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These wintertime visitors are always a treat and so the encounters are always special to me. The one that was one his perch stepped down into the shallow water to join the second Roseate Spoonbill that arrived a few minutes later. So, it was now a double your pleasure moment with the Spoonbills while the White Pelican stretched and contorted off in the distance on Horsepen Bayou.
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Les iguanes
Espèce protégée, l’iguane est omniprésent à Petite-Terre, le dernier recensement faisant état de plus de 10 000 individus, soit environ le tiers de la population mondiale d’iguane des petites Antilles ou iguane antillais (Iguana delicatissima). Totalement inoffensif et végétarien, l’iguane antillais consomme des fleurs, des fruits et surtout des feuilles : feuilles de bois noir, de bois de couleuvre, de poirier pays, et même de mancenillier (arbre réputé très toxique). D’une espérance de vie d’une quinzaine d’années, il peut atteindre 1m60 pour un poids d’environ 3 kilos. C’est un proche cousin de l’iguane vert que l’on peut également rencontrer en Guadeloupe, mais pas à Petite Terre. Les seuls iguanes de couleur verte que l’on peut croiser sur l’ile sont en fait des femelles ou de jeunes iguanes antillais.
roll-133 ARISTA.EDU Ultra 400
Rodinal 1+25 5.5 mins continuous
Minolta Maxxum HTsi Plus
Minolta Maxxum AF Zoom 28-85mm f3.5-4.5
i added some orange and white. still a few changes to make, but i'm happier with this version than the last.
After the snow and ice over the weekend it was time to get back to work, but my driveway, and the secondary roads were still icy. Thanks to my Subie for making the trek easy.
Olympus OM-2n
Zuiko MC Auto-S 50/1.8
Ilford Pan F plus film @ISO 50
Ilfotec DD-X developer 1+4, 8 minutes @20 °C, Ilford inversion
Younger me
Cascades glacées autour du camp de base du Nevado Illimani (6438m) dans la Cordillère royale bolivienne.
D'après diapositive.
Icy waterfalls around Nevado Illimani base camp (6438m) in the Bolivian Cordillera Real.
According to slide.
La technique de cramponnage en pointe avant est une technique où les pointes avants des crampons sont plantées dans la glace en escalade glaciaire ou coincées en escalade mixte ou dry tooling. Elle est utilisée dans les parois très raides, verticales voire en dévers. Elle a longtemps été opposée à la technique du cramponnage à dix pointes ou technique française. En effet, même si le cramponnage en pointe-avant semble plus naturel, dans des pentes faibles (moins de 45°), il est préférable d'utiliser la technique du cramponnage à dix pointes pour soulager les chevilles
On 3 September 2016, we had a fungi morning, which was quite rewarding and definitely fun. Our leader and friend, Karel, is very knowledgeable about fungi and he took 14 of us (plus Karel's two beautiful Beagles) on a foray to West Bragg Creek, maybe an hour's drive west of the city. We had been here a few times over the years, either looking for fungi or on botany outings.
Photographing our findings usually means that I am way at the back of the group or have fallen back with a friend or two. Consequently, the mushrooms have often already been plucked/cut by the time we catch up to the rest of the participants. I also miss a lot of what is being said about IDs and details. It would take far too long to write down the name of each find - each photo taken would have to be carefully numbered so that the right name could be attached and this would be such a hassle when out with a group. Since this outing, Karel has sent an email containing several photos along with IDs. The rest of my photos will have to be just nameless 'pretty pictures' : ) I must add here that any IDs that I give are always tentative, as I know so little about fungi. Another thing to add is that I never, ever pick and eat wild mushrooms!! Too many look similar, some edible, others poisonous. If you are not a fungi expert, never take the risk of eating any of them.
I met up with friend, Sandy, at 8:15 am and she drove us out to the meeting place. My drive from home was done with my windshield wipers on my new car working non-stop - was it raining? No, it had rained the day before - hail, too, on my gleaming new vehicle that I had only had for five days! I needed to clean the windshield, but, once again, I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to turn the wipers off. Amazes me how complicated the wiper options are!
Our morning walk started off by going across the small bridge not far from the parking lot, then part way up the hill and then bush-whacking our way through the forest. This walk, which ended around lunch time, was the main one, but we did stop at a small, gravel parking area a few minutes along the main road, to do a second walk to check for any different mushrooms. This extra walk has yielded a few beauties in past years. Perhaps the most interesting find was a very small twig that had several tiny, turquoise coloured fungi cups on it. The colour looks so out of place in a natural area. My photos of them did not turn out very well, but I did eventually post one of them, just for the very unusual colour.
From here, a few of us stopped at the Cinnamon Spoon cafe in Bragg Creek for lunch. Always a most enjoyable way to finish any outing. Before we climbed into the car for our return drive to Calgary, Sandy and I wandered into the beautiful Art Gallery, owned and run by Bob and Candy Cook. Named Branded Visuals Inc.(Printing Services/Wildlife Gallery), this small store is overflowing with Bob's absolutely amazing photographic works of art. Thanks so much, Bob and Candy, for remembering our chance meeting a number of years ago, down in Fish Creek Park, and for your overly generous words about my own photography.
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Thanks so much, Karel, for giving us a great morning! We really appreciate your passing on your knowledge to us. The same thanks go to Suzanne, the mushroom specialist in Calgary. Sandy, really appreciated the ride there and back!
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I've been there at New Year's Eve and a few days before too and found out that the celestial pole is right above the mountains form that POV there, so I spontaneously used the first day of this year for another long exposure session. Luckily we got clear blue starry skies for a few hours in the evening.
Start: 10:30 pm
End: 00:55 am
161 images stacked for the final result
L’église de San Nicolás de Bari est l’un des joyaux les plus fascinants de la Communauté Valencienne. À tel point qu’elle est populairement connue sous le nom de la Chapelle Sixtine de Valence, tout comme l’église de la Virgen del Ara en Estrémadure. Cette dénomination si particulière provient de sa restauration en 2016, bien qu’elle ait été classée Monument Historique Artistique National depuis 1981. Située dans le centre historique de la ville c’est le parfait exemple de la coexistence d’un édifice à l’architecture gothique du XVe siècle avec une décoration baroque frappante du XVIIème siècle.
Les fresques de l’église de San Nicolás de Bari et de San Pedro Mártir à Valence brillent à la suite de leur dernière restauration. Il est difficile de ne pas rester stupéfait en contemplant les chapelles, les autels et les voûtes de l’église, soignés dans les moindres détails. Plusieurs restaurations eurent lieu tout au long de son histoire, comme celle qui fut faite sur ordre de la famille Borja entre 1419 et 1455. C’est à ce moment que la voûte à nervures gothique de la nef centrale fut réalisée.
Deux cents ans plus tard, entre 1690 et 1693, l’intérieur de l’église fut recouvert d’une décoration baroque. Dans le même temps, des fresques furent ajoutées à la nef centrale qui représente des scènes de la vie des deux saints patrons de la paroisse, San Nicolás de Bari et San Pedro Mártir. La conception en fut réalisée par Antonio Palomino et la peinture par son disciple Dionís Vidal en 1700. Les peintures montrent des scènes de leur enfance, de leur prédication, des miracles accomplis et de leur mort.
Sur les peintures, vous pouvez observer des ouvertures fictives qui évoquent le ciel. Quant aux scènes de la vie des saints, la voûte est divisée en deux parties, correspondant à chacun des saints. Les deux convergent dans le presbytère créant une gloire des anges et des architectures fictives. Ce sont près de 2 000 m2 de peinture qui témoignent de la magnificence de l’église.
The Church of San Nicolás de Bari is one of the most fascinating jewels of the Valencian Community. So much so that it is popularly known as the Sistine Chapel of Valencia, just like the Church of the Virgen del Ara in Extremadura. This particular name comes from its restoration in 2016, although it has been classified as a National Historic Artistic Monument since 1981. Located in the historic center of the city, it is the perfect example of the coexistence of a building with 15th century Gothic with striking 17th century Baroque decoration.
The frescoes in the Church of San Nicolás in Bari and San Pedro Mártir in Valencia shine following their latest restoration. It is difficult not to be amazed contemplating the chapels, altars and vaults of the church, cared for in every detail. Several restorations took place throughout its history, such as the one that was made by order of the Borja family between 1419 and 1455. It was at this time that the Gothic ribbed vault of the central nave was made.
Two hundred years later, between 1690 and 1693, the interior of the church was covered with Baroque decoration. At the same time, frescoes were added to the central nave which depict scenes from the life of the two patron saints of the parish, San Nicolás de Bari and San Pedro Mártir. It was designed by Antonio Palomino and painted by his disciple Dionís Vidal in 1700. The paintings show scenes from their childhood, their preaching, miracles performed and their deaths.
On the paintings, you can observe fictitious openings that evoke the sky. As for the scenes from the lives of the saints, the vault is divided into two parts, corresponding to each of the saints. The two converge in the presbytery creating a glory of angels and fictional architectures. Nearly 2,000 m2 of painting bear witness to the magnificence of the church.
...plus c'est la même chose.
When I used to frequent Tonbridge West Yard in the 1980s, taking the long way round from school to the station, there were usually a few 73s on show - albeit not the re-engined variety. GBRf's 73963 waits for its next task as 73141 shunts RHTT wagons in the background.
Locomotives: GB Railfreight Class 73/9 73963 "Janice" and Class 73/1 73141 "Charlotte".
Location: Tonbridge West Yard, Kent.
Seen approaching the Halfway House junction in Cheetham Hill, from the Salford side of Bury Old Road, the Manchester/Salford boundary passing down the middle of the road at this point. 64003 - new originally to CT Plus - maintains GNW livery but with added Orbits markings, one of three so treated.
17/02/2020.