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There was always something
In the air between our souls
Something in our atmosphere
what was yet to be foretold ...it calms my sorrow...
Spinalonga, was the last leper colony in Europe....
in 1579 the Venetians built a mighty fortress here on the ruins of an ancient acropolis. The Venetians kept control of the island even after the rest of Crete fell to the Ottomans in 1669 and it remained under their control for almost another half a century until its capitulation in 1715.
This was taken on a road trip at the end of February while on a wee mini road trip to see the deer. Great to feel the weather warm up now. But these are the most spectacular falls - I've always loved them ever since I first saw them on the cover of a fishing book I had. Can't remember the name of the book though.
It was my first time at Myakka River State Park located above Naples in SW Florida. I camped there which gave me the opportunity to photograph earlier than their 8am opening time. There were several Black Skimmers working the mouth of the river and I liked the particular pose this one gave me. They are contact feeders, dragging their lower mandible through the water with reflexes fast enough to clamp on a fish immediately upon contact, bending their head under them to absorb the impact and maybe provide some microseconds of time to secure their prey. It’s amazing they don’t break their necks on hard objects, but I’ve never seen even one with a broken bill; although I suspect it happens. (Rynchops niger) (Sony a1, Sony 400mm f/2.8 at f/2.8, 1/5000 second, ISO 800)
The massif de l'esterel are very nice uplands in a large part made of red porphyr, a vulcanic rock. It used to produce dyes out of it. And it was and is a very popular building material.
Das Massif de L'Esterel ist ein sehr schönes Mittelgebirge, was zum großen Teil aus roten Porphyr, einem vulkanisches Gestein, besteht. Früher wurde es zur Herstellung von Farbstoffen verwendet. Außerdem war und ist er ein begehrtes Baumaterial.
Die Herkunft des tiefblauen Wassers des Blautopfes ist ungeklärt.
Je nach Licht nimmt das Wasser eine grünliche oder blaue Farbe an.
The first house was build in the thirteenth century as a hunting lodge used by the counts and dukes of Gelre. The house was named 'Pauwenburcht' (Peacock Castle) because of the white peacocks they kept there. The dukes of Gelre used to wear the feathers on their helmets.
The present house was build in 1905 on the foundations of a house dating from the seventeenth century.
Staverden Castle is build on the foundations of a seventeenth century house.
At the backside of the house lies a small island in a pond. On the the island you can find the tomb of Eleonora. This Eleonora lived at Wildenborgh Castle, one of the eight castles of Vorden. She had a lover, who went on a crusade in the Holy Land. When he was away, another man wanted to gain her by force. When her lover returned home, he was killed by his rival. Eleonora wanted to escape this evil man and fled to Staverden, where a mighty knight lived, who gave her protection. She stayed there for the rest of her unhappy life, always dressed in black.
After her death she was buried on the island in the pond. On moonlit nights, the black lady is seen there, walking to and fro on the island, wringing her hands and lamenting about her lost love.
Tutankhamen, was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh who was the last of his royal family to rule during the end of the 18th dynasty The legend of Tutankhamun captured imaginations globally when his tomb was unearthed by British explorer Howard Carter and financier Lord Carnarvon in 1922.
ein schöner Tag in Cuxhaven mit beeindruckenden Wolkengebilden, die sich bei absoluter Windstille bei Flut im Wasser spiegelten.
I was watching an egret and a great blue heron scan an area near each other. The egret clearly was yielding to the heron. At one point, the heron made a move toward the egret's location, after which the egret took off and landed in this tree, and called out in frustration.
Der 7,7 km² große Staffelsee mit seinen sieben Inseln gehört zu den schönsten und idyllischen Seen Bayerns.
I was bemoaning the fact that I've never been in the right place at the right time to photograph this train. Then, there it was, racing to Sheringham. It's the North Norfolk Railway, known as the Poppy Line. Straight from the camera
On that evening I was out shooting corn flowers, in an area that has nothing special to offer except these corn flowers. When the sunset came closer suddenly the sky was changing and started blazing fiercely. So I run around like a scared up chicken to find any composition that could possibly feature this scenery. This is the result.
An diesem Abend war ich unterwegs um Kornblumen zu fotografieren in einer Gegend, die außer eben diesen Kornblumen nichts wirklich aufregendes zu bieten hat. Als der Sonnenuntergang näher rückte, veränderte sich plötzlich der Himmel und begann lichterloh zu brennen. Also bin ich wie ein aufgescheuchtes Huhn in der Gegend herum gelaufen, um irgend eine Komposition hinzubekommen bei der diese Szene halbwegs zur Geltung kommt. Das ist das Ergebnis.
I was so surprised by meeting the tea terraces while we went hiking to the Golden Orange Tree Mountain trail last Sunday. It is a very original forest with very narrow and difficult paths.We even encountered a Taiwanese(Formosa) Black bear that day. To find this tea terrace, I felt I seemed to go to the wrong world. :-) How those farmers go so far here to plant them everyday by walk. That is why the Taiwanese Oolong tea is so fresh and nice to taste. :-)
Female Anna's Hummingbird in our backyard
Third-place winner in the "Wildlife" contest of the BSquare group:
I was going back through my bug photos from last year, looking for a good one to add tonight since there's not much new happening out in nature right now here in the local area, when I came across this photo of a white-tailed deer fawn that I found out in the forest last spring while photographing insects. I'd forgotten that I even took the photo since I download all my bug photos into special files and wait until winter to look at them and then try to figure out what I found. I'm positive that I photographed this fawn that stood up at my feet with a macro lens
Eagles - "Hotel California" lyrics
Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
"Relax, " said the night man,
"We are programmed to receive.
You can check-out any time you like,
But you can never leave! "
“It's always times like these when I think of you and I wonder if you ever think of me.”
― Vanessa Carlton
I was experimenting using my 7D for capturing a time-lapse, I was pleasantly surprised with aurora and it worked for the time-lapse too
It was established as Queen's College (in honour of Queen Victoria) in 1841, by the PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH of Canada in association with the Church of Scotland. Classes began on 7 March 1842 in a rented building with two professors and 10 students.
This image almost never happened! I was heading back to the car as had to get back for work (and running late lol) and just decided to turn round and look back up the track, glad I did now as the wood was still with the hanging mist and the bare trunks that the path skirts around just looked amazing. Taken at The Hangings, Whiteleaf, Buckinghamshire.
it seems very likely that St Anthony's Chapel was closely associated with Holyrood Abbey, which stood just a few hundred yards away to the north-west. The two were linked by a well-made stone track (now heavily worn) with prominent kerbstones that can in places still be seen, and about three quarters of the way along this track up to the chapel is the spring and carved stone bowl known as St Anthony's Well.
It's tempting to think of St Anthony's Chapel as an outlying chapel for Holyrood Abbey, perhaps constructed as a means of getting pilgrims out from under the feet of the monks in the abbey. It has also been suggested that the chapel served as a sort of religious beacon, designed to be clearly visible to sea-borne pilgrims coming to Holyrood Abbey as they sailed up the River Forth.
As for dating, there are references to a grant paid for repairs to St Anthony's Chapel by the Pope in 1426, suggesting the building could date back into the 1300s or beyond. Details of its demise are equally unclear, but presumably, like Holyrood Abbey itself, St Anthony's Chapel fell into disuse and disrepair after the Reformation in 1560.
Today, all that remains of the chapel are parts of the north wall plus remnants of another building a little to the south-west, which has sometimes been called a hermitage but was probably just a store room. The remaining chapel wall shows signs of vaulting, and it is thought that when complete the building would have comprised a small three-bay chapel, with a three-storey tower at its west end. This odd shape, almost as tall as it was long, supports the idea that the chapel was designed as much to ensure distant visibility as to accommodate worshippers.
The was from 1926 until 1932 US Highway Rt 66. In 1932 a new alignment of the mother road was completed and by passed the old bridge. The new alignment is back behind the bridge with the car light trails going along it
Yesterday was such a sunny and warm day and perhaps even a bit overcast.
Despite this I decided it's may first week of vacation and I need to head out and if I'm lucky even find some nice flowers to photograph.
I loved how this long structure created a wonderful bokeh despite causing some of the florals to be a bit blurry.
I love the bokeh and all the colors around it creating a perfect Summer atmosphere.
Have a lovely Wednesday!
I was just lucky to find two different dragonflies the other day by the lake, shot it against the lake, so, no clutter there. And this one happened to rest on this wildflower, couldn't been better. I did have another shot in this setting, except the dragonfly resting on the bottom of the stalk, not being intimate with the flower. SO, I chose this one posted instead.
I was hoping for a good reflection of the local mountain Beinn na Caillich at my favourite wee pond. As I approached the pond, there was a sheep grazing at the edge of the water, giving some hope for getting a reflection of the sheep as well. But as I got closer, she moved up just above the pond. I moved closer to try and get her reflected, but she bolted off so I had to do the reflection on its own (see Explored previous upload).
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Eys (NL) 14-06-1989
NS 2530
69141 Maastricht - Simpelveld
In de jaren tachtig was de NS 2530 de vaste trekkracht voor de sproeitrein, hier onderweg op de lijn van Schin op Geul naar Simpelveld. Tegenwoordig is dat de museumlijn van de ZLSM.
In the 1980s, the NS 2530 was the permanent pulling force for the weed control train, en route here on the line from Schin op Geul to Simpelveld. Today this is the museum line of the ZLSM.
In den achziger Jahren war die NS 2530 die ständige Zugkraft für den Unkrautbekämpfungszug, der hier auf der Strecke von Schin op Geul nach Simpelveld unterwegs war. Heute ist diese Strecke die Museumsbahn der ZLSM.
Dans les années '80, le NS 2530 était la force de traction permanente du train de désherbage, en route ici sur la ligne de Schin op Geul à Simpelveld. C'est aujourd'hui la ligne muséale de la ZLSM.
En la década de 1980, el NS 2530 era la fuerza de tracción permanente del tren de deshierbe, en ruta aquí en la línea de Schin op Geul a Simpelveld. Hoy es la línea de museo de la ZLSM.
Negli anni '80, la NS 2530 era la forza trainante permanente del treno diserbo, in viaggio qui sulla linea da Schin op Geul a Simpelveld. Oggi è la linea museale dello ZLSM.
Na década de 1980, o NS 2530 era a força de tração permanente do comboio da remoção de ervas daninhas, a caminho aqui na linha de Schin op Geul para Simpelveld. Hoje é a linha de museus da ZLSM.
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This was a grain storage facility for Budweiser back in the day. I caught it just as a storm was moving in, and loved the silhouette. I also really liked the reflection of sunlight in the windows.
This was a very rushed hike to see Goldstream park on the way to the ferry. Would we be late or would we make our ferry. After waiting for a rather large lady that I didn't want to mess with finish her swim I managed to get a quick shot in and bolt for the ferry. Yes it looks like an Elephant!! Thanks for looking. Kris.