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Created for Photoshop Contest week 903
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I was walking along a country path near home when I smelled a gorgeous scent. Unusual. Then I saw why: a bunch of wisteria was escaping from the garden behind the stone bricks. How many of you have had, at least once in your life, the wish to escape?
TREAT THIS 279 part 2.
“Time portal”
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Thanks to Skagitrenee’s brother Mintaka for this source.
KP Treat this 1 Nov→15 Nov. 2021
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Paint and Paint 3d
A paradise for nature lovers. Especially in the summer months you can find up to 400 different plants here.
"Ausflug zur Insel Magerøya"
Ein Paradies für Naturliebhaber. Besonders in den Sommermonaten kann man hier bis zu 400 verschiedene Pflanzen finden.
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(Album - Travel 2023 - Norway Cruise)
(Album - Landscape)
Looking over Eddrachillis bay and the Minch towards the far north west coast of Scotland from the Stoer peninsula.
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While watching the sun slowly set over the Aegean Sea I thought of Flickr friends and thought I would set up this glass of Alpha beer to you. Luckily it didn't fall as there were seagulls waiting below hoping for something.
Cheers
Ian
Sorry I am on holiday and not commenting for a while but will be back in about 10 days
The Protestant Church of St. Katharinen, which dates back to the 13th century, with its 115 meter high tower cannot be overlooked when you are traveling in the Hafencity in Hamburg.
It is considered the oldest upright building in Hamburg that is still in use.
Due to its proximity to the harbor, it is considered the sailors' church. That is why she also bears the name of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, the patron saint of sailors and merchants.
Since Hamburg was one of Europe's centers for trade and shipping at the time, this makes perfect sense.
Further to the left in the background you can see the church of St. Nikolai, which was destroyed in the Second World War and of which only the tower remains today as a memorial.
Die aus dem 13. Jarhundert stammende evangelische Kirche St. Katharinen ist mit ihrem 115 Metern hohen Turm t nicht zu übersehen, wenn Ihr in der Hafencity in Hamburg unterwegs seid.
Sie gilt als das älteste aufrecht stehende Gebäude von Hamburg, welches noch immer in Funkton ist.
Auf Grund ihrer Nähe zum Hafen gilt sie als die Kirche der Seeleute. Darum träge sie auch den Namen der Heiligen Katharina von Alexandrien dem Schutzpatron der Schiffer und Kaufleute.
Da Hamburg zur damaligen Zeit eines der europäischen Zentren für Handel und Schiffahrt war, macht das absolut Sinn.
Weiter links im Hintergrund seht Ihr noch die Kirche St. Nikolai, die allerdings im 2. Weltkrieg zerstört wurde und von der heute nur noch der Turm als Mahnmal erhalten ist.
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More beautiful hues of autumn - 11/2014
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Thanks to McDonalds for your shitty internet connection(not for your shitty food)it only took me about a half hour to upload this, ha ha!
Last year we made a trip to Scotland and London during the Easter holidays. We left London and took the amazing Caledonian Sleeper train and arrived to Edinburgh in a cold frosty morning (first photo in the comments). We are not used to that kind of weather. At noon we picked up a camper van to made a road trip to the Highlands. Our first stop was the amazing Cairngorms National Park. Really Really cold. We took a walk to the nearby Loch Morlich and we were witnessing a perfect dusk. The colors in the sky were amazing. You can see it in the second photo in the comments below. We had dinner in the camper van and we went to bed. At one moment during the night the heater went off due a lack of heating gas, and we were freezing. We woke up early and then, through the windscreen we were seeing the snow coming down. It was quite a moment. Kids were running in the Park, playing with other kids, and took another walk to the Lake, this time with a totally different view. No more colors in the sky or trees. For us an unforgettable moment.
Harold Budd & Clive Wright: youtu.be/rDo8fdiS8OE?si=s4gaoChx8C8Jr88j
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Drove down to the Historic Carl Sandberg Property on Saturday morning and walked around Side Lake. It was gently raining and the colors were amazing. The Carl Sandburg National Historic Site is located near Hendersonville in the village of Flat Rock, North Carolina, and was the home of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and writer Carl Sandburg. The 264-acre site includes the Sandburg residence, the goat farm, rolling pastures, mountainside woods, 5 miles of hiking trails and two small lakes.
UP 2160 trailed to Champaign 3rd out on CN train L598 and was facing south. This was a good indicator that this unit would lead south on train M371 later that afternoon. As everyone thought, it indeed led south. Even back in 2016, SD60s were rare on mainline trains and especially mainline CN trains. This photo was taken between Neoga and Sigel on Route 45, pacing it south with only minutes of daylight to spare.
Today would have been my mothers birthday....
Sorry I'm still not much around. A cold is taking up my time ;-)
I hope you are all enjoying december and are getting ready for the holidays.
This was taken a couple years ago on a rainy day. I sure would love some rain right now.
It's supposed to be 102F here today, ugh!!!!
The remote Cederberg mountains is named after the endangered Clanwilliam Cedar, which is a tree endemic to the area. The mountains are noted for dramatic rock formations and San rock art.
Cederberg Wilderness Area, South Africa. © www.chiarasalvadori.com
I couldn't leave Sydney without posting a shot of the iconic Sydney Opera House... so here you go, its sails set firmly to the wind and reaching for the clouds :-)
In The Land of Oz - Sydnicity Series #3
After hours of crossing barren, wild and rough Icelandic landscapes it is always a highlight to return to its coasts like here when we travelled from Patreksfjordur in the Westfjords to Kirkjufell. The bay you see to the right is basically formed by the neck between Westfjords and Snaefellsnes peninsula.
"There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment."
- Orison Swett Marden
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To put things in a human perspective
Created for Photoshop Contest week 910
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When I moved to Alaska 40 years ago - the Alaska highway was over 1500 miles of rough gravel. Prudent speed then was about 15 MPH towing an RV. Some sections of the roads surface were coal. When it rained and we traveled over that coal, our vehicle and travel trailer became black - but on the positive side - the noise was less, and we could actually get up to around 30 MPH. In those days it was a long and challenging trip. Today people cruise along at 55 to 65 MPH, and grumble when they come upon a section of road like what you see in this image. Usually it is construction and repair, and at most is 20 to 25 miles in length.
Hubby and I never complain with beautiful scenery surrounding us like what you see in this image. We have traveled over the Alaskan Highway 55 times in our 40 years in the far north - and will do so again this summer. Hope to see some Flickr friends out there.
It took me about 4 years how to handle Aurora photographic whit digital camera and it was done by the hard way.
Many photographer think it is not possible to take a good aurora picture whit digital camera.
Sometimes Photography is simple. It is just the art of being there. That is over simplifying. The art of being there is just one part of photography. The art of seeing is equally as important. Then comes the art of being imaginative. The art of being prepared. The art of knowledge and the art of handwork and of course the art of business . The art of being competitive and sometimes little luck. There for you could say that Photography is like seen and the art of being.
"Photography is a lifestyle".
If you don’t know the tools you are using, then what you see in your mind is of little importance. It is impossible to get it out. Good Photography is rarely taken, it is usually made. The photographer, when he presses the button, knows what the end result is going to be. No matter what kind of Photography you are interested in, no matter which road you take to get there, in the end you make the image, and if all fits to gather, you make it come alive.
That is the art and magic of photography.
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This Laughing Gull looks to me like he's ready to party. Happy looking, isn't he? In reality, these guys are tough. Seeing them nest together with Royal Terns provides quite a contrast. The Royals go out fishing and regularly bring their chicks small fish, shrimp, crabs, squid and other small sea denizens. Laughing Gulls, on the other hand, spend their time waiting for an opportunity to steal from the Royals. The Royals know it too. They often crowd around the waiting chick, which miraculously can tell its parents call and know when food is coming. The other adults crowd around it, and point their sharp bills airward like spears to ward off a thieving Laughing Gull from stealing a meal. Royals tend to their chicks, herding them back to the dunes or to the tide pool and protecting them against the gulls. Gulls, on the other hand, will peck the head of any chick that is not their own, including Royal chicks that wander too close and away from adult supervision. I saw many Laughing Gull Chicks with bloody heads, wandering dazed and confused and unlikely to survive. Sad. Birds are like that though. We see positive human traits when in reality they are like lions, calling out warnings and waiting to attack. You think that bird dropping hit you by accident? OK, back to fantasy. This guy looks like a party animal ready for the festivities. (Larus atriculla)
PS: If you want to annoy a birder, refer to a gull as a sea gull. They hate it.
Ramana ended the story by telling me that to be calm is the greatest asset in the world. It's the greatest siddhi, the greatest power you can have. If you can only learn to be calm you will solve every problem. This is something you must remember. When you are perfectly calm, time stops. There is no time, karma stops, samskaras stop. Everything be- comes null and void. For when you are calm you are one with the entire energy of the universe and everything will go well with you. To be calm means you are in control. You're not worried about the situation, the outcome. What is going to happen tomorrow.
Robert Adams