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This absurdly tame Barred Owl allowed me to approach closer than I ever thought was possible with one of these guys in the wild, and here is the closest I was able to get with his whole body still in frame.
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Canon 7D | 400mm f/5.6L
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Barred Owl | Chebacco Woods, MA
The Brickhaven Gazette would like to thank everyone who entered the League of Lego Heroes Alternate Contest. Here are some of my personal favourites. But there can be only one winner, who will get access to a digital set of custom superhero themed newspaper decals designed by me. Everyone who entered will also gain access to a set of superhero themed newspaper digital decals available for them to print and use for free. Winner and further details inside. (See below).
who needs fingers?
The second shot is the barbed wire fence - clearly a favourite to get to those itches the horns won't reach...
#45 in 112 pictures in 2012 - fluffy, furry or hairy
my drink {is on the way}
my drinkk is on the way
i think im gonna stay
the place is hoppin'
the band is gonna play
by... summertime blues band
. every year i make my husband take me to key west
We all have our personal zones and we know when they've been invaded. Mine are a little closer than most. I don't like it when other people's hand gestures get too close to my face.
ODC: Personal Space
Every year I post some autumn pictures. In the first series 2011 Katja B. noted: "a series of leafs, you should do it more often :-)". You can see her pictures here: www.flickr.com/photos/15178447@N00/
<3
This year there are some pictures from very personal places in Lödla, Thuringia and in Berlin, Soviet War Memorial. Places, that remind me of Katja B..
The medium format pictures are shot with a Hasselblad 500cm and a Kodak 200 Gold film, whereas the 35mm pictures are taken with a Leica M6 and a Kodak 200 film. I mounted her Tele-Elmarit 90mm.
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The night runs away with the day
The grass that was green is now hay
The world goes around without even a sound
And it looks like the summer is over
The rains tumble down in the sky
Young swallows have learned how to fly
The leaves that were green are no longer so green
And it looks like the summer is over
The sun and the moon take turns in the sky
The days drift on by too soon
The meadows are kissed by a cool autumn mist
Far away now is June
The birds fly away to the sun
The leaves touch the ground one by one
The breeze hurries by without even goodbye
And it looks like the summer is over
The sun and the moon take turns in the sky
The days drift on by too soon
The meadows are kissed by a cool autumn mist
Far away now is June
The birds fly away to the sun
The leaves touch the ground one by one
The breeze hurries by without even goodbye
And it looks like the summer is over
And it looks like the summer is over
Dusty Springfield - Summer is over
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This photo was shot from a hot air balloon.
UNESCO World Heritage Site.
From Wikipedia:
c. 15th century BC
The mortuary temple of Hatshepsut (Egyptian: Ḏsr-ḏsrw meaning "Holy of Holies") is a mortuary temple built during the reign of Pharaoh Hatshepsut of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Located opposite the city of Luxor, it is considered to be a masterpiece of ancient architecture. Its three massive terraces rise above the desert floor and into the cliffs of Deir el-Bahari. Hatshepsut's tomb, KV20, lies inside the same massif capped by El Qurn, a pyramid for her mortuary complex. At the edge of the desert, 1 km (0.62 mi) east, connected to the complex by a causeway, lies the accompanying valley temple. Across the river Nile, the whole structure points towards the monumental Eighth Pylon, Hatshepsut's most recognizable addition to the Temple of Karnak and the site from which the procession of the Beautiful Festival of the Valley departed. Its axes identify the temple's twin functions: its central east-west axis served to receive the barque of Amun-Re at the climax of the festival, while its north-south axis represented the life cycle of the pharaoh from coronation to rebirth.
The terraced temple was constructed between Hatshepsut's seventh and twentieth regnal years, during which building plans were repeatedly modified. In its design, it was heavily influenced by the adjacent Temple of Mentuhotep II of the Eleventh Dynasty built six centuries earlier.[d] In the arrangement of its chambers and sanctuaries, though, the temple is wholly unique. The central axis, customarily reserved for the mortuary complex, is occupied instead by the sanctuary of the barque of Amun-Re, with the mortuary cult being displaced south to form the auxiliary axis with the solar cult complex to the north. Separated from the main sanctuary are shrines to Hathor and Anubis, which lie on the middle terrace. The porticoes that front the terrace here host the most notable reliefs of the temple; those of the expedition to the Land of Punt and the divine birth of Hatshepsut, the backbone of her case to rightfully occupy the throne as a member of the royal family and as godly progeny. Below, the lowest terrace leads to the causeway and the valley temple.
The state of the temple has suffered over time. Two decades after Hatshepsut's death, under the direction of Thutmose III, references to her rule were erased, usurped, or obliterated. The campaign was intense but brief, quelled after two years when Amenhotep II was enthroned. The reasons behind the proscription remain a mystery. A personal grudge appears unlikely as Thutmose III had waited twenty years to act. Perhaps the concept of a female king was anathema to ancient Egyptian society, or a dynastic dispute between the Ahmosid and Thutmosid lineages needed resolving. In the Amarna Period, the temple was incurred upon again when Akhenaten ordered the images of Egyptian gods, particularly those of Amun, to be erased. These damages were repaired subsequently under Tutankhamun, Horemheb and Ramesses II. An earthquake in the Third Intermediate Period caused further harm. During the Ptolemaic period, the sanctuary of Amun was restructured, and a new portico was built at its entrance. A Coptic monastery of Saint Phoibammon was built between the 6th and 8th centuries AD, and images of Christ were painted over original reliefs. The latest graffito left is dated to c. 1223.
The temple resurfaces in the records of the modern era in 1737 with Richard Pococke, a British traveller, who visited the site. Several visitations followed though serious excavation was not conducted until the 1850s and 60s under Auguste Mariette. The temple was fully excavated between 1893 and 1906 during an expedition of the Egypt Exploration Fund (EEF) directed by Édouard Naville. Further efforts were carried out by Herbert E. Winlock and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MMA) from 1911 to 1936, and by Émile Baraize and the Egyptian Antiquities Service (now the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA)) from 1925 to 1952. Since 1961, the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology (PCMA) has carried out extensive consolidation and restoration works throughout the temple, and it was opened to the public in March 2023.
Every year I post some autumn pictures. In the first series 2011 Katja B. noted: "a series of leafs, you should do it more often :-)". You can see her pictures here: www.flickr.com/photos/15178447@N00/
<3
This year there are some pictures from very personal places in Lödla, Thuringia and in Berlin, Soviet War Memorial. Places, that remind me of Katja B..
The medium format pictures are shot with a Hasselblad 500cm and a Kodak 200 Gold film, whereas the 35mm pictures are taken with a Leica M6 and a Kodak 200 film. I mounted her Tele-Elmarit 90mm.
~~~
The night runs away with the day
The grass that was green is now hay
The world goes around without even a sound
And it looks like the summer is over
The rains tumble down in the sky
Young swallows have learned how to fly
The leaves that were green are no longer so green
And it looks like the summer is over
The sun and the moon take turns in the sky
The days drift on by too soon
The meadows are kissed by a cool autumn mist
Far away now is June
The birds fly away to the sun
The leaves touch the ground one by one
The breeze hurries by without even goodbye
And it looks like the summer is over
The sun and the moon take turns in the sky
The days drift on by too soon
The meadows are kissed by a cool autumn mist
Far away now is June
The birds fly away to the sun
The leaves touch the ground one by one
The breeze hurries by without even goodbye
And it looks like the summer is over
And it looks like the summer is over
Dusty Springfield - Summer is over
~~~
Former Miss Plymouth and South coast body fitness over all winner. Melisa Mulazimovic at Bodylines gym Plymouth
Culturally, Filipinos are used to having no personal space both at home and in public. Here, a group of men wedges under a tarp to get a glimpse of the fight on TV between Manny Pacquaio and Floyd Mayweather at a makeshift projection TV theater in the middle of a street in Malate, Manila, Philippines.
Les seuls moments où on reçoit des aliments frais, c’est quand un nouveau cargo de ravitaillement arrive. J’étais si heureux de voir mes friandises préférées 😋 Bon, frais, c’est peut-être un peu exagéré : quasiment tout ce qui monte à bord de l’ISS est lyophilisé, en conserve, séché, ou éventuellement ce sont des choses qui restent comestible longtemps naturellement. Notre prochain cargo de ravitaillement n’arrivera pas avant mi-août… j’ai hâte 😁
Fresh food only comes up on new cargo ships. I was so happy to see some of my personal selection I took a picture 😋 As you can see, fresh is a word used lightly (no pun intended). Almost all our food is freeze-dried, canned, dry or has a naturally long shelf-life. Still it is an important part of the day. Our next cargo mission doesn't arrive until half way through August... 😊
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet
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Now before you say it, I know this image is a long way from being technically good - the DoF is wrong, the highlights are blown and the slope of the land gives the impression that the shot is cockeyed. However, for some reason that I can't really explain, I like it. I left posting it as I'll (quite often) initially like a shot I've taken, only to change my mind within a couple of days and thought the same would happen with this one, but it hasn't so here it is.
In case I don't get chance again before the big day, Merry Christmas to you all, thanks to everyone for the kind comments and constructive criticisms over the past year and whilst I'm at it, best wishes and happy shooting (camera-wise that is!) for 2013
A selection of my images are now available to purchase at James Bell's site here and at Getty
EU Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič was awarded a state award for his personal contribution to the support of Ukraine.
Thank you for the unprecedented volume of humanitarian aid to our country from the European Union!
A beautiful mosaic on one of the crypts in the Hauptfriedhof (main cemetery) in Mainz, Germany. Well worth a visit.
Best in full size.
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
Reach out and touch faith
Your own Personal Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who cares
Your own Personal Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who’s there