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Very honoured to be invited to participate in this project. Thank you Lawrence! ♥
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Gallery One: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Carroway/193/191/37
Gallery Two: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Carroway/211/191/37
Gallery Three: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Carroway/202/49/37
Gallery Four: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Carroway/212/66/37
Gallery Five: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Carroway/194/68/37
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Modern Nur-Sultan is really a planned city, much like other planned capitals. After it became the capital of Kazakhstan in 1997, the city changed its shape enormously. The Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa designed the master plan of the new capital. In March 2019 the name of the city was changed to Nur Sultan in honour of the first president of the new republic, of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev. Here the well known landmark, the Bayterek tower is in the image as well. The tower was designed by architect Norman Foster and is considered a symbol of post-independence Kazakhstan.
Submitted: 07/10/2019
Accepted: 08/10/2019
It was established as Queen's College (in honour of Queen Victoria) in 1841, by the PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH of Canada in association with the Church of Scotland. Classes began on 7 March 1842 in a rented building with two professors and 10 students.
I used to see his brilliant work at a higher rank, if not the highest, in explore. He was really good at photography and he maintained a very good taste.
I had interactions with many of his work, to which he was very appreciative and uniquely reciprocative.
About three months ago, I noticed that he’s not around! I checked on his page and knew that he wasn’t feeling well. So, I dropped a note on the last work he posted, wished him a quick recovery and told him that I look forward to see him back soon on Flickr.
Yesterday, I saw that post by John B. with the sad news!
I personally feel that Keith is a great loss to many, including Flickr community, and from here, I’m dedicating this post to extend my sincere condolences to his family, friends and everyone in his circle. RIP, my friend!
It's very hard to beat a night with broken cloud and a setting sun, reflections everywhere and a warm gentle breeze, doesn't get much better. In your honour is a favourite track by the Foo Fighters.
Remembrance Sunday; to honour the service and sacrifice of our Armed Forces community, the British and Commonwealth veterans, the Allies that fought alongside us and the civilian servicemen and women involved in the two World Wars and later conflicts.
"Moses cradle flower"
Macro
Just bloomed after a long time.
Spathiphyllum wallisii.
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A Swan, a lovely one.
I may be a bit random in the next couple of weeks and probably won't be around much.
Sorry to my lovely contacts and friends.
!! Y'all commented before I added my description !! ;-p
Inside the Australian War Memorial courtyard looking across the Pool of Reflection to the Hall of Remembrance
Canberra, ACT, Australia
Gilbert's honeyeater (Melithreptus chloropsis), used to be called the Swan River honeyeater;
so named now honouring John Gilbert's pioneering work as a collector and naturalist in Western Australia.
Thank you for the privilege and honour of selecting my photo to be the group cover for SL Wings
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Honoured to have been chosen as header for this wonderful group! Please check it out here flic.kr/g/unQs2
To my great surprise and honour, I was recently invited by one of the Online Photography Curators for Tallenge, the Online Talent Platform, to participate in their current Macro Photography Contest! It's something I've never done before and am very excited about it :))
I don't have very high hopes of winning since the competition is incredible, but it would be nice to make a decent appearance... The voting process is very simple and fast and I would really appreciate any support from any of my friends who may have the time and/or interest to offer it. Just click on All Entries, find one of my photos, click on it and follow the steps!
Thank you all so very much in advance :)))
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Another shot of the fireworks saluting the first visit to Liverpool of P+O`s largest vessel Brittania.
Last Thursday was one of the busier days in my new and not very hectic lifestyle. If there had been a diary, it would have looked something like this - 1pm, lunch with Lucy in Penzance; 3pm (or thereabouts) set up tripod at some yet to be decided lonely coastal location; 6:30 tune into free webinar courtesy of one Mr N Danson, YouTube leviathan of this parish. Lots of things to occupy the afternoon and evening, but all of them fun and none of them destined to cause the rush of panic that five out of every seven days used to bring for most of the year.
Receiving an invitation to dine with one of the leading lights from the place where I used to work is about as close as getting the VIP treatment as I ever will to be honest. I’ve watched Lucy rise through the ranks towards the stratosphere over the last eight years in fascination at how a person can have such an enormous capacity for hard work and tireless enthusiasm. Quite how she keeps going year after year with such energy levels is a mystery to me, but then I always did have my eye on the exit door that I’d be running through as soon as the finances allowed. So bearing in mind her admirable work ethic, I felt doubly honoured to take up so much of her time over a three course early Christmas lunch after which I could barely move from my chair. By the time I forced down the last wedge from the generously filled cheeseboard it was clear that I wasn’t going to need any tea that evening. I can’t ever let food go to waste, so leaving things untouched on the plate isn’t in my lexicon – I think it’s something to do with the Irish blood and the potato famine.
Lunch over, and Lucy was preparing to deal with half a dozen new and urgent items that had cropped up during the almost two hours we’d spent catching up. I quickly decided that I wasn’t going to be of any further assistance and so I made for the car park, carefully concealing that still novel sense of jubilation that I could simply head for home while everyone else was dealing with the slings and arrows that would take them to five o clock and well beyond. I’d had half an idea to return to nearby Trevaylor Wood, but the combination of the cold north wind and the ever decreasing levels of foliage left on branches quickly snapped me out of what would have certainly been my final dismal attempt to capture autumn. I’d also considered continuing west towards Land’s End, but time would be against me and I’d be racing home through rush hour traffic later if I wanted to watch Nigel’s webinar. And then I remembered this place I used to go to all the time – the place I’ve inexplicably overlooked in recent outings. Perfectly located along the way home, it seemed obvious that I should finally return to Godrevy and the place that never stops giving. Behind me the sun was lighting its way through washed out clouds, softly diffused and promising a memorable sunset beyond the bluff above Carbis Bay.
Twenty minutes later, I marched along the familiar duckboards towards the commanding view over the long sands of Gwithian Beach and the west. As I chose my position on the clifftop the inevitable began to happen, the sun finding a thick bank of dark grey cloud to hide behind, taking my plans along with it after one single and poorly composed test shot. Around here such disappointments tend to happen more often than not, and so Plan B would have to be rolled into action, or at least it would once I’d decided exactly what Plan B was.
After a brief wander down to the mostly empty beach I ended up here, perched in the shelter of a crag beside one of the benches where we sit and watch the ocean on calmer and warmer days. From my lofty perch I could keep the tripod protected from the wind that was racing across the petrol blue sea towards the land. Despite the conditions, the sea was relatively calm so once more I went for my ND filters to smooth the sea and the sky and eliminate the distractions, and in the fading light I made a series of long exposures. One of the spin off benefits of taking six or seven minutes on each shot is that you can’t possibly end up with 582 of them to sift through like I did during Storm Arwen a couple of days later. It makes things a lot easier when it comes to the shortlisting and editing, and suits a lazy Thursday evening when you’re full of roast beef and Yorkshire pudding.
Later on I sat quietly nursing a mug of spiced ginger and lemon tea watching Nigel talking about all the other things he constantly reminds me are important. I winced a bit when he expressed his current opinion on the Orton effect (even though I’m sure I lifted my version of the process from one of his videos), but apart from that I hoped I was on the right tracks. Now remind me again, subject, composition, timing, light, unicorns…………
To honour Truth and Reconciliation Day, CP painted up a unit in bright orange. The idea to do it came from a 13 year old Indigenous lad, Jacob Hoffer, who was present when it was unveiled in Calgary and signed the unit (you can see the signature just under the words "Shirt Day" at the front). Since its release, it's made three trips across the country and is seen here just east of Cambridge on its way to Buffalo. A small acknowledgement to the darkside of our history.
A pair of station staff add to the symmetry at Leicester station as DB Cargo 'Shed' 66118 powers through with the 6.15pm Hayes & Harlington Tarmac - Mountsorrell (4M69) discharged aggregate wagons.
I exposed for the platforms to suppress the shadows. The final image is pretty well straight off camera, with the exception of noise reduction and a bit of dodging here and there. Not for everyone.
Just returned from a few days away so I'll be catching up with folk in due course. Comments off for this one, thanks.
8.58pm, 14th November 2024
This fantastic pair of earrings was brought back from Australia for me by a dear friend who toured over there back in the nineties.
They are Aboriginal, and painted in the traditional manner. Each dot is carefully and beautifully placed. I suspect each dot, bar and colour means something. I like to think that they carry ancestral joy. I have always felt a sense of contentment when I wear them.
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L'Homme Magazine SL August 2024:
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Model: Hikaru Enimo
In honour of the displaced children of Ukraine.
Created for Photoshop Contest Week 881
Thanks to Gillian Everett for starter image.
Textures and SNIPS done in Photoshop and Fotosketcher.
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I was honoured to be invited as one of the guest speakers at the 125th birthday celebration of the Cape Town Photographic Society... which was held this weekend at the De Hoop Nature Reserve in the Overberg region of the Western Cape.
One of the most photographically-appealing features of the De Hoop Nature Reserve is the huge dune-field... which lies adjacent to the coastline... and is one of the largest intact dune-fields in South Africa. De Hoop presents endless opportunities for photographers... with something interesting for everyone. From macro photos of the fynbos and insects... landscape shots of dunes and ocean... to telephoto shots of Cape mountain zebra, eland, bontebok, birds and whales.
The congress was a huge success... despite the cold and some rainy conditions... we had plenty of absolutely spectacular light!
Nikon D800, Nikkor 14 -24 mm at 14 mm, ISO of 100, aperture of f/14 with a 1/320th second exposure.
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Very honoured ! The Runner Up prize in the World Photography Day 2021 contest for the Objects & Structures category.
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Named in honour of Marine Captain Azalia Cazalet of the UFSMC who sadly passed away on stardate 080702.
- Classification: Class L
-Distance from sun: 500,000 km from Pinastri IV
- Diameter: 4000 km
- Gravity: 0.2
- Atmosphere: none
- Weather system: none
- Temp.: -100C to 200C
- Surface: barren and rocky. lots of craters and mountains
- Lifeforms: none
- Tech. level: none
- Specials: none
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Honouring St Thomas More...Stephen B Whatley returned to the Tower Hill Walkway that leads to the Tower of London this month; giving a tour to Brendan Gilligan, the editor of Catholic Life magazine which in its September issue publishes a 6-page interview - plus cover - feature on the artist's career- and faith.
The portrait of St Thomas More is one of the series of 30 paintings that relate the history of the Tower, commisioned from Stephen B Whatley in 2000; all reproduced here on steel vitreous enamel panels as a permanent public exhibit - first open in 2001.
To view the portrait of Sir Thomas More in its entirety please click the link:
www.flickr.com/photos/stephenbwhatley/2115219411/
To see Stephen's iconic tribute to St Thomas More:
The Steble fountain on William Brown Street in Liverpool looks over the city into a dramatic sunset.
...Archibald Fountain, Hyde Park, Sydney
Zero Image 45, NoColorStudio No5, Xtol(1.2)
Remembering the association forged in the Great War between Australia & France the fountain was also built to honour peace. For sculptor Francios Sicard this theme motivated his design with Apollo giving life to all nature with outstretched arm. Beneath him Diana is bringing harmony to the world, Pan watches over the fields and pastures and lastly, Theseus conquers the Minotaur, symbolic of sacrifice for the common good.