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To replace my old Movado that was stolen last week, I bought this one today. It's the "Movado SE Extreme". It's a rather larger face - 48mm - with a larger bracelet. I really like it. I was looking at two different watches, this one and the "Cartier Rondo Solo." I think I made the right choice. This large watch looks great on my wrist.
Not seen here is the back plate; it's a "skeleton" style with tourbillion (Literally: "whirlwind") mechanism to compensate for the effects of gravity.
Decided to mount my old Minolta MD f/2.8mm lens on the x-t20 and have some fun. Excellent lens btw. Finding things in the house to photograph during Covid-19 lockdown.
Shot at f/2.8
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On monday 11 December Amsterdam is covered in a coat of fresh snow. The snow fell in sudden flurries and gusts and turned the world white and wonderful. With the canals in the city and occasional high winds, there can be a nip in the air, but packing gloves and a scarf should keep you warm enough. There is something very beautiful about Amsterdam in the winter. It does occasionally snow in Amsterdam in February, but that almost always means just a light dusting. I walk in my neighbourhood and made some photos of the snow. When it snows the light and atmosphere is really beautiful. The steep bridges over the canals in Amsterdam are really slippery, especially for cars. The best way to travel in the snow is by bicycle, tram, walking or better by sleds. Who knows times of Hendrick Avercamp are coming back this year. Avercamp was the first Dutch artist to specialize in paintings of winter landscapes featuring people enjoying the ice. Some 400 years on, our image of life in the harsh winters of the Golden Age is still dominated by Avercamp’s ice scenes with their splendid narrative details of couples skating, children pelting each other with snowballs and unwary individuals falling through the ice.
This monday afternoon I walk in my neighbourhood and made some beautiful photos of the snow. The virgin white carpet of snow is crunching under my shoes. I began to remember why I love the winters so much. This time around, the canals remained relatively ice-free and there was lots of snow. Photo taken at the Oudezijds Voorburgwal of The Bulldog which is an Amsterdam-based company that operates a chain of cannabis coffee shops. Above shop was the 1st Coffeeshop since 1974 in Amsterdam: The Bulldog Nr.90. It's still a magnet for backpackers and tourists selling weed and hash. KNMI released today its “Code Red” alert for heavy snowfall and extremely slippery roads. Heavy snowfall is expected to continue at least until the late evening hours.
Op de maandag middag van 11 december werd Amsterdam bedekt met een laagje verse sneeuw. De sneeuw die viel bedekte de wereld om ons heen wit en prachtig. Ik heb mijn camera gepakt en op pad gegaan in m'n buurtje. Ik geniet van het geluid van knarsende sneeuw onder mijn schoenen en het prachtige gezicht op de Amsterdamse grachtenpanden. Het is min één graden en de grijze sneeuw wolken trekken weg. Mijn handschoenen en m'n sjaal houden mij warm genoeg. Er is iets heel moois over Amsterdam in de winter. Mokum is bedolven onder dik pak sneeuw zoals hierboven bij de 1st Bulldog op de Oudezijds Voorburgwal nr. 90. Oprichter Henk de Vries begon in 1970 met de verkoop van wiet op het popfestival in het Kralingse Bos. Eind 1975 nam hij de winkel van zijn vader over, een seksshop op de Wallen. Hij vormde de winkel om tot coffeeshop en dat was het begin van een zich langzaam uitbreidend bedrijf. Het is nog steeds druk met backpackers en toeristen die wiet en hasj willen kopen. Amsterdam heeft vandaag opnieuw te maken met forse sneeuwval. Het KNMI heeft code rood afgegeven, een waarschuwing voor gevaarlijk weer. Het beste advies is dan maar om lekker binnen te blijven en de kachel iets hoger te zetten. Of natuurlijk even naar buiten te gaan om wat mooie plaatjes te schieten.
~Story people~
HBW guys ... wish you all a wonderful day! :)
I have my next exam in 14 days, so I better get start studying! And I have a paper to write about Julia Margaret Cameron ... she was really amazing! :)
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Explored ... #110! :)
Explored on Oct 8 :132
Lets all walk into autumn hand in hand....
Enjoy the season everyone..
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On a dull cloudy early winter day at the waterfall in Brownsberg Quebec, I did two photographs set up on my tripod. The one above HDR called Art Embossed. The one below non HDR, non filter, with ND to reduce shutter speed…
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Distressed Jewell really outdid herself on her latest set of textures. I'm so very much in love with them!!
So this is in homage to Jewell and her artistry; thank you, Jewell!
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GO 626, donning the new “A PLACE TO GROW” wrap, swings through the curve at Sunnyside on the point of train 1610 from West Harbour. The eye catching design features various place names served by the GO network.
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GOT 626
MX Oakville Sub
Toronto, ON.
When we go to North America in the summer the two main sports on offer are football (soccer) and baseball. Normally I try and get tickets for Seattle Sounders for football but on this occasion I discovered that the tickets were very expensive and so turned to the Whitecaps in Vancouver as a cheaper alternative for my sports fix. This turned out to be a great decision as not only were we able to visit a new stadium, but also because while the Sounders were getting beaten 3-0 in a woeful performance we saw a seven goal thriller between the Whitecaps and Houston Dynamo with the visitors eventually winning 4-3 after the lead changed hands a couple of times.
BC Place is a multi-purpose stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Located at the north side of False Creek, it is owned and operated by the BC Pavilion Corporation (PavCo), a crown corporation of the province.
The venue is currently the home of the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL), Vancouver Whitecaps FC of Major League Soccer (MLS), the annual Canada Sevens (part of the World Rugby Sevens Series), as well as the BC Sports Hall of Fame.
Opened on June 19, 1983, BC Place was originally an indoor structure with an air-supported roof, the world's largest at the time. Following the 2010 Winter Olympics, it was closed for 16 months as part of an extensive revitalization, the centrepiece of which was replacing the inflatable roof with a retractable roof supported by cables. Once construction was completed, the stadium's new roof was also the largest of its type.
BC Place was the main stadium for the 2010 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Paralympics, the 2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, as well as a venue for multiple matches including the championship match for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. The stadium is set to host multiple matches during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, including knockout stage matches.
Roadtrip to the Col du Mont Cenis, on a 1989 Volkswagen Transporter.
Open the door. Breathe hard. Be Alive.
Canon 6d & Samyang 14mm f/2.8
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was going for something else, but i thought this worked just as well.
"I'm sleeping soft tonight
Keeping warm with crooked dreams
The pennies off of dead men's eyes
Never let my pockets weep
And I'm sorry you had to know me
When I'm so fit to be tied.
I'm such a mensch in my clothes but my plans are criminal, whoa
So give me your hand in a quote - I'll save your grim and single soul, whoa
I'm hoping you're the type
The kind that falls for every line
The kind that sings along to all of my wrongs
Too good to be a find
Now honey, my time is money
And you've come dressed in rags"~ Jet Lag Gemini
Dashed to the car 'cause it's raining.
Turned on the stereo and heard the David Crowder band singing, "Rain down Your love...Your grace."
God speaks and does something even when you are just sitting in the car on the parking lot on a rainy morning.
Thanks to Princess K8 for the inspiration and idea.
You know .... You're my favorite song.
I'm your Freddie Mercury?
You're my Johnny Cash singing to the penitentiary.
I actually have this conversation with someone I work with every time we work together. Which has nothing to do with this photo... except that it's a stairway...
I know.... I should have gone to bed hours ago... and now I have this song stuck in my head.
While the grown ups are focused on the pandemic and conflicts in Armenia and Azerbaijan, a hot war on the eastern edge of Ukraine and China pressing further into Hong Kong, you've ignored these things for 4 years. THE WORLD NEEDS JOE BIDEN NOW AND NEEDS TO BE RELIEVED OF YOU.
Since you grifted into this, focus has been held away from what actually matters by a wholly corrupt Senate Leader, a chorus of spineless Republicans sent into power by imbeciles, an AG with one foot in Hell, and a cackle of "journalists," "pastors," Murdoch, Mercers, Sinclair et al.
Get out.
"ODA AL VERANO".
Images and Textures of my own.
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Querétaro - México.
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Common Wasp, Vespula vulgaris.
Queen wasps are around 20-25mm long and workers are 11-14mm.
The common wasp can be distinguished from other similar social wasps by the anchor-shaped mark on its face.
Widespread and common throughout Britain, especially in the south.
The common wasp usually forms large colonies below ground, but occasionally nests may be made in wall cavities, hollow trees and attics. Queens emerge from hibernation during the spring, and they search for a suitable location in which to start a new colony. She then begins to build the nest with chewed up wood pulp, which dries to make a papery substance. In each cell of a new nest, the queen lays a single egg, which hatches into a larvae in 5 to 8 days. After five moults over about 90 days (the length of time spent in each stage is determined by environmental conditions), each larva spins a silken cap over the cell and pupates. After about 80 days an adult worker wasp emerges. These workers eventually take over the care of the nest, and the queen's life is then devoted solely to egg laying.
At the end of autumn a number of eggs develop into new queens and males, which leave the nest and mate. The new queens seek out suitable places in which to hibernate, and the males and the old colony, including the old queen, die.
Despite their unfortunate reputation, wasps are actually important pollinators and pest controllers.
TO EVERYONE: PLEASE TAKE CARE AND BE SAFE.
With the COVID-19 (coronavirus) now rampant in most countries, I am spending all my time at home and fortunately have plenty of birds coming and going during the day to visit our bird friendly garden.
This image is not a crop of the previous image.
One of the most colourful birds we have in Australia, the Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus). This one has been captured in my backyard.
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"Dream as if you have forever. Live as if you only have today."
James Dean
Not only do they appear to have each other's cases, but I'm more intrigued, what's the zip up the back of the coat for?
Not far from Paulina's home I discovered a little forest path where I lingered for a while before we let the only full day I had in Münster fade away with a home cooked meal and a few of her friends. :)
Seattle–Tacoma International Airport, branded as SEA Airport and also referred to as Sea–Tac, is the primary commercial airport serving the Seattle metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Washington. Wikipedia
The building to the left is the
Kallmorgen Tower, Hamburg, Germany
Architect: Werner Kallmorgen, Hamburg, Germany
This office building was originally built for IBM and is modelled on a Hollerith punch card. However, the punch card impression is hard to figure out at this angle of vision here and with windows opened.
For further informations: www.kallmorgen-tower.de/8/
Things weren' t going my way
I was feeling down all the time
You held me through the pain
Stood by me in the rain
So today I'm free
Feeling fine all the time
Don't have to wait and see
We're on a one way dream
Like the clouds I'm flying and I'm...
And now I' m flying high above the sky
And it' s all because of you
I got a feeling in my heart
My life can really start
And it' s all because of you
-Sunrise Ave
Press L, please :)
There are many birds that call Florida home, but to me, there are few as beautiful and intriguing as the osprey.
In late winter or early spring, otherwise known as the breeding season here in Florida, the osprey congregate in the cypress-lined trees along the perimeters of Blue Cypress Lake. At any point during that time, osprey are courting, mating, building their nests, and raising their young. As the juveniles, easily identified by their bright orange eyes, grow up, they soon begin to test their wings. Early flapping within the nest soon gives way to test flights further from the nest. Often the parent will fly with its young, much like the bald eagles do.
I find the marking on the osprey to be so beautiful and when they "put the brakes on" coming in for a landing and we see the full view of their wings and feathers in action, it's an amazing sight to witness. Pure grace, skill, and beauty.
I wish everyone a wonderful Sunday and remainder of the weekend. Thanks so much for stopping by to view and especially for sharing your thoughts and comments. :-)
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Just back from a day trip to Yosemite. It was not my best ever day to Yosemite, but hey I can't complain. It's Yosemite! This is Tuolumne Falls. I just did a day hike down to White Cascade and a bit further. This was the only decent photo I got because the sun was already up by the time I got down there. Nonetheless, it is an amazing place and a great hike.
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HBM! Taken on a short walk in my on my way back from running an errand.
.A candid shot of peope enjoying the Waterfront Recreational Trail near to Humber Bay Marina.
Best seen large by clicking on the photo. Thanks for visiting, enjoy each day.
Oh! I do like to be beside the seaside
I do like to be beside the sea!
I do like to stroll upon the Prom, Prom, Prom!
Where the brass bands play:
"Tiddely-om-pom-pom!"
So just let me be beside the seaside
I'll be beside myself with glee
And there's lots of girls beside,
I should like to be beside
Beside the seaside!
Beside the sea!