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Fog flowing over the hills of Canton Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland.
Panorama out of 6 single shots.
* Explored 04/12/16 #29 *
One of the Madeira Highlights was this Area, where I had some intensive Shooting in a mystic foggy Situation. Luckily I was at the right Place at the appropriate Time!
Stella, di Mezzo and di Fuori: Capri's legendary trio of sea giants. The opening or arch in the middle rock is called the Tunnel of Love or Arch of Love.
In the Campania region, there are three famous faraglioni in the Bay of Naples, off the island of Capri. Part of the Campanian Archipelago, they are named:
Stella, connected to the island, 109 metres (358 ft).
Mezzo, 82 metres (269 ft).
Scopolo (or Fuori), 106 metres (348 ft). The blue-tinted lizard (Lacerta viridens faraglionesis) is endemic to this faraglioni. Wikipedia
One of the tins from yesterday's window:
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Regno Unito, Londra, City of London, Inverno 2020
La City di Londra è un quartiere della “Grande Londra”. La City costituiva la maggior parte di Londra al tempo dei Romani nel 1 ° secolo dC e fino al Medioevo, ma sucessivamente Londra è cresciuta ben oltre i suoi confini. Ora è solo una piccola parte della metropoli, anche se rimane una delle parti più importanti di Londra. E' anche definita “il miglio quadrato” (2,90 km2). Con il termine Londra oggi ci si riferisce alla “grande Londra” una regione che comprende 32 distretti (tra cui la City of Westminster). La City è oggi il principale centro della finanziario a livello mondiale. Ha una popolazione residente di circa 7.000 abitanti, ma più di 300.000 pendolari si spostano qui ogni giorno per lavoro.
The City of London is a district of Greater London. The City constituted most of London from its settlement by the Romans in the 1st century AD to the Middle Ages, but the conurbation has since grown far beyond its borders. It is now only a tiny part of the metropolis, though it remains a notable part of central London. It is often referred to as the City or the Square Mile, as it is just over one square mile (2.90 km2) in area. The term London now refers to a much larger conurbation roughly corresponding to the London region, which is also known as the Greater London administrative area, of 32 boroughs (including the City of Westminster), in addition to the City of London. The City is today a major business and financial centre, ranking as the leading centre of global finance. The City has a resident population of about 7,000 but over 300,000 people commute everyday to work there.
A moody and dynamic scene from the south coast of Western Australia. The sun threatened to burst through right at sunset but it stayed hidden behind the clouds.
This will be my last post before Christmas, so I wish you, my friends, all the best for the Festive Season!
More about this photo on my Blog and Facebook page.
Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland.
This 12th century fortress was the traditional seat of the kings of Munster for several hundred years. A tour of the rock is a must do on any trip to Ireland, as there is so much history here and so many photo opportunities. After touring the rock, be sure to take a walk down to Hore Abbey, just down the hill and across Camus road. The ruins there are also stunning and offer many views back up to the rock.
I love the profusion of colors and blooms in summer This is from one of our containers that grace our back patio...
I'm not a fan of malls or indoor shopping centers unless the weather feels as windy, snowy, and freezing as now. Then, at least one can walk as that unknown man walks here. (And sneak in a camera.)
But so many stores seem to close as malls turn to entertainment and child-play areas to survive.
One of my attempts at the "Looking Close... on Friday" theme "Food in Backlight".
A thin slice of celery.
Shot with a Rodenstock "Rogonar-SP 57 mm F 5.6" (enlarging) lens on a Canon EOS R5.
הר זיתים
جبل الزيتون
Jerusalem
ירושלים
بيت المقدس
Paint work
The original of this photo is from a video
www.bu.edu/mzank/Michael_Zank/Jerusalem/domeoftherock.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives
youtube.com/shorts/RzslN7ip7NM?feature=share
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fast täglich gehe ich in die Stadt . Besonders liebe ich den Weg vom Michelsberg hinunter zum Dom. Dabei kommt man an schönen Dächerformationen vorbei, so wie hier auch.
the whole city of Bamberg has been accepted
by Unesco world heritage. Its a great pleasure to live in this town.
Birks of Aberfeldy is a corruption of Birches Of Aberfeldy courtesy of Robert Burns. More information on Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birks_of_Aberfeldy
“...It’s hard to watch
the game we make of love,
like everyone’s playing checkers
with their scars,
saying checkmate
whenever they get out
without a broken heart.
Just to be clear
I don’t want to get out
without a broken heart.
I intend to leave this life
so shattered
there’s gonna have to be
a thousand separate heavens
for all of my flying parts.”
― Andrea Gibson
Blog Post
sllorinovo.blogspot.ca/2015/11/the-chapter-four-games-of-...
Dark-Eyed Junco.
A sparrow-sized bird at 5 to 6 1/2 inches long. Variable but generally slate-gray or gray-brown above with a white abdomen sharply separated from the gray of the breast and a pink bill. The white along the sides of the tail shows in flight. Some birds have buff flanks. Birds of the dominent western form, the "Oregon Junco", have black hoods and rufous backs. The form breeding in the Black Hills, the "White-winged Junco", has white wing bars and more white in the tail.
Their habitat consists of coniferous or mixed forests. They winter in fields, gardens, city parks and roadside thickets.
They range from Alaska to Newfoundland and south to Mexico in the west and Georgia in the east. They winter south to the Gulf Coast and into northern Mexico.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
Momotus aequatorialis (Andean motmot / Barranquero)
Bird in freedom. La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
The Andean Motmot, as the English name implies, is the Andean representative of the "Blue-crowned Motmot" complex. For many years, all members of this group were considered to be conspecific, but this group now is reclassified as representing five different species. The Andean Motmot occurs in humid montane forests of the Andes mountains of South America, from Colombia south to Bolivia. Andean motmot is a big bird about 50 cm from beak to tail.
These birds often sit still, and in their dense forest habitat can be difficult to see, despite their size. They eat small prey such as insects and lizards, and will also regularly take fruit.
Calm waters behind the offshore rocks and detached headlands. A 3 frame pano. South of Bruhel point. Mendocino Co. N. California U.S.A.
The Relief [art.,geog.] of Emotions - no Light without Shadow - more Light than Shadow - lay down - relax - abandon it to heaven -
Windows of Opportunity" have been on my mind a lot. We are tentatively scheduled to take a May tour of Bryce & Zion canyons with Road Scholar in May of 2022. The COVID numbers are rising. If I were in my 40's , I would wait and say that there would be other opportunities "when life becomes more normal (safe)". I am in my mid-70's and healthy. There is still the thought in the back of my mind as to how many windows of opportunity will be in my future. We will decide as the time draws nearer.
I am reflecting, not complaining. We have weathered the pandemic well and our living situation is comfortable. I have also had many opportunities in the past to experience other places. The Irish rover in my genes still longs for a look beyond my present horizon, however, and it's a nagging feeling.
There will be one other post in this "windows of opportunity" series.
beauty of nature
Nature. The most beautiful thing in the world is, precisely, the conjunction of learning and inspiration. Oh, the passion for research and the joy of discovery!
A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
Drops of rain by KrystynaMaria Postawa
Drops of rain behind the window,
tears in my eyes...
A dark sky,
a lonely heart...
A lot of grey, sad days -
these are days without you...
Somewhere blossoms the azalea -
not for me, not for me.
The sun will shine again,
when you will appear here.
The flowers will smell again,
when you will stand near...
You will smile at me,
you will cuddle me,
you will hold by my hand
and take with into your dream...
Drops of rain behind the window,
tears in my eyes...
I found this beauty this morning coming in the door to my house. She was calling me over...I felt honored to capture her!
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~ Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination. ~
Sea of Love by Robert Plant
Here it is on black and oh so nice -
A view of the lower section of the falls flowing under that well-placed bridge.
"Multnomah Falls is the most visited natural recreation site in the Pacific Northwest with more than 2 million stopping by each year to take in the views. Fed by underground springs from Larch Mountain, the flow over the falls varies, but is usually highest during winter and spring. This is also one of the best places in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area to study geology exposed by floods." fs.usda.gov
"The Multnomah people received their name from their chief. Yet, the existence of their great chief named Multnomah has been up for debate. Other Native American tribes in the Columbia River Valley area spoke of him in their oral history, while Oregon historians dismissed him as just a myth. Therefore, there is conflicting evidence of whether or not he was real. However, on top of the oral descriptions of him there were writings including newspapers and journals, which indicate he was indeed real.
Multnomah was chief of tribes ranging much of the Pacific Northwest from Oregon to Canada, and during his 40 years of power he was chief of the Willamettes, as well as war chief of the tribes, ruling from his station on what is known today as Sauvie Island.
Ann Fulton, a history professor at Portland State University, found and collected much of what is known of Chief Multnomah from many written stories. She documented this in her paper The Restoration of an Iłkák'mana: A Chief Called Multnomah. She hoped to bring more awareness to his existence. Particular accounts came from people such as William Tappan and Dr. Elijah White, both agents of Indian tribes. The many verbal and written accounts of Chief Multnomah were similar. He was regarded highly, and many stated that while he was a warrior chief, he was very respected among his people.
It is believed that the end of Chief Multnomah's reign occurred with the eruption of Mount Hood during the 1780s. Later in 1805 when Lewis and Clark reached Sauvie Island they wrote of the “mulknomah” people. This referenced Chief Multnomah, as well as the group of tribes that made up his people." Wikipedia
Enjoy this last Sunday of October!
Getting spooky tomorrow.
This is what happens when I try to take a shortcut home to make it in time for dinner and end up choosing the least safe route. Sammy and I almost became dinner ourselves!
I'm wearing:
MadPea Shark Bite Hat
MONTANA Tee by Cold-Ash
CHINO Shorts by Cold-Ash
[P.0.E] - Messenger Bag (Demo) Crate
REBELLION = "ELLISON" SANDALS
Props:
Synnergy Flooded Room Backdrop (dismantled and altered for my scene)
Dock piling (2 Prim) by Kagehi Kohn
My lovely pet ♥
JIAN Pets Splashy Spaniels / Brit. Gold
The bitey sharks:
JIAN Sharks
Background was taken at Fruit Islands Surf beach (Frozen Banana)
Tower of Juwels is one of the common names of the Echium wildpretii, a biennial flowering plant that grows up to 3 m (10 ft) in height. Even if this alien looking plant appears quite different, it is a close relative to the well known forget-me-not.
The species Echium wildpretii is endemic to the Canary Islands and is found mainly in Las Cañadas del Teide. The Spanish name for this plant is tajinaste rojo.
During my visit of Tenerife with benjaminbarakat we found quite a few of these beautiful plants, which provide a nice splash of color in this otherwise rather barren volcanic landscape. Of course we couldn't resist to use them as foreground for our Milky Way nightscapes.
EXIF
Canon EOS Ra
Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8
iOptron SkyTracker Pro
Sky:
Stack of 5x 60s @ ISO1600, tracked
Foreground:
Focus stack of 4 exposure, each 15s @ ISO800 f/5.6 during twilight.
Sky over the Nature Preserve
Captured w/Apple iPhone 8 Plus back dual camera 6.6mm f/2.8
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Iridescences of Light.
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I did not see such costumes in Russia ... to my question: who are you? the girls answered that they are messengers of love. And it was appropriate at the festival "Gift Day", we make presents with love :)
beautiful girl with a phone - it's not me :)
Sunrise at Onrusstrand - South Africa. The direction of the light might be a bit confusing to you due to an orange light on the beach shining from behind me, It is probably to protect the beach from poachers. I was a bit disappointed by its presence, but I figured, if you can't beat it join it. It was anyways too late to go somewhere else. So I tried to create some interesting effects making use of it.
F11....30sec exposure -0,3 EV at ISO100 17mm
Traigh Niosaboist on the Isle of Harris, looking out across the Sound of Taransay towards the peaks of Beinn Dubh, Beinn Losgaintir, and Ceann Reamhair. Catching a wave breaking in 3 places at the same time, in line with the mountains... that's as close as I got to the mark.
While composing this image, the charred and dead trees were used to frame the remnants of color. Their blackened silhouettes tend to lead one into the shot, while also reminding us of the tragic end they met during the fires of last year. Perhaps guardians of color, or the sacrificial lambs, either way, it will take time before this forest returns to its previous flourishing presence.
September 10, 2007. We had our neighborhood party this past weekend. Lots of food and fun. I pigged out! Hehe. :-)))
Wish you all a good week. Flickr's been very sloooow for me today, I hope it'll get better tomorrow.
P.S. This is our neighbor's yard. Same yard where I took this photo.
Hundreds of freight trains stranded. Thousands of passengers left with nowhere to go. This was the scene as a series of unprecedented rail blockades saw the wheels of Canada's economy screeching to a halt. But in the middle of it all, the tough town of Englehart and the Ontario Northland Railway stepped up to keep it all on track.
Here, both Canadian National and Ontario Northland EMDs are congregated under the stars at Englehart after battling the elements of Northern Ontario.
The widowers tale -
“Late at night when all the world is sleeping, I stay up and think of you. And I wish you were still here.
A view of the Boston and the Leonard P. Zakim Bridge from the Paul Revere Park. This park runs along the Charles River. Boston-Cambridge, MA, September 16, 2018.
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I am in such a terrible mood this afternoon. My daughter has been so clingy lately. She has been enjoying her ballet lessons for the last couple of weeks but today she absolutely refused to let me go and wouldn't join her class. I am beside myself. To calm myself down, I took this photo but I'm not really happy with it. Or maybe I'm not happy with the way I handled things today.