Another picture from a stairwell at the "Kontorhausviertel" at the city of Hamburg.

Seasonal best wishes and thanks for all your kind comments. favourites and views during 2016. Konchi-in sub-temple of Nanzen-ji, Kyoto Japan. Medium format film scan.

What more beautiful than getting married in Santorini? :-)

My friend from yesterday suddenly deciding he had enough and, as clearly evident from the photo, startled me in this action. A bad photo, I pondered whether to discard it but played with it a while as best I could and decided to keep it...if for no other reason than the memory. I would have "painted" it but my free processing sites have suddenly decided to ask for money for the privilege as they all eventually do. Actually, it looks a bit like "painting" anyway.

There are a couple of nice points...particularly around the feet where the water spray is nicely expressed. Larger shows it better.

...the west of Lloret de Mar beach. :)

End of the day, rising tide at Jökulsárlón.

Theological Hall at the Strahov Monastery, Prague, Czech Republic (had to do a vertical stitch of 2 shots to capture as much of the ornate ceiling as possible; as before, I was allowed to shoot only from the doorway of the hall, having paid for a special photo permission)

The Theological Hall was built in the 17th century by architect Giovanni Domenico Orsi. In the 18th century, the hall was extended by several meters and artist Siard Nosecky painted frescoes on its walls.

On the right, you can see a Gothic wooden statue of St. John the Evangelist. On the left stands the book wheel from the 17th century for study work. The gear inside it enabled its shelves to remain at the same angle so that books would not slide when the wheel was turned.

In the central part of the hall, you see a number of globes, both terrestrial and astronomical. The most valuable of them were manufactured in the workshop of the famous Blaeu family of Rotterdam.

Over 20,000 volumes are kept in the Theological Hall, mostly on theology (hence the name of the hall).

Above the iron doors at the bottom of the library, there is an inscription: Initium sapientiae timor Domini - the beginning of wisdom is fear of God.

a great place

I can do my

chin ups^^^

Been up all night looking at falling stars :) Last night was supposed to be a once in a year thing. Found out it is hard to catch them :) Anybody know the rest of the song :) The elevation is almost 10,000 ft, I think that is why it is so clear and so many stars.

(攝於苗栗Miaoli)　

The Church on Spilled Blood, also known as the Resurrection Church of Our Saviour, was built on the spot in St Petersburg where in 1883, Tsar Alexander II was assassinated. The church was designed to use a lavish amount of minerals, Italian Marble, and mosaics. A great photographic spot.

What a feeling!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XnhL4DPebE&index=10&list... flickr friends!

I drove several hours under the rain but, arriving at Jökulsárlón glacial lake, I had this nice gift : the clouds dispersed for the sunset.

Merry Christmas

This is a multifunctional building in the city of Maastricht. This HDR consists of 5 Images from 1/60" to 60".

(analog - 35mm negative / camera: Canon EOS 500N)

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Thank you everyone for your support.. for all the sweet comments.. your favs!!

I am so happy .. 700 followers.. wow!

Big hugs ♥

Tweede bewerking van een foto van windmolen de Passiebloem. Deze foto is te zien tijdens de foto-expositie "Spelen met spiegelingen" in het Cultuurhuis te Zwolle. Te zien vanaf 5 december t/m 31 januari 2017. Daarna verhuist de foto naar de molen de Passiebloem zelf.