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Aiguille du Midi, m. 3842 (ft 12605)-(Gruppo del Monte Bianco) – ore 7,30 del mattino – Per pura combinazione colgo questa immagine. Si tratta di un numeroso gruppo di guide alpine francesi e scalatori cher scendono sul Ghiacciaio del Gigante per protestare contro il funzionamento delle telecabine Italia-Francia che, per l’appunto, sorvolano in alto il Ghiacciaio del Gigante
Aiguille du Midi, m. 3842 (ft 12605)-(Mont Blanc Group) - 7.30 am - For pure combination I take this image. A large group of French mountain guides and climbers descend on the Gigante Glacier to protest against the operation of the Italy-France cableway which, in fact, flies over the Gigante Glacier
Anno 1989
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Jellyfish have been possibly around 700 million years or longer, before dinosaurs lived on the Earth.
Jellyfish bodies are actually made up of as much as ~98 % water.
Jellyfish have no heart, bones, brain, ears, noses or even
eyes(some have eyes).
Jellyfish mouth is found in the centre of its body, they use mouth for both eating and pooping.
Some Jellyfish's may never actually die (Theoretically Immortal!).
Some jellyfish are clear, but others are vibrant colours of pink, yellow, blue and purple.
Jellyfish produce their own light!
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Fun fact:A leopard's spots are called “rosettes” because their shape is similar to that of a rose,
This is another of the magnificent leopards in Sabi Sands reserve, South Africa, while out on an early morning drive. Those 300mm (600mm 35m equiv) lenses come in quite handy for some handheld shooting from the back of a jeep!
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Some interesting facts about the Black-Necked stilt:
They feed in both salt and fresh water on half webbed feet that allow them to swim, although they rarely do.
They have the second-longest legs in proportion to their bodies of any bird, exceeded only by flamingos.
-Himantopus mexicanus
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Around 2007 I thought that a small camera for my pocket was enough ... Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3, Canon PowerShot SX200 IS and Canon PowerShot SX210 IS until I bought another EOS1000D.
And yes, the trees in Germany sometimes have a number. It may be due to the fact that everything that is not regulated by law is prohibited in Germany. So, in principle.
Another aspect is that only about 25% of the employees are still working in real life and the rest are managing something and making meetings ... ;)
I cannot visit The Tangled Garden without photographing the lavender basket...Fact! I was thrilled to find the addition of the snippers in there this time.
Red Squirrel:-Interesting facts.
They have four fingers and five toes.
They can be right or left-handed when eating a pine cone.
They can swim.
Their coats moult twice a year, once after winter and then in the late summer before the weather gets colder.
They moult their ear tufts once a year, in late autumn.
(Courtesy of RSST website)
reading fingers have left almost invisible traces on the letters. the story is very old.
what is readable, what can we know...just some shades and hints of the forgotten lives.
Amazing Facts About the Seagull
Seagulls are very clever. They learn, remember and even pass on behaviors, such as stamping their feet in a group to imitate rainfall and trick earthworms to come to the surface.
Seagulls’ intelligence is clearly demonstrated by a range of different feeding behaviors, such as dropping hard-shelled mollusks onto rocks so that they break open so they can eat them, and following plows in fields where they know upturned grubs and other food sources will be plentiful.
Seagulls are attentive and caring parents. The male and female pair for life and they take turns incubating the eggs, and feeding and protecting the chicks!.
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An interesting fact of Babimost is location the market sguare with town hall outside the current residential zone.
Originally, the wooden buildings of Babimost did not survive due to the fires several times consuming the city. It was not until the 1830s that masonry buildings were built, some of which have survived to this day.
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Ciekawostką Babimostu jest położenie rynku z ratuszem poza obecną strefą mieszkalną.
Pierwotnie drewniana zabudowa Babimostu nie przetrwała ze względu na pożary kilkukrotnie trawiące miasto. Dopiero w latach trzydziestych XIX wieku powstały budynki murowane, spośród których część przetrwała do dziś.
Odd fact: The Baltimore Oriole received its name from the fact that the male's colors resembled those on the coat of arms of Lord Baltimore.
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In fact I went to that lake to watch cranes. While I was waiting for their return that picture draw my attention. The perfect reflection, the soft waves leading through the pictures diagonal and the soft light of the setting sun. Everything matched even without any cranes of the photograph.
Eigentlich war ich hier an dem See um Kraniche zu beobachten. Während ich auf deren Rückkehr wartete fiel mir dieses Bild ins Auge. Eine perfekte Spiegelung und die Ausrichtung der sanften Wellen genau in der Diagonale und dazu noch das sanfte Licht der untergehenden Sonne. Da hat alles gepasst, da musste nichtmal ein Kranich dabei sein.
Botallack, Cornwall
My last upload of 2022 and another image from the Cornwall tour with Mark, Geoff and Shelly. 2022 has been mainly a series of many low points with very few highlights for me, but Cornwall was definitely the pinnacle and an opportunity to get away and do something for myself with good friends.
I’ve not posted a lot this year, in fact it’s been my second lowest output (a measly 57) since I joined Flickr way back in 2015. So, I’ll bypass all the fake New Year’s celebrations this weekend and dive head first into 2023 next week. As the song says… things can only get better!
See you all in 2023 and many thanks for all the support and comments throughout the year.
ursus arctos
length: 1 to 2.8 m
weight: 139 kg (male), 95 kg (female)
lifespan: 20 to 30 years
predators: humans
habitat: boreal forest, mountain alpine, arctic tundra
yukon population estimate: 6,000-7,000
they breed for the first time around their 8th year and reproduce every 3 to 4 years
bears routinely distinguish between threatening and non-threatening human behaviour
bears are not mean or malicious; they are very gentle, curious, and tolerant animals
shih shòh (gwich’in)
shär cho (hän)
dlēze (kaska)
srà cho (northern tutchone)
akłaq (inuvialuit)
atsìá sho (big grandpa) (southern tutchone)
shash chō (tagish)
shüh choh (upper tanana)
xóots or xûts (tlingit)
Ok, it's that time of year. Low raking morning light (without needing to get up at "daft o'clock") and the leaves are starting to fall.. Driving back on the school run, I had 10 minutes to spare -- so pulled over at the local park. Grabbed this and applied a lot pp work to 1) try and enhance the image and 2) fix the fact I blended 3 exposures but didn't use the self-timer so half the image is misaligned over on the right...
As I drove away, at the top end of the park, I saw far better photo oppurtunities pass by... But, it was too late, my 10 minute window was up..
In 2024 I was in Cornwall for just one day to get some of GWR's HST's on photo. I thought they would decommission the HST's before I had another chance to get another chance. A year later and they are still around. As I had an invitation from GWR to dine for free on one of their Pullman dining services, I decided to head for Devon for that single HST a day that makes its way up to Exeter. My journey started at 6am in The Netherlands and I ended up leaving London Paddington at 7pm. Normally I'd get to my hotel in Torquay just after 10pm. However Network Rail and GWR got my journey delayed by 2 hours. So luckily the first photo opportunity was quite late in the morning. So after a well deserved night sleep I went from my hotel in the beautiful seaside town of Torquay to another seaside town: Dawlish. I had a lovely day here enjoying the town and the natural beauty along the coast. And of course I got some trains on photo, including the treasured once-a-day round trip to Exeter. Just before noon I got the westbound track from Exeter to Penzance on photo. The sight just makes me wanting to come back. And in fact, the next day I left for Manchester, only to come back a day later.
"The fact that people are born with two eyes but only one mouth,
suggests that they should see twice as much as they should talk".
- Marie Marquise de Svign -
A sample of some of the books on my bookshelf. Taken with a vintage Canon AE-1-Program camera with a FD 55mm S.S.C f1.2 lens using a Konica VX400 Monochrome film that expired in October 2005.
P1490528 - Black Redstart - Breeding-plumage - Size 15 cm
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Black redstart - (Phoenicurus ochruros) - is a small passerine bird in the redstart genus Phoenicurus. Like its relatives, it was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family (Turdidae), but is now known to be an Old World flycatcher (Muscicapidae).
Also known as - Tithy's Redstart, Blackstart and Black Redtail
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I must clarify that the mystery is in my mind. The fact is that I am not certain why these dhows are perched on the sand bar in Sur as they are quite far away from the sea.
I would guess that they are waiting to be used. We saw dhows in Sur being built, in the water, or waiting to go into the water. Much of the damage from the tropical storm which hit this area very hard a few years ago has been cleared away.
One might conclude that Sur is filled with dhows which is not the case. It is also a sleepy little beach town where Omanis can go for a beach holiday. Enjoy the sea views today as tomorrow we are off to the desert and the sand dunes.
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Unguided missile launcher from the 1800's or earlier. Dropped in favor of the larger wooden wheel models. Less hernias, while moving said unit, were endured as a result.
Little known fact: The Tatooine sand was super abrasive and very bad for any hardware that wasn't specially protected from it. The X-wings weren't. Sometimes, after prolonged use, the engines began to oscillate near ground and rough landings ensued.
This was photographed exclusively for my "Small Scenes from a Big Galaxy" book.
A China Railway container train crosses the frozen over river just west of Luo Po Ling station. The HX2D locomotives on the head end are in-fact one locomotive spread over two frames/car bodies called a HX2D twin unit. Quite a strange sight to this Canadian railfan.
It's been a while since I last added a camera to my collection, in fact I'm in the process of trying to downsize it, but I just couldn't pass this reasonably priced little Flexilette, a camera that had caught my eye several times in the past.
It is a rather unique camera in a sense that it's a TLR using 135 film. Only a handful other cameras by other brands used a similar approach, the pre-war Contaflex being the iconic model for this type of camera.
The Flexilette is a fully mechanical, all-manual, meterless camera the taking lens being a 2.8/45 Color-Apotar which according to online sources is a coated triplet. This fact alone puts the Flexilette in consumer / amateur enthusiast territory, although german triplets often produce stunning results, I for one am very pleased with the Triotar on my Rollei 35B.
The camera sports a waist-level finder which is not very big, but it's quite bright, definitely better than the finder of the Praktica VLC or the EXA-1 from behind the Iron Curtain. Focusing is aided by a retractable magnifying glass and a split-image rangefinder on the focusing screen. The finder is not interchangeable with a prism, so if one wants to shoot with the camera at eye level, they have to compose through a sports finder of sorts that is formed when the WLF flaps are deployed. Take care not to loose the small knob that releases the finder shaft, as it can be easily unscrewed during cleaning or carrying the camera in a bag.
Size-wise, the camera stands in a grey zone between a compact 35mm camera and a small SLR and it feels quite hefty with the lens protruding only a couple of centimeters, the shutter speed and aperture rings being quite narrow but easily accessible and moveable without feeling crowded.
The frame counter is manually reset and counts backwards from 36 as the frames are exposed.
My camera came in exceptional cosmetic and functional condition, along with the peculiar dedicated slip-on lens hood (it's the circular contraption visible on the right) and the close-up attachment of similar configuration which brings minimum focus distance from 0,6m to 0,38m, but sadly without a leather case. Build quality is good, but definitely not up there with Voigtlander or even Zeiss-Ikon. While some parts feel very solid, others feel like cutting production cost was a high priority in the minds of Agfa engineers. Overall operation of the camera feels quite smooth though, the leaf shutter (1s - 1/500s) is really quite and the focusing ring still turns very smoothly.
Overall, an interesting concept camera which wasn't a commercial success, although Flexilettes are not that difficult to find on the german auction site.
On the first full day of my Autumn In The Alps trip I had a tough decision to make. Do I sit around my hotel in Munich and hope that British Airways calls me with news of my missing bag...or do I head out with the clothes on my back and live like a hobo for the next 8 days? After spending 20 minutes getting nowhere with the nice young lady from India, my decision was clear. In spite of British Airways' best attempts to derail my trip (bumping me to a later flight, losing my bag and then refusing to give me any information for four days) I ignored the fact that I had no luggage and was now missing the big tripod, and headed to the Dolomites with nothing but my camera gear and the back up Benro that I had brought for just such an occasion.
By late afternoon, I was pulling into the Val di Funes and setting off for St John's Chapel. The few hours that I spent in this valley will stay with me for the rest of my life. After shooting around St John's, I headed up the steep hillside behind me and found another 20 or so photographers setting up for the sunset. Not wanting to be part of the pack, I headed further up the hill, and then just sat....and soaked it all in. The clinking of the cow bells. The church bells ringing out over the valley for Sunday evening mass. I dodged a couple of tractors driven by stern looking weather beaten farmers who seemed to roll their eyes at the small army of photographers. I couldn't help but wonder....do you ever get used to it? No matter how hard my day was as a farmer....to look up and see that view...in all directions....would you ever want to leave?
I certainly didn't, but it was a long drive to Slovenia and it was already getting dark. Reluctantly, I packed up and headed back down the mountain.
For more on my Autumn In The Alps trip, please feel free to read my latest blog post at: theresonantlandscape.com/looking-for-autumn-in-the-dolomites
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The fact that the night sky on this date resembles that under which the Quendi first awoke in Arda , it was a day for meditation and reflection rather than of festival as such.Traditionally the story of The Awakening is read.
Vyšehrad is the oldest seat of Czech princes; in fact, the local settlement was established in the mid-10 th century. Situated on a rocky promontory above the Vltava River, it offers stunning views of the city, and the park area holds hidden architectural treasures including the rare Romanesque Rotunda of St Martin, the neo-Gothic Church of Sts Peter and Paul, the national cemetery Slavín, and the underground casements housing the some of the original Baroque statues from the Charles Bridge.
Palacios en Madrid
La Casa Palazuelo, ubicado entre las calles Mayor 4 y Arenal en Madrid. Fue proyectado por el arquitecto Antonio Palacios en 1919.
El proyecto tuvo como intención no destacar ante los nuevos edificios de la Puerta de Sol tras su ensanche y la construcción de sus hoteles periféricos. Para ello, Palacios se inspiró en la arquitectura comercial que se realizaba en Estados Unidos por aquellas fechas.
El inmueble se levanta en un solar con fachada a la calle Mayor al sur, y a la calle de Arenal, al norte. Este hecho provocó que Palacios diseñara dos fachadas diferentes, dándole más importancia a la de la calle Mayor. En ellas utiliza un orden monumental de diseño clásico en el que se alternan grandes franjas acristaladas que recorren verticalmente la superficie, en ellas se echan en falta algunos elementos hoy desaparecidos como las esculturas femeninas que enmarcan los vanos abiertos en los torreones que coronan los extremos de la fachada a la calle Mayor. Esta severidad contrasta con el diseño llevado a cabo en el interior. Presenta una planta cuadrangular de lados desiguales, en el eje se sitúa la escalera de doble tiro y un patio central en tomo al que se distribuyen las cuatro alturas.
Palacios in Madrid
The Casa Palazuelo, located between Mayor 4 and Arenal streets in Madrid. It was designed by the architect Antonio Palacios in 1919.
The intention of the project was not to stand out against the new buildings of Puerta del Sol after its expansion and the construction of its outlying hotels. For this, Palacios was inspired by the commercial architecture that was carried out in the United States at that time.
The building stands on a plot facing Calle Mayor to the south and Calle de Arenal to the north. This fact caused Palacios to design two different façades, giving more importance to the one on Calle Mayor. In them, it uses a monumental order of classic design in which large glazed strips alternate vertically along the surface, in them some elements that have disappeared today are missing, such as the female sculptures that frame the open openings in the towers that crown the ends of the facade to the main street. This severity contrasts with the design carried out inside. It has a quadrangular plan with unequal sides, on the axis there is a double-firing staircase and a central courtyard around which the four heights are distributed.
Thanks to Mary for the great idea!!!!!!
WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
No
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?
yesterday
DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
yes
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?
smoked turkey
DO YOU HAVE KIDS?
No......unles you count all my animal babies over the years
IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
Yes.
DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT?
Ohhhh yeah
DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS
Yes.
WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?
You bet...at least once
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?
granola
DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?
not all the time
DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG?
Yes.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM?
Change it up alot
WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?
Eyes...tells you alot
RED OR PINK?
pink
WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?
when I get snippy
WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST?
My grandmother
WHAT COLOR SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?
No shoes......prefer
WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE?
A left over piece of pizza
WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
Neighborhood dog barking
IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?
yellow that way I'd be the sun....smile
FAVORITE SMELLS?
Honeysuckle in the spring....but allergies don't like it too much...LOL!
WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
My neighbor
FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?
Football
HAIR COLOR?
reddish blonde but comes from a bottle.......more brunette the older I've gotten
EYE COLOR?
green.....more hazel with certain moods
DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?
no
FAVORITE FOOD?
Mexican
SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?
LOVE both.....as long as not really gorry or anything like that
LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?
The Last of the Dogmen
WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?
Blue
SUMMER OR WINTER?
Summer!.................but actually spring and fall are real faves
HUGS OR KISSES?
both please
FAVORITE DESSERT?
Hot Fudge Sundae
WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?
Rereading Sylvia Browne.....The Other side and back
WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?
Nothing...plain and blue
WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT?
DVD....Last of the Dogmen
FAVORITE SOUND?
The Ocean
ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES?
Both....according to mood....I am a Gemini
WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME???
Astoria Oregon and Orlando Florida...about the same
DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT?
Sing, draw, write some and photography....really love to cook too...
WHERE WERE YOU BORN?
Lovington, New Mexico
Ricoh R1
Expired 400asa unknown film taken from a disposable camera and shot at 100asa
Homemade C41 and Bleach
Epson V700
... in fact, it's one of me. Shot by Ili (flickr page here) at the closed storefront next to Palate Palette, after the Resistiv3 drum n bass gig. Look closely and you'll see my trusty camera bag.