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Have you been to Mythspire Ridge at Fantasy Faire yet? Everyone we’ve talked to all agree, Elicio has out done himself! He created an amazing beautiful world for us to explore!
Make sure you have enough time set aside when you go to visit Mythspire Ridge – and make sure you use the Region Settings/Shared Environment and wait for nightfall. Mythspire is a stunning build with beautiful architecture and gorgeous landscaping. But, at night, the magic happens. I’m not going to say what it is, you really need to see the jaw dropping sight for yourselves. Grab the LM below and check it out!
While you are there, make sure to stop by the store on the region where we will have releases all through out the Faire.
Right now you can pick up the special Mythspire Veiled Mushrooms. These Veiled Mushrooms are available in the special exclusive Gold colour created specifically for Mythspire Ridge. The pack comes with 3 shape variants in 3 scale variants ranging in size from 3LI to 12LI. The Gills and Veil both glow beautifully. They come with separate mesh segments to make any modifications you want easy to do. This colour will now be included in the Fatpack along with an exclusive Titanic size that you see on Mythspire! If you already own the Veiled Mushroom fatpack – just request a redelivery at our mainstore ( maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cerridwens%20Cauldron/128/... ) and you will receive the Mythspire special version!
Take the taxi below and come visit us! We can’t wait to see you! ♥
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It hadn’t really been the intention to end up here. We’d only planned on heading up to the small café in the village at the top of the climb out of Porto Moniz to sample the pasteis da nata, washed down with a coffee. The place had been recommended by our host, and we agreed it was a good tip off. The custard filled pastry was delightful, the lady who served us seemed pleased to see us, and in our two words of Portuguese, accompanied by a degree of suitable gesturing we told her we’d return for a second helping later in the week, before exploring the village on foot. Then heading off in the car we examined the miradouros that hover vertiginously over the edges of the cliffs at the northern tip of the Floating Garden, the restless Atlantic rollers breaking over the land hundreds of metres below. For an hour we basked in the sunshine under a clear blue sky, gazing down at the distant and seemingly impossible hamlet of Achadas da Cruz, linked to the rest of the world by a system of cable cars and ancient sheep tracks carved into the near vertical cliffsides. And then we returned to the car to turn left, back down the slopes into Porto Moniz to doze off on a sunny bench beside the ocean. Later we’d dine at one of the restaurants. Maybe I’d have another crack at those seastacks at Janela, or the waves that roll incessantly into the volcanic sea walls, whatever the weather might bring.
Except we turned right and headed uphill into the clouds instead. It’s always exciting when that split second of “what the hell” abandon inexplicably takes control of the faculties isn’t it? When the planned so suddenly becomes the unplanned and you’re not sure where you’re going to end up. Maybe we’d roll over the high road and come back down to watch the sea by Sao Vicente. By degrees we went higher and higher into the empty mountains, watching the temperature display on the hire car sink into single digits and the landscape around us disappear behind a shroud that seemed to envelop the world in secrets. Hardly at all did we see a car coming the opposite way, and nobody appeared along the road behind to sit on our tail in frustration at my famously slow progress at the wheel. Occasionally we would have to pick our way carefully past a straggling group of cows emerging from the gloom, grazing at the verges, the more obtuse of them standing brazenly in the middle of the road. More than once I stopped the car, honked the horn and waited for the gazing brown eyes to relent and move to one side for us to pass. At another spot we seemed to clear a narrow ridge, only imagining what sort of drop we were unable to see in either direction. And then to the right hand side the murky mists abated for moments to reveal a distant coastal village, bathed in sunlight, far far below us hugging the coastline in another universe. I tried to double back and pull up at the edge of the road to get a shot, but in that handful of minutes the fog had rolled back across the divide and for all we knew we might have imagined that far off El Dorado by the sea.
Further still we crept on through the airborne grey soup of the high Paul da Serra, well over a thousand metres above sea level, the realisation gradually awakening in me that we were probably getting close to Fanal. I looked at the map again and noticed that the upcoming road leading off from the left was much closer than I’d expected it to be. I was certainly planning on an afternoon under the strange forest shapes during our stay, but now that visit became inevitably earlier than intended. The great unplanned. And of course, the conditions were perfect for what was lying in wait. Just one final knot of unyielding cows to negotiate before pulling up and heading into the mystical forest in the fog, where every tree had its place in the scheme of things. Some lived side by side in groups, waiting to become pictured in clusters, while others stood alone in a “come and photograph me – I’m lovely” attitude. And there I was, like a six year old in Hamley’s not knowing where to turn first, gradually turning in so many different directions that I eventually managed to almost lose myself completely in the fading light. You might have read that story already. This one, I’m told is known as the seahorse. I can see why. With its partner a few metres away it seemed to offer more than one composition. I chose them all of course, although I liked this one best.
The planned is a great road to travel, but its opposite so often brings surprises. Ok, so I was intending to come here, but not today, and maybe the fog I’d hoped for would have stayed away on another day. This ancient forest, so high above the clouds of the Floating Garden was one of the best ever such moments; one of the handful of places where the experience was surreal to the point that it almost feels as if I’d dreamed it. Try the unplanned one day. Choose to go somewhere, but then accidentally on purpose set off in the other direction and see what happens. Just occasionally, it brings a moment you’ll never forget.
(Geophaps plumifera)
Ormiston Gorge - Northern Territory
Austrália
And finally, the long-sought Spinifex Pigeons.
Four days earlier, we had driven 130 km (each way) to this spot to look for them, without success. Later, on our way back from Uluru, we took a 300 km detour to search for them at Kings Canyon, but again, no luck.
We had already accepted that we’d have to be happy with the beautiful but much more common Crested Pigeon when John gave us even better directions.
Such kindness/persistence couldn’t be ignored, so on the last day of our stay in Alice Springs, we decided to return to this location.
But after awhile, as I mentioned in the previous photo, we had already given up searching for them.
So we were on our way back to the car, but quite satisfied with having found both the Pink Cockatoo and the Splendid Fairywren and agreed the trip had been well worth it, when, suddenly, we saw two birds walking in our direction.
Wow, the Spinifex Pigeons!
Thanks jfmfennell for not letting us give up!
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All my photos are now organized into sets by the country where they were taken, by taxonomic order, by family, by species (often with just one photo for the rarer ones), and by the date they were taken.
So, you may find:
- All the photos for this trip Austrália (2024) (309)
- All the photos for this order COLUMBIFORMES (118)
- All the photos for this family Columbidae (Columbídeos) (119)
- All the photos for this species Geophaps plumifera (3)
- All the photos taken this day 2024/11/13 (11)
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Explore Frontpage | 19.03.2009
(Thanks to Giovanni for the screeenshot :))
Highest Position - Explore #1 (Thank u all for ur support!)
I'm bored & tired tonight... & that's all i wanna say LOL! i just want to sail away to somewhere nice .. that's the only thing i've on my mind. Hey that rhymes too! :D Good night for now! & wish me a nice sweet dream where i can fly off to a paradise! Cheers!
View LARGE On Black to join me on a cruise baby!
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Some Rich Man's Private Boat at Melbourne Dockland
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Standard 3 exposure shot (+2..0..-2 EV) taken handheld using Sigma DC HSM 10-20mm lens
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Just found out that some of images are going into the Visit East Lothian handbook.
Their website can be found here: www.visiteastlothian.org/home.asp
I have some images in their gallery but they have been heavily cropped so wasn't happy with these, but hopefully this will be resolved in the handbook.
This shot is a cropped version of the original as there was a foreground rock but sometimes I like the less cluttered approach...
Thoughtfully;
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
Charles Darwin mentioned and I definitely agree:)
.......
Best regards & hugs:),
Sunny
This is when we paddled ("we" meaning our guide ;) through Dot Cave. Dot Cave is the longest cave in the Trang An Grotto area, and also one of the longest in the Ninh Bình province, stretching approximately 1km.
It was a fun paddle. Somewhere between the second stalactite to the forehead and the fiftieth mysterious splash, we agreed that Dot Cave certainly earned it's reputation as a must see!
Thanks kindly for any likes/comments, they are always appreciated.
Waterscape 35/100 in 2025
Explore Front Page on September 20th. Thank you!
The Jumeirah Beach Residence (JBR) is a 1.7 kilometre (1.06 mile) long, 2 million square metre (22 million square foot) gross floor area waterfront community located against the Persian Gulf in Dubai Marina. It is the largest single phase residential development in the world and contains 40 towers (36 are residential and 4 are hotels). JBR's capacity is about 10.000 people living in its apartments and hotel rooms.
Digital Blending, 6 exposures at f/2.8 (between 0.5 to 15 seconds). It was already quite dark (9:30pm), but the D300 sensor can do miracles! ;-)
Have not been very active on flickr this past week. The dense haze here has become a real obstacle for photo shooting! But it is starting to get better today.
Dubai Set | Digital Blending Set | Night Photography Set | Most Interesting shots
None of my photos are HDR or blended images, they are taken from just one shot
Sony A900 + Carl Zeiss16-35mm
Almograve, Odemira (Alentejo - Portugal)
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He was convinced I was trying to steal his soul. I had to convince him I was only borrowing it for a fraction of a second (1/800th of a second to be exact) to preserve it for posterity, thus giving him a type of immortality. He finally agreed, albeit with some trepidation.
San José Renaissance Fair.
sunset on the shore of Galway Bay
Dunguaire Castle was built in 1520 by the Hynes Clan who were a prominent family in the area since 662. In the 17th century the castle was passed onto the Martyn clan of Galway who remained in the stonghold until 1924. It was Oliver St. John Gogarty, a well known surgeon and writer who bought and restored the castle and made it a meeting place for literary greats like George Bernard Shaw, Lady Gregory, J.M Synge and W.B. Yeats.
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if you agree with him he is a statesman ;-)
David Lloyd George
HFF! Public Education Matters! Resist!!
camellia, little theater garden, raleigh, north carolina
Bords de Loire Nevers
Merci beaucoup pour vos vues, favoris et messages .
Thank you very much for your views, favorites and messages.
Je vous souhaite une bonne et agréable journée !
I wish you a good and pleasant day !
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I'm in Boston visiting friends, like I do every year. We've been walking everywhere.....to the arts festival on Beacon Hill, thru Chinatown, through Boston Gardens....etc.
Today my friend had an appointment so I walked down to the neighborhood I'd lived in immediately after college graduation.
I've taken photos of everything...all the changes, all that remains the same.
Today I went into the historic Old South Church of Boston.
This past weekend the Bishop of Providence RI tweeted that his congregants should not support the LGBTQ Pride events that are going on around the country.
The mantra of some of the more extreme Christian right is to "love the sinner, hate the sin"
In the foyer of this old historic Church I saw this.
With all I've seen, this is my favorite sight.
Imo.....the real message.
Le chemin de ballade autour du lac de Sauvabelin. Agréable de marcher sur un sentier presque naturel dans ce paysage superbe.
Two versions of Martigues, Provence, France, both of them under windy conditions unfortunately, but hey, it was still officially winter. Flickr chose the day version to be on top, I tend to agree in this case.
Not everyone agrees with our government and their Covid-19 measures. Suspicion and impatience are increasing among some.
The Vanity Ballroom in Detroit was originally designed by Charles Agree and opened in 1929. It is an Art Deco building with an Aztec Theme and was used primarily for Big Bands until the 1960's. It had a 5,000 foot maple dance floor that was built on springs to support the many dancers that would be there. Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, and Duke Ellington, among others, frequented here during its heyday. It originally closed in 1958, reopened as a concert venue in 1964 and later was used to host concerts by Detroit acts such as the MC5. There used to be stores all along the front, including Cunningham Drugs Store, which was a big chain of stores in Detroit.
I want to tell you a story from many years ago. It's written down in a series of scrolls. In a world with all kinds of creatures, four mages each with an affinity of a different season decide to collect all the different people and creatures that belongs to that season. The mages all agreed to take care of their people and to keep peace. But soon the winter and fall mages each wanted to rule over all seasons and all the creatures. After many fights came the day when all mages and creatures gathered on the battlefield. Will it be the might of the creatures or the magic of the mages that win the day? Who do you think won?
I have built this build over four months and this MOC have really tested my patience. I wanted to build a big fantasy build since I first became an AFOL and I came up with the idea of building a scroll with the same concept as the book with the sea serpent. I collected minifigs over 2 years but there was too many to cram in a smaller build so it got a lot bigger than I first planned, there are 73 minifigs. The build is in part inspired by the computer game Heroes of Might and Magic II- V that me and my husband played a great deal before we became parents.
My husband helped me with the electronics in my spaceship and we wanted to do a collaboration in this build too. So below all the transparent pieces in the middle of the build there are SMD and ordinary LEDs that all are controlled by an Arduino. My husband is a talented beginner in electronics so we had some bumps in the road but we both have learned a lot in electronics and communication. We will see if there are any exhibits this year. This build was very hard to photograph and I think this build is better in real life. Take care and watch out for mages who are set on world dominion.
...mama deer and her twin bambi's walking along the beach near the Victoria Yacht club, as I hugely enjoyed the scenery of my Tuesday morning walk with the ladies!!
yes!, I agree Evan....I had never seen deer walking along the beach before in Victoria, thus I stopped on my walk and whipped my trusty camera out of my pocket to capture this rare view!! :~)
The Trans Am was a specialty package for the Firebird, typically upgrading handling, suspension, and horsepower, as well as minor appearance modifications such as exclusive hoods, spoilers, fog lights and wheels. In using the name Trans Am, a registered trademark, GM agreed to pay $5 per car sold to the SCCA. Four distinct generations were produced between 1969 and 2002. These cars were built on the F-body platform, which was also shared by the Chevrolet Camaro. [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_Firebird#Firebird_Trans_Am]
Marion is a city in McDowell County, North Carolina, United States. It is the county seat of McDowell County. Founded in 1844, the city was named in honor of Brigadier General Francis Marion, the American Revolutionary War Hero whose talent in guerrilla warfare earned him the name “Swamp Fox”. Marion's Main Street Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The population was 7,838 at the 2010 Census. [source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion,_North_Carolina]
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This image was created from multiple exposures blended together in Photoshop CS6 layers using the "Lighten" blend mode. All exposures were taken with a single Paul C. Buff Einstein strobe with a 22" beauty dish attached to a Elinchrom boom arm. If you send me a FlickrMail message, I'll be more than happy to send you some information on mostly how I photograph this style and what equipment I use, along with some YouTube video links that help explain this process.
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D721 is exiting Graham Tunnel in the late afternoon light. It was pointed out to me by one of the locals that the enlarge the tunnels to accommodate to 9'6" stacks the finished products looks like a cats ears, I agree. This is a neat area and I will be back.
Please use the mirror-shaped teleporter located on the side of the white garden teleport arrival point.
The Outer Garden
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The motif of the new garden is the Noh play "Hagoromo."
Noh is one of Japan’s traditional types of theater with more than 600 years of history.
In the story, a fisherman named Hakuryō finds a celestial robe (hagoromo) on the shore. He intends to keep it as a family heirloom, but the celestial maiden laments her inability to return to the celestial realm without her robe. Moved by her sorrow, Hakuryō sympathizes and agrees to return the robe in exchange for witnessing her celestial dance. Although the celestial maiden initially hesitates, fearing Hakuryō's doubt, she eventually returns to the heavens after performing her graceful dance, leaving behind blessings upon the land.
The garden's design draws inspiration from traditional Japanese paintings, aiming to represent two-dimensional elements in a three-dimensional space. It features representations of white clouds and waves, symbolizing the celestial realm and the waterside, respectively.
As I repeatedly reconstruct the garden to align with my vision, I sometimes doubt whether it truly conveys the warmth I intend. In moments of uncertainty, I find solace in the unwavering support and trust of AKI69, whose presence has been instrumental in the realization of this project. The beauty of the architecture, plants, and creatures within the garden constantly inspires and encourages me.
May this new garden become a testament to beauty, enriching your soul with its presence.
Looking forward to the enchanting presence of celestial beings in this garden where the worlds of the sea and sky intertwine without doubt.
日本語
新庭のモチーフは能楽「羽衣」です。
漁師の伯陵が浜辺で天女の羽衣を見つけ、家宝にしようと手に取りますが、天女が羽衣が無ければ月の世界（天界）へ帰れない事を嘆き悲しむ様に白陵は同情し羽衣を返す代わりに月の舞（天界の舞）を見せて欲しいと願います。天女は羽衣がなければ舞えないので先にお返し下さいと言いますが、白陵は羽衣を返せば天女は舞を踊らず、すぐに帰ってしまうのではないかと疑います。天女はそれは人間が持つ疑いで天界には偽りは無しと語り、白陵は天女を信じ羽衣を返します。天女は鳳凰の如く国土に瑞兆を降ら踊りながら天に帰っていくシンプルながら気高いストーリーと美しい舞が特徴の能楽です。
庭の構成は、立体を平面で表現し続けた日本の絵画から着想を得て、白雲と白波を製作し月の世界と水辺の階層表現としました。
自分は何度も庭の基本を組み、より目指す庭に近くなるようオブジェクトや構成を変えて組み直し完成を目指す中、庭の持つ温度が伝わるのかを己を怪しむ自分がいるのも確かです。
不信の時に、もしかしたらあの人ならば伝わるかも知れないと願い確固たる至心の存在AKI69に感謝と信頼を。貴方の存在なしでは完成まで至らなかった、美しい建築や植物達、愛らしい姿を見るたびに勇気を与えられ満ちていく。
庭に来てくれた方々の中へ新庭が美しさの塵となって降り積もっていく事を願う。
疑心なき月の世界、白陵が生きた海が空と交わる庭に麗しき天人天女の皆々様が現れることを楽しみにしています。
'Yes! Poly! I totally agree! and what's more, I wouldn't wonder our visitors do too.'
'How great to live in a globalising world, dearest Rhachy! Even if our Queen who stays at home too much might not entirely agree.'
'But she does realise, I'm sure, that we - though very Tropical - have a fine sounding Latinised Greek name describing full well how we put off enemies. Just think of our barbed exoskeletons.'
'You know, Poly, we wouldn't even be here if our pretty Parrot's Beak Heliconia hadn't once been brought over from the Tropical Americas. We might very well have gone hungry.'
'But Rachy! We're not very polite. We're totally ignoring Rana Pipiens and Sony! From sometime in North America and Europe they are, and from Japan, too!'
Both: 'Welcome you guys! Did you like the Islamic Arts Museum? And did you see the islamic book with the story how we Ants can pray for rain?'
Croaked Rana Pipiens: 'Well, yes! but no: didn't see that particular book. And again yes! that was quite a downpour last night. I rather enjoyed it; my skin was drying out. Thanks for that prayer. But Sony was less appreciative and stayed home.'
Like Parrots our friends might have gone on and on...
Clicked@Old Central Jail, Chennai
Candid shot, but i like to try for the best of the lights, colors and subject.
He is my friend Mr.Gopi, he is not at all interested in showing his face to any photographs. Same thing reflects in this shot also.
I don't really know what to say about this build. It's just some kind of a futuristic hangar, that's it. ;)
Before exploring Lüderitz and Kolmanskop, we drove all the way south to the second largest canyon in the world: Fishriver Canyon. I didn't even know about this canyon before this trip, and since we still had a few days left after our initial rough planning, we both agreed to go there. We looked at the possible accommodations and found a government-run campground on the south side and a lodge on the north rim. As we hadn't read the best things about government-run campsites and were planning to camp most of the time anyway, we opted for the lodge and didn't regret it.
The drive there changed from paved roads to gravel roads, which had some sandy sections the further we got. At one point, we had to drive up a small hill and back down a steeper section that led to a narrow gravel road that crossed a dried up river a few times. We drove on and on, wondering if we were still on the right 'road', but a glance at the offline GPS map showed that we were heading in the right direction. After driving through some really impressive wide open landscapes, we crossed an “airfield” (which was basically a flat gravel field) before finally reaching the parking lot of Fishriver Lodge after a little over 3 hours of driving. As we entered the main building, we noticed the really beautiful glass façade which gave a breathtaking view of the canyon as the lodge is situated right on the canyon rim. We were then asked onto the terrace where we were given a welcome drink, enjoyed the view and thought about using the pool, but we both felt it wasn't quite warm enough (as it was winter there, the temperatures were moderate).
We then checked in, got the keys to our cabin right next to the rim and carried all our stuff from the car to our room (which was quite funny as we had all our stuff in cardboard boxes covered with plastic bags to protect it a bit from the sand that got into the back of our car during the drive, unlike all the other guests who arrived in fancy clothes and with normal suitcases). We then made ourselves a coffee and enjoyed it on our terrace while taking in the stunning views. I then wandered around the area a bit looking for possible sunset compositions, but as the sun got lower, I realized that its angle was far from optimal as the sidelight left most of the canyon in shadow and only illuminated a small upper portion.
At a certain point, I noticed that the colors on the side facing away from the canyon began to explode. I quickly ran to our cabin and told my girlfriend to get her camera. In the rush, we even forgot our tripods, ran around like headless chickens (as Mads Peter Iversen would put it) looking for compositions and found this lone quiver tree. The colors became more and more intense, and I can tell you: I have never seen colors like these before. Apart from one cloud that I cloned out as it was right behind the tree, I didn't edit this image at all (which is quite rare as raw files are usually very flat and require some contrast adjustments). The show went on for quite a long time as there were no mountains in the distance that could block the sunlight, but eventually we went to dinner and enjoyed one of the best meals we had on this trip. After dinner, we went back to our room and realized that the curtains were different than when we left. We thought that someone might have broken into our room, but when we went to bed we realized that the staff had brought warm water bottles as it can get chilly at night (which they hadn't told us). With that, we ended our day and couldn't be happier as we stood right on the edge of the second largest canyon in the world and witnessed one of the most colorful sunsets we had ever seen. I hope you like it!