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Monica Bellucci listening to the silence of the snow!
If you ever went outside on a winter day, during or after a snow storm you may have noticed the relative silence of your surroundings.
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♰ Update: Monica crossed the Rainbow Bridge on June 1st, 2023.
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Outside Space Museum are currently exposed 6 stage machines by José Carlos Barros .
These machines are designed for the show built from the comedy of popular protests and lamentations pilgrimage of aggravated Gil Vicente and inspired artistically painting The St. Anthony of temptations Jhieronimus Bosch.
The public presentation in the form of pilgrimage , outdoor , occurred June 6, 2002 , commemorating the 500th anniversary of the first performance of the author . This was the first show of the Cultural Association Images Breeders , Puppet Theatre .
I still haven't taken any real pictures this year. This is quite annoying to me. I guess it's because it's either to cold for me and Nikonia (my camera) or just because I have not much time to spend on going to locations.
Well well, but in about 4 weeks things will change - yeah. The term will be over and I have plenty of time.
So this is another picture from the last summer then. It makes me happy to look at it when outside there are -10°C and god knows how many degrees Fahrenheit :-)
To be recommended: View On Black (and enjoy in large?)
The Villa Doria Pamphili is a seventeenth-century villa with what is today the largest landscaped public park in Rome, Italy. It is located in the quarter of Monteverde, on the Gianicolo (or the Roman Janiculum), just outside the Porta San Pancrazio in the ancient walls of Rome where the ancient road of the Via Aurelia commences.
The Red-winged Blackbird,
an abundant permanent resident of Florida. Among our most familiar birds, Red-wings seem to sing their nasal songs in every marsh and wet field from coast to coast. They are notably bold, and several will often attack a larger bird, such as a hawk or crow, that flies over their nesting area. The red shoulder patches of the male, hidden under body feathers much of the time, are brilliantly displayed when he is singing. Outside the nesting season, Red-wings sometimes roost in huge concentrations.
To defend his territory and attract a mate, male perches on high stalk with feathers fluffed out and tail partly spread, lifts leading edge of wing so that red shoulder patches are prominent, and sings. Also sings in slow, fluttering flight. One male often has more than one mate. Adults are very aggressive in nesting territory, attacking larger birds that approach, and loudly protesting human intruders. Nest: Placed in marsh growth such as cattails or bulrushes, in bushes or saplings close to water, or in dense grass in fields. Nest (built by female) is bulky open cup, lashed to standing vegetation, made of grass, reeds, leaves, rootlets, lined with fine grass.
I found this one singing along Peavine Road in Osceola County, Florida.
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Scanning technology advanced since the last time I worked on this photo, so I had scanned and processed this photo once again, and replaced the old one!
Yamdrok Lake (Tibetan: Yamdrok Yumtso, ཡར་འབྲོག་གཡུ་མཚོ་; Wylie: Yar-'brog G.yu-mtsho; ZWPY: Yamzho Yumco; Chinese: 羊卓雍錯) is one of the three largest sacred lakes in Tibet. It is over 72 km (45 miles) long. The lake is surrounded by many snow-capped mountains and is fed by numerous small streams. The lake does have an outlet stream at its far western end.
Around 90 km to the west of the lake lies the Tibetan town of Gyantse and Lhasa is a hundred km to the northeast. According to local mythology, Yamdok Yumtso lake is the transformation of a goddess.
Yamdrok Lake, also known as Yamḍok Yumtso, has a power station that was completed and dedicated in 1996 near the small village of Pai-Ti at the lake’s western end. This power station is the largest in Tibet.
The lake (638 km² in area, of depth unknown) is fan-shaped, spreading to the south but narrowing up to the north. The mountainous lakeshore is highly crenellated, with numerous bays and inlets. Lake Yamdrok freezes in winter. Like mountains, lakes are considered sacred by Tibetan people, the principle being that they are the dwelling places of protective deities and therefore invested with special spiritual powers. Yamdrok Lake is one of four particularly holy lakes, thought to be divinatory; everyone from the Dalai Lama to local villagers make pilgrimages there. The others such lakes are Lhamo La-tso, Namtso and Manasarovar. The lake is revered as a talisman and is said to be part of the life-spirit of the Tibetan nation. The largest lake in southern Tibet, it is said that if its waters dry, Tibet will no longer be habitable. The lake is home to the famous Samding Monastery which is on a peninsula jutting into the lake. This monastery is the only Tibetan monastery to be headed by a female re-incarnation. Since it is not a nunnery, its female abbot heads a community of about thirty monks and nuns. Samding Monastery is where Dorje Pakmo, the only female Lama in Tibet, stayed and presided, and stands to the south of Lake Yamdrok Yumtso.
Today, both pilgrims and tourists can be seen walking along the lake's perimeter. One of the lake's islands contains an old fort or castle called Pede Dzong.
This photo was taken in April 2000. After building a dam for the hydroelectric power station, this landscape doesn't exist anymore. Yamdrok Tso ( Turquoise lake ) is about 4500m above sea level, and is one of the lakes on the highest altitude.
Yamdrok Tso ( Turquoise lake ) is about 4500m above sea level
The Himalaya Range is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. By extension, it is also the name of the massive mountain system which includes the Karakoram, the Hindu Kush, and a host of minor ranges extending from the Pamir Knot. The name is from Sanskrit himālaya, a tatpurusa compound meaning "the abode of snow" (from hima "snow", and ālaya "abode"; see also Himavat).
Together, the Himalayan mountain system is the planet's highest and home to the world's highest peaks: the Eight-thousanders, including Mount Everest and K2. To comprehend the enormous scale of this mountain range consider that Aconcagua, in the Andes, at 6,962 m, is the highest peak outside Asia, while the Himalayan system includes over 100 mountains exceeding 7,200 meters.
The Himalayan system, which includes outlying subranges, stretches across six countries: Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Afghanistan. They are the source of three of the world's major river systems, the Indus, the Ganga-Brahmaputra, and the Yangtze. Approximately 1.3 billion people live in the drainage basin of the Himalayan rivers.
Tibet is a plateau region in Central Asia. With an average elevation of 4,900 metres (16,000 ft), it is the highest region on Earth and is commonly referred to as the "Roof of the World."
Geographically, UNESCO and Encyclopædia Britannica consider Tibet to be part of Central Asia, while some academic organizations consider it part of South Asia.
Tibet is located on the Tibetan Plateau, the world's highest region. The world's highest mountain, Mount Everest, is on Nepal's border with Tibet. The average altitude is about 3,000 m in the south and 4,500 m in the north.
Several major rivers have their source in the Tibetan. These includeYangtze, Yellow River, Indus River, Mekong, Brahmaputra River, Ganges, Salween and the Yarlung Tsangpo River. Tibet has numerous high-altitude lakes referred to in Tibetan as tso or co. These include Lake Manasarovar, Namtso, Pangong Tso, Yamdrok Lake, Siling Co, Lhamo La-tso, Lumajangdong Co, Lake Puma Yumco, Lake Paiku, Lake Rakshastal, Dagze Co and Dong Co.
I am not all that comfortable taking photos of people. Especially when I don't know them but I am getting used to it. When I saw this young couple hanging out at the very top of Profile Rock I had to ask them if I could take this shot. It was too good to pass up. That sun setting, the warm colors, the detail, etc... I am glad I asked. This is how I imagine a perfect sunset to be captured.
Oh no, I think I really like taking photos of people :O
History of Profile Rock:
"Profile Rock, also known as the Old Man of Joshua's Mountain, is a 50-foot high granite rock formation located in Freetown, Massachusetts just outside Assonet village and near the Freetown State Forest.
Native Americans believe it to be the image of the Wampanoag Chief, Massasoit. The Wampanoags occupied the region of present-day Rhode Island and Massachusetts bounded by Narragansett Bay to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Chief Massasoit was friendly to the early Pilgrim settlers, but his son, Philip, is the namesake of King Philip’s War (1675) between the Wampanoags (sometimes referred to as the Pokanoket) and the English, which resulted in the tribe’s ruin.
Joshua’s Mountain was named after Joshua Tisdale who was the first to settle near the site. The mountain was privately owned for several years by former Freetown Selectman, Ben Evans, who sold the mountain to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to be used as a state park tourist attraction. Massachusetts has done little to promote the attraction, however, and the site has been vandalized with graffiti."
A view of the old grist mill just outside of Oxford Kansas. This old mill currently houses a restaurant, gift shop and museum, administered by the local school board as an Entrepreneurship Center, which chronicles the work of students and local people.
Tidal pond at Hammonasset Beach State Park near sunset.
See my other Connecticut images at www.flickr.com/photos/bobphoto51/sets/72157624939831020/.
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Manufacturer: Chevrolet Division of General Motors LLC, Detroit - U.S.A.
Type: Styleline DeLuxe Sedan (Serie 2100JK)
Engine: 3547cc straight-6
Power: 92 bhp / 3.400 rpm
Speed: 135 km/h
Production time: 1951
Production outlet: 380,270
Production outlet: 855,293 (all Stylelines DeLuxe)
Curb weight: 1465 kg
Special:
- The '51 model had a smooth new "Fashion-Front" grille and integrated "Reflector-Guard" taillights.
- Parking lights moved to the outer edges of the grille molding to yield a wider, more substantial appearance.
- The DeLuxe models had neat fender skirts, accentuating the clean body lines, stainless steel moldings on the front fenders and doors and a 39-hour wind-up clock inside.
- It had a new curved "Safety-Sight" aluminium instrument panel, gauges were grouped in two circular clusters with non-glare lighting and the control knobs sat below in a recessed panel.
- Available options: outside sun shade, bumper wing tips, grille guard and a radio.
- It has a three-speed manual gearbox (stick shift), a Rochester 7004477 carburattor, rear wheel drive and "Jumbo-Drum" brakes on all wheels.
- A two-speed automatic Powerglide gearbox was a frequently requested option, bought on 43% of all Stylelines ☺☺!
- 1951 had seven models: two six-seater saloons with two or four doors, a two-door sports coupé with six chairs, a two-door hatchback with five seats, Convertible Coupé and two five-door station wagons with eight seats.
- Steve McQueen owned a 1951 Chevrolet Styleline DeLuxe Convertible and was used in his final film, "The Hunter".
Mejor pincha aquí para ver en grande sobre negro.
Better click here to view this large on black.
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Canon 450D + CANON 24-105 4L IS USM, @55mm, 4 sec, f/22, ISO 100
Tripod, Date 30/04/2010 21:26
GANADORA en Concurso Fotografico Semanal del Grupo VIVO POR LA FOTOGRAFIA (Semana 31 año 2010)
Quisiera dedicar esta foto a mi hermano Jesús, que hoy es su cumpleaños. Espero te guste esta foto de la torre del pueblo.
Por otro lado, hoy es un gran día ya que España juega por primera vez la final del mundial de fútbol.
Torre Campanario; Declarada Bien de Interés Cultural en 2003. Es lo único que resta de la anterior fábrica gótica-mudéjar del templo (siglo XIV). Situada a los pies del templo, destaca su solidez y estructura defensiva sobre todo en su último cuerpo, que queda rematado por matacanes. Tal vez esa funcionalidad defensiva fue lo que le salvó de la piqueta destructiva. De planta octogonal y construida en estilo gótico en el siglo XIV, está fechada en 1375, al mismo tiempo que el rey de Aragón optaba por reconstruir las murallas de la ciudad que habian sido destruidas por el rey castellano. Por su interior corre una escalera de caracol. Tiene una altura de 38 metros y un total de 152 escalones.
Consta de cuatro cuerpo separados por impostas. El cuarto aloja el cuerpo de campanas y sobre el mismo queda la terraza protegida por una linea de matacanes.
El cuerpo de campanas se abre al exterior por un vano de arco medio punto, uno por lado. El resto de los tres cuerpos restantes inferiores destacan por la ausencia de vanos. Por su estructura y solidez tal vez pudiera haber formado parte del conjunto defensivo murado de la ciudad.
Las campanas llevan por nombres: Ángeles (1881), Rosario (gótica), Maria de los Ángeles (1691) y Valera (1881).
La entrada a la torre se realiza por una puerta situada en el interior de la iglesia, a sus pies.
Junto a la nave de la epistola, encontramos un capilla, que en realidad es una iglesia independiente sólamente que unida a la iglesia parroquial. Es la antigua parroquia de San Martín y Santa Catalina de Alejandria y hoy capilla de la Inmaculada Concepción. Tiene entrada por el interior de la iglesia y puerta al exterior.
English:
WINNER in the week CONTEST in group VIVO POR LA FOTOGRAFIA
(31th week of 2010)
I would like to dedicate this picture to my brother Jesús on his birthday.
Also, today for the first time "La Roja" plays the final of FIFA World Cup
Tower Belfry; Declared Well of Cultural Interest in 2003. It is the unique thing that remains of the previous Gothic - Mudejar factory of the temple (14th century). Placed to the feet of the temple, stands out your solidity and defensive structure especially in your last body, which remains finished off for Matacanes. Maybe this defensive functionality was what it her saved from the destructive pickax. Of floor octogonal and constructed in Gothic style in the 14th century, it is dated in 1375, at the same time as the king of Aragon was choosing to reconstruct the walls of the city that habian been destroyed by the Castilian king. For your interior it traverses a stairs of snail. It has a height of 38 meters and a whole of 152 steps.
Body consists of four separated by fascias. The room lodges the body of bells and on the same one the terrace protected by a line stays of matacanes.
The body of bells opens itself on the outside for the vain one of average arch point, one for side. The rest of three remaining low bodies stand out for the absence of vain. For your structure and solidity maybe murado of the city could have formed a part of the defensive set.
The bells go for names: Ángeles (1881), Rosario (Gothic), Maria de los Ángeles (1691) and Valera (1881).
The entry to the tower is realized by a door placed inside the church, to your feet.
Close to the ship of the epistle, we find a capilla, which actually is an independent church only that joined the parochial church. She is the former parish of St Martin and Holy Catalina of Alexandria and today chapel of the Immaculate Concepcion. It has entered the interior of the church and door on the outside.
According to home.howstuffworks.com/eccentric-home-passageway7.htm, "The 24-room Gillette Castle was built high on a cliff above the Connecticut River in 1913 by William Gillette, a successful stage actor renowned for his role as Sherlock Holmes."
See my similar view, in better weather, at flic.kr/p/e6UTsh
I took this picture this morning from inside our kitchen by shooting through our kitchen window, and using three strobes I had positioned outside to light the birds coming to the feeder. Down below, in the first comment, you can see a picture of the lighting setup that I used.
Lighting stuff: Lit with three Yongnuo strobes on stands positioned on either side and in front of the feeder. The strobes, all set to 1/4 power were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N. I used a camera setting that recorded some ambient light, because I didn't want a black background.
I've taken quite a few pictures of hummers over the years and put them an album creatively called Hummingbirds.
On my little escapade last week, I went to Ithaca, NY, in the Finger Lakes region. There a many waterfalls in Ithaca and in the whole region. This one is called Taughannock Falls, and is right outside Ithaca.The falls’ name is believed to be derived from the Algonquian Taconic (“in the trees”) or Taghkanic (after a Lenape chieftain killed in battle nearby). Taughannock falls carves a 400ft deep gorge through layers of sandstone, shale and limestone that were once the bed of an ancient sea. With a 215 foot plunge, this waterfall stands three stories taller than Niagara Falls.
Unfortunately, the picture was taken around 3 p.m. so the quality of the light is not at its best. I would have loved to be there for sunrise, but I could not! Ah well! Next time perhaps!
* To have a sense of the height of these falls, take a look at the picture in the first comment (on in my photostream). You can see some people on the platform in the bottom center of the picture.
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Lors de ma petite escapade de la semaine dernière, je suis allée à Ithaca, NY, dans la région des Finger Lakes. On trouve de nombreuses chutes d'eau à Ithaca et dans toute la région. Celles-ci sont les chutes Taughannock. On croit que le nom des chutes est dérivé de l'algonquin Taconic («dans les arbres») ou Taghkanic (après un chef Lénapes tué dans la bataille à proximité). Les chutes Taughannock ont sculpté une gorge profonde de 400pi à travers des couches de grès, de schiste et de calcaire qui étaient jadis le lit d'une mer. Plongeant 215 pieds, cette chute d'eau est trois étages plus haute que les chutes Niagara.
Malheureusement, la photo a été prise vers 15 h, et la qualité de la lumière n'est pas à son meilleur. J’aurais aimé aller au pied des chutes pour le lever du soleil, mais je ne pouvais pas! Ce sera pour une autre fois!
* Pour avoir une idée de la hauteur de ces chutes, regardez la photo dans le premier commentaire. Vous pouvez apercevoir des gens en bas au centre de la photo.
On the last day of our sailing trip we covered a respectable 55 nautical miles from the island of Christiansö in Denmark to Karlskrona in Sweden. Here Santtu sets his record on this lovely old S&S to 12.1 knots. July 2008.
Hello my friends. I hope you have a happy Sunday and a great week ahead.
Sorry to do a post and run. I am looking after unwell family members. I will catch up as soon as I can. Many thanks for your kind comments and support. See you soon my friends.
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According to Wikipedia, the Many Glaciers Hotel is a historic hotel located on the east shore of Swiftcurrent Lake. The building is designed as a series of chalets, up to four stories tall, stretches for a substantial distance along the lakeshore, and has a Swiss alpine theme both on the outside and on the inside. The foundation is made of stone, with a wood superstructure. The outside is finished with brown-painted wood siding, and the window framing, and balconies have wood sawn in Swiss jigsaw patterns. On the inside, the four-story lobby is surrounded by balconies, whose railings are patterned after Swiss designs. Construction on the hotel began in 1914 and was finished in just 1 year on July 4, 1915. The Great Northern Railway was establishing a series of hotels and backcountry chalets in the park and the Many Glaciers Hotel was the "Gem of the West". This was part of an effort by Louis Hill, president of the Great Northern Railway and son of James J. Hill, to establish Glacier National Park as a destination resort and to promote the area as the "American Alps". To this end, Hill chose a Swiss chalet style for the hotels and chalets. The Glacier Park Lodge (previously known as the Glacier Park Hotel) and the Many Glaciers Hotel were intended to be the core structures, while the chalets and campgrounds were cited in the backcountry within an easy day's ride or hike from one of the hotels or another chalet. The chalets were intended to entice visitors to leave the comfort of the hotels and see the backcountry in a more rustic manner. These were especially used during the early 1900s when the Hotel first opened, and the main attraction in the park was horseback riding. In the early days of Many Glaciers Hotel only the rich and famous could afford to stay in this beautiful structure and the rustic chalets throughout the area. Today, the hotel still maintains its historic character, in part by not placing televisions in guest rooms. Most rooms either have views of Swiftcurrent Lake or the surrounding mountain scenery. The hotel is a contributing property in the National Historic Landmark, Great Northern Railway Buildings district. And is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The main attractions in the area include hiking, boat rides or rentals, or simply enjoying the western environment that Many Glaciers provides.
By Strays Don't Sleep
I miss you dearly my bestest friend in the whole wide world. Here's another picture from my trip. Don't we just all love fake skies? Yup I edited a fake sky in because the original was just plain and I thought the picture needed a little extra something.
For Blue Skies
By Strays Don't Sleep
I’m under that night
I’m under those same stars
We’re in a red car
You asleep at my side
Going in and out of the headlights
Could I have saved you?
Would that’ve betrayed you?
I wanna burn this film
You alone with those pills
What you couldn’t do I will
I forgive you
I’ll forgive you
I’ll forgive you
I forgive you
For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
I’ll forgive you
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When people ask "what is black and white and red all over?" they often are referring to those old riddles about newspapers and embarrassed zebras. In the world of Lepidoptera, however, they can only mean the aptly named Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly. A striking, but common insect species of North America, the zebra swallowtail features a very distinctive bold black and white striped wing pattern highlighted by brilliant red median stripes.
In warmer climates, such as Florida and the Deep South, three broods of zebra swallowtails, scientifically described as Eurytides marcellus, are completed per year. On the northern edge of its range, however, two reproductive cycles are the norm. Adults that emerge during the spring are usually smaller, paler, and have shorter tails than later broods, and summer and autumn cohorts are progressively larger and darker. Yet, no matter what their appearance, zebra swallowtails can be distinguished from other swallowtail butterfly species in flight by their characteristic close-to-the-ground forays, very direct flight paths, and rapid wing beats.
I found this one at Three Lakes Wildlife Management Area, Osceola County, Florida.
Wikipedia (about the church seen left): Westerkerk ("Western church") is a Dutch Protestant church in central Amsterdam. It is next to Amsterdam's Jordaan district, on the bank of the Prinsengracht canal. Several older churches in Amsterdam, such as Oude Kerk and Nieuwe Kerk, were originally built by Roman Catholics and were converted to Protestantism during the Reformation in 1578. The Westerkerk was one of the first purposely built Protestant churches. The Noorderkerk and Zuiderkerk preceded the Westerkerk. Today the Westerkerk remains the largest church in the Netherlands that was built for Protestants. The Westerkerk was built in 1620-1631 after a design by the late Renaissance architect Hendrick de Keyser in the Dutch Renaissance style and in the form of a patriarchal cross. The spire, called the Westertoren ("Western tower"), is the highest church tower in Amsterdam, at 85 meters (279 feet). The crown topping the spire is the Imperial Crown of Austria of Maximilian I.[2] The church bells were made by François Hemony in 1648. Rembrandt van Rijn was buried in the Westerkerk on October 8, 1669. The exact location of the grave is unknown, but presumed to be somewhere along the northern wall. Rembrandt's lover Hendrickje Stoffels is also buried here, as is Rembrandt's son Titus van Rijn. Other painters buried in the Westerkerk are Nicolaes Berchem, Gillis d'Hondecoeter, Melchior d'Hondecoeter and Govert Flinck. The church organ is decorated with doors painted by Gerard de Lairesse. The Westerkerk is located close to the Achterhuis (now Anne Frank House) where diarist Anne Frank, her family and others hid from Nazi persecution for two years during World War II. The Westerkerk is mentioned frequently in her diary - its clock tower could be seen from the attic of the Achterhuis and Anne Frank described the chiming of the clock as a source of comfort. A memorial statue of Frank is located outside the church. On March 10, 1966, Princess Beatrix married Prince Claus in the Westerkerk.
i am so pleased by how well this camera was able to render the color gradations in the ice. I thought these colors were beautiful and rainbow-like -- a little bit outside winter's preferred palette range.
abandoned channel of Cuyahoga River, now a buttonbush swamp; Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio. unedited image.
Quite nice viewed large.
Chiesa de San Costantino, Fiè Allo Sciliar (Alto Adige-Suedtirol)
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12 year old dance prodigy studying at the Royal School of Ballet in London - photographed outside the abbey in Bath
I took a trip around Llyn Gwynant, Llyn Idwal, Llyn Ogwen today. I certainly didn't have the best start dropping and smashing my D750 and Tokina 16-28 lens :( Good job I had my GX8 on me. Best ring up the insurance company in the morning.
I arrived at Venice Beach this past Tuesday about 45 minutes before sunset. The weather called for partly cloudy for the first time in weeks and that was enough for me. Unfortunately the rest of the sky was mostly a lot of haze until just before sundown. As has become my odd habit, my first few shots are almost always of birds on the shore. From the Santa Monica side of the pier, there's a perfect view for the air traffic above.
NOTE: might be hard to see but there are 2 planes and 2 birds, one of which is airborne.
Venice Beach
Venice, California
February 23rd, 2016
SETTINGS:
Canon Rebel T4i
EF-S 18-135mm IS STM
@56mm
ISO 100
f/8
1/200th second
CPL
This petroglyph panel from the Formative Period (A.D. 1 to A.D. 1275) is found along the Potash-Lower Colorado River Scenic Byway just outside of Moab, UT. The anicent rock art extends along the base of this towering cliff for a good 125 feet in the darkened area you can see above, it truly is some of the most impressive petroglyphs I've ever seen.
Image Notes: 7-frame HDR. I do have some closeups of this rock art, I will hopefully get some of them posted somewhere down the line.
OK - a bit of a weird one I know - however, I was experimenting with bizarre ideas in my head and wanted to achieve an almost 'David Hockney art' style shot.
Last Sunday was a clear day and the evening promised a reasonable sunset, (I'm not a huge fan of sunsets), the kitten you can see in this shot is a feral one that happened to be walking past and I think this adds to the slightly surreal feel to the whole set up!
It's about a man that can't seem to get any TV reception indoors so thinks it would be a grand idea to sit outside in the countryside and wave the aerial around a bit to see if he can achieve a picture.
This is a Marmite shot - you'll either love it or hate it!
I think this is Mt. Baker. Baker seems to get confused a lot for Shuksan, or maybe it is the other way around. Anyway, this was only my second trip to the area, and the first in non-blizzard conditions where I could actually see the mountains, so forgive me with not being completely acquainted with these two old fellows.
I do not want to go on too long tonight, I am pretty exhausted with a busy weekend looming. But I did want to elaborate a bit more on topics that I raised previously. But first, I would remind everyone not to take a lot of what I say too seriously. I use my Flickr stream for think-out-loud time. Sometimes I have some good ideas, sometimes some half-formed ones and sometimes ones that completely miss the target altogether. Thinking out loud on here is often how I sort through them, for my sake mostly, but I recognize the value that others might glean from my insights too, so I share them. They remain my humble opinions though, and just that.
I do sometimes say things with the intent to ruffle feathers, I admit. ;-) I like ruffling feathers, but with the intent to spur thinking in others. The arguments I make are not to convince others of how right I am, but rather to encourage them to think outside the boxes a lot of us put ourselves in, and to encourage the growth (and sharing of their own opinions). As I say on my profile, I am far less interested in impressing others be it with my photographs or my collected experience, than I am in using all that to inspire others. I have also said before that you make yourself better by making everyone around you better first.
Anyway, not too long Zeb, not too long. Right.
So sunsets and sunrises. I want to make clear that I think these are wonderful times of the day to photograph. You often see me out at these times with a camera in hand. I did not seem to state it clearly enough that it is not the practice of shooting at sunset and sunrise that irks me, not at all, rather it is the belief that one HAS to shoot at this time, or that it is the ONLY time worth shooting. Many of us realize these are ridiculous notions, that by limiting yourself to such a narrow philosophy as to think you must create your photography in such a specific manner your are making yourself into a rather shallow and one dimensional photographer. I simply used sunsets and sunrises as a convenient example, but it could be applied to someone who thinks blue, sunny days are the only days worth going to the beach, or something similar.
And to be honest, I know personally how hard it is to not go down this path. We are brought up with these rules telling us how and when to make the "best" pictures. And especially when experience is lacking to provide a counterbalance to these rules, it is easy to cling to them fiercely and follow them without deviation. It is also easy to scoff or grow defensive regarding anything that suggests you do deviate from them. There is nothing really wrong with this though, for most of us I think it is a natural progression. It took me a long time to learn how to make use of a variety of light from high noon to twilight to rainy day overcast. In most ways that are important, I am still learning.
And that brings me to the moral of all this, if it could be distilled into a phrase, it would be something along the lines of always question what you are doing. Always ask yourself how you could take that picture differently. A lot of my favorite photographs (both by me and not) were the result of some question closely related to that. A good question will spur the process of trying to answer that, and generally speaking this results in great photographs.
My two cents worth. Oh and a sunset picture to boot! ;-)
And now I am off to read a bit. Fittingly I am reading Eiger Dreams by Jack Krakauer. Thanks for sticking with me this far.
Have a good weekend all.
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The view high above Aberdyfi looking out over the estuary and out to the Irish sea, with Borth and Aberystwyth in the distance.
The yellow rumped warbler is one of New Jersey's proudest residents at this time of year. This one found some really nice berries in a brushy forest just outside of Cape May. October 2013.