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Taken this very evening at a fantastic Christmas market that I visited with friends. We bought beautiful handmade gifts & some yummy Indian food to take back to eat at their house; my first time trying dosa. For Saturday Self Challenge theme “light”.
76/100 : My 100x photos this year will all feature benches or chairs.
In this photograph, art becomes an experience, a silent dialogue between the observer and the work. My lens sought to capture not only the displayed objects, but also the atmosphere and the relationship that is created between people and the forms that surround them.
At the center of the scene, the spiral abstract sculpture creates a sense of movement and mystery, inviting the gaze to follow its sinuous lines. To the left, the black and white portrait observes the scene with a timeless intensity.
But the most fascinating element is the figure, seen from behind, contemplating another work, creating a bridge between the external world and the world of art. Its presence is proof that beauty is not only in the works themselves, but also in the eyes of those who observe them. It is a scene that celebrates contemplation, emotion, and the eternal dialogue between humanity and its creativity.
By Dutch artist Maria van Kesteren (1933-2020), Vorm, 1984.
At an exhibition in Kunstmuseum The Hague NL in 2019.
Snowflakes come in many more forms than you can imagine – including the “fuzzy caterpillar” variety! View large!
At warmer temperatures (just under the freezing point of water), snowflakes can grow into columns and needles. This type of growth is common, but many of the snowflakes are too small or distorted by the time they reach the ground, as the ground temperatures are likely warmer than the temperatures in the sky. Occasionally we see a storm that produces very long column-type snowflakes that take on a mind of their own. There are a few things happening here worth discovering!
All of the lines running off the column are plates, should show that the snowflake entered colder temperatures or higher humidity. These plates don’t just randomly start growing off the sides, though the snowflake would naturally grow one plate on either end. In the middle, these plates require a “nucleation site”, some deformation in the surface of the main column for which a new crystal structure can start to grow. In this case, the main column likely encounter some super-cooled water droplets that were still liquid, but when making contact with the column froze on impact. These little additions would be exactly what you need to start new plate-like growth at each point of impact.
That idea is further supported by the balls of ice you see along this crystal. The term here is “sleet”, or frozen water drops / pellets. This happens when the temperature of super-cooled water drops continues to decrease or some turbulence causes them to freeze solid without impacting a snowflake. Sleet isn’t that common, we saw it only twice last year. These tiny pellets of ice adorn the larger structure; many of them could probably be shaken off, but some might have begun to fuse to the crystal structure itself.
All of these conditions together are quite unusual, and with all the snowflakes I’ve photographed I’ve only seen a small handful of weather systems produce anything remotely like this. While all snowflakes are unique, some definitely fall outside of what we think is possible!
Photographing these snowflakes is quite a challenge. With so many shifts in depth and overlapping elements, I can usually add an hour to the editing process when putting one of these together. It’s worth it, however! I love sharing the curiosities of winter, and this one is certainly an enigma.
For more weird and wonderful snowflakes and how they form, check out Sky Crystals: www.skycrystals.ca/book/ - it will also detail every photographic technique I use for “regular” snowflakes, as well as these unusual skyborne creations that require a slightly different approach. It’s never been more affordable with the current US exchange rate for folks south of the 49th parallel!
perfect in form (series III), Museum Insel Hombroich, www.inselhombroich.de/stiftung-insel-hombroichfoundation
Uma das formas de desfrutar da natureza em Vigo é percorrer os trilhos que rodeiam a cidade, oferecendo vistas panorâmicas e paisagens variadas. Um desses trilhos é o GR-53, que circunda toda a cidade pelos seus montes, oferecendo uma experiência única para aqueles que buscam uma caminhada relaxante e desfrutar da beleza natural da região. Aqui, junto ao rio Fondón, o trilho permite observar a fauna e a flora da zona, bem como algumas pontes e cascatas.
Es una torre formada por tres cuerpos, El primer cuerpo, dodecagonal, fue construido entre 1220 y 1221 por orden del gobernador almohade de Sevilla, Abù l-Ulà. En cuanto al segundo cuerpo, también dodecagonal hay disparidad de opiniones, pues por un lado se afirma que éste pertenecía a la obra original almohade, y por otro lado que fue mandado construir por Pedro I el cruel en el siglo XIV aunque de esta hipótesis no se tiene constancia de ningún texto antiguo que lo afirme y parece más cerca de la leyenda que de la realidad. Por último el cuerpo superior, cilíndrico y rematado en cúpula dorada, fue construido en 1760 por el ingeniero militar Sebastián Van der Borcht tras el terremoto de Lisboa de 1755.
Fue declarada monumento histórico-artístico en 1931 y ha sido restaurada varias veces. En la Edad Contemporánea fue restaurada en 1900, entre 1991 y 1992, en 1995 y en 2005. En su conservación ha sido importante la labor de la Armada. Se encuentra en buen estado de conservación y alberga el Museo Naval de Sevilla.
(Fuente: wikipedia.org)
Nicely restored heritage home in Trinity, Newfoundland. I've seen local pictures of this house in much rougher shape years ago. Nice to see it brought back to this condition. An older picture I took in 2011.
UP 1983 "WP Heritage" departs Wallace Kansas passing through a form B for the Hwy 40 bridge replacement.
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I've been very fortunate this past week.....three different dragonfly encounters on three separate days.
The shimmer of color on this fellow's wings was magical to see through the lens....
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"Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom." - Friedrich Schiller
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I was going through some photos from last month, you know the ones, sitting there in a folder, waiting to be looked at and processed when I happened upon this one.
I do not know how I missed it on the first round, because this is a gorgeous portrait.
I'm not sure what it is, the pose, the smile, the composition... whatever it is, I love it and am kicking myself for not seeing it sooner!
She has a classic air about her here, even with the cheese and crackers in her hand. I love it, what a gem to be hidden in a folder!
This was jammed between a bunch of blurry photos, so I think I snapped this when I was showing my cousin's son how to use my camera.
I had bribed him with camera time if he would pose with his baby sister, he held up his end of the bargain so I handed over the camera, forgetting I had everything on manual settings.
He quickly returned and asked for a lesson, so I flipped things to auto and I think this must have been what I shot to show him where the buttons were, I wasn't even thinking about the photo at the time, just teaching him how to use the camera.
Funny how things work out that way sometimes.
Hope everyone has had a good day.
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M. Wulumuqi Rd. & Changle Rd., Shanghai
As the night wore on, more and more police officers formed a human wall at the intersection of the blockade. A traffic policeman in the middle of the junction (the one on the left) grew increasingly brutal, shouting at the crowd to "back off" and forcing them onto the pavement so that police vehicles and trucks carrying roadblocks could enter. One onlooker said, "This man is so arrogant, and deserves to be hung from a street lamp."
Behind me, the crowd on the pavement was also mixed with a growing number of policemen and policewomen. They mouthed gentle words to persuade the crowd to leave, occasionally pushing and pulling with their hands. A voice behind me said, "Don't touch me! Can't I even stand here?"
However, the actual arrests were made late at night, after most of the people had gradually dispersed.
On the night of 26 November 2022, a demonstration took place in Middle Wulumuqi (Urumqi) Road, Shanghai in memory of the victims of the fire in Wulumuqi (Urumqi), Xinjiang, the casualties of which were caused by the building being locked up as a result of absurd anti-epidemic measures which made it impossible for residents to escape. The police ended up arresting many of the demonstrators and loading three police buses:
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On the evening of the 27th, a large area of the neighbourhood where the demonstration took place last night was suddenly blocked off, allowing only people to leave and not enter, perhaps to prevent further demonstrations from gathering there.. A large number of people gathered at the intersections of the blocked-off neighbourhoods, which gradually festered into a new demonstration.
The demonstration on the night of the 27th:
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This image shows Glasgow's weather in characteristic form to complete my west coast photo essay. As with the first of these images ( flic.kr/p/2qBbvJc ), this shot captures the essence of this station for me: in Glasgow’s case, busy, populated with exotic trains (from the perspective of a Sassenach), and raining!
The date is Wednesday, 28th March 1984 and an APT set waits to head south on what is likely to be the 0900 relief to Euston. The crowd of gentlemen striding towards the ticket barriers, many of who are lacking in appropriate outdoor attire, are presumably not railway enthusiasts given their lack of interest in the future of travel nor the distinctly Scottish class 27 to the left of the frame.
Unlike London Euston, Glasgow Central still has the grandeur and heritage of the Victorian era. While Euston’s period pieces were swept away in the white heat of 1960s progress, Glasgow Central has been sympathetically restored and, despite the rain, feels like a hospitable station appropriate for a great city.
Glasgow Central was not the original station for the west coast route in the city. The Caledonian Railway originally used the Townhead terminus, 1.5 miles to the northeast, then in November 1849, the new station of Buchanan Street was used. Growth led to the opening of Glasgow Central in 1879, immediately north of the river Clyde that the railway follows for the last 45 miles of its journey from London.
I trust that those that have followed my photo essay have enjoyed the ride. The west coast route is so varied and so long that it has been very easy to find disparate images from my collection. Selecting images for this essay has been challenging: I have been shooting trains on the route since the 1980s, and in the 21st century I still manage perhaps 30-40 images of the line every year. Furthermore, since I started collecting other photographer's images, it seems that the line was popular for others too!
Photograph by an unknown photographer, now part of my collection.
Since 1618 there is in Tripkau a church building. In 1757 it became by a simple hall construction without tower he-puts, and this timber-framed building also forms even today in the original substance the nave which was extended in 1864 by choir, sacristy and tower.
Only the loft is received from the old equipment from the 18th century; pulpit, font and altar have remained from the gothic equipment of the 19th century; the organ comes from 18.th century, has been put up only late in this church.
The church was renovated basically and initiated in 1998 again. The interior is from numerous cross motives passed through which are unique in the hannoverschen county church.
In 1952 a restricted area was furnished along the internal border. At this time compulsive forced migrations from the Elbvillages took place: code name "Vermin" and "Cornflower" by the order of the "Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (STASI). 21 villages were concerned by it in which the houses were torn off and were levelled which courts. My father was resettled at the age of 10 years and his family compulsory. My grandfather lost all his possessions.
What crazy times these are. These images were taken not quite two weeks ago before Europe (and more specifically Belgium) went into lockdown. We dithered at the time as to whether we should go but of course there was no mandate to shut Borders whilst we were there. That announcement came the day after our return. Our visit was much quieter and quite eerie with no crowds and no problem with maintaining social distancing.
I seem to have lost confidence and enthusiasm for photography (it's taken me 2 weeks to decide to post these) but it will provide some sort of focus for the coming months. At least we are going into longer and warmer days, and with the lack of air traffic over London and the Home Counties it's lovely to hear the birdsong again and reconnect with nature which in it's self is calming and reassuring.
Stay safe and healthy guys.
Just for a change from the birds I shot on my last trip I took this, admittedly with the wrong lens but you can't manufacture out of thin air what you don't have with you. When I think of it now I should have taken a couple of shots and stitched them together but I only just thought ot that now lol.
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El Fontán es hoy en día una plaza de forma rectangular que está situada en el casco antiguo de Oviedo. Su nombre proviene de la fuente manantial ó fontán que llenaba la primitiva laguna que se encontraba en esa zona. En los inicios de la ciudad de Oviedo se trataba de una laguna natural a las afueras de la ciudad, la cual era abastecida por manantiales natrurales que brotaban en la zona y rápidamente se convirtió en zona de recreo de los nobles ovetenses. Durante este tiempo los campesinos que vivína en las afueras de la ciudad, se acercaban hasta este lugar a vender sus productos (leche, verduras, quesos, gallinas, etc.), con este incesante movimiento no tardaron en aparecer los artesanos tales como herreros, cesteros, etc. y así poco a poco se fue formando un mercado que perdurará hasta nuestros días y convirtiéndose por aquel entonces en el primer núclo comercial a extramuros de Oviedo. Tras esta primera etapa este mercado que se formaba de manera espontánea acabó siendo regulado por el ayuntamiento, el cual controloba la calidad y la entrada de productos a cambio de impuestos. Debido a que la laguna empezaba a representar un problema sanitario por su insalubridad se decidió desecarla. En la primera mitad del siglo XVII se decide la construcción de una obra de carácter público que se convertiría en un corral de comedias; tras sucesivas reformas y ampliaciones, que intentaron adecuar su inflexible estructura de patio de comedias, fue relevado por el teatro Campoamor. El 11 de junio de 1792 el ayuntamiento acomete una de las reformas más importantes hasta aquel entonces, esta reforma, dirigida por el arquitecto municipal asturiano Francisco Pruneda y Cañal, el cual diseña la plaza como un lugar rectangular, abierto por cuatro entradas y con cuarenta casillas o departamentos para tiendas, de planta y piso, recorridas en su perímetro interior y externo por un pórtico de columnas. La obra concluyó sin que se siguiera el proyecto inicial lo que produjo la existencia de varias alturas en la plaza. Los almacenes de las tiendas se fueron convirtiendo en viviendas de inquilinos y varios edificios se modificaron durante el siglo XIX aunque con ello no llega a perder el espíritu con el que fue concebida inicialmente. Ya a finales del siglo XX, en 1981 la dirección General del Patrimonio Artístico realiza una restauración de la plaza, si bien esta restauración no frena el deterioro en el que se ve inmersa la plaza y que culmina en 1996 con la controvertida decisión del derribo y demolición total de la plaza, execepto la esquina en dónde se asienta la sidrería Casa Ramón que había sido restaurada por el propietario. Tras este derribo la plaza se vuelve a construir y el 7 de mayo de 1997 es inaugurada por el alcalde Sr. D. Gabino de Lorenzo Ferrera. Hoy en día los jueves, sábados y domingos sigue habiendo mercado en las calles exteriores al fontán y en la plaza Daoíz y Velarde colindante con el fontán. También existe una plaza de abastos cubierta que abre todos los días de la semana excepto el domingo y en la cual se venden pescado, carne, queso y todo tipo de productos típicos asturianos
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Formed of an 11 car Pendolino 1F12 Euston to Lime Street slides by 370003 at Crewe Heritage Centre, viewed from Crewe North junction box.
Formed about 25 million years ago, the spectacular limestone formation of Wawel Hill is not the solid piece of rock it appears to be, but rather filled with eerie caves and crawl spaces. As legend would have it, the craggy chambers beneath Wawel were once home to Smok Wawelski, or the Wawel Dragon, a particularly nasty creature who liked nothing more than to gorge himself on sheep and local maidens. Story goes that as the village ran out of virgins, the King promised the hand of his only daughter to the hero who could vanquish the vile beast. Wave upon wave of brave knights fell beneath the dragon's fiery breath before a poor cobbler named Krak tricked Smok into eating a sheep stuffed full of sulphur, which instantly ignited inside his gullet. With an unquenchable thirst the dragon went and drank half the river before his distended belly exploded and the town was freed of his wrath. Krak married the princess, of course, became king, built his castle on the dragon's lair and the people built a city around it named 'Kraków' after their saviour king.
Smok's bones were hung triumphantly outside the entrance of the Cathedral, where they remain today. His cave became a famous tavern and brothel during medieval times. The stairway leads to the caves leads which goes through under the castle courtyard to outside the complex by the riverbank, right in front of Smok's sculpted bronze likeness unveiled in 1972 to a design by the local artist Bronisław Chromy. The sculpture occasional provides fire-breathing bliss.
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While on my lonely couch I lie,
I seldom feel myself alone,
For fancy fills my dreaming eye
With scenes and pleasures of its own.
Then I may cherish at my breast
An infant's form beloved and fair,
May smile and soothe it into rest
With all a Mother's fondest care.
How sweet to feel its helpless form
Depending thus on me alone!
And while I hold it safe and warm
What bliss to think it is my own!
And glances then may meet my eyes
That daylight never showed to me;
What raptures in my bosom rise,
Those earnest looks of love to see,
To feel my hand so kindly prest,
To know myself beloved at last,
To think my heart has found a rest,
My life of solitude is past!
But then to wake and find it flown,
The dream of happiness destroyed,
To find myself unloved, alone,
What tongue can speak the dreary void?
A heart whence warm affections flow,
Creator, thou hast given to me,
And am I only thus to know
How sweet the joys of love would be?
-by Anne Bronte
The junction of the Erewash and Derby Canals at Sandiacre, 25th August 2018. The Erewash Canal runs left to right and the Derby Canal formed a T junction and headed for Derby under the bridge. The Erewash Canal obtained its act of parliament in 1777 and was completed in 1779. It linked the River Trent with the Cromford Canal at Langley Mill Basin, the Nutbrook Canal at Stanton and the Derby Canal at Sandiacre. It also made connection with the Nottingham Canal just south of Langley Mill Basin. Whilst the Erewash Canal is still in use up to Langley Mill the adjoining canals have all been abandoned. The Derby Canal ran for 14 miles and and linked Derby to the the Trent and Mersey Canal at Swarkestone and the Erewash Canal at Sandiacre. The canal was authorised by an Act of Parliament in 1793. was fully completed in 1796 and closed in 1964.
Most of the rocks in northwest Queensland formed so long ago in the Precambrian era (specifically in the Proterozoic) that most of the Australian continent did not then exist, and the global configuration of continents and oceans was completely different. One view is that the Pacific Ocean had not yet opened, and Australia was situated adjacent to rocks of similar age in Canada. Nevertheless, because of their economic interest, the old rocks in the northwest have been closely studied, and an internal timetable of events sorted out. The old rocks are called the Mount Isa Inlier, and the inlier simply being a patch of old rocks surrounded by younger rocks.
The oldest rocks of the Mount Isa Inlier stem from about 1870 to 1840 million years ago, although they must have been deposited on or intruded into even older rocks that are not exposed. They make up the 'basement' to all of the subsequent sedimentary and volcanic rocks of the Inlier. Seismic (geophysical) profiles of the deeper crust confirm that they are underneath all the younger rocks.
Between about 1790 and 1590 million years ago the crust in the Mount Isa Inlier periodically stretched (or 'extended') and the resulting tension allowed 'rift' valleys or basins bounded by curved faults to subside. Thick piles of sedimentary and volcanic rocks accumulated in these. In some cases, the subsidence was rapid in relatively narrow, clearly defined rifts or deep troughs, whilst at other times subsidence was slow when the crust simply sagged over a broad area. Three major periods are recognised in the time interval, and the separate basins and rifts are grouped as the Leichhardt Superbasin, the Calvert Superbasin, and the Isa Superbasin.
These basin subsidence episodes were separated by periods when no sediments were deposited, or by periods of compression. However, to the east, a deep marine basin offshore probably received sediment continuously through the Calvert and Isa Superbasin times. This is the Soldiers Cap Basin.
Finally, after a major period of deformation (the Isa Orogeny) that affected all three superbasins, sediments were deposited in a large basin to the northwest, the South Nicholson Basin..
Source: Rocks and Landscapes of Northwest Queensland by Laurie Hutton & Ian Withnall.
Shot with Canon EOS 400D + Canon 18-55mm
This was some kind of fun shot to use the golden sunset light for something creative. Maybe you can guess what you see.
Yesterday I spent another shooting day with Ed and the results are great. You definitely have to follow his stream as well because he is going to publish a really cool image of myself these days. I think I will inform you about that another time when he published it but keep it in mind in case I forget it.
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