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Pic By Warwick Baker. We had Matty (our live mixer) standing just out of shot throwing snow up in the air just before the shot was taken.
"The statuary of the north transept portals is devoted to the Old Testament, and the events leading up to the birth of Christ, with particular emphasis on the Virgin Mary. The glorification of Mary in the center, the incarnation of her son on the left and Old Testament prefigurations and prophecies on the right. One major exception to this scheme is the presence of large statues of St Modesta (a local martyr) and St Potentian on the north west corner of the porch, close to a small doorway where pilgrims visiting the crypt (where their relics were stored) would once have emerged."
Source: Wikipedia
"Chartres Cathedral, also known as the Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres), is a Roman Catholic church in Chartres, France, about 80 km (50 miles) southwest of Paris, and is the seat of the Bishop of Chartres. Mostly constructed between 1194 and 1220, it stands at the site of at least five cathedrals that have occupied the site since the Diocese of Chartres was formed as an episcopal see in the 4th century. It is in the High Gothic and Romanesque styles.
"The cathedral was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979, which called it 'the high point of French Gothic art' and a 'masterpiece'.
"The cathedral is well-preserved and well-restored: the majority of the original stained glass windows survive intact, while the architecture has seen only minor changes since the early 13th century. The building's exterior is dominated by heavy flying buttresses which allowed the architects to increase the window size significantly, while the west end is dominated by two contrasting spires – a 105-metre (349 ft) plain pyramid completed around 1160 and a 113-metre (377 ft) early 16th-century Flamboyant spire on top of an older tower. Equally notable are the three great façades, each adorned with hundreds of sculpted figures illustrating key theological themes and narratives.
"Since at least the 12th century the cathedral has been an important destination for travellers. It remains so to the present, attracting large numbers of Christian pilgrims, many of whom come to venerate its famous relic, the Sancta Camisa, said to be the tunic worn by the Virgin Mary at Christ's birth, as well as large numbers of secular tourists who come to admire the cathedral's architecture and historical merit.
"The venerated Black Madonna enshrined within was Pontifically crowned by Pope Pius IX on 31 May 1855."
Source: Wikipedia
With this lensbaby shot, I'm beginning a series devoted to the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, similar to the one I did earlier on the Des Moines Sculpture Park. Here, Lorna contemplates George Segal's sculpture, Walking Man.
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Tellus Science Museum occupies more than 125,000 square feet and features galleries devoted to minerals, fossils, transportation technology, and hands-on science experiences.
The 120-seat digital Planetarium hosts a variety of astronomy programs, stargazing events, and family activities and 45-minute shows are shown throughout each day. The Weinman Mineral Gallery showcases one of the largest, most comprehensive collections in the Southeast, with more than 4,000 rocks, gems and minerals on display.
Tellus is a Latin word meaning "Earth" and may refer to Tellus Mater or Terra Mater, the ancient Roman earth mother goddess, and is also an alternative name for the planet Earth, often used in the science fiction genre (e.g. the books of E. E. Smith).
Tellus is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution. The museum is open daily from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM closing only on major holidays.
The Fossil Gallery features Stan, a 40-foot Tyrannosaurus rex along with other dinosaurs and fossils, allowing visitors to trace the history of life on Earth.
Collins Family My Big Back Yard offers hands-on science exhibits introducing concepts from the physical and life sciences through backyard science experiences.
Science of Motion allows visitors to re-live major developments in science and technology related to automobiles, aircraft, and space travel. In addition, Tellus includes a 200-seat presentation theater, a large multi-purpose room for events, four well-equipped science labs, an observatory, a full service cafe, and a gift shop that is almost equal in size to the Weinman’s original exhibit space.
Tellus Science Museum opened January 12, 2009, and has welcomed more than one million visitors.
Tellus was founded as the Weinman Mineral Museum in 1983, which closed in 2007 and reopened as Tellus Science Museum in 2009. The museum retains the original mineral displays in the Weinman Mineral Gallery.
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Sister Ruth devoted some time to conducting gentle yet effective exercise sessions tailored to alleviate shoulder, feet, and back pain specifically for women. Her aim was to provide them with the tools to unwind, promote relaxation, and ultimately enable them to navigate their daily tasks with greater comfort and ease. Sister Ruth conducted gentle yet effective exercise sessions tailored to alleviate shoulder, feet, and back pain specifically for women. Her aim was to provide them with the tools to unwind, promote relaxation, and ultimately enable them to navigate their daily tasks with greater comfort and ease.
On December 19, 2024, I paid a visit to the two museums hosted in Gadagne, an imposing Renaissance ensemble in Lyon St-Jean, France. The first museum in devoted to the Puppetry and the second is the Lyon's History Museum (www.gadagne-lyon.fr/en).
I loaded my Nikon F4 (year 1989, see the details about the camera bellow) with a Rollei RPX 400 which is the former formula of the Agfa APX 400. The film cartridge is DX-coded and I did not modified the nominal DX-coded 400 ISO sensitivity.
I choose the AF Nikkor lens 1:1.8 f=85mm with a protective Hoya HMC UV 62mm screw-on filter plus its dedicated Nikon HN-23 metal shade hood. I brought along too the Nikon SB-26 flashlight in my bag in case of necessity.
Ambiant light, M mode, 1/60s f/1.8, spot metering
Procession of mothers, old woman mask, Death, embroidered drums***
Palais Gadagne, December 19, 2024
69005 Lyon
France
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***Procession of mothers, old woman mask, Death, embroidered drums
Les Folles
Cie La Mue/tte
Delphine Bardot, Santiago Moreno, Daniel Trento, artistic team
Gladys Belamy, Elise RibeiroEsteves, Hélène Maillard, Morgane Chandelle, Eléonore Blond, Cécilia Herzog, Sarah Pensalfini, Mathilde Torme-Marins, Margot Boscardin, Margaux Barabas, Eléonore Dorn (1BMA 2016 /17), Claire Mérel, Noémie Meyer, Léona Choisy, Samah Elbousami, Eugénie Bédel, Emilie Moens, Margot Agnus, Clémence Fontana (CAP 2016/17), team of embroiderers
Strasbourg, 2017
These puppets and embroidered objects are the result of the company's meeting with apprentice embroiderers around the theme of resistance of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo:
"Embroider to resist".
The procession as well as the mask represent these mothers who in Argentina, after the disappearance of their children during the military dictatorship from 1976 to 1983, gathered in the Plaza de Mayo; 40 years later they still gather and are figures of resistance against oppression.
The drums represent the disappeared children while the great puppet of death embodies the dictatorship.
After at view 30, the last seven views were completed the day after with a series a views of my Hasselblad 500 C/M camera at home. The film was then rewound (manually) and processed the film developed using 350 mL of Adox Adonal (Agfa Rodinal) developer prepared at the dilution 1+25 for 12min30 at 20°C.
Digitizing was made using a Sony A7 camera (ILCE-7, 24MP) held on a Minolta Auto Bellows with the Minolta slide duplication accessory and Minolta Macro Bellow lens 1:3.5 f=50mm. The light source was a LED panel CineStill Cine-lite.
The RAW files obtained were inverted within the latest version available of Adobe Lightroom Classic (version 14.1.1) and edited to the final jpeg pictures without intermediate file. They are presented either as printer files with frame or the full size JPEG's together with some documentary smartphone color pictures.
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About the camera :
Maybe it would have been better not to ask for this question: « what’s new do you have at the moment?» to my local photo store, because Christine grab underneath the counter, stating « I have that … » . What a beast ! A Nikon F4 in the exact state of the Nikon brochure year 1990, presented with the standard AF Nikkor 1:1.4 f=50mm. I was already hooked by the machine. After two days, I decided to buy it even with some little common issues found on early Nikon F4 (see below), fortunately not affecting the whole, numberous functions of this incredibly complex professional SLR of the year 1990’s.
Nikon F4 came to the market on September 1988 starting with the serial number 2.000.000. Fully manufactured in Japan (modules came from 3 different Nikon factories) the F4's were assembled in Mito, Ibaraki (North to Tokyo) Nikon plant (no more in the mother factory of Tokyo Oi like the Nikon’s F). When I lived in Tokyo in 1990-1991, Nikon F4 was the top-of-the-line of Nikon SLR camera’s. I saw it in particular in Shinjuku Bic Camera store when I bought there, in December 1990 my Nikonos V.
Nikon F4 incorporates many astonishing engineering features as the double vertical-travel curtain shutter capable of the 1/8000s. Compared to the Nikon F3, the F4 was an AF SLR operated by a CCD sensor (200 photo sites). The film is automatically loaded, advanced with to top speed of 5,7 frame/s !! With the MB-21 power grip (F4s version). The F4 is a very heavy camera (1.7kg with the AF Nikkor 1.4/50mm), incredibly tough and well constructed. This exemplary is devoid of any scratches or marks, and in a condition proving that it was not used for hard professional appliances, for those it was however intended. The camera has still it original Nikon neck strap, the original user manual in French. The lens is protected by a Cokin (Franc) Skylight 1A 52mm filter and the original Nikon front cap. The two small LCD displays (one on the F4 body, one in the DP-20 finder) are both affected by the classical syndrome of « bleeding ». Fortunately, all information could still be read. One says that 70% of the early Nikon F4 suffer from this problem but also found on other models.
According its serial number and the production rate of about 5000 units/month, this Nikon F4s was probably manufactured in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan in May 1989.
The camera was exported abroad thereafter attested by the presence of the golden oval little sticker("Passed" on the DP-20 viewfinder. In order to certify the quality production, two Japanese organizations, the Japan Camera Industry Institute (JCII) and the Japan Machinery Design Center (JMDC), joined forces to verify and mark the conformity of products for the foreign market. This is how, between the 1950s and 1980s, this famous little gold sticker was affixed, with the legendary "Passed", meaning that the device had been checked. Finally, when we say that the device had been checked, the production line had been checked because each device could not be checked individually.
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About the flash :
I received from a German seller for 50€ this Nikon Speedlight electronic flash SB-26 that was, at the time of Nikon F4, the most powerful dedicated Nikon flash (Guide Number 36 at full power and 100 ISO).
The SB-26 communicates with the Nikon F4 body (and many other Nikon camera's) and can be operated in many different modes including TTL real-time metering with automatic equilibration of the ambient light using the 5-zone matrix metering done by the DP-20 photometric viewer as well in the center-weighted mode. Other possibilities include the normal TTL mode, an Auto mode using the own sensor of the flash and a manual mode with 7 power levels.
The flash head can cover the optical field from super-wide angle lenses 18-20mm, wide-angle lenses 28mm and 35mm, normal lenses 50mm, and long-focal lenses at 70mm and 85mm. The head can be rotated according two axis for indirect lightening. In addition, the SB-26 has a special focusing aid for the Nikon F4 autofocus system, projecting in the the darkness a red focusing image. SB-23 flash can be also used as master or slave flash in a coordinated flash system.
The flash requires 4 AA alkaline cells for approximately 100 lights at full power and much more with energy recycling at lower power levels.
Sister Ruth devoted some time to conducting gentle yet effective exercise sessions tailored to alleviate shoulder, feet, and back pain specifically for women. Her aim was to provide them with the tools to unwind, promote relaxation, and ultimately enable them to navigate their daily tasks with greater comfort and ease. Sister Ruth conducted gentle yet effective exercise sessions tailored to alleviate shoulder, feet, and back pain specifically for women. Her aim was to provide them with the tools to unwind, promote relaxation, and ultimately enable them to navigate their daily tasks with greater comfort and ease.
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"A true-devoted pilgrim is not weary
To measure kingdoms with his feeble steps"
Alexander Mazitov (Александр Мазитов) climbing the Konzhakovsky Kamen mountain on 5 November 2017
Any devoted Raiders fan can assuredly fill us in on who these guys are. All I know is that they have a big tail gate party at all the Raiders home games and raise money for charity.
Memorial Synagogue at the Park Pobedy (Victory Park), devoted to Jews, who died in the World War II Holocaust
Sister Ruth devoted some time to conducting gentle yet effective exercise sessions tailored to alleviate shoulder, feet, and back pain specifically for women. Her aim was to provide them with the tools to unwind, promote relaxation, and ultimately enable them to navigate their daily tasks with greater comfort and ease. Sister Ruth conducted gentle yet effective exercise sessions tailored to alleviate shoulder, feet, and back pain specifically for women. Her aim was to provide them with the tools to unwind, promote relaxation, and ultimately enable them to navigate their daily tasks with greater comfort and ease.
SoundFjord | London's Grand opening event.
SoundFjord is London and the UK's first Sound Art devoted space and research unit.
Ms. McEnerny is a retired asset manager for commercial real estate portfolios owned by institutional investors. She has devoted her time exclusively to her duties as a councilmember since Jan. 1, 2006. She was an active member of the Committee for Sandy Springs supporting the incorporation effort and served on the negotiating committee of the Governor's Commission on Sandy Springs as well as the Properties Task Force.
She is the current past president of the Cherokee Park Civic Association and past president of the John Ripley Forbes Big Trees Forest Preserve. She served on the Comprehensive Land Use Plan review for Sandy Springs known as Focus Fulton 2025. She is an avid gardener, especially utilizing native plants original to Georgia and is a member of the Georgia Native Plant Society.
Ms. McEnerny has a master's degree in real estate and urban affairs from Georgia State University and a BA in history and political science from Southern Methodist University. She is married and has four stepchildren and a brother, sister in law and niece living in Sandy Springs. Her mother lives in Columbus, Ga., and her father is deceased.
On August 6, 2024 the Los Angeles City Firefighter and the friends/family of Firefighter/Paramedic Justin Curtis Jr. honored his life at a memorial service at the Sheperd Church in Chatsworth.
Justin passed away on July 27, 2024 after serving the Los Angeles City Fire Department (LAFD) for 22 years with unwavering dedication and exceptional bravery. His passing was a tremendous loss not only to his family and friends but to all who had the privilege of working alongside of him.
Assigned to Fire Station 18 on the B Platoon, Firefighter/Paramedic Curtis commenced his LAFD career on February 19, 2002. Justin exemplified the highest standard of service and commitment while working with both the LAFD and the United States Forest Service (USFS). His contributions went beyond his remarkable skills as a Firefighter/Paramedic; he was a mentor, a leader, and a source of inspiration for us all.
Justin was a devoted husband, father, and proud four-year veteran of the United States Army. The void left by his passing is immeasurable, for he leaves behind a legacy that will endure through time. We extend our gratitude for his service and sacrifice to our organization and the communities we serve. We will continue to honor and remember Justin, as he will forever be part of our LAFD.
Photo Use Permitted via Creative Commons - Credit: LAFD Photo | Gary Apodaca
LAFD Event: 080624
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Devoted Volunteer and retired Collier Ray Bayliss explaining one of the many museum exhibits that he has created.
#316. Took a breather to check out the beauty around me. Not a great shot, but then, I haven't been all that devoted to the craft this season. Working to get back on track.
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1 Corinthians 1:17-19
17For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel—not with words of human wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
Christ the Wisdom and Power of God
18For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19For it is written:
"I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate."
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For those of us living in homes in which our family members do not know Christ, it is hard to say things that we know of God and to know that they will not understand it. We must continually be in prayer for our families our loved ones, do not back down from this no matter what the cost.
All images are © A. Quinn Photography
Beginning on 8 March, 2024, the auspicious day devoted to Lord Shiva, Maha-Shivaratri, was celebrated at the Shree Peetha Nilaya ashram with Paramahamsa Sri Vishwananda and over 1200+ participants. (Despite the challenge of sudden airline cancellations and rail strikes, they persevered and made it in time!)
A full day and night of activities began with the customary outside abhishekam to Hari Bhakta Poorna Shiva in the morning, and a lecture followed in the afternoon. In the evening, the main worship ceremonies consisted of four main abhishekams, which, Guruji explained in His satsang, represented the different aspects of Shiva associated with Vrindavan. Everyone was eligible to offer water for each of these four abhishekams, spaced throughout the night into the morning of the next day, and an energetic seva team organised and gave prasad to everyone after each abhishekam. The entire event was filled with vibrant kirtan to Shiva as well as to Krishna, the One on whom Lord Shiva meditates, and, despite staying up all night, the musicians, singers, and entire crowd kept the temple rocking. The final arati concluded the event after 6 am, after which vibhuti (holy ash) was distributed to everyone.
paramahamsavishwananda.com
bhaktimarga.org
Kohlapur, India - Dogs really don't like cameras. They probably think like Native Americans or Mayan Indians of yore who believed that photographs could steal their souls. So I've had cute and cuddly dogs freak out and bark at me more than once. This is the reaction I got from nearby temple vendors on this occasion.
This temple was devoted to the god of the sea Poseidon, brother of Zeus. Who in a marine country as Greece had a very important place in the Pantheon.
There is a legend involving the hero Theseus about this place.
Before Theseas (or Theseus) leave for his quest in Crete against the mythical beast Minotaur, his father Aegeas (or Aegeus) orderer him and his crew to have black sails, if his son was dead, or white sails, if his son was alive, on their return.
As Theseas was on his return from Crete to Athens, he and his crew forgot to change the sails from black to white!
So Aegeas fell of the cliff of Cape Sounio, from his sorrow for the loss of his son.
So the sea between Greece and Asia minor took it's name from that man and named, still today, Aegean sea. :)
Many devoted Thomas fans enjoyed the special North Western Railway event and thank you to Thomas, George , Nick and the other exhibitors that set up their cool displays! We also had a special visitor, Gina Tomanek, from MATTEL, who enjoyed our Northlandz tour and talked to the fans! It was an amazing day!
Join us at our next Northwestern Railway Event on Saturday, May 14th, 11am-5pm. More exciting fun for Thomas fans and all our visitors!
You can order tickets online at www.northlandz.com and check out our upcoming events too!
908 782 4288 or email info@northlandz.com.
Beginning on 8 March, 2024, the auspicious day devoted to Lord Shiva, Maha-Shivaratri, was celebrated at the Shree Peetha Nilaya ashram with Paramahamsa Sri Vishwananda and over 1200+ participants. (Despite the challenge of sudden airline cancellations and rail strikes, they persevered and made it in time!)
A full day and night of activities began with the customary outside abhishekam to Hari Bhakta Poorna Shiva in the morning, and a lecture followed in the afternoon. In the evening, the main worship ceremonies consisted of four main abhishekams, which, Guruji explained in His satsang, represented the different aspects of Shiva associated with Vrindavan. Everyone was eligible to offer water for each of these four abhishekams, spaced throughout the night into the morning of the next day, and an energetic seva team organised and gave prasad to everyone after each abhishekam. The entire event was filled with vibrant kirtan to Shiva as well as to Krishna, the One on whom Lord Shiva meditates, and, despite staying up all night, the musicians, singers, and entire crowd kept the temple rocking. The final arati concluded the event after 6 am, after which vibhuti (holy ash) was distributed to everyone.
paramahamsavishwananda.com
bhaktimarga.org
I was at a craft fair and helping out on one of the stalls. The toy dog was a raffle prize and this little girl just came up and took the toy in her arms. I was sitting in a low position waiting for a clear view of my subject. In the original image the background is very distracting so I removed it.