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C'è un luogo dove la pace della natura
Filtra in noi come la luce del sole tra gli alberi
Dove i venti ci comunicano la loro forza
e gli affanni si staccano da noi come le foglie.
Non è difficile arrivarci:
basta guardarsi dentro...
... e avere un cuore pulito.
(Romano Battaglia)
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Placebo - Twenty Years it.youtube.com/watch?v=rDnITiRNRks
There are twenty years to go
and twenty ways to know who will wear the hat.
There are twenty years to go,
the best of all i hope.
Enjoy the ride, the medicine show.
And thems the breaks for we designer fakes.
We need to concentrate on more then meets the eye.
There are twenty years to go,
the faithful and the low.
The best of starts, the broken heart, the stone.
There are twenty years the go,
the punch drunk and the blow.
The worst of starts, the mercy part, the phone.
And thems the breaks for we designer fakes.
We need to concentrate on more then meets the eye.
And thems the breaks for we designer fakes.
But it's you I take 'cause your the truth not I.
There are twenty years to go.
A golden age I know.
But all will pass, will end to fast, you know.
There are twenty years to go,
and many friends I hope.
Though some may hold the rose some hold the rope.
And that's the end and that's the start of it.
That's the whole and that's the part of it.
That's the high and that's the heart of it.
That's the long and that's the short of it.
That's the best and that's the test in it.
That's the doubt, the doubt,
the trust in it.
That's the sight and that's the sound of it.
That's the gift and that's the trick in it.
You're the truth not I.
La Grand Place (in Olandese: Grote Markt) è la piazza centrale della città di Bruxelles. La circondano le case delle corporazioni, l'Hotel de Ville (municipio) e la Maison du Roi. È generalmente considerata come una delle più belle piazze del mondo. La Grande Place di Bruxelles è stata iscritta nel 1998 nella lista del patrimonio dell'umanità dell'UNESCO.
The Grote Markt (Dutch) or Grand Place (French) is the central market square of Brussels. It is surrounded by guild houses, the city's Town Hall and the Bread House (Dutch: Broodhuis, French: Maison du Roi). The square is the most important tourist destination and most memorable landmark in Brussels next to the Atomium and Manneken Pis.
If one think that the women's veil is an islamic feature, well he is wrong. Here is an excerpt from the Bible :
"1 Corinthians 11:3-12
Now I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head.
And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head—it is just as though her head were shaved.
If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off; and if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head. A man ought not to cover his head,[a] since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.
For man did not come from woman, but woman from man;
neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.
For this reason, and because of the angels the woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head.
So we see that since the man is the glory of God and the woman is the glory of man then she has to wear the veil as a sign of authority. Her wearing the veil shows that she is subjected in authority to the man. "
Concerning the women roles, this text tells women to wear the veil so that it can show that they are subjected to man in authority !!! And this is not a matter of religion..it is just a machist exemple of oppression..
(ps.: the arabian-like signs of the picture have a pure aestethical function; no meaning)
The busy fruits and vegetables market of Rawalpindi.
Merci de lire les explications en début d'album / Please read the explanations at the beginning of the set
Part of Pakistani Lifestyle (Recommended as a slideshow)
Madrugada de Sábado 10 a Domingo 11 y en el cielo inmenso la luna más Grande y brillante de 2009, a mi me parecía el faro de Matxitxako....... :-S
A finales de diciembre pasado se pudo ver la Luna más grande y brillante de los últimos quince años.
Por si en aquella ocasión alguien se perdió el fenómeno, la pasada noche del sábado 10 de enero se pudo ver la Luna llena casi un 15% más grande y con un 30% más de brillo de lo normal. Ha sido la Luna llena más grande de 2009. ¿Por qué? El astrónomo Johannes Kepler explicó el fenómeno hace ya cuatro siglos.
La órbita de la Luna alrededor de la Tierra es elíptica y tiene un lado ubicado 50.000 km más cerca de la Tierra que el otro. La mejor ocasión para observar este fenómeno, aconsejan los astrónomos, se produce cuando la Luna se encuentra cerca del horizonte.
Los astrónomos llaman "perigeo" al punto de máximo acercamiento de la órbita de la Luna a la Tierra y es en ese punto donde la Luna estará este fin de semana. Cuando la Luna se observa cerca del horizonte provoca una ilusión que la hace ver más grande de lo normal. Más aún cuando ésta se asoma entre árboles, edificios y otros puntos de referencia en tierra.
Diario 20 minutos.
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Kids..., they never seem to ran out of questions & ideas and the tubes definitely got a great influence on them.
Twa's an ordinary weekend morning. I was in the porch reading the daily while having my morning coffee and yotsuba's having breakfast infront of the tv (as always). After a few mins, she walked over and said...." i want to be a rockstar", I'm not a bit surprised since i saw her so focused on watching those jpop tarento strutting their stuff on the tube. think it was the latest opening theme of bleach or something,
and so i asked her back., "Why do you want to be a rockstar?", she raised up her head and think for a while and then with dreamy eyes & a big smile, she answered.."So i can play the guitar". hmnn..not a bad idea at least she can learn a few things about music. now i need to figure out where i can get a guitar without punching a hole in my pocket.
Fortunately our neighbor still has his Fender, a 70's precission bass guitar he'll give to yotsuba for practice.... which reminds me, i think i better get it now before yotsuba thinks of another activity to do and which would mean another errand for me.
Note: constructive critiques accepted, i'd love to know my mistakes and ways to make better images in the future.
Accessories: TV/ donut/ mug/ breadstick from Sylvanian families set
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Yotsuba Chronicles
Yokohama, Japan
June 2009
But something tells me we'll never be together.
You came right into my life when it was falling apart and you put it back together, you've helped me through my problems and you've never ever failed to lend me a listening ear. Each and every time something fucks up, you're usually the one to make everything alright. I'm in debt to you but you don't expect anything in return. And I want more, but that just makes me greedy and selfish, I wish you could be mine, but I think I already lost my chance months ago because of my inability to tell you how I really felt, I just did not know what to say.
I'll never be able to tell you because that's just the way I am,
"What if he never speaks to me again? What if I screw this friendship up?"
And there are more reasons than just that.
I know this was an outtake but ahh it's Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year right? X)
Too busy and tired to take a photo today >_<
Not that I partied or anything, I don't like parties unless the guest list only includes people I know and I am comfortable with.
Hope everyone had a fun NYE!
I did!
I spent my evening at a lanshop with a friend playing L4D before heading home to do homework. (Redesigning and modernizing the Minoan outfit, they're very interesting! You should check them out~! )
Probably sounds really nerdy and loserish but I enjoyed myself ^_^
2009 was a pretty shitty year with way too many ups and downs so I hope 2010 will be a much better year!
What are my New Year Resolutions?
Well honestly, I don't come up with them because I don't stick to them, but fuck that.
1. Play more video games (hopefully I will have more time!)
2. Do well in school (okay this does not really agree with my first resolution but...)
3. Take better photos
4. Become skinnier
5. Become fairer
Once again Happy New Year everyone!
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In September 2008 I went to London for the first time. The first day I arrived I was exhausted so after resting until the late afternoon I decided to walk "downtown". I took the image of Buckingham Palace about half an hour before this. As I was walking through St James' Park on my way to Westminster a rain storm began. I, of course, didn't have an umbrella: who would expect rain in England? LOL - well in my defence the sky HAD looked clear when I left the hotel.
After the storm I continued walking towards Westminster and as I arrived at Parliament Square the clouds began to clear and the sunset's golden light came through.
I really like the people in this shot; the one woman shopping, the young couple talking behind the fence, they really added something to the shot which would have been a lot more boring without them.
I am very lucky to live in a semi-rural area, and I decided this evening to go for a short walk.
The weather today has been very drab, but towards evening time the skies cleared somewhat and I caught this brief glimpse of sun over the Half Moon Lake at Kirkthorpe near Wakefield in West Yorkshire UK.
It is a handheld HDR shot with +-1ev on each exposure, tonemapped in Photomatix and finished of in Photoshop CS4.
The Half Moon is a meander just off the River Calder and was originally part of the river but is now isolated.
As expressed earlier ...
I'm also thinking of leaving again. Because I cannot cope up with fulfilling duties to my friends to visit them often and comment on their pictures. Right now, I just want to work on my pictures. Shoot, process, refine and the whole ordeal really requires so much time.
If I don't come to your photostreams, it doesn't mean that I forgot you. It just means that I'm doing something. I love you all and I wish I can visit you all the times and say a word or two.
View On Black Photo © 2009, 2010 Angela A. Stanton, All rights reserved. Contact: angela@stantonphotostudios.com for further information.
Title may be funny but then it is real... at the beaches of Southern California. this summer we had no sun. In fact. my home, which is about 15 miles inland, had no summer this year either and it is fall time already! So this picture is in memoriam to our summer sun of this year.
I had the original version of this picture posted to flickr here: www.flickr.com/photos/angela_a_stanton/4541665893/ which was the unaltered version. Here I tested a new software's beta release called Oloneo PhotoEngine. It is pretty cool! The beta is a free download (google the name and you will find it). Supposedly it works until November 1st, when the final release should come--which includes a variety of things, including HDR processing.
Here I used some tone mapping akin of HDR and then played with the controls left and right.. this is a really cool result from that gloomy picture. =)
There are many ideas for the 'reason for the season'. This is my personal reason. I took 43 shots and this is the only one that came out just right. The 28mm prime does wonders over the zoom lenses on this kind of shot.
En el camino hacia el santo grial de la fotografía y la iluminación con flash, no podía no cruzarme con un snoot.
Con un poco de cartulina negra en forma de tubo frente al flash se pueden lograr efectos como este.
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On the way to the holy grail of photography and flash lighting, I found a snoot.
A black cardboard tube in front of the flash can achieve effects like this.
Strobist info: SB-900 1/32 power 200mm zoom with 25cm snoot above subject pointing to forhead. Triggered by PW.
On our daytrip to Globe, AZ, one of our favourite stops was to the Pickle Barrel Trading Post, the best antique emporium we've been to in awhile. We're still "thinking" about the $1,500 water fountain my wife eyed (i.e. I'm humouring her until she gets distracted by something else). Our big splurge was a July 1962 issue of "Arizona Highways" for $5 (cover price 40 cents). I make no claim to be smart with $$.
Anyway, just outside the front door and small parking lot of this fine establishment is a railway track that feels much too close for comfort. I managed to snap a couple shots of two different Arizona Eastern Railway (AZER) trains, each whizzing by in the span of a few minutes, blowing my ponytail into tangles. I share with you my artistic rendering of said experience.
Listen Serenata para violín - Shubert
El Monasterio de Poblet es una de las mas importantes muestras de arquitectura religiosa en Cataluña. Situado al pie de la Sierra de Prades, se alza impresionante entre campos de cultivo. El monastario fue fundado por Ramon Berenguer IV, conde de Barcelona, que donó las tierras a la orden cisterciense y fue ocupado por monjes procedentes de la abadía francesa de Fontfroide. Poblet fue lugar de descanso favorito de los reyes de Aragon, panteón real y centro cultural de primera magnitud. Su biblioteca era una de las mas importantes de la época y como todos los monasterios cistercienses era un autentico pueblo con todos los servicios necesarios para la comunidad. El declive del monasterio comienza en el siglo XVI para acabar deshabitándose en 1835, fecha de la Desmortizacion. La restauración se inició en 1930 volviendo a estar habitado por una comunidad cistericense desde 1940.
El conjunto esta constituido por tres recintos parcialmente amurallados. Pasada la primera muralla, se levanta la capilla de Sant Jordi, construida por Alfonso V de Aragon para conmemorar la conquista de Napoles. En la segunda muralla se abre la Porta Daurada, y en la tercera, la Porta Reial. A la derecha se encuentra la fachada barroca de la iglesia, y al otro lado de la puerta el locutorio, del siglo XV. El claustro, de los siglo XII y XIII, tiene capiteles historiados y pueden verse tumbas medievales. A lo largo de las galerías, se abren la cocina, el refectorio, frente al que se levanta una fuente románica, la sala de la calefaccion, la biblioteca antigua y la sala capitular. En la parte alta del claustro se encuentra el enorme dormitorio de los novicios y el archivo. Al otro lado se encuentra el Palau del Rei Martí, que nunca llegó a concluirse.
La iglesia data de los siglos XII y XIII y consta de tres naves con ábside y girola. Puede verse un bello retablo renacentista de Damià Forment y en el lado del evangelio, los sepulcros restaurados de algunos reyes de la Corona de Aragon: Jaume I, Pere IV y sus tres esposas, Ferran I, Alfonso II, Joan I y sus dos esposas, Joan II y Juana Enríquez, padres de Fernando el Católico. Tambien se encuentran en la iglesia los sepulcros de Alfonso el Maganimo y Martin el Humano.
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According to Wikipedia, the Hamadryas Baboon is a species of baboon from the Old World monkey family. It is the northernmost of all the baboons, being native to the Horn of Africa and the southwestern tip of the Arabian Peninsula. These regions provide habitats with the advantage for this species of fewer natural predators than central or southern Africa where other baboons reside. The Hamadryas Baboon was a sacred animal to the ancient Egyptians and appears in various roles in ancient Egyptian religion, hence its alternative name of 'sacred baboon'. Apart from the striking size difference between the sexes (males are often twice as large as females), which is common to all baboons, this species also shows sexual dimorphism in coloration. The fur of males is silver-white (seen here) in color and they have a pronounced cape (mane and mantle) which they develop around the age of ten, while the females are capeless and brown. Their faces range in color from red to tan to a dark brown. Males may have a body measurement of up to 31 inches (80cm) and weigh 44 to 66 pounds (20–30kg); females weigh 22 to 33 pounds (10–15kg) and have a body length of 16 to 18 inches (40–45cm). The tail adds a further 16 to 24 inches (40–60cm) to the length, and ends in a small tuft. Infants are dark in coloration and lighten after about one year. Hamadryas Baboons reach sexual maturity at about 51 months for females and between 57 and 81 months for males.
Hamadryas Baboon Troop Leader and his Daughter at the Brooklyn Zoo, New York
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Another shot from the Archives - infact, the first set of pictures that I put up on Flicker.
I took this shot on a beautiful morning in late May, 2007. The Zodiac Clock is also called a "nychtemeron".
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-snowshillmanor
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/...
Here is a description from the current Wikipedia article:
Snowshill Manor was the property of Winchcombe Abbey from 821 until 1539 when the Abbey was confiscated by King Henry VIII during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Between 1539 and 1919 it had a number of tenants and owners until it was purchased by Charles Paget Wade, an architect, artist-craftsman, collector, poet and heir to the family fortune. He restored the property, living in the small cottage in the garden and using the manor house as a home for his collection of objects. He gave the property and the contents of this collection to the National Trust in 1951.
There are two aspects of Snowshill Manor: its garden and the manor house, which is now home to Wade's eclectic collection. The garden at Snowshill was laid out by Wade, in collaboration with Arts and Crafts movement architect, M H Baillie-Scott, between 1920 and 1923 as a series of outside rooms seen as an extension to the house. Features include terraces and ponds. The manor house is a typical Cotswold house, made from local stone; the main part of the house dates from the 16th century.
Today, the main attraction of the house is perhaps the display of Wade's collection. From 1900 until 1951, when he gave the Manor to the National Trust, Wade amassed an enormous and eclectic collection of objects reflecting his interest in craftsmanship. The objects in the collection include 26 suits of Japanese samurai armour dating from the 17th and 19th centuries; bicycles; toys; musical instruments and more. On October 5, 2003, the house was closed and its entire contents removed in order to effect a number of repairs. In particular, the electrical wiring needed updating, new fire, security and environmental monitoring systems were installed, and the existing lighting was improved. The house reopened on March 25, 2005.
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2 july, 2010
Schiphol is an important European airport, ranking as Europe’s 3rd largest and the world’s 14th largest for cargo tonnage. It also ranks as the world’s 3rd largest by international passenger traffic as well as Europe’s 5th and the world’s 14th busiest by overall passenger volume. Additionally, Schiphol ranks as Europe’s 5th and the world’s 17th busiest airport by number of flights, handling 446,569 traffic movements in 2008, a 1.7% drop on 2007. Schiphol's main competitors as in passenger and cargo throughput are London Heathrow Airport, Frankfurt Airport, Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport and Madrid-Barajas Airport. In 2007, Schiphol handled 47,430,019 passengers in 2008, 0.8% down on 2007, ranking it fifth in Europe behind London, Paris, Frankfurt and Madrid. There are 188 loading slots in the whole airport. About 68% of the passenger flights were to Europe, almost 21% of its passengers travelled on intercontinental flights and 11% to Asia; cargo was mainly headed to Asia (44%) and North America (20%). In the same year, Schiphol handled 1,602,585 tons of cargo in 2008, a 3% downturn on 2007, ranking it third in Europe behind Paris and Frankfurt. In 2005 direct flights were operated to more than 260 destinations in 91 countries. The airport is one out of four airports in the world to have a rating of four stars in Skytrax's grading system.
Schiphol has five main runways, plus one used mainly by general aviation aircraft. The northern end of the Polderbaan, the name of last runway to be constructed, is 7 km north of the control tower, causing lengthy taxi times (up to 20 min) to the terminal. Plans have been made for a seventh runway.
The airport is built as one large terminal, split into three large departure halls, which converge again once airside. The most recent of these was completed in 1994, and expanded in 2007 with a new part, named Terminal 4, although this part is not recognised as a separate building. Plans for further terminal expansion exist, including the construction of a separate new terminal between the Zwanenburgbaan and Polderbaan runways that would end the one-terminal concept.
Because of intense traffic and high landing fees, some low cost carriers decided to move their flights to smaller airports, such as Rotterdam The Hague Airport and Eindhoven Airport. Many low cost carriers (like easyJet or Bmibaby) continue to operate from Schiphol, using the low-cost H-pier.
Schiphol is the home base of KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines), Arkefly, Martinair, Amsterdam Airlines and Transavia.
The Schiphol Air traffic control tower, with a height of 101 metres (331 ft), was the tallest in the world when constructed in 1991. Schiphol is geographically one of the world's lowest major commercial airports. The entire airport is below sea level; the lowest point sits at 11 feet (3.4 m) below sea level (or 4.5 feet (1.4 m) below the Dutch Normaal Amsterdams Peil (NAP)); the runways are around 3 metres (9.8 ft) below NAP.
(Wikipedia)
Golden morning light upon the trees......near The Plains,Virginia. We just moved to the area from California and I have yet to have time to really get out and explore. So much to see....so little time. We are on the way to do some shopping and run some errands,its cold as we walk around a park that we spotted from the road. its early morning and the sun had just peaked over the top of the hills. A slight breeze was blowing, just enough to put a chill on my face. My hands are cold but I managed to get a few shots of the beautiful trees. I hope to come back in spring and capture the same scene in a different light.
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" Bandelier National Monument is a U.S. National Monument consisting of 32,737 acres (132.48 km²) of northern New Mexico, United States. About five-sevenths (23,367 acres (94.56 km²)) of the monument has been designated a wilderness area. The Valles Caldera National Preserve adjoins the monument on the north and east, extending into the Jemez Mountains." ~Wiki
" Bandelier National Monument is an unexpected delight, with some of the most unusual and interesting ancient ruins in the Southwest, steep narrow canyons with plentiful wildlife, mountains rising to 10,000 feet, many acres of unspoilt backcountry and a colorful section of the Rio Grande river valley. The monument is just a few minutes drive from the scientific research town of Los Alamos, and close to other popular destinations including Santa Fe, the Jemez Mountains and several historic pueblo settlements ". ~ from www.americansouthwest.net/new_mexico/bandelier/national_m...
This is one of thier dwellings you can go inside using ladder built in volcanic ash rock.
この Bandelier National Monument というのはニュウメキシコ州のサンタフェのちかくにあります。
アナサチというインディアンの人たちが７００年から４５０年ほどまえにここに住んでいたことの証拠というのでしょうか、今は国の記念公園になっております
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Panorámica de 3 fotografías horizontales montadas en vertical del inicio de la garganta del diablo a lo lejos las ruinas de las pasarelas antiguas
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La garganta del Diablo es el salto de 80 m. con el mayor caudal de las cataratas del Iguazú, siendo a su vez estas cataratas las de mayor caudal del mundo.
Se encuentran localizadas en la provincia de Misiones, en el Parque Nacional Iguazú, Argentina haciendo frontera con el Parque Nacional do Iguaçu del estado de Paraná, Brasil.
Se accede a la Garganta del Diablo, desde el lado argentino, a través de un Tren ecológico hasta Puerto Canoas, para luego caminar sobre una pasarela de acero (la anterior pasarela de madera fue destruída por la gran inundación del año 1992), hasta el mirador de la Garganta del Diablo, con notables y próximas vistas a este y otros saltos cercanos. Es uno de los puntos más visitados de las cataratas, siendo muy concurrido durante todo el año.
La Garganta del Diablo es el más grande, majestuoso, e impresionante de todos los saltos. Por él corre la línea fronteriza entre Brasil y Argentina. Del total de las cataratas y saltos de Iguazú la mayor parte pertenecen a la Argentina, pero desde ambos países se obtienen bellas panorámicas, pues al ofrecer distintos ángulos de vista, se complementan. Saber más...
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No usar esta imagen en páginas web, blogs u otros soportes sin mi autorización, © Todos los derechos reservados.
Don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
“Y estos derechos... a respetarlos, ¿eh? ¡No vaya a pasar como con los diez mandamientos!” (Mafalda)
Le 20 Octobre, une "journée nationale de la solidarité avec les étrangers" a été organisée pour protester contre le projet de loi Hortefeux sur l'immigration et sa disposition controversée sur les tests ADN. A l'appel de 3 associations (RESF, le collectif Uni(e)s contre une immigration jetable - UCIJ- et les Collectifs des sans-papiers d'Ile-de-France - CSP), des manifestations ont rassemblées dans une quarantaine de villes françaises des milliers de participants, dont 4000 à Paris (1500 selon la police) entre Belleville et Palais Royal.
Ici, devalt le célèbre pub Frog & Rosbif, un supporter anglais du XV de la Rose sympathise avec un manifestant sans-papiers anti-Sarko :-)
Merci de lire les explications en début d'album et de parcourir les photos par ordre chronologique / Please read the explanation at the beginning of the set and view the pictures in chronological order.
Part of "Sans Papiers
cone is ca 10 cm long whilst the needles are up to 15 cm
www.conifers.org/pi/Pinus_halepensis.php
Pinus halepensis
Miller 1768
Common names
Aleppo pine; الصنوبر الحلبي [Arabic]; Pin d'Alep [French]; pino d'Aleppo [Italian]; Alepski bor [Croation]; Halep çamı [Turkish]; אורן ירושלים [Hebrew]; pino carrasco [Spanish]. Aleppo is in Syria, where the species was first described.
Taxonomic notes
Synonymy (Farjon 1998):
P. alepensis Poir. in Lamarck 1804
Pinus maritima Mill. 1768
Pinus sylvestris L. var. maritima Aiton 1789
Pinus maritima Aiton 1813 non Mill. 1768
Pinus penicillus Lepeyr. 1813
Pinus arabica Sieber ex Spreng. 1826
Pinus genuensis S.E. Cook 1834
Pinus halepensis Mill. var. genuensis (S.E. Cook) Antoine 1840
Pinus hispanica J. Cook 1834
Pinus halepensis Mill. var. minor Antoine 1840
Pinus carica D. Don in Fellows 1841
Pinus halepensis Mill. var. carica (D. Don) Carr. 1855
Pinus abasica Carr. 1855
Pinus halepensis Mill. var. abasica (Carr.) Carr. 1867
Pinus loiseleuriana Carr. 1855
Pinus pseudohalepensis Denhardt ex Carr. 1855
Pinus parolinii Vis. 1856
Pinus × saportae Rouy 1913
Pinus ceciliae Llorens et L. Llorens 1984
Pinus halepensis Mill. var. ceciliae (Llorens et L. Llorens) Rosello et al. 1992
Description
Trees 15–25 m tall and up to 150 cm DBH. Single round trunk, often divided to form in mature trees a rounded or flat-topped crown of slender, irregular horizontal, upturned branches; crown form often shaped by wind, especially near the sea. Bark at first smooth silvery gray, later becomings purple-brown, longitudinally grooved and fissured into scaly plates. Branchlets smooth, slightly ridged, gray-green. Winter buds conic, 8 mm long, the scales fringed and often reflexed. Needles in fascicles of 2(–3), 5–12 cm × 1 mm, twisted, edges minutely serrate, with stomata on all surfaces; rather sparsely arrayed along the branchlets. Fascicle sheath persistent but fragile. Seed cones on thick, scaly peduncles; at maturity ovoid, pendant, 6–12 × 4–7 cm, symmetrical, red- to purple-brown, solitary or in whorls of 2–3. Cones take 3 years to mature and remain on branches for long thereafter. Cone scales shiny, yellow- or red-brown, about 2.5 × 1.5 cm, apophysis rhomboid, flat or slightly raised and keeled, without a prickle. Seed 5-6 mm long with a 2.5 cm wing (Dallimore et al. 1967, Farjon 1984).
Distribution and Ecology
Mediterreanean and W Asia: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Greece, Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy, Malta, France, and Spain. In South Africa, where it is cultivated for shelter poles and firewood, it has naturalized and invaded grassland and fynbos, particularly on dry soils, and become widespread in the Eastern Cape and the Western Cape (Palgrave 2002). It is also locally naturalized in USA: California (PLANTS database 2009.03.31). Hardy to Zone 8 (cold hardiness limit between -12.1°C and -6.7°C) (Bannister and Neuner 2001).
Big tree
I have no data on wild trees. A specimen in Arderne Gardens, Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa was measured at 172 cm dbh and 32.0 m tall (Robert Van Pelt pers. comm., 2003.11.24).
Oldest
Dendrochronology
Pioneering work was carried out by Gindel (1944). Further work can be located at the Bibliography of Dendrochronology.
Ethnobotany
In the eastern Mediterranean, Pinus halepensis forests are important for resin, fuelwood and forest honey production and also for livestock grazing. "Resin collection activities in Mediterranean countries had always played a significant role in the welfare of forest communities, some of which lived marginally at the edge of subsistence. In some low-income areas, resin collection was (and continue to be) the only reliable source of labor. In addition, many of the resin producing forests are community forests and production benefits go to resin community co-operatives. Another important aspect of these forests is that multiple purpose forestry is applied and other activities other than resin collection co-exist, such as apiculture... Income from the wood of a Pinus halepensis tree, for example, is only 2% of the income generated from resin throughout the lifetime of the tree (an average size tree can produce 3–4 kilograms of resin per year). Moreover, it has been observed that forests that have active resin production have lower incidence of forest fires. This results from the fact that adjacent communities have an active interest in preserving the integrity of the forest ecosystems" (Moussouris and Regato 1999).
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From Wikipedia;
It was known that John Radcliffe, physician to William III and Mary II of England, intended to build a library in Oxford at least two years before his death in 1714. It was thought that the new building would be an extension westwards of the Selden End of the Bodleian Library. Francis Atterbury, Dean of Christ Church thought a 90 ft room would be built on Exeter College land, and that the lower storey would be a library for Exeter College and the upper story Radcliffe's Library. Such plans were indeed prepared, by Nicholas Hawksmoor (fourteen 'Designs of Printing and Town Houses of Oxford by Mr. Hawksmoor' were among the drawings offered for sale after Hawksmoor's death), the plans are now in the Ashmolean Museum. Radcliffe's will, however, proved on 8 December 1714, clearly showed his intention that the library be built in the position it now occupies, stating:
And will that my executors pay forty thousand pounds in the terme of ten years, by yearly payments of four thousand pounds, the first payment thereof to begin and be made after the decease of my said two sisters for the building a library in Oxford and the purchaseing the house the houses [sic] between St Maries and the scholes in Catstreet where I intend the Library to be built, and when the said Library is built I give one hundred and fifty pounds per annum for ever to the Library Keeper thereof for the time being and one hundred pounds a year per annum for ever for buying books for the same Library.[2]
A number of tenement houses fronting Catte Street, built right up to the Schools, some gardens, Brasenose College outbuildings and Black Hall occupied the site required for the library. A number of colleges became involved in the development of the site. An added problem was that Brasenose required an equal amount of land fronting High Street in return for the land they were being asked to give up. As a consequence, the Trustees had to negotiate with the owners and the tenants of the houses. An Act of Parliament was passed in 1720 that enabled any corporations within the University to sell ground for building a library. The negotiations dealing with Catte Street took over twenty years.[2]
The choice of architect had been considered as early as 1720 - Christopher Wren, John Vanbrugh, Thomas Archer, John James, Nicholas Hawksmoor, and James Gibbs were considered. In 1734 Hawksmoor and Gibbs were invited to submit plans. Hawksmoor made a wooden model of his design which is in the Bodleian. Gibbs was eventually chosen for the building.[2]
On 17 May 1737, the foundation stone was laid. The progress of the building and the craftsmen employed is detailed both in the Minute Books of the Trustees and the Building Book, which supplement information given by Gibbs in his Bibliotheca Radcliviana. An extract states:
Mr. William Townsend of Oxford, and Mr. William Smith of Warwick, were employed to be masons; Mr. John Philipps to be the carpenter and joiner; Mr. George Devall to be plumber; Mr. Townsend junior to be stone carver; Mr. Linel of Long-acre, London, to be carver in wood; Mr. Artari, an Italian, to be their plaisterer in the fret work way; Mr. Michael Rysbrack to be sculptor, to cut the Doctor's figure in marble; and Mr. Blockley to be locksmith.
Francis Smith, the father of William, was chosen as one of the masons, but died in 1738 and was succeeded by his son near the beginning of building. In 1739, John Townesend also succeeded his father on the latter's death.[2]
The building was completed in 1748, and a librarian appointed, as was a porter. The opening ceremony took place on 13 April 1749 and soon known as 'the Physic Library'. Despite its name, its acquisitions were varied for the first sixty years, but from 1811 its intake was confined to works of a scientific nature. During the first half of the 19th century the collections included coins, marbles, candelabra, busts, plaster casts, and statues. These collections have since been moved to more appropriate sites. Between 1909 and 1912 an underground book store of two floors was constructed beneath the north lawn of the library with a tunnel connecting it with the Bodleian, invisibly linking the two buildings, something envisaged by Henry Acland in 1861.[2]
After the Radcliffe Science Library moved into another building, the Radcliffe Camera became home to additional reading rooms of the Bodleian Library. The freehold of the building and adjoining land was transferred from the Radcliffe Trustees to the University in 1927. The interior of the upper reading-room houses a six ft. marble statue of John Radcliffe, carved by John Michael Rysbrack.[2] It now holds books from the English, history, and theology collections, mostly secondary sources found on Undergraduate and Graduate reading lists. There is space for around 600,000 books in rooms beneath Radcliffe Square.
Contemporaries found great irony in the fact that the iconoclast Radcliffe, who scorned book-learning, should bequeath a substantial sum for the founding of the Radcliffe Library. Sir Samuel Garth quipped that the endowment was “about as logical as if a eunuch should found a seraglio.”[3]
The building is the earliest example in England of a circular library. It is built in three main stages externally and two stories internally, the upper one containing a gallery. The ground stage is heavily rusticated and has a series of eight pedimented projections. The central stage is divided into bays by coupled Corinthian columns supporting the entablature. The top stage is a balustraded parapet with vases. The construction used local stone from Headington and Burford, which was then ashlar faced. The dome and cupola are covered with lead. The original plan was for a stone dome, but after building 5 ft. 8 in. of the stonework, it had to be removed and the design was changed. Inside, the original walls and dome were distempered but this was later removed, revealing the decorations to be carved in stone. Only the decorative work of the dome is plaster.[2]
Originally, the basement was an open arched arcade with a vaulted stone ceiling, with Radcliffe's coat of arms in the centre. The arcade arches were fitted with iron grilles, three of them were gates which were closed at night, and which gave access to the library via grand staircase. In 1863, when the building had become a reading-room of the Bodleian, the arches were glazed, a new entrance was created on the north side in place of a circular window, with stone steps leading up to the entrance.[2]
The area around the Library was originally partly paved, partly cobbled, and partly gravelled. In 1751 stone posts and obelisks surmounted by lamps were placed around the perimeter. All but the three at the entrance to Brasenose Lane were removed around 1827 when the lawns were laid and iron railings, which were removed in 1936, installed.
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: MUSE CONCERT AT BARCELONA: PALAU SANT JORDI (6 of 9): Tha queue. /
CONCIERTO DE MUSE EN BARCELONA: PALAU SANT JORDI (6 de 2): La cola.
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 61 of 115) PAG: Entrada, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115.
PHOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
Velvet: (Bah, never mind, I'm the second one in the queue, I', pretty sure Gomi will be able to feel even the sweat of MUSE guys and she leaves me alone for a while...)
Gominola: (humm... I hope Velvet can get for us nice places to see the concert and we don't get squished in the first row and they mess up my new dress. ò_ó)
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Velvet: (Bah, es igual, estoy la segunda en la cola, seguro Gomi podrá sentir hasta el sudor de los MUSE y así me deja un ratito tranquila... )
Gominola: (hum... espero que Velvet me consiga unos buenos puestos para ver el concierto y no me espachurren en la primera fila ni me estropeen mi vestido nuevo. ò_ó)
Dolls collaboration:
Tatynarata: Velvet and Gominola
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- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
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The place doesn't always compliment the subject that you're shooting. In this case I tried my best to get a decent composition, I liked the Krispy Kreme sign which of course is making a come back as seen before in my Pontiac Firebird shot. I took this in portrait orientation so that there are less people in the shot and also to show more of the sky. I did take one with a landscape orientation but I picked this one to display here first. This was also part of the Bike Show yesterday where I took the previous Harley Davidson photo.
3 exposures made in Photomatix, another Double HDR....one detail enhanced HDR, and one tone compressed HDR....merged in Photoshop CS2 as layers. Getting the best of both HDR methods. This is my favorite technique and it's been giving me fantastic results ranging from realistic to ultra dynamic.
For more of my HDR photos. Visit my HDR set.
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Location: Kuwait City, Souq Sharq. (Sharq Mall)
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Si alguna de las personas que aparecen en mis fotografías de la calle se reconocen y desean tener una copia de la foto, yo sin ningún inconveniente se la haré llegar. Y si por el contrario, no desean aparecer en esta galería solo tienen que ponerse en contacto conmigo en esta dirección de correo electrónico y la eliminaré. ( manuelyeva63@yahoo.es )
Con mis fotografías no pretendo ridiculizar, ofender o atentar contra la intimidad de nadie, solo mostrar mi trabajo.
Manuel.
18 shots panorama - HDR from 3 exposures
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Moscow, Russia - Lomonosov Moscow State University
Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова
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“Civilizations have arisen in other parts of the world. In ancient and modern times, wonderful ideas have been carried forward from one race to another...But mark you, my friends, it has been always with the blast of war trumpets and the march of embattled cohorts. Each idea had to be soaked in a deluge of blood..... Each word of power had to be followed by the groans of millions, by the wails of orphans, by the tears of widows.
This, many other nations have taught; but India for thousands of years peacefully existed. Here activity prevailed when even Greece did not exist... Even earlier, when history has no record, and tradition dares not peer into the gloom of that intense past, even from until now, ideas after ideas have marched out from her, but every word has been spoken with a blessing behind it and peace before it.
We, of all nations of the world, have never been a conquering race, and that blessing is on our head, and therefore we live...”
Swami Vivekananda
Icy wind blows between the houses, flashes quickly in the night on the streets of the rotten city. A shade, a woman, her eyes are shiver and charm, her look magnetize you, it won't let you go.
The photoshoot shows the creature in an own perspective, who became nowadays very popular in books, films and series. The vampire. The immortal being of the past, the present and the future.
Look at the whole series!
Az időn át - Vámpír krónikák (a jövő)
Jeges szél süvít a házak közt, fürgén cikázik az éjszakában a romlott város utcáin. Egy árny, egy nő, a szeme borzongás és igézet, megbűvöl a tekintete, nem ereszt.
A sorozat saját szemszögünkből mutatja be azt a lényt, aki mára oly divatossá vált könyvekben, filmekben és tévésorozatokban. A vámpírt. A múlt, a jelen és a jövő alakját, aki halhatatlansággal bír.
Nézd meg a sorozat többi darabját is!
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Concept, model: Ágnes Vincze
Makeup artist: Dóra Vízhányó
Hair stylist: Gábor Antal
Clothing designer: Zsuzsa Pócs
Strobist info:
Metz 58 AF-1 @ 1/2 power + Carena CA21 @ full power at camera left 70º into a reflective white umbrella, fired with Phottix Tetra PT-04II wireless trigger
Strobist.hu info:
Metz 58 AF-1 @ 1/2 teljesítményen + Carena CA21 @ max. teljesítményen kamera bal 70º-ról, fehér visszaverő ernyőbe Phottix Tetra PT-04II-vel indítva.
Places / Germany / Baden-Wurttemberg / Tubinga
Im Stil der Burg Hohenzollern erbaute Strebemauer, Mühlstrasse in Tübingen.
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Zinnen, Zinnenmauer
Zinnen wurden in Antike und Mittelalter oft an Befestigungsanlagen wie Stadtmauern oder Burgen eingesetzt. Im Mittelhochdeutschen wurden sie auch mit Wintberge bezeichnet. Sie waren aber nicht nur wehrhafte Bauteile, sondern auch Bedeutungsträger und herrschaftliche Symbole. Der Zinnenkranz einer Wehranlage galt lange Zeit als weithin sichtbares Zeichen der hohen gesellschaftlichen Stellung der Burgbesitzer, weil diese ihren Sitz bewehren durften.
Der Bau der Straße erfolgte 1885-1887 anstelle des ehemaligen Mühlwegs. Der bereits bestehende, aber schmale Geländeeinschnitt wurde etwas verbreitert, die Getreidemühle, Walkmühle und Pulvermühle entfernt. Als Baufirma kam unter anderen Clemens & Decker zum Einsatz. Die Mauerfassade der Hangabstützungen wurde nach dem Vorbild der Burg Hohenzollern ausgeführt. Auf der Westseite ersetzte sie größtenteils die dortige alte Stadtmauer und ist daher, leicht romantisierend, einer Befestigungsmauer mit Zinnen nachempfunden. Ein Stück originale Stadtmauer mit vier Schießscharten ist am unteren Ende noch erhalten. - Ziel des Ausbaus der Mühlstraße war es, sie als "lebhafteste und schönste" Straße zu bauen.
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LED-Lampen für Altstadt und Bebenhausen
Insgesamt 400 Straßenleuchten rüstet die Universitätsstadt mit energieeffizienter LED-Technologie aus. Die neuen EcoXCitylights von euroLighting ersetzen veraltete Lampentypen, u. a. stromfressende Hochdruck-Quecksilberdampflampen (HQL), die ab 2015 nicht mehr gehandelt werden dürfen. Statt eines Stromverbrauchs von 80W benötigen die sparsamen LEDs nur 20W und reduzieren so den jährlichen Stromverbrauch von 135MWh auf 49,3MWh. Damit spart die Stadt bis zu 64% Stromkosten und kann ihre Haushaltskassen um rund 12.000 Euro im Jahr entlasten.
hier:
... neu installierten Bodenstrahler an der Mühlstraße
Die Kosten für die LED-Umrüstung betragen rund 45.000 Euro. Davon übernimmt das Land Baden-Württemberg etwa 14.000 Euro in Form eines Zuschusses. Die verbleibenden Kosten für die Universitätsstadt in Höhe von 31.000 Euro werden sich in rund zwei Jahren amortisieren.
Grundlegende Eigenschaften sollte ein gutes Leuchtmittel haben:
* geringer Energieverbrauch
* hohe Lichtausbeute
* gute Lichtlenkung
* Strahlungsbereich: Ideal für das menschliche Auge und Insekten wäre ein Wellenlängenbereich im grünen, gelben und orangen (bis maximal 3000 Kelvin) - hier sind es 4000 Kelvin - (gut für Fotos und Sicherheit).
* Licht muss warm-weiß sein
* minimaler Strahlungsanteil im UV-Bereich
Leider spielt das Thema Vermeidung von Lichtverschmutzung häufig eine viel zu geringe Rolle!
Neue LED-Leuchten (Preistafeln, etc.) an Tankstellen und in der Werbung unterliegen scheinbar keinerlei Kontrolle bezüglich ihrer Blendung; hier gilt nur Auffallen um jeden "Preis".
Auch bei neu geplanter Beleuchtung wird oft viel Licht sinnlos in den Nachthimmel und die Umwelt gestraht, anstatt das Licht nur dorthin zu lenken, wo es gebraucht wird.
Die EcoXCitylights sind speziell für den Einsatz in Altstadtleuchten, den sog. “Nachtwächterleuchten”, konzipiert. Dank einfachem Austauschsystem lassen sich die zylinderförmigen LED-Lampen mit Einschraubsockel E27 schnell und unkompliziert in die bestehenden Tübinger Gehäuse installieren.
Ihre Lichtfarbe von 4.000K (neutralweiß) und der 360° Abstrahlwinkel sorgen für eine sichere und angenehme Beleuchtung auf Wegen, Straßen und Plätzen.
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Where: Sweden, Östergötland, Sturefors. google maps.
When: 20091222
How and why: Wonderful winter landscape and the dark river breaking the calm. I took a number of different photos of the river that day, and this was one of the more complete views. Shot through the fence that you see coming back on the sides.
Editing: Minor
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22nd October 2007: I posted my first shots on Flickr.
It was a year ago and I couldn't imagine how much it would have changed myself.
For me, Flickr and burning passion for photography have come together. I couldn't say how much I've learnt and keep on learning, my friends, looking at your shots, talking with you. I didn't know what "bokeh", "DoF", "panning" or whatever meant before, and I would have been afraid to use manual mode while shooting, fearing to make mistakes. Then...I felt in love with many photos of yours, not the usual "point-and-shot" photos, but the ones that mean passion, study, willing to learn. I've decided to try myself, with a lot of mistakes, but also growing passion.
I have learnt a lot, I have a lot to learn, and this makes me happy like nothing else, expecially in time of changes and state of uncertainty - the time that I'm living nowadays. It's hard to describe the way I feel when I'm able to take "that" shot I had in mind, no matters if that means attempts, patience, time, sometimes going beyond my own fears (I can overcome vertigo for a shot only!); it's hard, but I know it's the same for many of you. And I know that I'll be always late for lunch or whatever if I go for a walk with my camera, because I'm sure that after a while I will find something that worths a stop for a picture, and then something else, and else...I had never understood how world is beautiful before seeing it through a lens. That's a precious gift that photography (and Flickr, in a way) made to me.
But there's also another gift: and it's you, my friends. Wonderful photographers, and often wonderful people that I was so lucky to find.
So: 366 days of Flickr, 366 times thank you.
"Andare a piedi fino a dove non senti dolore
solo per capire se sai ancora camminare.
Il mondo è un corpo coperto di lividi,
i miei pensieri sempre più vividi.
Corpi sulla strada che si lasciano affittare,
tavole anatomiche da saccheggiare.
Corpo perfetto, corpo immortale.
Il corpo è la frontiera che si può violare. "
Subsonica
Give me one reason to stay here - and Ill turn right back around
Give me one reason to stay here - and Ill turn right back around
Because I dont want leave you lonely
But you got to make me change my mind
Baby I got your number and I know that you got mine
But you know that I called you, I called too many times
You can call me baby, you can call me anytime
But you got to call me
I dont want no one to squeeze me - they might take away my life
I dont want no one to squeeze me - they might take away my life
I just want someone to hold me and rock me through the night
This youthful heart can love you and give you what you need
This youthful heart can love you and give you what you need
But Im too old to go chasing you around
Wasting my precious energy
by Tracy Chapman "Give me one reason"
Credo che, in grande renda meglio l'imponenza della cascata.
La Cascata del Toce o La Frua (Frütt Fall in dialetto tedesco walser) è una cascata che si trova nel comune di Formazza in frazione Frua (Uf der Frütt in dialetto tedesco walser); con essa il fiume Toce compie un salto alto 143 m su un reclinamento roccioso di 200 m, con un fiocco d’acqua alla base di 60 m.
La cascata del Toce è considerata una delle più spettacolari delle Alpi, sebbene l'intervento umano ne abbia ridotto la portata per gran parte dell'anno. A monte della cascata il Toce forma infatti il lago di Morasco, un lago artificiale da cui le acque vengono captate per il funzionamento delle centrali idroelettriche (in successione) di Morasco, Ponte e Fondovalle. In cima alla cascata, vi è lo storico albergo (1863) che visse la bell’epoque del turismo alpino di inizio secolo.
La cascata viene aperta durante il periodo estivo, riprendendo pienamente la propria conformazione naturale. Per arrivare in questo luogo, si percorre l'importante Strada Statale 33 del Sempione che collega Milano con il Confine di Stato di Iselle e giunti a Crevoladossola si imbocca la Strada Statale 659 di Valle Antigorio e Val Formazza che porta appunto alla cascata. Quest'ultima strada è lunga circa 40 km ed in alcuni punti è particolarmente stretta e tortuosa, ma la bellezza della cascata merita certamente una gita.
Questo luogo è ricordato dagli appassionati di ciclismo in quanto qua ci fu, a 3 km dall'arrivo della 19sima tappa del giro d'Italia 2003, l'ultimo scatto di Marco Pantani.
La foto sopra è stata scattata da sopra i gradini della splendida villa che vedete qui sotto,purtroppo non ho potuto visitarla ma ritornerò quando il giardino sarà completamente fiorito.
Villa Carlotta.
Villa Carlotta è un luogo di rara bellezza, dove capolavori della natura e dell'ingegno umano convivono in perfetta armonia in oltre 70.000 mq visitabili tra giardini e strutture museali. La splendida dimora venne commissionata alla fine del 1600 dal marchese Giorgio Clerici: un edificio imponente, ma sobrio, circondato da un giardino all'italiana con statue, scalee e fontane venne così edificato in una conca naturale tra lago e montagne, di fronte ad uno scenario mozzafiato sulle dolomitiche Grigne e la penisola di Bellagio. Ma fu con Gian Battista Sommariva, il successivo proprietario, che la villa toccò il sommo dello splendore, arricchendosi di opere d'arte e divenendo importante tappa nei percorsi del Grand Tour. Sommariva, imprenditore e collezionista d'arte, acquisì la proprietà di Tremezzo agli inizi dell'Ottocento: egli volle che parte del giardino fosse trasformato in uno straordinario parco romantico e che la villa venisse impreziosita con opere di Canova, Thorvaldsen e Hayez: Palamede, Amore e Psiche, Tersicore, l'Ultimo bacio di Romeo e Giulietta sono solo alcuni dei capolavori che fanno ancora oggi della villa uno dei templi dell'arte ottocentesca. Alla metà del XIX secolo la proprietà venne donata dalla principessa Marianna di Nassau alla figlia Carlotta in occasione delle sue nozze con Giorgio II, duca di Sachsen-Meiningen; quest'ultimo, appassionato botanico, si prodigò per lo sviluppo e l'arricchimento del vasto giardino paesaggistico, oggi di grande pregio storico e ambientale. Favorito, infatti, dalla fertilità del terreno dovuta al deposito da parte di antichi ghiacciai di un sedimento particolarmente acido, il parco di villa Carlotta è celeberrimo per la stupefacente fioritura primaverile dei rododendri e delle azalee in oltre 150 varietà. Tuttavia ogni periodo dell'anno è adatto per una visita: in un itinerario tra antichi esemplari di camelie, cedri e sequoie secolari, platani immensi e essenze esotiche si susseguono infatti sorprendenti incontri: il giardino roccioso, la valle delle felci, il bosco dei rododendri, il giardino dei bambù, il museo degli attrezzi agricoli e straordinari scorci che ben giustificano la fama di questo luogo, fin dall'Ottocento considerato "un angolo di paradiso".
Here is my entry CAT 1 for the Batman contest organised by Eurobrick.
This MOC is directly inspired by the Burton's version : Batman returns edited in 1992
Even if Nolan's versions are incredible (can't wait for The Dark Knight Rise..) I really would like to underline Burton's work. All screen shots used for the build are avalaible HERE
8 leds (3 in sewers under each round 4X4 reversed, 1 near the police car, 1 in the building, 1 in the batsignal on the roof and 2 behind the 2 satues)
Real fence in the road under the upsidedown 4X4 round plates to have the effect in the sewer with led inside
NO PICS HAVE BEEN EDITED in photoshop, they are all direct shots from the camera.
Snow effect has been realised with "iced sugar"
On the roof the little bat signal has been made like THIS beetwen two trans dish 4X4 in a reversed tire.
And catsy got Batsy's cap 'cause they spend the night together..... :)
MORE PICS in the making off !
Hope you'll enjoy !
AUTHOR : IMRE BECSI
Location of shoot : Tahitótfalu, Hungary, Central-Europe
Time of shoot : 22.04.2007.
PICTURE MADE WITH :
( Home-made assembled pinhole camera be composed of
few original photography equipments )
Camera body : IKEA plant pot
Film back : 450 (Pack film holder to 4x5 back)
Film back holder : Cambo Revolving Back Assembly
Grip : IKEA handle
Viewfinder : I made it myself from Super 8 mm Titel maker and HAMA flash holder
Focus : 85 mm
Pinhole : 0.35 mm (from Lenox laser)
Diaphragm : 243
Shutter : Compal Polaroid MP4
Matte Box : Arriflex 3X4 (from my Eclair s16 movie camera set)
Tripod & Head : Velbon
Quick release plates : Manfrotto
Film : Fuji Fp 100c 45
Filter : Circular Polar, Ultra Contrast 1/2, Orange, Nd6 Sofr Gradual
Light : Hard afthernon sun
Metered exposure : 14,5 EV (Minolta Light Meter III with diffusor)
Calculated exposure : 10 EV / 56 sec.
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Dev. : 75 sec. ( normal )
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Rupit, Barcelona (Spain).
ENGLISH
Rupit and Pruit (in Catalan Rupit i Pruit) are a municipality of the region of Osona located to the northeast of the region and the east of the Sierra de Cabrera. It is integrated by two urban nuclei: Rupit and Pruit, that they were independent until year 1980. It is the last town of the province of Barcelona in the highway that unites the municipalities of Vic, capital of the region of Osona and Olot, capital of the region of the Garrotxa (Girona).
The origin of the town we found in the castle that was constructed around year 1000, replacing the one of Fàbregues, where they went constructing houses around.
In 14th century the population underwent a reduction but it recovered, arriving in 17th and 18th centuries at the maximum splendor that has never had the town. The church was possibly built between 13th and 14th centuries, and it was dedicated to San Miguel Arcángel.
Pruit already names in year 955, when it belonged to viscounts of Osona. Always there is been united to the castle and jurisdiction of Rupit.
Sources: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupit_y_Pruit and pieraedicions.com/rupitpruitbreuhistoria.htm.
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CASTELLANO
Rupit y Pruit (en catalán Rupit i Pruit) es un municipio de la comarca de Osona situado al noreste de la comarca y al este de la Sierra de Cabrera. Está integrado por dos núcleos urbanos: Rupit y Pruit, que fueron independientes hasta el año 1977. Es el último pueblo de la provincia de Barcelona en la carretera que une los municipios de Vic, capital de la comarca de Osona y Olot, capital de la comarca de La Garrotxa (Gerona).
La iglesia de Sant Joan de Fàbregues y su castillo están documentados desde el año 968. Hacia el siglo XII surgió el pueblo de Rupit habitado por familias nobles. En 1878, la iglesia de Rupit dejó de depender de Sant Joan de Fàbregues y en 1959 el municipio pasó a llamarse Rupit. En 1977 se unieron los municipios de Rupit y Pruit.
Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupit_i_Pruit