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Peregrine Falcon
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The Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), also known simply as the Peregrine,[2] and historically as the "Duck Hawk" in North America,[3] is a cosmopolitan bird of prey in the family Falconidae. It is a large, crow-sized falcon, with a blue-gray back, barred white underparts, and a black head and "moustache". It can reach speeds over 320 km/h (200 mph) in a dive, making it the fastest animal in the world.[4] As is common with bird-eating raptors, the female is much bigger than the male.[5][6] Experts recognize 17–19 subspecies, which vary in appearance and range; there is disagreement over whether the distinctive Barbary Falcon is a subspecies or a distinct species.
The Peregrine's breeding range includes land regions from the Arctic tundra to the Tropics. It can be found nearly everywhere on Earth, except extreme polar regions, very high mountains, and most tropical rainforests; the only major ice-free landmass from which it is entirely absent is New Zealand. This makes it the world's most widespread bird of prey.[7] Both the English and scientific names of this species mean "wandering falcon", referring to the migratory habits of many northern populations.
While its diet consists almost exclusively of medium-sized birds, the Peregrine will occasionally hunt small mammals, small reptiles or even insects. It reaches sexual maturity at one year, and mates for life. It nests in a scrape, normally on cliff edges or, in recent times, on tall human-made structures.[8] The Peregrine Falcon became an endangered species in many areas due to the use of pesticides, especially DDT. Since the ban on DDT from the beginning of the 1970s onwards, the populations recovered, supported by large scale protection of nesting places and releases to the wild.[9]
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saturday night saw me at my third concert in one year of The Band Who Shall Not Be Named. our seats were off to the side and i was able to capture the near-exact moment that the delicate, rainbow colored, paper butterflies were shot out into the air to float down onto the roaring crowd, during "Love in Japan" it's a brilliant sight and everyone goes mental when they are released.
bonus: the Lead Singer Who Shall Not Be Named is doing his spastic, like-he's-just-been-shot, dance down the runway with his blue jacket flying up behind him.
and still, as i said prior to this:
shhhhhh. for they are my guilty pleasure.
hipsters (and loads of others!) will undoubtedly mock me for lack of "coolness". Coldplay is far too palatable for the mainstream audience to ever have an edge. and being cool and liking bands that are edgy is clearlythe way to go.
so, if you accuse me of liking Coldplay? i will deny it aloud vehemently. maybe.
or perhaps, after this weekend, i think i don't care that much anymore about being "cool". ;)
El lago verde de Lanzarote es uno de los lugares más impresionantes de la isla canaria, destacando entre sus espectaculares paisajes labrados por el fuego, el mar y el viento.
Su nombre verdadero es “La Laguna de los Clicos” y se sitúa en El Golfo, una especie de anfiteatro abierto al océano que se formó a raíz de las erupciones de 1730. En realidad, se trata de parte del cráter de un volcán, como podemos identificar si cerráramos el cono.
La situación en el litoral ha provocado que la erosión de viento y mar le dote de su forma actual. Se cuenta que antiguamente se le conocía como “Charco de los Clicos” por unos mariscos comestibles llamados clicos muy usuales en ese paraje y que se extinguieron porque alguien soltó dos tortugas en las aguas del golfo.
Al fondo del cono y a los pies del acantilado se ha formado una pequeña laguna cuyas aguas de filtran desde el mar. La laguna de varios metros de profundidad, tiene un color verde esmeralda que varía de tonalidad según el color del cielo. El color verde se debe al fitoplancton que habita bajo su superficie.
En cualquier caso, sea cual sea el tono y su origen, no me extraña la fama de este lugar, pues el contraste entre los paisajes de lava negros y el mar y el verde del lago es espectacular.
Aquí y en los alrededores se pueden encontrar las extrañas olivinas, piedras semipreciosas con las que los artesanos locales diseñan unas originales joyas y de las cuales guardo algunos ejemplares de mi visita.
Aunque no lo pude conocer, hacia el norte está el pequeño pueblo de El Golfo, famoso en toda la isla por el pescado fresco que allí se puede degustar.
Delante de la laguna verde se forma una peculiar playa de arena negra, de unos 300 metros de longitud, rematada en el lado sur por un roque de color amarillo con una plataforma vertical que entra en el agua.
Este lago es un espacio protegido, por lo que el baño está prohibido. Pero no os perdáis algunas de las fabulosas aguas que rodean Lanzarote en cualquier otro punto de la isla.
Toda esta costa es espectacular en sus paisajes a causa de la erosión que la ha dotado de una peculiar fisonomía, y tampoco hemos de dejar de ver Los Hervideros, una formación geológica que sorprende por su visión y su escucha en días de viento cuando el mar ruge…
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For our Mammoth Lakes workshop, I scouted this spot for a sunrise shoot. We did not get this far south during the workshop and so I will have to return and get this image at sunrise with alpenglow on the Sierra peaks. I took this image about 10AM and already, the light was pretty flat. However, it is a pretty nice shot despite the flat lighting.
There are some landscape photographers who say 'take a nap during the 'flat light' time of day. I say, 'use the light you have'.
When you are photographing in the mid-morning to late afternoon, you need to find scenes that will yield a good photograph in the flatter light. Look for scenes where there is a lot going on with textures and colors. Here, the deep blue color and the ripples on the river give this image an interesting foreground compositional element. The green reeds with the brown above them and the far river bank lend another compositional element and make the middle-ground interesting. The mountains are not too interesting here because of the lack of shadow detail but together with the sky do give a fairly good background.
S-curves in a river can make a nice addition to the composition of a landscape image. Sometimes, like here, you need more height. One of my photographer friends (James Neeley) has a 40-foot tall tripod and a remote control for the head. That's what I needed here to see more of the S-curve. In this image, I framed it so the river leads the viewer's attention deeper into the scene, to Mt Tom in the background.
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My Brother in Law has some of the baddest tattoos I've seen. Each tattoo has a personal meaning to his life. This is how he breaks it down:
Palm trees: If you look at the bottom of my veins they are connected to the tree, which means family ( strong roots in family). Also the palm tree is a part of Jesus as he returned to Jerusalem after he rises from the dead ( Palm Sunday) three people greeted him with Palm tree leaves. Trees continue to grow slowly as I too learn to grow as a person.
Tiki is Love and prosperity, one Tiki means strength ( Tiki Ku).
Tribal tats are family ,inner growth and warrior protecting my family.
Ali Bata writing on the tribal tattoo translates to Trust in God.
Japanese tat represents that you are not a follower, you go against the current, you never give up, and are always on the go which means you're goal oriented. The black and gray Koi fish represents fatherhood.
Questa è dedicata a me e a tutte le persone care, che mi sono state vicine in questo percorso e soprattutto negli ultimi mesi!!
A 27 anni ci si ritrova ancora a saltare sul letto per aver raggiunto traguardi importanti...un po' come quando da piccoli ci si svegliava la mattina di Natale e sotto l'albero trovavi una quantità smisurata di pacchi regalo!
Questa è la sensazione di gioia!
Per la cronaca, ho scoperto lightroom! <3
It’s almost more than a week & I haven’t picked up my camera. Not a single click since Diwali.
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Dando un paseo por la urbanización que está cerca del campo de golf de la manga, llegamos a un sitio que no había estado en mi vida, y las vistas son extraordinarias, a parte de las vistas, el sentir el aire acariciar tu cara y respirar esa brisa marina no tiene precio, he buscado en el mapa de google para encontrar su ubicación y esta calita esta en dirección la manga Golf oeste- Atamaría (Murcia)
Nota: Si ponéis en el mapa de google, Atamaría , y seguís un camino hasta la costa os lleva al sitio,he puesto la foto en el mapa de Flickr y me ha concretado el lugar y la playa- Playa el Negrete (Murcia)
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Not happy with the colors when I released this earlier. So, I made some enhancements and wish that you like what I did on this one.
I was forced to shoot this handheld. I thought I got my tripod in my car but I left it at home. This is made up of 5 raw files and used alignment feature of Photomatix. Further processing was done using Photoshop CS3.
This will be sharper if I was able to use a tripod. However, I know that soft shot appeals to many.
I just came from a birthday party of one of my flickr friends (merlysunflower). It was held in Irvine and quite a long drive for me. When I was on my way home, I decided to take some pictures of LA Downtown landmarks. And this is one of the shots I did early morning.
69 degrees Fahrenheit was the temperature at the time of shooting.
Tengo muchos contactos que dominan el B/N, pero escribirconlacabeza los borda
y nunca le he agradecido públicamente su apoyo en casi todas mis fotos ¡Va por ti, Paco! ;-)
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Molino de viento para la extracción de agua. Otros MOLINOS - windmills de Mallorca.
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Established in 1872, Yellowstone National Park is America's first national park. Located in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, it is home to a large variety of wildlife including grizzly bears, wolves, bison, and elk. Preserved within Yellowstone National Park are Old Faithful and a collection of the world's most extraordinary geysers and hot springs, and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
Yellowstone contains approximately one-half of the world’s hydrothermal features. There are over 10,000 hydrothermal features, including over 300 geysers, in the park.
Yellowstone National Park spans an area of 3,472 square miles (8,987 km²), comprising lakes, canyons, rivers and mountain ranges. Yellowstone Lake is one of the largest high-altitude lakes in North America and is centered over the Yellowstone Caldera, the largest supervolcano on the continent. The caldera is considered an active volcano; it has erupted with tremendous force several times in the last two million years. Half of the world's geothermal features are in Yellowstone, fueled by this ongoing volcanism. Lava flows and rocks from volcanic eruptions cover most of the land area of Yellowstone. The park is the centerpiece of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, the largest remaining, nearly-intact ecosystem in the Earth's northern temperate zone.
Todos los que hemos pasado por la fotografía química añoramos la saturación y colores de los fuji velvia y los kodachrome. Al ser diapositivas, la proyección era impresionante. Las imágenes eran perfectas, los contrastes claros y concisos. En fín, esta foto es un homenaje al carrete que aún seguimos muchos usando.
Por otra parte, Palazuelos es una localidad situada en el norte de la provincia de Guadalajara (Castilla-La Mancha, España) a 7 Km. al noroeste de la ciudad de Sigüenza (a cuyo municipio está adscrita) por la carretera CM-110 (Sigüenza-Atienza). Palazuelos se encuentra integrado en la 10ª Ruta de Don Quijote y en la Ruta del Románico Rural o de la Marca Media.
Según la clasificación jurídica tradicional de las localidades castellanas tiene la calificación de villa, tal y como se puede leer en una inscripción a la entrada del pueblo desde el Este (conocida como “Puerta de la Villa”). Esta calificación quiere decir que Palazuelos poseía concejo municipal y jueces (alcaldes) propios, lo que queda materializado simbólicamente en la existencia del rollo-picota (para ajusticiar a los reos que así fuesen condenados) en la Plaza Mayor.
Palazuelos posee una traza urbanística medieval que se mantiene todavía intramuros del conjunto fortificado del siglo XV, conservado prácticamente en su totalidad. Las medidas de protección con las que ha ido contando fueron recogidas y adaptadas por el decreto 19/2002 de la Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha con la figura de Bien de Interés Cultural con la categoría de Conjunto Histórico.
La población censada en la actualidad no alcanza el centenar de personas, la mayoría de ellas de edad avanzada. La población activa se dedica mayoritariamente a actividades de agricultura y ganadería
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When she loved me
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When somebody loved me, everything was beautiful
Every hour we spent together, lives within my heart
And when she was sad, I was there to dry her tears
And when she was happy, so was i, when she loved me.
Through the summer and the fall, we had each other, that was all
Just she and I together, like it was meant to be
And when she was lonely, I was there to comfort her
And I knew that she loved me.
So the years went by, I stayed the same
And she began to drift away, I was left alone
Still I waited for the day, when she’d say "i will always love you."
Lonely and forgotten, never thought she’d look my way,
She smiled at me and held me, just like she used to do,
Like she loved me, when she loved me
When somebody loved me, everything was beautiful,
Every hour we spent together, lives within my heart
When she loved me.
Santa Pau es un municipio catalán, (España), en la provincia de Gerona, ubicado en la comarca de La Garrotxa.
Está situado en el centro mismo del Parque Natural de la Zona Volcánica de la Garrotxa, entre los municipios de Olot y Mieres, de relieve accidentado por los conos volcánicos del Croscat, Roca Negra y Santa Margarita y por las sierras de Finestres, el Corb y Sant Juliá del Mont.
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Have a wonderful Friday everyone, and smile until it hurts! That is a good thing!
hugs and have a happy weekend.
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As I was darkening down the beautiful heart of this flower in editing, today's Mupic (Music and Picture combination) came to mind, a favourite of mine. ~~ Total Eclipse Of The Heart, by Bonnie Tyler. Hope you approve .... Have a great Thursday everyone. I've got hospital but will be back later to catch-up.
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♪ ♫ Total Eclipse of The Heart ♪ ♫ ~~ Bonnie Tyler.
Turnaround, every now and then I get a
little bit lonely and you're never coming around
Turnaround, Every now and then I get a
little bit tired of listening to the sound of my tears
Turnaround, Every now and then I get a
little bit nervous that the best of all the years have gone by
Turnaround, Every now and then I get a
little bit terrified and then I see the look in your eyes
Turnaround bright eyes, Every now and
then I fall apart
Turnaround bright eyes, Every now and
then I fall apart
Turnaround, Every now and then I get a
little bit restless and I dream of something wild
Turnaround, Every now and then I get a
little bit helpless and I'm lying like a child in your arms
Turnaround, Every now and then I get a
little bit angry and I know I've got to get out and cry
Turnaround, Every now and then I get a
little bit terrified but then I see the look in your eyes
Turnaround bright eyes, Every now and
then I fall apart
Turnaround bright eyes, Every now and
then I fall apart
And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you'll only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
Cause we'll never be wrong together
We can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time
I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark
We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
There's nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart
Turnaround bright eyes
Turnaround bright eyes
Turnaround, every now and then I know
you'll never be the boy you always you wanted to be
Turnaround, every now and then I know
you'll always be the only boy who wanted me the way that I am
Turnaround, every now and then I know
there's no one in the universe as magical and wonderous as you
Turnaround, every now and then I know
there's nothing any better and there's nothing I just wouldn't do
Turnaround bright eyes, Every now and
then I fall apart
Turnaround bright eyes, Every now and
then I fall apart
And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you'll only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
Cause we'll never be wrong together
We can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time
I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark
We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
There's nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart
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Isola dei Pescatori (lit. Fishermen’s Island) is an island of Lago Maggiore in northern Italy. As the most northerly of the three principal Borromean Islands it is also known as Isola Superiore and, with a population of about 50, it is the only one to be inhabited all year round. Unlike Isola Bella and Isola Madre, the island no longer belongs to the Borromeo.
The island is about 350 meters long by 100 meters wide. A narrow street running along its spine is joined by cobbled alleys to the promenade which encircles the island. The promenade is frequently flooded and the houses built against it are constructed to allow for this.
While the traditional occupation of fishing still exists—local restaurants providing a ready market for the fish—tourism has become central to the economic life of the island as its picturesque charms have made Isola dei Pescatori a popular destination: particularly for day-trippers but also for more extended visits. In addition to the hotel(s), restaurants and gift-shops there are boutiques selling craft products.
The church of San Vittore (Victor the Moor) retains traces of an ancient chapel which was probably constructed for the monks of Scozzòla (an abbey of San Donato di Sesto Calende founded by Liutardo, bishop of Pavia, in the mid ninth century [1]. The church was previously dedicated to S. Gangolfo (Gangulphus), whose veneration is linked with the Abbey of San Donato.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isola_dei_Pescatori
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Can you imagine wiling away the hours in a house like this in the middle of a lush green rice paddy?
If you want your own private rice paddy go to beautiful Ubud.
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)
I'm so freaking happy with this one. :-)
I would be even happier if you did you-know-what.
It’s been snowing off and on today, sometimes with those really big, sticky white flakes. So around noon I thought, “I must go outside to take my photo.”
I often have an idea that has to wait to be realized because of circumstances, such as the fact that I assume nudity is illegal in the park down the road (hence the self-portrait I see in my head of me standing on a rock in the creek, in the sun, with my angel wings on, has to wait).
I’m a bit obsessed with the wing theme. It’s an angel obsession, really, and I have a hard time explaining it since I grew up with essentially no religion and the little I did have was Jewish. We don’t really do angels. I chalk it up to the same reasons that my Christian friends growing up who said prayers before bed fascinated me. I wanted that sort of comforting presence in my life. At a very young age I was looking for ways to “prove” there was some sort of force surrounding me; guiding me.
It’s funny, just the other night my daughter mentioned the little rainbow-ish ‘floaters’ that appear if you stare into dead space in a dark room. I was fascinated by them, and convinced myself that they were fairies. I told her that and she didn’t even think it was weird, for a change. If you’re not sure what I’m talking about, however, you may very well think I’m weird.
Since taking self-portraits, that obsession with angels has resurfaced, only now I tend to use it as a metaphor for our human frailties (and I do not mean that in a bad way), and our need for comfort yet not always knowing where to look. I create many of the images as “fallen” or anguished angels…angels who no longer know how to take care of us in this world; angels who find this world heartbreaking.
Today I saw the snow and thought of my white wings and I knew I had to get out there, no matter how cold it was and no matter if my camera might get damp. I put on a white dress with a jacket over it. I set up the tripod with the camera on it, settings ready, remote attached and brought them and a towel in one hand, my wings in the other, into my backyard.
The snow didn’t cooperate as I had hoped…the flakes turned almost invisible for exactly the amount of time I was outside. When I came back in, shivering, and got dressed, I saw the big fat flakes had returned. I was annoyed, but not enough to go through everything again to go re-shoot. Instead I worked with what I had, layering other images of snow and old daguerreotypes to create textured, and painterly images. I worked on three and I really love how they came out. I’ll likely post the other two within the week.
Something about this particular image, however, struck me as different than my previous ‘angel’ images.
It seems hopeful.
La catedral de Cuernavaca (Templo de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción) se encuentra ubicada en el Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de Cuernavaca.
En 1525, cuatro años después de la conquista, llegaron a las costas de México varios grupos de misioneros, siendo los primeros en establecerse en el Valle de Morelos los 12 primeros frailes franciscanos; procedían a edificar la capilla abierta para colaborar en convertir a la fe cristiana a los indígenas. En 1529 se ratificó la fundación formal del monasterio. En 1891 fue elevado a la categoría de Catedral por Leon XIII.
De la primera etapa constructiva sólo sobreviven el casco de la iglesia y las arcadas de la planta baja del convento.
La Catedral de Cuernavaca esta formada por un conjunto de tres templos: Dolores, del Carmen y de la Tercera Orden, una capilla abierta de San José, el atrio, la Iglesia de La Asunción y el propio convento.
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)
Needs to be viewed large on black ;-)
Somewhere in Eastern Iceland, the multiple layers of the shore.
Part of Iceland
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.
"In the Pines" is one of my five upcoming editorials to be released shortly. It was extremely hard to not post a photo from it before it came out. I hope you enjoy flickr, I have such a wonderful time shooting/directing this whimsical photo of my dear friend!
a medium format slide from "I wish I was"
collab with danielle suzanne
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!
I enjoyed the show with this Hawk a lot!
He was so keen on food and kept flying around for more...
The keepers did threw something in the air and he captured it in flight,
he landed in front of us and I could see what it was...
According to this big bird: " Nothing better than a skinny chicken leg"
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looonger, larger of where i found my lulu one day when she was a puppita :)
only just now was told that this looonger original of the cropped image of our lightbulb lulu as a wee puppy, posted for her birthday over 2 weeks ago, could not be seen from the link i'd put with it!
so ...
decided to 'un-private' it today, even though it looks very skinny here ...
so hope you will please click to see it larger.. xox
(had accidently made it in 'panorama' .. yet turned out to be kind of a good thing :)
just found! and had cd's made of some of the early images of lulu and me together.. joyful!
and even though they have a "yellowing" from age, will post one below today :)
love to You, each one *
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View In Small On Black / View In Large On Black
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.
non volevo commenti perchè so che è una foto strana ma stasera avuto un moto di amore per la mia cavalla così profondo che appena rientrata ho dovuto postare.
poi mi sono detta.. magari qualcuno capisce che è una foto d'amore e punto quindi sarà clemente ;-)
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. =)
Torla, Huesca (Spain).
I'm in summer vacation. I will visit your streams when I return. I wish you a good August.
Estoy de vacaciones de verano. Visitaré vuestras galerìas cuando regrese. Os deseo un buen agosto.
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Enviado a través de un teléfono móvil Sony Ericsson
It was #25 in Explore on Aug 17, 2008. (Wow! I can't believe it!)
ENGLISH
The Ordesa Valley is a glacial valley in the Spanish Pyrenees which forms part of the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park.
The valley's east–west orientation, unusual in the Pyrenees, opens it to influence from the Atlantic Ocean and gives it a moderate climate. It has one of Europe's largest populations of the Pyrenean Chamois and is well known for its waterfalls and wildlife.
Monte Perdido (3,355 m) is the third highest mountain in the Pyrenees and together with Cilindro de Marboré (3,328 m) and Soum de Ramond (3,263 m) can be seen at the north-east end of the valley. The name Monte Perdido (lost mountain) was given because the peak could not be seen from the French side of the range.
Torla is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 315 inhabitants.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordesa_Valley, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torla
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CASTELLANO
El Valle de Ordesa es el valle que originó la creación del Parque nacional de Ordesa el 16 de agosto de 1918. Años más tarde, en 1982, sería ampliado para crear el Parque nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido incluyendo el macizo de Monte Perdido, el Cañón de Añisclo, las Gargantas de Escuaín y la cabecera del Valle de Pineta.
En sentido amplio, el Valle de Ordesa incluye una amplia zona de pequeños valles y barrancos, altiplanicies y picos (muchos de más de 3000 m de altura), cuyos límites serían al Norte la cresta Monte Perdido-Mondarruego, que sirve de frontera con Francia en gran parte, al Sur la cresta Sierra Custodia-Acuta y al Oeste la confluencia con la cabecera del Valle del Ara o valle de Bujaruelo. Todo este conjunto conforma una cuenca fluvial, que a través de valles secundarios y cascadas, desemboca en el Valle de Ordesa propiamente dicho, por cuyo fondo discurre el río Arazas.
Torla es un municipio y localidad del norte de la provincia de Huesca (España), fronterizo con Francia aunque sin conexión por carretera con ella, y es puerta de acceso al valle de Ordesa perteneciente al Parque nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido, así como al valle de Bujaruelo. Está situado al noroeste de la comarca del Sobrarbe, a 100 km de Huesca capital y el acceso por carretera solo se puede realizar por la N-260 desde Broto o desde Biescas a través del puerto de Cotefablo (1.423 m.).
Torla se encuentra en el valle glaciar del río Ara, después de la confluencia de los valles de Bujaruelo (donde nace el río Ara) y el Ordesa (río Arazas), suponiéndose que la lengua glaciar llegaba hasta Asín de Broto, con más de 30 km en total. El río Ara pasa por ser el único río de cierta importancia de España que no está represado por la mano humana en todo el curso de 70 km hasta su confluencia con el río Cinca en Aínsa.
Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_de_Ordesa, es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torla
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.
If you could only, say what you need to say.
i wish i had red hair. i'm planning on henna-ing it.. which shall give it a slight more red tint, soon(:
inspired by dearest rona though didn't turn out as planned.. i like anyways(:
a red-sunshined thank you to lovely linda for the super sweet testimonial! <3
this or the one in the comments??
EXPLORE?
again? well, i'm trusting since somebody went out of there way to email me that i got it... i'll trust that even though its not showing up on scout. well, thank you all so much <333
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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.