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[While I upload photos from 2020, I am also trying to keep up with some of my more current works by uploading a couple of photographs every day, in the afternoon or evening.]
In September and October 2021, we spent three weeks touring the Italian regions of Abruzzo, Umbria, Marches and Emilia-Romagna, which we hadn’t visited yet.
Personally, I had my sights firmly set on a series of early Romanesque churches of high architectural and artistic interest, so you will see quite a few of those, in spite of the typical Italian administration-related problems I encountered, and which were both stupid and quite unpleasant.
There will also be other sorts of old stones, landscapes, etc., and I hope you will enjoy looking at them and have a good time doing so. If it makes you want to go, do, by all means, Italy is a wonderful country.
Today, I begin a new series on the church of Santa Pudenziana, near the town of Narni in the province of Umbria.
This is a very old church, a pre-Romanesque one from, I think, the 900 at least. Roman columns have been reused in the nave and pronaos, the way the arches are supported is typical of the archaic period, even though some elements are from the 11th and 12th centuries.
It also features a very nice bell tower, the base of which is dated from the 600s or 700s.
It is said that the church was originally part of a Benedictine priory.
It is absolutely lovely, restored and managed by a group of devoted volunteers worlds away from the persnickety and obnoxious bureaucrats that make up most of the Italian administration of beni culturali (Historic Landmarks).
The western façade, although that is a big word for such a humble church. Admire in particular the very, very old-looking pronaos...
[While I upload older photos from 2020 and before, I am also trying to keep up with some of my more current works by uploading a couple of photographs every day, in the afternoon or evening.]
In September and October 2021, we spent three weeks touring the Italian regions of Abruzzo, Umbria, Marches and Emilia-Romagna, which we hadn’t visited yet.
Personally, I had my sights firmly set on a series of early Romanesque churches of high architectural and artistic interest, so you will see quite a few of those, in spite of the typical Italian administration-related problems I encountered, and which were both stupid and quite unpleasant.
There will also be other sorts of old stones, landscapes, etc., and I hope you will enjoy looking at them and have a good time doing so. If it makes you want to go, do, by all means, Italy is a wonderful country.
Today, we take a look at yet another magnificent Romanesque church, this time in the region of Marches: San Claudio al Chienti, an abbey isolated in the Chienti valley.
The church, which looks enormous with its atypical architecture and massive twin towers, is in fact smaller on the inside than one might expect.
Built entirely in brick, its existence is attested in writing by the late 1000s, and its Byzantine influences make me lean towards a construction period during the first half of the 11th century.
The very harmonious, almost intimate, lower nave, quite devoid of any decoration.
[While I upload older photos, I am also trying to keep up with some of my more current works by uploading a couple of photographs every day, in the afternoon or evening.]
In September and October 2021, we spent three weeks touring the Italian regions of Abruzzo, Umbria, Marches and Emilia-Romagna, which we hadn’t visited yet.
Personally, I had my sights firmly set on a series of early Romanesque churches of high architectural and artistic interest, so you will see quite a few of those, in spite of the typical Italian administration-related problems I encountered, and which were both stupid and quite unpleasant.
There will also be other sorts of old stones, landscapes, etc., and I hope you will enjoy looking at them and have a good time doing so. If it makes you want to go, do, by all means, Italy is a wonderful country.
The ruined Mediæval castle and fortified village of Castel Camponeschi dominate the plain of Prata d’Ansidonia. Built originally in the 1140s, it was inhabited until the late 1950s, whereupon it slowly fell into ruin. Between 2005 and 2008, major restoration works were undertaken with a view to attracting new inhabitants and revive this picturesque village.
However, for some reason (undoubtedly very complex, as always in Italy, especially where substantial public funding is involved...), the project was abandoned and the place remained deserted.
Nowadays, it is a great locale to do some “rurbex”. The place is duly enclosed and padlocked of course, but this being Italy, you only have to walk a short way to find an easy way in... ;o)
The church was almost fully restored.
It is a dream come true for me to moved here a year ago. And I can say until now I still feel so unreal, Here I am, new york. People always say "if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere." I'm totally agree with that. There are so many people here, with different culture, different mind, different skin color. It is fun talk to them. A Beautiful city, and some "crazy" people lol. So everytime when I go to resturant or pizzeria, they ask me"here or to go?" Its actually a good Q to me. Here or to go? Do you love here? Or maybe...?whatever! ;) (PS: I think go for manhattanhenge is one of TOP 10-MUST DO THING when you visit here in summer time :) it would amazed you)
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When I am going crazy catching all that deals that come this time of the year and going nuts emptying my wallet, this conscious crawl out from somewhere and reminds me... ... There are many many many people are without shelter, food, and almost everything... kids that cries for not a new toy but for food.... children who dream of food, not Disney World!! ... Oh the Downer!! I wish that frog just go away and let me go do my shopping!!!
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Bank-Monument Underground Station, London, England
This has got to be one of my favourite and my most photographed tunnels/walkways on the whole network. To me the geometric proportions just feel right and it always feels most photogenic unlike some other tunnels on the network. Also another thing that always amazes me with this tunnel is how low it is, you would think it would be really claustrophobic being so low down but you just don't get that feeling at all. Not sure why but I suppose this is how its meant to be.
I have done many high key versions of this tunnel but wanted to give it a go doing a high contrast low key and I am very pleased in how it came out. My own personal opinion I feel it gives the tunnel alot more character.
Also some more new news, as you may have guessed now I do like photographing on the London Underground so I have decided to setup a London Underground Flickr group. The aim of the group is to showcase the best images of the London Underground from photographers on Flickr. So feel free to visit and join and submit your best London Underground image, I hope you really enjoy being part of the group. Also if you have any suggestions with regard to group please let me know as its in its early days and any tips will be very helpful. The link again is below
www.flickr.com/groups/2214683@N22/
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Bank and Monument are interlinked London Underground and Docklands Light Railway stations that form a public transport complex spanning the length of King William Street in the City of London. Bank station, named after the Bank of England, opened in 1900 at Bank junction and is served by the Central, Northern and Waterloo and City lines and the Docklands Light Railway. Monument station, named after the Monument to the Great Fire of London, opened in 1884 and is served by the District and Circle lines. The stations have been linked as an interchange since 1933. The station complex is the fourth-busiest on the London Underground network and is in fare zone 1.
Martika - Love thy will be done
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Dear Second Life,
See what you do to me? ... not fair. You never play fair.
Always pulling the rug from underneath me feet and making me go do something crazy.
My insanity level just went up a notch when out of the blue, I decided to just take
a few shots of myself while visiting the Designers United 5 event (ending October 4).
Couldn't help myself, right there and then, I put together the most outrageous clothes assembled
by picking a thing from here and there and the result?... this what you see now.
I was actually planning on taking beautiful shots wearing my new Maitreya * Hera Dress and slits, which by the way,
they seem to be one of the most popular items in this year's event,
but found myself wearing every item I was getting, and so I said, "Why not?!"
I climbed to the very top of the pile of chairs from 7 and just started clicking the button. I ended up with a pile
of silly photos wearing more items in some more than in others. I had to reduce it to the three best ones
so not to burn your eyes with the mess I really was. You should have seen me, walking around wearing multiple items and demos
and standing next to people just for kicks.
It is fine to just go crazy sometimes and have some fun. I am really never afraid to make a fool of myself
if that can produce some laughter, laughter is good... really good ;)
Laughter keeps us young
and being foolish helps us forget how life can be a little hard sometimes.
and as they say ....
LAUGH
Make a FOOL of yourself
and then LAUGH some more!
Oh no wait, that's not how it goes :P
Forever Yours,
Lori Novo
❤
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[While I upload photos from 2020, I am also trying to keep up with some of my more current works by uploading a couple of photographs every day, in the afternoon or evening.]
In September and October 2021, we spent three weeks touring the Italian regions of Abruzzo, Umbria, Marches and Emilia-Romagna, which we hadn’t visited yet.
Personally, I had my sights firmly set on a series of early Romanesque churches of high architectural and artistic interest, so you will see quite a few of those, in spite of the typical Italian administration-related problems I encountered, and which were both stupid and quite unpleasant.
There will also be other sorts of old stones, landscapes, etc., and I hope you will enjoy looking at them and have a good time doing so. If it makes you want to go, do, by all means, Italy is a wonderful country.
The abbey of San Giovanni in Venere in Abruzzo is another place where I encounter the same bureaucratic stupidity from the Italians as described before about Santa Maria a Casauria.
This time, I didn’t really mind because the most interesting parts were on the outside anyway, but boy how dumb can they be...!
A beautiful example of Romanesque sculpture around the West entrance.
About a months worth of rejects that All Agog and I split when we arrived back.
If you haven't followed him yet, he's tagged. Go do it.
G523 and 8155 lead a loaded grain train from Dimboola at Lovely Banks, near Geelong as train 7720V. G523 had recently been reactivated by Pacific National after a lengthy time in storage at Port Kembla, and was swiftly return to Victoria.
2017-03-26 Pacific National G523-8155 Lovely Banks 7720V
Last weekend I went to my best place for jumpers at Skipwith and not a sniff. The weekend before I saw loads (this was from then just before it killed the mozzie). Is that it, this year for jumpers? And where do they go? Do they just go dormant for the winter? Anyone know the winter habits of these amazing arachnids?
Yes, another sunflower. What can I say...I have afew shots that I like. As fall continues we see the lovely colors of change. We know the hollidays are near, I don't even want to think of Christmas yet..lol. Thanksgiving first I say then I dive into boxes and boxes of Christmas stuff...yeah. Back to the sunflower, does the yellow bring the smile, does the bee of nature? I like the bee myself..lol. Smile friends~In this busy week that has started we need to keep our smiles on. Blessings and bye for now, I have to go do laungry....rrrrggggg! :-0 Andrea
Press "L" NOW! Its so much better :)...now go do it! :)
Summer is on its way! I took this before my shoot I had last week.
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© 2011 Raj Sandhu
[While I upload photos from 2020, I am also trying to keep up with some of my more current works by uploading a couple of photographs every day, in the afternoon or evening.]
In September and October 2021, we spent three weeks touring the Italian regions of Abruzzo, Umbria, Marches and Emilia-Romagna, which we hadn’t visited yet.
Personally, I had my sights firmly set on a series of early Romanesque churches of high architectural and artistic interest, so you will see quite a few of those, in spite of the typical Italian administration-related problems I encountered, and which were both stupid and quite unpleasant.
There will also be other sorts of old stones, landscapes, etc., and I hope you will enjoy looking at them and have a good time doing so. If it makes you want to go, do, by all means, Italy is a wonderful country.
Santa Maria di Cartignano is a ruined Romanesque church, built in the 1000s near the village of Bussi sul Tirino in the Abruzzo province. It just sits there by the roadside, open and unsignaled, and it was really by chance that we happened to drive by on our way to somewhere else. We had to stop right away, and even though access to the church itself is not possible, I managed to bring back a couple of photos.
You will appreciate the thickness of the walls, the fine work on the small, early Romanesque rose in the western façade, and the lovely sculptures and engravings on the bandes lombardes adorning the apse...
A flock of Canadian Geese caught my attention as they honked to announce they were about to take flight... so I waited till they got into my frame and snapped photos as they flew through my field of view... this one was the best of the bunch because they were not obstructed by the decaying pier.
[While I upload photos from 2020, I am also trying to keep up with some of my more current works by uploading a couple of photographs every day, in the afternoon or evening.]
In September and October 2021, we spent three weeks touring the Italian regions of Abruzzo, Umbria, Marches and Emilia-Romagna, which we hadn’t visited yet.
Personally, I had my sights firmly set on a series of early Romanesque churches of high architectural and artistic interest, so you will see quite a few of those, in spite of the typical Italian administration-related problems I encountered, and which were both stupid and quite unpleasant.
There will also be other sorts of old stones, landscapes, etc., and I hope you will enjoy looking at them and have a good time doing so. If it makes you want to go, do, by all means, Italy is a wonderful country.
These are the last photos from the Benedictine abbey church of Santa Maria del Lago, not far from the small town of Moscufo in Abruzzo. The façade is from the 1700s and quite uninteresting. However, the apse is very nice, and above all the inside is magnificent.
Frescoes like this probably covered most of the walls, as well as the columns.
There she goes, doing some more off-roading on her scooter! However, her eyelashes are protected today!
Puppy dog hat by SimplyKir, dress and coat by Gothelina.
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Soooo, this is Gabrielle. She is so rad! I had the opportunity to work with her over the labour day weekend in a small town only 3 HOURS away from here. But I gotta say, it was totally worth the trip! Gabrielle is awesome, like seriously. I found this awesome location looking down a valley, some farmland, and then some good ol' canadian rockies!
She has only been doing modelling for a little bit now, but I was shocked that she doesn't do this as a full time thing cause she was such a natural! Probably one of my favourite sets! Stay tuned for more! :)
Second last upload from the set!
5D Mark II
35L
Natty Light
© 2011 Raj Sandhu
[While I upload photos from 2020, I am also trying to keep up with some of my more current works by uploading a couple of photographs every day, in the afternoon or evening.]
In September and October 2021, we spent three weeks touring the Italian regions of Abruzzo, Umbria, Marches and Emilia-Romagna, which we hadn’t visited yet.
Personally, I had my sights firmly set on a series of early Romanesque churches of high architectural and artistic interest, so you will see quite a few of those, in spite of the typical Italian administration-related problems I encountered, and which were both stupid and quite unpleasant.
There will also be other sorts of old stones, landscapes, etc., and I hope you will enjoy looking at them and have a good time doing so. If it makes you want to go, do, by all means, Italy is a wonderful country.
Today, I begin a new series on the church of Santa Pudenziana, near the town of Narni in the province of Umbria.
This is a very old church, a pre-Romanesque one from, I think, the 900 at least. Roman columns have been reused in the nave and pronaos, the way the arches are supported is typical of the archaic period, even though some elements are from the 11th and 12th centuries.
It also features a very nice bell tower, the base of which is dated from the 600s or 700s.
It is said that the church was originally part of a Benedictine priory.
It is absolutely lovely, restored and managed by a group of devoted volunteers worlds away from the persnickety and obnoxious bureaucrats that make up most of the Italian administration of beni culturali (Historic Landmarks).
A gorgeous part of a twisted column, also of Roman provenance. Was it used at some point as an altar base?
I’m all out of trash bags. I keep piling all my garbage on top of the shit that is already there. Soon it’s going to start falling on the floor. Or the bugs will come. I don’t know what’s worse.
It’s been raining out for days. It comes and goes. I even heard thunder that shook me a little. That’s rare around these parts. Back out east I used to grab bag of popcorn and watch these very storms right on my porch. But real ones, not these wimpy fakes. Kind of like a really good movie, you know? The thrill of seeing the bolt and moments later feeling that massive boom in my bones was unparalleled.
I think I might take Friday off. Although I think that’s a waste of time. More time to me isn’t really what I need. I could un-retire my camera and go do that. Maybe in the rain that would be cool. I love love love pictures in the rain! Or I could go buy those damn trash bags. But that’s kind of boring.
I really love my kids. Gia is finally starting to enjoy my company. I wish I could see her more. I let Chloe sleep in my bed two nights in a row. That’s like gold to her man. Apparently there are monsters under her bed. We made a secret formula to keep them away. It consisted of milk, salt, and 2 carrots. But nothing beats Daddy’s bed dude.
Nothing to write about, just random thoughts. I’m aware I’m making no sense. Yes I’m okay with it.
The photo at hand? Me hanging out on a cement slab down by the abandoned Navy Base one evening. I have the sun going down over my right shoulder and the Bay Bridge looming over my left shoulder.
The album at hand? I’ve owned this album for about 12 years. It’s filled with songs that have a beat mixed in with songs that are just plain weird. The lead singer’s voice is kind of annoyingly good, but it works well with their music. This song in particular I think illustrates the sentiment of my picture perfectly.
Location: Alameda Naval Air station; Alameda, California
Taken: October 24th, 2009
Posted: January 20th, 2010
Album of the Day: Deserters’s Songs by Mercury Rev
Video: Holes by Mercury Rev
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Today's shot takes us back to where it all started, Disneyland. This photo is probably one of my most favorite rides in the park, the Matterhorn. A lot of people say that this is a very rough ride and even though I agree, it's still a classic and a "must ride" whenever I go. Do you ride the Matterhorn or do you pass it and move on to the next ride? Have a great week!
Theme: Archangel - Amoranthe
Concept Art created using AI Furry Generator
Edited using Krita 5.2.9
I mourn for the fallen demons,
Leviathan carries my will.
Confounded,
yet I am immortal,
the ultimate torment I feel!
See a red moon rise up,
an omen of grief.
The son of the morning
descends from Elysium's creed.
Many have been the feats of leopard virtue of Iohannes Paulus Crispianus II. Yet, what of his father? Why does no one sing the praises of Iohannes Paulus Crispianus I?
The story behind this hidden history is one of great tragedy and deceit. Many believe that in the end, most sins will be forgiven. Yet, there is such thing as the unforgivable sin. Did Iohannes the Senior do such a devilish thing? As far as Iohannes the Younger is concerned, he holds no blame upon his father for the events that unfolded and led to the destruction of a leopard-man who, in his own days of glory, had done numerous deeds of virtue and valor. Indeed, Iohannes II is second only to his father in living such a good and holy life of a paladin. So what happened?
First, we must understand the theology of the dragon hunters. For you see each dragon hunter has charge over them an archangel from Heaven. The Crispianus family have Raphael in charge of them. Some believe that this is why the family has a strong trait of emerald green eyes, are able to heal quickly, and are quite passionate lovers. Old wives tales aside, the importance of the archangel is protection over the dragon slayer as they go do battle with their mortal enemy, the evil red dragon Maleflagramontes.
However, according to the principles of the theology, as in Heaven, also below. Maleflagramontes has the arch-demon Asmodeus in charge over him. Thus, these battles between dragon and dragon slayer are not merely feats of physical heroic virtue, but also a spiritual battle, and thus a microcosm of the ancient War in Heaven by which one-third of the angels had fallen and become demons that seek to conquer the universe and usurp God.
Iohannes Paulus Crispianus I was a very pius dragon slayer paladin. Again, no one was an equal or greater to the senior other than his own son. Thus is great the tragedy that befell the elder and brought about the worst treachery to ever happen to the Crispianus family. Yet, to this day the younger will not speak evil of his father, often praying, "Forgive them, Lord, for they know not what they say nor do,"
Yet, for what is known in private rumors and stories, one would think that Ioh would have reasons to be bitter. But that is not how leopard-men understand the world, especially as paladin and dragon slayer. They know what their fate can be if they do not succeed and defeat Maleflagramontes. What precisely can happen is something the author cannot tell, especially in mixed general public. All I can say is that it is true that dragons are born from an 'egg,' though not necessarily in how you may understand the term. It is also half true that dragons can be made by way of cats that have been tormented and turned evil. Putting the parts to the whole, I'll leave it to your imagination what the whole truth may be. But I will say that it is is a very terrible and tragic fate for the leopard-man, especially as the 'egg' develops more into the dragon he had committed his whole life to slaying. As misfortune may have it, the last time Ioh had seen his father was when the development was near complete, and his father was becoming the evil red dragon he once opposed. Above is the iconography of that first battle with the reincarnation of Maleflagramontes, as he fully took over Iohannes Paulus Crispianus I, who was shed of his leopard-man body, and now was comprised of the new blood red scales of the evil red dragon.
I sing for the fallen angels,
I carry them under my wings.
I'm frozen but still undefeated,
for the abandoned I sing!
Archangel rise!
The trinity has synchronized
a remedy for humankind.
Archangel has fallen down!
Against the odds,
we bring a bloodless sacrifice.
From hell on earth to paradise.
Archangel has fallen down!
Parámetros :: Parameters :: Paramètres: Canon EOS 7D; ISO 100; 0 ev; f 6.3; 1/30 s; 35 mm Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM HSM.
Título :: Title :: Titre ::: Fecha (Date): Entre dos luces :: Between two lights :: Entre deux lumières ::: 2015/04/26 19:59
(Es). Historia: Antimio de arriba. León. España. Mensaje de WhatsApp en el teléfono a media tarde del domingo. Mmmm ¿Quién será?…Alcanzo el teléfono y miro la pantalla. ¡Ah!, es MALLA.
MALLA: Oiluj, la tarde promete nubes y está la colza con amarillos intensos; ¿Salimos a tirar unas fotos?
Yo: Ok. ¿A las 19:00?.
MALLA: Bien. Te recojo.
Yo: Preparo alfombra, viene Fray.
Llega MALLA, colocamos la alfombra en el maletero del Tuareg y subimos a Fray. ¿A dónde vamos?. No sé, pero a zona de cultivo llano. Los campos de colza tienen un amarillo fuerte que, con la puesta de sol y estas nubes, pueden dar sorpresas. Bueno, vamos a la zona de la Valdoncina, Antimio de arriba. De acuerdo.
Mientras estamos llegando a destino observamos el cielo. La zona de la puesta de sol tiene nubes con zonas claras y el sol aparecerá por esos huecos. En la parte contraria y a poca distancia, una aglomerado de nubes oscuras de tormenta. Ha llovido estos días y los caminos agrícolas están con bastante barro, pero estamos convencidos de que puede merecer la pena. Paramos en un campo grande de colza en flor y nos vamos introduciendo en él. Las plantas nos llegan un poco por debajo de la altura del pecho. Fray, ha bajado del coche con ganas de carrera y cuando llegamos al campo de las altas plantas de colza se introduce en él a toda prisa. Intuimos dónde se encuentra por las sacudidas de las zonas superiores de las plantas y vemos como esos movimientos se van desplazando deprisa en línea recta por el campo. Luego, más cansado, se acerca a nosotros y ya no se separa… A la altura de su cabeza nos pierde de vista rápidamente, esto no es campo abierto. Así que se queda cerca viendo como hablamos entre nosotros, observa cómo miramos hacia el sol, luego hacia el otro lado, nos llevamos eso negro a la cabeza, lo volvemos a bajar, seguimos hablando y mirando en una u otra dirección. Me quiero imaginar sus pensamiento: ¿Qué estarán haciendo estos dos mirones ahí, en lugar de estar oliendo la inmensidad de aromas que tenemos alrededor?.
Y mientras voy escribiendo esto está sonando ZAZ, la nueva Edit Piaf. No olvidéis al Nepal, a los Perros Mapache de China, a la zona todavía azotada por el Ébola, a las personas asesinadas en nombre dioses de cada cual o a los animales también asesinados en nombre de "La Cultura de la Tortura"...
Toma: El sol estuvo un largo rato oculto tras las nubes y el color era de un amarillo apagado, sembrado grande pero apagado. De pronto salía de entre las nubes y daba una intensidad fuerte a las plantas. Hicimos una cuantas tomas dentro del campo con esos tonos amarillos y luego, observando el comportamiento del sol que se había vuelto a ocultar, decidimos salir del campo y tomar las escenas con un poco de distancia. De pronto, al separarnos unos metros vuelve a aparecer el sol y en la parte contraria vemos la cortina de lluvia y el conjunto de arco iris aparecer de pronto. Dicen que donde el arco iris se junta con el suelo hay un tesoro de oro enterrado. Nuestro tesoro estaba en el lugar en que nosotros estábamos, donde se nos daba un espectáculo que creo que no está bien representado en esta imagen; era mucho mejor el espectáculo natural.
Tratamiento: Con Aperture. Original en RAW. Ligero aumento de la saturación, pero muy ligero. El histograma presentaba los extremos com muy poca información, todo el contenido estaba en la parte central, así que recorté esas zonas tan planas y bajas. La luces altas las reduje para dar cuerpo a las nubes de tormenta, así como incrementé la oscuridad de las zona menos luminosas. Luego aplico una viñeta suave para degradar ligeramente los bordes.
¡Eso es todo amigos!
(En). The History: Antimio de arriba. León. Spain. WhatsApp's message in the telephone in the middle of the evening of Sunday. Mmmm; Who will be? … I Reach the telephone and look at the screen. Ah!, it is MALLA.
MALLA: Oiluj, the evening promises clouds and the rape is with yellow intense; do we go out to throw a few photos?
I: Ok. At 19:00?.
MALLA: Well. I gather you.
I: I prepare carpet, Fray comes.
MALLA comes, we place the carpet in the porter of the Tuareg and raise Fray. To where do we go?. Do not be, but to plain crop zone. The fields of rape have a yellow fort that, with the putting of the Sun and these clouds, surprises can give. Well, we go to the zone of the Valdoncina, Antimio de arriba. I agree.
While we are coming to destination observe the sky. The zone of the putting Sun has clouds with clear zones and the Sun will appear for these hollows. In the opposing party and to few distance, a agglomerate of dark clouds of storm. It has rained these days and the agricultural ways are with enough mud, but we are sure that it can be worth it. We stop in a big field of rape in flower and are getting in him. The plants come to us a bit below the height of the chest. Fray, has gone down the car with desire of career and when we come to the field of the high plants of rape it gets in him hotfoot. We feel where he is for the jolts of the top zones of the plants and see as these movements they are displacing fast on line straight line for the field. More tired, it approaches us and already it does not separate … At a height of his head loses us of dress rapidly, this is not a field opened. So it continues seeing nearby since we speak strictly between ourselves, it observes how we look at the Sun, then at another side, we take this black thing it to ourselves to the head, turn it to going down, continue speaking and looking in one or another direction. I want to imagine his thought: What they will be making these two lookers-on there, instead of being smelling the immensity of aromas that we have around?.
And while I am writing this, ZAZ is sounding, the new Edit Piaf. Do not forget to the Nepal, to the Dogs Racoon of China, to the zone still flogged by the Ébola, to the persons murdered in gods name of everyone or to the animals also murdered in name of "The Culture of the Torture"...
Taking up: The sun was a long time hidden behind the clouds and a yellow color was out, planted large but off. Suddenly out of the clouds and gave a strong current plants. We made a few shots on the field with those yellow tones and then observing the behavior of the sun had returned to hide, we decided to leave the camp and take the scenes with a little distance. Suddenly, a few meters separate the sun reappears on the other side and see the curtain of rain and the whole rainbow appear soon. They say that where the rainbow joins with the soil there is an treasure of buried gold. Our treasure was in the place in which we were, where there was given us a spectacle that I think that it is not represented well in this image; the natural spectacle was much better.
Treatment: With Aperture. Original RAW. Light increase of the saturation, but very light. The histogram was presenting the ends com very little information, the whole content was in the central part, so I cut these so flat and low zones away. You illuminate it high I reduced them to give body to the clouds of storm, as well as I increased the darkness of the least luminous area. Then I apply a soft vignette to degrade lightly the edges.
That's all folks !!
(Fr). Histoire: Antimio de arriba. León. L'Espagne. Un message de WhatsApp par le téléphone à une demi-après-midi du dimanche. Mmmm : qui est-ce qui sera ? … J'atteins le téléphone et regarde l'écran. Ah!, c'est MALLA.
MALLA : Oiluj, l'après-midi promet des nuages et le colza est avec jaunes intenses; sortons-nous pour jeter quelques photos ?
Je : Ok. À 19:00 heure ?.
MALLA : Bien. Je te reprends.
Je : Je prépare un tapis, Fray vient.
MALLA arrive, nous mettons le tapis dans le coffre de Touareg et jusqu'à Fray. Où nous allons?. Je ne sais pas, mais la zone plate de champs de cultures. Champs de colza ont un jaune intense avec le soleil et ces nuages peuvent donner des surprises. Eh bien, nous allons à la zone Valdoncina, Antimio de abajo. Convenu.
En attendant nous arrivons à une destination observons le ciel. La zone de la mise de soleil a des nuages avec de claires zones et le soleil apparaîtra par ces creux. Dans la partie opposée et à peu de distance, une un agglomérat de nuages obscurs d'orage. Il a plu ces jours et les chemins agricoles sont avec assez je balaie, mais nous sommes convaincus de ce qu'il peut mériter la peine. Nous nous arrêtons sur un grand champ de colza dans une fleur et nous nous introduisons à lui. Les plantes nous arrivent un peu au-dessous de la hauteur de la poitrine. Fraye, a baissé de la voiture avec appétit de course et quand nous arrivons au champ des hautes plantes de colza il s'introduit à lui en toute hâte. Nous devinons où il se trouve par les secousses des zones supérieures des plantes et voyons comme ces mouvements ils se déplacent vite en ligne droite par le champ. Plus fatigué, il s'approche de nous et déjà il ne se sépare pas … À la hauteur de sa tête il nous perd de vue rapidement, ce n'est pas champ ouvert. Donc il continue de se voir près comme nous parlons entre nous, il observe comment nous regardons vers le soleil, tout de suite vers l'autre côté, nous nous passons cela noir à la tête, recommençons à le descendre, continuons de parler et de regarder dans l'une ou une autre direction. Je veux m'imaginer son une pensée : qu'est-ce que ces deux badauds feront là, au lieu de sentir l'immensité de parfums que nous avons autour?.
Et tandis que j'écris cela, ZAZ sonne, le nouveau Edit Piaf. N'oubliez pas au Népal, aux Chiens de Carcajou de la Chine, à la zone encore fouettée par l'Ébola, aux personnes assassinées dans un nom des dieux de chacun ou aux animaux aussi assassinés au nom de "Culture de la Torture"...
Prendre: Le soleil était longtemps caché derrière les nuages et une couleur jaune était éteint, mais hors planté grande. Soudain, des nuages et a donné une forte usines actuelles. Nous avons fait quelques coups de feu sur le terrain avec ces tons jaunes et puis en observant le comportement du soleil était revenu à cacher, a décidé de quitter le camp et de prendre les scènes avec un peu de distance. Soudain, quelques mètres séparent le soleil réapparaît de l'autre côté et voir le rideau de pluie et l'ensemble arc apparaissent bientôt. Ils disent que, lorsque l'arc en ciel rencontre le sol est un trésor d'or enterré. Notre trésor était à l'endroit où nous étions, où on nous a donné un spectacle que je pense ne sont pas bien représentés dans cette image; était beaucoup mieux le spectacle naturel.
Traitement: Avec Aperture. Origine RAW. Une légère augmentation de la saturation, mais très léger. L'histogramme présentait les extrémités com très peu d'information, tout le contenu était dans la partie centrale, telle que j'ai découpé ces zones si plates et basses. Tu l'éclaires hautes je les ai réduites pour donner un corps aux nuages d'orage, ainsi que j'ai augmenté l'obscurité de la zone moins lumineux. Tout de suite j'applique une vignette douce pour dégrader légèrement les bords.
Voilà, c'est tout!
--Inspired by molly, probably one of my favorite photos ever taken by anyone ever--
Ironically, those are probably the dullest pair of scissors I own, so actually cutting everything off at the end took me probably half an hour, hahah.
Also, HOME. For three and a half weeks, so hopefully that means lots more photos soon. I'm finally getting my wisdom teeth out tomorrow though, so I might be out of commission for a bit longer while my face goes back to normal :p
Lastly, I'm doing a print giveaway that you can enter here if you want and haven't already; I believe I'm closing it Dec. 22. So...go do that :)
What if those recruited by the Terrorists were smart enough to understand that they were being mislead and lied to? What if Terrorists did not often attempt to recruit down syndrome teens to strap bombs to their selves? What if no one had to Die in Battle for Allah, because people being recruited for suicide murderous bombings understood the truth? What if those who have been told to hate, started asking questions such as; Why? Why should I hate the Americans or Western World?
Wouldn’t it be great if those being recruited to plant roadside bombs or make suicide runs told the Clerics to go do it yourself if it is that big of a deal? What if all just said “NO” to Terrorism and declared themselves a member of the real Islamic Faith? What if all people were educated enough to see through the lies and butchering of the Islamic religion by these radical clerics? What if the Muslim population of the world said; “no more” and eliminate out those who preach hate and live in hypocrisy? I wonder what the world would be like then? Think on it.
Taken: Faisal Masjid, Footsteps of Margala Hills, Islamabad, Capital of Pakistan.
I think I'm doin it wrong. Also, in retrospect, I probably should have used brown instead of sand green.
Nao I have to go do some really shitty Geometry homework :|
In September and October 2021, we spent three weeks touring the Italian regions of Abruzzo, Umbria, Marches and Emilia-Romagna, which we hadn’t visited yet.
Personally, I had my sights firmly set on a series of early Romanesque churches of high architectural and artistic interest, so you will see quite a few of those, in spite of the typical Italian administration-related problems I encountered, and which were both stupid and quite unpleasant.
There will also be other sorts of old stones, landscapes, etc., and I hope you will enjoy looking at them and have a good time doing so. If it makes you want to go, do, by all means, Italy is a wonderful country.
In Ravenna, there is obviously a lot to see in terms of Romanesque churches, but not a lot to show in acceptable quality photographs, as TRIPODS ARE PROHIBITED EVERYWHERE AS “PROFESSIONAL ACCESSORIES”.
Yes, that is as asinine as can be, and it means no photography indoors, where there is not enough light...
There are two churches dedicated to Sant’ Apollinare. One is called “in Classe” in reference to its location, and the other one is simply “Nuovo”, the New One.
These first three photos are the pase and bell tower of Sant’ Apollinare in Classe, built in brick as the Romans used to do. It is a wonder of early Christianity, having been dedicated in 549. The bell tower is from the 900s. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
While up in Yorkshire last week ... just had to go do the kingfishers on a Nature reserve there
always so beautiful to see and photograph. This time though the wild grasses had grown over the main perches, sadly
- envy on the coast. this is just your basic picture of trees & clouds. meginator is "in this photo" because she's (hopefully) going do a 365 with me for 2010. if you're doing one/interested in doing one then, send me a flickrmail or something (: my pro account expires on december 8th, so i'll probably be uploading an old picture or two every day until then (in 2010, it'll only be new pictures :)
Detouring on the South Shore due to NS Bridge Work at CP 509, Amtrak 365 cruises at track speed over the new bridge at Ford City curve. Below, an empty auto rack train heads into the Ford yard on the NKP.
Hegewisch, Illinois
NOTE: Photo taken on South Shore property by an employee, with permission, in PPE, with prior written consent, approved by the board, do not pass go, do not collect 200.00.
I figured it was about time I did another My Little Pony shot.
This one was a total fluke. A previous attempt at this with D1 manually blowing the bubbles didn't work out, so I decided I'd have a go doing it myself using my new RC-6 wireless remote and our battery-powered bubble machine. I took about 8 shots and just happened to get this one with a bubble right in front of Flitterheart's face.
This photo is actually a composite of several of the shots - I mainly just took a few of the background bubbles from the other shots to fill out the scene.
I then added one of Skeletal Mess's awesome textures to give it that gritty feel and frame.
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Scavenger Hunter Gatherer photo challenge #54 - bubbly
Camera settings:
f/5.6
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ISO 800
[While I upload photos from 2020, I am also trying to keep up with some of my more current works by uploading a couple of photographs every day, in the afternoon or evening.]
In September and October 2021, we spent three weeks touring the Italian regions of Abruzzo, Umbria, Marches and Emilia-Romagna, which we hadn’t visited yet.
Personally, I had my sights firmly set on a series of early Romanesque churches of high architectural and artistic interest, so you will see quite a few of those, in spite of the typical Italian administration-related problems I encountered, and which were both stupid and quite unpleasant.
There will also be other sorts of old stones, landscapes, etc., and I hope you will enjoy looking at them and have a good time doing so. If it makes you want to go, do, by all means, Italy is a wonderful country.
Today, I begin a new series on the church of Santa Pudenziana, near the town of Narni in the province of Umbria.
This is a very old church, a pre-Romanesque one from, I think, the 900 at least. Roman columns have been reused in the nave and pronaos, the way the arches are supported is typical of the archaic period, even though some elements are from the 11th and 12th centuries.
It also features a very nice bell tower, the base of which is dated from the 600s or 700s.
It is said that the church was originally part of a Benedictine priory.
It is absolutely lovely, restored and managed by a group of devoted volunteers worlds away from the persnickety and obnoxious bureaucrats that make up most of the Italian administration of beni culturali (Historic Landmarks).
The raised choir with a very simple altar and an equally sober ciborium, with four reused columns from the Antiquity and two capitals of the same provenance. The other two are very early Romanesque from around Year 1000.
[While I upload photos from 2020, I am also trying to keep up with some of my more current works by uploading a couple of photographs every day, in the afternoon or evening.]
In September and October 2021, we spent three weeks touring the Italian regions of Abruzzo, Umbria, Marches and Emilia-Romagna, which we hadn’t visited yet.
Personally, I had my sights firmly set on a series of early Romanesque churches of high architectural and artistic interest, so you will see quite a few of those, in spite of the typical Italian administration-related problems I encountered, and which were both stupid and quite unpleasant.
There will also be other sorts of old stones, landscapes, etc., and I hope you will enjoy looking at them and have a good time doing so. If it makes you want to go, do, by all means, Italy is a wonderful country.
Today and over the following days, I invite you to take a closer look at a very simple and unadorned, yet beautiful and quite unusual abbey church in the Abruzzo region: San Pietro ad Oratorium.
Like our previous church of Santa Maria in Valle Porclaneta, this one is also located in a quiet valley, that of river Tirino.
Built mostly during the 700s and fully completed in the 1100s, this church was part of a Benedictine abbey. It is designed on a basilica-type plan with three naves and three semi-circular apse.
The nave, almost devoid of any decoration.
Bien,pues he aquí una sombrera loca,puedo ser yo misma o puede ser Mary Poppins,que no está nada loca,es de las pocas personas que me comprenden,.Aquí dejo una de mis escenas favoritas de esta gran película de Walt Disney porque,al igual que ella,pienso que todo se arregla con un poco de azúcar............Hasta el 31 de enero en La Bottega dell´Arte Burgos,en la exposición colectiva del Tercer Mercado de Arte de cuadros de pequeño formato.
In every job that must be done
There is an element of fun
You find the fun and snap the job's a game
And every task you undertake becomes a piece of cake
A lark! a spree!
It’s very clear to see
Chorus
That a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
The medicine go do-own
The medicine go doown
A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
In a most delightful way
Repeat chorus
A robin feathering his nest
Has very little time to rest
While gathering bits of twine and twig
Though quite intent in his pursuit
He has a merry tune to toot
He knows a song will move the job along
For a
Repeat chorus
Y... se convierte en un juego.
Y divertiros lograréis,
mejor si así lo hacéis.
El ser feliz, un juego es al fin...
Con un poco de azúcar esa píldora que os dan,
la píldora que os dan...
pasará mejor.
Si hay un poco de azúcar,
esa píldora que os dan satisfechos tomaréis.
Construye el pájaro su hogar,
con brío y con afán lo véis
sus hojas y ramitas transportar...
Pero no obstante su inquietud,
su canto va de norte a sur.
Y su labor
convierte en diversión...
Con un poco de azúcar esa píldora que os dan,
la píldora que os dan,
pasará mejor.
Si hay un poco de azúcar, esa píldora que os dan
satisfechos tomaréis.
Lleva la abeja a su panal
el dulce néctar de la flor,
pero siempre vuela y vuela con tesón.
Y cada gota de elixir, de cada flor,
se guarda al fin.
Y así (así...)
igual (igual...)
alegra el trabajar...
Con un poco de azúcar...
[While I upload photos from 2020, I am also trying to keep up with some of my more current works by uploading a couple of photographs every day, in the afternoon or evening.]
In September and October 2021, we spent three weeks touring the Italian regions of Abruzzo, Umbria, Marches and Emilia-Romagna, which we hadn’t visited yet.
Personally, I had my sights firmly set on a series of early Romanesque churches of high architectural and artistic interest, so you will see quite a few of those, in spite of the typical Italian administration-related problems I encountered, and which were both stupid and quite unpleasant.
There will also be other sorts of old stones, landscapes, etc., and I hope you will enjoy looking at them and have a good time doing so. If it makes you want to go, do, by all means, Italy is a wonderful country.
The Romanesque collegiate church of Santa Maria in Castell’ Arquato, built very quickly between 1117 and 1122, was influenced by Lombard architecture and decoration, as was so often the case in Emilia-Romagna. The golden (presence of ferrous oxide in the stone) limestone that was used gives it a distinctive aspect.
There are also some fine examples of Romanesque sculpture inside, in particular on the capitals.
On a beautiful (though already warm) Tuesday morning, BNSF 1546 is switching out it's cut of cars for local industries in front of the depot on the east side of downtown. After rearranging a few cars, and the train with it's three man crew will begin a shove north to go do some industry work, and the Dakota and Iowa Railroad southbound that has been waiting patiently will be able to run through town.
The BNSF 1546 is a former BN, original CB&Q GP28P - something a little bit different from your usual GP38 or GP40 these days, which is neat!
In the background is part of downtown Sioux Falls, with it's mix of historic buildings and newer buildings with architecture meant to blend in. There used to be tracks in the empty lot on the west side of the depot, remnants of past railroads that once ran through town, though in 2020 there are still three railroads making regular appearances in Sioux Falls. The property was purchased for redevelopment by the city undoubtedly the backdrop of this scene (along with likely the power used by the BNSF out of Sioux Falls for the various locals) will continue to change.
Seems like a lot of railfans from out of the area (like myself) who travel to Sioux Falls tend to focus on the Dakota and Iowa and the Ellis and Eastern. And that's certainly understandable, as they are both incredibly cool with sharp, classy power. But the BNSF in the area is also an interesting outfit, operating a patchwork of remaining former mainlines, many of which are now stubbed into branches or cut in odd ways. And they run rather handsome geeps out here, such as the 1546, or a neat former GP30 that was hanging around the engine terminal. And they run some neat industrial track and scenic country running. Wish I'd had more time, as spending a bit of time with the BNSF seemed like it would have been fruitful too.
I missed the symbol for this job - if anybody happens to know what the usual weekday local is in Sioux Falls is (other than I think I heard them refer to themselves as "switch 1" on the radio), I'd appreciate knowing.
I'll admit I was not really excited to go to a luau in Maui, but it turned out to be one of my favorite experiences there. We went to the Old Lahaina Luau, where we were greeted with these pretty leis and colorful fruity drinks. The entertainment was fantastic. They presented, through song and dance and story, the history of Hawaii. Mesmerizing. If you get a chance to go- do it.
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I finally had the opportunity to meet up with Rameez - A professional model from Montreal, CAN. Me and Rameez have been good friends since highschool! I noticed that he had gone to Montreal to get into the model and fashion industry, so as soon as he came back to town for the summer to visit family, I gave him a shout right away! I was pretty stoked when I asked him to meet up for a shoot. We both set up a time and finally met up a few days later! I was so impressed by how good he was at what he did! He was a natural! I had a blast with me during the shoot and we will definitely be meeting up soon for some more shoots! Stay tuned for lots of uploads! :)
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this is one of those pictures
where i don't know what to do with it.
have a lovely saturday
i'm going to try to go do something with mine
probably will fail tho
If the page is still blank after half an hour of trying to come up with a solution, it's probably time to switch off and go do something else.
another one
of my cousin
(:
she looks tall
but shes really not
its the heels
:D
i like this
yea i doo (:
sooo imma go do stuff k bye :D
stealing is for hobos and askings to blog photos is for fresh cool kids :D SO DO IT!
I need to go do this shot again on a day when the ground is snow covered. I think it will be spectacular on a clear afternoon like this, don't you agree? But for now here is another frame from a year ago...cause I'm in a geep kinda mood!
CSXT local B724 out of Framingham is making its way out the former New Haven (originally Old Colony Railroad) Fitchburg Secondary with a healthy train headed toward Leominster. This is a Sun-Thu local so since its days off correspond with mine I never get to shoot it. But I had last night off after having to work late so headed out from Boston when I was done and caught up with their rear end around Berlin. At only 10 MPH they aren't hard to get ahead of so I came to Clinton and scoped out some angles.
The tree shadows were already distracting by the depot and at the bridge where they cross over Pan Am's former Boston and Maine Worcester Line. So instead, I set up just south of there at about MP QBU13.4 by the by the north end of the runaround where the old interchange track peels off down through the woods to once connect with the B&M.
The light was perfect as the pair of GP40-2s lead a long train over the elevated trackage through the center of town. They are passing the old 1892 Swift Meat Factory on Main Street. This is the same Swift famous for the massive Chicago Stock Yards and the pioneering use of refrigerated box cars to ship slaughtered and dressed beef east in those vs. cattle on the hoof in stock cars.
Gustavus Franklin Swift was a Massachusetts native having been born on Cape Cod in 1839. At age 30 he opened his first meat market here in Clinton. Within a half dozen years the astute young cattle buyer had followed the market west to Chicago.
In 1878 the year he and his brother Edwin formed the precursor to Swift and Co. he hired engineer Andrew Chase to design a ventilated car that was well-insulated, and positioned the ice in a compartment at the top of the car, allowing the chilled air to flow naturally downward, and the design proved to be a practical solution to providing temperature-controlled carriage of dressed meats.
He attempted to sell this design to the major railroad but they refused, fearing it would jeopardize their considerable investments in stock cars and animal pens if refrigerated meat transport gained wide acceptance. In response, he formed the Swift Refrigerator Line (SRL) that utilized the refrigerated cars and competing firms such as Armour and Company quickly followed suit. By 1920 the SRL owned and operated 7,000 of the ice-cooled rail cars.
He adapted the methods of the industrial revolution to meat packing operations, which resulted in huge efficiencies by allowing his plants to produce at a massive scale. Additionally, he devoted a great deal of time to indoctrinating employees and teaching them the company's methods and policies. He motivated his employees to focus on the company's profit goals by adhering to a strict policy of promotion from within. The innovations that he championed not only revolutionized the meat packing industry, but also played a vital role in establishing the modern American business system, with an emphasis on mass production, functional specialization, managerial expertise, national distribution networks, and adaptation to technological innovation.
His was one of the first companies in modern business history to boast complete "vertical integration" and had departments for purchasing, production, shipping, sales, and marketing. He hired engineers and chemists to find uses for the byproducts of cattle slaughter to ensure that nothing was wasted. After establishing plants in St. Louis, Missouri, Kansas City, Kansas, Omaha, Nebraska, Fort Worth, Texas, St. Paul, Minnesota and other major cattle cities, he took his company international. He captured the British market, and exported beef by refrigerated compartments on ships to distributing houses he established in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, Shanghai, China, Hong Kong, Manila, Philippines, Singapore, and Honolulu, Hawaii. He died at the age of 63, and at the time of his death in 1903 his company was valued at around $135 million, and employed more than 21,000 people.
So now you know the rest of the story about all those Swift reefers we had on our toy train layouts as kids and how those all tie in to this image of a little local freight passing an otherwise unremarked brick building. There always is a story if you look, isn't there?
Clinton, Massachusetts
Thursday December 3, 2020
have mostly been constructing fence around garden past couple of weeks. (an aside: it must be the new fence adding to the "square patterns" in the bokeh/background in photo above). I only have the gates & finishing up to do now. Unfortunately... has turned very hot & need to water garden daily. got to go do that now! regards, P.