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Owing to the low cloud base the Red Arrows did their flat display. With Dublin City as a backdrop the Reds head south and east in a tight turn out to sea again.
The 'Candy Sticks' confirming that this is indeed Dublin City.
Looking southwest from Homolovi State Park at a monsoon thunderstorm near Williams, Arizona. The red desert color is being reflected into the cloud base as torrents of rain sculpt it—10 August 2016.
For an hour or so this afternoon we had the most amazing clouds over Garioch, ahead of a thundery trough, which was slow moving over western Aberdeenshire and the Grampians. The cloud base looks to be around 2000-3000 ft, so I guess you would call then undulating stratocumulus or Asperatus clouds.
The Nottingham Goose Fair is an annual travelling funfair held at the Forest Recreation Ground here in Nottingham. This year, 2022, it runs for 10 days, usually it's 3 days. Final day 09 Oct 2022.
Album: Goose Fair. Nottingham
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Waking with sore legs, my mood was lifted as I realised I was in the mountain Inn at Claunie and not in my one man tent. A leisurely start and a full Scottish Breakfast soon got us going after our long day the day before.
The forecast wasn’t looking good with Gale force winds for the summits and a weather front due to hit by midday! So we decided on a nice wee leg stretch up the Munro Carn Ghluasaid. Only a couple of kilometres from the car park, this was the ideal target to bag before the storm hit Glen Shiel!
As we drove the short distance to the start of the walk we could see the clouds were moving quickly over the tops, however they were OVER the tops which was a good sign , unlike the previous day!!.
An excellent stalkers path zig zagged its way up the mountain and before we knew it we were on the ridge leading to the broad summit plateaux. The cloud base was still above the summits and the views were magnificent, even in the wind that was trying its best to blow us over!! To be honest this felt more like a shoulder of Sgurr nan Conbhairean than a summit in itself!! Anyway it was good to see a view as when I did the round of three many moons ago it was in wet driech conditions with views of nothing!!
A few summit selfies and we about turned and set off back to the car before the rain came. For once – and unexpectedly – our timing was perfect as the heavens opened about ten minutes after we reached the car. Another fine outing
With slightly more sun than was forecast I ventured to Acton Bridge Station as there were 2 freights due through within a few minutes of each other. I fell lucky with the sun as both workings passed through during breaks in the ever building cloud base.
First through was 60096 “Impetus” seen here with 6E10 the 11:25 from Liverpool BioMass terminal - Drax AES, crossing over from the fast onto the slow line to run through Acton Bridge station before accessing the mid-Cheshire line at Hartford Jcn.
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I felt like Jia Dao's hermit today as I ventured up onto a cloud hidden Kinder Scout. The rain wasn't quite as unrelenting as last time, but still; it had a steady enough rhythm to it.
Ringing Roger has featured in a few photographs in my portfolio as it's a great place to see how layers of sediment were deposited and solidified in succession, forming what are called "bedding planes" in technical geology speak. Over time the wind and rain have also had their influence on the shape and form of these rocks, creating (in my opinion) some of the most interesting gritstone sculptures to be found in High Peak.
I managed to get below the cloud-base eventually, the rest of the day spent mainly (and fruitfully) scouting out the leeside of Win Hill for compositions to re-visit in heather season...I think I found some great scenes. We'll see in August!
Wheeling just below the cloud base at altitude, above my garden
Camera hand held and approx 90X mag.
Sorry about the lousy quality, but it was very high.
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I revisited this location recently with my new Pentax K-1. You have to stand around a fair while here to avoid traffic at the intersection. The green glow at the top of the image is caused by a search light in downtown Montreal that was illuminating the cloud base. The last time I imaged this, I struggled in post processing to remove numerous sensor reflection artefacts that were present using same lens on the Sony A7. No such artefact in this image I am happy to say. Aside form being a big fan of Pentax cameras, the biggest reason I ditched my Sony A7 was its unpredictable performance at nigh with point light sources in the field of view. Taken with a Samyang 14mm f/2.8 mounted on a Pentax K-1. The lens was sopped down to f/11. Exposure was 20s at ISO 100.
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End of the display at the 2010 Shoreham Airshow; the weather conditions were so dire that this was the only aircraft permitted to display until the rain and cloud base improved.
This statue of the founder of Montréal stands in Place D’Armes. I noticed a green patch of light caused by a searchlight in the downtown areas illuminating the cloud base above Maisonneuve’s head and decided to attempt an image. Because there was a wide range of lighting in the area, I have used LightRoom to HDR merge four exposures from -3EV to 0EV in 1 EV steps. I am not a huge fan of ‘overcooked’ HDR images, so I hope I have not gone too far with this myself. Some stylisation was applied using ON1 Photo 10.5. The image was taken with a Samyang 14mm f/2.8 mounted on a Pentax K-1. The lens was sopped down to f/11. Exposure was 25s at ISO 100.
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Another take on Castle of the Winds on the Glyders range in Snowdonia, North Wales.
This time conditions were much different with the cloud base just top of the peaks and ocassionally falling lower and covering the area in fog.
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June 18, 2009 - Kearney Nebraska US
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It's June, Hot Humid... It's Prime Time Storm Season...
Though we only had a 10% chance of any type of development of storm that afternoon & evening. In fact all of the storms that day were to stay in western Nebraska and move to the north out of range of South Central Nebraska. That obviously was wrong!
I had just finished putting on the 2nd coat of stain on the new deck. Friends had stopped over to check on my progress. I had been so involved on completing the task at hand I didn't notice the lighting to the south of the city.
Let it be said I was unprepared and these 2 storms that rolled though that evening were unexpected. It was the reason I was finishing the staining of the deck. Though I did have everything charged and ready to go just in case. Wrapped up what I could and covered the new patio as best I could which would be a waste of time due to it all blew away!
This is the 1st set of storms for that evening. I grabbed my camera & went out in front of the house. We watched this shelf cloud form just to the west of the city and come right over the top of the house & to the south.
Can I say priceless. The lightning that was illuminating the sky was building & firing off every few seconds. With the reflecting city lights, these really came out with great definition. When the base of the 1st storm came over, the lower cloud base was churnin. Some really cool scud formations under this storm.
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The names of the farm bottom right, the house or area around the centre of the frame, and shaded hill far left on the moorland respectively.
On the horizon, Ben Rinnes is where we started this flight on surprisingly good day for October. With some decent thermals, we were soon up to cloud base and in the bitterly cold air that exists at that altitude, but rewarded with views through the incredibly clear air. Here, I'm circling above Cathal, who is hunting for the next thermal coming off of the heather below. In ten minutes or so we'll be back up nearer the clouds than the land again.
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Before anyone says "cool tornado" I want to make mention that this is not a tornado photo. What you see in the distance is a rain/hail shaft from a storm that was south of the Campo Colorado tornado.
This image was taken as I was just starting to hit the storm clouds that were a distant part of the tornado storm. I still had a good 15 miles to travel before seeing the funnel emerge from the cloud base off to my distant right and then another 30 miles after that to actually reach the storm.
This was the moment that I realized that these clouds might just do something. The orange glow along the horizon in mid-day sun was a huge clue. Lets just say that from this point on I might have broken a speed law or two…
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The weather for most of the week whilst I was in Snowdonia was very grey & drab although on occasions the sun did break through the heavy low lying cloud base to light up the mountain ridges and was occasionally fortunate to be at a reasonable viewpoint to capture some images of the snow capped peaks of Mount Snowdon which is shown in the distance, lake Nantlle in the foreground with the steep rising craggy ridges of Mynydd (pronounced mun-ith meaning mountain) Tal-y-Mignedd to the right.
The breaking light lasted for only a few minutes just enough to scamper to a view point for a couple of handheld shots, fortunately using one of the IS range of lenses.
Always fun, if you like marmite! Heavy rain at the time of the display, but the lower cloud base reflected the light to give a coloured backdrop.
Darwin Jingili Water Gardens Day 4-5
Across the first 3 to 4 days of walking around Jingili Water Gardens my thinking evolved from discovery and my understanding of the actual scope of commitment it will take to realize a creative breakthrough. My reflection efforts have been centered on observing my thinking and my thoughts about my thinking. I now realize that I have evaded thinking about my cognitive psychology and what I bring to the gardens each repeated activity. In short, the subconscious filters that inhibit my perceptions
As mentioned in previous reflections, I am a career educator and a fledgling artist, and I am preparing my exit from educational leadership and building my aspirations as a late-career artist. The repeated activity is intended to enable me to find a difference that can help support a transformation.
On the macro, when I entered my artistic and education-based careers, computers were not readily available. As such, the Fine Arts course I completed at RMIT was in oil painting and teacher training at Monash University did not address information technology in the classroom. The notion of creativity was constructed on elite aspirations and consumption. Fine Arts belonged to the rich and the successful studio artists sold art through commercial art galleries. Schools sorted youth onto either blue and white collar pathways. Access to achievement relied on school resources - access to non-curriculum activity, teacher knowledge, and the school library. I would like to suggest that Jingili Water Garden's were designed by yesterday's concepts - a 1980's pre-information technology design. Like how I passed through school and acted as an artist how I pass through the gardens conforms in with the design concepts. The basis of my usage is low-level physical exercise, a fleeting form of mobility within the space, and an adoration of the natural components. I more or less follow the path that has been laid out for me.
However, this design factor is the purpose of my repeated entry. I am seeking something different within the design constraint. My repetitive engagements are to find a difference that may support an artistic transformation. This is not a pursuit of relaxed "just-do-it" consumption. Despite not knowing what I will specifically gain, I am employing the design agents embedded into Jingili Water Gardens to create my discreet insights. I am investing my time in the park to transpose my thoughts to find a way forward.
In the book The Road Ahead, Bill Gates combined the consumption of the Internet by the populous, and the fledging placement of Microsoft in society to reestablish the corporation within what was evolving as a devoted movement of nonproprietary computing. Open-source and internet-connected computing were threats to Microsoft. I believe that Gates employed the act of writing The Road Ahead for himself and his corporation. The intended reader was not for the general public reader - unless the message was read as; hang in there with us we will catch up. In short, Gates had to reestablish Microsoft within an emerging creative force and his reflective writing was the stimulus for organizational change. The transformation into cloud-based services was a struggle, as has been the transformation of education and the arts from 20th to 21st-century change. What I have observed is that the transformation from broad-based consumption to user-centeredness is occurring, however, my knowledge and experience is struggling to keep up. I am not dissimilar to Education services and the Arts industry who are struggling to develop the strategies to step forward.
In short, the world's population is aging at the same time there is rapid technological change. Forbes research highlights the aging of audiences and declining numbers attending museums and fine arts events. Ironically, the future of art attendance seems to be stable for attendees over the age of 75 and over. So what are the younger adults doing if not attending? The average age of teachers is 45 and from my observation of the teaching-force is that it is struggling to be suitably responsive to rapid societal change. Many academic educationalists comment on student disengagement and the turn over of young teacher graduates. My walk begins at 7:00am, numbers are few and the age group is in the mature age group. Despite school holidays, the Jingili Water Gardens are basically empty. The rapid changes in society must have some impact on the contextual purpose of suburban/city parks. I think it is fair to say that the unconscious purpose has changed, however, the lingering structures have not
This leads to a subtle variation of my reflective focus. That is the conceptual interface that governs access and activity in the arts, schools, and parks and gardens have constant variables. Despite the uniqueness of each domain, there is a consistent challenge. This challenge is also my challenge.
What I am looking at is my opportunity at aged 60, to actually see the opportunities created by change within what are established services I think and operate in. In regards to Jingili Water Gardens, my initial thinking has to do with, aesthetics, access, and interactivity. My challenge is that as an older artist I presently create products differently to that that interests younger users. My step forward is in the art and science of engaging users, and what I can do to attract the interest.
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Daek, wet, miserable day, did not go out.
2 shots of a Grey Plover on the mudflats yesterday in the sunrise light & a short video of the Pinkfeet geese flying over very high in the clear sky. With a low cloud base they would have been much lower
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Alert Bay, B.C. (corner card)
Bing Wong passed away peacefully at Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria BC on January 17, 2015 at 94 years. Bing was born in 1920 in Vancouver he and his family moved to Alert Bay BC in 1934 to establish Wong Toy & Sons Ltd, a general store serving Cormorant Island as well as families from villages throughout the region. “Pop” enjoyed fishing for cod and halibut, wood working, and building things. He was a member of the Pacific Coast Militia Rangers and a 65 year member of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 198. Though he retired to Victoria BC in 1985 he held fond memories of Alert Bay and his lifelong friends. LINK to his obituary - www.northislandgazette.com/obituaries/bing-wong/
ALERT BAY is a village on Cormorant Island, in the Regional District of Mount Waddington, British Columbia, Canada. 1,200-1,500 (2016) people live within the village.
Named in association with the water feature, Alert Bay, in turn named in 1860 by Captain Richards, HMS Plumper, after HM Alert, a screw corvette with 17 guns, which was the first steam vessel to call at Alert Bay. The Alert was built at Pembroke in 1856, and was on this station 1858-1861 under the command of Commander W.A.R. Pearse; the Alert returned to this station 1865-1869 under Commander Arthur John Innes, and in 1867 her officers were engaged in a resurvey of Alert Bay.
The ALERT BAY Post Office was established - 1 October 1885.
/ COURTESY / QCA / QUEEN CHARLOTTE AIRLINES / VANCOUVER - CANADA / - handstamp in bluish green ink
- entered the mail system at - / VANCOUVER, B.C. / SEP 26 / 1130 PM / 1949 / CANADA - / SUPPORT YOUR / COMMUNITY CHEST / - slogan cancel (Coutts S-2075).
- article from - BRITISH COLUMBIA P0STAL HISTORY RESEARCH GR0UP / Volume 17 - Number 3 - Whole number 67 - September 2008 - COURTESY AIR MAIL SERVICE — BRITISH COLUMBIA - Following the demise of the Semi Official Air Mail service in the mid 1930s many of the pioneer airlines continued to accept mail as a service to their customers and in some cases stamped the company name on the envelopes as a form of advertising. There is much confusion as to the exact status of this mail, as under the postal regulations "mail couriers" were required to receive letters offered them when the distance to the nearest post office exceeded one mile. Since most of the small airlines held mail contracts, this made them in terms of the act "mail couriers," and as a result they were required to accept mail. Such mail was considered to be "way mail," and Vancouver A.M.F. was issued, in 1949, with a suitable hand stamp, although the dater was rarely used. The practice of stamping the name of the company on courtesy mail appears to have started in the mid 1930s and continued until the start of the war in 1939. Following the war the practice was reintroduced, reaching its payday in the mid 1950s and by the early 1960s had been discontinued. A study of the limited number of existing covers produces some confusion as to how the mail was treated. In some cases the mail was picked up at a non post office point and cancelled at Vancouver or Vancouver A.M.F. while in other cases the mail was cancelled by the post office at the point of origin with no further postal marking at Vancouver. It should also be noted that some covers are philatelic and were never actually flown but were courtesy stamped at Vancouver and mailed at the Vancouver A.M.F. post office. LINK to the complete article (pages 574 to 576) - www.bnaps.org/hhl/newsletters/bcr/bcr-2008-09-v017n03-w06...
The following companies are known to have carried courtesy mail in British Columbia;
Air Speed —Associated Air Taxi Limited. (1950]
Ginger Coote Airways Limited [1938-1940]
B.C. Airlines Limited [1952-1955]
Pacific Western Airlines Limited [1954]
Canadian Airways Limited [1938-1940]
Queen Charlotte Airlines Limited [1947-1952]
Canadian Pacific Airlines (C.P.A.L.) [1950's]
The following article was written by Tom Watkins for the "The Pilot's Log - Newsletter of the BNAPS Airmail Study Group" - Oueen Charlotte Airlines Queen Charlotte Airlines (QCA) was founded by Jim Spilsbury in 1943 and operated on the West Coast of Canada until 1955, when it was sold to Pacific Western Airlines. At the time of its sale, it was the third largest airline in Canada and it often carried mail.
Above is an example of a commercial cover carried by QCA as part of the unofficial "courtesy" airmail service it provided on the west coast during its years of operation. Note the company's handstamp applied to the front of the cover.
Tom has about a dozen courtesy airmail covers carried by this airline, all have this handstamp in either bluish-green (7) or red (5). The earliest cover is dated Sept. 4, 1947 and the latest is Apr. 21, 1949. Most originated from small coastal communities such as Sullivan Bay or Zeballos. Link to his complete article - www.bnaps.org/hhl/newsletters/air/air-2005-04-v013n01.pdf
Clipped from - The Province newspaper - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - 29 July 1946. - UNIQUE AIRLINE SERVES COAST - "It's unorthodox. That's the word unorthodox." And when a traffic manager terms his own airline "unorthodox" it's really different. But that is how W. J. "Bill" "Wood described Queen Charlotte Airlines as he stood on a boomstick at O'Brian Bay. Just so you get the idea - it really wasn't O'Brian Bay, but actually Sullivan Bay, 15 miles from O'Brian. It is known as O'Brian Bay because the floating settlement was towed by tug to Sullivan Bay from its former position, and somehow the Post Office hasn't got around to changing the name, All of which is only to illustrate that "floating towns" which change position overnight, are only one of the many unusual characteristics which help Q.C.A. in its bid for being the most unique airline in the world. FASCINATING GAME - These settlements provide a fascinating game for the airline's skippers. Often they prepare to land at a village, only to discover an empty cove where, a few days previous, stood homes and shops. But B.C.'s newest air service has more trumps to back up its bid for its unique line. Its routes are over what world-experienced pilots call the most beautiful country on the globe. The scenery is never-ending kaleidoscope of vivid color, from gaunt, snow-capped mountain peaks to cobalt blue inlets, muddy rivers spilling bottle-green and tan silt into azure bays, glaciers full of dead white or blue ice, and nearly always in sight is the blue of the Pacific. Its a color photographer's dream from 7000 feet. PILOTS NIGHTMARE - But in bad weather it is the pilot's nightmare. Often they thread their ways up narrow, mountain-rimmed channels and inlets, almost at water-level with a 200-foot cloud base. They fly "contact", and must know the myriad channels all of which look alike to the newcomer as well as a steamship's captain. For there are few radio beams they can use. No trip on Q.C.A. is ever dull. Passengers vary from Indian papooses to loggers, staid businessmen and fishermen. And the moment the plane is loaded the air of casual informality between crew and passengers is noticeable. When the Stranraer flying boat puts its bow against a float, the captain and crew sing out for a dinghy hopeful that a fast launch will appear, but satisfied if an Indian brings out a row-boat. Occasionally passengers start out for a short flight to Seymour Narrows or Humphrey Inlet, only to end up at the northern tip of the Queen Charlottes on a mercy flight. Mercy, flights are now almost routine, for the company performed 30 in one recent three-months period. In some cases, men are returned to work from hospital, only to be casualty passengers again in a couple of weeks. When a passenger proves to be an experienced flyer, he is sometimes permitted to fly the aircraft by dual control, though ever under the watchful eye of the skipper. Q.C.A. is doing a service on this coast that is lauded by large and small settlements from Vancouver to Prince Rupert and northward. It is filling a great heed in rapid transportation and life-saving, and with an air of casualness and friendliness.
Addressed to: Gault Brothers Ltd., / 361 Water Street / Vancouver, B.C. /
In 1853 Andrew F. Gault and J. B. Stevenson founded the wholesale textiles firm Gault, Stevenson and Company in Montreal. Four years later, Stevenson left the firm; thereafter Robert Gault joined his brother to form Gault Brothers Limited. The firm manufactured and distributed textiles. Attracted by the growing market on Canada's West Coast, the firm established a branch in Vancouver in 1899. Henry A. Stone was appointed manager. By 1906, the firm moved to larger premises at 361 Water Street. In 1915, the firm acquired a local work clothing company to ensure a continuous supply of goods for its customers. In 1918, local interests assumed control of the firm. In 1930, the federally chartered firm was succeeded by a B.C. company of the same name. Gault Brothers established a marine subsidiary, Caribou Shipping in 1936. In 1952, the marine service was replaced by an air service. In 1971, the company was sold to New York interests. Gault Brothers was last operating as a division of J.J. Newberry Canada Ltd.
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At the start of 1948 (only months after the first aerial demonstration by British European Airways), BEA started dummy mail-run services in Dorset and Somerset. The Sikosrsky S-51s travelled a 115-mile route in just under two hours including stops. These trials achieved timekeeping within the five minute tolerance demanded by the GPO.
The story then moves to the east of England. The success of the dummy mail-runs led to BEA inaugurating the first helicopter-operated public mail service in the UK. On 1 June 1948 Captain John Theilmann with a Royal Mail pennant flew a S-51 from Peterborough to King’s Lynn, Wells, Sheringham, Cromer, Norwich, Thetford, Diss, Harleston, Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft, Beccles, Norwich again, and East Dereham before returning to Peterborough. 140lb of mail was transported.
Flights continued until 25 September 1948 by which time 38,046 lb of mail had been carried and 95% of the flights rostered had been completed.
By 1954, GPO Chief Inspector Mr L J Taylor reported looking back at the experiment: ‘trails were necessarily limited in several directions, e.g. the maximum weight lift was 700lbs, and the machines could not operate with a cloud base of less than 500 feet…the most that could be said was at the then existing stage of development helicopters could not be regarded as an economically attractive proposition for the carriage of mail’.
An amazing experiment I knew nothing of until reading this in the Meccano Magazine.
After an extensive lull of thunderstorm activity in the Cape, a beautiful high cloud based CG-strike storm or two passed through the Cape Town area. This shot was taken in Somerset West looking towards Strand.
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I was experimenting a little - due to the drop-off in light levels when this weather front brought a cloud-base that you could almost wear as a hat - with flash. I found that if I took two images in relatively quick succession, the slightly startled subject would immediately search out the source of light; which made for some intriguing, direct interactions with the lens.
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low cloud base
Bica da Cana Viewpoint is located 1.560m altitude, in Canhas parish village of Ponta do Sol.
On a clear day has some superb views across the valley of S. Vicente.
Cloud-based approaches allow us to chart new dynamic ways to educate and learn that aligns with the way we think, share, study and collaborate within and beyond the classroom.
Plenary Session
9:15-9:30 Welcome
Konstantinos Doukas, CEO Doukas School (Conference Opening)
Konstantinos I. Doukas has been the CEO of Doukas School since 2006. He served as President of the Board of Directors of the Information Society S.A. initiatives between 2004-2010. He holds a diploma in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and an M.S. degree from the Dept. of Communication and Technology in Education, Columbia University (New York, USA). He served as a research assistant at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts (M.I.T.), during the Project Athena. He has coordinated and served as invited speaker in many national and international conferences. He is responsible for a number of Greek and European research projects in the new technologies in Education. A former international athlete of the Greek National Handball team, he still practices on an amateur basis, reaping overall benefits for his professional and personal life.
9:30-9:50 Invited Speaker
Marietta Giannakou, Member of the European Parliament, Head of the Greek European People’s Party Delegation, former Minister of National Education and Religious Affairs
Marietta Giannakou graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Athens, with a specialization in Neurology and Psychiatry. She was a founding member of ONNED (youth segment of the New Democracy, N.D., party). In 1989 she became Head of the EP Delegation of N.D. and a member of the EPP Political Bureau. Between 1990-1991 she served as Minister of Health, Welfare and Social Security. Between 1992-1996, she served as the International Secretary of N.D. In 1992, she became Vice-President of EUCD. Between 1992-2004, she served as the National Coordinator of the European Commission against Drugs. She had the following positions with N.D.: Secretary of International and European Affairs, Member of the Executive Committee, Head of the N.D. Delegation. Member of the European Convention on the Future of Europe, representing the Hellenic
Parliament. Between 2004 – 2007, she served as a Member of the Hellenic Parliament and as Minister of National Education and Religious Affairs. She has been honored by the Republic of Chile for her contribution to the re-establishment of democracy, by the Federal Republic of Germany; by the Republic of Italy; by the European People’s Party, for her contribution as Member of the European Parliament for European integration, by the Republic of Poland, and the Republic of France. . MEP in 1984-1990, 1999-2000. MEP since 2009.
9:50-10:30 Keynote Speakers
Prof. Kostis Koutsopoulos, European Association of Geographers, “SoC: Towards a new education paradigm”
Professor Koutsopoulos was born in Volos, Greece. After completing his B.S. degree at the University of Athens, he got his M.S. and Ph.D. from the Departments of Geography and Civil Engineering. He taught at the University of Iowa until 1980, after which time he was elected as Chair of Geography at the National Technical University of Athens. He has been Director of the Geography and Spatial Analysis Lab, Chairman of the Geography and Regional Planning Department, Director of the Graduate Program “Environment and Development” and Dean of the Rural and Surveying Engineering School. He has organized numerous congresses, meetings and seminars and has participated as keynote speaker, invited speaker, session chair and conveyor in many others. He has presented 155 papers in various meetings; he has published 50 papers in refereed journals, written 61 books and authored 100 other publications. He has been serving in various capacities in scientific and academic boards and associations in Greece and abroad.
Karl Donert, Innovative Learning Network, “Cloud-based Education: the State-of-the-Art”
Karl Donert is a Geographer with a national and international profile, a strong track record in initiating innovative projects, as well as leading major networking activities. He is Director of the European Centre of Excellence: digital-earth.eu and adjunct faculty at the Centre for GeoInformatics at Paris Lödron University, Salzburg. Karl is President of EUROGEO (European Association of Geographers) and a UK National Teaching Fellow. He is a member of the Council of Europe groups on Education & Culture and Landscapes and Climate Change, a former Hon. Vice President of the Geographical Association, a Fellow of Academia Europea, the European scientific and Research Academy, the Royal Canadian Geographical Association and Royal Geographical Society-Institute of British Geographers. He has extensive experience in major educational developments. He was coordinator of the HERODOT Thematic Network for Geography in Higher Education, initiator of the digital-earth network on geo-media and participated in more than 100 other international projects mainly concerned with the innovative uses of ICT and education. He is Director and Chief Executive of Innovative Learning Networks Ltd, a UK company specialising in professional and academic networking, developing research & development partnerships and project management. An inspirational speaker, and a European leader in learning and teaching geography acts as a consultant to many organisations, working in this context to raise the profile and quality of learning and teaching activities and research in geographic media.
10:30-11:30 Conference Speakers
Prof. Demetrios G Sampson, University of Piraeus, “Cloud-based Digital Technologies for Opening Up Education: Keep Learning Beyond the Physical Classroom at the Digital Cloud”
Demetrios G. Sampson received his degree in Electrical Engineering from the Democritus University of Thrace, Greece in 1989 and a Ph.D. in Electronic Systems Engineering from the University of Essex, UK in 1995. He is a Full Professor of Digital Systems for Learning and Education at the Department of Digital Systems, University of Piraeus, Greece, a Research Fellow at the Information Technologies Institute (ITI), Centre of Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), and an Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Science and Technology, Athabasca University, Canada. He is the Founder and Director of the Advanced Digital Systems and Services for Education and Learning (ASK) since 1999. He has been a Visiting Professor at a number of universities including National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan (2011), the University of Tunis (2012, 2013), Beijing Normal University, China (2013), Peking University Beijing, China (2013), and the University of North Texas, USA (2013). He is the co-author of more than 325 publications in scientific books, journals and conferences .He is a Senior and Golden Core Member of IEEE and was the elected Chair of the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Learning Technologies (2008-2011). He is the recipient of the IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Service Award (July, 2012). He is a member of the ICT Advisory Board of the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organisation (ALESCO) since March 2014. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Educational Technology and Society Journal.
Bart Verswijvel, European Schoolnet, “Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century”
Bart Verswijvel is a Flemish (Belgian) educator who was a Dutch teacher (mother tongue) in a secondary school for about 30 years. Since 2011, he has a part-time job at the Flemish National Support Service for eTwinning in Brussels. Since March 2012, Verswijvel has worked for European Schoolnet as a Pedagogical Adviser, and he is involved in several projects like the Future Classroom Lab, iTEC, eTwinning and Living Schools Lab. He is especially interested in the integration of ICT in education and in project work. He is a freelance speaker, leader of workshops, prize winner in several competitions like eTwinning Awards and Microsoft Innovative Teachers, and a Microsoft Expert Educator. In 2010, Bart was awarded the Queen Paola Prize for Education.
16:15-17:00 Round Table: The Cloud today and perspectives on the future
Tasos Pagakis manages Ericsson Brand, Internal, Marketing and PR Communications in Southeastern Europe. He has worked as a Corporate and brand communicator on and offline as of 1988 in global agencies, pitched for hundreds of businesses, shaped creative standards and created strategic plans for more than 370 globally accredited companies in 57+ market categories. He is a writer of numerous articles in international media, a Startups supporter and a believer of change towards sustainable business models. His achievements: 2010 Serbian Gold PR corp comms, 2009 Ermis Gold PR corp governance, 2009 Ermis Silver PR CSR, 2006 Gold EFFIE for retail, 2005 Gold TV award NY, 3 Gold Effies, 71 creative awards in NY, Epica, Montreaux, Eurobest, AdAge, Ermis Festivals (2000-2009). He has been a Saatchi&Saatchi strategy team member that created the European VISA campaign “Love every day”. He has been Project Manager of the VISA International 2004 Athens Olympics Brand presence plan. When in Lowe Worldwide, he designed and launched the “Insight Mining” strategic planning tool. He is an active supporter of the NGO’s Arcturos and Actionaid.
Dimitris Raftopoulos is Project Manager, EU Projects Consultant and Chair of Finances and European Projects Working Group at the European Centre for Women and Technology (ECWT). He focuses on Strategic Human Resources Management and Gender Issues specializing in implementing, managing and evaluating European Projects. Holding an MBA, he has dedicated his professional experience to human and entrepreneurial development. His knowledge is in the fields of: combating gender issues in the work environment, promotion of employability, strengthening of professional skills as well as EU-funded programmes related to local development, employment, education, social exclusion, mental health, relevant legislation, economics and social policies. He interacts well in multicultural environments and has gained excellent communication skills through his work experience. Additionally, he has held the position of Human Resource Manager for the Olympic Games of Athens 2004 and worked as a consultant for several organizations in the Greek public sector. Other positions he has held: Commercial Director and Development Director for ICT startups. He has been involved in many EU projects and has solid knowledge of managerial issues, building teams and on stimulating communications.
Workshops Summaries
Cloud Applications – Implementations
(conducted in parallel for 90 min. 12:00-13:30)
“Planet School”: blended learning for inclusive classrooms
“Planet School” is the most important blended learning platform for schools in Germany. But it is still not accessible and usable for everyone. The evaluation and further advancement of “Planet School” for inclusive education is the main focus of the study. The goal is to offer variable content. The revised version of “Planet School” addresses different types of learners with accessible and usable materials, including movies, television broadcasts, interactive learning content, etc. I expect enormous enhancement in the European and the international discourse on the participation of persons with disabilities at ICT and a big step towards anchoring in practice.
Ingo K. Bosse is a professor at the Technical University of Dortmund (Germany) in the Special Education program. He leads the department for Motor and Developmental Disabilities. His research interests lie in the field of special and inclusive education with the main focus on inclusive media education, the use of information and communication technologies for learning and assistive technologies. He is also interested in researching educational aspects for students with special needs in augmentative and alternative communication. Currently he is finalizing a project that investigated the potential of the blended learning platform “planet school”. Ingo Bosse takes part in the research cluster Technology for Inclusion and Participation (TIP) at the Technical University of Dortmund that initiates, supports, and coordinates interdisciplinary research projects that investigate new ways to improve the inclusion, participation and wellbeing of individuals with disabilities, impairments or disadvantages.
Prof. Dr. Ingo Bosse, Dortmund University of Technologies
“Putting away the umbrella”: What will you do when the Cloud comes?
Alan will talk about his use of Cloud based tools to support his work in a range of contexts from classrooms, to teacher support and training. Alan has presented hundreds of workshops in many European countries, and tries to provide ideas which can be used immediately, but also others which can be developed further over a longer period of time.
Alan will talk about his use of mobile devices, work with the Open University and ESRI and refer to opportunities for work outside the classroom. Alan is a Geographer, but ideas arerelevant for other subjects too.
Alan Parkinson is an experienced and award-winning teacher and author. He has worked across the UK and EU with the Geographical Association and as a freelance geography consultant. He is a Chartered Geographer and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He is Education Director of Explorer HQ, creators of Mission: Explore. He teaches Geography at King’s Ely School. He blogs at livinggeography.blogspot.com
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Le-MATH: Learning Mathematics through new communication factors
In the workshop we will discuss the preliminary guidelines for the two methods developed by the Le‐MATH project that is the MATHFactor and the MATHeatre. The guidelines are developed based on the collection and study of good practices in more than 10 European countries. We will see on-line video of actual implementation and discuss and analyze the video samples. This will give a clear overview and hands‐on to the participants and will help them understand the two methods and how these could improve the learning of mathematics as well as the change of attitudes towards mathematics. Participants are expected to teach mathematics to pupils in the age group 9‐18. The method can be used by other disciplines, so participants could be from different fields. Some participants will have the opportunity to play the role of pupils for few minutes and others will become evaluators.
Gregory Makrides holds a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the IIT, USA. Since 1986, he has taught at Roosevelt University of Chicago, at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), USA, at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus, at the Cyprus Pedagogical Institute of the Ministry of Education and Culture of Cyprus. Since 2006 is the Director of Research and International Relations Service at the University of Cyprus and in parallel, he is also the Executive Director of the European Office of Cyprus, since 2007. He has publications in refereed journals, conference proceedings and in public press. He is an editor of the Mediterranean Journal for Research in Mathematics Education and the Editor of the Mathematics Magazine of the Cyprus Mathematical Society. He is the coordinator of several European funded projects and he has been a partner in several other EU funded projects as well as an external evaluator. He has chaired the organizing committee of more than 40 conferences since 1997 and has organized more than 100 National and Multinational competitions since 1995. He is the President and he has important posts in several organizations (CMS EAEC EACG MASSEE THALES etc).
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English Attack! Platform: A Web 2.0 Platform for English language learners
English Attack! platform (www.english-attack.com), is an English-language learning service specifically designed for the digital generation that uses short-session online entertainment to encourage frequent digital immersion in real everyday English. English Attack! is an innovative learning method that combines interactive exercises based on hundreds of videos. The platform also offers a number of online games, thematic visual dictionaries, a number of Web 2.0 social features for the global community of English language learners, all in the context of a system of rewards and motivational games.
Ionela Lungu is a Project Manager professional specialized in the IT&C industry. She is holding a Bachelor of Computer Engineering and Automatic Control Degree from the Gheorghe Asachi University of Iasi. Currently she is coordinating the development team of ASSIST Software, a software development and outsourcing company from Suceava, Romania. She brings value to the company by constantly supporting the team members to update their knowledge, conquer new areas of expertise, and adhere to the quality management system of the company. She was also actively involved in the management team within European projects – FP7 and Eurostars.
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ESRI’s Cloud in Education
GIS technology provides the education community with tools to develop a greater understanding of our world through geospatial data analysis. With GIS, students and faculty can integrate and evaluate data from many sources to develop new theories and knowledge. This helps prepare students to meet the demands of the twenty-first-century workforce, whether they are involved in science, government, or business. Libraries, museums, schools, and universities are also increasingly using GIS for resource management, facilities management, and advanced research. ArcGIS Online, ESRI’s Cloud platform, allows you to easily create maps, visualize your fieldwork data and share this content with anyone you choose. It is a great way to start using GIS and introduce key spatial concepts to your students (www.marathondata.gr)
Iro Giannakou, GIS Analyst at Marathon Data Systems (ESRI’s official distributor in Greece and Cyprus)Adonis Kontos, President at Marathon Data Systems (ESRI’s official distributor in Greece and Cyprus)
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Cloud Applications by ICT Companies (Apple and Microsoft)
Increasing collaboration and communication in the classroom and the institution with Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft Partners in Learning Program.
Microsoft has a global strategy in education and with programs such as the Microsoft Partners in Learning Program, we aim to help educators and school leaders connect, collaborate, create, and share so that students can realize their greatest potential. In this workshop, we will be presenting the Microsoft global strategy in education and the different programs and resources that we provide to the educator community for free as well as the local programs of Greek Partners in Learning. In this context, we will showcase the Microsoft Office 365 Education, an online platform that can provide staff, faculty, and students at a school with free email, sites, online document editing and storage, IM, and web conferencing. Microsoft Office 365 platform that offers a holistic group of collaboration and communication tools is offered free for academic and education institutions. Our local partners will then present a complete Learning Management System based in Office365 that provides students, teachers, and staff with the enterprise-grade communication and productivity services they need with the power and flexibility each individual institution requires.
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Workshops: “Hands-On the Cloud”
(conducted in parallel for 90 min. 14:30-16:00)
Collaboration Snacks: Learn how to implement web 2.0 tools to organize communication and collaboration activities. In this workshop the participants explore Web 2.0 tools that can be used in the teaching practice. The tools will support different types of classroom activities. They can be implemented in different types of educational interaction like frontal teaching, group work or independent learning. The majority of the tools are web based and free to use. They can be used on a wide range of devices and support the idea of Bring Your Own Device. Participants are kindly requested to bring their own device for their successful participation in the workshop.
Bart Verswijvel, European Schoolnet is a Flemish (Belgian) educator who was a Dutch teacher (mother tongue) in a secondary school for about 30 years. Since 2011 he has a part time job at the Flemish National Support Service for eTwinning in Brussels. Since March 2012 Bart Verswijvel has worked for European Schoolnet as a Pedagogical Adviser, and he is involved in several projects like the Future Classroom Lab, iTEC, eTwinning and Living Schools Lab. He is especially interested in the integration of ICT in education and in project work. He is a freelance speaker, leader of workshops, prize winner in several competitions like eTwinning Awards and Microsoft Innovative Teachers, and a Microsoft Expert Educator. In 2010 Bart was awarded the Queen Paola Prize for Education.
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Tablets use in School Classroom
“1:1 educational computing” describes the educational practice where each student has their own computing device. These devices are mobile and are equipped with a wireless connection. They also come in various forms (Smartphones, iPads, tablets, etc.) and have varying possibilities. This 1:1 practice, primarily as a methodology, offers many benefits. Some of them are as follows:
- The student becomes an active participant in his own learning and educational activities;
- The teacher becomes a partner and mentor. He or she organizes, inspires and creates experiential activities, releases the potential in the classroom, fosters initiative and critical thinking;
- computer technology makes numerous diverse tools available to the student. Technology enables teaching to become individualized, reinforces the role of multiple representations and promotes research and the quest for information.
Smart and mobile devices, with their user-friendly educational software, contribute effectively to learning. They create appropriate learning environments with opportunities for interdisciplinary instruction. Mainly, they cultivate 21st century competences, by combining skills, knowledge, attitudes and values. In this workshop, by working with tablets, we highlight the importance of the Cloud environment for the pedagogical framework we are presenting.
Vassilis Economu is IT Manager at Doukas School since 1994. From 2004, he is head of the Doukas School “1:1 Computing Team”, which aims to introduce and develop the Student Personal Computer into the educational procedure. From 2006, he is member of Doukas School “Quality Research Team”. He is a certified Validator specialized in the evaluation of companies according to the standards of the European Foundation for Quality Management – “Commitment to Excellence”. He has participated as researcher and analyst-programmer in more than 20 projects concerning ICT in Education and in Special Education as well. He has participated in the development of ICT software (more than 50 software titles). He continues to train hundreds of teachers to develop ICT in educational practice. He has developed various Management Information Systems in several programming environments. He has published articles and studies in educational magazines and has presented several papers in scientific conferences related to the “introduction of ICT in educational procedure” and “quality in education”.
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Collaboration in the Cloud with Linoit
Do you want to collaborate in a colorful cloud-environment? Than follow our sticky note-workshop about Lino. Lino is an online sticky notes service. Here, you can freely post, see and peel off sticky notes, memos, pictures and videos you make with your device, and even annex files on a canvas. Sticky notes posted while you’re offline will appear once you log on. You can organize your memos and ideas by changing the colors of your sticky notes, moving them and adding an icon on them. Lino is an ideal tool to share your ideas. You can create your own group to collaborate. Lino is also available as an app on your Smartphone or tablet.
Nicole Vandeborne, Basisschool Zavelberg
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Cloud computing and mobile devices for teachers
The computer is a useful utility inside and outside the classroom. This course aims to address a range of services available on Internet, considered of interest, usefulness and applicability for the teacher. The mentioned services are oriented to the organization of tasks and application in classroom context. The contents includes information management and e-mail, scheduling and events, storage and files synchronization, sharing data and settings between electronic devices. The adopted methodology wants to create skills and methodologies that helps to learn, search for, select and adopt the best options to increase efficiency and quality to the teacher’s work. Participants are kindly requested to bring their own device for their successful participation in the workshop.
Telmo Costa, 41 years old, graduated in 1995. Master in e-Learning Management and Production at the Carlos III University, Madrid. Teacher at Horácio Bento Gouveia School. School Coordinator of European Projects and coordinator of two Comenius Multilateral Partnerships. Trainer in ICT and Educational Technologies. 2008-2011: Teaching associate professional, coordinating ICT projects streamlined in the Madeira Region Education System. Training Portfolio: Cloud computing and mobile devices, School in the Cloud – Web 2.0 in the personal and professional Organization, Interactive Whiteboards, E-Portfolios, Evaluation of learning in ICT, School 2.0 – Web 2.0 in the Classroom Organization, Illustration of Contents, Multimedia presentation on education, Publications: Interactive Whiteboards, Training Support Book.
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Digital Media in the EFL Classroom
Enhancing all four language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) has always been a challenging task for most EFL teachers. The main purpose of this workshop is to provide some tips that can be useful to teachers of English as a foreign language in the information age. Participants will leave with a better understanding of how tools and services on the cloud can help them achieve the educational objectives of activities that enhance all four language skills. Also, they will examine possible ways of improving their own teaching through the use of cloud technology.
Bessie Mitsikopoulou is Associate Professor at the Department of Language and Linguistics, Faculty of English Language and Literature, University of Athens. She holds a PhD in Critical Discourse Analysis (University of Athens), an MA in Applied Linguistics (University of Reading), a Postgraduate Specialist Diploma in Computers in Education (Institute of Education, University of London) and a BA in English Language and Literature (University of Athens). Her research interests are in the areas of critical discourse analysis, educational linguistics, new media and applications of new technologies in education, critical and academic literacies. Since January 2004, she has been Thematic Consultant of English Literacy for the Second Chance Schools in Greece, and a member of the Scientific Committee for Second Chance Schools. She has also been the Coordinator of the English Group for the Digital Platform Project of the Greek Ministry of Education. She has participated in several research and EU-funded projects in the areas of language education, curriculum reform, genre analysis and ICTs. Her recent book Rethinking Online Education: Media, ideologies, and Identities is published by Paradigm Publishers (2013).
Smaragda Papadopoulou holds a ΒΑ degree in Greek Language and Literature from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and an MSc in Technology Education and Digital Systems from the University of Piraeus. Her scientific interests lie primarily in the fields of technology-enhanced learning, e-learning and online training. So far she has worked as a language editor and proofreader of study guides for primary and secondary education students. She has also participated as an instructional material designer in e-learning projects concerning adult training in Information Communication Technologies (ICT). Since September 2011 she has been working as en eLearning specialist at the Research Centre for Language Teaching, Testing and Assessment and has developed the e-training programme for Primary EFL teachers.
Georgia Gyftoula, Centre of Self-Access Learning & Materials Development, University of Athens, has been a state Primary School English teacher since 1993. She holds a MEd in ELT by the Hellenic Open University and a MEd in Education Management and Administration by the University of Thessaly. She has been interested in implementing projects of Environmental Education, e-twinning and other European programmes as well as integrating ICT in her teaching. She is currently teaching at the 3rd Primary School of Zografou.
Ms. Chryssanthe Sotiriou has obtained a BA in English Literature from the English Department of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and a postgraduate diploma with distinction in Translation from the University of Mons-Hainaut in Belgium, being a scholar of the ‘Alexander Onassis’ Foundation. She has been involved in the Leonardo da Vinci Sectoral Programme: “Mobile and Wireless Technologies for Technology-Enhanced Language Learning (ΜW-TELL)” and in “Digital School”: Greek Ministry of Education. Her research interests include Project Based Learning (PBL), Game Based Learning (GBL) and the use of social media in Education. She has given lectures in seminars and conferences for teaching and the use of technology to teachers of primary and secondary education. She has many years of teaching experience, working as an EFL teacher at Doukas School in Athens, since September 1995; recently holding the position of Language Coordinator in High School.
Elinda Gjondedaj, Centre of Self-Access Learning & Materials Development, University of Athens
Organized by Doukas School - Website: www.schoolonthecloud.eu
This image was captured from a commercial airliner thousands of feet up and above the cloud base somewhere over Europe. It provides a somewhat other worldly feeling.
IMAGE INFO
- Viewpoint is looking west-north-west from Central Lookout hill (~320m south-south-east of the Central Lookout carpark area off Stirling Range Drive) after some heavy showers had passed through.
- The distant summit of Mt Mondurup (652m A.S.L.) can be seen obscured by the cloud base.
- Peak heights (above sea level) & approximate line of sight distances (from my viewpoint) are courtesy of the Peak Visor online panoramic 3d database:
peakvisor.com/panorama.html?lat=-34.42512591796618&ln...
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SOURCE INFO
- Original 35mm frame captured using a CANON AF35M 2 (aka "Sure Shot 2" or "Autoboy 2") compact camera, with KODAK CL 200 (aka KODACOLOR VR 200) 35mm color negative film.
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PROCESS INFO
- Digitized using a CANON Canoscan 8800F scanner at 3200 dpi, 48 bit color.
- Image size = 4402x2665px [11.7MP].
- Digital scan was initially processed with Adobe Photoshop CS Windows to remove some artifacts, correct magenta color shift, improve sharpness & restore overall image quality from the very poor original film quality.
590_GHP_SoireePortraits_2019.jpg -- Greater Houston Partnership “Emerald City” Soiree 2019 with photography sponsored by Conoco Phillips at Hotel ZaZa August 24, 2019. (Photo by Richard Carson)
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I very rarely get out into the Peak District in these conditions so made a special effort yesterday. The aim was to spend some time amongst the trees and try to find some simpler compositions - with the mist helping to clear the background of clutter.
The cloud base was actually quite high up, so only once I got out of the top of Padley Gorge was it possible to do this - but once there I like to think I made the most of it. This set of photos consists of pretty much every single photo I took up there (I've only left 3 out, for now) - so I am more than happy with my success rate (I would worry that I'm becoming one of those photographers who looks calm and collected... a bit pretentious, looking down on those who don't know the one and only composition they want weeks beforehand... but I'm sure the next sunrise will fix that - leaving me running around like a headless chicken again).
For the rest of this set - click here... www.flickr.com/photos/60494167@N02/sets/72157636175679075/
Well, I had some free time today and a computer handy... so I stitched the Pano together from my previous image.
I hang out up here a lot in the gloomy months of summer. I usually arrive in darkness amongst the scurrying rabbits and owls and find a nice spot to watch the sun rise over the clouds with my girl. But she's sleeping in today... inside the clouds. Far out, in the distance below the cloud base is Catalina island and the Long beach harbor. To the left just beyond the mountain tops is Topanga Canyon and Santa Monica directly behind that. And somewhere below that beautiful marine layer is the Pacific ocean and the PCH cloaked in fog and gloom.... It's fun driving back down into it... like a ride at an amusement park. Minus the old creepy carnie guy who looks like some character in a rob zombie film.
Don't get me wrong, I see lots of creatures up here. Just a few weeks back I saw a fairly large mountain lion cross the road directly in front of my car. Ugggg . That'll wake ya up in the mornin. He was in a hurry, so i didn't ask for his name. Any who.... full Corn moon on Monday..... means, all work and no play makes jack a dull boy. So farewell and godspeed.
103_GHP_SoireePortraits_2019.jpg -- Greater Houston Partnership “Emerald City” Soiree 2019 with photography sponsored by Conoco Phillips at Hotel ZaZa August 24, 2019. (Photo by Richard Carson)
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This cloud based gallery will be available for three months in order to enable you to download all of the photos to your computer for safe long term storage. While the gallery may be in the cloud for longer than this time you should endeavor to file and secure the photos for future use in whatever manner you deem appropriate.
The sky is completely covered by a grey layer of cloud with some lighter parts, which is common with Stratocumulus stratiformis. The layer is thick enough that the Sun would not be visible, hence it is of the variety opacus. The cloud base exhibits undulations, indicating an additional variety: undulatus.
Picture of the day
Mammatus Clouds, or "breast-clouds", are fascinating formations in the sky, made mostly from the cumulus cloud base. Although they are not a sign that a tornado is about to form, they often accompany tornado-producing storms, or even may be direct byproduct of tornado activity - an aftermath of severe thunderstorms.
This is how the sky looked on Thursday evening after a storm..
It took half an hour waiting for the cloud-base to lift, but I think I caught the best moment of the evening in one shot.
Shen Hao large-format view camera, Fuji Velvia (RVP) 5x4" sheet film.
N47E Douglas DC-3C Dakota (13816) heading south from Prestwick enroute to Duxford and skirting just below the cloud base at just under 8000 feet and about 5 miles from the garden in ST7 on 27-05-2019
sunset mt teide approx 1900 m just above cloud base behind scrub brush in lava field no editing fast shutter on zoom lens
I must admit to finding it a bit of a challenge photographing the flying action at this year's airshow. I was only able to make a couple of hours on Sunday afternoon and while I was there, a couple of displays had been cancelled and this group, the Swiss Air Force, struggled at times to be seen, disappearing as they did from time to time, into the very low cloud base.
The other thing about the airshow is that the flying displays take place in the sky (obviously!). So, if you're just a fan of planes and stuff, that's fine (and I saw plenty of great photographs of flying things posted on social media). However, if you want to illustrate the event as being the 'Sunderland Airshow', you need to try and include a local landmark. Thanks heavens someone had the bright idea of moving an old redundant lighthouse, that used to be situated at the mouth of the River Wear, across onto Cliffe Park!
204_GHP_EconomicOutlook2018.JPG - Greater Houston Partnership Houston Region Economic Outlook featuring Ellen Zentner, Managing Director and Chief U.S. Economist with Morgan Stanley Research, on the national economy. In addition, the following panel of local experts will share their perspectives on the region's economyDecember 5, 2018. (Photo by Donna Carson)
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