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Not sure how a catfish head ended up in the water. Perhaps an Osprey dropped it. The Tern picked it and carried it for about 50 yards before deciding the head was too big to swallow, and dropped it.
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♫ Sergio Dalma e Biagio Antonacci - L'Amico Che Hai ♫
I don't have to look for you
I don't want your time
I know you are here
You know that I am here
If you need me
The friend you have
He’s never been denied
For better or for worse
If there is something left
I share with you
The friend you have
He never made you weigh
Just music
I live the night
You prefer to sleep
We are getting lost
In this ambitious
Fucking city
The friend you have
He never throws anything at you
We live in two difficult realities
We are neurotic
But we never fall
We support each other in a dialogue
Only understandable to us
And we kill ourselves with politics
And then we vote who
It makes us laugh more
And when music happens
We make music
And so be it
You haven't called for a month
You will have your reasons
I don't want to know them
If one day you feel like it
You will tell me why
The friend you have
He never demanded anything
We still live too far on the fringes
And we try
To give us a limit
We have made utopian journeys
Too difficult
Too far
We experience cosmic feelings
We fall in love with
Who never wants any
Friends at times almost veterans
Of useless wars
But why
Just music
We live in two difficult realities
We are neurotic
But we never fall
We support each other in a dialogue
Only understandable to us
We experience cosmic feelings
We fall in love with
Who never wants any
Friends at times almost veterans
Of useless wars
But why
Tell me why
Great Egret carrying a large branch for the rookery on a dreary morning. Resoft County Park, Alvin, Texas.
There is a whole variety of believers. Whosoever comes to these desolate mountains couldn't be exactly ambitious, at least not over worldly matters, and one can be sure life is hard here.
Maurice Gendron and Mstislav Rostropovich (pno), Chopin Cello Sonata - Largo ( How are the two of them getting along?)
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虚谷的画，有一种透明感
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Sanyu (常 玉), a Chinese Painter living in Paris ( in Chinese )
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Tsuguharu Foujita (藤田嗣治) (1886-1968) Expressionism
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Chaime Soutine (柴姆·蘇丁)
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Moise Kisling
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Sanyu was nicknamed the Modigliani/ Matisse of the East. He came from a wealthy family having been taught Chinese poetry and ink painting by one of the Emporer's scholarly advisors in his youth. He studied arts in Japan for a couple of years before turning to Paris in his early 20's. Instead of attending any of the academies there, he chose to hang around saloons. He extended many of the aesthetic formalities of both of the East and the West, since he painted only from his heart and soul. He blended the styles from both the West and the East very uniquely, in subjects, materials or treatments. Other than expressionist exaggerations , he is also a great master of minimalism, keen to capture the very essence of the substances with a few symbolic strokes. His paintings are well received both in the East and the West. For a long time, his paintings are fetching a very high price. He is the only Chinese painter who had essentially integrated into or even pioneered Western painting albeit with things which could be traced back to his background. In his later years, having squandered all his money away, he became extremely poor...
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On Health by a Korean Physician
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Ricardo Odnoposoff plays Zigeunerwiesen
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The Grindelwald–Männlichen Gondola Cableway was opened on 23 December 1978.
The initiators were ambitious: at over 6 kilometres long, the Grindelwald–Männlichen Gondola Cableway would be the longest gondola cableway in the world – and indeed has remained so to this day.
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Set high on the side of a dramatic Scottish mountain, Glen Ogle Viaduct comprised part of an ambitious cross-country line connecting Callander with the coastal port of Oban, some 72 miles distant. The western half of the route is still operational. The viaduct's remote setting ensures it remains an iconic structure, with the classic view of it looking down towards Lochearnhead, the nearest community two miles to the south-east. (info courtesy of www.forgottenrelics.co.uk/bridges/gallery/glenogle.html)
Capture was taken on what we thought was a glorious April day - I should have remembered I lived in Scotland. The blizzard an hour later reminded me :)
Photographing in the woods is always something special for me. Not only that I love to be in the forest, it's the creativ process what is drawing me here again and again. Photographing in the forest is quite ambitious. To find a system inside of this chaos is like searching for the needle in a haystack. So it’s even more delightful when I'm succeeding (what is not hapening every time) and I'm able to create a photograph what is meeting the grade of harmony of a place like this.
Fotografieren im Wald ist für mich immer etwas ganz besonderes. Nicht nur, dass ich es liebe im Wald zu sein, es ist auch der kreative Prozeß, der mich immer wieder dort hin zieht. Fotografieren im Wald empfinde ich als sehr anspruchsvoll. Ein System in diesem Chaos zu finden ist wie die Suche nach der Nadel im Heuhaufen. Um so mehr freue mich mich, wenn es mir gelingt (das passiert nicht jedesmal) und ich ein Bild schaffen kann, was der Harmonie dieses Ortes gerecht wird.
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“Too lazy to be ambitious,
I let the world take care of itself.
Ten days' worth of rice in my bag; a bundle of twigs by the fireplace.
Why chatter about delusion and enlightenment?
Listening to the night rain on my roof,I sit comfortably, with both legs stretched out.”
-Ryōkan-
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Bellagio Fountains Water Show, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Experience the most ambitious, commanding water feature ever conceived! Bellagio’s world-famous fountains will speak to your heart with opera, classical and whimsical music while flirting with your playful nature through their carefully choreographed movements.
For video, please visit youtu.be/6Qydip4LNEc
Bellagio Fountains Water Show, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Experience the most ambitious, commanding water feature ever conceived! Bellagio’s world-famous fountains will speak to your heart with opera, classical and whimsical music while flirting with your playful nature through their carefully choreographed movements.
For video, please visit youtu.be/6Qydip4LNEc
n 1888 Queen Victoria granted Belfast the status of the city and it was agreed that a grand and magnificent building was required to reflect this new status. City Hall opened its doors on the first of August 1906, at a time of unprecedented prosperity and industrial might for the city.
The new City Hall was designed by Alfred Brumwell Thomas in the Baroque Revival style and constructed in Portland stone. The incredible building cost £369,000 to complete, the equivalent around 128 million pounds today but remains an extraordinary beacon of success and civic pride for Belfast.
City Hall has many connections with the famous ocean liner Titanic. Viscount William Pirrie who was Lord Mayor in 1896-1897 just before City Hall’s construction, was also managing director of Harland & Wolff Shipyard. He is the man credited as having the idea for both ambitious builds. He used many of his skilled workmen in the fit-out of City Hall which is why the interiors today are considered an incredible insight into the finish of Titanic’s lounges and suites, the ship’s carving panelling being very similar.
ambitious: having or showing a strong desire and determination to succeed.
The second installment of my Series, which rather than focusing on CURRENT students, it is instead meant to focus on students after their time in Hogwarts. Our next subject, Alaric Vos, Slytherin. The Half-Veela son of a wealthy and affluent pureblooded wizard who ventured outside of his marriage to secure an heir. Raised in a rather abusive household, Alaric worked hard to become a great wizard to ensure his independence and ability to protect himself from twisted expectations of the Vos family. With a love for potions, Alaric focuses his time and talents in front of the cauldron working on healing potions that he hopes will bring great benefits to the wixen world.
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With everything she does she melts your heart.
She is sweet and secretive,
and the next moment luring and wanton,
then she is funny, playful, spontaneous
and from one breath to another she gets sad
and concerned, or exhausted and worried.
Sometimes she sighs and moans at once,
smirks, jumps, and then she squirms,
pulls and pushes your buttons.
With her you never know what happens next.
She is unpredictable, moody, ambitious and curious, adventurous, lascivious, innocuous, adorable aggressive and sullen silent from here and there.
And every day a new shade of her personality unfolds in front of your
loving eyes and with every day more you fear even an infinitude of time would be too short to see everything from her, every idea, desire, every thought and mood, and you wish the day would have many more hours, and every year many more days to be able to love her to the fullest extent possible, for every part of her deserves at least to be fully loved once all alone.
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Thank you my wolfie for putting up with me ;)
Love you tons now and forever... your Milkyway (Lori)
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We are cunning, ambitious, resourceful, determing, proud and shrewd. - We are Slytherins.
Harry Potter Theme Song
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The Kingfisher by William Henry Davies
It was the Rainbow gave thee birth,
And left thee all her lovely hues;
And, as her mother’s name was Tears,
So runs it in my blood to choose
For haunts the lonely pools, and keep
In company with trees that weep.
Go you and, with such glorious hues,
Live with proud peacocks in green parks;
On lawns as smooth as shining glass,
Let every feather show its marks;
Get thee on boughs and clap thy wings
Before the windows of proud kings.
Nay, lovely Bird, thou art not vain;
Thou hast no proud, ambitious mind;
I also love a quiet place
That’s green, away from all mankind;
A lonely pool, and let a tree
Sigh with her bosom over me.
This image shows how this beautiful Kingfisher got its name.
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Osprey ~ (Pandion haliaetus)
Buy-One-Get-One-Free! An ambitious (and lucky) Osprey comes up with two fish after a dive. I believe these are freshwater Mullet, but please feel free to correct me! When the Osprey first came up, I was not sure what I was looking at. It was one of those 'back of the camera' surprises.
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Another blue boat with its buoys of red and white.
A harbour town situated on the Glaslyn Estuary, Porthmadog is rich in maritime history and is an excellent base for touring the surrounding area. It has a number craft shops and restaurants. The town was named after W.A. Maddocks whose ambitious "Cob" embankment scheme led to the town's name, which translates as "Madog's Port". In times gone by, it was a vital, busy shipping port for the international slate trade, brought down from Blaenau Ffestiniog. The maritime history depicts its proud past.
After the capture of Granada by the Catholic Monarchs in 1492, the city took on a more Christian appearance with large constructions designed by the monarchs. The most ambitious project was a great Gothic cathedral with a royal chapel to house the remains of Isabella and Ferdinand.
Although its construction was planned for 1506, the sudden death of Queen Isabella two years earlier led to the construction of the Royal Chapel to bury her. Therefore, work on the Cathedral of Granada did not begin until 1523.
The foundations were laid on the old main mosque of Granada. After the death of the main architect, Diego de Siloé took over and changed the entire previous design to erect a majestic Renaissance cathedral.
Siloé, who was also in charge of building the Monastery of San Jerónimo, designed a great temple with five aisles and two 80-meter towers. In the end, only one of them, measuring 50 meters, could be built.
The cathedral of Granada was completed in 1704.
The impressive ruins of Moreton Corbet Castle are the product of over five hundred years of building. The original fortified house of about 1100, probably built of timber, was replaced in stone about 1200, and the Corbet family ambitiously remodelled the building in the 16th century.
A castle was first established in about 1100 by the Torets, a family of Saxon descent. It passed by marriage after 1239 into the hands of the Corbets, who gave their name to the village. In the 16th century the castle was extensively remodelled in two phases. First, Sir Andrew Corbet (d.1578) erected a two-storey range between the medieval great tower and gatehouse. Sir Andrew also built a new east range, a section of which was dismantled later when his eldest son, Robert, inherited the castle.
In the 18th century the castle was abandoned as a residence, and it soon became roofless. Plans were drawn up in 1796 to build a new house on the site, but the project was never realised and the castle remained a ruin. The Corbet family still owns the castle today, although the site is managed by English Heritage.
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Trying to put in place a "decent" back up of my pictures.... a vast ambitious operation :)
This one is from 2012, december, cold by the river.
Did I know how to make pictures back then?
For sure I had no idea about how to edit them....
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That tree that everyone takes a photo of... lots of people about, so I had to bide my time.. decide the youngster in shot helped for scale.
Brimham Rocks.
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#Decay
Professor Huxley (nickname: Mr. Bone), an award-winning palaeontologist, was puzzled. This morning, he had finally received the intercostal clavicle ("Why is it always this bone that arrives last?", he mused), the final piece and missing link that would complete his most ambitious project to date, the construction of a Quetzalcoatlus skeleton, the largest pterosaur of them all. After unpacking, he had carefully placed it on his work table, right next to the shrivelled daylily petal. Now both were gone. Did his fox terrier, George, steal it to bury it in the garden? Bones are bones, and dogs will be dogs, after all. Or did Susan play yet another prank on him? Or maybe George and Susan together. The two of them together were unpredictable. As much as he loved his wife for her unconventional ways and her devil-may-care attitude, sometimes he thought, "When will she grow up?"
As he looked for the shovel, ready to head out for yet another bone-digging spree in the garden, he heard a strange, rustling, crunching sound from his lab. "George!" he called. "Come here, you know you aren't allowed in the lab. Susan? Are you there, too?" The crunching and rustling got louder. It now reminded him of the sound the bones made when he put them together. And there was another sound... of ... wings? Wings that rustled like shrivelled petals. A slight panic set in as David headed for the lab door. When he opened it, he couldn't believe his eyes. The Quetzalcoatlus Hemerocallis was born.
This story casually continues "Bringing Up Baby", the 1938 prototype screwball comedy movie starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant and Skippy (best known for his role "Asta"). I first watched this movie as a child, and I've always loved it. It's true, the standards for "acting animals" left a lot to be desired back then (well, the standards for the stars that were literally "owned" by the studios left a lot to be desired as well), but it's still an all-time classic with two of the best and most iconic actors ever. And it has Skippy, the fox terrier :)
So, what you see isn't the head of an accidentally created and mutated baby Quetzalcoatlus-Hemerocallis hybrid creature (who knows what its size will be once it's grown up?), but the completely dried pistil of a single lily petal. It's been on my photo table for a while, kept for a photo project (of course). When I arranged it on the black tile, the still brightly orange pollen/microsporangium went everywhere, and a few of them ended up on this unlikely creature's "face". Manual focusing with the Laowa 50mm Ultra Macro Lens proved to be difficult, so I mounted the extension tubes and the Nisi close-up lens on my 60 mm macro lens and benefited from its autofocus.
I did in-camera focus stacking, and this time, the in-camera stacked final JPG was good enough, so I didn't need to do "post-stacking" in Helicon Focus.
I'm busy today and will catch up with you tonight. HMM, Everyone!
I traveled Canada extensively in the early 1990s before the shortline movement from the US spilled over to north of the border. So in the later years of the decade it was fun to go back and shoot some of the former CN and CP lines with new operators
In 1997 shortline holding company OmniTrax made a splash into Canada by operating some former CN track in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. These were fairly large operations that included the over 600 mile long line to Hudson Bay, and a 100 mile line from near Saskatoon to Prince Albert. Making things interesting was the fact they acquired 20 CN MLW M420Ws and the six BRC C-424s. In addition a former INCO RS11 and three BCR M420 B-units along with some interesting EMD Geeps. They also announced some nice paint schemes along with logos based on local interests.
But like most things OmniTRAX this was too ambitious. Not much happened in the way of paint. And most of the ALCos and MLWs quickly fell into disrepair.
I did manage one chase on the Carlton Trail of their daily Prince Albert to Saskatoon freight on the Warman Sub. Here a former CN M420W leads a BC Rail M420B and an ex-Southern Pacific GP9.
Ynysypandy Slate Mill, Cwmystradllyn, Dolbenmaen, Caernarfonshire.
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Ynysypandy Slate Mill, Map ref...SH54SW
The impressive three-storeyed Ynysypandy slate-slab mill, and its surrounding yard, rail-access and water-supply system, was built to serve Gorsedda quarry in 1856-7 by the local contractor Evan Jones of Garndolbenmaen, probably to the design of the distinguished engineer James Brunlees. It is ingeniously planned so that the natural fall of the site assisted the manufacturing process. An internal pit accommodated an overshot water wheel, supplied by the Henwy stream, and on the south side a long curving ramp brought branches of the railway from Gorsedda quarry into the mill at two different levels, serving the middle and upper floors. The grand, round-headed openings are closely spaced like a Roman aqueduct, and derive from foundry practice. The eastern gable is surmounted by a decorative feature incorporating a false chimney stack, and the windows were at one time framed. It is one of very few architecturally ambitious buildings in the slate industry of Wales.
The mill specialised in the production of slate slabs for floors, dairies, troughs, urinals, etc. In its heyday, in 1860, it was producing over 2,000 tons per annum, but seven years later production was down to 25 tons per annum (due to the poor quality of the quarried slate) and the business went into liquidation in 1871.
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This fir tree seems to be managing well even though it's growing from deep in the Trout Creek Canyon.
The Victoria Memorial is a monument to Queen Victoria, located at the end of The Mall in London by the sculptor Sir Thomas Brock. Designed in 1901, it was unveiled on 16 May 1911, though it was not completed until 1924.
It was the centrepiece of an ambitious urban planning scheme, which included the creation of the Queen’s Gardens to a design by Sir Aston Webb, and the refacing of Buckingham Palace (which stands behind the memorial) by the same architect. (Wikipedia)
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La nouvelle gare de Mons est désormais opérationnelle, marquant une étape majeure pour la mobilité wallonne. Imaginée par Santiago Calatrava, l’infrastructure se distingue par une structure sculpturale où verre, acier et lumière composent un geste architectural ambitieux. Pensée comme un pont monumental, la gare réorganise le quartier et crée un lien direct entre la zone résidentielle au nord et le centre historique au sud.
Au centre du projet, une galerie surélevée de 165 mètres traverse l’ensemble des voies, surplombant des quais de 350 mètres et un réseau d’arrêts de bus et de taxis. Cette galerie constitue l’épine dorsale de la nouvelle gare. Son volume dynamique, coiffé d’une toiture inclinée, se prolonge par de vastes auvents en verre qui abritent escaliers et escalators menant vers les quais.
À l’intérieur, Calatrava met en scène une structure triangulée apparente, relevée par des détails en bois et un sol en pierre bleue. Un puits de lumière ouvrant, installé au faîte de la galerie, optimise apport lumineux naturel et ventilation, tout en renforçant la transparence recherchée dès la conception. Les espaces publics – commerces, circulations, accès aux quais – bénéficient ainsi d’un environnement lumineux et lisible pour les usagers.
The new Mons train station is now operational, marking a major milestone for mobility in Wallonia. Designed by Santiago Calatrava, the station is distinguished by its sculptural structure, where glass, steel, and light combine to create an ambitious architectural statement. Conceived as a monumental bridge, the station reorganizes the surrounding area and creates a direct link between the residential zone to the north and the historic center to the south.
At the heart of the project, a 165-meter-long elevated gallery spans all the tracks, overlooking 350-meter-long platforms and a network of bus and taxi stops. This gallery forms the backbone of the new station. Its dynamic volume, topped with a sloping roof, extends into vast glass canopies that house staircases and escalators leading to the platforms.
Inside, Calatrava showcases an exposed triangulated structure, enhanced by wooden details and a bluestone floor. An opening skylight, installed at the top of the gallery, optimizes natural light and ventilation, while reinforcing the transparency sought from the outset. The public spaces – shops, walkways, and access to the platforms – thus benefit from a bright and easily navigable environment for users.
Then dare to enter the emerald shine! But beware you need to be cunning, ambitious, resourceful, determined, proud and shrewd! Or you will pay the price!
We will win, maybe not immediately but definitely...
Harry Potter Theme Song
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A tree with some nice structure by some steps in Highfields Park. Steps have been closed off for about the last decade at least. This felt over-ambitious at the time given the light and the film, but the lens is pretty fast so I thought I'd give it a try. I guess f/1.5 and 1/50 sec exposure.
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Kodak Gold 100 film (expired, unknown date)
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See for yourself why Elgin Cathedral earned the name the ‘Lantern of the North’. Even as a ruin, the cathedral shines out as one of Scotland’s most ambitious and beautiful medieval buildings.
The day started very early and, as always, the plans were very ambitious. Planned train times had to coincide with reality and the variable "position of the sun" naturally also played a role. For the first performance this day, however, everything fit.
DB Cargo's 232 262 hauled her(!) 45367 (NNR - XTCH) up from Freihung to disappear a little later behind the Thansüß stop into the forest towards Weiherhammer. It was loud. Next time let me hear you louder!
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Ambition - a strong desire to do or to achieve something, typically requiring determination and hard work.
Sealy Tarns (Sealy Tarns Track)
Mount Cook National Park (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
Southern Alps
South Island, New Zealand
Continuing on my series of famous mountains in New Zealand. Aoraki/ Mount Cook stands at 3724m, it is the tallest mountain in New Zealand. As one drives into Mount Cook national park, one would definitely be awe struck by its grandeur. It leaves an indelible impression those who visits. Sir Edmund Hillary, the first Mountaineer to summit Mount Everest, spent much of his time training on this Mountain.
Sadly I am not a mountaineer, so I decided to settle on the numerous tracks that branch off from the White Horse Hill car park/ campground. The more famous ones include the Hooker valley track and Kea Point. Seeing that there was still 6 hours of daylight, I decided to be ambitious and try something less touristy. I have seen numerous photographs from Sealy Tarns and none of them ceases to amaze me. I knew I had to see it with my own eyes.
The signs warned hikers of the steep terrain and it sure didn't disappoint. 2200 steps greeted me as I zig zagged my way up to Mueller Ridge, aptly named the "Stairways to Heaven". This might possibly be due to its grueling ascent filled with spectacular views. I have often heard people saying hiking alone gives them time to contemplate life. Maybe that is true. But more often than not I find myself thinking positive thoughts to serve as distractions from all the soreness in my legs and the shortness of my breath. I stopped plenty of times to take in the views and count my blessings.
Sealy Tarn finally appeared into view. It was a relatively small body of water but provides crisps reflection of the surrounding mountains on a calm day. The weathered picnic table in the image is at the end of the track. At this point, I sincerely wished that there was a special someone to share a meal with me at unworldly location on such a beautiful day.
Returning to reality, I left my bag on the table and wandered around trying to find interesting vantage points. Ten minutes later, I heard people whistling and calling out to see if anyone was around. It was a group of German hikers who were concerned that I might have fallen off the ridge or got into some danger, after spotting my unattended backpack. Such kind and friendly gentlemen.
1 exp shot, edited in Photoshop and Lightroom.
Comments and constructive criticisms are appreciated!
off Corn Street in Bristol’s Old City is now officially Europe’s longest environmental art thoroughfare.
Artist and founder of Human Nature Charlotte Webster explains how the ambitious project came about: “I lived in Bristol for a number of years, and walking down Leonard Lane six months ago I felt compelled to shift its direction. www.bristol247.com/culture/art/streets-alive/
I shot this at the "Scoop" outdoor amphitheatre in London. This must have been quite an ambitious pigeon as it went and stood right in the middle of the stage ;-)
Αυτή η φωτό είναι τραβηγμένη στο "Scoop", το υπαίθριο αμφιθέατρο του Λονδίνου. Το περιστέρι αυτό πρέπει να ήταν αρκετά φιλόδοξο, καθώς πήγε και στάθηκε κατευθείαν στη μέση της σκηνής ;-)