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While not Catholic, and not always in complete agreement, I post this photo in honor of the late Pope John Paul II, a wonderful and brilliant man of faith who did enormous good in this needy world. It is the magnificent dome of St. Peter's (taken two summers ago).
I have subdued the golden tones of the architecture to give the pure, white light in the basilica's windows more prominence, symbolizing the Pope's (and our) ultimate destination--the Kingdom not made by human hands.
Here's one of this great man's quotations: "Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create."
This is the same place as where I took "Introspection", which I posted a few days ago. So it's the Squamish Estuary, and we stopped here for a picnic lunch. My hubby stepped out to look at the view and it was the perfect pose. Except, of course, that he was in the middle of eating lunch :)
acceptance in the Greek national photo competition (category:color) organized by the Hellenic Photographic Society of Crete ||
This is a project that includes items which have been useful in the past and likely favorite for their owners. Now they have become useless and rusty, but still fascinating, because of the memories they bring and the stories that hide beneath their rust
You can see the complete project here:
This photo was taken on January 24, 2009 in 매산동, Suwon-Si, Kyeongki-Do, KR, using a Nikon D700 and a 180mm f2.8 lens. It won the Korea herald expat photo contest and was part of their exhibition of winners. I woke up at 4 30 this morning for no reason. I couldn't get back to sleep so I started out planning on going to Seoul really early. Then I saw huge flakes of snow falling down and decided to walk around hwaseong haegung to see the snow on the buildings. I got some great shots around the fortress but the shots that I really liked are the ones I took while sitting in a bakery afterwords. I like how the smoke removes his identity in this shot. It made me think of how when we see a smoker smoking we don't really see the person we identify them as a smoker and that is it. Plus the fact that it was really cold and the smoke coming from his mouth was mixing with his cold breath.
Kaohsiung/高雄市
Taiwan/台彎
2013
Life in and around public transport in Taiwan
Nikon D7100 + 35mm 1.8
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Graffity in France in Longwy / Rèhon
Artist: Grafodeco = Scaf Oner
Hinter Grafodeco steckt der französische Straßenkünstler Pierrot, auch bekannt als Scaf oder Scaf Oner. Er ist ein talentierter und kreativer Graffiti-Künstler, der sich auf beeindruckende 3D-Illusionen und interaktive Wandgemälde spezialisiert hat.
Diese gigantische Wand der Stadt Rehon ist mehr als 400 Meter lang und in der Fotografie nicht global zu sehen.
Pierre Bertolotti alias Scaf Er ist ein französischer Graffiti-Künstler. Er schafft auch gerne Klassiker (wie Skelette, Spinnen und Schlangen), um sein Repertoire zu diversifizieren. Er malt seine Tiere sehr oft in Anamorphose, um den Realismus seiner Babys zu steigern. Seine Werke sind ungewöhnlich, fantastisch und manchmal lustig. Die Form der Wände, die gewählten Winkel, die Perspektiven, die Schatten und die Reflexionen verwandeln den gesamten städtischen Raum in eine Bewegungseinstellung.
Es hat die Besonderheit, zwei verschiedene künstlerische Unterschriften zu haben: Grafodeco, wenn es um Auftragsarbeiten geht, und Scaf, wenn es um Straßenkunst geht.
Baldrian Desnoyers alias Valer ist ein Teil von Crew Mill. Er ist ein zeitgenössischer urbaner Künstler, der 1982 geboren wurde.
Dieses 450 m lange Fresko widmet sich der Geschichte der Stadt, einschließlich ihrer Stahlvergangenheit (Fotos Nov 2021).
Lage: Rue de Longwy, Rehon (Abteilung 54 - Meurthe et Moselle)
Fertigstellungstermin: August 2016
Realisierung: Scaf & Valer
Quelle:
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Same sunset as in the previous two images, but some twenty minutes earlier.... It was one of those magical days here when the sunset show lasted more than a half hour.... and the birds cooperated at least part of the time....
The camera caught rain collecting in a drop. I couldn't have focused on that; my eyeglasses were too wet. What a downpour!
April showers feel great!
'For after all, the best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.'
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Thanks for looking!
This now appears far too soggy and wet to me! Reduced the size.
Hurricane Irma passed by to the west of us here in SE Florida, and
we all feel lucky that we did not receive a direct hit...we dodged a bullet! We did get some damage and will have power outages for up to a week. Our power was restored yesterday. It was out for four days. Our weather temperature has been in the low 90's. Unfortunately, those in the Florida Keys and also on the west coast of Florida were hit hard! It will be months and years of re-building in those areas.
Thank you my friends, for your concern with all of us here in Florida. Now it's time for us to clean up, re-build and move on. We've done it before and now we will do it again. It's the price we pay for living in our warm-climated paradise. Thanks again for reaching out to us during our darkest days of uncertainty, but for now...we're in the clear.
Sunset ~ Summer 2017 ~ Florida Everglades U.S.A.
Broward County ~ Hometown ~ Coral Springs, Florida
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1st Place Competition Winner - Feb 2018
The Caviar of Sunset Dreams Group
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Shot this very early in the morning on Friday. I went out prop shopping for the baby and the blanket at Goodwill and was very excited to find the the perfect red blanket was actually a snuggie! Two for one :-)
When I conceived this shot I wanted it to come out very dreamlike, as though this might not really be happening. To achieve that, and maybe you think I haven't, was to give the model a dramatic pose and to make the hands entirely red yet have no red on the nightgown. I wanted the red from the blanket to be streaming down, another reminder of flowing blood. I think this has a romantic feeling to it, a painterly quality, and to me that takes the subject out of reality and places them in a dreamland, somewhere that could be a painting or that could be another time completely.
Model: Katie Johnson
The first impression of a NYC-virgin. Blown away by the crowds, noises, lights, smells and colors.
For a moment we were part of the movie.
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In remembrance of the fallen, wounded and those who served for their countries. Unable to get out today to pay my respects I captured this tightly framed shot on Armed Forces Day in the summer, the side of a Willys Jeep that saw action for the 101st Airborne 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment on D-Day in Normandy. Photographed in George Square, Glasgow and making a poignant composition of the medical aid cross. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
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
Model: Raven
idk what inspired this shot tbh lol i just dressed ha up and this happened, and it was very windy too (not properly shown here) so that helped I guess lol.
enjoy(:
In der Storchenkolonie in Uznach (Schweiz) wurde 40Jungstörche in diesem Frühjahr Opfer, geprägt durch das nasskalte Wetter.
New Jersey State Botanical Garden in Late Summer. Thanks for your help with the flower ID! The most common name is Obedient Plant, it is a perennial.
This is another shot from Monte Sano. This particular spot was in a narrow sliver of the creek. When I took this, I was straddling the creek, with each foot on a rock on the sides, bent over holding the camera steady on a rock, with a big root sticking out over my head. What you see on your right are the roots of an enormous tree.
I couldn't help myself. When I saw this spot, I knew I had to get a few shots of it.
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As Flickr has told it often in the past, the original concept was for a social site which functioned much like a photography 'blog'. It was set up with contacts, and with newest photos at the top of the stream. We were encouraged to post photos, add commentary, and then have reciprocal contacts respond to them, as we did to theirs.
That idea has mostly been lost as Flickr has moved more toward social media like facebook, instagram and even twitter. I still like the idea of using this space to correspond with the small number of personal contacts...those who will say something rather than just clicking on the 'like' (FAVE) star.
A clarification on the last information concerning RAW conversion plug-ins for new Nikons. The same principle will apply for Canon, and any other maker. Unless the manufacturer includes conversion software with the camera, those working in LR or PS will only have access to the proprietary conversion utilities if they are subscribing to Adobe CC.
I also mentioned the project of completely redoing my media room. It is a monster project. In the top comment box I've included a photo from quite a few years ago of that room. The photo is old, virtually none of the equipment in the photo is still there. All equipment is newer, more complicated, and with different connection technology. More wiring now than then. All of the DVDs have long since been moved to three walls in the front room of the shop building.
Take a look at that photo -- larger if you like -- to see how much STUFF will be being moved and rewired.
As soon as I'm done here I'll be starting in on removing the wiring. Oh My...as George Takei would say.
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Summer in Iceland is truly an incredible time of the year. This photo was taken during the Midnight Sun season – a phenomenon which sees the country bathed in close to 24 hours of golden sunlight.
Daffodils are all in full bloom here and make a wonderful showing and are a sure sign that Spring is on its way!
In Explore 10. Januar 2025, Platz 406
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Heinsberg, "Winterwonderland"
.... all of a sudden Winter has come .... once in a while we have snow also ..... :-)))))))
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..... Und plötzlich ist der Winter da ..... :-)
Auch in Heinsberg gibt es ab und zu mal Schnee ...... :-)))))
Fotografiert am 09. Januar 2025 um 07:38 Uhr
Capturing birds in flight and getting sharp focus is not easy for me, even with a fast shutter speed. My overall keeper ratio is low, but this is a better one. I found a group of ring-billed gulls feeding on a freshwater mussel bed at low tide on the Delaware River. I was fortunate enough to get this flight shot of a gull with a mussel in its beak.
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Loch Rusky is a small loch in The Trossachs area of Scotland. It's one of my favourite haunts for landscape photography as it gives near infinity views to the southeast at dawn in Spring and Autumn. A small local angling club anchors rowing boats to buoys in the loch providing a focal point for photographs. Loch Rusky sits in a bowl of the surrounding hills and captures the morning mists rolling down the glens. It's also one of those calm peaceful places where you can sit and watch the world drifting by.