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Boromir’s Death
The final scene of my LotR series depicts the tragic death of Boromir after the breaking of the fellowship.
It's been an amazing journey through Middle Earth in the last weeks and I'm really thankful for your amazing support with kind comments and messages!
Don't forget to check out the first half of the series by Xenomurphy! Thanks for inviting me to this collab and helping a ton with the photo editing.
The builders for the second movie will be revealed at later time, so keep in eye on my stories to see how our #LotRvignettes continue.
We are building a LEGO Lord of the Rings vignette series:
◾Book 1: Xenomurphy
◾Book 2: Jonas Kramm
◾Book 3: Jonas Kramm
◾Book 4: Marcel V.
◾Book 5: ForlornEmpire
◾Book 6: Grant Davis
Day 250. I spent a lot of time trying to get this right today. Did you know water drops have a mind of their own? They do not go where you want them to. In the end I just sprayed down the whole flower until I got a few decent drops to gather where I wanted them on the stem. I'm very pleased with the end result as this was my first time trying water drop refraction on a stem.
I used both of my trusty speedlights again today for this shot.
Kemasik Beach, Terengganu Malaysia.
Poetry Of The Natural World
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The National Churches Trust describes St Mary's in Potterne as a “an Early English church of exceptional purity and austerity.”
A priest, and land held by the Bishop of Salisbury, was recorded at Potterne in Domesday Book of 1086, and in Victorian times, a 10th Century font was found on the site of the present day Church of England parish church of St Mary. It was built in the 13th century and has survived with little change, beyond work to the tower in the 15th century and restoration by Ewan Christian. Pevsner describes it as, “An Early English parish church of exceptional purity and indeed classicity” and linked this to the Bishops’ ownership of the manor.
The church is cruciform, with a substantial tower over the crossing, and original lancet windows. It is built of rubble stone, with ashlar to the upper tower. The south porch was added in the 14th century, and in the 15th the tower was made higher and given an elaborate battlement. Restoration in 1870–2 included re-roofing and the removal of galleries, and the stained glass is from various dates in that century.
From the 11th century, the church had been linked to All Saints at West Lavington as tithes from both churches endowed a prebendary at Salisbury Cathedral. From 1967 the benefice was held in plurality with Worton and since 2017 the parish has been part of the Wellsprings benefice, which extends to Seend, Bulkington and Poulshot.
Potterne is a village with a population of 1,544 (2021), 2 miles/3 km south of the Wiltshire market town of Devizes.
This description incorporates text from the English Wikipedia.
BIt of a "worlds going to end" sunset taken at Pensarn in North Wales. Was a stuggle finding some foreground interest but a random railway sleeper and a couple of fisherman did the job :-)
Another image of the vibrant greens showing up in north Alabama after some nice rainfall yesterday. Hwy. 31 - Cullman County, Alabama. This was taken from the passenger side of a moving vehicle with occasional mist filling the windshield.
OCHS Class of '98 10 year reunion held at Mellwood Arts & Entertainment Center in Louisville Kentucky on August 30, 2008.
Some of these pictures were taken at O'Shays in Louisville, Kentucky after the inital meetup at the Mellwood Arts Center.
The following photos were taken by Amy Aubrey (Winters).
The Great Wall of China at Badaling
If you ever go to Beijing and from there to the Great Wall of China, as I did with four of my friends be prepared for the hawkers. From Mao’s red book to post cards to kites you will be approached and you will be pressured into buying it, and the prices will lower for every half hour they spend trying to convince you. The most amusing of these run-ins was at the Great Wall at Badaling. In fact, it is a bit surprising that the couple trying to sell us post cards were not in the picture as they were our constant companions for the duration of our stay. I suppose they were probably beside or behind me, just out of reach of my lens. It got to the point that we were dodging them and doing football style dekes to escape. The important part was that we were all laughing, hawkers and tourists alike, and that I never gave in and actually purchased the bloody things. It was a matter of principal at that point.
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The old fashioned railway signal box standing on the platform of Corfe Castle station, a stop on the route of the Swanage Railway, a heritage railway originally a branch line from near Wareham, Dorset to Swanage that opened in 1885. The Swanage Railway runs heritage steam and diesel locomotives hauling period passenger carriages.
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I was originally enrolled into the GETTY IMAGES collection as a contributor on April 9th 2012, and when links with FLICKR were terminated in March 2014, I was retained and fortunate enough to be signed up via a second contract, both of which have proved to be successful with sales of my photographs all over the world now handled exclusively by them.
On November 12th 2015 GETTY IMAGES unveiled plans for a new stills upload platform called ESP (Enterprise Submission Platform), to replace the existing 'Moment portal', and on November 13th I was invited to Beta test the new system prior to it being officially rolled out in December. ESP went live on Tuesday December 15th 2015 and has smoothed out the upload process considerably.
These days I take a far more leisurely approach to my photographic exploits, and having moved from professional Nikon equipment to consumer bodies and lenses, I travel light less constraints and more emphasis on the pure capture of the beauty that I see, more akin to my original persuits and goals some five decades previously when starting out. I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to GETTY IMAGES, and the 22.893+ Million visitors to my FLICKR site.
***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on March 7th 2018
CREATIVE RF gty.im/925773952 MOMENT OPEN COLLECTION**
This photograph became my 3,019th frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.
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**** This frame was chosen on August 7th 2018 to appear on FLICKR EXPLORE (Highest Ranking: #80. This is my 103rd photograph to be selected, which for me is both amazing and exciting, as I never view my images as worthy compared to some of the awesome photography out there. EXPLORE is Flickr's way of showcasing the most interesting photos within a given point in time -- usually over a 24 hour period.
Flickr receives about 6,000 uploads every minute -- That's about 8.6 million photos a day! From this huge group of images, the Flickr Interestingness algorithm chooses only 500 images to showcase for each 24-hour period. That's only one image in every 17,000!..... so I am really thrilled to have a frame picked and most grateful to every one of the 17.950 Million people who have visited, favourite and commented on this and all of my other photographs here on my FLICKR site. *****
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Photograph taken at an altitude of Fifty seven metres at 10:29am on Wednesday February 28th 2018 off Woolwich Road and Treetops Close in the grounds of Abbey Wood open space in Bexleyheath, Kent, England.
'The beast from the East', a Siberian cold front and weather phenomenon, has swept across the United Kingdom duringh the past few days, and last night was Kent's turn to brace herself for the deluge of snow.
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Nikon D7200 10mm 1/40s f/11.0 iso100 Exposure Compensation +1.3EV RAW (14 bit Lossless compressed) Image size 6000 x 4000). Colour space RGB. Handheld. AF-C focus 51 point with 3-D tracking. Manual exposure. Matrix metering. Auto white balance. Auto Active D-lighting. Nikon Distortion control on. Vignette control on.
Nikkor AF-S DX 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5G ED DX. Phot-R ultra slim 77mm UV filter. Nikon EN-EL battery. Hoodman H-EYEN22S soft rubber eyecup. Matin quick release neckstrap. My Memory 32GB Class 10 SDHC. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon GP-1 GPS module.
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LATITUDE: N 51d 29m 9.90s
LONGITUDE: E 0d 8m 14.60s
ALTITUDE: 57.0m
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Nikon D7200 Firmware versions A 1.10 C 2.015 (Lens distortion control version 2)
HP 110-352na Desktop PC with AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU processor. AMD Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB SATA storage. 64-bit Windows 10. Verbatim USB 2.0 1TB desktop hard drive. WD My Passport Ultra 1tb USB3 Portable hard drive. Nikon ViewNX-1 64bit. Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.
Impressions of the colours and shapes in the leaf canopy above the path of one of my "therapeutic" walks. I love the range of colours and the lacey texture of the decomposing leaves against the sky and the shapes of the branches
Texture:
Three of Marvel's most hardcore heroes take on Blackheart, demonic son of Mephisto! When Ghost Rider, Wolverine and Punisher are lured to the Mid-West town of Christ's Crown, they are offered a devilish deal: kill the king of hell, and the answers to secrets that plague them will be revealed! But with the life of a local girl in the balance, can Ghost Rider, Wolverine and the Punisher resist Blackheart's pact? As the demon's design unfolds, and his deadly Corrupt overrun the town, all hope lies with the vigilante trio. Will they be overcome by the darkness in their hearts, or will it prove to be their greatest source of strength?
A Golden Clockwork of Impermanent Silhouette
What do you see in a sunset?
Metamodernist art by JJFBbennett
The neat, symmetrical rows of the cabin provided a brief sanctuary—a manufactured illusion of control. Beyond the glass, the landscape blurred into a predictable hum of gravity and linear geography, the very architecture we build to mark where the self ends and the raw universe begins.
Then, the acceleration shifted from the tracks to the mind.
The rigid symmetry fractured. Looking out, or perhaps looking inward, I saw the horizon collapse into the golden light. The human form ceased to be a solid permanence and revealed itself as a luminous, intricate lattice—a cosmic mechanism of ticking gears and radiant energy suspended against a bruised and burning sky.
What we call the self is merely a temporary alignment, a fleeting, symmetrical arrangement of molecules and conditioned thought. Like a sunset caught in the teeth of golden cogs, we are fluid, transient, and perpetually dissolving. In this collision of light and shadow, the comforting architecture of the past shattered, leaving no boundary between the observer and the infinite expanse. The illusion of control washed away, replaced by the beautiful, terrifying truth of our own impermanence.
Metamodernism, Art Philosophy, Life Transitions, Digital Surrealism,
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The winding roads of Austria - Healeying the Austrian Alps. A 6 page spread editorial road story for the ‘Healey Marque’ magazine published by AHCA - Austin Healey Club of America. January 2009 issue, pages 22 to 27.
a great car .. I was in love with these oldtimer ..
Saint Augustine, Florida U.S.A. - Summer - July 4th, 2017
(St. Augustine is the oldest city in the United States - 1513)
(three more 'bridge photos' in the comments)
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This male spar visits almost every day. On this occasion, the small passerines had seen his approach, and their survival instincts kept them safe.....for now.
No longer based out of Pointe St-Charles since this past Tuesday (!!), CN 500 enters the Port of Montreal with class leader CN 4700 and CN 4941 for power. CN 500 and CN 596 (previously the afternoon PSC switcher) are now based out of Southwark Yard. One plus for railfans is that means that CN 500 can end up with different power, as 3-4 local sets are based at Southwark.
Numerous other operational changes have taken place this week at Southwark Yard, among them:
-CN 321 originating at Taschereau Yard
-CN 527 being called a few hours earlier
-CN 522 no longer running to Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (CN 525 goes there at night)
Water of Allachy flows through Glen Tanar and joins Water of Tanar before joining the River Dee at Aboyne.
Cairngorm National Park
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Even though it is no longer the nation's official capital, Yangon – formerly Rangoon – remains Myanmar's largest and most commercially important city. Yangon is the country's largest city with a population of nearly six million. This city is a melting pot—a diversity of cultures and communities in terms of people, settlement and religions. The Shwedagon Pagoda is one of the most famous pagodas in the world and it is certainly the main attraction of Yangon. Locally known as Shwedagon Zedi Daw The, it sits atop of a hill and is 99 meters high. It can be seen from most places of Yangon day and night as the golden roof illuminates the city. According to some, the pagoda is 2,600 years old, making Shwedagon the oldest pagoda in the world. However, no official documents attesting its construction exist and its age is still a matter of debate. Shwedagon PagodaThe main gold-plated dome is topped by a stupa containing over 7,000 diamonds, rubies, topaz and sapphires, the whole giddy concoction offset by a massive emerald positioned to reflect the last rays of the setting sun. There is little wonder that the Shwedagon is referred to in Myanmar as The crown of Burma. As Myanmar's most revered shrine it has always been customary for families, mendicants and followers of the Buddha to make the pilgrimage to the Shwedagon.
The Shwedagon Pagoda officially named Shwedagon Zedi Daw and also known as the Great Dagon Pagoda and the Golden Pagoda. No visit to Myanmar is complete without a visit to the 2,600 years old Shwedagon Pagoda, which enshrines strands of Buddha's hair and other holy relics. Located west of the Royal Lake on 114 -acre Singuttara Hill in Yangon, Shwedagon Pagoda is the most sacred and impressive Buddhist site for the people of Myanmar.
Yangon is de voormalig hoofdstad van Myanmar. Het is voor de meeste reizigers het startpunt van hun rondreis door Myanmar voor ons het eindpunt. Voor de grootste stad van het land komt Yangon relatief relaxed over. De sfeer is er gemoedelijk en het verkeer is nog lang niet zo jachtig als in de buurlanden Thailand en India. De stad grenst in het westen en zuiden aan de Yangon rivier. De stad is behoorlijk uitgestrekt. Gelukkig heb je voor een paar duizend Kyats, de munteenheid van Myanmar, een taxi of fietstaxi te pakken.
Vanuit het centrum van Yangon nemen we een taxi naar de tempel van Shwedagon Pagoda. De tempel ligt aan de Shwedagon Pagoda Road in het Dagon Township en de weg er naartoe is al indrukwekkend. De 2.600 jaar oude gouden pagode schijnt vanaf een heuvel over de stad en is moeilijk te missen. De Shwedagon Pagoda is de grootste tempel in Myanmar en is bedekt met 50.000 kilo bladgoud en vele duizenden kostbare edelstenen. De kegelvormige pagoda is 99 meter hoog en bevindt zich op de heuvel Singuttara in een buitenwijk van Yangon. Een bezoek brengen aan de indrukwekkende bouwwerk is de moeite zeker waard. Dag en nacht is het er levendig met gezang en gebeden van boeddhistische monniken en gelovigen. Rond de tempel vind je allerlei spirituele shopjes, astrologen, handlezers en Boeddhabeelden. Stupa's zijn oorspronkelijk grafmonumenten en wordt er de as van gecremeerde heiligen bewaard. Gedurende de ontwikkeling van het boeddhisme heeft de stupa in de verschillende gebieden ook diverse vormen gekregen maar volgens dezelfde basisregels gebouwd en is een afspiegeling van het universum. De vierkante basis staat voor de aarde, de feitelijke stupa voor het element water, de spits met dertien schijven voor het vuur, het zon/maan- symbool voor de lucht, terwijl het kleine vlammetje erboven vlammetje erboven voor ether, de bovenlucht staat, de hoogste verlichting. Deze vijf elementen zijn tegelijkertijd symbolisch voor de vijf zintuigen, de vijf onderdelen van het lichaam van boeddha, kortom, het universum
This morning I reprocessed this image at much higher resolution for an upcoming magazine publication. The original edit had been made on a tiny laptop monitor the night we shot that picture. It's a bit easier on my iMac at 27 inches... ;) As usual, if you have any question about the technique, join the conversation in my learning group fb.com/groups/ericpare
Lit by hand in one-second, with kimhenry.dance
Full behind the scenes video on my website ericpare.com
Regional Municipality of Waterloo
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Nikon D3200 + Nikon Nikkor 18-135mm 1:3.5-5.6 G ED-IF AF-S DX
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Shots of my trip to Canada October 2018.
On my first day and only day in Vancouver. It was raining off and on all day but wasn't very cold. I spent most of the day on the Hop On and Hop Off Bus.
Poinsettias and 'Cherubs Playing with a Lyre' 1672-1673 Pierre Legros I
Originally made for the vast garden laid out for King Louis XIV of France (1638–1715) at his château of Versailles
Now in the East Garden Court of the West Building, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
2 Jan 2026
Original frame nr: DSC00480
Dome of Sound in Styria, Austria at sunset under an autumnal sky. The Dome is a landscape and sound sculpture created by local artists in Pischelsdorf and was installed in the year 2011. Lee 0,9 softgrad and Lee Big Stopper.
The rays are actually clouds lit by the setting sun on the left that were moving towards me. By using a Lee Big Stopper and an exposure of 4 minutes they changed into rays. I also have a version with the clouds not moving, but i like this version a tad more.
What a bunch of A-holes
I finally built all the Guardians of the Galaxy sets and they are amazing! The only problem is the size with groot...
The X-Men set is great to!!
Acorns, the nut of the oak tree, has been a staple of California Indian diet for more than 4,000 years, and for many groups, the most important plant food. Native Californians harvested 10 or more species of acorns, with the tanbark oak, black oak, blue oak, and valley oak being preferred species. Acorns are extremely nutritious, containing up to 18 percent fat, 6 percent protein, and 68 percent carbohydrate as well as vitamins A and C and many amino acids.
.... the Rock cries out to us......
Come, you may stand upon my
Back and face your distant destiny,
But seek no haven in my shadow.
I will give you no hiding place down here.
- Maya Angelou
This image captures the iconic modern skyline of London, dominated by The Shard, the tallest building in Western Europe. The dramatic sky in the background enhances the futuristic architecture of the buildings. On the left, the distinctive, egg-shaped London City Hall seamlessly blends into the surroundings. The River Thames adds a calm, reflective quality to the scene, while the green trees provide a touch of nature amidst the urban landscape.
Hints of summer - The rich, warm, May sunset above Waddington Fell gives hints of the approaching summer whilst silhouetting an ash tree yet to come into leaf.
Forest of Bowland AONB
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"In honor and memory of the men of the United States Marine Corps who have given their lives to their country since 10 November 1775" -- rear inscription
Replica of the United States Marine Corps War Memorial ("Iwo Jima Memorial"), Bicentennial Park, Fall River, Massachusetts
...en concert à l'Espace Culturel St Grégoire à Munster le 04/01/2022
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A la fois roots et contemporaine, leur musique se veut forte et accessible. C’est dans cet esprit que le cercle s’est retrouvé en studio pour enregistrer leur tout premier album, qui fera sans doute réagir dans le monde du Blues, et même ailleurs...
Ce groupe nait sous l’impulsion du guitariste Gino Monachello, rejoint rapidement par le jeune Flo Bauer au chant et à la guitare, puis par une section rythmique de choc, à savoir Matthieu Zirn à la batterie et Franck Bedez à la basse. Le tout dirigé d’une main de maître par David Husser, prodige de la réalisation qui propulse ce projet dans des sphères inespérées...
Both roots and contemporary, their music is strong and accessible. It is in this spirit that the circle found itself in the studio to record their very first album, which will undoubtedly react in the world of Blues, and even elsewhere...
This band was born under the impulse of the guitarist Gino Monachello, joined quickly by the young Flo Bauer on vocals and guitar, then by a rhythm section of shock, namely Matthieu Zirn on drums and Franck Bedez on bass. All directed with a master hand by David Husser, prodigy of realization that propels this project in unexpected spheres...
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“Some large rocks with a few seagulls on it in the lake at the shore the of Lake Ontario with beautiful clouds in the sky above on the waterfront trail with many beautiful tall trees , wildflowers , Queen Ann’s lace , weeds and Mulleins in Squires beach , Martin’s photographs , pickering , Ajax , Pickering , Ontario , Canada , July 25. 2024”
Clouds
“Tall trees”
“Large rocks with a few seagulls on it”
“Large rocks”
“Seagulls”
Trees
“Circular seating area”
“Lake Ontario”
“Perennial purple Phlox”
“Lake Ontario waterfront trail in Squires beach”
“Beautiful Perennial purple Phlox on the shore of Lake Ontario”
“The waterfront of Lake Ontario”
“Squires beach”
Pickering
“Duffins trail”
“Discovery bay“
“Martin’s photographs”
Ajax
Ontario
Canada
“July 2024”
“iPhone XR”
Favourite
Favourites
“Orange mushroom”
“hollow tree stump”
“Red berry clusters”
“Red berries”
“The shore of Lake Ontario”
“Mulleins”
“Queen Ann’s lace”
..."Only of the night and it's darkness am I calling
Only of the night
My relief in it's falling
Breathe on me, eclipse my mind
It's in some kind of disarray
Killing time, I cradle far
Chameleon days
Chameleon day"...
Chameleon Day
- Talk Talk
One of our favorite places to visit is the McAdam Railway Station in New Brunswick, Canada. The station is no longer operating but it is an active railway line. They are in the process of restoring this beautiful stone building and tours are given in the summer. Sundays are very popular as they serve a pies in the afternoon as they once did a hundred years ago.
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Philipsburg is the capital and main town of the country of Sint Maarten, a Dutch country on the southern part of a Caribbean island shared collectivity with Saint Martin on the French side. Print Size 13x19 inches. HFF.
The Plaza de España ("Spain Square", in English) is a plaza located in the Parque de María Luisa (Maria Luisa Park), in Seville, Spain built in 1928 for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929. It is a landmark example of the Regionalism Architecture, mixing elements of the Renaissance Revival and Moorish Revival (Neo-Mudéjar) styles in Spanish architecture. It was featured in one of the set in Star Wars - Phantom Menace.