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Mt. Hunter and King Denali under stormy skies. Awesome and Magnificent doesn't capture the wow, awe and majesty they convey when standing in their presence.
A few more shots in comments.
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of a white and pink Waterlily / Seerose (Nymphaea)
in Botanical Garden, Frankfurt
for a HBW!
If you like to see more pictures from this 'city paradise', take a look at my Botanical Garden Album.
Mother Nature gives the sun a glorious exit. This image is based on a photo that I took at day's end as I headed home from a walk.
"The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
It will flame out, like shining from shook foil ...
And though the last lights off the black West went
Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward springs --
Because the Holy Ghost over the
bent
World broods, with warm breast,
And with ah! bright wings."
~ Gerard Manley Hopkins
Smokey Mountain Grandeur one of the most beautiful places in North Carolina are the Blue Ridge Mountains, you can travel for many miles and see this scene.
photographybyjw Smokey Mountain
Had fun creating this for Smile on Saturday theme of pawns. Hope you all have a happy and safe weekend 😀
on a warm afternoon in Venice, just last week! HCS
enjoy the rest of your weekend, snow, snow and more snow here!
Chinese palaces, temples and mansions have on their roofs a special kind of ornaments called wenshou or zoomorphic ornaments, some on the main ridges and some on the sloping and branch ridges.
The monstrous thing at either end of the main ridge, called chiwen, appears roughly like the tail of a fish. Fierce and formidable, it looks as if it were ready to devour the whole ridge; so it is also known as tunjishou or the ridge-devouring beast. It is, according to Chinese mythology, one of the sons of the Dragon King who rules the seas. It is said to be able to stir up waves and change them into rains.
So ancient Chinese put a chiwen at either end of the main ridge for its magic powers to conjure up a downpour to put out any fire that might break out. But for fear that it might gobble up the ridge, they transfixed it on the roof with a sword.
At the end of the sloping and branch ridges there are often a string of smaller animals, their sizes and numbers being decided by the status of the owner of the building in the feudal hierarchy.
These small animals were also believed to be capable of putting out fires. While this can be easily dismissed as superstition, they do add to the grandeur and magnificence of the imperial buildings.
This is the same sailboat I recently posted but I loved the sky so much this morning that I had to share it.
Just had to share this magnificent sunset that I witnessed on Pacific Beach in Washington state. We go there every year, but this year the sunset seemed particularly beautiful and made me think of one of my favorite poems.
"The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil ...
And though the last lights off the black West went
Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward springs --
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent World broods with warm breast and with,
ah! bright wings."
~ Gerard Manley Hopkins
Hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season and has a blessed and beautiful new year! This is another lovely memory from our Yosemite trip last winter. It was a cool and crisp day. The Merced River was partially frozen and beautifully reflected the glorious colors of the season.
It has been a very busy last few months, and I hope to catch up with everyone's wonderful and inspiring work. I do want to thank each of my friends here on Flickr for their ongoing encouragement, support and friendship! I am truly blessed and grateful for each and everyone of you...
A silhouette of the northern Grampians ranges taken many years ago from Big Hill lookout in Stawell, Victoria.
Happy Nice Wonderful Clouds Tuesday!
The world is charged with the grandeur of God. (Hopkins)
Uses textures from Skeletalmess, Distressed Jewell and Moosebite.
Happy to have this photo (along with two others) in the exhibit - A Long Way Down (the grandeur, grit and humanity of the DC Metro), as part of the Focus on the Story international photo festival in Washington, DC! I have been photographing the metro often during my daily commute for many many years, and I love it ...
More information about this event here: focusonthestory.org/events/opening-of-a-long-way-down-exh...
"Focus on the Story and metrobar present the opening of A Long Way Down, which explores both the architectural grandeur of the DC’s Metro subway system and the reality of a public transit network that is both loved and hated by its users and visitors. The DC Metro’s six lines move passengers through the heart of the nation’s capital and into both Virginia and Maryland. Completed in 1976, the DC Metro is the second busiest rapid transit system in the U.S. behind New York City. A Long Way Down presents the work of several DC-area photographers whose work document the grit, the weirdness, the grind and the humanity of life underground."
One of the other photos in the exhibit is: www.flickr.com/photos/arpitau/18726254935/in/album-721576...
And the third one I believe I have never posted, will post it next!
I also have the photo below, in another exhibit - Exposed DC's Annual Exhibit, in which it won Best in Show. Very happy about it.
www.flickr.com/photos/arpitau/51626072025/in/photostream/
More information about the show is here: exposeddc.com/
This is one of those shots I was really hoping to get and I'm very happy with the result. Some patience for people to move out of the frame and some luck with a string of camels passing by just under the pyramids. You could almost imagine this same scene playing out hundreds of years ago.
The grandeur of the Pacific is hard to wrap one's mind around. The color pallet of the water, the mountains that seemingly fall into its depths, and the sunsets that repeat themselves enrobed in their glorious golden light. It is a place that is hard to describe in words. It is a place where there is so much beauty to take in that it is overwhelming. It is a place that is hand crafted. It is a place where the imagination and creativity of God ran wild, yet it is perfectly organized. Not one thing is out of place. It is a place that will leave you constantly wanting to come back and never wanting to leave. It is a place with such grandeur that my words will always fall short to describe it, but it will always be a testimony to His glory, power, and perfectly unlimited creativity!
A view of the Matanuska river with a section of the Chugach mountain range rising majestically above.
Taken from the Glenn Highway. One of the most spectacular drives I've had the pleasure to drive. Smiles by the miles.
Enjoy a wonderful Wednesday!
The Alcázar of Segovia is a medieval castle located in the city of Segovia, in Castile and León, Spain. It has existed since at least the 12th century, and is one of the most renowned medieval castles globally and one of the most visited landmarks in Spain.
Hérault France
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Hugging the rugged shoreline of Lake Superior, Canadian Pacific GE AC4400CWM 8032 guides train no. 118 through Mink Harbour with a train fit for a publicity photo amongst some spectacular autumn foliage at Coldwell, ON.
Special thanks to Josh Dudinetz and Earl Minnis for information on this location! I am still processing the grandeur and scale of this iconic stretch of railroad.
Peaks from the Wildcat, Cottonwood, and Alpine ridges appear layer upon layer going back. Grandeur Peak is the only readily apparent peak from its own ridge.
Cormet de Roselend, Savoie, France.
Le Cormet de Roselend est un col situé en France à 1 968 mètres d'altitude entre le massif du Beaufortain et le massif du Mont-Blanc, à proximité de l'Italie.
Low angle perspective looking upwards along the wall and towards the ceiling, emphasizing the grandeur and height of the reliefs and incised hieroglyphs carved into the stone walls.
Above the walls, a vibrant blue ceiling with horizontal bands, represent a starry blue sky. The blue paint shows signs of age and wear. The vibrant 'Egyptian blue', the first synthetic pigment created by humans symbolized the sky and the primordial waters of creation, crucial elements in Egyptian cosmology. .
Shot from the magnificent temple of Ramses III at Medinet Habu, Luxor.