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BRYNKINALT HALL IS A GRADE II* LISTED BUILDING. THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE PRESENT HOUSE WAS COMPLETED BY SIR EDWARD TREVOR IN 1612. THE BUILDING, WHICH WAS THREE-STOREYS HIGH, WAS CONSTRUCTED FROM BRICK, WHICH WAS CUT ON SITE. THE IMPRESSIVE GREAT HALL WAS ONCE AN OPEN COURTYARD, WHICH THE COACHES ENTERED VIA AN ARCH WHERE THE STAIRCASE IS NOW SITUATED. THE ORIGINAL JACOBEAN OAK PANELLED HALL STILL REMAINS, GIVING A GLIMPSE INTO THE ORIGINAL HOUSE.
EXTENSIVE REMODELLING WAS CARRIED OUT IN 1808 TO THE DESIGN OF CHARLOTTE, VISCOUNTESS DUNGANNON, WHOSE TASTE EMBELLISHED THE SURROUNDING GROUNDS AND PARK. CHARLOTTE ADDED TWO EXTENSIVE WINGS TO THE HOUSE, WHICH INCLUDE THE LARGE DINING AND DRAWING ROOMS, EACH WITH THEIR OWN ANTE ROOMS, TWO SMALL MORNING ROOMS KNOWN AS THE BOUDOIRS, AND A CONSERVATORY WHICH BOASTS STUNNING VIEWS OF THE CEIRIOG VALLEY.
SOME OF THE FEATURES OF HER DESIGNS ARE RECORDED IN A HISTORIC BOOK OF DRAWINGS, PLANS AND SKETCHES, WHICH OFFERS A FASCINATING INSIGHT INTO THE THOUGHTS AND IDEAS THAT LED TO THE FINAL DESIGNS. CHARLOTTE ALSO ADDED MANY GOTHIC TOUCHES TO THE HOUSE, SUCH AS CASTELLATIONS AND TURRETS. SHE ALSO BUILT A NUMBER OF GATE LODGES, FOLLIES AND A DOUBLE WALLED GARDEN.
At the summit of Mount Lee.
The landscape is nice and green from the recent record rains.
The Hollywood Sign (formerly the Hollywoodland Sign) is a landmark and American cultural icon located in Los Angeles, California. It is situated on Mount Lee, in the Hollywood Hills area of the Santa Monica Mountains. The sign overlooks Hollywood, Los Angeles.
"HOLLYWOOD" is spelled out in 45-foot (13.7 m)-tall white capital letters and is 350 feet (106.7 m) long. It was originally created in 1923 as an advertisement for a local real estate development, but it garnered increasing recognition after the sign was left up. The sign was a frequent target of pranks and vandalism, but it has since undergone restoration, including the installation of a security system to deter vandalism. The sign is protected and promoted by The Trust For Public Land, a nonprofit organization, while its site and the surrounding land are part of Griffith Park.
The sign was erected in 1923 and originally read "HOLLYWOODLAND." Its purpose was to advertise the name of a new segregated housing development in the hills above the Hollywood district of Los Angeles.
The sign was officially dedicated in 1923. It was intended only to last a year and a half, but after the rise of American cinema in Los Angeles during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the sign became an internationally recognized symbol and was left there.
In 1949, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce began a contract with the City of Los Angeles Parks Department to repair and rebuild the sign. The contract stipulated that "LAND" be removed to spell "Hollywood" and reflect the district, not the "Hollywoodland" housing development. The Parks Department dictated that all subsequent illumination would be at the Chamber's expense, so the Chamber opted not to replace the lightbulbs. The 1949 effort gave it new life, but the sign's unprotected wood and sheet metal structure continued to deteriorate. By the 1970s, the first O had splintered and broken, resembling a lowercase u, and the third O had fallen down completely, leaving the severely dilapidated sign reading "HuLLYWO D."
In 1978, in large part because of the public campaign to restore the landmark by Hugh Hefner, founder of Playboy magazine, the Chamber set out to replace the severely deteriorated sign with a more permanent structure. Nine donors gave US$27,777.77 each (totaling US$249,999.93) to sponsor replacement letters, made of steel supported by steel columns on a concrete foundation.
The store is in pretty good shape, but little was done to it when Acme took over. At first, the store was crowded (as Pathmark always was)...but as Albertsons has raised prices and cut products left and right, "sales have fallen off a cliff", as one employee told me.
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The Acme (former Pathmark) of Ferry Street in Newark, NJ is having a going-out-of-business sale. The closing was announced by the UFCW local 1262 a few weeks back. Unfortunately, the closing is not surprising. In a gentrifying neighborhood full of immigrants from Portugal, Spain, Brazil, Ecuador and lots of other places--Pathmark, with its deep expertise in ethnic merchandising--was a perfect fit; by contrast, Acme makes little effort to carry the products that the people of the neighborhood want to buy. It’s like the company has one model for supermarkets, and they plop them down no matter what neighborhood they operate in.
The sad part is that Pathmark was so successful and high-volume in this neighborhood that, in 1995, they replaced an older store next door with this 65,000 sq. ft. super center. Once A&P took over, prices went up, but at least the store still carried the wide selection of fresh and dry goods that the neighborhood wanted. Acme cut tons of these products and greatly reduced the selection. They replaced the once vibrant international flavor of Pathmark with a WASPy supermarket that your grandmother might have shopped at.
I am sure this is only the first of many former A&P/Pathmark stores that will close under Acme's leadership. The stores are mostly devoid of customers. The owners of New Albertson’s never had a long-term strategy to be in the grocery business. This is a company run by Wall-Street money men who buy up companies, leech money out of them to make themselves rich, saddle the companies with debt, and then try to sell them quickly. And believe me, they are saddling New Albertsons with billions of dollars of debt, financing all these acquisitions and store renovations. Unfortunately for them, there has been low interest in an Albertsons IPO the two times they have tried to offer the company up for sale, and now that same-store sales are tanking, it seems even more unlikely. To top it off, the company still hasn’t had a single profitable quarter since it was formed and is losing tens of millions every quarter.
Employees are being offered opportunities to relocate to other stores, but the ones I spoke to said many of the stores are too far away, and after being put through the wringer over the years, I think they are ready to move on. No one has yet signed on to takeover the supermarket, but the buzz was that ShopRite was interested in the store. The Kearny ShopRite operates 3 miles away.
Chiffchaff is a common breeder but a scarce wintering bird in Northern Britain. However, there were lots in the scrub and reeds of El Fondo as most winter north of the Sahara.
They respond very well to pishing and this one came right out to see what all the fuss was about.
I debated for a long time if this shot is a keeper, particularly because of the somewhat dull background. I thought about cropping it out, but then the shot loses depth. Eventually, the gorgeous colors won me over. I didn't have a tripod at the time, but was able to recover some sharpness in photoshop. This morning taught me the wisdom of having extra time at hand when going for a sunrise. We were staying just outside the park boundaries, and those of you who went there know that it's the smallest of national parks. So we never thought getting there in time would be an issue. As it happened, we missed the sign for sunset point and by the time we made a U turn and found it, the first lights had already appeared. Nonetheless, sunrise at Bryce is something I will never forget in my life.
St Agnes is the southernmost populated island of the Isles of Scilly, England, United Kingdom. It joins the island of Gugh by a tombolo, a kind of sandbar, called the Gugh Bar, which is exposed only at low tide. The two islands together have the smallest population of the Scilly archipelago, with 73 residents recorded in the 2001 census, and a landmass of 366 acres - 150 hectares.
The island's most notable landmark is its lighthouse, which has been converted into living accommodation and no longer contains a light. It was built in 1680 by Trinity House and was coal fired until 1790, when it was converted to oil fired, with copper lamps and 21 revolving reflectors. A plaque records original construction by Captains Hugh Hill and Simon Bayly, builders of the 1676 Lowestoft lighthouse.
The St. Agnes lighthouse was the second to be built in Cornwall (after the Lizard lighthouse of 1619). It stands 74' above the ground, and 138' above mean high water. It was superseded in 1910 by the Peninnis Lighthouse, St. Mary's. It now serves simply as a daymark for shipping.
Monday, 18 July 2022: our temperature is 15°C (windchill 14°C) just after 11:00 am. Sunrise was at 5:42 am, and sunset is at 9:41 pm. Thank goodness, the heatwave has broken and today is cooler with rain! Back to warm weather tomorrow.
I passed this handsome fellow when I was driving along a back road that I don't think I had ever driven before. Beautiful, relaxing scenery while enjoying, and being very thankful for, my car's air-conditioning. Will be SO glad when this heat wave comes to an end!
Three days ago, on 14 July 2022, I found a Grizzly Bear family when there was no one else around, and pulled over way, way down the road. All the cars afterwards overtook me and some were maybe 3-6 feet away from the bears. I did eventually pull forward a little bit, but people still passed me and went and parked in front of me, sometimes blocking my view. All about getting their close photos and not giving wildlife their space.
I had just been exploring one of my several favourite places in Kananaskis. Once back at my car, I took a few bites of a sandwich and happened to glance way down the road. Looked like there were Bighorn Sheep, but when I zoomed in on my camera to check, I discovered that it was a family of Grizzly Bears. Not wanting to invade their space, I took what photos I could from a great distance, before pulling forward a little. Not the best photos, though one of two of the sub-adults worked out OK. So relieved that I had not encountered them on my short walk!!!
The main reason for my trip was simply to get out of my unbearably hot home! I had made a few drives closer to home recently, for the same reason. This time, I needed a change.
This time, I went to the mountains, hoping that I might see a few different things. Calling in at Highwood House, I was lucky to see a Hummingbird quickly visit the feeders. First time, it left too fast, but I managed a photo or two the second visit.
Partly because I left home much later than I had hoped, I didn't drive as far as I might have otherwise done. There are a few mountain peaks and ranges that I always love to see along the highway and I always stop to take a few shots.
On the way back to the city, I called in at my 'usual' area closer to home, but I think most of the birds must have been sheltering from the hot sun. So many birds during this heat wave have their beaks open because of the heat. A pair of Mountain Bluebirds made my decision worthwhile.
This is the sun photographed by an ultraviolet camera onboard NASA's STEREO spacecraft. Solar Dynamics Observatory will expand scenes like this one to IMAX resolution. Credit: NASA/STEREO
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When NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) leaves Earth in November 2009 onboard an Atlas V rocket, the thunderous launch will trigger an avalanche.
Full story:
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sdo/news/avalanche.html
Mission planners are bracing themselves -- not for rocks or snow, but an avalanche of data.
"SDO will beam back 150 million bits of data per second, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week," says Dean Pesnell of the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. That’s almost 50 times more science data than any other mission in NASA history. "It's like downloading 500,000 iTunes a day."
SDO is on a mission to study the sun in unprecedented detail. Onboard telescopes will scrutinize sunspots and solar flares using more pixels and colors than any other observatory in the history of solar physics. And SDO will reveal the sun’s hidden secrets in a prodigious rush of pictures.
"SDO is going to send us images ten times better than high definition television," says Pesnell, the project scientist for the new mission. A typical HDTV screen has 720 by 1280 pixels; SDO's images will have almost four times that number in the horizontal direction and five times in the vertical. “The pixel count is comparable to an IMAX movie -- an IMAX filled with the raging sun, 24 hours a da
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The entire Tree of Life is amazing; from it's sheer size to the multitude of all the sculptures/carvings on its trunk. The owl is one of my favorites.
Disney's Animal Kingdom | Discovery Island | Tree of Life
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Paradise is STUCK in my head =P I love that song SO much ever since it played on the Grammy awards XD it also snowed that day too ^.^ Is it just me or does Taylor look STUNNING in this picture? Oh and Happy Valentine's Day =D
This is almost as fresh as the day was. This past Saturday we had an event in Greene Iowa, and as usual this was an excuse to hit the road with camera in hand. According to the weather man this was to be a wet shoot. I nice spring thunder storm rolled through before we left and then cleared off (mostly) leaving us with some greener grass and a fresh rinse on everything. So please enjoy the trip with little patches of green here and there.
This is another image from yesterday’s wander through downtown Grimsby, Ontario to take advantage of the short-lived period of morning sunshine. Sunshine has been depressingly rare for the past month-and-a-half of dull, dark grey skies, so I bundled up, grabbed my camera and went out to see what I could find. On Main Street in the downtown area is a shop focussed on weight loss supplies and programs. Hence the name as seen here: Curves. But the signage, as well as the building itself, is made up of hard, straight lines, all the more prominent in the hard light. So I interpreted the sign as being somewhat contradictory with the straight lines of the structure and an arrow seemingly suggesting that you look elsewhere for any curves. The harsh lighting suggested a fine art style processing was in order. As a result, conversion to black-and-white/monochrome was my PP direction. Another hard light image in downtown Grimsby.- JW
Date Taken: 2021-01-21
Tech Details:
Taken using a hand-held Nikon D800 fitted with an AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm 1:4.0 lense set to 24mm, ISO200 (AutoISO), Daylight WB, Matrix metering, Shutter Priority mode, f/14.0, 1/400 sec. PP in free Open Source RAWTherapee from Nikon RAW/NEF source file: set final image size to be 9000px wide, brighten the image overall by setting exposure compensation to EV+1.05, increase contrast as well as Chromaticity in L-A-B mode, slightly increase Vibrance, and then also boost contrast and saturation in the Exposure panel, boost black level to get a good dark sky and hard shadows, use the Graduated Neutral Density/GND tool to darken the sky/top of frame further, use the Shadows/Highlights tool to recover some detail in the bright sheet metal of the sign and also bring up shadows a bit, apply some noise reduction, apply sharpening (edges only), save. PP in free Open Source GIMP: convert to B&W by using the Colours>Desaturate>Mono Mixer and then decrease the green channel and increase the red channel to further exaggerate the high contrast look, use the tone curve tool to brighten the highlight areas slightly, slightly increase contrast and also boost brightness a bit, sharpen slightly, save, scale to 6000px wide, sharpen slightly, save, add fine black-and-white frame, add bar and text on left, save, scale image to 3000 px wide for posting online, sharpen very slightly, save.
AGHHH I LOVE THAT NEW JONAS BROTHERS SONG, LOVE IS ON ITS WAY!
holy guacamole! its so beautiiiiful.
i can listen to it like,
1234567890111213141516171819203333 times! :D
Raymond Terrace.
This town is located at the confluence of the Hunter and Williams Rivers as they enter the estuary region of Newcastle. Not linked to the rivers is Lake Grahamstown which is really a water storage dam taking waters from the Williams River through a canal to the dam. It provides about 40% of the Hunter region water supply and the dam and lake was created between 1956 and 1965. The town of Raymond Terrace was named after Lieutenant Raymond who was in the party led by Lieutenant Shortland who discovered the Hunter River region in 1797 when looking for escaped convicts. The terrace name was meant to describe the terraced or layered appearance of the trees along the Hunter River where they camped. On a visit to this spot in 1818 Governor Macquarie named it Raymond Terrace. Australian cedar cutters were here from the early 1800s but the first land grants only date from the early 1820s and the town itself was established in 1837. In the 19th century Raymond Terrace was a bustling river port and some river barges and ships were constructed here. The area along the Hunter River soon had warehouses, ship yards etc. The town has many sandstone and heritage buildings. These include in King Street: the Richardson and Scully warehouse/action rooms from around 1854; the old commercial building from 1847 which is now marked the Masonic Lodge as it was from 1920 to 2013; and several 1880s hotels and general stores. Look for the Marriage Trees in King Street too. In Sturgeon Street is the sandstone Anglican Church built in 1862 and across the street from it facing Jacaranda Street is the former Anglican rectory. This fine colonial house built in 1844 is now a function centre. The Norfolk Island pines in the garden were planted in 1850.
An 1850 split slab cottage known as Sketchley Cottage, built for an ex-convict William Sketchley, is now the town museum. William Sketchley was assigned as a convict to work for John Richardson in 1830 on the Hunter River. John Richardson’s son later had auction rooms in King Street in Raymond Terrace. They were then purchased by his grandson James Richardson in 1902 when his grandfather retired. The business was then known as Richardson and Scully until he sold it in 1910. The old 1854 warehouse was owned by the University of Newcastle Rowing Club from 1969 to 2004. Now privately owned since 2016. Sketchley cottage is of slab construction built before 1850 and moved to this site some decades ago. It has an extensive historical collection.
Near Raymond Terrace the National Trust has a fine historic property called Tomago House which is now permanently closed. A young barrister named Richard Windeyer had the house built. He bought around 30,000 acres of land in the Hunter Valley and 850 acres of land at this then swampy site around 1838. He had the house site drained and had the acreage planted in grape vines, sugar cane and wheat. He also had some livestock here. He was especially interested in wine and planted 12 acres of vines in 1842 and imported a German vineyard worker from South Australia in 1844 and others from Germany. They produced their first wine in 1845 making Windeyer one of the first successful wine makers in the Hunter Valley. For his wheat he imported the first wheat reaping machine into NSW from South Australia in 1846. Work began on Tomago House in 1840. Richard Windeyer died in 1847 at just 41 years of age. Their only child William Charles Windeyer was just 13 years of age at that time. Richard Windeyer’s wife Maria retained the 850 acres of Tomago estate and she eventually designed the estate chapel in 1860-61. Three generations of the Windeyer family lived on Tomago estate until 1944 when the property was sold. In the 1980s the Tomago Aluminium Smelter bought the property as a buffer around the smelter. In 1988 the smelter company donated 5 hectares (twelve acres) of land and the mansion to the National Trust. Only the chapel is visible from the road.
this is my first time try to build a hauge battleship. i build it with a lot red brick. it's not i favorate the red color, it is because i have too many red bricks and i don't know how to use them.
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This is an image from my collection. Although predominantly slide scans, it includes other types of media as well. All have been collected over the past 40+ years of shooting Kodachrome and digital images, slide purchases and many years of exchanging. I was fortunate enough to trade with some of the best airliner photographers around the world.
Created in 2017, this is a curated archive that serves to share what otherwise would be kept in binders and boxes, not being enjoyed by anyone, myself included.
REGISTRATION : 9Q-CLE
MFR TYPE & SERIES : Douglas DC-8-33
MSN : 45266
OPERATOR : Air Congo
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DATE (WHEN KNOWN) : 1970
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She is my favorite Poppy from the Supermodel convention. She is wearing a model life silkstone lingerie, ABS Kyori peignoir. Jewels and perfume bottles by me.
This image was taken a couple months ago while visiting California. We pulled over to take some pictures while on the famous 17-mile drive. These little guys would pop up out of the rocks and were most definitely not shy. I wonder what the squirrel is thinking?
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Casa del Sol
***Sun is shining-Bob Marley***
Sun is shining, the weather is sweet, yeah
Make you wanna move your dancing feet now
To the rescue, here I am
Want you to know, yall, can you understand?
When the mornin gather the rainbow, yeah, yeah
Want you to know, Im a rainbow too now
To the rescue, here I am
Want you to know, yall, can you, can you, can you understand?
Sun is shining, the weather is sweet now
Make you wanna move your dancing feet, yeah
But to the rescue, here I am
Want you to know just if you can, here I stand, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
Can you understand me now, baby?
Do you believe me?
Tiny Wild Clover,is not easy to Shoot,because you have to get down to ground level for the best Angel.
Using natural light from the window
Using my new canon EF 24-105L F/4 IS USM Lens well pleased with it
There is a precedent for this in that Gloucestershire haulier Moreton C Cullimore & Sons retains a beautifully preserved Scammell Pioneer recovery vehicle. Several generations forward, the Foden S90 performed the same role as the Pioneer in the British Army. Several have subsequently entered the preservation scene, whilst others remain in active service with a variety of second-hand users (16-Jun-17).
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Yosemite Falls
Yosemite National Park, CA - USA
The Yosemite Falls is the highest waterfall of Yosemite National Park, with 2,425 feet from the top of the upper fall to the base of lower fall. Usually, in the period of the year when this photo was taken the fall is totally dry. It was a pleasant surprise to see that there was a little flow of water still dropping.
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A Yosemite Falls é a mais alta queda da água do Parque Nacional de Yosemite, com 739 metros do topo da queda superior até a base da inferior. Normalmente, na época de ano em que esta foto foi tirada ela está totalmente seca. Foi uma surpresa agradável ver que ainda havia uma pequena quantidade de água fluindo na cachoeira.
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Belle is enjoying time with friends in the castle. The staff make amazing desserts!
Blythe a Day - Princess or We are Your Friends - 7/9/24
So happy to get a chance to use these Disney playset pieces this month. Chip and Mrs Potts are available now at Walmart. Cogsworth was a cheap flea market find from years ago. I found the yellow dress (on a doll) at the Salvation Army about 6 months ago. All worked out for today.
Blythe Doll - Bohemian Peace
Dress - thrift store find
Mrs Potts, Chip, dog, dessert stand - Disney playset , recent Walmart purchase, made in 2024
Cogsworth the Clock - flea market find, made in 1992
Furniture - Barbie repainted
Cakes - made by me
Pie - Michael's
Ceramic dishes - flea market find
Floor - made by me from egg carton pieces attached to wood
Wallpaper - scrapbook paper attached to a cereal box
#blythe #blythedisney #beatyandthebeast #dollhouse #dolldiorama #playscalediorame #dollfood #fairytale #toys
This is Bella, made by the Chinese doll company, Doll Chateau. She is an MSD sized doll, so she is about 17" tall. She is the pink resin tone. She is wearing a dress made by Goodreau. The rosey-blonde wig is from N-Doll, the pigtail wig is from Mary Hoyer, and I made the Tibetan lamb wig. She is wearing Ethereal Angels eyes.
*Project Neverland is a way for us to show our love for Movies, TV Shows and Books in a Fashion way. We make references, not cosplays.
Model: Jenniré Narváez.
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-Jenniré Narváez
-Julia Olivo
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The Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve is a protected area consisting of wetlands and surrounding monsoon and dry forests approximately 70 km (43 mi) east of Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia (a comfortable 1 hour drive from Darwin CBD or suburbs).
The Reserve lies within the Adelaide and Mary River Floodplains, which is an Important Bird Area.
Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve was created after the demise of an unsuccessful rice farming project which operated in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The dam was originally created as dry season water storage facility for the rice crop.
The reserve attracts a wide range of local and migratory water birds and other wildlife including one of the largest populations of snakes within Australia (including the Water Python and Death Adder), and includes a several raised observation platforms.
Saltwater Crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) and Freshwater Crocodiles (Crocodylus johnstoni) can be seen at Fogg Dam all year around.
Fogg Dam is open 24 hrs per day all days of the year. The only limitation is that during very heavy monsoon rain periods, water may overflow the dam wall (which serves as a road through the reserve) and limit traffic to high-clearance vehicles.
In some years, the dam wall may be temporarily damaged by monsoon rain overflows and be impassable for a short section.
The open nature of the reserve along the dam wall makes it an excellent site for birds in flight (BIF) photography.
The highest bird activity for BIF photography occurs later in the wet and early dry season (say March to June) when thousands of waterbirds and other water-attracted species are moving around the reserve.
Passerine species can be best photographed from treed areas, and the Woodlands and Monsoon Forest tracks.
PHOTOGRAPHERS THOUGHTS …
Contrast is about light, and photography is painting with light …
When the colours of a scene are just not working, look to creating a B&W. So many times, photographing towards to sun destroys the colour, but creates good B&W.
Here was just that situation, and using my 9mm lens for field-of view, allowed me to capture the drama unfolding in the sky. Remember, getting a black and white image to work requires the image to have black & white elements …
AMBIENT LIGHT
5.30pm pm at the end of January, with light radiating in from top left
COMPOSITION ELEMENTS
B&W, Contrast, Leading lines, Vanishing point, Dramatic, Field-of-view, Scale, Graded light, Light & shade, Texture, Anchoring point (bottom right), Telling a story, Pano crop.
LOCATION
Long Jetty, Central Coast, N.S.W.
SETTINGS
1/1250th, f11 (within sweet spot range of lens), 200 ISO, Manual Exposure based on blinking highlights in viewfinder, exposure meter, and histogram, to expose correctly for the brightest element in the image, EV 0, Manual Focus, RAW, Fuji X-T2, Laowa 9mm Lens (35mm format – 14mm). Note that this is a manual lens and does not record exif data correctly ...
ENHANCEMENT (Lightroom)
Tweaked image using Exposure, Contrast, Highlights, Shadows, Whites, Blacks, Texture, Clarity & Dehaze, sliders, as well as brushing in some Whites & Blacks
These ‘Photographers Thoughts’ are posted to aid photographers to recognise compositional elements, as well as the camera settings used, so you might learn from what worked, or through my mistakes … enjoy Greg
Az önhipnózis, egyrészt mint egy természetes, mélyen ellazult tudatállapot, másrészt, mint egy rendkívül lecsendesült, fókuszált figyelmi állapot rengeteg jótékony hatással bír. Tovább is megyek. Az általános jótékony hatásokon túl, ez egy olyan tudatállapot, amely képessé tesz bennünket önmagunk és magunkon keresztül az egész életünk megváltoztatására. Ez a tudatállapot a lelki "svájci bicskánk", roppant sokoldalú eszköz. Hogy mennyire? Lássuk!
1. Stresszoldó
A stressz lelki, fizikai hatásait mindenki ismeri, a paletta széles; közéjük tartozik az ingerültség, rosszkedvűség, izomfeszültség, hasi panaszok, vérnyomás ingadozás, fokozott verejtékezés, kedélyhullámzás, memória romlása, koncentrálási zavarok és így tovább. Egyre inkább terjed az a nézet is, hogy nagyon sok betegség kialakulásában is jelentős szerepet játszik a stressz.
A Wikipédia szerint:
"Hosszabb ideig fennálló tartós stressz hatására kialakulhat
Tartósan rossz közérzet
Szorongás
Pánikrohamok, esetleg pánikbetegség
Depresszió, Ingerlékenység
Soványság, elhízás
Csökkent ellenálló képesség
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Az önhipnózis egy olyan természetes, megváltozott tudatállapot, melynek során egy rendkívül mély fizikai, érzelmi és mentális ellazulást élünk meg. Ez a szent hármas teszi lehetővé azt, hogy a testünk fellélegezzen és gyors ütemben elkezdje magát regenerálni. Egy szóval: nagyon-nagyon egészséges!
Az önhipnózis elsajátításakor a gyakorlók megtanulják, hogyan tudják a testüket és elméjüket gyorsan és akaratlagosan ellazítani, illetve megtanulják felismerni és tudatosan ellazítani az esetleges belső feszültségeket.
Az önhipnózis pusztán ezért az egy tulajdonságáért is megérdemli a helyet a kedvenc szabadidős tevékenységek között.
2. Önbizalom növelő
Ezt leginkább azok az emberek emelik ki, akik korábban nagyon is hadilábon álltak az önbizalommal.
Az önhipnózis során megtanuljuk a tudatalattink erőforrásait felismerni és felhasználni. Minél többet gyakorlunk, annál biztosabban érezzük ezt az erőt, és annál könnyebben tudjuk azt irányítani, a fejlődésünkre, illetve a céljainkra fordítani.
Egy idő múlva már nem lesz számunkra kérdés, hogy egy nagyszerű segítségünk van a mindennapok gondjainak leküzdésére, és fokozatosan a gondokat megtanuljuk kihívásokként értelmezni, amikhez minden eszközünk megvan, hogy megoldjuk.
Fokozatosan letesszük azokat a káros hiedelmeinket, miszerint kicsik és erőtlenek vagyunk a körülményekkel szemben, hiszen a belső tudatunk megadja számunkra azt a bölcsességet, amivel tisztán kezdjük látni az életünket és szerepünket.
3. Érzelmi intelligencia, empatikus képesség növekedése
Egyre divatosabb kifejezés manapság az érzelmi intelligencia. Mit is takar?
"Az érzelmi intelligencia (EI) az intelligencia vagy a képességek azon fajtája, ami a saját és mások érzelmeinek érzékelésével, kezelésével és pozitív befolyásolásával kapcsolatos." /Wikipédia
Ez számunkra a mindennapi életben azt jelenti, hogy az önhipnózis gyakorlásával egyre inkább tudatában leszünk érzelmeinknek, és nem csak akkor amikor már kitörtek vagy bajt okoztak. Lépésről lépésre, egyre inkább felismerjük az érzelmek valódi, mélyebben fekvő okait.
Egyre könnyebben észrevesszük azt, hogyan rángatnak minket ezek az érzelmek és egyre könnyebben megértjük és elfogadjuk más emberek szempontjait. Ezáltal könnyebben és tudatosabban irányítjuk az érzelmileg telített helyzeteket.
4. Problémamegoldó képesség javulása
A problémamegoldó képesség javulása egyenes következménye az érzelmi intelligencia fejlődésének. Ebben az esetben nem rohanunk vadul bele érzelmeinktől elvakítva konfliktusokba, hiszen az nem a probléma megoldását segítené csupán a feszültségek levezetését. A feszültségek kisütésének a következménye, hogy a másik fél is feszült lesz és egyre inkább a saját érzései vezérlik, mintsem a probléma mindkét fél számára való megoldásának a vágya.
Ugyanakkor nem is fojtjuk magunkba az érzéseket a konfliktustól való félelmünkben, vagy a "béke kedvéért", hiszen az elfojtás rengeteg negatív energiát hoz létre, ami így vagy úgy, de kihat mind a saját egészségünkre, mind a környezetünkre.
A két rossz megoldás helyett egyre jobban tudatában leszünk annak, hogyan hozzuk létre ezeket a negatív érzéseket, mivel hozzuk létre magunkban a feszültséget és belső tudatunk segítségével azt is elsajátítjuk, hogy hogyan lehet ezeket az érzéseket időben feloldani, transzformálni. Így energiánkat átalakítjuk, hogy inkább segítsen a probléma megoldásában, ahelyett, hogy súlyosbítaná azt.
5. Kiegyensúlyozottság, belső nyugalom erősödése
Szintén "mellékhatása" a rendszeres önhipnózis gyakorlásnak, hogy egyre nyugodtabbá válunk a hétköznapokban.
Mivel érzelmeink egyre jobban tudatosulnak és egyre jobban megtanuljuk ezeket az érzelmi energiákat felismerni és pozitív érzelmekké alakítani, így nem halmozódnak fel bennünk a feszültségek.
A nehéz helyzeteket is egyre higgadtabban tudjuk kezelni, ami ismét csak visszahat ránk, hiszen a környezetünk is csillapodik a mi hatásunkra. Ez a hatás-ellenhatás elve.
6. Öröm, felszabadultság és egyéb pozitív érzések erősödése
Ez a személyes kedvencem. Az öröm és felszabadultság érzet természetes közegünkké válik. Ez nem jelenti azt, hogy örökké rózsaszín szemüvegben röpködünk a föld felett, egyszerűen csak annyit jelent, hogy egyre több apróságban megéljük az élet szépségét. Emellett ugyanilyen tisztán megéljük a szomorúságot vagy egyéb érzelmeket, amikor azoknak jön el az ideje, de nem ragadunk bennük, nem kötjük magunkat hozzájuk, mintha minden pozitív érzelem pusztán illúzió lenne.
Megéljük azt, hogy az életöröm természetes állapotunk. Ez az az állapot, amikor az élet minden mozzanata jelentőséggel bír, bármily csekélynek tűnjön is. Elkezdjük észrevenni, mennyi öröm és szépség vesz minket körül, mennyi csodának vagyunk részesei.
Megtanultuk, hogy természetesnek vegyük, mindazt, ami minket körül vesz. Természetes, hogy van kezünk, lábunk, szeretteink vagy nap és égbolt. Mintha mindez járna nekünk, így nem is fordítunk ezekre a dolgokra különösebb figyelmet.
Ha visszaemlékszünk a gyerekkorunkra, akkor talán felrémlik, milyen apróságok tudtak minket elvarázsolni, mennyi örömet rejtett a pocsolyában való ugrálás (amíg valamelyik kevésbé megértő szülő véget nem vetett a röpködésnek), a homokvár építés friss sárga homokból vagy egy szarvasbogár nézegetése. Ez volt az a tudatállapot, amikor a lehetőségek még ott hemzsegtek körülöttünk, bennünk. Ehhez a tudatállapothoz térünk vissza, csak ezúttal már több megértéssel (remélhetőleg), de semmivel sem kevesebb örömmel.
7. Életcélunk, a világlátásunk tisztul
Amíg érzelmeink és a tudatalattiba száműzött energiáink nincsenek rendbe téve, úgy csetlünk-botlunk az életben, mint egy telezsúfolt, teleszemetelt, sötét lakásban. Célunk homályos, nehezen kivehető, és időnként azt vesszük észre, hogy rossz irányba megyünk, ez a cél nem is a mienk, vagy ha a mienk is volt, mégsem lettünk boldogabbak tőle. Nem beszélve a keresgélés során összetört kis lábujjakról.
Amikor elkezdjük az önhipnózist rendszeresen gyakorolni és a belső tudatunkkal végre kapcsolatot felvenni, akkor az olyan, mintha elemlámpát gyújtanánk. Egyszerre ugyan csak egy kis részt világít be, de ahogy elkezdjük a szobákat apránként rendbe rakni, egyre nagyobb tér szabadul fel bennük önmagunk és a számunkra fontos emberek számára. Ezzel együtt egyre tisztábbá válnak valódi, belső lelki céljaink.
A lelki szobánk egyre világosabb és otthonosabb lesz, így válik életünk is egyre "otthonosabbá" önmagunk és szeretteink számára.
8. Az emberi kapcsolatok javulása
Az önhipnózis önmagunk megváltoztatásának egyik leghatékonyabb módja.
De mit is értünk önmagunk megváltoztatásán?
Belső önmagunk, lelkünk már most is tökéletes. Nem szorul változtatásra.
Ami változtatásra szorul az a viselkedésünk, szokásaink, berögzült hiedelmeink és ezáltal az energiánk. Az, ahogyan az energiánkat használjuk, torzítjuk és kisugározzuk. Ez kihat miránk és a környezetünkre is, és ez alapvetően meghatározza az emberi kapcsolatainkat.
Az önhipnózis során megtanuljuk, hogyan használjuk a saját energiánkat, hogyan merevítjük káros viselkedésmódokká, szokásokká majd jellemvonásokká.
"Én már csak ilyen vagyok." Ismerős? Kényelmes kifogás azért, hogy ne kelljen szembenézni önmagunkkal.
A tudatosítás azt jelenti, hogy megtanuljuk megkülönböztetni önmagunkat és azt a sok belső, tudatalatti programot, amely a mai személyiségünket alkotja. Egyre jobban megtanuljuk a saját káros programjainkat felismerni és átírni pozitív, hasznos módon.
Az emberek tudat alatt a viselkedésünkön, hozzáállásunkon és lényünkön keresztül kisugárzott energiára reagálnak.
"Jó kisugárzása van."
Ez nem más, mint valaki, aki nyitott, pozitív módon, használja az energiáját. A pozitív energia pedig vonzerővel bír, ezzel nem árultam el titkot.
9. Az önismeret rendkívüli mértékben megnő
Talán nem is kell ragozni, hogy egyenes következménye a belső énünkkel való munkának, hogy egyre többet tudunk meg magunkról.
Aki szereti magát abban a tévhitben ringatni, hogy már mindent tud önmagáról és már semmi újat nem lehet neki ezzel kapcsolatban mondani, annak sajnos azt kell mondanom, hogy igaz a közhely, ez egy végtelen út. Minél többet ismerünk meg önmagunkból, annál inkább rádöbbenünk arra, mennyi új megismerni való vár még ránk.
Ez ne riasszon meg senkit. Ez egy nagyon gyümölcsöző út, ami önmagunk felé vezet. Érdekes, izgalmas és gyönyörű, mint egy nagyon érdekesen megírt könyv. Tele van csavarokkal, és a kép egyre jobban kitágul, egyre több részlet mutatkozik meg. Lassanként rájövünk, hogy sokkal többek vagyunk, mint ahogy gondoltuk.
Ezzel együtt a felismeréssel együtt, érdekes módon, kialakul egy csodálattal vegyes alázat saját lényünk iránt. Minél inkább rálátunk, ráérzünk belső, isteni lényünkre, annál inkább felismerjük, milyen pici dobozba próbáltuk bepréselni téves elképzeléseinkkel. Tisztelni kezdjük önmagunkat a szó legnemesebb értelmében, mert meglátjuk a lélekben a végtelent.
10. Spirituális fejlődés
Ezzel el is érkeztünk ahhoz a ponthoz, ahova tudat alatt mindannyian törekszünk.
Önmagunkon, belső tudatunkon keresztül nyílik ki a kapu a belső, végtelen fény felé. Ahogy elkezdjük egyre jobban beengedni a fényt önmagunkba, megértjük, mennyi érzésünk pusztán annak a következménye volt, hogy elzártuk magunkat a saját belső fényünktől, amely a végtelen fény része.
A belső tudat fényében világossá válik, hogy a magány, az elhagyatottság, az elveszettség mind nem más, mint "hiánybetegség". A fény hiányának betegsége. Érezni fogjuk, hogy ezt a fényt nem vette el tőlünk senki, nem vonta meg tőlünk senki, senki nem taszított minket a sötétségbe, hanem mi zártuk ki magunkból a belső energiáinkat. Burokként összezárultunk magunk körül, kizárva a fényt és a sötétben megéltük a fény hiányát, mint végtelen magányt és elhagyatottságot.
Belső tudatunk segít megérteni a fontos összefüggéseket az életünkben. A látszólag kívülről ránk szakadt körülmények törvényszerűségeit. Természetesen mindezt lépésről lépésre tanuljuk meg, mindenki a saját ütemében, a saját módján, a saját fejlődési szintjén. Sürgetni nincs értelme. A belső tudat mindent a mi képességeinkhez mér.
Ugyanakkor biztosak lehetünk benne, hogy ez a tanulás mindannyiunknak nagyon sok hasznot hoz.
Annyi haszontalan dolgot megtanultunk életünkben, ideje végre életünk legfontosabb leckéinek nekilátnunk.
És +1: Az önhipnózis roppant kellemes!
Az ellazulás, illetve az érzelmek feloldása, felszabadítása egyre kellemesebb élménnyé teszi az önhipnózist.
Javaslom napi rendszerességgel végezni (ismerem a kifogásokat, de gondoljunk arra, hogy a számunkra igazán fontos dolgokra mégis szoktunk tudni időt szakítani!), egy idő múlva már kifejezetten igényelni fogjuk!
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Mokala is the seTswana name for the Camelthorn tree. It's also the name of South Africa's newest national park.
No big five here. But there's a lot more to South African wildlife than that. This park has the biggest diversity of antelope that I know of: Springbok, Impala, Tsesebe, Roan Antelope, Sable Antelope, Gemsbok, Red Hartebeest, Black Wildebeest, Blue Wildebeest (not strictly antelope those two), Eland, Kudu, Bontebok, Steenbok, various duikers, etc., etc..
Also lots of warthogs with their piglets, all ruddy from rootling in the the red earth.
Amazing to see these wonderful animals in one place. The landscape is amazing too - savannah scrub forest but all laid on red Kalahari sand.
We finally had good enough afternoon light for me to put some Velvia 50 in the Pentax 67, bang on the 45mm and let rip.
I remembered some article by George Lepp - one of his many on photographing California Poppies from low angles, I think - on how to get the sunburst. To my amazement, it worked. Set smallest aperture (f22 on this lens) and half obscure the sun against an object (the tree branch). The rays are caused by diffraction (if I remember) around the edges of the diaphragm blades.
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Valentine session with her fiance's car – how awesome is this! © Studio 247 Photography
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Now summer is over and my lack of photographs being uploaded has continued despite my many attempts and many apology's. I do wish I had more time to upload my photographs but I have been working extra shifts and focusing on my Alevels as it is my last year before university. I hope sincerly that my efforts are being put to good use although I miss my efforts put in sharing my photographs on Flickr and I regret my neglect for it deeply. I enjoy sharing my photographs as photography is my biggest passion as is what I strive to study beyond Alevel, thus being my chosen course in which I want to study at university next year. With the thought of university and actually applying to university I am going to have to have to take an extra focus in on my photography and do everything I can to improve my chances of receiving an offer to my particular choices. Needless to say that Flickr plays a big role in this therefore I hope but do not promise that photo's will be being uploaded more frequently and more regularly.
Aside from my personal life and goals this is another awaited image from my vist to Stratford-Upon-Avon in April earlier this year. It only seems appropriate that I continue to upload these photographs before any recent ones as they have been sitting on my computer without a purpose. I want to give these images a purpose as the weekend was beautiful and one which the memories will live on forever. I enjoyed taking these photographs and I am proud to say that these photographs are mine.
The harsh realities of life in the desert are etched in the face of this hardy Rajasthani farmer. He is watching a small girl performing acrobatics at a fair. He is not amused, obviously!
And so is our vacation. California was great. Still there, where we left it. Weather on the coast was crappy, as it always is in the summer. We ate more than we should have, saw more people that time made appear feasible and had the best time seeing Sara enjoy every place we took her.
We will be back!
P.S. Who said nothing good comes out of jet-lag? I can finally process and upload in peace, the whole house quiet and to myself!
This is the memorial to not one but two mining disasters at Auchengeich. In 1931 six miners were killed by an explosion - a number of their comrades tried to go back to save them, but were overcome by fumes and had to be rescued themselves.
The second disaster was in 1959, when 47 men were trapped by a blaze, a thousand feet below the surface of the Earth. So severe was the fire and smoke (most were overcome by the smoke, it is thought) that the rescue attempts could not get close, and eventually they were left with no choice but to flood the put to dowse the flames.
47 men gone just like that, dozens of families shattered. My mother was a wee girl when it happened, but she remembered some of the children whose family members were in the pit being taken out of school, wailing and screaming their grief. The history books like to talk about the Great Events - the Industrial Revolution, exploration, empire and all of that, but often neglects that everything was built on the broad backs of men who laboured in such dangerous conditions for little reward.
This is Bragi J. Ingibergsson, 45 and a pastor at Víðistaðakirkja in Hafnarfjörður.
I had to shoot an environmental portrait for a school assignment so I decided to "kill two birds with one stone" and use that shot for my 7th week as well and Bragi was more than willing to model for me. He is a very nice guy, well probably has to be since he is a pastor but we probably spent more time talking about photography during this shoot than taking photos :)
Lit with a single bowens monolight with a 100x100cm softbox, opened the curtains on windows on either side of the altar to get some light in there and took this hand held, very minimal processing, pretty much just standard raw conversion stuff.
Cornel Piper (b. April 2, 1937, in Ardmore, Alberta) is a former offensive lineman in the Canadian Football League from 1957 to 1967 for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Piper won four Grey Cups with Winnipeg.
Position: Tackle
Career highlights and awards:
1958, 1959, 1961, 1962 Grey Cup champion
CFL West All-Star 1960, 1961
Link to his CFL stats - www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=...
Link to some of his issued football cards - www.footballcardgallery.com/search.php?search=cornel+piper
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