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Церковь Покрова на Нерли внесена в Список всемирного наследия ЮНЕСКО.
Когда пишут и говорят об этом храме, обычно приводят слова Игоря Грабаря: «Церковь Покрова на Нерли близ Владимира является не только самым совершенным храмом, созданным на Руси, но и одним из величайших памятников мирового искусства».
Храм был возведен за один год в 1165 году князем Андреем Боголюбским.
Во времена своей «молодости» храм выглядел иначе, а холм-пьедестал, является делом рук человеческих.
Подземная часть храма составляет 5,30 м . В устье Нерли вырос искусственный холм, ставший пьедесталом для церкви Покрова и предохраняющий ее от коварных весенних вод. Холм был покрыт панцирем из белокаменных плит с водосточными желобами и лестницами, сбегающими к пристани.
Пропорции храма необыкновенно изящны и красивы. Часто этот храм сравнивают с образом красной девицы Здесь все направлено на достижение эффекта максимальной стройности и высоты. Множество деталей, еле уловимых, очень деликатных, подчеркивают вертикальную ось сооружения.
The Church of the Intercession on the Nerl, a UNESCO world heritage site.
When you write and say about this temple, usually cite the words of Igor Grabar, "the Church of the Intercession on the Nerl near Vladimir is not only the most perfect temple, created in Russia, but also one of the greatest monuments of world art".
The temple was erected in one year in 1165 by Prince Andrei Bogolyubsky.
In the days of his "youth" the temple looked different, and the hill-a pedestal, is the work of human hands.
The underground part of the temple is 5,30 m . At the mouth of the Nerl rose artificial hill, which has become the pedestal for the Church of the Intercession and protect it from the treacherous waters of the spring. The hill was covered with a shell of white stone slabs with gutters and stairs leading down to the Marina.
The proportions of the temple are unusually graceful and beautiful. Often this temple is compared with the image of maiden Here everything is directed on achieving maximal effect of slenderness and height. Many parts, subtle, very delicate, emphasize the vertical axis of the construction.
RKO_3803. How extraordinary is it to watch these beautiful and colorful little birds doing their diving act!
This male Common Kingfisher achieved its goal and had a wonderful, though relatively small, meal!
It was a challenge (and objective) to get some nice shots of the diving Kingfisher and I guess I too achieved my objectives.
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An oldie re-posted just because.
This lakeside park makes me think of that Rush song. Are there any other Rush fans out there? Surely there must be amongst our Canadian friends. Saw them on their R40 tour in Denver of all places in 2015. Lifelong dream achieved. Anyway, I digress. Park + lake + sunset + bench = peace and relaxation.
Happy nearly Friday :)
Amanita muscaria (flugesopp) a poisonous mushroom in plenty in the Northern Hemisphere said to be consumed by the Viking Berserker to achieve battle rage
My least favourite type of weather, is an overcast sheet of white across the entire sky, featureless, boring and annoying, plus seemingly it lasts forever! So, one thing I know when I have perused other photos against such a backdrop, is that they can look like watercolour paintings. This is what I wanted to achieve in this shot.
However, much to my luck, a Bumblebee flew into the shot just as I hit the shutter down and thus, this is the result, I couldn't be happier. The slightly out of focus Bee accentuates to the image I wanted to create, a water painting without heavy software manipulation; sometimes in photography you can just get lucky!
I hope everyone is well and so as always, thank you!
I just love barns--particularly red barns--and this just adds to the fall colors! I love it! Hope you enjoy, as well!
Jostad Coulee Rd.
County Highway M
Hamilton, Wisconsin
110121
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Lise's Friends, Hall of Fame
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Number 322 of my 365 photo challenge - A split-toned, focus stacked, macro image of a pair of skeletal Chinese Lanterns.
This was indeed a very difficult stack to get right and there are many mistakes within the image but I am generally happy with it. I am keen to improve upon it so any constructive advice on how to achieve a more seamless blend in Photoshop would be greatly appreciated! :-)
This image of the center of a chicory flower reminded me of some of the graphics I've seen of a nuclear fusion reactor, like this one:
www.nationalgeographic.com/content/dam/news/photos/000/60...
dictionary: "An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings"
That's like saying Picasso put paint on canvas...
Where once there was only sky we now have 'The Sky'. - Not just a building occupying space, but an entity becoming part of that space.
In the architect's imagination they envisioned the direct relationship between the physical sky and clouds to the reflected clouds. The soft sky to the Euclidean lines of their structure. - together through their relationship they each achieve presence.
photo: a matter of gradation. As a raging storm approached from behind I aimed toward the tranquil blue sky before me. Capturing the east and west, blues turned gray, the air cooled as the breeze angered to a wind.
In reality all credit for this photo goes to the architect. I just saw what they wanted me to see.
Schaumburg Towers = 1400 American lane, Schaumburg, Illinois
Paul De Santis of the Chicago architectural firm Goettsch Partners
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Or: When the half is the whole. This is what the escalator from my previous image (in the first comment) really looks like when seen from the KaDeWe's ground floor and looking up to the (amazingly dirty) glass roof of the 7th floor which houses the more buffet-style restaurant Wintergarten. My suggestion: If you happen to be at the KaDeWe and are hungry for a snack, go to the 6th floor.
I've been back to the moving staircase this Friday, this time with the Laowa C-Dreamer 7.5mm/F2 prime lens and the GRIII mounted with the wide-angle adapter GW-4 which expands the GRIII's native 28mm to 21mm. Initially, I'd wanted to take the 7-14 wide-angle zoom lens, but it doesn't handle very bright light sources all too well, and there are plenty of such lights at the KaDeWe, while the Laowa creates nice light stars. So the latter was the "safe" choice (regarding the photo output), plus it's super tiny, so it was also the safer choice regarding noticeability. Once again, it was no problem at all to take photos there, but I got noticed by an employee, and for a very short moment I was afraid that his charming remark "You've got a nice camera!" would be followed by "But you aren't allowed to take photos here." But that didn't happen. He smiled and quickly moved up the escalator. Phew.
And why am I telling you all of this when the image you see is one taken at my previous photo walk and with the LX100? Well, you will see photos taken with the Laowa and the GRIII sometime in the future, and – once again – I realised that it is almost impossible to replicate a photo even when you are in the exact same spot as the last time, and especially so when different focal lengths are involved. I also wanted to show you what I started with to create the kaleidoscoped image and how simple and straightforward it was to achieve the kaleidoscope effect – at least this time: Take the single image, copy it to a second layer in PS, flip one layer horizontally, and combine both layers to a single image. Done.
The SOOC RAW file was in landscape mode, and at first, I wanted to upload this single image in its original orientation but then decided to rotate it to the left so it's easier for you to see how the kaleidoscoped image came to be. In addition to this, this image looks much lighter and airier in portrait mode, while in landscape format the scene looks a lot denser and sort of heavy, oppressed even – which is a little what it feels like to ride this moving staircase up and down because the opposed single escalators on each floor are built in a rather compact way, and sometimes, you can even touch the underside of the escalator going to the next floor – someone did, most likely a child or a teenager, because on my Friday visit I noticed a cat sticker on the underside of one of the escalators ;)
I've taken all the LX100 photos of the escalator in 16:9 (it's the only camera where I ever change the image ratio for shooting, because it has a convenient toggle on top of its fixed lens which allows you to quickly choose between 1:1, 3:2, the native 4:3, or 16:9), and since 16:9 images look very "slim", especially in portrait mode, I've added the white frame to make it look a little "beefier". I've also added a little more colour punch to this version so it won't simply look like the previous image "cut in half".
Happy Sliders Sunday, Everyone!
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Gannet - Morus Bassanus
Bempton Cliffs
The gannets are large white birds with yellowish heads; black-tipped wings; and long bills. Northern gannets are the largest seabirds in the North Atlantic, having a wingspan of up to 2 metres (6.6 ft). The other two species occur in the temperate seas around southern Africa, southern Australia and New Zealand.
Gannets hunt fish by diving into the sea from a height and pursuing their prey underwater. Gannets have a number of adaptations which enable them to do this:
no external nostrils, they are located inside the mouth instead;
air sacs in the face and chest under the skin which act like bubble wrapping, cushioning the impact with the water;
positioning of the eyes far enough forward on the face for binocular vision, allowing them to judge distances accurately.
Gannets can dive from a height of 30 metres (98 ft), achieving speeds of 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph) as they strike the water, enabling them to catch fish much deeper than most airborne birds.
The gannet's supposed capacity for eating large quantities of fish has led to gannet becoming a description of somebody with a voracious appetite.
Gannets are colonial breeders on islands and coasts, normally laying one chalky, blue egg. Gannets lack brood patches and they use their webbed feet to warm the eggs. It takes five years for gannets to reach maturity. First-year birds are completely black, and subsequent sub-adult plumages show increasing amounts of white.
The most important nesting ground for northern gannets is the United Kingdom with about two thirds of the world's population. These live mainly in Scotland, including the Shetland Isles. The rest of the world's population is divided between Canada, Ireland, Faroe Islands and Iceland, with small numbers in France (they are often seen in the Bay of Biscay), the Channel Islands, Norway and a single colony in Germany on Heligoland. The biggest northern gannet colony is on Scotland's Bass Rock; in 2014, this colony contained some 75,000 pairs. Sulasgeir off the coast of the Isle of Lewis, St. Kilda, Grassholm in Pembrokeshire, Bempton Cliffs in the East Riding of Yorkshire, Sceilig Bheag, Ireland and Bonaventure Island, Quebec are also important northern gannet breeding sites.
Young gannets were historically used as a food source, a tradition still practised in Ness, Scotland, where they are called guga. Like examples of continued traditional whale harvesting, the modern day hunting of gannet chicks results in great controversies as to whether it should continue to be afforded exemption from the ordinary protection afforded to sea birds in UK and EU law". The Ness hunt is currently limited to 2,000 chicks per year, and dates back at least to the Iron Age. The hunt is considered to be sustainable, as between 1902 and 2003 Gannet numbers in Scotland increased dramatically from 30,000 to 180,000.
Population:
UK breeding:
220,000 nests
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“For me, becoming isn’t about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. The journey doesn’t end.”
― Michelle Obama
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Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. ~ Helen Keller.
Quechee, VT
10-15-2019
Photographed from the covered bridge over the river right as the three balloons from Quechee Balloon Rides begin their ascent.
This is the same shot as the previous shot, just excluding the mill. I just love the colors, how they pop, and the light reflecting in the millpond just adds to it! Hope you all enjoy!
Dells Mills and mill pond
Augusta , Wisconsin
101224
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DSLR Autofocus, Hall of Fame (13)
15 Challenges, award winner, 031326
Before migration begins I have made a mental list of and plan for warbler images I'd like to achieve. Many of my ideas come from viewing images from my flickr friends. This was one of those.
I spent just a few brief minutes with this bird but they were memorable.
This is an image I have wanted to attempt for a number of years now. It is strangely adjacent to a major highway and a challenge to achieve. However, this time it appeared possible to go for it. In the past we have always been busily racing home from an outing and the timing was always wrong with a car full of family.
Now, I was on my own and the highway was not too busy. Part of the challenge is just stopping because the highway shoulder is barely wide enough. Cars are whizzing by at 120K. However, the conditions were right to grab this shot and this is the result.
"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16).
Probably the most quoted verse in all the Bible, but how many will heed His call? How many will turn from their sin, and trust Jesus Christ to save them? This is the most important decision you could ever make. Won't you do it today? If you should have any questions, please feel free to text me on my Flickrmail today. I would be more than happy to help you.
"Go sound the horn; strike up the choir; a sinner is saved--saved from the fire; no more in darkness--He's received my Son; all Heaven's rejoicing!; that's the value of one!"
Rose Garden
Point Defiance Park
Tacoma, Washington
071020
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DSLR Autofocus, MASTER of Photography (15)
DSLR Autofocus, GRANDMASTER of Photography (7)
Taken in an outdoor grocery in an overcrowded square of Athens, I tried to isolate this sea (actually a mountain) of strawberries to achieve a shot full of bold colour.
Sieben kecke Schnirkelschnecken
saßen einst auf einem Stecken,
machten dort auf ihrem Sitze
kecke Schnirkelschneckenwitze.
Lachten alle so:
"Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho!"
Doch vor lauter Ho-ho-Lachen,
Schnirkelschneckenwitze-Machen,
fielen sie von ihrem Stecken:
alle sieben Schnirkelschnecken.
Liegen alle da.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
Josef Guggenmoos
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Happy Monday! It’s clear that Corgis make me very happy. Hydrangeas also bring a smile … that purple lushness in the garden is hard to beat! So, in terms of joy bringing, in this photo, one of these things is not like the other. Or isn’t it?
I thought I’d give this chartreuse hair dye a whirl. And you know, I dig it. I mean, hugely because this is all temporary, and you can bet I’ll be brunette again tomorrow. And we all know the biggest perk of all with changing up our hair color to match our flower gardens in SL is that there is no damage from the whole process. No sitting anxiously in a chair at the salon, praying we aren’t going to regret our decision to go green. In the good ol’ online realms, this can all be achieved and then immediately reversed with no bleach, no dyes, no breakage.
You can even swim in a pixel chlorinated pool without your highlights taking on a horrid murky green hue. Yes, we all know this happens when we add a few streaks of blond to our dark manes in RL!
I hope everyone’s week is off to a fantastic start, and that you all have extra good hair days. And yep … I’ll be staying brunette in the real world, oh … forever!
Sending love 💕❤️
I believe this is a 1932 3-window roadster. If I'm wrong, please feel free to correct me in the comments. I'm still learning all this jargon!
This, too, was taken at the Goodguys Car Show, located at the Fairgrounds in Puyallup, Washington. I believe it was the year 2016.
I like the bright yellow color...and the little bit of pin stripe is nice too! I posted another one years ago, but it had a hard top--a deuce coupe! This one doesn't have the hard top, so it can't be considered a coupe. See--I'm learning! ha!
Hope y'all enjoy!
Goodguys Car Show
Fairgrounds
Puyallup, Washington
072916
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DSLR Autofocus, Hall of Fame (5)
Zoo Animals
There always seems to be a stigma between Zoo Animals and Creatures in the Wild, from a photographic point but as I cannot get about as well as I could. So if you can get the right image, that’s good, and makes me well satisfied of what I can achieve. Hope you like this series. I know I enjoyed the experience. Stay safe. Patrick
Ps I’m now having computer problems so there will be a little delay in responding. Just typical.
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I can't for the life of me keep an orchid alive.
I've had three or four but they never survive.
I may try once more in hopes to achieve,
the most beautiful flower I've ever perceived.
Back in September of 2014, CSX was on a leasing spree. Decatur Subdivison trains Q593/594 were no exception. After Amtrak’s 393 cleared Tuscola, CSX’s daily eastbound Q594 got a clear signal and departed for points east. I was lucky to catch up to him just east of town, where a pair of FURX GP38-2s led the show. Going forward to nearly 10 years later, this same scene could’ve been achieved with the DREI and their leased FURX units (now replaced) taking the reins of this subdivision.
Apolo
Pirineo aragonés (España)
La mariposa en su su afán de nutrirse encuentra las flores entre la espesura del prado. Fue complicado el lograr esta perspectiva.
Aragonese Pyrenees (Spain)
Apollo
The butterfly In its eagerness to nourish itself, it finds the flowers in the thick of the meadow. It was difficult to achieve this perspective.
Pyrénées aragonaises (Espagne)
Apollon
Le papillon dans son empressement à se nourrir, il trouve les fleurs dans l'épaisseur de la prairie. Il était difficile d'atteindre cette perspective.
Saturday Self-Challenge: Take a photo and post process it to achieve the goal for your subject.
Earlier this week, I had a chance to visit the beautiful Winterthur Museum and Gardens. During my tour of the gardens, I saw a hedgerow of Elephant Ear plants (Colocasia). The sun was shining brightly on the leaves; I had never studied them up close before, and did not realize how incredibly beautiful the leaf structure was. Backlighting by the sun revealed an intricate pattern that made for a perfect natural abstract.
Post-processing involved cropping,increasing highlights, sharpening and use of the HDR effect by PicMonkey.
Have a wonderful weekend, my friends! :-)
After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved, science and art tend to coalesce in esthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest scientists are always artists as well. Albert Einstein
macro monday / paint the moon - let's do 52 = negative space
CP 7018 and UP 6310 guide Canadian Pacific train 286 South passed all the Milwaukee artifacts at Rondout Tower. Two heritage units from different era's.
Rondout, IL
2020.08.15
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This Brown Pelican was seen at Malibu Lagoon State Beach. It took a while to achieve take-off, but it was worth it.
Absolutely over the moon to capture a glimpse of the mesmerizing northern lights right here in Essex, even if it may not be the perfect shot! 🌌✨ It's amazing what you can achieve with just an iPhone and a little bit of determination. Feeling so incredibly grateful for this magical moment that I got to witness and document. Here's to chasing more unforgettable experiences and making memories that last a lifetime! 💫
Pagoda Avalokitesvara Buddhagaya is the highest pagoda in Indonesia located in Semarang capital city of the province of Central Java . Pagoda Avalokitesvara Buddhagaya stands majestically as high as 45 meters, with octagonal base measuring 15 x 15 meters, which sustains the seven levels of rooms symbolically represents perfection, purity that can be achieved in an ascetic life in this world. In second level Inside the Pagoda Buddhagaya Watugong Avalokitesvara there is the goddess Kwan Im statue
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The green waves now follow the green wall.
This is the second photo from the Rolling Hills location in Moravia, Czech Republic.
At the same time, this is my absolute favorite photo from the entire tour. If I had returned home after three days with just this photo, I would have been completely satisfied (of course I'm still happy that that's not the case).
This picture shows a slightly wider view of the hills behind the line of trees. Because of this, and because of the more intense "light and shadow play", it has a completely different dynamic than the version I showed you last week.
My wish as a photographer is to create at least one photo every month, which I really like. With this photo here, I have definitely achieved this target for April.
Nach der grünen Wand folgen nun die grünen Wellen.
Dies ist das zweite Foto von der Location "Rollende Hügel" in Mähren in der Tschechischen Republik.
Gleichzeitig ist dies mein absolutes Lieblingsbild von der gesamten Tour. Währe ich nach drei Tagen nur mit diesem Foto zurück nach Hause gekommen, wäre ich voll zufrieden gewesen (ich freue mich natürlich trotzdem, dass dem nicht so ist).
Dieses Bild zeigt einen etwas weiteren Blick auf die Hügel hinter der Baumreihe. Dadurch, und wegen der intensiveren "Licht und Schatten Spiele" hat es eine völlig andere Dynamik als die Version, die ich Euch letzte Woche gezeigt habe.
Mein Wunsch als Fotograf ist es jeden Monat mindestens ein Foto hinzubekommen, was mir richtig gut gefällt. Mit dieser Aufnahme hier, habe ich dieses Soll für den April in jedem Fall geschafft.
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I've tried this shot multiple times when I've been at the park. This is the first one I really think I achieved a solid result.
After months of working out, I’ve definitely achieved my summer athletic body for Rio de Janeiro! Huge thanks to my coach and personal trainer, Fizz Savira, for helping me reach this goal!😄
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Near Hvolsvöllur, Iceland. Achieved with a long exposure and some light painting with a small LED flashlight.
Playing with a wide angle fisheye to achieve a close encounter with this engine.
The train graveyard yielded some beautiful images for me. More to come.
We just wrapped up our intense 6-day Canyon Colors Workshop with an incredible group of photographers! The fall color this year was challenging as a result of the record dry summer and early cold snaps. But we managed to find some nice compositions like this to accent the desert scenery. To give this shot a more dreamy feel, I used a darker filter to achieve a 5-sec exposure.
If you like hiking and adventure, you should join us Nov. 5-9, 2020! Details here:
Whats up everyone!!! Hope everyone is doing well out there! It's that time again, that time where I've have spent countless hours in my little room, faced glued to the monitor. The The New Releases gallery is up and ready to go with some fresh new images. There is a little bit of everything there. I really wanted to spend some time this summer doing some more intimate/small scenes, which I was able to achieve. Although the monsoon season wasn't as good as last years, I was lucky to be able to capture a few images that conveyed the drama of these power storms that sweep through the Southwest during the summer. All in all, I'm fairly pleased with the end results. I really enjoy seeing the body of work over the months in one place. If you get time, go over to my website and check it out. I'm off to do some traveling now. Peace and Love.