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The Yorkshire Dales towards North Yorkshire, up towards Grassington. An area of great beauty, no matter the season!
Sun and clouds so often playing the game of hide and seek, it makes for interesting patterns on the land and trees, a delight to the photographer!
M, (*_*)
Greens and Parks are under utilised. Excellent infrastructure and exquisite maintenance of greens and play equipments in neighborhood park in USA. It is not useless, but less used. Few picnikers and families are found only during week ends. Other days. It is for the Birds and Fishes to enjoy. Of course when we are there , we visit the parks regularly for morning walk., evening jog.
Many days, we were the only people present, and all the greens exclusively in our use. And we had few packs of water fowls to share the waterside.
A l'endroit où j'ai photographié ces fleurs, il y avait un groupe d'ados qui faisaient du skate. Un jeune garçon de 15 ans est venu me parler, avec une fille. J'ai eu avec lui une conversation étrange, un peu surréaliste... J'aurais aimé le photographier, il était touchant, mais le droit à l'image !
Je lui donne le poème "Lorsque l'enfant était enfant" de Peter Handke, du film "les Ailes du Désir" de Wim Wenders :
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-aOZ3lg0Mo
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiGZAJ7eQiw
At the point where I photographed these flowers, there was a group of teenagers who were skateboarding. A young 15 year old boy came to me with a girl. I had a conversation with him strange, a bit surreal ... I loved the photograph, it was touching, but the image rights!
I give him Poem "When the child was a child", Peter Handke, Wings of Desire by Wim Wenders
Port Willunga
South Australia
My first reactions to seeing this image as a RAW file were mixed. This was the composition I was hoping for , but needing to shoot at iso800 with the 7D is never a good thing as the noise means a lot of detail lost. Secondly, the red hues on the top right were so intense that even on the RAW it looks like a badly done saturation boost job! Overall though, I think the colours pretty much represent how striking a few minutes of that dawn was even if the picture looks overly manipulated to the viewer!
Original texture "painted rocks" used in processing
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Bufflehead (m) View Large On Black They nest in cavities in trees, often using old Flicker or Pileated Woodpecker nests, occasionally 425 m (1400 ft) from water. They nest in cavities in trees, often using old Flicker or Pileated Woodpecker nests, occasionally 425 m (1400 ft) from water. IMG_3777
Palacios en Madrid
La Casa Palazuelo, ubicado entre las calles Mayor 4 y Arenal en Madrid. Fue proyectado por el arquitecto Antonio Palacios en 1919.
El proyecto tuvo como intención no destacar ante los nuevos edificios de la Puerta de Sol tras su ensanche y la construcción de sus hoteles periféricos. Para ello, Palacios se inspiró en la arquitectura comercial que se realizaba en Estados Unidos por aquellas fechas.
El inmueble se levanta en un solar con fachada a la calle Mayor al sur, y a la calle de Arenal, al norte. Este hecho provocó que Palacios diseñara dos fachadas diferentes, dándole más importancia a la de la calle Mayor. En ellas utiliza un orden monumental de diseño clásico en el que se alternan grandes franjas acristaladas que recorren verticalmente la superficie, en ellas se echan en falta algunos elementos hoy desaparecidos como las esculturas femeninas que enmarcan los vanos abiertos en los torreones que coronan los extremos de la fachada a la calle Mayor. Esta severidad contrasta con el diseño llevado a cabo en el interior. Presenta una planta cuadrangular de lados desiguales, en el eje se sitúa la escalera de doble tiro y un patio central en tomo al que se distribuyen las cuatro alturas.
Palacios in Madrid
The Casa Palazuelo, located between Mayor 4 and Arenal streets in Madrid. It was designed by the architect Antonio Palacios in 1919.
The intention of the project was not to stand out against the new buildings of Puerta del Sol after its expansion and the construction of its outlying hotels. For this, Palacios was inspired by the commercial architecture that was carried out in the United States at that time.
The building stands on a plot facing Calle Mayor to the south and Calle de Arenal to the north. This fact caused Palacios to design two different façades, giving more importance to the one on Calle Mayor. In them, it uses a monumental order of classic design in which large glazed strips alternate vertically along the surface, in them some elements that have disappeared today are missing, such as the female sculptures that frame the open openings in the towers that crown the ends of the facade to the main street. This severity contrasts with the design carried out inside. It has a quadrangular plan with unequal sides, on the axis there is a double-firing staircase and a central courtyard around which the four heights are distributed.
Der Weltenbaum gehört zur Mythologie vieler Völker und ist ein altes Symbol
der kosmischen Ordnung. Er steht als Weltachse (axis mundi) im Zentrum der Welt.
Seine Wurzeln reichen tief in die Erde und seine Wipfel berühren oder tragen den Himmel.
Somit verbindet er die drei Ebenen Himmel, Erde und Unterwelt.
music : Falkenstein - Weltenbaum
background : HKD
for the Art Uni International : Magical Background Comptition
texture : mystical mood
A dream come true for this perfectionist when I came across this tiny spider's web that was nearly perfect as well. The symmetry and care he took to create these tiny strands such that they not only capture other little creatures for a good meal, but the drink afterwards.
In a previous photo, I actually captures the spider collecting these individual drops of water to create a larger ball of fine drink.
Excerpt from the plaque:
Ruband (Bridal Veil), Tajikistan, West Badakhshan region, 19th century. Silk, embroidery on cotton foundation: This vibrantly coloured silk-embroidered bridal veil was produced in the mountainous highlands of Tajikistan. The veil would have only been used once, as a way to conceal the bride during the wedding celebration. Afterward, it would have been put away in a chest as an heirloom, thus accounting for its excellent state of preservation. The repeat bird motifs, found around the border and underneath the eye mesh, may echo the ancient Zoroastrian beliefs that continued hold sway in this region of Central Asia until the 19th century. The birds may be roosters, which Zoroastrians hold in high regard, or they may represent the simurgh, a mythical bird in Persianate cultures from antiquity to the Islamic period.
in the winter the irrigation ditches flood the bog with water thereby protecting the plants from frost as well as providing an excellent place for ice skating.
Male Norh Atoll, Bolifushi Island, Olympus miu 750 Many thanks to everyone passing by my shots. Comments are appreciated. You are welcome. Sergio
4 x 230m.
It took 20 years with 150.000 people to build a pyramid. Each stone is about 5 tons.
They placed about 250 stones a day, that's every 2 minutes a stone.
Totaly 2,5 million.
Height: 160m
Staying on a hotel right next to a busy airport is something I have never done in my life. Luckily for me, a training that i decided to take a few months back took place on a hotel overlooking Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport, world's busiest airport for more than a decade. And since my room had an excellent view of the take-off run, i decided to take advantage of it and try a few panning shots. This was the very first panning atempt for me and as you can imagine, i took quite a few photos with onle a couple of them being worth posting. Now I am not an aviation expert so I have literally no clue what this aircraft or other details about it so if anyone knows that kind of stuff, please feel free to provide info on a comment and I will add it to the description.
Electro-Prompt - Beside Me (Gothek D.C. Remix) (DJ Tiesto In search of Sunrise 5 mix)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTQ-CM14tQg
Μεχρι τωρα στη ζωη μου δεν ειχε τυχει να διαμεινω σε ενα ξενοδοχειο το οποιο να βρισκεται διπλα σε καποιο αεροδρομιο. Ευτυχως για μενα, ενα σεμιναριο που παρακολουθησα προσφατα ελαβε χωρα σε ενα ξενοδοχειο το οποιο εχει θεα στο Διεθνες Αεροδρομιο της Ατλαντα το οποιο μαλλιστα επι περισσοτερο απο μια δεκατια ειναι στην κορυφη των αεροδρομιων οσον αφορα των αριθμο ταξιδιωτων. Και αφου το δωματιο μου ειχε καλη θεα στο διαδρομο απογειωσης, ειπα να δοκιμασω μερικες ληψεις panning. Προκειται για την πρωτη μου προσπαθεια σε αυτο το ειδος φωτογραφιας οποτε οπως μπορειτε να φανταστειτε τραβηξε πολλες φωτογραφιες με μονο 1-2 να αξιζουν να ποσταριστουν. Καθως δεν ειμαι ειδικος σε θεματα αεροπλοιας, δεν εχω την παραμικρη ιδεα τι ειδους αεροσκαφος ειναι αυτο συνεπως αν καποιος ειναι γνωστης παρακαλω ας δωσει λεπτομερειες επι αυτου και θα τις προσθεσω στην περιγραφη!
Charlie, my aunt's dog, is a mix of many breeds. He's two years old, and very sweet and playful. We had some fun in his backyard today, where he showed off his obedience.
This photo is part from the album "The Dancers" © www.carlvanassche.com
photos are based on existing images
Explore, June 30, 2013
But when you give me love
When you give me love....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ22QkXOxBg
I never walked near the edge
Used to fear falling
I never swam far from shore
Never tried the secret door
But when you give me love
I have no fear of heights,
No fear of the deep blue sea,
Although it could drown me,
I know it could drown me
I didn't wander in the woods
Used to fear the darkness
I didn't like getting deep
I was scared of what I couldn't keep
But when you give me love
No fear of the fall
No fear if it's with you that I fall
'cause nothing could break us,
No, nothing could break us, now
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