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This is the entrance to Black Fen a wooded area within the Bramham Park estate. It's principle features is a Grade I listed structure called the Rotunda, and is part of the estate’s pleasure grounds.
From the Rotunda six straight paths lead to other historical features of the estate
It is part of the formal landscape of Bramham Park, laid out in the early 18th century in the Anglo-French style. Black Fen is one of several ornamental areas within the estate, designed to create varied scenic experiences.
Bramham Park is located between Leeds and Wetherby, West Yorkshire
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Bramham Park’s white fences and gates are part of its classical 18th-century landscape design, serving both aesthetic and practical purposes. They reflect the estate’s long-standing emphasis on symmetry, visibility, and controlled access across its formal parkland. White paint enhances visibility against the green parkland and wooded areas, emphasizing boundaries without disrupting the visual flow of the landscape
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We try to make to Indian Head Cove at least once every winter and It's always interesting to see what effect the predominantly cyan color of the water has on the rest of the scene.
When this young lady came off the trail to stand beside me, the vibrant color of her hat gave the water even more emphasis.
when we shine like the sun
our inner glow has the fun
of making someone
happy and full of love
so make your day
so bright and gay
emphasis your love
after all
its almost fall
let the leaves turn colors
and fall to the ground
not you or i
and we will be bright colors
after all!
Almost called it 6 linear gradients. I'm walking you right up to Agassiz and then slamming the door.
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The red pandas are stars of Paradise Wildlife Park in Broxbourne Herts - a wonderful little zoo where the emphasis is on both visitors and conservation; a status that many zoos could do with emulating.
The view from the top of the Grade II Listed 105 feet (32 m) tall Cabot Tower, Brandon Hill Park, Bristol, Avon.
The tower stands on the site of a medieval chapel which may have belonged to St James' Priory. During the 16th century the chapel was replaced by a windmill.
The tower was constructed in memory of John Cabot, 400 years after he set sail in Matthew from Bristol and landed in what was later to become Canada. It was paid for by public subscription. The foundation stone was laid on 24 June 1897 by the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava and the tower was completed in July 1898. The architect was William Venn Gough and it was built by Love and Waite of Bristol. A lift was originally planned but never installed. The tower gives its name to the area and Council ward of Cabot.
After closure to the public in 2007, the tower reopened on 16 August 2011 following completion of repair works costing an estimated £420,000 to cracked stonework, caused by corroded reinforcing steel in the floor of the viewing platform, which had made the tower unsafe. Planning consent for the repairs was granted by Bristol City Council in November 2010. The final stage of the restoration was completed in 2014 when a light flashing the word "Bristol" in Morse code was turned back on.
The tower is built from red sandstone with cream Bath Stone for ornamentation and emphasis. It consists of a spiral staircase and two viewing platforms where balconies with wrought iron railings overlook the city, the higher of which is approximately 334 feet (102 m) above sea level. The tower is supported by diagonal buttresses. The top of the tower is supported by flying buttresses and surmounted by an octagonal spirelet topped with a ball finial and carved winged figure, which represents commerce.
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The Frank M. & Annie G. Covert House was built in 1898 by Frank and Annie Covert. Covert began his career in the stationery and book business; by 1887, he had moved to real estate and insurance, and in 1914, he opened one of Austin’s first automobile dealerships. He donated the Mt. Bonnell lookout to Travis County for a public park.
The Covert family lived in the house until about 1905 and has had numerous owners since then. The Home of the Holy Infancy, a Catholic orphanage and home for unwed mothers, later known as the Marywood Home, occupied the house from 1927 to 1931. Dr. John and Ann Horan, who owned the house from 1998 until 2008, earned the Heritage Society Award in 2001 for their restoration efforts.
Like other homes in the neighborhood, it features an eclectic combination of styles, including a Queen Anne form and Romanesque and Classical Revival details. The house features irregular massing, a two-story wraparound veranda, and masonry construction, which is unusual in Hyde Park. Its Queen Anne style is apparent in its two-story wraparound porch, paired Doric columns, and off-centered pedimented portico. Its elaborate roofscape includes mansard, gabled and hipped roof forms and corbelled brick chimneys. The eclectic Queen Anne style can also be seen in the home’s strong horizontal emphasis, diversity of textures and materials, and decorative detailing. Modernization meets historic conservation in this charming and remarkable Hyde Park gem, arguably the neighborhood’s grande dame.
The Covert House is a City of Austin Historic Landmark and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. The Hyde Park Historic District, added to the National Register of Historic Places the same year as the Covert House, includes an eclectic mixture of architectural styles, from late 19th-century Queen Anne and Classical Revival homes to 20th-century bungalows and ranch houses. Additionally, many of the houses and buildings in Hyde Park have been designated City of Austin Historic Landmarks and Texas Historic Landmarks.
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2023 Hyde Park Neighborhood Association Homes Tour Guide
Frank M. & Annie G. Covert House, Wikipedia
Temporary installation designed by IlLab, the installation analyzes the power of bamboo, specifically focusing on the material's inherent properties and its potential applications by testing it during the prototyping phase of art planning.
"The process places particular emphasis on the unique material properties inspiring a wider range of construction applications in permanent architecture," reads an official press release about the installation, which will hover atop the area.
I was recently fortunate enough to visit Two Temple Place, a magnificent Victorian mansion situated along London's Embankment. The location's history dates back to the 1890s, when John Loughborough Pearson designed the lavish residence for affluent American William Waldorf Astor, and which today serves as a venue for a variety of cultural, philanthropic and corporate events.
Despite having only a brief amount of time to photograph the building, myself and fellow photographer Peter Li captured a mixture of staple shots and vantage points we hadn't seen before. I was captivated by this stained-glass window on the west side of the first floor's Great Hall, which depicts a scene from the Italian Alps and which was designed by Clayton and Bell, who at the time were the most prolific workshop for stained glass. Beyond the artistry of the glass and the symmetry of the patterned carvings along the wall, the muted external light that morning meant the colours from the glass were perfectly projected along the walls inside the building, creating a dreamy display of colour and light that I felt I had to capture.
The image is a blend of nine exposures, combined in Photoshop using luminosity masks for a finish that would bring out the detail in the shadows beneath the window while retaining the intricacy inside the stained glass. While I opted for a darker and moodier finish that captured the rich character of the location, it was also important to me to capture the nuances of the Hitch carvings at the end of the seats beneath the window, as well as the texture of the oak and mahogany surfaces. This was achieved by weighting the midtones and shadows in the scene towards the brighter exposures while preserving the highlights with the darker exposures, and then gradually toning both of these down until the image felt balanced.
Having blended the exposures, the colour-grading phase was largely about finding the right shade for the ground and walls inside the hall. Using a mixture of Hue/Saturation, Selective Colour, Colour Balance and Curves adjustments, I gently emphasised the mixture of red and orange tones, which seemed to convey both the inviting warmth of the location and the immense history of the building. At the same time, there was something striking about the blue inside the seats that complemented the warmer tones, so I tried to emphasis this with a hint of cyan within the shadows.
Inside Nik's Colour Efex Pro and Silver Efex Pro, I targeted a sparing amount of the Detail Extractor filter to the vivid carvings on the seat ends, and then lowered the structure of the midtones and shadows across the rest of the image, as I felt that a softer finish would help to guide the viewer's eye towards the window and the vibrant colours along the walls, which for me were the focal elements. While the scene by Clayton and Bell depicted in the stained glass tells its own story of an Alpine landscape, the colours and the textures along every surface inside this stunning location seemed to be telling their own story.
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Sunday morning: There was still the potential for rain in the forecast which seemed to have scared the bulk of the crowds away or maybe at least delayed their arrival. None the less, I was enjoying a little more elbow room and the enhanced peacefulness of this beautiful stretch of southern California coastline.
The sky didn't really go off at sunrise as I had hoped, but now I was really enjoying the peaceful mood that the broken clouds were creating. I knew I wanted to do a long expose to help emphasize the "peaceful" feeling so I started working out a composition that would allow the use of some rocks in the foreground that I felt would look nice surrounded by silky water which I thought would also somewhat mimic the softness of the sky. But, in doing so I ran into another dilemma - I could not decide what was more important in telling this story of "peacefulness along the shore", the sky or the rocks and silky water. I ended up making several different compositions. Some emphasizing the sky, some the foreground and silky water. This turns out to be the one I like the most (the one where the emphasis is shared equally between the sky, rocks and silky water). Go figure. It's good to have choices!
Peace!
Netherlands, Lisse, … sizzling tulips, the park “Keukenhof”, meaning kitchen garden, situated near the small town of Lisse.
On 32 hectares with approx.15 km of walking routes in the park bloom in spring with the annually main emphasis on more than 7 million flower bulbs in 800 different varieties of tulips also many other flowers well combined & arranged along the walking routes.
Keukenhof is one of the world's largest flower gardens, therefor as known as the Garden of Europe, situated near Lisse.
The park is open annually only from mid-March to mid-May when the tulips are flowering. The best time to view the tulips is around mid-April.
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The Selkies Call
Selkie mythology, much like existentialist philosophy, grapples with profound questions of identity, freedom, alienation, and the ongoing search for meaning. Selkies, embodying a dual nature that forces them to exist between two worlds, directly confronts the existentialist struggle to find authenticity and reconcile their place in a world that imposes societal expectations. Moreover, these creatures' ability to reclaim their seal skins becomes a powerful metaphor for the existential emphasis on individual freedom and the necessity of autonomous choice in a world devoid of certainty. Yet, as beings caught between the human and animal realms, selkies experience profound feelings of alienation and displacement, mirroring the existentialist exploration of isolation and the longing for connection in a vast and seemingly indifferent world. The rich symbolism inherent in the Selkie myth—their longing for the sea, their struggles with belonging—mirrors expressionism's use of symbolic imagery and allegory to convey deeper truths about the human condition.
An American bullfrog on top of the world. Wildwood Lake, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow said, "the best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain," which is exactly what we did the day before attending a garden open house, when it came pouring down all day The end result was a very soggy garden but with some interesting textures and shapes. Here, I used an aggressive edit in post to put even more emphasis on it.
The main subject in this picture is the ferry, and the background is composed of the orange color of the sky and the dark blue of the mountains (islands) on the back.i used a pretty low ISO of 100 to take this picture since i liked how the low light ambience gave emphasis to color and the peaceful elements of the picture.
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I was originally enrolled into the GETTY IMAGES collection as a contributor on April 9th 2012, and when links with FLICKR were terminated in March 2014, I was retained and fortunate enough to be signed up via a second contract, both of which have proved to be successful with sales of my photographs all over the world now handled exclusively by them.
On November 12th 2015 GETTY IMAGES unveiled plans for a new stills upload platform called ESP (Enterprise Submission Platform), to replace the existing 'Moment portal', and on November 13th I was invited to Beta test the new system prior to it being officially rolled out in December. ESP went live on Tuesday December 15th 2015 and has smoothed out the upload process considerably.
These days I take a far more leisurely approach to my photographic exploits, a Nikon D850 FX Pro body as my trusted companion, I travel light with less constraints and more emphasis on the pure capture of the beauty that I see, more akin to my original persuits and goals some five decades previously when starting out. I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to GETTY IMAGES, and the 31.613+ Million visitors to my FLICKR site.
***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on November 18th 2018
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This photograph became my 3,551st frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.
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**** This frame was chosen on June 17th 2019 to appear on FLICKR EXPLORE (Highest Ranking: #61. This is my 128th photograph to be selected, which for me is both amazing and exciting, as I never view my images as worthy compared to some of the awesome photography out there. EXPLORE is Flickr's way of showcasing the most interesting photos within a given point in time -- usually over a 24 hour period.
Flickr receives about 6,000 uploads every minute -- That's about 8.6 million photos a day! From this huge group of images, the Flickr Interestingness algorithm chooses only 500 images to showcase for each 24-hour period. That's only one image in every 17,000!..... so I am really thrilled to have a frame picked and most grateful to every one of the 31.700+ Million people who have visited, favourite and commented on this and all of my other photographs here on my FLICKR site. *****
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Photograph taken at an altitude of One hundred twenty five metres at 11:52:32am on Thursday 8th November 2018, off Biskupstungnabraut 35 and Haukadalsvegur F333 at Gesir, a geothermal location where a geyser erupts every eight to ten minutes. The location is at Hafnartún, Selfoss, Iceland.
This is the main Geyser in the field which erupts approximately every six to ten minutes or so. This series of 9 photographs captures the split second (actually 0.03 of a second)that it takes for the Geyser to erupt and subside. The water is sucked slighlty back down into the ground before suddenly climbing back out under pressure and then exploding into the sky.
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Nikon D850 Focal length 24mm. Hand held with Nikkor VR vibration reduction enabled on Normal setting. Shutter speed 1/1000s Aperture f/4.5 iso1000 RAW (14 bit uncompressed) Image size L 8256 x 5504 (FX). Colour space. Adobe RGB. AF-C focus 51 point with 3-D tracking. Manual exposure. Matrix metering. Auto 0 white balance (8030K). Nikon Distortion control on. Vignette control Normal.
Nikkor AF-S 24-120mm f/4G ED VR. Phot-R ultra slim 77mm UV filter. Nikon EN-EL15a battery. Matin quick release neckstrap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon GP-1 GPS module.
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The area that was to become West Palm Beach was settled in the late 1870s and 1880s by a few hundred settlers who called the vicinity "Lake Worth Country." These settlers were a diverse community from different parts of the United States and the world. They included founding families such at the Potters and the Lainharts, who would go on to become leading members of the business community in the fledgling city. The first white settlers in Palm Beach County lived around Lake Worth, then an enclosed freshwater lake, named for Colonel William Jenkins Worth, who had fought in the Second Seminole War in Florida in 1842. Most settlers engaged in the growing of tropical fruits and vegetables for shipment the north via Lake Worth and the Indian River. By 1890, the U.S. Census counted over 200 people settled along Lake Worth in the vicinity of what would become West Palm Beach. The area at this time also boasted a hotel, the "Cocoanut House", a church, and a post office. The city was platted by Henry Flagler as a community to house the servants working in the two grand hotels on the neighboring island of Palm Beach, across Lake Worth in 1893, coinciding with the arrival of the Florida East Coast railroad. Flagler paid two area settlers, Captain Porter and Louie Hillhouse, a combined sum of $45,000 for the original town site, stretching from Clear Lake to Lake Worth.
On November 5, 1894, 78 people met at the "Calaboose" (the first jail and police station located at Clematis St. and Poinsettia, now Dixie Hwy.) and passed the motion to incorporate the Town of West Palm Beach in what was then Dade County (now Miami-Dade County). This made West Palm Beach the first incorporated municipality in Dade County and in South Florida. The town council quickly addressed the building codes and the tents and shanties were replaced by brick, brick veneer, and stone buildings. The city grew steadily during the 1890s and the first two decades of the 20th century, most residents were engaged in the tourist industry and related services or winter vegetable market and tropical fruit trade. In 1909, Palm Beach County was formed by the Florida State Legislature and West Palm Beach became the county seat. In 1916, a new neo-classical courthouse was opened, which has been painstakingly restored back to its original condition, and is now used as the local history museum.
The city grew rapidly in the 1920s as part of the Florida land boom. The population of West Palm Beach quadrupled from 1920 to 1927, and all kinds of businesses and public services grew along with it. Many of the city's landmark structures and preserved neighborhoods were constructed during this period. Originally, Flagler intended for his Florida East Coast Railway to have its terminus in West Palm, but after the area experienced a deep freeze, he chose to extend the railroad to Miami instead.
The land boom was already faltering when city was devastated by the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. The Depression years of the 1930s were a quiet time for the area, which saw slight population growth and property values lower than during the 1920s. The city only recovered with the onset of World War II, which saw the construction of Palm Beach Air Force Base, which brought thousands of military personnel to the city. The base was vital to the allied war effort, as it provided an excellent training facility and had unparalleled access to North Africa for a North American city. Also during World War II, German U-Boats sank dozens of merchant ships and oil tankers just off the coast of West Palm Beach. Nearby Palm Beach was under black out conditions to minimize night visibility to German U-boats.
The 1950s saw another boom in population, partly due to the return of many soldiers and airmen who had served in the vicinity during the war. Also, the advent of air conditioning encouraged growth, as year-round living in a tropical climate became more acceptable to northerners. West Palm Beach became the one of the nation's fastest growing metropolitan areas during the 1950s; the city's borders spread west of Military Trail and south to Lake Clarke Shores. However, many of the city's residents still lived within a narrow six-block wide strip from the south to north end. The neighborhoods were strictly segregated between White and African-American populations, a legacy that the city still struggles with today. The primary shopping district remained downtown, centered around Clematis Street.
In the 1960s, Palm Beach County's first enclosed shopping mall, the Palm Beach Mall, and an indoor arena were completed. These projects led to a brief revival for the city, but in the 1970s and 1980s crime continued to be a serious issue and suburban sprawl continued to drain resources and business away from the old downtown area. By the early 1990s there were very high vacancy rates downtown, and serious levels of urban blight.
Since the 1990s, developments such as CityPlace and the preservation and renovation of 1920s architecture in the nightlife hub of Clematis Street have seen a downtown resurgence in the entertainment and shopping district. The city has also placed emphasis on neighborhood development and revitalization, in historic districts such as Northwood, Flamingo Park, and El Cid. Some neighborhoods still struggle with blight and crime, as well as lowered property values caused by the Great Recession, which hit the region particularly hard. Since the recovery, multiple new developments have been completed. The Palm Beach Mall, located at the Interstate 95/Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard interchange became abandoned as the downtown was revitalized - the very mall that initiated the original abandonment of the downtown. The mall was then redeveloped into the Palm Beach Fashion Outlets in February 2014. A station for All Aboard Florida, a high-speed passenger rail service serving Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, and Orlando, is under construction as of July 2015.
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The 12-hectare Arsenal site, owned by NMBS, SNCB (the Belgian railway company). The site, established in 1881, houses valuable industrial heritage such as buildings and tracks. The site will host a mix of residential, work and urban functions where the emphasis is on economy and with respect for the architectural heritage.
Mien's Dream (1973) by Dutch painter and print maker Hermanus Berserik (1921 – 2002).
Berserik painted in his own way and style, often with a poetical emphasis and sometimes magical, between fiction and reality.
Was an exhibition at museum MORE in Gorssel, museum for Dutch Modern Realism.
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The deftly carved lines of Cathedral Rock soar upward to reflect in a small back eddy of Oak Creek, Sedona, Arizona.
The southwest holds any number of rock formations that Westerners have likened to religious houses of worship found in the Old World. Cathedrals, temples, minarets, drafted from erosion’s purest thoughts, etched by water and wrought from the stone of Earth’s skin, the source of our beings. Late in the day, as she rotates away from the continuous onslaught of the sun, the long-fingered red rays of light are the last to finally lose their grip.
Millions of years ago, water sought its way across layers of stone. And the stone always gave way, just a little, and the water found itself sinking, setting in motion the emergence of predicted but unpredictable patterns of erosion, each downpouring of summer monsoon adding emphasis to local features. Each passing year never quite the same as its predecessor. Here, the water seems to pause, if only for an unhurried moment, to admire its filigreed handiwork before it moves on to contemplate the future.
Aston Martin Residences offer breathtaking views of the Miami River, Biscayne Bay, and Brickell skyline. Additionally, Aston Martin Residences will be within walking distance of Whole Foods, Brickell City Centre, and Mary Brickell Village.
Aston Martin’s design team will design the building’s interior common spaces including the two private lobbies, the two-level fitness center with ocean views, and a full-service spa among other shared spaces within the development.
Each of the building’s common areas will feature “signature items” showcasing the car brand’s trademark colors, stitching style, and materials—from polished wood and supple leather to carbon fiber with an emphasis on comfort.
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www.emporis.com/buildings/1386750/aston-martin-residences...
www.paraninternational.com/new-development/aston-martin
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Situated in one of the most spectacular sceneries of Lågendalen you find the Kjærra Waterfalls Park. The Park, covering areas on both sides of the river, derives its name from the famous Kjærra Waterfalls, where the river splits into two separate courses: the eastern falls and the western falls.
This area, designated as The Millennium Site of Lardal municipality, is now being developed into one of the more fascinating recreational areas of southern Norway. On the west bank, land has been purchased and safeguarded for recreational purposes by Lardal municipality with financial aid from the Directorate of Nature Management. A separate foundation has been established for the purpose of developing the area with special emphasis on protecting the environment.
Took this marvelous capture a couple of days ago, such a beautiful flower and awesome color. I wanted to something different today, and Emphasize the wonderful textures of the the golden yellow petals and the morning dew water drops. Not to mention the lovely Dof of this magnificent image. Lol: Gaston (aka Gasssman).!!
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