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Sister to the shot "Punctured..." this explores the relationship between the parts, which Gehry does to perfection.
My urge to publish is stronger than my sense as I wait for a lens, but in doing there is pounding and in pounding there is building; and building something is better than not building at all...
Explore, September 21 (Thank you Christine Lebrasseur for the heads up!!)
New from Engage this Harness is at August Manly Arena event , available in 8 colours .
Also wearing Enrage Mike Jock available from the store at
Sydney tugboat 'Engage Maverick' rounding the point at Bradleys Head, on Sydney harbour.
The 'Engage Maverick' was just returning from its evening task of escorting the Italian cruise ship 'Costa Deliziosa' through Sydney harbour and out to the ocean.
On this point fishermen gather in the late afternoon and then into the dusk (and beyond). Apparently they catch fish but it looks to me more like a social occasion, lol.
Photographed from the beach alongside the Bradleys Head Ampitheatre.
Sydney Harbour National Park.
Across the harbour you can see all the apartments and towers that comprise Elizabeth Bay, Potts Point and Kings Cross.
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom.
Antananarivo (Madagascar) - Je fais connaissance de cet homme alors qu’il est accoudé au bar de la buvette du marché d’Andravoahangy. C’est lui qui engage la conversation. Il parle un français parfait. L langue de Molière est largement pratiquée dans la Grande île, mais lui a vécu une quinzaine d’années dans la région d’Agen (Lot et Garonne) où il travaillait comme ouvrier agricole pendant la récolte des pruneaux et comme mécanicien agricole le reste du temps. Aujourd’hui, retraité, il a gardé un bon souvenir de la France, mais reconnait qu’il préfère Madagascar pour le climat.
Malagasy retiree
Antananarivo (Madagascar) - I met this man while he was leaning on the bar of the Andravoahangy market. He is the one who initiates the conversation. He speaks perfect French. French is widely spoken on the Big Island, but he lived for fifteen years in the region of Agen (Lot et Garonne) where he worked as a farm laborer during the prune harvest and as an agricultural mechanic the rest of the time. Today, retired, he has kept good memories of France, but recognizes that he prefers Madagascar for the climate.
Albignac était, à l’origine, un prieuré d’hommes dépendant de l’abbaye de Saint-Michel de Cluse, en Piémont. L’éloignement de la maison mère, et les guerres, amenèrent la décadence du prieuré. Une bulle du pape Clément VI, signée en Avignon autour de 1394, rattache Albignac au monastère de Coyroux. Albignac devient alors prieuré cistercien de filles. De l’église romane, qui devait compter parmi les plus importantes de la Corrèze, ne subsiste plus que le clocher. La nef et le choeur actuels ont été reconstruits à une époque indéterminée. Le clocher devait primitivement se situer sur la travée précédant le choeur. Au nord et au sud de ce massif apparaissent, très mutilées, des colonnes engagées et des départs d’arcs correspondant certainement à des passages voûtés qui devaient assurer la communication entre les collatéraux de la nef et le choeur. Quelques chapiteaux décorés de feuillages et d’animaux fabuleux (hydrocentaures, femmes-oiseaux) subsistent encore. La travée sous le clocher est remarquable par sa hauteur : les chapiteaux sont à environ onze mètres au-dessus du sol. Ils soutiennent des arcs en plein cintre et sont portés par des colonnes engagées. La nef, le choeur et la sacristie ont été construits avec des matériaux de remploi de l’église primitive.
www.fondation-patrimoine.org/les-projets/eglise-saint-lou...
Wikipedia: The crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis), also known as the long-tailed macaque or cynomolgus macaque, is a cercopithecine primate native to Southeast Asia. As a synanthropic species, the crab-eating macaque thrives near human settlements and in secondary forest. They have been described as a species on the edge, living on the edge of forests, rivers, and seas, at the edge of human settlements, and maybe on the edge of population decline.
Crab-eating macaques are omnivorous and frugivorous. They live in matrilineal groups ranging from 10 to 85 individuals, with groups exhibiting female philopatry and males emigrating from natal group at puberty. Crab eating macaques are the only old-world monkey known to use stone tools in their daily foraging and they engage in a robbing and bartering behavior in some tourist locations.
Conservation status: Endangered
(A quick note: The status of this monkey has worsened since my last post of them from 2021.)
(From my own photos archived, 2022)
Impressive view of the Castle and the town of Atienza, province of Guadalajara, Spain, from a hill located to the west with a slight elevation above.
HISTORY: Atienza, the ancient Celtiberian Thytia, is named by the Latin chroniclers as one of the points of hardest resistance of the Celtiberians to the attack of the Roman invaders.
Only when Numancia and Termancia fell, could the Roman Caesars say that the old Atienza had been made theirs.
Here the Romans put their watchtower, and later the Arabs made Atienza one of their strongest enclaves of resistance against the Christian neighbors in the Reconquest.
Battles arose throughout the Middle Ages around this Muslim castle, with which Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar did not want to engage in combat as he considered it a "peña mui fuert" (a very strong rock). Between the years 870-874 it was reconquered by Alfonso III the Great, passing again to the Moors shortly after.
The castle frequently changed hands between Muslims (Arabs or Moors) and European Christians until it was finally taken by Alfonso VI in 1085.
Its uses were varied, from a prison for nobles to the home of the Bourbon king Felipe V.
In the 19th century, specifically in the year 1811, its deterioration and ruin began, remaining in that state until today.
DESCRIPTION: Today the castle consists of a tower and an inner enclosure 130 m by 30 m.
The arched entrance is flanked by two square towers.
There are two covered cisterns in the enclosure.
There is a fireplace on the upper floor of the main tower.
Originally the castle had four storeys as well as tunnels which connected it with churches in the town.
It was protected by two walls, one connecting the main tower to the entrance, the other protecting the rock itself.
GAME OF THRONES: In the series "Game of Thrones" areas of the castle were used as part of the plot.
CASTILLO DE ATIENZA, GUADALAJARA, ESPAÑA, 2022
(Del archivo de mis propias fotos, 2022)
Impresionante vista del Castillo y de la localidad de Atienza, provincia de Guadalajara, España, desde una colina situada al oeste con una ligera elevación superior.
HISTORIA: Atienza, la antigua Thytia celtíbera, es nombrada por los cronistas latinos como uno de los puntos de más ardua resistencia de los celtíberos al ataque de los invasores romanos.
Solamente cuando cayeron Numancia y Termancia, pudieron los césares romanos decir que la vieja Atienza había sido hecha suya.
Aquí pusieron los romanos su atalaya, y luego los árabes hicieron de Atienza uno de sus más fuertes enclaves de resistencia contra los vecinos cristianos en la Reconquista.
En torno a este castillo musulmán, con el que Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar no quiso entablar combate al considerarlo como una "peña mui fuert"(a very strong rock), surgieron las batallas a lo largo de toda la Edad Media. Entre los años 870-874 fue reconquistada por Alfonso III el Magno, pasando otra vez a los moros poco después.
El castillo cambió frecuentemente de manos entre musulmanes (árabes o moros) y cristianos europeos hasta que finalmente fue tomado por Alfonso VI en 1085.
Sus usos fueron variados, desde cárcel para nobles hasta vivienda del rey borbón Felipe V.
En el siglo xix, concretamente en el año 1811, comenzó su deterioro y ruina, manteniéndose en ese estado hasta etapas actuales.
DESCRIPCIÓN: Hoy el castillo consta de una torre y un recinto interior de 130 m por 30 m.
La entrada arqueada está flanqueada por dos torres cuadradas.
Hay dos aljibes cubiertos en el recinto.
Hay una chimenea en el piso superior de la torre principal.
Originalmente, el castillo tenía cuatro plantas y túneles que lo conectaban con las iglesias de la ciudad.
Estaba protegido por dos muros, uno conectaba la torre principal con la entrada y el otro protegía la roca misma.
JUEGO DE TRONOS: En la serie "Juego de Tronos" se usaron zonas del castillo como parte de la trama. (Fuente: Wikipedia)
Today's Snap Happy theme of games was set by David Nice.
My Star Trek Tri Dimensional Chess Set zooming outside in the late winter sunshine. It's a surprisingly difficult set to photograph with the 3 levels. This was done with my phone camera as I was worried I didn't have the laptop back in time! With a bit of zoom added in post. (No time travel allowed in my trekie universe). Have a lovely Monday everyone.
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A robin in our back garden landing on the fork Rachel wasn't at that point using. This is not a Photoshop job!! (Well, beyond a crop, levels, slight sharpen.) I just happened to have the macro lens (f=105mm) on the camera, which helped.
All my original photos are captured in Second Life, a fantastic platform for creative expression. As an artist, my goal is to craft images that truly engage the viewer. I measure my success by the level of interest; if someone takes more than three minutes to appreciate any piece I share, I know I've made an impact.
Anima Series 5
Sitting No. 80
Lismore NSW 2015
WHEN YOU ARE LOST YOU ARE NOT ALONE
The human condition is one of contrasts.
Our lives are sometimes marked by extreme highs and desperate lows. For all the joys and pleasures we experience, there are dark places also and our challenge is to embrace all of the above as part of a seamless whole.
To genuinely engage with life demands that we accept all it presents us - regardless. All the beauty and sadness. All the shiny, loving faces and the dull, unforgiving looks alike are ours to own.
Everything.
The condition of being human is a state of constant change and we must make that change into a stairway by which to climb further. Together.
Lockhead Martin F-35 Lightning II.
Having just taken off from RAF Lakenheath.
Acknowledge that most of my fellow bird photographers are not bothered about planes photos, so tried my best to make them look a bit more interesting.
Une rame corail composée de 5 voitures avec une B5uxh à sa tête et la BB 22354 en pousse était engagée sur le TER 894021 Besançon-Belfort de ce vendredi après-midi, le train est vu peu après desservi Montbéliard.
I enjoy shots looking at the radiant of a meteor shower, makes me feel like I'm on a space ship cruising out into the galaxy. This one's got it all, the Perseid shower, airglow, Milky Way, Pleiades, Andromeda, and more!
This is a stack of about 60 of the shots I took with my Nikon D600 and Rokinon 24mm f1.4 lens on a Sky Watcher Star Adventurer mount. Each shot was 15 seconds at ISO 1600 and f1.4.
“Writing by hand is thinking on paper. Thoughts grow into words, sentences and pictures.
Memories become stories. Ideas are transformed into projects.
Notes inspire insight.
We write and understand, learn, see and think – with the hand.”
-Leuchtturm1917
Writing lets you actively engage with your thoughts. I highly recommend keeping a notebook nearby. Using them has so many benefits for your mind!
Notebook from Top Flight, bandana from The Cotton Linen Site (Etsy).
Inside a beyond massive closed factory that is likely going to be demolished. Several million square feet that was still powered, heated & patrolled by security. This place is filled with tracks, conveyors & some robotics.
Helm lay in a course for sector 221-G Warp Five.
Got a new light tent for Christmas and playing around with it. Hopefully this will be the first of many new pictures!
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Satellite Laser and Radio Ranging System:
One of the 1.3 Gigawatt Pulsed Lasers at Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO), tracking a Satellite as it passes overhead.
About this specific Laser Ranging System:
"The system can range to satellites with an orbital altitude of 25 000 km, perform continuous tracking of navigation signals from GLONASS and Global Positioning System satellites, take measurements of current navigation parameters and receive navigation messages transmitted from the satellites." - SARAO News.
Note: This was shortly after dark and what seems to be a bright star above the laser, is in fact the planet Jupiter.
Just for fun - how powerful is 1.3 Gigawatt?
It is more than Doc Brown needed in Back to the Future!
A big thank you to Heystek Grobler from HartRAO for showing me around.
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