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This picture is taken from an old teak footbridge - I was told it is the oldest still functioning wooden bridge in the world.
Staircase inside the multi-function building Welle 7 (wave 7) which is located close to the train station.
The lighting on the top floor has a different colour temperature than the lights further down, therefore the interesting colour cast.
Hemis (Inde) - Lorsque j'ai proposé aux jeunes moines de les photographier en groupe, j'étais loin de m'attendre à les voir prendre cette attitude qui tranche singulièrement avec leur fonction religieuse. #bouddha !
Hemis (India) - When I suggested that the young monks take pictures of them in groups, I was far from expecting to see them take this attitude which contrasts singularly with their religious function. #buddha!
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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Santa Maria de Montserrat is an abbey of the Order of Saint Benedict located on the mountain of Montserrat in Monistrol de Montserrat, Catalonia, Spain. It is notable for enshrining the image of the Virgin of Montserrat. The monastery was founded in the 11th century and rebuilt between the 19th and 20th centuries, and still functions to this day, with over 70 monks. There have always been roughly 80 monks in residence.
Glasgow Central ..
397012 5C51 15.08 Glasgow Central-Carstairs empty stock move, on the point of departing,
385039 having recently arrived.
In France we say: "La fonction fait la forme". Here, one could say: "The form generates the function".
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.
" The Yei Bi Chei (also spelled Yébichai) is a sacred night dance of the Diné (commonly but improperly called Navajo) people of the southwestern United States. The ceremony lasts nine days and has a healing function for tribe members and is generally performed in the winter." - WIKI
I found this appropriate for this image as it was captured at Sunset in the Winter in Monument Valley. The single spire on the right is called Totem Pole and the group to the left are called " Yei Bi Chei ".
When you are in the valley, away from the crowds, there is an overwhelming calm that settles over you, add the warm afternoon light and a cold Winter breeze and you have a recipe for beautiful.
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Swallowtail, southwest France this summer. I liked the way the insect and the leaf have the same shape and pattern
The Louvre or the Louvre Museum (French: Musée du Louvre, pronounced: [myze dy luvʁ]) (French About this sound (help·info)) is the world's largest museum and a historic monument in Paris, France. A central landmark of the city, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the city's 1st arrondissement (district or ward). Approximately 38,000 objects from prehistory to the 21st century are exhibited over an area of 72,735 square metres (782,910 square feet).[3] The Louvre is the world's second most visited museum after the Palace Museum in China, receiving more than 9.26 million visitors in 2014.
The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace, originally built as a fortress in the late 12th century under Philip II. Remnants of the fortress are visible in the basement of the museum. Due to the urban expansion of the city, the fortress eventually lost its defensive function and, in 1546, was converted by Francis I into the main residence of the French Kings
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There had been 8 or 10 grosbeaks in the mountain ash, happily munching away. Then, something spooked them, and this was the moment of explosive departure.
This façade in Amsterdam captures the city's unique blend of practicality and charm. The building's brickwork, arched windows, and bold red shutters are typical of the old canal houses that line the waterways. These structures were often warehouses in the seventeenth century, designed with wide openings and heavy wooden shutters to facilitate the loading and storage of goods brought in by boat. The contrast between the dark brick and bright red wood adds a striking touch, reflecting the city's historic architecture that favors both function and visual rhythm.
Amsterdamâs architecture tells the story of a city built on trade and resilience. The narrow, tall buildings were designed this way due to limited space and high taxes based on façade width. Each feature had a purpose: hooks for hoisting goods, arched doors for access to warehouses, and robust shutters for protection against weather and theft. Over time, many of these commercial structures were converted into homes or offices, yet they retained their original shapes, preserving the city's mercantile identity.
Today, these façades are symbols of continuity and adaptation. While the bicycles leaning on the walls and the restored windows speak of modern urban life, the materials and forms remain anchored in the Golden Age of Amsterdam. The balance between preservation and reinvention is what gives the city its timeless character; a place where centuries of history coexist naturally with daily life.
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These shots were taken using the "focus bracketing" function available on the camera (but also doable manually), that is, a sequence of images taken with a macro lens at a very close distance that moves the focus a few millimeters at a time, to allow you to capture the smallest details of the subject taken.
Subsequently, the images obtained must be combined in post-production to have a single shot, possibly all in focus (or almost).
The effect is stunning, especially if you examine the details by zooming in on the image.
D'abord, le design extérieur : entre le fer à repasser futuriste finition carbone et la Renault Zoé revue sauce Star Wars, elle ne plaira certainement pas à tout le monde. Ne nous arrêtons pas à l'apparence, il faut voir ce qu'elle compte proposer à ses futurs acquéreurs.
Consciente qu'elle devait répondre à des besoins spécifiques, Alef Aeronautics, depuis sa création en 2015, s'est concentrée sur trois points : que son véhicule puisse se conduire comme une voiture classique, qu'elle puisse décoller verticalement et que son prix demeure relativement accessible (nous reviendrons ensuite sur le mot « relativement »).
La Model A présente une autonomie de conduite de 322 kilomètres environ et une autonomie de vol de 177 km, le tout sur batterie. Sur ce point-là, difficile de la comparer à la concurrence, au vu de sa double fonction vol et roulage.
Le prix relativement bas qui a été annoncé par l'entreprise est de 300 000 $, soit le prix cumulé d'un Cessna 172 d'occasion (petit avion monomoteur de tourisme) et d'une voiture de catégorie luxe/GT/sportive neuve. La Model A ne s'adresse clairement pas à tout le monde. Ce prix élevé n'a pas empêché plus de 440 réservations du modèle à partir d'octobre 2022.
Les tests du véhicule ont commencé depuis 2019 et sa mise en production devrait commencer en 2025. Mais l'entreprise ne va pas s'arrêter là et développera d'autres modèles. Une berline, la Model Z prévue pour 2035 avec un prix de départ à 35 000 $. Certainement dans l'espoir de massifier la production et de sortir un premier projet vraiment accessible au plus grand nombre et lucratif pour viabiliser l'entreprise.
Les voitures volantes, bientôt un élément courant dans nos paysages ?
Nous n'en sommes pas là !
Même si ce projet prouve que cela reste un marché de niche destiné aux riches propriétaires ou aux entreprises, il est en réalité impossible de prévoir à l'avance ce que peut nous réserver une équipe de passionnés.
L'histoire de la tech est remplie d'exemple qui confirme d'ailleurs cette théorie.🤔
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First, the exterior design: between the futuristic carbon-finish iron and the Renault Zoé review with Star Wars sauce, it certainly won't appeal to everyone. Let's not stop at the appearance, we have to see what it intends to offer its future buyers.
Aware that it had to meet specific needs, Alef Aeronautics, since its creation in 2015, has focused on three points: that its vehicle can drive like a classic car, that it can take off vertically and that its price remains relatively accessible (we'll come back to the word "relatively" later).
The Model A has a driving range of approximately 322 kilometers and a flying range of 177 km, all on battery power. On this point, it is difficult to compare it to the competition, given its dual function of flight and taxiing.
The relatively low price that was advertised by the company is $300,000, which is the combined price of a used Cessna 172 (small single-engine passenger aircraft) and a new luxury/GT/sport class car . The Model A is clearly not for everyone. This high price did not prevent more than 440 reservations of the model from October 2022.
Tests of the vehicle have started since 2019 and its production should start in 2025. But the company is not going to stop there and will develop other models. A sedan, the Model Z scheduled for 2035 with a starting price of $35,000. Certainly in the hope of massiveizing production and releasing a first project that is truly accessible to as many people as possible and lucrative to make the company viable.
Flying cars, soon a common element in our landscapes?
We are not there !
Even if this project proves that it remains a niche market aimed at wealthy owners or companies, it is actually impossible to predict in advance what a team of enthusiasts may have in store for us.
The history of tech is full of examples that confirm this theory.🤔
Die Waldohreule hat mit einer Körperlänge von 31 bis 37 cm und einer Flügelspannweite von 86 bis 98 cm etwa die Größe einer Schleiereule. Sie ist wesentlich schlanker als ein Waldkauz und mit einem Gewicht von 220 bis 280 Gramm (Männchen) bzw. 250 bis 370 Gramm (Weibchen) erheblich leichter. Durch die auffallend großen Federohren und das marmorierte Gefieder, ähnelt die Waldohreule optisch dem deutlich größeren Uhu. Die Federohren haben keine Funktion im Zusammenhang mit der Hörleistung der Eule. Zur Verstärkung der Hörleistung dient vielmehr der bei der Waldohreule auffällige Gesichtsschleier, der Ähnlichkeit mit dem Schleier der Sumpfohreule aufweist.
(Wikipedia)
Meine Filme zum Urlaub auf Møn:
With a body length of 31 to 37 cm and a wingspan of 86 to 98 cm, the long-eared owl is about the size of a barn owl. It is much slimmer than a tawny owl and considerably lighter, weighing 220 to 280 grams (males) or 250 to 370 grams (females). With its strikingly large feather tufts and marbled plumage, the long-eared owl resembles the much larger eagle owl. The feather tufts have no function in relation to the owl's hearing. Instead, the long-eared owl's striking facial disc, which resembles the disc of the short-eared owl, serves to enhance its hearing.
We've had a string of winter storms lately - good to be prepared and protected.
From North Hollywood, California.
Stop smoking, as this will only bring you health problems in addition to harming the environment.
The human lung is composed of small structures, the alveoli, responsible for the gas exchange of the blood. Blood flow and blood flow between heart and lungs are intense. Cigarette smoke directly affect the functioning of the heart-lung circulation. Over time the pulmonary alveolus are being cemented by the components of cigarette smoke, failing to do its function. The body will then be replaced by smaller tissue oxygenation, resulting in greater ease of tiredness for the smoker. Cigarette smoking also causes countless damage to the heart and lungs, such as heart attack and cancer.
Back in Port Chalmers about to board the Noordam.
3 days to Hobart, Tasmania after cruising Fiordland National Park in Doubtful & Milford Sounds at the south end of New Zealand's south island.
Top right is a tall white pole holding Port Chalmer's Timeball.
The Port Chalmers time ball is a Victorian maritime Greenwich Mean Time signal located on Aurora Terrace on top of Observation Point in the port of Port Chalmers
It was established in 1867 by the Otago Provincial Council. The time ball fell precisely at 1 p.m. daily.
Originally triggered by a grandfather clock, from 1882 onwards a telegraph signal from Wellington took over this function.
It was removed in 1970, but a replacement was placed here in 2020.
Excerpt from www.amo.gov.hk/en/historic-buildings/monuments/kowloon/mo...:
Kowloon Union Church, one of the earliest inter-denominational churches in Hong Kong, was built by the London Missionary Society with financial support from Sir Paul Chater. The foundation stone was laid on 27 May 1930 by the then Colonial Secretary, W.T. Southorn, and the church was officially opened on 10 April 1931 by the then Governor Sir William Peel. During the Japanese Occupation, the church ceased to function and the building was converted into a horse stable by the Japanese army and suffered severe looting and damage. The church was opened again for public worship with a rededication service held on 19 October 1947 and continues to serve the community until now.
The church possesses “Perpendicular Gothic” architectural features, with pitched Chinese-tiled roof, red load-bearing brick walls and contrasting grey granite steps and window surrounds. A semi-circular apse and an attached three-storey battlemented tower are built at the two ends of the church respectively.
The square battlemented tower with pointed arch doorway surround and foundation stone at the base is designed to serve as the main entrance to the church. It is of fair-face red brickwork with carved granite ornaments and trimmings. There is also a concrete flat roof topped with a crenelated low parapet wall.
The windows of the church are set in decorative granite framing in the form of trefoil-headed tracery. The window frames are of wrought-iron and there are angular carved hoods above the windows. The windows of top floor of the battlemented tower are with stone louvers. The elegant double hammer-beam timber roof trusses with carved granite corbel supports are a rare and dominant feature of the spacious interior of the main hall of the church.
Kowloon Union Church was declared a monument in 2017.
Looking great in fresh paint, veteran S317 leads container train 1845 through Lithgow past the last-built member of the 81 class, 8184, in October 2015.
Streamlined bulldog and good looker S317 was about to turn 54 years old, while functional 8184, the newest of its class, was a youngish 24. The first of each class entered service in 1957 and 1982 respectively. 8184 was one of four additional 81 class built several years after the rest.
No. 4, 'Loch' simmers outside Douglas Shed. Douglas, Isle of Man. Taken on 17th April 2012 during a David Williams IoM Photocharter with kind permission of the Shed Foreman. I will be back on the Isle of Man next Sunday and hoping to record more atmospheric shots like this one.
Built in 1874 by Beyer, Peacock & Co. and named after lieutenant governor Henry Brougham Loch and beloved by many as their "favourite" engine on the railway, As originally built "Loch" was a small boilered locomotive, but was rebuilt as a medium boilered locomotive in 1909. This gave 'Loch' the same tractive effort as Nos 10 and 11. No. 4 has the strange distinction of being what must surely be the first locomotive ever to (re)enter service on the day the line closed. Having been earmarked for re-boilering in 1967 by the 1968 season 'Loch' was ready for service and steam tests were carried out accordingly. Fate intervened however and at the end of September 1968 the Peel and Ramsey lines closed for good. Fortunately, the Port Erin line was retained and No. 4 was familiar to many as the south based engine for many years, right up until her withdrawal from service after the 1995 Christmas services on the railway. She is the only locomotive to carry a non functioning "bell-mouth" dome and a non-standard livery of maroon was carried from 1979 to withdrawal. No. 4 now wears the familiar Indian red but is distinguished from shed-mates by carrying a Legs Of Mann and "4" numeral on the locomotive's buffer beam.
Because p90 style feeding systems are awesome, and once I got the idea in my head to do this, I couldn't get it out.
So here ya go! A top feeding AK.
(No clue if this could actually work, but you know me, aesthetics before function :D)
Comments and notes are welcome.
Eglise Notre-Dame à Vitré (Ille-et-Vilaine)
La chaire (du latin cathedra, le siège) est à l'origine le siège d'un évêque dans son église (maintenant désigné sous le terme de cathèdre).
En tant que meuble, au Moyen Âge (XIIIe siècle) ce terme désigne un siège en bois à haut dossier et aux accotoirs pleins réservé au maître de maison. Elle est sans dais jusqu'au XVe siècle.
La chaire a symbolisé la fonction d'autorité et d'enseignement de l'évêque, ce qui a conduit à deux sens dérivés :
- en architecture, la chaire désigne également la tribune du prédicateur dans une église ;
-le terme désigne le poste d'un professeur responsable de l'enseignement d'une matière dans l'enseignement universitaire.
Jusqu'au XVIIe siècle, on utilisait indifféremment les mots « chaire » ou « chaise », la distinction entre les deux termes n'étant pas définitivement fixée à cette époque1. Il semblerait que le langage précieux de cette époque refusait les consonnes « dures », considérées comme trop vulgaires.
Church Notre-Dame at Vitré (Ille-et-Vilaine) France :
Pulpit is a speakers' stand in a church. In many Christian churches, there are two speakers' stands at the front of the church. Typically, the one on the left (as viewed by the congregation) is called the pulpit. Since the Gospel lesson is often read from the pulpit, the pulpit side of the church is sometimes called the gospel side.
The other speaker's stand, usually on the right (as viewed by the congregation), is known as the lectern. The word lectern comes from the Latin word "lectus", past participle of legere, meaning "to read", because the lectern primarily functions as a reading stand. It is typically used by lay people to read the scripture lessons (except for the Gospel lesson), to lead the congregation in prayer, and to make announcements. Because the epistle lesson is usually read from the lectern, the lectern side of the church is sometimes called the epistle side. In other churches, the lectern, from which the Epistle is read, is located to the congregation's left and the pulpit, from which the sermon is delivered, is located on the right (the Gospel being read from either the center of the chancel or in front of the altar).
West Pond, Parsonsfield, Maine.
hay·wire
[ˈhāˌwī(ə)r]
ADJECTIVE
informal
\ erratic; out of control:
\synonyms: out of control · out of order · erratic · faulty · not functioning properly · chaotic · confused · crazy · wild · disorganized · disordered · topsy-turvy _ and you could add the United States Congress to that list !