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The Tabur Hill Ridge is rated the Longest Quartz-Rich Ridge in the world. (The Dragon's Backbone 16KM)
Bukit Tabur can be considered as Class 4 of Yosemite Decimal System (YDS).
Bukit Tabur (Tabur Hill) a.k.a. Bukit Melawati is located in the District of Gombak, by the Klang Gate Dam. The hill, which is approximately 656 ft (200 m), is said to have the longest quartz ridge formation in the world. The peak offers spectacular view of the dam on one side and the Kuala Lumpur city skyline on the other.
Trail head 1:
3°14'1.52"N
101°44'55.43"E
Música Nocturna de Madrid - Boccherini
Entre 1617 y 1619 el maestro de obras Juan Gómez de Mora proyectó y dirigió las obras del cerramiento rectangular de la Plaza Mayor y las trazas de su caserío, consiguiendo un espacio de representación adecuado para el Madrid cortesano de Felipe III.
Estas obras afectaron a parte del caserío de las manzanas de casas de los alrededores de la plaza, como a la manzana número 168 que cierra la plaza Mayor por su lado oeste y forma actualmente los números impares de la Cava de San Miguel. Para compensar el gran desnivel de esta manzana hubo que remodelar casi la totalidad de su caserío, construyéndose los sótanos que dan a la plaza y las plantas bajas que dan a la cava con una superposición de pisos abovedados. A su vez, dicho desnivel obligó a incrementar la altura de los edificios en tres plantas más, alcanzando una altura total de ocho plantas, algo sorprendente para las edificaciones de la época.
A raíz del incendio que sufrió la plaza Mayor en 1790, que arrasó la tercera parte del caserío, el arquitecto Juan de Villanueva se encargó de su reconstrucción consiguiendo una nueva relación de integración entre la plaza y su espacio circundante, al quedar completamente cerrada y nivelada en altura. La altura del caserío, que afectó a las casas de la manzana de la Cava de San Miguel, perdió dos plantas pues todo el conjunto debía tener la misma altura que la Casa de la Panadería.
La construcción de este arco esta relacionada con la reconstrucción y el cierre de la antigua Plaza Mayor por el arquitecto Juan de Villanueva, después del incendio ocurrido en el verano de 1790. Con esta reforma, la antigua plaza que construyera Juan Gómez de Mora, entre 1617 y 1619, no perdió su configuración rectangular, pero por medio de un sistema de arcadas se consiguió cerrar este recinto urbano y se rebajó la altura del caserío para homogeneizarlo con la que tenía la Casa de la Panadería, que se salvo de las llamas.
Una de estas arcadas, la que daba acceso a la plaza por el extremo sur occidental, es el Arco de Cuchilleros, llamado así porque en el caserío de sus alrededores, a la entrada y a ambos lados de la escalinata que lo precede, estuvieron ubicados los talleres del gremio de cuchilleros y espaderos, pues tenían como una de sus finalidades suministrar sus productos a las carnicerías establecidas en la Plaza Mayor.
La singularidad de este lugar se acrecienta con las trazas de las edificaciones aledañas, construidas la mayoría de ellas en el siglo XVII con el característico zócalo en piedra berroqueña, los lienzos de la fachada con gruesos muros de ladrillos y los huecos de las ventanas engalanados con rejerías y balconadas de hierro forjado.
Sorprende mucho al espectador los seis pisos de altura de algunas de estas edificaciones, pero más sorprendería si todavía se conservaran las ocho plantas con que originalmente se construyeron y que fueron rebajadas tras la reforma de Villanueva. Esta excepcional altura se debe al desnivel que existe entre la plaza y la Cava de San Miguel.
El Arco de Cuchilleros, llamado así porque en el caserío de sus alrededores, a la entrada y a ambos lados de la escalinata que lo precede, estuvieron ubicados los talleres del gremio de cuchilleros y espaderos, pues tenían como una de sus finalidades suministrar sus productos a las carnicerías establecidas en la Plaza Mayor.
Otro de los aspectos que convierten a este lugar en uno de los cuadros más pintorescos de la ciudad son sus concurridos mesones, herencia de los bodegones, tabernas y hosterías del antiguo Madrid.
Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/10
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0/2 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire
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What is pretty is beautiful in a delicate or graceful way.
So many beauties in this appealing world
The true beauty lies in the beholder's eyes
There is beauty in the child's innocence and in mother's love
There is beauty in a friend's affection and in a tender heart
There is beauty in a pretty smile and caring eyes
There is beauty in the morning sun and a rainy day
There is beauty in the flaky slow and a pleasant spring
There is beauty in the milky moon and the graceful rivers
There is beauty in a hard earned victory and a hopeful soul
There is beauty in me and beauty in you
So many beauties in this spectacular world and its dazzling life
And the true beauty lies in the beholder's eyes
-Kavitha Krishnamurthy
Taken at the Boardwalk in Myrtel Beach, South Carolina summer of July 2007.
View Large On Black Explore - Highest position: 8 on Sunday, October 4, 2009
Active Assignment of the Week September 28 – October 5: Paper
For this assignment take photos of paper or things made of paper. There are many items made of paper so let your imagination run. Items could range from a creative display of a single sheet of paper to a great shot of complex origami.
Restriction: No scrapbook pages.
Dare: Go minimalistic or abstract
WIT
See comment below for the steps I followed to get this image. The light in the room was on the low side, so I used the on-board camera flash to avoid blur and keep the page edges crisp and sharp.
I was there with my best friends Acacia♥ &Tredvin♥ for almost a year ago and I just miss them so much every single day. I wish all my friends could be really good friends. I'm so tired of being superficial and always talking about things that aren't important at all in the big picture. Rather no friends than superficial ones. I might as well just get a dog. hahah:p
xx
Nat
PS: Thanks to Jera♥ who gave me the link to the texture. And inspiration.
She's great. and takes amazing pictures. <3 <3 <3 <3
End of the demonstration, reaching the Place de la Nation.
Merci de lire les explications en début d'album / Please read the explanations at the beginning of the set
Part of Régimes Spéciaux (Recommended as a slideshow)
En la Banyoles medieval, bien pronto se vio la necesidad de construir una nueva iglesia en un lugar fuera del monasterio benedictino de San Esteban. Desde antes de la colonización benedictina, ya hay noticia de la existencia de una capilla dedicada a San Benito y que estaría cerca de la actual iglesia y de la actual calle de Sant Benet.
Seguramente, el primer templo de Santa María de los Turers se habría edificado durante la segunda mitad del siglo X. Este hecho también se vería confirmado por el hallazgo de la planta del ábside en la década de los cuarenta del siglo XX. Fue edificada en tiempo del abad Benito y nació como iglesia filial de la de San Esteban del monasterio benedictino. Ya se encuentra documentada en el año 1017 y se trataba de una pequeña iglesia de estilo románico.
La iglesia se situó en un lugar elevado, en un cerro, y de aquí deriva probablemente el nombre de Turers (turario). Antes, pero, ya había existido una antigua pequeña iglesia edificada entre los siglos IX-X.
Every trip has its highlight in Lisbon it was visiting the monastery of Jeronimos in the suburb of Belem. I have never seen such delicate stonework both the church and its cloisters are quite remarkable. Took the shot hand held no tripod
A bit from the guidebook
The monastery is one of the most prominent monuments of the Manueline-style architecture (Portuguese late-Gothic) in Lisbon, classified in 1983 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, along with the nearby Tower of Belém. The construction of the monastery and church began on 6 January 1501 (and were completed 100 years later). King Manuel originally funded the project with money obtained from the Vintena da Pimenta, a 5% tax on commerce from Africa and the Orient, equivalent to 70 kilograms (150 lb) of gold per year, with the exception of pepper, cinnamon and cloves (which went directly to the Crown. With the influx of riches, the architects were not limited to small plans, and resources already prescribed for the Monastery of Batalha were redirected to the project in Belém.
Manuel I selected the religious order of Hieronymite monks to occupy the monastery, whose role it was to pray for the King's eternal soul and to provide spiritual assistance to navigators and sailors who departed from the beach of Restelo to discover the world.
The monastery was designed in a style that later became known as Manueline: a richly ornate architectural design that includes complex sculptural themes incorporating maritime elements and objects discovered during naval expeditions, carved in limestone. Diogo de Boitaca,[ the architect, pioneered this style in the Monastery of Jesus in Setúbal. On this project Boitaca was responsible for the plans and contracting work on the monastery, the sacristy, and the refectory. He used calcário de lioz, a local gold-coloured limestone, that was quarried from Ajuda, the valley of Alcántara, Laveiras, Rio Seco and Tercena, for its construction. Boitaca was succeeded by the Spaniard Juan de Castilho, who took charge of construction around 1517. Castilho gradually moved from the Manueline to the Spanish Plateresque style, an ornamentation that included lavish decorations that recall silverware (Spanish: plata). The construction came to a halt when the King Manuel I died in 1521.
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Novelda (Alacant).
CAT:
El Santuari de Santa Maria Magdalena.
Aquest edifici religiós va estar construït a partir d'un projecte que va traçar l'enginyer novelder Josep Sala Sala que impregnant així el seu projecte de l'estil modernista català. Aquest santuari recorda al Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família. La seua construcció, començada en 1918, va necessitar de tres fases, per donar per acabada l'obra en 1946. A la façana principal destaquen dues torres laterals de 25 m. d'alçada culminades per una creu pètria que també es troba en la cúpula i sobre els arcs superiors de la façana. Té forma de pitxer, simbolitzant el pitxer que la Santa portà de bàlsam a Jesús. Esta forma original és també única en el món. Els motius decoratius deuen tenir antecedents en els estils medievals, barrocs i en la pròpia naturalesa. Influències aquestes que van dur l'autor a combinar cudols del riu Vinalopó, taulells policromats, rajoles rogenques, maçoneria, etc..., es troba Santa Maria Magdalena, patrona de Novelda, i al darrere de l'altar podem admirar un bell quatre atribuït a Gaston Castelló.
ESP:
El Santuario de Santa María Magdalena es un edificio religioso que se encuentra en Novelda (Alacant) y fue construido a partir de un proyecto trazado por el ingeniero noveldense José Sala Sala, que realizó sus estudios en Cataluña. La edificación es de estilo modernista catalán, y guarda un enorme parecido con el Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia de Antonio Gaudí. Tiene forma de jarro, simbolizando el jarro que la Santa llevó de bálsamo a Jesús. Esta forma original es también única en el mundo.
Su construcción, comenzada en 1918, necesitó de tres fases (una de ellas de paralización), para dar por terminada la obra en 1946. Para la financiación de las obras se emplearon diferentes recursos, como las galas líricas de zarzuela en donde intervino el barítono noveldense Eduardo Mateo-Quirant y su mujer, la tiple Josefina Landete (padres ambos de Paloma Mairant), entre otros.
En la fachada principal destacan dos torres laterales de 25 m. de altura culminadas por una cruz pétrea, que también se halla en la cúpula y sobre los arcos superiores de la fachada. Los motivos decorativos tienen antecedentes en los estilos medievales, barrocos y en la propia naturaleza. Estas influencias llevaron al autor a combinar guijarros del río Vinalopó, azulejos policromados, ladrillos rojizos, mampostería, etc., que se reflejan por todo el exterior del edificio.
El interior del santuario está compuesto por una nave central rectangular con dos espacios laterales adosados; al fondo, en el ábside, se encuentra el camarín de Santa María Magdalena, patrona de Novelda, y detrás del altar se puede admirar un hermoso cuadro atribuido a Gastón Castelló. Para el año 2010 está prevista la incorporación de un órgano construído enteramente en marmol, obra del innovador organero Iván Larrea, que se convertirá en el único en el mundo con estas características.
Back to familiar theme for me - churches. This is the beautiful interior of St Peter's Church on Clerkenwell Road aka The Italian Church of London aka Chiesa Italiana di San Pietro.
An HDR composition.
Explore 12th May, 2010 #469
The new Flickr view is definitely so much better - I like it ;)
#1 on Flickr's Explore, June 26 2010. If that means anything...
Shot at the Dutch coast while there was a strong wind. I've recorded an HD movie of this scene. Just to get an impression how this really looks like.
This was actually low tide, you can't see the posts at high tide.
Technical info:
ND110 - 10 stops.
f/8
ISO100
24 mm
329s (5min29s) exposure
Software:
Lightroom 3.0
PS CS5 - Silver Efex Pro
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♪♫Dance of the Knights♫♪, de Sergei Prokofiev, incluido en el ballet "Romeo y Julieta".
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Nombre común: lechuguilla.
Otra de las identificaciones de la que no soy responsable: si no fuera por la ayuda de los usuarios de Infojardin, aún estaría sin saber qué es lo que se ve en la fotografía.
Su porte, si tiene posibilidades para crecer, es muy llamativo: las hojas se quedan tiesas, como si estuviesen almidonadas. Los nervios están muy marcados y en el central, por el envés, está cubierto por unos pelillos. Sus flores son liguadas -los pétados tienen forma de lengua-, de color amarillo. Cuando hice la foto no había ni tan siquiera dado señales de vida. A ver si me paso uno de estos días y les pongo cara, :-)
Olympus E-30, Zuiko 12-60
Long time no post... or I should say no time to process photos, no post ;) We're on the roads almost each and every weekend in the last weeks. This past weekend we visited Tuscany - round trip with 2 other couples. Not a dedicated photo trip but it was amazing time spent with great friends. We took accommodation in three places - Florence, Siena and Pisa. So the schedule was very busy in 4 days total. My personal highlight was San Gimigniano on a way from Siena to Pisa.
This photo was taken from Piazzale Michelangelo in Florence and features "The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore is the cathedral church (Duomo) of Florence, Italy, begun in 1296 in the Gothic style to the design of Arnolfo di Cambio and completed structurally in 1436 with the dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi. The exterior of the basilica is faced with polychrome marble panels in various shades of green and pink bordered by white and has an elaborate 19th century Gothic Revival facade by Emilio De Fabris... The cathedral complex includes the Baptistry and Giotto's Campanile. The three buildings are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site covering the historic centre of Florence and are a major attraction to tourists visiting the region of Tuscany. The basilica is one of Italy's largest churches, and until the modern era, the dome was the largest in the world. It remains the largest brick dome ever constructed." - more here...
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Better View On Black
Honfleur is a commune in the Norman département of Calvados in France, 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 8 177 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.
View Farley Lake Sunrise on Black
View Farley Lake Sunrise Map/EXIF
ILCE-7RM2 + FE 16-35mm F4 ZA OSS @ 16 mm - 1/60 sec at f/8.0, ISO 160
Aperture priority mode @ -3/10 EV E.C - Pattern metering - no flash
Subject Distance: unknown
My first full morning in the Sawtooths brought a quiet sunrise and still waters. The night before I had hiked until dusk and decided to scramble down off the trail and look for a couple decent sized trees to hang my hammock from.
Fortunately, tree line was another 1,000 feet above me, so I had plenty to choose from, and found a nice copse before it got too dark.
I remember it being colder than I had expected, and the rest of the nights that trip, I would boil a bit of water and jam it down by my feet to stay warm.
Just an hour or two after I took this photo, I crested the ridge above Edith Lake, another 1,500 feet above me. Little did I expect this to be one of the most moving moments of my entire life, seeing the entire Sawtooths open up before me after cresting this final rise. I was so shocked that I broke down crying. It was as if like some burden had been lifted from me that I did not know was there. I can feel it, even now.
I often come back to that moment in my mind's eye, and it continues to be a source of strength and peace for me to this day.
43°58'52.85" N 114°55'50.939" W, 7724.7 ft
Farley Lake, Sawtooth Wilderness
Stanley, Idaho, United States
Taken on 08.16.2017, uploaded on 05.18.2019.
©2017 Adam James Steenwyk. Please contact me at ajamess [at] gmail [dot] com if you would like to use this photo. Blog: www.f128.info
1/60 sec at f/8.0, 16 mm,
FE 16-35mm F4 ZA OSS, ILCE-7RM2, ISO 160,
no flash, "Aperture priority mode", 2017,
August, "August 16 2017",
"Self Rating: 4 stars", 43°58'52.85" N 114°55'50.939" W, Stanley, Idaho, United States, "Stanley, Idaho, United States", "Subject distance: Unknown"
I was so excited about my new toy that I had to get out and shoot. We have had some nice storms in CA lately. The cloud action has been really nice. I called Rich James and begged them to tag along and we drove (Really Fast) to San Francisco, CA. We were there for 15 minutes and it started to rain so, I wasn't able to get a great frame of this beauty. I wanted to get the menacing dark clouds moving over the bridge. Rest assured we will be back:) I try and visit the City every week so if anyone is interested in meeting up, its always fun meeting new photo junkies like me:) I was able to get this FIRST SHOT EVER with my new baby 5D MK2. Hope your having a great Sunday and enjoy the SUPERBOWL:) Jave
Friends I am going to my hometown after nearly 6 months, just the thought of going home makes me happy, I will be away from everything no office, no work, no mechanical cycles, I am gonna sleep till my eyes rest, I am gonna eat till my stomach is full, I am gonna click till my fingers strain and all this for the next one week. I will be back only on Aug 3rd, will be missing all your wonderful works till then and I won't have access to internet too so won't post anything too. Hope you all have a nice weekend with sound health and broad smiles. Cheers...Thanks for all your visits, fav and comments, will be back on Aug3rd
நான் நடக்கும் சாலைகளெல்லாம் என் வாசல் தேடி அலைகின்றன,
காற்றில் அலையும் என் தலைமுடியெல்லாம் என் தாயின் விரல் தேடி அலைகின்றன,
என் விடைதெரியாத வினாக்களெல்லாம் என் தந்தையின் மடி தேடி அலைகின்றன,
நான் சேர்த்து வைத்த பூக்களெல்லாம் என் தங்கையின் கூந்தல் தேடி அலைகின்றன,
நான் எழுதி வைத்த கவிதைகளெல்லாம் என்னவளின் புன்னகை தேடி அலைகின்றன,
நானும் அலைகிறேன் என் கூட்டைத் தேடி
©Karthik Photography
lotus flower / white / green / leaf / - , ハスの花, 莲花, گل لوتوس, Fleur de Lotus, Lotosblume, कुंद, 연꽃,
Please view this white lotus flower and the leaf image on black BackGround- thanks
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Lotus flower video (on white) + music by Ahmad Farzad
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl4TKsmj_Ks&feature=channel
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White Lotus Flower / green / leaf / white / flower / background /
The lotus flower appeared in legends originating from ancient Egypt. It played an important part in ancient Egyptian religion. The pure white lotus flower, the only plant to fruit and flower simultaneously, emerges from the depths of the muddy swamp. Growing from the mud at the bottom of ponds and streams, the exquisite Lotus flower rises above the water and is usually white or pink with 15 or more oval, spreading petals, and a peculiar, flat seedcase at its center.
Sesen A Lotus Flower. This is a symbol of the sun, of creation and rebirth. Because at night the flower closes and sinks underwater, at dawn it rises and opens again. According to one creation myth it was a giant lotus which first rose out of the watery chaos at the beginning of time. From this giant lotus the sun itself rose on the first day. A symbol of Upper Egypt .The lotus flower played a prominent role in the version of the creation story that originated in Heliopolis. Before the universe came into being, there was an infinite ocean of inert water which constituted the primeval being named Nun. Out of Nun emerged a lotus flower, together with a single mound of dry land. The lotus blossoms opened, and out stepped the self-created sun god, Atum, as a child. A slightly different version of the creation story originated in Hermopolis. In that version, the sun god who formed himself from the chaos of Nun emerged from the lotus petals as Ra. The lotus is a flower which opens and closes each day. His history went on to say that the petals of the lotus blossom enfolded him when he returned to it each night.
The lotus flower has been featured extensively throughout the art of ancient Egypt. In various works of art, you may see it held in the hand of a god or human, serving as a border to outline a section of the artwork, unfolding to reveal various gods or humans, and many other depictions. The ancient Egyptians from the 4th dynasty greatly valued the sacred lotus, in religious ceremonies and funerals. The ancient Egyptians developed the art of counting to a high degree, but their system of numeration was very crude. For example, the number 1,000 was symbolized by a picture of a lotus flower, and the number 2,000 was symbolized by a picture of two lotus flowers growing out of a bush.
Link to other images by Bahman Farzad with green / GREEN / on flickr:
www.flickr.com/photos/21644167@N04/3031353198/
www.flickr.com/photos/21644167@N04/2336853336/
www.flickr.com/photos/21644167@N04/2105078536/
www.flickr.com/photos/21644167@N04/2539132736/
www.flickr.com/photos/21644167@N04/2873153858/
www.flickr.com/photos/21644167@N04/2838699666/
www.flickr.com/photos/21644167@N04/4817452232/
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Link to Bahman Farzad's images with a touch of green:
Link to a whie flower with a green patch
Link to a whie lotus flower with a green leaf on a white background
Link to a pink fractalius lotus flower with a green background
Link to a white lotus flower with a green background reflections
Link to a fractalius red lotus flower with a green background leaf
HBM!
Took this picture this morning, went to work all day, and finally got the chance to edit it and get it up!
This time of the year always brings me back to the days when I practiced for hours and performed in the Nutcracker. It was hard work, but a lot of fun! It's hard for me not to break out in dancing whenever I hear any of the music.
Having been in The Nutcracker for so many years, I have many nutcrackers. Some small, some large, some medium. As well as a nice collection of nutcracker ornaments.
I hope you all are doing well and have a most wonderful week before Christmas and a blessed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day!
my bench monday group (you should join!)
Oh The Places You'll Go! <New group! Check it out!
PLEASE KEEP PRAYING FOR MY FRIEND ANDREW! (He's doing so much better!! Thanks for all your prayers!)
Bridge that connects the upper and lower peninsula of Michigan. It's pretty long, 5 miles from shore to shore (although it didn't really seem like that).
I have no idea if this looks correct on your guys' monitor because I have been having some serious issues with CS4 wacking out on me for the past 3 days. Everything I save as an sRGB JPEG comes out way darker than it's supposed to and it's driving me freakin crazy. I have no idea what happened or how it happened. I even uninstalled and then reinstalled Photoshop. The only way I could figure out how to get around it is to save the JPEG in the Dell 2007WFP color space. Seriously hate photoshop right now and would like to kick it in the face. Hard.
EDIT: I figured out that I had somehow toggled on Proof Colors which changed the file to CMYK and I guess that's why it was coming out strange. So happy to be done with this issue. It's so frustrating when PS is acting weird and you have no idea why or how to fix it. Sometimes I think it's too complicated of a program for my own good.
(borrowed) D90
Sigma10-20mm
Best Viewed Large: View On White
Yepeee....I won in the coveted Sinulog photo contest! I never expected it considering I'm a newbie against so many good photographers around (600+) and over 7,000 entries! My year is up for a good start...I'm super elated!
Over a hundred ships and boats joined this year annual fluvial parade in honor the the Sto. Nino (Child Jesus). Its was my second time to witness such event the first time when I was just 5 years old. This time I had my camera in tow together with hundreds of photographers. I was a spectacle to see as well as enjoyable as I've met many fellow photographers from all over the world.
The fluvial procession is a reenactment of the coming of Magellan to the old Cebu Village, in particular his landing at the old beach which is now the heart of the city. Over 440 years ago, the Spaniards led by Magellan landed in the Cebu village of Rajah Humabon on April17, 1521. On the shore he planted he planted a cross which is said to be extant up to his time. Today, the city’s busiest street thoroughfare, Magallanes, is found where the cross is still preserved and now venerated as a relic. This historical chapter, Magellan’s coming, is reenacted as the advent of the new faith (www.sinulog.ph).
@ Sinulog Fluvial Parade, Mandaue-Mactan Bridge, Mandaue City, The Philippines
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This is a fairly often photographed house on the outskirts of Chipping Campden, in the Cotswolds. The boxwood hedges seem to be over 100 years old. It looks like the owners had just finished pouring several hundred thousand Pounds on its restoration when we walked past it in July.
We took a few quick pictures under poor lighting conditions when we were in this quintessential Cotswolds town for an hour or so in July. They do not begin to do justice to this beautiful place but I'm putting them up as a brief introduction to the charms of the place. For a better representation of Chipping Campden, see other sites on Flickr such as:
www.flickr.com/photos/flash-of-light/sets/72157600036658448/
www.flickr.com/photos/flash-of-light/sets/72157605466095900/
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The machine in the new Icelandair livery, in the pink version, on February 13, 2022 took its second rotation after arriving from the paint shop in Norwich.
Nowe malowania zawsze wzbudzają sporo emocji, szczególnie jeśli poprzednie były rozpoznawalne i estetyczne. Od kilkunastu dni po Europie latają już trzy a od wczoraj cztery maszyny 737-8MAX należące do 🇮🇸Icelandair w nowej szacie graficznej. Są nimi TF-ICE (niebieski), TF-ICY (żółty), TF-ICU( różowy), TF-ICR (seledynowy). Cechą charakterystyczną zmienionej koncepcji barw będzie zmieniający się kolorowy pasek widniejący na stateczniku pionowym.
W minioną niedzielę przed moim obiektywem pojawił się różowy TF-ICU wykonujący rotację TF528 z Keflavik (BIKF/KEF). Samolot wykonywał w tym dniu drugą komercyjną rotację (KEF-BER-KEF) po opuszczeniu lakierni w Norwich.
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✈️Aircraft type: Boeing 737-8MAX
🔡Registration: TF-ICU
▶️Owner/User: Icelandair
📍Location: EDDB/BER Berlin Brandenburg Willy Brandt
📅Date: 13.02.2022
🙋♂️Photographer: Paweł Wędrychowicz
✈️Flight: TF528 Keflavik (BIKF/KEF)- Berlin Brandenburg (BER) - Willi Brandt (EDDB)
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Emerald City Doorman: Now, state your business.
Dorothy Gale: We want to see the wizard!
Emerald City Doorman: The wizard? But nobody can see the great Oz, nobody's ever seen the great Oz, even I've never seen him!
Dorothy Gale: Well then, how do you know there is one?
... from The Wizard of Oz
An early attempt using my new 10-24mm wide angle lens ! The building backs onto a dis-used railway line that became the UKs First Country Park ! It also houses a great bird hide, which I have mentioned previously on other bird photo 's !
Moving left to the photo ' takes you to West Kirby (just under 4 miles / 6 Kms) and to the right takes you to Hooton (just under 13 Kms / 8 miles) !
Great place for dragonflies during the summer months, as well as Coot, Moorhen, a variety of Finches, last but not least a great horde of the Common House Sparrow (currently under a long term study)
The pond has Roach, Rudd, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Sticklebacks and Minnows and a Great Spot for Frogs early spring !
Had to edit out my elastic in this one, it was distracting. I wear an elastic on my wrist like it's a bracelet. =P My hands and nails are all dirty in this. My cousin and I had to hike up and down this huge hill when I was taking her portraits. (Took this the same day) And I have left over nail polish that I never took off after my sister's wedding haha.
There are so many people that inspire me on flickr. I'm not going to make a list, because it would be never ending. But before I started taking pictures, I would always browse flickr and just look at photos and be completely awestruck by the amazing talent of so many photographers and I thought, "Wow, I want to be able to take pictures like that." And it was then that I decided I wanted to really get into photography.
So, this is for all you amazing flickr photographers that inspire the hell out of me. :)
It is my Grandmother Olga in front to the left.
Photo: Fotograf A. Andresen - Jomfrusti 4 - Haderslev
After a War in 1864 Schleswig in Jutland became a part of Prussia and the Danes living there became German citizens.
After Germany had lost World War I, the border between Denmark and Germany was redrawn by a referendum among the citizens of Schleswig and the northern part became Danish in 1920.
I believe this photo is from the celebrations of the reuinification, as Haderslev - where it was taken in 1920 - before the reunification was situated in Germany.
The minorities on both sides of the new border were granted rights to practice their language and culture to such a degree that the division and minorities never became a political issue between Denmark and Germany again and The Danish-German border was the only one of the borders imposed on Germany following World War I, not to be challenged by Adolf Hitler.
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Back in 2003 I traveled to Yellowstone National Park with one of my first
digital cameras, an Olympus C5050Z. I had recently read on the Internet
about a guy who had stitched together a 1 Giga-pixel image and since my
field of view was limited I thought I'd try my hand at it. Needless to say,
when I got home and tried using his technique my results were less than
stellar. A shame since the scenery was so stunning. While browsing the
old images and thinking man, I wish I had my Nikon D300 back then. Then I
remembered that I had been having considerable luck stitching with newer
versions of Photoshop. Piecing the images together wasn't easy as it is
with my Nikon images but with a lot of work it finally started to come together. Back when I took this I was still new to digital photography and shooting in Program Mode so needless to say, none of the images matched exposure or metering. A bit
more work in Photoshop and finally it started to look like an image. I
still wish I had the Nikon back in 2003 but it's equivalent (or
approximation of what was available at the time) would have cost more than
my car.
So here, hopefully for your enjoyment, is the finished result of the storm that blew in over Yellowstone Falls in Yellowstone National Park. This is actually the lower Yellowstone Falls. The upper falls are just around the bend and out of sight. The
lower falls drop in to the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and the name is
fitting. Bright yellow and orange rocks surround the falls and steep canyon
falls. It's not hard to understand why this became the world's first
National Park. The lower falls is a 308ft drop. The blue green river
water is a stark contrast against the yellow rocks. The roar of the falls
can be heard clearly from where the picture was taken. More than 63,000
gallons of water flow over the fall every second in the spring time. The
image was taken from the famous Painters Point which is a small outcropping
that extends into the canyon providing one of the most awesome sites you
will ever see. The only place that has perhaps moved me more than this
view is that of coming through the tunnel at Vista Point in Yosemite
National Park. The two parks are in stark contrast. Yellowstone is carved
by fire while Yosemite is carved by ice. Two places I would put at the top
of any nature lovers list of places to see in your lifetime.
I hope you enjoyed the image and if you read this, the story behind the
picture. Because technology continues to improve, I never throw out any
digital image. Storage is cheap. Loosing this image would have cost me
much more.
Darv
© Darvin Atkeson
California Photographer
Cove area at Laupahoehoe Point Beach Park on the Hamakua Coast, Big Island, Hawaii.
Info:
- Tsunami hit Laupahoehoe Point on April 1, 1946, causing 24 deaths.
- Memorial in the park stands as a reminder of this tragic day.
- Peninsula features smooth pahoehoe lava and is covered with grass.
- No swimming possible due to strong currents, high surf, and sharp lava rocks.
- Rocky shoreline.
> www.to-hawaii.com/big-island/beaches/laupahoehoepointbeac...
December 13th,2009(sooc and in comments too)ON BLACK
wow does the quality of this picture look amazing or what? i think soo. anyways. I've come to this conclusion..i loathe the action of assuming. I don't like it when i do it, or when anyone does it. It never makes anything better, so why do it. People that think to much, tend to assume a lot, hehe that's an assumption because i'm sure not everyone who thinks a lot assumes. I really wish that action wasn't possible. I mean you never know what someone is thinking, so you really can't assume.
So today was chill. I made strawberry pancakes(i cut up real strawberries and put them in the batter yum) for lunch.. but extreme,haha, EPIC FAIL. you know why? i put wayyyyy to much baking powder. instead of 3 TEASPOONS i put 3 TABLESPOONS ahaha so my pancakes were uber big and puffy(pictures in comments). It's funny i've made pancakes from scratch and i've never done that, i was so hungry i didn't read the recipe ahah. also wheat flour tastes sooo different then white flour, and cane sugar tastes sooo different then ruglar sugar as well. It's probably because they are both healthier and in their natural state. the pancakes tasted soo cinnamony to me..though there was no cinnamon in them. I was getting a bit flustered and annoyed, and cooking never makes me angry or flustered, i'm quite patient with it. haha. so that was fun. My dad made and yummy spaghetti dinner, though i took out the meat in the meat sauce...they were making fun of me for that. jonel texted/called me. hehe my hibernating baby. so cute. we talked from 5:30pm-almost 8pm:D he is the greatest guy on the planet. the best, funniest, most understanding, great listener, sweet, unique, random, guy i've ever met. he's so laid back, down to earth, and chill..then at times crazy, wild and silly. he's also extremely beautiful, he's so accepting of me and i'm so crazy and silly and hyper on the phone, from lack of talking to him i get all hyper and crazy. it could just be because as the days pass by more and more i'm falling deeper in love with him. he's got me in a spell i sware. i was joking with him telling him"what if i moved back to florida?" *jonel's voice gets all excited*"are you going to?!!" "hehe do you want me too?" *jonel even more anticipated and excited then before*" are you going to?" haha him and adela really really want me to move back. Even though i miss florida like crazy, i don't want to move back, yet. Maybe in two years. idk i love california. though i miss my home even more. it's crazy when you live somewhere, you don't always appreciate it and what it has to offer but then when you move away, you see what it had, and you wish you appreciated it more. I miss florida a lot. It was my home for the past 8 years, and soooo much happened in that little time. My whole life went upside down then back up again in 8 years. It was incredible. though things happened that i didn't like..i will probably always call florida my home..more than chicago..maybe because i only spent a 11 years of my life in chicago and in those 11 years, i really can't remember much. The memories i do remember are vague, yet wonderful. I loved chicago but florida is more of my home now, it's more me. Chicago has changed a lot since i was there, and i don't like what it has become..regardless of no snow in florida i don't think i will ever go back to chicago. AHAH i so got off topic. Ah well. i'm sure you don't want to hear about jonel anyways. ok well i love you life, and jonel, and ee everything. i need to go make my lunch because i'm getting up at 5:45am(eep) to open tomorrow and i work until 3pm. how fun diddy fun. hope jonel passes his test tomorrow. hope everyone had a fun sunday. i know i did. and i love all you flickr friends. you say such nice things to me
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Colonial Defenders – While some are former rebels, enforcers, or Imperials, many battle-trained colonists hail from planetary guard forces or other backgrounds. With intelligence and grit, they stand ready against any pirate, thief, or warlord who gives their colonies even a second glance.
Mon Quaramari Farmer – A hybrid from the world of Mon Cala, and a living example of reconciliation between enemies. This farmer takes the time and effort to care for the land well, and reaps the rewards.
Talz Forester – His duty is to make sure the forest and the animals that live within are healthy, and that the trees suitable for carbonculling are in good condition when it comes time to harvest.
Duros Droidsmith – Droids make life easier in the frontier colonies, but not every freed Imperial-slave-turned-colonist has the know-how to keep them up-and-running. This Duros travels from colony to colony to fix, teach, and help where he can.
Mato Rook – Once an enforcer for the Hutts, Mato escaped criminal servitude to a peaceful life on Wayland. There he found a family and a purpose, and a love for the seven-string halikset.
Mirialan Child – She gave mom and dad the slip to hear the music from across the field. Chores are dumb. She wants to dance!
Drall Colonist – This elderly female is past the point of doing much field work, instead she stays in the village center and teaches the children. But music has always been one of her passions, and she’s not too old to show it.
Zabrak Engineer – A gearhead who maintains the village’s skimmers and iontractors. She prefers order, logic, and cause-and-effect. Music fits into that perfectly, so she happily accompanies Mato on her handmade synthetic gnarlhorn.
Dubravan Defender – Once a member of a Coruscant martial warrior guild, this farmer takes a few days a week to watch for dangerous wildlife and prepare other defenders, just in case.
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The Great Wall of China was built over 2,000 years ago, by Qin Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of China during the Qin (Ch'in) Dynasty (221 B.C - 206 B.C.). In Chinese the wall is called "Wan-Li Qang-Qeng" which means 10,000-Li Long Wall (10,000 Li = about 5,000 km).
After subjugating and uniting China from seven Warring States, the emperor connected and extended four old fortification walls along the north of China that originated about 700 B.C. (over 2500 years ago). Armies were stationed along the wall as a first line of defense against the invading nomadic Hsiung Nu tribes north of China (the Huns). Signal fires from the Wall provided early warning of an attack.
The Great Wall is one of the largest building construction projects ever completed. It stretches across the mountains of northern China, winding north and northwest of Beijing. It is constructed of masonry, rocks and packed-earth. It was over 5,000 km (=10,000 Li) long. Its thickness ranged from about 4.5 to 9 meters (15 to 30 feet) and was up to 7.5 meters (25 feet) tall.
During the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the Great Wall was enlarged to 6,400 kilometers (4,000 miles) and renovated over a 200 year period, with watch-towers and cannons added.
The Great Wall can be seen from Earth orbit, but, contrary to legend, is not visible from the moon, according to astronauts Neil Armstrong, Jim Lovell, and Jim Irwin.
El monasterio de Sant Cugat es una antigua abadía benedictina situada en la localidad catalana de San Cugat del Vallés (España). El monasterio, construido en el siglo IX, destaca por su impresionante claustro. Fue el monasterio de mayor importancia de todo el condado de Barcelona. Los orígenes del monasterio se sitúan en el siglo IX cuando se decidió unir la iglesia que contenía los restos de San Cucufate o San Cucufato (Cugat en catalán) con una fortificación anexa. La pequeña iglesia, construida en el siglo V, era un pequeño recinto de planta cuadrada alrededor de la que se cree existía ya una comunidad de monjes. Sin embargo, no se tienen noticias documentadas de la existencia de esta comunidad hasta el año 878. En los inicios del siglo X la importancia del monasterio empieza a ser notable. Los abades de San Cugat tomaban parte en actos de relevancia y las posesiones de la comunidad se amplían llegando a tener tierras desde la zona del Penedés hasta la del Montseny. En el año 985, el ataque de las tropas sarracenas capitaneadas por Almanzor afectó al monasterio aunque no causó daños excesivamente graves. El abad que regía el monasterio en esa época, Odón, inició las obras de reconstrucción del cenobio. A finales del siglo XI, Berenguer Ramón II dispuso que el monasterio quedara sometido al de San Ponce de Tomieres, en la zona de la Provenza, lo que creó discrepancias entre los monjes de Sant Cugat. El abad de San Ponce se trasladó hasta el monasterio catalán y aquellos monjes que estaban en desacuerdo con su gestión fueron expulsados. Sin embargo, el obispo de Barcelona reclamó sus derechos sobre el monasterio que volvió a quedar sometido a la diócesis barcelonesa. Fue en ese periodo cuando más se ampliaron los dominios de San Cugat. Quedaron sujetos al mismo los monasterios de Santa Cecília, el de Sant Llorenç del Munt, Sant Pau del Camp, Sant Pere de Clará y el de Sant Salvador de Breda. A mediados del siglo XII se iniciaron las obras de construcción de un nuevo monasterio. Se amplió la iglesia existente en una obra que se prolongó en el tiempo, ya que su construcción no finalizó hasta el año 1337.
En el año 1350 se iniciaron las obras de fortificación del monasterio. El rey Pedro III amplió esta fortificación añadiendo algunas torres de guardia. Sin embargo, en este periodo se inició el declive de Sant Cugat. El abad Pere Busquets suprimió la elección directa del abad por parte de los monjes del monasterio. Los nuevos abades eran nombrados desde la diócesis y algunos de ellos ni siquiera visitaban el monasterio. Aunque se siguieron realizando algunas obras, San Cugat ya no tenía el poder de antaño. Durante la Guerra de Sucesión Española, el monasterio fue ocupado por las tropas del Archiduque Carlos, ocupación que causó graves desperfectos en el edificio. Se llevó a cabo una restauración que finalizó en 1789.
En 1835 los monjes abandonaron el monasterio; el abandono fue causado en parte por la ley de desamortización que obligaba a las órdenes religiosas a abandonar sus pertenencias, y en parte por el asalto de un grupo de habitantes de la zona. Sant Cugat quedó abandonado hasta 1851, año en el que la Comisión de Monumentos Históricos decidió restaurarlo.En 1931 fue declarado Monumento Histórico Artístico.
Tal vez lo más destacado de todo el conjunto del monasterio de San Cucufato es su impresionante claustro. Se trata de un claro ejemplo del arte románico catalán y fue construido en el siglo XII. En el siglo XVI se le añadió un segundo piso y se construyó también el atrio de entrada. Con una longitud de más de 30 metros, el claustro es obra del artista Arnau Gatell. Su planta es casi cuadrada y tiene arcos de medio punto, apoyados sobre pares de columnas. Cada una de estas columnas está decorada con capitel es finamente elaborados, con detalles variados que van desde la representación de animales a las escenas bíblicas. Se pueden contra 72 pares de capitales. Otro elemento destacado es la basílica, construida en este caso en estilo gótico. El edificio, de 52 metros de largo por 23 de ancho, consta de tres naves cubiertas con bóvedas sostenidas por columnas. Llama la atención el rosetón de 8,2 metros de diámetro, muy parecido al de la catedral de Barcelona y a la de Tarragona. La iglesia contiene un retablo gótico, conocido como el retablo de Todos los Santos, realizado en 1375 por el artista Pere Serra.
The monastery of Sant Cugat is a former Benedictine abbey located in the Catalan town of Sant Cugat del Valles (Spain). The monastery, built in the ninth century, noted for its impressive cloister. It was the most important monastery throughout the county of Barcelona. The origins of the monastery is located in the ninth century when he decided to join the church containing the remains of St. Cucufate or San Cucuphas (Cugat in Catalan) with a fortification attached. The small church built in the V century, was a small square enclosure around which people believe there was already a community of monks. However, there are reports documented the existence of this community until the year 878. In the early tenth century the importance of the monastery began to be noticeable. The abbots of San Cugat took part in important events and possessions of the community is coming to have land extending from the Penedes area to Montseny. In the year 985, the attack of the troops commanded by Mansur Saracens hit the monastery but did not damage too severe. The abbot, who ruled the monastery at that time, Odo began the reconstruction of the monastery. In the late XI, Berenguer Ramon II decreed that the monastery becomes subject to St Ponce de Tomieres, in the Provence area, creating discrepancies between the monks of Sant Cugat. The abbot of St. Ponce moved to the Catalan monastery and the monks who disagreed with his administration were expelled. However, the bishop of Barcelona claimed their rights over the monastery which was once again subjected to the diocese of Barcelona. It was during this period when most were extended domains San Cugat. Were liable to the same monastery of Santa Cecilia, the Sant Llorenç del Munt, Sant Pau del Camp, Sant Pere de Clará and Sant Salvador de Breda. A mid-twelfth century began construction of a new monastery. Existing church was expanded in a work that lasted over time, since its construction was not completed until 1337.
In the year 1350, work began defense of the monastery. King Pedro III extended this fortification by adding a few guard towers. However, in this period began the decline of Sant Cugat. The abbot Pere Busquets abolished the direct election of the abbot by the monks. The new abbots were appointed from the diocese and some of them even visited the monastery. Although it continued to make some plays, San Cugat longer had the power of old. During the War of Spanish Succession, the monastery was occupied by troops of the Archduke Charles, an occupation that caused serious damage to the building. It undertook a restoration that ended in 1789.
In 1835 the monks left the monastery, the abandonment was caused in part by the law that forced confiscation of religious orders to abandon their belongings, and in part by the assault of a group of locals. Sant Cugat was abandoned until 1851, when the Landmarks Commission decided restaurarlo.En 1931 was declared a Historic Artistic Monument.
Perhaps the highlight of the whole of the monastery of San Cucuphas is its impressive cloister. This is a clear example of Catalan Romanesque art and was built in the twelfth century. In the sixteenth century added a second floor and also built the entrance hall. With a length of over 30 meters, the cloister is work by the artist Arnau Gatell. Its plan is almost square and has round arches, supported on pairs of columns. Each of these columns is decorated with capitals is finely produced, with detail varied, ranging from animals to represent biblical scenes. You can expect 72 pairs of capital. Another feature is the basilica, built in Gothic style in this case. The building, 52 meters long by 23 wide, has three naves covered with vaults supported by columns. It is striking rosette of 8.2 meters in diameter, much like the cathedral of Barcelona and Tarragona. The church contains a Gothic altarpiece, known as the altar of All Saints, made in 1375 by artist Pere Serra.
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One of my contacts named my little beauty the other day and I have completely forgotten what she called her so now, please add her name for me please
A prayer to Benazir Bhutto was held on Jan. 3, 2008 in Liaqat Bagh park in Rawalpindi, where she was murdered a week before.
Merci de lire les explications en début d'album / Please read the explanations at the beginning of the set
Part of Pakistani Elections (Recommended as a slideshow)
See where this picture was taken. [?]
I love this picture because it is a perfect example of how something so simple as a character meet and greet can be so magical for the children. Alice was quick to take the girls by the hands and began telling her stories. These are the things that make Disney special. How could anyone not smile at this kind of thing?
One of the things that I love about Disneyland that you’ll rarely find at Walt Disney World, is how the characters will spontaneously show up without notice or character handlers and just start their story telling and signing autographs and picture taking. …just another little piece of the puzzle that makes Disneyland outstanding and so very magical.
A little about this picture:
HDR Orton done in Dynamic Photo HDR to give it the “dreamy” effect. After that I imported to PSPX2, duplicated the layer, desaturated and brought the color layer to the top. Then rubbed away the background to show b&w. I did this because the background was distracting. I would have liked Olivia’s face (left) a touch more in the picture, but that was how I framed it. So to balance it out a little I cropped in from the right and down from the top a little, also cutting a little more of the busy background out.
Hope you like it!
Alice In Wonderland
Main Street USA
Disneyland
Anaheim, California
August, 2008
Disney Photo Challenge winner in "Magically Manipulated" - thanks for your votes!
This picture made it to Flickr Explore October 4, 2008 - #22 - thanks everyone!
Thanks for visiting and have a great weekend everyone!
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Coming in from Fresno I rolled in to Yosemite a bit late in the day and was treated to this very much Rembrandt view of Yosemite Valley with the bright mid day sun was beaming down on Bridal Veil falls making it the spot light of the image. The lower half of El Capitan glowed a golden hue while the top remained dull gray due to the building afternoon clouds that are typical in the park in the spring time. It looked like some painting that Albert Bierstadt painted but it was in fact the real deal. The lighting was so
perfect and I rushed to get the camera set up and this was my first shot. As expected, it didn't last long and soon the brilliant white gleam of Bridal Veil Falls was dimmed by the sun. I have seen the park hundreds of times but each time I come through the tunnel from Highway 49 the view takes my breath away as I exit the tunnel. The parking lot was full with the exception of one parking slot and I quickly grabbed it. I couldn't have
asked for better lighting and this will undoubtedly be one of my personal top images on Flickr in the near future. Every so often you just get there are the right time and this was certainly one of them. At the time of this posting, this Yosemite Valley shot reigns as my Windows 7 desktop wallpaper.
For those of you that have not had the fortune to see Yosemite, let me take you on a small tour of all the features in this image. Yosemite Valley lies about dead center of the California Sierra Nevada Mountains. It was carved by several receding glaciers over several ice ages that covered most of North America and the flat valley floor later formed as Yosemite Lake filled with sediment. Today most of Yosemite Valley is forested but there are still several large meadows hidden deep in the valley.
This photograph was taken at the Tunnel View which is a few hundred feet below Inspiration Point where Yosemite Valley was fist viewed by the Mariposa Battalion. To the left you can see the single largest piece of exposed granite known as El Capitan. It is Yosemite Valley's single largest icon standing at just under 3000ft (910 meters). To the right, beautiful Bridal Veil Falls which is often lifted by strong winds as they enter Yosemite Valley and whip the falls in to a lacey mosaic of water and rock giving it the name Bridal Veil. In the far distance, you can see Half Dome and just to its left, Clouds Rest both suitably named. I was fortunate to get the cloud cover this time of year. The Icelandic volcano which has caused much havoc amongst European travelers has extended California's rainy season in to mid May and as a result, several storms have
recently blown though Yosemite. Just two days before this shot, a storm blew though and dumped several inches of snow on the upper elevations.
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For the technically inclined who want to know all the gory details:
Nikon D300
Nikkor 15-55mm
26mm (39mm equivalent)
Mode - Manual
f/2.8
1/1600s
ISO 200
ND Grad Filter
Circular Polarizer
Center Weighted Exposure
Manfrotto Carbon Fiber Tripod
RC Remote Release
Original Image Size 4288 x 2848
Posted Size 1920 x 1275
JPEG file used with only minor editing.
Processed in Photoshop CS5 (Trial Version)
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Granted the tripod and remote release was probably not required for this shot but I find it is always best to use a tripod. It also helps as I am often asked to take pictures for many of the tourist and wanting them to have a good California experience I always oblige their request and just continue to click off shots on with my remote as I take their shot and talk about the view. It is also a great place to meet fellow Flickr photographers.
Hope you find this one as enjoyable as I do and please feel free to use the Original Size as your Windows or Mac desktop background.
Prints of this shot are available upon request in most sizes. Please contact me for details.
Darv
© Darvin Atkeson
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"When we say things like "people don't change" it drives scientists crazy because change is literally the only constant in all of science. Energy. Matter. It's always changing, morphing, merging, growing, dying.
It's the way people try not to change that's unnatural. The way we cling to what things were instead of letting things be what they are. The way we cling to old memories instead of forming new ones. The way we insist on believing despite every scientific indication that anything in this lifetime is permanent.
Change is constant.
How we experience change that's up to us. It can feel like death or it can feel like a second chance at life. If we open our fingers, loosen our grips, go with it, it can feel like pure adrenaline.
Like at any moment we can have another chance at life. Like at any moment, we can be born all over again."
The Eiffel Tower (French: La Tour Eiffel, nickname La dame de fer, the iron lady) is a puddle iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. Built in 1889, it has become both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The tower is the tallest building in Paris and the most-visited paid monument in the world; millions of people ascend it every year. Named for its designer, engineer Gustave Eiffel, the tower was built as the entrance arch to the 1889 World's Fair.
The tower stands 324 metres (1,063 ft) tall, about the same height as an 81-storey building. Upon its completion, it surpassed the Washington Monument to assume the title of tallest man-made structure in the world, a title it held for 41 years, until the Chrysler Building in New York City was built in 1930; however, due to the addition in 1957 of the antenna, the tower is now taller than the Chrysler Building. Not including broadcast antennas, it is the second-tallest structure in France after the 2004 Millau Viaduct.
The tower has three levels for visitors. Tickets can be purchased to ascend, by stairs or lift, to the first and second levels. The walk to the first level is over 300 steps, as is the walk from the first to the second level. The third and highest level is accessible only by elevator. Both the first and second levels feature restaurants.
The tower has become the most prominent symbol of both Paris and France, often in the establishing shot of films set in the city - Eiffel Tower, Wikipedia
This shot was done in the same session as coiled - hence the title.
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