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Excerpt from www.livabl.com/2014/08/toronto-public-art-photo-tour.html:
Artist: Francisco Gazitua
Location: Absolute World, 80 Absolute Way, Mississauga
The sculpture of three horses, which made its debut in December 2011, represents a new way of thinking for the city of Mississauga. Not only does the art go hand-in-hand with the curving, skyline-defining “Marilyn Monroe” towers, the work was also the first privately commissioned piece of public art in Mississauga’s history. Artist Francisco Gazitua has created other public pieces in the GTA, such as the Rosa Nautica at Cityplace.
What an absolute show the sky put on last night! Warm, clear, Broncos played and WON!!! I was set up at 6:30 PM but went back to the house to get something came out and the moon was already on her way up. I, like all the other photographers, recording the scene we will not again see until 2033, was adjusting focus, shutter speed and f/stops until about 9:45. At the point the moon was in complete blood phase, the dogs were howling, people were yelling and screaming for the Broncos, and then something came to stand by me. Something relatively large, breathing, walking. I froze, sweat popping out on my brow as I continued to shoot the moon. I am hoping it was a deer...
Anyway, this is a shot where the blood moon phase was just starting to wane. I was on a board platform...live and learn! I was using a remote trigger and mirrored up but there was still shake from even my breathing, which became rapid at the realization that I had company at one point, so unfortunately I got some camera shake.
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Capra glaciar lake from the Făgăraş Mountains (Carpathians) situated at 2241 m altitude.
I wanted some quality time with my camera tonight, so I grabbed my winter jacket and gloves and headed into town. The north wind was so strong that I had to hold my tripod with both hands, but I still managed to get a few sharp long exposures
"Amelie has a strange feeling of absolute harmony. It's a perfect moment. A soft light, a scent in the air, the quiet murmur of the city." (Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain - 2001)
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First shot from this morning, still quite dark when I took this. I would like to thank the surfer for standing so still for such a long time… 30 sec exposure & he must not have moved a muscle.
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"Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither:
The Lord giveth and the Lord hath taken away"
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or the quality of being discret.
I love this photo of my three children Philip, Katja and Bastian ... so seldom that all three can be together.
One son is in Germany, my daughter in Colorado and my second son still in Canada.
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My thoughts are with all those affected by yesterday's horrific killings in Paris. A sad, sad day, indeed.
This is the fourth, and I think it will be the last, photo of one of two Common Loons seen at Emerald Lake, British Columbia, on 11 July 2015. Rather a distant shot, but I didn't dare crop it any closer than I did. That day, I had a wonderful day out with friend Sandy, driving westwards from Calgary and eventually reaching the next province, British Columbia (B.C.). Sandy had two destinations in mind - a stop at the Spiral Tunnels and then to explore the forest around Emerald Lake. I had only been to B.C. a handful of times in 37 years, so this was an absolute treat.
"The lake is enclosed by mountains of the President Range, as well as Mount Burgess and Wapta Mountain. This basin traps storms, causing frequent rain in summer and heavy snowfalls in winter. This influx of moisture works with the lake's low elevation to produce a unique selection of flora. Trees found here are more typical of B.C.'s wet interior forests, such as western red cedar, western yew, western hemlock and western white pine. The alluvial fan on the northeast shore produces wildflowers in abundance during late June and early July.
Due to its high altitude, the lake is frozen from November until June. The vivid turquoise color of the water, caused by powdered limestone, is most spectacular in July as the snow melts from the surrounding mountains.
The first European to set sight on Emerald Lake was guide Tom Wilson, who stumbled upon it by accident in 1882. A string of his horses had gotten away, and it was while tracking them that he first entered the valley. The lake had an impression on even the most seasoned of explorers: "For a few moments I sat [on] my horse and enjoyed the rare, peaceful beauty of the scene." It was Wilson who gave the lake its name because of its remarkable colour, caused by fine particles of glacial sediment, also referred to as rock flour, suspended in the water. However, this was not the first time Wilson had dubbed a lake 'Emerald'. Earlier that same year he had discovered another lake which he had given the same moniker, and the name even appeared briefly on the official map. This first lake however, was shortly renamed Lake Louise." From Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_Lake_(British_Columbia)
Our trip started just after 7:00 am, to get a good, early start, especially before the temperature soared. The drive from Calgary to Emerald Lake takes about 2 and a half hours and is a 218.5 km drive via Trans-Canada Hwy/AB-1 W. We took a quieter route home at the end of the day. Rain arrived just in time for this drive home and, by the time I got back to my car in Calgary, the rain was really heavy and a few of the roads were beginning to flood very quickly. It was raining again this morning. I was kind of hoping for a few rainy days, as I suddenly have a build-up of quite a few very major, very urgent things to deal with and I didn't want to be tempted to go out with my camera.
Shortly after we began our walk though the forest along the right hand side of the lake, we heard a commotion coming from the water. When we found a place to see through the trees, we could see two beautiful Common Loons and a female duck with several babies, possibly Common Mergansers. My guess would be that the Merganser mother kept chasing away the Loons, creating a lot of splashing. This distant photo of one of the Loons was taken at the end of our walk. It was in the smaller section of the lake at Emerald Lake and we noticed it when we were walking along the boardwalk/bridge. It was swimming towards us and I managed to get one quick shot. Then it swam under the boardwalk and was disappearing into the distance by the time I took this shot. This photo also shows why this lake is named Emerald Lake : )
Also, at the beginning and the end of our "hike", we watched a family of Violet-green Swallows that were nesting. Not sure how many young ones there were, but I saw three. Though we do get these birds in Calgary, I've never seen one properly - just when a mass of Swallows swarms over the Bow River and someone calls out "Violet-green!" The adults flew to feed their babies at top speed and barely stayed a second at the nest hole. I was just thrilled to see one of these birds - thanks, Sandy, for your patience, allowing me to try and get a few photos! Thanks, too, for such a great day, as usual!
this is it, the show is over...and as big Arnie says.... I'll be back ......
note; a apple a day, keeps the doctor away ;-))
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enjoy the "absolute tranquility' photostream !
thanks again for all your positive and kind reactions.
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An absolute delight to visit this establishment. As ever, a step back in time. So interesting to embrace its history and take some shots on a warm Spring day.
The National Trust's Norbury Manor is a 15th-century Elizabethan manor house and the adjoining 13th-century stone-built medieval Norbury Hall, known as The Old Manor in Norbury near Ashbourne, Derbyshire. It is a Grade I Listed Building.
A Low, stone-built medieval hall, set in the picturesque countryside of Derbyshire.
Norbury Manor, former seat of the Fitzherbert family. The hall is a very rare example of a medieval hall built on the first floor, once forming part of the private apartments of the Fitzherbert family.
The later 17th century red brick farmhouse which was built in front of the hall is available as a holiday cottage. The only surviving part of the original early medieval hall offers a rare king post, Tudor door and 17th-century Flemish glass. Visitors can also find a beautifully maintained small garden space which includes a knot garden, as well as a short walk into the woodland, and path which leads down to the river.
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There are very few things in life that can bring you a feeling of freedom comparable to the one of being at a nude beach, go in the water and feel the sea bathing your entire body, no constrictions from the artifice of our clothing, swim free and at large... and then, return to your towel to lay down under the rays of sun... to feel every single pore of your skin getting its love, and drying out faster than you ever did after a swim....
Oh, how I wish it was easier...
But not here... not in NY, for more reasons than one...
That's why when in Spain, I can't miss the date with that feeling of freedom, wherever it may be waiting...
Photo of the people near us (Anton and I) during our first (of two) visits at la Mar Bella, the nude beach in Barcelona,
Spain.
Taken with a 3G iPhone
From ‘These Were Our Dogs’ Published by Bloomsbury. All rights reserved. copyright Libby Hall and Bloomsbury. For use, and high resolution image, contact: picturelibrary@thekennelclub.org.uk
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I wish 'These Were Our Dogs' wasn't already out of print because the reproduction of the images is excellent. I am only 'allowed' to upload these at very low resolution in order to prevent the images being used without the publisher's and my permission. ... Sharing the photographs has always been what I care about most and it’s lovely to be able to do that on Flickr, even if only at this very low resolution.
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Die Schachspieler
Scan from glass negative (9 x 12 cm), minmal image processing.
The picture is not mirrored, even if the label suggest it :-)
Photographed with the plate camera of my grandfather approximately 1925.
My grandfather is sitting right with one of his brothers. None of my living relatives ever saw a positive about …
His camera was stolen by an occupation soldier in the postwar turmoil. Today I still regret that I could not save all glass negatives from him, much was thrown away. Most of all, it hurts me by the fact that I could never get to know him because he died long before I was born ....
Rätsel Weib
Ich lernte sie kennen am Donaustrand,
Wo mancher schon sein Liebchen fand.
Sie lud mich ein zum edlen Schach,
Zu kämpfen um sie im stillen Gemach.
Mit Absicht machte ich mich klein
Und bald stand meine Dame ein.
Sie schlug sie weg, das mußt' ich büßen,
Dann wurde mir die Tür gewiesen.
Man braucht, so sprach sie, einen Mann,
Der seine Dame schützen kann.
Wer dieses aber nicht beachte,
Den sie als Stümper stets erachte!
Das nächstemal kam ich durch Schach
Auf andre Weise nicht zu Fach.
Mich lud dieselbe Dame ein,
Doch diesmal spielte ich sehr fein,
Ich nahm die Dame, die sie setzte,
Als sie den König mir verletzte!
Drauf sprach nun dieses Ungewitter
Der Worte viel und ziemlich bitter:
"Mein Herr, es ist zum Uebelnehmen,
Wie Sie sich heute hier benehmen?!
Nein, solche Männer muß ich hassen,
Die Damen nicht in Frieden lassen.
Hinaus, ich hab es endlich satt!"
Auch diesmal setzte sie mich "matt".
R. Böhmer (Wr. Schachzeitung)
Mystery Woman
I got to know her on the Danube beach,
Where some had already found his darling.
She invited me to a noble chess,
To fight about her in the silent chamber.
I deliberately made myself small
And soon I lost my lady.
She knocked her away, I had to pay,
Then the door was shown to me.
One needs, she said, a man,
Who can protect his lady.
Whoever does not pay attention to this,
Which she always considers a bungler!
The next time I came through chess
In another way, not to compartment.
This same lady invited me,
But this time I played very fine,
I took the lady who she played,
When my king was in check!
This thunderstorm now spoke
The words much and rather bitter:
"Sir, it is the evil,
How do you behave today ?!
Now, I must hate such men,
who not leave the ladies in peace.
Out there, I'm fed up with you! "
This once, too, she put me "mate".
R. Böhmer (Wr. Schachzeitung)
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