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Rudesheim is situated in the the Rheingau and Rüdesheim Rhine River Gorge winery area.
There are dozens of wine tasting and buying venues in Rudesheim. This is one restaurant, tasting room and wine store in Rudesheim.
The room is the cellar of the hotel Felsenkeller.
There are a total of 380 winemakers in the region marketing their own products. Most are family run companies tending vineyards of between four and eight hectares. There are also three local cooperatives and around two dozen large wine estates (between approx. 10 and 50 hectares). These export a considerable proportion of their production and thus contribute to the fame and reputation of Rheingau Riesling.
Knowledge is no matter of time. If you have good books You have the key to knowledge. And knowledge is power.
This little bittern is on the red list in Holland and there are only 10 to 20 breeding pairs.Its the smallest heron there is .This is the male and there is a female as well and they have three juveniles So happy to be able to watch it all... Shame that not many people see this on here.. But hey... It is what it is...
UP 1350 guides the MIR job westbound for Plymouth. For those who don't know this job often leaves East Minneapolis in the morning which is in bad light but for some unknown reason this train departed around 13:00, thanks to a heads up from Henry Jansen saying he shot the train going by Nicollet Island I figured I could meet the train west of Golden Valley. They were just about to finish working an industry and I had just enough time to set up the pole to document the move of the MIR in good light AND with the engine facing the right way.
Tropaeolum majus is a species of flowering plant in the family Tropaeolaceae, originating in the Andes from Bolivia north to Colombia. An easily-grown annual with disc-shaped leaves and brilliant orange or red flowers, it is of cultivated, probably hybrid origin. It is not closely related to the genus Nasturtium.
This is what happens when I try to take a shortcut home to make it in time for dinner and end up choosing the least safe route. Sammy and I almost became dinner ourselves!
I'm wearing:
MadPea Shark Bite Hat
MONTANA Tee by Cold-Ash
CHINO Shorts by Cold-Ash
[P.0.E] - Messenger Bag (Demo) Crate
REBELLION = "ELLISON" SANDALS
Props:
Synnergy Flooded Room Backdrop (dismantled and altered for my scene)
Dock piling (2 Prim) by Kagehi Kohn
My lovely pet ♥
JIAN Pets Splashy Spaniels / Brit. Gold
The bitey sharks:
JIAN Sharks
Background was taken at Fruit Islands Surf beach (Frozen Banana)
March is the ugliest month. Even beautiful foothills of the Berkshires look glum in March. Taken from a park that was created after flooding destroyed a trailer park in Williamstown, MA.
This is Mount Timpanogos from one of the east-side trails weaving up its side. Autumn is in full swing, with a variety of trees, including many mountain maple trees (visible here). They can get to be a vibrant red. A small waterfall is visible to the center-right. Very colorful at this Wasatch Mountains spot.
Bachalpsee is a mountain lake close to the First above Grindelwald in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland. The lake is located at an elevation of 2,265 m above sea.
Para el reto semanal de Smile on Saturday!: My name is...
Mi nombre completo es Ana Nazaret pero mi familia y mis amigos me llaman solamente Nazaret, que es el nombre que mis padres realmente querían ponerme. Era el nombre de una presentadora de un programa musical de televisión llamado "Aplauso" y a mis padres les pareció original. Al morir mi abuela Ana justo unos días antes de nacer yo, mi otra abuela sugirió ponerme Ana delante en su honor.
En la foto, un óleo que pinté de unas magnolias hace ya unos añitos.
This is a further panorama composition merged from 3 single shots made at a beautiful evening at Capanna Margherita.
View goes from Liskamm (left side) over Breithorn, Matterhorn and Dent Blanche up to Dufourspitze at the right side. The messif of Montblanc is visible behind the summti of Liskamm.
Sajek Valley is one of the popular tourist spots in Bangladesh situated among the hills of the Kasalong range of mountains in Sajek union, Baghaichhari Upazila in Rangamati District.The valley is 2,000 feet (610 m) above sea level.Sajek valley is known as the Queen of Hills & Roof of Rangamati.
This is an ephemeral "stream" from the hills above Badwater Basin, Death Valley National Park. The white crust is various minerals, including borax, calcite, gypsum, sodium chloride.
This is a view from the Elgol road on the Isle Of Skye looking across to the West Coast of the Scottish mainland. It shows that winter had arrived on land but not on the island at this point.
Another aspect of the Yoko Ono exhibit featuring Peace is Power in multiple languages and this also shows a family from outside of the Museum of Contemporary Art climbing the stairs to come inside.
**All photos are copyrighted**
Happiness is a comfy window perch, with lots of sunshine to warm you up, and some birdfeeders to watch between naps!
When I spotted Frodo in his window perch the other day, soaking up the sun I just had to grab my camera.
Frodo told me to post this and wish everyone a Happy Caturday! Who could say no to that face?
So, Happy Caturday to all from Frodo!
Eine alte Liebe ist wie ein Buch .
Es passt der Inhalt .-
aber zwischen den Seiten
da ist noch viel Luft .
Dadurch bleibt es ein Leben lang spannend .
(c) Ch.Dol. ( ich )
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An old love is like a book. The content fits - but there is still a lot of space between the pages. This keeps it exciting for a lifetime . (c)Ch.Dol. ( me )
Tree work is tough and dangerous.
While admiring the brave tree workers, I cry for that huge, beautiful tree which had been filtering air and shading us for hundreds of years. I enjoyed so much taking its pictures in different seasons and light. And it was so nice watching from my window the lives on and around it - the singing birds' families; the busy squirrels' siblings; the stopping by but chased off owl and hawk visitors; kids running and swinging in its shade; deer and foxes wandering around it, ...
The enormous emptiness left is unfillable. Trees are our ignored heroes, one of our lifelines.
AI is invading all over the photo and news pages!
This rebel photog used it to make a point!
Boris Eldagsen’s award-winning picture. Photograph: © Boris Eldagsen, Germany
Sony world photography awards
Photographer admits prize-winning image was AI-generated
German artist Boris Eldagsen says entry to Sony world photography awards was designed to provoke debate
Jamie Grierson
@JamieGrierson
Mon 17 Apr 2023 17.49 BST
A photographer is refusing a prestigious award after admitting to being a “cheeky monkey” and generating the prize-winning image using artificial intelligence.
The German artist Boris Eldagsen revealed on his website that he was not accepting the prize for the creative open category, which he won at last week’s Sony world photography awards.
The winning photograph depicted two women from different generations in black and white.
In a statement on his website, Eldagsen, who studied photography and visual arts at the Art Academy of Mainz, conceptual art and intermedia at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, and fine art at the Sarojini Naidu School of Arts and Communication in Hyderabad, said he “applied as a cheeky monkey” to find out if competitions would be prepared for AI images to enter. “They are not,” he added.
“We, the photo world, need an open discussion,” said Eldagsen. “A discussion about what we want to consider photography and what not. Is the umbrella of photography large enough to invite AI images to enter – or would this be a mistake?
“With my refusal of the award I hope to speed up this debate.”
He said this was a “historic moment” as it was the first time an AI image had won a prestigious international photography competition, adding: “How many of you knew or suspected that it was AI generated? Something about this doesn’t feel right, does it?
“AI images and photography should not compete with each other in an award like this. They are different entities. AI is not photography. Therefore I will not accept the award.”
Eldagsen suggested donating the prize to a photo festival hosted in Odesa, Ukraine.
The stunt comes at a time of intense debate over the use and implications of AI with some issuing apocalyptic warnings that the technology is on the brink of irreversibly damaging the human experience.
Recent advancements in the use of AI in chatbots, driverless cars, song-writing software and the development of pharmaceuticals has spurred the discussion. Google’s chief executive, Sundar Pichai, said concerns about AI had kept him awake at night and warned the technology can be “very harmful” if incorrectly deployed.
The Guardian has approached Creo, the art events organisers behind the competition, for comment.
This is as much of the sunset we saw from Mynydd Gelliwastad last evening as we turned around and drove home. Taken in the same spot as in my previous upload.
Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.
#AlbertEinstein
Namtso is one of the three holy lakes in Tibet and significant for Tibetan Buddhists. Kora is a Tibetan word that means "circumambulation" or "revolution". Kora is both a type of pilgrimage and a type of meditative practice in the Tibetan Buddhism. Thus, Namtso Kora means pilgrimage walk around the Lake Namtso.
Namtso literally means heavenly lake in Tibetan language. Located around 240km northwest of Lhasa, capital of Tibet, it takes four hours’ driving from Lhasa. Extending 70 km from east to west and 30 km from south to north, the lake covers an area of 1,920 sq km and has an altitude of 4748 m above sea level. It is biggest lake in Tibet and the second biggest salt lake in China as well as one of the highest lakes in the world. The water in the lake is crystally clear and blue. The blue sky joins the surface of the lake in the distance, creating an integrated, scenic vista.
In every Tibetan year of sheep, thousands of Tibetan Buddhism believers will come here to worship this sacred lake. As a rule, they will walk clockwise along the Namtso Lake in order to receive the blessing of the gods.
There are several fine Tibet treks around the lake. The shortest one is roughly 4 kilometers and takes less than one hour. It starts from the accommodation area to a hermit’s cave hidden behind a large spinter of rock. The kora continues to a rocky promontory of cairns and prayer flags. At the promontory, pilgrims undertake a ritural washing in the lake. And then the trail continues past several caves and a prostration point where there are two rock towers looking like two hands. Pilgrims squeeze into the deep slices of the nearby cliff face as a means of sin detection or drink water dripping from cave roofs, even swallow holy dirt.
Fiddler’s Creek
Wetlands
Southern Florida
USA
My day trying to photograph bald eagles didn’t go very well, so here is an image from an earlier visit to the wetlands.
The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is a bird of prey found in North America. A sea eagle, it has two known subspecies and forms a species pair with the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla). Its range includes most of Canada and Alaska, all of the contiguous United States, and northern Mexico. It is found near large bodies of open water with an abundant food supply and old-growth trees for nesting.
The bald eagle is an opportunistic feeder which subsists mainly on fish, which it swoops down and snatches from the water with its talons. It builds the largest nest of any North American bird and the largest tree nests ever recorded for any animal species, up to 4 m (13 ft) deep, 2.5 m (8.2 ft) wide, and 1 metric ton (1.1 short tons) in weight. Sexual maturity is attained at the age of four to five years.
Bald eagles are not actually bald; the name derives from an older meaning of the word, "white headed". The sexes are identical in plumage, but females are about 25 percent larger than males. The beak is large and hooked. The plumage of the immature is brown.
The bald eagle is the national bird of the United States of America. The bald eagle appears on its seal.
I think that is what it is, correct me if I'm wrong.
Trying out the Tamron 1.4 teleconverter on the 150-600.
Shot at iso 5,600, f9, (wide open), 1/1250 equivalent of 1,125mm. I think it worked out really well.
This shot is uncropped.
Anaklia (Georgian: ანაკლია) is a town and seaside resort in western Georgia. It is located in the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region, at the place where the Enguri River flows into the Black Sea.
The earliest settlement on Anaklia's territory dates back to the mid-Bronze Age and is typical to the Colchian culture. It is the Classical Heraclea of Colchis, Anaclia of later authors, and Anarghia of Archangelo Lamberti and Jean Chardin (both the 17th-century travelers). After the fragmentation of the Kingdom of Georgia in the 15th century, it was an important fortified town, sea port and fishing station within the Principality of Mingrelia. In 1723, the town was captured by the Ottoman Empire and converted into its maritime outpost and slave-trading locale. Western Georgian kingdom of Imereti regained control over Anaklia in 1770, seizing the opportunity of Ottoman Empire being at war with Russia (Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)). Solomon I, the king of Imereti, was supposed to be supported in this endeavor by a small Russian contingent under General Totleben, but the Russian troops retreated before a clash against the Turks.
In 1802, Kelesh-Bey Sharvashidze, the pro-Turkish ruler of the neighboring Principality of Abkhazia, capitalized on the internecine feuds in Mingrelia, and forced Prince Grigol Dadiani of Mingrelia into surrendering Anaklia, taking Grigol’s son and heir, Levan, as a hostage. When Mingrelia accepted the Russian protectorate in 1803, the Russian commander in Georgia, Prince Tsitsianov, demanded that Kelesh-Bey release Levan. On his refusal, Tsitsianov sent Major General Ion Rykgof into Abkhazia. In March 1805, the Russians took hold of Anaklia and threatened to march against Sukhum-Kaleh, forcing the Abkhazian prince to release Dadiani. The capture of Anaklia drew an Ottoman protest, however, and Tsitsianov hastened to disavow his subordinate and even apologize for his action, removing a Russian garrison from Anaklia. However, the incident added to an increasing tension between the two empires. When the next Russo-Turkish War broke out in 1806, the Russian forces restored Redoubt Kali and Anaklia to the Mingrelian prince Levan who would later relinquish the control of these forts to the Russian administration. (See Russian conquest of the Caucasus#Black Sea Coast.) In the 1850s, Anaklia was a small but strongly fortified seaport, which had a custom-house and carried on a considerable trade with Turkey.
Subsequently, the importance of the Anaklia port significantly reduced, but it remained a minor Black Sea Fleet base in the Soviet times.
After the War in Abkhazia (1992–93), a Russian peacekeeping post was opened at Anaklia in 1994. In 2006, the Ministry of Defense of Georgia reported numerous damages inflicted by the Russian soldiers upon the 17th-century fortress of Anaklia and accused the peacekeepers of installing latrines and baths within the walls of the fort. Following a series of protests by the Georgians, the Russian military post was withdrawn in July 2007.
A monument has been erected in Anaklia on May 21, 2012, commemorating Russia's expulsion of the Circassian people from the region following the conclusion of the Caucasian War in the 1860s. The May 21 date was chosen to coincide with the day on which the Circassian people themselves commemorate the expulsion, which the Georgian government has recognized as an act of genocide. The monument was designed by Khusen Kochesokov, a sculptor from the North Caucasus region of Kabardino-Balkaria.
Hohenschwangau Castle is a 19th-century palace in southern Germany. It was the childhood residence of King Ludwig II of Bavaria and was built by his father, King Maximilian II of Bavaria. It is located in the German village of Hohenschwangau near the town of Füssen, part of the county of Ostallgäu in southwestern Bavaria, Germany, very close to the border with Austria.
Mendocino is a California town with great food and art. It sits on a rocky headland with a scenic trail. We liked to follow it around and then come back over a hill to the starting point. There are fine views of the coastal rocks and wave action as seen in this image taken on the north side. It is meditative to sit and watch the waves surge through them.
Whitby is a seaside town in North Yorkshire, England. It has an established maritime, mineral and tourist heritage. Its East Cliff is home to the ruins of Whitby Abbey, where Cædmon, the earliest recognised English poet, lived. The fishing port developed during the Middle Ages, supporting important herring and whaling fleets and was (along with the nearby fishing village of Staithes) where Captain Cook learned seamanship. It is also, of course, where Dracula famously landed in Bram Stoker's novel. The gulls are huge and it is an offence to feed them due to the number of attacks in recent years. This one is asking for chips.
This is the second part of two shot on a Sunday afternoon in rather threatening weather conditions that quickly turned to fine drizzle, then real rain.
Out of camera jpeg with no edits apart from some slight sharpening.
Olympus Pen E-P5 with an early 1950s C mount movie camera lens, the Kern Switar 25mm f/1.5 (approx 50mm equivalent on MFT). I was curious to see what it would make of the nature scenes and the conditions.
I still think it's one of the nicest lenses I have. But scarcely usable on APS-C (strong vignetting) and not at all on full frame.
This is a painting I just completed. It took me forever and a day! Anyway, I worked off a photo that my neighbor Bruce showed me of a trip he went on in 1998 that was a photo op trip for Range Magazine and Klamath Herald news paper. The setting is in the Kiger Gorge on the east side of the Steens Mountains. Bruce is riding a mule named Rosie and he is ponying his other mule Rowdy who passed away a couple years ago sadly. I met Rowdy several times myself.
Anyway, Bruce showed me his photo album with the pictures from that trip because he thought there might be some inspiration in there for a painting. When I saw his photo of this, I knew I had to paint it.
So this is it.
18 x 24 acrylic on stretched canvas
This sunset was a true winter delight. The small cabin is a rewarding photo subject at any season. But this time, it was absolutely amazing. The right light under the right condition.
A torrential rain period is about over now in Suriname. Because of this, the country had to open the floodgates of its main reservoir called Afobaka Dam that produces nearly all the electricity of the country. But opening the floodgates affect the level of the river and a lot of the neighboring constructions such as the Bergendal Resort in Brokopondo, Suriname.
Een periode van hevige regenval is nu zo goed als voorbij in Suriname. Hierdoor moest het land de sluizen openen van zijn belangrijkste stuwmeer, de Afobaka-dam, dat bijna alle elektriciteit van het land produceert. Maar het openen van de sluizen heeft invloed op het niveau van de rivier en veel van de aangrenzende constructies, zoals het Bergendal Resort in Brokopondo, Suriname.
Um período de chuvas torrenciais está quase acabando no Suriname. Por causa disso, o país teve que abrir as comportas de seu reservatório principal, denominado Barragem de Afobaka, que produz quase toda a eletricidade do país. Mas a abertura das comportas afeta o nível do rio e muitas das construções vizinhas, como o Bergendal Resort em Brokopondo, Suriname.
Un período de lluvias torrenciales está a punto de terminar en Surinam. Debido a esto, el país tuvo que abrir las compuertas de su principal embalse llamado Presa Afobaka que produce casi toda la electricidad del país. Pero la apertura de las compuertas afecta el nivel del río y muchas de las construcciones vecinas, como el Bergendal Resort en Brokopondo, Surinam.
In Suriname sta per terminare un periodo di piogge torrenziali. Per questo motivo, il paese ha dovuto aprire le cateratte del suo bacino principale chiamato Afobaka Dam, che produce quasi tutta l'elettricità del paese. Ma l'apertura delle chiuse influisce sul livello del fiume e su molte delle costruzioni vicine come il Bergendal Resort a Brokopondo, in Suriname.
Une période de pluie torrentielle est sur le point de se terminer au Suriname. Pour cette raison, le pays a dû ouvrir les vannes de son principal réservoir appelé le barrage d'Afobaka qui produit la quasi-totalité de l'électricité du pays. Mais l'ouverture des vannes affecte le niveau de la rivière et de nombreuses constructions voisines telles que le Bergendal Resort à Brokopondo, au Suriname.
Eine sintflutartige Regenzeit ist in Surinam nun vorbei. Aus diesem Grund musste das Land die Schleusen seines Hauptreservoirs namens Afobaka Dam öffnen, das fast den gesamten Strom des Landes produziert. Aber das Öffnen der Schleusen beeinflusst den Pegel des Flusses und viele benachbarte Bauwerke wie das Bergendal Resort in Brokopondo, Surinam.
فترة من الأمطار الغزيرة على وشك الانتهاء في سورينام. وبسبب هذا، اضطرت البلاد إلى فتح بوابات الفيضان في خزانها الرئيسي المسمى سد أفوباكا الذي ينتج كل الكهرباء تقريبا في البلاد. ولكن فتح بوابات الفيضان يؤثر على مستوى النهر والعديد من المباني المجاورة، مثل منتجع بيرغندال في بروكوبوندو، سورينام.
Swaledale is in the north of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The beautiful dale is renowned for its numerous stone barns dotted across the landscape, together with its many dry stone walls and its Swaledale sheep - a particularly hardy breed. Until the end of the 19th century, it was an important lead-mining centre, but when the industry effectively closed, many people left the dale to find a living elsewhere. The remains of the industry can still be seen on the fell tops.
Pine Island Sound is located in Lee County, Florida, lying between Pine Island and the barrier islands of Sanibel Island, Captiva Island, North Captiva Island and Cayo Costa, which separate the Sound from the Gulf of Mexico. The Sound connects to Gasparilla Sound and Charlotte Harbor to the north, and to San Carlos Bay and the Caloosahatchee River to the south. The Sound is conterminous with the Pine Island Sound Aquatic Preserve, which was established in 1970 and consists of 54,000 acres (220 km2) of submerged land. Important habitats in the Sound include mangroves, seagrasses, salt marshes, oyster communities and tidal flats.
For thousands of years, the sound was home to the Calusa Indians and their ancestors. In the 18th and 19th centuries it was an important winter fishery for the Cuban mullet fleet. In the early 1960s, in preparation for the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the CIA trained some Cuban exiles on Useppa Island, located in the center of the sound.
How is it even possible for such a nice forest to have zero caps? Wll, the stride is nice, but to come home emptyhanded is just pitiful.
If you're into calm music, check my soundcloud:
Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire is one of the most visited places of the National Trust. There is always somebody ready to tell you what goes on. Though there are proper places to eat, you can also do it al fresco, like these school children here. Fuji X-E2 plus Helios 44M-7 at approx. F11.
Boulders Beach is a sheltered beach made up of inlets between granite boulders, from which the name originated. It is located on the Cape Peninsula, in Simon's Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is also commonly known as Boulders Bay. It is a popular tourist spot because of a colony of African penguins which settled there in 1982. Boulders Beach forms part of the Table Mountain National Park.
These African penguins are only found on the coastlines of Southern Africa (South Africa and Namibia). These penguins are currently endangered. As a result, the penguins are under the protection of the Cape Nature Conservation.
Although set in a residential area, it is one of the few sites where this vulnerable bird (Spheniscus demersus) can be observed at close range, wandering freely in a protected natural environment. From just two breeding pairs in 1982, the penguin colony has grown to about 3000 birds in recent years. This is partly due to the prohibition of commercial pelagic trawling in False Bay, which has increased the supply of sardines and anchovies, which form part of the penguins' diet. as well as the help from former SANDF naval officer, Van the Penguin Man
Bordered mainly by indigenous bush above the high-water mark on the one side, and the clear water of False Bay on the other, the area comprises several small sheltered bays, partially enclosed by granite boulders that are 540 million years old.
The most popular recreational spot is Boulders Beach, but the penguins are best viewed from Foxy Beach, where newly constructed boardwalks take visitors to within a few metres of the birds. It is also a famous swimming beach, although people are restricted to beaches adjacent to the penguin colony.