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Running parallel to the China Rail main line, SY 0407 hurries its train towards the washery at Didao on the Jixi Coal Railway.
Shooting Fine Art black and white does not just mean digital conversion from color and monochrome. It involves a discipline of vision creating something that you want to print and hang somewhere, get in a book or published. I hope more internet photographers realize that. Twin Trees in a Mangrove Park in mid morning light.
Parallel Leaf Venation in Sweet Autumn Clematis (Clementis terniflora var. mandshurica)
Parallel venation is a leaf vein pattern where veins run parallel to each other from the base to the tip of the leaf, typically in monocot plants.
Parallel landings at Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport as a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 is on final for Runway 12R and a Delta Airlines MD-90 turns final for Runway 12L
another story of shadows, they live just like us ! they talk, laugh, cry and even fall in love! you just need to see them
Parallel departures-nearly. The acceleration ability of Wolverhampton-bound Midland Metro 'T69' Tram No. 16 is more than a match for ex-GWR "Castle' No. 5043 'Earl of Mount Edgcumbe as it restarts Vintage Trains 'Welsh Marches Express' 1Z54 Tyseley Warwick Road - Hereford from Birmingham Snow Hill on 28th September 2013. The charter is unusually using platform 2 which actually provides an easier exit than that from platform 1 (normally used for through workings). Copyright Photograph John Whitehouse - all rights reserved
A new way for making 3D image original and simple to view on large screen even in parallel mode.
Taken in Rome with iCam3Ra for iPhone.
Parallel Lines; © 2025, T. P. Hazard
Shot for the We're Here! Parallel Universe Challenge with a focus on Parallel Lines
Shot with Fuji X Weekly’s Kodachrome 64 film simulation recipe and then converted to B&W using Apple's Photo's Noir Filter, which is somewhat interesting, as Kodachrome was a B&W film that did its color magic via a toxic soup during development of the film
Riveting huh? another detail of the iron bridge stretching over the Avon on St Philip's Marsh. Along with rust I think rivets are possibly one of my favorite things to photograph
Name: Egeskov Castle (Egeskov Slot in Danish).
Location: Funen, Denmark.
Map: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Locatio...
Built: in 1405.
Current building: built in 1554.
Visitors: 200 000 visitors/year.
Famous for: The castle is Europe's best preserved Renaissance water castle.
History, architecture, castle contents, gardens and lands
Egeskov's history dates to the early 15th century. The castle structure was erected by Frands Brockenhuus in 1554. Due to the troubles caused by the civil war known as the Count's Feud, general civil unrest, and a civil war introducing the Protestant Reformation, most Danish noblemen built their homes as fortifications. The castle is constructed on oaken piles and located in a small lake with a maximum depth of 5 metres (16 ft). Originally, the only access was by means of a drawbridge. According to legend, it took an entire forest of oak trees to build the foundation, hence the name Egeskov (oak forest).
The castle consists of two long buildings connected by a thick double wall, allowing defenders to abandon one house and continue fighting from the other. The double wall is over one meter (3 ft) thick and contains secret staircases and a well. Defenders were able to attack an enemy's flanks from the two round corner towers. Other medieval defences include artillery ports, scalding holes and arrow slits. The bricks composing the castle are of an oversized medieval type sometimes called "monks bricks". The conical towers are constructed in a series of separate panels.
The architecture includes depressed and round-arched windows, round-arched blank arcading within the gables, and a double string course between the high cellar and the ground floor. The structure contains some of the early indoor plumbing design first used in Europe with vertical shafts for waste. The thick double wall also contains a water well which is accessed from the servants kitchen in the east house. Several of the large rooms have massive parallel exposed beams with some end carving.
Contents of the castle include a massive iron chest from at least as early as the 16th century, which derived from Hvedholm Castle, a property earlier owned by the Egeskov estate about ten kilometers (six miles) to the west. Numerous oil paintings are found within the castle including a large painting in the great hall on the first floor of Niels Juel, who defeated the Swedish force in the Battle of Koge Bay in the year 1677.
Other buildings belonging to Egeskov include Ladegarden, a thatched half-timbered building which is now part of the museum. Other buildings are used by the museum and for farming. Surrounding the castle is an old park, covering 20 hectares (49 acres) of land.
The park is divided into a number of gardens. The renaissance garden features fountains, a gravel path and topiary figures. The fuchsia garden, one of the largest in Europe, contains 104 different species. Other gardens near the castle include an English garden, a water garden, an herb garden, a vegetable garden, and a peasant's garden.
The gardens also feature four hedge mazes. The oldest is a beech maze several hundreds of years old. The newest maze is the world's largest bamboo maze. It features a Chinese tower in the centre, and a bridge from the tower provides the exit from the maze. The parks feature a three-meter-tall sundial designed by Danish poet and mathematician, Piet Hein.
The estate includes an additional eight square kilometres; 2.5 square kilometres (0.97 sq mi) is forest, with the rest being farmland. The estate has belonged to the Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille family since 1784. In 1986, a full-sized replica of the castle was built in Hokkaidō, Japan, to hold an aquarium. This was constructed with the permission of the Egeskov's owners at the time, Count Claus and Countess Louisa Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille.
Most of the castle is open to the public, except for the areas used by current owners Count Michael and Countess Caroline Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille.
Owners:
1405 AD - Lydike Skinkel and Jorgen Skinkel
1470 - Johan Skinkel
1516 - Otto Skinkel and Poul Skinkel
1518-1533 - Laurids Skinkel
1533-1536 - Hilleborg Pedersdatter Bille and her daughters Anne, Hilleborg and Rigborg
1536-1545 - Anne, Hilleborg and Rigborg
1545-1569 - Frands Brockenhuus
1569-1604 - Laurids Brockenhuus
1604-1615 - Laurids Brockenhuus's heirs
1615-1615 - Hans Pogwish
1616-1630 - Jakob Ulfeldt
1630-1640 - Ebbe Jakobsen Ulfeldt, Corfitz Ulfeldt and Laurids Ulfeldt
1640-1648 - Laurids Ulfeldt
1648-1656 - Oluf Parsberg
1656-1666 - Otto Krag
1666-1688 - Anne Rosenkrantz
1688-1713 - Niels Krag the Elder
1713-1722 - The widow of Niels Krag
1722-1740 - Niels Krag the Younger
1740-1784 - Sofie Juel
1784-1789 - Henrik Bille-Brahe
1789-1810 - Caroline Agnese Raben, married Bille-Brahe
1810-1857 - Preben Bille-Brahe
1857-1871 - Frederik Siegfried Bille-Brahe
1871-1882 - Frantz Preben Bille-Brahe
1882-1912 - Count Julius Ludvig Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille
1912-1919 - Baroness Camille Jessy Bille-Brahe, married Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille
1919-1946 - Count Preben Frederik Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille
1946-1985 - Count Preben Julius Gregers Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille and Nonni Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille
1985-1994 - Count Claus Christian Preben Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille and Louisa Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille
1994-today - Count Michael Preben Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille and Caroline Soeborg Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille
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Ahlefeldt (noble family)
Ahlefeldt is a Danish and German family of high nobility. The earliest known ancestor is one Benedict Ahlefeldt, (d c 1340), whose son and grandsons served Valdemar IV, King of Denmark in 1340-1375, and received significant pawn fiefs and properties in Denmark.
In Slesvig the family inherited estates Sogard, Nor, Konigsforde-Lindau, Sakstorp and Gelting. In Holstein, Bossee, Lehmkulen, Wittmold, Deutsch-Nienhof, Emkendorf, Kl. Nordsee, Haseldorf and Fresenburg. High royal councillor Burchard Ahlefeldt of Eskilsmark received in 1672 letters patent as Danish count.
His kinsman Frederik Ahlefeldt (d. 1686), was erected in 1665 to Heiliger Romischer Reichsgraf, ie German count in immediate vassalage to the emperor. He further received in the same year as his kinsman, in 1672 the Danish title of count. One of his grandsons, count Christian Ahlefeldt inherited the county of Laurvig in Norway. In 1785 he received the royal licence to himself and his descendants to bear the name Ahlefeldt-Laurvig.
Bille (noble family)
Bille is a Danish noble family, part of the ancient Danish nobility from Scania in southern Sweden.
Its members have played a prominent role in Danish politics and society since the mid 13th century. The family includes the comital branches Bille-Brahe and Bille-Brahe-Selby.
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Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egeskov_Castle
da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egeskov_Slot
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahlefeldt_(noble_family)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bille_(noble_family)
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Egeskov_Slot_spejling_Edit_2.jpg
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Individuals and parallel lives. But all is joined together by one cord or backbone that some call spirit or love or atman.
Taken for active assignment weekly - parallel lines. Blinds on the office window.
WIT: The window glass has a tint of blue (and whitebalance set to daylight). Shot at close to telephoto end to get the dof.
Looks better in large.
Composite
...a rainy day...a parking lot...an empty storefront...puddles...
...see the relatives in the comment below.
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Panoramic view of the New River and the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad tracks winding though the New River Gorge National Park in West Virginia
Hard to believe this was over 10 years ago, First Leeds 37675 puts down the power out of Otley while a connexions Scania in a similar livery takes rest.
I've found this Carpocoris bug in a morning relatively poor regarding macro subjects. So I decided to take a closer look but, when approaching, it took this alert-like attitude with almost parallel antennae.
41 natural light exposures at ISO 100 made with Sony NEX-7, Olympus Zuiko Auto-1:1 Macro 80mm f/4 lens on Olympus Telescopic Auto Tube 65–116.
