your highest level of caution when you go. A pair of hiking shoes with proper gripping on rock is a must. Do not attempt to hike up there with regular sneaker or you risk your life.
One of three flowering plants seen growing wild along the shores of Lake Ontario in Toronto.
Thanks for visiting, enjoy each day, stay healthy and hopeful. #BeKind
Life is full of challenges. Economic difficulties, serious illnesses, family problems, and political unrest plague people on a daily basis. How a person faces each challenge that comes their way however, says much about their character, who they are on the inside. Some people draw strength and inspiration from the experiences of others. Many famous poets from both the past and present have helped and inspired people to face and overcome life's many challenges through the words of their poems. Such poems help people to see they are not alone in their struggles and that it is possible to overcome their problems.
But then again all of that is shit, I just wish he'd hurry up my feet killing me and I'd love a cup of tea
a landmark of Kuchlbauer's World of Beer is an architecture designed by the world famous artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser.
Abensberg, Bavaria
Germany
Technical difficulties have prevented me from posting the Lightroom version, which really isn't different from this original scan ("SOOC"...right, Eileen?); the geek gods give me all sorts of reasons I can't do it, but in this case, Apple does just fine. All or some of that "chat" (Frisco-ese for ballast) seems to have come from a pit west of Chelsea, northeast of Tulsa. Here a westbound local makes a pickup (or maybe setting off empties from a project east of here) behind a CLEAN A-B-B-A set of Llanuza'a Favorites, led by the 22.
remember when it feels there is noise, chaos, difficulty and anger in front and around you, pause for a moments breath to remember your calm, your path and sincerity
for lyn
_ Them ~____________________________
سئمت كثيراً من تلبسٌي جلد ذكراك والتصاقه بي
فكلما أردت الانسلاخ منه آلمتني تفاصيلنا العميقه
وإن تركته أوجعتني نفسي ببقاء وهمك داخلها
الذي لايغني من فقد ولا يسمن من شوق
حتى
نزعته بقوة
..! الواقع لكي أتنفس الحياه
وتُضخ السعاده بـ روحي
فبقائك مضاد لكليهما !
* أشوآق الجبر
_ Me ~____________________________
أقسمت أن أبدأ سنتي بتحدي كل الصعآب و محآربه كل من يعوق طريقي
لوصولي الى الهدف ..!
لن يقيدني أحد ولن أستسلم أبدآ
ولن يحبطني أحد ..!
أنا في وجه كل الصعآب
سأبقى أنآ
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Whenever people suffered the difficulty in real life, they either faced the challenge with courage or hided themselves in their secret garden temporarily, made their sophicated thoughts within, and then find way to breakthrough again.
Have you ever own your secret garden ? It could be a real place in the world , or just a mental place at your mind, which made yourself feel safe & help you calm down from the suddently sufferings in real life.
Try to create the secret garden through the overlayering composition, it can be a place mixed with variable emotions, happiness, sorrow, hate, sadness, peaceful etc, not necesarry a subjective garden in vision, maybe just a private corner under the tree, on the meadow, or even the space between the leaves & air.. tell me how you think about your secret garden.
In Florida, the difficulty of taking photos at the water level resides in the fact that there may be snakes in the grass and alligators in the water, which has nothing to do with the northern regions. When I shoot at the water level, I check if alligators are close by and if there are snakes in the grass, but would I really see them ???
When the "locals" see me lying so close to the water, either they smile or they tell me that only tourists are not aware of the danger of doing so.
Some told me that they saw alligators attacking deer and would not want to be in my place.
En Floride, la difficulté de prendre des photos au niveau de l'eau réside au fait qu'il peut y avoir des serpents dans l'herbe et des alligators dans l'eau, ce qui n'a rien à voir avec les régions nordiques. Lorsque je prends de telles photos au niveau de l'eau, je regarde attentivement si des alligators peuvent s'approcher de moi et s'il y a des serpents dans l'herbe, mais est-ce que je les verrais vraiment???
Lorsque les "locaux" me voient ainsi étendu près de l'eau, soit qu'ils sourient ou soit qu'ils me disent que seuls les touristes font preuve de tant de négligence, qu'ils ont déjà vu des alligators s'attaquer à des cerfs, qu'ils ne voudraient pas être à ma place.
Orange county, Florida, USA
The difficulties of being a viking tribe heiress when your dad is always getting you wrong presents. xD The viking princess love murders, so do not upset her!
This is a very old idea, I always wanted to do something with the idiom "to offer the heart and hand" - I kind of forgot that the English equivalent is just "to offer one's hand", which sounds even more strange to me (I can understand why heart, but not why hand, and why only one hand? who gets the second hand then? is it a right or left hand? so many questions).
Of course, making a proposal scene would be too easy and not original (and actually I already did such a scene a few years ago), not even mentioning that the heart would be, well, inside, but the idea was to take it out literally. xD Don't look at picture like that - if someone's offers some body parts of theirs, then someone else, especially someone who understands everything literally, can take them, right? Why else to offer them if you're not ready to part with them? xD
And this is why vikings. I just wondered where it would be appropriate to place such a bloody scenario. Well, there's a lot of scary legends about vikings, why it couldn't be one of them? ;)
The idea is old, but I didn't try to actually build it for a few years, cause I really hoped to buy either 21343 Viking Village or 31132 Viking Ship (though I didn't really like the ship and I think 7018 is superior in so many ways, but I want a new Fenris wolf), but then I realised that chances for getting either are low. :( So I tried my best to build a log house with little amount of Reddish Brown parts I have.
I was going to post it yesterday evening, of course, but I get sleepy too quick cause I was taking another picture a night before, so I decided to rest instead. :)
The difficulties with low winter sunshine and long shadows have done nothing to detract away from GB Railfreight Class 66 diesel locomotive 66785 as it approaches Rugeley Trent Valley station with a consist of loaded wagons working 6B92 Tunstead Sidings to Northampton Castle Yard
“The difficulty in dealing with a maze or labyrinth lies not so much in navigating the convolutions to find the exit but in not entering in the first place.
…do not be tempted into futility.”
- Vera Nazarian
This is tricky to photograph well.. low expose and difficulty with focus.. this is one of the better ones I managed to get
Os Passadiços de Vizela oferecem um percurso pedonal linear de aproximadamente 5,5 a 6 quilómetros (11 a 12 km, ida e volta) ao longo do rio Vizela, ligando a Ponte Romana à Cascata de Rompecias. A estrutura de madeira, acessível a todos e com iluminação LED, integra-se na paisagem, atravessando zonas urbanas, rurais e florestais, incluindo o Parque das Termas. Este projeto, de dificuldade fácil, visa a valorização do património natural e paisagístico, inserindo-se numa iniciativa mais vasta de criação de ecovias na região. A arquitetura dos passadiços proporciona uma experiência imersiva na natureza, promovendo o contacto com a biodiversidade local e a preservação do ecossistema ribeirinho, permitindo o usufruto sustentável do espaço sem prejudicar o ambiente.
The Vizela Footbridges offer a linear pedestrian route of approximately 5.5 to 6 kilometers (11 to 12 km, round trip) along the Vizela River, connecting the Roman Bridge to the Rompecias Waterfall. The wooden structure, accessible to all and with LED lighting, is integrated into the landscape, crossing urban, rural and forest areas, including the Parque das Termas. This project, of easy difficulty, aims to enhance the natural and landscape heritage, being part of a broader initiative to create eco-routes in the region. The architecture of the walkways provides an immersive experience in nature, promoting contact with local biodiversity and the preservation of the riverside ecosystem, allowing the sustainable use of the space without harming the environment.
There is difficulty in an age where comfort is idolized, to see anything of value in suffering. It would be a very rare thing to find someone who would call it beautiful. Especially someone sinking into it's darkest depths. Suffering in itself, may not be thought to hold a scrap of anything lovely.
Though, there is no denying when thoroughly observed it can and does PRODUCE beauty.
Suffering is the blade that carves, the brush that paints, the kiln who's fire hardens and strengthens. It is the pen that writes the poetry in extremes of our humanity. It is not good but it can form good. It is not beautiful but it can make the most beautiful creatures.
The recall notice wasn’t a surprise, she knew more difficulties were arising back in Home System, but still, to stand on the command deck of HDF Ioria and read the actual text, to peel away the layers of arcane formality in directives sent from the Curiate Assembly, and to realize that she was going back, left her conflicted. She wanted, so very much, to return to her world, but she knew it was not at all as she remembered.
It had been over five standard years since she had stood on the surface of her beautiful world, a world of tranquil jungles, vast warm seas, and with three cities that steered their growth up into vast spires. Her last look at the surface was fleeting, as she taxied her Dart and rocketed into a suborbital trajectory to intersect with HDF Elliptic Harmony. It bothered her immensely that she was no longer sure what she saw as she departed Home. Of course, at the time, there was no indication that the growing violence in the cities would explode into the worst civil war in Home’s history. For her, the Infection War was three years of tenacious attrition periodically flaring into brief and violent combat between capital ships. And it ended when their leader, now known disparagingly as the Last Consul, had ordered a full bombardment of Home from space. The traitors were destroyed. The cost: a beautiful world in ruins.
Almost as soon as the war was over, but before the full magnitude of the Bombardment became clear enough that the Last Consul was deposed, Lt. Commander Kyle was sent on a mission into deep space. The change from the crowded, war damaged HDF Elliptic Harmony to the isolation of the cobbled together ship was a shock she never truly got over. HDF ships are designed to be tightly knit social units, made all the closer by three years of war. Being alone, and being so far from Home System, it was a terrible punishment whether or not that was the official reason for her mission. But even more than the isolation, was the time she had to think. She had done many things in the Infection War which she wished she had not done, although she could not regret these things, not at first, since she was following the dictates of duty, the traditions of the HDF and the True Path of Dua Nera. Now, two years later, it wasn’t so simple. Regrets. Duty. She no longer knew if she had done the right things, especially at the end of the war.
She was different now, that was clear, in ways which would have appalled her just a few years before. Time among the Outsiders had changed her manner, softened it in some ways. First, soon after reaching the Botany Bay Station she realized she would need to soften her manner because the chaotic Outsiders were difficult to deal with otherwise. But now it was more than that. She respected them. Some of them. She even respected aspects of their civilizations. It was all too obvious that things needed to change in Home System, and, perhaps, there were elements of other cultures that should be considered. The thought made her laugh. Before arriving on Botany Bay Station she would have shot an HDF officer who made such a statement.
Individuals had mattered to her, another surprise. On the Botany Bay Station there had been much to learn from Jubilynn and Shyaa. She didn’t agree with everything they believed, and she had grave doubts about the Bastet. But they were worth defending, and she would do so again if she was needed. There was a mix of absolutism and tolerance in how Jubilynn ran her station, and later, the successive Botany Bay Colonies on Al Raquis and now Gaia. For a long time she couldn’t understand how those attitudes meshed, and then she realized that, for herself, this might have been the point. Not everything had to always fit into a set scheme, and not everything had to even make sense. Perhaps that was how she needed to look at her own actions in the Infection War. Regrets vs. Duty: it wasn’t a clear choice, and it never could be.
There were others, Outsiders who she brought aboard her ship HDF Glisette. There was Mei (poor Mei), and Mint (now off and prospering), and more. And, of course, Julia. Pretty Julia. There were also those she had encountered and interacted with, from piratical traders from 34 Tauri to leaders on Al Raquis. So many, and all so different. Not like Home, where conformity was woven deeply into social fabric of society.
She thought of all this as she prepared her latest ship, HDF Ioria, for the return to Home System. HDF Ioria had been designed for science, but it would be turned into a warship. Her mission to obtain technologies from other cultures had been partially successful, but not enough to continue in deep space. Home System was in the Sagittarius Rift, the only developed garden world between the Sag and Orion arms. Home was like an island between two land masses, each of which held a powerful potential enemy. Home was the strategic key to controlling access from one arm to the other. For three centuries Home had used subversion, rapid military strikes, and diplomacy to keep the two enemies sufficiently occupied that they would not look on the conquest of Home as a desirable goal. That was difficult before the Infection War but now, with the industrial centers largely destroyed and the Home Defense Fleet at one quarter effective strength, these enemies were probing closer and closer.
Commander Kyle smiled, not at the prospect of another war, but because her mission had found something more powerful than a new ftl drive core. She had found Julia. A beautiful woman from 34 Tauri, brought aboard HDF Glisette, a perfect companion, and ‘adopted’ into the culture of Home. Julia the café owner was now Lt. Julia, an officer of HDF. There would be one more war with the old HDF, with those single mindedly concerned with duty and the traditions of Home, ready – often too ready – to sacrifice themselves. Soldiers like herself. The rebuilding of Home was going to require more than material reconstruction, Home now needed those like Julia, those who had perspectives that reached across to other societies. Julia and those like her would not dilute the culture of Home, they would evolve it, push it forward so that no longer would Home be an isolated island, but part of the Galactic community with allies and trading partners.
Commander Kyle Inniatzo di Synthica of the Home Defense Fleet -- formerly second-in-command of the 1st Squadron/Suborbital Strike of HDF Elliptic Harmony of the 2nd Response Force; formerly commander of HDF Glisette; currently in command of HDF Destiny and HDF Ioria; awarded Commendation of the Fleet Commander three times; awarded Commendation of the Curiate; awarded other Commendations and Citations with combat honors in the Chian Spires engagement, Midway Dawn engagement, Fractal Bloom engagement, and other engagements, of the Infection War -- was going Home with the greatest gift she could bring her people. The future.
It is snowing and they are having difficulties finding food. If we don't help them they could die.
7DWF#Macro or Close-up
FlickrFriday#LetThereBeLight
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Woodland! I have great difficulty photographing in woodland. I watched a youTube video by Tomasz Trzebiatowski (the editor of FRAMES magazine) which inspired me to get out and give it a go. Not a long walk. I'm kinda happy with these.
Due to some technical difficulties with magnetic interference this was my third destination but my first photo. Seen here at MP 102 approaching Potter with 8,000 feet for Whittier. The first eight flats are brand new ARR 89' foot general purpose flats. In this case they will be loaded with new ties from the barge arriving in Whittier. They will be used in the upcoming MOW season. The last 24 cars in this train will be the last cars to be carried south by CN's Aqua Train. Leaving the ARMS Barge run by AML out of Seattle as the last rail barge serving Alaska. All Canadian routed cars will continue a bit further west to Seattle/Tacoma before coming north. Not sure why as the route from Prince Rupert to Whittier is significantly shorter. Both barges can handle about 50 cars but the ARMS barge also carries about 300 containers so perhaps therein lies the reason.
The Castle of Sümeg is one of the country's most beautiful, relatively well-preserved medieval fortresses, built on a barren hilltop that stands out from its surroundings.
Large-scale renovation works were completed in the Castle in 2022, the new interactive exhibition opened in the spring of 2023! Come, and see the exhibitions, the programs, travel back in time!
At the begining of the promenade - leading up to the Castle of Sümeg - you can find place to park your vehicle, but also from the Restaurant VÁRCSÁRDA you can find your way -with using a medium difficulty staircase- up to the castle.
Thank you for every view, fave and, comment, in advance.
Your feathers are bold and vibrant amongst the bare branches. From branch to branch you go with difficulty trying to escape me. You turn your back for a moment, only to find that I am still here behind you.
In the early 1800's, many thoughtful Americans believed that isolation and the difficulties of communication would force the Mississippi Valley settlements to form a separate nation. Hoping to hold the frontier, Congress, in 1800, established a post route from Nashville (TN) to Natchez (MS). The Trace, then a series of Indian Trails, had drawn from the Secretary of State the bitter comment, "The passage of mail from Natchez is as tedious as from Europe when westerly winds prevail." To speed the mail, President Jefferson ordered the army to clear out the trail and make it a road. Postriders, carrying letters, dispatches, and newspaper helped bind the vast turbulent frontier to the republic. However, their day passed by the mid-1830's when steamboats, running from New Orleans to Pittsburg, robbed the Trace of its usefulness as a main post route.
The pathway shown above is a section of the original Old Natchez Trace (before the road) that you can walk on as it winds back and forth across the newer Natchez Trace Road. Some sections are fairly flat adjacent to the nearby roadway and others are deeper, worn out paths that are usually referred to as the 'Sunken Trace'.
This section of the Old Trace is located within Pioneer Cemetery near the Meriwether Lewis National Monument. On February 6, 1925, President Calvin Coolidge used the Antiquities Act of 1906 to establish this National Monument. The War Department managed the monument and the superintendent of Shiloh National Military Park was put in charge of the monument site. From 1926-1933 the War Department made several improvements to the site, including replacing the deteriorating cemetery headstones and straightening and repointing the Lewis Monument’s stone. The War Department also marked the sections of old Natchez Trace that traveled through the site (like the section shown in the photograph above).
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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The Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project is a concentrating solar power (CSP) plant built near Tonopah in Nye County, Nevada. The 110MW plant is the first commercial-grade solar power plant in the U.S. to be fully integrated with energy storage technology. It is also the world’s largest solar power facility with storage. The estimated cost of the project was $1B. In September 2011, Tonopah Solar Energy received a loan guarantee from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to finance the construction of the Crescent Dunes solar power plant. The remaining project cost was financed by SolarReserve, the Spanish engineering and construction company ACS Cobra, and the Spanish banking firm Santander. The project entered its commissioning phase in February 2014 following completion of the construction phase. It was expected to generate about half a million megawatt-hours annually of emission-free electricity, enough to meet the needs of approximately 75,000 households. It officially began commercial operations in September 2015. At this time, the project was under contract with Nevada Energy, the electric utility for most of Nevada, to supply its entire output. Perhaps unsurprisingly for such a large facility using cutting-edge technology, however, the plant was plagued with operational difficulties, mostly plumbing issues in handling the extremely hot & corrosive molten salt. Nevada Energy canceled the contract for non-performance in 2019, & the corporate owners filed for bankruptcy. Under new owners, the plant re-began production again in 2021, however, it remains to be seen whether the difficulties were solved.
Solar power has a lot of promise, but a fundamental challenge: it works only when the sun is shining. Hence, any solar power system that can supply energy 24/7 requires some means of energy storage. Electricity, however, is notoriously hard to store, especially at power plant scales. This challenge drives the need for alternative energy-storage technologies. Crescent Dunes has a novel approach to the electricity storage problem. Rather than boil water directly, solar heating is used to melt a salt reservoir, and the molten salt then boils water via a heat exchanger. The cooled but still-liquid salt is then returned to the reservoir for reheating. The hot-salt reservoir is large enough that it can continue boiling water to generate power for 10 hours, long enough to smooth out production when the sun is not shining. Over 10,000 mirrors are focused, under computer control, onto a tower some 656 feet high, where pipes carry the molten salt to be heated. The salt exits to a reservoir where it is held around 1,050 degrees Fahrenheit. When electricity is to be generated, this salt is run through the heat exchanger, which makes superheated steam that turns a turbine.
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Technical Information (or Nerdy Stuff):
Camera - Nikon D7200 (handheld)
Lens – Nikkor 18-300mm Zoom
ISO – 500
Aperture – f/9
Exposure – 1/1250 second
Focal Length – 135mm
The original RAW file was processed with Adobe Camera Raw and final adjustments were made with Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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Operational difficulties delayed for 24 hours the return working of the train in the previous upload, so a day later the same locomotive,66761, and wagons formed the 6E69 12.12 Arcow Quarry to Hunslet Tilcon loaded stone train, which is seen here held in the loop at Blea Moor shortly after a shower
three weeks after my shooting with annette, i saw the cover of the german art-magazin "art". i had to laugh. and of course i had to do this little triptychon. unfortunately i don't know the name of the chinese painter, but i will do some research. you can see his paintings in the hamburger kunsthalle right now.
Mahjong
Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection
14 September 2006 – 18 February 2007
Photography
© Sammlung Sigg
Since the post-Mao reform era began in 1979, China has seen the emergence of an extremely diverse and dynamic art scene, a development that has taken place within a short space of time and in spite of the continuing difficulties faced by those involved in independent art production. In recent years, contemporary art from China has also been attracting great interest in the West.
Chinese artists have quickly found their place in the international art scene, and skilfully employ media, techniques and forms of expression that were developed in the West. Nevertheless, their specifically Chinese roots – pre-modern tradition on the one hand, the requirements of the Socialist Realist style prescribed by the Communist Party until the late 1970s on the other – are evident in many of the artists’ works; in comparison to Western art, for example, greater emphasis is placed on figurative painting.
Some of these artists consciously address the issue of their national identity by adopting the techniques and formal language of traditional Chinese art and placing them in a new context. Another significant trend is to parody or reflect upon the art and art history of the West from a Chinese perspective. Above all, however, Chinese avant-garde art has to be viewed in the light of the tremendous social and economic upheavals that have taken place in recent decades; a large number of works specifically reflect the tension between the socialist ideals which are still officially valid and the wave of consumerism that has swept the country as a result of the capitalist reforms.
Swiss collector Uli Sigg, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ringier Group, has taken a keen interest in China and its culture since the late 1970s. Together with his wife Rita, he has been building a collection devoted exclusively to Chinese art since the mid-1990s, and can justly be regarded as a pioneer in this field. Having initially concentrated on the acquisition of new art, Sigg soon began to extend his collection to include ‘historic’ works of Chinese avant-garde art from the 1980s and early 90s. The result of this systematic approach is a collection of contemporary Chinese art that is unparalleled in its scope and quality. All the leading positions and important trends are represented here by major works, many of which have now achieved iconic status in the Chinese art world.
The exhibition in the Hamburger Kunsthalle gives the German public the opportunity to view a representative selection of works from the Sigg Collection. It provides an overview of a quarter of a century of Chinese avant-garde art (1979–2005) and surpasses all previous exhibitions on the topic in terms of its focus and quality.
A comprehensive catalogue is being published to accompany the exhibition; besides an interview with the collector, it includes essays by the curators, descriptions and analyses of the individual works, as well as a general introduction to sociopolitical and artistic developments in China over the past three decades.
The exhibition has been organized in collaboration with the Kunstmuseum Bern, where it was curated by Bernhard Fibicher and Ai Weiei.
The exhibition in Hamburg has been curated by Dr. Christoph Heinrich.
I ran to the camera too soon....
A bit of technical difficulty x3
I kinda like it though.
This is my backyard, in Latham, while it's snowing.
~Kathryn
The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.”
Jim Rohn
I love unusual flowers, and bromeliads seem to fit the bill! I spotted this one in Sugar Mill Gardens some time ago and thought it was really lovely.
For whatever reason, my cameras have always had difficulty picking up yellow flowers accurately. I think this must have been taken on a cloudy day, which seems to be about the only time I can pull it off! I imagine the FL sun just blows out all the detail. i was pretty pleased with this shot, however.
difficulty level: 4
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But now let’s imagine a rude awakening, a plunge into reality, with everyone caught in the soup, .... .... .... ....
Gracias por la visita y se agradecen los comentarios. Saludos. (Thanks for the visit and comments are appreciated. Regards)
I've been able to approach wild egrets with some degree of success, but capturing a cormorant up close and personal has thus far eluded me. Sadly, there's no magic here on my part. This young cormorant was having difficulty swimming when one of the bird-friendly fishers at the lake netted it and brought it to shore.
From what we could tell, the cormorant was caught some time ago in fishing line that had cut deeply into its leg. It looked like someone had used some kind of tape and string to cover the wound. On top of that, a plastic bag had stuck to the tape and the whole mess was wrapped tightly around the cormorant's leg. The fisherman cut away the bag, tape, etc., and then, seeing how bad the leg was and how the bird was struggling to stand, called for wildlife rescue assistance.
I captured this closeup and several other images of it trying to stand and dry off before it was taken away for treatment. No word on the outcome, but from what I saw on scene and in my photos, the bird's leg was clearly infected and its foot had sores all over it. Not good. I hope it survives. It might have to lose that foot. Some birds can adapt to having one foot. Not sure these can since they have to be able to swim and dive underwater as well as stand and dry their feathers. If I hear anything more about this little one, I'll post it here.
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Os Passadiços de Vizela oferecem um percurso pedonal linear de aproximadamente 5,5 a 6 quilómetros (11 a 12 km, ida e volta) ao longo do rio Vizela, ligando a Ponte Romana à Cascata de Rompecias. A estrutura de madeira, acessível a todos e com iluminação LED, integra-se na paisagem, atravessando zonas urbanas, rurais e florestais, incluindo o Parque das Termas. Este projeto, de dificuldade fácil, visa a valorização do património natural e paisagístico, inserindo-se numa iniciativa mais vasta de criação de ecovias na região. A arquitetura dos passadiços proporciona uma experiência imersiva na natureza, promovendo o contacto com a biodiversidade local e a preservação do ecossistema ribeirinho, permitindo o usufruto sustentável do espaço sem prejudicar o ambiente.
The Vizela Footbridges offer a linear pedestrian route of approximately 5.5 to 6 kilometers (11 to 12 km, round trip) along the Vizela River, connecting the Roman Bridge to the Rompecias Waterfall. The wooden structure, accessible to all and with LED lighting, is integrated into the landscape, crossing urban, rural and forest areas, including the Parque das Termas. This project, of easy difficulty, aims to enhance the natural and landscape heritage, being part of a broader initiative to create eco-routes in the region. The architecture of the walkways provides an immersive experience in nature, promoting contact with local biodiversity and the preservation of the riverside ecosystem, allowing the sustainable use of the space without harming the environment.
Difficulties break some men, but make others.
Le difficoltà spezzano alcuni uomini, ma ne rafforzano altri.
(Nelson Mandela)
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Hair: Modulus - Alfie Hair - Browns
Jacket: A&D Clothing - Jacket -Jackson- @ MENSELECTED Event
But besides some difficulties loading film and metering, I had an absolute blast bouncing along the hiking trail, photographing everything I could. Rain? No problems, the Konica can handle that. Can't see more than a few metres? Awesome! Fog makes photography much easier. :-)
Film: Kodak Ektar 100
Camera: Konica Autoreflex T3 with 50 mm f1.8
Developed by Fotopro.
Digitised with a digital camera. Positive conversion, colour and levels done with Negative Lab Pro.
I was having difficulty hitting the side of this barn, largely due to the underbrush. Barn 2 from the woods. _0171563
Difficulty on this shot was a 10! Just to get down to the falls from the trail is super sketchy. Fallen trees and boulders everywhere, the angles of everything were frustrating to compose. But, in the end I got this 1 shot and I love it!