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My beautiful roses, that--over time, despite the best of care and food and medicine and antifungals--succumbed to various diseases mostly brought on by the vicious heat and humidity they had to endure.
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I remember that marvellous sunset on Koh Tao, an island north of Koh Samui and Koh Phangan. I had walked into the sea to capture the scenery photographically and was knee-deep in the water until I felt something like a sting or bite in my lower right leg. All I remember is that I hit it and immediately left the water. On the beach I then saw about 20 small skin lesions like punctures from a biopsy with a diameter of about 1 mm and the leg was bleeding quite profusely. Jellyfish alarm! Fortunately, we hadn't been far from our little hotel and I got vinegar for the wound there straight away. You actually use this to loosen a stuck jellyfish, but it didn't do any harm either. Unfortunately, I didn't have my emergency allergy kit for such cases (antihistamine, cortisone and an adrenaline pen) with me, but had it in my hotel room...;) That could have ended badly. I was really glad I hadn't gone swimming in the sea (I never do it after sunset). In Thailand, there are always deaths from large-scale contact with devil jellyfish. In a situation like that, you actually are shocked at first.
Yes, when you travel a lot, the strangest things happen to you. Once a snake flew towards us at the waterfall, that wasn't so funny either. But the number one story so far was when we were caught by a current in the sea. Horror stories, luckily we survived.
Ich erinnere mich an den wunderbaren Sonnenuntergang auf Koh Tao, einer Insel nördlich von Koh Samui und Koh Phangan. Ich war ins Meer gelaufen, um die Szenery fotografisch einzufangen und war knietief im Wasser, bis ich so etwas wie einen Stich oder Biss im rechten Unterschenkel spürte. Ich weiß nur noch, dass ich danach schlug und sofort das Wasser verließ. Am Strand sah ich dann ca. 20 kleine Hautläsionen wie Stanzungen bei einer Biopsie im Durchmesser von ca. 1 mm und das Bein blutete ganz ordentlich. Quallen-Alarm! Zum Glück waren wir nicht weit von unserem kleinen Hotel entfernt gewesen und ich bekam dort gleich Essig für die Wunde. Man nimmt diesen eigentlich, um eine festsitzende Qualle zu lösen, aber geschadet hat es auch nicht. Mein Notfall Allergie-Set für solche Fälle (Antihistaminikum, Kortison und einen Adrenalin-Pen) hatte ich dummerweise nicht dabei, sondern im Hotelzimmer. Das hätte böse enden können. Ich war heilfroh, dass ich nicht zum Schwimmen im Meer war (Ich gehe grundsätzlich nie ins Meer nach Sonnenuntergang). In Thailand gibt es immer wieder Todesfälle bei großflächigem Kontakt mit Teufelsquallen. In so einer Situation ist man natürlich erst einmal geschockt.
Ja, wenn man viel reist passieren einem die eigentümlichsten Sachen. Einmal flog uns eine Schlange am Wasserfall entgegen, das war auch nicht so lustig. Auf Platz 1 stand aber bislang, als wir einmal im Meer am Chaweng Beach von einer Strömung erfasst wurden. Schauergeschichten, zum Glück alles überlebt.
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En la vertiente norte del Parque Natural de la Sierra y Cañones de Guara se encuentran los valles de Belsué y Nocito, cuajados de pueblos pequeños, algunos deshabitados, en los que el tiempo parece haberse detenido.
Sus edificaciones y el estilo de vida mantienen la más pura tradición de los pueblos del interior de la comarca. Por cabañeras, antaño el único medio de comunicación con el Pirineo y el llano, se puede acceder a diversas pardinas, hoy casi en desuso. Desde el Santuario de San Úrbez, lugar de romería en busca de la ansiada lluvia, un sendero de montaña desciende hasta el núcleo urbano de Nocito y evoca los pasos de los niños que años atrás recorrían ese mismo camino para acudir a la escuela. Nocito es un buen ejemplo de conservación de la arquitectura popular. Los dinteles decorados, blasones familiares, chimeneas y espantabrujas nos trasladan a un pasado de vida aislada, dura y austera.
A popular campground and day-use area, Cape Lookout is located on a sand spit between Netarts Bay and the ocean. This scenic park is a destination for hiking, beachcombing and visiting sites along the Three Cape Scenic Route.
During World War II, an Army Air Force B-17 bomber struck the cape while on coastal patrol on August 1st, 1943. It took a full day for rescue crews to reach the sole survivor. A plaque in memory of the air crew is located on the cape trail.
We did an overnight camping trip here where the grandkids hit the beach and stayed there until sunset. The campground is very nice with nice amenities. The weather was perfect.
FREE ALL HEALTHY WILDLIFE THEY HAVE RIGHTS.
The peak shrouded in mist in the background is Ben Nevis, the UK's highest mountain.
Using up the rest of the roll...
Kodak Gold 200 film (expired, 2016), Nikon Nikomat EL camera. Commercial scanning.
Our front door key is attached to this wooden keychain that looks 3D but is actually quite smooth and worn.
Gilbert's honeyeater (Melithreptus chloropsis), used to be called the Swan River honeyeater;
so named now honouring John Gilbert's pioneering work as a collector and naturalist in Western Australia.
Llamas are used at Machu Picchu as a natural way to keep the grass low. Llamas, alpacas, vicuñas and guanacos are native to the Andes Mountains and all are in the family Camelidae, closely related to camels. Llamas are the pack animals of the Andes. Alpacas are smaller with shorter heads and are raised mainly for their fine hair and as meat. The vicuña and guanaco are the wild ancestors of the alpaca and llama respectively. Vicuñas have even finer wool and although protected in Peru, natives are allowed to catch and shear them once a year. A vicuña hair sweater can cost thousands of dollars.
A very well fed, comfortable seal pup at Donna Nook, Lincolnshire.
Clearly used to having people nearby. This pup's eye contact was incredible.
Nice to be out with my camera again. xx
Après la pluie.. after the rain..
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Street photography using an ancient manual focus TLR camera has it's challenges. On one hand, because the camera uses a waist level viewfinder (meaning that the camera is not brought up to the eye) it's not as intrusive therefore people are not as wary of the camera. On the other hand it's bl**dy difficult to focus quickly and accurately. There is a saying among street photographers - "f8 and be there" - meaning that you set your aperture to f8 (or f11) and leave it there. If you then zone focus to somewhere between 20 and 40 feet it means that most of what you photograph on the street will be in an acceptable focus because of the relatively narrow aperture and the increased depth of field it gives. This was my modus operandi for this shot and thankfully most of the frame is indeed in focus (don't pixel peep please!).
Medium format film photography
Rolleiflex 3.5f (whiteface)
Schneider Kreuznach 75mm f/3.5
Kodak Ektar 100 colour film
This little house sparrow shot became the subject of a little experiment on using an online image enlarger. I fed my 12mp image into it and it became something like 16mp. Not a big enlargement by any means. I am not entirely sure that it improves resolution in any way. It is sharp enough for an image from a small sensor camera, but I couldn't see any noticeable improvement on the original, apart from the extra size. But it was interesting to try it out. Perhaps it would work better with a greater enlargement, but the one I used only seemed to allow for trying a 25% enlargement. Sadly, I cannot remember which online enlarger I used, but I don't think I will use it again. I was curious about such things with the recent news of such image enlargers using AI to improve the resolution of older or smaller image files. Also, sadly, I cannot show the original image for comparison as it was deleted accidentally after I made my own comparison! I may try other ones in the future just to see if there are any better ones out there.
This was taken through my lounge window at a distance of 7 metres from my birdbath. Original focal length would have been the 35mm equivalent of around 1800mm. Camera was the Nikon Coolpix P900.
Using as much common sense as we can muster, we head out into the COVID-ladin world. Oregon had just started what they called Phase 1. In doing that they opened a few State Parks. This one had been on our radar for a long time. I had been bird dogging the web site to see when it would open. As it turns out, I caught it just as they updated. They were going to open tomorrow. So the next day, as early as I can get the family out of the house, we set out for White River Falls State Park. This is in eastern Oregon, on the desert side of Mount Hood. They say you are not supposed to travel far under Phase 1, this was about 2 hours away. That was probably further than the State would like to see. However, we were sure to get gas locally and take food. Shy of the nice folks we met at the park, we interacted with no one.
The Ranger at the Park said we were the first people to get there on the first day they were re-open. He seemed glad to see us and the nice camp host talked our ears off. Clearly glad to see humans.
The Falls were in perfect form. See, you need to hit this waterfall at the right time. To early and its all white or brown form the glacial silt that runs through it (hence the name). Too late in the season, and I mean a week too late, and it looks like someone turned off the water. This day the flow was strong and the water quite clear.
We drove out through the Gorge and looped back over Mount Hood. All around a very pleasant drive. Sadly, it was a ton of driving for only about an hour at the falls, but still a great time had by all. Even the dog.
This was mid May in 2020, a time we will look back on as a very strange time. I hope I read this in 5 or 10 years and laugh about it. I hope.
Not used to seeing dolphins in our waters. These are probably Short-beaked common dolphins (Norwegian: Gulflankedelfin), and were a part of a pod of about 40 animals. Photo from last summer.
She used to stop on that bench with the illusion
That behind her the sunset wasn't just a colored wall of orange-red sun
The tree next door with its autumn leaves
A magical touch of a children's book
The leaves fell silently on the bench
And on the ground creating a colorful carpet of light
There wasn't much traffic along that stretch of road
And that's exactly why he chose her
No passerby would have sat next to her,
no car would disturb his thoughts
but now she's not here and the tree and the bench wonder why
there will be no answers
there will be no other days
harmony is shaken by a shiver of wind
another trembling leaf has fallen
everything is silent now on that stretch of road...
Using my wide angle. as a framing technique plus exaggerating the distance in this frame. The colours and landscape is real
I used to have one of such in my other house. They are expensive plants to purchase, but, any garden would be brighten up with this. Also, there are green ones as well.
I used to see them running through my yards all the time, eating my hydrangeas or more....It's like a "Hate and Love" situation. Now, I do love to see them at the park. I spotted it when I was shooting the milkweed. Then, it ran away. Glad I captured one good shot.
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It is always good to remember that what we consider old now, back in the day was very modern. Case in point is this part of the church Saint Etienne in Perriers-sur-Andelle. The church itself is medieval, founded in the 11th century, with some architectural details added in the 14th century. But not here. Here we can quite obviously see some later works, this is not medieval (and the church did see substantial work done in the 16th and the 19th century). So at one point this was the modern, up-to-date part of the church when the rest of it was more or less dated and old-fashioned.
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Playa Perissa, se trata de un espléndido tramo de costa de casi 7 km de arena negra volcánica, al igual que Kamaria salpicada de cantos y guijarros, y un mar de un azul intenso oscuro donde se pueden practicar distintas actividades acuáticas como el snorkeling, pero también jet ski, paseos en motos de agua, banana boat, kiteboard, esquí acuatico etc., que se pueden contratar en alguno de los centros acuáticos de la zona.
En Perissa tienen también un parque acuático. Por lo que respeta a la arena, además de zonas equipadas con sombrillas y hamacas y las libres, también hay otras para practicar beach-volley, áreas reservadas para los más pequeños y otras dedicadas a los happenings (actividades de baile coreográficos de animación). Otros servicios interesantes a lo largo del paseo marítimo de Playa Perissa y en el pueblo en sí, son sus negocios, restaurantes, cafés, minimercados y tiendas de ropa y souvenirs.
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An old tie ring for horses at the corner of my street.
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Happy Arachtober 22 & HBBBT have a great day folks ;0) Another one of my crab spider on route to the blue daisies
En la vertiente norte del Parque Natural de la Sierra y Cañones de Guara se encuentran los valles de Belsué y Nocito, cuajados de pueblos pequeños, algunos deshabitados, en los que el tiempo parece haberse detenido.
Sus edificaciones y el estilo de vida mantienen la más pura tradición de los pueblos del interior de la comarca. Por cabañeras, antaño el único medio de comunicación con el Pirineo y el llano, se puede acceder a diversas pardinas, hoy casi en desuso. Desde el Santuario de San Úrbez, lugar de romería en busca de la ansiada lluvia, un sendero de montaña desciende hasta el núcleo urbano de Nocito y evoca los pasos de los niños que años atrás recorrían ese mismo camino para acudir a la escuela. Nocito es un buen ejemplo de conservación de la arquitectura popular. Los dinteles decorados, blasones familiares, chimeneas y espantabrujas nos trasladan a un pasado de vida aislada, dura y austera.
Panorama (2 photos stitched using Hugin). OM D E-MV II, f12mm, 1/125, f10, ISO320. Photos taken in july 2022.
Caïre (ou cayre) signifie en langage local un sommet rocheux. Les Caïres dominent la vallée du sanctuaire de la Madone de Fenestre. Le sanctuaire est établit depuis le moyen-âge (année 887), refuge d'étape pour ceux qui désiraient passer du comté de Nice (dépendant de la Savoie) au Piémont italien par le col de Fenestre (2474 m), sur le chemin duquel la photo a été prise.
Au cours de la seconde guerre mondiale, le col a servi de route d'exil pour les juifs niçois réfugiés à Saint Martin-Vésubie fuyant la persécution nazie (650 personnes à partir du 9 sept. 1943). Malheureusement, nombres d'entre eux (350) furent internés dans un camp de concentration Italien (Borgo San Dalmazzo) puis déportés à Auschwitz.
J.M.G. Le Clézio, prix Nobel de littérature, a écrit un roman au sujet des juifs de Saint-Martin-Vésubie : Etoile Errante, 1992, Gallimard, Paris.
Caïre (or cayre) means in local language a rocky summit. The Caïres dominate the valley where the sanctuary of the Madone de Fenestre is located. This sanctuary has been established since the Middle Ages (year 887) and was the refuge for those who wanted to pass from the county of Nice (depending on the Savoie county) to the Italian Piemont by the pass of Fenestre (2474 m), on which path the photo was taken.
During World War II, the pass served as an exile route for Jewish people from the city of Nice fleeing the Nazi persecution (650 personnes from the 9 of sept. 1943). Unfortunately, many of them were interned in an Italian concentration camp (Borgo San Dalmazzo) and next deported to the Auschwitz camp (Poland) from which they never came back (350 people).
J.M.G. Le Clézio, Nobel Price of literature, wrote a novel about this sad story of Jewish people of Saint-Martin-Vésubie : "Wandering Star", Willimantic: Curbstone Press, 2004.
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