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The Avenue des Champs-Élysées is a great and famous avenue of the city of Paris. It is considered the most beautiful avenue in Paris and, according to an expression commonly used in France, as the most beautiful avenue in the world.
Its name derives from the Elysian fields, the place of Hell where virtuous souls remained in Greek mythology.
The Champs Élysées begin at the place of the Concorde, where the Obelisk rises, and extend up to 1950 meters, from east to west.
UP MLINSB has just rolled off the Huey Long Bridge into the city of New Orleans as it rolls east through Elysian Fields interlocking towards NS rails. Elysian Fields contains the last Southern signal cantilever west of Birmingham.
Taken on June 6, 2004 (wrong date in EXIF data), here I'm on my knees shooting from a low viewpoint to take the distant tree line at Amherst Point out of the image. This area of old livestock pens is near the center of the enclosed marsh.
The "Elysian Fields" is a large area of community pasture and marshland in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. Enclosed by a roughly 8 mile long dike, this area extends into the upper part of Cumberland Basin in a northeasterly direction, between Amherst Point, Nova Scotia and the New Brunswick shore around Wood Point and Westcock. The area abounds with all sorts of native wildlife... birds, mammals, and flowering vegetation. In pleasant, breezy weather, a long day hike along the length of the entire dike, returning on one of the marsh roads, can offer all sorts of opportunities for interesting photos. During "bug" season black flies and marsh mosquitoes will be present in "Biblical Plague" swarms so you'll need to bring insect repellent with you. Don't apply it at the beginning of your walk and expect it to last all day... bring it with you for additional applications as needed. If you're lucky you might find the hay atop the dike has been recently cut and baled, making for very easy walking over the short stubble. At other times you'll encounter nearly waist high growth that can be tough to move through. When I don't find the hay has been cut, I simply walk at the base of the dike where shorter matted down marsh grass is found.
Wild roses are found all along the marsh access roads, migratory birds are everywhere, and because of an abundance of berries... you could encounter black bears at certain times.
Weather can be very changeable here, the Cumberland Basin area resembling a kind of "micro-climate". A foggy day with a strong humid southwest wind along the Parrsboro shore can give way to pouring wind driven rain at Minudie. I always pack a large contractor sized trash bag in the event a strong thunderstorm develops. One summer day I spent several hours hunkered down beside the dike with a bag over me... with intense lightning stroking down into the tree line at the edge of the marsh.
For a bit of information regarding this interesting region see:
acadie.cheminsdelafrancophonie.org/en/cumberland-county-t...
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This is a dangerous spot! But so pretty...
It was a cool night in Paris. It was a bit damp too, as if it might rain at any moment. So that kept me moving from spot to spot pretty quickly. I was secretly hoping for a bit of rain... Europe at night in a light rain is always kind of charming. I'm pretty sure that locals don't find it charming... just annoying.
Trey's Tip: Go ahead and get several long exposures. It's a bit like shooting a spinning ferris wheel - you never quite know what you will get until you check it out later that night when reviewing your work.
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after the sunset, hand held.
Paris, August 2007
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A friend of mine suggested I do an image for the sake of colour. using an old photo from February (and not a particularly good one might i add!!), I came up with this....
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While walking along the Champs-Élysées in Paris, I came across this really slick Mercedes dealership. I don't even want to think about what the lease for this space is... but it is super cool.
I wonder if they would have let me walk in and take it out for a spin.
Read this entry here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
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░░▒▒░Sparta Poetry Writing Competition Results░▒▒░░░
Today on the 5th December 2021, we would like to announce the winners of our annual Poetry Writing Contest in the topic of Seasons, that took part @ The Empire of Sparta on 27 November 2021.
✲ ✲ ✲ The winners are ✲ ✲ ✲
The winners with Princess Annika Cerise of the Spartan Empire.
✲ ✲ ✲ The winners are ✲ ✲ ✲
♕ First place Arcadja with 23 Points for Autumn Leaf wins 100.000XP L$ 1.000 and Golden Byron Trophy
♕ Second Place Strixges with 21 Points for Christmas Memories wins 50.000XP L$ 500 and Silver Byron Trophy
and
♕ Third Place Coo Pau with 19 Points for When the Snow feel soft wins 30.000 XP, L$ 300 and Bronze Byron Trophy
Taken late in October after a strong storm had turned trees loaded with "at peak" fall color into definitely "past peak" bare skeletons. This was taken at the beginning of a nine mile hike along the dyke at the "Elysian Fields" in Minudie. The dyke surrounds roughly 3,500 acres of "community pasture" land, and is a great place to see burrowing owls, migratory waterfowl, and all sorts of flowering plants native to an open marshy environment. Access is off the Barronsfield Road in Minudie. Anyone planning to hike along the Dyke from spring through late October should be prepared to encounter hungry marsh mosquitoes in "biblical plague" numbers. In the warmer months I usually avoid this place except on those days where a strong southwest wind makes it impossible for them to land and bite. The ideal time to walk the Dyke is soon after the hay has been cut. Short stubble is much easier to walk through than waist high tangled hay. I've done it both ways and if no cutting has been done I simply walk alongside the dyke where the shorter marsh grass provides easier passage. This photo was taken just as I emerged from a wooded area abutting the dyke. Here these two leaves are resting on a bed of moss. I resisted the temptation to turn the smaller leaf over to reveal what would probably have been its more colorful side.
Nikon D40, Nikon 18-55 "kit" lens set at 55mm, with a Sigma 1.6x achromatic close up lens on the 18-55.
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The winners with judges: Princess Annika Cerise and Ms. Jolie Carter
Visit this location at ~Sparta~ Greece, Athens, The Spartan Empire CCS+18XP RP/ URA in Second Life
░░▒▒░Sparta Poetry Writing Competition Results░▒▒░░░
Today on the 5th December 2021, we would like to announce the winners of our annual Poetry Writing Contest in the topic of Seasons, that took part @ The Empire of Sparta on 27 November 2021.
✲ ✲ ✲ The winners are ✲ ✲ ✲
✲ ✲ ✲ The winners are ✲ ✲ ✲
♕ First place Arcadja with 23 Points for Autumn Leaf wins 100.000XP L$ 1.000 and Golden Byron Trophy
♕ Second Place Strixges with 21 Points for Christmas Memories wins 50.000XP L$ 500 and Silver Byron Trophy
and
♕ Third Place Coo Pau with 19 Points for When the Snow feel soft wins 30.000 XP, L$ 300 and Bronze Byron Trophy
Since Iris is the Greek Goddess for the Messenger of Love, her sacred
flower is considered the symbol of communication and messages.
Greek men would often plant an iris on the graves of their beloved
women as a tribute to the goddess Iris, whose duty it was to
take the souls of women to the Elysian fields.
- Hana No Monogatari: The Stories of Flowers
Macro shot of a light purple bearded iris from my garden. The only post production was to crop my original photo.
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Mmmm, afternoon beers ... that's what happens when you go and meet up with the Seattle Flickrites. I actually only meant to pop in and pick up my print, but they were standing outside Cafe Vega, about to head off to the pub for some well-deserved beers. It would've been rude to say no ...
I went for a good walk with my friend ajr1961 yesterday evening out across the fields above Swindon on the Ridgeway at Fox Hill. Really pleasant to walk, chat and photograph.