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Kilchurn Castle is a ruined 15th and 17th century structure on a rocky peninsula at the northeastern end of Loch Awe, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Access to the Castle is sometimes restricted by higher-than-usual levels of water in the Loch, at which times the site effectively becomes a temporary island.
It was the ancestral home of the Campbells of Glen Orchy, who later became the Earls of Breadalbane also known as the Breadalbane family branch, of the Clan Campbell. The earliest construction on the castle was the towerhouse and Laich Hall
This shop window must have been like a magnet to the children (and adults!) of Bridge Street, Waterford - Licorice Allsorts, Mixed Gums, Fry's Shilling and Raspberry Cream Choclate... Really gorgeous array of early 20th century goods on display here!
Our eagle-eyed Niall McAuley noticed that someone in the Poole Photographic Studio had scratched out reflections in Mortimer’s window – a sort of early Photoshopping. Niall could read FAM… …OTEL. He searched through other photos in our Poole Collection and found Breen’s FAMILY HOTEL on Bridge Street opposite Mortimer’s. This gave us an exact address for Mortimer’s at No. 2 Bridge Street.
Thanks to Paul O’Farrell, we now know the girl in the doorway was Mary Mortimer. “She later married a Tommy Corcoran and they ran the shop and adjoining pub after her father died”.
Photographer: A.H. Poole Studio Photographer
Collection: Poole Photographic Collection
Date: Saturday, 24 June 1916
NLI Ref.: POOLEWP 2679
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A quelques pas du village famillial de Gresse en Vercors ; une délicate intimité entre l ' homme et la nature procure une sensation instinctive d ' émerveillement : un horizon déchiqueté par les reliefs , un lac où tout se reflète...
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Music : " Beethoven's 5 Secrets " By The Piano Guys
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Gresse en Vercors - Isère - France
Happy Father's Day to all the great fathers out there, including mine. These birds are great fathers to their babies. They will feed the first brood of juveniles while the female is on the nest caring for the next brood.
Taken last spring through my bedroom window in Central Florida, USA.
Canon Rebel XSi and Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
Rather nice panoramic view "up" O'Connell Street from the top of Nelson's Pillar. We think this was taken around 1950, but would love confirmation or suggestions to the contrary.
Very surprised when I zoomed in to see that the clock actually said Clery's Store - referred to by generations solely as Clery's!
Date: Circa 1957/1958 and no later than 1961/62 (thanks to DannyM8, Mr Tayto, Archiseek).
NLI Ref.: VR 5140
The view from the summit of Ben Nevis looking south into the Ring of Steall in the foreground with Glencoe and surrounding area behind.
I've added a few mountains in the notes for reference but missed plenty, feel free to add any.
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"We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea,
whether it is to sail or to watch -
we are going back from whence we came."
John F. Kennedy
I was a very lucky girl to wake up to this view on my birthday last March...
textures by French Kiss, thank you
happy sliders sunday and have a wonderful week!
Happy fence Friday - seen during a walk in Fellbach - Oeffingen, Germany.
Much better in Large On Black
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Palamidi is a fortress to the east of the Acronauplia in the town of Nafplio in the Peloponnese region of southern Greece. Nestled on the crest of a 216-metre high hill, the fortress was built by the Venetians during their second occupation of the area (1686–1715).
In Greek mythology, Palamedes was the son of Nauplius , prince of Nauplia who led the Nauplians in the Trojan War.
He is said to have invented counting, currency, weights and measures, jokes, dice and pessoi, as well as military ranks. Sometimes he is credited with discoveries in the field of wine making and the supplementary letters of the Greek alphabet.
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Ο Παλαμήδης, ήταν γιος του Ναύπλιου αδελφός του Ναυσιδέμοντα από όπου και οι σχετικοί όροι για την ναυσιπλοΐα. Φημιζόταν για την σοφία και την επινοητικότητά του και λέγεται πως είχε επινοήσει μερικά από τα γράμματα, με την μετατροπή των φοινικικών στοιχείων σε γράμματα του ελληνικού αλφαβήτου. Θεωρείται εφευρέτης της ναυτιλίας, των φάρων των μέτρων και των σταθμών, των νομισμάτων, καθώς και της διαίρεσης του χρόνου σε ώρες, ημέρες και μήνες, αλλά και παιχνιδιών (επιτραπέζιων)
Το κάστρο του Παλαμηδίου στο Ναύπλιο πήρε το όνομά του.
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Back from vacation in Spain, or as we call it,
the longest flickr walk ever ( 15 days) LOL
HUGE thanks to Pilar and Angel, our hosts,
I can't remember having this much fun,
los quiero y me quedo corta... ♥
"Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness."
- Frank Gehry
always wanted to see Bilbao's Guggenheim,
it gleamed in the setting sunlight
my textures
I'm off to catch up with your wonderful photostreams,
what the hell happened to flickr? grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
happy sliders sunday!
xo♥
This one is for Munich.
For all the fantastic architecture whether the old or the new one.
For all the breweries and the most delicious beer in the world.
For all the rollercoasters at the Oktoberfest which make so many people happy every year.
This is to the people.
To all those people sitting outside in the sun even though it is freezingly cold.
To all those surfers who are surfing no matter the season.
To all those drunken strangers at the Munich beer festival which are friends for one night.
I love you guys, you are my inspiration, you are my life.
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On a night where the primary plan (for great night photography) went to pot, I decided to improvise with a plan to head south to the Spanish Peaks with good friend, Jon Blake.
We were hoping for some more cooperative weather (than was predicted up north) and with a big 84% full moon setting at 3:30 am, I figured we had a chance for a good composite image. I was hoping for some good light from the moon just as it set on the horizon followed by some good dark sky shots of the milky way afterward.
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Ljerka u Zagrebu :-) Ljerka in Zagreb :-) Ljerka em Zagreb :-)
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I love the creativity of mother nature :)) .... see my note !!
One can also recognize the face in the original shot ... here
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This is the view from the Thompson Trail #121 south of the Roosevelt Dam by Roosevelt Lake in the Tonto National Forest.
www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/tonto/recreation/bicycling/recare...
From State Highway 188, the trail quickly climbs along an arroyo and then follows the contour of the ridges above the highway and Roosevelt Lake. After 1½ mile, at the junction with the Cemetery Trail 255, the trail turns south and gradually ascends a broad ridge to the junction with FR 341. This trail is named after Jerome Thompson who served as the district ranger, 1956-1965, for the then-named Roosevelt Ranger District.
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Took me a while, but I got the views from both sides :)
Four Peaks Wilderness and the Arizona Trail across the bridge.
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As Darrell and I walked back across the campus after a session with the WIU Hot Shots photography club in the University's photography studio, we spied a stand of dandelion stalks softly lit by the setting sun. Neither of us could resist pulling our cameras out and taking some shots. This image of one going to seed is probably only the second dandelion picture that I have posted to flicker in the last couple of years. To obtain the shot, I used the articulating LCD (instead of the viewfinder) while holding the camera down near the ground. It was processed in Lightroom 5 using a radial filter.
My attitude towards these prolific and tenacious weeds has radically changed since moving out into the countryside of western Illinois. I used to fruitlessly try to eradicate them from the lawn... but now, because of the sheer overwhelming number of them and the huge size of the lawns out here, I am content to keep them mowed down with the rest of the grass. :D
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Love this line up of men, boys, donkeys and dog outside Ballydehob in Co. Cork!
The dog owner is absolutely ensuring that his dog is recorded for posterity by holding the dog immobile. Amazingly Donkey #1 is also holding his pose perfectly face on to the camera, while Donkey #2 is adamant that his best side is captured.
And what's going on with the boy at extreme right - singing? reciting? yawning?
Date: Circa 1899-1910 (thanks derangedlemur and Tin of beans)
NLI Ref.: OCO 347
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Love this place!
Fort de Soto Park Turns 50
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" O mamma mia istimada
ite ses tue pro me:
un anghelu, una fada
ses sempre indaffarada
non pensas mai pro te!
In tottu s'universu
quadratu o tundu
se mi mancas tue
est sa fine de su mundu."
Ho scelto una poesia in sardo per rappresentare questa immagine e soprattutto fare tantissimi auguri a tutte le mamme come me!!
* Cara mamma, cosa sei per me?
un angelo o una fata
sei sempre indaffarata
e non pensi mai a te stessa!
In tutto l' universo
che sia tondo o quadrato
se tu mi mancassi
sarebbe la fine del mondo! "
Taken in Odaiba, Tokyo.
We've had some nice weather these past few days in Tokyo. This was the scene on Saturday evening overlooking Tokyo Bay. Thanks for viewing.
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Been on a search for a beach fence like this.
I'm sure they are here ... somewhere ... on the West Coast.
Finding one is a challenge I gladly accept!
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Happy Fence Friday & TGIF!
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p.s. of course if any of you know where one is, please do share!
The City of Dublin Junction railway cuts through from across the river towards Connolly station.
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Poland. Warsaw.
A person, who values the beauty of nature and ambient the world, for richer and happier than those, who did not notices this.
A volte sentiamo bisogno di un faro che ci illumini e ci indichi la riva di approdo, soprattutto quando ci sentiamo in balia delle onde della vita.... e ci è difficile scorgere un porto sicuro; mi piace pensare che ci sia sempre qualcosa o qualcuno capace di illuminare il mio cammino..
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هي ذات الكلمات .. وذات البنت وذات الصبي ..
فقط تختلف اسماء المدن ..
انتظارا لأمل الفجر البني ..ولو كان جني ..
#1 on Explore on 4/28/2013 Finally, you arrive at this magic spot overlooking the vast expense of glittering and transparent water with infinite nuanced aqua blue shades, rimed by soft golden sand and rocks, with graceful palm trees and lush tropical vegetation bowing over it, forming a perfect frame. Overcome by happiness, you can feel the sands as fine as baby powders scratching under your feet and warm water of white froth gently touching your senses. Colorful coral reefs, just below the surface of the water, teeming with jubilant sea creatures, reflect the sun rays with a shimmering dispersing of light like the beauty of a diamond. The beach is somehow deserted, so you are the only one at this corner of the paradise. You feel incredibly serene and happy in tranquility.
Even though the magic is impossible to capture in the confine of an image, the glimpse of it again and again allows you to reflect on the scene, to feel free, free to fly, to enjoy.
Significant more visual impact viewed in black by pressing "L" or in Fluidr
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I've been in this beautiful library several times before. It was always so crowded, that I even didn't think about taking the camera out. Guess I was lucky this time...
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Adjoining the cathedral of Siena is the Piccolomini Library, housing precious illuminated choir books and frescoes based on designs by Raphael.
The visual impact of these very colourful frescoes is stunning. The frescoes tell the story of the life of Siena's favourite son, cardinal Enea Silvio Piccolomini, who eventually became Pope Pius II.
In the middle of the library is the famous statue Three Graces, a Roman copy of a Greek original.
I've been living in Hong Kong for quite sometime now, and everyday I still see something amazing. Beautiful isn't it? :)
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Entered in the Kreative People group Open Theme contest #14
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Etéreos como un suspiro o en palabras de Kundera, la insoportable levedad del ser........
.......y es que en estos aquenios reside toda la fuerza reproductiva del diente de león, el tan medicinal Taraxacum officinale.
Starbucks Coffee Company recently invited me to make a presentation about night photography for its internal photography club. It was a terrific event for which I had nearly a month to prepare. I was never nervous once until a few seconds after the presentation started. A bout of apprehensiveness struck me, which was really all in my head. Nothing unfortunate or embarrassing occurred!
Fortunately, I had a very good-natured and engaging audience. After a brief microphone sound-check took place two minutes into the discussion, and a few playful quips into the mic (i.e. Recall Joey’s popular quote from the “Friends” television series, “How You Doin’???”), I was ready to go! Laughter from the audience is always reassuring.
There was a turnout of approximately 70 individuals, and the head of the photo club told me he couldn’t remember the last time a presenter received audible applause at the conclusion of a presentation. I thought I could have done a lot better, but the overall feedback I received was -- to my delight -- extremely positive. Like most human beings, I am my own worst critic. On top of that, amidst the preparation, I was exhausted from multiple aspects of my daily routine from the previous month leading to the event. No complaints, though. Every minute and every second of this photography venture has been worth the effort.
If you would like to see the “Introduction to Night Photography” presentation (revised to target an online audience) and the concluding photo video, both are currently on my official blog. Pictures taken during the presentation are posted there as well. If anything, viewers can take humor in my nerdy voice and fashion sense. Please feel free to share the presentation and video with your friends and colleagues.
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The Photo:
This is a view of Seattle’s SoDo (South Downtown) neighborhood, which is essentially the city’s warehouse district adjacent to Harbor Island, which serves as the Port of Seattle. Starbucks’ world headquarters is located in SoDo. I love the bright lights of the port in combination with the thick clouds engulfing the Olympic Mountains along the horizon.
Even Seattle’s warehouse district has an alluring charm!
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Non esiste altro posto al mondo dove vorrei passare la mia vita; amo profondamente la Sardegna e con le mie immagini cerco di trasmettere le emozioni che provo tutte le volte che faccio uno scatto!
Anche il cantautore Fabrizio de Andrè la pensava come me, mi piace molto una sua frase:
« La vita in Sardegna
è forse la migliore
che un uomo possa augurarsi:
ventiquattro mila chilometri di foreste,
di campagne,
di coste immerse in un mare miracoloso dovrebbero coincidere
con quello che io consiglierei al buon Dio
di regalarci come Paradiso »
Le immagini che vi propongo sono della baia chiamata "Torre del Porticciolo", un posto incantevole che si trova a pochi chilometri da Alghero!
We see : Prague Castle , St. Vitus Cathedral
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Prague Castle : This, the biggest ancient castle in the world, according to Guinness World Records, rises like a dream above the city offering beautiful views of the areas below.
St. Vitus Cathedral : Also on site is the St. Vitus Cathedral with its lookout tower.
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