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The first post from my recent visit to Qatar and its ravishing capital, Doha.
I had to wake up very early to be on this sweet spot at the sweetest of the times. It's about 5 am and the sun has just risen on my right.
The traditional boats, known as "Dhows" are anchored and floating on the beach.
Thank you Getty for inviting this shot!
In Erinnerung an die farbenprächtigen Weinberge im Herbst 2008
In memory of the colorful vineyards at autumn 2008, Remstal near Stuttgart, Germany
Como la playa en soledad, más pura
luce su desnudez, y como el pájaro
más melodioso vuela si más solo,
así este paraíso de ternura
no pide verso para ser cantado.
Jose Luis Cano
MAR MENOR - MURCIA - ESPAÑA
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Dati Tecnici
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a) Hasselblad FlexBody + Magazzino 6x6/120 + Pentaprisma Esposimetrico Hasselblad PME 45;
b) Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 180mm f. 4,0 CFI + Hasselblad Tubo Prolunga 8mm;
c) Lettura Esposimetrica Angolo 3° con Sekonic DualSpot F-L-778 (effettuate 5 misurazioni con metodo del Sistema Zonale di Ansel Adams) a luce riflessa; la prima sulla superficie del muro in basso (la porzione triangolare prima dei coprimuretti di Argilla cotta) , la seconda sulla piccola porzione della montagna (quella più luminosa a destra del fotogramma, in basso), la terza sulle tegole del tetto (quelle fra il cagnolino e il bordo del fotogramma in basso), la quarta sulla schiena del bimbo. La lettura media ottenuta è stata confrontata con la quinta lettura effettuata sulla fronte del bimbo (la luminanza è stata posta sulla zona V del Grigio Medio al 18%. Per le prime quatto esposizioni (visto la differenza zonale di circa 8/9 zone) ho intenzionalmente imposto e compresso la scala di n-2 per avere una maggiore corposità dei neri (poi in fase di sviluppo ho compensato con la diluizione e i tempi di sviluppo. Il totale è stato sovraesposto di n+2/3 per evitare che l’esposizione finale impostata non penalizzasse le alte luminanze delle “zone IX” che sarebbero risultate prive di dettaglio (visto che la luce, data dal sole mentre stava sorgendo “temperatura cromatica 6800°k”) o le basse luci (le luci in ombra e quelle sul muretto basso erano troppo basse stimate in 2100°K/2200°K);
d) Esposizione Tempo 1/125s con apertura a f.4,0 su stativo Manfrotto;
e) Negativo Agfa APX 25 Asa Professional (esposta a 64 Asa);
f) Scansione del negativo con Agfa Duoscan T2500 Pro su supportoi mobile orizzontale (porta SCASI);
g) Prima Post-Produzione per effettuare un minimo intervento del bilanciamento tonale nelle varie aree scure del corpo del bimbo e nelle ampie zone dei neri (zone posteriori il capo e parte inferiore in basso “porzione del muretto a triangolo”) nonché nei grigi e/o bianchi per (luce proveniente dal sorgere del sole, sul pelo del cagnolino e sul profilo delle braccia, volto e capelli del bimbo) per compensare la temperatura cromatica della luce con Nikon Capture NX 2. (differenza di f/stop fra le zone chiare esterne e le zone scure interne di 9,5 diaframmi in forte controluce);
h) Seconda Post-Produzione con Adobe Photoshop CS3 per il bilanciamento della compensazione dell’Esposizione con le zone d’ombra;
i) Post-Produzione di completamento con Nikon Capture NX 2 per il completamento zonale delle aree...
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Questa immagine fa parte di una ricerca /reportage che ho in fase di preparazione finalizzato nella ricerca di quei antichi mestieri che stanno scomparendo, altri oramai estinti o non più esercitati, che descrivono e documentano l’attività svolta nei loro ambienti, con i loro strumenti, con i vecchi utensili spesso costruiti a mano o personalizzati. Immagini e volti che esprimono particolari sensazioni, scene di particolare enfasi ambientale, di sentimenti profondi trasmessi attraverso i gesti ed espressioni.
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Anche queste immagini verranno raccolte in un “Manuale Artistico Tecnico Fotografico” nella quale saranno descritte le particolari tecniche di ripresa, i materiali impiegati, l’attrezzatura fotografica, i luoghi di ripresa e le particolari condizioni sceniche ambientali.
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This image is part of a research/report that I have in preparation aimed in search of those ancient crafts are disappearing, some now extinct or no longer practiced, which describe and document the activity in their environments, with their instruments with the old tools are often built or customized by hand. Images and faces that express particular feelings, scenes of environmental emphasis, of deep feeling communicated through gestures and expressions.
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Although these images are collected in a "Technical Guide Artistic Photo" which will be described in the special filming techniques, materials used, the camera equipment, filming locations and the particular environmental conditions stage.
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Out in Mount Angel, this family of Osprey was quite curious. Judging by their panting maybe they were hoping I was the air-conditioning guy. =)
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Venice is a city in northeast Italy sited on a group of 118 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges. It is located in the marshy Venetian Lagoon which stretches along the shoreline between the mouths of the Po and the Piave Rivers. Venice is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks.The city in its entirety is listed as World Heritage Site, along with its lagoon. The gondola is a traditional, flat-bottomed Venetian rowing boat, well suited to the conditions of the Venetian lagoon. For centuries gondolas were the chief means of transportation and most common watercraft within Venice. In modern times the iconic boats still have a role in public transport in the city, serving as traghetti -ferries over the Grand Canal. They are also used in special regattas rowing races held amongst gondoliers. The gondola is propelled like punting, except an oar is used instead of a pole. Their primary role today, however, is to carry tourists on rides at fixed rates. There can be six people in a gondola and a ride of 40 minutes during the day according to the official rate costs € 80 euros and evening EUR 100. Additional money if the gondolier sing a song! But you can have a very short, short gondola ride to the traghetto, a public gondola that in a few places to cross the Grand Canal makes. Such a trip costs only 50 cents!
Photo of a young girl in Venice dressed already as a traditional Gondolier in red white. On the background you can see the San Giorgio on Isola do San Giorgio Maggiore. In August 2010, Giorgia Boscolo became Venice's first female gondolier. Perhaps this young girl will become a Gondolier too.
Venetië is een stad in het noordoosten van Italië. Venetië is wereldwijd bekend om het historische centrum met zijn vele wateren en heeft een belangrijke rol gespeeld in de wereldgeschiedenis. Sinds 1987 staan Venetië en zijn lagune op de Werelderfgoedlijst van de UNESCO. De Venetianen vestigden zich in de 6e eeuw na Christus op de eilanden van de lagune bij het tegenwoordige Venetië, opdat barbaren hen niet konden bereiken. De lagune bestond uit kleine eilanden met een netwerk van smalle kanalen, niet diep genoeg voor de grote zeeschepen van de barbaren. Het leven op de lagune werd mogelijk gemaakt door het gebruik van een smalle, lichte boot die mensen en goederen kon vervoeren. Deze Gondel boot werd bestuurd door een enkele roeier die op de achterkant van de boot stond, zodat hij goed zicht had. Venetië bezoeken zonder een tochtje in een gondel te maken kan natuurlijk best, want lopend en met de vaporetti kun je overal komen, maar misschien is het toch beter een bedrag te reserveren om Venetië te bekijken zoals het bekeken moet worden: langzaam voortglijdend door stille grachten tussen hoge huizen, begeleid door het geplons van de riem in het water. Houd er rekening mee dat de gondeliers een soort maffia vormen, waarvan een aantal leden er niet voor terugdeinst toeristen te bedonderen, dus maak tevoren duidelijke afspraken over de tocht en probeer flink af te dingen. Er kunnen zes personen in een gondel en een tochtje van 40 minuten kost overdag volgens het officiële tarief € 80 euro en 's avonds 100 euro; elke 20 minuten langer kost € 40 of € 50 meer. Laat je de gondelier een lied zingen, kost dat veel extra geld! Maar je kunt een heel kort, goedkoop gondeltochtje maken met de traghetto, een openbare gondel die op enkele plaatsen de oversteek over het Canal Grande maakt. Zo'n tochtje kost slechts 50 cent!
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In bad times of our lives, we search for the good things, the things that bring us back to life. That was what I tried to express with this. The flower is supposed to represent all the good things in our life, while the forest is our broken and bad surroundings.
Hold onto the good.
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Shibuya, Tokyo.
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Walking in the early morning and leaving the Shibuya Excel Hotel to encounter the thousands of Tokyo commuters milling around Shibuya train station, the thing that strikes you is the silence. A silence punctuated with the click clack of high heels and the public announcements over the tannoy.
Salary men and salary women on the march. Solemn. Silent. Not yet adjusted to the new day, quietly, sleepily they move in sweeping masses, herded on to trains where mobile phones are always on silent. Nobody talking.
Fast forward to the evening, and it has all changed.
In the station, loud conversation and laughter drown out the tannoy's public announcements. The clickety-clack of high heels goes unnoticed. The early morning solemn faces are now animated, more cheerful. Smiles are seen. Salary men and salary women are unwinding. Unwinding after the working day.The march has changed its beat. The sweeping masses are no longer herded along. Time has slowed a little. On the streets, small groups gather. The rush to get where they have to go to has gone.
For now.
“Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.” ― John Lubbock
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Humpback whale jumping with an "Air Madagascar" plane overhead passing in the sky, , sea around Sainte Marie island, Madagascar
In Southern winter - from June to the end of September - the sea around Sainte Marie island, on the Eastern shore of Madagascar, offers one of the most natural fascinating spectacles in the world. Large groups of humpback whales - Megaptera novaeangliae - make their annual migration from the Antarctic to the sheltered waters around Ste Marie island where they calve, nurse their young and engage in their spectacular courtship rituals between the end of June and September.
For months, humpback whales can be seen wondering in the ocean as they move and jump out of the sea in the narrow canal that separates the island from the mainland.
Taken during that magic hour after the sun has set ... a lonely sentinel standing guard as one last figure walks the beach. *happy sigh* wishing I was there ... wishing that was me!
Cheers to your Tuesday!
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Down to earth then sinks the sun ♫
Sorry I'm late...
Because of my family situation,
so I'm late...so sorry.
我之前家裡發生一點事情，
所以這些天都沒有上來...
很抱歉。
Un día cualquiera, a la hora azul, las luces pueden ser maravillosas.
The blue lights of the time can be magical.
Thanks for your visit and comments.
Gracias por tu visita y comentarios.
The famous dune 45 and one of the most popular and one of the most climbed dunes in the Namib-Naukluft Park, Namibia.
It is located at km 45 from the entrance of the park, (its name isn't a fate!).
it is composed of 5 million year old sand that is detritus accumulated by the Orange River from the Kalahari Desert and then blown here.
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♪☻♥♫ Explored June 28, 2012 ♪♥☺♫
This was taken while I was on vacation in Orlando, Florida!
This Black Vulture was drying out just after getting soaked in the rain! Black Vultures were very common in the Orlando, Florida area! We get Turkey Vultures up here in Michigan!
Explore Jul 29 2012 #428
A presidential election will be held in Iceland on 30 June 2012
There are six candidates for president, which is unusual: a president choosing to run again has previously always been unopposed:
Andrea Jóhanna Ólafsdóttir, chairwoman of Hagsmunasamtök heimilanna, a non-governmental organisation founded in the wake of the 2008–2012 Icelandic financial crisis and also vocal in criticising both government and financial institutions, announced her candidacy for the presidency of Iceland. She is Against EU membership.
Ari Trausti Guðmundsson a writer, geophysicist and formerly of the Communist Party of Iceland, but now an independent. He is EU membership Nautral
Hannes Bjarnason, a farmer who lived in Norway for 14 years. He seeks to enhance the place of "morality" in the public debate and to "safeguard" national interests. He is Against EU membership.
Herdís Þorgeirsdóttir, a solicitor and professor of law at Bifröst University.She said her campaign would be an experiment on democracy, in that she wanted to see if the people of Iceland were willing to support someone running against an incumbent president and against "financial influences". She is a member of the European Women Jurists Association and Iceland's representative at the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe. She is Against EU membership.
The incumbent president, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, initially stated he would not seek re-election, but then stated on 4 March that he would run for a fifth term, after receiving a petition of over 30,000 voters in favour of his candidacy. He is Against EU membership.
Þóra Arnórsdóttir journalist and news presenter. "As president she will make sure the people get to decide in a national referendum whether we join the EU. She is EU membership Neutral
O lendário e valoroso Castelo de Montemor-o-Velho domina, do seu alto monte, a extensa e bela planície de arrozais do Baixo Mondego. Aqui se acolheram diferentes povos e culturas, existindo sinais materiais da passagem dos Romanos, como o testemunham alguns dos cilhares de pedra integrados na base da torre de menagem desta fortaleza medieval. Vivendo os tempo conturbados das invasões bárbaras e, posteriormente, do mais calmo reinado visigótico, Montemor-o-Velho seria ocupada no século VIII pelos muçulmanos, que deixaram nesta região uma forte impressão da sua cultura. Reconquistada em 848 para as armas cristãs, através de Ramiro I de Leão e do seu tio, o abade João, este castelo do Baixo Mondego mudaria de mãos por diversas vezes até ao século XI. Numa dessas razias, a fortaleza foi particularmente afectada pela acção militar desencadeada pelo impetuoso exército árabe de Almançor.
O castelo de Montemor-o-Velho está implantado num local que apresenta vestígios de ocupação muito antiga, provavelmente pré-histórica, todavia é certa a ocupação romana, atestada pelas pedras utilizadas na base da Torre de Menagem. As primeiras referências a este castelo, dão conta da sua reconquista aos árabes por volta de 848, mas cairia de novo nas mãos dos muçulmanos em 990, com uma nova reconquista cristã por volta do ano de 1006, para voltar à posse árabe em 1026, e este alternar de conquistas e reconquistas só viria a estabilizar por volta de 1064, quando Fernando Magno reconquista toda a região, empurrando os árabes para lá do Mondego. Este castelo em conjunto com os de Miranda, Penela, Soure e Santa Eulália formava, no período da consolidação da independência do Condado Portucalense, a cintura defensiva da cidade de Coimbra. Palco de muitas lutas, não só com os árabes, mas também devido às disputas entre os príncipes e reis de Portugal, e até nas invasões francesas, foi sendo reparado, ampliado e modificado ao logo dos séculos, mas se alguma coisa marca a história desta fortaleza, é o facto nela ter sido decidida a morte de Inês de Castro.
Ao longo dos anos, a quebra progressiva do interesse militar deste tipo de estruturas, foi ditando o abandono ou a sua utilização com outros fins, neste caso chegou a existir no seu interior, um cemitério, junto à igreja da Alcáçova, que foi retirado em meados do século XX. A partir de 1936 tem vindo a ser conservado, foram reconstruídas muralhas, foi colocada instalação eléctrica e criada uma casa de chá no que resta do chamado, Paço das Infantas. Para além do que este castelo tem para ver, da sua grande estrutura defensiva, no seu interior encontram-se as ruínas do antigo paço senhorial, a Igreja de Santa Maria da Alcáçova, a Capela de Santo António, a Igreja da Madalena e as ruínas da Capela de São João. Mais recentemente em1994 fizeram-se algumas obras de recuperação e consolidação das muralhas. Foram também ajardinadas algumas partes interiores. O castelo foi classificado como Monumento Nacional pelo Decreto de 16-06-1910.
O Castelo de Montemor-o-Velho e a Lenda das Arcas
Já diziam os antigos que no castelo de Montemor-o-Velho estão enterradas duas arcas, uma cheia de ouro e a outra cheia de peste. A sua origem remonta ao tempo dos Mouros quando era alcaide naquela cidade um viúvo austero que tinha uma única filha, a qual guardava longe dos olhares de todos como se fosse o maior tesouro do mundo. Um dia, quando a jovem era já uma mulher, um dos seus fiéis cavaleiros apaixonou-se por ela, mas o alcaide nem queria ouvir falar de tal possibilidade. Quando o cavaleiro insistiu, o alcaide resolveu prendê-lo e condenou-o à morte. Assim que a jovem soube da tragédia em que involuntariamente estava envolvida, ainda tentou interceder mas o pai permaneceu insensível às suas súplicas. A jovem que até então não fazia ideia do grande amor que o cavaleiro lhe dedicava, resolveu visitá-lo em segredo nas masmorras. Este amor devia estar já talhado no livro do destino, pois a jovem logo se apaixonou pelo cavaleiro e ambos fugiram do castelo. Porem, a sua captura foi fácil e logo foram levados a presença do irascível alcaide, este ainda ficou mais furioso quando soube que a sua filha tinha casado com o cavaleiro. Então, por vingança, resolveu dar-lhes uma prenda maldita: duas arcas, uma com ouro e a outra com a peste. Os jovens que prezavam mais a sua vida e o seu amor que todo o ouro do mundo fugiram do louco alcaide, deixando para trás as duas arcas que nunca ninguém ousou abrir e que ainda hoje estão enterradas nas muralhas do velho castelo. Muitos, movidos pela audácia ou pelo desespero de tempos difíceis, aproximaram-se das arcas e em épocas de crise muitos foram os que se juntaram para abrir a arca da fortuna… Mas… logo paravam atónitos e perplexos, petrificados com o medo de abrir a arca da peste pois esta se aberta traria ainda mais desgraça e miséria… E assim, as arcas lá continuam à espera de um dia alguém ter a ousadia de as procurar e a imprudência de as abrir...
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Picking the second one to post on this comeback tour was harder than the first!! :-))
The above as seen in NYC's Central Park, they have a man made lake where they race toy boats.
Thanks again everyone for all the well wishes and the welcome back!!
Hope everyone has a great Tuesday!
El Faro de Ponta da Piedade, en Lagos, fue construido entre 1912 y 1913, entrando en servicio el 1 de julio de 1913. La lámpara original era de petróleo; en diciembre de 1923 la luz pasa a ser de ocultaciones, con una cadencia de 2,5 segundos cada 69,5 segundos.
En 1953 el faro fue electrificado con grupos electrógenos, y se sustituyó la lámpara de petróleo por una eléctrica, con un alcance original de 15 millas, que aumentó posteriormente a 18 y finalmente a 20, el alcance actual
Fue completamente automatizado en 1983.
El faro tiene como peculiaridad estar flanqueado por dos enormes palmeras, y la zona en que se ubica, a unos 2 kilómetros de Lagos, es muy visitada por sus acantilados y cuevas horadadas por la acción del mar.
Espero sea de vuestro agrado
Mejor ver en grande sobre fondo negro
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Have received a few requests to post together Orvieto's and Siena's cathedral. Here they are. You can see the many similarities between one and the other. But it is still unclear which one influenced the other. What is certain form an architectonic point of view is that Orvieto's is built all in the same style while Siena's started in Florence's style (see lower part) and ended up like Orvieto's (upper part).
Lo más característico de Venecia son los preciosos canales que recorren todos los rincones como si de calles se tratara. El más grande e importante de todos es el Gran Canal que recorre la ciudad dividiéndola en dos
Justo enfrente de la Plaza San MArcos, en Venecia, se encuentra la Iglesia de San Giorgio Maggiore, con su campanile.
San Giorgio Maggiore es una de las maravillosas islas de Venecia y allí está situada esta monumental iglesia construida en el año 1565 junto al monasterio . Sus tres naves y su crucero con cúpula,más baja que el eminente campanile, forman parte del hermoso horizonte veneciano.
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I know Phacelia (Scorpionweed) already a long time. Many species are cultivated as garden plants and honey plants. I love this wonderful flower which attracts bees and bumblebees.
Now I saw it for the first time planted between the wine rows and like the blue colour between the green lines. I think the wingrowers use it as green manure how I used to do in my own garden many years. This vineyard is in Kleinheppach (Region Stuttgart, Germany).
Much better in Large On Black
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Finally finished my exam and have my freedom back once again. I should be uploading more often from now on. I'm off to visit your streams :)
Tu corri dietro al vento e sembri una farfalla
e con quanto sentimento ti blocchi e guardi la mia spalla
se hai paura a andar lontano
puoi volarmi nella mano
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The Brown Wood Owl - Strix leptogrammica - is an owl which located in south Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to western Indonesia and south China.
It is an uncommon resident bird of dense forests and is very nocturnal .
It feeds mainly on small mammals birds and reptiles.
This species belongs to the earless owl genus Strix.
Taken after a walk in towards the remote and beautiful " Fisherfield Forest " Showing the mountains L-R " Beinn A' Chlaidheimh ", " Beinn Dearg Mor " and " Beinn Dearg Bheag " in Wester Ross, Scotland.
( Away up west for a couple of weeks for a spot of fishing and maybe a couple of pictures :)
The Basilica houses 70 chapels, reflecting the origins of the Catholic immigrants and religious orders whose generosity erected them. Its Greek-styled interior is crowned with numerous domes decorated in mosaics, similar to the Basilica of St. Mark in Venice, Italy, but much larger.
Construction of this church, notable for its Neo-Byzantine architecture, began in 1920 under Philadelphia contractor John McShain and opened unfinished in 1959.
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He comprendido que todo lo que vivimos es necesario, aunque sea increíblemente doloroso.
He aprendido a mirar la vida de otra manera.
He comprendido que los sueños pueden cumplirse.
Y especialmente he aprendido que mis sueños son los que me dan la vida...
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I have understood that everything what we live is necessary, though it is incredibly painful.
I have learned to look at the life otherwise.
I have understood that the dreams can be fulfilled.
And specially I have learned that my dreams are those that give me the life...
DOF © M.Al khaled 2012
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تؤججها نسمآت الصبآح المشرقه
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The view over the North Atlantic to the Isle of Muck. The isle of Muck has a population of 38 people! It's the smallest of four main islands in the Small Isles, off the west coast of Scotland.
This is a 30sec exposure, taken at 11.02pm (!), as the tide was quickly leaving the bay of Portuarik, on a lovely early summer evening.
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Stockholm, June 2012.
My new article at Huffington Post:
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Fog trails in Yosemite Valley | Yosemite National Park
UPDATE 6/29/12: Sorry for being mostly offline all of this summer...I'm pretty much in the middle of nowhere all summer and high speed internet is a thing of civilization. I'll try to check my email and flickr mail at least a few times per week, so feel free to drop me a message or whatnot!
I'M DONE WITH FINALS!! I'm officially an upperclassman! Heaven knows how they all went...but summer is here and just two more days till I drive back to the Sierras, this time for the entire summer! I will actually have periodic internet, so I'll be able to log on from time to time to keep up with you all and show you some more Sierra views.
So many of my very favorite images are ones that I haven't shared with you all yet. Until now, this was one of them. I often go through them and tweak things just a teeny bit, because the scenes are so near and dear to me that I'm afraid of not rendering them perfectly and regretting it later. This image has been hanging on my wall for over a year and is usually the first thing people notice when they walk into my room. I don't know if they can truly feel the magic of the moment -- the snow flurries, the swirling wind, the crisp cold, and the silence -- but I hope you can. Close your eyes and imagine the scene...then view it large.
Unfortunately, I haven't had time to go through my backpacking photos from two weeks ago...but they are filled with icy lakes, alpenglow displays, and a sunset from the summit of a 13,900' peak...and I'm really looking forward to processing them and sharing with you all.
Taken in between snowstorms in the Sierras -- it snowed almost all day two days before and all the day after. This was shot around 6AM on a Tuesday morning; I was initially planning on leaving on Monday night to make it back for my first class on Tuesday morning, but then I heard about this storm coming in...and changed my mind!
Fog trails in the Valley are somewhat rare on their own, but a scene like this...was once-in-a-lifetime. A few minutes later, it was gone. Unlike most other images you'll find in my stream, I wasn't alone -- there were a handful of other tripods out, but most other people were either shooting for time lapse videos or not prepared for the fact that it was snowing as the drama unfolded.
They were literally flipping the chain control signs on the Wawona Road as I drove past them. I missed one class that day and barely made the other. My 191 classmates seemed somewhat confused by the smile on my face when I walked into lecture late and smelling like a camper...
- Jeff
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I'm home from my school trip and honestly I didn't shoot much except the last day where I asked if someone wanted to go down to the river.
I had a few great days. We were in south of Norway, and the nature was so nice. I have been climbing, rafting in a 7 degrees cold norwegian river, go-kart. Really had a few days with much adrenalin! It was great :)
Now I have some catching up to do.. !
Also, thank you so much Moritz, for writing me such a sweet testimonial. <3 Please go to his stream and check him out if you haven't already, he is amazing! :)
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The Pannonian Plain is a large plain in Central Europe that remained when the Pliocene Pannonian Sea dried out. It is a geomorphological subsystem of the Alps-Himalaya system.
The river Danube divides the plain roughly in half.
The plain is divided among Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine.
The plain is roughly bounded by the Carpathian mountains, the Alps, the Dinaric Alps and the Balkan mountains.
Although rain is not plentiful, it usually falls when necessary and the plain is a major agricultural area; it is sometimes said that these fields of rich loamy loess soil could feed the whole of Europe. For its early settlers, the plain offered few sources of metals or stone. Thus when archaeologists come upon objects of obsidian or chert, copper or gold, they have almost unparalleled opportunities to interpret ancient pathways of trade.
The precursor to the present plain was a shallow sea that reached its greatest extent during the Pliocene, when three to four kilometres of sediments were deposited.
The plain was named after the Pannonians, a northern Illyrian tribe. Various different peoples inhabited the plain during its history. In the first century BC, the eastern parts of the plain belonged to the Dacian state, and in the first century AD its western parts were subsumed into the Roman Empire. The Roman province named Pannonia was established in the area, and the city of Sirmium, today Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia, became one of the four capital cities of the Roman Empire in the 3rd century.