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My contribution to this weeks them "photography in the dark" is Ribersborgs Kallbadhus (outdoor bathhouse) in the dark.
The wine spring of Western Han Dynasty is the highlight to see and has a beautiful story to share. In 121BC of the Western Han Dynasty, the General Huo Qubing from the Han Court won a total victory in the famous Hexi Battle against Huns. In order to celebrate the success, the Emperor Wu awarded him a pot of luscious wine. The General Huo thought the contribution should have come to the whole army. So he poured the wine into the spring and drank it with his soldiers,thus the spring got the beautiful name "Wine Spring".
For video, please visit youtu.be/p91YPY-bsNc
The Botkin Trail in the Yalta Nature Reserve is one of the most famous hiking trails in the Crimean Mountains. Its length from Kirov Street to the top of Stavri-Kay aMount is 4.5 kilometers.
The Botkin Trail route was created in 1901 for tuberculosis patients. They could take wellness walks here, so it is also called the "Health Trail". In these places, the phytoncides of the coniferous forest are mixed with the sea breeze, which creates a positive effect for the treatment of lung diseases.
Professor Sergey Botkin was one of the most famous physicians in Russia in the second half of the 19th century. He received the title of academician and the position of physician of the royal family. Since 1870, he has been studying the climate of the Southern coast of Crimea and made a huge contribution to the popularization of recreation and the development of sanatoriums in the Crimea. He was the first to note the healing properties of the air on the Southern coast of Crimea for the treatment of lung diseases.
Боткинская тропа проложена по левому берегу реки Учан-Су. Начинаясь у Поляны сказок, она завершается у скалы Ставри-Кая. Правда, завершается условно, поскольку сразу переходит в Штангеевскую тропу, которая заканчивается у водопада Учан-Су. Нередко две тропы объединяют в один маршрут. Это логично, поскольку в противном случае от скалы Ставри-Кая придется возвращаться обратно по уже пройденному пути. Если же идти до водопада, получится круизный маршрут.
Тропу оборудовали в 1901-1902 году силами Крымско-Кавказского горного клуба. В то время активно действовало ее ялтинское отделение. Назвать решили в честь доктора Боткина. Он хоть и жил в Москве, но активно участвовал в исследовании роли Южного берега Крыма как курортологического направления. Получив звание академика, он стал лейб-медиком царской семьи и много времени проводил вместе с ней в Ливадийском дворце.
My contribution for this weeks Macro Mondays theme mesh. Found this beautiful leaf in decay and used some backlit and colored filter.
Our contribution for the new round of TLC The Garden: The Beatle Chair Comes in Rust (displayed) or in Metal and has a Texture Changer for the Leather parts (Red (displayed here), Army, Black and White). The chair has 7 LI and 18 single- and 9 couple animations.
TLC : Endless Summer starts 7th August.
SURL: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Remarkable/151/169/22
Webpage: www.liaisoncollaborative.com/
Contribution to MM challenge for 22/7/19, theme: "Gone Fishing"
Another challenge involving food!! At least this time it's healthy. Or at least it was until I cooked it in a ton of butter and and drowned my salad with olive oil!
ENG: Hi, you love out there. You know, it's funny how the landmarks of a city are so referenced. Very few people crossed our path on Friday during my little photo tour with my child.
The House of World Cultures (former name: Congress Hall) was the US-American contribution to the 1957 International Building Exhibition. The technically revolutionary building was declared a gift from America to its friend West Berlin and was built on the south bank of the Spree in the Tiergarten. The Berlin vernacular soon aptly named the building "Pregnant Oyster". The building also produced a sad headline, because on May 21, 1980, during a press conference, the southern part of the roof edge collapsed due to a structural failure.
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GER: Hi ihr lieben da draußen. Irgendwie ist es schon komisch, wenn die Wahrzeichen einer Stadt so verweist sind. Nur ganz ganz wenige Leute haben unseren Weg am Freitag gekreuzt bei meiner kleinen Foto-Tour mit meinem Kind.
Das Haus der Kulturen der Welt (früherer Name: Kongresshalle) war der US-amerikanische Beitrag zur Internationalen Bauausstellung 1957. Das technisch revolutionäre Gebäude wurde als Geschenk Amerikas an das befreundete West-Berlin deklariert und entstand am Südufer der Spree im Tiergarten. Der Berliner Volksmund nannte das Gebäude bald treffend "Schwangere Auster". Eine traurige Schlagzeile produzierte das Haus ebenfalls, denn am 21. Mai 1980 stürzte der südliche Teil des Dachrandes während einer Pressekonferenz durch einen Statikfehler ein.
As easy as my previous contribution was, so tedious is this one. I had more or less this blue hour image of this iconic spot in my mind at the start of my project. For those who know this spot it is obvious why it is difficult to shoot it like this. For those that don't know it: It is one of the busiest spots in Madrid. Lots of pedestrians that go by, or worst:stand still for a selfie. And my aim was not too many people in the image. On the left (just outside the frame) there is a hoge LED-screen throwing all kinds of (ugly) colors on the Capitol-building, The Schweppes-add on top is a rotating square, filling and emptying it's content (and I wanted it complete in my image). On my right (just outside of the frame) is a crossing with traffic-lights (so pedestrians are queuing (in my frame) and finally I wanted the light-trails from the passing cars included.
The challenge in Madrid was to take as much footage as I could so later I could use the different required parts for my final image. I've been taking quite a lot of long exposures for almost an hour. Most of them were useless. At home I combined bits and pieces of the usable ones, so that everything matched my criteria and I finally I reached this end-result. So here it is and you can .....
Enjoy!
(do yourself a favour and click L for a full-screen)
San Francisco, California, USA
The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the one-mile-wide (1.6 km) strait connecting San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. The structure links the U.S. city of San Francisco, California—the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula—to Marin County, carrying both U.S. Route 101 and California State Route 1 across the strait. It also carries pedestrian and bicycle traffic, and is designated as part of U.S. Bicycle Route 95. Recognized by the American Society of Civil Engineers as one of the Wonders of the Modern World, the bridge is one of the most internationally recognized symbols of San Francisco and California.
The idea of a fixed link between San Francisco and Marin had gained increasing popularity during the late 19th century, but it was not until the early 20th century that such a link became feasible. Joseph Strauss served as chief engineer for the project, with Leon Moisseiff, Irving Morrow and Charles Ellis making significant contributions to its design. The bridge opened to the public in 1937 and has undergone various retrofits and other improvement projects in the decades since.
The Golden Gate Bridge is described in Frommer's travel guide as "possibly the most beautiful, certainly the most photographed, bridge in the world." At the time of its opening in 1937, it was both the longest and the tallest suspension bridge in the world, titles it held until 1964 and 1998 respectively. Its main span is 4,200 feet (1,280 m) and its total height is 746 feet (227 m).
(Wikipedia)
My contribution for this week's theme «gift»; for the Swedish photo group Fotosondag.
Mitt bidrag till Fotosöndag och veckans tema «gåva».
My contribution to UWA Transformations 2017:
I invite you to a small wander in second life through spherical panoramas : UWA, Paris 1900, Ville de Cœur, Cerridwen Cauldron, La Digue du Braek, Winter Trace, Silas Merlin Island, Arctic Express, Devin 2 and CK Ballyhoo, Watercolor Wander at LEA12.
It features artwork by Elicio Ember, Silas Merlin and Ceakay Ballyhoo, and funny items by Pandora Wigglesworth (Curio Obscura).
Transformations 2017, Will be the last Art event organized by the University of Western Australia before the regions close at the end of July. The Event starts on May 1st.
Visit this location at University of Western Australia (UWA) in Second Life
My contribution to World Cheetah Day.
©2019 Duncan Blackburn
Member of Nature’s Spirit
Good Stewards of Nature
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This is my contribution to Macro Monday June 27th theme "Line Symmetry". I'm really hoping I have enough symmetry from the forks in this shot to qualify for the theme. I tried with a leaf and didn't like the pictures.
The two forks are in a bath of water+milk with micro LED lighting the bottom of the mill bath since the LED are coloured they created the ethereal glow in the milk. A lot of similar pic use an egg in the middle but since we just bought cherries at the market I decided the color and texture was nicer.
Hope you like it.
The CPR purchased 3 E8-A's as their contribution for the joint operation of The Alouette and The Red Wing between Montreal and Boston via the B&M's Northern IIRC. When these trains were replaced by RDC's they continued to work in local service out of Montreal quite frequently on the trains to Ottawa Quebec City. The 1801 was involved in an accident on the Quebec City and was scrapped in the mid 60's. The remaining 2 units were used regularly on The Atlantic Limited between Montreal and Saint John. Normally the passenger units were maintained at The Glen the passenger yard located near Windsor Station. So I was surprised to find the 1802 out at St Luc. Both were sold to VIA rebuilt, renumbered transferred to Calgary and eventually scrapped.
My contribution to the InnovaLUG vignette collab! I tried to go for a log path look.
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Contribution to MM challenge for 7/9/20 - theme: "Footwear"
Steel toe DM. Often (even at the age of 50 something!) essential gig going footwear.
I've got a strange addiction to big crowds of people/strangers with one thing in common, whether it be the band or the team. One thing I'm not addicted to is having my toes stood on. Of course I could just move my ageing bones away from the crowd but where's the fun in that!
UC San Diego 1999-2000 General Catalog. Updated annually until online tools rendered physical copies obsolete, this was the must-have reference for every student.
Even though it had been a long while since I graduated from and, a year later, became a full-time staffer at this innovative institution, I obtained, and saved, this copy for one reason only: a small contribution of mine to the cover art. Someone from the Registrar's office contacted my department to request, promptly forwarded to me, a reel of movie film for a photoshoot. The department could supply a reel of 16mm film, something I felt would be inadequate. Since I had already amassed a decent collection of 35mm films and supplies. I suggested using 35mm instead for greater impact. I brought in a full reel for the photographer to use. After a long wait upon getting the reel back, I finally saw the results, sitting on the letter g of the word catalog.
Our contribution for the brand new event „Whimsical“ (opening 18th February): The Asian Pathways Building Set. The modules are laied out that every possible combination of pathways can be built. The Pathway Set contains the Landpart, the Arch Bridge, the I-Part, the T-Part, the X-Part and the Corner Part. Also available is the Stilted Gazebo which can be used for the Pathways but also as stand alone piece. The Set is completed by the decoration set containing water lotus flowers, cattails, a Fu Dog Statue and a Water Dragon Statue. Of course there is also a complete set available at Whimsical. All pieces are 25% reduced during the event.
Specs:
Asian Pathways:
Land Part: 2.9 x 9.0 x 3.9 meters, LI 9
Arch Bridge: 8.0 x 2.6 x 6.5 meters, LI 13
I-Part: 2.8 x 8.0 x 3.9 meters, LI 7
T-Part: 5.6 x 8.0 x 3.9 meters, LI 8
X-Part: 8.0 x 8.0 x 3.9 meters, LI 8
Corner-Part: 5.6 x 5.6 x 3.9 meters, LI 7
Stilted Gazebo: 5.5 x 5.0 x 10.5 meters, LI 24
Decoration Pack:
Fu Dog Statue: 1.1 x 1.6 x 2.6 meters, LI 4
Water Dragon Statue: 0.8 x 10.0 x 4.0 meters, LI 7
Water Lotus (with Blossom): LI 4
Water Lotus (without Blossom): LI 2
Cattail: LI 2
SURL: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sideways/127/122/53
Event starts: 18th February
My contribution for this week's theme «water»; for the Swedish photo group Fotosondag.
Mitt bidrag till Fotosöndag och veckans tema «vatten».
My contribution for this week's theme "autumn photo", for the Swedish photo group Fotosondag.
Ny kamera. En Sony. Inte helt med på allt man kan göra med den, men en höstbild vore det väl skam om man inte fick till.
My photostream, admin contributions, and montage artwork have all suffered a bit lately while I have been making preparations for a much anticipated road trip. Once again I will be driving from California across Nevada and Utah to visit my daughter and grandson in Colorado. And this time I will be packing them up and driving some more to Lander, Wyoming where we will be accommodated in “The Bunkhouse” on a llama ranch. I will keep up whenever possible, but until I return toward the end of August my comments and participation in all my favorite groups may be a bit catch-as-catch-can. Apologies in advance!
My contribution to Macro Mondays' challenge, "Photographic equipment", on 25 November 2024. It's been a while since I used any of these, and not just because I no longer have a 72mm lens.
My contribution on this weeks theme 'odd' @ Fotosöndag is about an unique birding event that most Sweedes know about
The gathering of thousands of Common Cranes and people wathing them @ Lake Hornborga every spring & autumn is - in positive terms - a very unique phenomenon. The photo shows my son climbing in front of the lake, a symbol that birding can be a great family event! During the pandemic the number of people visiting the lake have been less, so social distancing were not a problem
The reasons why so many cranes makes a pitstop at this lake is a fascanating story, you can read about it at my photo Important Wetland
@ The outlook point "The Crane Dance", South side of Lake Hornborga, Bjurum, Sweden, 20/3, 2021
Mitt bidrag till veckans Fotosöndag/My contribution on this week on Photosunday on the theme Favorit/Favortie
This is a work of Ditte Ejlerskov (DK)
The Cuba Room 2020
My contribution for F unit Friday is this good looking FP7A from April of 1978. Tight quarters forced this nose heavy shot at the engine house, but it seems to accentuate the graceful lines of EMD's classic design. Schiller Park, for me, wasn't one of those places where I could linger and explore different viewing angles. I guess that for every three times I was there, one of those times I was asked to leave. (I was starting to get a complex!) Of course, I was trespassing, but it was a different world back then. More often than not, at most places, the employees would either ignore you or stop and talk trains. Yep, times have sure changed.
Here is my contribution to the Super Flower Blood moon total
lunar eclipse on 5-15-2022.
We drove about an our east to the grassland plains of Colorado. We found just the rights windmill for a bit of foreground to go along with the different phases of the lunar eclipse. This is a composite of the moon phases starting at about 8:00pm and ending around 10:30pm. Luckily we had clearing skies and subsiding wind. It was a beautiful night under the moon.
Nikon D850 with Nikkor 300mmF4 PF lens. Various shutter speeds, apertures and ISO’s. Each moon and windmill are individual shots, combined by hand in Photoshop.
History
The windmill De Kat was originally built in 1781.
It is an octagonal mill with a rotating cap and external gallery. Since its restoration and partial rebuild in 1960 it has been fitted out to grind colouring materials.
The mill is located on the River Zaan between the windmills De Zoeker and De Poelenburg, near the Zaanse Schans, where it makes a dominant contribution to the landscape.
A windmill was first set up on this spot around 1646, receiving its permit to use the wind on 11 January 1646, issued to Adriaen Gerritsz. v
This is my contribution to the Macro Mondays theme of Kitchen. My pasta machine that cuts Fettuccine and Tagliatelle, as my mama used to say HMM
Galileo Galilei was an important Italian scientist, physicist, mathematician, astronomer and philosopher. His scientific contribution started a new era in the history of astronomy, he was the first astronomer to access new knowledge using the telescope. He defended the concept that the Earth was not the center of the universe.
Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa, Italy, on February 15, 1564, son of Vincenzo Galilei and Julia Ammannati. His parents noticed Galilei's great intelligence and special aptitudes from an early age. The boy showed an interest in the arts and performed excellent paintings, demonstrating manual skill and creativity to manufacture toys and contraptions. He played the organ and zither with aplomb. Thus, Galilei excelled in studies at the Sunday school in Vallombrosa and planned to enter the monastery, but his father did not agree with the idea and enrolled him to study medicine at the University of Pisa. Two years after joining, he dropped out of the course and went to dedicate himself to the study of mathematics. The move did not please his father, and Galilei ended up dropping out of the University in 1585. He did not complete any degrees, but in the same year he went to Florence and began giving private lessons to support himself. He stood out for his research in geometry and continued with his mathematical studies.
It was at this time that he invented the hydrostatic balance, a mechanism that would be published in a detailed treatise in the year 1644. In 1589, in recognition of his scientific contributions and brilliant reasoning, he was appointed to the chair of mathematics at the University of Pisa. He was not welcomed by teachers, as he was only 25 years old, had incomplete academic training and publicly discredited Aristotle's established theories. In 1590 Galilei published a treatise on the motion of bodies. In 1591 he was removed from the professorship, after succumbing to intrigues and disputes with Aristotle's supporters. In 1592 he was appointed by the Senate of Venice to teach mathematics at the University of Padua, a position he would hold for 18 years. In 1609 he built a telescope based on the one previously invented by Hans Lippershey in Holland. Galilei made meticulous observations of the sky and incredible discoveries: he located the four largest moons of Jupiter and the mountains and craters on the Moon's surface. And when he detected spots present on the Sun's surface, the discovery helped to prove his theory that the star rotated on an axis. He investigated Saturn and observed what appeared to be two fixed moons, which were the edges of Saturn's ring system, but Galilei's telescope was not accurate enough to determine exactly what those points were.
His findings were collected and published in March 1610 in the book “The Messenger of the Stars”. The work was acclaimed and also generated much controversy, as Galilei publicly defended Nicolaus Copernicus' theory that the Sun was the center of our Solar System, not the Earth. At that time, the Catholic Church fully controlled science and held the opposite view, that the center was the Earth.
In 1616 Galilei was cornered by the authorities of the Inquisition and threatened with the death penalty if he did not publicly deny the scientific truths he had proved. He was expressly prohibited from teaching and propagating ideas that were contrary to the position of the Church. Even so, in 1632 he published the "Dialogue Concerning the Two Greatest Systems of the Universe", causing the Church's total rejection and intolerance. Prevented from continuing with his research and theories, the scientist retired to his castle located in Arcetri, a village near Florence, where he dedicated himself to pursuing his experiments alone.
Galileo Galilei died on January 8, 1642 in Arcetri, Italy. He was almost blinded by the observation of sunspots done without adequate protection for decades. Three hundred and fifty years later, through Pope John Paul II, on October 31, 1992, the Catholic Church formally recognized the legitimacy of Galilei's theories.
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He is reburied here:
This was my contribution for the word spiral to the Photography Scavenger Hunt Working with gimp or plastic lace was a playground activity when I was a kid that I picked up again during my years of working at a Cub Scout day camp and being a den leader.
120 Pictures in 2020 #60 I remember
Hello my Flickr friends!
This is my contribution to 2 awesome Flickr Groups:
*ღღ* Cosas de casa *ღღ and the theme for today is Red and Color my World Daily with the color Yellow for today.
I must admit red is a very popular color!!! And it is always interesting to see how it matches with other colors. But red and yellow? That is a major risk of burning your retina!! Be careful and please wear glasses if your eyes are sensitive to vivid color exposure!!! I don’t want to be the one telling you: I told you so!!! I know someone who looked directly at the sun and lost 10% of her vision (yes, it was a friend of mine and no it was not me!). And apparently it may also happen if you are a man and you stare at women’s cleavage…. So, Messieurs, be careful!!
So here we go, everything we need is in our purses and we are ready to climb that gigantic egg!! Who is coming with us?? Double challenge: red half of my picture is for *ღღ* Cosas de casa *ღღ and yellow half of my picture is for Color my world Daily Group!
Thank you so much for your comments /favs and support! I’m humbled and grateful!!! I wish you all an amazing day and see you soon on Flickr (how about tomorrow ??)!!
Hermann Star Mills was built by Henry Reitemeyer and Mattias Kochele in 1867, and was the first steam powered grist mill built in Hermann. Completed in the fall of 1867, it was first advertised in the "Hermanner Volksblatt" of March 21st. 1868. Reitemeyer was one of Hermann's more wealthy merchants. In 1860 he operated a water powered saw and grist mill as well as a general store. Hermann Star Mills was assesed at $14,750.00 in 1868 Although Reitemeyer was forced to declare bankruptcy in 1871, his milling business remained an important contribution to the economy of Hermann.
In 1880 a new steam engine was purchased at a cost of $7,000.00. In 1892 a listing of the machinery of the mill stated the a 125 horse power engine provided power for the machinery. It was also noted that the mill was lit by coal oil lanterns and there was no plumbing or heat. In 1898 a stove was placed in the office. By 1908 electricity and steam heat had been added. By 1917 the mill had city water.
After the demise of the milling business in the dark days of the depression, the mill went through a series of transformations including a cheese factory, furniture storage and paint store, and a pencil factory prior to becoming a machine shop under two different managements.
My contribution to the awesome shots already posted (jeeze, some of you are FAST) of last night's storm. Our little guy reminded me of a prairie dog, running in the house to get the family out and check out the cool clouds (he had the scientific names rolling off his tounge, though).
We're headed to Wisconsin for some camping -- see you all on Monday!
This IS a Contraption!! At one stage, I made a number of really FUN Steampunk cloth dolls ( from commercial patterns- by 'Frowning Francis', for the Crafters among you) I collected tons of rusty bottle caps, pieces of rusted metal, springs, a derelict watch that a Dear Friend donated to the cause ( I dismantled it with difficulty) etc! I created this 'thingamy' but never got round to fastening it together. Anyway, for what it is worth, it is my contribution to MM's 'Contraptions' prompt. It is an Alternate Sponser- as, if it WERE all connected, I feel certain that it would Sponse, alternately!! And so it should!! ( please note- any similarity between an Alternate Sponser and Alternate Facts is purely coincidental!!!)
My contribution for this week's theme "atmosphere"; for the Swedish photo group Fotosondag.
Det är verkligen en viss känsla att stanna till vid en hage där det står 13 ungtjurar och mumsar hö. Det blir inte sämre, men aningens mer spännande, när en av dem plötsligt vänder sig om, fyller lungorna med luft och brölar högt åt ditt håll. Han måste ha förstått att jag bara hade fått en kopp kaffe på morgonen och att det kurrade betänkligt från magen. Men här hade jag inget att hämta, inte rent matmässigt i alla fall. Men en halvokej bild till veckans stämningstema blev det i alla fall. :)
My contribution to The Moulin Rouge: "Textured layers contest: The Wall"
Thanks to Raul/Imagina" for the texture.
My contribution to hats for Haiti. Had a hard time with the focus and timer. It's Friday and what I need is a beer so this is about as good as it's gonna get tonight. Cheers!
Every photo of you or a friend wearing a hat will help towards a donation to Haiti [3 max].
It's that simple. New photos only. More information here.
Thanks and hats off to Tony for doing this!
This is now closed .. £690 ($1,100) for Haiti raised from those who pledged!!! Some of the photos from the group will be appear in a book to raise more funds for Haiti. If you participated, see group's discussion for more information.