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Obelisk and Statues at Luxor Temple, Egypt
Luxor is a city on the east bank of the Nile River in southern Egypt. It's on the site of ancient Thebes, the pharaohs’ capital at the height of their power, during the 16th–11th centuries B.C. Today's city surrounds two huge, surviving ancient monuments: graceful Luxor Temple and Karnak Temple, a mile north. The royal tombs of the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens are on the river’s west bank.
Luxor Temple is an accretion of structures erected by succeeding kings. The principal entrance today is the Pylon of Ramesses II (c.1279-1213 B.C.E.), which is flanked by two seated statues of the king (one is behind the obelisk) and one standing statue (of an original four). The remaining obelisk of pink granite is situated in front of the easternmost seated statue. The western obelisk was removed and has stood in the Place de la Concorde in Paris since 1836. The vertical niches held flag staffs.
The pylon was half buried in sand until the 1800s but when cleared it revealed two towers measuring 24 meters high and 65 meters wide. They are carved in sunken relief depicting Ramesses at the battle of Kadesh.
The pylon entranceway is suggestive of the Egyptian hieroglyph which means "horizon." In the hieroglyph, the circle of the sun is flanked by two stylized mountain shapes. Most Egyptian temples had an east-west axis so that the sun would symbolically rise and set between these pylon/mountains. Luxor Temple, however, has a north-south axis.
Two colossal, seated statues flank the entrance pylon of Luxor Temple. They are 46 feet/14meters in height. Ramesses II (c.1279-1213 B.C.E.) wears the royal headdress topped by the Double Crown of Upper and Lower Egypt.
(Canon PowerShot, 1/30 @ f/2.8, IS0 250)
A view of the entranceway at the over 2,500 year old Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar with some of the its many pagodas.
I took this at Van Dusen Gardens, a botanical garden in Vancouver. I usually use my Lensbaby Velvet for closer images, but liked the glow it created on this "landscape" scene. The building in the distance is the entranceway to the garden, as well as a restaurant and gift shop.
Standing beneath the iconic canopy of live oaks and Spanish moss, a photographer lines up his shot on the majestic entranceway to the Wormsloe Historic Site outside Savannah, Georgia. Hopefully his camera had anti-shake stabilization :) Thanks for viewing! Have a great week ... get in your grove and give it a fair shake :)
Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 400, f/5.6, 120mm, 1/125s
As many of you know, I love being in the forest. I took this on Mt. Habrich, on top of the Sea to Sky Gondola. The trail was mostly empty, but it was nice to see another photographer along the way.
Two bicycles parked up against a rustic heritage building.
Alaskan mountain window reflections
Six blocks of downtown Skagway, Alaska are designated as a National Historic District. Within this zone, private, state, city, and federal interests have cooperated to preserve or restore the late 1890s atmosphere.
Skagway is one of the most fascinating towns in all of Alaska. Its rich history and ties to the gold rush
Skagway is a compact city in southeast Alaska, set along the popular cruise route the Inside Passage. It's home to gold-rush-era buildings, now preserved as part of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. The White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad runs vintage locomotives past the famously steep Chilkoot trail and offers sweeping mountain views during its climb toward Canada. ― Google
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Drove by and notices the entranceway to my old high school one evening .
Humberside was established in 1892 built in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. During World War I, many students lost their lives in battle. The front entrance is now a memorial to those who lost their lives, and for quite some time, it was not allowed to be used, until recently. Names were added to the memorial after World War II.
Rovinj is a picturesque fishing village located in Croatia on the Istrian Peninsula. The old town is a maze of cobblestone streets with an intertwined web of homes and restaurants. As I was wondering through the narrow streets, I came across this delightfully themed home entranceway.
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Explored March 22, 2022
Gail Halvorsen (1920, Salt Lake City – 2022, Provo), the "Candy Bomber"
This is a classic Berlin photo subject: a Douglas C-47 Skytrain "Rosinenbomber" on top of the roof of the German Museum of Technology (Deutsches Technikmuseum). This C-47 was one of the airplanes that supplied West-Berlin with food and other goods during the Berlin Blockade (24 June 1948 – 12 May 1949), when Soviet occupation forces had blocked all entranceways to West-Berlin, and the only way to keep the "half city" West-Berlin alive was via airplanes: the Berlin Airlift which, during the most intense times, saw airplanes landing on Tempelhof Airport at 90-second intervals.
The Berliners soon called those airplanes "Rosinenbomber" (raisin or candy bombers), because they did not only deliver CARE packages (CARE: "Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe") and other goods essential for survival, but also chocolate and candies, and therefore would always be eagerly awaited by the children of West-Berlin. This so-called "Operation Little Vittles" was founded by the most famous candy bomber pilot, Gail Seymour "Hal" Halvorsen of the United States Air Force, who was the first pilot to drop candy via miniature parachutes to the children during landing approach of Tempelhof airport. While at first unauthorized, "Little Vittles" became a regular part of Berlin Airlift, and a nickname given to Halvorsen by the Berliners was "Onkel Wackelflügel" (Uncle Wiggly Wings), because a trademark "trick" of his during landing approach was to "wiggle" his plane's wings so the children would know it was his airplane.
By the end of Berlin Airlift on 30 September 1949 25 raisin bomber crews had dropped 23 tons of candies to the Berliners, and Halvorsen was, among other awards, given the Congressional Gold Medal for founding "Little Vittles". In 1974, Halvorsen received the Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. Throughout his life, Halvorsen has remained closely linked to Berlin. He was commander of Tempelhof airport from 1970 to 1974, and he returned to Berlin on several occasions, so for the 60th anniversary of Berlin Airlift in May 2009 where, as a passenger of a Rosinenbomber, he dropped 1,000 chocolate packages over Tempelhof airfield. In 2019, 98-year-old Halvorsen visited Berlin for the last time as guest of honour at the 70th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift.
Ins Blaue hinein
... Ist dieser Rosinenbomber, eine "Douglas C-47 Skytrain" und ein echter Berliner Foto-Klassiker auf dem Dach des Deutschen Technikmuseums, sicherlich nie geflogen. Im Gegenteil, bei der engen Taktung der Starts und Landungen auf dem Flughafen Tempelfof (zu Hochzeiten wurde Tempelhof im 90-Sekunden-Takt angeflogen) war äußerste Präzision erforderlich.
Der berühmteste Protagonist der Berliner Luftbrücke war sicherlich der US-amerikanische Air-Force-Pilot Gail Halvorsen (1920–2022), der die Idee zur (zunächst nicht offiziell von "oben" abgesegneten) Operation "Little Vittles" hatte. Um den Berlinern (und insbesondere den Berliner Kindern), die während der Berlin-Blockade 1948/'49 am Rande des Tempelhofer Flugfelds sehnsüchtig auf die Versorgungsmaschinen warteten, eine Freude zu machen, verpackte er kleine Portionen mit Süßigkeiten in Taschentücher und warf diese mit Miniaturfallschirmen beim Landeanflug ab. Diese "Rosinenbomber"-Aktion sprach sich in Windeseile herum und die Schar der am Flugfeld wartenden Kinder wuchs beständig. Damit die Kinder seine Maschine unter den vielen startenden und landenden Flugzeugen auch sicher erkennen konnten, bewegte Halvorsen beim Landeanflug die Flügel, was ihm den Spitznamen Onkel Wackelflügel einbrachte.
Zum Ende der Berliner Luftbrücke am 30. September 1949 hatten 25 Rosinenbomber-Besatzungen rund 23 Tonnen Süßigkeiten über dem Tempelhofer Flugfeld abgeworfen. Eine Aktion, die Halvorsen anlässlich des 60. Jubiläums der Luftbrücke im Mai 2009 wiederholte, indem er, dieses Mal als Passagier eines Rosinenbombers, 1.000 Schokoladen-Päckchen über dem Flughafen Tempelhof abwarf. Halvorsen blieb Berlin auch nach der Luftbrücke verbunden. Von 1970 bis '74 war er Kommandant des Flughafens Tempelhof. 1974 wurde ihm auch der Große Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland verliehen. 2013 nahm er an der Einweihungsfeier einer nach ihm benannten Schule in Berlin-Dahlem teil. 2019 besuchte er, mittlerweile 98 Jahre alt, anlässlich des 70. Jahrestages des Endes der Luftbrücke Berlin ein letztes Mal.
Das Foto ist ein HDR aus einer Belichtungsreihe mit drei Bildern, zusammengefügt in HDR Efex. Wenn Ihr in das Bild hineinzoomt, konnt Ihr unterhalb des Rosinenbombers Menschen stehen sehen. Ich wusste gar nicht, dass man die Terrasse betreten kann – bei meinem nächsten Besuch im Technikmuseum steht ein Besuch der Plattform also auf jeden Fall auf dem Programm :)
Nautical door on a Float Home
Porthole window.
The placement of the nautical door light and potted plant remain in the exact same spot as where they were actually located .
Captain's quarters?
'It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation'
Hope you like this...striving for a bit of originality......I look forward to your feedback
Idyllic Float Home Community
Fisherman's Wharf
Victoria
BC
Canada
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Worth to "visit": www.flickr.com/photos/powerfocus/sets/72157607325791390/w...
If you're not coming together there is place enough :-)
Kronborg is a castle and stronghold in the town of Helsingør, Denmark. Immortalized as Elsinore in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Kronborg is one of the most important Renaissance castles in Northern Europe and was inscribed on the UNESCO's World Heritage List in 2000. The castle's story dates back to a stronghold, Krogen, built by King Eric VII in the 1420s. Along with the fortress Kärnan in Helsingborg on the opposite coast of Øresund, it controlled the entranceway to the Baltic Sea. From 1574 to 1585, King Frederick II had the medieval fortress radically transformed into a magnificent Renaissance castle. (Wikipedia)
Kronborg es un castillo y fortaleza en la ciudad de Helsingør, Dinamarca. Inmortalizado como Elsinore en la obra Hamlet de William Shakespeare, Kronborg es uno de los castillos renacentistas más importantes del norte de Europa y fue inscrito en la Lista del Patrimonio Mundial de la UNESCO en 2000. La historia del castillo se remonta a una fortaleza, Krogen, construida por el rey Eric VII en la década de 1420. Junto con la fortaleza Kärnan en Helsingborg en la costa opuesta de Øresund, controlaba la entrada al Mar Báltico. De 1574 a 1585, el rey Federico II transformó radicalmente la fortaleza medieval en un magnífico castillo renacentista. (Wikipedia)
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191 King Street: Originally built at the foot of Thomas Street where the museum now stands, this was the home of Robert Williams, a steamer captain. The tall, austere façade is accented by a tall entranceway with heavy entablature.
a movable solid, barrier for opening and closing an entranceway, cupboard, cabinet, or the like, commonly turning on hinges or sliding in grooves.
Essondale East Lawn HDR ( Please see previous image )
Coquitlam, BC Canada
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Riverview Hospital is a Canadian mental health facility located in Coquitlam, British Columbia. It operated under the governance of BC Mental Health & Addiction Services when it closed in July 2012.
In 1904 the provincial government purchased 1,000 acres (400 ha) in then-rural Coquitlam for the construction of Riverview Hospital.
Patients were originally housed in temporary buildings, and in 1913 the building that would eventually be called West Lawn began treating the 300 most seriously ill male patients. The building was originally constructed to hold 480 patients. By the end of the year it housed 919.
Information compiled from Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverview_Hospital_(Coquitlam)
Today the building stands condemned and the site is often used for movie sets.
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108 Louisa Street
Maple Cottage
Maple Cottage was built by William Henry Pay between autumn 1871 and the spring of 1873. The house consists of the original one storey brick block, nearly square in plan with a raised stone foundation, and a single storey rear addition. Its facade faces north and is symmetrically arranged around three bays with a central front entranceway. The main block has a hipped roof with a projecting gable over the front porch; the rear wing is covered with a gable roof. The house is a solid example of the nineteenth century Ontario Cottage style with decorative elements that reflect both the Classical tradition (front porch design) and the Italianate style (windows and roof brackets).
During a brief outing to a nearby arboretum, the visit got off to a challenging start but we persevered, made a detour around a blocked entranceway and forged through overgrown trails to arrive at our favorite spot - the shaded sitting area next to the lake.
There were a few dragonflies dashing about here and there, landing for a split second on a small reed or branch, only to take off again to another small reed or branch. Alas, this one decided to moon me right as I grabbed this shot!
My first dragonfly of the year - which appears to be a Blue Dasher.
By Komatsu Miwa (born 1984)
Yazaemon Kiln, Arita, 2015
British Museum
The playful lion dogs (koma inu) are spiritual guardians that protect the entranceways. Made of wood, stone or ceramic they are placed at the front of Shinto shrines or inside them.
These two were part of the gold medal winning "Edo Garden" at the 2015 Chelsea Flower Show
Ieoh Ming Pei (1917–2019) is one of the foremost contemporary architects. As a student of Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer, he took over the austere objectivity of the Bauhaus architecture in his works, while further developing it in his own aesthetic style. His museum buildings in particular have achieved world renown, including the pyramid and the new entranceway to the Louvre in Paris.
The PEI building for the German Historical Museum was opened in 2003 and is Pei’s first work in Germany. Transparency, light and movement are the architectonic programme for this building. A building-high, glassed-in foyer unites the triangular structure architectonically with the Zeughaus.
Designed to house temporary exhibitions, the building has four different levels and is connected with the Zeughaus by an underground passageway. The levels offer visitors new and surprising views. Sight lines provide an architectonic correspondence between past and present.
An illuminated attraction when it’s dark, by day the glass wall reflects the historical façades of the surrounding buildings and reveals a view of the visitors as they make their way through the house.
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390 Lakeshore Road East (1862): Built by Captain William Wilson, originally from Belfast, Ireland. Wilson died in 1873. Subsequent owners included Wilson's daughter Mary Jane and Edmund Gulledge. It is a 2-storey brick house with a 3-bay façade. Architectural details include segmental window openings with brick voussoirs and stone sills, 6/6 windows, entranceway with open porch supported by Doric columns.
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This is Wat Worachetha Ram in Ayutthaya.
For a temple dating back over 500 years it is stand out unusual from all the other wats, wiharns, ubosoths and temple buildings in Ayutthaya.
Its chedi and buddha image are adorned with colourful buddhist robes and the wat entranceway guarded by a number of colourful (almost garish) cockerels. I do not know the significance of those.
I've added this image to my Ayutthaya set.
262 Vidal Street North
Year Built: 1866 (or before)
Original Owner: John Turnball
Present Owner: Anglican Church of Canada
This small 2-storey home has a rectangular long façade with a wing at the rear and has been irregularly attached to St. George’s Anglican Church. It is a typical French Canadian house with red brick and yellow brick details. At either end of the building are gabled parapets which originally acted as firewalls and are very typical of French Canadian architecture.
The wall design and detail is quite elaborate on this house. Yellow recessed brick crosses are set within the red brick façade above each of the two front windows. A raised yellow brick trim around the crosses accents these wall details. As well, yellow bricks are used for quoining on each of the corners of the building. Above the quoining just below the roofline, red brickwork is corbelled into the gabled parapet.
In the centre of the façade is a gable with a gabled parapet end. The gabled parapet flashings are made of metal and are supported by a decorated red brick frieze. The typical window in this home has a segmental structural opening. The outside trim is quite unique. Raised and recessed yellow brick voussoirs are shaped into a label and raised yellow brick runs down each side of the window opening to form decorative quoins. Each window is then finished off with a limestone plain lug sill.
In the centre of the façade is one large French bay window with a metal roof and small pane windows. Centered in the front gable, above the bay window, are two semi-circular windows.
The major entranceway to the building is not on the façade of the building but is located on the right side of the wing on the rear.
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ON2 Residence, circa 1880
360 Salt Springs Church Rd.
This house is made of white brick with a centre bricked-in, covered entranceway with side lights on either side of the door. A second dwelling, almost identical, can be found at 133 Brant School Rd.
Birdo (Jerry Rugg)
This mural is a reflection of community, nature and artistic expression. Adding to place-making features of the area as the entranceway to the OCADU Creative Campus, the artist ‘Birdo’ infuses his cubist design by uniquely interpreting Village By the Grange values with this colourful display above the Rosalie Pavilion.
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One of Morocco’s grandest historic gateways, the glorious Bab Mansour is also often celebrated as one of the most beautiful entrance gates in the whole world. Indeed, an inscription in Arabic along the top of the monumental gateway translates as “I am the most beautiful gate in Morocco. I’m like the moon in the sky. Property and wealth are written on my front.” Built in the 1730s, the grand entranceway is adorned with stunning zellige tiles in various colours, carved wood, marble columns, arches, and fine brickwork. The main door is 16 metres tall. The gateway is named after the architect who designed the gate, El Mansour.
This is a popular tourist attraction, I had to wait a long time to get a shot without people in view. When I took this shot there was just one woman in view taking a selfie, but I airbrushed her out. In the lower right corner a teacher with a party of school students waited patiently while I got me shot. I am for ever in their debt.
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75 Second Street (1850): Originally used as a farmhouse. During the 1900s, it became the home of Dr. Black. The Arnoldi family of Toronto purchased the property and lived in the house between 1914-1918. It is a 19th century 2 1/2 storey stucco house with 2 bays. Architectural details include moulded soffit and brackets, bay window and main entranceway with piered door surrounds and broken pediment.
Yesterday, 10/20/15, I went on a walk in the Westchase area of Tampa, which is in the midst of a beautiful nature preserve. The moment I passed by this beautiful river winding its way into the thick forest, I was inspired by the enchanting light that peered through the trees and reflected magically on the water. I knew I had to come back to get a shot that reflected this magic!
Normally I shoot my landscapes around sunset, but I felt for this setting a sunrise shot would provide a better angle for the light. So I got up early the next morning and returned to the site with my camera gear. At sunrise, the light was not shining right, but I started playing with different settings & some long exposures which made the light in the stream look like snakes.
Then, as the sun rose, some magical light started to make its way through the trees, lighting up the trees in the foreground as if illuminating the entranceway of a holy sanctuary. The only problem - I ran out of space on my 30 GB camera card, with no spare with me [is there a time-worn lesson here? :) ] So quickly, I had to delete some old shots from the card, then take some new shots, & then delete more shots when the card filled up again, etc etc etc [many times]. With a bit of muttering under my breath, I finally came away with about 80 shots, and the light at the end was the best. The last time my card read "full" and I was about to delete more shots so I could continue shooting, I decided I already got my shot so I packed it up and called it a day, leaving the shoot very inspired despite the drama with my camera card.
That evening, I loaded my pics onto my computer, and post processing went unusually fast; thus I was able to post the pic that same day.
Here is what Wikipedia writes about Kronborg:
Kronborg Castle
UNESCO World Heritage site
Kronborg is a castle and stronghold in the town of Helsingør, Denmark. Immortalized as Elsinore in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Kronborg is one of the most important Renaissance castles in Northern Europe and has been added to UNESCO's World Heritage Sites list (2000).[1]
The castle is situated on the extreme northeastern tip of the island of Zealand at the narrowest point of the Øresund, the sound between present Denmark and the provinces of present Sweden that were also Danish at the time the castle was built. In this part, the sound is only 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) wide, hence the strategic importance of maintaining a coastal fortification at this location commanding one of the few outlets of the Baltic Sea.
The castle's story dates back to a stronghold, Krogen, built by King Eric VII in the 1420s. Along with the fortress Kärnan, Helsingborg on the opposite coast of Øresund, it controlled the entranceway to the Baltic Sea. From 1574 to 1585 King Frederick II had the medieval fortress radically transformed into a magnificent Renaissance castle. The main architects were the Flemings Hans Hendrik van Paesschen and Anthonis van Obbergen, whereas the sculptural work was coordinated by Gert van Groningen. In 1629 a fire destroyed much of the castle, but King Christian IV subsequently had it rebuilt. The castle also has a church within its walls. In 1658 Kronborg was besieged and captured by the Swedes who took many of its valuable art treasures as war booty. In 1785 the castle ceased to be a royal residence and was converted into barracks for the army. The army left the castle in 1923, and after a thorough renovation it was opened to the public.
The entranceway to the town I have built, Quirk, is through the White Room. As you can see from the picture, it's easy to understand why it's called that! Every time I am in there, though, I can't help but think of that classic song, White Room, by Cream. (It's a song that's older than me, but way more grown up and cool.) I found the song online and played it while I was in my own White Room, and danced along. Hence this picture of me cavorting!
Is it okay to cavort in white rooms after Labour Day?
Boyeeghter Bay or ‘Murder Hole’ Beach, Melmore Head, Rosguill Peninsula, County Donegal, Ireland
What I personally love more about this stunning beach, are these sandy paths! They gently wind their way through long grassy dunes creating a perfect entranceway to the perfect beach. When standing here on this hill I was perfectly placed for the cool ocean scented breeze to rise up & pass through me. The sounds & smells of this scene can sadly not be digitally delivered to you as easily as this photo was, However if you take a moment to concentrate on this scene... your mind may astonishingly recreate them for you
Boyeeghter Beach is in pristine condition with perfectly coloured turquoise waters that easily rival those found in the Pacific Ocean. Sand that looks like it was delivered straight from Paradise, yet all is right here on our Wild Atlantic Way. Our ‘Emerald Isle’ still has its hidden gems for sure ☘️
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Zooming in along the entranceway of a trail at a local conservation area while standing beside the Trailhead Kiosk.
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200 William Street: This two and a half storey house has a centre hall plan and an entranceway with sidelights.