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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
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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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So we got 4 inches of snow on tuesday, and that's why I could capture that previous snow-filled image. But it's slowly melting and turning into slush. So let's get back to autumn for a while.
Where: Sweden, Östergötland, Bjärka säby. google maps
When: 20101015
How and why: Panning the camera while the image is recording to create a recognisable abstract of autumn.
Editing: Minor.
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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)
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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.
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“Y estos derechos... a respetarlos, ¿eh? ¡No vaya a pasar como con los diez mandamientos!” (Mafalda)
The ruins of Ashab (meaning, companions of the Prophet) mosque in Quanzhou, China. The oldest stone built mosque in China, the oldest inscription dates to 1009 AD though most of what remains today dates from the 1310 reconstruction by Ibn Muhammed al-Quds of Shiraz (a city in Iran) under Emperor Zhida of the Yuan Dynasty.
Standing in the center of the mosque, you can see the mihrab (central place for prayer) down the middle with two of the pillars which once supported the roof. Behind the stone front wall, to the left you can see some grave stones, and the building just behind is a small museum. Outside the frame to the right is the recently constructed prayer hall which is used today and to the left the stunning front facade, also of stone which exists today.
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One of the biggest giant sequoias seen in the Sequoia National Forest, the General Grant. These trees are really impressive with heigths up to 80m and up to 3.000 years of age. A nature jewel that we must preserve.
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Los árboles más grandes de la Tierra son, sin duda, las Sequoias gigantes (Sequoiadendron giganteum), y sólo crecen en Sierra Nevada, California, Estados Unidos. Son una especie de coníferas que ostentan alturas de entre 50 y 80 metros, y alcanzan una edad de tres mil años. El nombre se cree que proviene del líder cherokee Sequoyah, pero no es seguro.
El ejemplar vivo más grande es el apodado General Sherman, que está en el Giant Forest del Sequoia National Park. Este árbol magnífico tiene 83 metros de altura, 31 metros de circunferencia y una edad aproximada de 2200 años. Así que podríamos decir que es el ser vivo más inmenso del planeta. El naturalista James Wolverton le dio ese nombre en 1879 en honor al general William Tecumseh Sherman, un líder de la Guerra Civil de Estados Unidos, ya que él había peleado bajo su mando.
Las sequoias se caracterizan por ser muy altas y anchas, pero sus ramas no son muy grandes, la más larga del General Sherman mide unos dos metros. Pero sus troncos suelen tener un diámetro de entre 5 y 8 metros. Y se encuentran entre los seres vivos más antiguos del planeta, ya que la sequoia más anciana tiene unos 3200 años.
La corteza de las sequoias es muy fibrosa, arrugada y puede llegar a tener unos 60 cm de grosor. Tienen unas hojas muy bellas, con forma de lezna, son perennes, y miden de 3 a 6 milímetros de largo. Se las ve dispuestas en forma de espiral, lo que les da un tine muy pintoresco.
Las semillas de sequoia se las encuentra en forma de piñas, que maduran en unos 20 meses, si bien permanecen cerrados y verdes durante unos 20 años
Su hábitat es muy restringido. Sólo habitan en la parte occidental de Sierra Nevada, California, en un área de sólo 14 mil hectáreas. No hay bosques que sean exclusivamente de sequoias, sino que se los ve aquí y allá, aunque hay pequeñas áreas que podrían llamarse bosque puro. Se calcula que habrá unos 20 mil ejemplares, distribuidos en pequeñas arboledas de unos seis árboles vivos.
http://elblogverde.com/los-arboles-mas-magnificos-del-mundo-sequoias/
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Al-Quran | Al-Furqoon | Ayat 74:
"And those who pray, "Our Lord! grant unto us wives and offspring who will be the comfort of Our eyes, and give us (the grace) to lead the righteous."
"Dan juga mereka (yang diredhai Allah itu ialah orang-orang) yang berdoa dengan berkata: "Wahai Tuhan kami, berilah kami beroleh dari isteri-isteri dan zuriat keturunan kami: perkara-perkara yang menyukakan hati melihatnya, dan jadikanlah kami imam ikutan bagi orang-orang yang (mahu) bertaqwa."
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Sedih aje muka dia hari semalam masa buat majlis sambutan hari jadi dia.
Takde mode kot... asal nak ambil gambar je buat muka masam je ;(
Sebab masa ni muka dia masam aje, jadi nak 'sedapkan' mata, pekena editing fractal sikit, kununnya bulehlah sedapkan mata menengoknya ;D
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So my calf did not magically heal itself over night like I had hoped. I'm still hobbling around and icing. Since it's my right calf and I can't flex it or use it to press on a pedal, I can't really drive right now. Luckily, Andy was sweet enough to drive me up to my office this morning and lug some of my files down to the Jeep to take home to work this week. Still so super frustrated about this. Especially the timing. I'm finally getting super active again and enjoying it, and I go and hurt myself so that I can't even walk.
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365 Days (self portraits): Day 342
52 Weeks of Feeling Fit: Week 10
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
I had worked this up last night to assist in the Alt Bricks Track Discussion on Eurobricks but Duq beat me to it. I'm posting it anyway as a reference to curve construction techniques and differences in radii.
All of these examples are possible using current LEGO track geometry though some require modifying track sections to make half and quarter length sections. None of these are truly a replacement for a purposely designed and molded larger radius curve however. They all suffer from a jagged profile most noticeable when running shorter wheelbase rolling stock which can wobble quite a bit in some of these curves.
The radius of each track example is measured to the center of the track gauge.
1. This the standard 40 stud radius that LEGO had used since the introduction of their first train sets.
2. This is a 56 stud radius built using standard length curves with half length (8 stud) straight sections in-between.
3. 72 stud radius built using the common flu curve, full straight construction method.
4. 88 stud radius built using 1.5 straight sections (24 studs) in-between full cube sections.
5. 104 stud radius using two full straight sections in-between full curve sections.
6. This is the super wide curve first seen in RAILBRICKS #1 and since adopted by many clubs including my own. This curve as constructed using the method detailed in RAILBRICKS results in a 232 stud radius curve though with some tweaking 216 and 244 stud radius curves can also be achieved.
7. Our standard 40 stud radius again for reference.
8. 56 stud radius built using alternating half curves and quarter straight sections.
9. 72 stud radius using alternating half curve and half straight sections.
10. 88 stud radius using alternating half curve and 3/4 straight sections.
11. 104 stud radius using alternating half curve and full straight sections.
12. This is the most common configuration used when AFOLs and clubs look to increase the radius of the curves in their layouts. This is built using the 72 stud radius technique from example no. 3. When adding additional lines each curve is started one full track section further out than the previous line. While this is the simplest large radius curve to make, requiring no modification of track it is also the least aesthetically pleasing of all the examples. The abruptness of the transition from strait to curve and back to straight again is very noticeable as well as the inconsistency in the distance between tracks as you travel around the curve.
13. This is merely to show just how impossibly tight standard (40 stud radius) LEGO curves are. In less than the space of one 48x48 baseplate a train is changing directions 90 degrees. Most stock LEGO train cars today are at least half the length of this radius. The only real life railways using anything close to such a tight radius would be trolley/tram lines and small industrial railways.
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).
Observations
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16 mm Nikkor. Photoshop CS4
A sort of duotone but pulled back on the opacity to give the level of colour, a sort of sand colour, the colour taken from the stone of the Radcliffe Camera itself. Use of the Gradient Tool dragging from bottom left to top right.
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
LINKS:
- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
Easter egg ?
Lego Zombillenium project :
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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.
For more of my Car photos. Visit my Automobiles set.
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Lens: EF 24-105 F4 L IS.
ISO: 100.
Aperture: F/14.
Focal Length: 24mm.
Ex: Shot on a tripod with cable shutter release.
Location: Kuwait City, Souq Sharq. (Sharq Mall)
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So today is the last day of winter break. All i want to do is relax, but I have some hmwrk that needs to be done for tomorrow :/ James Carrol, from this new up and coming band The Sweet Escape which is going to be hitting the studio in Febuary, came over and wanted to take a few shots. We set everything up and this is what we got, its very simple and clean but I like them, and I just wanted to start shooting again!
I've got a couple promo's lined up for this month so I'm really stoked about that, im exited to see what 2010 is going to bring and I know that im going to be making the best of whatever it throws at me, as should everyone else.
But I have some things planned for this week, hopefully everything follows through and I can get back into shooting daily again. And I have a lot of work to do with some more great clothing companies which everyone should be seeing very shortly! :]
&&& Go check out The Sweet Escape they are playing a FREE acoustic show at the Treasure Coast Mall, in Hot Topic Jan 29th! So if your in the area def go and check it out!
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AB800 right overhead shot through softbox
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We visited Rye in early July, 2008, and immediately added it to our list of favorite English small towns along with Ludlow in Shropshire, Bakewell in Derbyshire, Richmond in Yorkshire, and Moreton in Marsh in the Cotswolds. We were only there for the afternoon, but we managed to walk the cobblestone streets, tour Henry James' Lamb House (National Trust ), climb the church tower for the views, and take a three mile loop walk out to Camber Castle and back .
If you click on the Set to the right and run the Slideshow in Full Screen Mode, you can follow us up Mermaid Street, past Ypres Castle, through the Old City Gate, past the shops on High Street, around the Church Square, into St. Marys Church, and then up to the top of the church tower (not for the faint hearted) for views of the town, Camber Castle, the River Rother, and Romney Marsh.
Here are separate sets for the garden at Lamb House and for our three mile walk out to Camber Castle through the waterfowl preserves:
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Rye in medieval times was one of the Cinque Port towns, and was located on a bay which has since silted up. With the coming of bigger ships and larger ports, Rye's economy began to decline and fishing and smuggling became more important.
I realise that most of you live too far away to be able to come along but on Tuesday 12 October I'll be giving a talk to North Cheshire Photographic Society about my photos: www.ncps.org.uk/pages/syllabus/syllabus.html
The talk is scheduled to last for about an hour and a half. I've never done any public speaking lasting longer than a few minutes so, as you can imagine, I'm a little apprehensive and I'm now regretting having agreed to the thing! :-)
For the first hour I'll be showing lots of my own photos using a digital projector as well as discussing the work of photographers who have inspired me, like our own Leeechy www.flickr.com/photos/leechypics/ who first showed me over at DPR that photography could be an art form, as well as the work of iconic photographers like Michael Kenna: www.michaelkenna.net/
In the final 30 minutes of the talk (after a tea break!) I'm going to be discussing basic tips on photographic composition.
Anyone who would like to come will be made very welcome!
Ian
Places / Germany / Baden-Wurttemberg / Tubinga
Im Stil der Burg Hohenzollern erbaute Strebemauer, Mühlstrasse in Tübingen.
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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.
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The machines waited for me.
Waited for me to be born and grow young,
For the totempoles of my personality to be carved,
and the slow pyramid of days
To rise around me, to be robbed and forgotten,
They waited where I would come to be,
a point on earth,
The green machines of the factory,
the noise of the miraculous machines of the factory,
Waited for me to laugh so many times,
to fall asleep and rise awake so many times,
to see as a child all the people I did not want to be,
And for suicide to long for me as the years ran into the mirror
disguising itself as I grew old
in eyes that grew old
As multitudes worked on machines I would work on,
worked, ceased to exist, and died,
For me they waited, patiently, the machines,
all the time in the world,
As requiems waited for my ears
they waited,
As naked magazines waited for my eyes
they waited,
As I waited for soft machines like mine
time zones away from me, unknown to me,
face, flesh, all the ways of saying goodbye,
While all my possibilities, like hand over hand on a bat
to see who bats first, end up choking the air—
While all my lives leap into lifeboats
shrieking—"You can't afford to kill time
while time is killing you!"
Before I said Only the religion whose command before all others
is Thou Shalt Not Work shall I hosanna,
Before I said Not only underground are the minds of men
eaten by maggots,
Before I said I would rather be dead
than sweat at the work of zombies,
The machines waited.
Now the factory imagines I am there,
The clock keeps watching me while it works
to see how much time it has left.
How much does it get paid? Are coffins the safes
where it keeps its cash?
I see my shadow working on the shadow of a machine.
Everywhere I look I am surrounded by giant machines—
Machines that breathe me till I become stale
and new windows of meat must be opened.
Each year of my name they ran, day and night,
Each time I kissed, each time I learned a new word,
or name of a color, or how to spell boy,
Night, day, without stopping, in the same place running,
Running as I learned how to walk, talk, read, count, tell time
and every time I ever ran alone
pretending to be a wild black stallion,
They ran as I thought never (my eyes in the clouds)
would my future corpse need to be buried
premature in slavery of exchange to contemplate
the leisure vacations of photosynthesis and limnology
and the retirement of tombstone inscriptions
into veils that veronica the earth,
They ran, and I never heard them,
never stopped to hear them coming,
All the times walking to school and back,
All the times playing sick to stay home and have fun,
All the summers of my summer vacations
I never once thought I'd live to sacrifice my dwindling fleshbloom
packaging the finishing touches on America's decay
For money to earn me so I can write in the future
about what I am now, then am no longer,
Shortening the lifespan of planet for 6¢ a minute
so I can elegize the lifespan of beauty and my life,
So I can say before my parents ever met
machines were blaring the same hysterical noise,
So I can say they were waiting for me
every mouthful of food I swallowed,
So I can say they were waiting for me
every time paper eyes of paper nakedness
watched my hands perform the ritual of dreams,
So I can say each second so many die so many are born,
like rapid snapping of fingers, snap, snap,
snap you live, snap you die, snap you live and die again!
Each day of my life is my life!
So, winding my watch before work
with the galaxies of my fingerprints—
each twist of my lifeline a dungeon of ticks—
I wondered was it for this
my hide'n'seek Huckleberryhood?
And pondered how each day goes to its grave single file
without the corpse of what I might have been,
Yet the hour hand is so slow
no one will ever see it move.
Each of the great works never written
By those who work in factories so they can write words,
what they say will be great words,
Does not care, does not wait to be written—
At the end of a day's work he who left his mind
eight hours at his writing desk for the repugnance
of metal on metal, noise on noise,
Sits down with his pen as if he had already written
the great words of his dreams.
His feet feel like nursing homes for wheelchairs,
His ears an inferno of crickets,
And he says—"I feel like the grave of someone I loved"
" Factory " by Antler ( poet ) section one
A view Greater Vancouver seen from Grouse Mountain in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About this photo: It's been pretty cold the last month and we have been blasted by serious winter weather, which we don't have very often. I live about 15km from downtown Vancouver in one of the suburbs and at a higher location, so we have been getting lots of snow. We must have about 2 feet (50-60cm) on the ground. I was finally able to get out of my back alley a few days ago, so I have been taking advantage of it as the weather was beautiful. Very cold (-2C during the day...yes that's very cold for Vancouver) but it has been sunny.
Yesterday I decided to go to Grouse Mountain as I have a pass for a year to go up with the gondola. The views were amazing and as I am walking around I am in awe of what all these skiers and snowboarders get to see when enjoying their favourite sports up here. Wow, the view of the city down below is just amazing as you can see in this photo.
~Camera Settings:
*Camera Model: Sony ILCA-77m2
*Focal Length: 50mm
*F-Number: F/8
*Exposure Time: 1/320 sec.
*ISO Speed: ISO-100
*Exposure Program: Aperture Priority (A)
Thank you for dropping by and I hope you like this photo!
Ann :-)
Some information about Grouse Mountain in North Vancouver: Grouse Mountain is both a resort and an attraction as well as a popular North Vancouver year-round mountain playground. There’s no better view of Vancouver’s North Shore and the city of Vancouver than the one you’ll see from the famous Grouse Mountain Skyride, an aerial tram that takes visitors up the mountain 365 days a year.
The mountaintop adventure begins as you get off the Skyride where you arrive at the Peak Chalet. You’ll find a variety of dining and shopping options, as well as the Theatre in the Sky. Grouse Mountain has an exceptional collection of award-winning dining high above the city. The Observatory is the crown jewel of the resort’s restaurant collection.
Summertime on Grouse Mountain is great time for going on hikes, watching a lumberjack show, visiting the grizzly bear habitat, enjoy a helicopter tour, zipling, paragliding, watching a Birds of Prey demonstration and so much more. You can enjoy movies at the Theatre in the Sky about the history of Grouse Mountain and the bears. Winter on Grouse Mountain includes great skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing and ice-skating. This is a year round destination and has something for everybody to enjoy and it's only located about 15 minutes from downtown Vancouver.
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The National Horse-breeding Farm of Kladruby nad Labem - www.nhkladruby.cz
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The horse-breeding farm which Czech estates granted to Emperor Maximilian II. in 1560. In 1579 his son Rudolf II granted the farm imperial establishment status. Teams of Kladruby white horses used to be put to coaches on festive occasions at the Prague and Vienna courts, whereas black horses served the needs of the clergy. In 1918 the horse-breeding farm became the property of the state. Approximately 1,150 horses of the magnificent Staré Kladruby breed are kept throughout the world, with almost half of them being in Kladruby (white horses) and Slatiňany (black horses). The Staré Kladruby horses continue to appear at royal courts (Denmark), at competitions involving teams of horses, including world championships, and Baroque-style horse riding competitions. The Kladruby nad Labem horse-breeding farm is open to the general public throughout the entire season.
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 !
La foto esta tomada a las 8, 20 de la tarde de un esplendido día de primavera, con ratos de sol y ratos de lluvia, cuando ya nos ibamos vi la pequeña casa sola en el campo, paramos el coche y le hice 7 fotos, rodeando el edificio, con el 17-40 con la distancia focal de 17 mm, tomanto en primer termino la casa y al fondo el cielo que estaba como lo veis.
Luego de procesarla en el ACR con los parametros que la 20D requiere, la paso por el PS modificando niveles por zonas, en este caso tres, cielo, casa y campo. El resultado es lo que véis.
Gracias a todos los que la habéis visto y habéis dejado algún comentario o seña de visita.
Un saludo
Luis
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
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: DATING AT CINEMA (3 of 5): The movie: Interlude /
CITA EN EL CINE (3 de 5): La Peli: Intermedio
(Read in this order) PAG: 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, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286.
PHOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
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COLLABORATION:
- Dom y Akari en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Cinema's diorama by Minao. Sweets shop's diorama by Sheryl and Minao Collaboration.
- Little interpretation of Mad_Pullip's Emily as a MUSE fan.
SHERYL LINKS:
- Pullip .es: Las Fotohistorias de Sheryl
- Sheryl's Flickr: Photostories 2011 - Sketches 2011 / Photostories 2012 - Sketches 2012
This is a forward-dated version of the accompanying image of the same bus as a Daimler demonstrator. PHP 220 was a Daimler CVG6 with a 1954 Northern Counties H33/28R body. The chassis, which is believed to date from 1952 and initially used in a development role, only became a CVG6 proper in 1954. It was acquired by Cambridge independent Burwell & District Motor Services in 1956, which operated it until 1972. I am grateful to Jim Neale for a copy of the original Daimler photograph. Jim contributed the following recollection to the Old Bus Photos website:
"An amusing anecdote regarding the air-change on PHP was of a part-time driver, not familiar with the system parking on the bay in Drummer St. bus station leaving it in reverse gear. (ie not engaging neutral by depressing the pedal after selecting). After tea-break and a slight air-leak when the engine was started the bus was stuck in reverse gear which required half of the bus station to be cleared while the embarrassed driver reversed round far enough to build up enough air-pressure to disengage reverse and then engage a forward gear to proceed" (19-Mar-16).
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Nomi comuni della ROSA CANINA:
*Rosa di macchia
*Rosa selvatica
*Rosa di bosco
Questa pianta deve il nome canina a Plinio il vecchio, che affermava che un soldato romano fu guarito dalla rabbia con un decotto di radici.
La Rosa Canina è una varietà di rosa selvatica, che può crescere spontaneamente nei boschi e nei dirupi. Fin dall'antichità è stata considerata un fiore dalla doppia valenza; da un lato, infatti, la Rosa Canina si caratterizza per la bellezza e soavità del profumo dei propri boccioli, dall'altro per il tronco ed i rami pieni di spine, piccole e appuntite, che rappresentano un ostacolo per chiunque si avvicini e desideri cogliere una rosa. Per questi motivi il significato attribuito al fiore è duplice: delicatezza e piacere ma la tempo stesso anche sofferenza e dolore fisico. Da non dimenticare sono poi le proprietà calmanti e rilassanti associate agli infusi ed estratti ricavati con i petali del fiore.
The last home of Virgin Mary in Ephesus, Turkey. Three sets of proofs are provided by the American Society of Ephesus:
(1) The tomb of St John is in Ephesus and this is the first basilica in the world dedicated to the Virgin Mary; in the early days of the church places of worship were only dedicated to those who lived or died in the locality.
(2) the Ecumenical council of 431AD was held in Ephesus in this Basilica for the definition of the dogma of the divine motherhood of Mary. The council fathers write of Nestorius ‘… after his arrival in Ephesus, where John the theologian and the Holy Virgin Mary…’
(3) Also the villagers of Kirkindje are the descendants of the Christians of Ephesus. The death of Mary has been passed on generation by generation and they have kept this tradition alive through an annual pilgrimage on August 15th.
NB. The chapel is built on the original foundations, which range in date from the 1st and 4th centuries AD. Part of the building is 7th century and it was partly restored in 1951.
In Islam, Muslims believe that Mary was a Virgin mother who gave birth to Prophet Jesus; however Muslims do not believe that Jesus is the son of God, that Mary is the mother of God; such ideas conflict with the core Islamic teaching that God Almighty is One, without partner, without children, without parents, neither male, nor female, God is, God.
While the church does not officially recognise this as Mary's home, Pope Paul visited and prayed here in 1967.
Aguila calva , águila americana, águila de cabeza blanca, o pigargo de cabeza blanca (Haliaeetus leucocephalus).
Es un ave rapaz de América del Norte, famosa por ser el símbolo nacional de Estados Unidos. Aparece en el Escudo Nacional de ese país.
La envergadura y peso de macho puede ser de hasta 2,5 m y 4 Kg, mientras que para la hembra es de 3 m y 6 Kg.
Su alimento preferido es el pescado (muchas águilas de cabeza blanca viven cerca del agua).
Su visión es estereoscópica, y ocho veces mejor que la humana.
El nido se llama aguilera. Las usan cada año. Un nido puede llegar a pesar 2 toneladas.
En cuanto a sus garras, cada uña es como una estaca afilada, ayudándoles a agarrar peces.
Su velocidad en picado es de 75 Km/h, para atrapar a sus presas.
Las formas inmaduras tienen plumaje pardo bataraz; la cabeza distintiva blanca y su cuerpo desarrollado surgen de 2 a 3 años más tarde, antes de la madurez sexual.
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American bald eagle.
It's a bird of prey in North America, famous for being the U.S. national symbol. Appears in the national emblem of that country.
The size and weight of male can be up to 2.5 m and 4 kg, while for the female is 3 m and 6 kg
His favorite food is fish (lots of bald eagles live near water).
Its vision is stereoscopic, and eight times better than human.
The nest is called aguilera. They use each year. A nest can weigh 2 tons.
As for his claws, each claw is sharp as a stake, helping them to grasp fish.
His speed dive is 75 km / h, to catch their prey.
The immature forms are bataraz brown plumage, the distinctive white head and body arise developed 2 to 3 years later, before sexual maturity.
© 2009 Jose Miguel
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Just 100-400 of these beauties left in the wild. :-(
This image won Digital Photographer Photo of the Week on August 10 2009 and went on to win Photo of the Month. It is featured in issue 90 of Digital Photographer magazine, out November 30th 2009.
Shot through glass with the Canon 70-200 f/4.0 IS.
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[Level of Retouching]: 10% (blending, levels, local curves, B&W) - total processing time: 25 minutes
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Well after a couple of months away I'm now finally back on Flicker: Exams, Trips away, Relationships, managing my site as well as assisting a few local bird groups has all kept me rather busy lately.
This rather show stopping image of a Pallas's Warbler was one I took whilst on a trip away to Flamborough with good friends Darragh Hudson, Ellis Lucas & Harry Witt. Whilst at Flamborough we were on our way to see a Great Grey Shrike when I report came in of a much closer and showier Pallas's Warbler. So we changed our route and within 10mins of arrival it finally showed with a few Yellow-browed Warblers, Chiffchaffs & Goldcrest and well what else can I say, I'm pretty sure that this is the best rarity photo I've ever taken!
For those who are interested there's a complete write up on my site here for you to read: elliotsbirdingdiaries.wordpress.com/2016/10/12/east-coast...
Just came from Gangasagar Fair & shot it there...Gangasagar Mela(fair) is the largest fair celebrated in West Bengal (INDIA). This fair is held where the Ganga and the Bay of Bengal form a nexus. Hence the name Gangasagar Mela. This festival is celebrated during January every year and is a major attraction for millions of pilgrims from all over India.
The pilgrims come for a holy dip on Makar Sankranti (last day of the Bengali Month) Magha -Mid January. They take dips in the Ganges and offer water to the Sun God. The dip, as they say, purifies their 'self' and according to them, 'punya' can be obtained thus. When they are done with the ritual obligations, they head towards the Kapilmuni Temple situated nearby, to worship the deity as a mark of respect......
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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!
Info:
Concept, model: Ágnes Vincze
Makeup artist: Dóra Vízhányó
Hair stylist: Gábor Antal
Clothing designer: Zsuzsa Pócs
Strobist info:
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Strobist.hu info:
Csupasz Metz 58 AF-1 @ 1/8 teljesítményen kamera bal 90º-ról, Phottix Tetra PT-04II-vel indítva.
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In mid May, we drove thirteen hours from Georgia up the Shenandoah Valley and across the Pennsylvania Turnpike to Wayne, PA, arriving at the gates of this great American Garden just before 6:00 PM to take advantage of the 8:00 Friday closing time. I've now put up a set of shots taken quickly over the two hours just before the garden closed that afternoon.
If you have time, you can click on the set and run the SLIDESHOW in FullScreen Mode to follow us around the garden: www.flickr.com/photos/ugardener/sets/72157629915442950/wi...
Here is an EXTENSIVE Plant List that shows the kind of horticultural craftsmanship and attention to detail that makes this garden and the staff who run it so special:
www.chanticleergarden.org/pdffiles/Chanticleer.pdf
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Here is a link to the garden's beautiful website, and a quote from it about its history:
"The Chanticleer estate dates from the early 20th-century, when land along the Main Line of the Pennsylvania Railroad was developed for summer homes to escape the heat of Philadelphia. Adolph Rosengarten, Sr., and his wife Christine chose the Wayne-St. Davids area to build their country retreat. The family's pharmaceutical firm would become part of Merck & Company in the 1920s.
The Rosengartens hired architect and former classmate Charles L. Borie to design the house, which was completed in 1913. Landscape architect Thomas Sears designed the terraces as extensions of the house. A 1924 addition converted the summer home into a year-round residence and the family moved here permanently.
Mr. Rosengarten's humor is evident in naming his home after the estate "Chanticlere" in Thackeray's 1855 novel The Newcomes. The fictional Chanticlere was "mortgaged up to the very castle windows" but "still the show of the county." Playing on the word, which is synonymous with "rooster," the Rosengartens used rooster motifs throughout the estate.
Adolph and Christine gave their two children homes as wedding presents. They purchased a neighboring property for son Adolph, Jr. and his bride Janet Newlin in 1933. It is now the site of the Ruin. Daughter Emily's house, located at today's visitor entrance, was built for her in 1935. It is presently used for offices and classrooms.
Adolph, Jr., bought his sister's portion of the estate following her death in the 1980s. He didn't move into the main house, but used it for entertaining and kept it as it was when the family lived there. The house is open for tours by reservation. Adolph, Jr., left the entire property for the enjoyment and education of the public following his death in 1990. A seven-member Board of Directors, five of whom are Rosengarten relatives, oversees The Chanticleer Foundation. The garden opened to the public in 1993. There are 17 full-time staff, of whom two manage facilities and 12 are gardeners and groundskeepers."
Yey - I got to Skomer on a very sunny BH Monday, the puffins were just fab :0). Made sure I was at St Martin's Haven by 8.00am, there is a new booking system and the boats get full VERY quickly. Not as many puffins on the Wick as last year but apparently we'd missed them - there were loads at 7.00am! Still, I managed to get some shots so I was well happy. Now I have to catch up on everyone's streams - it may take me some time!!
This is the second part of my entry to the Brickwarriors One Year Anniversairy Contest!
I hope you like it ;)
Backgroundstory:
When Bob was a young boy, he lived in a small village in Tennessee. He went to YMCA and he loved to go in the forest, climbing trees, hiding behind bushes and just beeing in the nature. With 28 years, he bought a vacation house in the deep forests of Canada. But after one vacation, he didn't got home. He wanted to stay there for his whole life, living of hunting and fishing, just alone without any annoying people.
"That's the real freedom!"
In the first year, anything worked well... he had more than enough food, so he already had to put a part in the old tree trunk behind his house. But then the winter came again, but this time, it was much colder than the last one. He need the double time of wood to heat his Log Cabin.
And then, one day, he run out of food. He never estimated this. He planned everything. But this time, it didn't work. So he had to go out in the cold, for hunting. He wanted to be as fast as possible, he wouldn't survive long outside. So he opend the door and run. As fast as he could...
SNAP!
He stood in his own trap! He tried to free himself, but it was too strong...
... And then, Bob the cub, froze to death.
Morality: Harm set, Harm get.