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Christmas is over but it’s still winter and the fairies are out and about in abundance. . . OK, well I don’t actually believe in fairies but nevertheless I see them sitting around the house this time of year and this one represents Jack Frost.
This is a photograph from the finish of the Tullamore Harriers AC "Quinlan Cup" Half Marathon which was held on Saturday 27th August 2016 in Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Ireland at 11:00. This is the fourth year of the event. The race is organised and promoted by Tullamore Harriers AC. The race starts on the Charleville Road just outside the entrance to Tullamore Harriers. The race proceeds south along the R421 and onto the N52 before taking a route onto local back roads. The race then completes a large rural road route before it joins to the R421 again and the final 1.5 miles are the same as the first mile of the race. The runners enter Tullamore stadium and complete one lap of the tartan track before the finish line. The course is challenging in places with some undulations along the route. But overall it is fair course. 2013 seen the first year of the event as the club commemorated the 60th Anniversary of the formation of Tullamore Harriers AC which today is one of Ireland's best known athletics clubs.
We have a large set of photographs from the start and the finish of today's race on our Flickr Photostream: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157669860212434
The race was perfectly organised. The weather was good for racing but there was warm summer weather for the entire race which made for warmer than usual running conditions There were stewarts all along the route, 3 drink stations with bottled water, superb facilities, and great after-race refreshments. The stewards along the route provided great encouragement to all of the runners. Tullamore Harriers and the local community really worked together to make this is a wonderful event. There was also a relay option where teams of two can run approximately 10.5km each.
As mentioned above this race half marathon started in 2013 and celebrated the 60th Anniversary (a Diamond Anniversary) of the foundation of Tullamore Harriers AC. The club was formed in the town in November 1953. However, it was almost 1979 before facilities close to what we see today open in the present day site. Over 50 provincial and national athletics meetings are held at Tullamore Harriers every year. The facilities available combined with it's central geographical location joining routes from North, South, East, and West make it a very attractive venue. The half marathon today firmly brings competitive national road racing back to "The Harriers". The Quinlan Cup which will be awarded to the winning club team. For more than 40 years the Harriers Quinlan Cup was the most prestigious event on the road racing calendar. Having started as a cross-country race back in 1957, it became a road race in 1967 and remained so until 2000 when the race was last held. During its reign as a blue-ribband event the Quinlan Cup was won by the likes of John Treacy and Eamonn Coughlan.
Today, the facilities at Tullamore Harriers are the envy of many athletics clubs in Ireland. The facilities provided by Tullamore make it one of the premier venues for local and national level athletics in Ireland. There is an Olympic standard tartan track, a fully equipped gym, changing facilities, press and media facilities, meeting room spaces, etc. The club also provides a social center and niteclub which makes "The Harriers" a very well known on the local social scene. Esssentially, the town of Tullamore would be a different place if it weren't for the presence of Tullamore Harriers AC.
Our photographs from the 2015 Half Marathon on Flickr. www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157655560294853
Our photographs from the 2014 Half Marathon on Flickr. www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157646587496250/
Our photographs from the 2013 Half Marathon on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157635307620452/
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This also extends to the use of these images for Facebook profile pictures. In these cases please make a separate wall or blog post with a link to our Flickr page. If you do not know how this should be done for Facebook or other social media please email us and we will be happy to help suggest how to link to us.
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Please email petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com with the links to the photographs you would like to obtain a full resolution copy of. We also ask race organisers, media, etc to ask for permission before use of our images for flyers, posters, etc. We reserve the right to refuse a request.
In summary please remember when requesting photographs from us - If you are using the photographs online all we ask is for you to provide a link back to our Flickr set or Flickr pages. You will find the link above clearly outlined in the description text which accompanies this photograph. Taking these photographs and preparing them for online posting takes a significant effort and time. We are not posting photographs to Flickr for commercial reasons. If you really like what we do please spread the link around your social media, send us an email, leave a comment beside the photographs, send us a Flickr email, etc. If you are using the photographs in newspapers or magazines we ask that you mention where the original photograph came from.
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Many people offer payment for our photographs. As stated above we do not charge for these photographs. We take these photographs as our contribution to the running community in Ireland. If you feel that the photograph(s) you request are good enough that you would consider paying for their purchase from other photographic providers or in other circumstances we would suggest that you can provide a donation to any of the great charities in Ireland who do work for Cancer Care or Cancer Research in Ireland.
Let's get a bit technical: We use Creative Commons Licensing for these photographs
We use the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License for all our photographs here in this photograph set. What does this mean in reality?
The explaination is very simple.
Attribution- anyone using our photographs gives us an appropriate credit for it. This ensures that people aren't taking our photographs and passing them off as their own. This usually just mean putting a link to our photographs somewhere on your website, blog, or Facebook where other people can see it.
ShareAlike – anyone can use these photographs, and make changes if they like, or incorporate them into a bigger project, but they must make those changes available back to the community under the same terms.
Above all what Creative Commons aims to do is to encourage creative sharing. See some examples of Creative Commons photographs on Flickr: www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
I ran in the race - but my photograph doesn't appear here in your Flickr set! What gives?
As mentioned above we take these photographs as a hobby and as a voluntary contribution to the running community in Ireland. Very often we have actually ran in the same race and then switched to photographer mode after we finished the race. Consequently, we feel that we have no obligations to capture a photograph of every participant in the race. However, we do try our very best to capture as many participants as possible. But this is sometimes not possible for a variety of reasons:
►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera
►Weather or lighting conditions meant that we had some photographs with blurry content which we did not upload to our Flickr set
►There were too many people - some races attract thousands of participants and as amateur photographs we cannot hope to capture photographs of everyone
►We simply missed you - sorry about that - we did our best!
You can email us petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com to enquire if we have a photograph of you which didn't make the final Flickr selection for the race. But we cannot promise that there will be photograph there. As alternatives we advise you to contact the race organisers to enquire if there were (1) other photographs taking photographs at the race event or if (2) there were professional commercial sports photographers taking photographs which might have some photographs of you available for purchase. You might find some links for further information above.
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That's OK! We understand!
If, for any reason, you are not happy or comfortable with your picture appearing here in this photoset on Flickr then please email us at petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com and we will remove it as soon as possible. We give careful consideration to each photograph before uploading.
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This is a stunning gall of the Beaked Twig Gall Wasp (Disholcaspis plumbella) in the family Cynipidae, Hymenoptera growing on Scrub Oak (Quercus berberidifolia, Fagaceae). These galls are monothalamous which means they contain just one wasp larva,and I believe there is just a single generation. The pointed beak is distinctive. I don't think of these galls as plant pests - they are more like decorations! I'll be looking for more galls as we move towards winter. They nicely fill the gap between summer insects (and spiders) and winter mushrooms as subjects to photograph. (San Marcos Pass, 25 October 2019)
This is just a few of my ancestors that are buried here. The last persons in the Childs plot was Susie Beavens and her daughter May. Isaac P. Chlids was my Gr-Gr-Gr-Granddad, his daughter Almira Childs Beavens Dean was my Great-great Grandmother and James Beavens was my Gr-Gr Grandfather. Their son Harry Beavens was my Great Granddad and Martha Kidwell Beavens was my great Great Grandmom who died in 1894 at the age of 26. Harry her husband remarried to Susan Cole Beavens in 1896 and their daughter my Aunt May B. Young is buried there with her Mom Susan. The Child family settled in D.C. in about 1860 and owned the Childs and Sons Brickyard near the Navy Yard until Isaac P. Childs death in 1895. The family was in D.C. until 1968-69.
Thank for your time
Cheryl Beavens
Bath is a city in the county of Somerset, South West England, known for the curative Roman-built baths that still exist there. Bath is located 97 miles (156 km) west of London and 11 miles (18 km) south-east of Bristol. The city, in the valley of the River Avon, became a World Heritage Site in 1987.
The city became a spa with the Latin name Aquae Sulis ("the waters of Sulis") c. AD 60 when the Romans built baths and a temple in the valley of the River Avon although oral tradition suggests that the hot springs were known even before then. Bath Abbey was founded in the 7th century and became a religious centre; the building was rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries. In the 17th century, claims were made for the curative properties of the water from the springs, and Bath became popular as a spa town during the Georgian era, leaving a heritage of Georgian architecture crafted from Bath stone, including the Royal Crescent, Circus, Pump Room and Assembly Rooms where Beau Nash presided over the city's social life from 1705 until his death in 1761. Many of the streets and squares were laid out by John Wood, the Elder, and in the 18th century the city became fashionable and the population grew. Jane Austen lived in Bath in the early 19th century. Further building was undertaken in the 19th century and following the Bath Blitz in World War II.
Palla is a 5 year old DSH black kitty. Palla was an abandoned housecat who is very stressed by the shelter environment. He came to us with his sisters, who are also shy. Palla is having a hard time adjusting to his new environment, so please move slowly with him. After what he's been through it's hard to blame him for being reluctant to form new relationships. Try talking to him, he seems to respond to the sound of a calm, quiet voice. He also seems very interested in playing, though he hasn't actually played yet. Palla will most likely be a wonderful house cat for the right person who has some time and patient to dedicate to this neglected boy.
The is a photograph from a set of photographs of the 16th running of the Fields of Athenry 10KM took place on Tuesday, St. Stephen's Day, December 26th 2017 at 11:00 in Athenry, Co. Galway, Ireland. Just under 1,200 participants started at Athenry Railway station and finished the race today under the beautiful Medieval Arch in the town. The weather was almost perfect for road running. Conditions were very favourable with little or no breeze and cool crisp air. The winter sun also appeared.
This is one of the leading 10KM road races in Ireland. It would seem it has been around for much longer but the race in terms of history is sill rather young at its 16th year. The superb organisation, atmosphere, and great course gives it the characteristic of a race that is many years older. The credit for this goes to the wonderful athletics club in Athenry AC and the team of volunteers. The attention to every detail in the race which this year attracted over 1,200 participants means that the race has earned its stripes as one of the leading road races in Ireland. To attract such a big field on St. Stephen's day with so many Christmas festivities and other road race events jostling for attention is a serious achievement.
The race started at the Railway station and then took in a loop of the famous fields of Athenry where it turns left and begins it's return to the town, passing the soccer club, over the railway lines, and finishing under the medival arch in Athenry town for a fittingly atmospheric finish to the race. The route as it passes around the fields and outskirts of Athenry are wonderful country road running surroundings. Race HQ is in the Presentation College in Athenry. Post race showers, prize giving ceremony, and refreshments were provided in the College after the race.
We have a very extensive set of photographs from this year's event. The link to the full set of photographs on this Flickr photostream is here: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157691471650345. There are some photographs of the race start at 800m and photographs of the race finish from the 1st across the line until the 50 minutes finish time.
Some useful Internet links:
The Athenry AC Website: www.athenryac.com
Official Race Timing from local company RedTagTiming: www.redtagtiming.com/
The Athenry AC Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/athenryac?fref=ts (Requires Facebook Login)
The official website for the Fields of Athenry 10KM 2017 Website: www.athenry10k.com (This also provides access to the complete archive of results for the entire series of Fields of Athenry races)
The Finish of the 10km under the Medieval Arch on Google Streetview: goo.gl/maps/O2Sv1
Our Flickr set from the Fields of Athenry 2016: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157676673218051
Our Flickr set from the Fields of Athenry 2015: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157649881213766
Our Flickr set from the Fields of Athenry 2013: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157639022727644/
Our Flickr set from the Fields of Athenry 2012: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157632343684441/
Our Flickr set from the Fields of Athenry 2011: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157628575384797/
Edenhill77 also posts excellent sets of photographs from road race events in Galway to Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/edenhill77/sets/
Garmin Connect GPS trace of the 10KM Race Route: connect.garmin.com/player/61755378
Wikipedia Page on 'The Field's of Athenry' en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fields_of_Athenry
The defacto definitive version of the famous song as sung by Paddy Reilly: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9InnXP64To
The fields of Athenry as sung by the fans of the Republic of Ireland soccer team at Euro 2012 against Spain: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdZqpYX9eNk
Can I use these photographs directly from Flickr on my social media account(s)?
Yes - of course you can! Flickr provides several ways to share this and other photographs in this Flickr set. You can share directly to: email, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, Tumblr, LiveJournal, and Wordpress and Blogger blog sites. Your mobile, tablet, or desktop device will also offer you several different options for sharing this photo page on your social media outlets.
BUT..... Wait there a minute....
We take these photographs as a hobby and as a contribution to the running community in Ireland. We do not charge for our photographs. Our only "cost" is that we request that if you are using these images: (1) on social media sites such as Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, Twitter,LinkedIn, Google+, VK.com, Vine, Meetup, Tagged, Ask.fm,etc or (2) other websites, blogs, web multimedia, commercial/promotional material that you must provide a link back to our Flickr page to attribute us or acknowledge us as the original photographers.
This also extends to the use of these images for Facebook profile pictures. In these cases please make a separate wall or blog post with a link to our Flickr page. If you do not know how this should be done for Facebook or other social media please email us and we will be happy to help suggest how to link to us.
I want to download these pictures to my computer or device?
You can download this photographic image here directly to your computer or device. This version is the low resolution web-quality image. How to download will vary slight from device to device and from browser to browser. Have a look for a down-arrow symbol or the link to 'View/Download' all sizes. When you click on either of these you will be presented with the option to download the image. Remember just doing a right-click and "save target as" will not work on Flickr.
I want get full resolution, print-quality, copies of these photographs?
If you just need these photographs for online usage then they can be used directly once you respect their Creative Commons license and provide a link back to our Flickr set if you use them. For offline usage and printing all of the photographs posted here on this Flickr set are available free, at no cost, at full image resolution.
Please email petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com with the links to the photographs you would like to obtain a full resolution copy of. We also ask race organisers, media, etc to ask for permission before use of our images for flyers, posters, etc. We reserve the right to refuse a request.
In summary please remember when requesting photographs from us - If you are using the photographs online all we ask is for you to provide a link back to our Flickr set or Flickr pages. You will find the link above clearly outlined in the description text which accompanies this photograph. Taking these photographs and preparing them for online posting takes a significant effort and time. We are not posting photographs to Flickr for commercial reasons. If you really like what we do please spread the link around your social media, send us an email, leave a comment beside the photographs, send us a Flickr email, etc. If you are using the photographs in newspapers or magazines we ask that you mention where the original photograph came from.
I would like to contribute something for your photograph(s)?
Many people offer payment for our photographs. As stated above we do not charge for these photographs. We take these photographs as our contribution to the running community in Ireland. If you feel that the photograph(s) you request are good enough that you would consider paying for their purchase from other photographic providers or in other circumstances we would suggest that you can provide a donation to any of the great charities in Ireland who do work for Cancer Care or Cancer Research in Ireland.
Let's get a bit technical: We use Creative Commons Licensing for these photographs
We use the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License for all our photographs here in this photograph set. What does this mean in reality?
The explaination is very simple.
Attribution- anyone using our photographs gives us an appropriate credit for it. This ensures that people aren't taking our photographs and passing them off as their own. This usually just mean putting a link to our photographs somewhere on your website, blog, or Facebook where other people can see it.
ShareAlike – anyone can use these photographs, and make changes if they like, or incorporate them into a bigger project, but they must make those changes available back to the community under the same terms.
Above all what Creative Commons aims to do is to encourage creative sharing. See some examples of Creative Commons photographs on Flickr: www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
I ran in the race - but my photograph doesn't appear here in your Flickr set! What gives?
As mentioned above we take these photographs as a hobby and as a voluntary contribution to the running community in Ireland. Very often we have actually ran in the same race and then switched to photographer mode after we finished the race. Consequently, we feel that we have no obligations to capture a photograph of every participant in the race. However, we do try our very best to capture as many participants as possible. But this is sometimes not possible for a variety of reasons:
►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera
►Weather or lighting conditions meant that we had some photographs with blurry content which we did not upload to our Flickr set
►There were too many people - some races attract thousands of participants and as amateur photographs we cannot hope to capture photographs of everyone
►We simply missed you - sorry about that - we did our best!
You can email us petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com to enquire if we have a photograph of you which didn't make the final Flickr selection for the race. But we cannot promise that there will be photograph there. As alternatives we advise you to contact the race organisers to enquire if there were (1) other photographs taking photographs at the race event or if (2) there were professional commercial sports photographers taking photographs which might have some photographs of you available for purchase. You might find some links for further information above.
Don't like your photograph here?
That's OK! We understand!
If, for any reason, you are not happy or comfortable with your picture appearing here in this photoset on Flickr then please email us at petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com and we will remove it as soon as possible. We give careful consideration to each photograph before uploading.
I want to tell people about these great photographs!
Great! Thank you! The best link to spread the word around is probably http://www.flickr.com/peterm7/sets
The golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) is one of the best-known birds of prey in the Northern Hemisphere. It is the most widely distributed species of eagle. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. These birds are dark brown, with lighter golden-brown plumage on their napes. Immature eagles of this species typically have white on the tail and often have white markings on the wings. Golden eagles use their agility and speed combined with powerful feet and massive, sharp talons to snatch up a variety of prey (mainly hares, rabbits, marmots and other ground squirrels).
Golden eagles maintain home ranges or territories that may be as large as 200 km2 (77 sq mi). They build large nests in high places (mainly cliffs) to which they may return for several breeding years. Most breeding activities take place in the spring; they are monogamous and may remain together for several years or possibly for life. Females lay up to four eggs, and then incubate them for six weeks. Typically, one or two young survive to fledge in about three months. These juvenile golden eagles usually attain full independence in the fall, after which they wander widely until establishing a territory for themselves in four to five years.
Once widespread across the Holarctic, it has disappeared from many areas which are now more heavily populated by humans. Despite being extirpated from or uncommon in some its former range, the species is still fairly ubiquitous, being present in sizeable stretches of Eurasia, North America, and parts of North Africa. It is the largest and least populous of the five species of true accipitrid to occur as a breeding species in both the Palearctic and the Nearctic.
For centuries, this species has been one of the most highly regarded birds used in falconry, with the Eurasian subspecies having been used to hunt and kill prey such as gray wolves (Canis lupus) in some native communities. Due to its hunting prowess, the golden eagle is regarded with great mystic reverence in some ancient, tribal cultures. The golden eagle is one of the most extensively studied species of raptor in the world in some parts of its range, such as the Western United States and the Western Palearctic.
This is from the Air Show this past Saturday. They were also having a Bike show....These guy's were really having some FUN!
Sayulita is the crown jewel in the newly designated "Riviera Nayarit", the coastal corridor from Litibu to San Blas. Its natural beauty and easy access to Puerto Vallarta have made Sayulita real estate some of the most sought after in all of Mexico. With a growing ecological awareness and stricter zoning enforcement, development is being regulated to help safeguard the environment and quality of life of the community. Sayulita now has a medical office with an English-speaking doctor and pharmacist, a number of internet cafes and a wide variety of open-air eateries—some right on the sand beach. Sayulita has recently become a wedding destination with a Roman Catholic church and a number of local wedding planners.
Anti-prom is prom for teens and young adults that have hidden illnesses and miss out on the event since most are homeschooled and home bound because of their illness. It is a night catered around their special circumstances and allows them to be kids for the night! Mik's Hidden Hearts Alliance is a 501c3 charity.
This one is not finished yet : I will have to do some more refinements, especially on Mastodon's cranial morphologies in order to fully complete this drawing.
All those monochrome drawings of mine will then be digitally colored in the future, at least thus planned.
[Some of typical early Pliocene Greek land animals]
1)Borson's Mastodon -Mammut / Zygolophodon borsoni
(The Borson's mastodon was not only the largest out of the family Mammutidae, but also one of the most powerfully built proboscidea ever appeared, being greatly surpassing any Mammuthus, Elephas and Loxodonta in terms of skeletal robustness and muscularity. Its almost straight, over 5m long tusks were probably the longest ever in the history of proboscidea)
2)European Boselaphine bovid
3)Etrascan rhino -Dicerorhinus sp.
(Relatively small and long limbed rhino that was closely related to extant Sumatran rhino)
4)Giant scimitar cat -Homotherium crenatidens
(Smaller than northern and western European variation but comparable in size to large male Kruger lions of today. Homotherium sp. along with Lokotunjailurus sp. was one of very few machairodonts(so called sabertoothed cats) that were adapting to cursoliality rather than to being specialized grapplers)
5)Three toed horse -Hipparion crassum
6)Agriotherium sp.
(One of the largest and most carnivorous bears of all time)
7)Auvergne Mastodon -Anancus arvernensis
(Although the colloquial name suggests otherwise, this was in fact, not true mastodon but a member of the family Gomphothridae)
8) European gazelle
The background is the Aegean Sea.
I will perhaps add more detailed description later.
ⓒJagroar
This years special Pullip on Comic Con will be Wonder Woman.........and just as last year´s Batgirl, it isPullip Melissa who is modelling my crocheted dress.
This is my photography project #3. The assignment was to either illustrate a text using a set of 3 pictures, or illustrate the effect of time with the same number of shots. I chose time. Immediately the first thought that popped into my head were hands, of all kinds. Specifically kids, teen, and adult.
The assignment was that we had to show the effects of time, not by taking pictures of watches at different times, but by taking shots of other objects. In my case, here's the way I interpret my pictures:
Each generation, or each stage in a person's life, you hold something very close to your heart, and it usually changes over time. I also wanted to show the physical effect that time had on people (the aging of hands)
The top picture, represents what I hold dearest to my heart. What better way to show that I cherish friendship, love, fidelity, and my family close to my heart than a Claddagh ring. (those are my hands)
The middle picture represents childhood. Who can't resist the stubby little baby fingers? Kids love their toys. Andrew, my neighbor's son, absolutely loves his trucks. I really wish there wasn't movement in this shot, but the more I think about it, the more it kind of ties in. Children are always running around and moving, which in a sense is caught in the middle picture.
Bottom picture: These are my parents hands. I first asked my mom if I could take a picture of her hands, and have her holding something that she holds closest to her heart. Her first question was "Can I hold your dad's hand?" Originally this wasn't my intention, but it worked out fantastically. It shows that she holds closest to her heart her marriage, and even more so her family. Them holding hands shows the tie between all the other pictures.
I hope you like it, and I hope I clearly got my idea across in these photos!
This set of photos received an honorable mention in the "Art of Aging" competition in 2008!!
Ear Spring is a lobe-shaped hydrothermal feature in the northern Geyser Hill Group of Yellowstone's Upper Geyser Basin. It usually has boiling-hot to superheated water with overflow. Orangish-colored microbial mats are present in the overflow channels on the southern and southwestern sides of the crater. Geyser eruptions are extremely rare. Low eruptions were reported in 1986, 1992, and 2004. Fifteen to twenty feet high eruptions occurred in 1957 and September 2018. The latter event was recorded by the Old Faithful web camera (see: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLJlMCNmecs). This was a ~half-minute long eruption that resulted in rocky debris being strewn about. Decades-old trash was also ejected - this was purposefully thrown in by nature-hating tourists. Park personnel have since removed the garbage - it included coins, cans, a pacifier, a partial cinder block (!), cigarettes, foil, part of a shoe, paper, a pencil, a cup, a funnel with tubing, an old bear warning sign, various types of plastic, etc. Part of Ear Spring's geyserite border was fractured during this eruptive activity. Subsequent boiling action has since removed part of the border.
The 15 September 2018 Ear Spring eruption coincided with rare geyser activity in the same area of Geyser Hill. Pendant Spring, Doublet Pool, Exclamation Point Spring, and multiple unnamed features were observed erupting the same evening and/or the next day. North Goggles Geyser also commenced a days-long series of minor eruptions. A new geyser appeared under the boardwalk near Pump Geyser. This activity resulted in the park closing most stretches of boardwalk in the area.
Location: 44° 27' 52.25" North latitude, 110° 49' 49.32" West longitude
This is a trail on Land Trust land on Monte Sano in Huntsville, Alabama. The woods were well shaded, almost dark at times, humid, but generally cooler. The forest is rocky and calcareous. I would consider it moist, as there are a few ephemeral stream beds and one spring that winds its way perpendicular to the trail. Very few flowers were in bloom. I found Hairy Wood Mint - Blephilia hirsuta, Heart-leaved Skullcap - Scutellaria ovata ssp. bracteata, Wild Petunia - Ruellia caroliniensis, and Indian Pink - Spigelia marilandica, the latter two just one individual plant. Quite a few butterflies, all of them Little Wood-Satyr - Megisto cymela - as far as I could tell.
Much is often made and documented about the abandoned houses in Detroit. That tells an important and big story, but it does not tell the whole story. Locals know that the Detroit area offers a complete visual mosaic of wealth and poverty, modern structures, lovely restored structures and some of the finest suburban communities in the US. What is often overlooked are the restored and rebounding communities within the city itself.
On my trip through the South and South central parts of the city I encountered two great examples- Corktown and Mexicantown. In Corktown you find many restored Victorian homes, some of the oldest in the city, with very little blight. Walk down the streets and you notice this not a case of simple gentrification driven almost entirely by single or childless upwardly mobile households. Rather, you see many signs of families living in the area. This indicates strength and a sign of commitment to the neighborhood and city.
Mexicantown offers a somewhat similar story, though different in key aspects. What I found in Mexicantown was a classic immigrant story. The neighborhood has a vibrant commercial district. Many of the homes are well tended. The community has brought color and interest to the area by adding cultural flair to the landscape. Blight is still a problem, though you sense the battle is being won.
Above is a detail selected from the art for my short story in Weird Horror Tales.
The first reviews are coming in on the book:
“Among my favorite [stories],” wrote Tim Walters, “is ‘Wishful Thinking’, which opens, appropriately, on Halloween night and focuses on the frightening legend of Sara Lagle, also known as the Witch of Light's End. "Fall Guy" is about the day Light's End was visited by the Amazing Man who jumps off buildings. The tale effectively uses comic book imagery and allusions, which is not surprising since Michael Vance has a longstanding connection with and affection for the comics medium. At times Vance's wistful, evocative style is reminiscent of Ray Bradbury's fiction, while the often horrific nature of the series recalls the work of writers like H.P. Lovecraft and Robert Bloch. Michael Vance is a talented and underrated wordsmith... Tim Walters
“Each of the Light’s End stories is a snapshot of this strange town, ranging in time from its founding, through our time, and into the future. I’d classify them as speculative fiction with a touch of horror and an occasional touch of science fiction.”
“Seriously,” opines Greg Mitchell, “I thought the stories were really classy. Do you have any more Light's End stories? It's an incredible world and I'd love to read more!”
Daniel Weaver recently wrote: “You create a vivid scene that transplants the reader into a very specific time and place. There are plenty of unsettling images (bones, the monster, etc) as well as concepts (human sacrifice, cannibalism, etc). Allowing your main character to be partially swallowed by such a horrific creation certainly projects horrific imagery. As always, your word choices paint vivid pictures and bring to life unique characters. “
This one is Nikki's favorite Pixar movie so far although she really loves Wall-E. Being an amazing cook herself and what the experts call a "supertaster" this film was right up her alley...not to mention that both of us long to visit Paris.
This is the view from the turn out for Big Spring Creek falls... just to the left out of site in the culvert under the road, and to the right a large rock, a log I have always gone out on to fill water jugs and drink deeply... huckleberry bushes to the sides, and the first series of falls just out of sight on the right.
This is the falls in the loop that is only about 15 or so miles and a bunch of feet in elevation up the 23 road out of Trout Lake, just around the bend from where 23 connects with one end of the 90 road.
Moby Dick is my favorite American novel, and Melville inspires my landscape and seascape photography! “But as in landlessness alone resides the highest truth, shoreless, indefinite as God - so better is it to perish in that howling infinite, than be ingloriously dashed upon the lee, even if that were safety! For worm-like, then, oh! who would craven crawl to land!” ― Herman Melville, Moby Dick
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Henry David Thoreau, Walden: Or, Life in the Woods: We need the tonic of wildness...At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable. We can never have enough of nature.
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Montréal is a city in the Canadian province of Quebec. It is the largest city in the province, the second-largest in Canada and the 9th-largest in North America. Originally called Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill in the heart of the city. The city is on the Island of Montreal, which took its name from the same source as the city,
About the trip:
We will depart from New York City, heading north to cross New York State. In the afternoon, the bus will arrive the second largest French speaking city in the world - Montreal. We will visit Notre Dame Church Montreal, enjoy the beautiful winter view of this great Church. After that, we will head to Old Town Montreal, you will enjoy this French Town with the beautiful winter.
Montreal, QC Montreal, Quebec is the second-largest city in Canada, and the center of French Canadian culture. Called "Canada's Cultural Capital," Montreal offers much to see and do, whether you are looking to explore history or the arts.
The Notre-Dame Basilica-Cathedral in Montreal, Quebec is the oldest parish church in North America, founded in 1647. It is also the first to be elevated to the rank of basilica. Visitors also come for its impressive neoclassical architecture.
Old Montreal The neighborhood in Montreal, Quebec known as "Old Montreal" is the oldest area of the city, with some structures dating as far back as New France settlements. The area contains many museums as well as sightseeing opportunities.
Morning we will visit the tallest leaning tower in the world - Montreal Tower. We will also stop by St. Joseph church to enjoy the whole city view of Montreal. Then, the bus will start returning to New York City. We will stop by at the duty free shops in Canada for famous souvenirs such as Canadian ice wine and the maple syrup.
Montreal, QC Montreal, Quebec is the second-largest city in Canada, and the center of French Canadian culture. Called "Canada's Cultural Capital," Montreal offers much to see and do, whether you are looking to explore history or the arts.
St. Josephs Oratory The current 10,000-person structure was built in 1917, and it has been Canada's largest church ever since. The basilica is also considered a national shrine, a title which signifies a place of special religious, cultural, and historical importance.
Mount Royal This hill in Montreal, Quebec is the namesake of the entire city and an important cultural, environmental, and historical landmark. The top of the so-called mountain is Mount Royal Park, one of the area's largest forested areas.
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The bus will start returning to New York City. We will stop by at the duty free shops in Canada for famous souvenirs such as Canadian ice wine and the maple syrup.
3-Day Quebec Winter Carnival (Ice Hotel) Tour from New York
Tour Code: 672-1058
Visit:
Montréal, Québec, Canada
L'oratoire Saint Joseph du Mont Royal / Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal
Hôtel de Ville de Montréal / Montreal City Hall
Place Jacques Cartier / Jacques Cartier Square with the Admiral Horatio Nelson Column monument
Basilique Notre-Dame de Montréal / Notre-Dame Basilica
Vieux Montréal / Old Montreal
Chinese dinner in Le quartier chinois de Montréal / Chinese dinner Chinatown Montreal
Biodôme de Montréal / Montreal Biodome
Stade olympique / The Olympic Stadium with the Montréal Tower (the highest inclined tower in the world)
IGL The Canadian Duty Free Shop Canadian Ice Wine sampling in St. Bernard de Lacolle
Ville de Québec, Canada / Québec City in Québec, Canada
Carnaval de Québec / Quebec Winter Carnival
1640 Restaurant in Ville de Québec / 1640 Restaurant in Quebec City
Vieux Québec Ville de Québec / Old Quebec in Quebec City
Fairmont Le Château Frontenac / Fairmont Frontenac Hotel
The Hôtel de Glace / The Ice Hotel
Chute Montmorency / Montmorency Falls
Border crossing from USA to Canada and Border crossing from Canada to USA at the Champlain–St. Bernard de Lacolle Border Crossing
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My son has some cool Elmo bath soaps in Red, Yellow and Blue. I know that I have more fun playing with them than he does. I love to put them on the edge of the wet tub and watch them mix together. Sadly, you can't see the cool purple color that forms with the red and blue in this shot.
I wish I had a white bath tub....
Should I crop out the wall and clone out the jet?
TRF: There is nothing better than a hot bath and a good book. I try to do this at least once a week. :)
Rhodes (Greek: Ρόδος, Ródos [ˈroðos]) is the largest of the Dodecanese islands in terms of land area and also the island group's historical capital. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within the Rhodes regional unit, which is part of the South Aegean region. The principal town of the island and seat of the municipality is Rhodes.[2] The city of Rhodes had 50,636 inhabitants in 2011. It is located northeast of Crete, southeast of Athens and just off the Anatolian coast of Turkey. Rhodes' nickname is The island of the Knights, named after the Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem, who once conquered the land.[3]
Historically, Rhodes was famous worldwide for the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The Medieval Old Town of the City of Rhodes has been declared a World Heritage Site. Today, it is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe
Best to know one thing from the start about Old (Medieval) Town of Rhodes (Rhodos): It's not laid out on a grid -- not even close. There are roughly 200 streets or lanes that simply have no name. Getting lost here is not a defeat; it's an opportunity. Whenever you feel the need to find your bearings, you can ask for Sokratous, which is the closest the Old Town of Rhodes comes to having a main street.
When you approach the walls of the Old Town of Rhodes, you are about to enter the oldest inhabited medieval town in Europe. It's a thrill to behold. Although there are many gates, we suggest that you first enter through Eleftheria (Liberty) Gate, where you'll come to Plateia Simi (Simi square), containing ruins of the Temple of Venus, identified by the votive offerings found here, which may date from the 3rd century B.C. The remains of the temple are next to a parking lot (driving is restricted in the Old Town), which rather diminishes the impact of the few stones and columns still standing. Nevertheless, the ruins are a reminder that a great Hellenistic city once stood here and encompassed the entire area now occupied by the city, including the old and new towns. The population of the Hellenistic city of Rhodes is thought to have equaled the current population of the whole island (roughly 100,000).
Simi square is also home to the Municipal Art Gallery of Rhodes, above the Museum Reproduction Shop (hours vary but are generally Monday through Saturday from 8am to 2pm; whose impressive collection is comprised mostly of works by eminent modern Greek artists. The gallery now has a second beautifully restored venue in the Old Town of Rhodes (across from the Mosque of Suleiman) to house its collection of antique and rare maps and engravings (open Mon-Fri 8am-2pm); and, within the next several years, it will expand into a new and third site located in the New Town. One block farther on is the Museum of Decorative Arts, which contains finely made objects and crafts from Rhodes and other islands, most notably Simi (open Tues-Sun 8:30am-3pm;). Continue through the gate until you reach Ippoton, also known as the Street of the Knights. Note: If you are ready for serious sightseeing, there is a ticket for 10¤ that gains admission to the Museum of Decorative Arts, the Archaeological Museum, the Church of our Lady of the Castle, and the Palace of the Knights.
The Street of the Knights (Ippoton on maps) is one of the best preserved and most delightful medieval relics in the world. The 600m (1,968 ft.) - long, cobble - paved street was constructed over an ancient pathway that led in a straight line from the Acropolis of Rhodes to the port. In the early 16th century, it became the address for most of the inns of each nation, which housed Knights who belonged to the Order of St. John. The inns were used as eating clubs and temporary residences for visiting dignitaries, and their facades reflect the various architectural details of their respective countries.
After touring the sites of the Old Town of Rhodes, you might want to walk around the walls. (The museum operates a 1-hr. tour on Tues and Sat at 3pm, beginning at the Palace of the Knights.) The fortification has a series of magnificent gates and towers, and is remarkable as an example of a fully intact medieval structure. Much of the structure can be viewed from just walking around the outside.
Happy Easter everyone!!! He is Risen!!! =)
Today, for easter, I went to my grandmother's house. We had good food.... we played good games, AND I had a photoshoot with my two cousins!!!!! This one in the picture is Olivia =)
I took alot of great pictures today (cuz my cousins are beautiful!), but this one caught my eye always, because it reminds me of christ being risen, ad saving us from our sins.... shining his light =) it also reminds me of the cross.... where Jesus dies to save our sins.... he's so amazing =)
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Sophia is going to be my favorite model of 2024; she is absolutely gorgeous, sweet, sassy, and a blast to shoot with. We have a nice chemistry and my camera likes being around her. We did this shoot in downtown Boise in early March 2024. Sophia brought two outfits and looked stunning in both. Once we start shooting we just seem to be in a zone. Wow, life is good!!
SOLID Road - Gostyń (29/05/2022)
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This is a photograph from the finish of the 11th annual Kinnegad 5KM Road Race and Fun Run 2022 which was held in the town of Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath, Ireland on Wednesday 13th July 2022 at 19:30. This race is organised by Coralstown Kinnegad GAA club with assistance from Coralstown Kinnegad Athletic Club. This race has firmly established itself on the local race calendar and yet again the race retains wonderful support from local clubs and runners. Like most road races this race returned from the enforced absence during the COVID-19 pandemic. The race route continues to remain the same.
The race was first run in 2010 (see the photograph link below). The race is a right handed course, flat and fast and takes runners on a traffic free route which includes 3KM on the local road 'Boreen Bradach', which is a very popular walking and jogging route around the outskirts of the town. The boreen is a flat and sheltered by hedgerow. The boreen emerges onto the main street with the finish is on the famous main street of Kinnegad in front of Harry's Hotel. This Kinnegad streetscape will be well known to many many people who traveled between the east and west of Ireland before the arrival of the motorway system which we have today. Kinnegad is situated at the intersection of the both the M6 Galway bound motorway and the M4 Sligo/Mayo bound motorway.
Tonight's weather for almost perfect for racing. The recent warm weather continued with temperatures of around 17C on the night and a light breeze. Refreshments were served in the GAA club afterwards
LINKS OF INTEREST
The full set of photographs from the 2022 race are available at www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72177720300524466
The full set of photographs from the 2019 race are available at www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157709557778376
Photographs from the 1st Kinnegad 5KM Road Race 2010 www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157624580703513
This is a photograph from the inaugural Fr. Murphy A.C "Streets of Athboy" 5KM Road Race and Fun run which was held in the town of Athboy, Co. Meath, Ireland on Friday 8th August 2014 at 20:00. The "Streets of Athboy" is a new addition for 2014 to the already very well populated Meath Road Race Running Calendar. The race started and finished in the town and followed a nice mostly flat route. The very rainy weather of recent days cleared off and the race was held in very good weather conditions for running. Refreshments were provided afterwards in St. James' Hall in the town where the race headquarters and registration took place. Athboy is located west of Navan on the N51 between Navan and Delvin. Athboy is also very close to the Westmeath border which is only a few miles away to the west of the town. About 260 participants took part in the event this evening which invited runners, joggers and walkers to Athboy.
We have a small set of photographs from tonight's event and they are available on our Flickr Photostream in this album: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157646274860062
Timing and event management was provided by Precision Timing. Results are available on their website at www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2100 with additional material available on their Facebook page (www.facebook.com/davidprecisiontiming?fref=ts) See their promotional video on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-7_TUVwJ6Q
Reading on a Smartphone or tablet? Don't forget to scroll down further to read more about this race and see important Internet links to other information about the race! You can also find out how to access and download these photographs.
Some useful Internet Links
Google Streetview Imagery of the main street of Athboy: www.google.ie/maps/@53.622614,-6.919143,3a,75y,90h,90t/da...
Father Murphy Athletic Club on Facebook: www.facebook.com/frmurphy.athleticclub
Streets of Athboy 5KM Event Page on Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/313594688807031/?ref=25
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I ran in the race - but my photograph doesn't appear here in your Flickr set! What gives?
As mentioned above we take these photographs as a hobby and as a voluntary contribution to the running community in Ireland. Very often we have actually ran in the same race and then switched to photographer mode after we finished the race. Consequently, we feel that we have no obligations to capture a photograph of every participant in the race. However, we do try our very best to capture as many participants as possible. But this is sometimes not possible for a variety of reasons:
►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera
►Weather or lighting conditions meant that we had some photographs with blurry content which we did not upload to our Flickr set
►There were too many people - some races attract thousands of participants and as amateur photographs we cannot hope to capture photographs of everyone
►We simply missed you - sorry about that - we did our best!
You can email us petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com to enquire if we have a photograph of you which didn't make the final Flickr selection for the race. But we cannot promise that there will be photograph there. As alternatives we advise you to contact the race organisers to enquire if there were (1) other photographs taking photographs at the race event or if (2) there were professional commercial sports photographers taking photographs which might have some photographs of you available for purchase. You might find some links for further information above.
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NAIMISHARANYA
Naimisaranyam, also known as Neemsar, Nimsar or Nimkhar is a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu located in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.[1] It is one of the Divya Desams, the 108 temples of Vishnu revered in Nalayira Divya Prabandham by the 12 poet saints, or Alwars. The temple is believed to be of significant antiquity with contributions at different times from the ruling kings. The temple is counted as one of the eight temples of Vishnu that self-manifested and is classified as Swayamvyaktha Kshetra. The temple is open till 6pm. The holy tank Chankra Kunda is associated with the temple and it is a pilgrimage centre where people take a holy dip during festive occasions
Sage Narada is believed to have searched for the best theertha (water body) in three worlds. He went to Kailasa, the abode of Shiva, then to Parkadal, the abode of Vishnu and finally landed in the water body in the Naimisha Forest. The central deity is also believed to be worshipped by sudharma and devas(celestical deities).[1][2]
Indra, the king of the devas, was once driven out of devaloka by an asuranamed Vritra. The asura was the recipient of a boon whereby he could not be killed by any weapon that was known till the date of his receiving the boon and additionally that no weapon made of wood or metal could harm him. Indra, who lost all hope of recovering his kingdom went to seek the aid of Vishnu. Vishnu revealed to Indra that only the weapon made from the bones of the sageDadhichi would defeat Vritra. Indra and the other devas therefore approached the sage, whom Indra had once beheaded, and asked him for his aid in defeating Vritra. Dadhichi acceded to the devas' request but said that he wished that he had time to go on a pilgrimage to all the holy rivers before he gave up his life for them. Indra then brought together all the waters of the holy rivers to Naimisaranya, thereby allowing the sage to have his wish fulfilled without a further loss of time. Dadhichi is then said to have given up his life by the art of yoga after which the devas fashioned the Vajrayudha from his spine. This weapon was then used to defeat the asura, allowing Indra to reclaim his place as the king of devaloka.[3]
As told in another legend, when sages were planning to perform penance, Brahma, the god of creation, brought out a ring from darba grass. He asked the sages to perform penance at the place where the ring fell, which is believed to be Naimisaranya. The sages performed penance and at the end of it, Vishnu appeared to the sages and accepted their offerings. It is believed that the forest still has Vishnu and all sages as trees
Naimisaranyam is located at the junction of the roads from Sitapur and Khairabad, 32 km from Sitapur and 42 km from the Sandila railway station, 45 miles north of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh. Naimisaranya is also known as Nimsar or Nimkhar and is located on the left bank of the river Gomati.[5] The sacred well, namely Chakra Kunda is believed to have started from the weapon of Vishnu, Chakra. There are shrines dedicated to Chakranarayana, Ganesh, Rama, Lakshman
This place has also been visited by Sankaracharya[8] and the famous poet, Surdas resided here. Suthar, the author of 18 puranas is believed to have lived here and presented his sayings to the sages. The central deity is believed to have presided over the forest and hence the puja (rituals) are done to the forest.[2]
The temple is counted as one of the eight temples of Vishnu that self-manifested and is classified as Swayamvyaktha Kshetra.[9] (Seven other temples in the line are Srirangam Ranganathaswamy temple, Bhu Varaha Swamy temple, Tirumala Venkateswara Temple, and Vanamamalai Perumal Temple in South India and Saligrama, Pushkar and Badrinath Temple in North India).[10] Naimisaranya temple is revered in Nalayira Divya Prabandham, the 7th–9th century Vaishnava canon, by Thirumangai Azhwar in ten hymns. The temple is classified as a divyadesam, the 108 Vishnu temples that are revered in the Vaishnava canon.
Every new moon day, a large number of people purify themselves with a dip in the holy well. If the new moon falls on a Monday, it is believed that a holy bath in the well and offering to the presiding deity Lalitha will wash away all the sins committed in their lifetime
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Side is an ancient Greek city on the southern Mediterranean coast of Turkey, a resort town and one of the best-known classical sites in the country. It lies near Manavgat and the village of Selimiye, 78 km from Antalya in the province of Antalya.
It is located on the eastern part of the Pamphylian coast, which lies about 20 km east of the mouth of the Eurymedon River. Today, as in antiquity, the ancient city is situated on a small north-south peninsula about 1 km long and 400 m across.
This is the detail on a 20p coin and was obtained by a process known as "lens coupling."
I used a 70-300mm L IS USM lens on my camera set to 300mm and a coupler screwed into it like a filter and also screwed into the filter on my Canon 50mm f1.8 lens so it was coupled to the zoom lens but backwards.
The magnification obtained is equivalent to the ratio of the focal lengths of the 2 lenses: 300/50=6x magnification ON THE SENSOR!
Which results in incredible magnification when enlarged up.
Here is an original postcard from my family's resort White Rock on Lake Chetek in Northern Wisconsin. It sits on a peninsula in Chetek, which is part of the Chain of Six Lakes. My great-grandfather built all of the cabins by himself. It makes me proud. This weekend I will be paying a visit to this place for the first time.
“Change is never easy, you fight to hold on, and you fight to let go.”
First of all, this is the first photo me and little Mac have taken since we started this album way back in April. I have to thank her so much because if she hadn't gone out with me the first time back then, I wouldn't be pursuing this now. Today I also remembered why she is my favorite person to shoot, all my friends are natural models, but she will always be the one I adventured with first, and that will make every shoot with her special. And she also does crazy things with me... like wake up at five AM to catch the five forty five sun rise, when not many people would do that.
Many of these photos would have worked for what in the end I think I was trying to portray. I also feel like Mac and I also feel this more than a lot of my friends, being from out of state. While her family moved to Kansas last year, her friends and life- where she grew up- is back in New Hampshire. That is her home. And mine is back in Minnesota. But then we have another life in Kansas, a completely different life. They're both separate, and we would never want to combine them. But at the same time it's hard. We'll always be missing something, but we're becoming better at it. :)
This is the "film d'essai" (test film) of my newly-arrived Rollei 35 (year 1973), Lyon, France, March 2, 2023,
After blank mechanical tests and a detailed inspection the day before, the Rollei 35 camera was loaded with a 36-exposure Fomapan Creative 200 film exposed for 200 ISO. Fomapan 200 is a regular panchromatic film sensitized in the red to 690 nm, a bit more than the common panchromatic films as Kodak Tri-X or Ilford HP5 with a cutoff around 650 nm. The 35mm perforated Foma film is coated on a regular cellulose acetate base tinted in grey-blue to avoid halation. Technical Foma data indicate that the nominal sensitivity is more around 160 than 200 ISO.
Expositions were determined using a Minolta Autometer III with a 10° finder for selective measurements privileging the shadow areas. Typically, 1/500s, to 1/125s, were used at f/8 to f/16. Most of the view were taken with a 24mm screwed Rollei filter "Gelb-Mittel" (medium yellow) fitted on the Tessar 1:35 f=40mm lens (Made by Rollei under a Carl Zeiss licence o ft the original Tessar lens for the Rollei 35). The coefficient "+1,5" of the medium yellow filter is equivalent to 0.5 stop.
March 2, 2023
69004 Lyon
France
After exposure, the film was processed using Adox Adonal (=Agfa Rodinal R09) developer at dilution 1+50, 20°C for 10 min.
The film was then digitalized using a Sony A7 body adapted to a Minolta Auto Bellows III and a Minolta Slide Duplicator using a lens Minolta Bellow Macro Rokkor 50mm f/3.5 at a reproduction ratio of 1:1. The reproduced RAW files obtained were processed in LR prior the the final JPEG editions.
All views of the film are presented in the dedicated album either in the printed framed versions and unframed full-size jpeg.
About the camera and the lens:
This original Rollei 35 is equipped of the collapsible 40mm Tessar lens "Made by Rollei" under Carl Zeiss licence who designed the first 1:3.5 f=40mm Tessar lens for the Rollei 35. Original Rollei 35 were manufactured by Rollei Franke & Heideke company originally in Germany starting year 1966 then later in Singapore until 1981. Originally, the build-in CdS cell was design by Gossen and the central shutter by Compur. Diaphragm and shutter are operated mechanically by two wheels on the front of the camera. The CdS cell is coupled to both. The Rollei 35 was a miniature 35 mm camera weighting around 320g, about 100g more than the Rollei 35 LED for instance with less mechanical parts. Overall more than 2 millions of Rollei 35 camera were produced over 15 years under different versions. According the serial number (3 410 XXX) of this chrome-plated camera was produced by Rollei Singapore between 01/1971 and 06/1973 and likely after 04/1973 due to the Tessar lens "Made by Rollei" instead of formally Carl Zeiss Tessar (ref : rollei35.eu/rollei35numbers.php#r35ge). It came with its original leather pouch, the wrist strap, a Rollei soft collapsible shade hood, Rollei 24mm screw-on UV and medium yellow filters, and the original user manual.
Rafael E. Chicolugo is promoted to the rank of first lieutenant by Brig. Gen. John Uberti, U.S. Army Installation Management Command's deputy commanding general, in a ceremony Nov. 7 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Chicolugo was also presented with a Purple Heart and Combat Action Badge during the cermony. He was injured Sept. 16 when an improvised explosive device detonated during a dismounted combat patrol in Afghanistan, resulting in the amputation of his lower leg. (U.S. Army Photo by Luke Elliott, IMCOM Public Affairs)
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Harpa is a concert hall and conference centre in Reykjavík, Iceland. The opening concert was held on May 4, 2011.
Harpa was designed by the Danish firm Henning Larsen Architects in co-operation with Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson. The structure consists of a steel framework clad with geometric shaped glass panels of different colours. The building was originally part of a redevelopment of the Austurhöfn area dubbed World Trade Center Reykjavík, which was partially abandoned when the financial crisis took hold. The development was intended to include a 400-room hotel, luxury apartments, retail units, restaurants, a car park and the new headquarters of Icelandic bank Landsbanki.
The completion of the structure was uncertain until the government decided in 2008 to fully fund the rest of the construction costs for the half-built concert hall. The building was given its name on the Day of Icelandic Music on 11 December 2009, prior to which it was called The Reykjavík Concert Hall and Conference Centre. The building is the first purpose-built concert hall in Reykjavík. It houses the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and the offices of The Icelandic Opera.
Israel is known as an important country on birds’ migration route. Along these lines, the small Hula Lake (Agamon HaHula) is a paradise for birds – and bird watchers.
Numerous words were already written about the birds’ migration- which species are migrating, why they are migration, how and when. But even with all these words, there really is nothing like seeing it with your own eyes.
Text and info from: www.israeltraveler.org/en/article/following-tourists