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Crossing Bristo Square at the University during the Fringe. I looked up for a moment from the frenzy of loud activity going on in the square and noticed this modern addition was catching the last of the evening light. with shadows growing.
I wanted a better angle, but the square below was packed with pop-up spots for the Fringe, so this was the only angle I could get that avoided getting those in the shot, as I just wanted the architecture and that evening light on the window patterns, in mono, so I had to zoom and angle and frame to get it.
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Und dann war da dieses Licht. Es sprach zu mir: "Tu es, tu es!" Und so entstand, bei tiefstehender Wintersonne, meine erste Aufnahme des Doms in diesem Jahr.
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Foto presa amb una KMZ FT-2 soviètica, fabricada el 1965; Kodak Ektar 100.
La dita diu "Tor és un Cel per a les besties, un Infern per als homes". La part del bestiar es refereix a com de bé es crien els ramats en un lloc amb tant de abastiment. Sobre els homes...
Si coneixeu la historia del minuscul però notori poblet de Tor, entre el Pallars i Andorra, haureu sentit parlar de "La Muntanya de Tor" i els conflictes (i morts) que provocà. De fet, pel que tinc entès, la "muntanya" no és un pic en concret, sino tot el territori de la vall entorn Tor. I aquí el teniu, vist des del Coll de Cabús (2302 m.), la important conexió viaria entre Tor i Andorra.
De fet, fins just aquí al coll de Cabús, la via andorrana és una carretera de muntanya perfectament asfaltada, però un cop entra al Pallars, a la vall de Tor, passa a ser un camí de muntanya força més ferestec. El vaig fer tot just pocs mesos després del assassinat del "Sansa", l'estiu del 1995. Diuen que foren els traficants de tabac qui es feren carrec de fer i mantenir la important carretera.
Aqui podeu veure altres fotos d'una altra visita a Tor, el 2015:
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_%28Alins%29
vallferreratourist.com/pobles-2/tor/
www.hotelbrases.com/blog/el-misterio-de-la-montana-de-tor...
No us perdeu el 30Minuts de TV3, “Tor, la Muntanya Maleïda”:
www.ccma.cat/tv3/alacarta/programa/titol-video/video/1964...
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Panoramic picture taken with a Soviet KMZ FT-2 camera, made in 1965; Kodak Ektar 100 film.
There's a saying in this area, that says, in Catalan: "Tor is a heaven for the herds, and a hell for men". The heaven part is clear considering how important is (or rather was) husbandry in this part of Catalonia. For the hellish part...
This is the so called "Tor mountain", in fact the valley of Tor, a tiny village of only 13 houses in the middle of the most uninhabited part of the Catalan Pyrenees. But just by the Andorran frontier, which links with a path to Tor just here in the Cabús pass (2302 m. above sea level).
The village of Tor has a long dark reputation in Catalonia, as three people at least have been murdered there in the past 60 years arround the ownership of this huge area. And why kill for just a large zone of rocks, pines and meadows? Because it's location by the frontier, and so, smuggling, specially of tobacco, which is way cheaper in Andorra.
Here are my pictures of another visit to Tor:
It's an amazing history of dark hearts in a gorgeously beautiful place:
www.hahn-hartung.com/tor-murder-in-the-pyrenees-stern-crime
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor,_Pallars
www.hotelbrases.com/blog/el-misterio-de-la-montana-de-tor...
There’s a splendid tv-documentary called “Tor, la muntanya maleïda” (Tor, the damned mountain). It’s in Catalan, but anyway you can take a look at the images and the people. Surely it has stuff for a movie:
www.ccma.cat/tv3/alacarta/programa/titol-video/video/1964...
Ayer sábado tocaba ir a hacer fotos. Todo empieza desde el viernes, planeando a donde ir, que meteo vamos a tener etc etc. Como cada fin de semana nos ponemos en contacto los tres canonikos (Isak, Iñigo y yo). Iñigo no puede, así que quedamos dos. Decidimos, después de muchas vueltas, ir a Azkorri. Quedamos a las 7:30 en el parking. Yo cuando me despierto a las 6:00 oigo algún que otro trueno y llueve bastante, pero sabemos que se van a abrir claros más tarde, con lo que seguimos adelante.
Una vez que nos encontramos en el parking, preparamos todo el material, nos ponemos las botas de agua y bajamos a la playa. El paisaje es una pasada, amaneciendo, sin lluvia y viendo la estampa de la playa ante nosotros, con la arena negra, las olas rompiendo, etc.
Aunuqueya lo sabiamos, ya que es una cosa que miramos antes de ir, la marea no nos acompaña del todo, esta bajando.
Apartir de aqui pasamos un par de horas haciendo fotos, con condiciones cambientes de luz y disfrutando un montón.
Aqui una muestra de lo que estuvimos sacando y viendo.
Una vez más muchas gracias Isak por estos momentos.
Gracias a todos por pasar a comentar y por vuestras favoritas.
saludos.
'No amount of stammering candle light, or fireplace ablaze could cut warmth through the coldness of her dining room. Zimelda Zemeckis stood there, clinging onto her stick, staring into nothingness. Uncertainty was poison; a poison that carefully bled through every corner of her angular frame. The political election within the Ministry of Magic started to fade into reality, as did her reluctant realisation that she may not survive it. She had lasted a very long time, in spite of everything, but much like the flames flickering intently behind her, she could hear and feel time ticking away. Her next step was crucial as it would determine her fate, as the next Minister for Magic was ushered in once more.'
Canon EOS 6D - f/10 - 1/160sec - 100mm - ISO 1600
- challenge Macro Mondays group, theme: Leaf
-looking in my garden for a suited leaf to photograph I saw this baby snail (family of Brian) on one of the leaves of the Ginkgo tree. The diameter of the shell is about 5mm.
- Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba), also spelled gingko and known as the maidenhair tree, is a unique species of tree with no close living relatives. The ginkgo is a living fossil, as a unique species recognisably similar to fossils dating back 270 million years. Native to China, the tree is widely cultivated and introduced early in human history, and has various uses as a food and in traditional medicine.
Ginkgos are large trees, normally reaching a height of 20–35 m (66–115 feet), with some specimens in China being over 50 m (164 feet). The tree has an angular crown and long, somewhat erratic branches, and is usually deep rooted and resistant to wind and snow damage. Young trees are often tall and slender, and sparsely branched; the crown becomes broader as the tree ages. During autumn, the leaves turn a bright yellow, then fall, sometimes within a short space of time (one to 15 days). A combination of resistance to disease, insect-resistant wood and the ability to form aerial roots and sprouts makes ginkgos long-lived, with some specimens claimed to be more than 2,500 years old.
The leaves are unique among seed plants, being fan-shaped with veins radiating out into the leaf blade, sometimes bifurcating (splitting), but never anastomosing to form a network. Two veins enter the leaf blade at the base and fork repeatedly in two; this is known as dichotomous venation. The leaves are usually 5–10 cm (2-4 in), but sometimes up to 15 cm (6 in) long. The old popular name "maidenhair tree" is because the leaves resemble some of the pinnae of the maidenhair fern, Adiantum capillus-veneris.
Ginkgos are dioecious, with separate sexes, some trees being female and others being male.
Although Ginkgo biloba and other species of the genus were once widespread throughout the world, their range shrank until by two million years ago, it was restricted to a small area of China. For centuries, it was thought to be extinct in the wild.
The ginkgo is classified in its own division, the Ginkgophyta, comprising the single class Ginkgoopsida, order Ginkgoales, family Ginkgoaceae, genus Ginkgo and is the only extant species within this group. It is one of the best-known examples of a living fossil, because Ginkgoales other than G. biloba are not known from the fossil record after the Pliocene.
Ginkgo has long been cultivated in China; some planted trees at temples are believed to be over 1,500 years old. The first record of Europeans encountering it is in 1690 in Japanese temple gardens, where the tree was seen by the German botanist Engelbert Kaempfer. Because of its status in Buddhism and Confucianism, the ginkgo is also widely planted in Korea and parts of Japan; in both areas, some naturalization has occurred, with ginkgos seeding into natural forests.
Utrecht (The Netherlands) has the Ginkgo seen as one of the oldest trees outside China and Japan, planted between 1730-1767? as a young tree or grown from seed taken to Europe by VOC-ships from the Isle of Deshima (as a result of Kaempfers discovery of the Ginkgo).
Old car geometrics.
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In capturing this architectural detail, I wanted to strip away all distractions and focus purely on the power of geometric form. Working in black and white allowed me to emphasize the stark contrast between light and shadow, creating a nearly abstract composition from a concrete architectural element. The diagonal positioning was intentional - I wanted to create a sense of upward movement, as if the structure was reaching toward the darkened sky. I carefully positioned myself to capture the repetitive pattern of the architectural fins, using them as leading lines to draw the viewer's eye through the frame. The moody sky and careful processing help create a sense of drama and scale. My goal was to transform what might be seen as a simple architectural detail into a striking geometric study that blurs the line between documentary and fine art photography. The interplay of light across the repeated elements was crucial in bringing depth and dimensionality to what could otherwise have been a flat pattern. This image represents my ongoing exploration of how architectural photography can transcend simple documentation to become abstract art while still maintaining its connection to the built environment.
This is my grandfather's stopwatch.
Each clock hand has a different angular velocity.
The seconds hand, perform one revolution every 1 minute: FAST;
The minutes hand, perform one revolution every 60 minutes: MEDIUM;
The hours hand, perform one revolution every 720 minutes: SLOW.
For Flickr group "Our Daily Challenge", theme: "FAST N SLOW"
21.12.2017 355/365
Quina posta de sol, tu...
Beau Vallon és una de les millors platges de les Seychelles, especialment per les insuperables postes de sol que ofereix. Però també és de les més concorregudes, ja que en certa manera és la platja de la capital.
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beau_Vallon
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mah%C3%A9
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Beau Vallon is one of the finest beaches in the Seychelles, specially for the awesome sunsets it offers. It's a very big beach, but in weekends could be quite crowded (for the Seychelles), because in a way is the beach of Victoria, the capital of the country.
I found this odd-shaped little spider guarding her egg sac which is carefully wrapped in a leaf. Tmarus Genus (a type of crab spider). She looks similar to this Tmarus angulatus on bugguide: bugguide.net/node/view/261562/bgpage
Found in a field down the street in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Id corrections appreciated.
My #35 spider for this year.