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I've never seen turtles so frequently as in the reefs around Bunaken, and not just at this specific dive site.
Wikipedia: Bunaken National Park was formally established in 1991 and is among the first of Indonesia's marine parks. In 2005 Indonesia submitted an application to UNESCO for including the park on the World Heritage List.
Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas
PB111062
The gull-billed tern (Gelochelidon nilotica), formerly Sterna nilotica, is a tern in the family Laridae. The genus name is from Ancient Greek gelao, "to laugh", and khelidon, "swallow". The specific niloticus is from Latin and means of the Nile.
This is a fairly large and powerful tern, similar in size and general appearance to a Sandwich tern, but the short thick gull-like bill, broad wings, long legs and robust body are distinctive. The summer adult has grey upperparts, white underparts, a black cap, strong black bill and black legs. The call is a characteristic ker-wik. It is 33–42 cm (13–17 in) in length and 76–91 cm (30–36 in) in wingspan. Body mass ranges from 150–292 g (5.3–10.3 oz).
In winter, the cap is lost, and there is a dark patch through the eye like a Forster's tern or a Mediterranean gull. Juvenile gull-billed terns have a fainter mask, but otherwise look much like winter adults.
Juvenile Sandwich terns have a short bill, and are frequently mistaken for gull-billed tern where the latter species is uncommon, such as North Sea coasts.
It breeds in warmer parts of the world in southern Europe, temperate and eastern Asia, both coasts of North America, eastern South America. This bird has a number of geographical races, differing mainly in size and minor plumage details.
All forms show a post-breeding dispersal, but the northern breeders are most migratory, wintering south to Africa, the Caribbean and northern South America, southern Asia and New Zealand.
The gull-billed tern is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
This species breeds in colonies on lakes, marshes and coasts. It nests in a ground scrape and lays two to five eggs. While widely distributed in freshwater areas in Eurasia, it is associated almost solely with saltwater, coastal areas in North America.
This is a somewhat atypical tern, in appearance like a Sterna tern, but with feeding habits more like the Chlidonias marsh terns, black tern and white-winged tern. It used to be grouped in the genus Sterna but is now placed on its own in the genus Gelochelidon.
The gull-billed tern does not normally plunge dive for fish like the other white terns, and has a broader diet than most other terns. It largely feeds on insects taken in flight, and also often hunts over wet fields and even in brushy areas, to take amphibians and small mammals. It is also an opportunistic feeder, and has been observed to pick up and feed on dead dragonflies from the road.
For more information, please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gull-billed_tern
Ever since I was a little girl I was obsessed with movies. I have a specific taste in films and tend to remember my favorite dialogue lines which I use in conversations (sometimes for the fun of the others, but mostly in rather awkward situations).
I was introduced into the world of cinema by my father who used to illegally copy his favorite films to video cassettes and could definitely be called an action film buff. Feeling privileged that in my childhood watching a film meant waiting for it either on TV or on a video cassette, I was constantly eager to watch and discuss more. Back in a day, people were longing for films as some of them were quite tricky to find. Even though I watched ‘Alien’ (1979), ‘Scarface’ (1983), and other epic movies hundreds of times, it wasn’t until the final month in a school in the year 2008 that I came across David Lynch’s films.
The first film by Lynch that I watched was my beloved ‘The Elephant Man’, which is without a doubt the least Lynch’s film one could ever imagine. I was so deeply touched by the story of the film that I decided to study the history of cinema and later use it in my photography. I always had an obsession with characters. I loved to play and pretend to be somebody else. Lynch’s characters are incredibly believable sometimes bizarre and weird, but who is not?
I've watched ‘Mulholland Drive’, ‘Blue Velvet’, ‘Lost Highway’ and of course ‘Eraserhead’. Each film is a separate experience worth writing about. Lynch is in every detail, an incredible professional. He doesn’t set the goal to be totally understood, he shows the vision and striking peculiarities of this world.
His world is dark, bizarre, perverse yet beautiful. And I want to be the part of it.
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PROCESSION – A religious parade which always leaves from and returns to a specific church. Processions tell the story of Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection using elaborate floats (called andas, see below) full of iconography. More than a dozen major processions (and many smaller processions) take place day and night in Antigua during Semana Santa. We managed to attend 12 of them. The procession tradition is said to have started in Guatemala in 1524 and, today, most Semana Santa processions include two main andas. The first carries a scene from the life of Jesus. The second carries a depiction of the Virgin Mary. Each procession is named after the specific Jesus and Mary that adorn the floats (i.e. Jesús De La Merced, Jesús El Peregrino, Jesús Del Milagro). Some last for 15 hours and cover many miles.
We went up to St Aldhelm's Head to see some big clouds but it decided to stay plain old grey until the clouds broke and the sun appeared which we didn't expect! This shot was taken just as the weather started to improve from the east.
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Casa da música from architect Rem Koolhaas. Porto - Portugal
Olympus XA2 + Kodak Ektachrome Extra 100 (Expired)
Nothing special about this image. It is one of hundreds, even thousands, of images I never posted... hundreds of butterflies, hundreds of Lantana...
But, it caught my eye and made me happy, so I posted it.
I like the way the butterfly is holding on the the edges of the specific bloom it wants and is about to plunge its proboscis into it.
Oudemansiella mucida, the Porcelain Fungus, is specific to beech wood. It appears in autumn on dead trunks and on fallen branches, and occasionally it also grows on dead branches high up in living trees.
Provided that the skin is thoroughly washed to remove the mucus (or peeled from the caps), these mushrooms are edible, although their slimy covering is probably enough to put most people off. Only larger caps are worth collecting, because the flesh is thin and insubstantial.
I was rather lucky to see this specific spider catch two different small insects for a meal - this is the same spider as the earlier photo in which he'd caught a different small insect. This photo was taken shortly after that other shot, now with a bit of a bigger meal.
This is the first photo I've uploaded here that shows off the iridescent electric blue patch on his third leg that he uses in in displays and in attempts to seek attention from potential females that might be in the area. It's not visible at all angles, but at the right angle the effect is quite remarkable even to the naked eye (at least if you know what you're looking for).
-Gear and Settings-
Fujifilm X-T3 w/ Laowa 60mm Ultra Macro at ~2x magnification.
f8, SS 1/250, ISO 400
Lit with the kit flash diffused by paper mounted on the lens.
Cropped and edited in CaptureOne with minor additional edits in Photoshop.
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Specific Location: Akihabara
This is the best ramen that I've ever had. The ramen shop was just in an alley in Akihabara, nothing fancy.
>> i always work with some specific song/music that inspires me & i find a connection between them...for this >> ♪♫♪ & ♪♫♪
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Another pose from the latest, "You got me there", can be found at
The sexy dress: .Shi Toga dress
Crow by alaskastock @ deviantart (alaskastock.deviantart.com/gallery/31769215#/d5bk9sd)
Photo/pose by me ______(can be found at studioneiro)
Norfolk Southern #7201 was one of many SD80MACs hanging around the locomotive facility at Cresson on warm summer morning in 2009. Now the SD80MAC fleet is gone and NS has recently announced plans to close the servicing facility at Cresson.
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Lions do not mate at a specific time of year and the females are polyestrous. Like those of other cats, the male lion's penis has spines that point backward. During withdrawal of the penis, the spines rake the walls of the female's vagina, which may cause ovulation. A lioness may mate with more than one male when she is in heat. They normally mate after every 15-20 minutes for 2-3 days whilst on their honeymoon. The average gestation period is around 110 days; the female gives birth to a litter of between one and four cubs in a secluded den, which may be a thicket, a reed-bed, a cave, or some other sheltered area, usually away from the pride.
King Loki of the Kilo Saba Pride is seen busy in procreation during a Photography Safari on a late evening game drive just as the sun was setting in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya.
Marine reserves constitute a specific measure that contributes to achieving a sustained exploitation of resources of fishing interest, establishing specific protection measures in delimited areas of traditional fishing grounds.
The effect of a marine reserve is manifested by a significant recovery of the fishing grounds in which it is inserted due to the dispersion of the species whose reproduction has been protected in it.
The seabed of the Isla Hormigas Cabo de Palos Marine Reserve is in incredible health, in this area artisanal fishing coexists with the recreational activity of recreational diving, both are compatible and the result is that divers can enjoy the best diving in the Mediterranean and one of the best in the world and fishermen benefit from a very abundant fishing ground.
There are 12 Marine Reserves in Spain and there should be more. In this photo we can see two of the most characteristic specimens of the area, the Goldblotch grouper and the Dusky grouper.
Photo taken in the Marine Reserve of Cabo de Palos (Murcia-Spain).
Copyright @2023 José Salmerón. All rights reserved.
Las reservas marinas constituyen una medida específica que contribuye a lograr una explotación sostenida de los recursos de interés pesquero, estableciendo medidas de protección específicas en áreas delimitadas de los caladeros tradicionales.
El efecto de una reserva marina se manifiesta por una recuperación significativa de los caladeros en los que está inserta por efecto de la dispersión de las especies cuya reproducción se ha protegido en la misma.
Los fondos de la Reserva Marina de Isla Hormigas Cabo de Palos, goza de una salud increíble, en esta área conviven la pesca artesanal con la actividad lúdica del buceo recreativo, ambas son compatibles y el resultado es que los buceadores podemos disfrutar del mejor buceo del Mediterráneo y uno de los mejores del mundo y los pescadores se benefician de un caladero muy abundante.
En España hay 12 Reservas Marinas y debería haber más.
En esta foto podemos ver dos de los ejemplares mas caracteristicos de la zona el Goldblotch grouper y el Dusky grouper.
Foto tomada en la Reserva Marina de Cabo de Palos (Murcia-España).
Copyright @2023 José Salmerón. Todos los derechos reservados.
Beamish - The Living Museum of the North
Beamish, the North of England Open Air Museum is an open-air museum located at Beamish, near the town of Stanley, County Durham, England. The museum's guiding principle is to preserve an example of everyday life in urban and rural North East England at the climax of industrialisation in the early 20th century.
Much of the restoration and interpretation is specific to the late Victorian and Edwardian eras, together with portions of countryside under the influence of industrial revolution in 1825. On its 300 acres (120 ha) estate it utilises a mixture of translocated, original and replica buildings; a huge collection of artefacts, working vehicles and equipment; as well as livestock and costumed interpreters.
I usually do not do reviews on specific products on Flickr. But a few people have asked me about my new heated glove liners. My winter photography was always limited because my fingers got so painfully cold if I tried to use my camera. I do not exaggerate when I say “ painfully”. These glove liners from Ororo.Canada have been so great in the 5 times I have gone out this month. One day was minus 24 when we did a morning hike.
The top picture shows the glove liners with the light to show that it is heating; the three bars indicate how much battery power I have and there is an easy on and off button that I press with my gloves on. The batteries are rechargeable and they fit in a pocket at my wrist where I plug them into a cord built into the glove pocket. I use a wool mitt over my liners to keep the warmth in. The heat radiates into my palm and around the edges of my fingers. I take the wool mitt off easily to use my camera with just the liners. I can shoot for about 10 minutes and then my fingers may start to feel cool. I will then tuck them into the mitts for just a few minutes and instantly they are warm again. No pain from the cold at all. I will look into a thin outer shell mitt instead of my wool mitts simply because I get down in the snow a lot. A shell would keep the liners drier.
The batteries seem to have a good life span in the cold and they recharge quickly. I hope this gives you something to think about. There may be other companies that have heated glove liners. Feel free to share any info in the comments for others to be informed.
First, I acknowledge that "Terminal Tuesday" may be a little too specific to become an actual thing, but if anyone ever wants to participate, I know I'd personally love to see shots from both past and present "terminal" or switching railroads throughout North America! I know I don't see many shots shared of the Berlin Mills Railway, for instance, and I'd love to, so please share if you have any!
Last week, my wife, my son, and I were up in Potsdam, NY visiting her family from Christmas Eve to just past New Year's. In addition to all the festivities, visiting my wife's family has become an opportunity to photograph some railroads I may never have--had I not married a girl from Potsdam!
On a personal note, this has become all the more important to me continuing in this hobby, as all the drama and overcrowding on railroads like the Batten Kill here in the Capital Region has left me with little desire to venture trackside.
However, doing railroad photography in New York State's remote St. Lawrence County has breathed new life into this hobby for me. Shortlines New York & Ogdensburg (NYOG) and Massena Terminal are your classic, weekday-only, "start early" roads. It's old school: You just show up by the engine house at 0700, then wait and see what happens. Every single time I've photographed these railroads, I've been the only photographer trackside. Can you believe that in this day and age? That's not to say I don't like running into friends trackside, but there's just something refreshing about those times when it's just you, your camera, and the train it's pointed at.
In past trips to "The North Country," I focused a lot on CSX (especially when it looked like CN was about to take over the St. Lawrence Subdivision) and the NYOG. Back in May, however, I caught the Massena Terminal for the first time, and this time I decided that it would be my main focus.
Though owned by G&W, the Massena Terminal's pair of EMD MP15DC switchers have somehow escaped receiving orange paint. Granted, they're a little faded, but they have a unique paint scheme for sure!
The main purpose of the Massena Terminal is to serve Alcoa, a sizeable aluminum plant in town. Though there's only about 3 miles of track from their engine house next to CSX's yard to Alcoa, there are three river crossings, as well as a few opportunities for shots from a public road that runs just outside the plant fence.
With the main purpose of my trip being to visit family, one of the nice things about the Massena Terminal is that it usually only requires a morning of commitment. Because of that, I was able to visit them three times on this trip. This shot is from my third and final visit on New Year's Eve. Here, the train is crossing the last public crossing before entering Alcoa's West Plant. The classic "STOP ON RED SIGNAL" sign accompanied by flashers only is just one example of several things that make this little railroad so cool to me.
I'll be sure to share more photos from my visits to this operation--past, present, and future--in the years to come--perhaps even on future "Terminal Tuesdays"!
Massena Terminal Railroad
Massena, NY
December 31, 2020
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The Rockwood Conservation Area has a rich and unique geological aspect. A few specific features that are a part of the environment at the Rockwood conservation area include glacier bluffs, potholes, caves and some of the oldest dated trees in Ontario.
The cave system includes a series of 12 caves, which is one of the most extensive networks in Ontario. Within the caves is a prominent feature called flowstone, which over many years is created by flowing water that deposits a type of calcium carbonate called calcite.
Another feature at Rockwood are the potholes. Within the conservation area, there is over 200 potholes that all vary in measurements. These potholes are also known as giant's kettles, which are large cavities that have been drilled by flowing water carrying stones and gravel.
As well, glacial bluffs are seen at Rockwood. These have been formed over thousands of years after the earth’s most recent ice age ended. They can be relatively small and get as large as 30 meters deep and 200 meters wide.
During a specific time of year, there is a span of a few nights during which my evening walk from work takes me past this overgrown grassy field that sits largely forgotten behind some nearby businesses. The patch of grass itself is generally not terribly noteworthy but a few times of year it grows up full of dandelions and if you walk past at night, a nearby streetlight has this lovely backlighting effect on the puffs of dandelion seeds. It is a little thing really, but something about it always catches my imagination and often I think to myself I should make a photo of the scene. This almost never happens for one reason or another. Either I don't have a camera (rare) or I don't have a tripod to put it on (much more common) or I am tired (often) or whatever. I tell myself I will get it the next night but then I either forget or by the next day the grass has been mowed down or the seeds have blown away. And this has been going on for a few years now with no images to show for this little detail I have long enjoyed. But recently I was walking by with my Pentax 67 because I was borrowing a Lensbaby and was more motivated to carry it around with me, plus I had a tripod I was carrying home from work. It was late, I was tired and hungry and then I saw this scene and remembered all the years past in which I had walked by and missed the opportunity. So I set up, fiddled around a few moments and made this exposure. I wouldn't say I am enamored of the final result (it is interesting at least) but I am glad I finally made an image. It was a good few moments to stop and photograph in.
Pentax 67
Rollei Superpan 200
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Enjoy, my dearest friends!
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P.S.: No blue background, unfortunately... The sky yesterday was so damn cloudy, just a dull white!..
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Un superbe papillon spécifique du sud de l'Amérique du sud dans la région de Madré se doit en Amazonie, à l'intérieur du magnifique Parc national de Manú au Pérou.
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A magnificent specific butterfly of the South of South America in the region of Whorled owes in Amazonia, inside the magnificent National park of Man ú in Peru.
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Una mariposa soberbia y específica del sur de América del sur en la región de Veteado se debe en Amazonia, dentro del Parque nacional magnífico de Manú en Perú.
Specific "riparian" crown form in Quercus robur. On the edge of the hogh steep left bank of the Volga river in Togliatti
I set out this afternoon with the rather specific intention of making a self-portrait photograph in a very precise composition with a particular shade of red light. I had thought about it for a while; it was intended to have symbolic resonance, etc. And the image I had imagined looked compelling...
But then reality set in. I had a hard time getting the focus right (since I couldn't see the viewfinder), and the problem seemed to be exacerbated because I was shooting in red light; not only did the red wash throw off contrast settings, it also seemed to throw off the macro autofocus. (I have no idea why red light seemed to complicate the focusing. Any insights from the flickersphere?)
So -- after a "failed" set of self-portraits (which I'll optimistically chalk up to "a learning experience"), I decided to turn the camera back on my glasses to capture a different take on the red light (and a distanced self-portrait).
n my last post I mentioned all the sand/dust that comes off of specific river valleys in Kluane National Park. That, of course, means the sand has to get deposited somewhere (other than my camera bag, preferably). When it’s not getting into everything I own, it tends to accumulate in spots where the wind is forced to drop it, like in this scene. This spot right next to the road was somewhat sheltered from wind, allowing the flying sand to fall to the earth and create ever-changing patterns. I tried to shoot this from outside my car, and that was a bad idea. In the end, it was only shootable from inside a closed-window vehicle. And while I had wanted to focus stack, the scene changes incredibly fast as more sand gets deposited and the sand ridges move. In the end, I was able to capture a couple abstracts of the sand which I liked. Kind of reminded me of an ever-changing fingerprint! Enjoy!
dis-CONNECT - exhibition, piece by the artist Vhils, created by chiselling onto the door itself. The exhibition (sadly now finished) was based in a Victorian townhouse with site specific work from ten international artists created in lockdown.
I know that gulls aren't that popular on Flickr but Little Gulls are rather special. This is the smallest species of gull in the world and is an incredibly rare breeder in Britain with just a handful of records, all since 1975. But they do spend the winter at sea in British waters, and pass through inland sites in Britain on both spring and autumn passage, though not usually in large numbers. There is no reliable estimate for the numbers that pass through Britain as at favoured sites there is a daily change of the proportion of adults and first year birds so estimating a total number over passage period is impossible. They behave more like terns when they feed, picking insects or small fish from the water surface. The main European breeding grounds are around the Baltic, then discontinuously across Russia to eastern Siberia. They weigh about 120g which is less than half the weight of our next smallest gull; Black-headed Gull (250g). DNA studies have placed Little Gull in a genus (Hydrocoloeus) all by itself, with its closest relative being Ross's Gull. Hydrocoloeus was a name used by ancient Greek authors to describe a web-footed water bird that was possibly Cormorant. Its specific name is minutus, which simply means small. This was a spring bird passing through West Yorkshire this year and shows the diagnostic white-edged black underwing.
Creekside along the Rock Wall Trail in Kootenay National Park, summer 2023.
Nikon FE
Fuji Superia 400
Nikkor 28mm f2.8 w/ND filter
"Pareidolia: the tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern"
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
“A bird almost universally considered “cute” thanks to its oversized round head, tiny body, and curiosity about everything, including humans…. Chickadees may be found in any habitat that has trees or woody shrubs, from forests and woodlots to residential neighborhoods and parks, and sometimes weedy fields and cattail marshes. They frequently nest in birch or alder trees…. Chickadees are active, acrobatic, curious, social birds that live in flocks, often associating with woodpeckers, nuthatches, warblers, vireos, and other small woodland species. They feed on insects and seeds, but seldom perch within several feet of one another while taking food or eating. Flocks have many calls with specific meanings, and they may contain some of the characteristics of human language….. Most birds that associate with chickadee flocks respond to chickadee alarm calls, even when their own species doesn’t have a similar alarm call.”
Status : Least concern
Source : Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
Brown Acres – Jackson County – Oregon - USA
An east-bound Wolverine is accelerating back up to track speed upon regaining home rails after traversing the joint Amtrak-CN trackage through Battle Creek. In the distance is Post Cereal, one of two large cereal plants here in "Cereal City".
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people line up to receive
she got the current in her hand
just shock you like you won't believe
sun in the amazon
with the voltage running through her skin
standing there with nothing on
she gonna teach me how to swim | MGMT
In Italia e Spagna prende il nome di CICLONUDISTA. WNBR non è un organizzazione, ma un giro in bici con nudita’ opzionale. Non c’è un ufficio capo o un amministatore, ma nasce dall’esigenza dei singoli individui di organizzarsi e unirsi sotto idee comuni. Sta a te partecipare. È una manifestazione internazionale dove i partecipanti si organizzano e si incontrano in massa su mezzi auto-alimentati (come bicilclette, pattini e skateboard) per protestare contro la dipendenza dal petrolio e celebrare il potere e l’individualità del corpo. La regola è “svestiti quanto ritieni opportuno”. Il nudo parziale o integrale è incoraggiato ma non obbligatorio. Altre espressioni creative sono altrettanto incoraggiate per creare una divertente e coinvolgente atmosfera durante la manifestazione, per catturare l’attenzione e l’immaginazioni dei passanti e dei media. Body art (come il body painting) sono creative forme di espressione, come anche costumi, decorazioni per bici, strumenti musicali rumorosi e impianti audio. Infatti prima del giro si ci raduna per dipingersi il corpo, suonare e giocare.
BISOGNA QUI FARE CHIAREZZA E SPECIFICARE: Con il termine mutanda si indica un capo d'abbigliamento (sia maschile che femminile), in genere fatto di materiali naturali come cotone, seta, pizzo oppure artificiali come nylon, lycra, tulle, da indossare a contatto con le parti intime. La mutanda ha forme diverse a seconda che sia maschile o femminile. Per gli uomini esistono due modelli di mutanda: gli slip (sgambati) e i boxer (a forma di pantaloncino, ma più attillati). Le donne utilizzano più tipi di mutande (che, in generale, nella loro versione femminile vengono chiamate "mutandine", indipendentemente dalle effettive dimensioni e dal modello): lo slip (simile a quelli da uomo) il tanga, uno slip estremamente sgambato, tanto da consistere, sui fianchi, in un semplice cordoncino o nastrino; il perizoma, diverso dallo slip per il fatto di essere costituito, nella parte posteriore, da una strettissima striscia di tessuto (o in un cordoncino); una volta indossato l'indumento, la parte posteriore si posiziona all'interno dell'incavo tra le natiche e viene quindi totalmente nascosto, lasciando quindi le natiche quasi interamente nude; la brasiliana, una via di mezzo tra slip e perizoma, caratterizzata dall'avere la parte posteriore costituita da un triangolo che copre solo una parte minima del deretano; la culotte, uno slip piuttosto alto che copre tutto il sedere ed eventualmente una parte delle cosce; può svolgere una blanda funzione contenitiva. le mutande di lana, che si distinguono, oltre che per il tessuto (la lana, appunto) anche per il fatto di scendere fino alle caviglie, indossate dai militari tra le mutande ed i pantaloni. Esistono inoltre vari tipi di guaina (un indumento contenitivo destinato e modellare e contenere vita, addome e sedere) aventi foggia di mutandina, sia con gamba, sia sgambate; esse sono appunto dette "guaina mutandina".
First time I have ever been to an Ostrich farm and it was a real pleasure. This specific farm was in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada. We saw newborns, juveniles and adults. We also saw a few Emus here and there. The grand finale was trying Ostrich meat. I was hesitant but ended up trying it and , well it was ok but I think it requires an adventurous palate. I don't plan on eating it ever again.
Ostriches ( Struthio camelus) are flightless birds mostly native to Africa.
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Chassisnumber: 1100B*311918*
There are many cars loved for one reason or another. Some recall specific aspects of our history. Few, like the Fiat 1100, tell so many stories of Italy, from the late 30s to the late 60s. The 1100 was born from an offshoot of the Fiat 508C, the Nuova Balilla 1100 and was nicknamed "musone" due to the imposing grille. The Fiat 508 C was first introduced in 1937, powered by a 1,089cc 4-cylinder engine, instead of the previous 1-liter Balilla. Power increased by a third, to 32 hp at 4,000 rpm. At the time, its comfort, handling and performance were prodigious, making it "the only car for the people that was also the car for a driver". Unusual for a low-priced car of the time was the independent front suspension. In 1939 the car underwent a makeover of the nose and became the Fiat 1100, sometimes known “retrospectively” as the 1100 A to distinguish it from the following models. The car had received a taller and more defined grille, which earned it the popular nickname of 1100 "musone": with horizontal chrome bars, the top three extending backwards on window-shaped openings on each side of the engine hood, redesigned. There were six body types available, all derived from the previous model: sedan, convertible sedan, convertible, sports sedan, long wheelbase and taxi. No significant changes were made to the mechanics of the car. After World War II, in 1948, the 1100 received some mechanical and interior updates and was renamed 1100 B. The revised 1100 B engine produced 35 hp at 4,400 rpm, thanks to larger intake and exhaust manifolds and to a larger carburetor. Inside, a new steering wheel and new instrumentation. The 1100 B was available as a sedan, long wheelbase and taxi. A total of 25,000 units were built between 1948 and 1949. The 1100 B only lasted a year, until 1949, when the car was reintroduced with a new trunk and a new name, 1100 E.
23 and 24 April 1950: at the Mille Miglia, no less than 204 of the registered starters were production cars. In that year, history meets legend: after thirteen hours of driving that led him to victory, with about seven minutes ahead of the crew that followed, Count Giannino Marzotto got out of his car wearing a double-breasted suit and a tie matching the color of his car, a Ferrari 195 S Berlinetta Touring in an unusual pastel blue livery. But other stories alternate that year during the race; one is the one that brings, with race number 114, the Fiat 1100 B with chassis no. 311918 to cover the 1500 km route without fail, with the crew Paolo Rossi - Alessandro Rossi, to rank 125th overall and 35th in the Turismo 1100 category, maintaining a respectable average speed of 86.24 kph on the course. The car has therefore obtained the certification of the 1000 Miglia Register and the proof of the time is evidenced by numerous photos that portray it both in Brescia and in the passage through Florence. The car also raced the Volante d’Argento, in September of the same year, ranking an honorable 3rd position in class. The car then seems to have had a quieter life in later years, mostly in Italy. The car was restored in its wonderful ash blue and wears the same livery with which it raced in 1950, with the same race numbers, the insignia of the “Squadra Garisenda” team, the third central headlight.
A group of us visited three specific sites in Pickens County, in the upstate of South Carolina over the weekend of March 19-20, 2021. Lots of wildflowers in full bloom. These are just a sampling of what we saw.
For the full trip report, please go to Jim's Blog.
Site-specific installation called "Glowing Core" by German artist Rebecca Horn (b.1944).
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Horn
The name of the building is Llotja de Palma, a historic building with Gothic design, built between 1426 and 1448. The building was originally the headquarters of the School of Merchants.
Kennedy And His Soul's Love Of The Sea - IMRAN™
Sometimes people think a dog owner can make their dog sit in a way that evokes a particular feeling or projects some specific personality.
My beloved, precious, rescued German Shepherd Dog Kennedy came into my life at the start of 2019. He was initially so afraid of the water—likely from traumatic experiences—that he would sit by the barbecue grill twenty feet away even if I went into the swimming pool.
I had not heard him bark even once, nor go into any kind of water. To get him into the water, I waded into Tampa Bay and tempted him to join me.
That was six months after his coming to his forever home with me. It was so funny to see him come up the water and run off to avoid getting wet.
It was also the first time he barked… and his bark was incredible! Ironically, he barked at me, as if saying, “Come out on to land and play like a real master!”
But then he got bolder and walked closer to me. I could see his expression of “WooTooF!” when he felt the strange sensation of water buoyancy on his body.
Within a few minutes, his natural ability to swim kicked in, literally. And just like that, in one experience, he transformed into a sea dog.
He literally HAD to go into Tampa Bay water every chance he got, regardless of the weather. He even started wading into the pool and grudgingly would even swim.
But I did not have to ever pose him to show his soul being at heart with the sea. You can see this in almost all his photos by the seaside.
This picture is actually a panorama of six handheld iPhone photos taken on April 28, 2022. Kennedy sat absolutely still overlooking Tampa Bay so it looks like a single shot image.
We were at my Symphony Isles neighborhood. I captured it from several hundred feet away while playing with then-2-year-old K2 on one side of the empty lot.
You can see Kennedy sitting at the far end, casually gazing at the bay. It was in his soul. Kennedy and his love of the sea were real. Best Dog Ever!
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An additional way of my photo work, a capture of furtive moments taken with my iPhone. All here come from my iPhone, no mac, no LightRoom émoticône wink
These pics have a specific visual identity vs my mainstream approach and a soundtrack catching the mood.
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Soundtrack : m.youtube.com/watch?v=gI6fQ2IXMjE
In specific, Holy Week is the week just before Easter that extends from Palm Sunday until Holy Saturday and marks the last week of Lent. It has earned the name 'Holy', according to the Orthodox Church, due to the significant events that take place for Christianity in regard to the sufferings of Jesus Christ.
Saturday evening is filled with the anticipation of celebrating Easter Sunday. In some areas, people begin to gather in the churches and squares in cities, towns and villages by 11pm for the Easter liturgies. A few minutes before midnight, all the lights are turned off and the priest exits the altar holding candles lit by the Holy Light, which is distributed to everyone inside and outside the church. At midnight, the priest exits the church and announces the resurrection of Jesus. Many people carry large white candles called lambada, and the church bells toll as the priests announce “Christ is Risen!” at midnight. Each person in the crowd replies with a similarly joyous response.
The capital of the Republic of Cyprus is also its cultural heartbeat.
Nicosia is the capital and largest city on the island of Cyprus, as well as its main business centre.
There is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment.
We are making photographs to understand what our lives mean to us.
The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do.
The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.
I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn’t photograph them.
Shot for the 52 Weeks for Dogs Project: This week we had another specific challenge - ACTION PART...meaning a part of the dog in action but without cropping to create that part.
Looking through some of the amazing shots in the group from this challenge I wanted to really focus tightly on a part for Autumn and decided to try her mouth with the tennis ball being the attention grabber. As an aside, indoors she is a real ball dog playing alone, either batting it around or throwing it down the stairs and chasing on her own. Outside the ball is interesting so long as someone else wants it back so it was working well here as I had to get it back countless times as I miss timed the shots (even with burst mode) more often than not :) Glad I did not have to develop all of the misses!! LOL
May 15, 2009 Explore #160 thanks to all of you wonderful people! Your support and friendship is so much appreciated!