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Lake Louise, named Lake of the Little Fishes by the Stoney Nakota First Nations people, is a glacial lake within Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. It is located 5 km west of the Hamlet of Lake Louise and the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1).
Lake Louise is named after the Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and the wife of the Marquess of Lorne, who was the Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883.
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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".
The continuation of my London series. Here's another famous perspective of Westminster and the Houses of Parliament. I went for a long time exposure to give this photo something special.
I also wrote a few new articles on my blog about tripod and filters I use for example.
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
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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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On the east side of Glacier by the Blackfeet Indian Reservation there is a huge grove of windswept trees like the ones pictured. After a short hike, you will run into tree after tree, each gnarlier than the last. It was quite the experience. The grove is located on a little plateau overlooking some of Glacier's mountains and you can feel the wind up there that shaped these trees. I visited twice, the second time I wanted to shoot the full moon and was there around 4-5am. Winds were howling and a cold front had came through that night leaving temps in the 20s. I had two down jackets on and probably looked like I was about to climb Everest. The wind is relentless though even on a calm day. This shot was from my first hike up to the trees and it was 'calm', AKA 30mph winds. This was the morning after the lenticular and the light was off the hook again. Actually got lucky, if the sun would have rose about an hour later, sunrise would have just been bland and gray with overcast skies. This was no doubt, one of the best sunrises I have ever seen. Yet, it was the quickest as well. There was some beautiful pre-dawn light, but the real show was when the sky lit up like you see here. 30 seconds later is was gone and there was snow in the air.
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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In the woods near the Dutch town of Schoonoord in Drenthe lies one of the most famous dolmens (Dutch: Hunebed) in the Netherlands. It is nicknamed 'the Papeless Church' (Dutch: De Papeloze Kerk).
In Drenthe there are many folk tales about this dolmen. In the 16th century there would have been talks of the famous protestant preacher Menso Alting at this location; he would have used the dolmen as a kind of pulpit.
This hunebed is nicknamed 'the Papeless Church'. In the 16th century, when Protestants in the Netherlands were still being prosecuted, so-called hedge-talks (illegal church services) of Protestants were held here. One would start calling the dolmen at the 'Papeless Church', because of course no 'papen' (Catholic priests) spoke in these services. The Protestant preachers would have used the dolmen as a kind of pulpit.
Read more about the history of the dolmens or megaliths at How they built a dolmen (Hunebed).
This is what we saw during our Cycling holiday in Drenthe, the Netherlands, where we have cycled through the beautiful landscape.
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Some of you are familiar with my recent forays into the area of post-processing. Some of you are also aware of my miserable failure in attempts to get decent bird shots, though constantly surrounded by our avian friends. Those two factors collided yesterday as you can see. I wonder how many are familiar with the old phrase, "you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear"...one particularly appropriate to this series which reflects an honest attempt to do exactly that.
The bird is a pileated woodpecker, a spectacular 20" creature, unmistakable not only in its size but in the volume of its call and its "pecking," which echoes throughout the forest. Happily, in addition to every other woodpecker, it is relatively common here which has allowed for frequent photo ops all of which ended in typical failure, yesterday being no exception as this fellow casually made his rounds of the trees next to the lake. But this time I decided to play around a bit instead of pounding the delete button.
While not destined for the next field guide, I must admit I actually like the "arty" results and continue to be amazed at what can be created. I think I might utilize this "style" for all my bird images...that is if I retained any clue as to how it was accomplished.
"Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is a symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for the spring. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature--the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter. The lasting pleasures of contact with the natural world...are available to anyone who will place himself under the influence of earth, sea and sky and their amazing life." ~ Rachel Carson
Third in a series from last year's spring trip to the Missouri Botanical Garden....only this time I added an Orton effect.....sure hope the colors are as beautiful this year :-)
Have a great Thursday....and as always, thanks for visiting!!!!
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Day of departure from Japan, August 16, 2017.
The day I came back to Japan, 21 August
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U2 - No Line On The Horizon Live in Dublin
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There are two reasons why a person faces the sea.
One, to enjoy a slice of shine in the sea like children bubbling over in the beach.
The other, to brush the dust of memory like an old man who misses old days, staring at the shine
quietly.
Those lead to only one meaning though they do not seem to overlap. It’s a rebirth.
I face myself to change tomorrow, a vague day into something certain.
That is the meaning of a rebirth.
I had a very sweet girlfriend when I was 18.
After she left, I knew the meaning of gentleness for the first time and also a true pain of loss. After
she left, how many times did I depend too much on her, doubt her, envy her and keep on telling lies
until I realized it is love?
I wonder whether a nobody like me could have given something to her who was struggling in the
daily life in those days. Giving something is arrogant conceit. It is nothing but self-satisfaction.
I had been thinking about such a thing.
However, I guess what she saw in me was because I had nothing. That‘s why she tried to see
something in me. Perhaps she found a slight possibility in me, a guy filled with ambiguous, unstable
tomorrow. But I wasted days depending too much on her gentleness.
Now I finally can convey how I felt in those days when we met.
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I don’t want there to be things you "love about me"....
I want you to love "all of me"
Mathias Malzieu, La Mécanique du cœur
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The chamber of the steam pipes in large power plant in a abandoned cellulose plant. I hope you enjoy it.
Norwegen / Nordland - Helgelandskysten
Ågskardet
Helgeland is the most southerly district in Northern Norway. Generally speaking, Helgeland refers to the part of Nordland county that is located south of the Arctic Circle. It is bordered in the north by the Saltfjellet mountains and Svartisen glacier, which form a natural border with the Salten district. In the south, Helgeland borders Trøndelag county.
The district covers an area of about 18,832 square kilometres (7,271 sq mi), with nearly 79,000 inhabitants. There are four towns in the district: from south to north these are Brønnøysund, Mosjøen, Sandnessjøen, and Mo i Rana.
Name
The Old Norse form of the name was Hálogaland (see Hålogaland).
Geography
Helgeland is commonly divided into three or four sections:
Southern Helgeland (actually southwest), which consists of the municipalities Bindal, Sømna, Brønnøy, Vega and Vevelstad.
Central Helgeland, which is sometimes further divided into the regions:
Inner Helgeland, which consists of the municipalities Grane, Hattfjelldal and Vefsn.
Outer Helgeland, which consists of the municipalities Leirfjord, Alstahaug, Herøy and Dønna.
Northern Helgeland, which consists of the municipalities Hemnes, Rana, Nesna, Lurøy, Træna and Rødøy.
Helgeland is characterized by pointed mountains and Strandflaten, a shallow lowland area, sometimes just above the sea surface, and sometimes just below the surface. People living on the coast have settled on this lowland (while inland towns, such as Mo and Mosjøen, are situated in valleys). A consequence of the Strandflaten is thousands of islands, and shallow waters going far into the sea. This has provided some shelter from stormy weather, which might occur in winter. Some islands are fairly large, often with unique mountains, such as Torghatten, De syv søstre (The Seven Sisters), Hestmannen, Rødøyløva (in Rødøy), Dønnamannen (picture), and Træna. There are several sea bird colonies, such as Lovund with thousands of puffins. The Solvær Islands (Solværøyene) in Lurøy consists of about 300 small and flat islands and has the highest densities of Eurasian eagle-owls in Europe.
The highest mountains, are located inland, where Oksskolten is the highest mountain in Northern Norway. There are many valleys inland, such as the Dunderland Valley, Vefsndalen, and Hattfjelldal. Røssvatnet is the second largest lake in Norway. There are three large national parks in Helgeland: Saltfjellet–Svartisen National Park (partly), Børgefjell National Park (partly), and Lomsdal–Visten National Park (created in May 2009).
Cultural references
Helgeland is the scene for Henrik Ibsen's 1857 historical play "The Vikings at Helgeland" (Hærmændene paa Helgeland), whose plot takes place at this region during the time of Erik Blood-axe (c. 930–934).
Helgeland Kammerkor, a mixed choir with members from all parts of Helgeland, have recorded an album of folk music from Helgeland (Folketoner fra Helgeland, 2005). The album contains 27 folk tunes from Helgeland, recorded in collaboration with folk musicians from the area. The album was recorded in Alstahaug Church, a 900-year-old stone church located near Sandnessjøen.
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Ågskardet is a village in Meløy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the southern side of the Holandsfjorden, about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) north of the village of Tjong (in neighboring Rødøy Municipality). There were 127 inhabitants in 2008.
The village lies along Norwegian County Road 17, with a ferry connection to a port, just west of the village of Halsa. The ferry is the only connection to the rest of Meløy Municipality to the north. The village is situated just north of the border with Rødøy Municipality. The village has its own school, chapel/community centre, and some private companies.
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Helgeland (im Mittelalter Hålogaland) ist eine Landschaft im Norden Norwegens, die heute den südlichen Teil des Fylkes Nordland bis zum Saltfjellet umfasst. Die Region hat 78.400 Einwohner und eine Fläche von 17.936 km². Die Region hat ungefähr 15.000 Inseln.
Im Mittelalter bezeichnete Hålogaland das gesamte Territorium nördlich von Trøndelag und war vor der Christianisierung Norwegens ein selbständiges Königreich, das auch den größten Teil von Troms umfasste und sich zeitweilig bis in das von Samen dominierte Gebiet (Finnmark, Schwedisch-Lappland, Nord-Finnland und Nordwest-Russland) erstreckte. Hålogaland nimmt einen hervorragenden Platz in den Sagas ein. Die Göttinnen Þorgerðr Hölgabrúðr und Irpa der Jómsvíkinga saga stammen wahrscheinlich aus Hálogaland und wurden wohl vor allem dort verehrt. Der vermutlich bekannteste Einwohner Hålogalands war der Seefahrer und Kaufmann Ottar, dessen Bericht über seine Heimat einen Platz in Alfreds des Großen Übersetzung der Weltgeschichte des Orosius fand.
Der Name stammt nicht von derselben Wurzel wie heilig, wie es schon Adam von Bremen behauptete, sondern von einer Volksbezeichnung háleygir. In Snorri Sturlusons Jüngerer Edda wird er von einem mythischen König Holgi abgeleitet. Holgi wiederum soll ein Nachfolger von Odins Sohn Sæming (Säming) gewesen sein.
Die jüngere Form des Namens findet sich ab 1380, die ältere besteht weiter in den Namen der Bistümer Sør-Hålogaland (Nordland) und Nord-Hålogaland (Troms und Finnmark) und im Namen des Obergerichtes (Hålogaland lagmannsrett), das für die drei nördlichen Provinzen Nordland, Troms und Finnmark sowie für Spitzbergen zuständig ist.
In Helgeland befand sich bei Bratland und der Insel Aldra ein Sender des Omega-Funknavigationssystems. In der Nähe von Bratland befindet sich auch der Marinesender JXN, der wie einst der Omegasender eine Drahtantenne verwendet, die über einen Fjord gespannt wurde.
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Making of for this week's MacroMondays challenge "fastener"
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Thanks for visiting Oldratbag another face of Tibet for you.
Drepung was known for the high standards of its academic study, and was called the Nalanda of Tibet, a reference to the great Buddhist monastic university of India.
Old records show that there were two centres of power in Drepung: the so-called lower chamber (Zimkhang 'og ma) associated with the Dalai Lamas-to-be, and the upper chamber (Zimkhang gong ma) associated with the descendants of Sonam Drakpa, an illustrious teacher who died in 1554. . The estate of the Dalai Lamas at Drepung monastery, called Ganden Phodrang, had been constructed in 1518 by Gendun Gyatso Palzangpo (1476–1541), retrospectively named and counted as 2nd Dalai Lama.
Penchen Sönam Drakpa (1478-1554 CE) in 1535 succeeded Gendün Gyatso (1476–1541) on the Throne of Drepung, both of them being major figures in the history of the Geluk tradition. By the time Sönam Drakpa was appointed to the Throne of Drepung (Drepung Tri), he was already a famous Geluk master. He had already occupied the Throne of Ganden (Ganden Tri) and was considered the most prolific and important Geluk thinker of his time. His successor was none other than Sönam Gyatso (1543-1588 CE), the lama who would receive the official title of the Third Dalai Lama (Talé Lama Kutreng Sumpa).
Before his death in 1554, Sönam Drakpa established his own estate, the Upper Chamber (Zimkhang Gongma), which was named because of its location at the top of Drepung, just below the Ngakpa debating courtyard "Ngagpa Dratshang".
View of John Grantham, Sheriff of Newcastle at the opening of Benwell Billiard Saloon, 28 November 1924 (TWAM ref. DF.GRA/1/1).
These images belong to a series of albums documenting John Grantham’s service to the City of Newcastle upon Tyne as its Sheriff 1924-1925 and its Lord Mayor 1936-1937. John Grantham was born in Blyth in 1877 and became a cinema proprietor in Newcastle. He was elected to the City Council in 1912 and became an alderman in 1932. The albums give us an interesting insight into the duties of Lord Mayor and Sheriff as well as a fascinating picture of the times.
2016 is the 800th anniversary of the creation of Newcastle's Mayoralty and Burgesses.
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Autumn is the faster season in mountain. You may need to be ready to capture his best moments. The first rains take away with them the magical and colorful leaves adorning the alpine landscape.
This shot was made in one of the best mountain villages of switzerland: Soglio, in the Bregaglia Valley. In the background we can admire "Sciore", the famous castle of granitic peaks of the Bondasca, at the border with italian Valmasino.
Most of my pictures are taken in and around the city of Molde, witch is the capital of Møre og Romsdal, in the country of Norway
A rose is a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus Rosa, in the family Rosaceae, or the flower it bears. There are over a hundred species and thousands of cultivars.
They form a group of plants that can be erect shrubs, climbing or trailing with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers vary in size and shape and are usually large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows and reds.
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[I take the opportunity of having finished the series on the church of Martinvast to upload three photos that I took recently in various parts of France (very different parts: Brittany, Normandy [on the Brittany border, admittedly] and the French Riviera way down south!) and which I like.]
This splendidly ornate Renaissance town house in the northern Brittany city of Roscoff is called “The House of the Dragon”. So, can you spot the granite dragon? It is there, I assure you!
This is probably the most famous house in Roscoff. It is listed as a Historic Landmark.
Imagine a world before the Internet, where there was hardly any form of communication amongst the crossdressing/transvestite community. All was not completely lost however. One single light in the UK during the 1980's and 90's was Swish Publications's "World of Transvestism" (or WOTV as it became abbreviated). A successor to the much earlier "Tranz" magazine, WOTV was published monthly, inside was an "Aladin's Cave" of letters, photos (black and white), occasionally stories and illustrations. The publishing quality was quite poor and WOTV was not cheap (I think it was £6 when I first started to acquire my own personal copies).The cover usually graced some of the more photogenic girls, many of whom I am pleased to say are on Flickr. In view of their privacy I shall not post those, but I would like to share this cover showing an example of the sorts of illustrations that were often printed.
Stockists were few in fact in my area there was only one newsagent that stocked maybe one or two copies a month, but one could travel to Swish's main store in Greek Street London, to purchase missing copies or "bargain bundles".
Sadly I now longer have the magazines, but I did scan all the covers and most of the images of some of the girls from those magazines. If you did appear and would either like a scan, or have no objection to your cover (or image) being published here, by all means get in touch. The issues I have scans from are below.
Vol 11_10, Vol 12_01, Vol 12_02, Vol 12_03, Vol 12_05, Vol 12_09, Vol 13_01, Vol 13_02, Vol 13_04, Vol 13_08, Vol 13_09, Vol 13_10, Vol 13_11, Vol 13_12, Vol 14_01, Vol 14_02, Vol 14_03, Vol 14_04, Vol 14_05, Vol 14_06, Vol 14_07, Vol 14_08, Vol 14_09, Vol 14_10, Vol 14_11, Vol 14_12, Vol 15_01, Vol 15_02, Vol 15_03, Vol 15_04, Vol 15_05, Vol 15_06, Vol 15_07, Vol 15_08, Vol 15_09, Vol 15_10, Vol 15_12, Vol 16_01, Vol 16_02, Vol 16_03, Vol 16_04, Vol 16_06, Vol 16_11, Vol 17_04, Vol 17_05, Vol 17_07, Vol 18_10, Vol 19_03, Vol 20_06, Vol 21_01, Vol 21_04, Vol 21_05, Vol 21_12, Vol 22_02.
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Celebrity Eclipse, Serenade of the Seas, and Noordam
Celebrity Eclipse
Celebrity Eclipse is a Solstice-class cruise ship operated by Celebrity Cruises, a subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Group. After she was ordered with German shipbuilder Meyer Werft in July 2006, she saw her keel laid in February 2007 and she was formally delivered in April 2010. The 122,000 GT-vessel followed sister ships Celebrity Solstice and Celebrity Equinox as the third Solstice-class ship in the fleet.
Decks17 decks
Installed power4 × Wärtsilä 16V46. 67,200 kW (combined)
Propulsion
Two ABB Azipods
Three Wärtsilä CT300 bow thrusters (3,000 kW each)
Speed24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Capacity2,850 passengers
Crewapprox. 1,271
GTS Serenade of the Seas is a Radiance-class cruise ship operated by Royal Caribbean International. She was completed in 2003.
Decks 12
Speed 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Capacity 2,490 passengers
Crew 891
MS Noordam is a member of Holland America Line's Vista class, and the fourth Holland America Line vessel to bear the name. The ship was christened on February 22, 2006, in New York City by the actress Marlee Matlin. Noordam is a sister ship of MS Oosterdam, MS Westerdam, MS Zuiderdam and P&O Cruises' MS Arcadia (originally ordered by the HAL, but sold to P&O). The prefixes of the four ships' names represent the four directions of the compass in Dutch.
Tonnage 82,500 gross tonnage (GT)
Length 936 ft (285.3 m)
Beam 105.8 ft (32.2 m)
Decks 11 passenger decks
PropulsionDiesel-electric; two ABB Azipod units
Speed maximum 23-knot (43 km/h), service 20-knot (37 km/h)
Capacity 1,916 passengers
Crew 800 crew
Coal Harbour, Vancouver, British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
As I've said before, one of my goals in photographing birds was to get this particular resident species, the Oak Titmouse. (Second on the list was the White-crowned Sparrow in breeding plumage.) My first two cameras didn't have the range for avian photography of any kind ... well, with the first exception when an Oak Titmouse popped up on a newly planted five foot orange tree right in front of me.
Still, I persisted, and I think I have 15 pretty good images of this titmouse. One in particular was my prize and was the first image I hung on my wall. (flic.kr/p/ufUbT1) That's not the reason that I never posted this image. The reason for that was that I wasn't on SmugMug or later Flickr, and so I just printed this, put it in an album, and there it stayed until this morning.
I was in the archives again, and I must say I really like this shot. The way the tail just clears and follows the curve of the piece of rotten oak which was also used as a granary for Acorn Woodpeckers (which is why I was there taking pictures that day in March). More than that, there appeared to me that there was movement in this pose. He actually had just landed, and was already about to take off again. 1/640th was my go to prep speed, and it worked very well here. The light was good, too. And that's why I'm starting off the week for you (I can look at it any time) with one 3 gram Oak titmouse on a Live Oak (that's the name, not the description).
I've described this bird many times. Let's just let it go with this: The Oak titmouse (Baeolophus inornatus) is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. The American Ornithologists' Union split the plain titmouse into the oak titmouse and the juniper titmouse in 1996, due to distinct differences in song, preferred habitat, and genetic makeup. It sleeps in deep cavities, and what better place than a woodpecker hole in an oak or yucca. We are surrounded by thousands of acres of three of the twenty species of oak in California: valley oak, interior live oak, or blue oak. The Valley Oak is the largest oak in the state, and we have 30+ heritage oaks within a quarter mile of my front door. (Heritage oaks are huge, some with canopies 100 feet or more across, 70 feet tall, and with trunks about 25 feet in diameter. How can you tell if one is a "heritage oak?" Easy: every heritage oak is numbered with a metal tag about 8 feet off the ground ... and that's all I'll say. They are also between 200 and 350 years old. And every one has an Oak titmouse in it! I just made that up, but it's where I'd start to photograph these little flitters.)
Wasson, C. L., copyright claimant.
She tore the azure robe of night and set the stars of "glory there" - Fireworks. Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Decatur : International View Co., 1904.
1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
Notes:
No. 3193.
Title from item.
Subjects:
Louisiana Purchase Exposition--(1904 :--Saint Louis, Mo.)
Fireworks--Missouri--Saint Louis--1900-1910.
Night--Missouri--Saint Louis--1900-1910.
Format: Stereographs--1900-1910.
Photographic prints--1900-1910.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/stereo.1s03523
Call Number: LOT 11041-2, no. 38
This is the door to a derelict terraced house near the center of Dublin.
I decided to make the door and a few other parts black & white. Because the THC on the door was a bright blue and it made the picture just to crowded with colour.
Mountains of Svaneti, Republic of Georgia.
Canon 5D Mark III, Canon EF 70-200 F/2.8L USM II IS.
6 vertical shots merged in Photoshop C5, colours and light fixed in Colour Efex Pro 4.
Lights of heaven
Strobist info:
Nikon SB-600 @ 1/128 reflected from left silver umbrella.
D300 & 50mm @ F/1.4
Camera on Aperture mode.
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Britcher & Rivers sweet shop, High Street, Rye, East Sussex.
Taken with the Fujifilm X100F.
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Hi, my friends! Here it is a blue hour view of the Tree of life at Expo 2015 in Milan.
My family and I dashed off the Expo 2015; not much time and chances to take photographs, nevertheless I tried to capture a moment of the light and water show of the Tree of life, the symbol and arguably the single greatest attraction of the event. Not a masterpiece, admittedly, nevertheless I am glad to share this with you :-)
The Tree of Life, a 37 meters structure made of steel and wood, has a great symbolic appeal and an incredible scenographic impact - especially by night. The lighting system of the Tree, spread over its elaborately woven wooden structure, produces beautiful, everchanging streaks of coloured lights moving along the lines, endowing the whole structure with a pulsating life. During the evening shows the lights and the fountains dance together at the rhythm of the music in an evocative coreography, so that you can imagine to contemplate a magnificent recapitulation of the miracle of life on our Mother Planet :-)
It is interesting to know that the design of the wooden structure of the Tree has its roots deep in the Renaissance, intimately recalling the beautiful paving of Piazza del Campidoglio in Rome ( = Capitoline Hill - not the copy of the White House in Washington), which was designed by Michelangelo in 1534 as a part of his redesign of the whole place. Due to the shape of the square, Michelangelo's decoration is oval-shaped, whereas the Tree of Life is circular.
I hope you will like this shot; we will go back there and I hope to have better opportunities to capture this beautiful Tree of Life.
The field at the rear of Berresfords Motors Cheddleton garage was a source of wonder. It was also an expensive place to visit with a film camera ... the only sort generally available in the era. Often visiting enthusiasts would have to additionally sign up to an agreement to forward copies of their photos, prior to being allowed in. One way to circumnavigate those requirements was to work for the firm ... though that was arguably more expensive in other ways.
Sadly Jim Berresford died in the April of 1987 and from that point on, tidying up and clearing out of redundant stock began in ernest.
Only fairly recently deposed at the time was this ex Maidstone & District Duple Commander IV bodied Leyland Leopard, VKN 627J. It had found a temporary home on the Cheddleton side of the field in which to await its fate, which wouldn't be long coming.
My recollections of 'VKN' weren't awfully glowing. It was a lacklustre permormer, even if it was reasonably reliable (some would say a typical Leopard!) It had tired rear springs which sometimes caused it to bottom out if the boot was loaded, and it had a killer power door which went to with such a force it's a wonder the body surrounding frame didn't fracture. The end came for the business, under PMT ownership, in September of 1987.
MIDDLE OF THE WOODS
MIXED MEDIA PAINTING...I call my paintings experiments...because that is the stuff of life...aren't we all ''experimenting with it''??...
It is just beginning to look like a touch of fall in the grasses and trees here in Michigan...some places more than others.
So, I've not had much of a life of late. But I do have quite a large force of Dark Angels painted, which sorta makes up for it! The picture's really big so hopefully it will upload ok and you can zoom in to see things clearer. It's about as good as I can do with my camera setup I reckon.
This is about as good a balance between quality and speed as I can muster as far as painting goes. My eyes don't work properly when looking at things that are human sized any more. Too much close focus! ;)