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A recent article in Outdoor Photographer by and about Gary Wagner interested me enough to buy his book. I like his philosophy and approach to black and white photography, and I’ve found it to be inspiring. He is very clear that his intent is to create art that is consistent with his vision, his interpretation of the scene. He focuses on the emotional and visual intent more than realistic representation. That appeals to me, and I have been looking at some of my older color work, seeing what I think might translate well to monochrome and processing those images.
I know black and white photography is not quite as popular on Flickr, but if you have taken the time to read this, chances are you like black and white. I usually do not ask for criticism, but if you are inclined, I would like to hear what you think I could do better with monochrome processing. I’m interested in what you think works, but I’m just as interested in what you think does not. I appreciate your time and input.
-John
Research on the psychology of colour consistently demonstrates that colors evoke emotional, behavioural and physical responses. Advertising executives know that a product can have a completely different impact if the packaging colour is changed. Psychologists have found that certain colours in our environment help or hinder performance of certain tasks. Mental concentration is best in cool environments while exercise is best performed in warm environments.
Generally, warm colours such as red and its neighbouring hues on the colour spectrum are active, exciting. Cool colours such as light green, blue and violet are passive, calming. Reds tend to stimulate the central nervous system and increase bodily tension, while cool colours release tension. Meanings change with lighter or darker shades of colours, and different cultures have differing views.
Some things in this life are very consistent.
Like waves,
Like sunrises,
Like gravity,
Like God,
Like trusted friends.
This stormy Atlantic sunrise is dedicated in honor of Kelly, who is a most consistent Flickr friend. I don't know how she manages, but I don't think she misses even a single image of her contacts.
Kelly is very talented and has a great photostream. Her images are regularly EXPLORED, and she is a wonderful contact.
Thanks, Kelly!
Here is her site. www.flickr.com/photos/27633837@N03/
Blessings,
Sheree
(Shot from my balcony this past AM. Yes, it's been dolled up a bit with PP.)
The Alhambra - Granada - Andalusia - Spain.
The Alhambra (/ælˈhæmbrə/; Spanish: [aˈlambɾa]; Arabic: الْحَمْرَاء [ʔælħæmˈɾˠɑːʔ], Al-Ḥamrāʾ, lit. "The Red One", the complete Arabic form of which was Qalat Al-Hamra) is a palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalusia, Spain. It was originally constructed as a small fortress in AD 889 on the remains of Roman fortifications, and then largely ignored until its ruins were renovated and rebuilt in the mid-13th century by the Nasrid emir Mohammed ben Al-Ahmar of the Emirate of Granada, who built its current palace and walls. It was converted into a royal palace in 1333 by Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada. After the conclusion of the Christian Reconquista in 1492, the site became the Royal Court of Ferdinand and Isabella (where Christopher Columbus received royal endorsement for his expedition), and the palaces were partially altered in the Renaissance style. In 1526 Charles I & V commissioned a new Renaissance palace better befitting the Holy Roman Emperor in the revolutionary Mannerist style influenced by humanist philosophy in direct juxtaposition with the Nasrid Andalusian architecture, but it was ultimately never completed due to Morisco rebellions in Granada.
Alhambra's last flowering of Islamic palaces were built for the last Muslim emirs in Spain during the decline of the Nasrid dynasty, who were increasingly subject to the Christian Kings of Castile. After being allowed to fall into disrepair for centuries, the buildings occupied by squatters, Alhambra was rediscovered following the defeat of Napoleon, who had conducted retaliatory destruction of the site. The rediscoverers were first British intellectuals and then other north European Romantic travelers. It is now one of Spain's major tourist attractions, exhibiting the country's most significant and well-known Islamic architecture, together with 16th-century and later Christian building and garden interventions. The Alhambra is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the inspiration for many songs and stories.
Moorish poets described it as "a pearl set in emeralds", an allusion to the colour of its buildings and the woods around them. The palace complex was designed with the mountainous site in mind and many forms of technology were considered. The park (Alameda de la Alhambra), which is overgrown with wildflowers and grass in the spring, was planted by the Moors with roses, oranges, and myrtles; its most characteristic feature, however, is the dense wood of English elms brought by the Duke of Wellington in 1812. The park has a multitude of nightingales and is usually filled with the sound of running water from several fountains and cascades. These are supplied through a conduit 8 km (5.0 mi) long, which is connected with the Darro at the monastery of Jesus del Valle above Granada.
Despite long neglect, willful vandalism, and some ill-judged restoration, the Alhambra endures as an atypical example of Muslim art in its final European stages, relatively uninfluenced by the direct Byzantine influences found in the Mezquita of Córdoba. The majority of the palace buildings are quadrangular in plan, with all the rooms opening on to a central court, and the whole reached its present size simply by the gradual addition of new quadrangles, designed on the same principle, though varying in dimensions, and connected with each other by smaller rooms and passages. Alhambra was extended by the different Muslim rulers who lived in the complex. However, each new section that was added followed the consistent theme of "paradise on earth". Column arcades, fountains with running water, and reflecting pools were used to add to the aesthetic and functional complexity. In every case, the exterior was left plain and austere. Sun and wind were freely admitted. Blue, red, and a golden yellow, all somewhat faded through lapse of time and exposure, are the colors chiefly employed.
The decoration consists for the upper part of the walls, as a rule, of Arabic inscriptions—mostly poems by Ibn Zamrak and others praising the palace—that are manipulated into geometrical patterns with vegetal background set onto an arabesque setting ("Ataurique"). Much of this ornament is carved stucco (plaster) rather than stone. Tile mosaics ("alicatado"), with complicated mathematical patterns ("tracería", most precisely "lacería"), are largely used as panelling for the lower part. Similar designs are displayed on wooden ceilings (Alfarje). Muqarnas are the main elements for vaulting with stucco, and some of the most accomplished dome examples of this kind are in the Court of the Lions halls. The palace complex is designed in the Nasrid style, the last blooming of Islamic Art in the Iberian Peninsula, that had a great influence on the Maghreb to the present day, and on contemporary Mudejar Art, which is characteristic of western elements reinterpreted into Islamic forms and widely popular during the Reconquista in Spain.
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Left: Cherry Tomato - planted from seed.
Right: Goldband Sansevieria aka Snake Plant or Mother-In-Law's Tongue (Sansevieria trifasciata ‘Laurentii’) - Gift from a friend.
The Sansevieria is an ideal plant for indoor spaces as it is a superb air purifier. Studies, including those performed by NASA, have consistently shown the plant to remove toxins such as formaldehyde, xylene, toluene, and nitrogen oxides. It’s an ideal bedroom plant. Whereas most other plants release carbon dioxide at night (in the absence of photosynthesis), the Sansevieria continues to produce oxygen.
Front: Variegated Rubber Plant (Ficus elastica ‘Variegata’) - Gift from a friend.
Variegated Rubber Plant has red midribs and bright, creamy yellow margins on each leaf. Rubber Plants are a popular houseplant choice due to their ease of care, attractive foliage and tree-like presence.
*Note: More pics of Plant, Trees, Flowers, Fruits and Mushrooms in my Flora and Fungus Album.
I apologize for not keeping up terribly consistently on my Flickr stream of late. It has been a two-headed beast of work schedule and some traveling that has made me a less consistent poster. The traveling is behind me now, and has left me with a pile of new work to process through, but my work schedule is not likely to change any time soon.
It has been an interesting year (or four) in that regard. I have been pouring more energy into the content creation and social media work I do at Blue Moon Camera, and that work has been largely pretty successful. I see the fruits of that labor daily, it has led me to producing photography and writing in a way I would not normally have done so on my own, and overall it has been very fulfilling and fun. But I have to admit it has sapped what I have left for my own social media work, such as posting and writing here on Flickr. I have always had sort of a tepid relationship with how much of myself I care to invest in social media and now that reservoir has been tapped to a larger degree. I admit that sometimes I wish I had another five hours a day to be able to pursue my own postings and writings at a leisurely enough pace that it did not feel like work or obligation, which is what it tends to feel like when I have to shoehorn it into a 30 minute window at the beginning or end of the day.
One problem is that I am largely ok with letting it go a bit fallow, which should bother me more than it does, but doesn't. I feel like it should bother me because it is nice to be participatory in the photographic community online and to reach an audience that otherwise would not be interacted with. And I know that many find inspiration and motivation from my postings and I don't like becoming more inconsistent in sharing that work for those reasons. But at the same time, I have limits and what time and energy is left quite frankly I would rather invest in either creating images as that is the most rewarding part of the process for myself, or in polishing and bringing the raw material of the initial exposure to a finished, edited realization of the thoughts or emotions behind the creation of the image.
Anyway, I am just free-thinking here. I am still out there, still making a ton of images and actually I am still posting and writing quite a bit on-line - just in the guise of my work.
I didn't think I had much to say this morning, so I was just going to share something easy, as in my favorite bridge in the world during the recent changing of the seasons. I got out with my Pentax 67 loaded up with an expired roll of my favorite-ever film Kodak 400UC that I have been keeping refrigerated for some purpose or other. And I thought that would be simple, but I guess I had something to write about after all.
Pentax 67
Kodak 400UC
Psychologist Timothy Leary developed an interaction behaviour theory which demonstrated a strong and consistent interdependency of behaviour between people.
Based on his research Leary arranged a set of interpersonal variables into a circle and which lead to an interpersonal circumplex model for assessing interpersonal behaviour, motives and traits. The construct of the model is formed by two main dimensions:
-1 - the degree of dominance / submission and
- 2 - the degree of friendliness / unfriendliness.
The first set of behaviour is located on the orthogonal y-axe of the model; the latter set of behaviour is located on the orthogonal x-axe of the model. Interpersonal behaviour plotted in the model reflects the degree of friendliness and dominance of that specific person at a given moment in time.
7 Days of shooting
Week #39
Flowers
Shoot anything saterday
Alta Val di Susa - Cesana - Piemonte - ITALIA
Fenomeno ottico, caratteristico di alcuni minerali, consistente in riflessi superficiali, e talvolta mobili, dei colori dell'iride, dovuto a fenomeni di rifrazione e interferenza.
Lee Stram is consistently one of the most searched models on the blog. And there's no stopping that trend now that he has permitted to add these sizzling images in his MFM content.
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La maschera aveva un carattere androgino, impersonando contemporaneamente la natura maschile e femminile. La Maschera nella duplice caratterizzazione usciva per l’accensione dei fuochi di Sant’Antonio Abate, sa Tuva, e procedeva a una allegra distribuzione di piccoli doni consistenti in castagne secche, (castanza giunisca), fichi secchi, (càriga), uva e frutta secca, (pabassa), o sestava tiri mancini ai malcapitati astanti incutendo paura ai più piccoli, i quali pur fingendo di impaurirsi intascavano i doni per sentirsi rasserenati. Un gioco delle parti che rasentava la rappresentazione teatrale più che l’interpretazione rituale dei personaggi come avveniva per altre forme di mascheramento.
Zenobiu o Donna Zenobia chiudeva poi il carnevale con l’ultima apparizione il giorno del mercoledì delle ceneri andando a farsi dare le uova in giro per le case dell’antico borgo. Vestiva di stracci scuri come una vecchia signora decaduta e calzava la maschera che poteva essere intagliata nel legno o ricostruita con la carta pesta, lasciando intravedere, da unu mucadore che le copriva il capo, lunghe ciocche di capelli neri ricavati intrecciando il filato di orbace (fresi). Faceva parte delle cosiddette mascheras brutas, anche perché sa bisera veniva spesso dipinta con lunghe e pesanti striature di tintieddu ricavato dalla carbonella del sughero.
Come molte maschere del carnevale era certamente una interpretazione di Dioniso, del suo morire sbranato dai cani e del suo risorgere nel ciclo delle stagioni. Sognare le uova in tutta la Sardegna è interpretato come la possibilità di ricevere un torto o addirittura di essere bastonato, e la cerca rituale delle uova alla fine del carnevale, fa di Donna Zenobia-Zenobiu unu Maimone de fune, altrove unu batileddu, una interpretazione di capro espiatorio della comunità che si riscatta del periodo folle del carnevale con un simbolico atto di purificazione.( lacanas.it)
Around the Sourderie's lake: a consistent architecture programme
The construction of the Lake Temples in 1986 ends the area made by Catalan architect Ricardo Bofill. These 200 apartments add to the 387 ones of the Arcades and the Viaduct (1979-1982) located on the other side of the reservoir of rainwater. Despite its location straddling two towns, this whole housing all around the lake, now shows a strong unity, reinforced by the lake itself designed as a link. The architecture of the Lake Temples is another aspect of "Versailles for the People" wished by the architect. It also reminds the Greek antiquity, among other things because of the triangular pediments at the top of the buildings. These references to historical shapes, combined with industrial construction techniques, are characteristic to the post-modern movement.
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The days of consistently good seeing are over for 2020. From now on it's going to be a struggle to get good images of Mars on the few clear nights remaining. This came out OK given poor conditions, but it certainty lacks the clarity of images from a week ago.
Mars was magnitude -2.58 with angular diameter of 22.17", and was 99.9% illuminated.
I'm a mug for a cup of tea
I do drink a lot of tea and I have a reputation for being fussy but that assessment is undeserved. I am just precise and consistent in my preferences.
Ordinary black tea. I'm happy with a teabag. I dont like "fancy" teas, Something like Tetley's or Nambari is fine for me. I like it weak and I dont take milk or sugar ..and I like the mug to be full and the tea cooled to drinking temperature with tap water so I dont need to wait for it to cool prior to drinking it
I prefer to make my cup of tea myself when that is possible.
For the 125 pictures in 2025 group: number 51. International Tea Day (December 15th)
A sense of achievement in that this is my final one of the 125 pictures for the year.
But of course there is a 126 pictures in 2026 group about to start in the new year If anyone wants to join in. 126 themes - pictures have to be taken in 2026
Belle and Sebastian - For the Price of a Cup of Tea
After we got back to the apartment after our drive to Padstow, we had our dinner, and then decided to go for a walk to the well-known surfer beach, Fistral Beach - about a mile from our apartment.
The straight sandy beach faces west-northwest onto the Atlantic and is approximately 750 metres (2,460 ft) long. It is backed by steep sand dunes and is overlooked by the Headland Hotel. The name "Fistral" is recorded as Fistal in 1813, coming from the Cornish bystel meaning foul water probably in reference to the waves making it an unsuitable landing site. Fistral Beach is best known for surfing. Its west-facing aspect exposes it to Atlantic swells ensuring consistent waves suitable for surfing. The beach is the venue for major international surfing competitions and a competition suite for judges and competitors has been built at North Fistral along with a surf museum. (From Wikipedia)
Vestido de danza consistente en un corpiño ajustado y una falda corta, ligera y generalmente de tul, donde flotan ilusiones, deseos, fantasías y notas musicales...
:)
para Carmiña www.flickr.com/photos/marmimuralla/
porque desde que conocí flickr cada lunes alguien me regala flores...
:)))
This is the kind of place you don't want to leave by all means. Peaceful, chillful, quiet, tranquil, harmonious, soft, fresh, consistent with nature. Paraphrasing famous lyrics "Take me down to the paradise place, where the grass is green and the sun has grace."
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La niebla es un fenómeno meteorológico consistente en nubes muy bajas, a nivel del suelo y formadas por partículas de agua muy pequeñas en suspensión. La mayor parte de las nieblas se producen al evaporarse la humedad del suelo, lo que provoca el ascenso de aire húmedo que al enfriarse se condensa dando lugar a la formación de estas nubes bajas. La niebla conlleva la disminución de las condiciones de visibilidad en superficie. La dispersión de la luz en las partículas de agua que forman la niebla favorece la visibilidad en longitudes de onda similares al amarillo selectivo utilizado en faros y luces antiniebla.
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Fuente: “El libro Gordo de Petete”
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Gracias por la visita :-) Un saludo amig@s *_*
No consistent distinction exists between cormorants and shags. The names 'cormorant' and 'shag' were originally the common names of the two species of the family found in Great Britain, Phalacrocorax carbo (now referred to by ornithologists as the great cormorant) and P. aristotelis (the European shag). "Shag" refers to the bird's crest, which the British forms of the great cormorant lack. As other species were discovered by English-speaking sailors and explorers elsewhere in the world, some were called cormorants and some shags, depending on whether they had crests or not. Sometimes the same species is called a cormorant in one part of the world and a shag in another, e.g., the great cormorant is called the black shag in New Zealand (the birds found in Australasia have a crest that is absent in European members of the species).
As well as being more consistent in general when it comes to building, I wanted to expand my horizons a bit. So here's my first foray into the world of Tachikoma!
The idea behind this was a think tank that moves freight around in a large depot, analogous to a forklift I guess. The cage at the back that forms the abdomen opens up to swap cargo in and out. I wasn't sure how to go about it at first, but once I got in the groove I had an absolute blast and finished it in one sitting. There's plenty of time left in Marchikoma so I might even make another.
Steady, consistent sunshine all day today, how much easier it is to photograph dragonflies when the light is good.
As Pan Am Railways POED (Portland, ME to East Deerfield, MA) prepared to leave Rigby it seemed like the sun was starting to overtake the clouds. Unfortunatley a few minutes after this shot, the sun disappeared for good. Since the train was headed the right way, I chased them back towards home in the doom and gloom. The railroad's only painted C40-8 seems to lead consistently wherever it goes which is a nice catch compared to the rest of the patched GE fleet. The LED headlights are really tough to shoot on the straight on tele's. The four unit consist was a pair of C40-8's, a B40-8 and for old time's sake a Big G GP40. The train is just out of Rigby Yard at the lead to the Gillies & Prittie lumber distribution center and New England Public Warehouse. On the right side of the frame is a cut off support for a B&M signal bridge that was standing (minus signals) up until recently. At least the foliage is FINALLY starting to change in Southern Maine and New Hampshire.
Scarborough, Maine
October 7, 2017
The lotus is coming out unspoiled from the mud just like a gentleman who can keep himself unspotted from the world.
Why I love Lotus,It was a great poem in Song Dynasty (960-1279)
Translating to English is followings,
There are too many lovely flowers in the world.
Tao Yuanming in Jin Dynasty loved chrysanthemum only.
People have been interested in peony since Tang Dynasty.
But I do like lotus that is clean even growing in the muddy pond.
It is so pure, delicate and bright.
The lotus is consistent, continuous and coherent deep inside.
It appears to be straight, proper and honest.
It gives a fantastically good smell and people could even sense its excellent smell far away.
It has no unnecessary branches.
It can be only appreciated distantly but not touched.
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I don't know who consistently rides the bike to work, but I'm glad it's there when I walk over to the hospital to grab lunch.
And I'm having fun importing photos shot with the iPhone's standard camera, into Hipstamatic for post-processing.
Then in the computer, blending the two images together as layers in Ps, reducing opacities, adding some dodging and burning, and then posting here!
Nonostante l'avvento della nuova livrea ICsun e la consistente quantità di livrea Frecciabianca che ancora adorna le E402B ultimamente c'è un ritorno al passato con macchine che tornano a vestire la vecchia livrea xmpr...per esempio due sabati fa dei sei PAX che ho preso di prima mattina quattro erano con E402B in testa, tre delle quali in xmpr. Qui vediamo quello rimasto meglio, preso negli pochi minuti dove è spuntato un pallidissimo sole tra la spessa coltre foschiosa che incombeva su Tortona, si tratta dell' ICN 35574 (754) Lecce - Torino P.N. per un terzo ancora in xmpr, come pure la macchina in testa, l' E402B.155 mentre si accinge ad entrare nella stazione alessandrina...nei commenti invece troverete gli altri due IC, il primo è il 656 Ventimiglia - Milano C. con la E402B.152 in coda, come pure in coda si trova l' E402B.167 sul 1533 Milano C. - Grosseto, entrambe macchine che dalla livrea FB sono tornate a vestire l'xmpr al posto della più nuova e gradevole ICsun
Kilchurn Castle on the shores of Loch Awe.
This was my first visit here and after negotiating a rather boggy meadow the views across the loch were fantastic. The only minus was a consistent breeze negating the possibility of getting good reflections of the castle.
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From 17th November 2025 until 21st November 2025 is the Dubai Airshow, taking place bi-annually towards the end of year and is consistently one of the most popular with major aircraft manufacturers in attendance.
As ever with major airshows, the 2025 Dubai Airshow drew a lot of rumours regarding who were going to place orders as it does attract numerous airlines and manufacturers. Amongst the airlines that drew speculation about an order being placed for new aircraft goes to Abu Dhabi-based, Etihad Airways.
On the second day of the 2025 Dubai Airshow, Etihad Airways announced that not only were they expanding their Airbus A350-1000 and Airbus A350F order book, but will also become the newest customer of the Airbus A330neo.
Prior to the order announcement, Etihad Airways had a batch of 20 Airbus A350-1000s on-order (9 examples delivered) alongside 7 Airbus A350Fs for their cargo division; the Airbus A350-1000 has become a new flagship aircraft for the flag-carrier and don't be too surprised that these will see out their Boeing 777-300ERs which currently stands at just 9 examples.
The new order announced sees Etihad Airways increasing their order of Airbus A350-1000s by 7 which will take the total fleet up to 27 examples. Etihad Airways also confirmed that they have placed an additional order for 3 Airbus A350Fs which takes the total up to 10 examples when all aircraft are delivered.
The biggest surprise came when Etihad Airways revealed they will be ordering the Airbus A330neo; this order is a huge surprise considering Etihad Airways retired their Airbus A330-200/300 fleet throughout 2018 to 2020, having been replaced by Boeing 787-9/10s. Etihad Airways have ordered 6 Airbus A330-900s alongside entered into an agreement with leasing company, Avolon to dry-lease 9 Airbus A330-900s on top of the examples they have ordered direct from Airbus. Etihad Airways have stated the Airbus A330-900s will be used on regional and medium-range flights.
Currently, Etihad Airways operates 9 Airbus A350s, all of which are Airbus A350-1000s. Etihad Airways have 18 Airbus A350-1000s and 10 Airbus A350Fs on-order.
X-Ray Whiskey Golf is one of 9 Airbus A350-1000s operated by Etihad Airways, delivered new to the flag-carrier on 11th April 2025 and she is powered by 2 Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 engines.
Airbus A350-1041 A6-XWG on final approach into Runway 06R at Toronto-Pearson (YYZ), Ontario on EY21 from Abu Dhabi-Zayed (AUH).
This is a shot of one of Isla de Guadalupe's more consistent visitors over the last several years. Mau is a male great white shark named after shark researcher Dr. Mauricio Hoyos.
While I've seen Mau on many trips to Guadalupe, he's not the easiest individual to photograph, due to the fact that he doesn't tend to stay around very long and generally moves at fairly fast pace.
Fortunately, Mau was curious enough to come the submersible cage that I was in a few weeks ago. While the lighting wasn't ideal, I was thankful to get a shot of Mau from this angle. Typically, he's swimming away by the time I get a shot lined up on him.
As a group we rank consistently in top ten teams in RL Relay for Life fundraising. How do we do this, by doing simply what we were already doing and that means having fun, spending time with friends and family, listening to great artists, and so much more. Did I mention having fun?
Cancer will affect each of us in someway, somehow whether it be a friend, family member or co-worker. Sadly it knows no bounds. However there is an amazing community waiting for you to say "NO, I will fight back!".
Join a team, start your own team, either way I promise your SL will be so much more fulfilling having experienced our passionate movement like nothing else. I PROMISE YOU GOOSEBUMPS. For more information reach out to Selene Jashan or even myself if more comfy. Together, new members, new teams, new sponsors, new supporters means a new means to an end of Cancer once and for all!
Relay for Life reaches all ends of the globe, I promise this isn't a US only based cause and would love to show you how it reaches you no matter where you are. 2025 is coming, let's make some MAGIC! Registration begins January 15th with the Relay season kicking off February 15th and concluding June 8th.
Argentine Lighthouse in the Cape Virgenes (Cape Virgins),
departamento Güer Aike, provincia de Santa Cruz, ARGENTINA.
Imagen escaneada de una fotografía en papel . . . . . . . . (24 de octubre de 2006)
Situación geográfica: 52o. 21' latitud S. . . . . . . . . . . . . 68o. 21' longitud W.
Su descubrimiento europeo se debe al marino portugués Fernando de Magallanes (Fernão de Magelhães), que al ser humillado por el rey de Portugal decidió hacer una gran expedición en servicio del rey de España.
Zarpó de Sanlúcar de Barrameda el 20 de septiembre de 1519.
El 21 de octubre de 1520 descubrió un cabo detrás del cual se divisaba una gran entrada de mar.
Al cabo lo bautizó como de las Once mil Vírgenes.
En el plan de establecer faros para proporcionar seguridad a la navegación marítima, la Marina de Guerra argentina inauguró el 15 de abril de 1904 el faro Cabo Vírgenes, consistente en una torre metálica troncopiramidal con doble plataforma y garita, con franjas horizontales blancas y negras, construída sobre la barranca del citado cabo (con una altura constructiva de 26,30 metros, y una altura total sobre el nivel del mar de 69,50 metros.
En las pruebas se comprobó que la luz llegaba a más de 50 kms.
Las obras dirigidas por el ingeniero Ismael Marty y el teniente de navío Virgilio Moreno Vera, incluyeron una vivienda de material para los torreros.
En 1947 recibió mejoras en su estructura y comodidades, permitiendo que aún continúe prestando eficientes servicios.
El clima en este sector es semiárido, con una temperatura media anual de + 6°C, las precipitaciones anuales -uniformemente distribuidas- rondan los 260 mm, siendo predominantes los vientos del Oeste.
La flora es la correspondiente a la estepa patagónica, distrito magallánico.
De entre los componentes más destacados que constituyen su vegetación podemos enumerar: el coirón (Festuca gracillima), el calafate (Berberis buxifolia), la mata verde (Lepidophyllum cupressiforme), la mata negra (Verbeba tridens), y el romerillo (Chiliatrichium diffusum).
A principios de 1885 se difundió rápidamente la noticia del descubrimiento de oro en la zona, provocando la llegada de buscadores y empresarios deseosos de explotar el rico metal, quienes formaron un incipiente y precario poblado.
El Gobernador de Santa Cruz, Carlos María Moyano, envió en 1888 al teniente de fragata Teófilo de Loqui a mensurar la zona poblada de cabo Vírgenes y trazar el futuro pueblo, pero la actividad minera había decrecido porque no existía la cantidad de oro que se había pensando, y las ganancias no compensaban los gastos.
De Loqui registra en su plano las escasas viviendas existentes, figurando la Policía como única autoridad gubernamental. Además, con fecha 1º. de agosto de 1888 informa:
"Las pocas casas de comercio establecidas están liquidando sus existencias, por haber disminuído considerablemente el número de lavaderos; poco interés demostraron estos pobladores en solicitar solares, ya que puede preverse el día que todos se retirarán."
Sin embargo, hasta hace pocos años perduraron la presencia de algunos humildes lavadores de oro, quienes solo obtendrán lo necesario para sobrevivir, lejos de las grandes ganancias que fueron soñadas cuando se descubrieron pepitas del metal precioso.
Muy cerca de allí se encuentra la Estancia Monte Dinero de la familia Fenton (justo en el límite con chile y abierta al turismo).
En ella se crian más de dieciocho mil ovejas de la raza Corino; la que fue desarrollada por el abuelo del propietario, siendo su característica principal el combinar la resistencia y la buena carne del Corriedale con la fina lana del Merino.
El manejo es a la manera australiana, país líder en ovinos.
El trabajo ganadero se realiza en moto cross, contando con la ayuda de perros de razas ovejeras creadas en la misma Australia.
Dentro de su perímetro se halla la Reserva Provincial de Cabo Vírgenes, la cual protege una de las colonias más importantes del pingüino patagónico, o magallánico (Spheniscus magellanicus), con una superficie de nidificación de 875 mil metros cuadrados, con 0.14 nidos por metro cuadrado, lo que da un número de 120 mil parejas reproductivas actualmente.
Esta área protegida se creó en 1986 con una superficie de 1230 has. que hasta entonces eran propiedad de la Estancia Monte Dinero.
Hay 21 colonias de esta especie en la Argentina, 14 de ellas en Santa Cruz, y la colonia de Cabo Vírgenes hospeda el 40% de los ejemplares de la provincia.
La pingüinera se encuentra en la zona mareológica conocida como Boca Oriental del Estrecho de Magallanes.
Tiene un régimen de mareas semidiurno, registra dos pleamares y dos bajantes por día.
Presenta una amplitud de marea máxima de 10.7m y media de 6.7m.
Tomando los 5.9m como nivel medio registra pleamares de 11.0m de máxima con una media de 9.2m y bajamares de 0.3m con una media de 2.5m.
Estos datos implican que el ancho de playa afectado por la pleamar y la bajamar es muy considerable, sobrepasando los varios cientos de metros, afectando notablemente la distancia recorrida por los pingüinos en sus desplazamientos terrestres.
La nota distintiva es el fuerte viento, mas intenso en la primavera y verano, la temporada donde los pingüinos nidifican en las costas.
La intensidad máxima de las ráfagas puede ser de 70 a 90km/h pero no es raro que alcance velocidades superiores a los 120 km/h, soplando principalmente del cuadrante W, SW.
La batimetría indica que a unos pocos metros de la costa (200-300m) la profundidad es de 10m.
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EL PROYECTO DE NAVEGACIÓN ROLL ON-ROLL OFF:
Cada cierto tiempo se intenta reactivar el viejo proyecto fueguino de cruzar al continente navegando por aguas jurisdiccionales argentinas.
La esperada vinculación marítima de la Argentina continental con la isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, surgió a fines de la década del 90.
Primeramente se planteó a través del sistema roll on-roll off entre los puertos de Punta Loyola, a pocos kilómetros de Río Gallegos, y el puerto fueguino de Caleta La Misión, a medio construir en la zona esteparia norte de Tierra del Fuego.
Ante la obvia dilación de las obras del puerto riograndense todo quedó en el olvido tras los anuncios, propuestas y firmas de ocasión; hoy este método fue descartado.
La idea de unir a ambas provincias resurgió hace pocos años.
La nueva iniciativa señala que las cabeceras terminales estarían ubicadas en Cabo Espíritu Santo y Cabo Vírgenes.
Otras de las posibilidades remplaza a este último accidente por la Punta Dúngeness.
El tramo entre estos dos puntos es de 18 millas náuticas, es decir, comprende unos 32 kilómetros de distancia.
Se sondeó incluso a representantes de la empresa Buquebús para conocer su interés en llevar a cabo la ambicionada conexión marítima de Santa Cruz con Tierra del Fuego mediante un roll on-roll off para traslado de pasajeros y cargas en general, este último es el sector más interesado en que el proyecto se cristalice, dados los singulares beneficios que esto les traería aparejado en materia de costos y tiempo.
Sea como fuere, y más allá de las dificultades y esfuerzos que la iniciativa demande, el más anhelado sueño de los fueguinos: poder transitar hacia el sector continental argentino sin salir de la Argentina, sigue siendo eso, solo un sueño.
Sería un paso fundamental para la definitiva integración de la isla con el resto del país, con todos los beneficios económicos, políticos, institucionales, sociales y culturales que el proyecto convertido en realidad traería consigo.
Con dos gobiernos nacionales comandados por habitantes de la zona en cuestión, y a pesar de ello la megaobra continúa estando presente solo en los papeles, parece dificil que el sueño alguna vez se haga realidad, por lomenos en los próximos años...
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~ ~ ~ EL ESTRECHO DE MAGALLANES ~ ~ ~
CARACTERÍSTICAS GEOGRÁFICAS:
A pesar de la corta distancia (menos de 5 kilómetros) que separa la Isla Grande con respecto al continente sudamericano, fue suficiente para mantener aislada dicha isla de la mayor parte de la fauna de mamíferos patagónicos que solo logran o lograron habitar la margen norte del Estrecho (foto).
Las frías, profundas, y tempestuosas aguas les resultaron infranqueables.
Viniendo desde el este, la Primera Angostura, separa dos sectores del gran Estrecho: al este los sacos formados por las bahía Posesión en el sector continental y la bahía Lomas en la Isla Grande, donde la influencia Atlántica es más marcada; al oeste un amplio saco que da origen a las bahías Santiago y Gregorio por el continente y la bahía Felipe por el costado insular con características más intermedias.
Más al sur y al oeste, continuará acrecentándose la influencia del Pacífico.
El largo total del Estrecho de Magallanes es de 305 millas marinas.
En general es profundo y ancho, siendo la menor profundidad, en el track, de 28 metros en las proximidades de la Isla Magdalena, siendo la mayor profundidad del Estrecho los notables 1080 metros! frente al Faro Cooper Key.
En cuanto a las distancias, la menor distancia a costa es de 5 cables a través del Faro Crosstide y la mayor de 9 millas náuticas a través de Puerto Porvenir.
El calado máximo permitido para navegar el Estrecho de Magallanes es de 70 pies, es decir 21,3 metros.
La corriente marina manifiesta sus efectos con mayor nitidez en las dos Angosturas y en el paso Inglés.
En la Primera Angostura, es donde se hace sentir con mayor intensidad en todo el Estrecho, allí va desde 2 nudos en períodos de baja intensidad, hasta 8 nudos en sicigias.
La máxima amplitud de mareas de todo el estrecho ocurre también en la Primera Angostura, Punta Delgada, donde en sicigias se puede observar hasta 8 metros de diferencia entre la plea y la bajamar.
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HISTORIA GEOLÓGICA Y PRECOLOMBINA:
Durante el cretácico superior, hace 80 millones de años, se originaron fracturas de paredes planas debido a los movimientos terrestres, las cuales dieron origen a los canales patagónicos.
Una de estas fracturas, que comenzaba cercana a la latitud 53ºS, tomó progresivamente la dirección NO-SE formando una angosta y larga depresión que pasó a formar, posteriormente, la parte occidental del futuro Estrecho de Magallanes desde la boca occidental hasta el cabo Froward.
Durante el pleistoceno, hace 1.500.000 años, una era de clima polar cubrió el planeta y originó un vasto manto de hielo que cubría el extremo sur del continente americano desde el valle de Río Gallegos hasta el extremo sur de la isla Hoste, pero dejando fuera las isla Wallaston y Hermites.
Luego, este campo de hielo comenzó a variar, retrocediendo y avanzando, dando origen a enormes lenguas glaciares.
Una de estas lenguas, debido al movimiento erosivo de avance y retroceso labró y profundizó depresiones, formando la gran cuenca que forma la boca oriental del estrecho.
Una segunda lengua formó un lago entre las actuales angosturas y finalmente se formó un gran embalse orientado de norte a sur, que comenzaba en el paso Famine y que separaba la península de Brunswich de isla Dawson.
De esta forma la parte oriental del futuro estrecho estuvo formada por 2 grandes lagos y una amplia cuenca en su boca oriental.
Entre los dos lagos se formó, por un muy corto tiempo, un angosto istmo que permitió, hace más de 12.000 años, el paso hacia el sur de algunas pocas especies de fauna terrestre y de los primeros seres humanos: los indígenas aonikenk o tehuelches, llamados patagones por Magallanes, que eran tribus nómadas pedestres, cazadores-recolectores.
Cuando el nivel de las aguas subió debido a los deshielos del fin de la era glacial, se unieron los lagos con la cuenca de la boca y se formó el estrecho.
Esto sucedió en una fecha reciente no determinada.
Esto produjó un corte del flujo genético humano, lo que terminó generando la etnia de los selknam u onas, que poblaban la isla Grande de la Tierra del Fuego a la llegada del hombre blanco al estrecho.
Estos también eran cazadores pedestres, cazadores-recolectores.
Tehuelches y onas eran muy parecidos físicamente.
El área de Cabo Vírgenes se encuentra constituida por acantilados conformados por drift glaciario correspondiente al denominado "Drift Cabo Vírgenes", con una edad mayor a 360.000 años AP. Hace 5000 años, producto de la erosión marina del flanco oriental de estos depósitos, se inició el proceso de formación de la punta Dungeness por acreción marina.
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EL DESCUBRIMIENTO:
El descubrimiento europeo de este importante paso se debe al marino portugués Fernando de Magallanes (Fernão de Magelhães), que al ser humillado por el rey de Portugal, decidió hacer una expedición, pero en servicio del rey de España.
Zarpó de Sanlúcar de Barrameda el 20 de septiembre de 1519.
El 21 de octubre de 1520 descubrió un cabo detrás del cual se divisaba una gran entrada de mar.
Al cabo lo bautizó como de las Once mil Vírgenes.
El 1 de noviembre de 1520, luego de explorar la entrada de mar, Magallanes entró al estrecho al que llamó de Todos los Santos ya que ese día la iglesia católica celebraba esa festividad.
Al navegarlo, contempló en la ribera sur grandes fogatas que desprendían mucho humo, las cuales se producían por la cantidad inmensa de gas natural que emanaba en esa zona a la que los indios habían prendido fuego en algún momento para hacer sus rituales mágicos.
La bautizó como: Tierra de los Fuegos.
Por varios siglos la región continuó sin poblados permanentes hasta que el presidente de Chile, general don Manuel Bulnes Prieto, ordenó al intendente de Chiloé, Domingo Espiñeira que construyera y enviara una nave que tomara posesión del estrecho y sus territorios.
Espiñeira construyó en Ancud una goleta, la Ancud, que puso bajo el mando del capitán de marina don John Williams.
La nave zarpó el 21 de mayo de 1843 y el 21 de septiembre efectuó la toma de posesión del Estrecho de Magallanes en la punta Santa Ana.
Allí, construyó un fuerte, al que bautizó: Fuerte Bulnes.
En 1848, se construyó un nuevo fuerte en Punta de Arena, trasladando el 18 de diciembre de 1848 oficialmente parte de la población del fuerte a la que posteriormente se convertiría en la ciudad de Punta Arenas.
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EL TRATADO DE 1881:
Cuando la Argentina y Chile decidieron delimitar su frontera austral, Chile presionó para que el Estrecho quedara bajo su soberanía.
Esto lo logró concretar en casi toda su superficie, salvo una pequeña porción en su extremo oriental.
Si bien el comienzo del Estrecho en su sector este son los altos acantilados del cabo Vírgenes, el límite de las soberanías no podía partir de allí pues, a causa de la orientación de la costa en ese tramo, se hubieran generado profundas proyecciones marítimas de Chile hacia el Atlántico, lo cual quebraría el espíritu del tratado de límites de 1881.
Por esta causa se decidió dejar un pequeño sector costero del tramo norte del Estrecho de Magallanes bajo soberanía plena de la Argentina, de tan solo 9 kilómetros, estableciéndose el nuevo límite en la Punta Dungeness, accidente geográfico de baja altura por estar compuesto por sedimentos producto de la erosión marina de las barrancas de cabo Vírgenes, donde luego allí Chile levantaría un faro, actualmente todavía en actividad.
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TODO EL ESTRECHO PERTENECE AL PACÍFICO:
La International Hydrographic Organization es una organización internacional encargada de
lograr la estandarización de las publicaciones cartográficas y náuticas de todo el mundo, ambicioso objetivo el cual fue alcanzado con notable éxito.
En el año 1919, en Londres, dictaminó:
«Aquellos estrechos que tuvieren salida a dos océanos, deben ser incluídos totalmente en uno, no pudiendo ser divididos en dos secciones».
Es por ello que, hasta el día de hoy, la totalidad del Estrecho de Magallanes está incluída por convención en el Pacífico.
Para esta Organización mundial, el límite oriental del Estrecho de Magallanes (y la frontera entre el Océano Pacífico y el Océano Atlántico) es una línea que va desde el Cabo Vírgenes (52°21′S 68°21′O) hasta el Cabo Espíritu Santo; de lo que se desprende que la Argentina es estado corribereño del Estrecho al ser propietaria de esa boca oriental, en la cuña formada entre punta Dungeness, el cabo Vírgenes y el cabo del Espíritu Santo, cuyas aguas y costas están por completo en el Océano Pacífico, aunque geográficamente serían netamente atlánticos (por lo menos es lo que percibí yo).
Este detalle suele ser ignorado por la enorme mayoría de la población, tanto chilena como argentina.
Lo que ocurre es que ambos países suelen ser reticentes de manifestar sus caracteres de naciones bioceánicas, porque en numerosos pactos y tratados suscriptos entre las dos repúblicas dejaron de alguna manera constancia de que no es su propósito el expandirse a futuro hacia el océano mayormente opuesto a su natural geografía; es decir, lo hacen por una cuestión meramente política y no geográfica.
A esto se le agrega la posición histórica de Chile de controlar a perpetuidad el tráfico marítimo por el Estrecho, para lo cual, la condición argentina de estado corribereño podría tal vez haberlo complicado si se hubiese terminado recurriendo a una instancia judicial internacional, por lo tanto Chile siempre planteó en todos los foros internacionales, que no aceptaba dicha delimitación, proponiendo en cambio que en lugar de ella sea la línea Cabo Espíritu Santo - punta Dungeness; aunque en realidad se intuye que el verdadero propósito argentino no era someterlo a un Tribunal Arbitral (casi seguro desfavorable), sino el simple hecho de sumar algo más para mejorar su posición a la hora de efectuarse las negociaciones que más tarde conformarían el Tratado de 1984.
Si bien en el Tratado de paz y amistad firmado el 29 de noviembre de 1984, ambos países son cuidadosos de no demarcar ni estrechos, ni océanos, y solo deslindan las fronteras de ambas soberanías, se suscribió que el control y la regulación de la navegación de buques por el Estrecho de Magallanes sería administrado solo por Chile, lo cual es más que lógico pues incluso la pequeña muesca argentina puede ser fácilmente controlada desde lo alto del chileno Faro Dungeness. Aunque se mantiene la libre circulación para barcos de cualquier bandera, y la prohibición de que Chile pueda construír fortificaciones en sus costas, esto último acota (aunque solo muy levemente) su soberanía sobre este paso.
A cambio Chile cedió a la Argentina su derecho sobre las aguas que desde el cabo del Espíritu Santo hasta Punta Catalina se proyectan hacia el mar abierto que, por estar claramente más próximas a la costa fueguina chilena, jurídicamente le hubieran correspondido de haberse llevado el caso a una instancia judicial internacional.
Esas aguas que Chile concedió son muy ricas en pesca, pero en especial en petróleo y gas, estando todo en plena explotación.
Por lo tanto, lo que trasunta de ello es que ha cesado la utilidad de esa tradicional, escrupulosa, y otrora imprescindible política de estado chilena que se cimentaba en la necesidad de que la República no adscriba los deslindes oceánicos o del Estrecho que son aceptados desde hace décadas por el resto de la comunidad internacional (representada en este caso por la International Hydrographic Organization), puesto que la frontera marítima con la argentina ha quedado delimitada en su totalidad, y desde hace más de un cuarto de siglo...
Por todo ello desde aquí apoyo la idea de que ambos países consideren los mismos límites geográficos que son aceptados por el resto de las naciones; entre ellos, el hecho indiscutible que tanto Argentina como Chile son poseedores de costas y aguas en ambos océanos, es decir, las dos repúblicas son bioceánicas, sin que el mero hecho de admitirlo amerite otra intención más que la de simplemente reconocer la realidad de las cosas, si es que se me permite...
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Hanauma bay, Oahu.
Consistently voted as the number 1 beach in the world. Amazing for snorkelling and to see marine life.
Tel Aviv-Yafo (Hebrew: תל אביב-יפו pronounced [ˈtel ˈaviv ˈjafo], Arabic: تل أبيب يافا) or Tel Aviv (Hebrew: תל אביב pronounced [ˈtel ˈaviv], Arabic: تل أبيب) is a city in Israel, and the second most populous city administered by that country's government after Jerusalem. Situated on the Mediterranean coastline in central-west Israel, Tel Aviv has a population of 426,138.
Tel Aviv is located around 32°5′N 34°48′E on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline, in central Israel, the historic land bridge between Europe, Asia and Africa. Immediately north of the ancient port of Jaffa, Tel Aviv lies on land that used to be sand dunes and as such has relatively poor soil fertility.
Tel Aviv experiences a Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa)[93] with hot summers and generally mild, wet winters. The average annual temperature is 20.2 °C (68.4 °F). Average temperature of the sea is 18–20 °C (64–68 °F) during the winter, and 24–29 °C (75–84 °F) during the summer.
Tel Aviv attracts over a million international visitors annually. In 2010, Knight Frank's world city survey ranked it 34th globally.[167] Tel Aviv has been named the third "hottest city for 2011" (behind only New York City and Tangier) by Lonely Planet, third-best in the Middle East and Africa by Travel + Leisure magazine (behind only Cape Town and Jerusalem), and the ninth-best beach city in the world by National Geographic.[168][169][170] Tel Aviv is consistently ranked as one of the top LGBT destinations in the world.[171][172]
Tel Aviv is the fifth-most-visited city in the Middle East & Africa.[12][13] It is known as "the city that never sleeps" and a "party capital" due to its thriving nightlife, young atmosphere and famous 24-hour culture.[14][15][173] Tel Aviv has branches of some of the world's leading hotels, including the Crowne Plaza, Sheraton, Dan, Isrotel and Hilton. It is home to many museums, architectural and cultural sites, with city tours available in different languages.[174] Apart from bus tours, architectural tours, Segway tours, and walking tours are also popular.[175][176][177] Tel Aviv has 44 hotels with more than 6,500 rooms.[107]
The beaches of Tel Aviv and the city's promenade play a major role in the city's cultural and touristic scene, often ranked as some of the best beaches in the world.[170] Hayarkon Park is the most visited urban park in Israel, with 16 million visitors annually. Other parks within city limits include Charles Clore Park, Independence Park, Meir Park and Dubnow Park. About 19% of the city land are green spaces.[178]
Tel Aviv is an international hub of highly active and diverse nightlife with bars, dance bars and nightclubs staying open well past midnight. The largest area for nightclubs is the Tel Aviv port, where the city's large, commercial clubs and bars draw big crowds of young clubbers from both Tel Aviv and neighboring cities. The South of Tel Aviv is known for the popular Haoman 17 club, as well as for being the city's main hub of alternative clubbing, with underground venues including established clubs like the Block Club, Comfort 13 and Paradise Garage, as well as various warehouse and loft party venues. The Allenby/Rothschild area is another popular nightlife hub, featuring such clubs as the Pasaz, Radio EPGB and the Penguin. In 2013, Absolut Vodka introduced a specially designed bottle dedicated to Tel Aviv as part of its international cities series.
Another one of my pictures from a recent trip to Paris. Three exposure HDR but a more realistic post processing to remain consistent with the actual colors & lighting.
the way is the goal
Lund
is a city in the province of Scania, southern Sweden.
The town has 76,188 inhabitants in 2005, out of a municipal total of 105,000.
It is the seat of Lund Municipality, Skåne County.
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Lund University is highly ranked in many international comparisons of higher education and has been consistently placed in the world's top 100 universities in recent years.
I realize that my editing is not very consistent, therefore my stream really is not that appealing from a first glance aha. I find it weird cause my editing is quite consistent, but the outcomes never seem the same. Maybe it's just me overthinking as usual....but somehow I want to have a "unique" editing style, y'know?
Anyways, today's shoot went pretty well! The weather didn't cooperate as well as i'd hoped, but some shots turned out nicely!
I actually love this shot sooo much cause of all the awesome colours! Everyone was so tacky that it literally made me happy!!! :)
I want to put up the original somewhere, so you can see the different outcomes!
I'll upload more as i edit them! :)
By form and function, Peleş (situated in the Bucegi mountains, Sinaia, Romania) is a palace, but it is consistently called a castle. Its architectural style is a romantically inspired blend Neo-Renaissance and Gothic Revival similar to Schloss Neuschwanstein in Bavaria.
A Saxon influence can be observed in the interior courtyard facades, which have allegorical hand-painted murals and ornate fachwerk similar to that seen in northern European alpine architecture. Interior decoration is mostly Baroque influenced, with heavy carved woods and exquisite fabrics.The collection of arms and armor has over 4,000 pieces.
Peleş Castle has a 3,200-square-metre (34,000 sq ft) floor plan with over 170 rooms, many with dedicated themes from world cultures
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In my house, we don’t really celebrate holidays or birthdays. But this 10 year photography anniversary I have coming up? In my house, that’s cause for celebration. It is an achievement, not handed to me, not a given, not easy. It is hard work, hours upon hours of honed craft, of failures. It is confidence, enough to not stop when I watched so many friends give it up or not start at all. It is my proudest moment.
A decade. A decade of creating work consistently, of shooting pretty much every single week (let’s be real, more like many times a week) since I picked up my camera for the first time. Over 800 published images, and so, so many more never shared. It feels like a way of life – waking up at 4am, freezing for the perfect shot, keeping going.
That is why I am so proud of this. Because it isn’t always easy to stick with it. Because a lot of people won’t. Because it took so much more work than anyone knows, even my closest friends. Because of the tears and the love and the passion and the wild imagination. Because…my craft is my soul, and to that, I say we celebrate.
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The Crossing
Big Country
Stand on the silence of mountains and
Wear out your welcome again
Mornings hit hard with an uncontrollable light
Piercing the senses that click deep in the night
Crouched in a pillow of straw feet on the floor
Creeping a path to the mat that holds back the door
Pull straws with holy men
Stain all the atlas pink
And let us find a beach
Where we can cross our hearts
Build up great railways that run
Through the horns of the moon
Hold up a city with cast iron museum walls
Explain your machines to the boys feed them with tools
Bring out the skill in your skin polish your hair
Pull straws with holy men
Stain all the atlas pink
And let us find a beach
Where we can cross our hearts
Stand in the wind as the carousels spin
Wear out your welcome again
Stand on the silence of mountains
And take a look down to the sea
Stand in the wind as the carousels spin
Wear out your welcome again
Stand on the silence of mountains
And take a look down to the sea
Had been watching Weatherzone for about 4 days, and the promise of fog at Campbelltown at 6am was consistent over that time. Off I went on my lonesome to shoot an old shed that I have had my eye on for sometime now. As you can see from the image above, that worked out well!!!! No Fog, the shed still looked good (I'll be back), so I strolled down the nearby firetrail to Freres crossing instead. Myself and a mate had been here a few years back, so it seemed like a good opportunity to go shoot it again. This is a 4 shot pano, stitched and edited in PS CS5. Hope you like "The Crossing". Cheers, Mike
Suecia - Lund - Biblioteca de la Universidad
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Lund University (Swedish: Lunds universitet) is a public university, consistently ranking among the world's top 100 universities. The university, located in the city of Lund in the province of Scania, Sweden, traces its roots back to 1425, when a Franciscan studium generale was founded in Lund next to the Lund Cathedral, making it the oldest institution of higher education in Scandinavia. After Sweden won Scania from Denmark in the 1658 Treaty of Roskilde, the university was founded in 1666 on the location of the old studium generale next to Lund Cathedral.
Lund University has eight faculties, with additional campuses in the cities of Malmö and Helsingborg, with 42,000 students in 302 different programmes and 2,046 freestanding courses. The University has some 600 partner universities in over 70 countries and it belongs to the League of European Research Universities as well as the global Universitas 21 network.
Two major facilities for materials research are in Lund University: MAX IV, which is a world-leading[peacock term] synchrotron radiation laboratory – inaugurated in June 2016, and European Spallation Source (ESS), a new European facility that will provide up to 100 times brighter neutron beams than existing facilities today, to be opened in 2023.
The university centers on the Lundagård park adjacent to the Lund Cathedral, with various departments spread in different locations in town, but mostly concentrated in a belt stretching north from the park connecting to the university hospital area and continuing out to the northeastern periphery of the town, where one finds the large campus of the Faculty of Engineering.
Lund University library was established in 1668 at the same time as the university and is one of Sweden's oldest and largest libraries. Since 1698 it has received legal deposit copies of everything printed in the country. Today six Swedish libraries receive legal deposit copies, but only Lund and the Royal Library in Stockholm are required to keep everything for posterity. Swedish imprints make up half of the collections, which amount to 170,000 linear metres of shelving (2006). The library serves 620,000 loans per year, the staff is 200 full-time equivalents, and the 33 branch libraries house 2600 reading room desks. The current main building at Helgonabacken opened in 1907. Before that, the old building was Liberiet close to the city's cathedral. Liberiet was built as a library in the 15th century, but now serves as a cafe.
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La Universidad de Lund (en sueco Lunds universitet) es una de las más antiguas y prestigiosas universidades del norte de Europa y consistentemente es considerada dentro de las 100 mejores universidades del mundo. Sus orígenes se remontan al año 1425 cuando un Studium Generale franciscano fue fundado a un costado de la Catedral de Lund, lo que la convertiría en la institución de educación superior más antigua de Escandinavia, seguida por las studia generalia de Upsala en 1477 y Copenhague en 1479. Sin embargo la universidad en su forma actual no fue fundada sino hasta 1666, después de que Suecia adquiriera la región de Escania en 1658 tras el acuerdo de paz firmado con Dinamarca.
La Universidad de Lund cuenta con ocho facultades y dos campuses externos ubicados en las ciudades de Malmö and Helsingborg, con una población estudiantil de alrededor de 42.000 estudiantes distribuidos en 276 programas y alrededor de 2.200 cursos. La universidad mantiene acuerdos y relaciones internacionales con cerca de 600 otras universidades en más de 70 países y pertenece a la Liga de Universidades de Investigación Europeas así como a la red global Universitas 21.
Dos importantes instalaciones para la investigación en materiales se ubican en la Universidad de Lund: MAX IV, que se estima será un laboratorio de radiación sincrotrónica líder a nivel mundial y la Fuente Europea de Neutrones por Espalación (ESS), una instalación de la Comunidad Europea que alojará la fuente de neutrones más poderosa del mundo.
La casa central de la universidad y sus edificios más tradicionales se concentran alrededor del parque Lundagård (adyacente a la Catedral de Lund), con departamentos repartidos en diferentes ubicaciones de la ciudad pero que en su mayoría se ubican en una franja que va desde el parque hacia el norte, conectando con la zona del hospital universitario y continuando hasta el campus de la Facultad de Ingeniería en la periferia noreste de la ciudad.
This is part of the hanging flower planter I bought my mom for her birthday in April. She's 85 and doing just great. Last weekend while I was home I spent a few hours on my mom's back patio trying to get some pictures of the hummingbirds that visit her feeder. A male and female, both very shy, darting in for a quick sip then darting off just as quickly. Most of the time I wasn't quick enough. Once my ball cap got in my way, and by the time I got my eye to the EVF the shot was missed. I did get a couple of decent shots, but not in flight.
This shot was taken while waiting, so you may notice the lens and settings are not what I'd have normally used for this kind of shot, I was supposed to be photographing hummingbirds after all. But as I waited I looked through the view finder and decided to go ahead and take this shot. Came out better than I'd expected.
Still super busy, driving and sleeping, and taking stops to photograph when I see something nice. I think what I'm going to have to do Flickr wise is not wait for those days when I have several hours free, (just doesn't happen much these days) but jump on when I have 15 minutes or an hour in the evening and visit several of you each day. I think that will be more manageable and I can be more consistent.
I was in Yakima WA yesterday, heading to San Diego CA to deliver tomorrow night and then back up to Washington to deliver on the 5th of July. Hope everyone has a safe and fun 4th of July.
View of a sailboat dock on the best sailing lake in the USA. Opinion of course, but consistent wind and open water. Great Bass fishing as well…
I rarely get to shoot in my home state of Kentucky as I am often busy with work and family. So I have decided to start the . The concept is that I visit the "tourist" areas of Kentucky and create a photo documentary
Barrels of 4 Roses bourbon rolling across the floor after just being filled. These barrels will eventually make it to single-story rack warehouses to age for years. The warehouses are also used to minimize temperature variations, which provides a gentle, undisturbed and more consistent aging process...
Comallempla & Comapedrosa, Vall nord mountainscape, La Massana parroquia, Vall nord, Andorra - (c) Lutz Meyer
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A constant. A consistent. A word. I am a believer. Tried and True, indeed.
for the details
Not my words, his.
Jem is the house. A little bit kinky, a tad bit warped, yet standing beautiful and proud despite the passing of time. It’s a very special house and there is not another one like it anywhere. It has so many rooms, all full of glorious treasures yet to be discovered and cherished. The foundation is solid and the framing has been reinforced with honorable and faithful craftsmanship. The fireplace at its heart burns strong and provides much comfort and warmth…
Matthew is the tricycle. He has spent a life trying to escape. However, as a result of all his journeys an epiphany has come and he has been filled with the wisdom to understand that he really has not been trying to escape. He has been searching and seeking to find the right home, a home to feel safe in, a home built of trust, a home filled with loyalty, and above all, a home to park his tricycle, so that he can finally rest his weary soul. This explains why the tricycle is headed towards the house…
The birds are our souls learning about one another on a fence fashioned out of, symbols of love…
This is Jim. He’s just one of the many Portland street musicians I see on a consistent basis. I photographed Jim five years ago but never actually met him. I decided to introduce myself but in between songs. He was personable and open to having his picture taken, again. This time I used my iPhone as the Max Train was passing by. Then I converted the image to monochrome just so everyone could appreciate the black and white beard. You gotta love it! See the image I took of Jim back in 2011 in the comments box below.
Well the only things that are consistent with todays scene is the station roof and background building, everything else has changed! Seen on platform one is Class 45, No 45146 in front of three parcels vehicles being loaded with the days mail. No 45146 was just stabling having come off a Trans Pennine turn previously. Siding 'A' still in place but of more interest in the background on Platform Two is the various trollies which were part of the everyday scene at that time. Oh how things have changed, for the better? Who knows! 10th December 1985.
Copyright: 8A Rail Collection (006.002)
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