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Explore. February 06, 2009.
Although I recognize life is imperfect and dark and drab at certain times I want to enjoy my stay in this world.
I want to see past the coal grey clouds and see the sun and the vast blue skies.
And bask in sunshine and belt out hearty laughters and photograph away and be happy!!! Be really happy!!!
~ I Travel East ®
Have a great weekend, my friends. It is always a pleasure & honor having you to come by and visit. :))
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Interestingness: #69.
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
feel it | love it | enjoy it
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Excerpt from the plaque:
Primalphabet-Geographics, 1976 by Guy Ducornet: This diptych was commissioned for the Schmon tower in 1976. At that time it was called the Library Tower although it was only partially occupied by the University’s Library.
Artist and part-time instructor Guy Ducornet was excited by the idea of creating a work for a structure which, in his fertile imagination, could have appeared in Jorge Luis Gorges’ story, The Library of Babel. He envisioned two pages from an imaginary encyclopedia: Primalphabet is an alphabet of our own science and Geographics describes the evolution of time and space.
At that time there was no fine art program at Brock. He taught numerous drawing, painting and art history courses between 1975 and 1993. At first he taught in whatever rooms were available, using homemade easels and treating the whole campus as a studio. Ducornet was convinced that Brock could offer a comprehensive art program, with training provided by professional teachers and artists. A program was established in 1977. Today the Visual Arts Department flourishes within the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts and rest on the foundation set by the imagination of vision of people such as Guy Ducornet.
Guy Ducornet lives and works in France. He has a scholarly grounding in Esistentialism and Surrealism, and is an internationally recognized artist, writer, translator, poet, jazz musician as well as ceramicist in the tradition of Japanese masters.
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
The exquisite houses of Providence, Rhode Island. The most impressive concentration of original Colonial homes in America. Around the Benefit Street, College Hill area, close to Brown University.
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 :-)
For 122 Pictures in 2022 #58 "Language of Flowers". I wasn't sure what language they speak (Petalan? Pollenesian?), so I just took one of a vase full of them just standing there quietly.
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).
Project50 50/50
Massive thanks to Martin Sarah at Kodak Express in Lincoln, she very kindly printed all these images for me.
My Photo Site — My Blog — My Twitter — Fifty of Fifty
Strobist:
• 580ex centre top on 1/16 power through my Westcott Softbox.
• 430ex on 1/8 power top left through an umbrella box.
• 430ex on 1/8 power top right through an umbrella box.
I wont go on here, I'll save it for Monday's blog post but I wanna thank some of the awesome people that have helped me along the way:
John O'Nolan, Kym Ellis, Adam 'Light Stand' Rhoades, Richard Teasdale, Ashley Baxter, Phil Barker, Nick Hayward, Amy HIll, Roz Nunn, Adam Hockley, Sarah Whittaker, Theresa, Melissa Owen, Ben Drury, Mikee Taylor, Leah Barr, Ollie Wilkins, Charlotte Wingad, Olivia Ford, Giles McNeill, Rosie Ablewhite, Martin Czimmerl, Vimeo & anyone else that got involved. You are all awesome.
The Forest of Bowland, also known as the Bowland Fells, is an area of barren gritstone fells, deep valleys and peat moorland, mostly in north-east Lancashire, England. A small part lies in North Yorkshire, and much of the area is in the historic West Riding of Yorkshire. Once described as the "Switzerland of England", it has been designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) since 1964, and is used for grouse shooting, walking and cycling, though it is relatively unfrequented by tourists.
The name "forest" is used in its traditional sense of "a royal hunting ground", and much of the land still belongs to the British Crown as part of the Duchy of Lancaster. In the past wild boar, deer, wolves, wild cats and game roamed the forest.
GBRf Class 66s take charge of the Rail Head Treatment Train 66730 "Whitemoor" leads with 66721 "Harry Beck" at tail end of 3w90 Tonbridge West Yard - Tonbridge West Yard,heads south at Kensington Olympia on 24/10/2017
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.
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?
Heart of Glass; A red heart made of glass and black lace, and not easy to photograph as it always catches the light. For Macro Monday - Heart. Happy Macro Monday everyone and happy Valentine’s Day on the 14th
Tyne and Wear metro Battery Loco No.1 TnT with Battery Loco No.3 passes through South Gosforth Metro with a the RHTT to South Shields.
Thanks for taking a look at this Photo, Kyle
Photo taken on the 21st of October 2016
This moc is made for Guilds of Historica in eurobricks
The project consists of 3x3 48baseplates for now and aim to further expand it. The windmill at the hill is rotating with power functions, and there are also several lights at the tavern below it and around rockwork.
" ...about 5 years ago, when things started to getting worse for the citizens of Euosmos and strange things where happening all over Mitgardia because of the rising hordes of Algus, a boat with a handful of brave men from Euosmos, sailed across Winter Lakes to the open sea towards East, far away from the known lands of Historica...
They were looking for a safe place away from any Algus threats, to make a new start for their civilization and keep the soul of Euosmos alive.
It took them about a month sailing before they finally saw land! The region was ideal to build a fortified city, so they immediately started working on it.... the city of "Salonica"
Soon they had their first houses ready and about three year after, the fortified walls were ready too. The named "Kastra of Thessaloniki" were one of the toughest walls all over Historica and the citizens were finally safe, for once and for all. "
The journey of the One Ring continues!
Our legendary LEGO The Lord of the Rings vignette series follows up with The Two Towers.
It starts in the Emyn Muil, where Frodo and Sam stray between the rough rocks and face Gollum, who had followed them.
Originally another builder wanted to build this chapter, but was unable to, so we spontaneously changed plans and I stepped in to build the first half of the second LotR movie. After spending almost a year on my first series, this one had to be done way quicker, which was quite a challenge.
Everyone who’s seen the movies knows that we have some epic scenes ahead so stay tuned for new builds every Monday and Thursday!
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
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)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_of_Lions
This was taken a couple of weeks ago at the 9th st. rookery where the raising of the youngsters is still quite active. To me this expresses the 'joy of flying' and if I were an Egret this is probably what I would look like...:)...it would be followed with a WHeeee!
The old basalt quarry on the Bombo headland in Kiama. One of the most weird, abstract and amazing places. As usual, I was hoping for a better morning colour wise, however, I have learned along my photographic journey that any conditions are good for photography if you can just open your mind enough and look for different opportunities.
I like the misty water that added an ethereal effect to the scene and the basalt stacks looked like fragments of past memories left behind to remind us of what has come to pass.
ISO 100 | f/16 | 30 sec | 28mm | Graduated ND Filter
Loup of Fintry is a notable waterfall on the River Endrick to the east of Fintry in Scotland. Lowp or "Loup" means leap in Scots
Dance lime tree and church in the centre of the little village of Peesten, Franconia (Bavaria), Germany
Some background information:
The so-called dance lime tree stands in the center of the village of Peesten, next to the little church dedicated to St Mary from the 14th century and opposite the hunting château of the noble family von Giech. A dance lime tree at the same spot was already mentioned in writing in 1657, indicating that it was planted between 1550 and 1600. It survived until 1947, when it had died back because of its great age, the effects of weather, and the lack of care during World War II. In 1953, a new dance lime tree was replanted at its historic location.
A listed historical monument is the four-sided dance platform with its timber-framed superstructure, which is virtually in the tree’s "first floor". Beneath it are twelve octagonal support pillars from 1770, and it is accessible via a stone spiral staircase from 1837. The tree hall beneath the tree crown has an area of 87 square metres. The lime tree itself is a protected natural monument. The cube-shaped form of the tree crown is considered unique in Europe. In the region, lime tree festivals (in German: "Lindenkirchweihen") are an old tradition. During these festivals, young residents of the villages dance on the plattforms under their local lime trees.
With ist less than 230 residents, Peesten is a little village located in the district of Kulmbach in the Bavarian administrative region of Upper Franconia. The settlement lies about 20 km (12.5 miles) to the northwest of the city of Bayreuth and about 40 km (25 miles) to the northeast of the city of Bamberg. The name of the village is derived from the Sorbian word "pĕsčane" meaning "sandy place", which implies that it was founded by the West Slavic ethnic group of the Sorbs.
In 1295, Peesten was first mentioned in a document. For almost three centuries, the village was in possession of the knightly vassals of the family Förtsch von Thurnau. A document from 1516 reveals that two members of the noble Förtsch family, Martin and Jorg, divided their properties in Peesten, each receiving a manor and half of the village from Friedrich V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach. However, both manors were destroyed in 1553 during the Second Margrave War.
After Jorg Förtsch von Thurnau had died in 1566 and his house had become extinct, his sons-in-law Hans Georg von Giech and Johann Friedrich von Künssberg inherited his estates. Both families then divided the inheritance, with Peesten falling to the lords von Giech. In the course of the Thirty Years‘ War, the village was plundered several times by both war parties. In addition to the turmoil of war, the plague struck, almost completely depopulating Peesten. In the year 1634 alone, 103 people died, prompting the local pastor to leave the now-deserted village.
By the late 18th century, Peesten consisted of 36 properties, a church, a rectory, and a schoolhouse. Jurisdiction over the area was held by the manorial court of the noble family von Giech in the nearby little town of Thurnau, which also exercised local and municipal authority as well as lordship over all the estates. From 1797 to 1810, the village fell under the patrimonial court of Thurnau. In 1810, Peesten became part of the Kingdom of Bavaria. As part of the municipal reform of 1811, the tax district of Peesten was established, including twelve even smaller villages in the proximity.
With the Second Municipal Edict of 1818, the rural municipality of Peesten was formed. Administratively and judicially, it was assigned to the lordly court of Thurnau, and in fiscal matters to the tax office of Kulmbach. In matters of voluntary jurisdiction, almost all properties remained under the patrimonial court of Thurnau until 1848. From 1862, Peesten belonged to the Kulmbach district office. In 1976, the municipality of Peesten was finally incorporated into the town of Kasendorf.
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.
wemasque.blogspot.ca/2014/08/seven-years-not-in-south-kor...
I guess another shot of these speckled Easter eggs won't hurt. ;)
365's ARE really a challenge and when you have "props" that seem to work it is easy to use them again and again...lol
I am a day late posting this one...was a busy day for me (yesterday). :)
It is hard to believe that my "Jesus Riding Raptor" sketch is TEN YEARS OLD. Where does the time go? Seems like just yesterday I was making fun of fringe creationists.
Now I'm paying them my taxes.
Sigh/Bourbon
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.
Water of Allachy flows through Glen Tanar and joins Water of Tanar before joining the River Dee at Aboyne.
Cairngorm National Park
View over the Bay of Kotor with its old town Perast the islets of St. George and Our Lady of the Rocks.
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Foothills of Mordor
by Damien Seidel
I'm happy to show you my first photo from my New Zealand trip with One Of A Kind Photography Adventures ran by Timothy Poulton Panorama Photography.
This was taken at the entrance to the Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park. I love the way the river leads towards these towering peaks.
I took this photo using the following equipment
Nikon D800E
Schneider PC TS Super-Angulon 50mm f/2.8 Lens
Lee Graduated Neutral Density Filters
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.
Banteay Srei or Banteay Srey is a 10th-century Cambodian temple dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva. Located in the area of Angkor, it lies near the hill of Phnom Dei, 25 km (16 mi) north-east of the main group of temples that once belonged to the medieval capitals of Yasodharapura and Angkor Thom. Banteay Srei is built largely of red sandstone, a medium that lends itself to the elaborate decorative wall carvings which are still observable today. The buildings themselves are miniature in scale, unusually so when measured by the standards of Angkorian construction. These factors have made the temple extremely popular with tourists, and have led to its being widely praised as a "precious gem", or the "jewel of Khmer art."
The temple's modern name, Bantãy Srĕi—citadel of the women, or citadel of beauty—is probably related to the intricacy of the bas relief carvings found on the walls and the tiny dimensions of the buildings themselves. Some have speculated that it relates to the many devatas carved into the walls of the buildings. Apsaras, divine nymphs or celestial dancing girls, are characters from Indian mythology. Apsaras and devatas are ubiquitous at Angkor, but are most common in the foundations of the 12th century. Depictions of true (dancing) apsaras are found, for example, in the Hall of Dancers at Preah Khan, in the pillars that line the passageways through the outer gallery of the Bayon, and in the famous bas-relief of Angkor Watdepicting the churning of the Ocean of Milk.
Dvarapalas are human or demonic temple guardians, generally armed with lances and clubs. They are presented either as a stone statues or as relief carvings in the walls of temples and other buildings, generally close to entrances or passageways. Their function is to protect the temples. Dvarapalas may be seen, for example, at Preah Ko, Lolei, Banteay Srei, Preah Khanand Banteay Kdei. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banteay_Srei)
March 23, 2013 - Northwest of Beaver City Nebraska
We had a early Moderate Risk just about 100 miles to my south of Kearney Nebraska. Meaning... My back yard. It was the first set of storm cells in South Central Nebraska & North Central Kansas.
Just to the northeast of Beaver City Nebraska I encountered a nice photogenic storm cell that had just went to a severe warned status. I paused a few mins to get my bearings a caught a few snaps!
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