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Tomorrow, the Olympic Winter Games 2022 in Beijing will be opened. There has been a lot of discussion about the meaningfulness of this event, being held in times of pandemic, in an autocratic country that tramples human rights underfoot, and in the presence of a threat of war between Russia and Ukraine.
Olympic ideals and values seem to apply to athletes only, the main purpose is about big money and state propaganda.
Is the Olympic idea starting to starting to dissolve - as the 5 rings in this image do... ?
Lady Samurai Kaori Kawabuchi performed a breathtaking sword dance with Hiroyuki Miyazono and Kenta Aida in this scenery.
Se acerca el gran momento de la vendimia. Estas uvas ofrecen su mejor aspecto, en un preotoño que tal vez ha madurado demasiado la cosecha . Ahora están ideales, inmejorables, fantásticas.
taken from a bird hide in Kafue National Park, Zambia
Geophagia or geophagy is the practice of intentionally eating soil or clay. It occurs in different animal species and is best known from images of large numbers of parrots at clay licks in the Amazon.
The common explanation has been that clay is a natural detox treatment i.e. the intake of clay helps in protecting the birds from toxins when the ideal food sources are not readily available.
Recent publications based on years of studying clay licks in Peru show that protection from toxins is not a key driver. Instead the study shows that higher needs of sodium in the breeding season are a key reason for this behavior.
Also called Brown Parrot, this medium-sized parrot is a resident and nomad in savanna and broad-leafed woodland. Most of the time they move in flocks.
poicephalus meyeri
Meyers papegaai
perroquet brun ou perroquet de Meyer
Goldbugpapegei
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A Grey-headed Flying Fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) photographed yesterday at Yarra Bend Park in Kew. It was a drizzly, dull day, not ideal for photography, but I really enjoyed seeing these fascinating creatures, definitely want to return. Thanks Ali for taking me to see them.
The Grey-headed Flying Fox’s conservation status is listed as vulnerable. The population at Yarra Bend varies from about 6,000 to up to 30,000 in summer, this group were relocated to Yarra Bend Park in 2003 from the Melbourne Botanic Gardens where they were doing significant damage and threatening many parts of the gardens.
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” - H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You
Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! xo❤️
A shot from Coigach taken while fishing for Pollock. These beautiful clouds started forming and lit up the sky over Stac Pollaidh and Cul Mor. I also caught lots of fish, so a brilliant evening all around. The Ideal Height is a track by Biffy Clyro, and is fine.
Todos tienen sus propios sueños, a veces sus alas están rotas por la realidad, a veces abandonan sus ideales debido a un pequeño fracaso, solo aquellos que perseveran, que han crecido después bautismo de años. realmente pueden tener la suerte.
A southbound Pacific Surfliner rolls along the ocean near Del Mar. The house on the right is no doubt out of my budget, but I could still dream of watching Surfliners and BNSF freight passing through from an incredible vantage point.
Yes, Norway again :-)
Which photo to upload among hundreds of new ones is always a hard decision, but it's a good problem to have, and I haven't even had a chance to look at half of them. The light was not ideal here, and I waited a long long time for the sun to peek through the clouds, it didn't happen. The sharp peak is Stetind, "Norway's national mountain", whatever that means.
I had a mixed bag of weather in the past few months, but it was surprisingly good in Norway.
This lovely 70s fibreglass dinghy is tucked behind that boring full-size replica of Francis Drake Golden Hind ship (just out of sight) on the Thames in Southwark.
Once again craning from a perch aboard the ferry home, this time has me viewing from the port side. The sun is brilliant, overhead and I am witness to a powerful opportunity. There is very little color so a B&W photo becomes the goal. At its peak, the cloud is incredibly white, while the island in its depths, is in shadow and almost black. The contrast is wonderful and makes for a very dynamic result.
The shape too adds to the overall energy of the image. A triangle is a very strong shape in photography, and this moment cooperates in form. I am not concerned with depth, but instead both shape and contrast. And, as good fortune would have it, the grey sky delivers the ideal palette.
...wobei ich in diesem Fall das quadratische Format nicht so optimal finde. Es ist eher der Serie geschuldet.
...although in this case I don't think the square format is ideal. It's more due to the series.
El Exterior: La fachada, idealmente cerrada a la izquierda por la torre de la abadía (siglo XIII) y, a la derecha, por el elegante campanario (siglo XII), es coloristamente evocadora, armoniosa y perfecta en sus líneas arquitectónicas, sobria y liviana en la decoración; refleja la influencia de la arquitectura lombardo-emiliana de la región del Véneto. La mirada se siente inmediatamente atraída por el gran rosetón figurativo. ("rueda de la fortuna") obra del maestro Brioloto (1217-1225).
El pórtico de Nicholaus (1138) es una elegante estructura arquitectónica sostenida por dos leones estilóforos. El escultor realiza las baldosas de mármol a la derecha del portal con Historias de la Creación y dos escenas relacionadas con Teodorico, mientras que, a la izquierda, el alumno Gugliemo se ocupa de los episodios del Nuevo Testamento. En los arquitrabes hay hermosas representaciones de los Meses. En la luneta San Zeno recibe el homenaje de la ciudad.
Caddo Lake, Uncertain, Texas, USA
On the first morning of Sapna’s workshop we set off on a boat before sunrise. The start time had to be changed at short notice when it was realised the clocks in Texas went back an hour the night before - a week later than here in the UK.
With Capt. Rich at the helm the 7 of us (6 Participants and Sapna) set off to see what was out on the bayou. For a few seconds on the way out we thought there might be some mist but our hopes were soon dashed. With not a cloud in the sky we knew we would get nothing interesting from it so after a bit of searching we settled on trying to get a sunrise between a group of trees. “Can you stop here please Rich.?”, Can you back up a bit please Rich?”, “Can you move us a bit to the left please?”, Can you turn the engine off please Rich and let us drift a bit”......and so it went on! Capt. Rich must have been used to this as I gather he’s done workshop trips for Sapna before but I did admire his forbearance. Perhaps it wasn’t just coffee in that flask he was drinking from.
Now as you may appreciate even with the engines off a boat is rarely completely stationary. It tends to drift, even if very slowly, so all 7 of us trying to line ourselves up in exactly the right place for where we thought the sun would rise isn’t easy and, of course, moving positions when the boat is drifting just makes things worse. When you are trying to get a shot like this, doing so from a drifting/bobbing boat is not ideal to say the least. So this is basically my excuse for not getting the sun dead centre of the image which I admit was my aim. I shot several images attempting to get a sunstar but only two shots showed any sign of a sunstar and this was the best of the two. I particularly like the backlit Spanish Moss. I admit I’ve tried to clean the image up by removing a phone mast in the background and some branches from adjacent trees that encroached into the image. I know the purists amongst you may not agree with that but I’m OK with doing that and it’s my image plus I’ve declared it.
Once we had all filled our memory cards with our sunrise shots off we went with Capt. Rich in search of our next shooting spot.
If anyone is interested Sapna has fixed the dates for her 2026 workshop here www.sapnareddy.com/products/copy-of-beauty-of-the-bayou It’s a different location for the accommodation next year but I happened to stay there for 3 nights after the workshop finished and it’s probably the best B&B I’ve ever stayed in. I’m not on a commission
Oh, and I expect most of you over the age of 60 got this but the title relates to the 1966 Beatles song of the same name - just thought it was appropriate www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTapImFT9Sc&list=RDLTapImFT9S... Apologies to anyone who now suffers from the ear worm
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Hardangervidda (English: Hardanger Plateau) is a mountain plateau (Norwegian: vidde) in central southern Norway, covering parts of Vestland, Vestfold og Telemark, and Viken counties. It is the largest plateau of its kind in Europe, with a cold year-round alpine climate, and one of Norway's largest glaciers, Hardangerjøkulen, is situated here. Much of the plateau is protected as part of Hardangervidda National Park. Hardangervidda is a popular tourist and leisure destination, and it is ideal for many outdoor activities.
...für eine klassische Aufnahme in Špičák mit dem Schnellzug nach Prag, gezogen am 05. Februar 2017 von 754 041.
"An Ideal Husband" - O. Wilde
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LORD CAVERSHAM. And it is high time for you to get married. You are thirty-four years of age, sir.
LORD GORING. Yes, father, but I only admit to thirty-two—thirty-one and a half when I have a really good buttonhole. This buttonhole is not . . . trivial enough.
(Edited in KRITA)
With the Ideal Standard works dominating the canal side scene at Armitage 66415 pops out from behind the line side foliage with 4M81 Felixstowe North to Crewe Basford Hall.
ex-Santa Fe C44-9W 647, the last of it's kind not in storage, leads an empty phosphate train to the CSX under the Ideal Rd overpass west of Milledgeville, IL. I had already taken the day off and this was a great start to the day in pursuit of searchlights along the Mississippi River - another dying breed.
July 22, 2015.