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The Sea, The Sky, The Earth, The Wind, 2005. Four paintings by Dutch artist Jan Cremer, Museum De Fundatie, Zwolle, Holland.
so lucky to find this open stall in a market to buy this (GUESS WHAT IT IS) for a quick repair of my back pack
Quick setup at local camera club meeting, shot off two frames, this was the first. Lit by one LitraTorch. Heavily cropped to highlight the drops.
© 2020 Craig Roberts
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Quickly grabbed my camera when we woke up to a little sprinkling of snow last Friday, it was practically all gone by the time Dodge and I got back home. It was lovely out, one of those Good to be Alive! days
A quick shot of the pretty flowers early this morning before the heat and the humidity rolled in to make being in the sun a little too warm for comfort.
Hope everyone is doing well and staying safe.
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Chinese Quarter, Birmingham 🇬🇧
Fuji X-Pro3 Fuji 56mm f/1.2
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I finally got a usable photo of the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) in flight as well during 2022.
They are hard to catch in their quick flight for insects above the water. I finally found a spot where it was pretty easy to follow their route for a good result.
(Låvesvale in Norwegian)
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Quick little last min trip down the beach, as had been waiting in all day for a delivery. A new Nikon D750, as i arrived at the beach a little wet, a gap appeared in the clouds hail fell and a rainbow appeared so managed to grab a quick snap and its probably the happiest iv been with a quick snap iv taken before. Really looking forward to using this kit and getting the most out of the camera :)
A quick visit on a mizzly day. Due to the small catchment, this creek only flows after rain so it was a treat to catch it like this.
This is the longest that I've been back on fats; easy on dairy; high on Saturated and Monos. Do I miss the carbs? Sure do. Those cravings for nigiri or cheesecake would be at its pinnacle on late nights; however, to accommodate my goal, I've eliminated those things from my home. Things had certainly gotten more interesting again as the creative juices are flowing, figuring out ways to meet the necessary influx of healthy-fats while keeping carb-intake as low as 30g/day. It's tough; but after the hump, it'll be smooth-sailing.
Avocado and spinach.
Welcome to the quicker fliz, a quick little flickr quiz!
with *random fact* ingredient!
once you have completed the questions, please feel free to copy and paste the text,
upload it to your stream with a pic and tag contacts you think might enjoy!
**Six names you go by:**
1. camilla
2. mom
3. milla
4. lil' cam
5. miss buxley (from Beetle Bailey)
6. my last name, because in high school we were three(!) camillas in my class
**Three things you are wearing right now:**
1. cK underwear
2. John's big grey wool socks, it's cold outside!!
3. old grey tank top with holes around one of the seams... yeah, I am so classy!
**Four things you want very badly at this moment:**
1. mo' money, mo' money, mo' money
2. a decent night's sleep
3. a hair cut, no, wait - lose weight!!
4. that my Skate Date (or another of the dolls I am waiting for) is delivered tomorrow so I can participate in the deboxing day
**Three people who will answer this:**
sheeeesh... that depends if I tag anyone in particular... and I don't intent to do that, with the 6 month tag break not being over... LOL...
**Two things you did last night:**
1. watched Poirot on DVD
2. fell asleep on the couch watching Poirot on DVD
**Last two people you talked to on the phone:**
1. my hubby John
2. my mom
**Two things you are going to do tomorrow:**
1. go to the Post office
2. do some laundry
**Three favourite drinks:**
1. water
2. chocolate milk
3. not beer
**The random fact ingredient**
peanut butter
since I am doing this of my own free will, because I was bored, and we all kind of are still on a tag break, I will only say this: please do this if you feel like it! I'd love to read yours and learn more about you!
Smile on Saturday theme: Animals out of focus 😊
Thanks to everyone who took the time to view, comment, and fave my photo. It’s really appreciated. 😊
It was a very cloudy day and I was taking a nap at the campground. 30 minutes before sunset the clouds started to look interesting. So I quickly got up and rushed 2KM to my spot. It only took me 20 minutes, my trail walking record :)
The area that was to become West Palm Beach was settled in the late 1870s and 1880s by a few hundred settlers who called the vicinity "Lake Worth Country." These settlers were a diverse community from different parts of the United States and the world. They included founding families such at the Potters and the Lainharts, who would go on to become leading members of the business community in the fledgling city. The first white settlers in Palm Beach County lived around Lake Worth, then an enclosed freshwater lake, named for Colonel William Jenkins Worth, who had fought in the Second Seminole War in Florida in 1842. Most settlers engaged in the growing of tropical fruits and vegetables for shipment the north via Lake Worth and the Indian River. By 1890, the U.S. Census counted over 200 people settled along Lake Worth in the vicinity of what would become West Palm Beach. The area at this time also boasted a hotel, the "Cocoanut House", a church, and a post office. The city was platted by Henry Flagler as a community to house the servants working in the two grand hotels on the neighboring island of Palm Beach, across Lake Worth in 1893, coinciding with the arrival of the Florida East Coast railroad. Flagler paid two area settlers, Captain Porter and Louie Hillhouse, a combined sum of $45,000 for the original town site, stretching from Clear Lake to Lake Worth.
On November 5, 1894, 78 people met at the "Calaboose" (the first jail and police station located at Clematis St. and Poinsettia, now Dixie Hwy.) and passed the motion to incorporate the Town of West Palm Beach in what was then Dade County (now Miami-Dade County). This made West Palm Beach the first incorporated municipality in Dade County and in South Florida. The town council quickly addressed the building codes and the tents and shanties were replaced by brick, brick veneer, and stone buildings. The city grew steadily during the 1890s and the first two decades of the 20th century, most residents were engaged in the tourist industry and related services or winter vegetable market and tropical fruit trade. In 1909, Palm Beach County was formed by the Florida State Legislature and West Palm Beach became the county seat. In 1916, a new neo-classical courthouse was opened, which has been painstakingly restored back to its original condition, and is now used as the local history museum.
The city grew rapidly in the 1920s as part of the Florida land boom. The population of West Palm Beach quadrupled from 1920 to 1927, and all kinds of businesses and public services grew along with it. Many of the city's landmark structures and preserved neighborhoods were constructed during this period. Originally, Flagler intended for his Florida East Coast Railway to have its terminus in West Palm, but after the area experienced a deep freeze, he chose to extend the railroad to Miami instead.
The land boom was already faltering when city was devastated by the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. The Depression years of the 1930s were a quiet time for the area, which saw slight population growth and property values lower than during the 1920s. The city only recovered with the onset of World War II, which saw the construction of Palm Beach Air Force Base, which brought thousands of military personnel to the city. The base was vital to the allied war effort, as it provided an excellent training facility and had unparalleled access to North Africa for a North American city. Also during World War II, German U-Boats sank dozens of merchant ships and oil tankers just off the coast of West Palm Beach. Nearby Palm Beach was under black out conditions to minimize night visibility to German U-boats.
The 1950s saw another boom in population, partly due to the return of many soldiers and airmen who had served in the vicinity during the war. Also, the advent of air conditioning encouraged growth, as year-round living in a tropical climate became more acceptable to northerners. West Palm Beach became the one of the nation's fastest growing metropolitan areas during the 1950s; the city's borders spread west of Military Trail and south to Lake Clarke Shores. However, many of the city's residents still lived within a narrow six-block wide strip from the south to north end. The neighborhoods were strictly segregated between White and African-American populations, a legacy that the city still struggles with today. The primary shopping district remained downtown, centered around Clematis Street.
In the 1960s, Palm Beach County's first enclosed shopping mall, the Palm Beach Mall, and an indoor arena were completed. These projects led to a brief revival for the city, but in the 1970s and 1980s crime continued to be a serious issue and suburban sprawl continued to drain resources and business away from the old downtown area. By the early 1990s there were very high vacancy rates downtown, and serious levels of urban blight.
Since the 1990s, developments such as CityPlace and the preservation and renovation of 1920s architecture in the nightlife hub of Clematis Street have seen a downtown resurgence in the entertainment and shopping district. The city has also placed emphasis on neighborhood development and revitalization, in historic districts such as Northwood, Flamingo Park, and El Cid. Some neighborhoods still struggle with blight and crime, as well as lowered property values caused by the Great Recession, which hit the region particularly hard. Since the recovery, multiple new developments have been completed. The Palm Beach Mall, located at the Interstate 95/Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard interchange became abandoned as downtown revitalized - the very mall that initiated the original abandonment of the downtown. The mall was then redeveloped into the Palm Beach Fashion Outlets in February 2014. A station for All Aboard Florida, a high-speed passenger rail service serving Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, and Orlando, is under construction as of July 2015.
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Coal Tit - Periparus Ater
Benderloch - Argyll
Many thanks as always to all those kind enough to view fave and comment on my photos.
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For The Teleidoscope's Theme: Speed
How appropriate that the Teleidoscope's theme "speed" falls right in the middle of the busiest running month for me :) Tomorrow is another 10km race, hoping I do well!
Yesterday during my long run I was thinking about how much running has started to become such an important part of my life. A few years ago I never would have thought that I would be training not only for my 4th marathon, but also to qualify for the Boston Marathon. I added up all the races that I've done in the past 3 years and the number actually surprised me: 21. Some of them were short, some were marathons but all of them have helped me to realize my own capacity and my own drive and have changed my life in the best possible way.
A quick shot of the Orion Nebula (M42), one of my favourite celestial objects and a really satisfying target. I've been waiting a year for an opportunity to image this nebula again, this time with a polar alignment and guiding to enable much longer exposures than the 15 second subs I took last time and with a lower ISO to reduce noise. The next project with this is to either stitch two shots together or, better still, rotate the camera in order to fit both the Orion Nebula and the nearby Running Man Nebula into one frame.
13 x 4 minute exposures at 400 ISO
8 x dark frames
10 x flat frames
21 x bias/offset frames (subtracted from flat frames only)
Total exposure time - 52 minutes
Guided with PHD
Processed in Nebulosity, Maxim DL and Photoshop
Equipment
Celestron NexStar 127 SLT
GoTo AltAz mount with homemade wedge
Orion 50mm Mini Guide Scope
ZWO ASI120 MC guiding camera
Canon EOS 700D DSLR
[Wikipedia] The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way, being south of Orion's Belt in the constellation of Orion. It is one of the brightest nebulae, and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky. M42 is located at a distance of 1,344 ± 20 light years and is the closest region of massive star formation to Earth. The M42 nebula is estimated to be 24 light years across. It has a mass of about 2000 times the mass of the Sun. Older texts frequently refer to the Orion Nebula as the Great Nebula in Orion or the Great Orion Nebula.
The Orion Nebula is one of the most scrutinized and photographed objects in the night sky, and is among the most intensely studied celestial features. The nebula has revealed much about the process of how stars and planetary systems are formed from collapsing clouds of gas and dust. Astronomers have directly observed protoplanetary disks, brown dwarfs, intense and turbulent motions of the gas, and the photo-ionizing effects of massive nearby stars in the nebula. [Wikipedia]