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Duo Tone moonlit image taken at Bow Fiddle Rock. This one was purely a test shot when I first arrived on the evening of my star trail. Converted to B & W in Lightroom then given some duo tone treatment for a unique effect.
Amsterdam - Havenstraat
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BECAUSE OF YOU,
I LAUGH A LITTLE HARDER, CRY A LITTLE LESS, AND SMILE A LOT MORE
As the year 2022 draws to an end, having brought with it the many up's and downs of life.
Can I take this opportunity to wish all my Flickr friends, both old, new and those who sadly aren't with us any more, my sincere thanks for the support you have all shown me
I took up photography as a release valve, a way to destress, purely for enjoyment.
I still do it for the same reasons, although now, this hobby has given me back so much more in return
I hope that 2023 brings you all
HEALTH- The most important thing
HAPPINESS- You produce better images if your loving what your doing
PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES- Lots of them and even if you have to photograph a location as many times as I have, so be it ENJOY
ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAVE A GREAT NEW YEAR
ONE & ALL X
First shot of a very early wake-up, hoping for some sort of sunrise but the 'June Gloom' along the Californian coast stopped any of that! So I decided to try and capture the colours of the seaweed. The slow shutter speed was purely due to the lack of light - no filters used. I really like the rocks poking out of the water - looks like mountain tops above misty clouds.....?
vor Ihrer Burg.
Ähnlichkeiten mit Teddy "Olga"sind rein zufällig. 😄
in front of your castle.
Similarities with Teddy "Olga" are purely coincidental. 😄
The view of the bell tower on the dome of the temple, on the village of Svetlitsa and on Lake Seliger..The dome of the Epiphany Cathedral on the territory of the Nilo-Stolobensky Pustyn. .Today it is the most restored temple of the monastery. It is here that the whole monastic liturgical rite is performed. In the Epiphany Cathedral is the main shrine of the monastery - the holy relics of our Rev. Nil Stolobensky..All the time the existence of the village the main social and economic role in her life was played by the monastery. The main building of the village began in the second half of the XIX century. In the 1920s, the monastery was closed, and in its buildings there was located first a special school, then a colony for juvenile delinquents. On the eve of World War II, the monastery held Polish prisoners of war after the Polish Red Army march. During the war, military hospitals were located in the monastery. After the war, a colony for minors was again organized in the monastery, then in 1960-1970 a nursing home and disabled. Since 1971, a tourist base has been located in the monastery. All this time in the village, as a rule, lived the staff of the above institutions..Tourists often call Seliger a “blue necklace.” Seliger is not one lake. This is a chain of natural reservoirs that appeared on the territory of modern Novgorod and Tver regions after the Ice Age. The name of the water system has Finno-Ugric roots, and some lakes received purely Russian names. “Blue Necklace” is loved for the opportunity to spend holidays on a beautiful nature. There are no major roads around the lakes. Rest in these places is a dream of residents of large cities, tired of the daily crowds, dust and crowded streets. On the many islands and along the shores of Seliger, many untouched places have survived, inhabited by elks, badgers, raccoons, martens, hares, squirrel foxes and wild boars. In the channels and lakes there was shelter for beavers and dozens of species of waterfowl.
Further "Painting with Pixels". Based on a musical piece by "Shakti" a four-piece ensemble comprised of Jazz/Rock guitarist, John McLaughlin, Tabla player Zakir Hussain, Violinist L. Shankar and Mrdangam player, Vikku Vinayakram.
Image created July 17, 2022
Zoom in for a more immersive view.
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Music Link: "La Danse du Bonheur" - Shakti, from their album, "A Handful of Beauty".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ3l_ml07Go
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Created with Dream by Wombo with my texture added.
Prompts: white peonies, thick paint,
Style: Abstract Fluid
Wombo really creates some lovely Peonies. I love the results with Abstract Fluid, Soft Touch, The City, Flora and VFX.
Much appreciation for your views, faves and comments.
Happy Sliders Sunday!
Utrecht - Leidseveer
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CREDITS WITH LANDMARKS: bosscloset.wordpress.com/2016/08/25/any-similarity-is-pur...
Any similarity is purely coincidental ♥ The monkey isn't my son, believe in me LOL
Awesome decor by: Maite Sarrasine & Me
There exist certain individuals who are, by nature, given purely to contemplation and are utterly unsuited to action, and who, nevertheless, under a mysterious and unknown impulse, sometimes act with a speed which they themselves would have thought beyond them. Charles Baudelaire
Indila - Dernière Danse
When I opened my pose store (about 13 years ago!) I did so with no expectations, purely because I loved creating poses and making art in SL. I thought outside of the box, it was fun, people responded, and my store was a great success for many years. It's been a wonderful thing :) But, sadly it is no longer flourishing and, fundamentally, no longer funding itself. SL is saturated with events and everything has become very fast paced and very commercial and this is not what Del May is about. Therefore the Del May Mainstore will close on the 31st August 2021.
I am not leaving SL. I might still take part in occasional events, I might at some point change my mind and reopen my store, but for now, this is my decision.
Thank you to all those who have supported me and given me opportunities over the years, I won't forget it. Del May Group members <3 this pose is a small gift to you, and will be in the store shortly! <3
There was a competition. Red Roofs of Scotland. It was the first competiton I ever entered. I won Third Prize £200 which certainly covered the petrol costs of a long drive up to Shieldaig purely to grab this picture. Standing in front of the building I used the process of taking a panoramic shot to show the front of the house whilst showing the view to the front at the same time. I really liked the winning shot, and you can see the other finalists and runners-up here
"I love the different shades of colours. Purely beautiful!" - Lailah Gifty Akita
At the Tropenmuseum (Tropical Museum) in Amsterdam.
"In the Tropenmuseum you will find amazing objects from all over the world, each with its own story.
You will travel through the world and through time, encountering a wide range of cultures from the present and the past. The Tropenmuseum mixes ethnography and popular art with contemporary art. The museum is housed in one of the city’s finest historic buildings."
I watched this gorgeous coyote for about 30 min. I believe it is a female, but that is purely a guess. I see where she has made a den out in the lower field. She was on the hunt. It was such a joy to watch. What a keen sense of hearing and eyesight. In this shot she noticed something in the grass, then with lightning quickness, she caught a tasty vole. :-)
If you look close you will see a little movement in this shot as it was a very windy day. I was capturing shots as the bough swung my way and in total there were about 160 unusable shots. I couldn't resist this one simply because of the arrangement of the blossom purely by nature. Taken hand held using a vintage lens on a windy day and not a highlight blown even though some bokeh appears a little bright.
As I said yesterday, one never knows where these image, word and music combinations come from. But they come from somewhere. I believe too much in Synchronicity for them to be purely random.
IMAGE: Our star (Sol) is just about to set on Greens Beach in a Tasmanian Autumn. The world is just about to go into lock down (March 14, 2020). The mood is as ominous (note the origin of this word) as the very low clouds that seem to be pressing in upon the viewer. Soon the light darkens suddenly and a golden glow bathes the beach (I'll show you that one tomorrow).
MUSIC: Arvo Pärt (b. 1935) is an Estonian composer. Eastern Orthodox by faith, he is a truly innovative composer - especially for human voice - in the minimalist style. In this piece, "Spiegel im Spiegel" (Mirror in the Mirror), the cello assumes the role of the human voice. Its haunting melody is enhanced by the mirroring effect (like being in a musical hall of mirrors). I like to think of it as an Antiphonal Prayer, where the worshippers respond by repeating a line in the liturgy. The purest prayer is poetic. "Speigel im Speigel" www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZe3mXlnfNc
WORDS: The title I have chosen comes from the German philosopher Martin Heidegger (1989-1976). I won't go into the details of Heidegger's vexed life, but he was for all his faults one of the greatest philosophers since Plato. A man intimately concerned with the question of Being and how one might find hope and meaning in a world where "the gods...have left the world, the evening of the world's age has been declining toward its night."
In such a world it is the responsibility of each individual to find their way to the Light. So in poetic form Heidegger writes:
"The world's darkening never reaches to the light of Being.
We are too late for the gods and too early for Being.
Being's poem, just begun, is man.
To head toward a star - this only.
To think is to confine yourself to a single thought that one day stands still like a star in the world's sky."
Purely a record shot. This was a bird I really wanted to see but is never easy to find. Thankfully a keen birdspotter pointed it out and I had a good look through his scope. It was so high in the canopy and almost directly above us that I was amazed at how well this came out all things considered.
Purely lucky catch of one of the adults shaking the water off, fish in beak as an alert youngster follows closely behind, hoping he's not too old to still be fed. Both siblings are doing well and growing rapidly. The colors are coming in and I think I can hear their presently somewhat feeble calls at night. I've often wondered when loons sleep as they make their presence known day and night. Great fun watching the family unit as the adolescents, one might say, spread their wings.
Purely photo art...and the enjoyment of creating.
Although it does kind of resemble the biblical event, parting of the Red Sea in the book of Exodus.
Almost the entire scene was captured on a very foggy morning at the beach, so with a little playing around in Photoshop...and the help of a well known wizard.... :)
Messeparkhaus in Köln
Organische Struktur
Die homogen gestaltete Fassade wirkt nicht nur leicht und transparent, sondern umgibt den geschwungenen Baukörper mit einer poetisch-organischen Hülle, die ihm Plastizität verleiht. Dabei erscheint sie nicht ornamental. Sie ist viel mehr als große organische Struktur entworfen, die den Anschein erweckt, als würde sie atmen. Es ging darum, eine „Haut“ als Fassade zu entwickeln, die licht- und luftdurchlässig ist. Die Schuppung steht für das Organ Haut. Assoziationen zur Natur, wie beispielsweise zu Libellenflügeln, sind erwünscht. Das Oberflächenrelief infolge der Auffächerung der Flügel bzw. Schuppen wirkt plastisch und atmungsaktiv. Die Fassadenhaut eignet sich besonders für geschwungene Grundrisskonturen. Ihre poetische Ausstrahlung enthebt das Parkhaus einem reinen Zweckbauniveau.
Konstruktive Umsetzung
Im Zuge der Formfindung musste ein Element gefunden werden, das einerseits konstruktiv und architektonisch die Rundungen der Fassade nachzeichnet, andererseits auch das Erscheinungsbild nach außen unterstreicht. Hierfür wurde eine Konstruktion gewählt, die auf dem Thema von Fischschuppen basiert. Für die Übersetzung dieses Prinzips wurden rund 3.000 lasergeschnittene Paneele mit Randverstärkung aus Lochblech gefertigt, welche über Schraubbolzen mit der darunterliegenden Pfosten-Riegel-Konstruktion aus Metall verbunden wurden. Die kiemenartigen Öffnungen sowie der Lochanteil der Bleche selbst gewährleisten dabei die notwendige, natürliche Durchströmung des Parkhauses mit Luft und zugleich die natürliche Belichtung des Innern. Durch die Überlappung der Bleche entstanden interessante geometrische Muster, die bei Dunkelheit eine sinnliche, zeichenhafte Symbolik entwickeln. Das Befestigungssystem erlaubt eine flexible Montage und Wartung der Paneele. Durch den Einsatz von Gewindestangen war die Montage aus verschiedenen Richtungen möglich. Unterschiedliche Winkel bei identischen Elementen konnten ausgeglichen werden.
organic structure
The homogeneously designed facade not only appears light and transparent, but also surrounds the curved building with a poetic-organic shell that gives it plasticity. It does not appear ornamental. It is designed much more as a large organic structure that appears to breathe. The aim was to develop a "skin" as a facade that is permeable to light and air. The scaling represents the skin organ. Associations with nature, such as dragonfly wings, are encouraged. The surface relief due to the fanning out of the wings or scales has a plastic and breathable effect. The facade skin is particularly suitable for curved floor plan contours. Its poetic charisma lifts the multi-storey car park from a purely functional level.
Constructive implementation
In the course of finding the form, an element had to be found that, on the one hand, structurally and architecturally traces the curves of the facade, and on the other hand underlines the outward appearance. A construction based on the theme of fish scales was chosen for this purpose. For the translation of this principle, around 3,000 laser-cut panels with edge reinforcement were made of perforated sheet metal, which were connected to the underlying metal mullion-transom construction with screw bolts. The gill-like openings and the perforated portion of the sheets themselves ensure the necessary, natural flow of air through the car park and at the same time the natural lighting of the interior. The overlapping of the metal sheets resulted in interesting geometric patterns that develop a sensuous, emblematic symbolism in the dark. The fastening system allows flexible assembly and maintenance of the panels. The use of threaded rods made assembly from different directions possible. Different angles in identical elements could be compensated.
Let's make the best out of it !
Looking forward to all you fantastic pictures, my friends !
My personal firework for you
... purely ecological, pet&wildlife-friendly and for free :-))
Toothless Sotol / Mexikanischer Grasbaum (Dasylirion quadrangulatum) in the greenhouse of
"Planten un Blomen", Hamburg, Germany
This was purely an exercise in catharsis for me. A calm and satifaction is what I get from doing these.
Any resemblance to a wellknown computer operating system is purely coincidental!
Palazzo Pisani Moretta (15 th century), Venezia, Italia
Local urban legend has it that this sturdy landmark on Sir John A. Macdonald Boulevard, photographed by George Lilley in 1949, was where prisoners were hanged. Of course, this could not be farther from the truth. A purely functional building, the Kingston Penitentiary water tower was completed in 1895 on the former site of the Penitentiary Farm, now West Campus of Queen’s University.
The Gray Thrasher is the third purely endemic bird to Baja. Like other thrasher, it is frequently found on the ground where it searches out insects. The GT also favors scrubby areas where it will perch sometimes for the longest times. I found this bird to be very patient. The bird would simply sit and move only minimally as it might eventually look to one side or the other.
Palacio del Marqués de Santa Cruz, Viso del Marqués, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, España.
El palacio del Marqués de Santa Cruz es un edificio situado en el municipio de Viso del Marqués (Ciudad Real), en la Comunidad autónoma de Castilla-La Mancha, en España. Fue construido a finales del siglo XVI por Álvaro de Bazán, primer marqués de Santa Cruz. Actualmente es la sede del Archivo General de la Marina.
Fue construido entre 1564 y 1586 con modificaciones posteriores, y se trata de un edificio de planta cuadrada y estilo renacentista articulado en torno a un atrio renacentista con una tumba yacente. Los muros y techos se hallan cubiertos de frescos de doble temática: por un lado, escenas mitológicas y, por otro, batallas navales y ciudades italianas relacionadas con la trayectoria militar del marqués y de sus familiares. Los frescos se deben a unos pintores manieristas italianos, los Péroli. Al verlos, Felipe II les encargaría trabajos para El Escorial y el Alcázar de Toledo.
Para levantarlo, el marqués contrató a un equipo de arquitectos, pintores y decoradores que trabajaron en la obra desde 1564 hasta 1586. Para algunos, el diseño del edificio se debió al italiano Giovanni Battista Castello, conocido como el Bergamasco, que más tarde trabajó en El Escorial; para otros lo trazó, al menos en su plan original, Enrique Egas el Mozo.
La arquitectura se percibe como típica española, sin las arquerías italianas, con paramentos lisos y torres cuadradas en las esquinas, influidos por la austeridad de El Escorial y el Alcázar de Toledo, dentro de las relaciones armónicas características del Renacimiento. El espacio central está ocupado por un patio porticado que junto con la escalera forma un conjunto típicamente manierista entendido como estilo elegante y cortesano que desborda el marco meramente arquitectónico. Contaba con cuatro torres que, al parecer, se derrumbaron a consecuencia del Terremoto de Lisboa de 1755.
Las paredes están decoradas con 8.000 metros cuadrados de frescos manieristas elaborados por Giovanni Battista Peroli con Esteban Peroli y César de Bellis. Todos trabajaron para crear un espacio erigido a la mayor gloria de su dueño: por un lado, había que exaltar sus virtudes militares, y por el otro, enaltecer su linaje. Para lo primero, se pintaron en las paredes, las bóvedas y los techos del palacio vistas de ciudades y de puertos, así como los baluartes y las batallas en los que había conquistado su inmenso prestigio. A ambos lados de la escalera se ubicaron dos estatuas en las que aparecía representado como Neptuno (dios de los mares, con su tridente) y como Marte (dios de la guerra), y sobre las puertas del piso superior se colocaron los fanales de popa de las naves capitanas vencidas en las batallas, que eran los trofeos de los marinos. Para elogiar su linaje, y siguiendo la misma tradición renacentista de representar a hombres como dioses o semidioses de la antigüedad, se pintó a los antepasados del marqués y a sus esposas (tuvo dos) e hijos.
Estos dos grupos de representaciones se aderezaron con trampantojos, pinturas que simulaban puertas, columnas y otros elementos decorativos y arquitectónicos; y también con motivos grutescos que incluían animales mitológicos, sabandijas y follajes. Conforme una temática muy variada que se puede interpretar como defensa del catolicismo defendido en Trento.
Las estatuas sepulcrales de Alonso de Bazán (hermano de don Álvaro) y su esposa María de Figueroa, son el único ejemplo de escultura funeraria perteneciente al primer tercio del siglo XVII. Fueron ejecutados para el Monasterio de la Concepción que ocupaba la Comunidad de Religiosas Franciscas de El Viso del Marqués, ubicándose a día de hoy en el muro del Palacio más cercano a los jardines. Su creador fue Antonio de Riera, escultor relacionado con la corte de origen catalán. En ellas, aparecen los marqueses en actitud de orante, arrodillados en un reclinatorio, todo ello en mármol blanco que resalta sobre el mármol negro de los nichos. Se advierte en ellos cierta similitud con la elegancia y el clasicismo de los Leoni, a pesar de cierta rigidez formal, siendo de especial relevancia la forma en la que están ejecutadas las telas y el detalle de los vestidos.
The Palace of the Marquis of Santa Cruz is a building located in the municipality of Viso del Marqués (Ciudad Real), in the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. It was built in the late 16th century by Álvaro de Bazán, the first Marquis of Santa Cruz. It currently houses the General Archive of the Navy.
Built between 1564 and 1586, with subsequent modifications, it is a square, Renaissance-style building centered around a Renaissance atrium with a recumbent tomb. The walls and ceilings are covered with frescoes depicting two themes: mythological scenes, and naval battles and Italian cities related to the military career of the Marquis and his family. The frescoes are by Italian Mannerist painters, the Pérolis. Upon seeing them, Philip II commissioned works from them for El Escorial and the Alcázar of Toledo.
To build it, the Marquis hired a team of architects, painters, and decorators who worked on the project from 1564 to 1586. Some believe the building was designed by the Italian Giovanni Battista Castello, known as El Bergamasco, who later worked at El Escorial; others believe it was designed, at least in its original plan, by Enrique Egas the Younger.
The architecture is perceived as typically Spanish, lacking the Italian arches, with smooth walls and square towers at the corners, influenced by the austerity of El Escorial and the Alcázar of Toledo, within the harmonious relationships characteristic of the Renaissance. The central space is occupied by a porticoed courtyard that, together with the staircase, forms a typically Mannerist ensemble, understood as an elegant and courtly style that transcends the purely architectural framework. It had four towers that apparently collapsed as a result of the Lisbon Earthquake of 1755.
The walls are decorated with 8,000 square meters of Mannerist frescoes created by Giovanni Battista Peroli with Esteban Peroli and César de Bellis. They all worked to create a space built to the greatest glory of its owner: on the one hand, to exalt his military virtues, and on the other, to honor his lineage. To this end, views of cities and ports, as well as the bastions and battles in which he had earned his immense prestige, were painted on the walls, vaults, and ceilings of the palace. On either side of the staircase were two statues depicting him as Neptune (god of the seas, with his trident) and Mars (god of war). Above the doors on the upper floor were the stern lanterns of defeated flagships, trophies of the sailors. To praise his lineage, and following the same Renaissance tradition of depicting men as gods or demigods of antiquity, the marquis's ancestors, his wives (he had two) and children were painted.
These two groups of representations were embellished with trompe l'oeil paintings simulating doors, columns, and other decorative and architectural elements; as well as grotesque motifs that included mythological animals, vermin, and foliage. This varied theme can be interpreted as a defense of the Catholicism championed in Trent.
The sepulchral statues of Alonso de Bazán (Don Álvaro's brother) and his wife María de Figueroa are the only examples of funerary sculpture dating from the first third of the 17th century. They were executed for the Monastery of the Concepción, which was occupied by the Community of Franciscan Nuns of El Viso del Marqués, and are now located on the wall of the Palace closest to the gardens. Their creator was Antonio de Riera, a sculptor of Catalan origin associated with the court. They depict the marquises in a prayerful attitude, kneeling on a prie-dieu. All in white marble, which stands out against the black marble of the niches. There is a certain similarity to the elegance and classicism of the Leoni family, despite their formal rigidity, with the execution of the fabrics and the detail of the dresses being particularly noteworthy.