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My intention for this image was to experiment with different methods of creating star trails. For this particular photograph, I used the function on my camera which allowed me to take 10 consecutive exposures without having to repress the camera each time. - I then repeated this, 5 times meaning overall this image is made up of 50 30 second exposures. This was effective as it meant I didn't have to do super long exposures, causing the camera to overheat and cause noise and grain. Despite the simplistic and abstract approach on composition, I am very pleased with the outcome! To improve I would have increased the aperture making the entire subject in focus in one image and use photoshop to stack this on-top of the images focussed to infinity. What do you think?
My intention was to do a star trail shot here this evening, however, the weather forecast didn't live up to scratch. The forecast was clear all night but that just wasn't the case. I hung around for an hour or so in the hope the sky would clear up but there were patches of cloud as far as the eye could see. I thought since I was there I'd grab a few shots anyway.
for the hesitant, the anxious moment, the start of the move of action which is halted as the drive of intention fades
not quite depression not quite anything
"To transform the world, we must begin with ourselves; and what is important in beginning with ourselves is the intention.
The intention must be to understand ourselves and not to leave it to others to transform themselves or to bring about a modified change through revolution, either of the left or of the right.
It is important to understand that this is our responsibility, yours and mine..."
(Jiddu Krishnamurti)
Those are wood painted cylinders called “jodi”, each is 45 Kg weight.
They are used in twisting rotations by pehlwan during their physical training.
I took this picture in a little akhara which not far from Aurangzeb’s mosque in Kashi, the oldest part of Varanasi (Benaras).
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this was not my intention for my 365 shot. the one i planned on using is really bad, and when i noticed my reflections in this, i decided i'd just use it. lazy? yes. not spending much time at all on my 365 project lately at all. the thought process, planning, refleciting on things, good quality shots--just not there. i'm busy and involved w/ more than just this and i guess it shows. a lot.
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i love vintage ornaments. i don't know how many i have. several hundred i'd say. i've been collecting them ever since the divorce. see----we had a million ornaments together, and i just wanted to start something that was all mine and about my interests and enjoyment. so, collecting started. i shop for them at thrift stores, garage sales, antique stores, ebay and more. it's like finding a hidden treasure when i come upon a really rare one. my closest friends and family know that i collect them, so i often get some special little gifts throughout the year. i also inherited my grandmother's huge collection of antique ornaments, which i LOVE more than anything. so yes, some of you made fun of my "charlie brown tree" when it was not decorated, but now it is LOADED w/ fun, funky, colorful bulbs from long ago. and i love it. some day, i hope to be able to afford a REAL goose feather christmas tree (they are like $500!!!) and load it up w/ even more ornaments. someday.........
hope everyone had a great saturday! :)
I made this photo to represent my intention for 2021; my word for the year is "lighter." If anyone listens to Gretchen Rubin's podcast Happier, you will recall how Gretchen and her sister each pick a word for the year for their intention. I want to be emotionally and physically lighter. It has been a year of "heavy" news and I also had some weight gain during the first part of the pandemic which I have worked hard to loose, now to maintain. Let's hope 2021 is lighter for everyone!
I had no intention of visiting the harbour today however a quick check of the website showed this tall ship was due to arrive from Sweden at 18pm, hence I popped down on my way home and sure enough she slipped into the harbour at 18.05pm, pity no sails on display though it was a fine sight to view indeed.
Fryderyk Chopin is a Polish brig-rigged sailing-ship.
Name:Fryderyk Chopin
Operator:3Oceans, Poland
Builder:Dora Shipyard, Gdańsk, Poland
Launched:1992
Homeport:Szczecin, Poland
General characteristics
Tonnage:306 BRT
Displacement:400 tons
Length:181 ft (55 m)
Beam:28 ft (8.5 m)
Draft:13.1 ft (4.0 m)
Propulsion:sail, 520 hp diesel
Complement:50
Notes:Sail area: 1200 m²
The ship was designed by Polish naval architect Zygmunt Choreń, named in honour of the early to mid 19th century Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin, and launched in 1992 in the Dora Shipyard, Gdańsk, Poland. She was chartered for a year by West Island College (Class Afloat) in Nova Scotia to expand their Tall Ship educational program.[1] After that, she was operated by the European School of Law and Administration, a private university in Poland.
On 29 October 2010 the vessel was reported as in distress 100 miles off the Isles of Scilly having lost both masts in gale force winds and heavy seas. She was on a three and a half month cruise from the Netherlands to the Caribbean with 47 crew aboard including 36 trainees aged 14 years.
Although there was an engine the ship's master was unwilling to use it for fear of trailing debris snagging on the propeller. There were no reported injuries. The ship was towed into the sheltered waters of Falmouth Bay after 100 miles and three days on tow by a small fishing trawler Nova Spero; whose Captain, Shaun Edwards answered the Mayday call.
Since 2011, the ship is operated by 3Oceans, a Polish private ship operator. She serves as the ship of The Blue School, a sail training project ran by STS Fryderyk Chopin foundation.
News 1/11/2010
Media captionThe "Fryderyk Chopin" has arrived in Falmouth
The captain of a tall ship has blamed a "freak gust" of wind for crippling his vessel.
The Fryderyk Chopin lost both its masts about 100 miles (160km) south west of the Isles of Scilly on Friday.
The vessel, which had 36 14-year-olds on board, was towed into Falmouth Bay by a tug and moored to a buoy earlier.
Captain Ziemowit Baranski said the ship was built to sail around the world and should have been able to withstand the gale-force winds.
He said the Polish-registered ship, which had previously sailed around Cape Horn, was hit by a freak gust on Friday.
The teenagers have been brought ashore and are expected to spend the next few nights in a hostel.
One of the adult crew members said the young people were all "in very good spirits" and wanted to continue the voyage once repairs had been made to the masts and rigging.
Teenager Natalia Galda said only adults were allowed on deck after the first mast was damaged.
"It wasn't so terrifying for us, because we didn't see what happened," she told BBC News.
"For us under the deck, life went on normally."
The Polish-registered ship got into trouble about 100 miles (160km) south west of the Isles of Scilly on Friday. It had left Holland last month on a three-and-a-half-month cruise to the Caribbean.
The ship is owned by the European School of Law and Administration, a private university based in Poland.
The intention was to capture the sunrise from the western side of the city looking east towards the bay, and get the first light of dawn before the city lights were switched off. We did manage to achieve that well here. The only other wishful thinking was to be bale to get the rolling fog in the valley blanketing the city with just the peaks visible above it - which of course did not happen. Will need to wait for a cooler night temperature with moisture in the atmosphere to achieve that.
Thank you for viewing, your feedback and comments, truly appreciated.
Belk's east entrance. I am really impressed by the way the sun lit this photograph B-)
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Opened on August 9, 1995, the mall consists of nearly 1.3 million square feet over 2 stories. With space for over 80 tenants, the mall faced a decline in the 2000s when it lost many of its anchors and inline tenants. Notably, Dillard's closed its upper level and turned the lower level into a clearance center. JCPenney exited in June 2011 and Steve & Barry's, which was originally Goody's, went out of business and was replaced by a Sears Call Center. The Sears store at the mall went out of business in April 2012. In 2014, Belk departed for another location.
High Point University purchased the mall in 2011 with the intention of using it for educational space. In the mean time, the mall continued to operate, despite the loss of its tenants. After Sears announced that its call center would close in 2017, the High Point University president decided that it was time to pull the plug on the mall. The mall and its remaining 11 stores closed for the last time on March 10, 2017. Dillards still owns its building, despite HPU's attempts to acquire it, and is currently remaining open.
I spent a few days in the northern Lake District with the express intention of getting good photos of Wood Warbler. In this resolve I had great assistance from the guys who undertook the Cumbrian Wood Warbler breeding survey.
They took me to several of the woods where I might see them. I had asked for sites on steep valleys so I could be on level with singing birds and the guys duly delivered.
On the final day, walking back from one singing bird I noticed a pair building a nest very close to a main path and set against a backdrop of bluebells. Each time they came in with material they sat on a sparse low bush for a few seconds and flew into the nest. On their way out they stopped off again somehwre on the bush for a second or two and then left.
I spent a frustrating hour. crouched down covered in camouflafge always being focussed on the wrong bit of bush for a shot without nesting material. Eventually one lasted where I was focused and I got some decent shots..... that's what I call staying power.
My intention for this set is to show Grampian's Atlanteans in the various liveries they carried in their home city and thereafter, with new operators, following their sale. Here's how one might have looked in between....which livery is next?!
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Marriotts Falls
My intention, yesterday, was to photograph fagus, at Mt. Field with my Hasselblad. I packed all my gear and drove to Mount Field, via Meadowbank and Ellendale.
It takes about an hour to get to Mount Filed, from where I live, if I make no intermediate stops. When I arrived, it seemed everyone from Tasmania was there for the "Fagus Festival" and countless from overseas, too, it'd be my guess. The parking lot was absolutely full, with vehicles parked along the roadsides leading to the parking lots.
I turned around and left, because I everyone would be competing for the same photographic scene. Reminds me of when I was in China. The Chinese would come to stand right next to me, though they had two or three expensive professional cameras hanging from their necks. They would try to mimic what I was doing. Others would merely wait for me to leave and would step into my still warm footprints.
I strive to take photos differently from anyone else. Unique. I do not like crowds or to compete with so many people to get a photo. Chances are I would be rushed, because so many would be waiting their turn to get the same photo. No fun. I do not like to rush.
I drove to Marriotts Falls. The first time, I was there, the parking lot was empty and nobody was on the road. This time, there were already a few cars in the parking lot. We met as they were walking downhill. Most were wearing serious hiking gear and reminded me of those whom sit on their bicycles in front of a mirror before they take to the Sandy Bay Road. I was wondering if I was under-dressed, as I made my way along the narrow muddy track, where I had to give way to those descending.
So many trekkers made the trail extra muddy, though a rain forest. Due to the steepness and slippery mud on the trail and moisture on rocks and fallen slimy trees, it is too easy to lose one's footing and fall.
So, I am glad I did not take my Hasselblad up there and only took my Nikon D3x, with a small 45mm f/2.8P "pancake" lens. Though a big and heavy camera body, with that small lens, it makes it easy to carry great distances over rough terrain. So, it was probably the right camera, though I would have preferred a more sophisticated lens, maybe a 28-70mm zoom or a 35mm. At the time I was taking the photos, I wish I brought a different lens. There is always "next time".
Not a lot of light up there, so I used a high ISO, slow shutter speed and f/4.0. Not ideal, but OK.
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I had no intention of visiting the harbour today however a quick check of the website showed this tall ship was due to arrive from Sweden at 18pm, hence I popped down on my way home and sure enough she slipped into the harbour at 18.05pm, pity no sails on display though it was a fine sight to view indeed.
Fryderyk Chopin is a Polish brig-rigged sailing-ship.
Name:Fryderyk Chopin
Operator:3Oceans, Poland
Builder:Dora Shipyard, Gdańsk, Poland
Launched:1992
Homeport:Szczecin, Poland
General characteristics
Tonnage:306 BRT
Displacement:400 tons
Length:181 ft (55 m)
Beam:28 ft (8.5 m)
Draft:13.1 ft (4.0 m)
Propulsion:sail, 520 hp diesel
Complement:50
Notes:Sail area: 1200 m²
The ship was designed by Polish naval architect Zygmunt Choreń, named in honour of the early to mid 19th century Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin, and launched in 1992 in the Dora Shipyard, Gdańsk, Poland. She was chartered for a year by West Island College (Class Afloat) in Nova Scotia to expand their Tall Ship educational program.[1] After that, she was operated by the European School of Law and Administration, a private university in Poland.
On 29 October 2010 the vessel was reported as in distress 100 miles off the Isles of Scilly having lost both masts in gale force winds and heavy seas. She was on a three and a half month cruise from the Netherlands to the Caribbean with 47 crew aboard including 36 trainees aged 14 years.
Although there was an engine the ship's master was unwilling to use it for fear of trailing debris snagging on the propeller. There were no reported injuries. The ship was towed into the sheltered waters of Falmouth Bay after 100 miles and three days on tow by a small fishing trawler Nova Spero; whose Captain, Shaun Edwards answered the Mayday call.
Since 2011, the ship is operated by 3Oceans, a Polish private ship operator. She serves as the ship of The Blue School, a sail training project ran by STS Fryderyk Chopin foundation.
News 1/11/2010
Media captionThe "Fryderyk Chopin" has arrived in Falmouth
The captain of a tall ship has blamed a "freak gust" of wind for crippling his vessel.
The Fryderyk Chopin lost both its masts about 100 miles (160km) south west of the Isles of Scilly on Friday.
The vessel, which had 36 14-year-olds on board, was towed into Falmouth Bay by a tug and moored to a buoy earlier.
Captain Ziemowit Baranski said the ship was built to sail around the world and should have been able to withstand the gale-force winds.
He said the Polish-registered ship, which had previously sailed around Cape Horn, was hit by a freak gust on Friday.
The teenagers have been brought ashore and are expected to spend the next few nights in a hostel.
One of the adult crew members said the young people were all "in very good spirits" and wanted to continue the voyage once repairs had been made to the masts and rigging.
Teenager Natalia Galda said only adults were allowed on deck after the first mast was damaged.
"It wasn't so terrifying for us, because we didn't see what happened," she told BBC News.
"For us under the deck, life went on normally."
The Polish-registered ship got into trouble about 100 miles (160km) south west of the Isles of Scilly on Friday. It had left Holland last month on a three-and-a-half-month cruise to the Caribbean.
The ship is owned by the European School of Law and Administration, a private university based in Poland.
My intention was to capture the curve in the slot canyon. These narrow canyons often turn a sharp angles, appearing to end only to turn sharply to right or left. As you scramble over the rocks you are faced with a sheer wall of rock directly in front of you. Often, only until you enter the bend can you perceive if it goes right or left. When I looked at the photo later I noticed the smily face at top left. Red Cliffs National Conservation Area, Quail Creek Canyon on the Red Reef Trail.
The Hamilton Town Hall, a single-storey brick building comprising Council Chambers and public hall, was erected in 1920 for the Hamilton Town Council. It was designed by M. T. Stanley, and is one eight remaining Town Halls from the twenty that were built prior to the formation of Greater Brisbane in 1925.
When Moreton Bay was opened for free settlement in 1842, local government was controlled from Sydney, using British Imperial Government policy. The Municipality of Brisbane was not proclaimed until 1859, and the first Council was elected in the same year. As settlements sprang up around Brisbane a desire for separate municipality status developed, and in 1879 the Divisional Boards Act provided for a number of new autonomous authorities adjacent to Brisbane. By 1891, 21 local authorities had been created in the Brisbane metropolitan area under this legislation. These consisted of the City of Brisbane as well as a municipality, shires, divisions, and one borough.
In 1890, the Hamilton Division separated from Toombul, although the Hamilton Divisional Board initially conducted its business from the Toombul Divisional Board Offices. Andrew Petrie was appointed the first Chairman. The Board became a Town Council in 1904 and the first Mayor was J. B. Charlton. In 1917 the Council purchased 64 perches (approximately 1600 square metres) of land in Racecourse Road with the intention of building Council Chambers and a Public Hall. In 1919 plans and specifications for the new building were received from Montague Stanley, son of F. D. G. Stanley, the well-known colonial architect. At a special meeting, amendments were made, including a wider front door and the use of Australian manufactured materials. A tender from Messrs McArthur & Walker for £6,894 was accepted and the current mayor Alderman George Rees laid the foundation stone on the 26th of September 1919. Extra walling and iron railing with a double gate along Racecourse Road was added to the plan and the building was completed in 1920 for a cost of £8,873.
The Town Hall accommodated Council Officers as well as providing Council Chambers and a public Hall. There was a kitchen and a strong room, but it is not known if the Supper Room was constructed at this time. An Honour Board for local residents who had contributed to The First World War was erected in the Council Offices.
With rapid population increases, small local governments found it ever more difficult to fund and administer their responsibilities effectively and economically. The development of services such as roads, transport, water supply, and sewage could only be efficiently managed by an overarching authority. A move to amalgamate local authorities began in 1902 when the division of Booroodabin rejoined the city of Brisbane. The idea of amalgamation was promoted throughout the 1900s and culminated in the City of Brisbane Act of 1924, when Hamilton was one of the towns and shires who joined to form the Brisbane City Council. The first Greater Brisbane Council was elected on the 21st of February 1925 and the Hamilton Town Council was disbanded.
The Town Hall then became the property of the Brisbane City Council and since that time has had various uses. During 1925/1926 it is recorded as a Council Depot in the Post Office Directories. From 1927 it was known as the School of Arts and provided a venue for social events. The building was headquarters for the Australian Army Survey Corps during World War Two. After the war, major alterations were made to the Council Chambers to create the Hamilton Municipal Library. The Hall continued to be used for various social activities. Additions were made to the northern end of the Hall in 1973 to accommodate the Mobile Library Service. Further changes in 1987 included alterations to the dressing room and a covered walkway between the Supper Room and the Hall. The former Town Hall still houses the City Council's Hamilton Library and it is used by an amateur theatrical group and by other local groups for meetings and social activities. Though its use as a venue for functions and gatherings and as a local library, the building has long associations with the cultural and social life of the area.
Source: Queensland Heritage Register.
For the full story regarding this collection of images Please read the NEW album introduction HERE; www.flickr.com/photos/jbschofield/sets/72157632196706891/... It tells a much fuller story than that provided below.
This is a scanned print from a collection of photographs taken by the late Jim Taylor A number of years ago I was offered a large number of photographs taken by Jim Taylor, a transport photographer based in Huddersfield. The collection consisted of 30,000 prints,20,000 negatives – and copyright! Although some prints were sold elsewhere, particularly the popular big fleet stuff, I should have the negatives, unfortunately they came to me in a random mix, without any sort of indexing and as such it would be impossible to match negatives to prints, or, to even find a print of any particular vehicle. I have only ever looked at a handful myself unless I am scanning them.
I hope to avoid posting images that Jim had not taken his self, however should I inadvertently infringe another photographers copyright, please inform me by email and I will resolve the issue immediately. There are copyright issues with some of the photographs that were sold to me. A Flickr member from Scotland drew my attention to some of his own work amongst the first uploads of Jims work. I had a quick look through some of the 30 boxes of prints and decided that for the time being the safest thing for me to do was withdraw the majority of the earlier uploaded scans and deal with the problem – which I did. whilst the vast majority of the prints are Jims, there is a problem defining copyright of some of them, this is something that the seller did not make clear at the time. I am reasonably confident that I have since been successful in identifying Jims own work.
You may notice photographs being duplicated in this Album, unfortunately there are multiple copies of many prints (for swapping) and as I have to have a system of archiving and backing up I can only guess - using memory - if I have scanned a print before. It is easier to scan and process a print than check my files - on three different PC's - for duplicates. There has not been, nor will there ever be, any intention to knowingly breach anyone else's copyright. I have presented the Jim Taylor collection as exactly that-The Jim Taylor Collection- his work not mine, my own work is quite obviously mine. To anyone reading the above it will be quite obvious that I can’t provide information regarding specific photos or potential future uploads in this Album – I didn't take them!
None of my photographs are free to use - only free to view!
Please read the album intro’ before contacting me with requests, it may answer your query.
Thank you for taking the time to look and best regards
Mark Schofield
I had every intention of shooting this morning but it turned out to be a little chillier than I was prepared for (yes, there is some irony given my screen name). Ended up just shooting at the top of Mesa Rd.
Time to break out the winter coat!
Avec l’intention de valoriser son lieu natal, le jeune artiste luxembourgeois Alain Welter a réalisé plusieurs fresques monumentales à Kahler (ou bien Koler en luxembourgeois).
Afin d’acquérir le diplôme d’illustrateur, Alain a lancé en 2017 le projet artistique « Make Koler Kooler » dans le cadre de son mémoire de fin d’études. Il a préparé une documentation pour obtenir des subventions ainsi que l’accord de la commune et des riverains. « Ces derniers étaient réticents au début. Cependant, après avoir vu de leurs yeux les premières créations, j’ai gagné leur confiance », nous confie Alain. En collaboration avec d’autres artistes locaux, le graffeur a transformé les façades des maisons et des granges en œuvres d’art aux couleurs éclatantes. Conçues suivant les désirs et les particularités des habitants de chaque immeuble, les murales racontent l’histoire de Kahler.
« Howdy Farm », la première œuvre d’art créée dans le cadre de ce projet a été dessinée sur le mur d’une grange, car elle représente les valeurs traditionnelles et une caractéristique essentielle du village, telles que la ferme et ses animaux ruraux qui font partie intégrante du paysage de Kahler.
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Alain s’est inspiré notamment des armoiries du village pour dessiner les corbeaux du « Koler Hollywood Sign » installé au milieu du champ sur la rue de Garnich. « À Kahler, le cinéma est particulièrement apprécié, d’où mon idée de créer l’installation en bois des cinq lettres de ma localité pour faire un clin d’œil à Hollywood.
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With the intention of promoting his hometown, young Luxembourg artist Alain Welter has created several monumental frescoes in Kahler (or Koler in Luxembourgish).
To earn his illustrator's diploma, Alain launched the "Make Koler Kooler" art project in 2017 as part of his final thesis. He prepared documentation to obtain grants and the approval of the municipality and local residents. "They were reluctant at first. However, after seeing the first creations with their own eyes, I gained their trust," Alain tells us. Working with other local artists, the graffiti artist transformed the facades of houses and barns into vibrantly colored works of art. Designed according to the wishes and specific needs of the residents of each building, the murals tell the story of Kahler.
“Howdy Farm,” the first artwork created as part of this project, was drawn on the wall of a barn, as it represents traditional values and an essential feature of the village, such as the farm and its rural animals that are an integral part of the Kahler landscape. www.flickr.com/photos/145400672@N02/54663860185/in/photos...
Alain was inspired in particular by the village's coat of arms to design the crows on the "Koler Hollywood Sign" installed in the middle of the field on Rue de Garnich. "In Kahler, cinema is particularly popular, hence my idea of creating the wooden installation of the five letters of my locality as a nod to Hollywood.
I had no intention of visiting the harbour today however a quick check of the website showed this tall ship was due to arrive from Sweden at 18pm, hence I popped down on my way home and sure enough she slipped into the harbour at 18.05pm, pity no sails on display though it was a fine sight to view indeed, if you look closely you can see one of the Pilots taking a photo of the ship from the Sea Shepherd , now thats a rare sight indeed.
Fryderyk Chopin is a Polish brig-rigged sailing-ship.
Name:Fryderyk Chopin
Operator:3Oceans, Poland
Builder:Dora Shipyard, Gdańsk, Poland
Launched:1992
Homeport:Szczecin, Poland
General characteristics
Tonnage:306 BRT
Displacement:400 tons
Length:181 ft (55 m)
Beam:28 ft (8.5 m)
Draft:13.1 ft (4.0 m)
Propulsion:sail, 520 hp diesel
Complement:50
Notes:Sail area: 1200 m²
The ship was designed by Polish naval architect Zygmunt Choreń, named in honour of the early to mid 19th century Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin, and launched in 1992 in the Dora Shipyard, Gdańsk, Poland. She was chartered for a year by West Island College (Class Afloat) in Nova Scotia to expand their Tall Ship educational program.[1] After that, she was operated by the European School of Law and Administration, a private university in Poland.
On 29 October 2010 the vessel was reported as in distress 100 miles off the Isles of Scilly having lost both masts in gale force winds and heavy seas. She was on a three and a half month cruise from the Netherlands to the Caribbean with 47 crew aboard including 36 trainees aged 14 years.
Although there was an engine the ship's master was unwilling to use it for fear of trailing debris snagging on the propeller. There were no reported injuries. The ship was towed into the sheltered waters of Falmouth Bay after 100 miles and three days on tow by a small fishing trawler Nova Spero; whose Captain, Shaun Edwards answered the Mayday call.
Since 2011, the ship is operated by 3Oceans, a Polish private ship operator. She serves as the ship of The Blue School, a sail training project ran by STS Fryderyk Chopin foundation.
News 1/11/2010
Media captionThe "Fryderyk Chopin" has arrived in Falmouth
The captain of a tall ship has blamed a "freak gust" of wind for crippling his vessel.
The Fryderyk Chopin lost both its masts about 100 miles (160km) south west of the Isles of Scilly on Friday.
The vessel, which had 36 14-year-olds on board, was towed into Falmouth Bay by a tug and moored to a buoy earlier.
Captain Ziemowit Baranski said the ship was built to sail around the world and should have been able to withstand the gale-force winds.
He said the Polish-registered ship, which had previously sailed around Cape Horn, was hit by a freak gust on Friday.
The teenagers have been brought ashore and are expected to spend the next few nights in a hostel.
One of the adult crew members said the young people were all "in very good spirits" and wanted to continue the voyage once repairs had been made to the masts and rigging.
Teenager Natalia Galda said only adults were allowed on deck after the first mast was damaged.
"It wasn't so terrifying for us, because we didn't see what happened," she told BBC News.
"For us under the deck, life went on normally."
The Polish-registered ship got into trouble about 100 miles (160km) south west of the Isles of Scilly on Friday. It had left Holland last month on a three-and-a-half-month cruise to the Caribbean.
The ship is owned by the European School of Law and Administration, a private university based in Poland.
My original intention was to photograph the Paulista Take-A-Way and at the time I did not notice the large billboard with the message "It's Not Personal Choice When Someone Is Killed".
I have friends who operate vegan restaurants here in Dublin or are considering the introduction of vegan options and one of them mentioned the Go Vegan World advertising campaign.
Go Vegan World runs educational campaigns that provide members of the public with information on the rights of other animals not to be owned, used as resources or killed.
Earlier this year the Go Vegan advertising campaign in Ireland featured messages on billboards encouraging people to adopt a vegan diet, and is linked to Eden Farmed Animal Sanctuary in Co Meath. However, the organisation behind the high-profile vegan billboard advertising campaign has been accused of being a “secret society” and lacking in transparency by (IFA) Irish Farmers’ Association with a spokesman saying that “It seems extraordinary that a multimillion euro advertising campaign across Ireland and the UK would be run from an obscure animal sanctuary in Ireland.”
Go Vegan World also ran a campaign in Northern Ireland for the first two weeks of January 2020. It consisted of eighty five animal rights ads on buses in Belfast. The ads state: "Dairy Takes Babies from their Mothers and It’s Not a Personal Choice When Someone is Killed". The Ulster Farmers’ Union objected to the ads and attempted to have them removed.
Mid-Town Global market is a melange of ethnic eateries, gift shops, artisans, bars, etc. It has a Westernized feeling of a Middle East souk and community gathering place.
And as one might expect there is this large mural that is a retro depiction of such a marketplace. I noticed the figures were representative of different ethnic groups, as well as culturally different foods and services.
What struck me was this man sitting there having his cup of coffee and how he was a living part of that mural.
I like those kinds of juxtapositions and look for them to photograph. I processed this photo with, what I hope, is a mural-like flavor to express some continuity between the reality and the background work. At least that was the intention.
Behind San Francisco's famous Golden Gate Bridge you can see the massive storm clouds that turned me back from my original destination of Stillwater Cove (See Previous Images). It wasn't my intention to film the Golden Gate as I felt I had enough shots to last me quite a while. The storm that beat me southward turned out to make for perfect reflections of the sunset in the surf at Baker Beach - San Francisco, California.
No matter how many times I take photos of the Golden Gate Bridge, I always seem to get a shot I like.
-Darv
Darvin Atkeson
California Photography
My intention for today was to return to my subterranean tunnels and passageways. I woke up early and caught the tube to South Kensington. When I got there, the tunnel was closed and a sign said it would be opening at 08:30. It was about 07:45. I decided that since I had made the journey, I might as well hang about for another 45 minutes. The sun was shining (finally) and it was nice and quiet in South Kensington. I looked for a bench in the sun (because the shade was quite chilly) and ended up just walking around taking photos of things that caught my eye. I ended up here, at the Royal Albert Hall, and decided to photograph it too. After this I headed back to my tunnel entrance only to find it still locked even thought is was past 08:30. I walked to the tube station and asked a staff member when it was opening. He said it opened at 09:00 which was still about half an hour away. I figured that I could probably use one of the photos I had taken for my photo of the day. So here it is - I would have preferred a more interesting sky but it was kind of unavoidable. I suppose I should not complain about some sun finally shining in London!
my intention was to post this as a symbolic photo for easter , iam not realy a religious person but when i looked at this image with the cross on a hill and skye sat passivly while sam is stood like a roman centurion gaurd . hope that i havent offended anyone but religion is deep in our psyche and these were the thoughts in my head
“Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen Hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Appreciate your friends. Continue to learn. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is.” ~ Mary Anne Radmacher
Brighton Beach, Durban South Africa
Canon South Africa 6D from Orms with 17-40 L lens and shutter release from Broadcast Lighting. 306 sec F14 & ISO 100 for sea & 6 sec F10 ISO 100 for the torch man & sky; shot this morning (14-03-2015) before sunrise
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This was the picture I was TRYING to get when the lightening shot happened...
This time my friend was gone, so I set the timer, ran over to the tent, and threw my headlamp inside to light it up. Worked like a charm !
Which one do you like more?
Per Alderman Pat Dowell’s office, the Illinois National Guard has confirmed its intention to sell the property located at 1910 S. Calumet Ave. Currently, the armory has a skeleton crew to maintain the building's utilities and physical structure. There are no immediate proposals for the property. The internal National Guard policy is to declare the building surplus, have appraisals performed, and then assign an approved sales agency for a competitive bidding process. Eventually, as the property is likely worth more than $3.5MM, a final sale agreement will require approval by both the Illinois General Assembly and the governor. It’s possible that the bid process could require potential plans or options for review by the city and state, which could take well more than a year. A rezoning process on the property has commenced to change its designation of DX-3 (Downtown Mixed Use) to DR-3 (Downtown Residential District).
The building was constructed in the late1940s or early 1950s as a warehouse supporting the R.R. Donnelly Lakeside/Calumet Plant complex. In what basically worked out as a property swap, the Museum of Contemporary Art received permission to demolish the National Guard armory on E. Chicago Avenue, just east of N. Michigan Avenue, for a new home in exchange for the 146,000 square-foot building at 1910 S. Calumet, which was converted into a new Illinois National Guard Armory. Proposals to redevelop the site in 2000s for low-density townhomes were shelved due to the use of the building after 9/11.
Our original intention had been to visit the Ben Youssef Madrasa but it was closed on a Monday. Very close by is the Marrakech Museum so that became the alternative and it did not disappoint. Firstly having walked from from Jemaa el-Fnaa through the seemingly chaotic souks and medina being indoors in a beautiful peaceful building was a welcome relief.
The museum has some beautiful features, a lot relating to the building itself., especially the glass covered courtyard. This contains a very large centrally hung chandelier ceiling piece consisting of metal plates decorated with fine geometric and epigraphic cuttings. It really is unusual and quite beautiful.
There is a mixture of exhibits from pottery to photographs and it is a great place to spend an hour or two.
I had no intention of buying bread at the Rail Yards Market. What I came for was beets and people watching. And then I reached a curious vendor booth that economized its space by featuring two independent businesses; one was Cloud Cliff bakery.
Placed carefully on the bakery table were samples of medium brown-colored bread covered with seeds. When I was invited to try a bite, I did. The taste surfaced a very strong sensory memory provided by Frau Gugl, my “host mother” from Salzburg, Austria; where I completed some studies in college. For breakfast, she served me slices of a similar tasting brown bread flecked with seeds and millet; it was covered with an extraordinary cherry jam; and washed down with a rosehips tisane. I would partake of this simple, but wonderful meal while looking through a small square kitchen window to a majestic view of the Untersberg; a massif of the Berchtesgaden Alps.
Yes, I bought a loaf.
A gentleman approached the samples. He asked the baker for the ingredients, while pointing at the loaf I was purchasing.
His voice was accented with a particular German. I heard it: Austria. My stranger antennae began telescoping up.
“This seeded one has amaranth, and...” the baker answered. I heard yet another European accent.
The customer confirmed for me that he was, indeed, from Vienna. “This! This is good bread.” He smiled, reached for another sample and stuck it in his mouth all at once. In a hurry, he pulled money out of his pocket and handed it over to the baker. His bread was promptly paper bagged and he disappeared into the market crowd.
“Darn,” I thought to myself. “There goes my stranger.”
His departure left me standing face-to-face with the baker.
“Yes, I bake wonderful bread. We bake in Santa Fe then go to farmer’s markets like this, and the Downtown Growers Market.”
“Where in Europe are you originally from?” I asked.
“I’m Dutch,” he said. “I was a Buddhist monk 30 years ago. I traveled around the world and spent time at Tassajara [a Buddhist Zen monastery in Monterey, CA]. I learned to bake bread there, and now use recipes from The Tassajara Bread Book. It was published over 30 years ago. Do you know of it?”
“No,” I said. “The connection of bread with spirituality doesn’t surprise me, though. I used to buy bread from Trappist monks from the Abbey of the Genesee in Upstate NY. They bake bread and sell it to the public. Bread provides basic nourishment, but can be so much more.”
“Yes. More.” He said, “I left California in the early 80s and started baking bread in New Mexico. Everything we use is organic. It’s good for the environment; it work towards what is sustainable. At Cloud Cliff, we only use locally grown flours in our bread.”
“What is your name?” I asked.
“Willem,” he said. “And yes. There is a strong connection with use of hands to work our minds. I’ve seen incredible moments with cognitively impaired adults who come and bake with me. I watch them relax and become purposeful while handling the dough. It’s very therapeutic. It is because of the connection of the mind to the hands; the hands control the mind. In modern society we shouldn’t forget how to use our hands.”
I asked if Willem would agree to be photographed for the 100 Strangers project.
“May I hold a loaf of bread for the picture?”
“Yes, as long as I can see your hands, too.” I then asked, “Has anyone told you that you resemble the character of Indiana Jones [as portrayed by Harrison Ford, the actor]?”
“Not until now,” he said.
How hard it was to believe. In any case, I needed only a few clicks to get Willem’s eyes in focus. He posed as a natural. Then we were done. I thanked him, my 53/100 strangers.
He handed me his card. Below "Cloud Cliff," it says, “Bread Art Performance.” It also lists “kanseki” as a name under which Willem publishes documentary style movies that he produces; Vortex Politico is where he blogs. Willem is so much more than a baker.
My portraits for the 100 Strangers project can be visited at this link: flic.kr/s/aHsk9s8ZQb.
Learn more at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page.
After a decade of losses, the adventurers of Stray Park decided to abandon the mine in the summer of 1870. The mine had reached 320 fathoms and the owners of nearby Dolcoath were worried that the stopping of the existing 64" pumping engine and subsequent flooding of the workings would be a threat to their own mine and so it was purchased for £1,920 as a going concern.
In 1900 a new 65" engine by Holman's was installed to replace the existing 64" engine on Machine (or Engine) Shaft, the intention being to deepen the shaft in search of more tin. Unfortunately, despite reaching the 413 fathom level, the search yielded nothing. The engine worked until closure of the mine in 1921 and was broken up in 1938.
Whilst it's pleasing that the engine house has been saved from demolition, unlike scores of other engine houses in the area, it looks rather sad and forlorn sitting incongruously amongst a row of bungalows.
Taken on April 18th 1964
Withdrawn ex-SR ‘Lord Nelson’ class 4-6-0 30850 ‘’Lord Nelson’’, with nameplates removed, at Fratton loco shed, on a sunny day in April 1964. It had entered service in 1926, and was withdrawn in August 1962.
The tender just visible on the right belongs to N15 30777 ‘’Sir Lamiel’’, and both locos were preserved as part of the ‘national collection’, with 30777 now at the Great Central, Loughborough, and 30850 at the Mid-Hants Railway. Today (2024) 30850 is undergoing its latest full overhaul, with the intention of returning the loco to mainline operation on railtours.
Fratton loco shed had closed in 1959, but continued to be used for stabling locos for some years after that. The original buildings were demolished in 1969, and the shed site is now part of a supermarket car park, but there is an EMU/DMU traction maintenance depot alongside, on the site of the old carriage sheds..
Restored from an under-exposed cyan-colour-shifted original..
Original slide - property of Robert Gadsdon
Venus Pools 12.04.2016
I went out today with the intention of photographing song birds. It was a warm sunny day so I thought I would check in to see if the snakes had put in an appearance yet.
They were not immediately visible but the grass was moving so I thought I would give it a few minutes to see what materialised. Fortunately it wasn't long before one appeared shortly followed by another. They spent a good few minutes moving around before settling down to bask in the sun.
I was trying for a tongue out shot but to no avail! There's always next time......
Imagine my surprise when I arrived at Ibrox Stadium yesterday to watch Rangers play Hibs (the less said about the game itself, the better!). When I came across this sight, I immediately wondered why a Celtic fan would have turned up to see a Rangers match. ;-)
You have to say, it's a distinctive look. I wouldn't normally take a portrait shot of the back of someone's head...but this seemed unavoidable. He was actually wearing a football shirt which also had '666' on the back. I'm sure he must have had some interesting job interviews. :-)
After working on Coloured Highlights, it had been my intention (or at least my hope!) not to do any other significant Photoshop work involving hair. However, turning the background black and white seems to work better...so, needs must!
LADIES ON THE BEACH ENJOYING A DAY WITH THERE FAMILY . MY INTENTION WAS TO SHOOT A PHOTO OF THE SEA SERPENT THAT CAUGHT MY EYE . ON MY NIKON CAMERA THERE IS NO VIEW FINDER AND SO I JUST AIMED IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION AND PRESSED THE SHUTTER BUTTON. OF COURSE THE SEA SERPENT TURNED OUT TO BE A LENGTH OF SEA WEED . I THINK I HAD DRANK TO MUCH COFFEE THAT MORNING . DSCN1712 C
I had no intention of visiting the harbour today however a quick check of the website showed this tall ship was due to arrive from Sweden at 18pm, hence I popped down on my way home and sure enough she slipped into the harbour at 18.05pm, pity no sails on display though it was a fine sight to view indeed, if you look closely you can see one of the Pilots taking a photo of the ship from the Sea Shepherd , now thats a rare sight indeed.
Fryderyk Chopin is a Polish brig-rigged sailing-ship.
Name:Fryderyk Chopin
Operator:3Oceans, Poland
Builder:Dora Shipyard, Gdańsk, Poland
Launched:1992
Homeport:Szczecin, Poland
General characteristics
Tonnage:306 BRT
Displacement:400 tons
Length:181 ft (55 m)
Beam:28 ft (8.5 m)
Draft:13.1 ft (4.0 m)
Propulsion:sail, 520 hp diesel
Complement:50
Notes:Sail area: 1200 m²
The ship was designed by Polish naval architect Zygmunt Choreń, named in honour of the early to mid 19th century Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin, and launched in 1992 in the Dora Shipyard, Gdańsk, Poland. She was chartered for a year by West Island College (Class Afloat) in Nova Scotia to expand their Tall Ship educational program.[1] After that, she was operated by the European School of Law and Administration, a private university in Poland.
On 29 October 2010 the vessel was reported as in distress 100 miles off the Isles of Scilly having lost both masts in gale force winds and heavy seas. She was on a three and a half month cruise from the Netherlands to the Caribbean with 47 crew aboard including 36 trainees aged 14 years.
Although there was an engine the ship's master was unwilling to use it for fear of trailing debris snagging on the propeller. There were no reported injuries. The ship was towed into the sheltered waters of Falmouth Bay after 100 miles and three days on tow by a small fishing trawler Nova Spero; whose Captain, Shaun Edwards answered the Mayday call.
Since 2011, the ship is operated by 3Oceans, a Polish private ship operator. She serves as the ship of The Blue School, a sail training project ran by STS Fryderyk Chopin foundation.
News 1/11/2010
Media captionThe "Fryderyk Chopin" has arrived in Falmouth
The captain of a tall ship has blamed a "freak gust" of wind for crippling his vessel.
The Fryderyk Chopin lost both its masts about 100 miles (160km) south west of the Isles of Scilly on Friday.
The vessel, which had 36 14-year-olds on board, was towed into Falmouth Bay by a tug and moored to a buoy earlier.
Captain Ziemowit Baranski said the ship was built to sail around the world and should have been able to withstand the gale-force winds.
He said the Polish-registered ship, which had previously sailed around Cape Horn, was hit by a freak gust on Friday.
The teenagers have been brought ashore and are expected to spend the next few nights in a hostel.
One of the adult crew members said the young people were all "in very good spirits" and wanted to continue the voyage once repairs had been made to the masts and rigging.
Teenager Natalia Galda said only adults were allowed on deck after the first mast was damaged.
"It wasn't so terrifying for us, because we didn't see what happened," she told BBC News.
"For us under the deck, life went on normally."
The Polish-registered ship got into trouble about 100 miles (160km) south west of the Isles of Scilly on Friday. It had left Holland last month on a three-and-a-half-month cruise to the Caribbean.
The ship is owned by the European School of Law and Administration, a private university based in Poland.