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► █░▓ Yesterday I witnessed and filmed one of the most beautiful weddings of my life... At a moment I thought... well I can’t attend my son’s wedding, but am instead blessed with this one... —big HUGS TO 👑AIDAN AND ANASTASIA👑, our illuminated heroes now united in Christ’s Glory, with my best wishes for their harmonious marriage and a solid place booked in eternity. I may be overemotional, but only the camera's viewfinder prevented a few tears from coming out of my eyes at the sight of this couple in the ceremony. Being intrinsically Christian, it had all the virtues of our Lord — His humility, the modesty, the standing elevation. The greatest pomp & circumstance of which were — but who ever needs more! — the firm, solemn, stately nobility of the 21 year old bridegroom, and the radiating, uplifted beauty of the 19 year old bride. To them I congratulate and devote this upload, with Vera’s short story (originally in Russian) that can serve as a reminder for the moments of temptation which are not to our will’s short-lived laps. Those moments are bound to come...
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Everything that happens, it all leads to... something.
The commuter train is delayed for about 20 minutes, and everyone on the platform is tired and grumpy, after work, wanting to go home, so we're waiting. No one announces when the train will arrive, like "information coming up." Finally, the train arrives, everyone sullenly boards, sits frowning, waiting for departure. And then a breathless, ruddy-cheeked guy with a cake tied with a ribbon rushes into the car and shouts into the phone: "Can you imagine, today is the most incredible day of my life! I was just running out of inertia, in despair, I was terribly late! And they are standing there, waiting for me! I'm coming! I'll make it to you on time! Hurray, right?!"
And we all smiled and relaxed, as if we'd all been waiting on the platform specifically so he could get there with his cake. Here we are, rolling, smiling, carrying a cake...
Vera Khiteeva
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Alles wat er gebeurt, leidt tot... iets.
De forensentrein heeft ongeveer 20 minuten vertraging en iedereen op het perron is moe en chagrijnig. Na het werk wil iedereen naar huis, dus we wachten. Niemand kondigt aan wanneer de trein aankomt, zoiets als "wacht op informatie". Eindelijk arriveert de trein, iedereen stapt nors in, zit fronsend te wachten op vertrek. En dan rent een buiten adem zijnde, roodwangige man met een taart met een lint eromheen de trein in en roept in de telefoon: "Kun je je voorstellen, vandaag is de meest ongelooflijke dag van mijn leven! Ik was helemaal uitgeput, wanhopig, ik was verschrikkelijk laat! En zij staan daar, op me te wachten! Ik kom eraan! Ik kom op tijd! Hoera, toch?!"
En we glimlachten allemaal en ontspanden ons, alsof we allemaal speciaal op het perron hadden gewacht zodat hij er met zijn taart kon zijn. Hier zijn we dan, rijdend, glimlachend, met een taart in de hand...
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Всё, что ни делается, — всё к... чему-нибудь
Задерживается электричка минут на 20, на перроне все уставшие и злые, после работы, домой хочется, ждём. Никто не объявляет, когда поезд придёт: типа «ждите информации». Наконец-то электричка приезжает, все угрюмо грузятся, сидят насупившиеся, ждут отправления. И тут влетает в вагон запыхавшийся румяный парень с тортом, перевязанным ленточкой, и кричит в телефон: «Ты представляешь, сегодня самый фантастический день в жизни! Я бежал уже просто по инерции, в отчаянии, я опаздывал страшно! А она стоит, ждёт меня! Я еду! Я к тебе успеваю! Ура же?!»
И мы все такие заулыбались, расслабились, как будто мы все специально ждали на перроне, чтобы он успел к ней со своим тортом. Едем вот, улыбаемся, торт везём...
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Credits: Julia//Все грани прекрасного (All Facets of Beauty)//
NGV Australia, Federation Square, Melbourne.
This was part of the recent Hans and Nora Heysen Exhibition, an amazing exhibition of two famous Australian artists in Melbourne. Hans Heysen was a German born Australian artist who was famous for his big landscapes especially in South Australia while his equally talented daughter was better known for her portraiture.
"'Petunias' demonstrates Nora Heysen's clear articulation of form and colour, highlighting her ability to capture the qualities and sensations inherent to her subject. The painting presents an immaculate arrangement of objects, arguably more real than reality, emphasising Heysen's poetic pursuit.
Artist Hans Heysen, who often critiqued his daughter Nora Heysen's work, noted her treatment of 'each flower being seen somewhat separately'. This aspect of the work is central to its modernist tendencies and distinguishes her work from her father's practice. Distinct forms and their rich colouring are intrinsic to the overall design of the painting. Aligned with this vision, the tablecloth and the chinoiserie backdrops are schematically employed by the artist as a device to create flat blocks of colour in the painting." www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/828/
Love this tree. Bit pretentious of me, perhaps, but I like to think she has a bit of a Henry Moore muse quality to her... (the tree that is, as an intrinsic quality, not my pictorial representation.... :-)
ꒌ МАНАСТИР ПОДМАЛИНСКО, немањићка светиња из XV (по предању можда и XIII) столећа. Над прштећом реком Буковицом чије ће се воде код Шавника спојити са Бијелом па улити прво у Пиву и Дрину. А онда у Саву и Дунав. Манастир је жив, живљи него икад у прошлом веку, захваљујући малом сестринству великог утицаја.
"Не може се град на гори сакрити"... Па ни монахиње мати Катарине не сакривају свој мали град у дубокој удолини. Клисуром под Малинским тече друга Тара - бучна Буковица. Њене воде настају под 30 километара удаљеним снежним врховима Дурмитора.
На слици макета манастирске цркве као путоказ, на сестринству својствен духовити начин одскора означава место где се са пута Шавник–Боан–Морача скреће ка њима. Као и онај на супротној, северној страни Дурмитора на Ђурђевића Тари, и овај манастир је посвећен светом архангелу Михаилу. Док траје снежни покривач сестринство је због непроходности друмова одсечено од света, али је 365 дана у години и 24 часа дневно у вези са Горњим Јерусалимом.
► █░▓ THE STEEP PATHWAY is the road less commonly used, less comfortable, less frequented, less flat and less uniform. The unwrinkled road on the left is the right way. Exposed to the elements and rough, yet gentle and pleasing. Bare under the sky, but closer to Heaven. The pathway clearly marked and defined by our Lord Jesus Christ. Still it is less difficult than is generally assumed, is exclusively left to our choice, is cleaner and healthier in every intrinsic sense, bringing true fulfillment and made available to everybody. The choice for Christ the Savior is not reserved only for monastic life or the saints. It is an offer decidedly meant for any of us even before the moment of our conception and birth. It is the only left road to which you make the right turn.
The heart was already dying... a gorgeous, large, duo-toned bloom of Chrysanthemum.
Tempus fugit is a Latin expression meaning "time flies".
Frequently used as an inscription on clocks to remind us that life passes FAST, tick…tock....
All is fleeting and so ephemeral..
The expression was first used in the verse Georgica written by Roman poet Virgil: 'Sed fugit interea fugit irreparabile tempus' which means; "But it flees in the meantime: irretrievable time flees".
The meaning is sometimes used less colloquially as: "Meanwhile, the irreplaceable time escapes", expressing concern that one's limited time is being consumed by something which may have little intrinsic substance or importance at that moment.
The flower still full of beauty to me...
I'm fine, hope you are too, thank you, M, (*_*)
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With flying-saucer eyes, a small tribute to the intelligent cat. Its intrinsic value as a muse and a musician never valued more, playing calmly, inspiring the completion of worthwhile manuscripts. Maybe even earning a healthy, lobster treat or two for an honest day's work from performances on the welcoming streets of Pike Place in downtown Seattle, Washington.
Lepidocyrtus paradoxus in the back and Pogonognathellus flavescens (juvenile I think) in front. Found in Lozerheide.
Valentines Day is my mothers birthday ....I don't always get to the cemetery to give her flowers, but I think of her daily. Here is my digital bouquet for her. Happy Birthday mom .....
Art By Bob Kramer, www.artpal.com/BobKramer
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In science and engineering, the weight of an object is the force acting on the object due to gravity.
Some standard textbooks define weight as a vector quantity, the gravitational force acting on the object. Others define weight as a scalar quantity, the magnitude of the gravitational force. Yet others define it as the magnitude of the reaction force exerted on a body by mechanisms that counteract the effects of gravity: the weight is the quantity that is measured by, for example, a spring scale. Thus, in a state of free fall, the weight would be zero. In this sense of weight, terrestrial objects can be weightless: ignoring air resistance, the famous apple falling from the tree, on its way to meet the ground near Isaac Newton, would be weightless.
In modern scientific usage, weight and mass are fundamentally different quantities: mass is an intrinsic property of matter, whereas weight is a force that results from the action of gravity on matter: it measures how strongly the force of gravity pulls on that matter. However, in most practical everyday situations the word "weight" is used when, strictly, "mass" is meant. For example, most people would say that an object "weighs one kilogram", even though the kilogram is a unit of mass. Source Wikipedia.
The British Chiropractic Association has been in the news recently with a study they did on men with back pain and their man bags.
Apparently 60% of men polled use a man bag and 66% of the men polled also have had back pain before. The man bags they wore had an average weight of 6.2kgs with a laptop usually making up the most weight in a bag. I use a laptop bag myself and, like the picture, I use a single strap over my shoulder type. So does it mean you have to get rid of the trendy man bag in order to avoid back ache and use a boring double strap school bag instead? That’s what’s today’s post is asking.
The best way to avoid pain from carrying a big bag is to simply carry less weight. Adults should carry no more than 10% of their body weight. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends children carry no more than 10% to 20% of their body weight. "Five percent is ideal," says chiropractor Dr. Kathryn Montgomery. Source Community health magazine.
TD : Agfapan 100 Professional 35mm film, developed in D-76 1+1 for 7 minutes. Exposure ISO 100 @35mm lens, natural daylight. Scanned with Alpha 6000 edited in ACR, inverted in CS6.
The first modern Christmas card was sent in 1843, commissioned by Sir Henry Cole in London, who wanted a simpler way to send holiday greetings. Designed by artist John Callcott Horsley, the card depicted a family celebrating and scenes of charity, kicking off the tradition of commercial Christmas cards, with about one thousand printed initially for a shilling each. By the time this three dimensional card of the Adoration of the Magi was produced in 1905, production values and printing quality had improved vastly, as this chromolithographed card shows.
I am not an overly religious person, but I know there are a number of my Flickr friends and followers, for whom their religious beliefs are an intrinsic part of them, and others gain comfort and valuable insights about life lessons and how to navigate our ever more complex world from readings of their Holy texts. Regardless of whether you are religious or not, or whether you read the Bible, the Torah, the Qur'an or something else entirely, one cannot deny the valuable lessons our Holy texts teach. They teach us to have humility, be kind to our fellow human beings, compassionate, caring and considerate.
So this Christmas, amongst all the tinsel, festive garlands and baubles, please take a moment to show kindness, compassion, care and consideration to those around you. I firmly believe that you reap what you sow, so making a difference starts with you. You have great power at your very fingertips to make a positive difference to someone with a single gesture: a kind word, a smile, a helping hand or an act of generosity.
The festive season is one of good cheer and goodwill to all, and this world needs as much of that as we can muster collectively.
Merry Christmas!
Restingas can be defined as different plant formations established on sandy soils that occur in the coastal plain region, close to the sea. Because they are located at the interface between the marine and continental environments, in places with a tropical climate, the restinga has an intrinsic fragility. It is constantly affected by natural processes of marine deposition and erosion and river drainage.
In this way, these coastal ecosystems are physically determined by edaphic conditions (related to the soil) and marine influence, and are found along the Brazilian coast and in various parts of the world. In Brazil, the restinga is part of the Atlantic Forest biome.
"Praia da Fazenda", Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil.
Sun Voyager (Icelandic: Sólfar) is a sculpture by Jón Gunnar Árnason, located next to the Sæbraut road in Reykjavík, Iceland.
Sun Voyager is a dreamboat, an ode to the sun. Intrinsically, it contains within itself the promise of undiscovered territory, a dream of hope, progress and freedom.
La catedral de Colonia (en alemán, Kölner Dom —oficialmente Hohe Domkirche St. Peter) es un templo católico de estilo gótico, comenzó a construirse en 1248 y no se terminó hasta 1880. Está situada en el centro de la ciudad de Colonia. Con sus 157 metros de altura fue el edificio más alto del mundo hasta la culminación del Monumento a Washington en 1884, de 170 metros. Es el monumento más visitado de Alemania. Es además la sede del arzobispo de Colonia y de la administración de la arquidiócesis de Colonia. Fue declarada Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la Unesco en 1996.
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Cologne Cathedral (German: Kölner Dom, officially Hohe Domkirche Sankt Petrus, English: Cathedral Church of Saint Peter) is a Catholic cathedral in Cologne, Northrhine-Westfalia, Germany. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and of the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. It is a renowned monument of German Catholicism and Gothic architecture and was declared a World Heritage Site in 1996. It is Germany's most visited landmark, attracting an average of 20,000 people a day, and currently the tallest twin-spired church at 157 m (515 ft) tall.
Construction of Cologne Cathedral commenced in 1248 and was halted in 1473, leaving it unfinished. Work restarted in the 19th century and was completed, to the original plan, in 1880. The cathedral is the largest Gothic church in Northern Europe and has the second-tallest spires. The towers for its two huge spires give the cathedral the largest façade of any church in the world. The choir has the largest height to width ratio, 3.6:1, of any medieval church.
Cologne's medieval builders had planned a grand structure to house the reliquary of the Three Kings and fit its role as a place of worship for the Holy Roman Emperor. Despite having been left incomplete during the medieval period, Cologne Cathedral eventually became unified as "a masterpiece of exceptional intrinsic value" and "a powerful testimony to the strength and persistence of Christian belief in medieval and modern Europe".
essence: the intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something, especially something abstract, that determines its character.
Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom, officially Hohe Domkirche St. Petrus, Latin: Ecclesia Cathedralis Sanctorum Petri, English: High Cathedral of Saint Peter) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Cologne, Germany. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and of the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. It is a renowned monument of German Catholicism and Gothic architecture and was declared a World Heritage Site in 1996. It is Germany's most visited landmark, attracting an average of 20,000 people a day, currently the tallest twin-spired church at 157 m (515 ft) tall.
Construction of Cologne Cathedral commenced in 1248 and was halted in 1473, leaving it unfinished. Work restarted in the 19th century and was completed, to the original plan, in 1880.
The cathedral is the largest Gothic church in Northern Europe and has the second-tallest spires. The towers for its two huge spires give the cathedral the largest façade of any church in the world. The choir has the largest height to width ratio, 3.6:1, of any medieval church.
Cologne's medieval builders had planned a grand structure to house the reliquary of the Three Kings and fit its role as a place of worship for the Holy Roman Emperor. Despite having been left incomplete during the medieval period, Cologne Cathedral eventually became unified as "a masterpiece of exceptional intrinsic value" and "a powerful testimony to the strength and persistence of Christian belief in medieval and modern Europe"
A beautiful sight, the sun setting over the ocean, a painted perfect image reflected on water. Shot in San Simeon, Ca.
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This photo was taken at a distance of 38.5 (radar indicated).
I setup my gear in the parking lot of the local fire station (thanks to the Libertyville, IL fire station #3 crew), aimed at the heart of this storm, way, way off in the distance.
It was one of those storms of mystery, which was comprised of a tall thundercloud, bolts of lightning were being tossed about within the cloud at high frequency, and of course, no thunder. It was like an excerpt of Greek mythology playing out before me (in my mind anyway).
Even stranger, the thundercloud did not have any forward motion for close to an hour. It just sat in one spot, spitting lightning bolts very fast.
Photographer's Note:
This was great. Perfect actually, being able to compose the shot once, and keep taking photos.
It was the very first night I took a different approach at lightning capture. Yes, I kept the shutter open, like many photographers would, right? I used bulb mode. I made it a point to never keep the shutter open for more than 10 seconds (roughly). When time passed the 10 second marker I would close and reopen the shutter whether lightning happened or not. A very short duration. if during the 10 second session when lightning happened, I immediately closed the shutter and started a new 10 second session.
This allowed me to take nice portraits, capturing a single bolt of lightning per image. The clouds also retained detail / structure.
Historically, in my attempts to capture lightning, I essentially did the spray-and-pray method. Don't get me wrong, I did capture a few decent keepers, but my camera got abused pretty bad. Camera Abuse? Yeah, I had one session where I rifled off 14,000 photos in less than two hours. I had to stop the capture session to empty my SD Card. So, in my first attempts to capture lightning that summer (2011), I must have put 21k shutter actuations on my D7000. 99.999% had blank (black) frames OUCH! Imagine sifting through those images. I only yielded 5 keepers. That's too expensive. Poor camera!!
With the new approach, the night this photo was captured, I only took 308 photos, and walked away with about 148 lightning strikes. Radically different.
Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom, officially Hohe Domkirche St. Petrus, Latin: Ecclesia Cathedralis Sanctorum Petri, English: High Cathedral of Saint Peter) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Cologne, Germany. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and of the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. It is a renowned monument of German Catholicism and Gothic architecture and was declared a World Heritage Site in 1996. It is Germany's most visited landmark, attracting an average of 20,000 people a day, currently the tallest twin-spired church at 157 m (515 ft) tall.
Construction of Cologne Cathedral commenced in 1248 and was halted in 1473, leaving it unfinished. Work restarted in the 19th century and was completed, to the original plan, in 1880.
The cathedral is the largest Gothic church in Northern Europe and has the second-tallest spires. The towers for its two huge spires give the cathedral the largest façade of any church in the world. The choir has the largest height to width ratio, 3.6:1, of any medieval church.
Cologne's medieval builders had planned a grand structure to house the reliquary of the Three Kings and fit its role as a place of worship for the Holy Roman Emperor. Despite having been left incomplete during the medieval period, Cologne Cathedral eventually became unified as "a masterpiece of exceptional intrinsic value" and "a powerful testimony to the strength and persistence of Christian belief in medieval and modern Europe"
From a black and white photo ........
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that’s what gives the medium a lot of energy. But it also creates problems that you have to solve :-)
Pieter Hugo
HMM! Season's Greetings! Peace Now!
prunus, weeping Fuji cherry, 'Shikizaki', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
That's what a good architect must be like, just like Frank Gehry ... Inspiration, ideas, the intrinsic and motivation come from play, and then you need the technology and skills to turn these fantasies into reality ...
A museum entrance with special materials, a slide, and a double helix as a staircase ...
What more could you ask for? ;-) ...
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From Wikepedia:
Sun Voyager (Icelandic: Sólfar) is sculpture by Jón Gunnar Árnason (1931 - 1989). Sun Voyager is a dreamboat, an ode to the sun. Intrinsically, it contains within itself the promise of undiscovered territory, a dream of hope, progress and freedom. The sculpture is located by Sæbraut, by the sea in the centre of Reykjavík, Iceland.
My take:
If you come here for pictures, my recommendation is to come here during sunrise or sunset. This one was at sunset, and the light on the sculpture was thanks to the sun ray and not from any artificial light. The background of the other side of this sculpture might be better since it would show less of any modern buildings, so you might want to come here at sunrise too. Bring your wide angle, this one I used the Nikon 20mm F1.8 with tripod.
You could park in the front of this place, however, I'm not sure that those are legitimate parking spots, even though there is no sign that prohibits you from parking, I still would take some quick photos and leave before you might get a ticket. I did this quick parking scheme and moved on. If you live nearby, then a walk would be better. It won't take more than 15-30 minutes if you live in one of the motel/hotel in the city to walk here, but it could be very cold, depending on when you come.
Sun Voyager (Icelandic: Sólfar) is a sculpture by Jón Gunnar Árnason, located next to the Sæbraut road in Reykjavík, Iceland. Sun Voyager is a dreamboat, an ode to the sun. Intrinsically, it contains within itself the promise of undiscovered territory, a dream of hope, progress and freedom (Wikipedia).
Taken at Point Vernon, Hervey Bay, Qld.
Black Noddies are not usually seen so far south and the ones I saw did not look that great - there were also many Noddy carcasses dotted along the high tide line. A multi-agency investigation is continuing to investigate bird deaths in waters in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. Early indications are that starvation seems a likely cause - perhaps due to declining small fish and squid populations. An ominous indicator of ecosystem health…
The black noddy has a worldwide distribution in tropical and subtropical seas. Known as "noddies" perhaps because they constantly dip their heads during their breeding display. Tolerant of humans - even to the extent that they can be picked up off the nest. The nests of these birds consist of a level platform, often created in the branches of trees by a series of dried leaves covered with bird droppings. One egg is laid each season, and nests are re-used in subsequent years. The Pisonia tree is most often used, and in large trees, there are often several nests. The guano produced by these birds adds large quantities of nutrients to the sandy/coral soil which is of huge importance to the tree and plant communities on coral islands.
The ecological relationship between the Pisonia tree and the Noddy is fascinating for another (if slightly macabre) reason; Pisonia tree twigs and small branches are very sticky and frequently stick to the nesting Noddies to such an extent that the bird can no longer fly. It subsequently starves to death and falls from the tree - further contributing to enriching soil organic matter and promoting tree survival in the harsh conditions intrinsic to coral islands.
The Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park is the largest hot spring in the United States, and the third largest in the world
The bright, vivid colors in the spring are the result of microbial mats around the edges of the mineral-rich water. The mats produce colors ranging from green to red; the amount of color in the microbial mats depends on the ratio of chlorophyll to carotenoids and on the temperature gradient in the runoff. In the summer, the mats tend to be orange and red, whereas in the winter the mats are usually dark green.The center of the pool is sterile due to extreme heat.
The deep blue color of the water in the center of the pool results from the intrinsic blue color of water. The effect is strongest in the center of the spring, because of its sterility and depth.
Sun Voyager (Icelandic: Sólfar) is sculpture by Jón Gunnar Árnason (1931 - 1989). Sun Voyager is a dreamboat, an ode to the sun. Intrinsically, it contains within itself the promise of undiscovered territory, a dream of hope, progress and freedom. The sculpture is located by Sæbraut, by the sea in the centre of Reykjavík, Iceland.
Sun Voyager is sculpture by Jón Gunnar Árnason. Sun Voyager is a dreamboat, an ode to the sun. Intrinsically, it contains within itself the promise of undiscovered territory, a dream of hope, progress and freedom.
Sun Voyager (Icelandic: Sólfar) is sculpture by Jón Gunnar Árnason (1931 - 1989). Sun Voyager is a dreamboat, an ode to the sun. Intrinsically, it contains within itself the promise of undiscovered territory, a dream of hope, progress and freedom. The sculpture is located by Sæbraut, by the sea in the centre of Reykjavík, Iceland.
Excerpt from the plaque:
Monarch Dance by John Highley: Monarch Dance elevates and honours the intrinsic beauty and relationship between the butterfly and its host plant. Two generations of Monarchs dance around their flower, their energy, their life-force. This visual cue is one of many that our culture is contemplating to help notice and appreciate the value of native plants, animals and the interconnection of life.
One of the strangest and most memorable things I've lived through is being in Paris when France won the World Cup. The streets were absolutely transformed and I have many photos of people rejoicing (some that I have posted previously).
But, I also tend to be drawn to that opposite feeling and the bipolar sense that happens in reality. Because, it's such a strong current of collective consciousness when that many people are rooting for something that you actually forget it's about sports at all and it feels more about the collective spirit of France or even of humanity.
I could tell that this girl wanted to be a part of that with the way she had decorated her face and with the French flag she was holding but I think she didn't quite know how and that's an interesting thing to capture...maybe even more intriguing for me than all the wild dancing and singing. We are all young and awkward once and some of us know very intrinsically (even when we're older) precisely how this girl felt.
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God spoke and the formless earth was sculpted
His poetry producing populations, making constellations
With his conversations gazing at his own creation
Proclaiming it was good and there we stood
Fashioned from the dust
With authority He orchestrated organisms and every single cell in every ecosystem
Every creature that dwells
The planets, the plants
The whole expanse, the sky above your head
And the ground where you stand
The clouds and the rain, the soil that soaks it up
And feeds tiny seeds so they sprout and vegetation proceeds
Infinite wisdom intrinsic within him, self-sufficient
Intricate systems begin and end with His decisions Lofty
Out of reach, how he procreated with speech
So it's appropriate for us to be completely in awe
I don't why, still I try
To wrap my mind around You
Your thoughts are higher, Your ways are better
And I'm in awe
So bring me up to where You are
Bring me up to where You are
It's evident in creation that God is the primary cause
The origin of all scientific laws
Everything else is secondary
The very breath that comes from lungs is caused by the fact that God is involved
One must begin with the mind that was given to him to even believe he's evolved
I'm in awe when I think about quantum mechanics and the rotation of planets
And the exact calculation of the universe is permanently impossible to manage
How photosynthesis takes place to perfectly convert the vividness of light into chemical energy
For the purpose of maintaining and giving life
Intelligent design doesn't even begin to define his creative craftsmanship
Any attempt to align the mind of mankind to divine is insufficient and inadequate
It's too lofty and far beyond us that God would not remain anonymous
Correspond with us and out of all of God's creation would become fond of us
I don't why, still I try
To wrap my mind around You
Your thoughts are higher, Your ways are better
And I'm in awe
So bring me up to where You are
Bring me up to where You are
But worth, value, and beauty is not determined by some innate quality
But by the length for which the owner would go to possess them
And broken and ugly things just like us are stamped "Excellent"
With ink tapped in wells of divine veins
A system of redemption that could only be described as perfect
A seal of approval, fatal debt removal
Promised, prominent, perfect priest
Brilliant designed system, redemption for our kinsmen
Can only be described as perfect with excellent execution
And I'm in awe, the only one truly excellent
The only source of excellence
We are declared excellent only by his decree with his system
The only accurate response is awe
So we make lofty art
See the presence of good art will unconsciously refine a community
And poor art will do it incalculable harm
Only accomplished in the light of his excellency
It's too high, it's lofty
I don't why, still I try
To bring something of worth
My words are fleeting
They're flawed, depleting
And you're leaving me in awe
Bring me up to where You are, God
Credit: Beautiful Eulogy, Propaganda, and Joel Davis
Song: Lofty
Worship your body as you walk my way
You're the only one who can make me pray
I fall at your feet, your breath defined
And underneath my skin's an intrinsic shrine
Drink my tears, I'm at your mercy
I love you most, but I'm not worthy
I'll give my soul, sacrifice me
Cause your love is holy
Is holy
I can fight but the devil wins
And I will fall like a saint who sins
Forgive me Father, I am weak
And it's not forgiveness that I seek
Drink my tears, I'm at your mercy
I love you most, but I'm not worthy
I'll give my soul, sacrifice me
Cause your love is holy
Is holy
I'd rather drown in your ocean
Than wither on the shore
Undying devotion, feel you in my core
Veneration, this faith's got me high
Nothing without you, live for you till I die
Till I die, till I die, till I die, till I die, till I die...
Drink my tears, I'm at your mercy
I love you most, but I'm not worthy
I'll give my soul, sacrifice me
Cause your love is holy
Is holy
Your love is holy
Your love is holy
Your love is holy
Your love is...
*~Music~*
Grand Prismatic Spring.
Le prime testimonianze della sorgente risalgono ai primi esploratori e geometri europei.
Nel 1839, un gruppo di quattro cacciatori dell'American Fur Company attraversò il Midway Geyser Basin e notò un "lago bollente", molto probabilmente la Grand Prismatic Spring, con un diametro di 90 metri.
Nel 1870, la spedizione Washburn-Langford-Doane visitò la sorgente, notando un geyser di 15 metri nelle vicinanze (in seguito chiamato Excelsior).
I colori vivaci e brillanti della sorgente sono il risultato di strati microbici di batteri termofili che si formano lungo i bordi dell'acqua ricca di minerali.
Gli strati producono colori che vanno dal verde al rosso; la quantità di colore negli strati microbici dipende dal rapporto tra clorofilla e carotenoidi e dal gradiente di temperatura nel deflusso.
In estate, le stuoie tendono ad essere arancioni e rosse, mentre in inverno sono solitamente verde scuro.
Il colore blu intenso dell'acqua al centro della piscina deriva dal colore blu intrinseco dell'acqua.
L'effetto è più forte al centro della sorgente, per via della sua sterilità e profondità.
Grand Prismatic Spring.
The first records of the spring are from early European explorers and surveyors.
In 1839, a group of four trappers from the American Fur Company crossed the Midway Geyser Basin and made note of a "boiling lake", most likely the Grand Prismatic Spring, with a diameter of 300 feet.
In 1870 the Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition visited the spring, noting a 50-foot geyser nearby (later named Excelsior).
The bright, vivid colors in the spring are the result of microbial mats of thermophilic bacteria around the edges of the mineral-rich water.
The mats produce colors ranging from green to red; the amount of color in the microbial mats depends on the ratio of chlorophyll to carotenoids and on the temperature gradient in the runoff.
In the summer, the mats tend to be orange and red, whereas in the winter the mats are usually dark green.
The deep blue color of the water in the center of the pool results from the intrinsic blue color of water.
The effect is strongest in the center of the spring, because of its sterility and depth.
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...and a happy black-and-white tones!
The image developed from RAW has more detail and dynamic latitude. But it takes time to develope and edit. I am posting the same image done instantly as jpeg by the camera just to show how effective a sooc can be in an relatively old, tiny 16 mpx camera! And perhaps conveying the scene essence (intrinsic content...) better than the color "original".
This is "Monochrome" picture profile in a Panasonic MFT body and my favorite focal length... 30-35 mm (60 to 70 mm full frame equivalent). It always works!
B+W F-PRO 46 mm circular-polar filter over tiny neat Panasonic 35-100mm f/4.0-5.6 zoom, aperture fully open at 35mm. This lens fits nicely the GM1's miniature body. The only problem with the GM1 is its LCD screen which is too dark in bright sun / its lack of the viewfinder, which makes it difficult to compose. Edited in Affinity Photo 2.0.4, sharpened in IrfanView 4.62
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Le Musée de la Photographie de Maastricht, situé au Vrijthof, présente une exposition saisissante de l'artiste photographe Jimmy Nelson. Intitulée « Entre la mer et le ciel », l'exposition présente 65 photographies et deux vidéos représentant vingt communautés néerlandaises en costumes traditionnels. Ces images, aux ciels majestueux, ont été prises dans de pittoresques villages de pêcheurs, des paysages de polders et des villes fortifiées. Avec son œuvre vibrante, Nelson célèbre la beauté, la richesse culturelle et l'authenticité de l'humanité.
Le photographe anglo-néerlandais est internationalement reconnu pour ses livres révolutionnaires « Before They Pass Away » (2013) et « Homage to Humanity » (2018), qui présentent des photographies captivantes de peuples autochtones uniques dans les régions les plus reculées du monde. L'élégant beau livre « Between the Sea and the Sky » (2022) est un récit visuel et artistique explorant le riche patrimoine culturel de la patrie d'adoption de Nelson et présente plus de 350 portraits intimistes et paysages emblématiques.
Avec cette série inspirante, Jimmy Nelson rend un hommage personnel aux traditions ancestrales. Il allie l'élégance intemporelle du naturalisme hollandais à l'art du portrait contemporain. Pour les portraits individuels et de groupe, cet artiste et conteur passionné utilise un appareil photo analogique grand format. Il en résulte des images pittoresques et romantiques, riches en détails, rappelant les célèbres maîtres hollandais.
La beauté intrinsèque de la diversité humaine et du patrimoine commun renforce le sentiment d'interdépendance mondiale, un thème récurrent dans l'œuvre de Nelson. Les visiteurs sont invités à un dialogue visuel et à une réflexion sur l'importance de la préservation et de l'unité culturelles. Avec son mélange unique d'architecture historique et moderne, le monumental Fotomuseum aan het Vrijthof offre un cadre idéal. Le musée organise un programme parallèle avec des conférences d'artistes et des activités scolaires.
Jimmy Nelson (Sevenoaks, Angleterre, 1967) a passé son enfance en Afrique, en Asie et au Moyen-Orient. Depuis 1993, il vit à Amsterdam, où se trouve le Jimmy Nelson Studio & Gallery. L'artiste photographie depuis quarante ans et expose dans les plus grands musées et galeries du monde entier. Son travail indépendant a également été présenté lors de foires d'art et de photographie telles que PAN Amsterdam, Photo London, Paris Photo et TEFAF Maastricht, ainsi qu'à la Fabrique des Lumières.
The Maastricht Museum of Photography, located in the Vrijthof, presents a striking exhibition by photographer Jimmy Nelson. Entitled "Between Sea and Sky," the exhibition features 65 photographs and two videos depicting twenty Dutch communities in traditional costumes. These images, featuring majestic skies, were taken in picturesque fishing villages, polder landscapes, and fortified towns. With his vibrant work, Nelson celebrates the beauty, cultural richness, and authenticity of humanity.
The Anglo-Dutch photographer is internationally recognized for his groundbreaking books "Before They Pass Away" (2013) and "Homage to Humanity" (2018), which present captivating photographs of unique indigenous peoples in the world's most remote regions. The elegant coffee table book "Between the Sea and the Sky" (2022) is a visual and artistic narrative exploring the rich cultural heritage of Nelson's adopted homeland and features over 350 intimate portraits and iconic landscapes.
With this inspiring series, Jimmy Nelson pays personal homage to time-honored traditions. He combines the timeless elegance of Dutch naturalism with contemporary portraiture. For both individual and group portraits, this passionate artist and storyteller uses a large-format analog camera. The result is picturesque and romantic images, rich in detail, reminiscent of the famous Dutch masters.
The intrinsic beauty of human diversity and shared heritage reinforces the sense of global interdependence, a recurring theme in Nelson's work. Visitors are invited to engage in a visual dialogue and reflect on the importance of cultural preservation and unity. With its unique blend of historic and modern architecture, the monumental Fotomuseum aan het Vrijthof provides an ideal setting. The museum organizes a parallel program with artist talks and school activities.
Jimmy Nelson (Sevenoaks, England, 1967) spent his childhood in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Since 1993, he has lived in Amsterdam, where the Jimmy Nelson Studio & Gallery is located. The artist has been photographing for forty years and exhibits in major museums and galleries worldwide. His independent work has also been presented at art and photography fairs such as PAN Amsterdam, Photo London, Paris Photo, and TEFAF Maastricht, as well as at the Fabrique des Lumières.
Le Musée de la Photographie de Maastricht, situé au Vrijthof, présente une exposition saisissante de l'artiste photographe Jimmy Nelson. Intitulée « Entre la mer et le ciel », l'exposition présente 65 photographies et deux vidéos représentant vingt communautés néerlandaises en costumes traditionnels. Ces images, aux ciels majestueux, ont été prises dans de pittoresques villages de pêcheurs, des paysages de polders et des villes fortifiées. Avec son œuvre vibrante, Nelson célèbre la beauté, la richesse culturelle et l'authenticité de l'humanité.
Le photographe anglo-néerlandais est internationalement reconnu pour ses livres révolutionnaires « Before They Pass Away » (2013) et « Homage to Humanity » (2018), qui présentent des photographies captivantes de peuples autochtones uniques dans les régions les plus reculées du monde. L'élégant beau livre « Between the Sea and the Sky » (2022) est un récit visuel et artistique explorant le riche patrimoine culturel de la patrie d'adoption de Nelson et présente plus de 350 portraits intimistes et paysages emblématiques.
Avec cette série inspirante, Jimmy Nelson rend un hommage personnel aux traditions ancestrales. Il allie l'élégance intemporelle du naturalisme hollandais à l'art du portrait contemporain. Pour les portraits individuels et de groupe, cet artiste et conteur passionné utilise un appareil photo analogique grand format. Il en résulte des images pittoresques et romantiques, riches en détails, rappelant les célèbres maîtres hollandais.
La beauté intrinsèque de la diversité humaine et du patrimoine commun renforce le sentiment d'interdépendance mondiale, un thème récurrent dans l'œuvre de Nelson. Les visiteurs sont invités à un dialogue visuel et à une réflexion sur l'importance de la préservation et de l'unité culturelles. Avec son mélange unique d'architecture historique et moderne, le monumental Fotomuseum aan het Vrijthof offre un cadre idéal. Le musée organise un programme parallèle avec des conférences d'artistes et des activités scolaires.
Jimmy Nelson (Sevenoaks, Angleterre, 1967) a passé son enfance en Afrique, en Asie et au Moyen-Orient. Depuis 1993, il vit à Amsterdam, où se trouve le Jimmy Nelson Studio & Gallery. L'artiste photographie depuis quarante ans et expose dans les plus grands musées et galeries du monde entier. Son travail indépendant a également été présenté lors de foires d'art et de photographie telles que PAN Amsterdam, Photo London, Paris Photo et TEFAF Maastricht, ainsi qu'à la Fabrique des Lumières.
The Maastricht Museum of Photography, located in the Vrijthof, presents a striking exhibition by photographer Jimmy Nelson. Entitled "Between Sea and Sky," the exhibition features 65 photographs and two videos depicting twenty Dutch communities in traditional costumes. These images, featuring majestic skies, were taken in picturesque fishing villages, polder landscapes, and fortified towns. With his vibrant work, Nelson celebrates the beauty, cultural richness, and authenticity of humanity.
The Anglo-Dutch photographer is internationally recognized for his groundbreaking books "Before They Pass Away" (2013) and "Homage to Humanity" (2018), which present captivating photographs of unique indigenous peoples in the world's most remote regions. The elegant coffee table book "Between the Sea and the Sky" (2022) is a visual and artistic narrative exploring the rich cultural heritage of Nelson's adopted homeland and features over 350 intimate portraits and iconic landscapes.
With this inspiring series, Jimmy Nelson pays personal homage to time-honored traditions. He combines the timeless elegance of Dutch naturalism with contemporary portraiture. For both individual and group portraits, this passionate artist and storyteller uses a large-format analog camera. The result is picturesque and romantic images, rich in detail, reminiscent of the famous Dutch masters.
The intrinsic beauty of human diversity and shared heritage reinforces the sense of global interdependence, a recurring theme in Nelson's work. Visitors are invited to engage in a visual dialogue and reflect on the importance of cultural preservation and unity. With its unique blend of historic and modern architecture, the monumental Fotomuseum aan het Vrijthof provides an ideal setting. The museum organizes a parallel program with artist talks and school activities.
Jimmy Nelson (Sevenoaks, England, 1967) spent his childhood in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Since 1993, he has lived in Amsterdam, where the Jimmy Nelson Studio & Gallery is located. The artist has been photographing for forty years and exhibits in major museums and galleries worldwide. His independent work has also been presented at art and photography fairs such as PAN Amsterdam, Photo London, Paris Photo, and TEFAF Maastricht, as well as at the Fabrique des Lumières.
Wishing all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year..............
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In addition to the temple's famous building, the property features wooded grounds covered with a variety of mosses. This Japanese garden was supposedly designed by the great landscape artist Sōami.
In the later periods of Japanese garden history, fine stones were transported from a ruined or impoverished garden to a new one. According to the book Landscape design: A Cultural and Architectural History by Elizabeth Barlow Rogers, "In 1474, following his retirement from the shogunate, Yoshimasa (1436-1490), had some of the stones and pine trees of the Flowery Palace and Muromachi Hall, both of which had been devastated by civil warfare, removed to his villa retreat at the base of Higashiyama (the Eastern Hills). There he lived from 1438 until his death, when the villa was converted to the Zen temple, Jisho-ji, or Ginkakuji (the Temple of the Silver Pavilion), as it is better known."
The Zen culture is not entirely represented in this garden because it was financed by the shogunate as a retreat and the primary use was aesthetic enjoyment. Instead of being designed by and for the use of monks, practitioners of zazen, or seated meditation.
Ginkakuji was constructed in relation to its surroundings. This is described in the Journal of Asian Studies by Ichito Ishida and Delmer M. Brown, "The southeast corner of the first floor has openings in the walls, since a pond is located on that corner of the building, beyond which the moon rises between the peaks of Higashiyama. And since a lake extending northeastward reflected light that suffices even for reading, the room on the northeast corner has been planned as a library. Therefore, the natural objects do not merely surround the building, twisting it out of shape but supply intrinsic motivation for the structural design." The sand garden of Ginkaku-ji has become particularly well known; and the carefully formed pile of sand which is said to symbolize Mount Fuji is an essential element in the garden.
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Macro Mondays: Dutch angle theme
This silver ring (which is 3/4 inch in diameter) sits upon a page of text from Aldous Huxley's Heaven and Hell essay.
The text reads:
"Of all the vision-inducing arts that which depends most completely on its raw materials is, of course, the art of the goldsmith and jeweler. Polished metals and precious stones are so intrinsically transporting that even a Victorian, even an art nouveau jewel is a thing of power. And when to this natural magic of glinting metal and self luminous stone is added the other magic of noble forms and colors artfully blended, we find ourselves in the presence of a genuine talisman.”
I am not sure a silver ring (one without color or luminous stone to embellish it) would fit with Huxley's premise, but I am transported by the magic of it's glinting metal.
With this absent structure in mind, we have designed a Summer House in-the-round. Standing free with all its sides visible, and conceived as a series of undulating structural bands, it is reminiscent of a blind contour drawing (a drawing executed without lifting the pencil up from the paper and only looking at the subject). The logic of generating a structure from loops is a self-generating one and comes from the idea of coiling material in your hands then stacking the coils upon each other. The horizontal banding recalls the layered coursing of Queen Caroline’s Temple, despite its idiosyncratic nature.
The new Summer House is organised as four structural bands, beginning with a bench level attached to the ground, on which is a second band of three C-shaped walls crowned by a third and fourth level that forms a cantilevered roof, a tree-like canopy over the smaller footprint defined by the undulating loops of bench wood. The Summer House is constructed from plywood and timber, materials intrinsically in harmony with the looping geometry of the structure.
Taxi to the gallery:
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And some information before you jump:
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Take a little time and enjoy this wonderfull and intrinsic coop and explore !
(Not sure where this is...somewhere over the western US flying south to Vegas)
I post this for no other reason than to express my never ending astonishment with this camera, the Fujifilm X100S, and it's amazing clarity, detail and colour rendering. There's nothing intrinsically artistic about this shot...it's just so damn cool I couldn't resist showing it to somebody...anybody!!! :)