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Glastonbury Tor and the tower of St Michael's church, Somerset
The church was built in the 14th century but, fell into ruin after the last abbot of the abbey was hanged. Before the church a 5th century fort stood on the Tor until it was destroyed by an earthquake in 1275. Info: r-l-p.co.uk/+glastor.html
L'Aurore ( Anthocharis cardamines ) C'est une piéride mais qui présente de larges tâches oranges sur les ailes antérieures, chez le mâle du moins. C'est l'un de tous premiers à prendre son envol en début d'année. La plupart des piérides sont de couleur blanche avec plus ou moins de tâches noires, l'aurore se caractérise par la grande tâche orangée qui occupe toute la moitié de l'aile antérieure chez le mâle, celle-ci ayant en outre une bordure externe noire. La femelle ne possède pas cette coloration orangée. Chez les deux sexes, le revers des ailes est blanc tacheté de verdâtre. L'aurore est l'un des premiers papillons que l'on voit voler au printemps . On rencontre ce papillon principalement dans les prairies humides où se développe la cardamine des près (d'où le nom d'espèce). Il fréquente aussi les zones boisées, les lisières de forêt, les friches .
Image prise dans un milieu naturel .
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Aurora (Anthocharis cardamines) It is a piérid but which presents large orange spots on the fore wings, in the male at least. It is one of the very first to take off at the start of the year. Most of the piérides are of white color with more or less black spots, the aurora is characterized by the large orange spot which occupies all the half of the forewing in the male, this one having in addition a black external border . The female does not have this orange coloring. In both sexes, the underside of the wings is white with greenish spots. Aurora is one of the first butterflies seen flying in the spring. This butterfly is mainly found in wet meadows where meadowsweet grows (hence the name of the species). It also frequents wooded areas, forest edges, wasteland.
Image taken in a natural environment.
Europe, Germany, Berlin, Hansaviertel, Altonaerstrasse, Jaenecke-Samuelson apartment block, Das Schwedenhaus (cropped from all sides)
Shown here is the Fritz Jaenecke and Sten Samuelson (Sweden) apartment block (1956). There are some uncommon design traits like the public roof terrace and the not standardized external stairwells. A scalable blueprint of one of the floors showing some typical modernist floor plan solutions is here.
A pic with the entire block and the history and background of Interbau '57 is here.
This is number 96 of the Berlin album and 8 of the new Hansaviertel / Interbau 1957 one.
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.
Marcus Aurelius
garden of the Medici Riccardi Palace, Florence
Il palazzo è un'opera del Michelozzo, commissionata dal patriarca delle fortune dei Medici, Cosimo il Vecchio.
L'architetto realizzò un palazzo cubico dall'aspetto esterno imponente, ma sobrio ed austero (1444-1452 o 1460), intorno ad un cortile centrale quadrato con colonne corinzie, ispirandosi in parte al recupero di elementi classici operato da Leon Battista Alberti.
The palace is a work by Michelozzo, commissioned by the patriarch of the Medici fortune, Cosimo il Vecchio.
The architect created a cubic palace with an imposing external appearance, but sober and austere (1444-1452 or 1460), around a square central courtyard with Corinthian columns, inspired in part by the recovery of classical elements by Leon Battista Alberti.
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum opened in 1901 and is one of Scotland's most popular free attractions, This photo shows some of the Galleries fine external architectural features, only to be matched with the same decor inside, it also features 22 themed, state-of-the-art galleries displaying an astonishing 8000 objects. There is even a Spitfire plane hanging from the ceiling of the west court.
Ludwig Erhard Haus
Berlin
Architect: Sir Nicholas Grimshaw
"There are many places in Berlin, which are almost unknown, because the average tourist won't visit them.
Most of them are symbols of the ambitious construction programs initiated by the government of the reunified Germany in order to give to the city a new distinctive character and to launch Berlin into the third millennium.
The Ludwig Erhard Haus is a unusual and futuristic building located in the borough of Charlottenburg, just a few meters from the famous Zoolisches Garden and the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church.
It was designed by the English architect Nicholas Grimshaw in 1994.
Fifteen tremendous arches create the building’s signature ribbed structure that adapts to the slight curve in the irregular property at its base.
The Ludwid Erhard Haus was designed as a service center for the Chamber of Commerce and the Berlin Stock Exchange and it hosts many public and private offices as well as fairs, conferences and forums
Today, a vertical facade on the side of the building facing the Fasanen Strasse hides the actual round form of the structure. Due to his external structure, Berliners call the building "armadillo"."
You can click here for a much better view (sharper, better color, and no nadir and zenith pinching) or enjoy what Flickr™ provides. But do click on the external link (to fieldofview.com) and you'll be happy forever--if you derive your happiness from watching carefully made 360 panoramas on the best viewing platform online.
Norman admires the grey house whose stucco is nearly complete. Behind Norman is a brown house that was completed some days ago.
The sky is grey with a mixture of fog and wildfire smoke.
Contractor Norman Hudson called me on February 18, 2021 to tell me he was in line to get the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. He died two days later, at 77 years of age. He thus fulfilled his often-expressed desire never to retire.
From far we feel
Two wheels
The way it goes
Texture comes after
When colors travel around
In the little details
The painter is gone
Come closer and see
(Danish: Vor Frelsers Kirke) The Church is most famous for the external spiral winding staircase that can be climbed to the top, offering extensive views over central Copenhagen. It is also noted for its carillon, which plays melodies every hour from 8 am to midnight.
The construction of the church started in 1682, designed by Lambert van Haven. The church was inaugurated in 1695.
I was tidying my files away from last year on to an External Drive and couldn't help looking back at some of the stuff I have stored on there.
When you look back you have certain memories that stand out as spectacular moments to be out in nature with a camera. This was certainly one!
I have literally hundreds of untouched RAW files from this morning up on Skye. I had walked up in the dark through thick fog and mist. I literally hadn't a clue how far away I had climbed up above the Old Man of Storr, I only knew it was below me somewhere deep in the foggy gloom.
I waited for what seemed an eternity hoping for the mist to clear. I was about to give up when the breeze picked up suddenly, well after dawn and gaps started to appear in the clouds. This was the scene I was greeted with!
I then scrambled around, having got my bearings and realising I was indeed well above the Old Man and took plenty of shots as the mists began to swirl and burn off.
After a such an unpromising start it was probably the best morning I'd ever had out with a camera.
A martyr is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, refusing to renounce, or refusing to advocate a religious belief or cause as demanded by an external party.
A photo that I took in 2016 with a 720nm infrared filter and a Fujifilm X100S. I only now got around to working on a color version of the photo, using the split-tone feature of Lightroom -- producing a much better result than the old BW version, particularly in the depiction of light. Hand-held. The X100S doesn't have an internal IR filter, so it doesn't need conversion for use in IR. Just add an external IR filter.
Simulazione pellicola: Fujifilm Classic Chrome personalizzata in-camera.
Film simulation: in-camera customized Fujifilm Classic Chrome.
No post processing external to camera except Watermark.
Pinnnacle @ Duxton, Singapore
I spent an afternoon noodling around the remarkable "Pinnacle @ Duxton" building complex, in Singapore. The public skybridge is an intriguing community space located on the 50th floor. Its 500 metre span connects the 7, 50 story buildings, comprising the complex.
This architectural marvel is an inspired community housing project, completed in 2009 - the deserving winner of several awards.
I was going through an old external hard drive and came across some old photos that have never seen the light of day. This was what greeted us when we arrived in our accommodation in Normandy in France many years ago. We stayed in a marvellous B&B that had cats, dogs, goats ducks and horses roaming the place
Film simulation: customized Fujifilm Classic Chrome
JPEG straight out of the camera (SOOC), no post processing external to camera except watermark.
I was practicing with my external flash and caught Ansel as he was waking up from a nap - I just liked the detail in his tongue ...and yes a cat's tongue feels like sandpaper ... now we know why :)
Once inside the external walls I presume this might have been the living quarters. What is not in doubt is the thickness of the walls it is an amazing ruin to visit. The castle is in the care of Historic Scotland and entrance is free.
St George, in the parish of Arreton, is one of the most remarkable churches on the Isle of Wight, possibly the successor to an earlier late Saxon 'mother church'. The west wall is essentially late Saxon and the west part of the chancel is also of early origin: Saxon, or at least 11th century. The pre-1100 church occupied the space of the present nave without the aisles, plus part of the chancel. This was large for a Saxon parish church.
Arreton church was closely associated with Quarr Abbey which received the rectorial tithes from about 1150.
this photo was taken in the bank of the Segre river in Lleida (Spain), with the help of an external flash pointing to the background, configured manually to 1/2 and triggered remotely from the camera.
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Foto tomada cerca de la orilla del rio Segre, en Lleida (España), con la ayuda de un flash externo apuntando al fondo, configurado manualmente a 1/2 y disparado de forma remota desde la cámara.
---- procession of Holy Agate, Catania (Sicily). On February 4th: the procession makes the so-called "external tour" which touches some places of martyrdom of the young Saint Agate in the Catania city. On February 5th: he procession take place along the "aristocrat path", which runs along the main street of Catania, Etnea street, the parlor of Catania. On this day the devotees carry on their shoulders long candles of varying thickness, while the "candlemas" anticipate with their passage the arrival of the float of Saint Agatha. ----
---- processione di Sant'Agata, Catania (Sicilia). Il 4 febbraio: il corteo compie il cosiddetto "giro esterno" che tocca alcuni luoghi del martirio della giovane "Santuzza Agata" nella città catanese. Il 5 febbraio: il corteo avanza lungo via Etnea, la principale strada di Catania, in questo giorno i devoti porteranno in spalla ceri di tutte le misure, che verranno accesi all’imbrunire, anticipando, insieme al passaggio delle “candelore” l’arrivo della vara di Sant’Agata. -----
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In the city of Catania (Sicily) in occasion of the feast of her patron Saint Agatha, which took place on the 3, 4 and 5 February (this dates commemorates the martyrdom of the young Saint), and on 17 August too (this date celebrates the return to Catania of her remains, after these had been transferred to Constantinople by the Byzantine general Maniaces as war booty, and there remained for 86 years), when the Sicilian city is dressed up to feast, with a scent of orange blossom and mandarins, and its citizens show that they possess an extraordinary love and bond with the young martyr saint Agatha.
The religious sicilian feast of Saint Agatha is the most important feast of Catania, its inhabitants from five centuries, during the three days of the feast in honor of her "Santuzza" (young Saint), create a unique setting, with celebrations and rituals impressive, which means that this event is regarded as the third religious festival in the world (some say the second ...) after the "Semana Santa" in Seville and the "Corpus Christi" in Cuzco, Peru. Unlike other religious holidays, more sober, to Sant'Agata highlights a vocation exuberant typical of the south Italy, who loves to combine the sacred with the profane.
The cult of the young Santa dates back to the third century, when the teenager Agatha was martyred for refusing the roman proconsul Quintiziano. One year after the death of the young Agatha, on 5 February of the year 252, his virginal veil was carried in procession, and it is said it was able to save Catania from destruction due to a devastating eruption of Mount Etna.
The festivities begin with the procession of the "Candlemas", that are giant Baroque wooden "candlesticks" paintings in gold, each representing an ancient guild (butchers, fishmongers, grocers, greengrocers, etc.), which are brought by eight devotees; the candlemas anticipate the arrival of the "float" of Saint Agatha during the procession. Devotees, men and women, wearing a traditional garment similar to a white bag, cinched at the waist by a black rope, gloves and a white handkerchief, and a black velvet cap, and it seems that such clothing evoke nightgown with the qule the Catanese, awakened with a start by the touch of the bells of the Cathedral, welcomed the naval port, in 1126, the relics of the Holy which fell from Constantinople. On float, consisting of a silver chariot sixteenth of thirty tons, which is driven by a double and long line of devotees with the robust and long ropes, takes place the bust of Saint Agatha, completely covered with precious stones and jewels. On February 4, the parade celebrates the so-called "external path" that touches some places of martyrdom in the city of Catania; the next day, the 5 instead the procession along the "aristocrat path", which runs along the main street, Via Etnea, the parlor of Catania. On this day the devotees carry on their shoulders the long candles of varying thickness, there are some not very big, others are fairly heavy, but some skim exceptional weights.
I am posting here, on Flickr, photographs taken during the two days of February 4 and 5 of this year 2023.
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Nella città di Catania (Sicilia) in occasione della festa della sua giovane santa patrona Agata, che ha avuto luogo come ogni anno il 3, il 4 ed il 5 di febbraio (questa data commemora il martirio della Santa giovinetta), festa che viene ripetuta anche il 17 agosto (questa data rievoca il ritorno a Catania delle sue spoglie, dopo che queste erano state trasferite a Costantinopoli da parte del generale bizantino Maniace come bottino di guerra, spoglie che ivi rimasero per 86 anni); per questa occasione la città siciliana è vestita a festa con profumi di fiori d'arancio e mandarini, coi suoi cittadini che mostrano di possedere uno straordinario amore e legame con la giovane martire Agata.
Gli abitanti di Catania, oramai da cinque secoli, nei tre giorni della festa in onore della "Santuzza", danno vita ad una scenografia unica, con celebrazioni e riti imponenti, che fanno si che questo evento sia considerato come la terza festa religiosa al mondo (qualcuno dice la seconda ...) dopo la "Semana Santa" di Siviglia ed il "Corpus Domini" a Cuzco, in Perù. A differenza di altre feste religiose, più sobrie, quella di Sant'Agata mette in luce una vocazione esuberante tipica del meridione, che ama unire il sacro col profano.
Il culto della giovane Santa risale al terzo secolo, quando l'adolescente Agata fu martirizzata per aver rifiutato il proconsole romano Quintiziano. Un anno dopo la morte della giovane Agata, avvenuta il 5 febbraio dell'anno 252, il suo velo virginale venne portato in processione, e si narra esso riuscì a salvare Catania dalla sua distruzione a causa di una devastante eruzione del vulcano Etna.
I festeggiamenti iniziano con il corteo delle "candelore", le quali sono dei giganteschi e pesanti "candelabri" in legno, in stile barocco, dipinti in oro, ognuna rappresentante una antica corporazione (macellai, pescivendoli, pizzicagnoli, fruttivendoli, ecc.), che vengono portati da otto devoti: esse anticipano l'arrivo della "vara" di Sant'Agata durante la processione. I devoti, sia donne che uomini, indossano un tipico indumento simile ad un sacco bianco, stretto in vita da una cordicella nera, guanti ed un fazzoletto bianchi, ed infine una papalina di velluto nero, sembra che tale abbigliamento rievochi la camicia da notte con la quale i Catanesi, svegliatisi di soprassalto dal tocco improvviso delle campane del Duomo, accolsero al porto navale, nel 1126, le reliquie della Santa che rientravano da Costantinopoli. Sulla vara, costituita da un carro argentato cinquecentesco di trenta quintali, trainata da una doppia e lunghissima fila di devoti tramite delle robuste e lunghe funi, prende posto il busto di Sant'Agata, completamente ricoperto di pietre preziose e gioielli. Il 4 febbraio, il corteo compie il cosiddetto "giro esterno" che tocca alcuni luoghi del martirio nella città catanese; il giorno dopo, il 5, il corteo percorre il "giro aristocratico", che percorre la strada principale, la via Etnea, salotto buono di Catania. In questo giorno i devoti portano in spalla dei lunghi ceri di vario spessore, ce ne sono alcuni non molto grossi, altri sono discretamente pesanti, ma alcuni sfiorano pesi eccezionali.
Io sto postando qui, su Flickr, fotografie realizzate nelle due giornate del 4, e del 5 febbraio di quest'anno 2023.
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Internal & External beauty of the legendary M62 locomotive 💚
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Innere und äußere Schönheit der legendären "Wumme" M62 💚
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