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Revisited. View from the observation deck of the Shanghai Center (上海中心大厦 aka Shanghai Tower), currently the tallest building in Shanghai and the second tallest in the world.
This is the big Huangpu River bend, with the Bund and the mouth of Suzhou Creek. The Shanghai IFC twin towers in the lower foreground, behind them the "Pearl of the Orient" TV tower.
Also note the sharp border of the smog below the city's inversion zone.
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St. Canute's Cathedral / Odense / Funen / Denmark
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• Founded in 1693, the town of Matanzas is the capital of the province of the same name. Matanzas is located 90 kilometres east of Havana, on the nothwestern coast of Cuba. Matanzas is known for its poets, culture, Afro-Cuban folklore and is the birthplace of the music and traditional dances danzón (cuban national dance) and rumba. It is also called ‘The City of Bridges’ with its nineteen bridges that cross three rivers.
• Fondée en 1693, la ville de Matanzas est la capitale de la province du même nom. Matanzas est située à 90 kilomètres à l'est de La Havane, sur la côte nord-ouest de Cuba. Matanzas est connue pour ses poètes, la culture, le folklore afro-cubain et est le berceau de la musique et des danses traditionnelles danzón (danse nationale cubaine) et rumba. Matanzas est aussi appelée « La ville des ponts » avec ses dix-neuf ponts qui traversent trois rivières.
• Fundada en 1693, la ciudad de Matanzas es la capital de la provincia del mismo nombre. Matanzas se encuentra a 90 kilómetros al este de La Habana, en la costa noroeste de Cuba. Matanzas es conocida por sus poetas, cultura, folklore afrocubano y es la cuna de la música y los bailes tradicionales danzón (baile nacional cubano) y la rumba. Matanzas también se llama " La Ciudad de los Puentes ", con sus diecinueve puentes que cruzan tres ríos.
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On one of our last hiking tours we passed this beautiful house in Bad Berleburg, Germany. Very cute and inviting. What I ask myself all the time is why does someone put a tray with slices of bread on the bench in front of the house? Should they be dried in the sun or is it a gesture for hikers who come along the way or, or, or ....
To this day it remains an unsolved mystery to me!
Does somebody has any idea?
Chain of Hearts leaves.
This one grows in a pot and the hearts cascade down the sides of the pot .
It has a weird and wonderful flower.
I have a photo of that too.
Ceropegia woodii
These plants are one of the hardiest succulents. They can be grown indoors or outdoors. The long tendrils can grow up to a metre in a season and fill pots very fast. They look very effective in hanging baskets inside your home or outside in a sunny or shady position. The Chain of Hearts do not need frequent watering. Allow to dry out inbetween waterings.
Have a lovely day
Another photo of my new character of D&D, this time with women's clothing and in her natural environment :3
General view of the amazing stairs of the bookstore Lello & Irmão, in Porto, Portugal.
One of the oldest bookstore of the country, it is frequently rated among the top bookstores in the world.
It is difficult to do this photo because it is a small and a crowdy place.
This day, I was the first one to came in, literaly ran to the first floor to this point of view, and shot 6 or 7 pictures like this with my wide angle lense. People were already climbing the stairs at this moment. I then merged the pictures into Photoshop and erased the visitors, giving that impression there was nobody into the bookstore.
It was a great challenge for me, as I only had one chance to do this, and I am quite happy with the result.
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The then silent night had given way to the screams of pain, terror and the sinister and spiteful laughs of the vampire.
Their swords created through their own blood, with extreme speed fall on their victims dismembering them and decapitating. They didn't even have a chance to fight him with dignity, as they could only feel a sudden strong wind, see a brief figure and then, their bodies were sliced up with such force that their armor felt like paper.
In the sky, the moon shone like a huge, glittering silver scythe, a somewhat apt shape for this night, when he was a reaper and didn't make a point of leaving any poor devil alive. Everyone would pay for standing against him. With grace and extreme savagery their swords continued to fall on those who could no longer flee, who due to such fear, were paralyzed. It was a slaughter. He didn't care, he wouldn't be forgiving or pious tonight, he would be brutal and he insisted on demonstrating all his power, so that no mortal, vampire, or werewolf would ever make a point of rising up against him again. He would allow only the women and children to survive this night, to tell everyone about the horror that had befallen their city. When the animals controlled by a demon invaded the city gates, as if lashed by its invisible whip, and when finally the devil himself descended on them, always almost invisible, like a wind of death, at first tearing with its beastly claws the terrified people of the city, then impaling them, with spears created through their own blood, setting the city ablaze with flames that seemed to arise from hell itself or from your heart aflame with hate. When then the two swords set to fall on them, cutting flesh, amputating limbs and beheading heads.
The city of Khaldheim would be an example to everyone. The fire flickered in the burning houses, like huge insatiable demons wanting to feed on more and more, turning the once majestic houses to ashes. Like the flames, his swords were not content with the pile of dismembered bodies left in his path, like a scarlet wind, he continued to claim lives and as he did, he laughed with delight, for few things gave him more pleasure than wanton killing. His laughter echoed through the air, chilling the blood of those who were still alive even more, announcing that it wouldn't be for long.
This was an idea of my Flickr friend Jim Hill. I already posted two of those images separately and he proposed that it could make a nice triptych if I included a third one with a modern digital look. He saw more in this triptych as well as he noted that the amount of people in the images could stand for the growing accessibility of photography. Kudos to you, Jim!
If you like this triptych, head over to Jim's page and leave him a few likes. If not, head over there all the more and find something you like. His night images from Chicago stand out and are among the most interesting work here on Flickr.
This also concludes my series of images from Corfu. Tomorrow, a series in Frankfurt will start.
On the east side of Detroit is a piece of history in ruin. in 1903 this massive 3,500,000 square feet facility was known as the most modern automotive manufacturing plant in the world. Here, the luxury auto brand know as the Packard rolled off the assembly line. The company later became the Studebake-Packard Corporation. The plant closed in 1958 and was used by small companies and as a storage facility until 1990. Today the 40 acre location sits empty riddled with graffiti, vandalism, and other suspicious activity. I got to noticed what appeared to be 3 drug deals while I carefully explored.
The best option is to gain intel, the local D18PD station is quiet so Flit takes the opportunity to sneak across the street to tap into their databases and hack some information.
She is careful to not be detected, but then she hears the whirling of an overhead chopper.
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TGIF right? Still not 100% sure what to do for a weekend, but I certainly hope that we get to have fun like for the last one! This image was shot in Grand Haven, MI and the weather was amazing. What is more amazing was the sheer amount of people walking back and forth to the lighthouse! I decided to try my luck from the other side and I think it was right thing to do. What do you think?
Sunrises of the summer, what may be more beautiful and more romantic. Another photo from the morning park in my city.
Thank you for all the comments and faves, my dear friends.
These are some of the Greek and Roman amphorae from the 3rd and 2nd century B.C.; they were recovered from the bottom of the sea around the island of Lipari (Aeolian Islands north of Sicily). They have been most beautifully exhibited in the Museo Bernabo Brea in Lipari. Clearly, transport across the Mediterranean was dangerous, but, on the other hand, the contents of these containers (wine, olive oil, marinade) must tell us that life in antiquity had most attractive sides. There was luxury, for some.
Off to the left of this American bullfrog was a Green heron, daring the heron, come eat me...Happy to report froggy survived! Wildwood Lake, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
... oh mist rolling in from the sea
My desire is always to be here
Oh Mull of Kintyre!
One of the most fantastic sunsets I have ever seen. Taken at the Mull of Kintyre on Saturday evening. The islands are, I think, in the front Rathlin Island, and behind that Northern Ireland.
This image was pretty much straight out of the camera (I just lightened the shadows a tiny notch, and added a tiny bit of tonal contrast). I had a bit of a job deciding whether the horizon was straight though---feel free to tilt your screen if not :D
Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
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THE STORY BEHIND THE PHOTO: MY LONG AND ARDUOUS JOURNEY TO BIRD PHOTOGRAPHY
If you've set yourself the challenge of exclusively shooting the wildlife in your own back yard, you might find - as I did - that bird photography is really, really hard.
It's not that reptiles are easy to photograph either, mind - but at least the ones in my garden stay (for the most part) on the ground, and one can learn how to carefully approach them with a camera. They're also clearly egoists, which from a photographer's point of view is is a great character trait: if a lizard detects a human in its vicinity, it's only interested in saving its own skin, and it won't alarm its buddies.
But birds... oh man. Over the years, my feathered friends and I have developed a lovely routine that now defines our peaceful co-existence. As soon as I as much as open a window (let alone the door), I'm instantly greeted by an eruption of panicky fluttering and hysterical shouts from my garden: "SAVE YOUR WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND FLY FOR YOUR LIVES: THE HAIRLESS, PINK MONSTER IS COMING!!! (Yes, I speak bird, and I know that this is exactly what they are shouting 😉).
Needless to say, with the exception of the redstart I already showed here, all my efforts to get the kind of detailed shots I usually strive for with my nature photography ended in complete failure and utter disillusionment. I was ready to give up on stalking the winged misanthropes in my garden altogether, but then winter came - and changed everything.
One day this past January I observed my neighbor Signora P - a kind, elderly Italian lady - putting something on the low garden wall in front of my house. At first I thought she was just putting some treat there for her cat Romeo; the young tom patrols that wall constantly (it's his favorite spot in the garden, and during the warmer months he usually lurks in the thick foliage next to it to prey on lizards).
But once I detected a lot of movement on that wall through my window, I understood she had put a little pile of bread crumbs there; she was feeding the birds who soon arrived in flocks. This was certainly well-intended on my neighbor's part, but her noble action came with a catch, and I'm afraid quite literally.
When I took a stroll through my garden the next day I discovered a suspicious amount of feathers on the ground next to the wall. Romeo had apparently switched from his low-calorie summer diet (lizard) to more energy-rich meals consisting of "fowl" (it was winter after all, so from a nutritionist's point of view this made sense).
I would find fresh traces of Romeo's victims (mostly feathers, but also the odd wing) in my garden over the following days; so my first intuition that my neighbor was feeding her cat hadn't been that far off after all, as Romeo was now clearly being "served" fresh birds on a daily basis. And although the hungry visitors seemed to be aware of the danger and became slightly more prudent, they just couldn't resist the tasty snacks Signora P put on that wall - and neither could Romeo.
It was obvious that I had to act, but talking to my neighbor - who is as stubborn as she is kind - would have been futile, I knew that much. I pondered the matter long and hard - until a light bulb went off in my head. The idea was genius. If successful, what I had in mind would not only increase the birds' chances of surviving Romeo's appetite, but also greatly benefit my own photographic endeavors.
I started to enact my master plan the very next day by buying a giant bag of bird feed (consisting mainly of sunflower seeds) from the store. Then I dragged a huge piece of a tree trunk (approx. 120 cm in height) that we normally chop firewood on from the shed out into the garden and emptied almost half of the bag's content on top of it. Signora P's buffet for birds (and cats) was about to get some serious competition 😊.
My reasoning was as follows: not only would the birds be lured away from the fatally low garden wall to a place where they were safe from the cat - there was nothing around that tree trunk that provided cover for a predator, and the birds had a nice 360° view around it at all times - but I was also able to photograph them while hiding in the shed.
However, in order for my plan to work there was one little extra measure I had to take, and it was one that risked lowering my own life expectancy considerably once the owner of the property - my mom - discovered it. You see, our shed is completely windowless, so if I wanted to use it as a blind, I had no choice but to cut a hole into one of its wooden walls... which I promptly did (I figured all's fair in love - and photography 😉).
Granted, I have absolutely zero carpentering skills, and it showed. That hole was an ugly mess: the shed's wall seemed to have had an encounter with Jack Nicholson's ax-wielding lunatic character from the film 'The Shining'. Needless to say, I was incredibly proud of my work (I mean, come on: there now was a hole where before there wasn't a hole, and it was big enough for the lens of my camera to peek through, so it was mission accomplished as far as I was concerned).
Now all I had to do was wait for the birds to discover the tree trunk. In the meantime I started to mentally prepare myself for the inevitable confrontation with my mom and go through possible explanations for that splintering hole in the wall (it was either gonna be a rabid woodpecker attack or an emergency rescue mission with a feeding tube for a little kid that had accidentally locked himself inside the shed - both seemed valid options, though I slightly preferred the locked-in kid due to the involved drama and heroism 😉).
A whole day went by, and not a single bird visited the sunflower seeds. I had expected that it might take a few hours until the first of the ever curious great tits or blue tits would show up, but given how tiny my garden is, an entire day seemed excessive. Then another day came and went: the birds kept flocking to the bread crumbs on the wall, and my tree trunk kept collecting dust. To add injury to insult, a few fresh feathers on the ground were proof that Romeo was still feasting.
It was incredibly frustrating: I provided my winged guests with a much better view - plus a higher chance of surviving the cuisine - than Signora P's place; I risked (almost) certain death at the hands of my own mother (OK, the act of vandalism on the shed I had committed for my own benefit, but still), yet the birds kept ignoring me.
Then, after three days, just before sunset, I spotted a single blue tit on the tree trunk picking away at the sunflower seeds.
When I got up the next morning I immediately realized that the loud noise that accompanies each and every tit activity had shifted from the wall to the shed. At last the dam had broken: there was a flurry of movement around the tree trunk, and I counted at least 5 different species of birds feasting on the sunflower seeds.
From day 4 onward my plan worked beautifully: the birds now indeed mostly ignored Romeo's "snack wall" and kept to the tree trunk. And yes, I was able to play peeping tom from behind the shed's wall and photograph them!! 😊
Thus, dear readers, I finally managed to produce some acceptable bird photos, and I had even saved my feathered friends from a deadly foe in the process. All through winter and spring I took advantage of my new bird hide, and in late May I started mixing some cherries with the sunflower seeds. The idea was to attract a Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius), and as you can see, it worked!
It took me almost three weeks and more than a few tricks to capture that clever fella, but given how long I've been rambling here already, that's a story for another day. As for my mom, she still doesn't know about the hole in the wall, so please don't snitch! 😉.
I hope you like the photo and wish you all a wonderful weekend! Many greetings from Switzerland, and as always: let me know what you think in the comments 🙏 😊 ❤!
P.S. if anyone has their own funny tale about the obstacles we photographers are prepared to overcome for a desired photo, please write it in the comments: I love such stories 😊
Wide-angle view of vibrant Tokyo skyline at dusk - one of the few clear nights we have had over recent weeks.
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'You ask, why Carhenge? Creator Jim Reinders responds to that question simply with one of his own: “Why Not?”'
Thank you for taken your time to visit me, comments or faves are always much appreciated!
:: " A book can also be where one finds oneself; and when a reader is grasped by and held by a book, reading does not feel like an escape from life so much as it feels like an urgent, crucial dimension of life itself." ::
{Rebecca Mead - My Life in Middlemarch}
Taken at Luanes World @ Slice Of Heaven
The Scene:
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I am wearing:
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:::Phoenix::: Aimy Hair.
*LODE* Head Accessory - Royalty Wreath [vanilla]
Catwa bento head - Catya
Maitreya Lara body
Lara Hurley skin - May
IKON Promise Eyes - Coffee
The pose is from Luanes World BENTO poses - "Wait For Life" The arm posed by the Cub.
... the bokeh is so in love with the flower
in royal blue that it forms a heart :-)
Happy Monday everyone!
Metal blades for Crazy Tuesday, made of metal.
These billhooks would have been kept extremely sharp for coppicing trees and laying hedges, but the ones in this collection look quite blunt now.
10/122 pictures in 2022: blunt
Looking close... on Friday! theme: Shades of Purple
Thank you everyone for your visits, faves, and kind comments
"I never made promises lightly
And there have been some that I've broken
But I swear in the days still left
We will walk in fields of gold
We'll walk in fields of gold"
"You'll remember me when the west wind moves
Among the fields of barley
You can tell the sun in his jealous sky
When we walked in fields of gold
When we walked in fields of gold"
Digital scan made from a 35mm colour transparency using a Dimage Dual Scan and processed with PhotoShop CS2
The Peak District is stunningly beautiful especially at this time of year.
It should however technically be called the Edge district because there are more Edges than I can remember the names of (& I'm not talking about U2 guitarists here)
This particular Edge is called Froggat.
We'd rushed back from Wales on Tuesday night after spending 2 days walking up and down & along very very steep valleys because it was forecast to be a cold cloudless night which meant fog possibly.
Unfortunately the cloudy sky hadn't been paying proper attention to the BBC Weather forecast.
At the end of a dull rainy day we were rewarded with this spectacular moody sunset - we nearly gave up as it was raining on & off which meant continuously wiping the filters but I was hoping that the Sun would get through the small crack on the horizon & it finally did as it was told
If you visit the Waterfalls in Brecon, don't visit Padley Gorge straight afterwards.
Padley Gorge is beautiful in its own way but should be done first to get you in the mood
If like me you do it the wrong way round it would be like a keen hill walker spending a few days in Glencoe then moving to Skegness or the Norfolk Broads :)
Many thanks to everyone who took the trouble to view comment or fave :)
The oldest of the four United States Library of Congress buildings, the Thomas Jefferson Building was built between 1890 and 1897. It was originally known as the Library of Congress Building and is located on First Street SE, between Independence Avenue and East Capitol Street in Washington, D.C. The Beaux-Arts style building is known for its classicizing facade and elaborately decorated interior. Its design and construction has a tortuous history; the building's main architect was Paul J. Pelz, initially in partnership with John L. Smithmeyer, and succeeded by Edward Pearce Casey during the last few years of construction. The building was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965.
Hjørundfjord in the western part of Norway, runs like a giant canyon through mountainous landscape. As soon as I have free time for exceptional experiences, I seek out this area and climb up to one of these amazing peaks.
To the right Jakta, and in the middle Slogen (1500m). The combination of endless areas of powder snow, not to forget the view of pointed peaks and deep fjords, hardly find anywhere else in the world. With over 300 peaks of over 1000 meter above sea level, you don't have to worry about stepping into other people's tracks.
This is an older shot taken in Donegal, Ireland. When I think of light I think of this photo so I went back to re-visit it and give it a little bit of a face-lift (a slightly different crop, hue and saturation)
Submitted to 7 Days of Shooting, Light
Till the wee hours of the morning till the sun breaks through and you need to go from champagne to coffee to keep going!
Taken at Reed Canal Park, these industrious ants were all over this flower bush. I seldom get a good ant shot, but I rather liked this one.
I am a part of all I’ve met
Taping life’s journey together
Petal by petal, Angel to Angel
Forever wandering
Where frolic may engage
And memories twinkle
Beyond heroic souls
In each special place;
Upon any single day
My purpose holds
As I thrive in age.
I am a part of all I’ve met
My journey has never been better
Endlessly celebrated
Page by page;
Day after day.
By Bambi Chicque
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While I love exploring the realms of all Second Life has to offer by visiting astonishing sims and ogling over spectacles and themed venues, I do prefer setting out my own scenery when it comes to a focus on Designer’s reviews. I’ve taken great care and pride in my presentation where I hope to capture the hearts of an artist’s audience and, most especially, to bring forth revenue and customers to the Creator’s I blog for.
Hence….I am proud to present a few Designers that are always tugging at my heart with their creative designs. While I jumped for joy to learn I am one of 6 Finalists in E.V.E’s Blogger Search, I hoped to express exactly what is important to me when I do take on a responsibility to review.Continued
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Bambi
I fell into a burning ring of fire
I went down down down the flames went higher
And it burns burns burns the ring of fire the ring of fire
-Tommy Cash
(Johnny Cash's brother)
Journey of love over time turned into wrinkles on my forehead.
Years have passed …. How long can this feeling last ?
You are like the blue sky slipping through my fingers in the red river …. Who is the person waiting by the river.
You leave no traces … I keep searching my life for you.
Himalayan Snowcock (Tetraogallus himalayensis) captured at Khunjarab, Gojal, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan with Nikon D500 and 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR.
For detailed information about Birds of Gilgit-Baltistan visit www.birdsofgilgit.com
St. Laurentius / Elberfeld / Wuppertal / North Rhine-Westphalia / Germany
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Of wisteria blooms
I caught sight, today, and ever since
As violet
Of the deepest hue, my passion,
Grows ever more profound!
--Lady Ise
Lady Ise (Ise no miyasudokoro) (c. 875 – c. 938) was a Japanese poet in the Imperial court.
Kreative People’s 219th Treat This event is now underway. Source images are provided by Lemon~art. See first comment box below for the original of the one I used.
They say you shouldn't photograph other people's art and on the whole I agree with that. In this case however, because this piece was so unique, I thought I would photograph it and show it because frankly it deserves to be seen. This piece is a near life size sculpture by a French artist named Emeric Chantier which we saw displayed in an art gallery in a wing of Chateau Malrome, which is Toulouse-Lautrec's former home near Bordeaux. When you see it in real life it is breath taking, so completely original.
For further info on the artist there is a page on the Chateau Malrome website that tells a little more about the artist: