View allAll Photos Tagged THIS
this is my beautiful girlfriend, stealing a poppy. Tried to capture her with my Telyt-R 250mm f/4 but didn't catch her in focus
This is a scene from a celebration at the ancient, but newly restored, temple of Agios Ioannis Theologos (St. John the Theologian) in the small village of Armenoi in the Apokoronas region of western Crete.
To view this entire "Feast Day" set of photos, click:
www.flickr.com/photos/peacecorrespondent/sets/72157624046...
Choose the "slideshow" button (upper right) for your convenience.
On May 8 the Orthodox Church celebrates the "Feast of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian." The villagers of Armenoi mark the occasion this year with special pride since it is the first service in the church since the completion of major improvements on the site.
New features inside allow views of ancient archeology revealed beneath the foundations and lower surfaces of the temple. These suggest that at least two major buildings stood on this site during many of the centuries that pre-date Christianity. Outside, a beautiful new walled plaza was installed that faces the center of the village.
This trackless trolley also is a six wheeler and has a detailed interior...bench seats over the wheel wells too!
This Upper Harlem Line shuttle is just a few hundred feet from the new terminus at Wassaic, New York.
This clipart drawing has been created using MS Photodraw. It is suitable for colouring in or to add to children’s worksheets etc – just copy the picture and paste it onto a blank document then drag to fit.
You are welcome to use this image for non-commercial private and educational purposes but it may not be re-distributed or included as part of a collection without my written consent.
This image was captured during a 5 min portrait of Andy Gibson at the Airport in Philadelphia. To see the video please click here froknowsphoto.com/5minportrait-airport/
This headed notepaper was probably produced by the sales team for press releases, information to travel agents and general publicity purposes. Since it shows two Avro 748s in Skyways of London livery it must date between 1961 (when the first 748 arrived) and 1964 (by which time the entire fleet wore Skyways Coach-Air logos). To my knowledge the company never had two 748s in that livery at the same time.
That style of East Kent coach had also been replaced on the Skyways service by the mid 1960s.
Kindly contributed by Geoff Cochrane.
This is what happens when a ten-year-old gets a make-up kit for Christmas.
Mamiya RB67 ProS
Mamiya-Sekor 140mm Macro C Æ’4.5.
(Heavily fogged) Ilford Delta 3200 @ 1600 dev 9½ min. in D-76 (stock) @ 20ºC.
This is how I make my maps. Embroidering over graph paper then ripping it away to reveal the fabric underneath.
Major Johnston's 81st Fighter Squadron HQ - Photo By Walter (Shorty) Hasselman
Major Johnson (Robert D. Johnston) was one of the best known fighter "Aces" during WWII, and apparently joked about his fame as indicated by "This is Hollywood".
This may not be the Waldorf, or one of the fancy chateaus generals would often use as a command post, but it was quite warm and comfy compared to the tents most of the other pilots and support crews lived in!
My best guess is that the air base was on the Cotentin Peninsula in the fields east of Carentan near Nornmandy in 1944 (49.305168, -1.179530)
For more images by Walter (Shorty) Hasselman, see Shorty's Europe
Venturing ever further south, we spend five days in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, barely 100 miles away from the equator. It's quite hot, difficult to navigate, but intensely fascinating as one of the first Muslim cities we've visited.
Follow us on www.circumnavacation.com!
This was taken on Ynys Llanddwyn in Anglesey, walking back to the car and he was just sat there. Such a beautiful place.
St Peter and St Paul, West Newton, Norfolk
West Newton is a pretty little village at the heart of the Sandringham estate. It is, in my opinion, the very model of what an estate village should be. The workers houses are fine, and constructed to a high standard. There are workshops that serve the estate, and one of those friendly-looking social clubs that you get in villages around here - it is said that Queen Alexandra disapproved of pubs, and so Edward VII gave the villages social clubs instead.
All of this is in the Arts and Crafts vernacular style of the day, and arranged pleasingly around the church of St Peter and St Paul on its mound at the heart of the village. On such a sunny day it felt a privilege to be here.
The 14th century tower of the church is grand and stately, and its solid carstone with freestone corners looks as if it might be made of gingerbread and icing. A beautiful contemporary image niche sits beside the west window. The 19th century pinnacles at the top are jaunty, if a little out of context on this tower. The body of the church is also carstone, built of blocks on the south side and in slipped layers on the north, as if this was a vast dry stone wall.
The churches of north-west Norfolk were in a pretty dreadful state by the middle of the 19th century. There are more ruined churches here than anywhere else in England. The purchase of the Sandringham estate by the Prince of Wales revitalised the local economy, and his patronage led to some pretty substantial restorations, most of which are to a very high standard in terms of both design and construction.
Few of the estate restorations were more substantial than that of West Newton. Apart from the tower, the church was almost completely rebuilt in 1880. The architect was, perhaps surprisingly, Arthur Blomfield, who we rarely see on such an intricate scale in East Anglia. Here, he is at his highest, putting into practice the Prince of Wales's Anglo-catholic sympathies and producing a very Arts and Crafts feel to the interior, particularly with the cottage-style windows in the aisles.
One of the windows is filled with the memorial to Captain Frank Beck, who was killed along with many of his men at Suvla Bay in Gallipoli on 12th August 1915. It is the work of Karl Parsons, one of the greatest of all stained glass artists of the first half of the 20th Century.
This rather awkward looking Mercedes-Benz / Unvi combination is with M. Murray and is seen turning onto the Talbot Memorial Bridge
This picture was taken at Sherwood Pines in Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire. This picture was taken on the way to a geocache in the woods.
This beautifully restored Mark II was Henry Ford II's personal car. The restoration includes the personal changes he specified for this car.
This one should be taking flight any day now! He /She was getting off the nest just a couple of inches and then coming back down.
This couple has probably broken up by now, but it's sweet in a way to think that somewhere in time they exist.
Lewes, England. November 2011.
Leilani is grounded, so today I made her suffer through taking some pictures. lol She had fun, but she is 5 and got bored fast. lol
I just can't believe how pretty she is. My goodness. She is going to break a lot of hearts.
Oh and that bench there. FREE. The hotel that I work at is doing renovations and getting rid of a bunch of old stuff. This bench was really ugly, but I refurbished it and now it's AMAZE-BALLS!
This Orchid plant has been shaped by the light that feeds it.
The main stem has bent nearly 90 degrees from the plant base, into the direction of the window light.
Counting the two blossoms and all the buds that are close behind, I'd say that the light and other growing conditions appear to have done it some great measure of good.
Karen, who has tried for years to grow Orchids, is well pleased.
Note: Taken with a Voigtlander K-Mount to E-Mount adapter and the mighty fine Vivitar 28mm f2 Close Focus lens.