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After a disappointing couple of days in Bryce Canyon, I moved on to my next location which was to be Kodachrome Basin National Park, which is located between Bryce Canyon and the Grand Staircase Escalante Region of Utah. I found a great site in the primitive campground at the back of the park, I think I like this campground better than the front campground because of the dirt road leading in to it. This prevents most RV's from attempting access and is a much more serene environment, although the front campground has free showers but they can be used by all visitors, so I seized the opportunity. :)
This is the Bryce View Campground and is named so because its view overlooks not just Kodachrome Basin but also Bryce Canyon, which can be seen here off in the distance with a spectacular sunset in progress. Wouldn't you know it, the day I leave Bryce the sky explodes over it. Bah!! I guess a fourth trip to Bryce is on the itinerary in the future. "If at first you don't succeed try try again" is what I was taught. :)
I found this tree just off of the dirt road that leads back to some of the more remote formations in the park. It sits perched atop a red stone formation and stands only waist high. I tried to get a POV and composition that portrayed this tree as much bigger and an alternate composition capitalizing on it's stunted nature. I ended up liking this one better.
I am considering this to be an FDR image "Full Dynamic Range." Not an HDR image. HDR is usually associated with software designed specifically for that purpose. The problem with these software solutions is that by the time you get something you like, they introduce strong haloing properties and unpleasant artifacts which give it a fake unnatural look. By blending exposures manually you control what aspects of each exposure will be included in your final result, leading ultimately to a "Full Dynamic Range" image. Maybe we can start differentiating the two different types of processes. Have you ever had someone ask "Is it HDR" I like being able to say "NO", then again, if they have to ask then I'm getting close to real looking FDR photos.
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(Poecile palustris - Marsh Tit)
La plus aimable avec les autres oiseaux et spécialement
avec les autres mésanges,/
The friendliest with other birds and especially
with the other tits,/
Grimpereau des bois (Certhia familiaris), Neuchâtel, Suisse.
Le Grimpereau des bois a le dessus brun strié de fines touches de blanc et de jaune, de roux et de sépia, dessinant un superbe motif dans le plumage. Il a le dessous blanchâtre, le croupion brun-roux et la queue un peu roussâtre. Il porte un large sourcil. Il est doté d’un long et fin bec arqué, ainsi que d'une longue queue rigide sur laquelle il peut s’appuyer comme le pic épeiche. Ce petit oiseau ausculte les troncs à la recherche d’insectes et d’araignées dans les fissures de l’écorce. Arrivé au sommet d’un arbre, il plonge au pied de l'arbre suivant pour recommencer son exploration toujours à la quête de sa nourriture. Il se rencontre dans les bois et forêts de feuillus, de conifères ou mixte Il est présent plus rarement dans les parcs et les jardins peuplés plutôt par son cousin, le Grimpereau des jardins. Le Grimpereau des bois a une prédilection pour les forêts de conifères situées en montagne. Il Niche en Eurasie, de l'Irlande au Japon, toutefois il est absent d’une grande partie de la péninsule Ibérique, d'une bonne partie de la France, du Benelux et de l'Italie. En Europe il habite principalement dans les Ardennes en Belgique, dans le Jura et les Alpes en Suisse, en Corse, en Normandie et quelques autres endroits dispersées en France.
La brume en Dombes, c’est une histoire d’eau. Mais pas seulement. C’est une histoire d’eau qui a quelque chose à voir avec l’air… En effet, l’air contient de l’eau en phase gazeuse. Cette teneur de l’air en vapeur d’eau définit son humidité absolue. Mais la capacité maximale de l’air à contenir de la vapeur d’eau varie en fonction de la température et de la pression. En se refroidissant ou en se détendant, l’air ne peut plus contenir autant de vapeur d’eau. L’humidité relative désigne le rapport entre la quantité de vapeur d’eau effectivement contenue dans l’air et la quantité maximale que l’air peut contenir dans des conditions de température et de pression données. Un simple pourcentage suffit à l’exprimer. Lorsque l’humidité relative s’élève à 100%, l’air est saturé. Il a atteint son point de rosée, c’est-à-dire la température à laquelle il peut être soumis sans que l’eau gazeuse qu’il contient change de phase. En deçà, la vapeur d’eau se condense : des gouttelettes se forment. Ainsi, « le brouillard d’eau est toujours le résultat d’une condensation » (Allix, 1934).
When out for a bike ride last week I was delighted to see that a local farmer had planted a wildflower mix in the set-aside adjacent to his wheat crop.
Actually it was double delight since the only poppies that I had seen up to this point were some mega-sized cultivated ones in the sand dunes at Alnmouth which don't count as wildflowers in my book!
Compton Acres Garden, Poole, Dorset
The gardens are situated at 164 Canford Cliffs, POOLE, Dorset, BH13 7ES. It is a privately owned garden, founded in 1920 by Thomas William Simpson. He was a business man whose wealth came from the production of Margarine.
From the 1920s – 1930s he began to create a series of enclosed gardens, seven in all, at the staggering cost of £220k. They were filled with sculptures and other architectural features.
The thought was, that even at an early stage of its construction that it was going to be a ‘tourist attraction’.
Unfortunately Mr Simpson died in 1944, this was followed by another death in the form of Mr. Middleton, the Head Gardener. These deaths plus the call-up of other staff lead to the gardens falling into disrepair. In 1950 the garden were sold to J. Stanley Beard a London architect who was responsible for a programme of restoration and by 1952 now complete, it was open to the public.
During that time new paths were laid, many other plantings were carried out. It changed hands again in 1964 but it still remained open. Since then the main house was sold as was part of the northern and southern boundary plus some of the woodland.
The garden now is divided between five smaller sub-gardens:
The Italian Garden: When you first see this garden from the end of the pond looking down to the Domed Temple it is spectacular. At the top end are two statues representing Wrestlers of Herculaneum. The pond itself is surrounded with brightly coloured planting and in the water are many water lilies and a fountain. To the left is the Italianate Villa with its brightly painted walls and statues on the roof and as you walk down the path other shrubs and manicured bushes. There are quite a few seats dotted around so that you can enjoy the experience.
The Wooded Valley: Here the woodland of Pine trees, where Rhododendrons and Camelias grow in some abundance. Winding footpaths and waterfalls along with other plants such as Ferns and Foxgloves make a wonderful setting.
Rock and Water Garden: There is a thought that Compton Acres has the largest rock garden in private hands in England. It consists of over 300 different plants which include alpines, conifers, spring and summer bulbs.
The Heather Garden: Here, there is a garden, again with many different species of Heather, some not easily grown in other gardens but the south coast has a much better climate enabling them to thrive. It is at its best in Spring, although it is still a very colourful space throughout the year.
The Japanese Garden: There is an odd shaped pool which is surrounded by Bamboos, Azelea and Maples. Wonderful colours, together with a collection of figures, lanterns, stone pagodas and a thatched Japanese-style summerhouse. This is covered in Wisteria in season. Many of the items were purchased in Japan, even the fish were exported under licence.
The garden covers 10 acres, it has many pieces of sculpture and architectural features scattered throughout the site. It also has a tea-room, a very important place which does nice tea and cake. What could be better after the experience of seeing the garden?
Avec plus de 100m de long, ce magnifique navire italien a accosté à Québec au cours des 3 derniers jours! Nous sommes allés l'admirer, hier après-midi au Port de Québec! Impressionnant est un faible mot pour le décrire:)))
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Ailsa Craig from Turnberry, Ayrshire, Scotland.
I took my new EOSR to the coast at Turnberry, Scotland last night to get more familiar with the controls. I was treated to a sunset of incredible clarity and colour. It was so reminiscent of my trips to Portugal.
This is a 5 sec exposure taken 45 mins after sunset. The sky was a warm magenta violet with a band of burnt orange. I found some nice compositions with the flows of water in the sand leading the eye out to Ailsa Craig. I like how the only two tiny clouds in the sky were positioned too. Stunning.
Ailsa Craig is a 340m tall volcanic plug 10 miles off the coast that is the source of floorless blue granite for all the world's curling stones.
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To my dear Mommy. In Memoriam
I.
"As the hand on left with the hand on right
Our souls are beside.
We had both gone in a bliss of flight
As the wing on left and the wing on right...."
II.
"Two suns are cooling - O save me, God!
The first - in heavens, the second - in heart.
Will I have an excuse for that?"
-Marina Tsvetaeva
Plus je sombre dans la folie,
Plus je m’envole dans la raison,
De cette raison loin de la folie des hommes,
La raison de l’éveil à la liberté, d’être...
Oui, d’être une singularité éclairée,
Dans l’obscurantisme de notre société,
De notre monde immonde…
Michaël Overberg
Passant sous un ciel de plus en plus menaçant, la BB7258 "Corail+" est vue, toute propre, en tête de l'Intercités 4764 reliant Marseille-St-Charles à Bordeaux-St-Jean, peu après avoir franchi sans arrêt la gare de Villefranche-de-Lauragais.
Villefranche-de-Lauragais - 27.08.2020.
Wir waren zu viert, ich ... und meine drei
Droogs .... und saßen in der Korowa Milchbar und ließen uns
durch die Rassudocks gehen, wie der Abend laufen sollte...
Depuis le service annuel 2020, Linéas assure la traction du Green-Express (Sibelin-Anvers) avec ses propres locomotives (jusqu'à Thionville) ainsi qu'avec ses conducteurs.
De plus le train à délaissé la PLM pour passer par la Bresse.
Voici ce train non loin d'Ambérieu-en-Bugey avec une dernière nouveauté dans sa charge, un trafic de containers en plus des habituelles citernes.
Leyment, 06-08-2020.
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La Dordogne en hiver à Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, un des Plus beaux villages de France.
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Dordogne (fleuve)
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Dordogne (river)
Par son histoire, son dynamisme commercial, la petite cité de caractère de Malestroit est plus grande qu’il n’y paraît ! Des bords de l’Oust, des rues anciennes se glissent intra-muros, entre les façades de pierre et les maisons à colombages. De curieuses sculptures, des témoignages d’une histoire tumultueuse et d’un florissant passé commercial, rythment la découverte de cette cité millénaire.