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Sunday morning, very early. I decided to catch the sunrise this morning in the “Loonse en Drunense Duinen”. This is a 14 square mile national park situated in the south of the Netherlands, between the cities of Tilburg, Waalwijk & 's-Hertogenbosch.
And somehow… standing there… it gave me this “Indiana-Jones-in-the-map-room-feeling”: in the movie “Raiders of the Los Ark” the Map Room is a miniature model of the city of Tanis and shows the possessor of the Staff of Ra, with its crystal headpiece, where the Well of Souls is located. It is shown when the sunlight hits the headpiece's crystal centre at 9 AM sharp, shining a beam of intensive light upon the model of the city, pointing to the Well of Souls, and at the same time filling the entire room with a bright light.
Well, I was there a little earlier than 9 AM and I did not have a Staff of Ra, but the effect was the same. The sands and heather were my Tanis map room and the low hanging haze served perfectly as the headpiece’s crystal. I only had to wait for the sun, touching the haze at that particular moment, breaking the light and filling the entire area with this amazing orange light. It did not show the location of the Well of Souls, but it did show a place to return to. Soon. Definitely!
Old, retired boats on coast of Scotland. Boats and ships have played and still play a large part on the waterways and the oceans. Commerce, trade, logistics, transportation, passengers, cruises, military, fishing, etc. As an old veteran civilian and navy sailor, I salute your service and well-earned retirement on quiet beach in Scotland.
It is outstanding for a well-balanced tonality between sharpness and creamy bokeh. I'd like to keep the way as it is. No additional adjustments require.
Its pretty rare these days that i dont end up playing with a shot in photoshop for a good half hour. But this one is completely unaltered, not even the slightest bit of cropping. I rock! :D
The 13th Nave of Wells, my favorite Cathedral and taken with the Sigma wide 10-20 lens for added wow. This is taken from immediately beneath the Crossing tower, the scissor arch framing the view.
Another from the Wells Beach Archives. I'm looking forward to wandering the shoreline soon :-) Thanks for viewing!
I took a walk in a new section of woods that seemed secluded, mainly just to try and get some quiet but also to see what I could find. After about 20 minutes I had found lots of peace and quiet but zero wildlife. Lately, I've been working on my "walk like a deer walk" - taking a few steps, then stopping to look around, then moving on and so forth. On one of those "stop to look around", I found this Cooper's Hawk less than 20 feet off the trail staring at me. It stayed in place while I slowly and calmly reeled off a series of shots. We were enjoying each others company for a good 5 minutes - I think it understood I was not a threat. Suddenly, it looked to its right and flew off. A few seconds later someone walking their dog came down the trail from the other direction. Oh well, it was nice while it lasted. Taken at Bradley Woods Reservation Metro Park.
VRS/AAPRCO "Autumn Explorer" passes through Wells River, VT. The track in the foreground is the long-abandoned former B&M line to Whitefield and eventually Berlin, NH.
The City Of Wells passes Kinchley Lane on the second day of the Autumn Steam Gala.
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34092 'City of Wells' arives at Irwell Vale on the East Lancashire Railway with one of today's Santa Specials.
Le Mars, Iowa
Le Mars bills itself as "the ice cream capital of the world. The Wells family founded a milk company in 1913, and grew it into the third largest ice cream maker in the U.S. They make Blue Bunny ice cream, and have not only their headquarters, but huge manufacturing plants, in La Mars. It's kind of a company town.
In this center, they not only sell ice cream, but have a theater which tells about the founding and growth of the company. They also have some very clever interactive displays.
Well this was the biggest hike of my little life so far. 12.2km up 2 peaks, Pico Areeiro and Pico Ruivo on Madeira island (Portugal).
I was stunned to see such a big and well-maintained monastery at such a remote place, where it used to take at least four days of trek to reach even a few years back, with just a small village having hardly fifty households.
Yes, Lingshed monastery is one of the oldest remote monasteries in Zanskar valley. It was established in the 15th century around the same time when Kasrsha and Padum monstaries were also established in Zanskar, a region of Ladakh, which still lies cuf off from the mainland in winter due to unbearably low temperature,
The new monstery has replaced the old cave monasteries.
Taken in Lingshed, Zanskar valley, Ladakh Himalayas, India
Just back from an African safari and I miss Africa already. This may be my favorite shot of the trip, a female leopard lying on a tree limb as only a cat can do, with just enough light to illuminate her, particularly her eyes. (Panthera pardus) (Sony a1M2, 400mm lens, f/2.8, ISO 640) (Taken in Zambia, South Luangwa National Park. Special Thanks to our wonderful C4 guide, Darren Donovan, Patrick our local guide, and my good friend, David M, and new friend, David H. We were staying at Kaingo Camp where we were well taken care of. )
I know Well Oiled has a completely different meaning to that of my caption but I couldn't resist it as a title when I saw all these cooking oil cans piled up and a bike parked up alongside.
Maine Meander Series
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Wells, Somerset - Claimed to be the oldest inhabited residential street in Europe going back to the 14th Century. Also been used as film sets according to t'internet.
Amazing what you find out after a visit !!
There are more than 4500 species of cockroach. Of those, only a couple dozen species are associated with people, and really only about four kinds are pests. Most just wander around in the forest, nibbling on dead leaves and fungus and stuff. Recycling, really. This is a non-pesky, well-armored, cool-looking one from Madagascar. I think it's kind of pretty, all shiny like it's made of patent-leather.(unknown sp., Andasibe, Madagascar)
Vicars' Close, in Wells, Somerset, England, is claimed to be the oldest purely residential street with its original buildings all surviving intact in Europe. John Julius Norwich calls it "that rarest of survivals, a planned street of the mid-14th century". It comprises numerous Grade 1 listed buildings, comprising 27 residences (originally 44), built for Bishop Ralph of Shrewsbury, a chapel and library at the north end, and a hall at the south end, over an arched gate. It is connected at its southern end to the cathedral by way of a walkway over Chain Gate.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicars%27_Close,_Wells
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This male giraffe looked so cute in this pic that it made me smile! He looks like he's being quite personable, but all he was really doing was chewing some leaves or something.
This shot was from my day at Brevard Zoo back in August. this shot is mine, though my brother got some pretty good ones, too. It has been adjusted in post processing to do some enhancelments, specifically, straightening the image, using an advanced HDR-like filter, a picture HDR filter, an Orton filter, and a dark brown haircolor tool over the pic to enhance tones, bringing up vibrance, and adjusting exposure settings. He almost does look like he's about to say something, doesn't he?!
Haiku:
Ausgeglichenheit ...
Wie lang schon von mir ersehnt ...
Endlich gefunden ...
Translation:
Haiku:
The inner balance ...
How long did I wait for it ...
Finally found it ...
(Copyright Ines Langs, April 16, 2008)
For this week’s Smile on Saturday group “Money Box” theme.
I never gave it much thought before, but I suppose I’m not much of an “exact change” person. I tend to accumulate a lot of coins in my handbag, almost always breaking dollar bills when paying with cash — unless just a penny or two can be retrieved quickly and help to get a full dollar back instead of excessive coins. (Paper money sure disappears fast this way ;-)
Through the years, I eventually filled a shoebox and large tin full of coins, and when I took them to the bank many years ago, I had enough to purchase my macro lens with the newly cashed-in wealth!
I’m not sure where or when I got the larger piggy, which is now nearly full, and incredibly heavy, It weighs in at 20 lbs. on the bathroom scale! (LOL, more than my two cats combined! ;-) The little ‘flower power’ elephant, which gets fed only pennies and is currently just lightly filled, is a treasured favorite from my childhood. I received it in a ‘Secret Santa’ exchange (which we used to call a ‘Pollyanna’) with my class in grade/ elementary school in the late 1960s. (It’s marked Holiday Fair - Japan - 1968). Fortunately they both have plugs on the bottom for easy access to the money, no need for ever breaking the bank…
Happy SoS!