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Smoke Abstracts...Just another one of my attempts at capturing the smoke abstract thingys. Enjoy your weekend and many thanks my friends...
Nikon D700 + Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8 AF-D + Handheld
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I thought life was supposed to be
A lesson in itself
But each day I find it so much harder
Believe in what you feel inside
Cos there's no wrong and there's no right
Everyday I find it so much harder
as seen from manila. this is the sun being eclipsed by the moon. the eclipse started at 8.30am and ended 10.30am. unfortunately this is only a partial eclipse. so far i have photographed two of this rare phenomena. the first one was in 1988. but alas they are both partial eclipse. i hope that in my lifetime i can still experience a total solar eclipse as my grandparents did in the 1930's. A total solar eclipse is when the sun is completely covered by the moon. when this happens the day will become night but only until the event lasts.
would you believe that in ancient china the people thought that the sun is being eaten by a dragon. the emperor called his priests to explain what was happening. but unfortunately none of them were able to explain the phenomenon, since the priests did not have the knowledge about the eclipse during those days. so the emperor ordered the priests to be executed. such is the price people pay for lack of knowledge.
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The Corridor was built in 1564 by Giorgio Vasari. It served to link up the Pitti Palace, where the Grand Duke resided, with the Uffizi (or offices) where he worked.
It is a covered walk, almost a kilometre in length, an overhead passageway that starts out from the West Corridor of the Gallery, heads towards the Arno and then, raised up by huge arches, follows the river as far as the Ponte Vecchio, which it crosses by passing on top of the shops. The meat market on the bridge was at this time trasferred elsewhere, so as not to offend the Grand Duke's sensitive nose with unpleasant smells on his walk, and replaced (from 1593) with the goldsmiths who continue to work there today.
On the other side of the Arno, the corridor passes through the interior of the church of Santa Felicita. Down the tops of the houses and the gardens of the Guicciardini family until it finally reaches the Boboli gardens (one of the exits stands beside Buontalenti's Grotto) and the apartments in the Pitti Palace.
The passageway contains over 1000 paintings, all dating from the 17th and 18th centuries, as well as the important collection of Self-portraits by some of the most famous masters of painting of the 16th to the 20th century like Bernini, Annibale Carracci, Guido Reni, Salvator Rosa, Rubens, Rembrandt, Canova, Hayez, Corot, Ingres, Delacroix, Ensor and many others.
This photo is taken from the Uffizi
What is it indeed that gives us the feeling of elegance? It is the harmony of the diverse parts, their symmetry, their happy balance; in a word it is all that introduces order, all that gives unity, that permits us to see clearly and to comprehend at once both the ensemble and the details.
-- Henri Poincaré
With possible snow or flurries forecasted for this weekend, I had to post a butterfly of some variety to think spring and look ahead to summer!!! The Gulf Fritillary is perhaps one of my favorites, in addition to any bird I can photograph. Photographed in the Dixon Gardens, Memphis, Tennessee.
Memorial Day, a day when our nation remembers, reflects and honors those men and women who have given their all in service to their country. Let us never forget.
Leaving the dog park which was filled with active dogs after three days of rain, the sunset was vivid and oh so worth seeing and capturing to share it with all of you.
This made Explore
( WOW! my highest ever Explore #70 Thank you all so much my wonderful Flickr Friends)
We suffer primarily not from our vices or our weaknesses, but from our illusions. We are haunted, not by reality, but by those images we have put in their place.
-- Daniel J. Boorstin
Don't go trying some new fashion
Don't change the color of your hair
You always have my unspoken passion
Although I might not seem to care
Look Ma, I can do the swing!...Orangutans are the only exclusively Asian living genus of great ape. They are among the most intelligent primates and use a variety of sophisticated tools, also making sleeping nests each night from branches and foliage. They are generally not aggressive and live a mostly solitary life foraging for food. They are the largest living arboreal animals with longer arms than other great apes. Their hair is typically reddish-brown, instead of the brown or black hair typical of other great apes.
from Wikipedia
Nikon D90 + Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8 AF-D + Kenko 2X Teleconversion Lens + Handheld
[ E X P L O R E D : May 12, 2009 #428 ]
No one knows what its like
to be mistreated, to be defeated
behind blue eyes
no one know how to say
that they're sorry and don't worry
I'm not telling lies
(Behind blue eyes - Limp Bizkit)
Many thanks to everyone who will pass by visiting my shots. Comments are appreciated. You are welcome. Sergio
Ghangehi Island, Ari North Atoll, Maldives
Panasonic Lumix FZ28 straight out of the camera
Returned today from a two-day/two-night hospital stay. Severe asthma attack, apparently almost died. But I'm still here - so there!
Where is love?
Does it fall from skies above?
Is it underneat the willow tree
That I've been dream of?
Where is she?
Who I close my eyes to see?
Will I ever know the sweet "hello"
That's only meant for me?
Odonates (Odonata), or odonatoptères are an order of insects with elongated body, with two pairs of membranous wings generally transparent, and whose large compound eyes and usually allow them to hunt their prey efficiently. They are terrestrial and aquatic as adults in the larval stage. They are predators that may be encountered occasionally in all types of natural environment, but which are found more frequently around areas of fresh water to brackish, stagnant low current, they need to reproduce.
This road leads to sunrise... Happy weekend everyone and thank you kindly for your comments, awards and visits....They are very much appreciated...Take care...
Nikon D700 + Tamron AF 28-75mm f/2.8 + Handheld
When the rain stops...Wishing you all a nice week ahead and thank you so much for your visit...
Nikon D700 + Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8 AF-D + Kenko 2X Teleconversion Lens + Handheld