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Another of the shots I found on that 'lost' memory card mentioned earlier this week. Below the waterline in a vase of flowers on the kitchen windowsill.
I like it better on black - click on the image or press 'L' on your keyboard.
I think I'll use this as my entry for No.36 - Water, in 111 in 2011.
(Explored - thank you :) )
This is a series of postcards photographed by Victor Ross from Petawawa, Ontario during the late 1930's. These are postcards numbered R-22 & R-25 (the R stands for "Ross").
There is also a line of postcards "Victor Ross" made with the "V" - which stands for the Victor. Both the V's and the R's were in his folder that was produced around 1940.
Victor George Krigger/Thrasher (Ross)
1909–1966
BIRTH 3 OCT 1909 • Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
DEATH 10 SEP 1966 • Petawawa, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
Victor George Krigger (Ross) was born on October 3, 1909, in Pembroke, Ontario, Canada, his step-father, William Ross, was 28 and his mother, Mary, was 28. He had three sons and three daughters with Ethel May James. He died on September 10, 1966, in Petawawa, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 56.
The Tower of London was built my the Normans and dates back to 1066 with the White Tower being built in 1078. The castle is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
I love the magic of the night sky.
This is my take on the Horsehead Nebula sailing over the Wild Horses Monument in Vantage, WA.
To get a small grasp on the incredible visions above us outside our Earth, see the source of this image here: www.noao.edu/image_gallery/images/d4/horseheady.jpg
I was going through photos from this year and began going over the Horses Monument photo shoot. I thought it would be interesting to find a mixture of the Horsehead Nebula and one of my shots from the horse sculptures. This was a very enjoyable project to get into :-)
I'm in a bit of a bind lately. I've become fixated with the night sky, spending hours and nights far from home taking pictures of the stars. But, my interest hasn't taken me equally as far into the astronomy books. Over 2010 I've taken a ton of pictures of the night sky with my DLSR and I am very proud of my work. I hope I can be an instrument to connect people in cities to the wonder and beauty of the stars shining bright and clear far from their porch lights...and my porch lights. But, I just have a real trouble getting into the deep space stuff. I find it mesmerizing, but it's so difficult to relate to it. So, working on this, was taking a step beyond what my eyes can see to the beauty of deep space above us.
I'll stop it at that. I think I'll change this caption a few times before it says something that expresses well enough how I feel.
Credit to National Optical Astronomy Observatory/Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy/National Science Foundation for the nebula image.
But the foreground image is an unposted shot from my night shoot at the Wild Horses Monument
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This was one of the most amazing waterfalls I have ever seen let alone photographed. Rhys and I walked down a flooded stream in Hazelbrook yesterday and this waterfall was our last of the day. It was way of the track and we had to climb down another waterfall to get to it. What made this so unique is that there is a waterfall and the back of a waterfall in the one shot. I am using my Mums Nikon D60 at the moment as my Canon is dead. I have no filters to fit the nikon but with the water flowing so fast I could still get that long exposed look.
4 shot panorama stitched in Photoshop CS3
Best viewed on Black
Rhys's Shot
I was at a do at the Royal Institute of British Architects today. Luckily I remembered to take my camera, not surprisingly its a beautiful building with lots of original features. This was taken up on the top floor looking up through a skylight.
The Temple of Debod (Spanish: Templo de Debod) is an ancient Egyptian temple which was rebuilt in Madrid, Spain.
Custom is the name of the game with this stunning Fitzgerald glider. One of Many has been seen at truck shows across the country, raising awareness and donations for autism. It was seen here leaving the 3rd Annual Outsiderz Show & Shine benefiting the National Capital Area Chapter of Autism Speaks, a cause very personal to owner Michael A. Manuel of Manuel Trucking out of Winchester, VA.
A mass-produced variant of the elusive "Corpsemaker" PAR-48, The PAR-70 stands as a powerful and reliable heavy assault rifle.
The weapon comes with an integrated flashlight and targeting laser, as well as a carrying handle with flip-up iron sights and accessory rails.
Credit goes to Beck for the magazine, the Sweetwater logo, and the colors.
Upper more rising sun on top of the hill
The skinny trees show silhouette scene
Look like a another landscape
Feel it with your mind don't see with your eyes
Timothy Aloysius Cadwallader "Dum Dum" Dugan
Member of Nick Fury's Hallowing Commandos
Member of Agent Carter's SSR
Agent of SHIELD
Actor portraying Dum Dum: Neal McDonough
Timothy Aloysius Cadwallader "Dum Dum" Dugan is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe. He is an officer of S.H.I.E.L.D. and is one of the most experienced members of Nick Fury's team, known for his marksmanship with rifles and for his impressive physique. He is recognized for his trademark bowler hat. Neal McDonough appeared as the character in the 2011 Marvel Studios film Captain America: The First Avenger.
Dum Dum Dugan first appeared in Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1 (May 1963), and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Dum Dum Dugan received an entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89 #2.
Dugan was born in Boston, Massachusetts. During World War II, while working as a circus strongman, Dugan helps Nick Fury and Sam "Happy" Sawyer escape the Nazis during a mission recounted in issue 34. Dugan later joins the British Army, and when Sawyer is charged with creating Fury's First Attack Squad, also known as the Howling Commandos, Sawyer invites Dugan to become second in command. His exceptional strength saves the day in several of his adventures in the Sgt. Fury comic books. Later on in life he is placed in charge of internal security on the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier. He is a corporal. Dum Dum Dugan is placed in charge of a SHIELD Unit coined The Godzilla Squad, charged with the task of tracking and stopping the radioactive kaiju. Over the twenty-four issue series, Dugan goes from loathing the creature's destructive tendencies to accepting the beast's existence after Godzilla saves him on numerous occasions. Dugan later recalls a long list of his greatest nightmares, one of which includes Godzilla.
I am afraid of heights.
More than anything really. Standing at the top of the cliff I felt sick to my stomach and my legs were shaking so much I could harldy stand up. But I really wanted to try and get over it and just jump. I'm so glad I did. And look how happy my friends are waiting for me =] Maybe because it was after about 20 minutes of convincing.
By the way I am screaming my head off.
Cam took this,and I edited.
Explored #35
View BIG to see my friend's expressions :)
The Mount of Olives is a mountain ridge east of and adjacent to Jerusalem's Old City. It is named for the olive groves that once covered its slopes. The southern part of the Mount was the Silwan necropolis, attributed to the ancient Judean kingdom. The Mount has been used as a Jewish cemetery for over 3,000 years and holds approximately 150,000 graves, making it central in the tradition of Jewish cemeteries. Several key events in the life of Jesus, as related in the Gospels, took place on the Mount of Olives, and in the Acts of the Apostles it is described as the place from which Jesus ascended to heaven. Because of its association with both Jesus and Mary, the Mount has been a site of Christian worship since ancient times and is today a major site of pilgrimage for Catholics, the Eastern Orthodox, and Protestants.
Much of the top of the hill is occupied by At-Tur, a former village and now a neighbourhood of East Jerusalem with a majority-Muslim population.
A week of black and white photos, hope you’ll enjoy them?
Here, I tried a different light, even more dramatic, well, you do have young performers in the 'wings and the STAR taking front stage, lol.
I'm in a very creative and inspired 'state' at the moment, tee hee.
I really had fun with them.
LYSIANTHUS , unfurling in front of your eyes.
Originating in the West Indies, Mexico, and Central and South America, the flower is known botanically as Eustoma grandiflorum. The common name comes from the Greek words lysis, meaning 'dissolution' and anthos, meaning 'flower' Lisianthus is also known as eustoma. Colours include white, light and dark pink, lavender and deep purple. Double and single-flower varieties exist.
Many people do not know what it is, but everyone loves it!
THANX, M, (*_*)
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Ceiling of the Room of Queen Christina of Sweden - Stories of the life of Moses (school of F. Zuccari) - National Gallery of Ancient Art of Palazzo Corsini, Rome
Woman with her children are walking about the not so crowded Venice Beach boardwalk on one of the first days out during the Covid19 quarantine! Got to love her colorful beach attire with her vibrant hair!
The pyramid of Khafre has a base length of 215.5 metres (706 ft), a height of 136.4 metres (448 ft), and a slope of 53° 13'.
Mark of Falworth has fond memories of the annual New Year's ball at the Palace of Lorean. Before the ascension of the evil Queen Galainir, it was a tradition of the Princes of Loreos to hold a fête in anticipation of the new season.
Anyone who was anyone was to be there, dressed in their very best. The Prince was usually in excellent humor during the festivities, happily reminiscing the glorious feats of his knights and armies.
It was a time to remember great events, battles, brave deeds and glorious conquests of times past. But it was also a time to look forward to what adventures and daring exploits the future held. Little did Mark realize how much the world, and his life, would change in the next year...
My entry to my LCC Brawl vs. colobustaco.
Since Mark is in desperate straits in the depths of the shade I thought something from the past would make more sense for the category of New Year's celebration, Roawia-style!
TFVAHAGD! ;)
The Clock Tower was built between 1403 and 1412, probably finished in 1405. It was built in the market place, then much larger and triangular in shape, its outline still clear in the street plan. The tower was built close to the Eleanor Cross. Twelve Eleanor crosses were constructed throughout eastern England under the orders of King Edward I between 1291 and 1294 in memory of his wife Eleanor of Castile. The site of each cross marks the nightly resting place of Eleanor's funeral procession.
The people of St Albans built the tower as a symbol of their resistance against the power of the abbot of St Albans. By deciding their own times in which to trade and ring curfew they could achieve independence from the dictates of the Abbey.
The Clock Tower contains two bells, one familiarly known as Gabriel and the Market bell. Gabriel is the larger and much older of the two and is so named as result of the inscription on the bell "Missi De Celis Habeo Nomen Gabrielis" ("I am Heaven sent, in Gabriel's name"). Although the date of its construction is unknown, John Harris of the British Archaeological Association believed that it was cast c.1335. Gabriels diameter is approximately 3 ft 10 in and it weighs roughly one ton. Gabriel would have been rung at approximately 4 am in the morning to mark the Angelus, and again at 8–9 pm at night for the curfew. In addition, the bells could also be run in the event of emergencies, this could be something as simple as a fire, or as historic as the First Battle of St Albans, seen as the first battle of the War of the Roses on 22 May, 1455.
SERIES:
I'm a member of the non-profit society, The Barbados Photographic Society. Part of our activities for members includes having field trips for members to go around the island exploring. Sometimes, our field trips veer off into strange territory....
After I ended my short documentary series on the "Fire at Mangrove Pond", my friend and I headed off to our second location. My photography club had an invite and a challenge from one of our members to shoot within his backyard compound. Such a small space but rather rewarding. I was trying to do two thing at once: Shooting still abstracts and shooting video to practice my technique.
Let's get back to rough textures.I just happened to be scouting around back making a closing portion of my wind video when I noticed that the sun had climbed high enough to be hitting this highly textured object. I'm sure you can tell what it is. What does it remind of?
Fun Fact: This image went from one texture to another when someone ordered a canvas print version from me.
Feel free to comment below with your ideas on what some of these things are. Good luck!
Read more about that morning trip in my blog post here, with the full story behind my side project:
If you're interested, I've also made some video there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA90_Bvtanc
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Soviet SO class freight steam locomotive of class 2-10-0 (1-5-0) was named in Soviet tradition after the leader – the revolutionist bolshevik Sergo Ordzhonikidze (SO, СО - Серго Орджоникидзе). SO class was developed in 1933 y as the elongated version of very successful E (Э) type of 0-10-0 class of steam engines, the Eu (Эу) series of that was developed and built in Soviet Russia with about 2500 ones were produced in 1926—1930. Original E- class was designed by Russian engineer Łopuszyński, Wacław Marian in 1909. These engines were built from 1912 to 1957 in imperial and Soviet Russia as well as Sweden, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania in world record big series with total production exceeds 10853 ones. After start of production by the reconstructed Lugansk Locomotive Plant in Soviet Ukraine of modern powerful 2-10-2 class FD freight locomotives with many construction innovations it became necessary to create locomotive of simplified design, which could be built at all plants and operates without rebuilding depots, turntables and track superstructure, but be more powerful than obsolete E-series. To obtain this Research Institute of Traction Reconstruction of the NKPS developed a preliminary design of a new 2-10-0 type locomotive based on an E-series steam locomotive which boiler was increased that lead to general frame elongation and inreased weight that need addition of the leading wheel that was taken from the Su-class of passenger locomotives of the 2-6-2 class also developed before The Great October revolution. The detailed design and working drawings were made by a team of designers of the Kharkov Locomotive Plant under the leadership of P.M. Sharoyko. Many technical improvemets have been made after start of locomotive production in 1934. SO18 (CO18) was the latter series of SO17 (СО17) engine, with some improvements and increased rail load up to 18 t. A total production of SO built by 6 plants was 4487 ones.
The glory of the Taj Mahal early on a Sunday morning.
This white marble wonder - inlaid with semi-precious stones and inscribed with words from the Koran - was built by the emperor Shah Jahan, in grief-stricken memory of his beloved wife, who had died giving birth to their 14th child. The construction employed several thousand craftsmen largely brought to India from Iran and took place between 1632 and 1653.
The Shah described the Taj in these compelling words:
"Should guilty seek asylum here,
Like one pardoned, he becomes free from sin.
Should a sinner make his way to this mansion,
All his past sins are to be washed away.
The sight of this mansion creates sorrowing sighs;
And the sun and the moon shed tears from their eyes.
In this world this edifice has been made;
To display thereby the creator's glory."
Annunciation - Parish Church of Santa Maria Assunta - Elva - Cuneo
La data della costruzione è quanto mai incerta, comunque le prime notizie si hanno a partire dal 1355; il portale della chiesa è dotato di decorazioni scultoree sormontate da un affresco quattrocentesco. Molto interessante è l'interno della chiesa in particolar modo il presbiterio, con le pareti e il soffitto completamente affrescate. Tra questi affreschi spicca quello sulla parete di fondo dedicato alla crocefissione datato 1493. Questo capolavoro pittorico è stato realizzato da Hans Clemer, un artista di origine fiamminga detto il "Maestro di Elva" che prestò la sua opera nel marchesato di Saluzzo.
Parish Church of Santa Maria Assunta - Elva - Cuneo
The date of construction is quite uncertain, however the first news comes from 1355; The church's portal features sculptural decorations topped with a 15th-century fresco. Very interesting is the interior of the church, in particular the presbytery, with walls and ceiling completely frescoed. Among these frescoes stands the one on the bottom wall dedicated to the crucifixion dating from 1493. This pictorial masterpiece was made by Hans Clemer, a Flemish artist named the "Master of Elva" who lent his work in the marquis of Saluzzo.
This is my second entry to Slight.of Brick's fantasy minifigure contest. Left to right;
Agragha: The group healer. She is a foul creature with fat, slimy tentacles for arms, and no eyes, for she sees with magic. However, she can still practice magic, which she uses not only to heal her teammates, but also to materialize magic weapons.
General Henry the evil hermit crab: A group warrior. I already explained his backstory in a previous post, which he is also featured in more. He most likely time traveled or something.
The Lord Kefoun: The group warlock/warrior. Once an all-powerful, evil magic entity, the Lord Kefoun was put into a mortal body by higher power for misuse of his gifts. He is still, however, extremely strong and can teleport around his enemies to misdirect them. He wields a broadsword, along with a double-bladed shield-axe powered by Agragha's magic. He also wears the crown of a tyrant of ancient times.
Tyron Graffus: A group warrior. He was once a proud winged warrior under the king of a distant land; until he was cursed by the Lord Kefoun. Half of his body and armor were corrupted, and is partially a slave due to his frequent mind swings. Since you can't see him so well, I've posted him alone on my photostream.
Blabbus Blibbunio: The group- uhhh... actually, I have no idea what use he has to the group. Blabbus Blibbunio is of unknown origin, found in the haunted woods by Agragha blabbering and flailing his arms about. She was amused by him, and kept him as a sort of pet, much to the dismay of the rest of the party. He is more of a nuisance than anything, accidentally(and constantly) slashing his party members with his knife and forcing Agragha to heal them. He has some rusty old armor on his right arm and leg, and wields a knife(a decision made by Agragha which is still questioned by the other members of the party).
What do you think?
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A story of Sicily: the Sicilian Gandhi (but he was not Sicilian ...).
This photographic story is connected, at least in part, with the previous one, whose link is represented by the nephew of the painter Robert Kitson, Miss Daphne Phelps: in life she was a psychiatric social worker (she collaborated with Anna Freud, daughter by Sigmund Freud), on the death of his uncle in 1948 he moved to Sicily to take care of Casa Cuseni, having inherited it: initially he wanted to sell it and then return to England, instead he ended up falling in love with Taormina and Sicily, deciding to stay there for the rest of his life. Daphne ran Casa Cuseni welcoming paying guests, there are many illustrious names of artists, writers, well-known personalities who have stayed there: Danilo Dolci was one of these guests, and it is precisely about him that I wish to speak. He was born in 1924 in Sesana (Trieste), after a somewhat eventful life, in 1952 he moved to Trappeto (between Palermo and Trapani), a country among the poorest and most disadvantaged in Italy: that same year the first of numerous fasts, going to bed and fasting in the bed of a child who died of malnutrition, a protest that will end only when the authorities undertake to build a sewer. Danilo Dolci continues with numerous initiatives, from the publication of a book ("Banditi a Partinico", which makes public opinion aware of the poor living conditions of western Sicily, to this book and many others will follow), to the "strike at reverses ”, when the workers went on strike, hundreds of unemployed began to work to reactivate an abandoned municipal road, an initiative that was then stopped by the police; Dolci also initiates an activity of denunciation of the mafia phenomenon and its relations with politics. There are numerous certificates of esteem and solidarity that he receives from important personalities from Italy and abroad, but despite this, for others Danilo Dolci is a dangerous subversive, to be hindered, denigrated, locked up in prison. Yet Dolci does not pose as a guru, boss, or teacher, his working method is based on the conviction that change is based on the involvement and direct participation of those concerned, his idea of progress enhances local culture and skills; he tries, working closely with the people and the most disadvantaged and oppressed groups of western Sicily, to free the dormant creativity in every person, calling this research "maieutic", a term coming from philosophy, precisely from Socratic maieutics: it is "the 'art of the midwife ", every educational act is to bring to light all the inner potentialities of the one who wants to learn, like a mother who wants to give birth to her own child from her womb, so no to notions imparted a priori, yes to help the student to bring their knowledge to light, using dialogue as a tool; however, Socratic maieutics is unidirectional, while in Danilo Dolci's "reciprocal maieutics", knowledge comes out of experience and its sharing, therefore it presupposes the reciprocity of communication. During meetings with farmers and fishermen, the idea was born to build the dam on the Jato River, which is important for the economic development of the area, but also to remove a powerful weapon in the hands of the mafia, an instrument of power which controlled the few available water resources; however the request for "water for all" will be heavily hindered, popular mobilizations and long fasts will be necessary to finally see the project realized: now the dam exists, and others have been built, thus modifying the lives of thousands of people, with the development of numerous companies and cooperatives. Among the many activities of Dolci, thanks to the contribution of international experts, the experience of the Mirto Educational Center, attended by hundreds of children, should be mentioned. Returning to Daphne Phelps and Casa Cuseni, here is a lithograph by Tono Zancanaro, dedicated to the birth of one of Danilo Dolci's daughters, but, among the most important, there is a correspondence between the pacifist philosopher Bertrand Russel and Daphne Phelps, in which the English thinker invited Robert Kitson's niece to participate in the gatherings of progressive intellectuals and literary and scientific personalities of the time, among them, besides Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre and Carlo Levi, there was Danilo Dolci, sociologist, educator, still recognized today as one of the most important figures of nonviolence worldwide.
post Scriptum:
- the images with Danilo Dolci come from the Casa Cuseni archive: they are cuttings from original periodicals, often full pages, from English newspapers, carefully preserved by Miss Daphne Phelp; these images were also taken by photographing some pages of James McNeish's book, "Fire under the ashes - The life of Danilo Dolci";
- the photographs taken in various countries of Sicily, are prior to the covid-19 pandemic;
- thanks to the surgeon colleague dr. Franco Spadaro and his kind wife, Mrs. Mimma Cundari, owners of Casa Cuseni (declared in 1998, Italian National Monument), for their hospitality and availability, having made the Danilo Dolci archive available to me.
Una storia di Sicilia: il Gandhi siciliano (ma siciliano non era…).
Questo racconto fotografico, è connesso, almeno in parte, con quello precedente, il cui anello di congiunzione è rappresentato dalla nipote del pittore Robert Kitson, la signorina Daphne Phelps: lei nella vita era una assistente sociale psichiatrica (lei collaborava con Anna Freud, figlia di Sigmund Freud), alla morte dello zio nel 1948 si trasferì in Sicilia per occuparsi di Casa Cuseni, avendola ereditata: inizialmente la voleva vendere per poi ritornarsene in Inghilterra, invece finì con l’innamorarsi di Taormina e della Sicilia, decidendo di restarvi per il resto della sua vita. Daphne gestiva Casa Cuseni accogliendo ospiti paganti, numerosi sono i nomi illustri di artisti, scrittori, note personalità che vi hanno alloggiato: Danilo Dolci è stato uno di questi ospiti, ed è proprio di lui che desidero parlare. Egli nasce nel 1924 a Sesana (Trieste), dopo una vita un po’ movimentata, nel 1952 si trasferisce a Trappeto (tra Palermo e Trapani), un paese tra i più poveri e disagiati d’Italia: quello stesso anno inizia il primo di numerosi digiuni, coricandosi e digiunando nel letto di un bimbo morto per denutrizione, protesta che terminerà solo quando le autorità si impegneranno a costruire una fogna. Danilo Dolci prosegue con numerose iniziative, dalla pubblicazione di un libro (“Banditi a Partinico”, che mette a conoscenza dell’opinione pubblica delle misere condizioni di vita della Sicilia occidentale, a questo libro poi ne seguiranno molti altri), allo “sciopero alla rovescia”, quando i lavoratori fecero sciopero, centinaia di disoccupati si misero a lavorare per riattivare una strada comunale abbandonata, iniziativa però poi fermata dalla polizia; Dolci avvia anche una attività di denuncia del fenomeno mafioso e dei suoi rapporti con la politica. Numerosi sono gli attestati di stima e solidarietà che egli riceve da importanti personalità provenienti dall’Italia e dall’estero, ma nonostante ciò per altri Danilo Dolci è un pericoloso sovversivo, da ostacolare, denigrare, chiudere in prigione. Eppure Dolci non si atteggia né a santone, capo, od un maestro, il suo metodo di lavoro è basato sulla convinzione che il cambiamento è basato sul coinvolgimento e diretta partecipazione degli interessati, la sua idea di progresso valorizza la cultura e le competenze locali; egli cerca, lavorando a stretto contatto con la gente e le fasce più disagiate ed oppresse della Sicilia occidentale, di liberare la creatività sopita in ogni persona, chiamando tale ricerca “maieutica”, termine proveniente dalla filosofia, precisamente dalla maieutica socratica: è “l’arte della levatrice”, ogni atto educativo è far venire alla luce tutte le potenzialità interiori di colui che vuole imparare, al pari di una madre che vuol far nascere la propria creatura dal suo grembo, quindi no a nozioni impartite a priori, si ad aiutare lo studente a portare alla luce la propria conoscenza, usando il dialogo come strumento; però, la maieutica socratica è unidirezionale, mentre nella “maieutica reciproca” di Danilo Dolci, la conoscenza viene fuori dall’esperienza e dalla sua condivisione, quindi presuppone la reciprocità della comunicazione. Nel corso di riunioni con contadini e pescatori, nasce l’idea di costruire la diga sul fiume Jato, importante per lo sviluppo economico della zona, ma anche togliere un’arma potente in mano alla mafia, che faceva del controllo delle poche risorse idriche disponibili uno strumento di potere, però la richiesta di “acqua per tutti” verrà pesantemente ostacolata, saranno necessarie le mobilitazioni popolari, lunghi digiuni, per vedere infine realizzato il progetto: ora la diga esiste, ed altre sono state poi realizzate, modificando in tal modo la vita di migliaia di persone, con lo svilupparsi di numerose aziende e cooperative. Da menzionare, tra le tante attività di Dolci, grazie al contributo di esperti internazionali, l’esperienza del Centro Educativo di Mirto, frequentato da centinaia di bambini. Ritornando a Daphne Phelps e Casa Cuseni, qui è presente una litografia di Tono Zancanaro, dedicata alla nascita di una delle figlie di Danilo Dolci, ma, cosa tra le più importanti, esiste un carteggio tra il filosofo pacifista Bertrand Russel e Daphne Phelps, nel quale il pensatore inglese invitava la nipote di Robert Kitson a partecipare ai raduni di intellettuali progressisti e personalità letterarie e scientifiche dell’epoca, tra di loro, oltre Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre e Carlo Levi, c’era Danilo Dolci, sociologo, educatore, ancora oggi riconosciuto tra le figure di massimo rilievo della nonviolenza a livello mondiale.
post scriptum:
- le immagini con Danilo Dolci provengono dall'archivio di Casa Cuseni: sono ritagli di giornali originali dell'epoca, spesso pagine intere, provenienti da quotidiani inglesi, accuratamente conservati dalla signorina Daphne Phelp; tali immagini sono state realizzate fotografando anche alcune pagine del libro di James McNeish, "Fire under the ashes - The life of Danilo Dolci";
- le fotografie realizzate in diversi paesi della Sicilia, sono antecedenti alla pandemia da covid-19;
- si ringrazia il collega chirurgo dott. Franco Spadaro e la sua gentile consorte, signora Mimma Cundari, proprietari di Casa Cuseni (dichiarata nel 1998, Monumento Nazionale Italiano), per la loro ospitalità e disponibilità, avendo messo a mia disposizione l'archivio relativo a Danilo Dolci.
This afternoon I met up with a phriend by the osprey nest. I was disappointed for her as Papa was not on his chair however, shortly after we arrived he flew in, checked on with his family and went off fishing. He circled the water from high above, swooped down and skimming along the top of the water, dragging his talons along. We did not see him catch a fish, but moments later he appeared at the nest with one in talons. After the, now large babies, had a meal, they began testing out their wings. Each taking a turn at flapping until they lifted up several feet above the nest. I imagine it will not be long before they take their first flight.
submitted to ODC/ things with wings
This kind of sums up how I've been feeling lately, kind of ghost like. Not in the spooky sense of the word, but more like I'm just faded and floating around in limbo, trying to find my way.
In the past few months I've felt so many ranges of feelings in regards to the direction I want my life to be going, I love my job and the work that I do, but loving a job isn't the same as feeling passionate about it. I'm passionate about creating art but i just don't know if pursuing it is the right path for me.
float on I suppose.....
Taken years ago at the end of East Long Island Road in North Grand Pre. Tens of thousands of Sandpipers had been sleeping on the beach below the dyke facing Boot Island when a falcon appeared and started to dive on them. Once the flock took off the falcon flew straight through it and snagged several Sandpipers. I remember the sound of their wings was like the wind, and the motion of the cloud they formed was really something to see as it billowed and flexed in response to the attack of the falcon. After the falcon had left with its meal, the flock settled down on the shore again.
The mudflats of the upper Bay of Fundy is a great place to photograph masses of Sandpipers as they feed in preparation for their fall migration. Only once have I been in the right place at the right time to see this happening.
This was taken before the arrival of the falcon with a Nikon F3 and a borrowed Nikon 500mm f/4 P lens. Swiveling the camera around for a minute, seeking an interesting composition that wouldn't look like a drab lumpy carpet, I spotted this rock with two birds asleep on top and another pair in front. I thought it a bit unusual that the rock sat in the middle of an area of bare ground, almost as if the birds were avoiding it for some reason.
This is an image from an Ektachrome 400 slide copied with a Nikon D3500 camera, Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 lens fitted with a Nikon 4T close-up lens, with a Sigma 1.6x achromatic close-up lens on the 4T. The slide carrier from a Spiratone Bello-Dupliscope was mounted on the Sigma. Lighting was provided by a 5000k LED bulb in a small goose-neck table lamp. A large ground glass screen was placed between the lamp and the slide carrier.
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While much of the shipyard is abandoned and in complete darkness, this one dry dock was lit as bright as day.
Many thanks to Tim Baskerville for organizing the event. Exploring the shipyard with Andy Frazer.
(8 second exposure)
"The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death" -- Wilde, 'Salome'.
Brompton Cemetery, London, 1991.
I was happy to find a disk of photographs I took some years back. Larger view.
THE BALL OF LIGHT MOVIE IS HERE! : www.denissmith.com.au/about/ball-of-light-movie/
Kyrie and I are working furiously on the Ball of Light shop on the website. I once again had to trawl through the archives looking for stuff.
This Ball of Light shot was a perfect example of it reflecting my mood. I was so happy and feeling so warm this night.
Having the shop up is quite exciting. But oh boy what a massive amount of work! My wife is a genius, and is so passionate.
Be Strong
(The only adjustments to this image are minor brightness and saturation tweaks. NO PIXELS ARE ADDED OR REMOVED. It is taken in a SINGLE EXPOSURE, with no use of "mechanical devices".
A moment of dynamic contrast captured at the University of Toronto (St. George Campus) during the post-Christmas storm. The warmth of the heritage stonework meets the violent energy of a snowblower in mid-arc. I wanted to capture the tension between the enduring, static nature of the architecture and the temporary, chaotic movement of the winter maintenance.
So I made a minifig collectible series for the 5 years of GoH, unfortunately my ill health prevented me from making enough MOCs to qualify to enter it in the competition. I've taken some pics of my favourite figs.
I created three distinct areas for my "Crescent Peninsula" inhabitants. These are three of the six figs I created for the Purple Mountains region.
On the left is an Albino Orckin, These fearsome fighters form the main body of the Mountain Empress's guard.
The Empress of the Mountain is the ruler of the Crescent mountain range - she holds one of the triforce Crystals that hold the Peninsula together. she is a powerful enchanter and possesses a wicked temper.
The Quartz Mountain RockLord is a summoned elemental, although limited in itntellect he more than makes up for this with his perchant for cruelty and violence.
There is a light ...
Everyday there comes a song with the dawn
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDmnG9uTEfk
How could I let a love go ?
It’s not easy to let go of the pieces, even though they’re the reason for my pain.
I'm not letting go ....
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I got about one more week of summer before heading back to class. I am still working on that MEM52 project at which probably won't get to finish it till later this year. This summer has probably been one of my busiest summer ever, but probably one of my most productive summer since like middle school. I felt like my plans for the summer all came out successful. I will be entering my senior year this coming semester! Can't believe I am already looking at Grad School's. One of good friend left for Med School this morning, I really wish her the best as I know Med School is extremely hard and stressful.
The weather finally starts to feel like somewhat like Fall! aka my favorite season!
gonna take a pics in the coming weeks, and maybe travel a bit far if I have the time.
Have a great weekend! Doing some catchup today....seem like I am always doing catching up.
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