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"There must be some kind of way out of here"
Said a joker to the thief
There's too much confusion
I can't get no relief
Businessmen they, they drink my wine
Ploughmen dig my earth
None of them along the line
Know what any of it is worth
"No reason to get excited"
The thief he kindly spoke
There are many here among us
Who feel that life is but a joke, but
But you and I have been through that
And this is not our fate
So let us not talk falsely now
The hour's getting late, hey
All along the watchtower
Princess kept the view
While all the women came and went
Barefoot servants too, look
Outside in the cold distance
A wildcat did growl
Two riders were approaching
And the wind began to howl
Bob Dylan!
(and Jimi Hendrix did a version)
Fantastic Friday to you.
Honfleur is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy en.normandie-tourisme.fr/normandy-tourism-109-2.html in northwestern France. It is located on the southern bank of the estuary of the Seine across from le Havre and very close to the exit of the Pont de Normandie. Its inhabitants are called Honfleurais. It is especially known for its old, beautiful picturesque port, characterized by its houses with slate-covered frontages, painted many times by artists, including in particular Gustave Courbet, Eugène Boudin, Claude Monet and Johan Jongkind, forming the école de Honfleur (Honfleur school) which contributed to the appearance of the Impressionist movement. The Sainte-Catherine church, which has a bell tower separate from the principal building, is the largest church made out of wood in France. The first written record of Honfleur is a reference by Richard III, Duke of Normandy, in 1027. By the middle of the 12th century, the city represented a significant transit point for goods from Rouen to England. Located on the estuary of one of the principal rivers of France with a safe harbour and relatively rich hinterland, Honfleur profited from its strategic position from the start of the Hundred Years' War. The town's defences were strengthened by Charles V in order to protect the estuary of the Seine from attacks from the English. This was supported by the nearby port of Harfleur. However, Honfleur was taken and occupied by the English in 1357 and from 1419 to 1450. When under French control, raiding parties often set out from the port to ransack the English coasts, including partially destroying the town of Sandwich, in Kent, England, in the 1450s. At the end of the Hundred Years' War, Honfleur benefited from the boom in maritime trade until the end of the 18th century. Trade was disturbed during the wars of religion in the 16th century. The port saw the departure of a number of explorers, in particular in 1503 of Binot Paulmierde Gonneville to the coasts of Brazil. In 1506, local man Jean Denis departed for Newfoundland island and the mouth of the Saint Lawrence. An expedition in 1608, organised by Samuel de Champlain, founded the city of Quebec in modern day Canada. After 1608, Honfleur thrived on trade with Canada, the West Indies, the African coasts and the Azores. As a result, the town became one of the five principal ports for the slave trade in France. During this time the rapid growth of the town saw the demolition of its fortifications on the orders of Colbert. The wars of the French revolution and the First Empire, and in particular the continental blockade, caused the ruin of Honfleur. It only partially recovered during the 19th century with the trading of wood from northern Europe. Trade was however limited by the silting up of the entrance to the port and development of the modern port at Le Havre. The port however still functions today. On August 25, 1944, Honfleur was liberated together by the British army - 19th Platoon of the 12th Devon's, 6th Air Landing Brigade, the Belgian army (Brigade Piron) on 25 August 1944.[1] and the Canadian army without any combat. en.normandie-tourisme.fr/articles/honfleur-278-2.html
Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan - U.S.A.
Type: Model A Truck
Engine: 3236cc straight-4
Power: 39 bhp / 2.200 rpm
Speed: 97 km/h
Production time: 1927 - 1932
Production output: 4,849,340 (all A's)
Curb weight: 1552 kg
Load capacity: 150 kg
Special:
- By switching production in 1927 from Model T to Model A, there were major delays.
- The A (also called A-Model Ford or the A, and A-bone among rodders and customizers) is a simple design (by Henry and Edsel Ford) with a L-Head 4-cylinder side-valve engine, Zenith carburettor, a three-speed manual gearbox (+ reverse), rear wheel drive and the traditional Ford suspension with transverse semi-elliptic leaf springs with Houdaille-type double-acting shock absorbers.
- The exterior has design cues taken from the Lincoln ("baby Lincoln"), heavily involved by Edsel Ford.
- The model was available in 30 body styles (icluding this Pick-Up Truck) and four standard colours, but not in black☺! Black however was an option.
- In contrast, the fenders were always painted black for manufacturing reasons.
- The Model A was the first Ford to use the standard set of driver controls with conventional clutch, throttle, gearshift and brake pedals.
- It was Fords first standard automobile with a new battery and ignition system, safety glass in the windshield and mechanical drum brakes on four wheels (cable operated).
- The A had a comfortable "dickey-seat" (in America "rumble seat"), in the earlier "coach period" intended for the footman. If it was not used, it could be folded shut.
- The 1930 and 1931 editions came with stainless steel radiator cowling and headlamp housings.
- The fuel tank was located in the cowl, between the engine compartment's fire wall and the dash panel (with visual fuel gauge).
- The truck model was called Model AA. It had a longer chassis, strengthened suspension with steel instead of spokes wheels and dual tires for the heavier versions.
- The first station wagon was built by Stoughton Wagon Company in Stoughton, Wisconsin (USA) in 1919, mounted on a Ford Model T, because farmers (the first users) preferred them.
- Ford came with the first standard model "Woodie" based on a A Model in 1929. These body works were produced by Briggs in Detroit.
- In 1932 Ford surprised everyone by introducing a very cheap V-8 engine.
- The Model A formed the basis for the Russian car industry (Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod (NAZ/GAZ) in Nizhny Novgorod)
- These early station wagons had different names, like "depot-wagons" or "hacks".
- Outside of the USA, the Model A was produced in plants in Argentina, Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Soviet Union and the United Kingdom and sold all over the world.
It is a former estate garden featuring annuals, roses and wildflowers and an extensive rockery. It is located on Wilket Creek, one of the tributaries of the Don River West Branch. The estate's title was once held by Alexander Milne, a Scottish weaver who settled here after the War of 1812 and left in 1832. The land and the woolen/saw mills was obtained by Rupert E. Edwards in 1944 and created his country home. Edwards home was left in neglect and was purchased by the Municipality of Metro Toronto in 1955 and became Edwards Gardens in 1956.
This is Mother Nature's gift - sometimes - when you leave the hotel at 4:30 a.m.
A fire in the sky moment just before dawn at Two Jack Lake ten days ago...
Marshbuck / Sumpfbock (Tragelaphus spekii gratus)
at the swamps and wetlands
of Kasanka N.P., Zambia, Africa
We had to get up at 4:30 to see him, because this species can only be seen at sunrise and dusk, when it is feeding outside the thicket of its swampy and marshy habitat for a short time.
Even if this capture - with some Pukus in the back - isn't very good/close, we were happy to see this shy antelope at all :-))
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.
today i was interviewed on video! this shoot was also taped for the interview, though im not sure if the guys making the video are planning on showing more shooting or more talking.. but im both excited and nervous to see how it turns out... my social side is awkward, lol. it will be available on youtube sometime next week. they make humorous videos, so i can tell you its going to be a bit silly.
anyway, i cant quite get flickr to display the colors right on this. and its really distorted.. im worried it looks repulsive on other monitors. i tried like 50 different versions but none of them are matching my photoshop window quite right. i think i really like this though. :)
annnnd i leave tomorrow for south carolina, then im off to visit alex for 6 days! come hang out with us on april 8th - we are having a flickr meet up day!
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p.s. had not realized it, but seanens photo may have subconsciously inspired me here! ahhh same title and everything! though i imagined this image upon seeing those binoculars on the kitchen table yesterday. ;)
It was dark and wet as I made my way to a patch of Betony, Stachys officinalis, in the pretty Hortus Botanicus. Perhaps, I thought, it would help bewitch the weather into something more sunny... Traditionally Betony was thought to ward off evil spirits as even Desiderius Erasmus relates - who died yesterday in 1536 - a humanist not given to superstition.
Regardless the glum morning, Early Bumblebees (see inset) were out in full force foraging rather placidly on the pretty purple flowers. Then there was a spot of sunlight and it took all of three minutes for Anthidium manicatum, the European Wool Carder Bees, to disturb the peace, as it were, with their seemingly erratic collection. A bit of shadow and they were gone again; then back when the Sun came out. Back and forth, back and forth. A bit like Yours Truly who'd flee into the Greenhouse when another torrent of rain descended, and return to Betony when it lifted...
The Carolina Wren is easily recognized by the white stripe above each eye and its distinctive "tail-up" posture that it assumes as it flits about the bushes. Energetic and vocal this little wren has one of the loudest songs of any small bird. Males sing their “tea-kettle-tea-kettle-tea-kettle-tea." song hundreds of times a day, all year long. One particularly busy bird was recorded singing almost 3,000 times in a single day!
Carolina wrens form lifelong pair bonds and pairs often stay together for years. The birds move and feed together, where you see one, you will usually see its mate foraging close by. The pair works together to build a nest, which can be in a tree hole or on a branch, but Carolina wrens are well known for choosing to nest in man made structures such as mail boxes, door wreaths, flower pots, or even a cardboard box in a garage. They use sticks, hair, feathers, and anything that looks suitable—even shed snake skins. They often build multiple nests then select one to raise their chicks.
When feeding, a Carolina wren hops around on the ground and in the underbrush turning over dead leaves, and probing cracks and crannies for spiders, insects and larvae. They also eat fruit and berries. I found this one in my backyard
in Lake Wales, Polk County, Florida.
Jalapão | Tocantins | Brazil
Amid the dense vegetation between marshes, streams and banana plants there’s a place of rare beauty, an oasis! A small pool of crystal clear, warm water - in fact, the source of an underground river. The water that flows from the white sands forms air bubbles with so much pressure in the sand that prevents the swimmer from sinking.
************ Four Sorrows by Fernando Pessoa ***************
Many rivers run
Down to many seas.
All my cares are one:
On what river of these
Could my heart have peace?
Two banks to each river.
None where I may stray
Hearing the rushes shiver
And seeing the river ever
Pass, yet seem to stay.
Maybe there is another
River, but far in Me.
There I may meet the Brother
Of my eternity.
In what God will this be?
Nothing; all the leaves
Fallen from the tree.
Many a river cleaves
Its way past what grieves
To what grieves in me.
Poppy celebrates her 10th birthday today!
I got her as a pup, and the daughters of the family I got her from, who actually turned out to be the film directors/producers Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen, had named her Dolly Dumpling. I still call her Dolly Dumpling sometimes, mostly to amuse myself, because I think it quite suits her.
Her special day didn't start quite as she would have hoped, with another trip to the vet, having been unwell with yet something else (colitis) since the weekend, but I am pleased to report that she is now much improved after her injections, and enjoyed her `light' meal of pasta and fish fingers as recommended by the vet.
I was trying to get her attention for this photograph during our walk at Failford at the weekend, by saying random `exciting' words (chicken/walkies/swimming, etc), hence the funny expression/pose.
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Welcome at the Weißsee at 2300m nearby the glacier. Austrian glaciers are loosing continouesly mass: each summer the melt is larger than the amount of snow added during wintertime. Melting ice is Earth's warning signal. Although the summer of 2011 was on average not very hot. The Weißsee glaciers can only be reached by cable car. This already makes the journey an unforgettable event. Surrounded by 22 peaks and numerous glaciers overlooking the Weißsee. There is the Rudolfshütte at 2315m where you can spend the night. In winter holiday awaits you in the Weißsee glacier, just outside our door, ski-snowboard and tour fun without waiting times. With 23 slopes and numerous ski runs and off-piste descents everyone comes winter athletes at his expense. In summer you can find many marked trails for all abilities, whether a leisurely stroll on Weißsee, a family walk to Tauernmoossee or a high-altitude tour on Granatspitze provides, for each is given the opportunity the fascinating world of high-alpine experience.
Photo of the Weißsee in Austria at 2300m, located in the Hohe Tauern National Park. A man is having a rest and enjoying the view at the untouched nature of the Hohe Tauern National Park. Perhaps staring into space thinking random thoughts. A place to find peace. The sun was still shining but suddenly a thick mist descends. Such phenomenon can appear on any high altitude mountainside.
Welkom bij de Weißsee op 2300 meter vlakbij de gletjser.. De man op het bankje geniet van de ongerepte natuur van het Nationaal Park Hohe Tauern. Met z'n blik op de laaghangende mist denkend wellicht aan willekeurige gedachten. Een plek om tot rust te komen. De zon scheen nog maar opeens werden we overvallen door deze laag hangende mist. Maar dit komt vaker voor hoog in de bergen. De Oostenrijkse gletsjers verliezen steeds meer hun massa door de algehele opwarming van de Aarde. Elke zomer smelt er meer dan erbij komt aan hoeveelheid sneeuw tijdens de winter. Hoewel de zomer van 2011 niet echt warm was. De Weißsee gletsjers kan alleen worden bereikt met de kabelbaan. Dit maakt de reis een onvergetelijke gebeurtenis. Omringd door 22 bergtoppen en de vele gletsjers met uitzicht op de Weißsee. Het skigebied van Weißsee staat bekend om zijn prachtige heuvels en sneeuwzekerheid. De uitstekend geprepareerde natuursneeuw pistes zijn over het algemeen makkelijk tot middelmatig. Een moderne kabelbaan brengt u rechtstreeks naar het centrum van het skioord Weißsee-Alpinzentrum Rudolfshütte. Ook voor beginners zijn hier prachtige skitoeren. In de zomer kun je vele bewegwijzerde wandelroutes vinden, Een familie wandeling naar Tauernmoossee of de hooggelegen Granatspitz, een fascinerende wereld en een mooie high-alpine ervaring.
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.
Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) named "Obi" born 12.13.15 at the San Diego Zoo.
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Gezellig. The word gezellig encompasses Dutch culture. It goes beyond its literal translation of ‘cosy, quaint or comfortable’, and can also be used to describe having coffee with a friend, reading a good book or spending time with family. Though Amsterdam is not a particularly snowy city, it does tend to snow for a few weeks in the winter. During this time, you might fall off of your bike and public transport might stop running but hey, Amsterdam sure does look gezellig. So bundle up, go outside and play in the snow! Need a place to play? Visit the canals at the Jordaan, it's looks gorgeous in the snow. Walk around the Jordaan district in the evening and you’ll probably to notice something missing: curtains! The Dutch are masters of cosy interior design and have no problem showing off their work of art. Want to make your home gezellig? Buy loads of candles, plants, funky light fixtures and adopt a few pets. For nice interior design boutiques, check out the Negen straatjes - Nine Streets district. It is the first time in four years time that the Netherlands received so much snowfall. According to the National weather center KNMI. In some parts of the north of Holland lies between 7 to 9 inches of snow. The last time this occurred was in 2005. Normally the Netherlands get no more than between 3 and 5 inches of snow. It does occasionally snow in Amsterdam in December, but that almost always means just a light dusting. If you think the city is attractive in dry weather, just wait until you wake up one morning to see it covered in a thin coat of fresh snow. With the canals in the city and occasional high winds, there can be a nip in the air, but packing gloves and a scarf should keep you warm enough.
This weekend we walk around the canals and made some photos of the snow in of our neighborhood. When it snows it’s light dusting and really beautiful. The steep bridges over the canals in Amsterdam are really slippery. ...especially for cars. The best way to travel in the snow is by bicycle, tram, walking or better by sleds. Last night extreme temperature of -9 degrees Celsius. This is rare since the winter has not yet started. The heavy snowfall is too bad for ice skating. Photo taken here at Bloemgracht in Amsterdam. More snow expected these coming days. It's a handheld streetshot at 1/30s, ISO640 and F2.0 .
Koning Winter tast diep in de buidel. Woensdag 15 december 2010 was het al snijdend koud met extreem lage temperaturen en veel wind. Nu is de wind omgewisseld voor sneeuwval bij nog steeds ver onder normale waarden op de thermometers. Het levert ons van alles op. Overlast, maar zeker ook winterpret en prachtige plaatjes. Een record is het niet, maar met de komst van sneeuw aan het einde van november, valt de winter vroeg. Heel Nederland werd afgelopen week getrakteerd op een dik pak sneeuw. Dit leverde voor het verkeer de nodige overlast op, maar er was ook veel plezier zoals hier in Amsterdam. De sneeuw zorgde zoals gebruikelijk ook voor gezellige taferelen. Zo lang als ik me kan heugen word ik blij van sneeuw. Kinderen in de Jordaan grepen de kans met beide handen aan en gingen sleetje rijden. In de stad reden auto's stapvoets. Op sommige plekken kwamen automobilisten zelfs helemaal niet meer vooruit. Het vliegverkeer op Schiphol wordt ernstig gehinderd door sneeuwval. Volgens de luchtverkeersleiding was er slechts één baan beschikbaar. Nee, we zijn het niet meer gewend? We zijn de afgelopen 10 jaar misschien gewoon sufgeluld door klimaat terroristen die ons voorgespiegeld hebben dat er nooit meer winters zullen komen en ook nog eens dat dat allemaal onze eigen schuld is ook nog. En nu één klein beetje zonne-inactiviteit en húp het is ineens gewoon weer winter...
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I had this on my Flickr before but the photo was a scan from a mag..
This one's better so I've re-posted it. ...
This was done just outside St Pancras station in 1992.
It was Christmas. I had no outline planned and half the paint I'd ponced off Skore and co down the Wag club earlier that night (I told em I was going yard after the club and could they donate a few spits and crumbs of the old spuitverf-as the Dutch call it) Hence armed with no outline and a bag of colours that I didnt choose Im pretty happy with how this came out.
It took about 3 hours to sketch and fill in then I had to sit for almost 2 hours waiting for the sun to come up so I could outlne, as having no paper-sketch and a mad fill in 'Id completely lost the original sketch up. This was all exasperated by the fact that a lot of the cans I got from the chaps had paint all over em and in the darkness of the lay-up I didnt even know what half the colours I was using were. In the end I just made some of it up and put the final sketch anywhere. I reckon it works. Just!
Royal Mail train! Property of the Queen! Should I have painted it?
Yes of course I should have and if she disagrees can I suggest that maybe she needs to get out more often.
When this nasty storm cloud was passing overhead I kept running outside in the rainstorm to look for a rainbow since it was doing the rain in sunshine thing (my neighbors must think I'm nuts), and just as the whole storm cloud became visible in my viewfinder a rainbow appeared! This image sort of reminds me of that storm cloud with rainbow photo going around G+ so I thought I had better share it.
Happy Friday All!
Shot Notes: Single -1.3 EV frame blended with a 7-frame HDR to help pop cloud detail. I shot this on my Nikon D700 in FX mode using the Tokina 11-16 at 16mm. I think for a DX lens it does a fine job acting as a 16 mm prime for FX (I'm not shooting in DX mode, but only 16 is usable).
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Jamnik, Kranj
Jamnik is a settlement on the eastern slopes of the Jelovica Plateau in the Municipality of Kranj in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.
The local church just outside the village, dedicated to Saints Primus and Felician, is built at an impressive location on a hill overlooking most of the northern part of the Ljubljana Basin with the Julian Alps as a backdrop towards the northwest and the Kamnik–Savinja Alps towards the east.
Mount Aspiring National Park from Roy's Peak
New Zealand
One of the highlights of our trip was the view from atop Roy's peak. This track just a few kilometres outside of Wanaka ascends 1200m to the peak and can be very narrow at times if you choose to ascend the actual ridgeline. Despite the absences of clouds from the vantage point, it was still a fantastic way to spend an evening watching the sun go down over the mountains of Mount Aspiring National Park.
My buddy is still around. Caught this Southern Black Racer hunting in the back yard, decided to get a close of of him (her).
In Florida, frogs, lizards and small snakes make up the majority of the Racer's diet.
This one, or one of its relatives had been in my yard for 20 years or longer.
I see this one on the average of about once a week.
Lake Wales, Florida.
Well, I made it 35 pictures into my Iceland Set without posting a different subject, and I had intended to finish the set out before doing so. But I figured I'd post this one on the same evening it was taken for better context.
I was outside shoveling when I noticed there were patches of clear blue sky. Good skies and fresh snow are a rarity (for me anyway), so I hightailed it out to Chancellorsville Battlefield, and came away with this shot. The roads were horrible and the temps not much better, but I'm not complaining.
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This image has been replaced. It used to have much brighter colors for a while, but I think they were too bright.
Before heading to the Rockies last month, I spent a couple of days shooting outside Edmonton with Jim Heny. One day we had overcast skies, which made for nice, simple compositions in the snow.
Island Beach State Park
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By far the coldest temperatures I've ever experienced. With temperatures below zero made shooting challenging at times. Your hands would instantly freeze. Too bulky of gloves made shooting nearly impossible. The combo for me was the double layering of gloves on my left hand and the thinner glove on my right. That seemed to work. But man, just cold, just plain cold! Good times with Willie freezing our butts off!
I will be releasing a collection of images from my travels in the Canadian Rockies. The Voices of Winter will consist of abstracts, intimate scenes, mountain portraits, a little aurora action, and lots of mountain drama. It should be a nice rounded body or images. I always like seeing the images together as a body work. For me, it always feels good to see the images together. Stayed tuned for updates.
Hope everyone's New Year is off to a good start, continue to inspire each other, step outside the box and have fun. Peace and Love.
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Woke up a tad late on this morning just outside Mono Lake...could see nice clouds over the lake and....A HINT OF COLOR!
Shit!
Drove quick down to the Mono Lake South Tufa's and was out the door the second the tires came to a stop. Literally had about 3 minutes to setup as the color intensified.
THEN, I did something incredible...
I left Mono Lake and drove home back to the bay area...over Tioga Pass...on January 2nd...last time Tioga was open this late in the season was 1976!
Driving over Tioga and seeing Tenaya lake totally frozen over, and people ice skating, was pretty cool.
One of Florida's most common snakes is the "Blacksnake" or the Southern Black Racer.
It's widely spread throughout the Florida mainland and also the Florida keys. Outside Florida, it can also be found throughout the Eastern regions of the US, from NE Texas.
These non-venomous snakes are mainly found in grasslands, prairies, scrub, bushy areas and sandy hills. The species is also known as the Black Runner.
These snakes are shy and timid by nature and are in most cases harmless, if not attacked or threatened. Although its bite is harmless, their needle-sharp teeth can inflict bleeding upon its victim.
I found this one at Dinner Island Ranch in Hendry County, Florida.
My favorite style of photography to shoot has been long exposures for a bit over a year now. Before leaving for California in the middle of December, I picked up a 10 stop neutral density filter to supplement my filter collection and it arrived in the mail on our way out of town. For me at least, long exposure can be as frustrating as it is fun, particularly when using the ND1000. Wind, glare, misty air, and quickly fading light all factor into the success or failure of a shot and there's always some loss of color and clarity when blocking out so much light.
My most memorable shooting days so far have come at Venice Beach. I love Point Mugu down near Ventura County for long exposures and I'll always have a soft spot for Malibu Pier but the skies and sunsets I got over a series of visits in January and February in Venice proved to be the best. Venice was nearly empty on each visit this past winter, only getting crowded one hazy sunday afternoon and briefly during the first sunset I saw here. That first sunset in late January was arguably the best I've ever seen and the reflections from the colorful, overcast sky worked well for shorter shutter speeds in addition to very long exposure shots since wind was minimal.
This was shot on my second visit to Venice Beach and ended up being the 2nd of 3 great trips here. Haze got heavier in subsequent trips and after a series of lousy skies and conditions, I finally decided to take a break from Venice and wander towards Huntington Beach before returning regularly to Malibu and the surrounding areas. I only encountered a few people on this outing and I'm still a little unsure why beaches in winter are so empty here. I guess if you grew up on the East Coast like I did, 60's and breezy seems perfect. I prefer to shoot away from people (in large part because I never want to disrupt someone's view or experience somewhere) and generally will try to go to these less popular destinations but I never expected to find the major beaches empty as well.
It's cooled off a lot here the last couple weeks which I hope means cloudy, vibrant sunsets will return soon. It hasn't been cloudy at all but at least the haze has started to decrease. The cooler air and breeze are also helping Scotch breathe a little easier at night. He's getting old fast and hasn't had an easy month. Fall and winter can't come soon enough for him or for me.
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A group of girls outside their school. The foliage on the ground and the tall rust colored trees made me go for the oil paint look for this picture. Would love to hear if it has worked?
On my way to work I could watch this remarkable cloud formation in the sky this afternoon. I never saw this before and certainly not with such rainbows.
Is there anyone among you who is familiar with cloud images and can tell me what kind of clouds it was? I tried to figure out what kind of shape the clouds is and could find Cirrus vertebratus but don't know if that's correct.
UPDATE 09.11.2012:
This is a Circumzenithal and one of the most colorful halos.
Thank you for your great help Günter, Angela and Paul . You have given me the solution ...
Wikipedia:
The circumzenithal arc or circumzenith arc (CZA), also called the Bravais' arc, is an optical phenomenon similar in appearance to a rainbow; but it arises from refraction of sunlight through horizontally-oriented ice crystals, generally in cirrus clouds, rather than from raindrops. It forms no more than one-quarter of a circle centered on the zenith and on the same side as the sun. Its colors are from blue on the inside to red on the outside of the arc. It is one of the brightest and most colorful halos. Its colors are purer than those of the rainbow because there is much less color overlap in its formation. The first impression is that of an upside-down rainbow.
The circumzenithal arc has been called "a smile in the sky". It is rarely noticed because it occurs so far overhead, but in fact is relatively common. Cirrus clouds which cause a sun dog can cause a circumzenithal arc when they reach the zenith, if the Sun is low in the sky.
The light that forms the CZA enters an ice crystal through its flat top face, and exits through a side prism face. The refraction of almost parallel sunlight through what is essentially a 90-degree prism accounts for the wide color separation and the purity of color. The CZA can only form when the sun is at an altitude lower than 32.2°.
Much better in Large On Black
Auf dem Weg zur Arbeit konnte ich heute Mittag dieses fantastische Wolkenbild am Himmel beobachten. Ich habe so eine Wolkenform noch dazu mit kleinem Regenbogen (kein Regen weit und breit) noch nie gesehen.
Ist einer unter euch der sich mit Wolkenbildern auskennt? Ich habe versucht herauszufinden was für eine Wolkenform das ist und kam auf Cirrus vertebratus weiß aber nicht, ob das richtig ist.
UPDATE 09.11.2012:
Das ist ein Zirkumzenitalbogen eine der farbenprächtigsten Haloerscheinungen.
Herzlichen Dank für eure großartige Hilfe Günter, Angela und Paul. Ihr habt mir die Lösung gegeben...
Wikipedia:
Ein Zirkumzenitalbogen verläuft kreisförmig um den Himmelszenit herum, wobei jedoch maximal nur das der Sonne zugewandte Viertel dieses Kreises sichtbar ist. Die Erscheinung ähnelt einem „auf dem Kopf stehenden“ Regenbogen, dessen sonnennächster Punkt 48° über der Sonne liegt.
Voraussetzung ist - wie bei allen Halos - das Vorhandensein von geeigneten Eiskristallen in der Atmosphäre. Häufig treten sie bei Cirrus- und Cirrostratus-Bewölkung auf. Sie können aber auch bei Eisnebel und bei Polarschnee vorkommen. Ferner können sie an Fallstreifen entstehen, sofern diese aus Eiskristallen bestehen.
Ein Zirkumzenitalbogen ist in etwa ebenso häufig wie ein Regenbogen beobachtbar. Da er sich jedoch nahe am Himmelszenit befindet, wird man selten auf ihn aufmerksam, da diese Blickrichtung für einen Menschen eher unüblich ist. An Tagen, an denen eine Nebensonne sichtbar ist, empfiehlt es sich daher, den Blick nach oben zu richten, denn oft gehen beide Erscheinungen miteinander einher.
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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.
After a being inside while it rained all day i was aching to head outside, and the passing storm clouds gave me a great opportunity to get a shot i had in mind.
I've taken one similar to this before but i wanted more dramatic clouds with the tree smaller in the frame.
I got soaked by both rain and wet crops taking this but it was well worth it.