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Look in large and you can see a few snowflakes on its beak and whiskers from where it was hunting the snow on the ground for food .
Managed to grab a quick shot before if flitted off. never seem to stay still long. This little fella is exploring some mossy branches . Lovely little birds can be quite confiding so when one strikes A pose for the camera I grab it !!
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Luke painted the room and made the bunk bed and built-ins. I designed and painted the graphics that are on the walls and beds. Almost everything in this room was either thrifted or given to us by friends and family.
the millender center and the ren cen in detroit... a leftover shot from the mini-photo safari downtown last weekend.
While hiking through the Lake District in North Cumbria, England earlier this year. More sheep than humans in England I suspect. The paint marks are markings for ownership, and, yes, occasionally slaughter.
My exhibition opens tomorrow, Im so happy, but already Im wanting something more, to show my work further afield, London, or another great city.
After these beach selfportraits, Ive half a mind to try a body of work entirely with the sea.
As luck would have it Im headed to the coast this weekend - to shoot a wedding, perhaps I can snatch a moment for myself too.
in Oropesa sea have a tourist day and at night there are fireworks were beautiful, I recommend you see the people.
Greetings to all! Have a nice day that: D
It all started back in November, 2001, when the newly launched schooner SULTANA and the PRIDE OF BALTIMORE II, took a casual sail together on the Chester River the weekend before both vessels “downrigged” for the winter. The combination of a stiff breeze, the fall colors at their peak, and thousands of waterfowl flying overhead, made it a day few onboard either vessel would soon forget. “We’ll have to do this again next year,” remarked both Captains – and so Downrigging Weekend was born.
Now in its 16th year, Sultana’s Downrigging Weekend Tall Ship and Wooden Boat Festival has evolved into one of the largest annual Tall Ship gatherings on the East Coast.
In the Mara River, Kenya
BBC News reports that the hippo is the world's largest land mammal killer. It's estimated that the aggressive animal with sharp teeth kills 500 people a year in Africa. Hippos can crush a human to death with their weight ranging anywhere from 3,000 to 9,000 pounds
Chernivtsi, Ukraine.
SLR Camera: Nikon F5
Lens: AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5D
Film: Kodak ColorPlus 200
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Now that lilacs are in bloom
She has a bowl of lilacs in her room
And twists one in her fingers while she talks.
"Ah, my friend, you do not know, you do not know
What life is, you who hold it in your hands";
(Slowly twisting the lilac stalks)
"You let it flow from you, you let it flow,
And youth is cruel, and has no remorse
And smiles at situations which it cannot see."
I smile, of course,
And go on drinking tea.
~ T S Eliot (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965) was an essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic and "one of the twentieth century's major poets." He was born in St. Louis, Missouri to an old Yankee family.
Makeup & photos by Andy at Translife.
This beautiful dress and lots more in the 1940/50's style, can be obtained from Vivien's of Holloway
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Back in June on mine Wordpress blog, I posted a article about my winning photograph for the month of May, 2011 in “The Cazenove and Loyd Leica Travel Photographer Competition 2011″. Now that competition has come to an end all 12 monthly winners go to the Grand Final. The photographer with the most votes at the end of this period (between 11th and 23rd of January 2012) will be awarded the Grand Prize and the title of “cazenove+loyd Leica Travel Photographer of the Year 2011”. So, I’m asking all my friends, please vote and post it to your facebook or twitter to get more votes.
leica.cazloyd.com/photo-comp/vote-for-the-winner
This is the winning photograph, taken in Durbar Square Kathmandu, Nepal.
Really big THANKS to EVERYONE!!!
Escanaba and Lake Superior 501 cuts through the farm field in the countryside just south of Wausakee, Wisconsin on an early fall Sunday afternoon. While much of the territory which the E&LS passes through is firmly in the "northwoods" with trees as far as the eye can see, from this area to the south towards Green Bay farms also dot the landscape of the "dairy state." Hints of early fall in the hills add a little splash of color to this drone view along U.S. 41.
The former Milwaukee Road SD40-2 (originally #22) still works home rails on much of the E&LS, and is leading here on the former Milwaukee Road main from Green Bay to Channing and eventually Ontonagon or Republic. The 501 has empty and loaded log cars as well as some storage cars in tow. The crew came out of Channing in the morning and after some work at the Pembine wood yard are now making the run to Crivitz where they will tie down for the day.
Beauty in the garden.
Caught the light at the right time.
Taken during the May Day Bank Holiday weekend. It seemed to herald the start of summer, and this bloom fully opened during the weekend.
In the style of Henri Rousseau
Explore, Wow! Thanks for all the Faves and kind words.
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My thoughts are with all those affected by yesterday's horrific killings in Paris. A sad, sad day, indeed.
This is the fourth, and I think it will be the last, photo of one of two Common Loons seen at Emerald Lake, British Columbia, on 11 July 2015. Rather a distant shot, but I didn't dare crop it any closer than I did. That day, I had a wonderful day out with friend Sandy, driving westwards from Calgary and eventually reaching the next province, British Columbia (B.C.). Sandy had two destinations in mind - a stop at the Spiral Tunnels and then to explore the forest around Emerald Lake. I had only been to B.C. a handful of times in 37 years, so this was an absolute treat.
"The lake is enclosed by mountains of the President Range, as well as Mount Burgess and Wapta Mountain. This basin traps storms, causing frequent rain in summer and heavy snowfalls in winter. This influx of moisture works with the lake's low elevation to produce a unique selection of flora. Trees found here are more typical of B.C.'s wet interior forests, such as western red cedar, western yew, western hemlock and western white pine. The alluvial fan on the northeast shore produces wildflowers in abundance during late June and early July.
Due to its high altitude, the lake is frozen from November until June. The vivid turquoise color of the water, caused by powdered limestone, is most spectacular in July as the snow melts from the surrounding mountains.
The first European to set sight on Emerald Lake was guide Tom Wilson, who stumbled upon it by accident in 1882. A string of his horses had gotten away, and it was while tracking them that he first entered the valley. The lake had an impression on even the most seasoned of explorers: "For a few moments I sat [on] my horse and enjoyed the rare, peaceful beauty of the scene." It was Wilson who gave the lake its name because of its remarkable colour, caused by fine particles of glacial sediment, also referred to as rock flour, suspended in the water. However, this was not the first time Wilson had dubbed a lake 'Emerald'. Earlier that same year he had discovered another lake which he had given the same moniker, and the name even appeared briefly on the official map. This first lake however, was shortly renamed Lake Louise." From Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_Lake_(British_Columbia)
Our trip started just after 7:00 am, to get a good, early start, especially before the temperature soared. The drive from Calgary to Emerald Lake takes about 2 and a half hours and is a 218.5 km drive via Trans-Canada Hwy/AB-1 W. We took a quieter route home at the end of the day. Rain arrived just in time for this drive home and, by the time I got back to my car in Calgary, the rain was really heavy and a few of the roads were beginning to flood very quickly. It was raining again this morning. I was kind of hoping for a few rainy days, as I suddenly have a build-up of quite a few very major, very urgent things to deal with and I didn't want to be tempted to go out with my camera.
Shortly after we began our walk though the forest along the right hand side of the lake, we heard a commotion coming from the water. When we found a place to see through the trees, we could see two beautiful Common Loons and a female duck with several babies, possibly Common Mergansers. My guess would be that the Merganser mother kept chasing away the Loons, creating a lot of splashing. This distant photo of one of the Loons was taken at the end of our walk. It was in the smaller section of the lake at Emerald Lake and we noticed it when we were walking along the boardwalk/bridge. It was swimming towards us and I managed to get one quick shot. Then it swam under the boardwalk and was disappearing into the distance by the time I took this shot. This photo also shows why this lake is named Emerald Lake : )
Also, at the beginning and the end of our "hike", we watched a family of Violet-green Swallows that were nesting. Not sure how many young ones there were, but I saw three. Though we do get these birds in Calgary, I've never seen one properly - just when a mass of Swallows swarms over the Bow River and someone calls out "Violet-green!" The adults flew to feed their babies at top speed and barely stayed a second at the nest hole. I was just thrilled to see one of these birds - thanks, Sandy, for your patience, allowing me to try and get a few photos! Thanks, too, for such a great day, as usual!
In the Many Glacier part of Glacier National Park in Montana, the scenery and sunsets are stunning. We went canoeing and horseback riding at Swiftcurrent Lake before catching this spectacular sunset!
This friendly Reddish Egret decided to fly right at me. I was taking vertical portraits and ended up favoring this frame as a square crop, taking away some of the bare beach on top. It was a rainy, cloudy day and I almost didn't go in the first place...glad I decided against that knee jerk reaction. Hope you enjoy the fly by.
Abandoned in Idaho
Camera: Tachihara 4x5 Field Camera (1979)
Film: Zebra Dry Plates ISO 2
Process: Process: Kodak HC-110 (1+31) 5:00 Min @ 20°C
Scanned: Epson V700 Photo
We waited in the truck for the rain to lessen up enough, and then dashed down the trail and climbed out on the rocks at Bass Harbor Head, Maine. Still the strong wind was pushing the raindrops up on my lens, so I was wiping them off every few seconds. It was really fun and unexpected to see the sun come shining through the clouds for a moment over the sea. It was a great trip and I'm home again.
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A stolen shot taken while queuing in NYC. Have a great day!
Uno scatto rubato facendo la fila a NYC
Many thanks for your visit!!
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台北市
Taiwan/台彎
2013
Life in and around public transport in Taiwan
Nikon D7100 + 35mm 1.8
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in Japan kyoto
They run from the northwest of Kiyomizu temple to the halfway point of Kiyomizu-zaka approach.
The total length of them is about 400 meters.
They are gentle and narrow sloping roads with flagstones and stone steps.
Along the streets, ther are many souvenir shops, the shops of kiyomizu-ware (a pottery created around Kiyomizu temple), tea houses and Japanese restaurants.
The streets has a Kyoto's unique atmosphere, so there is an endless stream of visitors.
"Ninen-zaka" means "slope of two years", and "San'nen-zaka" means "slope of three years".
It is said that you will die within two years when you fall down on Ninen-zaka and you will die within three years when you fall down on San'nen-zaka.
Please be careful not to fall down here.
Additionary, the different kanji characters of San'nen-zaka (the parenthetic characters above) have a meaning as "slope to pray for a safe delivery".
産寧坂（さんねいざか）は京都市にある坂。三年坂（さんねんざか）とも呼ばれる。 東山の観光地として有名である。狭義には音羽山清水寺の参道である清水坂から北へ石段で降りる坂道をいうが、公式には北に二年坂までの緩い起伏の石畳の道も含む。
二年坂を介して北にある八坂神社、円山公園、高台寺、法観寺（八坂の塔）と南にある清水寺を結んでいるため、観光客が絶えない。沿道は土産物店、陶磁器店、料亭などが並ぶ。文化財保護法に基づき重要伝統的建造物群保存地区として選定されている。幕末の明保野亭事件の舞台である。
「産寧坂」の語源には諸説あり、この坂の上の清水寺にある子安観音へ「お産が寧か（やすらか）でありますように」と祈願するために登る坂であることから「産寧坂」と呼ばれるようになったという説が有力だが、一方で清水寺に参拝した人がこの坂道を通る際に念願を強くし、願いが叶ったあとで観音様への御礼に再度お参りする時に通る坂であることから「再念坂」と呼ぶようになったという説もある。
同名異字の「三年坂」で転ぶと、三年以内に死ぬ。また転べば三年の寿命が縮まると伝記が三年坂通りのある和歌山市で有名であるが、直接関係あるのかは不明である。
若想盡情享受京都風趣，絕不可錯過京都散步小徑的代表－「産寧坂」。小徑上林立著京都料理餐廳、古道具店、京都特產店及充滿古樸氣息的各式精品店，在這46段十分古典的石頭街道上熱鬧而自然，還有莊嚴穩重的古宅邸參雜其中，增加了遊覽産寧坂的樂趣，這個著名的傳統建造物保存地區，也成為歷史古都的另一種風景。
在多條小徑中，「清水坂」是通往清水寺的主要道路；而「産寧坂」則是由山下連接到「清水坂」的街道。順便一提的是，由産寧坂通往圓山公園的街道稱為「二年坡」，通到下河原的則稱為「一念坂」，每條街道皆具有自己的獨特風味。
産寧坂中的「青龍苑」，聚集了醬菜及香的專賣店、咖啡店等，多為代表京都的名店。由於位在京都皇宮的東方，因「掌管東方的四神青龍」而得名。青龍苑佔地6,600平方公尺，本來是幕府時代末期，有志之士群聚的日本料理店「明保野」。園內有日本大正時代初期建設的日本料理店「阪口」以及日式庭園，另外也新建了京町家、數寄屋、登合掌造等日式建築，與日本料理店及日本庭園融為一體，在園內可自由散步，感受古都獨有的靜謐氣息。
「産寧坂」又稱「三年坡」。有關「産寧坂」名稱的由來有許多的說法，如今大多數人的說法，是因該街通往祈求生產平安的廟宇「子安塔」，所以稱産寧坂。「產」意為生產，「寧」意指容易。據說在8世紀(清水寺尚未創建之前)，聖武天皇及光明皇后在此祈求生產順利，在平安生下孝謙天皇後，於泰産寺立下子安塔。從此，子安塔成為孕婦祈求順利生產的塔，民眾虔信不疑。也有一說指坂上田村麻呂於808年(日本大同3年)開闢的街道，因此稱為「三年坡」。
産寧坂歷史悠久，可回溯至日本平安都城之前，以坐落於清水寺、法觀寺及祗園社(八坂神社)等名剎附近的街道為起源。日本江戶時代(1603年~1867年)之後，這些廟宇周邊的街道逐漸形成市區，至今仍可在産寧坂下面看到幾間獨特的居家「京町家」，堪稱京都代表。到了日本明治及大正時代市區擴大，大部分的建物是明治以後所建，逐漸形成今日所見的繁榮景象。
・在JR「京都」站轉搭市營公車206系統約10分鍾，在「清水道」站下車，徒歩約10分鍾即可抵達。
・由京阪電氣鐵道京阪本線「清水五條」站徒歩約20分鍾即可抵達。
"Life is a Rainbow - One year in colours"
November : Brown [47/52 weeks]
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It's now almost 2 years since we went on this trip, about time I edit the photos from this trip. Have put this on the top of my list.
If you haven't seen it already, I did a short SFW BTS from this particular shoot: youtu.be/q74D2YntVvw
This Bar Relief is in San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome.
We enjoyed a bicycling trip to the Tuscany region of Italy and Rome in September, 2016.
Aquarell Color Pensil
Koh-I-Noor metallic leads
DIE EBENE
Ich befand mich allein mit einem Stuhl auf einer Ebene,
die sich in einen leeren Horizont verlor.
Die Ebene war fehlerlos asphaltiert.
Nichts, aber auch gar nichts außer mir und
dem Stuhl befand sich auf ihr.
Der Himmel war immerwährend blau.
Keine Sonne belebte ihn.
Ein unerklärliches, vernünftiges Licht erhellte
die endlose Ebene.
Wie künstlich aus einer anderen Sphäre
projiziert,
erschien mir dieser ewige Tag.
Ich hatte nie Schlaf, nie Hunger, nie Durst,
nie heiß, nie kalt.
Da sich nichts auf dieser Ebene ereignete
und veränderte,
war die Zeit nur ein abwegiges Gespenst.
Die Zeit lebte noch ein wenig in mir,
und dies hauptsächlich wegen des Stuhles.
Durch meine Beschäftigung mit ihm verlor
ich den Sinn für Vergangenes nicht ganz.
Ab und zu spannte ich mich, als sei ich ein
Pferd,vor den Stuhl
und trabte mit ihm bald im Kreis, bald
gerade aus.
Dass es gelang, nehme ich an,
ob es gelang, weiß ich nicht,
da sich ja im Raume nichts befand,
an dem ich meine Bewegung hätte nach-
prüfen können.
Saß ich auf dem Stuhl, so grübelte ich
traurig, aber nicht verzweifelt,
warum das Innere der Welt ein solches schwarzes
Licht ausstrahlte.
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von der mond ist eine blume, veröffentlicht am 28. Januar 2013
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