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BUT I LOVE IT! ON this shot, the left was WAY exposed, because the sun was right there! But it sure did a nice job of lighting up those rocks on the right! However, the balance was off. So, in LightRoom2, I did a graduated filter but from the center to the left! Not top to bottom! I didn't ever think about doing that! :) Until now and I am glad I did because now I have a useable image, instead of an unusable image! I don't really have time to say more, going to Kindergarden Tea with my son! GOing to meet his teacher! BYE!
Geek talk. For this image, I used the B+W ND106 and Cokin hard grad filter. Tripod! And Posts processed with LightRoom2 using the in LR soft grad filter, center to left. Please enjoy! :)
Title: Unique Infinity
Medium: Mixed Media on Canvas
Year: 2022
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An old weird ancient tree located in Castle Archdale in Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
This is by far the most unusual tree ive ever seen! I think its unique and im well pleased with the outcome of this shot
Something very unique happened this morning - the sun was out!! It was clear until these clouds blew by just at the right time. Frosty too!
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We visit an ethnic Lave village at the Pa Suam waterfall. Located in the coffee capital of Laos Bolaven plateau and home to many ethnic tribes. Pa Suam is a beautiful waterfall and is a perfect place for a picnic. You can stroll around and check out the various ethnic villages and can stay overnight at one of the tree house type bungalows or opt for a homestay at an ethic village, the choice is yours. There about 160 ethnic groups in Laos speak a total of 82 distinct living languages. A homestay in an ethnic Lave village. Supposedly less than 350 Lave tribe members are left in the world. Lave are a subgroup of the main ethnic group called Gietrieng along with other minority subgroups Gié Dgieh, Tareh, Trieng Treng, Ve, Panoong Bnoong. The population of the Gietrieng is estimated on 27.000. The local authorities encourages ethnic residents to become involved in tourism in the area so they can earn income while preserving their culture.
Photo taken at an ethnic Lave village at the Pa Suam waterfall - Laos.
The Luam Pa waterfall is located on the Bolaven Plateau and is a great spot to spend a lazy afternoon or a quiet overnight stay at a unique tree-house type of bungalow. An unique homestay in an ethnic Lave village.
Unique salt deposits cover the shore like a coral-like carpet at the Dead Sea. A peaceful view of nature’s raw beauty.
The unique formation of Vatnsdalshólar hills in Iceland offers a surreal, otherworldly landscape. These rolling mounds are a geological wonder surrounded by breathtaking views of distant mountains.
IT: Le formazioni uniche delle colline di Vatnsdalshólar in Islanda offrono un paesaggio surreale e ultraterreno. Questi rilievi sono un meraviglioso esempio geologico circondato da viste mozzafiato di montagne lontane.
There is no mistaking this bird when you see it, nothing looks even remotely similar. I love that blue beak.
Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus)
Dallas Southside Water Treatment Plant
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This fantastic journey starts in the most unique place in the world: Venice! Entirely built over water, Venice becomes a symbol of eccentricity and glamour during its world-famous annual Carnival!
Lukas Maverick is putting his own modern, gender-fluid twist on carnival by wearing a flamboyant, elaborate costume inspired by the rare imported velvets and other exotic fabrics used over the centuries by Venetian costume designers to create the extravagant, lavish costumes worn by members of the Italian high society and aristocracy when attending the Carnival!
Mysterious and charming, foggy and sunny, the pure essence of Carnival and abundance. Lukas navigates the canals with his black mask on and only reveals himself in the middle of the party, flirting and seducing women and men alike with his fluid beauty and his charming dress, paying tribute to many iconic Italian fashion brands!
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With a long history that spans more than 28 centuries, Magia 2000's tour of Italy concludes with a thrilling final stop at the center of it all, the "Eternal City", Rome! Also called "Caput Mundi" (Capital of the World), Rome is generally considered to be the cradle of Western civilization. Famous artists, painters, sculptors, and architects made Rome the center of their activity, creating masterpieces throughout the city.
For this final stop, NU. Face top model Karolin Stone makes a most memorable appearance in Rome just in time for the Rome Film Festival, a yearly affair that is attended by hottest actors and directors in the film industry! Wearing a look inspired by some of the architectural details of one of the city's most famous landmarks, the Trevi fountain, Karolin's look can transform from an extravagant cocktail look to a show stopping Grand Gala "entrance" moment! With such over-the-top, glamorous looks at her command, Karolin is sure to leave an undeniable mark in the history of Italian fashion!
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I've always loved Noir and her eyes were amazing and unique but you know me, I had to make them unique in my own way. I hope I have somewhat stayed true to Noir's spirt.
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A pair of Florida Highway Patrol Dodge Chargers parked beside the shoulder of I-95 in Volusia County, Florida. The car on the left is a new 2016 model, and the one on the right is a 2014. The 2014 Charger has decals on the rear bumper different from other standard patrol units. Rather than being a very bright red and yellow, the caution stripes are a faint greyish color that i've never seen on the older units before.
Is the vulture hovering above Austria? Could also be a turtle.
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Author: Andreas Nierhaus, Curator of Architecture/Wien Museum
Last updated January 2014
Architecture in Vienna
Vienna's 2,000-year history is present in a unique density in the cityscape. The layout of the center dates back to the Roman city and medieval road network. Romanesque and Gothic churches characterize the streets and squares as well as palaces and mansions of the baroque city of residence. The ring road is an expression of the modern city of the 19th century, in the 20th century extensive housing developments set accents in the outer districts. Currently, large-scale urban development measures are implemented; distinctive buildings of international star architects complement the silhouette of the city.
Due to its function as residence of the emperor and European power center, Vienna for centuries stood in the focus of international attention, but it was well aware of that too. As a result, developed an outstanding building culture, and still today on a worldwide scale only a few cities can come up with a comparable density of high-quality architecture. For several years now, Vienna has increased its efforts to connect with its historical highlights and is drawing attention to itself with some spectacular new buildings. The fastest growing city in the German-speaking world today most of all in residential construction is setting standards. Constants of the Viennese architecture are respect for existing structures, the palpability of historical layers and the dialogue between old and new.
Culmination of medieval architecture: the Stephansdom
The oldest architectural landmark of the city is St. Stephen's Cathedral. Under the rule of the Habsburgs, defining the face of the city from the late 13th century until 1918 in a decisive way, the cathedral was upgraded into the sacral monument of the political ambitions of the ruling house. The 1433 completed, 137 meters high southern tower, by the Viennese people affectionately named "Steffl", is a masterpiece of late Gothic architecture in Europe. For decades he was the tallest stone structure in Europe, until today he is the undisputed center of the city.
The baroque residence
Vienna's ascension into the ranks of the great European capitals began in Baroque. Among the most important architects are Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach and Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt. Outside the city walls arose a chain of summer palaces, including the garden Palais Schwarzenberg (1697-1704) as well as the Upper and Lower Belvedere of Prince Eugene of Savoy (1714-22). Among the most important city palaces are the Winter Palace of Prince Eugene (1695-1724, now a branch of the Belvedere) and the Palais Daun-Kinsky (auction house in Kinsky 1713-19). The emperor himself the Hofburg had complemented by buildings such as the Imperial Library (1722-26) and the Winter Riding School (1729-34). More important, however, for the Habsburgs was the foundation of churches and monasteries. Thus arose before the city walls Fischer von Erlach's Karlskirche (1714-39), which with its formal and thematic complex show façade belongs to the major works of European Baroque. In colored interior rooms like that of St. Peter's Church (1701-22), the contemporary efforts for the synthesis of architecture, painting and sculpture becomes visible.
Upgrading into metropolis: the ring road time (Ringstraßenzeit)
Since the Baroque, reflections on extension of the hopelessly overcrowed city were made, but only Emperor Franz Joseph ordered in 1857 the demolition of the fortifications and the connection of the inner city with the suburbs. 1865, the Ring Road was opened. It is as the most important boulevard of Europe an architectural and in terms of urban development achievement of the highest rank. The original building structure is almost completely preserved and thus conveys the authentic image of a metropolis of the 19th century. The public representational buildings speak, reflecting accurately the historicism, by their style: The Greek Antique forms of Theophil Hansen's Parliament (1871-83) stood for democracy, the Renaissance of the by Heinrich Ferstel built University (1873-84) for the flourishing of humanism, the Gothic of the Town Hall (1872-83) by Friedrich Schmidt for the medieval civic pride.
Dominating remained the buildings of the imperial family: Eduard van der Nüll's and August Sicardsburg's Opera House (1863-69), Gottfried Semper's and Carl Hasenauer's Burgtheater (1874-88), their Museum of Art History and Museum of Natural History (1871-91) and the Neue (New) Hofburg (1881-1918 ). At the same time the ring road was the preferred residential area of mostly Jewish haute bourgeoisie. With luxurious palaces the families Ephrussi, Epstein or Todesco made it clear that they had taken over the cultural leadership role in Viennese society. In the framework of the World Exhibition of 1873, the new Vienna presented itself an international audience. At the ring road many hotels were opened, among them the Hotel Imperial and today's Palais Hansen Kempinski.
Laboratory of modernity: Vienna around 1900
Otto Wagner's Postal Savings Bank (1903-06) was one of the last buildings in the Ring road area Otto Wagner's Postal Savings Bank (1903-06), which with it façade, liberated of ornament, and only decorated with "functional" aluminum buttons and the glass banking hall now is one of the icons of modern architecture. Like no other stood Otto Wagner for the dawn into the 20th century: His Metropolitan Railway buildings made the public transport of the city a topic of architecture, the church of the Psychiatric hospital at Steinhofgründe (1904-07) is considered the first modern church.
With his consistent focus on the function of a building ("Something impractical can not be beautiful"), Wagner marked a whole generation of architects and made Vienna the laboratory of modernity: in addition to Joseph Maria Olbrich, the builder of the Secession (1897-98) and Josef Hoffmann, the architect of the at the western outskirts located Purkersdorf Sanatorium (1904) and founder of the Vienna Workshop (Wiener Werkstätte, 1903) is mainly to mention Adolf Loos, with the Loos House at the square Michaelerplatz (1909-11) making architectural history. The extravagant marble cladding of the business zone stands in maximal contrast, derived from the building function, to the unadorned facade above, whereby its "nudity" became even more obvious - a provocation, as well as his culture-critical texts ("Ornament and Crime"), with which he had greatest impact on the architecture of the 20th century. Public contracts Loos remained denied. His major works therefore include villas, apartment facilities and premises as the still in original state preserved Tailor salon Knize at Graben (1910-13) and the restored Loos Bar (1908-09) near the Kärntner Straße (passageway Kärntner Durchgang).
Between the Wars: International Modern Age and social housing
After the collapse of the monarchy in 1918, Vienna became capital of the newly formed small country of Austria. In the heart of the city, the architects Theiss & Jaksch built 1931-32 the first skyscraper in Vienna as an exclusive residential address (Herrengasse - alley 6-8). To combat the housing shortage for the general population, the social democratic city government in a globally unique building program within a few years 60,000 apartments in hundreds of apartment buildings throughout the city area had built, including the famous Karl Marx-Hof by Karl Ehn (1925-30). An alternative to the multi-storey buildings with the 1932 opened International Werkbundsiedlung was presented, which was attended by 31 architects from Austria, Germany, France, Holland and the USA and showed models for affordable housing in greenfield areas. With buildings of Adolf Loos, André Lurçat, Richard Neutra, Gerrit Rietveld, the Werkbundsiedlung, which currently is being restored at great expense, is one of the most important documents of modern architecture in Austria.
Modernism was also expressed in significant Villa buildings: The House Beer (1929-31) by Josef Frank exemplifies the refined Wiener living culture of the interwar period, while the house Stonborough-Wittgenstein (1926-28, today Bulgarian Cultural Institute), built by the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein together with the architect Paul Engelmann for his sister Margarete, by its aesthetic radicalism and mathematical rigor represents a special case within contemporary architecture.
Expulsion, war and reconstruction
After the "Anschluss (Annexation)" to the German Reich in 1938, numerous Jewish builders, architects (female and male ones), who had been largely responsible for the high level of Viennese architecture, have been expelled from Austria. During the Nazi era, Vienna remained largely unaffected by structural transformations, apart from the six flak towers built for air defense of Friedrich Tamms (1942-45), made of solid reinforced concrete which today are present as memorials in the cityscape.
The years after the end of World War II were characterized by the reconstruction of the by bombs heavily damaged city. The architecture of those times was marked by aesthetic pragmatism, but also by the attempt to connect with the period before 1938 and pick up on current international trends. Among the most important buildings of the 1950s are Roland Rainer's City Hall (1952-58), the by Oswald Haerdtl erected Wien Museum at Karlsplatz (1954-59) and the 21er Haus of Karl Schwanzer (1958-62).
The youngsters come
Since the 1960s, a young generation was looking for alternatives to the moderate modernism of the reconstruction years. With visionary designs, conceptual, experimental and above all temporary architectures, interventions and installations, Raimund Abraham, Günther Domenig, Eilfried Huth, Hans Hollein, Walter Pichler and the groups Coop Himmelb(l)au, Haus-Rucker-Co and Missing Link rapidly got international attention. Although for the time being it was more designed than built, was the influence on the postmodern and deconstructivist trends of the 1970s and 1980s also outside Austria great. Hollein's futuristic "Retti" candle shop at Charcoal Market/Kohlmarkt (1964-65) and Domenig's biomorphic building of the Central Savings Bank in Favoriten (10th district of Vienna - 1975-79) are among the earliest examples, later Hollein's Haas-Haus (1985-90), the loft conversion Falkestraße (1987/88) by Coop Himmelb(l)au or Domenig's T Center (2002-04) were added. Especially Domenig, Hollein, Coop Himmelb(l)au and the architects Ortner & Ortner (ancient members of Haus-Rucker-Co) by orders from abroad the new Austrian and Viennese architecture made a fixed international concept.
MuseumQuarter and Gasometer
Since the 1980s, the focus of building in Vienna lies on the compaction of the historic urban fabric that now as urban habitat of high quality no longer is put in question. Among the internationally best known projects is the by Ortner & Ortner planned MuseumsQuartier in the former imperial stables (competition 1987, 1998-2001), which with institutions such as the MUMOK - Museum of Modern Art Foundation Ludwig, the Leopold Museum, the Kunsthalle Wien, the Architecture Center Vienna and the Zoom Children's Museum on a wordwide scale is under the largest cultural complexes. After controversies in the planning phase, here an architectural compromise between old and new has been achieved at the end, whose success as an urban stage with four million visitors (2012) is overwhelming.
The dialogue between old and new, which has to stand on the agenda of building culture of a city that is so strongly influenced by history, also features the reconstruction of the Gasometer in Simmering by Coop Himmelb(l)au, Wilhelm Holzbauer, Jean Nouvel and Manfred Wehdorn (1999-2001). Here was not only created new housing, but also a historical industrial monument reinterpreted into a signal in the urban development area.
New Neighborhood
In recent years, the major railway stations and their surroundings moved into the focus of planning. Here not only necessary infrastructural measures were taken, but at the same time opened up spacious inner-city residential areas and business districts. Among the prestigious projects are included the construction of the new Vienna Central Station, started in 2010 with the surrounding office towers of the Quartier Belvedere and the residential and school buildings of the Midsummer quarter (Sonnwendviertel). Europe's largest wooden tower invites here for a spectacular view to the construction site and the entire city. On the site of the former North Station are currently being built 10,000 homes and 20,000 jobs, on that of the Aspangbahn station is being built at Europe's greatest Passive House settlement "Euro Gate", the area of the North Western Railway Station is expected to be developed from 2020 for living and working. The largest currently under construction residential project but can be found in the north-eastern outskirts, where in Seaside Town Aspern till 2028 living and working space for 40,000 people will be created.
In one of the "green lungs" of Vienna, the Prater, 2013, the WU campus was opened for the largest University of Economics of Europe. Around the central square spectacular buildings of an international architect team from Great Britain, Japan, Spain and Austria are gathered that seem to lead a sometimes very loud conversation about the status quo of contemporary architecture (Hitoshi Abe, BUSarchitektur, Peter Cook, Zaha Hadid, NO MAD Arquitectos, Carme Pinós).
Flying high
International is also the number of architects who have inscribed themselves in the last few years with high-rise buildings in the skyline of Vienna and make St. Stephen's a not always unproblematic competition. Visible from afar is Massimiliano Fuksas' 138 and 127 meters high elegant Twin Tower at Wienerberg (1999-2001). The monolithic, 75-meter-high tower of the Hotel Sofitel at the Danube Canal by Jean Nouvel (2007-10), on the other hand, reacts to the particular urban situation and stages in its top floor new perspectives to the historical center on the other side.
Also at the water stands Dominique Perrault's DC Tower (2010-13) in the Danube City - those high-rise city, in which since the start of construction in 1996, the expansion of the city north of the Danube is condensed symbolically. Even in this environment, the slim and at the same time striking vertically folded tower of Perrault is beyond all known dimensions; from its Sky Bar, from spring 2014 on you are able to enjoy the highest view of Vienna. With 250 meters, the tower is the tallest building of Austria and almost twice as high as the St. Stephen's Cathedral. Vienna, thus, has acquired a new architectural landmark which cannot be overlooked - whether it also has the potential to become a landmark of the new Vienna, only time will tell. The architectural history of Vienna, where European history is presence and new buildings enter into an exciting and not always conflict-free dialogue with a great and outstanding architectural heritage, in any case has yet to offer exciting chapters.
Her art reminded me of LeRoy Neiman's creations.
A visit to the art sale held by the students from the College For Creative Studies,
During Noel Night - a yearly holiday event in Midtown, where the museums and other venues are free and open to visit.
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Uniqueness Sagrada Familia – If you go to Italy, then there will be a lot of uniqueness possessed by Barcelona. building with vintage architecture will you meet there. then do you know about the building named Sagrada Familia?
Sagrada Familia basilica that stands in the city of Barcelona, Spain is the cathedral which is important for Catholics. National Geographic reported, this church was built with elaborate architecture, using the principle of the golden ratio.
Kaaba, the most important building for Muslims around the world are also built with this ratio. In the art of architecture, structure created by the principle of the golden ratio has a proportion which is ideal in terms of aesthetics. That’s why the golden ratio is also often called the divine proportion or divine proportion.
Construction of Sagrada Familia Church can not be separated from the figure of Antoni Gaudi. Antoni Gaudi was an architect from Spain who spent more than 40 years to design the Sagrada Familia church.
Antoni Gaudi’s work is known to have style and strong character are not uncommon, and illustrate a strong interest in architecture, nature, and religion. Gaudi combine its expertise in engineering manufacture of ceramics, stained glass, forging iron and carved wood that he used in the works – his masterpieces.
In addition to the Sagrada Familia, many other works produced by Gaudi some of them is Park Guell, the Casa Calvet, the Casa Batlló and the Casa Milà. Until now, Antoni Gaudi became an influential figure in architecture Duni. Works – his work widely studied and gained wide recognition in the international world.
Antoni Gaudi took over the design and construction of the Sagrada Familia church in 1883, to Gaudi died in 1926 the church building was still unfinished. Church construction continued until stopped when the Spanish civil war took place in 1936. After that the church construction continued, but has been slow because of the cost of construction of this church comes from public donations.
Until now the construction of the Church still continues to keep using public donations as a source of cost. Church entrance tickets sold are also used as a donation for the construction of the church.
Currently two of the three projects, namely the Nativity Facade and Passion Facade has been completed, while the Glory Facade work in progress. Eight towers have been completed and there are still 10 more towers to be completed. If it goes according to plan the construction of the Sagrada Familia church will be completed in 2026.
The uniqueness of the architecture of which is owned by the Sagrada Familia has even been noted as one of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the basilica itself has a long history for the citizens of Barcelona.
So if you want to visit the Sagrada Familia Barcelona in particular? Your visit will not lose, because you will be fascinated by the grandeur of the architecture of this building Sagrada Familia.
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This unique road sign, in the delightful town of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, England, is known locally as the Pillar of Salt. No-one quite knows why, but what we do know is that it was designed by Basil Oliver, the town council’s architect, in 1935, and it now has protected status.
Apparently the structure had to be granted special permission because the height of the letters and numbers didn’t conform to national road regulations. It’s also believed to be the first internally illuminated road sign in the country (and it still works). And despite street alterations, one way systems, road 'improvements' and all the rest, its pointed direction boards are still accurate!
By the way, in the background is the Abbey Gatehouse, which dates from the 14th century.
♦ Finally, thanks to my Flickr friend Andy, who told me to look out for this wonderful landmark!
Sandwiched between VT506 and the IC DVT is six wheeled heating van 105 with its generator running to supply power to the driving coach and single coach which have come up the branch from Dagebüll Mole to Niebüll. With the passengers from the DMU deposited at the branch station the DMU will now run onto the main line and reverse the IC stock and its passengers onto the rear of IC2311 09:23 Westerland (Sylt) to Hamburg Hbf. Apparently this once common practise of moving stock in this way is now just practiced here at Niebüll. Great to watch and very pleasing to get the six wheeler, IC liveried van. Any info on what the vans purpose in a former life would be greatfully received.