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Change of seasons in Vietnam
Country located on the eastern edge of Southeast Asia
Its coastline is dotted with so many beautiful beaches
Such as My Khe and My An Beaches in Da Nang.
On this picture is the grand entrance to My An Beach,
One of the most visited attractions in Da Nang,
Capital - Hanoi
Largest city - Ho Chi Minh
Official language - Vietnamese
Currency - Vietnamese dong (VND)
Fun with tiny LEDs.
Maybe I'll do a breakdown of this later in my Take Better Toy Photos newsletter.
This was achieved by putting the screws, nuts and bolts on a black porcelain tile with a photo of a long exposure sky behind it. Two soft boxes with continuous lights were placed on either side of the tile and I needed to take the photo really low so that the end screws appeared to be on the horizon. In PS I used the smudge tool to create a slight moment so it appeared as if reflecting in water, I then selected the bottom half of the image and used Gaussian blur.
This detail in a public park structure awakes in us the desire of seeking adventures and searching for the unknown.
The iconic Motif #1 was looking handsome in the late afternoon sun today. But I think I like the reflection best!
Motif #1 is one of the most often painted building in America. It is a replica of the original fish shack that was built here in Rockport Harbor in 1840. The original building was destroyed during the Blizzard of '78. This view is timeless, attracting dozens of photographers and painters every day.
A fun fact about Motif #1: The dentist’s office in the popular animated film “Finding Nemo” has a picture of Motif #1 hanging on the wall, a tribute by director Andrew Stanton to his hometown of Rockport.
Challenge Day #14 - Reflections
Note: I am thrilled to have made Explore by honoring children's literature and promoting reading to children!!!
Here's my review: (It is so worth finding at your local library! Too funny!) Hasn't everyone heard or read the story The Three Billy Goats Gruff. Here is a new version, written and illustrated, respectively, by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen! Oh what a fabulous literary team!
Just look at that monstruous creature, the troll, lurking under the bridge. He is rather disgusting but ever so funny! Kids will be laughing right away. The story generally follows the original version, the one told over 300 years ago, or more, with a few surprises along the way! And the final pages will surprise YOU!
The pictures are in fine Klassen style. The colors of the sky, waterway, bridge and land pop out in gradient tones of blue, green, brown, and tan. In the text, readers are introduced to hilarious delicacies such as Goat Flambe and Goat Clambake. There's plenty of voice interactions between the troll and the goats - great for reader's theater! I'd say the book would appeal to readers 3 - 103!
This old net loft or processing plant overlooks the small boat harbour of Rough Bay on Malcolm Island. It appears to still be in use to some extent, where others nearby are definitely beyond use as they are or have collapsed over time. This is a working harbour with a long history of fishing and boat building.
One of the most intriguing textiles we saw being made here are the rugs that are fabricated from old used salmon gill nets - possibly out of this net loft. We were told that currently there are only two industrious ladies on island who make these rugs. They are very beautiful and the one lady who had some in her shop wasn’t sure she was ready to sell them yet as the nets she made them from were over 100 years old. They take hours and hours of time and patience to make she said.
The main staircase of an iconic building in Porto. It is a cultural and recreational association and dates from 1904,
Eight second exposure and black and white conversion of the Contemplative Court at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. The fountain is dotted with coins that passers-by have tossed in.
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A New Year's tradition in Korea is gathering to watch the first light of the year. We joined Seoul crowds on top of Eungbongsan (aka Eungbong mountain) to watch the sun rise behind Lotte World Tower (the tallest structure in Korea).
This is another picture of the Lovell Telescope. I took the picture with the aim of making it black and white as there seemed to be so much steel in such a small area. The apparently chaotic layout makes this picture very awkward to look at. Of course its actually very precise.
The University of Manchester's Lovell telescope at Jodrel Bank is the third-largest steerable dish radio telescope in the world at 76.2 m (250 ft) in diameter
Per Wikipedia:
The Kapellbrücke (literally, Chapel Bridge) is a covered wooden footbridge spanning diagonally across the Reuss in the city of Lucerne in central Switzerland. Named after the nearby St. Peter's Chapel, the bridge is unique because it contains a number of interior paintings dating back to the 17th century, although many of them were destroyed along with a larger part of the centuries-old bridge in a 1993 fire. Subsequently restored, the Kapellbrücke is the oldest wooden covered bridge in Europe, as well as the world's oldest surviving truss bridge. It serves as the city's symbol and as one of Switzerland's main tourist attractions
As part of the bridge complex, the Kapellbrücke includes the octagonal 34.5 m (113 ft) tall (from ground) Wasserturm,[5] which translates to "water tower," in the sense of 'tower standing in the water.' The tower predated the bridge by about 30 years. Throughout the centuries, the tower was variably used as a prison, torture chamber, and later a municipal archive. Today, the tower is closed to the public, although it houses a local artillery association as well as a tourist gift shop.
The bridge itself was originally built c. 1365 as part of Lucerne's fortifications. It linked the old town on the right bank of the Reuss to the new town on the left bank, securing the town from attack from the south (i.e. from the lake). The bridge initially had a length of over 270 metres (890 ft), although due to numerous shortenings throughout the years and river bank replenishments, the bridge now totals only 204.7 metres (672 ft) in length. It is the oldest surviving truss bridge in the world, consisting of strutted and triangulated trusses of moderate span, supported on piled trestles; as such, it is probably an evolution of the strutted bridge.
The Kapellbrücke almost burned down on August 18, 1993, destroying two thirds of its interior paintings. Shortly thereafter, the Kapellbrücke was reconstructed and again opened to the public on 14 April 1994 for a total of CHF 3.4 million.
"If you mind can be calm, clear and bright,
the environment will be affected and transformed.
To change the environment, use your mind..."
Words of Wisdom by Zen Master Sheng-Yen
Hamburg, Germany. 2008 to 2016.
Taken on 135, black & white negative film.
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Technical Notes: Minolta XD7. Probably Kodak TX400 or BW400CN. Scanned on a PrimeFilm XAs in RAW with VueScan Pro, then processed in Lightroom with Negative Lab Pro.
I'm not sure why the EXIF data was lost, but as per usual taken with my Fujifilm X100V.
f/4
1/320s
ISO 640
Update: Ended up replacing the original photo with the same photo identically edited to get the EXIF data back.
Schönbrunn Palace (German: Schloss Schönbrunn [ʃøːnˈbʁʊn]; Central Bavarian: Schloss Scheenbrunn) was the main summer residence of the Habsburg rulers, located in Hietzing, Vienna. The name Schönbrunn (meaning “beautiful spring”) has its roots in an artesian well from which water was consumed by the court.
The 1,441-room Rococo palace is one of the most important architectural, cultural, and historic monuments in the country. The history of the palace and its vast gardens spans over 300 years, reflecting the changing tastes, interests, and aspirations of successive Habsburg monarchs. It has been a major tourist attraction since the mid-1950s