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Bodinnick (meaning fortified dwelling) is a riverside village in south-east Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. According to the Post Office the population of the 2011 Census was included in the civil parish of Lanteglos-by-Fowey. It is a fishing village situated on the east bank of the River Fowey opposite the town of Fowey, also on the banks of the Fowey River. The ferry crossing is from Fowey to Bodinnick and the "Old Ferry Inn" is located on its bank glorified as "in the heart of Du Maurier country". This ferry terminal is said to have existed since the 13th century.
Fowey is a small town, civil parish and cargo port at the mouth of the River Fowey in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. At the time of the 2001 census, it had a population of 2,273.This had increased slightly at the 2011 census to 2,395 The Fowey electoral ward had a population of 4,690 in 2011. The Domesday Book survey at the end of the 11th century records manors at Penventinue and Trenant, and a priory was soon established nearby at Tywardreath. Circa 1300 the prior granted a charter to people living in Fowey itself. This medieval town ran from a north gate near Boddinick Passage to a south gate at what is now Lostwithiel Street; the town extended a little way up the hillside and was bounded on the other side by the river where merchants had their houses backing onto the waterfront. The natural harbour allowed trade to develop with Europe and local ship owners often hired their vessels to the king to support various wars, although the town also developed a reputation for piracy, as did many others at this time. A group of privateers known as the 'Fowey Gallants' were given licence to seize French vessels during the Hundred Years' War. In the 14th century the harbour was defended by 160 archers; after these were withdrawn, two blockhouses were built on either side of the harbour entrance. Despite these defences the town was attacked by French forces in 1457. Place House, by the church, was successfully defended against the French but subsequently strengthened. This building still exists, but much remodelled. A small castle was built on St Catherine’s Point, the western side of the harbour entrance, around 1540. The defences proved their worth when a Dutch attack was beaten off in 1667. The people of Fowey generally sided with the Royalists during the English Civil War, but in 1644 the Earl of Essex brought a Parliamentarian army to Lostwithiel and occupied the peninsula around Fowey. In August, a Royalist army surrounded Essex’s troops and King Charles I himself viewed Fowey from Hall Walk above Polruan, where he came close to being killed by a musket shot. On 31 August, the Parliamentarian cavalry forced their way through the Royalist lines and retreated towards Saltash, leaving the foot soldiers to be evacuated by sea from Fowey. Essex and some officers did indeed escape, but the majority of the force surrendered a few days later near Golant and were then marched to Poole, but most died before reaching there. The fortunes of the harbour became much reduced, with trade going to Plymouth and elsewhere instead. Fishing became more important, but local merchants were often appointed as privateers and did some smuggling on the side. Tin, copper and iron mines, along with quarries and china clay pits became important industries in the area which lead to improvements at rival harbours. West Polmear beach was dug out to become Charlestown harbour circa 1800, as was Pentewan in 1826 Joseph Austen shipped copper from Caffa Mill Pill above Fowey for a while before starting work on the new Par harbour in 1829. Fowey had to wait another forty years before it saw equivalent development, but its natural deep-water anchorage and a rail link soon gave it an advantage over the shallow artificial harbours nearer to the mines and china clay works. Meanwhile, a beacon tower was erected on the Gribben Head by Trinity House to improve navigation into Fowey and around Par bay. The Fowey Harbour Commissioners were established by an Act of Parliament in 1869, to develop and improve the harbour. On 1 June in that year, the 7 ft (2,134 mm) broad gauge Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway was opened to new jetties situated above Carne Point, and in 1873, the 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge Cornwall Minerals Railway (CMR) opened a line from Newquay and Par to further jetties between Caffa Mill Pill and Carne Point. Both of these railways initially carried just goods, but on 20 June 1876, a passenger station was opened on the CMR on land reclaimed from Caffa Mill Pill. The Lostwithiel line closed at the end of 1879 but was reopened by the CMR as a standard gauge line in 1895, and the short gap between the two lines at Carne Point was eliminated. Passenger trains from Par were withdrawn after 1934 and from Lostwithiel in 1965. The Par line was subsequently converted to a dedicated roadway for lorries bringing china clay from Par after which all trains had to run via Lostwithiel.
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Humans have long gazed toward the heavens, searching to put meaning and order to the universe around them. Although the movement of constellations were the easiest to track, other celestial events such as eclipses and the motion of planets were also charted and predicted.
The night sky definitely has colours, but they are too faint to see just with the eye. Airglow is caused by reactive atoms created by the dissociation of oxygen and nitrogen by solar UV during the day. This occurs in the low densities of the upper atmosphere they can last well into the night, and when they recombine they produce the photons that cause the airglow. The main source is atomic oxygen, at high levels most of the photons are red, but below 100km there is a green layer.
There are also the different colors of nebulae. The natural colors of hydrogen emission nebulae range from blue and magenta, to red. If oxygen is present, it emits a very saturated green that changes the color of the nebulae making them teal, cyan, green, or even bluish-white.
The constellation Ophiuchus is the Serpent Bearer. This large constellation can be seen in the night sky from June through October. Although most of the stars are dim, Ophiuchus' teapot shape makes it easy to find. Ophiuchus is full of celestial objects. There are numerous clusters and one nebula in the constellation.
Only to scratch the surface of what is in the night sky.
Dynjandi (meaning ‘Thunderous’) is a series of waterfalls in the Westfjords and the largest of its kind in the region. Can be found close by to Dynjandisvogur Bay and Arnarfjörður fjord, an area widely famed for its wealth of birdlife, stunning natural vistas and picturesque coastlines.
Colloquially titled ‘the Jewel of the Westfjords’, Dynjandi (otherwise known as Fjallfoss) cascades approximately 100 metres (328 ft) in total, falling in a trapezoidal shape; it is 30 metres (98 feet) wide at the top, 60 metres (196 feet) wide at the bottom.
In the summer, the flow rate of Dynjandi is up to eight cubic meters per second (282 cubic feet), whilst the winter it reduces to as little as one cubic meter per second (35 cubic feet). Dynjandi is particularly beloved by visiting nature enthusiasts and aspiring photographers, who are able to snapshot this fantastic natural feature from a wealth of angles.
... meaning I don't know exactly what this is. It started out as a metal frame of sorts and has been used by a sculptor who works with metal and, I was told by someone who doesn't know either, that the metal runs through the grid and destroys it basically. This was taken in the yard of the artist's business and it seems that junk and art was stored there in a jumbled kind of way. It was the middle of the afternoon and the sun was still harsh, so best to go with bw i thought (although the colours of the melted grid weren't too bad, a rusty brown). I would like to go back at a different time of day but there are, typically, dogs about that don't like people visiting.
LITERALLY: BUGS FROM MY CHILDHOOD HAIR
MEANING: IMAGES FROM MY CHILDHOOD
My father didn't like to be sentimentel, so made his memories like they were just a little joke.
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Mijn vader had het vaak over "BEESTJES UIT MIJN KINDERHAREN", hij bedoelde "BEELDEN UIT MIJN KINDERJAREN", maar dat vond hij te sentimenteel.
DINGEN DIE MIJN VADER VAAK ZEI
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THINGS MY FATHER OFTEN SAID
Josh the Tree just realized that phrases can have different meanings. For instance, "getting stoned!"
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Meaning 'Church Saint Ann' - Trinidad, Cuba.
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- I have been meaning to visit this landmark as I have seen it many times whilst driving along the M5 Motorway. The clouds were a little too thick for the colours of the sunset to break through, but the wind helped to move them along.
The Tyndale Monument is near North Nibley in Gloucestershire, as was built in honour of William Tyndale (1494–1536), a translator of the New Testament, who is believed to have been born in North Nibley.
The tower was constructed in 1866 and is 111 ft (34 m) tall
The weather here in Los Angeles now feels a lot like autumn back in DC...it just doesn't look like it. It's currently in the upper 40's and breezy thanks to the Santa Ana winds and while there's been some gloominess and rain, there are no colorful falling leaves anywhere.
I will get back to sunsets and reflections tomorrow but I wanted to post an autumn shot I took last November back in Maryland when the dog and I were out on a road trip to Pennsylvania. I remember this day pretty vividly actually, even a year later. I must have passed over this bridge in Rocky Ridge, Maryland dozens of times over the previous 6 months on my way out to explore with the camera and dog and for whatever reason, decided to stop this time and finally see what the view looked like into the water below. I had found what became my favorite waterfall only a few days earlier and now I was focused mostly on finding other sources of water for daytime long exposures with the neutral density filters. We were actually headed there after this but i pulled off the road and took a handful of low perspective shots while Scotch nervously looked on. He hates bridges and probably wasn't fond of me sitting in the middle of one with my camera and tripod.
My abilities and understanding of photography have improved greatly over the last year which is what I hoped would happen moving across the country. Part of it is the natural progression from learning through trial and error but I've also studied a lot of techniques and put in a ton of practice. What frustrates me most is when I take a shot I really love and have zero clue how to properly edit it. I try over and over and then give up, thinking I'll come back to it later when my editing skills improve more. Learning lightroom and photoshop from scratch is like learning a foreign language from scratch. Often, what looked great to me a year ago is now basically unacceptable and I often find myself rummaging through some of my old favorites and trying to edit them with a fresh set of eyes and new abilities.
At the time I shot this, I didn't have lightroom or photoshop, relying only on iphoto software and further, I edited them on my old tiny macbook with a really dark, cracked screen. The computer was so bad, I had to make small changes one at a time and then post them in a flickr folder to view on my iphone or ipad since they looked completely different on my laptop. I had previously posted a version of this a year ago but re-edited it from scratch using the methods and techniques I use now and am really glad I did. It's funny, I loved the original post of this but now looking back, I can't say I still feel the same way at all. It was way too dark, far too much contrast and missing a substantial amount of the details it had out of the camera. I kept meaning to redo it but kept getting sidetracked by newer and newer sets of images I'd take.
Tomorrow I will start posting some new images I took this past weekend on a very weird, rainy evening on Venice Beach but tonight I'm thinking about autumn, especially as it's now shifting to winter back in DC, where temperatures are in the low 30's at night. I always loved fall weather and some of the gloominess that came with it but really didn't appreciate it until I got into photography and then moved here. I do plan to mix in some more autumn shots from back home as well over the the next couple months, at least until I no longer miss it. There's almost nothing to complain about living in Los Angeles but I do wish Autumn was more like what I was used to and real trees were everywhere. To me, a palm tree is basically just a really strong, resilient weed. it grows in any conditions, doesn't need much water, and I think they're ugly :)
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Monocacy River Bridge
Rocky Ridge, Maryland
November 1st, 2015
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ISO 100
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1/8th second
Pyracantha, commonly known as firethorn (Czech: hlohyně), is an ornamental shrub that enhances our gardens and parks with its vibrant berries, persisting well into winter. Belonging to the Rosaceae family, it is favored by birds as a source of food and shelter. The Latin name is derived from the Greek pyr meaning "fire" and akanthos meaning "thorn".
Captured in winter 2024, Czech Republic.
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Nobody can fully understand the meaning of love unless he’s owned a dog. A dog can show you more honest affection with a flick of his tail than a man can gather through a lifetime of handshakes
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Meaning of the Color of Tulips:
Tulips are symbolic of fame and perfect love. The symbolic meanings also change with the color of the tulips. Red tulips mean "believe me" and are a declaration of true love.
Variegated tulips mean "you have beautiful eyes." Yellow tulips mean "there's sunshine in your smile" and cheerful thoughts. Cream colored tulips mean "I will love you forever." White tulips symbolize heaven, newness and purity. Purple tulips symbolize royalty. Pink tulips mean affection and caring. Orange tulips mean energy, enthusiasm, desire, and passion.
Tulips as Heralds of Spring:
Tulips also mean eternal life and are heralds of spring. Along with crocuses and daffodils, tulips are the first flowers to blossom each year, sometimes while there is still snow on the ground nearby. Tulips are perfect for gardens that are designed to bloom from the earliest possible date. The meaning of the garden can be encoded in the choice of flower colors. For example, a white tulip garden would symbolize heaven on earth.
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St Clement's Church (the Scottish Gaelic is Tùr Chliamhainn, meaning Clement's Tower) is a 15th century church in Rodel on the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, built for the Chiefs of the MacLeods of Harris. It is dedicated to Pope Clement I. It is sometimes known as Eaglais Roghadail or Rodal Church.
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I've been meaning for some time now to try and look more into the playful possibilities of light and shadow in the world of photography and never more so than now that I've finally succumbed to the tempting call of the Syrens - a new lens for my Canon that is.
I simply couldn't resist sharing my excitement at holding the long-longed for EF 50mm f/1,4 lens in my hand at last, but you will have to be patient for just a little longer to see my first attempts at exploiting its delightful potential...I feel both excited and responsible for handling a precious jewel.
In the meantime, I hope you like what you see here taken with my old standard-equippment lens that has served me so well over my initial year of being into photography and that shall definitely go on doing so in the future because -
"The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it."
Ansel Adams
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Been meaning to do this one for a while. Not entirely happy with it... I would have shot the originals differently having learnt what went wrong this time.
TOTW - Emotions..... Tired (of 365)
Christmas is a special time to reflect on Jesus Christ
The wonder of His lowly birth, brings meaning to our lives
There really is no other reason we celebrate this day
The birth of God’s precious son and the life He willingly gave
But so much seems to distract us in the busy-ness of our lives
We lose our focus in all the happenings not knowing, we leave out Christ
We lose sight of the true meaning as we endlessly rush about
Trying to find that perfect gift seems to cloud our Saviour out
We need to stop and reflect awhile remembering our precious Lord
His birth, His life and sacrifice and all that He stands for
For though the world may celebrate it seems though for other reasons
Let’s keep in mind that Jesus Christ is the true meaning of the season.
- M.S.Lowndes
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Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Meaning behind the name:
Dendrocopos = Greek meaning "tree, striking" That is, to strike the tree, and refers to it's habit of drumming or hammering the tree trunk with it's beak.
Major = Latin for "Greater" or "Great" as in large.
The English word "Woodpecker" has only been used since around 1530 and was well known to the early Naturalists of that time. The name previously used before this was "Speight" from 1450, a name that was common in German.
Thereafter, the Great spotted woodpecker used to be labelled as "Spotted woodpecker", whilst the Lesser spotted woodpecker was known as "Barred woodpecker" until 1678 by Ray and it became official in 1768 by Pennant.
Other names include: Wood knacker (knocker), Wood sucker and Tapper.
The Yeni Cami, meaning New Mosque; originally named the Valide Sultan Mosque and later New Valide Sultan Mosque after its partial reconstruction and completion between 1660 and 1665. From the river, it is quite impressive and even more so when visit the mosque!
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Meaning of XANADU - an idealized place of great or idyllic magnificence and beauty
Pitt Meadows, BC Canada
Alouette River Dykes Trail is a 14.0 kilometer lightly trafficked loop trail located near Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada
These tranquille greenway experiences takes the walker along the south and north arm of the Alouette River at the edge of Pitt Polder. The berry farmlands and the spectacular viewscapes looking up the mountains peaks including the Golden Ears are a must for camera buffs. Great Blue Herons also abound in these waterways.
The Alouette River is a tributary of the Pitt River in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
The Alouette River flows from Alouette Lake to its junction with the Fraser River at Pitt Meadows. Typical of many Lower Fraser tributaries, it drains a mountain watershed in the Coast Mountains, especially important for its timber and fish values.
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Following Wolf Moon of 10 January 2020 which was not visible because of cloud cover. This was shot through my kitchen window just before dawn this morning.
The adjective "gibbous" has its origins in the Latin noun gibbus, meaning "hump," and in the Late Latin adjective gibbosus, meaning "humpbacked," which Middle English adopted in the 14th century as "gibbous." "Gibbous" has been used to describe the rounded body parts of humans and animals (such as the back of a hunchback or camel) or to describe the shape of certain flowers (such as snapdragons). The term is most often identified, however, with the study of astronomy. In fact, if you run across the word gibbous, chances are you'll find the word moon somewhere nearby. A gibbous moon is one that is more than a half-moon but less than full.
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Chandra Taal (meaning the Lake of the Moon), or Chandra Tal, is situated at an altitude of about 4,300 metres (14,100 ft) in the Himalayas. Mountains of scree overlook the lake on one side, and a magnificent cirque presents a view on the other. The name of the lake originates from its crescent shape. Situated in the Spiti part of the Lahul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh (India), it is a popular destination for trekkers and campers. The lake is accessible on foot from Batal as well as from Kunzum Pass from late May to early October. There is also a motorable road from Batal which is 16 km (9.9 mi) away from Chandra Taal, but before August, its condition can be bad. The road from Kunzum Pass is accessible only on foot, and it is about 8 km (5.0 mi) from Chandra Taal. Suraj Tal is also accessible Chandra Taal, 30 km (19 mi) away.[1] Vast meadows on the banks of the lake are the camping sites. During springtime, these meadows are carpeted with hundreds of kinds of wildflowers.
The most surprising thing about this lake is that there is no visible source of this lake but there is a visible outlet which means that water to this lake comes from underground.
The lake is situated on the Samudra Tapu plateau, which overlooks the Chandra River.
The lake is one of two high-altitude wetlands of India which have been designated as Ramsar sites.
Netherlands, Lisse, the park “Keukenhof”, meaning kitchen garden, situated near the small town of Lisse.
On 32 hectares with approx.15 km of walking routes in the park bloom in spring with the annually main emphasis on more than 7 million flower bulbs in 800 different varieties of tulips also many other flowers well combined & arranged along the walking routes. Keukenhof is one of the world's largest flower gardens, therefor as known as the Garden of Europe.
The park is open annually only from mid-March to mid-May when the tulips are flowering. The best time to view the tulips is around mid-April.
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Contemplating the meaning of this work of art…..
Work of art named "the connection". Located near Wessinghuizen - Groningen - the Netherlands
The four birds are connected by wires…..
Picture made with a years '50 Kodak Retina 1a with Schneider-Kreuznach 2.8/50mm.
A cheap and simple camera, still able to make very nice photos.
Film used is Fuji Acros 100-II. A very enjoyable film with fine grain and an impressive exposure-latitude.
WL sky - doomed Spaceship
SL filter - none
SL water - Default
f# - 9
FoCL- 20
FOV-60
Seether - Goodbye Tonight
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Show me the life with the meaning
Give me what I will not burn
Show me how to love without reason
Teach me what I still need to learn
And pour us both a drink my friend
Come here
And pour us both a drink my friend
And if I die tonight
Would it all make sense? Would it all make sense?
And if I die tonight
Would the wind chip away at my soul forever?
We're not that different, you and me
I wonder what lies ahead
A little wind has never injured me
But I remember someone said
We hide behind the mask of flesh and bone
We all have masks we hide behind
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Lake Joondalup, Western Australia.
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Joondalup (/ˈdʒuːndəlʌp/) is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, approximately 26 kilometres (16 mi) north of Perth's central business district. It contains the central business district of the regional City of Joondalup and acts as the primary urban centre of Perth's outer northern suburbs.
History
During the latter part of the 1960s, the Metropolitan Regional Planning Authority developed the Corridor Plan for Perth which was published and adopted in 1970. The plan called for the creation of five "sub-regional" retail centres (Fremantle, Joondalup, Midland, Armadale and Rockingham) which would form the commercial and economic focus of each "node", and take the retail burden away from the CBD. The Corridor Plan was not endorsed by Parliament until 1973.
In order to grow both the five "sub-regional" retail centres and these off-corridor regional shopping centres, a Retail Shopping Policy was developed by MRPA in 1976, and a Perth Metropolitan Region Retail Structure Plan was put in place to regulate the industry. This Plan was amended as new centres were required A review of the Corridor Plan in 1987 found that the sub-regional centres had failed to adequately compete against the regional shopping centres in the middle-distance suburbs.
Most of the land in the area remained largely undeveloped until the 1960s, and Joondalup started to become the "city of the north" towards the late 1980s to the early 1990s when houses and businesses were established in the area. Joondalup is the key regional hub for the north of Perth, a status confirmed by the Western Australian State Government's new Directions 2031 strategy which names Joondalup town centre as one of two Primary Centres for the Perth metropolitan area.
The city is named after Lake Joondalup. The name Joondalup is a Noongar word, first recorded in 1837 and possibly meaning either "place of whiteness or glistening", or "place of a creature that can only move backwards".
I was meaning to post this last week but my great grandparents and grandparents were over for the week so I never got to it till now. I thought I needed a better pic for @a.k.aMaruMakes who needed to see the bubble I drew to the far right upper corner. He's got an obsession with bubbles ya'll and maybe it's not the best idea but I'm encouraging him. :P
I've been meaning to post this for weeks, and kept forgetting even when I left reminders with other posts. From 2010, my first Pacific Forktail. What really interested me, however, was the Azolla. Also known as "Fairy Moss," Azolla is the second most found algae on ponds in North America. It literally blooms (kinda like the "red tide") and can cover a pond like "The Swamp" in two weeks. It is found with Duckweed, but is a hardier algae.
The total length of the Pacific Forktail is about 23 mm, and that will give you and idea of one Fairy Moss ... uh ... I dunno, petal? Something of interest is that it's a relative of the Plains Forktail and can be found in Saskatchewan: next summer keep your eyes peeled in Val Marie for a 1.5 inch bronze stick with a blue butt and buggy eyes that moves.