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The world can be so full of wonder and surprises, it often happens by creative man.
To use your eyes and see, then, the discovery!
Feverishly grabbing your camera, just like it is will go away... LOL
Have a sunny day, thank you, M, (*_*)
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Gathered during our travels, I will write where I found it and maybe the why? LOL
Great fun! WALL-ANCHOR.
Ghent Belgium
This I discovered on the facade of a small hat-shop, (chapellerie), just to say HELLO... In Brugge, Flanders.
Have a sunny day, thank you, M, (*_*)
For more here: www.indigo2photography.com
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Facade, wall, window, iron, anchor, hats, design, painted, Belgium, colour, minimalist, horizontal, NikonD7000, Magda Indigo"
This is a shot in front of External Flame Falls in North Boston, NY. The flame is fueled by natural gas leaking up from behind the falls
An idea to add autonomous drones that roam the exterior of the ship picking up loose debris and checking for damage to the hull during the hazardous salvage process.
Given the scale for the (microscale) bridge, the drones would be too massive? Also I can't think of a way to attach them (without glue). Any thoughts? A smaller design maybe?
My soundtrack for my SHIPtember build: Nostromo ambient.
Tim the Tape Measure just couldn't shake the feeling that he was being pulled this way and that by outside forces!
Stansberry Lake, Washington 2018
---- procession of Holy Agate, Catania (Sicily). On February 4th: the procession makes the so-called "external tour" which touches some places of martyrdom of the young Saint Agate in the Catania city. On February 5th: he procession take place along the "aristocrat path", which runs along the main street of Catania, Etnea street, the parlor of Catania. On this day the devotees carry on their shoulders long candles of varying thickness, while the "candlemas" anticipate with their passage the arrival of the float of Saint Agatha. ----
---- processione di Sant'Agata, Catania (Sicilia). Il 4 febbraio: il corteo compie il cosiddetto "giro esterno" che tocca alcuni luoghi del martirio della giovane "Santuzza Agata" nella città catanese. Il 5 febbraio: il corteo avanza lungo via Etnea, la principale strada di Catania, in questo giorno i devoti porteranno in spalla ceri di tutte le misure, che verranno accesi all’imbrunire, anticipando, insieme al passaggio delle “candelore” l’arrivo della vara di Sant’Agata. -----
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In the city of Catania (Sicily) in occasion of the feast of her patron Saint Agatha, which took place on the 3, 4 and 5 February (this dates commemorates the martyrdom of the young Saint), and on 17 August too (this date celebrates the return to Catania of her remains, after these had been transferred to Constantinople by the Byzantine general Maniaces as war booty, and there remained for 86 years), when the Sicilian city is dressed up to feast, with a scent of orange blossom and mandarins, and its citizens show that they possess an extraordinary love and bond with the young martyr saint Agatha.
The religious sicilian feast of Saint Agatha is the most important feast of Catania, its inhabitants from five centuries, during the three days of the feast in honor of her "Santuzza" (young Saint), create a unique setting, with celebrations and rituals impressive, which means that this event is regarded as the third religious festival in the world (some say the second ...) after the "Semana Santa" in Seville and the "Corpus Christi" in Cuzco, Peru. Unlike other religious holidays, more sober, to Sant'Agata highlights a vocation exuberant typical of the south Italy, who loves to combine the sacred with the profane.
The cult of the young Santa dates back to the third century, when the teenager Agatha was martyred for refusing the roman proconsul Quintiziano. One year after the death of the young Agatha, on 5 February of the year 252, his virginal veil was carried in procession, and it is said it was able to save Catania from destruction due to a devastating eruption of Mount Etna.
The festivities begin with the procession of the "Candlemas", that are giant Baroque wooden "candlesticks" paintings in gold, each representing an ancient guild (butchers, fishmongers, grocers, greengrocers, etc.), which are brought by eight devotees; the candlemas anticipate the arrival of the "float" of Saint Agatha during the procession. Devotees, men and women, wearing a traditional garment similar to a white bag, cinched at the waist by a black rope, gloves and a white handkerchief, and a black velvet cap, and it seems that such clothing evoke nightgown with the qule the Catanese, awakened with a start by the touch of the bells of the Cathedral, welcomed the naval port, in 1126, the relics of the Holy which fell from Constantinople. On float, consisting of a silver chariot sixteenth of thirty tons, which is driven by a double and long line of devotees with the robust and long ropes, takes place the bust of Saint Agatha, completely covered with precious stones and jewels. On February 4, the parade celebrates the so-called "external path" that touches some places of martyrdom in the city of Catania; the next day, the 5 instead the procession along the "aristocrat path", which runs along the main street, Via Etnea, the parlor of Catania. On this day the devotees carry on their shoulders the long candles of varying thickness, there are some not very big, others are fairly heavy, but some skim exceptional weights.
I am posting here, on Flickr, photographs taken during the two days of February 4 and 5 of this year 2023.
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Nella città di Catania (Sicilia) in occasione della festa della sua giovane santa patrona Agata, che ha avuto luogo come ogni anno il 3, il 4 ed il 5 di febbraio (questa data commemora il martirio della Santa giovinetta), festa che viene ripetuta anche il 17 agosto (questa data rievoca il ritorno a Catania delle sue spoglie, dopo che queste erano state trasferite a Costantinopoli da parte del generale bizantino Maniace come bottino di guerra, spoglie che ivi rimasero per 86 anni); per questa occasione la città siciliana è vestita a festa con profumi di fiori d'arancio e mandarini, coi suoi cittadini che mostrano di possedere uno straordinario amore e legame con la giovane martire Agata.
Gli abitanti di Catania, oramai da cinque secoli, nei tre giorni della festa in onore della "Santuzza", danno vita ad una scenografia unica, con celebrazioni e riti imponenti, che fanno si che questo evento sia considerato come la terza festa religiosa al mondo (qualcuno dice la seconda ...) dopo la "Semana Santa" di Siviglia ed il "Corpus Domini" a Cuzco, in Perù. A differenza di altre feste religiose, più sobrie, quella di Sant'Agata mette in luce una vocazione esuberante tipica del meridione, che ama unire il sacro col profano.
Il culto della giovane Santa risale al terzo secolo, quando l'adolescente Agata fu martirizzata per aver rifiutato il proconsole romano Quintiziano. Un anno dopo la morte della giovane Agata, avvenuta il 5 febbraio dell'anno 252, il suo velo virginale venne portato in processione, e si narra esso riuscì a salvare Catania dalla sua distruzione a causa di una devastante eruzione del vulcano Etna.
I festeggiamenti iniziano con il corteo delle "candelore", le quali sono dei giganteschi e pesanti "candelabri" in legno, in stile barocco, dipinti in oro, ognuna rappresentante una antica corporazione (macellai, pescivendoli, pizzicagnoli, fruttivendoli, ecc.), che vengono portati da otto devoti: esse anticipano l'arrivo della "vara" di Sant'Agata durante la processione. I devoti, sia donne che uomini, indossano un tipico indumento simile ad un sacco bianco, stretto in vita da una cordicella nera, guanti ed un fazzoletto bianchi, ed infine una papalina di velluto nero, sembra che tale abbigliamento rievochi la camicia da notte con la quale i Catanesi, svegliatisi di soprassalto dal tocco improvviso delle campane del Duomo, accolsero al porto navale, nel 1126, le reliquie della Santa che rientravano da Costantinopoli. Sulla vara, costituita da un carro argentato cinquecentesco di trenta quintali, trainata da una doppia e lunghissima fila di devoti tramite delle robuste e lunghe funi, prende posto il busto di Sant'Agata, completamente ricoperto di pietre preziose e gioielli. Il 4 febbraio, il corteo compie il cosiddetto "giro esterno" che tocca alcuni luoghi del martirio nella città catanese; il giorno dopo, il 5, il corteo percorre il "giro aristocratico", che percorre la strada principale, la via Etnea, salotto buono di Catania. In questo giorno i devoti portano in spalla dei lunghi ceri di vario spessore, ce ne sono alcuni non molto grossi, altri sono discretamente pesanti, ma alcuni sfiorano pesi eccezionali.
Io sto postando qui, su Flickr, fotografie realizzate nelle due giornate del 4, e del 5 febbraio di quest'anno 2023.
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Gathered during our travels, I will write where I found it and maybe the why? LOL
Great fun! WALL-ANCHOR.
Ghent Belgium
This I discovered on the facade of a small hat-shop, (chapellerie), just to say HELLO... In Brugge, Flanders.
Have a sunny day, thank you, M, (*_*)
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Le Grand Chœur de style gothique flamboyant 1545 - 1585, la statuaire polychrome qui le compose a été réalisée par les ateliers bourguignons de Cluny. Permettant de séparer les personnes religieuses du peuple, le jubé ou Grand Choeur est aujourd'hui le témoin des pratiques religieuses de l'époque. Puis par sa majestuosité, il est aussi le témoin de la richesse de l'Eglise CatholiqueLa statuaire de Ste Cécile forme un ensemble considérable, peut-être le plus important de la sculpture française de la fin du Moyen Age :
- 87 statues à la façade externe du jubé
- 33 personnages de l'Ancien Testament au pourtour du choeur
- 15 statues figurant l'Eglise à l'intérieur : (12 apôtres, la Vierge, St Jean-Baptiste et St Paul)
- 72 statues d'anges, Charlemagne et l'Empereur Constantin dominant les deux portes d'entrée de la clôture.
L'ensemble des statues a conservé leur polychromie d'origine. La couleur tend au naturalisme, chevelures, attitudes et costumes sont d'une variété admirable. Le style des barbes des visages, des drapés permet de distinguer trois familles qui pourraient être liées à l'art des grands imagiers français de la fin du XVème siècle : Antoine Le Moiturier et Michel Colombe.
Grand Choir Gothic style 1545 - 1585, polychrome sculpture which consists was conducted by the Burgundian workshops of Cluny. To separate the religious people of the people, the rood screen or Grand Choeur is now witness to the religious practices of the time. Then by its majesty, it is also a witness to the wealth of the Church of St. Cecilia CatholiqueLa statuary forms a considerable body, perhaps the most important of the French sculpture of the late Middle Ages:
- 87 statues on the external façade of the rood screen
- 33 characters of the Old Testament to the perimeter of the choir
- 15 statues representing the Church inside: (12 apostles, the Virgin, St John the Baptist and St Paul)
- 72 statues of angels, Charlemagne and the Emperor Constantine overlooking the two entrance doors of closing.
All the statues retained their original polychrome. The color tends to naturalism, hair, attitudes and costumes are an admirable variety. The style beards faces, draped distinguishes three families that could be related to the art of the great French sculptors of the late fifteenth century: Antoine Le Moiturier and Michel Colombe
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A very pleasant Saturday and so an ideal day to slip into my favourite black skater skirt. It's funny how sometimes external events can effect the way you dress. I was watching a program on TV last night, and saw one of the main characters of the series I am watching wear a black skater skirt for a short time. It made up my mind to wear mine today.
Tim the Tape Measure just couldn't shake the feeling that he was being pulled this way and that by outside forces!
Stansberry Lake, Washington 2018
Growing corn quickly tends to block the railroad tracks - and roads - from view. It's fast growing stuff, as just two weeks after I snapped this, the tops of the corn crop were covering up much of the wheels on passing trains. Even higher now, too! There were a few spots I would have liked to get a good distant field shot with crops growing, rather than just drab brown after harvest, but that'll have to wait till next year.
NS255 came rocketing through Sadorus after its brief slow order across the CN diamond back in Tolono. We only beat it here from Homer because of that slow order - it's tough to chase anything on the Lafy, but the RoadRailer is notoriously hard to catch up to. You really can only do so much and have to hope for some other reason for them to slow down. We were cutting it close with our daylight and cloud cover, too. 255 had been pretty late this day, so we lost our nice golden light. A bit moody of a view instead, works for me anyway.
Classic Rikstelefon photo booth from back in the day. Today a hjärtstartare. Or an Automated external defibrillator. In the Old Town in Stockholm next to the Great Church, Storkyrkan. All thanks to local politician Dennis Wedin.
He might not have been blessed with external beauty, but he is blessed to be what he was created to be, a powerful snapping turtle.
Snapping turtles only live in fresh or brackish water. They prefer habitats with muddy bottoms and abundant vegetation because concealment is easier. This one right here lives in a small pond with another snapper of his size and they might be the reason why goslings and ducklings don't get to live past few first days of their lives.
An experiement shot trying with both hands holding the balloon. FYI I'm entirely in frame (a la this). I find the balloon break pattern is significantly different when held than when it's in the air.
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Strobist: SB600 on camera left and below, gobo'd, on 1/64th power. SB800 on camera right and above, gobo'd on 1/64th. Balloon with green dyed water. Retouching / correction in Aperture.
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EDIT: Explored #6! Thanks all for the wonderful comments.
Fraserburgh passenger railway station a few months before closure.
NBL type 2, D6142 awaits departure with the train to Aberdeen.
(Picture taken by the late Robin Barbour)
At the other end of this train is another NBL type 2, D6145. By co-incidence a few months later from when this photograph was taken, on the 15th October 1965 these 2 locos hauled the very last Royal train from Ballater to Aberdeen.
Agra Fort, is a monument, a UNESCO World Heritage site located in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is about 2.5 km northwest of its more famous sister monument, the Taj Mahal. The fort can be more accurately described as a walled city.
Agra Fort was originally a brick fort, held by the Hindu Sikarwar Rajputs. It was mentioned for the first time in 1080 AD when a Ghaznavide force captured it. Sikandar Lodi (1488–1517) was the first Sultan of Delhi who shifted to Agra and lived in the fort. He governed the country from here and Agra assumed the importance of the second capital. He died in the fort at 1517 and his son, Ibrahim Lodi, held it for nine years until he was defeated and killed at Panipat in 1526. Several palaces, wells and a mosque were built by him in the fort during his period.
Samrat Hem Chandra Vikramaditya who won Agra in 1553 and again 1556 defeating Akbar's army.
After the First Battle of Panipat in 1526, Mughals captured the fort and seized a vast treasure, including the diamond later known as the Koh-i-Noor. The victorious Babur stayed in the fort in the palace of Ibrahim and built a baoli (step well) in it. The emperor Humayun was crowned here in 1530. Humayun was defeated at Bilgram in 1540 by Sher Shah. The fort remained with Suris till 1555, when Humanyun recaptured it. The Hindu king Hem Chandra Vikramaditya, also called 'Hemu', defeated Humanyun's army, led by Iskandar Khan Uzbek, and won Agra. Hemu got a huge booty from this fort and went on to capture Delhi from the Mughals. The Mughals under Akbar defeated King Hemu finally at the Second Battle of Panipat in 1556.
Realizing the importance of its central situation, Akbar made it his capital and arrived in Agra in 1558. His historian, Abdul Fazal, recorded that this was a brick fort known as 'Badalgarh' . It was in a ruined condition and Akbar had it rebuilt with red sandstone from Barauli area in Rajasthan. Architects laid the foundation and it was built with bricks in the inner core with sandstone on external surfaces. Some 4,000 builders worked on it daily for eight years, completing it in 1573.
It was only during the reign of Akbar's grandson, Shah Jahan, that the site took on its current state. Legend has it that Shah Jahan built the beautiful Taj Mahal for his wife, Mumtaz Mahal. Unlike his grandfather, Shah Jahan tended to have buildings made from white marble, often inlaid with gold or semi-precious gems. He destroyed some of the earlier buildings inside the fort to make his own.
At the end of his life, Shah Jahan was deposed and restrained by his son, Aurangzeb, in the fort. It is rumoured that Shah Jahan died in Muasamman Burj, a tower with a marble balcony with a view of the Taj Mahal.
The fort was the site of a battle during the Indian rebellion of 1857, which caused the end of the British East India Company's rule in India, and led to a century of dire.ct rule of India by Britaint also is red in colour.
Musamman Burj also known as the Saman Burj or the Shah-burj, is a beautiful octagonal tower standing close to the Shah Jahan's private hall Diwan-e-Khas in Agra Fort.
Musamman Burj was built by Shah Jahan for his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal. It is said that at first a small marble palace built by Akbar was situated at this site, which was later demolished by Jehangir to erect new buildings. Shah Jahan in his turn chose this site to erect the multi-storied marble tower inlaid with precious stones for Mumtaz Mahal. It was built between 1631-40 and offers exotic views of the famous Taj Mahal.
The Musamman Burj is made of delicate marble lattices with ornamental niches so that the ladies of the court could gaze out unseen. The decoration of the walls is pietra dura. The chamber has a marble dome on top and is surrounded by a verandah with a beautiful carved fountain in the center.
The tower looks out over the River Yamuna and is traditionally considered to have one of the most poignant views of the Taj Mahal. It is here that Shah Jahan along with his favorite daughter Jahanara Begum had spent his last few years as a captive of his son Aurangzeb. He lay here on his death bed while gazing at the Taj Mahal in Agra.
After a few months, I can't get over how often I use this camera. Quirky? Yes. But so was the Leica M3 it reminds me so much of.
The menus are ... weird. And the focus can be aggravatingly slow and imprecise. But what the camera gets right makes it worth putting up with the niggling problems. One day they'll fix them. And when they do, I'll be waiting in line.
For a guy that spent a lot of time with rangefinders back in the day, the Fuji X100 is an absolute joy to use. I am headed to the UK for two weeks (family vacation) and this is all I am bringing. No external flash. Probably won't use the internal one either.
16 May 2000, CANNES, PROVENCE COTE D'AZUR, France --- CANNES 2000 : PHOTO CALL FOR 'REQUIEM FOR A DREAM' --- Image by © CARDINALE STEPHANE/CORBIS SYGMA
Sitting around a campfire and too lazy to get a tripod... that was the situation I had created for myself, so I set out to make several pictures like this -- the flames move so the camera can move too was my logic.....
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