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photographed with permission at the ticket office of the exhibition of the magnificent Vivian Maier in Nice
Dec. 12, 2024: Discussion between four Cormorants at the Rancho Simi Community Park in Simi Valley, California. #FlickrPhotoChallenge #community
The Mohonk Mountain House was built in the late 19th century as an oasis and getaway for wealthy New Yorkers. It still stands as a breath taking location in the Gunks with views of the Catskills to the north and the Hudson Valley east and south.
A recent Flickr conversation about color landscapes and Ansel Adams style of monochrome photography got me looking through my archive of interesting landscapes to perhaps provide fodder for further discussion.
This photo was taken in late afternoon with 1-2 hours of remaining sunlight. The distant horizon is due North of my position.
Blue Blue Blue
7DWF, Saturdays: Landscapes
Yes, I know. I should have taken a look at the Crazy Tuesday discussions a little earlier. Though it is debatable whether this blue is pretty at all. The apartments there are certainly very expensive. Nonetheless, after the recent lost places decay (more will follow), I wanted to show something more glossy for a change ;-) Taken during a boat trip on the River Spree and Landwehr Canal in Berlin in summer 2016. This apartment house called "Living Levels" is a new residential tower located at the riverside of the Spree next to the famous East Side Gallery. The building, actually the entire development of the Spree riverside, is very controversial. Most of the new (residental) buildings are / will be luxury buildings, while affordable living space is a scarce commodity nowadays. The irony: The tenants of the Living Levels tower are now fighting against a new hotel which is supposed to be built next to their building. They claim that the hotel will block out the morning sun.
At this point I still had my manual vintage 50mm Zuiko lens mounted, but the 100 mm (crop factor 2 for MFT) on my OM-D were too much tele. Later on that trip I switched to the m.zuiko digital 17mm f1.8.
Wohnturm "Living Levels" am Spreeufer neben der East Side Gallery. Das Bauprojekt (eigentlich alle Bauprojekte dort) war sehr umstritten, Stichwörter: Verdrängung, Gentrifizierung, Mediaspree... Nun klagen die Bewohner des Luxubaus selbst, denn neben ihrem Haus soll nicht nur ein Hotel errichtet werden (bereits in der ursprünglichen Planung enthalten), es soll auch noch zwei Stockwerke höher werden als geplant. Und das nimmt ihnen die Morgensonne weg.
Aufgenommen während einer Bootsfahrt auf Spree und Landwehrkanal im Sommer 2016. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt hatte ich noch mein manuelles 50-mm-Zuiko drauf, aber die 100 mm, die daraus an meiner OM-D werden, waren doch zu viel Tele. Später habe ich dann das m.zuiko digital 17mm f1.8 angeschraubt.
Noticed these two groups of milkweed bugs in my morning walk today. Can you imagine the topic for the discussion?
models: Leone & Kate
lago d'Orta, Italy
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Sky looked around his three friends as they sat on the sofa staring into nothingness.
“What is going on?” He asked as he sat beside Barnaby.
“I am thinking.” Replied Barnaby with a smile.
“Really, that is unusual.” Said Sky looking surprised.
“Yes, it is.” Said Barnaby still smiling.
“You normally leave the thinking to ineffectuals like me.” Said Sky proudly. “What were you thinking about?”
Sky saw both Posh and Bertie smile as they listened to the conversation.
“I was thinking, what should I think about.” Said Barnaby proudly.
“What had you deluded from your think, Barnaby?” Asked Sky who liked using long words to confuse other bears.
“Nothing, Sky, no nothing at all… yet.” Barnaby replied.
“I should not worry, Barnaby, for even us ineffectuals can’t think what to think about at times.” Said Sky.
“Is that so, Sky, well I must be well on the way to becoming a genius, just like yourself.”
“Well, maybe, but I feel you still have a way to go young Barnaby. Being a genius like what I am, well that takes age, as well as cleverness. It is only when you have equal quantities of each that a bear can become a true genius.” Said Sky nodding his head in agreement with himself.
“I see, so how many sleeps are equal to however you measure cleverness, Sky?” Asked Barnaby looking excited by this intellectual discussion.
“Well, more than three, Barnaby, I know that because I can count to three. I am not sure what comes after that.”
“Ah, so to become a genius then Sky, a bear does not have to count any further than three?” Asked Barnaby.
“No, I think not. After all, what is the point? When one can count up to three, a bear can do that three times, and I do not suppose there are any numbers that are more than that.”
“That is encouraging, Sky. I had not thought of it that way.” Said Barnaby smiling at his hero.
“No, I do not suppose you would young Barnaby, it takes a genius like what I am to work things out like that. A true ineffectual genius.” Said Sky proudly.
American Crows. New Mexico, USA.
Camera: Pentax K-70; lens: HD PENTAX-DA 55-300 mm ED PLM WR RE
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Four old men near Djemaa el Fna, Marrakech's main square. They wear the typical hooded garment called djellaba.
A massive dust storm rolled through Phoenix, AZ around 8:00 PM, I captured this panorama from the rooftop of my building. 10 Photographs from my Fujifilm FinePix X100 were stitched together to make a 39 megapixel panorama.
To give the scale to this wall of dust, the mountain at the left edge of the photograph is Piestewa Peak at 1,176 ft (358 m), and the 3rd highest point in Phoenix, Arizona. This photograph was taken from the rooftop of a 17 story building.
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Turned out to be fun! Less of a meeting, and more of a chat. Kam's shy, so I won't tell you what she said about S-E-X :O