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Tokyo Tower is a communications and observation tower located in the Shiba-koen district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan. At 332.9 metres (1,092 ft), it is the second-tallest structure in Japan. The structure is an Eiffel Tower-inspired lattice tower that is painted white and international orange to comply with air safety regulations.
Built in 1958, the tower's main sources of revenue are tourism and antenna leasing. Over 150 million people have visited the tower since its opening. FootTown, a four-story building located directly under the tower, houses museums, restaurants and shops. Departing from there, guests can visit two observation decks. The two-story Main Observatory is located at 150 metres (490 ft), while the smaller Special Observatory reaches a height of 249.6 metres (819 ft).
The tower acts as a support structure for an antenna. Originally intended for television broadcasting, radio antennas were installed in 1961, but the tower is now used to broadcast signals for Japanese media outlets such as NHK, TBS and Fuji TV. Japan's planned digital television transition by July 2011 was problematic, however; Tokyo Tower's height, 332.9 m (1,092 ft) was not high enough to adequately support complete terrestrial digital broadcasting to the area. A taller digital broadcasting tower, known as Tokyo Skytree, was completed on February 29, 2012.
Turtle Dove - Streptopelia Tutur
The turtle dove is a dainty dove, smaller and darker than the collared dove and slightly larger than a blackbird. Its upperparts are distinctively mottled with chestnut and black and its black tail has a white edge.
The gentle purr of the turtle dove is an evocative sound of summer, but has become increasingly rare following rapid and sustained population declines. One cause of the decline is thought to be lack of seed and grain as food during the breeding season, resulting in a much shorter breeder season with fewer nesting attempts. The species is now included on the Red List of conservation concern.
Populations of turtle dove are in rapid decline across Europe and this species has red list conservation status globally. In the United Kingdom its numbers have declined by 93% since 1994 and across Europe numbers fell by 78% 1980-2013.
Environmentalist groups have said that the decline of turtle doves in Europe is partly because changed farming practices mean that the weed seeds and shoots on which it feeds, especially fumitory, are more scarce, and partly due to shooting of birds in Mediterranean countries. According to a 2001 study cited by the European Commission, between two and four million birds are shot annually in Malta, Cyprus, France, Italy, Spain and Greece. Environmentalists have described spring hunting in Malta as particularly problematic as it is the only country with an EU derogation to shoot birds during their spring migration to breeding grounds.
According to a 2007 study by the European Commission, four currently identifiable potential threats to the turtle dove are (1) habitat loss/modification (medium to low impact), (2) droughts and climate change (mostly unknown but likely low impact), (3) hunting (partly unknown but overall medium impact), and (4) competition with the collared dove (unknown impact).The British Trust for Ornithology has also highlighted Trichomonosis parasite as a threat to the turtle dove.
Population:
UK breeding:
14,000 territories
can be as problematic as taking one :-)
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camellia, j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
Kangaroo Island, South Australia
occurs across Australia but very uncommon in the north. They eat algae and other aquatic plants (and sea grasses in estuarine waters).
When the water levels and/or the food availability becomes problematic in an area , they may travel great distances.
In flight they are very elegant and unmistakable, also because they frequently call
cygnus atratus
zwarte zwaan
cygne noir
Trauerschwan
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I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia :-)
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Frida, 1 of 2 of our "adopted" cats. we have decided to adopt our son's cats as it has become increasingly apparent that shipping them to australia to be with our son has become too problematic. we had considered placing them with another family, but we fell in love with them while serving as their "foster" parents ;-)
Rabida Island
Galapagos
Ecuador
South America
Now for a few Galapagos images. Flamingo searching for food in the saltwater lagoon on Rabida Island formerly called Jervais Island.
The American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) is a large species of flamingo closely related to the Greater Flamingo and Chilean Flamingo. It has also been known as the Caribbean Flamingo, but the species' presence in the Galápagos makes that name problematic. It is the only flamingo which naturally inhabits North America.
The American Flamingo breeds in the Galápagos, coastal Colombia, Venezuela and nearby islands, Hispaniola, Cuba, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and along the northern coast of the Yucatán Peninsula. Most sightings in southern Florida are usually considered to be escapees, although at least one bird banded as a chick in the Yucatán Peninsula has been sighted in Everglades National Park, and others may be vagrant birds from Cuba.
From a distance, untrained eyes can also confuse the Roseate Spoonbill with it. - Source Wikipedia
Standing still under the band of the Milky Way - the Celestial River of uncountable stars of our own Galaxy - this boat rests quietly on fine grains of sand created long ago. How long ago is exceedingly difficult to answer since the erosion of rocks and the formation of sand is an ongoing procedure.
Another interesting question is whether there are more grains of sand on all the beaches of Earth than there are stars in the whole Universe. And although one might argue that the stars probably outnumber the grains of sand, the only certain thing is that every single grain of sand and every single cell of our body, has been at some time part of a stellar interior, since all the heavy elements of the Universe have been created in the interiors of stars and have being ejected to interstellar space by exploding stars, only to be incorporated by next generation stars and ultimately into what now comprises our Solar system and our bodies. We are all made of stardust after all.
Thanks to everyone for visiting my photos, for all your faves and comments, I deeply appreciate it! Wishing you all the best! Clear skies and health to you and your families.
Technical info and some personal thoughts:
Photographing the Milky Way from that place on the beach proved problematic, since the wide angle lens at f/2.8 captured an annoyingly great amount of light pollution from the distant village, even in ten-second exposures, so I had to take many shots to find the best settings, as a balance between capturing more of the starlight and less of the light pollution. Clearly not the best place to photograph the Milky Way, but it is so relaxing to be on a beach on a clear, moonless summer night, under the canopy of stars with no people around, contemplating the mysteries of the Universe, that I could not resist it!
Date: June 28th, 2020
Location: Kassandra, Chalkidiki, Greece
Camera: CANON EOS 550D
Lens: Tokina AT-X 11-16 F2.8 Pro DX II@14mm
SKY: 10 exposures x 10 sec each, ISO 6400, f/2.8, calibrated with separate darks and stacked in Sequator for reducing the noise and light pollution
FOREGROUND: 3 exposures x 2 mins each, ISO 1600, f/5, stacked in Photoshop
Final Composite image was done in PS CC 2020.
Processing: Sequator, Adobe LR, Photoshop CC 2020.
I've never been very much on making plans and setting goals. Oh... sure... I've made them and set them in the past. But I never follow through so... what the heck's the point? Plus, I've found that happenstance is frequently my friend so... I'm pretty much content to just let life happen.
It's funny thinking back on all the many things I thought I wanted, and wanted to be, growing up... all the different jobs and professions I considered... not to mention the days I cursed the simple fact of having choices. In my mother's day, things were simpler, I thought. If you chose to do something other than raise kids and/or look after some man, your choices were relatively limited - the conventional ones being nurse, teacher, nun.
By the time I was on the scene, everything had changed. My parents told me constantly that I could be and do absolutely anything I wanted. Nice. But also... aacck... highly pressurized. Anything? Geez. You mean I have to choose from an infinite number of options? It was pretty overwhelming, especially since the things to which I naturally gravitated all seemed problematic.
I wanted to be a poet. My mom said: impractical.
I wanted to be a philosopher. My parents assured me: not at all viable if you want to eat on a regular basis.
Then I wanted to be a vet. Until I learned about medical school and the long taxing hours that would have to be got through.
At one point, I honestly thought I'd want to do AI - artificial insemination. It seemed rather "vet lite"... and the AI guys who came to our farm to inseminate our cows seemed to have a pretty spiffy life... driving around the countryside with a trunk full of frozen semen, putting on the long glove and reaching way inside a beast... bringing together the first two key ingredients in a brand new life... and then driving on to do the same thing somewhere else.
Then I got older and lazier. I started assessing career options based on the length and complexity of the required preparation. Interior designer, I thought at one point. I figured I could be done with the training and working and supporting myself well before my 20th birthday. Then I took a related course in high school. Ha-a-a-ted it. And decided to just chuck the whole career idea entirely.
Most of what's happened since has been accidental. Or coincidental. Or whatever you want to call it.
It may be sad from a certain perspective, but many of the major changes in my life were precipitated, over the years, by partnerships with men.
I took my first radio job - not because I loved the work, but because it would bring me closer to my then-boyfriend.
Years later, I moved to The Big City and took a job there to be with another boyfriend.
Ultimately, I left radio entirely and moved here, to the Island, to be with Husband Mike. And I'm certainly not complaining; it's all worked out.
So I wasn't at all surprised when I saw this pic. It was completely unintentional... but I love what resulted. This was from Friday, when I was gearing up for the knife shot. My dear little fuzzy friend was nearby, as always. I'd already triggered the shutter... on a timer... when she walked into the shot and sat there looking at me... all ears and quizzical eyes. I started laughing... and she turned to face the camera just as it clicked.
Anyway... like I said... I'm a fan of happenstance. So this is my little tribute to it.
And really... what's better than going through life knowing that you never know - and can't know - what great thing will happen next?? Bring it on.
These western birds have far more white on their backs than their eastern counterparts. Still as cheeky though and during the breeding season can be problematic when defending their territory, even knocking cyclists off their bicycles
Great to see this guy today.
Mountain Bluebirds are usually the first migratory breeding songbirds to arrive here in central Alberta.
This can be problematic for them in some years since we can still get heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures in late March and into April.
Beaver County, Alberta.
There is a late medieval stone bridge in Alloway, Scotland that crosses the River Doon. It is very near the birthplace of Robert Burns who immortalized this bridge in his poem, "Tam o 'Shanter". The late afternoon light makes it appear that you cross this bridge into your dreams.
"Love is the bridge between you and everything." ~ Rumi
I have been experiencing a lot of frustration using Flickr over the last few weeks. For me, it has been very slow to download images and often leaving comments and even faves is problematic, so I must apologize to my Flickr friends for not being as active as I would like. After doing a little research, it appears that Smugmug, the new owners of the Flickr website, are working on renovations which in the long run will make Flickr a more enjoyable experience for all. In the meantime ... Aargh! So I must express my gratitude to all of you for your visits, comments, faves and inspiration! They are so appreciated!!
Due to the weather being so unpredictable at the moment here in Berlin, getting out is proving problematic. So indoor photography ensures, this my friend's Orchid luckily placed by a window so natural light wasn't too much of a problem to find. Also the D5600 has a more wider and more apparent D-Active Lighting feature which helped fill in the gaps, so to speak.
Hoping the weather improves soon as we fast approach my favourite time of year, Spring, I hope it's a warm one and I get out and really play with my new toy! I must admit, photography can be a little overwhelming with the technology and all things considered, so even from the D3400 to the my new camera, there is a lot to learn, remember and think about.
I hope everyone is well and so as always, thank you! :)
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Sagrada Familia, seen through an arch supporting a chimney on the roof of Casa Milà (also known as La Pedrera) . Both are works of the famous architect Antonio Gaudí and both buildings are listed as a Unesco world heritage site.
Submitted: 20/02/2017
Rejected: 11/03/2017
Rejection Reasons
Unreleased: Problematic Location
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Submitted: 23/02/2017
Rejected: 11/03/2017
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Death Valley in winter was a great vacation spot. Much more vibrant and colorful than my imagination led me to believe possible.
One of the areas of the park that should not be overlooked is the Titus Canyon Road which enters the NP from the Nevada side. Winding its way through the Titanothere Canyon, seen here, the road climbs to Red Pass along the left side of this ridge in the Grapevine Mountains, where it descends into Titus Canyon, home of the 1920s boomtown, Leadfield, before exiting the Grapevine Range through a picturesque slot canyon.
The road is well maintained and attracts a fair number of visitors. As with all of Death Valley, it requires additional precautions in summer months due to heat and may be problematic if rain is anywhere in the forecast.
As beautiful as this location is in color, I thought I would first share it in a monochrome format, highlighting the rugged, spartan, landscape under a dramatic cloudy sky.
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Milbert's Tortoiseshells are smaller than Painted Ladies and extremely fast fliers. It is quite challenging to capture most butterflies right now because the light is low on the horizon so shadows can be quite problematic. I was thrilled to find this beauty as I've not seen one in four or five years. It has been raining the past few days so it'll be interesting to see what butterflies remain when I go out next.
I really appreciate your views and comments, THANK YOU! Have a lovely day!
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Submitted: 22/08/2017
Rejected: problematic location
Accepted: 10/02/2018
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The Royal Greenhouses of Laeken (Dutch: Koninklijke Serres van Laken, French: Serres Royales de Laeken), are a vast complex of monumental heated greenhouses in the park of the Royal Palace of Laeken in the north of Brussels.
The complex was commissioned by King Leopold II and designed by Alphonse Balat. Built between 1874 and 1895, the complex was finished with the completion of the so-called "Iron Church", a domed greenhouse that would originally serve as the royal chapel. The total floor surface of this immense complex is 2.5 hectares (270,000 square feet). 800,000 liters (over 200,000 US gallons) of fuel oil are needed each year to heat the buildings.
The complex can only be visited during a two/three-week period in April–May each year, when most flowers are in full bloom.
For 2017: 14 april 2017 - 05 may 2017
Submitted: 31/12/2017
Rejected: 08/01/2018
File was rejected on January 8, 2018
Rejection Reasons
Unreleased: Problematic Location
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I made a trip down to Cape Cod yesterday. Although I like the Cape in all seasons, the summer often has too many visitors on the beaches, for me at least. In addition, price of parking and even finding it is problematic. Lieutenant Island is a good way to escape that. It's right off Wellfleet and doesn't get a lot of visitors for sure. You have to cross a sketchy bridge which is much dependent on the tide. But once you get here, you realize it was all worth it.
Everyone has been angry and knows what anger is. Anger can vary widely (from mild irritation to intense fury) and can be sparked by a variety of things (specific people, events, memories, or personal problems). Anger is a natural and potentially productive emotion. However, anger can get out of control and become destructive and problematic.
So why do we get angry? People get angry when their expectations are not met -- whether those expectations are about the future, about themselves, or about others. When our expectations are unmet, we revert to illusions of control, "unrealistically expecting all people to behave and all situations to turn out as we think they should." Anger over these unmet expectations often leads us to blame others and shift aggression towards them.
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problematic morning in terms of light due to suspended dust coming from the Sahara.
the sensor made several strange color interpretations...
Europe, The Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam, Cool, Coolhaven, Little C
Much has already been said and written about Little C. See the previous post for a little sample.
The style of the building complex can partly be traced back to the inherent cynicism of the project developers that created a project that uses the morphology of ultimately very problematic urban districts/housing complexes like The Projects (New York) and the long ago demolished Kowloon (Hong Kong) quarter.
This is number 298 of Zwart/Wit.
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The Vimperk Castle was once an important fortress in southern Bohemia. The oldest part of the castle dates back to about 1200.
Submitted: 11/08/2017
Rejected: 02/09/2017
File was rejected on September 2, 2017
Rejection Reasons
Legal: Problematic Location (Private Property/Access Restriction)
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revise08/22/2017 at 12:03AM ++Photographed on castle grounds - We require an Editorial Consent Form (ECF) showing that permission was granted to take images for Editorial use.
Legal: Problematic Location (Private Property/Access Restriction)
Resubmitted: 01/03/2019
Accepted: 01/03/2019
A little bit of fun is always good.
Sometimes nature sends us interesting messages. This is one of them, which I received the day before yesterday and which I would like to forward to you. With this in mind, I wish you all a great weekend.
By the way, that was the first model I ate right after the photo shoot. I hope this doesn't become a habit. This could become problematic for both parties.
Ein bisschen Spaß muss sein.
Manchmal sendet uns die Natur schon interessante Nachrichten. Dies hier ist eine davon, die ich vorgestern erhalten habe und die ich gern an Euch weiter leite. In diesem Sinne wünsche ich Euch allen ein tolles Wochenende.
Das war übrigens das erste Model, welches ich direkt nach dem Fotoshoot aufgegessen habe. Ich hoffe, das wird nicht zu Gewohnheit.Das könnte problematisch werden, für beide Parteien.
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This is my version of the co-operative effort with Tim Poulton.
Having settled into my sleeping bag earlier I was surprised by Tim returning from his call to nature exclaiming "you better check this out".
The moon had emerged from the clouds and was lighting up the side of Craig's Hut spectacularly.
We raced outside to setup our gear and started to capture some frames. However something was missing. We needed to bring the hut to life. With no high powered lamps we resorted to Tim's shellite fuel.
There were quite a few logistical problems with capturing this image. Firstly the time it would take to shoot the 7 frame pano at 15 sec per frame would prove problematic with the moon disappearing behind the clouds regularly. Also Tim had to carefully manage the interior lighting for 2 minutes and not burn or gas himself or create another $300k rebuild.
Cheers
The librarian ( his name is Sayf al Islam, سيف الإسلام ) showing some works from the library in Chinguetti.
There are several famous libraries in Chinguetti. The most precious books are now in Nouakchott though.
Submitted: 13/03/2019
Rejected: 13/03/2019
File was rejected on March 13, 2019
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Submitted: 05/02/2018
REJECTED: 05/02/2018
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Unreleased: Problematic Location
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REsubmitted: 08/02/2018
Accepted: 12/02/2018
This is a toss up. Occasionally I run across a house that I am not sure is abandoned. This one could still be lived in. I didn’t see any cars or activity, but they might have been away. The house needs some work, but not overly much. It needs replacement windows, scraping and painting and some porch work. Also, lighting a fire in the fireplace could be problematic if that ivy vine is dry. Whoosh! The whole wooden house could go up.
What I like about this place is the nice bench for relaxing on the porch. Happy Bench Monday!
Caladium bicolor, called Heart of Jesus, is a species in the genus Caladium from Latin America. It is grown as a houseplant for its large, heart or lance-shaped leaves with striking green, white, pink, and red blotching. Hundreds of cultivars are available. It can be planted outside in USDA Hardiness Zone 10 as an ornamental. It is a problematic invasive species in Trinidad and Tobago, Guam, Micronesia, Palau, Hawaii and the Philippines, and naturalized populations can be found in most of the rest of the world's tropics, including Africa, the Indian subcontinent, southeast Asia and Malesia. C. bicolor contains calcium oxalate crystals, making all parts of the plant poisonous to humans, livestock, and pets. Sap coming in contact with the skin may cause skin irritation. Ingestion may cause burning and swelling of the lips, mouth, and tongue, as well as nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. If a pet consumes caladium, in addition to vomiting, etc., the symptoms include drooling, pawing at mouth or face, and decreased appetite. G5_101
Some little known facts about jelly fish:
1. The largest recorded jellyfish had tentacles over 120ft long!
The largest jellyfish known to man is the Lions Mane jellyfish. It has an average bell diameter of around 50cm but the largest specimens can be as big as 6ft in diameter with tentacles 100ft or more in length! The largest Lions Mane jellyfish recorded was found in Massachusetts. It had a bell diameter of 2.3m and its tentacles were 37m (121.4ft) long!
2. Jellyfish have no brain!
They also have no heart, bones or blood and are around 95% water! So how do they function without a brain or central nervous system? They have a basic set of nerves at the base of their tentacles which can detect touch, temperature, salinity etc. Since they don’t have a brain, they depend on automatic reflexes in response to these stimuli! Catching prey is also a matter of chance. They don’t actively hunt down their food; they just wait for prey to come in contact with their tentacles.
3. There are around 2000 known species of jellyfish!
There are more than 2000 different types of jellyfish, with many more still waiting to be discovered. Only approximately 70 of these species have stings strong enough to harm humans. Jellyfish are found in every ocean of the world, including around the UK!
4. Jellyfish have been around for approximately 650 million years!
Jellyfish have no bones so fossils are hard to come by, but scientists have evidence that these creatures have been bobbing along in the world’s oceans for around 650 million years or even longer. That means they pre-date the dinosaurs by hundreds of millions of years!
5. Jellyfish are a popular snack for the Leatherback Turtle!
Leatherback Turtles are known to follow groups of jellyfish in order to get a tasty meal, often bringing them close to coastlines like the UK. These turtles aren’t the only species to find jellyfish appetizing; in some parts of the world humans also view jellyfish as a delicacy! The most common jellyfish chosen for this delicacy is the Cannonball jellyfish.
6. Jellyfish are not actually fish!
Jellyfish live mainly in the ocean but aren’t actually fish. They are plankton, and float in the water as they are carried by currents. They are members of the Cnidarian family, along with coral and anemones!
7. Jellyfish are taking over the oceans!
In recent years certain parts of the world have seen a problematic increase in jellyfish populations, called blooms. Scientists believe this is to do with additional nutrients in the water, climate change or fishing along the coastlines. Some researchers are concerned that the increased numbers of jellyfish could compete for food resources with fish and other marine animals, and eventually out-compete native local species. Jellyfish are one of the very few creatures that have been known to adapt to ocean dead zones, where there is little oxygen and lots of pollution.
Panoramic view of Monemvasia, Greece from the upper ruins in late March, the angle of the light was a bit problematic, so I went back up in the afternoon. It was worse because the lower town was in partial shadow. Anyway, happy Sunday to all.
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The magnificent staircase inside the Achilleion on Corfu, Ionian islands, Greece.
The Achilleion was a palace designed for empress Elisabeth of Austria (also called Sissi) with the mythical hero Achilles as the central theme.
It was Elisabeth's favourite vacation place and she built the palace because she admired Greece and its language and culture.
Submitted: 24/11/2017
Rejected: 01/12/2017
File was rejected on December 1, 2017
Rejection Reasons
Unreleased: Problematic Location
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Explored February 25, 2023
Another one from the gym at the Olympic Village of 1936 in Elstal 10 km west of Berlin. Looking back, I realise how lucky we were to visit the place back in September 2018 because that was the last year guided tours through the remains of the historic Olympic Village were still possible. Nowadays, the area has been developed into "G.O.L.D. – Gartenstadt Olympisches Dorf von 1936“ (STRG/CTRL+ gold1936.berlin/), a new home for 3,000 people of which the first construction phase has been completed at the end of 2022. I should admit that I find the name "Gold 1936" a little problematic, given the fact that the Olympic Village had been destined as barracks for the Deutsche Wehrmacht in the war that was to come three years later from day one of its planning. On the other hand one cannot by any means attest "historical amnesia" to the developers of the new village; quite the contrary, there are museal areas in the new village that inform about the controversial history of that place and the Olympic Games of 1936.
I couldn't find any info about today's condition of the gym that you can see here. I hope that it will be reconstructed and modernised like the equally heritage-protected natatorium, and the house where Jesse Owens lived during the Games. The coloured glass wall alone would be worth it. If you zoom in, you can vaguely see a photo of Jesse Owens on the wall on the left (the second image from above on the film strip). Unfortunately, the details are a little smudgy. As I had mentioned earlier, I did not bring a tripod along because I thought we weren't allowed to, so I took all images freehand. Plus the fact that back then the little LX100, which this image was taken with, had been still new, and I had by no means mastered all its functions (such as bracketing), yet. You can find more photos from the Olympic Village in my album if you like.
Europe, The Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam, Cool, Coolhaven, Little C, Balconies (slightly cut from all sides)
Much has already been said and written about Little C. See the previous post for a little sample.
The style of the building complex can partly be traced back to the inherent cynicism of the project developers that created a project that uses the morphology of ultimately very problematic urban districts/housing complexes like The Projects (New York) -and the long ago demolished Kowloon (Hong Kong) quarter.
This is for now the last of the Little C mini-series.
This is number 1343 of Minimalism / explicit Graphism.
Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, England. Built by John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough on land and with funds awarded by a grateful nation for a series of great military victories, including the Battle of Blenheim in 1704. Construction started in 1705 and some elements were still ongoing in 1735, long after the Duke's death in 1722. Funding was always problematic, but the magnificent interiors remain a wondrous sight to behold. To this very day, the Duke has to pay an annual rent for the land to the Monarch, consisting of a small French flag, on the anniversary of the Battle of Blenheim. Winston Churchill was born here in 1874.
Tokyo Tower at night. Whenever there is a next time I think I want to try a long exposure, this is a handhold shot.
Info from WiKi:
""Tokyo Tower (東京タワー Tōkyō tawā, officially called 日本電波塔 Nippon denpatō "Japan Radio Tower") is a communications and observation tower in the Shiba-koen district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan. At 332.9 metres (1,092 ft), it is the second-tallest structure in Japan. The structure is an Eiffel Tower-inspired lattice tower that is painted white and international orange to comply with air safety regulations.
Built in 1958, the tower's main sources of income are tourism and antenna leasing. Over 150 million people have visited the tower. FootTown, a four-story building directly under the tower, houses museums, restaurants and shops. Departing from there, guests can visit two observation decks. The two-story Main Deck (formerly known as the Main Observatory) is at 150 metres (490 ft), while the smaller Top Deck (formerly known as the Special Observatory) reaches a height of 249.6 metres (819 ft). The names were changed following renovation of the top deck in 2018.[4]
The tower acts as a support structure for an antenna. Intended for television broadcasting, radio antennas were installed in 1961, but the tower now broadcasts signals for Japanese media outlets such as NHK, TBS and Fuji TV. Japan's planned digital television transition by July 2011 was problematic, however; Tokyo Tower's height, 332.9 m (1,092 ft) was not high enough to support complete terrestrial digital broadcasting to the area. A taller digital broadcasting tower, known as Tokyo Skytree, was completed on 29 February 2012. Every five years Tokyo Tower is repainted. It takes one year to repaint it.
Since its completion in 1958, Tokyo Tower has become a prominent landmark in the city, and frequently appears in media set in Tokyo.""
Turtle Dove - Streptopelia Tutur
The turtle dove is a dainty dove, smaller and darker than the collared dove and slightly larger than a blackbird. Its upperparts are distinctively mottled with chestnut and black and its black tail has a white edge.
The gentle purr of the turtle dove is an evocative sound of summer, but has become increasingly rare following rapid and sustained population declines. One cause of the decline is thought to be lack of seed and grain as food during the breeding season, resulting in a much shorter breeder season with fewer nesting attempts. The species is now included on the Red List of conservation concern.
Populations of turtle dove are in rapid decline across Europe and this species has red list conservation status globally. In the United Kingdom its numbers have declined by 93% since 1994 and across Europe numbers fell by 78% 1980-2013.
Environmentalist groups have said that the decline of turtle doves in Europe is partly because changed farming practices mean that the weed seeds and shoots on which it feeds, especially fumitory, are more scarce, and partly due to shooting of birds in Mediterranean countries. According to a 2001 study cited by the European Commission, between two and four million birds are shot annually in Malta, Cyprus, France, Italy, Spain and Greece. Environmentalists have described spring hunting in Malta as particularly problematic as it is the only country with an EU derogation to shoot birds during their spring migration to breeding grounds.
According to a 2007 study by the European Commission, four currently identifiable potential threats to the turtle dove are (1) habitat loss/modification (medium to low impact), (2) droughts and climate change (mostly unknown but likely low impact), (3) hunting (partly unknown but overall medium impact), and (4) competition with the collared dove (unknown impact).The British Trust for Ornithology has also highlighted Trichomonosis parasite as a threat to the turtle dove.
Population:
UK breeding:
14,000 territories
Led by a now uncommon matched pair of Pan Am C40-8s, M426 passes the ABS block signal at Merrill Road. I figure that CSX probably will get rid of the stretch of problematic ABS signals through Lewiston and Auburn sooner than later, so it's probably not a bad idea to get shots of the signals now.
This male red-bellied woodpecker has put his dentist's hat on today as he drills into the tree trunk with that long needle-like bill. I doubt that he added any Novocaine to the area before he went to work either. I'm sure the tree is happy to have him remove those problematic wood-boring beetle larvae though.
The recount in Arizona, ( my niece and her husband live there ) indicate that Trump was the winner of the vote there. It has not been officially announced yet but that is what I am hearing and it is also coming from news sources ( government officials ) that are in the know. Recounts are now being considered in other problematic state elections.
Another little tidbit of news, the results of the Durham probe are due to be released and some of the Washington insiders who have seen the unredacted report say that there will be officials from the Obama administration who will receive indictments and may go to prison.
The state of the government in this country is in shambles. it looks as if things are going to even get worse. Thomas Jefferson, way back in the day this country was founded stated that every 25 to 30 years there had to be a purge to remove people who were corrupt. ( he actually said this and you can research it if you are smart enough, which will leave out a large percentage of the current population in this country. if we don't print instructions on every sheet of toilet paper on its proper use a lot of these clowns are going to be lost. )
Finally I would have to congratulate Sweden on defeating our woke bunch of idiot women soccer players. They deserve to lose every match for being disloyal. I am going to have to root for which ever team they play next. A dead last finish would by appropriate for this bunch.
Taken at Sandy Camp Rd Wetlands Reserve, Lytton, Queensland.
Aka Lotusbird.
With its long legs and oversized feet, at first glance the Comb-crested Jacana appears particularly ungainly. However, anyone who has watched one nimbly picking its way across precarious platforms of floating aquatic vegetation would disagree. Similarly, those strangely elongated appendages would seem to render any attempts at long-distance movements problematical. Again, this is incorrect. They have been occasionally recorded as making very long distance journeys.
Birdlife Australia.