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On a cloudless day in Yosemite National Park, composition along the Merced became a little problematic requiring a bit of experimentation. The dynamic range was pretty extreme with this framing so I did a digital blend of two bracketed images, the -1 ev for the upper-right blending into a +1 ev image in the lower-left.
Camera Nikon D800
Exposure 0.04 sec (1/25)
Aperture f/16.0
Focal Length 14 mm
ISO Speed 200
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"Our project "Identikit" deals with the matter of immigration and hence with identities and the issue of clichés. Identities are highly complex and always different, however clichés work by simplification. Under the view of immigration, more and more families and individuals have a patchwork-identity, which is often encountered by others with stereotypes. To visualize this problematic issue we have made portraits of well known German, French and American personalities, which have a migration background. Based on a technique, that is known from Childrens books or phantom view catalogs, the faces are horizontally cut in stripes, so that you can rearrange them in endless variations. In addition there are a series of words on the backside so that you can replace some parties of the face. There are so many options, some make sense, some don´t, some invoke images and even stereotypes in your head, but they give no concrete answer. It´s all in the viewer."
Various & Gould 2008
Check this gallery for more photos of the Identikit series!
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This little crystal is from one of the warm snowfalls earlier this season. It’s difficult to shoot them before they melt, with the outer features fading first. The inner details however are something to marvel at. View large!
Warm snowfalls are very difficult to photograph in, but I’m out there every chance I get; You never know when something interesting and unusual is going to appear in front of you! This plate-turned-dendrite has one of my favourite forms, providing interesting fern-like branches with strong geometry in the center. The center here also has a bit extra: a snowflake inside a snowflake.
Not exactly, but it’s a fun example of a “skeletal form” type crystal. The smaller top snowflake shape has “bones” that run up the center of the branches and connect the top plate to the bottom plate. This kind of snowflake is a unique variant of the split-plate or capped column, where the stunted growth of the secondary plate (the one that lost the battle for access to water vapour) continues to grow outward, albeit at a slower pace than its bigger half. You don’t see these structures often!
This likely means that the side containing the smaller plate was facing the direction of wind, and thereby was still able to have some access to “building blocks” for continued growth. This can be backed up by the smaller rounded trapezoidal shapes on the inside of the larger plate. These indicate inward crystal growth, showing that the plate is “filling in” from thicker edges. This only happens when the inner area of the crystal is able to still receive water vapour.
Editing these snowflakes becomes a bigger challenge as well. As these subjects are so very fleeting, from the first frame to the last frame the snowflake might have completely melted. Focus-stacking is the technique used to combine multiple frames at different focus points to get the entire snowflake crisp and sharp from tip to tip… but what happens if the subject is actively changing while you shoot? The answer is a bit of a headache.
The center of the snowflake would remain largely untouched by the melting process, but the branches are tricky as they start to melt first. I usually pass forward and back across the snowflake, hoping to get as many needed images as possible in a single pass. I might make 4-5 passes across the crystal, making sure that I haven’t missed anything, as there are always images missing from the sequence due to the hand-held approach I use… it’s the missing slices that prove problematic.
If I need to take the missing slices from a second or third pass across the crystal, it won’t line up properly with its neighbouring focus slices. The later image will have degraded further; edges would be more rounded and the tips would be shorter. Making them fit together again is a manual process that takes a fair bit of time in Photoshop. On average my snowflake images take about 4 hours to edit, but these kinds of issues usually add an hour onto that process. I think it’s worth the extra time, and I hope you agree!
Snowflakes form in very interesting and beautiful ways, and understanding where these shapes come from has always fascinated me. If you like these posts, you’ll absolutely love the 304pg hardcover book “Sky Crystals: Unraveling the Mysteries of Snowflakes”: skycrystals.ca/book/ - it’s everything a science and photography geek could hope for. :)
To marvel at more of these winter wonders, check out “The Snowflake” print, which is the culmination of over 2500 hours of work with the subject funneled into a single image: skycrystals.ca/poster/ - the perfect image to make winter a little more tolerable!
#snow #snowflakes #macrophotography #winter
While new all-diesel locomotives are gradually becoming taboo in our region, this isn't so problematic in other countries, as evidenced by the ТЭМ18ДМ-3551, which was commissioned by the Беларуская чыгунка in November 2024. The locomotive was built in Bryansk. On May 27, 2025, the still-new locomotive shunted in Homel.
A little over a month ago, I uploaded a photo of these Ozark falls noting that I had taken photos from a different position (this one) but that those photos had proven problematic due to extensive flaring as I was shooting into the sun. I had tried to protect my lens from said sun but flaring occurred anyway. Well, yesterday, I tackled one of those photos and managed to reduce that flaring to near zero with the bag of tricks Lightroom provides.
The original photo can be seen here: www.flickr.com/photos/80014607@N05/51676285024/in/datepos... which is still a better photo to be sure.
Situated near the cliff-tops, overlooking an often tempestuous North Sea, is the small Seaham church dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.
It may look a little lonely these days, but it was once at the centre of the original settlement of Seaham, long before there was a 'Seaham Harbour'. Because of the geography of the coastline, Seahm was originally at the end of an east/west route. Travelling directly north or south was problematic because of the coastal denes, deep naturally occurring ravines formed after the end of the ice age. It was only towards the end of the 19th century that a coastal road was created connecting Seaham north to Sunderland via the village of Ryhope.
The church meanwhile, is a Grade 1 listed building and has been described by historians as one of the earliest Anglo Saxon churches in existence.
Regular worship still takes place every Saturday morning at 10.30am and on the first Sunday of the month at 11am.
Over the last few weeks I’ve squeezed every possible spare moment to get out in the snow. now usually in the uk the snow only lasts for a couple of days and that’s your entire winters helping, so every time I’ve gone out over the last few weeks I’ve really savoured the experience, viewing it as my last of the season. This way of approaching photography can be problematic, as it places deeper expectations on you not to waist the opportunity, but ironically helps you deeper appreciate the moment. Anyway, it has made me get out more than I would usually, and as it seems, more than your usual amount of photographers have been wondering around, wide eyed, like kids in a candy shop...
So what is it about snow that is so special? Everything just looks just so fresh, clean, unspoilt and different to normal. I love the crunching sounds fresh snow makes when you walk through it, I love the smiles on kid’s faces, I love the way it stimulates my inner child. I love the way light changes, reflects, the unusual subtle hues in the sky after sunset. I love the rawness, the coldness, the innocence...it just makes me want to live in an icy country...
Anyway, talking of snow, sadly due to the adverse conditions I’ve had to amend the Malham workshop this Sunday to Bolton Abbey . It’s ironic that the weather that is most treasured by landscape photographers, has rendered the workshop unsafe. Anyway I’m looking forward to visiting lower Wharfedale again, but this time to help others realise their vision(o:
Rho Ophiuchus nebula structure containing M4 Globular Star Cluster and Antares.
camera: Apogee U16M
telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106ED
exp: 230 min [LRGB 110:50:40:30]
Stacked/Aligned in Maxim DL 4.61
Processed in PhotoShop CS3
Location: Texas Star Party in Ft Davis, TX
Yes, I reshot this. My original was Explored here on Flickr (see it in my Astrophoto set). While I was flattered, the filters I used at that time were problematic. This rendition was done with superior filters and from a darker location further south. The data quality was better and easier to work with than the previous image.
Cool temperatures, low water at Fall Creek Falls and Snake River, and the trees beginning to turn yellow herald the change of season in Swan Valley, Idaho.
The L1.0 ISO setting of the D850 got me to an ISO of 31 which allowed a 1 sec exposure without an ND filter. This was very helpful since filter use with the 14-24mm lens is problematic.
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Now that you've heard the back story on my 1972 vacation, it's time to fire up the Way Back Machine and take a look at some pictures from that trip.
You've all seen the television commercials where they get you all fired up about something and then lay this massive disclaimer on you at the end. I'm going to flip the script and give you the disclaimer first.
Rail photography in mid-to-late June can be somewhat problematic with the high sun and the hazy skies. Add to that a camera with an inconsistent light meter and some low budget Fotomat processing and you get not the greatest picture quality. Hopefully the subject matter will make up for all that.
Traveling across Nebraska in 1972, Interstate 80 is still under construction and you're going back and forth between it and old US 30, the nation's first transcontinental highway. Just North of Lincoln, the Burlington Northern passes beneath I80. As I pass over the BN, I can see the headlight for a westbound in the distance, so I hop off I80. The westbound has BN 6430 (ex-GN 400) the one-of-a-kind "Hustle Muscle" SD45 in the lead. Talk about finding a needle in a Nebraska haystack!
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exploring urban alley ways.-----Power Lines sometimes perceived as problematic for photographers....but they do make our lives better in other ways,,,,
@Epping Forest, LDN
First proper outing since the lockdown, so obviously took the 28 Summaron* for a run. I've been trying the Aerochrome inspired editing for a while but have never taken many photos in a forest before.
*Had the 1963 vintage summaron for a while now, but never found its niche. It likes trees I think, so might take this one out on more hikes from now on. Although at f5.6, it's very much a sunny lens, which is problematic in the UK :)
The water was unbelievably beautiful today. Off shore breeze slightly problematic at surface level but everything was serene beneath .
All species in the genus Lestes are very similar and are hard to separate in the field. The shapes of the anal appendages are characteristic. In L. sponsa the anal appendage is black with the superior appendage (which are the ones on the outside) with two internal teeth. The inferior appendage is elongated and cylindrical. In northern Europe five species of Lestes occur whilst in Europe as a whole there are six species, so identification can be problematical and it is best to look at as many features as possible.
L. sponsa is a typical member of the genus with a green metallic body and wings held away from the body at rest. The abdomen is 26-33mm long and the wings are 19-23mm long. Mature males have a powder blue colour on the prothorax and on segments 1–2 and 9–10 of the abdomen. Mature males have blue eyes. Females lacks the blue colour. Immature males also lack the blue pruinescence and have greeny brown eyes. The pterostigmata of immature males are almost white.
Problematical polar bears hanging around town are taken here and typically held for a month, given water and cared for but no food - not wanting to reward them - then taken and released well out of town. Kal Barteski did the painting.
To view more of my images, of Audley End House and gardens, please click "here" !
Audley End House is largely an early 17th-century country house just outside Saffron Walden, Essex, south of Cambridge, England. It was once a palace in all but name and renowned as one of the finest Jacobean houses in England. Audley End is now only one-third of its original size, but is still large, with much to enjoy in its architectural features and varied collections. It is currently in the stewardship of English Heritage though remains the family seat of the Lords Braybrooke. The nearby Audley End railway station is named after Audley End House. Audley End was the site of a Benedictine monastery (Walden Abbey), granted to the Lord Chancellor Sir Thomas Audley in 1538 by Henry VIII. It was converted to a domestic house for him, known as Audley Inn. This dwelling was later demolished by his grandson, Thomas Howard (the first Earl of Suffolk and Lord Treasurer), and a much grander mansion was built, primarily for entertaining King James I. The layout reflects the processional route of the King and Queen, each having their own suite of rooms. It is reputed that Thomas Howard told King James he had spent some £200,000 on creating this grand house, and it may be that the King had unwittingly contributed. In 1619, Suffolk and his wife were found guilty of embezzlement and sent to the Tower of London. However, a huge fine secured their release, but Suffolk died in disgrace at Audley End in 1626. At this time, the house was on the scale of a great royal palace, and soon became one after Charles II bought it in 1668 for £5 for use as a home when attending the races at Newmarket. It was returned to the Suffolks in 1701. Over the next century, the house was gradually demolished until it was reduced to its current size. However, the main structure has remained little altered since the main front court was demolished in 1708, and the east wing came down in 1753. Some rooms have been substantially remodelled, though, especially the huge Hall. Sir John Griffin, later fourth Baron Howard de Walden and first Baron Braybrooke, introduced sweeping changes before he died in 1797. In 1762, Sir John commissioned Capability Brown to landscape the parkland, and Robert Adam to design new reception rooms on the house's ground floor, which he did in the style of the 18th century with a formal grandeur. The Great Drawing Room proved problematic as it had to be the grandest room for receiving guests, but it possessed a very low ceiling, and this was considered most undesirable at that time. Robert Adam solved the problem to a large extent by making the furniture unusually small and lowering the chair rail. His design of the Little Drawing Room for the Ladies was exceedingly odd, based on the style of ancient Rome, and Lady Griffin had difficulty moving between the columns when dressed in her evening gown. The third Baron Braybrooke, who inherited house and title in 1825, installed most of the house's huge picture collection, filled the rooms with furnishings, and reinstated something of the original Jacobean feel to the State Rooms. Audley End was offered to the government during the Dunkirk evacuation but the offer was declined due to the lack of facilities at the house. It was later requisitioned in March 1941. It was initially used as a camp by a small number of units before being turned over to the Special Operations Executive. The SOE initially used the house as a general holding camp before using it for the Polish branch of the SOE. A memorial to the 108 Poles who died in the service stands in the main drive. After the war, the ninth Lord Braybrooke resumed possession, and in 1948 the house was sold to the Ministry of Works, the predecessor of English Heritage. Lord Braybrooke moved to the Abbey House in the grounds of Audley End, an irregular L-shaped two-storey house with an early 17th-century timber-framed and 19th-century brick core. It was remodelled by Sir Albert Richardson and Eric Houfe in the 1950s and then enlarged to three times its former size by Philip Jebb in 1967-70 for the Hon. Robin Neville. Symmetrical north front with two canted bay windows in the centre. The building history is most apparent from the south, where the gables of the first house can be seen behind those of the 19th-century rear wing. The house has interior decoration in Classical style by Dudley Poplack. The Capability Brown parkland still includes many of the mock-classical monuments, although some are not in the care of English Heritage. The grounds are divided by the River Cam, which is crossed by several ornate bridges, and a main road which follows the route of a Roman road. The park beyond the river is frequently used for open air concerts. There is also a miniature circular railway in the grounds. The walled kitchen garden in its grounds was painstakingly restored by Garden Organic, the UK's leading organic growing charity, in 1999 from an overgrown, semi-derelict state. Renovated to its former glory it now looks as it would have done in late Victorian times; full of vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowers.
I wish the sky had been better for this image.
Can't say i'm happy with it really but for the time its taken I thought I should at least upload it.
This is a 5 shot vertical panoramic taken at sunset. Its also HDR - 25 frames in total!
I did intend on blending just a couple of exposures using luminosity masks. I've been trying to practice luminosity techniques with Jimmy McIntyre Easy Panel (free). However I just couldn't get to grips with this shot.
Getting the light trails in were problematic too, if the those exposure were added to the final count I think I'd be up to 30 plus. There has got to be an easier way!!!
Taken using;
Canon 6D
17-40 USM F/4 @ F11
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Shirburn, All Saints
The long history of this church is partly obscured under its drastic and unsympathetic restoration by Wyatt. The north transept was built in C19 for the Macclesfield family and is surrounded by blind stone panels, the north chapel (which now contains the Victorian organ) is probably Georgian and became the family mausoleum, however the whole building has a rather neglected air about it. There are dotted about one or two monuments of note; however the bleak stucco and the Georgian top to the tower
make this church something of a curiosity, and each succeeding age of church architecture seems to jar uncomfortably against each other; unlike at the nearby church of Wheatfield where the Georgian and the medieval happily co-exist.
Shirburn All Saints is now a redundant (though still a consecrated church) situated behind Shirburn Castle. It is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust, however as many church visitors have found, access during these past three years has been problematic to say the least, the gate into the churchyard has often been locked at reasonable daylight hours for no apparent reason. There is no signpost to the church unlike at Nuneham Murren to attract passers by. It is hoped that this situation will be addressed for the benefit of all who love historic buildings and enjoy visiting churches. Please do contact CCT if you feel concerned central@tcct.orguk These buildings should , by law, remain open to all , and the trust needs to be alerted to any problems of access. Happily John Ward (Oxfordshire Churches) had made a prior arrangement and our band of photographers went forward and probably took more photos, on this St George’s day, collectively of this church’s dusty interior than it may well have had in its entire history.
Lots of crookedness is apparent perhaps on account of foundation issues. The roof is also beginning to look problematic.
Near Dunrobin, Ontario
From a recent trip to Wales, we stayed in New Brighton on the way back just to ease the pain of driving. Plus, I'd always wanted to see Liverpool. Unfortunately, many of the shots I had planned on this entire trip was scuppered by a broken TSE 24 that I only discovered was problematic upon arriving in Wales. So, no Welsh landscape images on this occasion, but I did manage to get a few long distance shots of Liverpool from across the Mersey.
The 24 is currently being repaired - fingers crossed.
5DSR + 70-300L
Have you seen the terminator? Not the Arnold Schwarzenegger film, the feature that separates light and dark sections where lunar night meets lunar day. The terminator is where really interesting features abound. Raked by light and bathed in shadow, craters, mare, mountains and rilles are revealed with crystal clarity not seen in parts of the moon laved in sunlight. The chiaroscuro effect is so pronounced because, unlike Earth, the Moon has no atmosphere to muddle the view, like in this picture of Grimaldi crater and its neighbors spanning the terminator on New Year’s Eve.
I’ve learned to embrace photographing our satellite, "that monthly changes in her circled orb," as it nears full phase, making deep space astrophotography problematic.
the veggie roast beastie loaf removed from the slow cooker
veggie roast beastie loaf some of the ingredients flic.kr/p/2pwTPew
recipe by Thomas Cizauskas flic.kr/p/2ps6zuL with thanks
tinned ready cooked pinto beans and ready cooked beetroot can be used but i cooked the raw pinto beans and fresh beetroot in preparation for this recipe
i substituted the oven for the slowcooker as my oven would have been problematic having electric bars top and bottom flic.kr/p/2m3gaso i was worried i might overcook the base and undercook the rest - very uncertain
using the slowcooker
i had a few centimetres of water at the bottom so that the slowcooker wouldn't dry out
placed kitchen paper towels across the top to soak up condensation (i didn't want moisture finding it's way into the loaf)
then covered with the lid
the slowcooker was on for five hours on low from start to finish
a couple of times i did wipe mloisture off the inside of the lid but never removed the paper towels. whether that was a good idea i don't know but it made me feel happier
when i finally removed the loaf from the slowcooker there was no water left in the bottom of the bowl
next time
maybe add a few extra centimetres of water at the beginning
check and top up during the cooking process
cook the loaf for slightly less time
or maybe do all three options :)
something for me to think about as and when
Seitan made with Vital Wheat Gluten
www.elephantasticvegan.com/seitan-made-w-vital-wheat-gluten/
Vital Wheat Gluten
amybakesbread.com/all-about-vital-wheat-gluten-and-why-it...
Seitan: A Plant-Based Meat Alternative
www.healthline.com/nutrition/seitan
What Is Vital Wheat Gluten And How To Use It
happyherbivore.com/2012/01/what-vital-wheat-gluten/
another veggie loaf recipe
nigel slater’s christmas vegetarian loaf www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/dec/11/nigel-slater...
ps i'm not recommending any of these cookery adventures. they suit my personal taste. photographing to encourage myself to eat more healthily ...
i've created a new group www.flickr.com/groups/cooking_is_my_hobby/ to gather ideas and encourage myself to continue with healthy eating by learning from others if you're interested in cooking, sometimes or a lot, or enjoy the cooking of others, you're always welcome ...
Mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) Robert Lake, Kelowna, BC.
Behaviour sets this duck apart. She tends to keep to herself, as Gertie did in previous years. Most other members of the clan interact with each other much more.
She isn't the least bit perturbed by my walking around her and taking shots from every angle. She will not be touched, of course. She makes great eye contact — when she wants to. She spends most of her time either preening or sleeping, it seems. Most Mallards are pretty clear, in my experience; she and her clan are exceptionally so.
In the comment below linking us back to when her duckling were younger, we cannot see her bill, unfortunately, so I cannot tell if the duck above is simply the latest iteration of Gertrude, or the mother of this year's brood. That bill is certainly problematic. (Sadly, if I had any shots of her bill from the spring I've apparently deleted them....)
I have photographed a few Redpolls recently but photo-opportunities don't present themselves too frequently near me. I hear them flying over with their distinctive toy train chugging call ( www.xeno-canto.org/602100 ) but only occasionally do I get chance to point a camera at them. And the few I have managed to photograph have all been females or youngsters. But on yesterday's exercise walk I found this beautiful crimson-breasted adult male that paused long enough for a photo. He was feeding here on Alder seeds, but also Birch in a flock of about 40 in West Yorkshire.
Redpolls must be among the most taxonomically problematic species in Europe. When I first learned its scientific name it was Acanthis flammae, but its family name changed to Carduelis, the same as Goldfinch, and that genus also included Linnet and Twite. But recently the genus has been split again, with Linnet and Twite now in Linaria, and oddly, Redpolls are back in Acanthis where they were 40 years ago. But further molecular studies have shown that Crossbills are the closest relatives of Redpolls, Siskins, Goldfinch etc, even though they look nothing like each other. But placing all of these finches in the same genus Loxia would be terribly confusing and counterintuitive, so Acanthis has been reinstated for the Redpolls.
Some books and websites call this species Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret) but there is no genetic difference between these and Common Redpolls (A. flammae). For comparison, here's a "Common Redpoll" of subspecies rostrata that I photographed in Greenland www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/7375442790/in/photolist . From 1 January 2018 BOU officially dropped Lesser Redpoll to become a subspecies of Common Redpoll when they adopted the IOC species guidelines (see here www.birdguides.com/news/bou-to-adopt-ioc-world-bird-list/ ). So this is now Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammae subsp cabaret). But oddly Lesser Redpoll is still on the BOU Official List nearly three years later www.bou.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/British-List-20... . Lesser Redpoll's status as a species was only short-lived as BOU only accepted it as a species in 2001 on the basis of a small population in Norway in 1994 that held 6 pairs of cabaret and 5 pairs of flammae, with no evidence of mixed pairs.
The name Redpoll refers to the red on the head, as poll originally meant head. The red on the forehead is just visible here, as is the distinctive black moustache. The meaning of poll as a vote came about, as a poll was originally a head count. It now rarely survives in its original meaning although the bit between the ears on a horse or cow is called a poll, and a poll axe wasn't used for chopping trees.
“Since being in the transcendent dimension is not at stake, the sense of one’s own problematic nature is relativized and defused, and one does away with the metaphysical angst that the existentialist’ man, having a different internal constitution, feels, and indeed is bound to feel.” J. Evola
Climate havoc around the world, is expected to bring heavy rainsand is especially problematic for the riverbeds, storm drains, and other flood control channels, which will be quickly overwhelmed by powerful floods .
In this Mudra with his left hand the dancer is showing as if he is holding a mirror and his right hand is putting the beauty mark .
He is in Radha Vabh ; Lord Krishna is his paramour , he is doing Shringar or getting decked up to welcome his beloved ; dancing in different Mudra in front of The cart ( ratha) of Lord Jagannatha !
I understand it will be little problematic for my friends ( except from India) to understand the back ground story, still , hope you will enjoy the frame.
The first of a series taken in the garden with my Nikkor 105mm f2.8 Micro lens. Strong light a bit problematic but you have to deal the hand your given.
BCOL 4625 moves north through Coons near Saginaw, MN back from Aug. 19, 2014. This is train M345 which was running with stacks and sand last summer. The searchlight in the shade here at North Coons has since been replaced as North Coons is now the north end of CTC on the Missabe Sub. and problematic spring switch has been gotten rid of.
CN is currently working to put CTC between North Coons and MP51 on the Missabe Sub., north of here, so the Alborn and Kelsey searchlights along with the intermediates appear to be on short time.
All you need is just some good fucking music that you headbang to
To forget all your problems and what's bothering you
So c'mon raise the volume, it will still feel good
Alright, alright, alright
Here we go!
You've had a rough week, a rough month
It seems like nothing goes your way now
You need some music, a good song
That makes you forget all the trouble
So put your headphones on
And c'mon, let's sing along
All you need is just some good fucking music that you headbang to
To forget all your problems and what's bothering you
So c'mon raise the volume, it will still feel good
Alright, alright, alright
All you need is just some good fucking music that you headbang to
To forget all your problems and what's bothering you
So come on raise the volume, it will still feel good
Alright, alright, alright
You had somе heartache, some bad thoughts
And еverything feels problematic
You want a break when it all stops
A minute when you keep forgetting
We got the medicine you looking for
We got the medicine to help you so
Just put your headphones on
And c'mon, let's sing along
All you need is just some good fucking music that you headbang to
To forget all your problems and what's bothering you
So c'mon raise the volume, it will still feel good
Alright, alright, alright
All you need is just some good fucking music that you headbang to
To forget all your problems and what's bothering you
So c'mon raise the volume, it will still feel good
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright
All you need is just some good fucking music that you headbang to
To forget all your problems and what's bothering you
So c'mon raise the volume, it will still feel good
Alright, alright, alright
All you need is just some good fucking music that you headbang to
To forget all your problems and what's bothering you
So c'mon raise the volume, it will still feel good
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright
Good F**king Music - Solence
41-0431-7, fabricație 1980, repartizată pentru asigurarea remorcării trenului IR 1754 în relația Suceava - București Nord.
Datorită graduatorului de tip Sagma (acestea având probleme) locomotiva a avut o perioadă de indisponibilizare.
Locomotive 41-0431-7, built in 1980, assigned for hauling InterRegio train 1754 on the Suceava – Bucharest North route.
Due to issues with the Sagma-type throttle controller (known to be problematic), the locomotive was temporarily taken out of service.
Adjud, Vrancea (RO)
EXPLORE #392 on 6.16.06.
#261 on Jan 17, 2009.
Inspired by Matteo.
"Jungian psychology tells us that in order to heal the wounds and suffering caused by denying and rejecting aspects of our wholeness, we must first enter into our unconscious and develop a relationship with our shadow. It is necessary to recognize that all of these hated and ostracized parts of ourselves have a legitimate need to exist and to be expressed. If we can affirm the full range of our essential human nature, acknowledging both the desirable and undesirable qualities, then we have the option to transform the more problematic energies that cause our pain and suffering into constructive activity that will benefit our lives and relationships."
"As we become less fearful and allow ourselves to look at what we have hidden, we can begin to reclaim the dark feminine and heal our psyches. When we embark upon the healing journey into the realm of the feminine shadow, it is important to approach her with honor, respect, and kindness. When we first confront the shadow we may feel overwhelmed by the sadness and pain of the outcast parts of our being. We must admit to the suffering that we have kept hidden from ourselves and others. In our suffering the boundaries of what we thought we could bear are greatly stretched; and this expansion makes us open and vulnerable to larger forces."
From: "Mysteries of the Dark Moon" by Demetra George
Taken while waiting in traffic on the Saw Mill River Parkway, Yonkers, NY, USA. June 15, 2006.
Verizon PC camera phone. Picasa2.
See Matteo's Shadow here "The Dark Side of the Moon": www.flickr.com/photos/maat108/169517740/
An evening Amtrak Hiawatha Service train unloads passengers at track 38 of Chicago Union Station. A P32-8BWH was assisting a problematic Charger on the north end of the train.
QUESTI ULTIMI GIORNI SONO STATI PROBLEMATICI E MI HANNO IMPEDITO DI DIEDICARMI ALLE TUE FOTOGRAFIE COME AVREI VOLUTO.
SPERO DI RECUPERARE AL PIU' PRESTO. CIAO, FELICE WEEKEND
THESE LAST FEW DAYS HAVE BEEN PROBLEMATIC AND HAVE PREVENTED ME FROM DIEDICATING MYSELF TO YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS AS I WOULD HAVE LIKED.
I HOPE TO CATCH UP SOON. CIAO AND, HAPPY WEEKEND
Probably one of the most famous views of Yosemite Valley, this is taken from Tunnel View. Unfortunately the light polution from the tunnel lights behind me proved problematic. Although this image has the less attractive side of the Milky Way it was nice to capture the Andromeda Galaxy peaking over El Capitan. Also of note is the green airglow just visible over Half Dome in the distance which is caused by radiation in the upper atmosphere.
As ever thanks for viewing. Nearly the weekend. :0)
Camera: Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta III (531/16)
Lens: Carl Zeiss Tessar f/3.5 75 mm
Film: Kodak Tri-X 400, rated @ ISO 400
Exposure: 1/150 sec and f/4, hand-held
Film developed and scanned by MeinFilmLab
Edited under Adobe Lightroom
Low light and tripod forbidden requires pushing or using a higher sensitive film or alternatively adjusting the aperture wide open. Pushing could be problematic because of the increased contrast. Formerly, I had used Ilford Delta 3200 for shooting in this building. In this series I tried out a more or less shallow depth of field.
In the Middle Ages the Roman gate was overbuilt and transformed into a double church, saving the gate from further destruction. The upper church of the two superimposed churches was accessible to the monks and the lower church was open to the general public. The above picture shows the south gallery of the upper church with the relicts of its plastering. In Roman times the galleries had served as battlement parapets.
Sutton Bank
N Yorks
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European turtle dove
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Columbiformes
Family:Columbidae
Genus:Streptopelia
Species:S. turtur
Binomial name
Streptopelia turtur
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Turtur communis
The European turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) is a member of the bird family Columbidae, the doves and pigeons.
Distribution and status
The turtle dove is a migratory species with a southern Palearctic range covering most of Europe and the Middle East and including Turkey and north Africa, although it is rare in northern Scandinavia and Russia. It winters in southern Africa.
According to the State of Europe's Common Birds 2007 report, the turtle dove population in Europe has fallen by 62% in recent times. Environmentalist groups have said that this 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)
Description
Smaller and slighter in build than many other doves, it measures 24–29 cm (9.4–11.4 in) in length, 47–55 cm (19–22 in) in wingspan and weighs 85–170 g (3.0–6.0 oz). the European turtle dove may be recognised by its browner colour, and the black-and-white-striped patch on the side of its neck. The tail is notable as the bird flies from the observer; it is wedge shaped, with a dark centre and white borders and tips. When viewed from below, this pattern, owing to the white under-tail coverts obscuring the dark bases, is a blackish chevron on a white ground. This can be seen when the bird stoops to drink and raises its spread tail.
The mature bird has the head, neck, flanks, and rump blue grey, and the wings cinnamon, mottled with black. The breast is vinaceous, the abdomen and under tail coverts are white. The bill is black, the legs and eye rims are red. The black and white patch on the side of the neck is absent in the browner and duller juvenile bird, which also has the legs brown.
The turtle dove, one of the latest migrants, rarely appears in Northern Europe before the end of April, returning south again in September.
It is a bird of open rather than dense woodlands, and frequently feeds on the ground. It will occasionally nest in large gardens, but is usually extremely timid, probably due to the heavy hunting pressure it faces during migration. The flight is often described as arrowy, but is not remarkably swift.
The nuptial flight, high and circling, is like that of the common wood pigeon, but the undulations are less decided; it is accompanied by the whip-crack of the downward flicked wings. The arrival in spring is heralded by its purring song, a rather deep, vibrating “turrr, turrr”.
Despite the identical spelling, the "turtle" of the name, derived from Latin turtur, has no connection with the reptile; "turtle" in this case came originally from Latin tortur, onomatopoeic for the song.
The genus name Streptopelia is from Ancient Greek streptos, "collar" and peleia, "dove".
L' une des plus belles voitures françaises jamais produites.
Construite dans les ateliers des Forges et Ateliers de Constructions d' Eure-et-Loir ( FACEL ) à Dreux.
Elle était équipé d' un moteur V8 Chryler de près de 250 chevaux . Sa vitesse de pointe avoisinait les 200 km/h.
L'histoire de la firme Facel-Véga est triste. Portée à bout de bras par son fondateur Jean Daninos , elle représenta pendant une dizaine d' années (1954-1964 ) l' excellence automobile française. Malheureusement l' époque n' était pas à l' élitisme automobile . L' Etat qui avait en 1946 , au sortir de la guerre , planifié la construction automobile marque par marque , n' intervint que trop tardivement , en 1964, par un prêt destiné à renflouer la société. Mais le mal était fait , aggravé par des choix commerciaux et techniques fatals ( commercialisation de la petite Facélia dont le moteur Pont à Mousson était d' une fiabilité plus que problématique).
C 'est dans une Facel-Véga FV3b , conduite par son éditeur Michel Gallimard , que Albert Camus trouva la mort le 4 janvier 1960 , près de Sens dans l' Yonne.
One of the most beautiful French cars ever produced.
Built in the workshops of the Forges et Ateliers de Constructions d' Eure-et-Loir ( FACEL ) in Dreux.
It was equipped with a V8Chrysler engine of 253 horsepower. Its top speed was around 210 km/h.
The history of the Facel-Véga firm is sad. Carried at arm's length by its founder Jean Daninos, it represented for a decade (1954-1964) the excellence of the French automobile. Unfortunately the time was not one of automotive elitism. The State, which had planned the construction of cars brand by brand in 1946 after the war, only intervened too late, in 1964, with a loan to bail out the company. But the damage was done, aggravated by fatal commercial and technical choices (marketing of the small Facélia whose Pont à Mousson engine was more than problematic in terms of reliability).
It was in a Facel-Véga, driven by his publisher Michel Gallimard, that Albert Camus died on January 4, 1960, near Sens in the Yonne.
Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese art of using placement to harmonize energy and create good luck. It can be applied to virtually anything, from cities, buildings and parks, right down to where you place the couch in your living room. I used to scoff at such notions, but as with many things, I've come to take it more seriously as time goes by. For ancient rituals to persists so long into the modern era, I can't help but wonder if there isn't some kernel of truth in the old wisdom. I find this the case with ancient health remedies and even astrology and numerology. I don't live by these things but I also don't discount them. Anyway Feng Shui is really something worth reading up on, and perhaps even reviewing the layout of your house (and the objects contained therein) just to see if there are any problem areas. For me it's not so much about creating good luck rather eliminating sources of bad luck or misfortune. Could be you just need to rearrange a few things or change the color of your front door. Other times the fix may not be quite as easy. One tenet of Feng Shui that has stayed with me all these years is the conflicts that a when a house sits astride a T intersection as in the case of this photo. Here the intersecting road faces directly toward the house. The presents a continuous flow of bad energy toward the house and its occupants. Take note of this as you drive around; you may find that such house (or other buildings) are problematic. Sometimes they have a high turnover rate, continually attract hard luck dwellers, or house businesses that tend to be unsuccessful. It's not an automatic out; I'm sure other forces are at play, and perhaps some people have personalities that magnify the problem will others minimize it. Certainly the bad energy can be mitigated. Sometimes simply hanging a crystal in the front-facing window can deflect the bad energy. Not sure abut any of that. But I do watch for buildings located at the top of T intersections, and pretty sure I would not purchase one. This shadowy and moody house seems to be badly in need of a window crystal. I captured this from a moving vehicle as part of my rural "drive-by shooting" series. As I've noted in prior posts, these completely random compositions sometimes turn up very dark places. Perhaps they are channeling the bad Shui.
One of the problems I've encountered with photographing damselflies - not dragons which are larger in every respect - is scale. This Black Spreadwing, at 1.25 inches or 3.17 cm, is considered "a medium-sized damselfly." The most common damsels are between one and one-half inches. Just seeing them is problematic, especially when one like this decided to rest on a waterlogged piece of tree bark (photo taken from above). Normally, I have to see movement and then find these diminutive dynamos.
If I crop so that I (or you) can see detail, the damsel will look at least four or five inches long on a 24" monitor. If I do not crop it, it will be life size and the detail is gone. I have chosen to continue cropping (though I always save the originals). If you have any suggestions, by all means pray tell.
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Sydney Harbor Bridge
I took this shot on a recent weekend away to attend FOCUS annual awards night. At the same time, we've been kindly sent some filters for review by Nisi and thus far, I have been suitably impressed. I used to think Lee had the least cast of filters but the 6 stop and 10 stop have been problematic for me. I can say that the 10 stop Nisi is pretty cast free and hope I can test more of the ND range as I tend to use ND more than GND filters these days.
This little pup may be the problematic one of the family. He's got shifty eyes.
Este pequeño cachorro puede ser el problemático de la familia. Tiene ojos furtivos.
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Knyvett Falls, Cradle Mountain Lake St Clair National Park.
Back in the archives again, re-working images that were once problematic.
Knyvett Falls are on Pencil Pine Creek - bordering the Cradle Mountain - Lake St Clair National Park. Tasmania
Fuji X-T2, XF 23mm f/1.4 R, 3.2 seconds at f/11, ISO 100
Made explore 28 Nov 2008
Sadly, I remember nothing about this shot - other than it was with my other 'special slides'. All it reveals, that it was shot on Ektachrome and it was processed in a February of 197x (even the date stamp is incomplete).
The best thing though is that I did not make the mistake of mounting it in glass frame. Contrary to all that was believed at the time they have become problematic with microscopic dust having invaded every facet and I have to take them apart to be able to scan them at all.
Our Flickr crew then went on to Rotherfield Greys. The church is located on a hill outside Henley on Thames looking towards Grey Court (NT) and the church is rightly famous for its stupendous Knollys monument. I've photographed this monument before, but such is the outstanding quality of this early C17 piece further visits are required. For such a comparitively small church as Rotherfield Greys this "sculpture" is a truly magnificent piece that would benefit a cathedral. In Brian Kemp's (Shire Album) on Church monuments he says:-"these monuments together constitute a most valuable part of England's cultural heritage. Some large some grand, others small and unassuming, but all bear witness to the long enduring vitality of the Christian faith and the desire of people down the ages to commemorate their relatives and friends, or themselves in a Christian context. Large sums of money and much artistry and craftsmanship were expended to this end, and the greater part of what was erected has happily survived." Happily this monument not only survives but triumphs! We all did our best to photograph what we could pressed up against the Knolly's chapel wall. Some also photographed Oxfordshire's largest brass in the chancel. Like Shiplake, for me, it was details, getting back far enough to photograph the monument in its entirity was problematic.The rest of the church interior does not quite live up to the standard of its monument I'm afraid. We descended like locusts upon the monument and shutters clicked away for a full half hour! We are thankful to Mrs Flux the warden for opening the place to us. Then we followed up our morning's photoshoot with lunch at the local pub in Rotherfield Greys.
From a recent trip to Wales, we stayed in New Brighton on the way back just to ease the pain of driving. Plus, I'd always wanted to see Liverpool. Unfortunately, many of the shots I had planned on this entire trip was scuppered by a broken TSE 24 that I only discovered was problematic upon arriving in Wales. So, no Welsh landscape images on this occasion, but I did manage to get a few long distance shots of Liverpool from across the Mersey.
The 24 is currently being repaired - fingers crossed.
5DSR + 70-300L
Blowing up my line like 20 times,
Every call I ignore, yeah,
I want to start a fight,
Just to love all night and
Take it to the floor.
I like it when you're jealous,
Acting shameless,
Oui-oui j'adore,
Teach me a lesson,
'Cause I've been bad for sure.
Push your buttons so you,
You can undo mine,
Switch positions baby,
Hate me through the night.
I like when you touch me,
Take me, make me,
Act so problematic,
I like when you fight me, bite me,
Make up like a toxic habit,
I la-la-la-la-la like it,
I like it so problematic,
I la-la-la-la-la like it,
I like it so problematic.
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Pose by Animosity
Song by Zeina - Problematic
When wolves share the beach with another apex predator, the brown bear, one might expect problems. But, what on the surface might seem problematic, ultimately doesn’t appear to be much of a problem, at all. Although they are both successful scavengers and hunters living in similar biomes, there are subtle differences that make them more compatible than it might otherwise appear. Wolves, with their pack mentality, are more adept at dealing with large prey. While bears are slower but powerful, yet adept at fishing. The spoils of one are the rewards of another. Proximity does not appear to be an issue and a tense tolerance seems to be the rule. #Wolf
Having named this site "Here In Vancouver" (back when Flickr highlighted your site-name instead of your actual name), it became problematic when I traveled and wanted to show images from other places. So, I opened a second Flickr site (www.flickr.com/photos/travelswithdan) to show those images. But whenever I've left for an extended time I always post an image from where I am - look in the 'NOT Here I Vancouver' album to see more. This was taken yesterday on a 12-hour bus tour on the Park Road in Denali National Park. For scale, a second bus is on the right. That incredible mountain is the tallest in North America, Denali, seen from about 36 miles away.