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The principal or Jordan Staircase of the Winter Palace, St Petersburg is so called because on the Feast of the Epiphany the Tsar descended this imperial staircase in state for the ceremony of the "Blessing of the Waters" of the Neva River, a celebration of Christ's baptism in the Jordan River.
During state receptions and functions the Jordan Staircase was a focal point for arriving guests. After entering the palace through the Ambassadors' entrance, in the central courtyard, they would pass through the colonnaded ground floor Jordan Hall before ascending the staircase to the state apartments. Following a ball at the Winter Palace in 1902, The Duchess of Sutherland wrote: "The stairs of the palace were guarded by cossacks, with hundreds of footmen in scarlet liveries, I have never in my life seen so brilliant a sight—the light, the uniforms, the enormous rooms, the crowd, the music..
These old elevators were designed for function not so much for form or prettiness. Over time though their patina transforms them into a wonderful artistic looking form.
MLC Centre architecture cannot be overlooked. With elegantly contoured, stark white concrete, white quartz and glass, the façade presents itself as a handsomely moulded sculpture.
Harry Seidler AC QBE is a luminary of Australian architecture. Widely considered as the first architect to fully express the Bauhaus aesthetic here. The MLC Centre remains one of his most definitive works on the Sydney Skyline.
244m to antenna and 227m to roof. The MLC Centre was Sydney’s tallest building in Sydney from 1977 to 1992. It is currently the fifth tallest building behind the Meriton World Tower (230m), Deutsche Bank Place (240m), Citigroup Centre (243m) and Chifley Tower (244m). The tallest structure in Sydney is still the Sydney Tower at 309m.
Looking up at the award-winning Sharp Centre for Design at OCAD University in Toronto. Although quite striking with the 12 multi-coloured, pencil-like supports, I downplayed the colour as to highlight the contrasting shapes, angles, light and textures with this capture.
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Each rhododendron bloom is a gathered colony of small, near-identical flowers—delicate, deliberate, and designed to draw in early summer’s pollinators. Their symmetry has both function and grace.
In France we say: "La fonction fait la forme". Here, one could say: "The form generates the function".
South Iceland, the petrified "troll" ship at sunrise, the lens I used is in its death throes, I had it since 2005, it's not a good lens anyway, but it served well until it fell from a bed to a tiled floor in a hotel room in Spain 6 months ago, it's never been the same since, it won't focus if there are any filters, the image stabilizer function is gone, and it won't work with a timer, but fortunately still works with a remote and no filters (sometimes).
Swallowtail, southwest France this summer. I liked the way the insect and the leaf have the same shape and pattern
Today, it is the agora in Konak district of Izmir, founded in the 4th century BC. It functioned as the state agora of the city of Smyrna in its time. After the earthquake in 178 AD, it was rebuilt with the support of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius. During the Ottoman period, it was used as a cemetery and prayer hall. The first excavations in the area were carried out in 1932. In 2020, Izmir Agora was included on the Tentative List of World Heritage Sites by UNESCO as part of the heritage site created under the name "Izmir Historical Port City." In October 2023, a 700-meter-long promenade was built at the ruins.
Leyton Green Towers, an 11-storey block of flats. Built in the early 1960s and refurbished in the late 2010s.
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Spring returns to the Fobbing Marshes. So do we. Not that we've been away much. But if recent walks in sub-zero temperatures and fog were a test of endurance we now look forward to joyous (and wet) walks in temperatures trending upwards. And with the water courses flowing things are stirring and splashing so they need investigating. I'll leave that to Freddie. "Form and Function" as my very knowledgeable Flickr friend wheres_bruce calls it. I'm just hoping my waterproof boots are as good as advertised...
Fobbing Marshes, Essex UK
We've had a string of winter storms lately - good to be prepared and protected.
From North Hollywood, California.
After many years of putting up a variety of birdhouses we finally have a nesting pair of swallows who have taken up our offer and moved in to one of them. They are very attentive parents and are constantly checking the contents of their new home which I assume is one or two eggs.? Two years ago we did find a flying squirrel nesting in one of the other bird houses. The flying squirrel is nocturnal so we had no idea he/she was there until I went to take it down for some maintenance. I almost fell off the ladder when he/she jumped on my shoulder.
It's not much of a photo but I couldn't help but share our delight at our new tenants.
I've had great fun testing out the slow motion video function on my new camera on this pair - but - I am definitely not a videographer.
P.S. I don't own a 300mm f2.8 lens so I don't know why the EXIF info on this shot says that was what it was taken with ... wish I did own one. The photo was taken with a Sigma/Bigma 50-500mm Minolta a-mount with a mount adaptor.
- Rosa's Garden of Earthly Delights, Keefer Lake, Ontario, Canada -
As a few have already guessed right, the little crank on the base has a purpose. The turning reveals an unique clockwork function in each castles.
I tried to inspire the motions by the animations in the Game of Thrones show intro, but kept it very simple to blend in with the castle design. Functionality is not one of my strengths so it was quite a challenge, but an interesting one.
List of all castles:
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I hope you like my series as much as I liked building it.
Your feedback was already overwhelming, so I'm motivated to work on a sequel for the next year. Stay tuned!
OK, so this is my first 'pseudo' HDR image. Following the steps outlined here, I took three images at different exposure times, knocked out some stuff, then mashed them together.
Then I fiddled with some stuff some more. The light is much bluer than it should be due to the WB setting in my camera (it's set to incandescant light - and these are bluish-white Power Functions LEDs).
I think it's much better than the other photo. There's more detail in the hangar (you can see Stapleton!), and the fighter is not all washed out. Pretty cool!
A dial on Rotel RX-303, a vintage receiver/amplifier.
Shot for Macro Mondays circles theme.
I realize i shot a different detail of this device for the last theme but I cant help myself. I love old tech and this one in particular. We have shared tunes together for 40 years.
hey, ernie, what's up?
I was just thinking: isn't it odd how when you study something the thing changes?
yeah, the observer effect. like Trump winning.
no man, that's worse. it's quantum weirdness.
yeah, much worse.
you said it.
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