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Like life, a long road has ups and downs with a few bumps along the way.

A couple walking on the slanted roof of Oslo Opera House.

 

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The Oslo Opera House (in Norwegian, Operahuset) is the seat of The Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, and the national opera theatre in Norway. The building lies in Bjørvika, in the center of Oslo, at the head of the Oslofjord. Its builder was Statsbygg, a government-run property owner. The architects were the Norwegian firm Snøhetta who were also the architects of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (the Library of Alexandria) in Egypt. The theatre designers were Theatre Projects Consultants based in London, the acoustic designers were BrekkeStrandArup, a joint venture between local consultant Brekke Strand Akustikk and international acousticians Arup Acoustics. Norwegian construction company Veidekke was awarded one of the largest building contracts of the project. The structure provides a total area of 38,500 m² and includes 1,100 rooms, one of which has 1,350 seats and another has up to 400 seats. Total expenditures for the building project were planned at 4.4 billion NOK, but finished ahead of schedule, and 300 million NOK under budget.

 

The Opera House was finished in 2007 with the opening event held on 12 April 2008. King Harald V of Norway opened the Opera House that evening at a gala performance attended by national leaders and royalty, including President Tarja Halonen of Finland, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. The main stage is 16 meters wide, and can be made up to 40 meters deep.

 

The Opera won the culture award at the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona in October 2008. Jury member Sir Peter Cook said of the Opera House that it "...in its scale, ambition and quality has raised the bar for Norwegian architecture."

 

More information on the building from Snøhetta architects.

 

Best seen large and on black.

Members of the U.S. Army's Golden Knights parachute team paint the sky during their descent at the Air and Ground Expo in Eastover, SC.

“Behind every cloud is another cloud.”

~Judy Garland

 

About half of the 11 chickens will come and eat from my hand

For Our Daily Challenge topic - 'Seeds and Grain.'

Yes, she is holding a cloud ;)

I think it would be nice to live on cloud 9

 

sorry for the great amount of pixels, but the camera needed about 1 minute to close the shutter again.

This picture was taken in a cold January night at -10°C with my old HP850 on an old tripod.

 

More information to be found in here:

www.universum-bremen.de/

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The full frame advantage of taking this shot with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II? Clear even at ISO 3200 with minimal noise, even in the blacks. And, noise reduction not on either!

 

This image is from a test shoot with the new 5D Mark II. There is so much more to say about this phenomenal camera but I am going to let the shooting do the talking as I start to use it :-)

 

More test shots

| Cluttered detail in low light | Tightly cropped | Wide angle with detail | Reds in low light | DoF + High ISO | Sharpness | Bokeh + High ISO | High ISO, low light | Wide angle + colour | Macro |

 

#205 on Explore.

 

Chinatown, Singapore

2008

 

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angry or tired?

or just the invitation for a brush ?

You can be what you wanna be

You ain't got no responsibility

Every man in his mind is free

You're a million miles from reality

You can be what you wanna be...

 

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Lawson's Landing on a winter's weekday is just a little slice of heaven...On the weekends, it evolves into "Lawless Landing"...

The joys of retirement...

 

Located in the North Saskatchewan River Crossing Valley in Alberta. The peak is 10696 feet high, was first ascended in 1902. It's named in honour of Tom Wilson, a surveyor from the CP. It can be seen at the crossing of highway 93 and 11.

For Our Daily Challenge topic - 'Seeds and Grain.'

Greer considers her options ...

a happy furry friday and a lovely weekend to all of you !!

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This Cloud Nine: Raining installation in the middle of Singapore River, between Fullerton Hotel and Jubilee Bridge is by Tan Wee Lit, a sculptor and head of the Faculty of Visual Arts at the School of the Arts Singapore.

 

It caught my attention as I was walking to Esplanade as it seems to exude a sense of calmness amidst the tall buildings of the CBD in its background. I told myself, I had to come back here to capture this pretty installation.

 

This installation is part of the SG Heart Map which runs from 27 Nov to 6 Dec 2015. Be sure to check out the numerous works of talented people there.

 

For more information: www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/sg50-ends-with-a-bang

 

or

 

www.heartmap.sg/sg-heart-map-festival-float/

 

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Just off the 7th Heaven lift on Blackcomb Mountain, Whistler, Canada.

 

For more info about this shot, please visit my blog.

 

My HDR work-flow.

 

My gallery.

For the Cheeky Monkey Shamrocks & Shenanigans hunt on until the last day of March.

 

SHOWN HERE:

~ CloudNine Shenanigans Women’s Crop T-Top

Maitreya | Maitreya Petite | LaraX | LaraX Petite | Legacy | Legacy Perky | Reborn | Reborn Waifu | Erika | Star

~ Blink2Wink CMH March Sneakers (only $L1)

Maitreya | Belleza | Reborn | Slink

 

Worn with:

Maitreya Lara Body

EvoX Fleur Head

Stealthic Blight Hair

Blueberry Evie High Waisted Jeans

I found it - Cloud Number Nine!

 

Cloud shots with Hipstamatic on the iPhone.

Scavenge Challenge - Feb 2013 - Scavchal #16 - Photograph your own shadow.

 

All New Scavenger Hunt - ANSH - Round 42 - Scavenger #13 - Silhouette

 

The Monthly Scavenger Hunt - TMSH #2 - Fantasy.

 

Slider's Sunday

 

The sun was very bright and over-exposed the background, and I liked the ethereal effect it created, so I just lightened the highlights and shadows!! (No other editing!) I love how different it looks!

 

Thanks so much for your visit, your comments are always very much appreciated!

Have a Super Sunday!

Looking East along Vancouver's much-hyped Robson Street (lots of shops if you want to shuffle at a frustrating 1mph through the crowds. I almost never shop on Robson but I probably would if they pedestrianized it).

 

A fabulous evening for one last visit to Cloud Nine revolving restaurant at Robson Street's Landmark Hotel before its closes down and gets blasted to smithereens at the end of this month. Such a shame they let the place go to ruin since it really is the best place for 360 views of Vancouver - way moreso than the Harbour Centre Tower AND it's free! It takes about 90mins to do the full rotation. And what are they replacing it with? Two more hi-rise condo towers that no-one can afford. Oh Vancouver!

 

(Snapped on iPhone 6)

I know a lot of you guys are team Raven and Dexter but for V-Day I thought I would give Cupid some love ❤

Hope you don't mind ^__^

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