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I had the honour to shoot Ceri & Rob's wedding on Saturday... After a week of rain, the sun decided to put in an appearance and made the whole day extra special.
This is my favourite shot from the day so far.
Strobist Info:
Canon 430EXII from left at 1/8 manual through 95cm Octobox
Canon 430EX from right at 1/2 manual through 95cm 'softbrolly'.
Fired with RF-602 radio triggers
Made Explore: 31st March 2010
Highest Position: #24
Serendipity is when you unexpectedly stumble across something good. And that is what happened yesterday when I was out walking on the moors with a friend and a Short-eared Owl popped up in front of us. Short-eared Owls usually breed on the Peak District Moors so I often see them in summer but they are pretty thin on the ground in winter. Most Short-eared Owls leave the higher ground to spend the winter in lowlands, especially around estuarine saltmarshes. Though the BTO Bird Atlas says that birds in the Uists, Orkneys and the Pennines appear to winter close to their breeding grounds, yet I rarely see them in winter. There was a bit of snow on the ground yesterday but not enough to hamper its hunting. We watched it for about five minutes, and it did appear to catch and eat something, then it slowly headed south and out of sight. I did manage some closer shots but I quite liked this one showing the winter moorland habitat.
In Explore dal 17/10/2013 - Highest position: 20 on Thursday, October 17, 2013
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Uzungöl, Çaykara, Trabzon, January 5, 2022
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This image is a 2 shot blend of exposures taken along the Jordan Pond trail during our July 2015 night photography workshop in Acadia National Park where we teamed up with Acadia Images Photography Workshops & Aaron Priest Photography. All our participants were set up shooting star trails and time lapse so I took a stroll to see what vantage points I could capture that I hadn't seen before.
Nikon D600 & 14-24mm @ 14mm
Processed and blended via Lightroom & Photoshop CC
Sky: f/2.8 â 25 secs â ISO 4000
Foreground: f/2.8 â 168 secs â ISO 2000
Reykjanesviti is Iceland's oldest lighthouse. The original structure was built in 1878; just eight years later the building was destroyed by an earthquake so 1907 it was rebuilt on a different location where it still stands today.
The adult humpback whale is generally 14–15 m (46–49 ft) long, though individuals up to 16–17 m (52–56 ft) long have been recorded. Females are usually 1–1.5 m (3 ft 3 in – 4 ft 11 in) longer than males.
The species can reach body masses of 40 metric tons (44 short tons). Calves are born at around 4.3 m (14 ft) long with a mass of 680 kg (1,500 lb)] The species has a bulky body with a thin rostrum and proportionally long flippers, each around one-third of its body length.[14][15] It has a short dorsal fin that varies from nearly nonexistent to somewhat long and curved.
Like other rorquals, the humpback has grooves between the tip of the lower jaw and the navel. The grooves are relatively few in number in this species, ranging from 14 to 35. The upper jaw is lined with baleen plates, which number 540–800 in total and are black in color.
The dorsal or upper side of the animal is generally black; the ventral or underside has various levels of black and white coloration. Whales in the southern hemisphere tend to have more white pigmentation. The flippers can vary from all-white to white only on the undersurface. Some individuals may be all white, notably Migaloo who is a true albino. The varying color patterns and scars on the tail flukes distinguish individual animals.[
The end of the genital slit of the female is marked by a round feature, known as the hemispherical lobe, which visually distinguishes males and females.[15][19]
Unique among large whales, humpbacks have bumps or tubercles on the head and front edge of the flippers; the tail fluke has a jagged trailing edge. The tubercles on the head are 5–10 cm (2.0–3.9 in) thick at the base and protrude up to 6.5 cm (2.6 in).
They are mostly hollow in the center, often containing at least one fragile hair that erupts 1–3 cm (0.39–1.18 in) from the skin and is 0.1 mm (0.0039 in) thick. The tubercles develop early in gestation and may have a sensory function, as they are rich in nerves. Sensory nerve cells in the skin are adapted to withstand the high water pressure of diving.
In one study, a humpback whale brain measured 22.4 cm (8.8 in) long and 18 cm (7.1 in) wide at the tips of the temporal lobes, and weighed around 4.6 kg (10 lb). The humpback's brain has a complexity similar to that of the brains of smaller whales and dolphins.
The structure of the eye indicates that eyesight is relatively poor, being only able to see silhouettes over long distances and finer details relatively close. Computer models of the middle ear suggest that the humpback can hear at frequencies between 15 Hz and 3 kHz "when stimulated at the tympanic membrane", and between 200 Hz and 9 kHz "if stimulated at the thinner region of the tympanic bone adjacent to the tympanic membrane". These ranges are consistent with their vocalization ranges.
As in all cetaceans, the respiratory tract of the humpback whale is connected to the blowholes and not to the mouth, although the species appears to be able to unlock the epiglottis and larynx and move them towards the oral cavity, allowing humpbacks to blow bubbles from their mouths. The vocal folds of the humpback are more horizontally positioned than those of land mammals which allows them to produce underwater calls. These calls are amplified by a laryngeal sac.
This image was taken in Juneau, Alaska
Wednesday is trying to find her best colors for Christmas (apart of black) and looks like grey and silver is acceptable!
This is the last of the baby squirrels. They left the nest and I refuse to chase them up the trees. But I thank and love them for this photo opportunity. (I will still have to feed them. :-)) It's been a hoot and a lot's of fun. Also, I want to thank everyone who has shared them with me. Thank you for your support and comments.
Santi Bartolomeo e Gaetano is a Renaissance style, Roman Catholic church in central Bologna; it is located near the Two Towers, adjacent to the Strada Maggiore.
A church at the site dedicated to St Bartholemew had existed since the 5th century; it was likely built atop an even older church and housed Benedictine monks till the 16th century. The church was designed by Giovanni Battista Falcetti with elaboration by Agostino Barelli, and owes the awkward facade due to its construction in 1517 at the site of a palace begun by Andrea da Formigine, commissioned by a member of the Gozzadini. The project, which is seen in the single-story portico along the exterior, was interrupted after the death of the patron, soon after completion of what became the side portico.
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La iglesia de Santi Bartolomeo e Gaetano, de estilo renacentista y de confesión católica romana, se encuentra en el centro de Bolonia, cerca de las Dos Torres, junto a la Strada Maggiore.
En este mismo lugar existía una iglesia dedicada a San Bartolomé desde el siglo V; probablemente se construyó sobre una iglesia aún más antigua y albergó monjes benedictinos hasta el siglo XVI. La iglesia fue diseñada por Giovanni Battista Falcetti, con detalles de Agostino Barelli, y su peculiar fachada se debe a su construcción en 1517 sobre el emplazamiento de un palacio iniciado por Andrea da Formigine, por encargo de un miembro de la familia Gozzadini. El proyecto, que se aprecia en el pórtico de una sola planta del exterior, se interrumpió tras la muerte del mecenas, poco después de finalizar lo que se convertiría en el pórtico lateral.
“She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separating its numerous strands, appreciating its subtle nuances. She was a prism through which sadness could be divided into its infinite spectrum.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything Is Illuminated
Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gydcChFnzQ
INNER DEMONS - JULIA BRENNAN
I try to always choose a different song each time, but although I've used this one before, it just fit somehow better than any other to describe my feelings in this moment …
Seems a long, long way back to you
I don't know if I can spare the time
am I better off leaving you
where you are knowing you'll be fine
you left me remember that
and I just didn't have the fight
left in me to call you back
seems it happened as often as the night
eyes like blueberries
lips like red cherries
words that could sting my ears and my eyes
warm as the Summer
cold as the Winter
emotions that could ring in my ears; make me cry
I am strung out; my soul seems to twist and to turn
your words and your actions make my heart burn
how can you say that you love me so much
when you hurt me; deprive me of your tender touch
alone in your torment; you want me to fall
you fill up my senses; you make me your all
I am ruined for anyone else
I am steering a course to a world I once felt
dreams come to me; they flood my mind
I thought that you were one of a kind
exhausted I lay and I pray for release
of this prison you made me; the sheets that you creased
mock me and mimic my cries; I fall back
drained of the energy; courage I lack
thoughts of you make me so weak
scent of you tainted now; havoc you wreak
why can't you leave me alone
you left me begging to bring you back home
can't live without you; can't seem to die
these feelings that clout me and cloud up my eyes
I crave you; the brave you; the one who got out
my soul and my heart skipped a beat so devout
in praise of your being; in love with your bones
so deep is this feeling that won't leave me alone
Dante's Inferno burns my fevered brow
a travesty; tragedy; I feel the heat now
licking and curling these pitiful pages
yellowing; make brittle the words that take ages
to write and then later they don't mean a thing
if you can still leave me on a tightrope of string
so narrow and pointless; my world seems to shrink
a life time without you; a life time to think
if only I could be at rest
I'm striving to do it; to be whole; the best
but still in my heart I feel you
and still in my soul I am torn right in two
writhing; surviving; damaged by love
you ripped something from me
can't find it here or above
pushing and shoving I try to control
the endless beginnings; the endings; the toll
it takes me further away from you
I can hardly make the night through
even my dreams; perpetual in motion
find no remedy; no magic potion
still I awake in the cold light of morning
realise you're not here; once again I start mourning
yet what is the use of grieving
it won't bring you back to the land of the living
I place fresh flowers by the smooth marble stone
that marks where you lay; the wind sets the tone
cold and relentless it whips at my face
how I wish you were standing here in my place
I gave everything up for you
yet still you left me broken in two
my tears water the flowers
I kneel; pray for the hours
to pass gently and swiftly until I reach the day
when I can rejoin you
until then I remember true
the plans that we made
if only you'd stayed
I promise I will carry on
just as you wanted; I'll sing our life song
do all the things that we wanted to do
try not to cry when all I wanted was you
goodbye my sweetheart; goodbye ...
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The Robin is a year round resident in the UK, but a small minority of female Robins migrate to southern Europe during winter, a few as far as Spain. Both the male and female feature similar plumage, both with the distinctive red breast. The male bird is extremely territorial and will aggressively defend his territory, attacking any similar sized birds that try to muscle in on their patch.
The adult European robin is 12cm long and weighs between 15 to 22 g with a wingspan of 20–22 cm . The male and female bear similar plumage; an orange breast and face lined by a bluish grey on the sides of the neck and chest. The upperparts are brownish, or olive-tinged in British birds, and the belly whitish, while the legs and feet are brown. The bill and eyes are black. Juveniles are a spotted brown and white in colouration, with patches of orange gradually appearing. Male robins are noted for their highly aggressive territorial behaviour. They will fiercely attack other males and competitors that stray into their territories and have been observed attacking other small birds without apparent provocation. There are instances of robins attacking their own reflection. Territorial disputes sometimes lead to fatalities, accounting for up to 10% of adult robin deaths in some areas
#Ab_Fav_Happiness_Is
... sitting on a terrace, watching all the world go by, with a Belgian Blonde Leffe beer, a cigarillo, some nibbles and a book... BLISS
The market in Brugge, Flanders, a hive of activity!
I spotted this gent enjoying life.
With love to you and thank you for ALL your faves and comments, M, (* _ *)
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So I decided to make an IS-2 and this was the result. Not my greatest work ever but it ain't bad. Credit to the fuel tank thing on the side goes to Dips.
Enjoy!
U.S.S. Turner BDR-834 (Radar Picket Battle Destroyer, a very rare ship indeed!) is seen while underway at sea, prior to its 1960 FRAM II refit, ca late 1950's. This concocted photo was created because back in the day you always wanted to impress your friends with a bigger than life photo of your ship, "because my dog is bigger than your dog." When this baby cleared it throat, everybody listened! Then on top of that, the actual USS Turner was a true Radar Picket Destroyer (DDR-834), originally of the Gearing Class when constructed. The idea for the rare designation of "Radar Picket Battle Destroyer," was that it was always a constant battle to keep everything in working order aboard the ship, which of course we did do, but it was a constant battle to do so. This must have been a true situation, because after my 4-1/2 year enlistment ended in January 1967, the ship was decommissioned just two years later in 1969, making it one of the first Gearing class destroyers to be in line to be scrapped.
The name of the photographer that captured the original image on film is unknown, but the phony modifications performed to the image were performed by me. The funny thing about a photo such as this is that the overall public when viewing it, really don't know what they are looking at when it comes to US Navy vessels! This photo has been shown to various friends and they did not pick up on it or think that it was phony. The ship now has the long sleek hull appearance of a destroyer, but what about those large and long naval guns! LOL The photo that was used to create this image was that of the USS Iowa BB-61. Do hope that some out there enjoy viewing this photo and that it does not upset some others!
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What a glorious September day to be out and about in the Rockies! The day started out a bit foggy, but everything cleared up quickly. Beyond South Kananaskis Pass is British Columbia. Our GPS says we walked about 25 km's round-trip, and our feet do not disagree...
This is my second attempt at shooting an aurora. I had just bought a new 11-16 f2.8 lens and love it!!!
catching a salmon and getting to keep it. This is the female I call Georgina if she can get from the water to the forest without meeting another bear there is a good chance she gets to eat it.
(en): the One is not . . but there is some one
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Outlining a Theory of General Creativity . .
. . on a 'Pataphysical projectory
Entropy ≥ Memory ● Creativity ²
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Etude du jour:
Les "grands personnages" se croient-ils sincèrement eux-mêmes avec autant de foi que les pensionnaires des asiles qui se prennent pour Joséphine ou pour Napoléon ?
Do the "great characters" sincerely believe they are themselves with as much faith as asylums residents who think they are Napoleon or Josephine?
( Georges Picard - Tous fous )
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rectO-persO | E ≥ m.C² | co~errAnce | TiLt
Turtle Mountain is the source of the famous Frank Slide, and was the third of three hikes we did in Crowsnest Pass area over three days. The weather was especially lovely, with beautiful sun and a nice cooling breeze. While many hikers make the strenuous hike to the first of the big peaks of Turtle Mountain (the North Peak), it's only those who are looking for scrambling fun who continue to the South Peak. It is quite eerie to walk on the South Peak, with its gigantic cracks and fissures, but there's a seismic monitoring station on the South Peak, so it must be safe, we're sure...
"Coffee" that's her name.
My family just lost her for a few weeks ago.She was die!!! :-( at March 27,2007.
I'm still so sad and miss her a lot.
Lake O'Hara in Yoho National Park is a preserved area. It can only be reached by their schedule daily tour bus (old yellow school bus) or hike a 8km trail to get in there from the nearest parking lot.
This is a 4 images stitched panorama. I was hoping to have some good sunset lights. The cloudy weather never really go away within the 2 days I was there. And I think I truly experienced what it means by "There's no bad lighting!!". And sometimes what you don't expect might give you the most dramatic results. Like the lovely clouds that put this image into a different mood. Hope you can enjoy this place from the photo as much as I do!!
The mountain in the middle is Yukness Mountain, and one on the right is Mt. Schaffer
Hope you like it!
And a great weekend!!
The Tower is an iconic landmark on top of the beautiful Cotswolds escarpment. It was the brainchild of the great 18th century landscape designer, “Capability Brown”. His vision was carried out for George William 6th Earl of Coventry with the help of renowned architect James Wyatt and completed in 1798 on Beacon Hill.
Breath 13/2
We go back 42 years ago were on the Penn Central [PRR ] just east of Fort Wayne Ind at Adams Tower with this eastbound on this busy main line .Today this is part of the Chicago Fort Wayne and Eastern RR .The double track main is long gone and now only a few trains a day
Southwark is a London Underground station in the London Borough of Southwark at the corner of Blackfriars Road and The Cut. It is between Waterloo and London Bridge stations on the Jubilee line.
Jane (42leaves) is an incredibly talented artist friend of mine that Kay and I have hooked on photography...lol. She has a wonderful eye for seeing things differently especially the details and is helping me learn to see outside "the box". This is part of a fence post in Oakwood Cemetery in Austin. Nice viewed large
Fall is here.
Another year
is coming to an end.
Summer's finished,
Summer's gone,
Winter's round the bend.
Fall is piles of crunchy leaves,
orange, gold, and red.
Fall is sweaters with long sleeves
and blankets on the bed.
Fall is footbell,
Fall is pumpkins,
Fall's where summer ends.
it is from my old archives[ my favorite]... took this at a beach near to San Diego[ forgot the name] in the year 2008 with a 5mp p&s camera.
I hope, now the title will make some sense :)
No Cropping or straightening here...
Yala National Park is the most visited and second largest national park in Sri Lanka. The park consists of five blocks, two of which are now open to the public, and also adjoining parks. The blocks have individual names such as, Ruhuna National Park (block 1) and Kumana National Park or 'Yala East' for the adjoining area. It is situated in the southeast region of the country, and lies in Southern Province and Uva Province. The park covers 979 square kilometres (378 sq mi) and is located about 300 kilometres (190 mi) from Colombo. Yala was designated as a wildlife sanctuary in 1900, and, along with Wilpattu was one of the first two national parks in Sri Lanka, having been designated in 1938. The park is best known for its variety of wild animals. It is important for the conservation of Sri Lankan elephants, Sri Lankan leopards and aquatic birds.
I found this on Blackpool beach. Did someone build this? It's so haphazard for a fence across the opening!
When you ride with the best... what's left is just road greasers :)
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Lyrics
If you really wanna know
What I want in a guy
Well I'm looking for a dream on a mean machine
With hell in his eyes
I want a devil in skin tight leather
He's gotta be wild as the wind
And one fine night
I'll be holdin on tight, to
A cool rider
A cooooooool rider
If he's cool enough
He can burn me through and through
Whoooa
If it takes forever
Then I'll wait forever
No ordinary boy
No ordinary boy is gonna do
I want a rider that's cool
That's the way it's gonna be
And that's the way that I feel
I want a whole lot more than the boy next door
I want hell on wheels
Just give me a black motorcycle
With a man rollin out of the seat
So move aside
Cause I'm gonna ride
With
A cool rider
A cooooooool rider
If he's cool enough
He can burn me through and through
Whoooa
If it takes forever
Then I'll wait forever
No ordinary boy
No ordinary boy is gonna do
I want a rider that's cool
I don't want no ordinary guys
Coming on strong with me
They don't know what I'm looking for
They don't know what I need
They're gonna know when he gets in
Cause the ground will be shakin
I'll do anything to let him know that I'm his
His for the takin
I want a cool rider
A cool cool cool cool rider
I want a cool rider
A cool cool cool cool rider
I want a c-oo-l r-i-d-e-r
I need a c-oo-l r-i-d-e-r
I want a cool rider
A cool cool cool cool rider
I want a cool rider
A cool cool cool ca nned a shiteool rider
I want a c-oo-l r-i-d-e-r
I need a c-oo-l r-i-d-e-r
The Atrium is located on the ground floor and is easily accessible from Jubilee Street, Queen Victoria Street and Des Voeux Road Central.
It will provide not less than 700㎡ of public open space and is landscaped for passive recreation and leisure uses.
An open-plan design was proposed to serve as a central focal gathering place as well as a lively and flexible space for a wide range of cultural and leisure activities, exhibitions and public events.
位於地下的中庭將提供不少於700平方米的公眾休憩空間，作綠化等靜態康樂用途。中庭位置方便易達，連接租庇利街、域多利皇后街和德輔道中均十分方便，開放式設計有利於作為一個生動、靈活的聚會地點，作多種如展覽等文化和休閒活動。
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This is my much loved Ferrari Testarossa. Not the real thing, but a prized, die cast and rather rather large 1/8th scale model.
It was made "way back" last century by a company called Pocher, (sadly no longer in business) who made the most amazing and detailed large scale models. This is actually one of the less detailed kits with just over 500 parts. It includes such detail as pop up headlights, fully opening doors, bonnet (hood) and boot (trunk - which is actually at the front of this car, being a rear engined one). The fully working steering wheel is linked to the front wheels and it has full suspension. The engine has amazing detail with real rubber fan belts and the like. It is a treat to view on its own. Inside, the seatbelt material is real, and the gear lever moves through that wonderful chrome slotted H pattern gate. The seats move fore and aft, and even have reclining backrests! It even has a tiny key on a keyring which will unlock and open the doors! Some of the other more detailed vintage models go as far as having working brakes, and have real leather upholstery.
My model is in a bad way and needs some tender loving restoration. Through moving house no less than nine times, it has suffered a little with every pack and unpack. Normally it would have lovely wing mirrors, but both have broken off several times. I still have them but need to do some detailed work to get them back on again.
I will hopefully present it again one day in a better setting and with a little more attention paid to getting the forced perspective right. Here it is in our front garden under the dappled shade of our silver birch tree. In over 30 years of owning this car, this is the first time I have photographed it. I even washed and polished it (with real Meguiar's car polish) just for the occasion! (What a geek!)