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Baracoa is a municipality and city in Guantánamo Province near the eastern tip of Cuba. It was founded by the first governor of Cuba, the Spanish conquistador Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar in August 15 of 1511. It is the oldest Spanish settlement in Cuba and was its first capital (the basis for its nickname Ciudad Primada, "First City").
Baracoa is located on the spot where Christopher Columbus landed in Cuba on his first voyage. It is thought that the name stems from the indigenous Arauaca language word meaning "the presence of the sea."
Baracoa lies on the Bay of Honey (Bahía de Miel) and is surrounded by a wide mountain range (including the Sierra del Purial), which causes it to be quite isolated, apart from a single mountain road built in the 1960s.
The original inhabitants of the island were Taíno. They were eradicated by the Spanish all over Cuba except here and this is the only place where descendants still live. A local hero is Hatuey, who fled from the Spanish in Hispaniola and raised a Taíno army to fight the Spanish in Cuba. According to the story Hatuey was betrayed by a member of his group and sentenced to burn at the stake. It is said that just before he died a Catholic priest tried to convert him so he would attain salvation; Hatuey asked the priest if Heaven was the place where the dead Spanish go. When he received an answer in the affirmative he told the priest that he'd rather go to Hell.
On October 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus landed in Cuba in a place he named Porto Santo. It is generally assumed from his description that this was Baracoa, although there are also claims it was Gibara. But Columbus also described a nearby table mountain, which is almost certainly nearby El Yunque. He wrote in his logbook ... the most beautiful place in the world ...I heard the birds sing that they will never ever leave this place....
The remote location at the eastern end of the Cuban island has kept the influence of mass tourism quite low, despite the idyllic location. Baracoa can be reached by bus from Santiago de Cuba (4 hours) or by plane from Havana (2 hours).
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It took us some time to reach the outpost of Baracoa that is located in the far east of Cuba. It's a different world than rest of the island: less crowded, vibrant, with tropical forest and magnificent scenery around. Maybe not that attractive at the first sight, however far much more magical after a deeper exploration.
Yumurí Canyon is a lush, tropical gorge and an unexpectedly impressive sight to say the least, with walls at points measuring nearly 200 m from the canyon floor. Its eponymous river, dotted with deep natural swimming pools, is neither deep nor particularly fast flowing, making it ideal for exploring the near-complete seclusion of eastern Cuba either via rowboat or on foot.
"The fall of a leaf is a whisper to the living." Russian Proverb
Thanks so much for my fourteenth EXPLORE! May 3, Highest #131
This shot was taken on the same day as Reaching (my last upload). This fence is located on a lane going to a Heritage Farm just a mile from us (which is a little tourist attraction), it was such a gorgeous day and the leaves of the trees were littered all along the fence, caught up in the wind. My first instinct was to pull out my Macro Lens (it always is as I adore it), however I pushed against this and went for my new Canon EF 50mm ƒ/1.4 lens. I cannot put into words how much I love this bokeh magnet! HFF!
Undertaking this Project 52 has been one of the best things I've ever done. It's helping me grow, learn and develop as a photographer and I'm excited to see what each day brings...
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Explored: 14 June 2007 #464 Thank you
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The Sugar Glider (Petaurus breviceps), sometimes called the Flying Sugar, is a small gliding possum native to eastern and northern mainland Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarck Archipelago, and introduced to Tasmania.
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Lakeside Tropical Bank Holiday Weekend
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Explorer Falls is near Lake Roesiger in the north cascades. This stream is pretty clogged with debris from the rough winter.
Moree-bound Explorer at Narrabri. The little plaque explains why the bridge is still yellow
- it appears to be a paint trial - started in the '70s.
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No, these are not my photos. I popped into Explore yesterday for some inspiration and benchmarks to guide me what is considered 'interesting' or generally, good photography - and this is what I found. These are shots from the first 3 pages I browsed (I didn't have to dig deep to catch the trend). The esteemed editorial team of Flickr (or what many believe is their super-intelligent computer algorithm) shows us the way to go. This is creative, original, artistically and technically exemplary and we should all learn: to be among the very best, you need to capture lo-fi images of Asian teenagers, or higher quality photos of... puppies and kittens. Occasionally, the unopened box of your new gadget is also top-class art. Lesson learned - I'm now out to capture my next masterpiece!
N.B. All copyright of the esteemed authors is totally respected and their works have been reproduced only once within Flickr for educational purposes and to spread the word how good they are. No changes have been made to any of the originals other than reducing size to fit into the space (and to prevent piracy by malicious art thieves). No money has been made in the process, but if any (even one) of the copyright owners asks me, I will remove the entire collage.
Uodate: Proof that it's not a machine algorithm but a human editorial crew (Yahoo / Flickr employees or external hackers, doesn't matter) - and they have a sense of humour! THIS composite image WAS in Explore for a while on the day I uploaded it - now, that's what I call sarcasm! :) ))
A Flying Flamingo - @ Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary - Andhra Pradesh, India.
IN FLICKR EXPLORE ON 10-02-2014.
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Pulicat lake bird sanctuary is a saline backwater lake lying along the T.N.-A.P coast; part extending to Chengalpattu district of T.N. It has an area of 481 sq.KM and it is the 2nd largest brackish water lagoon in India after Chilka lake in Orissa. The area on the TN side is 153.67 sq.km.
The Pulicat sanctuary is drained by Arni river while the Buckingham canal brings in the city’s drainage water. At the southern end is an opening on to Bay of Bengal through a shallow mouth of 200 m in width. The rest of the lake is closed by a sand bar running parallel to the Bay of Bengal in the form of the Sriharikota island.
The sanctuary has an area of 321 Sq. KM with 108 sq.KM of National Park area.
It lies within 11o 30’ N to 11o 42’ N and 76o 30’ E to 76o 45’ E.
Rainfall ranges from 800 - 2000mm. Temperature varies from 14o C to 33o C.
Altitude ranges from 100’ MSL to 1200’ MSL.
The wetlands eco system are considered as among the richest areas of bio diversity. Pulicat, by virtue of the mixing of fresh water with sea water is found to be an ideal habitat for diverse life-forms. 160 species of fish, 25 species of polychaete worms, 12 species of prawn, 19 species of mollusk and 100 speceis of birds are well documented apart from a number of other aquatic flora and fauna.
Among the most spectacular is the flamingo-a tall gaunt, white-coloured bird with a touch of pink on the wings, pink beak and legs, seen feeding in shallow water. The squat, large-billed grey pelican with gular pouch and a number of ducks are commonly seen. Flocks of sea gulls and terns circling in the sky or bobbing up and down on the water are an added attraction at pulicat. Besides, there are a number of waterside birds and waders such as curlews, stilts, plovers, sand pipers, lapwings, redshank. Egrets, herons, kites etc. are some other birds found here. The lake is also home to crabs, clams, mussels, oysters, snails, fish worms, insects, spiders, sponges, anemone, prawns, plankton and so on including rare endemic species like gilled leech, an unidentified bloodred fish, etc., Rapid siltation has caused loss of bio diversity. It is seen that mangrove opllen is found on Sriharikota Island indicating their existence some years back. Loss of mangroves may be one of the resons hastening siltation, reducing biodiversity and hence depriving fisherfolk of their livelihood.
Source : www.forests.tn.nic.in/wildbiodiversity/bs_plbs.html
Revisited.
2022
14 of eagle1effi's photos have been in Explore:
about 400 of eagle1effi's photos
since 2007
2. Wetten daß das innen auch schief läuft., 3. Just in time, 4. Der heiße Planet ( STERN), 5. 22 mm Sunset scenery, 6. Ankunft in Dresden, city. Frauenkirche, 7. Like a lost place, 8. Schönes Wochenende,
9. Sunset: Excellent image! .... faved by Explore algorithm, 10. First Tulip 2022. On Explore now., 11. 2730mm Extra Zoom handheld, 12. Verstehen - Grenzen sind relativ - Diese Eiche und der Fussballplatz gehören zusammen, 13. Sunset Series Canon Powershot SX70 HS DS IS handheld, 14. A lot of traffic in the air
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My friend Michael Naimark is exploring new ideas for virtual reality experiences, in collaboration with Google and other researchers. To discuss this work, we got together with two other colleagues, Steve Gano and Jim McKee -- with whom we worked at the Apple Multimedia Lab in the eighties, pushing the envelope on related questions.
We started with a tour of the historic Sentinel Building in North Beach, home of American Zoetrope -- where Francis Coppola worked on many cinematic masterpieces like The Godfather and Apocalypse Now. We checked out the underground screening room and sound mixing room where some of that work took place, then headed upstairs to Michael and Jim’s studios, for a wonderful conversation about the new VR frontier.
Michael and his colleagues are researching how people are represented in virtual reality. Their first experiment at Google’s “Big Chairs” Park led to some helpful guidelines on how to film people for VR, by using different camera angles and distances.
They’re also investigating ‘hyper-images’ that resemble a group of people, but that are shot at different times and composited together to create both ‘credible’ and ‘incredible’ pictures. To enable more experiments like these, Michael is developing ‘IMU VR’, a new type of camera that could make it easier for communities to tell their stories in VR. More on this later.
It was great to reconnect with my colleagues and brainstorm these ideas together. It felt like the good old days, and the creative juices were flowing all over again ...
Learn more about Michael Naimark’s work:
View more photos about Virtual Reality:
A new post-processing technique that I tried today. Tell me what do you think about it?
P.S. My first shot that got explored! Thank you!
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Gracias a todos por vuestros comentarios y favoritas.
Walking home at 4:30am after a pleasant but unsuccessful attempt at photographing shooting stars, I cam across several pieces of heavy Earth moving equipment illuminated by a streetlight (They are doing sewer work in my area) so I snapped a few shots. I like the eerie feel of it. I have a couple other shots of this stuff on my Facebook photography page: www.facebook.com/pages/Brad-Worrell-Photography/202199629...
Finding new places is always a great #experience. Getting out of the normal path even in common places. Is not always easy, but it is worth it.
Encontrar nuevos lugares siempre es una gran #experiencia. Salirse del camino normal incluso en lugares comunes. No siempre es fácil, pero vale la pena.
"In exploring we discover. In discovering we see. With seeing we are aware. With awareness there is potential to act without causing disorder."
(12.5 weeks!)
My friend Michael Naimark is exploring new ideas for virtual reality experiences, in collaboration with Google and other researchers. To discuss this work, we got together with two other colleagues, Steve Gano and Jim McKee -- with whom we worked at the Apple Multimedia Lab in the eighties, pushing the envelope on related questions.
We started with a tour of the historic Sentinel Building in North Beach, home of American Zoetrope -- where Francis Coppola worked on many cinematic masterpieces like The Godfather and Apocalypse Now. We checked out the underground screening room and sound mixing room where some of that work took place, then headed upstairs to Michael and Jim’s studios, for a wonderful conversation about the new VR frontier.
Michael and his colleagues are researching how people are represented in virtual reality. Their first experiment at Google’s “Big Chairs” Park led to some helpful guidelines on how to film people for VR, by using different camera angles and distances.
They’re also investigating ‘hyper-images’ that resemble a group of people, but that are shot at different times and composited together to create both ‘credible’ and ‘incredible’ pictures. To enable more experiments like these, Michael is developing ‘IMU VR’, a new type of camera that could make it easier for communities to tell their stories in VR. More on this later.
It was great to reconnect with my colleagues and brainstorm these ideas together. It felt like the good old days, and the creative juices were flowing all over again ...
Learn more about Michael Naimark’s work:
View more photos about Virtual Reality:
Thanks so much for my eighth EXPLORE! March 8, Highest #279
This is a Mascot II Exposure Meter from 1957, it was marketed specifically at Ladies (by General Electric) as they felt the original Mascot model (which came in Black) did not appeal to women. It sits neatly inside it's original leather case, comes with the instruction booklet and is in great working condition (it just needs a good dusting).
It came with the (1964) Voigtlander Vito CLR which I recently bought. My new addiction is Vintage Cameras, so be warned, you may be seeing some more vintage cameras and accessories!
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After visiting an art exhibition at Studio 36 in Exeter yesterday I took a few photos of sculptures in the garden following a torrential downpour.
Explored 2014-06-29 #48
Camera problems today:(
It may be time to invest in a new camera (long story). After discoverying that I had lost a little over 100 shots, I headed out to run some errands when this caught my eye. I had to crop out some trees on the right but other than that there was no other manipulation.
Luckly the camera is working now but I think its on its way out.
Edit:
According to my flickr DNA this made it to Explore, but I never saw it. That would make it my first shot on Explore and the first to get bumped.