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Old iron cross on the coast of south/western Norway. Same place as my picture; Varhaug gamle kirkegård (Varhaug old graveyard). The germans occupied this location during WWII and the holes you see in right cross, are maybe practice firing or just soldiers having fun. Nobody seems to know, so my guess is as good as any.
In 1842, the russian ship "Ingermannland" sunk right outside this coast. 389 of approximately 900 people drowned . 9 people drifted ashore near this place and lie buried in this graveyard.
This picture is taken while there is snowing. It's as cold and windy as it seems. I think the sunrays gives this image a sence of hope. There should be sunshine after the storm.
I'm not a big fan of HDR but I thought it would make an over photographed place a little more exciting.
Mount Victoria is the mountain with the glacier on it.
Lake Louise in Banff National Park, Alberta Canada. We actually saw some snow here in Iowa today... luckily it didn't stick to the ground. The weather finally looks promising for the coming weekend though and things are looking a little like Spring outside. I promise a few new images from me won't be too far behind. ;-) Thanks for looking and enjoy the rest of the week guys.
Exp. May 26, 2007 #385
Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian art form that ritualized movement from martial arts, games, and dance. Participants form a roda or circle and take turns either playing musical instruments (such as the Berimbau), singing, or ritually sparring in pairs in the center of the circle. The game is marked by fluid acrobatic play, feints, and extensive use of sweeps, kicks, and headbutts. Less frequently used techniques include elbow-strikes, slaps, punches, and body throws. Its origins and purpose are a matter of debate, with the spectrum of argument ranging from views of Capoeira as a uniquely Brazilian folk dance with improvised fighting movements to claims that it is a battle-ready fighting form directly descended from ancient African techniques.
Status in Brazil
For some time Capoeira was prohibited in Brazil. In 1890, Brazilian president Deodoro da Fonseca signed an act that prohibited the practice of Capoeira nationwide, with severe punishment for those caught. It was nevertheless practiced by the poorer population on public holidays, during work-free hours, and on other similar occasions. Riots, caused also by police interference, were common[citation needed].
In spite of the ban, Mestre Bimba (Manuel dos Reis Machado) created a new style, the "Capoeira Regional" (as opposed to the traditional "Capoeira Angola" of Mestre Pastinha). Mestre Bimba was finally successful in convincing the authorities of the cultural value of Capoeira, thus ending the official ban in the 1930s. Mestre Bimba founded the first capoeira school in 1932, the Academia-escola de Capoeira Regional, at the Engenho de Brotas in Salvador-Bahia. He was then considered "the father of modern capoeira". In 1937, he earned the state board of education certificate. In 1942, Mestre Bimba opened his second school at the Terreiro de Jesus - rua das Laranjeiras. The school is still open today and supervised by his pupil, known as "Vermelho
Descendant of African slaves in Brazil fighting styles and those who believe it is a uniquely Brazilian dance form distilled from various African and Brazilian influences. The best working theory is that it's an African fighting style that was developed in Brazil. This theory is proven by a wise mestre named Salvano who once said "Capoeira cannot exist without black men".
Even the etymology of "Capoeira" is debated. The Portuguese word capão means "capon," or a castrated rooster, and could mean that the style appears similar to two roosters fighting. Kongo scholar K. Kia Bunseki Fu-Kiau also suggested "capoeira" could be derived from the Kikongo word kipura, which describes a rooster's movements in a fight.[citation needed]Afro-Brazilian scholar Carlos Eugenio has suggested that the sport took its name from a large round basket called a "capa" commonly worn on the head by urban slaves.[citation needed] Others claim the term derives from the Tupi-Guarani words kaá (leaf, plant) and puéra (past aspect marker), meaning "formerly a forest." Or, given that "capoeira" in Portuguese means literally "chicken coop", it could simply be a derisive term used by slave owners to refer to the displays as chicken fights.
Secret martial arts training
Some proponents believe that Capoeira was first created and developed by slaves brought to Brazil from Angola, the Congo, the Gulf of Guinea and the Gold Coast, who used it as a way to practice their martial arts moves while making it appear to be a game or dance. Since the slave-masters forbade any kind of martial art, it was cloaked in the guise of an innocent-looking recreational dance. Others believe that Capoeira was practiced and used to fend off attacks by Portuguese slavers in Palmares, Brazil's most famous Quilombo maroon colony of escaped slaves.
Afro-Brazilian art form
There is no written historical evidence to support the notion that Capoeira is a battle-ready fighting form, and many other proponents see it as a folk dance form developed by African slaves from traditional African dances and rituals. While there is not much historical evidence about Capoeira in general, there is other information that supports this view. In his 1835 work "Voyage Pittoresque dans le Brésil" ("Picturesque Voyage to Brazil") ethnographic artist Johann Moritz Rugendas depicted "Capoeira or the Dance of War," lending historical credence to the idea that Capoeira originated as a dance, rather than a fighting form.
Outside Brazil
Capoeira is growing worldwide. There have been comparisons drawn between the Afro-North American art form of the blues and capoeira. Both were practiced and developed by African-American slaves, both retained distinctive African aesthetics and cultural qualities; both were shunned and looked-down upon by the larger Brazilian and North American societies within which they developed, and both fostered a deep sense of Afrocentric pride especially amongst poorer and darker-skinned Blacks. In the mid-1970s when masters of the art form -- mestre capoeiristas, began to emigrate and teach capoeira in the United States, it was still primarily practiced among the poorest and blackest of Brazilians. With its immigration to the U.S., however, much of the stigma with which it was historically associated in Brazil was shed. Today there are many capoeira schools all over the world (capoeira is gaining ground in Japan) and throughout the United States, and with its growing popularity in the U.S. it has attracted a broad spectrum of multicultural, multiracial students. Capoeira has gained popularity among non-Brazilian and non-African practitioners for the fluidity of its movements.
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n.1.The act of going downward; descent; falling or sinking; declension; degradation.
Oblique descension
An elegant,but badly decaying old farmhouse near Minooka,IL.This farmhouse was a showcase in its day with many ornamental trappings on both the inside and outside.The interior boasts elegant wood trim,a spiral staircase,and high ceilings.
For sci-fi movie fans,this farmhouse was used in the filming of last years movie,"Jupiter Ascending".I had watched the movie-which I was not real enthralled with-before visiting this place and remember it well.There is little evidence of the production inside,and they definitely didn't make any improvements anywhere.But it is a stunning and sad place nonetheless...
Thanks to friend and fellow explorer Aces & Eights Photography for showing this one off...enjoy his adventures here....
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This photo was shot through the screened window on my sister's sun porch. Sure wish I could have taken photos from outside, but I didn't want to chance scaring the cub off.
The silhouette of Nottingham Trent University's mammoth sculpture (outside the Erasmus Darwin Building on Clifton Campus) at sunset.
Taken with a Pentax Optio S.
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This photo was taken during the 2014 Winter season at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.
The photo shows one of the tracked vechicles used to get around outside in Antarctica. This vehicle is called an LMC and it holds about 5 people uncomfortably. During the summer we had a lot of other vechiles up and running including snowmobiles, cranes, loaders, LMCs and a tracked van. During the winter we had only two of these LMCs running and a couple loaders. The LMCs were always on standby for an emergency response.
The big bright ball is a super moon and the haze is the LMC's exhaust.
Hopewell Rocks, New Brunswick
So as I was planning my PEI trip, I thought it might be cool to make a stop at the Hopewell Rocks area of New Brunswick. They are located in the Bay of Fundy, which as you may know, has the world's highest ocean tides.
While looking online, I saw a time lapse movie from one of the look-out areas showing the milky way arching it's way across the night sky which got me really excited about the possibility of a night time shot. So now I knew that at least at some point of the year the milky way was visible from this area, but never having been there, I had no idea how wide of viewpoint I had. I started checking out Stellarium. It showed the path the milky way would follow in the sky but also showed that by sunset the milky way would already be past half way through it path and I still had to wait until it got darker to be able to capture it. I had no idea if there would be access to the ocean floor at that time of night or if it would be blocked off. I checked out the tide tables of the areas just in case. Low tide! I checked the weather and it called for fairly clear skies. I checked the moon phases and there was going to be barely a sliver. So what I didn't know was the exact layout of the rock formations and how quickly the area shown in the right of this photo would end up blocking the view of the milky way. My best guess was that there was a 45 minute window of opportunity for a shot. Let's go for it!
So we ended up leaving right after work and drove the 12 hours through the night as the original plan of leaving the next morning was going to cut things pretty tight if there was any type of traffic...and there is always traffic trying to get through Montreal. We arrived the next morning, did a little drive along the Bay of Fundy coast, checked out the rocks during the day and checked into the motel that is right outside the park entrance.
We decided to grab some breakfast at the interpretive centre (awesome breakfast by the way...something I would not have expected). We started asking one of the guys working there some questions and he ended up giving us some fantastic advice about getting onto the ocean floor after the park closes at night. This shot would not have been possible without his simple tip but it just goes to show...always grill the locals for info!
At any rate, we returned to the staircase that leads you down to the ocean floor (the tide level at Hopewell Rocks is anywhere from 32 to 46 feet)! The ranger stopped us, saying that the park closes in 20 minutes. I gave her the secret handshake and whispered the password and she responded with a smile and "have a great evening" and off we went like salmon swimming upstream as everyone else was leaving and we were arriving.
We explored a little more on the ocean floor but ended up choosing this spot very near the staircase exit as I wanted to keep some separation between the various flowerpot formations. It looked like all our information was bang on and for the next couple of hours we cranked out images and played around with light painting the formations as twilight came.
This particular image is taken a little earlier than I'd like as there was still quite a bit of blue hour color left in the sky and unfortunately still some cloud cover obscuring the milky way. The cloud cover disappeared shortly after this frame and the milky way slid perfectly into the break between the flower pots but I just had to use this image and Im sure you know why.
This was taken on Aug 15...my birthday by the way. When I was planning the trip I was a little bummed that the Perseid meteor shower would be taking place Aug 12-13 and we'd miss it. However, looking at my LCD screen on a couple of frames previous to this one I noticed a couple of streaks in the upper left. Meteors! Cool! And a total fluke capture.
Anyway, I had 2 frames showing what I assume are from the Perseids taken just before I started light painting this area so I blended those two frames into this one for this final image. As I said, not as nice of a milky way shot as some I captured later on that night but I just had to go with this one first.
So all in all, a pretty incredible way to spend your birthday night. Walking around on the ocean floor in an area that would be under 30+ feet of water in a matter of hours, capturing photos, light painting formations, and being the only 2 people out there!
Happy birthday to me!
As always, thanks for looking.
I’ve been in California with Scotch for nearly 10 months now and in that time—including the 10 day drive from Washington, DC—I’ve filled up 9 32GB memory cards and have taken roughly 10,000 photos. I’d also estimate that 75% of those shots came in the first 3 months. As was the case back home before leaving, a lot of my trips were either exploring new places or shooting in bulk, hoping I’d eventually be able to post all the photos I wanted even as they’d get pushed further back with each trip.
I knew there was a drought and I knew Southern California was supposed to be a place with consistently perfect weather, but you’d never have known that in the early days of my trip that turned into a move. Sunny clear days and evenings were an anomaly and my biggest challenge was trying to deal with the Santa Ana winds when shooting long exposures. I know…sounds really tough haha.
As March and April came, I realized that while the winter here was incredible to shoot, the spring and summer brought the weather everyone (but me) desired. Gone were the clouds and rain, gone were the colorful skies and a golden haze crept over the area for months. A couple times each month, clouds would come back or overnight rain would push away the haze but for the most part, every day felt the same.
The weather here has cooled considerably and with it, some cloudy days have returned. It even rained a bit late Sunday night into the early morning but the early evenings are still generally cloudless. I’ve set out with Venice in mind 6 times in the last month, but only actually went 3 times. Of the voided trips, once was due to terrible traffic that would’ve had me arriving after dark and the others because the clouds I was promised from weather forecasts vanished half way there. From home, I drive straight towards Venice so I end up with 55 minutes of skyline in front of me and it’s usually pretty easy to tell if there will be a great sunset or if the trip will be a dud.
Really the only positives from those long breaks from shooting outdoors have been the ability to spend more time photographing and hanging out with Scotch, time to both go through my archives and work on my editing skills and upload some of the shots I never got a chance to show. I’ve been trying very hard to streamline my editing process the last few months and come up with a more consistent way to color correct images and reduce the amount of steps needed to get the photo right.
One of the first places I visited here back in January was Manhattan Beach and it also ended up being one of the more interesting trips I took. I arrived late afternoon to a golden, hazy sky which was initially disappointing until I got down to the pier and starting shooting. It was really crowded on the beach and after trying to wait out the people hovering by me or walking by, I finally switched to the 10 stop filter and kept it on for the rest of the visit. I essentially spent the time until dark in 2 places: directly beneath the pier and then just to the right of the pier. I posted a handful of shots from here many many months ago but always wanted to go back when I had a chance to edit some of the remaining images using the methods I use today. My hope was to get a significantly more accurate image that matched what my eyes saw as closely as possible. I really lucked out with the position of the sun and was able to shoot long exposures as the sun dipped and then hid behind the pier until it was gone. I took a few dozen images from here ranging from a few seconds to several minutes and while similar, the changing position of the sun and varying exposure times created different shadows and reflections which was amazing to see. Manhattan Beach is another place I expect to return to quite a bit once the cloudy fall and winter days return but in the interim, I do love looking back on many of the trips that helped to convince me not to return to Maryland :)
▪️ WHERE & WHEN ▪️
• Manhattan Beach Pier
• Manhattan Beach, California
• January 15th, 2016
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• Canon T4i
• EF-S 18-135mm IS STM
• @18mm
• ISO 100
• f/20
• 76 seconds
• ND1000
• CPL
Cute rascals. In 2013 the zoo of Copenhagen celebrated the first successful breeding of the endangered animals outside Australia when two female devils gave birth to a total of seven joeys.
I was in the arena and everyone coming in said "You should see the sky outside" . Luckily as always I had my camera. The sun was setting in the west and it was completely black to the south. This is taken to the east in Brantford outside the Civic Centre.
Had another fantastic adventure with Sammie today.
We decided to go to the Injebreck Reservoir for a little wander. It was good to get out and get some fresh air and to 'escape' the hassles of school and home.
This location is actually where I have been training to become an Assistant Instructor at an outdoor centre in the Isle of Man. It has been a non-stop exciting experience and I can't wait to look back at the end of this year and see what I will have achieved from it.
This is not a Photshoped image!
I was at Three Lakes Wildlife Management Area in Osceola County Florida, when I spotted a small herd of White-tailed Deer. They were way to far away to get a good shot of (150 yards or better) but I thought I would get a few shots for
Identification (Does or Buck) purposes. I took the shots and when I got home and loaded them along with my other shots of that day onto my computer. I found this one. I did not see the Hawk (Red-shouldered) when I took the shot but there it was. Sitting on the Deers head. (okay not really , but at first glance) After cropping and resizing it quite a bit, this is what I got. Quality is not good, but kind of fun I thought. Maybe you will get a smile out of it!
Again from rolling around on my neighbors lawn.
"Buttercup" redirects here. For other uses, see Buttercup (disambiguation).
Ranunculus
Creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens)
Creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Ranunculus
L.
Species
250-400+; see text
Ranunculus glacialis, one of the white-flowering species
Blooming outside Conservatory of Flowers
Seed head of Ranunculus showing developing achenes
Ranunculus (pronounced /ræˈnʌŋkjʊləs/)[1] is a large genus of about 400 species of plants in the Ranunculaceae. It includes the buttercups, spearworts, water crowfoots and the lesser celandine (but not the greater celandine of the poppy family Papaveraceae).
They are mostly herbaceous perennials with bright yellow or white flowers (if white, still with a yellow centre); some are annuals or biennials. A few have orange or red flowers and occasionally, as in R. auricomus, petals may be absent. The petals are often highly lustrous, especially in yellow species. Buttercups usually flower in April or May but flowers may be found throughout the summer especially where the plants are growing as opportunistic colonisers, as in the case of garden weeds.
The Water crowfoots (Ranunculus subgenus Batrachium), which grow in still or running water, are sometimes treated in a separate genus Batrachium. They have two different leaf types, thread-like leaves underwater and broader floating leaves although for some species, such as R. aquatilis, a third, intermediate leaf form occurs.
Ranunculus species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Hebrew Character and Small Angle Shades. Some species are popular ornamental flowers in horticulture, with many cultivars selected for large and brightly coloured flowers.
(Wkipedia)
When I left the dentist's office yesterday, there was still some frost in the shade. These 4 pics are of some ornamental cabbage that was outside the dentist's office.
Văn Miếu - Quốc Tử Giám ,sometimes incorrectly called "Temple of Literature" is a Temple of Confucius in Hanoi, northern Vietnam.
The temple hosts the "Imperial Academy" (Quốc Tử Giám, 國子監), Vietnam's first national university. The temple was built in 1070 at the time of Emperor Lý Thánh Tông. It is one of several temples in Vietnam which is dedicated to Confucius, sages and scholars. The temple is located to the south of the Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long.
The various pavilions, halls, statues and stelae of doctors are places where offering ceremonies, study sessions and the strict exams of the Đại Việt took place. The temple is featured on the back of the 100,000 Vietnamese đồng banknote. Just before the Vietnamese New Year celebration Tết, calligraphists will assemble outside the temple and write wishes in Hán characters. The art works are given away as gifts or are used as home decorations for special occasions.
The temple was built in 1070 and was reconstructed during the Trần dynasty (1225–1400) and in the subsequent dynasties. For nearly two centuries, despite wars and disasters, the temple has preserved ancient architectural styles of many dynasties as well as precious relics. Major restorations have taken place in 1920, 1954 and 2000.
"In the autumn of the year Canh Tuat, the second year of Than Vu (1070), in the 8th lunar month, during the reign of King Lý Thánh Tông, the Văn Miếu was built. The statues of Confucius, his four best disciples: Yan Hui (Nhan Uyên), Zengzi (Tăng Sâm), Zisi (Tử Tư), and Mencius (Mạnh Tử), as well as the Duke of Zhou (Chu Công), were carved and 72 other statues of Confucian scholars were painted. Ceremonies were dedicated to them in each of the four seasons. The Crown Princes studied here."
In 1076, Vietnam's first university, the "Quốc Tử Giám" or Imperial Academy, was established within the temple to educate Vietnam's bureaucrats, nobles, royalty and other members of the elite. The university remained open from 1076 to 1779. In 1802, the Nguyễn dynasty's monarchs founded the Huế capital where they established a new imperial academy. The academy at the Hanoi temple lost its prominence and became a school of the Hoài Đức District.
Under the French protectorate, the Văn Miếu - Quốc Tử Giám was registered as Monument historique in 1906. Campaigns of restoration were pursued in 1920 and 1947 under the responsibility of École française d'Extrême-Orient (French School of the Far East) and again after World War II.
The Emperor Lý Thánh Tông built the school. It was built in 1076 AD at the time of Emperor Lý Thánh Tông. It was built as a school for the rich and royals to study because education is very important. After that, it was used as university for everyone because there weren't enough universities for everyone in Hanoi. They wanted that a lot of people would go to the school so they expanded to make more space for more people and since it was expanded for more people wanted to go to the school to study well. It was rebuilt because the wood that the Emperor used in the olden days had been so old that it started to break and fall apart. As the days went by, the kings kept replacing the wood and now we have replaced the wood with concrete or metal,stone and new wood. When the French ruled Vietnam at around 1945- 1954, they destroyed some parts of the temple to make room for the sick and wounded since the hospitals were full.
Night was falling quickly, but on this beautiful evening in early Spring I couldn't stop taking pictures. I didn't have a tripod with me so I was leaning the camera along the bridge where I was standing. All of a sudden a bateau mouche - an open-air tour boat with very bright floodlights - passed by and lit up the Quai d'Orsay for a few short seconds, adding a magical golden glow to this entire scene. I shot it at f/5 at 1/25 second and ISO 1600. I was pleased at how well it turned out!
The church spire on the left is the American Church in Paris. Here is some information about it:
The American Church in Paris is the first American church established outside the United States. It started in 1814, when it was officially chartered and the first sanctuary was built in 1857. The present site located on 65 Quai d'Orsay 75007, Paris, France, dates back to 1930. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Church_in_Paris
[Je n'avais jamais traverse' cette partie de Paris a pied, et j'etais enchantee par cette belle nuit de pleine lune. Meme que je n'avais pas de trepieds, j'ai fait de mon mieux pour capturer cette scene allumee comme dans une conte de fee - pour quelques secondes bien trop courtes - par la lumiere doree des bateaux mouches qui passaient.]
The last Calgary skyline shot for a while. I'm going to wait until the Bow is topped finished on the outside and the cranes are gone before doing any more.
("Stakkars, store naturen
på en iskald vinterkveld.
Når vi sitter inne i varmen
må den være ute i seg selv.")
~Dag Evjenth~
Explored Feb 17, 2013 Best position #435
A popular motif in Hafrsfjord, Norway, which I finally got to photograph too ツ
I have more boathouse photos here: www.flickr.com/photos/ranveig/sets/72157630009849213/
This one is for Munich.
For all the fantastic architecture whether the old or the new one.
For all the breweries and the most delicious beer in the world.
For all the rollercoasters at the Oktoberfest which make so many people happy every year.
This is to the people.
To all those people sitting outside in the sun even though it is freezingly cold.
To all those surfers who are surfing no matter the season.
To all those drunken strangers at the Munich beer festival which are friends for one night.
I love you guys, you are my inspiration, you are my life.
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Its raining again outside, so I fear there won't be the opportunity to catch a proper wintry scene this year . But hopefully next year might bring cold bright frosty days like this.
Not sure why the auto-tagging thinks I was at the seaside!
This photo has been selected as the Icon of the Week at Spectacular Animals for the week of January 14, 2012 to January 20, 2012
Thanks John!!
Third place winning picture of Fortnightly contest to EIAP..
Thanks to all!!
I sure miss shooting landscapes, the weather has been atrocious and not very friendly to me in terms of outside photography.
So here's one from November that didn't make the cut. I guess I was bored, talk about over-processed! It's an HDR, desaturated, with a bit of a vintage film effect. A couple of other things thrown in there too probably, the original might have been better.
Copyright 2008 Tom Falconer Photography. All rights reserved.
Yes, the Louvre. I am not a museum person just like I am not a religious person - but the museums in Paris are as amazing as the churches, and both cannot be missed. The Louvre outside is spectacular, but inside it is unbelievable how big it is. You have to experience it to believe it. Anyway, this is the famous entrance. Went out night to get the sunset / night view. Waited a while to get this shot without any people. I like it.
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my first ever HFF - just for you Thuyhn