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un pomeriggio per riconciliarmi con la natura ...tornerà la pioggia ma oggi il lago era così.
Per dire grazie a chi ha guardato oltre le mie foto.
(ps. nessuna elaborazione solo la mia solita firma)
Sint Nicholaskerk is the most seen and at the same time overlooked church in Amsterdam as well as being one its most recent constructions, no one can miss this iconic structure upon arrival to the city walking from Centraal Station your eye is immediately drawn to it at 58 m in height it towers over the city skyline.
This Roman Catholic Church was designed by Architect Adrianus Bleijs and is a nod to the past combining elements of neo-Baroque and neo-Renaissance styles, completed in 1887 it was made a minor Basilica in 2012.
The church is dedicated to the 4th century charitable patron saint of children that became our Santa Claus as well as the patron saint of sailors and prostitutes, another winning combination.
In the Netherlands Santa Claus is known as Sinterklaas and a feast has been celebrated for over 700 years in his name and adopted in the early part of 20th century the tradition of leaving small gifts in children’s shoes was practiced on Dec 6th which has evolved now to become a Dec 5th evening tradition of gathering of family and friends to exchange gifts and laughter.
While Dutch Sinterklaas celebrations are mainly for the children its adult component is an annual grievance poem written to the recipient that must rhyme and be read out loud by the subject at the evening party all in good fun but beware you may get as good as you give.
I took this on Sept 10th, 2017 with my D750 and Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens at 58mm 15 sec f/16 ISO100 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, Topaz , Luminar and DXO
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PS Waverley in the Solent of the Isle of Wight is the last seagoing passenger-carrying paddle steamer in the world. Built in 1946, she sailed from Craigendoran on the Firth of Clyde to Arrochar on Loch Long until 1973. Bought by the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society (PSPS), she has been restored to her 1947 appearance and now operates passenger excursions around the British coast.
Since 2003 Waverley has been listed in the National Historic Fleet by National Historic Ships UK as "a vessel of pre-eminent national importance". She appeared in the 2011 film Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.
PS WAVERLEY passing BAE Systems Scotstoun on passage down the Clyde.
Vessel Details:- Steam powered paddle steamer.
Vessel Name:- PS WAVERLEY.
IMO:- 5386954
MMSI:- 232001540
Call Sign:- GRPM
Classification Society:- Lloyd's Register.
Length:- 239ft 11in
Beam:- 57ft 3in
Draught:- 6ft 3in
Builder:- Built in 1946 by A & J Inglis Glasgow.
Power Plant:- 2 x Cochran Marine Thermax boilers fitted with Hamworthy Electrotec II rotary cup burners, feeding Diagonal Triple Expansion Steam Engine by Rankine & Blackmore Ltd, Greenock (Engine No 520).
Propulsion:- 2 x Fixed paddles with 8 Feathering paddle floats on both paddles.
Tonnage:- 693t.
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Pictured the night before the mishap with Brodick Pier.
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Eigentlich kann ich mich für Motorräder ja nicht so begeistern, aber wir hatten schlechtes Wetter und da lockte dieses Museum.
Mein Mann war Feuer und Flamme und auch für mich war es noch interessant. Witzig fand ich, dass die ersten Motorräder eine gewisse Ähnlichkeit zu den heutigen E-Bikes vorzuweisen haben. :-) :-)
Yet again, I fail at my attempts to make a cool meteor composite and my foreground isn't lit (I tried merging a moonlit view and it didn't work). Sigh. But after the work, I'm posting anyway. PS - remind me not to shoot meteors in winter again. At least my lens warmer kept the dew off my lens.
Made from 21 light frames by Starry Landscape Stacker 1.8.0. Algorithm: Min Horizon Noise
Hartlepool is the proud location of The National Museum of the Royal Navy with HMS Trincomalee being their key exhibit. Its three masts can be seen in the background here.
Another of the significant exhibits is the William Gray and Company 1934 Hartlepool built paddle steam ferry PS Wingfield Castle. This paddle steamer along with sister ships PS Tattersall Castle and PS Lincoln Castle plied its trade back and forth across the Humber Estuary up until withdrawal in 1974. PS Wingfield Castle was briefly used as an entertainment venue before being preserved in the town of her build in Hartlepool in 1986. Periodic attention has been given to her slowly deteriorating condition and it is pleasing to note that very recently Hartlepool council has now set aside £4m to go towards a long term renovation. That work is yet to commence.
In the meantime as seen here she sits in the harbour at Hartlepool.
Photo taken on my iPhone during my lunch break at work.
I was about 12 inches away shooting with a 105mm macro lens just for the fun of it. This little pine siskin youngster gave me about 10 shots before he/she flew off.
Look at large...
XV Congresso do Partido Socialista, em Santarem. Sexta, 10 de Novembro de 2006. FOTO DE ANTONIO PEDRO SANTOS
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I was recently gifted a clock from Shiraz, Iran, which incorporates some of the historic Persian craft-art work. Here's a detail.
Radials:
The craft of Khatamkari has existed for more than 700 years and is still practiced in Shiraz.
Delicate and meticulous marquetry has been produced since the Safavid period. Khatam was so popular in the court that princes learned this technique alongside music and painting. Khatam means incrustation and Khatamkari refers to incrustation work. This craft consists in the production of patterns (generally star shaped) with thin sticks of wood (ebony, teak, orange, rose), brass (for golden parts) and camel bones (white parts). Sticks are assembled in triangular beams, themselves assembled and glued in a strict order to create a cylinder 70 cm in diameter, whose cross-section is the main motif: a six-branch star included in a hexagon. These cylinders are cut into shorter cylinders, and then compressed and dried between two wooden plates, before being sliced for the last time, in 1 mm wide trenches. Now sections are ready to be glued on the object to be decorated, before lacquer finishing. The trench can also be softened through heating in order to wrap around objects. Many objects can be decorated in this fashion, such as jewelry/decorative boxes, desks, frames or some musical instruments. Khatam can also be used in Persian miniatures.
Central blue:
Minakari. The art of "Minakari" or "Enamelling" is called "miniature of fire" as well as the decoration of metal and tile. Minakari or Enamelling is the Persian art of painting, colouring and ornamenting the surface of metals by fusing over it brilliant natural colours that are decorated in an intricate design. Mina is the feminine form of Minoo in Persian, meaning heaven. Mina refers to the Azure blue colour of heaven. The Iranian craftsmen of Sasanid era invented this art.
Nightingales:
Another feature is the alternating nightingales (bolbols). These have an association with Shiraz roses.