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A nearlyunbroken carpet of colorful autumn trees in New Hampshire.
As I have shared New England fall color photographs you may nave noticed that I often contrast that spectacle with my more familiar western aspen groves. One of the main reasons I made this photograph was practical — I wanted to illustrate just how significant that difference is. Aspens in California tend to cluster in relatively small and separate groves. Even the larger ones are typically surrounded by conifers, scrub, or rocky terrain. In autumn, the effect is often to produce star areas of color set off against areas with little or no fall color.
This photograph shows the difference. I made it near a high point on New Hampshire’s “Kancamagus Scenic Byway, ” among the most popular places for viewing the East Coast autumn color. You are looking down at a hardwood forest full of different trees with different colors. And the trees shown here are a tiny fraction of the forest that was spread out before me, rising from valleys toward the high ridges — with almost everywhere the same wild blanket of colors.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.
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E finalmente a foto da ultima cachoeira. Tendo 125m de altura, sua beleza encanta os olhos de quem chega até lá. É quase impossível repassar a sensação de estar embaixo de uma beleza tão grande. Não é por acaso que seu nome é "Salto Grande".
E melhor ainda estar MUITO bem acompanhado!!!
Walked by this place often with Tink and thought it might be interesting to photograph because of that hole in the trees. This Polaroid film seems t work best with some blue in it otherwise it tends to look yellow brownish to me. Again remarkably this is 19 year old Time Zero refrigerated since new.
This is my project for the Bricklink Designer Program: Series 1.
If you'd like to see this turned into an official LEGO set, please vote for the project here on Bricklink!
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There, you will also find more info about the set, including: the dimensions, the part count, what comes with the set and my inspiration for the many details throughout.
The Bricklink Designer Program (BDP) is similar to LEGO Ideas, where votes are tallied to see if LEGO will produce the set, only the final design won't look much different than the original submission with BDP. They want the fan designs to remain as unchanged as possible when they are finally produced.
Another key difference with BDP is, there are only a maximum of 20,000 sets produced. So these sets are much rarer and sell out quickly. It is best to follow a project/creator early on to stay informed of when a set will go on sale. This will save you money and regret because after they sell out, they tend to cost a lot more on aftermarket websites.
Here are some key dates:
March 7 - 31, 2023: Crowd Validation/Vote Phase
April - May 2023: LEGO Review Phase
Late May 2023: 5 Designs Announced
February 2024: Crowdfunding Phase
Summer /Fall 2024: Production & Shipping
There is no escape! - Mating Season -
Grey squirrels tend to breed in between January and April and, if food is plentiful, they may have a second litter in the summer.
How do you know when squirrels are mating?
Twice per year — from January to February and again from May to June — everything in squirrel society seems to be in an uproar. Males can smell which females are fertile and begin to chase them. During their pursuit, they make a soft buzzing vocalization that mimics the sound of babies begging to nurse.
What month do baby squirrels leave the nest?
Most babies leave the nest in April or May. At this point the babies are fluffy and fat but the parents have exhausted their winter fat and are beginning to shed their winter fur, so look relatively small. A second litter of babies may leave the nest around September.
Exactly 6 years later, I swapped my Nikon 200 - 500mm f/5.6 lens with a lightweight 500mm f/5.6 PF (Phase Fresnel)
The obvious advantage of the 500 PF is weight savings as well as smaller size for better handling.Time will tell with the photo quality whether it is worth the wait or not.
Due to my background as a black and white analog photojournalist, I keep abreast of technology changes. Every new model or technical change needs time.
While writing these lines, my first digital camera experience 20 years ago is from the days of Nikon D100, today Advantages of mirrorless cameras 45.7- megapixels shoot with the full-frame the new flagship camera Nikon Z9.
This is an incredible technological advance. I have been using Nikon D850 for about 1.5 years. It is a professional level, 45.7 megapixel, full-frame workhorse.
How long will the Nikon D850 hold this position as a DSLR, it already has a question mark. Nikon rumors are swirling at the moment to give us an idea of where the brand will go next?
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Lens - hand held - Monopod and SPORT VR on. Aperture is f5.6 and full length. All my images have been converted from RAW to JPEG.
I started using Monopod on long walks. Here is my Carbon Monopod details : Really Right Stuff MH-01 Monopod Head with Standard Lever - Release Clamp - Nikon 500mm f5.6E PF ED VR AF-S Lens, fitted Really Right Stuff LCF-11 Replacement Foot and Gitzo GM2542 Series 2 4S Carbon Monopod.
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The Hassan II Mosque is a mosque in Casablanca, Morocco. It is the second largest functioning mosque in Africa and is the 7th largest in the world. Its minaret is the world's second tallest minaret at 210 metres. Completed in 1993, it was designed by Michel Pinseau under the guidance of King Hassan II and built by Moroccan artisans from all over the kingdom. The minaret is 60 stories high topped by a laser, the light from which is directed towards Mecca. The mosque stands on a promontory looking out to the Atlantic Ocean; worshippers can pray over the sea but there is no glass floor looking into the sea. The walls are of hand-crafted marble and the roof is retractable. A maximum of 105,000 worshippers can gather together for prayer: 25,000 inside the mosque hall and another 80,000 on the mosque's outside ground.
The mosque is located at Bd Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah in Casablanca. The 9-hectare complex nestles between the harbor and the El Hank lighthouse. From the nearest train station at Casa-Port it is about a 20-minute walk to the mosque. The ten-lane boulevard with shopping avenues has its at the southern facade of the mosque and extends to the gates of the Palace Oued el Makhazine in the middle of the city. The basilical plan of the mosque justifies this layout of the boulevard.
The mosque rises above the Atlantic Ocean. The building is built partially on land and partially over the ocean. This siting was accomplished by creating a platform linking a natural rock outcrop reclaimed from the sea, where the Orthlieb Pool had previously been located. Two large breakwaters were also built, to protect the mosque from the erosive action of the ocean waves, which can be up to 10 metres in height. A temporary pier 800 metres in length had to be erected to protect the foundations of the pillars from the sea during the construction period. Its environmental advantage is that it is free of noise and pollution and receives a fresh breeze from the sea.
Apart from the mosque, other structures in the area are a madrasa (Islamic school), hammams (bathhouses), a museum on Moroccan history, conference halls, and a very large library said to be the "most comprehensive in the Islamic world." The 41 fountains in the courtyard are all well decorated. The garden around the mosque is well tended and is a popular location for family picnics. The traditionally designed madrasa occupies an area of 4,840 square metres including the basement. Two stories in height, it is constructed in a semi-circular shape, with abutting qibla wall and the mihrab section.
The historical context of the mosque began with the death of King Mohammed V in 1961. King Hassan II had requested for the best of the country's artisans to come forward and submit plans for a mausoleum to honour the departed king; it should "reflect the fervor and veneration with which this illustrious man was regarded." In 1980, during his birthday celebrations, Hassan II had made his ambitions very clear for creating a single landmark monument in Casablanca by stating
I wish Casablanca to be endowed with a large, fine building of which it can be proud until the end of time ... I want to build this mosque on the water, because God's throne is on the water. Therefore, the faithful who go there to pray, to praise the creator on firm soil, can contemplate God's sky and ocean.
The building was commissioned by King Hassan II to be the most ambitious structure ever built in Morocco. It was designed by the French architect Michel Pinseau who had lived in Morocco, and was constructed by the civil engineering group Bouygues.
Work commenced on July 12, 1986, and was conducted over a seven-year period. Construction was scheduled to be completed in 1989 ready for Hassan II's 60th birthday. During the most intense period of construction, 1400 men worked during the day and another 1100 during the night. 10,000 artists and craftsmen participated in building and beautifying the mosque. However, the building was not completed on schedule which delayed inauguration. The formal inauguration was subsequently chosen to be the 11th Rabi' al-Awwal of the year 1414 of the Hijra, corresponding to 30 August 1993, which also marked the eve of the anniversary of Prophet Muhammad’s birth. It was dedicated to the Sovereign of Morocco.
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HAY ROPA TENDIDA...
Te has parado a pensar de donde salen algunas frases hechas y para qué las utiizamos???. A mi siempre me ha hecho muchas gracias esta ¨Hay ropa tendida " según he leido esto proviene de un recurso entre presos, que intercalaban esta frase en la conversación cuando se acercaba algún funcionario de la prisión, pero coloquialmente se utiliza cuando hay niños por medio y no queremos que se enteren de alguna conversación entre adultos. Cada vez que la oigo, se me viene esta imagen a la cabe
It's tough, keeping up with all the social networking, the blogging, the posting photos, the tweets… the world. It's a full-time job, really. How do you manage, world?!
Anyway, I updated commenting on the blog today, so that it's much easier. But, if you're, you know, enjoying it and stuff, but maybe annoyed with some aspect, feel free to let me know so I can improve the thing. More about that, blogged!
PS: What's really cool about this image is that I shot it last winter as I planted all my little succulents. And now, they're so much bigger. They're like kids. Who don't talk back. It's awesome.
Great Egret tending a turquoise egg (lower left) at the Smith Oaks Bird Sanctuary in High Island, Texas.
Taken at Fort Michilimackinac in Mackinaw City, Michigan. The employees at this Michigan Historic State Park dress in period costumes. This pretty young lady was tending to a flower bed outside one of the houses located inside the fort walls. She was kind enough to take a moment to pose for this photograph.
Though I have some photos of 'people' in my Photostream, I have not often post new ones. However, I have come to feel I should post them more often and this one initiates my effort.
Was watching an old film recently and was taken with that cinematic trick of wind blown calendar pages to illustrate the passage of time. First one month billows up, then another, and another at a rapidly increasing tempo. Feels that way in real life to me. For the most part, the transition, while fast, is relatively smooth. But I always feel an abruptness that occasions the arrival of November. The ever darkening mood of autumn is lightened somewhat throughout October. Bright foliage, often accompanied by a few warm days, and capped off with the festival atmosphere of Halloween, all tend to placate the mind. But suddenly November 1st arrives and the proverbial party is over. Halloween is finished; jack-o-lanterns are suddenly no longer relevant, even though they were carved with great excitement just a couple of days ago; and the clock change is imminent. Experience shows there will now be a head-long time warp that will transport us to Thanksgiving in the blink of an eye. And winter is at hand. There's an ominous tone to all of this, at least for me. I felt like I captured a visual sense for it last week as the drama played out in the sky above this lonely cornfield.
Pure symmetry is often an illusion – our perception of complex objects tends to “even out” the differences, unless they are overtly obvious, like the top branch of this snowflake. But why is that one different from the rest?
There’s a “scar” on this snowflake, a diagonal line right before the changes in symmetry occur. In most cases, this happens when something gets stuck on the surface of the snowflake during formation – another crystal or fragment of a snowflake is most likely, affecting the way the rest of the branch formed. There’s nothing that links the growth of the six branches of a snowflake – there’s no architect’s drawings to follow; there is, however, near-identical growing environments. Change the variables even slightly, and you can see the change in the pattern.
This particular snowflake has two additional fun features: a clue into the mysteries of “spoke” formations, and inward crystal growth. The inward growth is easy to see, with the lines radiating from/to the center. These are on the reverse side of the crystal, backfilling in the snowflake towards the center, increasing the thickness in waves.
Those spokes – the thicker lines pointing to each branch tip – carry with them some very interesting details. It’s easiest to see at the bottom and bottom-right branches, and here’s a close-up of what I’m talking about: donkom.ca/bts/DKP_8192-BTS.jpg . It appears as if this heightened feature might actually begin forming as two separate ridges, which then get filled in with molecular accumulation between them. This process is not always solid, allowing for bubbles to occasionally form as it fills in. On these two lower branches, it’s easy to see the pockets of air forming on the edges of this growth.
I don’t like this. This doesn’t follow the standard model of how snowflakes grow. I do not have the knowledge to explain why two separate ridges form and then fill in the gap, all the while happening internally compared to the outer footprint. These two separate ridges, however, would explain the often-seen parallel bubble lines which this crystal also features; they must be related. I don’t like it because I can’t explain it. There’s an answer, obviously, but it escapes me. Maybe I should just embrace the fact that no matter how much we understand about one of the basic elements of life – water – some things are still a mystery.
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In my last image I showed a photo of a cheerful farmer who was minding his herd of water buffaloes. Here is a view of some of the surroundings he shares with other fellow farmers. Given such beautiful scenery, he certainly has a lot to be happy about.
Happy Chinese New Year. Happy Year of the Dragon.
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For some reason, I always tend to walk on the same, familiar, roads through nature when I’m out on my walkabout, so I’m always looking at the same landscapes. The probable reason for that is my unpleasant feeling of new and unfamiliar. Anyway, this morning I, by chance, decided to deviate a little from my standard path and see if something is interesting around the corner. I’m familiar with what is there, I just rarely go there. Immediately my eyes were attached to two trees by the river, that were standing out from the rest of the trees around by its look and high.
Previously, when I was there, I never noticed those trees sticking out so obviously. I must not have noticed them because of the lush green foliage on them and I’m also thinking that they were smaller and not that grown. It just shows how every season differently influences nature.
Everything was so calm and peaceful. Even the river was still. The white landscape and dark blue sky were a perfect match. Looking at the landscape in front of me felt a little overwhelming. To be honest, I was surprised and even confused by what I saw because I didn’t expect to see anything alluring. I pointed my camera and carefully composed my shot by trying to simplify the scene as much as possible and removing some, in my opinion, unnecessary elements from the shot. I like how it turned out and how I placed my main subject, the twin tree, in the shot.
Looking at the final, edited, shot it reminded me of some paintings I saw that had rivers and trees in them, and I was thinking about how nature was always been such an inspiration for creative people like painters and photographers. There is no other feeling but to be so grateful for having the opportunity to enjoy this kind of scene.
El tender la ropa creo que es un arte y da una pequeña idea del carácter de las personas.
Siempre me ha llamado la atención cómo las personas tienden la ropa a la hora de secarla; unas son meticulosas y ordenadas; por colores, de mayor a menor; la ropa interior toda junta, sólo toallas, sábanas y pijamas; la de él y la de ella; y otras las tienden de cualquier manera sin orden, de tal forma que cuando la recogen, están más arrugadas que cuando las colgaron.
Os iré presentando algunas imágenes que he recopilado en los últimos años.
Este proyecto lo inicié con el edificio del Lavadero Público de Betanzos
Espero sea de vuestro agrado.
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A Thai (Dai) woman working in paddy rice fields outside Muong Te.
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The Columbine blossom is a very sensuous flower. And this is the most sensual part of the bloom. We tend to 'focus' our attention on the interesting petal arrangement. This time, something just a bit different.
MANY THANKS to Jenny Barnes for sending me a good supply of BLUE Columbine seeds. I've never been able to photograph a glorious blue Aquilegia. Perhaps next year I'll be able to change that. Thanks Jenny, truly appreciated.
So. A couple of things. I accidentally bought a Minolta Hi-Matic F last year. Was convenient, as I was looking for something small and reasonably wide for walkabouts. This is the first film through it. Shot last year, developed a couple of weeks ago.
This is also my first attempt at digitizing negatives with my Z6, the 24-70mm f/4 S, an extension tube, light board and a copy stand.
The mount for the camera bends a bit (which is no surprise, as it only cost £35) leaving the images a bit skewed. I also used the 35mm carrier/mask for my enlarger, to hold the negatives in place. I left the number slit uncovered, for ease of reference.
I was going to crop this down to the image itself, but I really like the skewiff border and number at the bottom. I think it's a really nice way to present the image.
Anyway!
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Minolta Hi-Matic F,
Ilford Delta 400@400
DD-X 1+4 @ 20C 8:00
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I grew these flowers from very old seed, I must have had the open packet for 6 years. Luckily 2 seedlings appeared & I've tended them lovingly since early April. Nearly lost one when I forgot to water the pots & it wilted quite dramatically but thankfully it pulled back. They really are stunning. Photo given a Topaz Glow "Bloom" makeover HSS!
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Realism - Characterized by showing everyday workers at labor, often bent over in the fields or at other tasks. It was a distinct move away from art focused on the elite of society, the first clearly anti-institutional and non-conformist art movement.
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The very thing that draws me to these slot canyons over and over again is the light. The endless pools of reflected light, the warm orange and pink glows, the cool blue depths of the shadows, the rich textures in the stone – all of it. These things combine with the deep, sinuous depths of the canyons as they wind left and right, up and down through the earth's crust giving us a portal to another world. It's a world of silence, calm, peace and sanctity. It's a world that never changes on its own, and yet can do so suddenly when water and earth collide in a deluge of mud and water from a flash flood. This particular canyon is one of my favorites, as it is even deeper, darker, and more rich in texture and tone than some of the others I've spent time in. I love returning to this place, and hope to continue doing so again and again in the future. Each time I return, I get to know the place a little better. I see it a little more clearly, and get a feel for its character on a slightly deeper level. It's an ongoing relationship with meaningful places that tends to produce the best experiences, and as a result, the best images.
Yet another bird who tends to be somewhat camera-shy, but in this instance I liked the yellow Dandelions that added a little splash of brightness! He's not as colourful as his North American cousins, but he does sing a bright and cheerful song!
We've got Family coming for dinner tonight - our oldest daughter, our son and his wife and Twins, Grace and Harley and their Mummy and Daddy, and Olivia and little Juliette (AKA "Yeti") and their parents), so I may not get back to review your photos this evening (NZ Time). If I don't, I'll catch up tomorrow!
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