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I bought a bunch of tulips yesterday, and realized there were two of them that were slightly different from the rest.. this is one of them, the little line of green is what makes it different.. a perfect bloom, with a little imperfection..that's perfect!!
This is pretty much straight from the camera, a slight crop and tiny adjustment in contrast was all I did.. lighting courtesy of Mother Nature, a tripod was used ( thank you David!!) and a remote shutter release..
Naughty Betty getting measured up for her new stockings.
First big 1940s event after covid, restricted numbers in attendance, but still a great event, well done to all re-enactors in full costume and dress for bearing up under 25 degree heat.
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Gunnuhver geothermal area is a field of steaming fumaroles and boiling mud pools. In the recent past some geysers existed here as well. As the tectonic plates move, new passages are constantly opening (and older ones are closing) for heated groundwater and gases. Gunnuhver is one such area. Here deeper below the surface the temperature of ground (and water in it) reaches 300° C. Much of groundwater comes from the nearby sea and is rich with chlorides and also with dissolved silica. As a result in the recent past hot springs and geysers have created sinter deposits - a hill named Kísilhóll (Kísilhóll, Silica hill). Today here are no hot water springs and geysers, but northeast from Kísilhóll are located many steam vents (fumaroles) and boiling mud pools. Mud pools are formed by acidic groundwater sources, which turn lava into clay. The largest mud pool in Iceland also is located here - it is 20 m across, boiling vigorously along its rims. Hot ground is an immense source of energy. In 2006 near Gunnuhver geothermal field started to operate the Reykjanes Geothermal Plant. As a result the steaming of the ground in the geothermal field increased.
The walkways here make it easy to watch your step, but they weren’t here 300 years ago when the troublesome ghost of Gudrún Önundardóttir—who gives her nickname ‘Gunna’ to this beautiful geothermal field—was tricked into taking hold of a charmed knotted-rope that led her across the field and into the big fumerole. Some say she didn’t fall in with the rope, but is stuck holding onto the end of it, and paces around the rim of the steamy abyss for all eternity. I can’t be sure, but it was uncanny how the steam shifted in the breeze but never cleared completely, as though veiling something, or someone… You need to tread carefully when wandering around the striking mud pools and fumaroles of Gunnuhver, close to the Reykjanes town of Grindavík.
The Gunnuhver geothermal field reopened in June 2010 after being closed for a couple of years due to instability—one of the dangers being that the high-pressured steam might suddenly find another outlet underneath the visitor walkway.
Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II; Lens: 24.00 - 105.00 mm; Focal length: 105.00 mm; Aperture: 8.0; Exposure time: 8.0 s; ISO: 250
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Roma - Piazza di Spagna - Scalinata della Trinità dei Monti
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Spent a great lunch hour traipsing around Glacier Lake during one of my first visits to the Wallowas. This was taken on a film camera, but I think it was taken in September of 2006.
Think this is some kind of fern. As the plant grows the spiral unfurls and I presume new growth pod is revealed. So simple almost mechanical. Its crude and beautiful at the same time. HDR to reveal more of the form
Why have I got two cocktails?
Because it was coming up to 7 pm and the Velvet Bar's offer of two cocktails for £10 was about to expire. Besides those Brambles were lovely.
Taken on Canal Street on the Sunday evening after Sparkle.
I need somebody who can love me at my worst
No, I'm not perfect, but I hope you see my worth
'Cause it's only you, nobody new, I put you first
And for you, boy... I swear I'll do the worst
The tidal sands at Luskentyre are always changing although everyday you will find stunning shapes and colour in the channels of water crossing the golden sands. www.photographicview.co.uk
What a way to while away a few hours in the company of fabulous girlfriends enjoying good wine, good food and excellent conversation. Girls are so much more sociable then men don't you think.