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A masked little girl enjoys riding on her BMX bike along a village street which is lit by late afternoon warm sunlight.
Captured in Subic, Zambales, Philippines.
A winter-plumaged Black-headed Gull comes in to land in shadow on a bright autumn day bringing out some lovely pasel colours
This shot was taken in early January upstream from Low Force after an early start to catch the sunrise on the Durham Coast.
Really glad that my guide (thanks Justin) had previously made the walk up the Pennine Way and had found this great spot.
I'm currently without camera and my Mac is giving me grief so a strange place to be. Hoping for an upgrade on the camera soon and a fix on the computer as I have plenty to catch up on.
Thanks as ever for looking :)
After visiting the ruins of castle, we were walking a little in the village Asklipio :)
Asklipio is a small village on Rhodes island, located 64 km southeast of Rhodes capital. This lovely mountainous village is built amphitheatrically and stands out for its unique natural surroundings. The most important feature of Asklipio is the Medieval Castle which was built in 1479 by the Knights Hospitaller to protect the southern part of the island. In the Byzantine period, during the time of the Knights, the castle also offered the inhabitants of the surrounding villages protection against enemy attacks. It had rectangular bulwarks and two massive towers. Its only gate leads to the south-east corner tower. Two construction stages can be distinguished. Inside the castle there are preserved ruins of buildings and two tanks. From the walls of the castle there is a beautiful view on surroundings. At the center of the village stands also a lovely church of Virgin Mary built in 1060 A.D and right next to it is the old olive press whereas today it has become a Folklore Museum.
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Po obejrzeniu ruin zamku poszliśmy sobie jeszcze na spacer po Asklipio :)
Asklipio to niewielka miejscowość w Grecji, położona w południowo-wschodniej części wyspy Rodos. Jednym z ciekawszych zabytków są tu usytuowane na malowniczym wzgórzu ruiny średniowiecznego zamku. Warownia wzniesiona została w XV wieku, kiedy to wyspa znajdowała się pod rządami zakonu joannitów. Głównym zadaniem zamku miała być ochrona mieszkańców Asklipio przed najazdami z zewnątrz. Z tej niegdyś imponującej twierdzy do czasów obecnych zachowały się jedynie ruiny w postaci bramy wejściowej oraz murów wewnętrznych. Ponadto obejrzeć można tu także wybudowane przez Włochów dwie wieże. Na terenie ruin uwagę przyciągają także dawne otwory po studniach. Jeden z nich stanowił niegdyś rzekomo wejście do podziemnego tunelu, gdzie mieszkańcy miasteczka skrywali się gdy wyspa najeżdżana była przez piratów. Z murów zamku rozpościera się przepiękna panorama okolicy. Odwiedzając Asklipio warto także zobaczyć gruntownie odrestaurowany XI wieczny kościół Zaśnięcia Najświętszej Marii Panny.
My favorite place to be in the wee hours of the morning -- when the sheets are cool from the morning air and all else in the house are up doing their thing! For 'guilty pleasure' prompt - day 13, August Break 2014
In the Summertime
Mungo Jerry
1970
‘In the summertime when the weather is hot
You can stretch right up and touch the sky’
A pretty scene in good weather but it is easy to see how the trains struggle here in the Autumn when the leaves fall on the tracks!
68021 ‘Tireless’ drifts past the Churchill Hotel in Bootham, York with 1F70 14:34 Scarborough to Liverpool Lime Street on 7th May 2020.
DSC04474
This was an in-camera HDR (the camera auto-combines two images it shoots at different exposures) which has subtly lifted the shadows to provide a more even exposure than a straight shot.
It often works very well, but you run into problems when there is subject movement or a vast gap in required exposure levels across the scene.
Two young women from Mandalay, Myanmar are working to carry clay from a boat floating on the river to a truck. The work is divided among these 2 women such that the first woman carries the basket half-way from the boat and the other woman carries it the other half-way to the truck.
A former one-room schoolhouse (mid 1930s) in (Brennan's Hill) Low, Quebec, Canada.
I ultimately learned from informed sources that it was built just prior to WWII by a farmer who owned the land upon which it stands, and which still belongs to the (Carl) family. Very likely, the timber he used to build this schoolhouse came from trees on his own parcel of land.
It numbered 10-12 students up to grade 12, who comprised the children of the Carl and Kelly families.
The two front doors suggest separate entrances for girls and boys.
It is a rare design for a schoolhouse of that vintage, and it's great to see that it has been well preserved.
One interesting aspect of this building's construction is that it has 5 windows on its right side, and none on its left side. It does have an attached wood storage shed at its rear, which is a common feature in old schoolhouses and churches.
Believe In Forever
Interplanetary Travel
My last days on this planet. I am ending my search for life forms on this planet. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any trace of life. This is an abandoned planet. Just like the other planets I've visited. After I've done my final research, I'll have to prepare my spaceship for a new voyage. I'll post a few more photos from this planet. While floating in space, maybe we may have a communication problem for a while. When I set foot on a new planet, I'm sure I'll be able to reconnect. I will give you new information with the photo I will publish next. Some exciting facts about the planet I'm going to travel to. Stay tuned.
Youtube: "4K" Road Trip in Tunisia - Visiting Tunisia "2019"
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
Well it's got to be an improvement on living in a box under a herb garden . Once Fifi finds my lap to sit on, she moves upwards (by clawing) and remains under my chin trying to hypnotize me. Fortunately I am a very busy person and have little time for this to happen.
“Some large rocks with a few seagulls on it in the lake at the shore the of Lake Ontario with beautiful clouds in the sky above on the waterfront trail with many beautiful tall trees , wildflowers , Queen Ann’s lace , weeds and Mulleins in Squires beach , Martin’s photographs , pickering , Ajax , Pickering , Ontario , Canada , July 25. 2024”
Clouds
“Tall trees”
“Large rocks with a few seagulls on it”
“Large rocks”
“Seagulls”
Trees
“Circular seating area”
“Lake Ontario”
“Perennial purple Phlox”
“Lake Ontario waterfront trail in Squires beach”
“Beautiful Perennial purple Phlox on the shore of Lake Ontario”
“The waterfront of Lake Ontario”
“Squires beach”
Pickering
“Duffins trail”
“Discovery bay“
“Martin’s photographs”
Ajax
Ontario
Canada
“July 2024”
“iPhone XR”
Favourite
Favourites
“Orange mushroom”
“hollow tree stump”
“Red berry clusters”
“Red berries”
“The shore of Lake Ontario”
“Mulleins”
“Queen Ann’s lace”
What else do you find in a bottle apart from fluid and a cork ....??? Taken for the group Macro Mondays. A Classic Container
#Inabottle #MacroMondays
#117Containers #118Picturesin2018
Adelaide, Peter Maynard, Life in Shadows, Leica M8, Canon 50mm f1.4, LTM, Processed with Nik Plugins.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruabon_Moors
Ruabon Moors are an area of upland moorland in Wales to the west of Ruabon and Wrexham. They lie partly within Wrexham county borough and partly within Denbighshire.
In the northern part of the moors are the areas known as Minera Mountain and Esclusham Mountain. Further south are Ruabon Mountain and Eglwyseg Mountain. In the west the moors reach their greatest height at Cyrn-y-Brain,565 metres (1,854 ft) above sea level.
To the north and north-east, the moors are bounded by Minera Limeworks and the Clywedog valley. In the east they slope down to the villages of Rhosllannerchrugog and Ruabon. There are several small reservoirs in this area. At the southern edge of the moors the cliffs of Eglwyseg Rocks overlook the River Dee and the Vale of Llangollen. On the western side there are more cliffs at World's End while the Horseshoe Pass separates the moors from Llantysilio Mountain. Llandegla Forest, a large conifer plantation, covers the north-western side.
Ruabon Moors are part of a Site of Special Scientific Interest and hold a wide variety of plant and animal life. Large parts of the moors are covered with heather. Where there are outcrops of limestone on the surface a number of scarce plants can be found such as prickly sedge, dark red helleborine and rigid buckler-fern.
The moors are managed for red grouse shooting. Huge numbers were shot in the past (an average of 4658 per year from 1900 to 1913) but numbers have now decreased dramatically. The area is also home to black grouse and a major conservation programme has caused their population to increase in recent years. Other birds which can be seen include peregrine falcon, merlin, hen harrier, short-eared owl and ring ouzel.
The area has been modified by human activity since prehistoric times when people built cairns and cleared the original forest. Mining has taken place in the area since Roman times and there are still many shafts of disused lead, zinc, silver and coal mines dotting the area. During the Second World War bombs were dropped on the moors by German planes heading to and from Liverpool and a number of bomb craters can still be seen today.
The area is popular with walkers and rock-climbers and the Offa's Dyke Path crosses the region.
shot with:
Canon Digital EOS Rebel XSi
SIGMA EX 10-20mm 4-5.6 DC HSM
place of origin:
Düsseldorf - K21 Ständehaus
in explore
august 14th, 2014
Best Large
Summer has arrived here in London - hope it's shining where you are ! Have a great weekend all :)
Interior view of the The F. E. Myers Pump Works in Ashland, Ohio. This company was founded in the 1870's. They were so successful in the manufacturing of water pumps they built this building in 1885. This building also housed the Hess & Clark Factory which sold veterinarian supplies in 1893. This place was huge with many interior rooms and open floor space of nearly 400,000 square feet. Most of the interior was dimly lit due to the wood coverings on the windows as seen here.
Jewish man crossing the Williamsburg Bridge, between the Brooklyn neighborhood of Williamsburg and the Lower East Side in Manhattan.
New York City, September 2015
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© NGimages / Nico Geerlings Photography
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First light of my new mount Mesu 200 mk2 !!
Really happy when I compare with the same picture last year, under different skies and diferent mount....
NGC 6820 is a small reflection nebula near the open cluster NGC 6823 in Vulpecula. The reflection nebula and cluster are embedded in a large faint emission nebula called Sh 2-86. The whole area of nebulosity is often referred to as NGC 6820.
Open star cluster NGC 6823 is about 50 light years across and lies about 6000 light years away. The center of the cluster formed about two million years ago and is dominated in brightness by a host of bright young blue stars. Outer parts of the cluster contain even younger stars. It forms the core of the Vulpecula OB1 stellar association. (Description credits: Wikipedia)
Technical card
Imaging telescope or lens:Teleskop Service TS Photoline 107mm f/6.5 Super-Apo
Imaging camera:ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mount:Mesu 200 Mk2
Guiding telescope or lens:Celestron OAG Deluxe
Guiding camera:ZWO ASI174 Mini
Focal reducer:Riccardi Reducer/Flattener 0.75x
Software:Main Sequence Software Seqence Generator Pro, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight
Filters:Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm, Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm, Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm
Accessories:ZWO EFW, MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30
Resolution: 3798x3154
Dates:July 28, 2019, July 29, 2019
Frames:
Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm: 147x300" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm: 30x300" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm: 30x300" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Integration: 17.2 hours
Avg. Moon age: 26.05 days
Avg. Moon phase: 13.32%
Astrometry.net job: 2851183
RA center: 295.762 degrees
DEC center: 23.293 degrees
Pixel scale: 1.465 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 90.757 degrees
Field radius: 1.004 degrees
Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
my body language - flirting gestures fidget
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Each piece is included in the pack.
✨ Working with: any bento hands/bodies, fidget is affecting only hands/arms. Demo stands are available. Sample: gyazo.com/f846356903d76282220bd8d13c707c68
Time HUD in the pack: repeating every 30, 60, 90, 120 secs
Mix&match option: put your fav ones in rezz item.
All animations are in the pack as loop/non-loop versions.
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Van den Bergh 14 & 15 along with SH2-202 in HaLRGB. This is a 2-panel mosaic from data I finished capturing a few months ago but hadn't had the time to sit down and process until now. I am properly proud of this image, more so than any of the others I have made since going remote. The stark contrast of the blue reflection nebula and the hydrogen alpha emission from the Sharpless cloud juxtaposed next to each other make this an extremely dynamic region.
I have not seen that many images of these objects in particular on Astrobin and thus wanted to shoot it in the hopes of inspiring others to make even better images of it in the future.
- Location: Remote Observatory (Bortle 1, SQM 21.99) near Fort Davis, TX
- Total Exposure Time: 77.9 Hours
Equipment:
- Scope: Esprit 100ED w/ 1x Flattener
- Imaging Camera: QHY 268M
- Filters: Chroma HaLRGB (36mm)
- Mount: Astro Physics Mach1GTO
- Guidescope: SVBony 50mm Guidescope
- Guide camera: ASI 120mm mini
- Focuser: Moonlite Nitecrawler WR35
- Accessories: Pegasus Ultimate Powerbox v2, QHY Polemaster, Optec Alnitak Flip Flat
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Software:
- N.I.N.A for image acquisition, platesolving, and framing
- PHD2 for guiding
- PixInsight for processing
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Acquisition:
- Ha: 314 x 5m (5nm)
- L: 500 x 3m
- R: 185 x 3m
- G: 174 x 3m
- B: 176 x 3m
- All images at Gain 56, Offset 25 (Readout mode 1) and -5C sensor temperature
- 20 flats per filter
- Master Dark, Flat & Bias from Library
- Nights: 9/26-9/28, 9/30-10/2, 10/12, 10/13, 10/20-10/23, 10/26-10/30, 11/2, 11/3, 11/5, 11/7/22
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Processing:
For each pair of masters per filter:
- DynamicCrop
- MureDenoise
- DynamicBackgroundExtraction
- ImageSolver script with distortion correction enabled to platesolve each panel
- MosaicByCoordinates script to create mosaic master templates
- PhotometricMosaic script to stitch panels into masters for each filter
RGB Processing (apply to each master):
- DynamicCrop to remove mosaic edges
- DynamicBackgroundExtraction
- StarAlign G/B/Ha to Red
- Combine RGB linear masters into color linear image with ChannelCombination
- DynamicBackgroundExtraction
- SpectrophotometricColorCalibration
- StarXterminator to remove stars for processing and save star_mask
- NoiseXterminator x2 for noise reduction
- BackgroundNeutralization with preview for color correction
- NoiseXterminator at 0.25 for further NR
- HistogramTransformation for initial stretch and then further green channel tweak
Create Continuum-Subtracted Image for non-linear Ha Addition:
- StarAlign Ha master to Red
- PixelMath to assign Red and Ha to HRR as RGB respectively
- BackgroundNeutralization using background preview and ColorCalibration to isolate Ha signal
- StarXterminator to remove stars from linear image
Luminance Processing:
- DynamicCrop
- DynamicBackgroundExtraction
- StarAlign to Red
- StarXterminator to remove and extract stars - save stars_only image
- GeneralizedHyperbolicStretch for intial stretch
- HistogramTransformation x3 for further stretch
- CurvesTransformation for contrast
- UnsharpMask with luminance mask applied to sharpen reflection tendrils
- ACDNR with luminance mask applied for slight noise reduction
Combine Luminance and RGB:
- LRGBCombination with chrominance NR enabled
- Extract luminance mask and CurvesTransformation to super stretch
- Apply luminance mask and invert mask
- MultiscaleMedianTransform with inverted lum mask for chrominance noise reduction
Add Ha to LRGB:
- NoiseXterminator on linear Ha image for noise reduction
- HistogramTransformation x3 to stretch
- CurvesTransformation for extreme contrast curve to suppress background and isolate Ha signal
- PixelMath to add Ha to LRGB
- ColorSaturation to saturate blue reflection nebulosity
Further Processing:
- CurvesTransformation for slight contrast adjustment
- HistogramTransformation x3 on RGB stars to stretch to non-linear
- Invert -> SCNR green -> invert to remove magenta from stars
- SCNR green on stars
- CurvesTransformation to saturate and bring up blue point for stars
- HistogramTransformation x2 on Luminance stars to match size of RGB stars
- LRGBCombination to combine Luminance and RGB stars with saturation at 0.35
- ColorSaturation to saturate blue stars
- PixelMath with re-linearization technique to combine stars with starless nebulosity
- NoiseXterminator for final noise reduction
- SCNR green to remove slight green tint
- MorphologicalTransformation with luminance star_mask applied for slight noise reduction
- CurvesTransformation for final green reduction/'c' curve adjustment, and contrast boost
- DynamicCrop to crop edges
- Save and export
Born in August.
"The month of August is governed by the all-powerful Sun and by the magnanimous sign of Leo.
Your solar sign reflects the dignified Sun's life force energy and classifies you as "The Life Giver".
During the day the Sun outshines all the other planets, giving you the option to reach fame, fortune, and power during the course of your life.
Naturally gifted, you are attracted to professions involving the arts, public life, medicine, research, management, and any endeavors that could offer you a chance to shine. Just as the Sun's rays penetrate the depths of the rainforest, you were born with the potential to bring and promote life to all that you touch. You have a lot to offer others and the world, providing you exercise control over your ego and authoritative nature.
The untamed King of the Jungle must positively direct and control the Sun's creative force without burning himself or others in the process. You are fixed and strongly motivated by the will to succeed. Strong and dominant, you nurture a formidable desire to organize and rule others.
Women born in August are stunning, intellectual, magnetic, and attract others with their enthusiastic solar power. Women born in August are protective and dedicated mothers.
The Sun rules life and you may nurture a subconscious fear of death and decay. But nature gives you a strong mind and a robust body."
By Dr. Louis Turi
I borghi più belli d'Italia
The most beautiful villages in Italy
Les plus beaux bourgs d'Italie
Civita è una frazione del comune di Bagnoregio, in provincia di Viterbo, nel Lazio, facente parte dei borghi più belli d'Italia, famosa per essere denominata "La città che muore".
Civita venne fondata 2500 anni fa dagli Etruschi. Sorge su una delle più antiche vie d'Italia, congiungente il Tevere (allora grande via di navigazione dell'Italia Centrale) e il lago di Bolsena.
All'antico abitato di Civita si accedeva mediante cinque porte, mentre oggi la porta detta di Santa Maria o della Cava, costituisce l'unico accesso al paese. La struttura urbanistica dell'intero abitato è di origine etrusca, costituita da cardi e decumani secondo l'uso etrusco e poi romano, mentre l'intero rivestimento architettonico risulta medioevale e rinascimentale.
Civita was founded by Etruscans more than 2,500 years ago.
The location of his boyhood house has long since fallen off the edge of the cliff. By the 16th century, Civita was beginning to decline, becoming eclipsed by its former suburb Bagnoregio.
At the end of the 17th century, the bishop and the municipal government were forced to move to Bagnoregio because of a major earthquake that accelerated the old town's decline. At that time, the area was part of the Papal States. In the 19th century, Civita's location was turning into an island and the pace of the erosion quickened as the layer of clay below the stone was reached in the area where today's bridge is situated. Bagnoregio continues as a small but prosperous town, while Civita became known in Italian as il paese che muore ("the town that is dying"). Civita has only recently been experiencing a tourist revival.
The population today varies from about 12 people in winter to more than 100 in summer.
In some cases I would be inclined to remove the person from the background, but in this case I thought it added to the story. A caption is perhaps "Time to run, I've been spotted." Anyway, here it is.
Man In The Rain
Mike Oldfield
What's the use in hanging round these walls.
Lamps are burning, but nobody's at home.
There's a new day dawning as a cold rain falls
And now's the time to walk alone.
You can't stay, no, you can't stay.
You're no loser, there's still time to ride that train
And you must be on your way tonight.
Think anew right through, you're a man in the rain.
How's it feel when there's time to remember?
Branches bare, like the trees in November.
Had it all, threw it all away.
Now's the time to walk away.
You can't stay, no, you can't stay.
You're no loser, there's still time to ride that train
And you must be on your way tonight.
Think anew right through, you're a man in the rain.
How's it feel when there's time to remember?
Branches bare, like the trees in November.
Went back up to the Lowlands yesterday morning on the promise of heavy fog, and this time the prediction was correct.
The devestation in this area from the recent floods is heartbreaking.
Farmland flooded, furniture piled up outside gates, and the roads are a little worse for wear in some parts.
I shot this tree around the same time last year, and yesterday I decided to revisit it, and shoot it from down the other end of the road.
Hope you like “Man In The Rain”
Cheers, Mike